Horse on the World

Chapter 537 A Different Choice
The news of the general's death was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky in Dingzhou City. The people of Dingzhou naturally would not have any doubts about the news released by the Zhenxi Hou Mansion. The official document was issued by the general's wife, Princess Qingcheng!After a short period of sluggishness, the city of Dingzhou burst into mourning, and the crying was loud.

It was already the Chinese New Year, and every household was making preparations in advance. Some businesses even hung up festive red lanterns in advance. When the bad news came, the red lanterns were immediately taken down and replaced by lanterns covered with white cloth. Countless people spontaneously A sacrificial altar was placed at the door of the house, and on both sides of the road in Dingzhou City, the people tied the white silk of mourning to the tree and fluttered in the wind.

More retired veterans came out of their homes, gathered in front of the military commander's mansion, and automatically lined up in neat formations according to their ranks before retirement, raising their arms and shouting, "Give us weapons, give us war horses! Fight to Liaoshen Go, step on Zeng Lu thief!" Among these batches of veterans, most of them are older or have disabilities, but at this moment, in the cold wind, roaring and roaring, all the viewers are excited.Outside Dingzhou City, more retired soldiers are gathering in Dingzhou City.

While Qingcheng was shocked by Li Qing's popularity in Dingzhou, she also knew that time was waiting for her. With her at this moment, she would never be able to suppress the scene. If these retired soldiers started to make trouble, it was not for fun.

Gathering her mind, she rolled up a stack of papers from the study and put them in her sleeves, and walked to the backyard, where Shang Haibo and Lu Yiming were imprisoned.

Shang Haibo sat blankly at the square table. Although he was under house arrest, he didn't suffer much. The earth dragon in the house was burning very vigorously, and the room was as warm as spring. The table was full of delicious food and wine, but at this moment, Shang Haibo was haggard, as if he had aged ten years in a few days.

"Mr. Shang!" Qingcheng walked in and sat opposite to Shang Haibo. "You know everything, don't you?"

Shang Haibo raised his head slowly, and stared at Qingcheng angrily, "You can laugh, you finally succeeded in killing your husband and ruining Dingzhou's foundation! It's a pity that your end is destined to be bad."

A look of pain flashed in Qingcheng's eyes, but in an instant, it was replaced by another kind of determination, "Mr. Shang, this is the end of the matter, why bother to say these useless things, the crowd outside is already raging, more and more The retired soldiers flocked to Dingzhou City, and Dingzhou was forced to close the city to keep them out, but this situation cannot last. I hope that Mr. Shang can come out to preside over the overall situation and appease these soldiers and the people of Dingzhou."

Shang Haibo laughed: "Since you have been planning for a long time, you must have anticipated this. The more chaotic Dingzhou is, the more you take advantage of your wish, no, it takes advantage of Emperor Tianqi's wish."

Qingcheng stood up, walked back and forth in the room a few times, turned her head, put her hands on the table, and stared at Shang Haibo with piercing eyes: "Mr. You want to watch the whole Dingzhou fall apart, do you generals support yourselves?"

"Isn't this exactly what you hoped for? In this way, wouldn't Tian Qi take this opportunity to divide them up?" Shang Haibo sneered.

"No, I don't want to!" Qingcheng said firmly.

"The commander-in-chief plotted to overthrow the Great Chu Dynasty. As a member of the Great Chu royal family, I absolutely did not want to see this situation happen. Therefore, when Yuan Fang approached me, although I hesitated, I still agreed to promote this murder." The commander-in-chief's plan, now, this plan has succeeded, the commander-in-chief is dead, Dingzhou has no leader, and the struggle for world hegemony has come to naught. Right now, among all the people in Dingzhou, no one can replace the commander-in-chief. I have promised my brother If it is done, Dingzhou will never threaten the rule of Great Chu again, for Great Chu, I have a clear conscience."

Shang Haibo raised his head and looked at Qingcheng.

"But, now, I have to take care of my children!" Qingcheng sat down slowly, "As the son of the commander-in-chief, Ji Shi will definitely become a thorn in my brother's side in the future. He will lose his foundation for self-protection. Therefore, I need you to stand up and gather Dingzhou generals and civil and military officials. Focus on helping the world, use Dingzhou as your foundation, and guard the western frontier for Dachu. As long as Dingzhou soldiers are still here , helping the world can guarantee a lifetime of safety!" Qingcheng said slowly.

"Are you still trying to persuade me with clever words? Your goal is still to withdraw, the three main divisions, Wang and Lu, are you going to hand over the Central Plains to Tianqi?" Shang Haibo sneered.

Qingcheng sighed, "The commander-in-chief is gone, does Dingzhou still have the capital to compete with my brother? The three main divisions, among each other, I am afraid that no one will obey the other, except you, the military division, who is still qualified to command They, who else can make them obey orders, who else can do this, if they don't withdraw, they can only face the fate of being wiped out one by one by Luoyang. With the strong strength of the three main divisions, we can still keep the last shelter for Jishi. As long as the main force is still there, Luoyang will not dare to make any changes. Shangjun Division, the commander has already gone, shouldn't you replace him? Is his son planning to do something?"

"When you launched the coup, why didn't you think about the commander's son?" Shang Haibo said bitterly.

"As I said before, I am the princess of Da Chu. I can only think of Da Chu first, and then my own son. Lord Shang, this is the best way I can think of to have the best of both worlds. General Da Chu To continue to exist, and the commander-in-chief will continue to smoke cigarettes. Do you want to go your own way, really want to burn everything, so that the commander-in-chief can't keep anything?"

Shang Haibo sighed dejectedly.

Looking at Shang Haibo's expression, Qingcheng was overjoyed, and continued: "Mr. Shang, your great talent is obvious to all, and you can be said to have made a lot of contributions to being able to have today's strength and status. , even my elder brother, the emperor, praised him. He once said that it was the prime minister's fault that you could not become an official in the court. Now Chen Shoufu is old and can't work for a few years. If you can stabilize Dingzhou for me this time and A smooth transition is a great achievement for Da Chu, and after Chen Shoufu, the chief assistant of Da Chu will belong to you!"

Shang Haibo suddenly raised his head and looked at the other party, his eyes were full of shock.

Qingcheng smiled and said: "Mr. Shang, don't look at me like that. I know you won't believe me. Come on, this is a private letter from my emperor's brother and me. It contains expectations for your praise. Mr. Shang, you have always had great ambitions and wished for everything in your life." It is to be able to rule the world, benefit the people, and leave a name in history, but you failed to succeed in Dachu, and it was difficult to realize your ambition. It is the commander-in-chief who gave you the hope of realizing this ideal. Now that the commander-in-chief is gone, you must The state has come to an end, but my elder brother is also a Mingjun who is rare in a hundred years. He has always hoped that the country will be prosperous and the people will be peaceful, and the glory will last forever. It will always be looked up to by future generations."

"And in the future, when you sit in the center of Ji Shiyong Township, I won't worry about what happens to him. The commander keeps smoking cigarettes. You can repay the commander's kindness!"

Shang Haibo closed his eyes and remained silent.

Qingcheng stood up and said: "Mr. Shang, I will put the letter from the emperor's brother here. You should take a look carefully. I have withdrawn the guards at the gate. If you still insist on not coming out to clean up the mess, then you can wait and see." Here it is, if you figure it out, you can come out at any time, Qingcheng is looking forward to it."

Qingcheng Yingying left, but Shang Haibo's heart was full of shocking waves. With trembling hands, he stretched out to the thin private letters on the table, and just touched the envelope with his hand, but took it back again like an electric shock, and so on. Several times, finally, amidst two lines of old tears, Shang Haibo picked up the letter and opened it.

"If Shang Haibo can help me suppress the thieves and make the great Chu Haiyan and Heqing clear, why should I be ashamed of a first assistant? Besides, he is a great talent. If he can get the effect, it is also my luck. A virtuous sister can work hard. Go for it!"

Out of Shang Haibo's house, Qingcheng came to Lu Yiming's residence on the other side, no different from Shang Haibo, Lu Yiming also enjoyed extremely high treatment, except that people were not allowed to be free, everything else As it wishes.

When Qingcheng came in, Lu Yiming was reading a book, his expression was extremely calm, it seemed that the news of Li Qing's death had no effect on him at all.Seeing Qingcheng step into the room, Lu Yiming put down the scroll in his hand, "Princess is busy, what can I learn here?"

Qingcheng didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "The chaos in Dingzhou has already occurred, and Qingcheng came to beg Mr. Lu to come forward to clean up the overall situation."

Lu Yiming chuckled and shook his head, "If that's the case, then there's no need to say more, I'm seeing the innocence, the princess is free!" After speaking, he picked up the scroll and read it on his own.

"Mr. Shang has agreed to come out of the mountain!" Qingcheng suddenly said: "Master Lu, you are alone, what's the use of insisting? The building has fallen, how can a single tree support it?"

Hearing Qingcheng's words, Lu Yiming shook his hand, and the scroll almost fell to the ground, but he steadied himself immediately, "Everyone has his own ambition, how can we force it? The commander in chief is as high as the sky to me. Once the commander in chief is gone, Yiming's heart is gone." Die, the princess doesn't need to talk too much, I'm waiting for the day when the knife and the ax will be added to the neck."

"Lord Lu!" Qingcheng raised his voice, "Mr. Shang came out of the mountain, and he will serve as the chief assistant of the Great Chu in the future. You are not weaker than him in administering and teaching the people. How can your achievements be lower than Mr. Shang in the future? Why do you insist on going your own way? Assist the commander-in-chief What is the difference between educating the people and assisting the Emperor of Chu to educate the people? They are all for the benefit of the people, don't you want to leave a name in history and be admired by thousands of people?"

Lu Yiming put down the scroll calmly, "It's not the same! A man lives in the world, does something, and doesn't do something. Yiming reads the books of sages and sages, and remembers nothing else, but he remembers this sentence very firmly."

Staring at Lu Yiming's calm and unwavering eyes, Qingcheng retreated dejectedly.

"Princess, how are you?"

"Shang Haibo is square on the outside and round on the inside, and Lu Yiming is round on the outside and inside. Shang Haibo agreed, but Lu Yiming is stubborn!" Qingcheng said to Feng Guo wearily.

"Although there is no cooperation from Lu Yiming, Lu itself has little influence on the military. As long as Shang Haiboken comes forward, the official writing at the Military Commander's Mansion is not satisfactory!" Feng Guo said.

"However, the mobilization of the army requires the joint signature of Shang Lu Qingfeng and three people. Now Qingfeng is missing and Lu Yiming refuses to cooperate. What can I do?"

"Princess, don't worry. In the current situation, we can only blame Qingfeng for the Bai clan's rebellion, and say that Lu Yiming also colluded with him. The two of them conspired to assassinate the commander. Now under the auspices of the princess, Dingzhou has been arrested. Qingfeng and Lu Yiming, the princess and Shang Haibo jointly signed, and they should be transferred back."

"I can only give it a try. After you go down, immediately write an announcement announcing that Tianxia Qingfeng and Lu Yiming are colluding with each other and conspiring to assassinate the Marshal!"

(End of this chapter)