Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 130 Collusion, Then Disenchantment

Xuzhou, Kaiyang City.

In the state pastoral mansion, in a tea room, state pastoral Song Qian sat opposite to Bai Shiquan, the head of the beggar gang, drinking tea and talking.

Song Qian had a smile on his face and a generous demeanor. No one would have imagined that he would treat the assassin who wanted to assassinate him like this.

On the other hand, Bai Shiquan had a calm face, and occasionally frowned thoughtfully, probably because he had a lot of entanglements in his heart.

Song Qian said: "Brother Bai, Fu Chengyang is not a good guy, why do you bother to listen to him. And now that the traitor Su Yuan is powerful, it's really hard to say what the state of the country is like."

Hearing this, Bai Shiquan raised his eyes and asked, "Does Master Song want that Su Yuan to conquer the capital?" His tone was a bit cold, "Does Master Song want to rely on Su Yuan? Don't forget, how did Su Yuan treat Mo, Officials of Qinger State."

"Brother Bai, what are you talking about? Why don't I know, taking refuge in Su Yuan is a dead end." Song Qian shook his head and said, "What I mean is, we have to think about the way out first."

"Retreat?"

"Then Fu Chengyang sent you, Brother Bai, to kill me. It's just me..." Song Qian pointed to his feet, "There are people from him in the house, maybe they are spider spies. This spies revealed that I didn't dispatch the whole army To Fu Chengyang, he is so angry that he wants to kill me."

"But like I said before, if you kill me and go back, Brother Bai, then Fu Chengyang will not kill you immediately. When we go back to Su Yuan, there must be an explanation for the killing of a state shepherd."

Song Qian looked at Bai Shiquan with pity, pointing out the latter's inner worries.

"Flying birds do their best to hide their bows, but cunning rabbits die and run dogs. At that time, your brother Bai will probably end up like me. You and I were both killed by that Fu Chengyang, wouldn't it be a strange injustice through the ages?"

Bai Shiquan nodded slightly, he knew that Song Qian said this for his own survival.

But this is not without reason.

Considering Fu Chengyang's insidious character and cruel methods, Bai Shiquan had to believe what Song Qian said.

"Then what should I do?"

It is not enough to know that there is a problem, but also to know the solution.

Song Qian smiled lightly.

In terms of martial arts realm, all the people in the entire prefectural pastoral mansion combined cannot compare with Baishiquan.

But in terms of understanding of the imperial court, Bai Shiquan's flattery is not as good as Song Qian's.

"Brother Bai, let me ask, why is Fu Chengyang so powerful, and why is he so powerful?"

"Hmph, naturally he is favored by the Holy One and has strong martial arts."

"That's right. But the Holy Majesty's favor is the most important thing." Song Qian said, "We just need to start from this point. If we can make the Holy Majesty lose his trust, even be vigilant, and treat him as a thorn in his side, then this Fu Chengyang is nothing but a dead dog. "

"!"

Bai Shiquan was startled, he didn't expect Song Qian to say that.

The other officials from other places he met, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they always treated Fu Chengyang with respect.

This Song Qian was different.

But if you think about it carefully, people send people to assassinate you, and you still treat them respectfully, it is purely a brain problem.

Song Qian continued: "This Fu Chengyang is not clean in many places, and it is not difficult to bring him down. However, in this case, if we want to get quick results, we have to find someone to help."

"Who?" Bai Shiquan's heart moved slightly.

"Su Yuan."

"Su Yuan?!"

Song Qian said with a smile: "If the Holy Majesty finds out that the chief eunuch in the palace has hooked up with the biggest traitor Su Yuan, do you think the Holy Majesty will be eager to kill him, Fu Chengyang?"

Bai Shiquan looked surprised, and questioned in his mouth: "It's true to say so, but how can the Holy One believe that Fu Chengyang and Su Yuan are in collusion? Fu Chengyang is the chief eunuch of the two dynasties, and he has been loyal to the royal family for decades!"

"A companion is like a tiger. In the royal family, as long as there is a little doubt, no amount of loyalty will collapse." Song Qian sneered, "Besides, who knows whether Fu Chengyang is really loyal to the royal family of the Great Zhou. I feel that he has a secret and a conspiracy brewing."

"..."

"Brother Bai, getting rid of Fu Chengyang will be of great benefit to both of you and me. You should stop hesitating."

Bai Shiquan thought for a moment, then nodded slowly.

At this moment, he and Song Qian were indeed standing in the same boat.

"What is Master Song's plan?"

"Of course there is a plan, and it also needs Brother Bai's help. But you don't have to worry, Brother Bai, stay at the house for a few days, and it will be revealed later."

Before leaving, Bai Shiquan asked, "Master Song doesn't want to kill me?"

"Brother Bai, what do you mean by that?"

"After all, I killed Master Song's woman, and almost killed Master Song."

"Hehe, what is this? There are clouds in the world. If you don't fight, you don't know each other. As for the woman that brother Bai killed, it's just a plaything, so don't worry about it."

Bai Shiquan didn't say any more, took a deep look at Song Qian and left.

The smile on Song Qian's face gradually disappeared and became calm.

He drank the cold tea in one gulp, and then pondered for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.

……

"Old Qingxiang! I am your ancestor!"

"Old Qingxiang! I am your ancestor!"

"Hahahahaha!"

The scolding, mixed with loud laughter, was particularly harsh.

The faces of many guards on the city wall, and even some generals, were extremely dark.

Zhou Chong gritted his teeth and kicked the edge of the city wall vigorously.

"Damn Su Yuan! You are so vulgar and rude, insulting my father and my ancestors!"

"..."

Seeing Zhou Chong's furious look, Fu Chengyang suddenly felt sad.

In the future, father and son will recognize each other...will it be so easy?

Zhou Chong was furious, but Li Gui's face was like a rock, and he remained calm.

He persuaded Zhou Chong: "Your Highness, don't be angry, this is just Su Yuan's method of motivating generals, and the intention is to make our army take the initiative to attack when they are angry."

"I know!" Zhou Chong is not stupid, but knowing it intellectually does not mean he can control his emotions.

Just like in the modern world, everyone knows that beating someone will lead to trouble, but when the anger comes up, the rationality will only be crushed by emotions to nothing, and there are a lot of people who disagree with each other and fight violently.

Li Gui, a veteran, has become stronger and stronger. He has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has long tempered the stable mood of Mount Tai before it collapses without changing his color.Zhou Chong was a teenager, when he was full of blood, how could he bear this kind of insult.

"Old General Li! Give me an army, I will go out and tear the mouths of these bastards!" Zhou Chong said impulsively.

Li Gui immediately refused: "No."

"Old General Li!"

"Your Highness, please remember that the Holy Majesty handed over the military power to the veteran, and His Highness is only assisting in the battle!"

"you!"

Zhou Chong was at a loss for words. He did not have military command power, but only one right to make suggestions.

"Your Highness, just listen to the old general." Fu Chengyang also said at this time, "Didn't you just say that as long as you can't hold on, you can win easily, why are you going back on your word now?"

"Eunuch Fu! Haven't you heard how those scumbags scolded my father and my ancestors!"

"Your Highness, let our family say something disrespectful. No matter how hard they scold you, the Holy Majesty will not lose a single hair."

"But!"

Zhou Chong knew that what the two said was reasonable, but he was still furious.

Seeing this, Fu Chengyang's eyes were also slightly cold.

He secretly said in his heart: You son of a bitch!You are not a member of the Zhou family at all. If people scold the Zhou family, why are you in such a hurry!
Zhou Chong was furious, but he had no military power, so he couldn't do anything except curse a few words.

He kicked wildly at the arrow stacks on the city wall, venting his anger.

Afterwards, he said to Li Gui: "Old General Li, it's fine if you can't fight, but we can also scold you back? How about we let the soldiers scold you back too!"

To his surprise, Li Gui refused again.

"Your Highness, this is completely unnecessary and will only waste the soldiers' energy."

"what?!"

"Please think about it carefully, Your Highness. The Bei'an Army did this to annoy us. What are we doing this for?"

"Why, of course I cursed back to make myself feel better!"

Li Gui shook his head: "This will not help the situation of the battle, so I forgive you for not agreeing."

"you……"

Zhou Chong had already scolded the word "old man" in his heart, but he still didn't dare to be too presumptuous.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, he simply walked away, sat down to the side to catch his breath.

Fu Chengyang said: "The old general really doesn't give Your Highness any face."

Li Gui's complexion did not change, and he said calmly: "The Holy Majesty bestowed the old minister with the Tiger Talisman to win the battle, not to make His Highness happy."

"Ha ha……"

Fu Chengyang laughed twice.He thinks that's fine, as a father, he doesn't want Zhou Chong to be smooth sailing, and others will be satisfied with whatever he wants.Growing up like this will only be a waste.

Experiencing some setbacks and powerless moments will make people stronger and mature.

As Fu Chengyang thought about it, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

He turned around and looked into the city: "Such a loud curse can be heard in the city..."

With the help of the wind, curses also spread to thousands of households in the capital.

Many people couldn't help laughing when they heard it, but they were afraid of being heard, so they had to close the door tightly and laugh secretly.

There are also some people who are very frightened, covering their heads in the quilt, not wanting to let the scolding sound reach their ears, for fear that just hearing it will cause trouble.

Because of the supremacy of the emperor, any ordinary people who dare to disrespect them will be arrested immediately once they are discovered.So that no one in the streets and alleys mentioned anything about the emperor.

But now the continuous scolding outside the city made the emperor's dazzling halo look dim, and he even felt disgusted to be smashed directly.

This is also what Su Yuan wanted.

In his opinion, if he uses a more professional term to describe it, it would be "disenchantment".The so-called lofty things, whether they are things or people, are actually false, especially after he has experienced the previous events, it is even more clear.

The supreme existence in a state, such as the state shepherd, is like a god in the hearts of many people in the state.Their status is second only to the emperor, and in some remote places, even the state shepherds are bigger than the emperor, and they are awe-inspiring to the people.

But in fact, when these powerful people are in danger, they also fear and beg for mercy.Whether it was Mu Xu Yichuan of Mozhou Prefecture or Mu Shenxu of Chuancheng Prefecture, they all knelt down to Su Yuan and begged for mercy and bowed their knees in order to survive.

This made Su Yuan understand a truth, that is, there is nothing sacred.No matter how high the status is, there is not much difference in essence from ordinary people.At most, it's just a good tire.

Now that Su Yuan asked the soldiers to insult the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was a challenge to its status, causing its supreme status in the hearts of the people in the capital to fall.

Once the people found out, the so-called royal family was just like their ordinary families, scolded by others for eighteen generations.The so-called awe will naturally be greatly reduced.

As a modern person, Su Yuan would also consider this kind of psychological tactics.

Curses can fly into the homes of ordinary people with the wind, and naturally they can also fly into the palace.

The imperial palace sits in the center of the capital city, with wide gates, quiet interior, and average sound insulation.

After the chaos in the palace in the past formed a lesson, most of the emperors usually opened all the palace doors to keep the inside and outside unobstructed.In this way, once any emergency occurs, it can be notified quickly.

But now that the scolding came in, the people in the palace couldn't sit still.

The guards guarding the gate of the palace looked at each other, and they all bit their lips, relying on pain to avoid accidentally smiling.

At the same time, ask the manager if you want to close the door and cut off the scolding a little bit?

Managers can't be the masters, they can only report to each other.

When he reported to Qingxiang, he was still lying on the bed with the doors and windows closed, so he didn't hear the scolding very much.

However, as soon as the person who came to report entered and opened the door, scolding leaked in.

Emperor Qingxiang faintly heard the voice, and immediately shouted: "What's the matter!"

He has been feeling unwell recently, and he has ordered several times to stop making noise in the palace, otherwise he will be punished directly with a stick.

Last night, a little eunuch who served lotus seed soup accidentally dropped the tea lid on the ground, making a crisp sound, which angered him and ordered him to be pulled out and killed.

As a result, there was another commotion outside today. Doesn't this mean that he didn't take his words seriously?
"Report to Your Majesty..." The eunuch kneeling on the ground to report was in a cold sweat, "Yes, it was the Bei'an Army who was shouting and cursing outside the city..."

"What? Help me up!"

"His Majesty……"

"hurry up!"

Several young eunuchs helped Qingxiang up, and tremblingly walked outside, the scolding suddenly became much clearer.

Hearing that his ancestors were being cursed, Emperor Qingxiang was so angry that his hands shook and his eyes were bigger than a bull's.

"Your Majesty calm down, Your Majesty's dragon body is the most important thing!" The little eunuch advised from the side.

"This evil Su Yuan is so vulgar!" Qingxiang's chest felt tight and he couldn't breathe well, but instead of going back to his room to lie down, he asked instead, "Where is Li Gui, what does he eat!"

"..."

Li Gui is the general defending the city this time, with a very high status, the little eunuchs who dared to answer this question all pretended to be deaf and dumb, and kept silent.

"Speak! You all want to die, don't you!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

The eunuchs immediately knelt down and begged for mercy. Emperor Qingxiang knew that it was useless to vent his anger on them, so he raised his hand to cover his forehead, and said in a deep voice, "Send me a letter immediately, send a letter to Li Gui! Tell him, Let them capture that Su Yuan alive, this traitor insulted my ancestors, I must cut him down with my own hands!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)