Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 42

Mubai brought in the kit, Xie Shu opened it, took out the contents, and stood up in shock.

It turned out to be a soldier talisman.

"Did the King of Wuling say anything when he handed over this kit to you?"

"Back to the prime minister, the king of Wuling said that it would be dangerous for him to hand this to the prime minister himself. If there is an accident, this thing can protect the prime minister's safety. He also said that if something happened to him, he asked the prime minister to take care of his old friends and take care of his mother." .”

Xie Shu understood that he had even thought out her retreat for her. If one day her identity as a woman was exposed and she reached the point of no return, and she could mobilize the army with the soldier talisman, at least there was still a glimmer of life.

Why did she write a military talisman so far? What did she have to deserve him to treat her like this?
Mubai took a closer look at her expression: "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

Xie Shu came back to his senses: "It's okay, just settle down with Mr. Chu."

In mid-June, the letter of appeal for peace was sent to the prime minister's residence in a hurry.

Sima Qi asked for his family members to be released, and asked to cede the land and become the king. These were all expected, but Xie Shu was only surprised by the capture of Wei Yizhi in Xinzhong.

These days Mo Rong has been searching for Wei Yizhi but to no avail, and the news that Chu Lian brought is also very dangerous, so it is impossible to be sure whether he is really captured or not.

She called several close ministers to discuss the matter. Everyone said it was too dangerous, but they couldn't come up with any good countermeasures.

Sima Qi's demand for peace talks is not at a disadvantage. He is now the leader.The Jin army can naturally stop it, but there is still a state of Qin eyeing it covetously, and there will inevitably be endless flames of war.

Xie Shu sent several ministers away, thought about the arrangements in the study, and then wrote back.

Just halfway through writing, Xie Ran quickly walked into the study, saw her writing, and his face sank: "Prime Minister intends to go to peace talks?"

"Ah."

Xie Shu didn't look up, but the letter in front of him was pulled away by him and torn to pieces several times.

"How can the prime minister take such a risk? What if you never return, what do you ask the Xie family to do?"

"I have my own arrangements, nothing will happen." With a calm face, Xie Shu took out another piece of paper and continued writing.

Xie Ran looked at her in disbelief, his face gradually filled with anger, and he flung his sleeves out of the study.

As soon as he left, Mubai came in to report that a guest had arrived.Xie Shu looked up, and it was Mrs. Xiang who came in, and she immediately stood up to greet her.

"Why are you here, madam?"

Mrs. Xiang was wearing a black skirt, her makeup was light, and there was very little decoration on her body, so she obviously came in a hurry.Her eyes were slightly red, and she stood in front of Xie Shu's hesitation for a long time before saying: "I have heard about Yizhi's capture and Changsha King's request for peace talks, and I want to ask the prime minister's decision."

Xie Shu understood that this was the first time that Wei Yizhi encountered such a big predicament. Mrs. Xiang had only one son, and at this time she had completely let go of her temper, her tone was humble, and her only wish was to keep him safe.

"Don't worry, ma'am, I have written a reply, and I can leave in two days."

Mrs. Xiang raised her head in surprise, apparently she did not expect her to help so simply.She took a step back and saluted Xie Shu: "Thank you, Prime Minister."

She lowered her head, Xie Shu felt a little sad when she saw that there were one or two silver strands in her hair.

Everything has been arranged, just waiting for the road.Apart from the deployment in Ningzhou, the defense along the way is also particularly tight.

Xie Shu walked out of the prime minister's mansion in the easy-to-move Hu suit, and boarded the carriage, while Mubai was hesitating to speak beside the carriage, still full of worries.She waved: "don't worry, get in the car."

Before Mubai could move, someone boarded the car first, and sat beside her.

"Why are you here?" Xie Shu was astonished.

Xie Ran's face was cold: "The prime minister is going to put himself in danger, so I just follow along. Anyway, if you are gone, I will be down too."

Xie Shu patted the back of his hand reassuringly: "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

"Hmph!" Xie Ran withdrew his hand and turned his head to ignore her.

Yang Qiao has already rushed to Ningzhou with his troops, and Mo Rong's troops have not slack off.Xun Zhuo and Zhang Zhao were only transferred away from the mountain at that time, but there were no casualties.Now everyone is performing their duties and is ready to fight, but there is no commander in chief.

Yang Qiao is not only Wei Yizhi's direct subordinate, but also his partner who entered the camp with him and made contributions. He was the most anxious, walking around in the camp, and suggested several times to kill the enemy camp to rescue Wei Yizhi.

Mo Rong was a middle-aged man, and acted prudently. He advised him: "General Yang, don't take risks. In the past, the king of the county often reminded us that there are often enemies who confuse our attention with false news. We need to be cautious about this matter."

Although Zhang Zhao is young, he has a delicate mind and echoed: "What General Mo said is that I sent people to investigate. During this period of time, Murong Chao continued to send troops abroad. Every time he searched for the place where the king of the county disappeared. The one who captured the county king The king's news must be false."

Yang Qiao was in a hurry: "Then what do you say? I can't find anyone!"

Xun Zhuo is as quick-tempered as he is: "That's right, you have to give it a try. If the news is true, won't you be able to save the county king? If he is seriously injured and needs medical treatment, because of our delay, wouldn't it be a bad thing?" ?”

Mo Rong and Zhang Zhao still objected, seeing that the four generals were about to quarrel, a soldier came to deliver the news, and they finally calmed down a bit.

One piece of news is that the prime minister is already on his way here, and he ordered the generals to continue to take strict precautions and not to take it lightly.

As for the other piece of news, the source was more subtle, and several generals were stunned on the spot.

Murong Chao rested his chin and held the wine cup in deep thought.He was tall and tall, and had an overly heroic face. At first glance, he looked a bit fierce, but Sima Qi beside him had a fair and delicate face, like a middle-aged Confucian.

Murong Chao was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't come back to his senses until the wine cup in his hand was tilted and the wine dripped on the Hu suit: "Tell me, is Wei Yizhi dead or hiding? But where can he hide? So After a long time, there are people and horses, so they must eat and drink, right?"

Sima Qi took a sip of his wine: "The Right Wing King should not think about it for the time being, and get ready to receive Prime Minister Xie."

Murong Chao snorted: "The king of Changsha doesn't know something. My cousin, the lord of mine, is torturing me behind my back. If I don't kill Wei Yizhi, how can I silence those who oppose me in the kingdom?"

"So that's it," Sima Qi smiled encouragingly, "Then the Right Wing King will continue to work hard."

In order to be quick, Xie Shu almost never stopped on the road except for staying overnight.

Jumping quickly from Jiankang under the scorching sun to the drenching Ningzhou, the climate changed so quickly that she couldn't adapt to it. She fell ill and vomited several times, so she could only lie in the carriage. her face.

Xie Ran knelt beside her, twisted a wet handkerchief and pressed it to her forehead, said angrily, "Prime Minister is really loyal, working so hard for this 'brother', King Wuling."

Xie Shu sighed, "You don't understand."

"I'm so glad I don't understand!" Xie Ran gritted his teeth.

It was already the end of July when we arrived in Ningzhou, Yang Qiao took people [-] miles out of the city to meet him.As early as in Jiankang, he regarded Xie Shu as the enemy of the King of Wuling, and his attitude towards her was natural, but when he saw her being helped down from the car, she was weak and pale, as decadent as a jade mountain about to collapse, but he beat her hard. Spirit, can not help but ease the attitude.

At least she can still make this trip for King Wuling.

Xie Shu rested in the camp for a few days, and his body recovered more than half.The weather in Ningzhou gradually improved, and the sun came out for several days in succession.The morale of the Jin army was low due to the rumors that King Wuling had been captured, and it didn't improve until this time.

Murong Chao and Sima Qi were aware of it, and knew they couldn't delay any longer.

During this period of time, they sent people to spread the news that Xie Shu would come to cede land with them for peace talks, and even the old woman A Weng in her [-]s and [-]s in the mountains of Ningzhou also heard about it.If Wei Yizhi is still alive, he will definitely appear. It seems that he is really dead.

The two stopped watching and sent someone to invite Xie Shu, and set a time for peace talks.

There is a tower in Ningzhou City, which was built by the first emperor when he was in power. It is twenty feet high and is used to observe the enemy's situation.Because it was right in the middle of the two parties, Sima Qi proposed to meet there.

Xie Shu sent people to ambush in advance, and most of the people nearby were dressed up as soldiers.After everything was ready, she took Xie's family guards and went to the appointment in a leisurely manner.

The tower has not been repaired for many years, and the wooden stairs creak when stepped on.There was nothing else on the top of the pagoda, only tables and chairs in the middle, Sima Qi arrived first and sat upright behind, next to him was the burly Murong Chao.

Xie Shu brought someone up, he glanced over and found that he hadn't seen him for a long time, the person's appearance seemed to have changed, the eyebrows and eyes became more charming, and he couldn't help squinting.

Before killing him, do you want to take him back to the camp and have fun a few times?He smiled lewdly.

Xie Shu wears a black Hu suit, hair tied with jade buttons, soft boots with a treasure belt, lips like a vermilion brush, and eyebrows like black and smudged.Holding a feather fan in her hand, she leisurely sat down in front of the two of them, squinted at them, and said with a smile, "The traitor Sima Qi, what do you want to talk about with the truth?"

Sima Qi was faintly angry: "What do you call my king?"

Xie Shu shook his fan and smiled dismissively: "Whatever you are, the truth is what you call you, is it wrong?"

Sima Qi's face was gloomy, his hand was already on the sword, suddenly he felt something was wrong.

Xie Shu provoked him as soon as he came. Could it be that he had a perfect plan just like last time, so he deliberately lured him into the trap?

Murong Chao saw that the two of them were silent at the beginning, so he said impatiently: "King Changsha hurry up and continue."

Sima Qi suppressed his anger, and said to Xie Shu: "This king wants to return his family members and cut off the five counties of Ningzhou, Zhudi, Jiaozhou, Jinxing, and Hepu. Can these prime ministers be the masters?"

Xie Shu nodded with a smile: "You can make the decision. Your Majesty said that you are his younger brother. You can talk about anything. But before we talk, let us see how the King of Wuling is doing."

Sima Qi saw that she had only a dozen or so followers but looked relaxed, he felt more and more unusual, raised his hand to stop, and said he wanted to discuss with Murong Chao.

"The Right Wing King has met Xie Shu, is this person himself?"

Murong Chao didn't expect him to doubt this, so he took a closer look at the person opposite, frowned and said, "I'm not sure after what you said, this person's expression and behavior are the same as the Xie Shu I've seen before, But her eyebrows and eyes are really different, she seems a little more feminine than Xie Shu."

Sima Qi's heart turned a thousand times, he sat upright, and looked at Xie Shu: "This king has discussed with the king of the right wing. It is fine to meet the king of Wuling, but dare to ask Prime Minister Xie, do you have an identity certificate? For example, the prime minister's seal."

Xie Shu's face froze, his eyes flickered: "Of course there is, it's just that the truth came in a hurry, and I forgot to bring it."

Sima Qi turned cold, this person must have been found by Xie Shu to pretend to be himself to test them.If they killed this person, Xie Shu would be even more unwilling to come out like a turtle, but if they didn't kill him, it would be hard to relieve their hatred.However, this person provoked him everywhere, as if he wanted to die. This may be another trick of Xie Shu. Once this person is killed, it may be a signal, and there will be a series of tricks waiting for them.

When Xie Shu saw that he was deep in thought and remained silent, he knew that his strategy had worked.In the last battle in Kuaiji, she could see that this person was suspicious and scheming, but the more this kind of person was, the easier it was for him to be clever and be misled by his cleverness.

She said again: "The king of Changsha should let the truth see the king of Wuling first."

Sima Qi made up his mind, stood up and said, "Please, Prime Minister, go with me. King Wuling is in the carriage under the pagoda."

"Alright." Xie Shu got up without any scruples, and even walked in front, as if deliberately leaving a loophole for him to do it.

Sima Qi squinted his eyes, there must be a trick.

Soldiers from both sides surrounded the tower and confronted each other.

Xie Shu stood still, looked up at the rare sun, then at Sima Qi: "Where's the person?"

Sima Qi was about to speak, when suddenly a soldier came to report that the rear camp was raided by the Jin army, led by Yang Qiao.He was furious immediately, and pulled out his sword from his waist: "You guys are breaking the contract openly!"

The guards stepped forward to protect immediately, Xie Shu was blocked by Mubai, and quickly retreated to the Jin army.Another soldier rushed to report that a large army was directly attacking the border gate of Tuyuhun, led by Mo Rong.

Xie Shu was surprised, she did not arrange a surprise attack, how could their actions be so consistent?
Both Sima Qi and Murong Chao were furious, and the soldiers on both sides shook arms and pointed at each other.

"Hmph, do you think your calculations are accurate enough? I have assembled a large army here, and today I will kill you, the fake prime minister, before entering Jiankang!"

Murong Chao became angry when he heard it: "King Changsha, you are too cunning! No wonder everything has been arranged. It turns out that my men and horses were told to stay behind and be slaughtered, but your men and horses are always with you!"

"Don't be angry, King Right, now is not the time for us to fight among ourselves." Sima Qi got on his horse and waved his hand: "Kill!"

The rebels rushed to Xie Shu.

In the carriage behind the Jin army, Xie Ran poked his head out to see the situation clearly, his eyes widened in shock.

The ambush soldiers who had been ambushing for a long time rushed out, Xie Shu was protected in the formation and retreated to the side of the car, and the soldiers dressed as ordinary people took up weapons and killed them one after another.But Sima Qi had already sent someone to do the dressing up, he was too cautious, he brought all the heavy troops with him, and he was mobilized in no time.

Seeing that Xie Shu was trapped in the formation, Xie Ran was secretly anxious.

Sima Qi had retreated to the rear to command. Seeing Xie Shu's distressed appearance from a distance, he sneered and said, "A civil servant should hold a pen and plan to defeat this king? It's wishful thinking!"

Murong Chao rode beside him, his face livid: "The raiders are all my people, so you can talk sarcasticly! I think Xie Shu's move has separated you and me. If something happens to either of us, it will be difficult for us to respond. "

Sima Qi was taken aback by what he said: "Do you think this method is somewhat similar to the method we used to deal with Wei Yizhi before?"

Murong Chao didn't have the mood to pay attention to him, looking at Xie Shu in the formation, he felt his teeth itching with hatred, he raised his spear and wanted to kill her to vent his anger.

The fight between the two sides was in full swing, he had a silver spear and a white horse, roaring like thunder, and went straight into the battle, brave and hard to beat.

Xie Shu had already retreated to the side of the carriage, Xie Ran wanted to reach out to pull her, turned his head and saw the menacing Murong Chao, his heart rose to his throat.

Murong Chao stabbed him with a spear, Xie Shu was pushed away, and the guard around him was single-handedly picked out, bloody and bloody.

Mubai yelled to shoot an arrow, a soldier from behind took the opportunity to shoot an arrow, Murong leaned over to avoid it, when he sat up again, he suddenly heard the sound of rumbling horseshoes in the distance, he turned his head and saw that it was a cavalry.

He thought that his own troops came to support after the victory, and was about to be happy, when he saw the big banner erected in the opponent's formation, he was shocked.

"It's the King of Wuling! The King of Wuling is back!"

Xie Shu turned his head to look, and saw that the banner with the word "Wei" was fluttering in the wind, shining brightly in the sun.

The black horse cavalry was as fast as lightning, and when they were approaching, they suddenly separated a group of men and horses into a column, each carrying a long spear, and they bent down and stabbed across the middle of the battlefield with their spears in their hands.

Fearing the speed, the two fighting parties retreated to the two sides and separated in an instant.The cavalry in the rear suddenly split into two groups, surrounded by left and right, and went straight to Sima Qi's side.

The general in charge came galloping from behind, shot an arrow, and hit the plume on Murong Chao's helmet.The helmet was lifted off, Murong Chaoyu was shaken by the force, his body was crooked, his long hair was disheveled after sitting upright, he was furious, he gripped his spear tightly and was about to charge away, when the man came up to him, he flashed his long spear with one hand The whip, meandering like a dragon, swept over with momentum like a thousand jun.

Murong Chao's spear was entangled in the whip, he couldn't break free, so he simply exerted all his force, pulled him with the horse and drew the scimitar from his waist, cursed in Xianbei language, and chopped off his head.

The whip suddenly tightened to block the knife, the man rode his horse around to his other side, switched hands to hold the whip, directly wrapped the whip around his head, and pulled hard.

Blood sprayed, warm and sticky.

Xie Shu wiped his face in shock, Murong Chao had already fallen off the horse, his head was in a different place, blood splashed all over the people around him.

She looked up, the fast horse had already galloped past, the general immediately turned his head to look at her, then rushed into the formation again, and went straight to Sima Qi.

"Listen, soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty, follow me to kill all the rebels and restore Ningzhou!"

"Yes!" The voice resounded through the sky, and the morale was like a rainbow.

It was him, and he came back alive.

Mubai thought she was frightened, so he quickly supported her: "My lord, go quickly, it will be good if King Wuling comes back, let's leave quickly."

Xie Shu was helped into the car by him, Xie Ran didn't let go of the hand tightly holding the door until this moment, and closed his eyes.

Guangfu stretched out his hand to support him: "My lord, are you alright?"

He waved his hand.

Che Yu galloped back to the camp, Zhang Zhao took the lead to bring people back, and immediately went to support Wei Yizhi.

Xie Shu stopped him: "Who ordered this battle plan?"

(End of this chapter)