A big gamble: the dandy princess

Chapter 747 Ignite the Country (5)
Rong Jing smiled lightly, with endless coolness in his eyes, "That's fine, let's use their bones to ignite this piece of land!"

The heavenly fire burned the mourning hall of Zhenwu Hall, and the bones of Emperor Ye's master were turned into ashes. The new emperor Ye Qingran announced to the world to calm the panic of the people.

On this day, it will be recorded in the annals of history, and it will be a grand scene through the ages.

On this day, amidst the high-spirited discussions among the common people, a secret book was rushed to the capital from [-] Li.

The matter of military strategy is a major event. Even if swan geese and eagles pass on letters and fly high, it is inevitable that they will be hunted down, not to mention that there are so many forces and eyes in the dark.Therefore, all the matters of marching and using troops are all in a hurry for eight hundred miles, with fast horses galloping, protecting and delivering letters along the way.

The [-]-mile express came to the city gate at midnight that day, and the city gate was closed at this time. There has been no war in the past ten years, and the [-]-mile express has not been used for a long time.The city guard in charge of Nancheng didn't dare to let him go easily, so he quickly sent someone to Wen Bohou's mansion to invite his son Rong Feng.Rong Feng took over Jing Zhaoyin and was in charge of the four cities in the east, west, north, and south. After the city gates were locked, he had to give his permission. Otherwise, he had to wait until dawn the next day to open the city gates, and then enter the city after investigation.

The people sent by Nancheng city guard to Wenbohou's mansion knocked on the door of Wenbohou's mansion, and the gatekeeper immediately notified Rong Feng.

When Rong Feng got the news, he got up in person and followed to the south gate.After he arrived at the south city gate, he opened the city gate and found that the people who had been rushing for eight hundred miles had fallen under the south city gate, one person and one horse dead.

Rong Feng asked the city guard with a sullen face, "What's going on?"

The city guard said with a pale face and trembling: "As soon as the person he sent left, this person collapsed and died."

Rong Feng ordered someone to light a torch and go forward to check, and under the light of the torch, he could see clearly that the soldier who was rushing for eight hundred miles was seriously injured, bumped repeatedly, and lost blood to death. exhausted.

Rong Jing looked at it for a while, and then ordered the city guard: "Send someone to Prince An's mansion to invite King An to come."

Ye Tianyi has been staying in the palace these days to take care of Ye Qingran, and now that Ye Qingran's injury is slightly better, he returned to Prince An's Mansion.

The city guard quickly agreed and ordered a soldier to invite King An.

During the time for two cups of tea, there was the sound of horseshoes in a hurry. King An Ye Tianyi came to the south gate. When he arrived, he took a look at Rong Feng, got off his horse, and asked, "What's going on?"

"It was like this when I came here." Rong Feng said.

"What about the letter?" Ye Tianyi asked.

"I haven't checked him all the time. I just waited for you to come. It should be on him." In order to avoid suspicion, Rong Feng naturally wouldn't touch the corpse in such a situation.

Ye Tianyi understood in his heart, nodded, stepped forward to tear off the soldier's bloody clothes, touched it in front of him, but there was no letter or anything like that, he stood up, and ordered in a deep voice, "Two people, come and change his clothes, Examine all parts of the body, including the horse. See where there is a letter."

"Yes!" Two soldiers hurried forward and took off the clothes of the soldier who delivered the letter.

After burning incense, he took out a letter from the soldier's shoes and socks and presented it to Ye Tianyi.

Ye Tianyi took the letter without reading it, and ordered the city guard, "Send this person to the Ministry of War one by one, and order the Ministry of War to arrange a proper funeral."

"Yes!" The city guard immediately accepted the order.

Ye Tianyi said to Rong Feng: "Follow me into the palace!"

Rong Feng nodded, and the two got on their horses, entered the city gate, and ran towards the palace.

In the middle of the night, the sound of horseshoes trampling was very clear in the silence.Usually at this time, although the common people have already rested, the wealthy sons in the Gaomen compound are at the time when the Sheng Xiao Orchestra and the gold fans are drunk, and the big brothels are also full of tourists, but recently there have been frequent accidents, It's still a big deal, the young masters in the Gaomen compound naturally don't dare to sing and dance anymore, and the brothel and flower building also closed their doors early.As a result, there was a slight movement, which woke up countless people who could not sleep well.

The two horses came all the way to the palace gate, and Chen Shao saw that it was King An and Rong Feng's son, and hurriedly opened the palace gate.

The two hurried to the emperor's bedroom with the letter.

The entire imperial palace was brightly lit, and the inside and outside of the emperor's bedroom was as bright as day. Ye Qingran was not asleep, and was reviewing the memorial.Yanmo told the two to come, Ye Qingran put down the memorial and said, "Xuan!"

The two entered the emperor's bedroom.

Ye Tianyi presented the secret fold, which was sealed with wax, and Ye Qingran took the secret fold, squinting his eyes, "Hurry up at eight hundred miles?"

"Well! One man and one horse were seriously injured, and they all died at the gate of the city. They only took out letters from their shoes and socks." Ye Tianyi nodded.

Ye Qingran immediately opened the secret letter and called out the letter, only to see that it was a blood book.When he saw the blood book, his complexion instantly became gloomy, and his face was like frost, "What a Li Qi!"

Ye Tianyi and Ye Qingran also saw the blood book, the handwriting on the white paper was bright red, and the strokes were frantic and hurried, obviously written in a hurry.

"Look!" Ye Qingran handed the blood book to Ye Tianyi.

Ye Tianyi reached out to take it, glanced at it, frowned, and handed it to Rong Feng after a while.

Rong Feng stretched out his hand to take it, and saw the blood written: "The minister is Du Keen, the governor of Lingquan County in the Southwest, and he is anxious to be my emperor. On the first day of February, Li Qi raised his troops. On the fifth day of February, he captured Anling County. On the seventh day of February, he captured Deyang. On the [-]th day of February, Huaimin County was captured, and on the [-]th day of February, Bo County, Qin County, and Yan County were captured. On the same day, Southwest City was captured. When Southwest City was lost, Li Qi marched into Lingquan County. However, the source of small soldiers in the city is limited, the bandits are rampant, and the minister is afraid of losing the enemy. The minister is not compared with the other three counties and three counties who are greedy for life and fear of death. I surrender to the rebellious ministers and thieves. I am willing to defend Lingquan County to the death and live and die with Lingquan County The minister knows that Lingquan County is about to be lost, but even though the minister is dead, I beg my emperor to send troops quickly, otherwise thousands of miles to the southwest, I am afraid that all of them will fall into the hands of rebellious officials and thieves. The cronies sent the letter urgently, hoping to solve the urgent need in the Southwest as soon as possible. Du Keen worshiped in blood on February [-]th."

"In my heavenly and magnificent country, there are only 500 rebellious officials and thieves in the army, but now at the beginning of February, an army came together, and in just ten days on February [-]th, they captured three counties, three counties and one city. Today is February [-]th , Lingquan County may have already fallen. It took two or three days to capture a county and a county. Is it Li Qi who transports troops like a god, or is it a useless waste of officials in Tiansheng County?" Ye Qingran's face was livid, his eyes were full of anger, " Where is Cang Pavilion? Why hasn’t it arrived yet?”

Ye Tianyi said in a deep voice: "Cangting is now a thousand miles away. It is still a thousand miles away from Lingquan County. He has only set out for four or five days, which is already the fastest speed."

Ye Qingran's face was cold, "Immediately deliver the decree, and discuss it with the court."

Ye Tianyi turned around and ordered outside, "Go and ring the bell and drum."

"Yes!" A servant quickly responded and ran to give instructions.

Not long after, there was a rapid sound of bells and drums outside the gate of the palace. There are many theories about bells and drums. The sound of bells and drums at night can be heard throughout the city. discuss.

The ministers dressed in a hurry, those who rode horses, those who sat in sedan chairs, and those who rode in cars, all entered the palace one after another.

Naturally, the Purple Bamboo Courtyard of Prince Rong's Mansion also heard the sound of bells and drums. Yun Qianyue was woken up, and said, "Hurry up at eight hundred miles?"

Rong Jing let out a "hmm".

"It seems that the southwest is more serious than expected!" Yun Qianyue said.

Rong Jing was noncommittal.

"Do you think he will come to pass the decree to let you enter the palace?" Yun Qianyue closed her eyes and rubbed her head against Rongjing's chest.

"No! He doesn't have time to think of me at this time." Rong Jing shook his head, looked down at Yun Qianyue nestling in his arms like a cat, and said softly, "Go on sleeping."

Yun Qianyue nodded and stopped talking.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty rushed into the palace as quickly as possible, and half an hour later, the Golden Luan Hall was already full of people.

Ye Qingran came out of the emperor's bedroom with a jade chariot carried by someone, and arrived at the golden hall, where she sat on the dragon chair with a gloomy expression.

The civil and military officials were thinking about the urgent military affairs at eight hundred miles away. At night and early in the morning, the emperor's face was gloomy and cold. It must be that the military is not good.

Ye Qingran took the writing book and threw it down the steps, and the bloody book "slapped" to the middle of the officials. He said angrily: "Look at it all!"

Ye Tianyi had read the blood book, so naturally he didn't need to read it again. Rong Jing, who was in the first place on his left hand, did not come to heal his wounds. The temporary acting prime minister Yun Li was in the place behind him. No one dared to pick up the blood book, so he could only bend his head to pick it up After reading it, his complexion changed slightly, and he passed it to Prince De behind him.

Prince De was in a hurry to attack his heart just right, so he caught up with the emperor's master and died of his heart. Now that the Zhenwu Hall has been burned by heaven and earth, he has been in the court and the opposition for decades, so naturally he would not naively think that it was what Ye Qingran said, and he knew that He must be inseparable from Rongjing, and fell ill again in a fit of rage, but how could he be sick when he heard the sound of bells and drums in an urgent [-] miles?Supporting the sick body came.Seeing that the book was being written, he shook his body and said angrily: "Rebellious ministers and thieves, deceive me."

The ministers knew that it was another war and disaster for the country, and no one spoke.

Prince De handed the blood book to Prince Xiao. After reading it, Prince Xiao's face changed drastically, and he passed the blood book back.

The servant took the blood book and presented it to Ye Qingran again.

Ye Qingran was still angry at this time, "In just ten days, 500 rebels took down three counties, three counties and one city." He sneered, "What a Li Qi, what a southwest town guard, that is The southwest city guarded by me in this way is the ten counties and eighteen counties in charge of it?"

All the ministers held their breath.

"Who will tell me, who is the guardian of the three counties and three counties and the Southwest City? Whose disciples handed it out? I'm going to have a look today to see whether the upper beam is not correct or the lower beam is not correct." Ye Qingran is really angry today.

When he was a little devil king, he beat people directly when he was angry. Now that he is so angry, the officials only feel that the mountain rain is coming, which is more shocking than beating people. At least he can't kill people, but now, everyone feels it. Full of killing intent.No one dared to speak.

"Did no one tell you?" Ye Qingran raised her brows, her eyes were sharp, "Do you want me to tell you?"

All the officials lowered their heads, and the hall was silent for a moment. Prince Xiao finally couldn't hold back and stood up, "My Majesty, the southwestern guard mansion was once a student of General Feng's mansion. This man's name is Sun Li, who was a warrior in the 99th year of Tiansheng. Born in civilian clothes, because he started in the army, he was appreciated by the old general Feng, so he recommended him and won the No. 2 martial arts exam. It was a small chess game, and he became the admiral of the Nine Houses. It was a step up to the sky. At that time, King Jingbian of Cangyun City, who was at the critical point between Nanliang and Northern Xinjiang, was about to move, but after he went, King Jingbian no longer dared to move. But in the second year of Tiansheng 110, King Jingbian was still not restrained after three years of forbearance. He unexpectedly detained Sun Li, raised the flag to rebel, and the flames of war burned the entire northern Xinjiang. The emperor ordered Rong Wang and Wen Bohou to quell the disaster Later, King Jingbian took advantage of his familiarity with northern Xinjiang and the private soldiers he had raised to lure King Rong and Marquis Wen into Duzhang Peak. After that, King Rong wiped out King Jingbian and the rebels and quelled the civil strife, but Marquis Wenbo He died in battle, King Rong was infected with poison and died on the way back to court. However, Sun Li was rescued by King Rong and survived by luck, but the emperor was furious and blamed him for negligence. It was King Rong who took the trouble to rescue him during his lifetime, so he was relegated to the southwest and served as the town guard of Southwest City until now."

Prince Xiao is in charge of the household department, so he is naturally very clear about the officials at the top and bottom of the court.

"Where is Sun Li now?" Ye Qingran asked in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)