Sword Qi of the heavens

Chapter 173 Emperor Qing's doubts

Zhong Zhong is a smart person, and immediately understood the truth of the matter.

He thought that in the past, he tried his best to show his loyalty to the queen mother, but he obeyed Zhan Doudou's orders secretly, and even deliberately shirked it many times, so as to show that the position he chose between the queen mother and her majesty was even more heartfelt. fear.

Lifting a glass of wine with trembling heavy arms, he forcibly poured it into his stomach.

As for that, what about Shen Wan'er.

He no longer dared to raise any opinions, and even completely lost the courage to look up.

……

The news of Northern Qi Xiao En's return to court and Uesugi Tiger's service for the royal family came back to Nanqing.

Although Emperor Qing was a little surprised and surprised, and was puzzled by Fan Xian's mistake, he didn't feel any overly distressed thoughts.

After all, Xiao En has been punished by the Procuratorate for many years.

He had already become neither human nor ghost, and he didn't know how much strength he had left at the ninth rank. Even if he returned to Northern Qi, it would be difficult to serve Northern Qi like he did when he was young, and conquer the world.

But Li Yunrui, who was supposed to be in Xinyang, was given to Bei Qi by Li Changlan as a gift.

Even Yan Xiaoyi, who was supposed to be the commander-in-chief of the palace guards, followed him into the Northern Qi Dynasty, which was like a dangerous gunpowder, which completely ignited Emperor Qing's anger and caused turmoil in the court.

The common people, who were complacent because of the victory over Northern Qi just now, were even more panic-stricken, and there were many rumors that were not good for Nanqing.

Inside the palace.

Emperor Qing looked at the latest information in his hand with a gloomy expression, and his brows were tightly furrowed, making people feel fearful.

Fan Jian and Chen Pingping waited quietly nearby, neither of them took the initiative to speak.

I don't know how long it took.

Emperor Qing finally raised his hand, raised the letter with one hand, placed it heavily on the table in front of him, and clapped twice with his hand.

"Fan Jian, Chen Pingping, the actions of the Northern Qi Dynasty recently are a bit surprising. Not only is the number of available manpower in the entire court increasing, even their troops have recently shown signs of being transferred in many places."

"Based on the two of you, what is Beiqi going to do recently?"

Fan Jian lowered his head and glanced at Chen Pingping who was beside him.

Seeing that Chen Pingping was still expressionless, as if nothing had happened, he couldn't help but secretly cursed Chen Pingping in his heart.

Chen Pingping, as the dean of the Inspection Institute, not only monitors the court officials internally, but is also responsible for the investigation of all Northern Qi intelligence externally. Now Fan Xian is detained in Northern Qi, Li Changlan, as a grand master, openly joins Northern Qi, and Li Yunrui is regarded as a hostage.

How could he, who has a lot of information in his hands, know nothing?
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Northern Qi violated the agreement. Not only did they not let Yan Bingyun, our spy in Northern Qi, return, but they also forcibly detained the envoys sent by our country. No news of my son Fan Xian has come back yet, and his life and death are unknown."

"Sir, please Your Majesty save my son Fan Xian!"

Emperor Qing snorted coldly, and said, "Save? How? What kind of rescue?"

Talking.

Emperor Qing stood up, with his hands behind his waist, and kept pacing in the hall.

"Li Changlan's status as a grand master has been established, and with the addition of Kuhe from Northern Qi, there are already two great masters. They rescued Xiao En, took Uesugi Tiger in, and forcibly detained our mission. , isn't it obvious what this means?"

"War! They are going to start an unprecedented war!"

"Then Li Yunrui was taken away by them, clearly to put pressure on the face of members of my Nanqing royal family, and at the same time, to make us cast a taboo and threaten me!"

suddenly.

Emperor Qing stopped and stared at Chen Pingping with cold eyes.

"Chen Pingping, you once imprisoned this person in the dungeon of the Inspection Institute, what do you think?"

Chen Pingping raised her head slightly, and looked at Emperor Qing calmly.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I did have some communication with that Li Changlan."

"In my opinion, Li Changlan is willing to follow Fan Xian for more than ten years, enjoying the happiness in Danzhou all the time, and has never made any act of arrogance. It is very likely that this person is pretending."

"Since entering the capital, Li Changlan has gradually shown his edge."

"First he defeated the palace ceremony, destroyed the scheme of the eldest princess Li Yunrui, defeated Xie Bi'an, and later killed Lin Gong by hiding his identity as a grand master. It was not until he was sentenced from Nanqing and joined Northern Qi that he began to show his true strength."

"Then Li Changlan's plans must be huge. During his days in Danzhou and the capital, he may have been secretly investigating the division of power in our court and the information about the masters of the martial arts. He chose to do it at the moment when our Qing Dynasty and Beiqi had just ceased war. It was premeditated."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Qing stared at Chen Pingping coldly.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Chen Pingping for a long time before speaking.

"Chen Pingping, do I need you to tell me these words?"

"What I'm asking is how to deal with this situation, instead of you reporting what I already know!"

Chen Pingping hurriedly lowered her head, and said in a deep voice: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the Grand Master's strength is far beyond that of a ninth-rank expert. If he really chooses to go to the battlefield in person and launch a war with the power of the Northern Qi royal family, I am afraid that the Great Grand Master will not be able to compete." .”

"I think it's time to recall Ye Liuyun who is outside, and notify the great master hidden in the palace in advance."

"Otherwise, with Ye Liuyun alone, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight against the two great masters Li Changlan and Ku He. Once one of them is freed up, those ninth-rank masters in our country will be slaughtered by one of them in an instant. do."

Fan Jian nodded and agreed: "That's right. In the past, wars depended on the outcome of the armies. It was all based on the premise that no great master had ever made a move. If Li Changlan really went to the battlefield in person, no matter how many times we Even the rank nine masters are not enough for him to kill alone."

Of course, Emperor Qing knew that what Fan Jian and Chen Pingping said made sense.

Great masters, non-great masters cannot compete.

But how could he only worry about Ku He and Li Changlan.

What he was more concerned about was that once Li Changlan joined forces with Ku He, it would have an impact on the current stable situation of Grand Master, causing the balance to suddenly tilt towards Northern Qi.

Even if Ye Liuyun finally ended up in Nanqing, there were only two of them.

Sigu Jian in Dongyi City, as the grand master who always remembered Ye Qingmei's death, would choose to join Nanqing or Beiqi, and he almost didn't need to think about it.

Two against three?
Regardless of Li Changlan's specific strength, Nanqing no longer has an advantage in terms of numbers alone.

Emperor Qing thought of this and sighed deeply.

What's more, it would be easy for Li Changlan to be a grand master who appeared suddenly.

But he happened to be Fan Xian's teacher. Although Emperor Qing once communicated with Li Changlan for a short period of time, it was heard that he and Ye Qingmei only met each other once, and there was no relationship between the two.

But who can guarantee that Li Changlan did not lie at that time.

He became teacher Fan Xian, and he was willing to escort him for more than ten years as a great master all the way, not to confuse the world, or to force himself to reveal his identity?

Emperor Qing pondered for a long time, knowing that if he didn't want Nanqing to be defeated.

If war really breaks out in the future, he can no longer hide his identity, but must choose to act in time

Just when Fan Jian and Chen Pingping were silent.

When each other's expressions are calm, neither can see the specific thoughts in their hearts.

"Where's Wu Zhu?" Emperor Qing suddenly asked.

(End of this chapter)