A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 247 The Conspiracy Fifteen Years Ago

Regardless of whether there is any relationship between Yun Zheng and Ye Xunyi...

As for the green hat, even a man is unwilling to take the initiative to buckle it on his own head.

Fortunately, there was still plenty of time left for this matter to deal with. A ridiculous idea only passed through Yun Zheng's mind, and he gave up.

Here, Qi Huan returned home with a heavy heart.

About Gao Changjie, she couldn't bring it up casually until the official news from the court was released, but about Gao Yunmiao, she took the initiative to go over and say hello to Mrs. Yang.

Skipping over the danger and trying not to talk about it, she mainly reminded Mrs. Yang: "At that time, the matter was urgent, and my daughter couldn't bear to think too much. She just wanted to save her cousin. Later, she thought that she shouldn't be offended anyway. Now, I simply went to the palace and sued the couple in Prince Ning's mansion. In this way, I will completely offend Prince Ning. If my mother goes out to socialize in the future, I am afraid that even Concubine Sheng Xian's family and friends will have to be extra careful Cope with it."

If this happened to Yang Shi, she might not be willing to fight for Gao Yunmiao regardless of her own situation.

Can--

She is also someone who has a daughter.

As Qi Huan said, she has already done what she shouldn't have done!

Therefore, Yang just sighed: "I see."

I wanted to expose it, but I was inevitably afraid.

She couldn't help but grab Qi Huan again and complain: "You are the same child, now that you are getting more and more courageous, do you really dare to do anything?"

If this happened to her when she first arrived...

Qi Huan actually knows very well that she will choose to be wise and protect herself first, and will not seek death if she is overwhelmed.

Yang's words and expressions are quite meaningful.

Qi Huan understood.

And she herself understood—

Subconsciously, she now has the confidence to challenge Ning Wang Yunzheng face to face...

All from Gu Zhan.

Gu Zhan's existence, as well as his usual attitude of protecting her, gave her a great sense of security.

Qi Huan avoided Yang's gaze and smiled: "Anyway, I can't take it out now, so offend me if I offend you. From now on, we will pray to the gods and pray to the Buddha, hoping that His Royal Highness will be safe and sound, and his position will be stable. Nothing to worry about!"

Ever since she and Gu Zhan got engaged, their family has become a thorn in Ning Wang Yunzheng's side.

It's just that he can't take the position, otherwise——

The future of the entire Changning Marquis Mansion will not be very good.

No, or, it's just their wife who is unlucky.

After all, both Qi Zhengyu and Qi Wenang are masters that their relatives do not recognize. If Yunzheng really gains power at that time, they will give up the big house that is close to the Gu family, and then surrender Qi Changge with both hands. If they want to change their positions, they will not retreat completely. impossible.

Yang Shi held her hand, opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

The general situation in front of them is like this, and their orphans and widows can't do much, so they can only hope that the crown prince Yun Zhan can continue to maintain a stable position.

Qi Huan still returned to Chunyuzhai after having dinner at Anxuetang.

As a result, as soon as the front foot entered the house, someone came from the porter's back foot: "Miss, the eldest aunt sent someone to see you, and the younger one was brought in."

Qi Huan turned his head and came out from the inner room again.

But see——

The person who came over was actually the confidant lady in charge next to Qi Wenjing.

A smile appeared at the corner of Qi Huan's mouth: "Why is Mrs. Cen coming in person? How is my cousin?"

The concierge's wife was still waiting in the courtyard, and Mrs. Cen was also very measured in her speech.

She greeted Qi Huanfu, and said with a smile: "Our wife just thought that you would miss Miss's affairs in your heart, so I specially sent my servants to explain to you, so that you can rest assured. Our eldest lady is fine, just drunk I haven't fully woken up yet. Madam has been busy with the internal affairs of the house in the afternoon, and it has been handled properly. It's just that I don't have time to prepare a thank you gift for this. Please forgive me, Miss Biao. We will make it up later. Miss Biao's kindness today will be remembered by everyone in the Gao family."

Needless to say, Qi Huan naturally understood——

The Gao family dealt with the inner ghost!
"It's all small things." Qi Huan nodded slightly.

Although it is inconvenient to mention some things repeatedly, her helping Gao Yunmiao today is indeed a great kindness to the Gao family. According to Qi Wenjing's personality with clear grievances and grievances, I am afraid that she must come to the door to thank her personally.

However, thinking about the news of Gao Changjie's death, Qi Huan felt extremely uncomfortable, feeling that he could not deal with her for the time being.

So, she calmed herself down secretly, and said to Mrs. Cen: "My cousin has been frightened, I'd better ask my aunt to spend more time with her recently, as it happens that the streets are not very peaceful... It's better for us to go out as little as possible."

Mrs. Cen was stunned.

Afterwards, it was naturally understood that it was Qi Huan's reminder to them to be careful in their actions recently, to avoid going out, and to beware of revenge from the Prince Ning's Mansion.

Madam Cen nodded cautiously: "Yes, the slave will tell Madam."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Qi Huan knew that she was in a hurry to return to her life, so he didn't keep her any longer.

At night, she lay on the bed, tossing and turning for a long time, always feeling uneasy.

After finally falling asleep, I had intermittent nightmares.

What a dark demon cave, with a hideous and ugly face, chasing her monster with a big knife, she ran desperately, stepped on the air and fell, but landed on a battlefield full of corpses, the whole world was surrounded by two extremes of red and black... The colors are covered and the horror is very...

Standing amidst the bloody wreckage, Qi Huan woke up when he had nowhere to go.

He opened his eyes suddenly, sweating profusely all over his body.

It will be dark outside.

Qi Huan looked up at the gauze above her head motionless. For the first time after crossing, she missed the advanced era with convenient communication and mobile phones.

Because she found that at this moment when she was extremely depressed and uneasy, she would miss Gu Zhan very much.

If you can't see him, just listen to his voice and talk.

more than this--

Because of Gao Changjie's sudden death, and because it was impossible for her to contact Gu Zhan in a short period of time, this caused great anxiety in her heart, and she desperately wanted to know his every moment, wanted to know How is he now?

but--

Powerless, there was nothing she could do.

even--

In this era of underdeveloped transportation, it is a waste of manpower and material resources to send a letter all the way, and it will only cause trouble for him. Now she can't even write a letter of greeting.

After lying like this for a long time, when the sweat on his body gradually disappeared, Qi Huan turned over irritably, hugged the quilt and closed his eyes again.

It is impossible to fall asleep again, and she doesn't want to startle others by acting abnormally at this time.

And this night, the sleepless night was more difficult than her...

It was Wu Chenghou Qin Song.

Returning from Qi's house in the evening, in order to deal with Mrs. Qin, he only ate a few mouthfuls perfunctorily, then shirked that he had business to deal with, and went back to his study.

He put the scroll that Qi Wenyan gave him under the shadow of the lamp for half the night, until the night in the mansion was quiet and the whole world was silent, he took it back in his hand and unfolded it.

What was written on the scroll was a simple data record.

Since the Battle of Jianyang City [-] years ago as the middle point, the number of casualties of the Dajin army in the battle to protect the southern border was recorded respectively for [-] years before and after that.

Because Dacheng has always had the ambition to invade the north, there have been major wars in Jianyang City every year in the past few decades.

According to this record, within the fifteen years before Jianyang City was broken, the number of soldiers who died fighting for the border every year ranged from seven to eight hundred to as many as two to three thousand, and there were even two tragedies in one year. In the war, the cumulative number of casualties reported to the court in that year was as many as [-].

During those fifteen years, the accumulative total number of soldiers killed in battle reported to the imperial court was [-].

This is not counting the most tragic battle to break the city fifteen years ago.

Later, the defenders of Dajin were beaten to the north of Yanling Pass, and a new line of defense was built with the natural barrier as a barrier——

In the past fifteen years, both wars and casualties of soldiers have been greatly reduced. Accumulated, there have been more than a hundred wars, large and small, but the casualties have not reached [-].

Especially in the past ten years or so, after the Dacheng army repeatedly suffered setbacks in attacking checkpoints, they lost confidence and confidence, and the number of wars decreased a lot.

On a piece of flimsy paper not much bigger than his slap, there are also some cold numbers recorded on it, but many things just cannot stand up to scrutiny, the more detailed the calculation, the more frightening it is.

Qin Song's mind went from shock to numbness at the beginning...

Until the end, I sat under the lamp all night.

Then at four o'clock, he suddenly got up, and strode out with wind blowing under his feet.

Qi Wenyan got up step by step according to the usual morning time, washed up, and went out after having breakfast.

As a result, as soon as the servants of the mansion led him out from the small side door, they saw a dark figure hidden beside the stone lion at the door.

"My God..." The old servant in charge of the door was startled, almost lost his master's mount and ran into the yard.

At this time, the main gate of Qi Mansion also opened, and Qi Wenyan, who was neatly dressed, stepped out from the gate.

He has excellent eyesight, so it's not surprising that he recognized Qin Song who was hidden in the semi-dark sky. He directly raised his hand to signal the old servant: "It's okay, go in, and take care of the door."

The old man settled down, and only then did he vaguely realize that the person standing in the dark should be an acquaintance of his master.

So, without further trouble, he turned around and closed the door and retreated in.

Feng Lin glanced at Qin Song, and consciously took the two horses away: "The little one goes to the side first and waits."

Qi Wenyan didn't respond, he acquiesced, and stood still.

Qin Song waited for Fenglin to go a little farther away before he opened his mouth in a deep voice: "The content on the scroll is the Ministry of War report copied by Mr. Qi? I should not need to go to the Ministry of War to verify the authenticity, but you deliberately put What is the purpose of giving it to me...?"

Probably because he didn't want people to see his specific emotions, he kept standing in the dark.

Qi Wenyan didn't bother to delve into his specific expression, but just twitched the corners of his mouth and asked, "Your Majesty has checked it out? Why don't you share your experience?"

"Qi Wenyan!" Qin Song was in a bad mood, and the emotions that had been suppressed all night suddenly erupted, and he scolded for the first time: "I'm not in the mood to joke with you about this kind of thing, I respect you, Lord Qi, because of you I am an official in the same dynasty. Yesterday you came to find me first, so stop playing hard to get."

"Heh..." It might be the first time that Qi Wenyan was treated so rudely, he wasn't annoyed at all, instead he gave a low laugh confidently.

"Wu Chenghou is a rare and intelligent man, and the official will not beat around the bush with you." But before Qin Song broke out, he stopped in moderation, and said solemnly again: "I have copied that thing and sent it to you." Go, it’s because I found those battle reports very interesting. Fifteen years ago, Jianyang City was here. In addition to the casualties in the battle reports, every year the imperial court invested a lot of financial support, armaments, food and grass in order to cope with the war. , weapons, etc., are countless, but because Jianyang City has no advantage in occupying an area, the defense of that city will always be in jeopardy. But since the defeat of Jianyang City [-] years ago, even though the imperial court lost three cities in a row, it is regarded as It is a great shame and shame, but it has greatly reduced the casualties of soldiers, and it has also greatly reduced the pressure on the treasury. From the southern border to the capital, the people have all recuperated and recovered well these years."

Qin Song tightly clenched his fists, staring at him in the dark, without saying a word.

Qi Wenyan said: "Let's think about it differently. If we treat this as a transaction... the loss in the battle of Jianyang City [-] years ago is exchanged for the impregnable stability of the border for the next [-] years. It's a good deal!"

In the early years, Dajin's battle to defend the border town was indeed protracted and strenuous.

But there is the border set up at the beginning of the founding of the great kingdom, and everyone in the world is staring at it eagerly. A huge country that claims to be a vast and prosperous world, naturally cannot take the initiative to give way, showing its powerless decline.

Therefore, for a long time, guarding and guarding the border has become the obsession of the southern garrison and even the entire ruling and opposition parties.

No one thought there was anything wrong with that, and everyone thought it should be done for granted.

until—

Fifteen years ago!

Lin Wang Yunxiang and old Wu Chenghou Qin Yufeng's tragic defeat on the battlefield in the southern border!
The border was forced to move north and a new line of defense was built.

Fifteen years have passed now. Although I have to accept the fact that I was defeated in that battle back then, that event is still the hatred and shame in the hearts of all the monks, and it needs to be washed away!
It’s just that these facts are all seen by everyone, including Qin Song, who clearly sees that the current southern border defense is far easier and handier than it was in the past, but they only remember the shame and pain of defeat in that battle, and directly Ignore it, and don't care about the gains and losses before and after.

Or more precisely—

Before Qi Wenyan spoke today, no one had dared to consider the pros and cons of it with the mindset of a merchant.

Qin Song was silent, gritting his teeth until a sweet smell of blood filled his mouth.

In the end, I still had to speak with difficulty: "So, you are saying that the disastrous defeat in the battle of Jianyang City fifteen years ago was actually a long-planned plan by the imperial court to abandon the car to save the commander?"

Because that battle was too brutal, everyone saw that the defenders had tried their best. Although the defeat and defeat were painful, it did not knock down the morale of the entire frontier army and the court.

If you look at it as a single transaction, this transaction is indeed a bargain.

But Qin Song, what would it be like to be a victim?
Qi Wenyan, however, seemed to be emotionless, he was just analyzing the facts: "Even if it was a scheme, the fight back then was very realistic. It can only be said that the people who fought hard to kill the enemy on the front line cooperated very well. Lin The king was the one who dragged that war to the last moment, and no matter who the real mastermind behind it was, if my suspicions are true, he should be an insider, right? As for your father...or is it like him? Or is it Keeping it in the dark, he took him down Huangquan Road?"

As for why that battle had to be fought at that time, instead of the Dajin defenders voluntarily withdrawing from Jianyang City and moving to Yanling Pass——

In addition to historical reasons, Jianyang City was the boundary set up when the country was founded, and it was not easy to abandon it at will. In addition, the emperor's throne was not secure enough at that time.

His majesty the emperor was a very gentle person by nature, and he was weak since he was a child. That's why he had the self-righteous forced palace rebellion.

At that time, he had only been emperor for a few years, and he barely maintained the balance between the court and the central government. If he voluntarily gave up the border town at that time, it would only make people think that he was a cowardly and deceitful person. How would he deter foreign enemies then?There may even be troubles in the court.

Internal and external troubles are triggered at the same time, this is no joke.

If you don't open this line of thinking, once you open it——

Looking around, in the past [-] years, without the drag of the war in the southern border, the emperor concentrated his energy on rectifying the imperial court, and the entire Dajin Kingdom was indeed thriving. The country was prosperous and the people were safe. Everything was much better than when he first took the throne.

Qin Song fell silent again.

Seeing that the sky was getting brighter again, Qi Wenyan became a little irritable, and sighed, "Isn't Marquis Wu Cheng going to court today?"

Inch by inch, Qin Song raised his eyes under the slowly brightening sky, looked into his eyes, and asked coldly, "Why are you telling me these things?"

Qi Wenyan didn't answer, and walked away.

Qin Song clasped his shoulder with a cold face.

(End of this chapter)