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Chapter 464
The altar where Li Chongjiu led the crowd to sacrifice to the sky in Bailang Mountain is still there.

Inscribed on the huge stone under the altar, in the summer and May of the 14th year of Daye, there was Li Chongjiu, the governor of Youzhou in the Sui Dynasty... cum Shi Dexi, Donghu Mohe, a group of Dingling in the Central Plains, a group of [-] riders, Suiling and Liaoshui... This is called a labor. As for Jiuyi, those who temporarily spent time in Yongning also sealed the mountain and published the stone, and clearly inscribed the words of Shengde.

Xue Wanche thought back to the time when Li Chongjiu broke 20 Khitan here, the Xi Clan allied forces, Megatron outside the Great Wall, Youzhou, and Xue's family saw his achievements, so they had the heart to contribute.

But today Xue Wanche and Wang Junkuo used [-] fine horsemen to penetrate thousands of miles into the hinterland of Khitan, defeated countless enemies, and surrendered more than [-] of them.

The army arrived at the intersection of Bailang Mountain, but saw beacon smoke burning in the distance.

Tudiji said to the crowd: "After the army broke Khitan, Liaoxi County set up a fire block here to send a warning message."

All the generals were relieved after hearing this, the army had not reached Huodunzi, but they saw the big camp in front of them, and the camp was full of soldiers and horses.

All the generals didn't know the reason. Later, when soldiers and horses came out of the camp, it turned out that it was Li Chongjiu who learned about Xue Wanche. After Wang Junkuo decided to return from Bailang Mountain, he ordered General Wang Mahan to lead an army of 3000 horses to Bailang County, Liaoxi County. Langshan, to meet the army and return to the division.

Knowing that it was a false alarm, the generals were relieved.

Youjing Linshuo Palace.

All the officials of the early court went to the hall together, these few days because of Xue Wanche, Wang Junkuo led [-] cavalry into the Huo'ershen grassland and lost news for [-] days, all the ministers are very worried about this.

When going to court, the ministers couldn't help sighing a bit.

There are more than a dozen officials on duty day and night in the squad room of the Zhongshu Ministry in the palace. Any information about Huo Ershen's army is first screened out from the memorials and submitted to Li Chongjiu's imperial review immediately.

But the ministers stretched their necks, waiting day and night, but they couldn't expect the military situation from the front line.

Recently, folk rumors have been spread in Youjing. The rumors narrate that Wang Junkuo and Xue Wanche went deep alone, chasing the Khitan enemy chiefs to Xianbei Mountain.The [-] cavalry were wiped out, Wang Junkuo was captured, and Xue Wanche was killed.
The news has its nose and eyes, the army is fighting, and the names of several generals of the expeditionary force are all said vividly, and it is doubly convincing when there is no news from the army.In Youjing, there are quite a few family members of the common people of the expeditionary army, and they even listened to rumors and set up banners to pay homage to their family members.

Only Li Chongjiu, the two ministers, and a few confidant officials knew that this news was a rumor, because Xue Wanche and Wang Junkuo sent the last military report to read. Return to Liaoxi County from Bailang Mountain.

However, this military report is extremely confidential, except for a few confidant officials, no one else knows it. Therefore, in the absence of real news, many people believe it.

The life and death of the expeditionary army is uncertain, and the courtiers are also paying close attention to the military newspaper of the Ministry of Education.

There are hundreds of copies of military information sent to the Zhongshu Provincial squad every day, but there is no news about Xue Wang, but nothing at all. At this time, even the [-] main force of Guo Xiaoke and Zhang Xuansu, and Nan Tens of thousands of Khitans have already arrived at Yuyi Town, but the only thing is that there is no trace of the Huoershen grassland army.

As the saying goes, don't be afraid of bad news, but fear of no news. All the officials present, such as Wang Gui, Chen Xiaoyi, Lu Chengqing, Wei Zheng, etc., have been through many storms, and they can deal with even the worst situation, but there is no news right now, so let them I don't know where to start.

This morning, all the courtiers looked at Wen Yanbo's expression, but seeing that he was calm and calm before the court, there was no abnormality, and he knew that there was no clue.He could only look at Xue Wanshu and Ji Chuan, the two servants of Zhongshu Province.

Ji Chuan has been suffering from the wind and cold for the past few days, and his complexion is not good. Today, his face is even more gloomy, as if everyone owes him money. We all know that there is still no news.

"All the officials enter the palace!"

As the servants shouted, all the officials were divided into two ranks, civil and military, and entered the hall according to the rank order.

After the pilgrimage, Lin Dangfeng, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, first reported the matter of summer grain in six counties of one prefecture in Hebei.

Lin Dangfeng seemed to be worried about the military situation, so he didn't sleep well all night, and made several mistakes on the spot.Lin Dangfeng was unavoidably terrified, with sweat dripping from his forehead. Seeing Li Chongjiu's uneasy expression, the officials didn't reprimand him, but they all knew that they were pinched by Lin Dangfeng when there was no news from the expeditionary army. A sweat.

Lin Dangfeng finally finished talking about the summer grain tax collection. Li Chongjiu said: "There are tens of thousands of Khitan's subordinates, waiting to be fed. Right now, the government treasury can't make ends meet. This year's new summer grain collection is the most important thing..."

Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu looked at all the ministers and frowned, and said immediately: "Your Excellencies, I know you are worried about the frontline battle situation, but I worry about you more than you. It's Gu's second uncle. If you can't break up for Gu, you shouldn't bow your heads in court..."

Just as Li Chongjiu was about to speak, suddenly a person hurried into the hall, but was stopped by the guards outside the hall.

When Li Chongjiu saw that he was interrupted in the middle of his speech, when he saw that it was an inner court maid who trespassed in the hall, he stretched out his palm and pressed on the table.

Seeing that Li Chongjiu was angry, all the officials bowed their heads.
Li Chongjiu took a deep breath, and said: "This is an important matter discussed in the court. As a maid, she was able to enter the hall directly. It was because of the dereliction of duty of the inner court official who dragged down the inner court official Gao Sheng to punish him first." thirty."

Outside the hall, Gao Sheng's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help saying: "Please, King Zhao..."

Just when Gao Sheng was about to explain, he was suddenly pushed away by someone, and all the officials wondered, can anyone enter the hall now?

After seeing the person who came, he suddenly realized that he was the seventh-rank chief officer who was on duty in Zhongshu Province, and the chief officer had the responsibility to report the emergency military situation to the palace.

Could it be that the two generals, King Xue, have news?All the ministers have old experience, don't look at what the other party says, first guess from the other party's expression whether it is happiness or worry.

But seeing the anxious look on the other side's face, he didn't know what to do.

The seventh-rank master had pleaded guilty in advance, and presented a memorial covered with wax paint.Everyone knew that only Li Chongjiu was qualified to personally open such a memorial covered with wax, and anyone else who dared to peep would be punished with a felony.

No wonder the seventh-rank master did not dare to dismantle it himself, but presented it to the main hall.

Li Chongjiu asked: "Whose memorial?"

The chief said: "A joint memorial to the head of the Saibei Road army and the governor of Ruoshui Prefecture!"

As soon as this remark came out, almost all the ministers in the hall let out an ooh.The two of Xue Wang not only had news, but also sent a memorial personally. In any case, it was much better than having no news before.

"Bring it!" Li Chongjiu sat back on his seat, waved his sleeves, and said loudly.

Above the lobby, the haze was swept away in a blink of an eye.

The master handed over the memorial to the servant, who then presented it to Li Chongjiu for his own opening.Li Chongjiu uncovered the wax and read the memorial in person.

Above the main hall, there was silence, even coughing was omitted, just staring at Li Chongjiu's face.

But seeing Li Chong nine eyes and ten lines see the memorial to the end, and finally put the memorial together, his expression is calm as usual.

"Wen Aiqing." Li Chongjiu directly put down the memorial, Wen Yanbo went up the steps, and Li Chongjiu took the memorial with both hands.

All the ministers, Wen Yanbo, took the memorial and read it without shaking their hands.Wen Yanbo saw half of it, put the memorial aside, knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, the two generals, King Xue, are about to succeed, and the Khitan will not be in danger from now on!"

All the ministers woke up when they heard this, and followed Wen Yanbo in prostration with all their strength.

Li Chongjiu laughed loudly, and said: "All gentlemen, please stand up!"

Li Chongjiu looked at the inner court official Gao Sheng who was still kneeling in front of the hall, and said: "Today coincides with the great joy of our army, but your crime is irreparable, go and receive punishment!"

The inner court official said: "No."

Just as Li Chongjiu was about to accept the congratulations from the ministers, suddenly the maid who was taken down by the guards outside the hall shouted: "Director Gao is innocent, it was the maid who begged him, there is something urgent!"

Li Chongjiu was surprised when he heard this, looked carefully, and recognized that the other party was the maid serving Yang Ehuang, his heart trembled, and he said immediately: "Let that maid enter the palace!"

The maid immediately entered the hall and said to Li Chongjiu: "I know that trespassing into the hall is a capital offense, but please allow me to tell you that the Queen passed out suddenly while walking in the back porch today."

"what?"

Li Chongjiu lost his composure slightly.

When the ministers heard that the queen had fainted, there was a commotion, and Wang Gui immediately came out and said: "The queen is the mother of a country, and her body is not in peace, which is a major national event. I implore the king to suspend the early court and visit the queen immediately."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Wen, Wang, and Chen, the three prime ministers, take care of the aftermath of the expedition. If the queen has nothing to do, she will return within half an hour alone."

After speaking, Li Chongjiu strode away from the hall and went straight to the harem.

But I saw that in the harem, it was really busy, and the maid, the old lady, was in a hurry.

Li Chongjiu entered the palace of Emperor Yang E, but saw Li Hu sitting on the collapsed table outside the hall with an anxious expression on his face.

As for Pingping, Shi Deyun hurriedly comforted Li Hu, who was also getting old, and everyone was afraid that he would worry.

Li Chongjiu looked at Fu Yi, Yang Ehuang's maid, and asked, "Fu Yi, what's going on?"

Fu Yi also said anxiously and weeping: "I don't know why, the queen said she was tired these days, and I said I wanted to ask a medical officer for diagnosis and treatment, but the queen said no, she disturbed the king. Walking in the backyard, I suddenly saw the queen..."

At this point, Fuyi's voice choked up, and he couldn't continue speaking.

Shi Deyun said in the foreword: "My husband, don't worry, the queen has a kind heart and will be fine."

Li Ying was at a loss, You Pingping looked at the lord, not knowing what happened.

This is when the medical officer stepped out, Li Hu also got up from his chair, and everyone rushed forward together.

The medical officer was holding the medicine box, pinching his beard and clasping his fists to Li Chongjiu, saying: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, the queen is happy!"

(End of this chapter)