Stunning weapon

In the next few days, Mo Xiaochuan took Longying to the small building in the courtyard. There are many small buildings prepared here. With so many people, it is obviously useless.From the appearance, Mo Xiaochuan seems to be preparing for his future wives and concubines.Although the girls had some ideas in their hearts, no one pointed them out.After all, it's just some houses, which doesn't explain anything.

Longying's temperament is not the kind of twitchy person. She knows what staying in this small building means, that is, becoming Mo Xiaochuan's concubine. What's the difference?

Therefore, Long Ying hardly hesitated, and moved in according to Mo Xiaochuan's arrangement.

Afterwards, Mo Xiaochuan ordered Su Yan to gather many skilled craftsmen, and began to prepare the site and tools for refining gunpowder for Longying, and at the same time recruited many talents in this field for her to drive.Regarding the progress of this matter, Mo Xiaochuan had already arranged it, so he didn't think about it any more, because he knew that such a matter could not be rushed.

After everything was arranged, peace was restored in the palace.

In the palace, during this period of time, there was no further movement, and the whole of Xiliang seemed to have calmed down all of a sudden.Only the war with Nantang is still going on at a leisurely pace.However, with the passage of time, Nantang also seemed to realize that he was not Xiliang's opponent, and understood that Xiliang now wanted to stabilize the situation in Yan. Once this step was done, the next step would be to use troops against Nantang.

In this way, while they are attacking, they are also stepping up the construction of fortifications at the border to cope with the war that will be faced in the near future.

Li Yishan also quietly left Youzhou City during this time, and completely handed over the 20 troops to Li Shaobai to command. Li Shaobai and Mei Shichang began a stalemate under the Youzhou City. The two sides attacked each other. Chang couldn't attack, but Li Shaobai didn't dare to leave Youzhou too far.Between each other, a delicate balance is formed.

However, this balance was suddenly broken.

On this day, Mo Xiaochuan had nothing to do, so he went to check on Longying's progress. Just as he came out, he saw Gu Ming rushing over with a serious expression on his face.

"My lord, something happened." Gu Ming approached and said in a low voice.

Mo Xiaochuan walked forward slowly, did not stop because of Gu Ming's words, but asked softly: "What happened?"

"Master Mei is dead..." Gu Ming said.

"Master Mei? Which Master Mei?" Mo Xiaochuan couldn't help but "thud!" In his tent, although there are generals surnamed Mei, Gu Ming can come to deliver the news in person, and at the same time his face is so dignified. Only Mei Shichang was alone.Even though he was sure that Mr. Mei was Mei Shichang, he still couldn't help asking.

"Mei Shichang, Commander Mei." Gu Ming said in a low voice, "Three days ago, Master Mei went out to check the deployment of troops in Southern Tang, but was assassinated outside the barracks."

Mo Xiaochuan gasped, never thought that such a shrewd person as Mei Shichang would be assassinated.He frowned, paused, and then said: "Is the news accurate?"

"Here is the letter written by Hall Master Leng." Gu Ming handed over a letter.

Mo Xiaochuan opened it up and saw that it was Leng Qingqing's notes. It seems that this matter should be true.He walked forward slowly, the letter in his hand was gradually squeezed into a small ball of paper, and then, with a little force, it turned into powder and slowly slipped out from his fingers.

Looking at Mo Xiaochuan's actions, Gu Ming knew in his heart that Mo Xiaochuan must have been angry, but he didn't show it on the surface. Therefore, he didn't dare to say anything more, but just walked beside Mo Xiaochuan.

Not far from the two of them, Mo Xiaochuan stopped, turned his head, and said, "Who did this? Do you have clues?"

"There is no news yet, but now it is confirmed that the other party is a master of heaven, otherwise, the guards beside Mr. Mei will definitely protect him, but now the guards have disappeared. Presumably, it is not because he was accused To capture means to go after the murderer. I'm afraid it will be more dangerous than good. Elder Liu has asked Hall Master Leng to investigate with all his strength. At the same time, he has also dispatched many people from the main hall. I believe there will be news in a short time. " After Gu Ming finished speaking, he lowered his head, as if he felt a little ashamed, indeed, Qi Xintang has been a little dereliction of duty recently.

First, Yingying's mother and son were stabbed, and Longying was seriously injured.Now even Mei Shichang has been assassinated, and they have not given Mo Xiaochuan a convincing answer to these two matters so far. Even if Gu Ming reports it now, he still lacks confidence and is afraid of being punished by Mo Xiaochuan.

The anger in Mo Xiaochuan's heart is not as serious as Gu Ming imagined. What he thinks more about now is how to deal with the aftermath. Mei Shichang's death can be big or small.If this incident is known to those surrendered soldiers from the Kingdom of Yan, and then used by those who want to use it, the consequences may be very serious.If one is not handled properly, it may cause a mutiny.

You know, these surrendered soldiers had doubts in their hearts, and they didn't know how Xiliang would treat them. In order to appease them, Mo Xiaochuan had already given Mei Shichang great convenience, but right now, Kou Gu is over there, and Mei Shichang However, Chang was assassinated suddenly. If one thinks about it according to this logic, most people would think that this was done on purpose by the Emperor of Xiliang, so that Kou Gu could take over the power from Mei Shichang.

Those who surrendered their troops and generals could listen to Mei Shichang, but it didn't mean they could listen to Kou Gu.

Once there is a mutiny, Li Shaobai will definitely seize the opportunity, and Hari Chagai may also act as a hindrance to make the situation even more chaotic. If this is the case, the situation where the offensive in Southern Tang is currently slowing down will also change accordingly. Some improvement in the situation, there will be turmoil again, this is what Mo Xiaochuan does not want to see.

He turned his head, looked at Gu Ming, and said, "Let no one else know about this, especially Guan'er."

"This subordinate understands." Gu Ming nodded.

Mo Xiaochuan then walked quickly towards the study.When he came to the study, he sat down directly, and at the same time ordered someone to call Lin Feng over. This matter, even though Kou Gu is capable, it is not easy to handle.

After all, he has always served as Minister of the Ministry of War, and has not gone out to command the army for many years.Moreover, the current situation is different from the past. Since the death of Citi, the soldiers and horses in Xiliang have been dominated by the frontline battalion, accounting for almost half of the combat power of the entire Xiliang.

Under such circumstances, without Mo Xiaochuan's instruction, Kou Gu's commanding power as Minister of the Ministry of War was very limited.

When Mei Shichang was alive before, fortunately, now that Mei Shichang is dead, Kou Gu is likely to become the target of public criticism. Thinking of these things, Mo Xiaochuan felt a little headache and couldn't help but pat his forehead.

Lin Feng and Gu Ming stood below, Mo Xiaochuan pondered for a moment, picked up the pen, and began to write vigorously, Gu Ming caught up to grind.

After a while, Mo Xiaochuan wrote some letters and handed them to Lin Fengdao: "You send these out, hurry up!"

Lin Feng nodded in agreement, and hurriedly left.

After Lin Feng left, Mo Xiaochuan said to Gu Ming: "You try to urge the army to send the news as soon as possible."

Gu Ming was stunned for a moment, then nodded lightly. Although he understood that Qixintang's method of transmitting messages is much faster than that of the army, but even if the army is slower, there will be news of such a big event within five days. , but I don't know why Mo Xiaochuan still urged.However, he didn't dare to ask. Seeing that Mo Xiaochuan didn't seem to have any orders, he saluted and said, "If there is nothing else, this subordinate will leave first."

Mo Xiaochuan waved his hand lightly, Gu Ming bowed his head and retreated.