Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 132 It's All Connected

Li Gui's goal has been achieved.

After the soldiers he sent out were captured by the Bei'an Army, the Bei'an Army did stop shouting.

But this is an order from Su Yuan.Because it was different from Tianmenguan last time, there were too many real soldiers in his army this time, they all needed to rest, and they couldn't stand the constant noise day and night.

So he planned to continue tomorrow, because he found that the scolding formation was still effective, as long as the guards didn't fight for a day, he would let people scold them for a day.

Now it is interrogation first.

Su Yuan brought out a few soldiers and asked them why they were sent out.

These soldiers were originally forced out, and now they naturally knew everything without reservation.

"My lord, we don't know what we were sent out for! General Li just told us to come down to the city, and then go to the lord's side to investigate!"

"Investigation?"

Su Yuan wondered what was there to investigate, even if he wanted to investigate, how about getting hundreds of people?Didn't this come rushing to be discovered?

Zhou Shu on the side judged at this moment: "This should be a kind of temptation."

"Try what?"

"Hmm... the reaction speed of the prince's army?" Zhou Shu guessed, his bright eyes sparkling with thought.

"If General Li plans to go out of the city to attack the Bei'an Army, before that, he must first test the Bei'an Army's response to a sudden attack."

When Su Yuan heard this, he thought it was very reasonable.

He suddenly said: "So, I shouldn't let the cavalry move so fast."

It didn't take long from the appearance of these soldiers to the time when the cavalry surrounded them and captured them alive.Such a high efficiency must have been observed by Li Gui on the city wall.

This made Li Gui vigilant, and he would not send troops easily.From this point of view, if Li Gui deliberately slowed down the speed before, making Li Gui think that the Bei'an Army has a false name and military discipline is lax, it may be more paralyzing to him.

Su Yuan was a little annoyed and said: "There are quite a lot of thieves in old things."

Zhou Shu: "..."

She couldn't help complaining in her heart, how can I deal with you with a little heart.

"My lord." Zhao Yun asked, "How to deal with these surrendered soldiers?"

"Well, pull them all to the front tomorrow to shout out, and let the other guards see how Li Gui sent people to die."

"Yes."

After Zhao Yun left, only Su Yuan and Zhou Shu were left in the tent.

Su Yuan rubbed his temples to relax himself, and said to Zhou Shu: "It's late, you should go to rest too."

Zhou Shu's eyes were lowered to the ground, and he seemed to be in a trance. He didn't hear Su Yuan's words, and he was in a daze for a while: "What?"

"I mean let you rest... Are you thinking about something?"

"Hmm...I'm thinking about Song Qian sending people to cooperate."

"Song Qian? That Xuzhou State Shepherd. He said that Fu Chengyang sent someone to kill him. I don't know if it's true or not." Su Yuan was indeed very concerned about this matter.

Zhou Shu said: "It should be true, he has no reason to lie."

"That's true. It's no use lying to me."

"I was thinking about his strategy just now... He wants the prince to write a letter to Fu Chengyang, and then he will find a way to hand over other criminal evidence about Fu Chengyang to the emperor. So that the emperor can convict Fu Chengyang of collaborating with the enemy and treason... ...There's a problem with that."

"what is the problem?"

Zhou Shudao: "How is he going to hand over the criminal evidence to the emperor? If Fu Chengyang really has power in the court, then many of the guards and eunuchs in the palace may be his people. Song Qian is a state shepherd from a foreign place. If he relies on letter memorials, he must Will it be intercepted by Fu Chengyang's men?"

Hearing what she said, Su Yuan felt the same way.

He thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that Song Qian has other ways? Maybe he also has someone in the palace. Zhou Shu, think about it, does it have anything to do with him in the palace?"

Zhou Shu frowned and thought, she has been a princess for more than ten years, even if she doesn't go out of the palace much, she can often hear some news.

It's just that most of these news are about people and things in the capital, outside the capital...

There are a total of twelve states in the Great Week, and each state has a state pastor.Although Zhou Mu is not a Beijing official, he is undoubtedly much more at ease than a Beijing official.In some remote states, there is almost no difference between state shepherds and local emperors.

For this reason, there are only two kinds of people who can get this fat job.One is that the family rooted in the state during the family era, and has extremely rich and intricate personal connections in the state.

With such a family, even if the imperial court parachuted the state shepherd over, they would find that without the help of this family, the state shepherd would be nothing but a sham.Local officials have all kinds of obedience and inconsistency, not only can you not do well in pastoral affairs in your state, but you will also risk being stumbled and discredited by means.

This kind of thing has happened many times in the past, so the imperial court also understands, and the next election is to choose from that family, but the family must also be sensible and pay more tribute to the imperial court, and the two sides reached a tacit agreement.

The other kind of state shepherd is the "dragon crossing the river" who is appointed by the emperor himself and has a strong background.This kind of character has an extremely powerful background, and if a local snake wants to make trouble, it is just asking for trouble.

There are a total of these [-] positions in the whole big week, and it is conceivable that each background is unusual.Now this Song Qian...

Just as Su Yuan was thinking, Zhou Shu suddenly said, "I remember! The Song family and the royal family seem to have a relationship."

"Oh? What's the relationship? In-laws?"

"There seems to be a man in the Song family who became the son-in-law of the Zhao family. I don't remember exactly, but I just heard my mother mention it casually."

Su Yuan was a little confused: "The Zhao family?"

Zhou Shu explained: "The Zhao family is the empress's family. Today's Empress Zhaomei is Zhao."

"It turned out to be like this... No wonder, from this point of view, the Song family and the queen's Zhao family are in-laws. If Song Qian passed the evidence of the crime to the emperor through the queen, naturally he would not need to go through Fu Chengyang's hands...Fu Chengyang will never be able to control the entire harem. Bar?"

"That's impossible." Zhou Shu said accurately, "Queen Zhaomei is very resourceful, and the Zhao family is not an ordinary family... Have you ever heard of the dragon guards?"

Su Yuan shook his head: "What is that?"

"It is a group of people who are responsible for guarding the safety of the current emperor. Since their establishment, they have only had this responsibility. The original dragon guards were selected from the Zhao family."

Su Yuan didn't expect there to be so many twists and turns. He asked curiously, "Are the dragon guards very powerful? Are they all martial arts masters?"

Zhou Shu shook his head slightly: "The dragon guards will only show up when the emperor is in danger. No one knows their exact strength. But what is certain is that Fu Chengyang will never be able to control them."

"So I understand..."

Su Yuan sorted out his thoughts and continued: "First of all, Fu Chengyang wanted to kill Song Qian. The purpose is not clear yet. I don't know if the news leaked or what, but the assassination failed. Song Qian wanted revenge, so he contacted me and wanted to frame Fu Chengyang for collaborating with the enemy... Actually This is not considered a false accusation, Fu Chengyang himself has colluded with the enemy."

Su Yuan's face turned slightly cold when he said this, and he was talking about Fu Chengyang's alliance with Bei Rong to kill his father.

"and many more!"

Su Yuan was startled suddenly and stood up.

"I understand!"

"what?"

Seeing that Su Yuan was so shocked, Zhou Shu was very curious.

Su Yuan murmured: "Yes, that's right, everything is connected...Zhou Shu, let me tell you, listen carefully."

Zhou Shu nodded, sat upright and listened to him.

Su Yuan first told the story of how he broke through the Wansheng camp, captured Gu Lilie, and learned of Fu Chengyang's collusion with him.

"Fu Chengyang, Gu Lilie, and Gongsun Kuo, the three of them conspired together to kill my father on the battlefield...and Gongsun Kuo's sister, Concubine Yugui, is Qingxiang's favorite concubine. At that time, I suspected Fu Chengyang You must be very close to this Concubine Yu in private!"

"I want to avenge my father, so the Gongsun family can't let it go. So I later sent someone to investigate secretly, and learned that Concubine Yugui has a son, Zhou Chong, who is also the emperor's favorite prince."

"..."

Hearing the name Zhou Chong, Zhou Shu couldn't help but think of what the latter said to her before she left the palace.

Su Yuan continued: "Since Fu Chengyang has colluded with Concubine Yu, he naturally wants Concubine Yu's son to inherit the throne, right? This is the best for him. Then, who is Zhou Chong's biggest competitor? ?”

Zhou Shu already understood what Su Yuan meant.

"Zhou Chong's biggest opponent is naturally the eldest prince, Zhou Cheng. And Zhou Cheng is the son of Empress Zhaomei. The Zhao family that Empress Zhaomei came from is also related to the Song family... Fu Chengyang got rid of Song Qian and severely injured him. At the same time as the Song family, it also weakened the Zhao family and Zhou Cheng's mother's family." Zhou Shu said.

"Not bad!"

Su Yuan was slightly excited. After he figured out this series of things, many questions were easily solved.

Moreover, on this basis, he also thought of how to deal with Fu Chengyang, and even how to make the Great Zhou royal family restless.

"The battle for the heirloom...hehe, is there anything more detrimental to the royal family than this?"

Zhou Shu: "..."

As a member of the royal family, she had to admit that what Su Yuan said made sense.

If what Su Yuan said now reaches his father's ears...

Zhou Shu felt a chill all over his body for no reason, and his body shivered.

She knew that with her father's suspicious and suspicious personality, once he learned of this... he would definitely be furious. At that time, the prince and concubine might be fine, but Fu Chengyang would definitely be dealt with by him.

In this way, Su Yuan lost a major enemy.In addition, the competition between Zhou Chong and Zhou Cheng was also brought to the fore, in front of Emperor Qingxiang.

At that time, if it is not handled well, I am afraid that civil strife will break out in the capital before Su Yuan takes down the capital.Once the Zhao family behind Zhou Cheng fights with the Gongsun family behind Zhou Chong, under internal and external aggression, there is no reason for the capital to lose...

Thinking of this, Zhou Shu also felt a burst of sadness from the bottom of his heart.This is the royal family. In many cases, you don't need the external enemies to be strong, and you will consume too much power internally.

Just as she was thinking, she suddenly felt a weight on her shoulders.Looking up, Su Yuan put a single coat on her.

"Are you cold? You are shaking." Su Yuan said. "Although it is July now, the temperature is still a bit low in the middle of the night."

Zhou Shu touched the unlined clothes on his body, and said softly: "...Thank you."

"You're welcome, if you are sick, I will also need a good helper." Su Yuan yawned.

"Okay, I've said enough today, and it's time to rest. I'll continue tomorrow, and tomorrow I will write another letter to Xuzhou to Song Qian to provide him with more 'criminal evidence'."

A mischievous and sly smile appeared on Su Yuan's face.

"I really want to see old Qingxiang's expression when he sees those things. It must be... cough, forget it."

Su Yuan didn't continue talking, he thought, it was Zhou Shu's father after all.Although their father-daughter relationship broke down early.

Zhou Shu nodded, got up and left, and went to his tent.

There are only three separate camps in the army, one is lived by Su Yuan, one is lived by Zhao Yun and Li Yuanba, and the other is lived by Zhou Shu and Zhen Miao.

After Zhou Shu entered the camp, he saw that Zhen Miao was meditating as usual.

She looked at it curiously, filled a wooden basin with some water, and washed it a bit.

In the army, one cannot be clean, one can only maintain a general cleanliness.

Zhou Shu wasn't afraid of being tired from running around, and she wasn't too afraid of those bloody battlefield fights. What made her uncomfortable was that she couldn't take a bath for several days in a row.

Su Yuan didn't give her any preferential treatment, or find someone to serve her, so naturally he wouldn't boil a bucket of water for her to take a bath or something.

After finishing her work, she lay down on the paved straw mat, seeing Zhen Miao with her eyes closed and meditating, feeling very strange in her heart.

Although they lived in the same tent, they didn't speak much.Because Zhen Miao is usually meditating and hardly leaves the tent.She herself stays in the camp only when she sleeps, and spends most of the rest of the time with Su Yuan.

As for Zhen Miao, she only knew that she was Su Yuan's Grand Master, and that she was a very powerful martial arts master.She doesn't know exactly how powerful she is, but Su Yuan hurried back to Taiyuan to find her, which can show a thing or two.

"Can't sleep?" Zhen Miao asked suddenly.

It turned out that Zhou Shu was thinking about something, and he stared at Zhen Miao for a long time, which was noticed by her.

"It's okay." Zhou Shu rarely heard Zhen Miao take the initiative to speak, and couldn't help asking, "Senior, don't you need to rest?"

Over the past few days, she has never seen Zhenmiao lying down, and there is only this straw mat under her in the tent.

"For me, meditation is rest." Zhen Miao said.

"...Senior, your martial arts realm must be very high."

"Ah."

"In this case, why didn't senior help the prince break the city?" Zhou Shu heard Li Yuanba say that he had the ability to break the city gate. At that time, she noticed Su Yuan's expression, and she noticed that Su Yuan's eyes were looking at the tent where they lived. glance.

This undoubtedly made her realize that in Su Yuan's heart, apart from Li Yuanba, Zhen Miao could also break through the city.

Zhen Miao said: "Did Xiao Yuan ask you to ask me this?"

"Of course not." Zhou Shu immediately denied, "He never mentioned it to me."

"I think so too."

"The senior..."

"This is the rule of our master's school, try not to get involved in the affairs of the world. I protect Xiao Yuan now only because I have a relationship with him."

Zhou Shu was silent for a moment, and asked, "But senior, if you have enough power, don't you want to make some changes to this world?"

Zhen Miao opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Shu indifferently.

"Everyone has their own ambitions, and it has nothing to do with strength. Xiao Yuan doesn't know martial arts, but he is still willing to work hard for what you said to change the world. And no matter how advanced my martial arts are, I just want to continue climbing and see the limits of ordinary people."

(End of this chapter)