The concubine is poisonous

Chapter 123
Zuo Haobai remembered that since the first time he met Gu Xinning, apart from occasionally revealing some innocence and playfulness due to her childish nature, Gu Xinning had often seen Gu Xinning frowning deeply, with a look of concern for the country and the people .

However, when Zuo Haobai asked the Poison Immortal, he learned from the Poison Immortal that Gu Xinning's furrowed brows were not about worrying about the country and the people, but about hating the unrevenged family feud, and the enemy is still at large.

But this time, the seriousness on Gu Xinning's face is no longer that kind of feeling, but the real concern for others. Zuo Haobai couldn't help but murmured: "As expected, you are the daughter of Gu Jingzhou. You have the same worries as your father. Feelings of concern for the country and the people, well, I will help you, but I am helping the people of the world, not the imperial power of the Ye family."

A look of joy appeared on Gu Xinning's face and said: "Thank you, I knew Brother Haobai would definitely not leave me alone." Gu Xinning couldn't help but coquettishly laughed.

Zuo Haobai shook his head helplessly and said, "Come on, you've finished the matter with just one sentence, what about me? I don't know how much it will take to convince my brothers."

Gu Xinning smiled and said: "I believe in brother Haobai's ability. I have heard that brother Haobai took the position of leader of the martial arts alliance when others were still wearing crotch pants. I don't know how many so-called martial arts seniors who are not convinced by you , I was hit on the nose by you."

Zuo Haobai said angrily: "What I want to do is to convince people with virtue, and I can't use my fists every day. You have to take care of yourself when you go to the front line with Ye Junyan. You can rest assured about the affairs in Beijing. What will happen when you leave? , it must be what it is when you come back.”

"Yeah." Gu Xinning said gratefully: "I will take care of myself, brother Lao Haobai will take care of everything, so I'll go back to the palace first."

When Gu Xinning returned to the palace and informed Ye Junyan of the progress, Ye Junyan was also very satisfied, and at the same time he told Gu Xinning good news.

Not long after Gu Xinning left the palace, the messenger sent by Ye Jinfeng had already reported the situation in southern Xinjiang.After learning about Donghai and Xijun's willingness to send troops to help, Gu Xinning almost jumped up, but although Ye Junyan was also happy, he was obviously not as excited as Gu Xinning.

After all, although the additional condition proposed by the other party is to be effective after Nanjiang is completely eliminated, it is too much after all. Ye Junyan is not very happy psychologically. After all, if Nanjiang can really be eliminated If so, it is undoubtedly Zhaoxuan State who contributed the most. Zhaoxuan State had to contribute at least seven or even eight percent of the effort, but could only get one-third of it. Ye Junyan couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.

But things have come to this point and there is no other way to do it. After all, if Donghai and Xijun refuse to help each other, the loser is likely to be myself. It is normal to strive for the best interests under favorable circumstances. If you change your position, it will be yourself From the perspective of Donghai or Xijun, I believe that I can do this too.

Gu Xinning saw through Ye Junyan's thoughts, and after some consolation, she began to discuss the specific deployment.

Looking at Ye Jinfeng's letter, Ye Junyan couldn't help feeling a little regretful and said: "I knew that Donghai and Xijun were willing to help each other. Even if I didn't go to the conquest personally, it would be enough to play with Nanjiang slowly. Unfortunately, the words have already been spoken. It's a joke, I can't regret it."

Gu Xinning nodded and said: "Well, even so, it's not a bad thing to be away from Beijing for a while. The emperor can just take advantage of this time to see what cards Ran Haineng can play, and maybe he can spy out Ran Hai's real identity. purpose or strength."

After Ye Junyan pondered for a while, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Well, yes, I must have known about Concubine Yun's pregnancy by now, Ran Hai was anxious to persuade me to leave Beijing, presumably because I was afraid that I would find out Concubine Yun's secret, but even if I Yu Jia's personal conquest will eventually come back, how long can he keep it a secret?"

Gu Xinning said with a smile: "So, Ran Hai must be prepared not to let the emperor return to Beijing, Ran Yunmo's stomach will rise sooner or later, Ran Hai has reached the point where he has to put all his eggs in one basket, let's see if he has any How many hole cards."

Ye Junyan nodded with a smile and said, "What Concubine Ning said is exactly what I want."

Ran Hai wrote a letter to inform Mo Luotang that the emperor had decided to conscript himself. After Mo Luotang received Ran Hai's letter, he was overjoyed and quickly found Ying Keqing to discuss with him.

Ying Keqing also smiled after reading Ran Hai's letter, and asked Mo Luotang, "So, Ye Junyan will leave Beijing soon? Are you sure you can deal with him?"

Mo Luotang said with a smile: "Of course, a long time ago, Wen has already reserved a hand, which is a special gift for Ye Junyan."

Ying Keqing frowned and said: "Last time you said you gave Ran Hai a big gift, but when I asked you, you never said what kind of gift it was, and this time you said that you left a big gift for Ye Hai before. Jun Yan, I guess this big gift should be the same as the one given to Ran Hai."

Mo Luotang smiled appreciatively and said, "Haha, the chief is smart and wise, and he guessed right right away, but the chief must not be able to guess what this great gift is."

Ying Keqing shook his head and said, "I really can't guess this, so do you want to say it now?"

Mo Luotang purposefully put a lid on it and said, "Wait a little longer, I believe the big boss will be pleasantly surprised by then."

Ying Keqing held his breath and said: "Okay, but the several small countries you sent out to lobby other countries to attack Zhaoxuan Kingdom have already surrendered to Zhaoxuan Kingdom one after another, and only one is still holding on. What are you going to do next?" How to do it?"

Mo Luotang smiled and said: "Those useless small countries are only used to constrain Zhaoxuan country, so I don't expect them to play any big role. What I want is to form a certain relationship with Ye Junyan." The pressure forced her to leave the capital."

Ying Keqing looked at Mo Luotang and said, "But you may not know one thing. Just now there was a report from the southern border that the troops from Donghai and Xijun had been dispatched frequently in the past two days and were close to the border. "

Hearing this, Mo Luotang couldn't help being surprised and said, "When did it happen?"

Ying Keqing replied, "Only these two days, counting the time spent on the spies' journey, it should be three days."

Mo Luotang frowned and said: "The situation is not good. I have counted thousands of times and missed a step. I just want to say that Donghai and Xijun dare not make a move, but I forgot that Ye Junyan might send someone to lobby. If you offer enough benefits , it is not difficult to move Donghai and Xijun."

Ying Keqing stepped forward, took Mo Luotang's hand to comfort him and said, "Don't blame yourself too much for this matter, after all Ye Junyan sent people pretending to be soldiers from Donghai and Xijun to harass Nanjiang before, it's normal Everyone would think that Donghai and Xijun would not help Zhao Xuanguo, and even I thought so at the time, so I can't blame you entirely."

Mo Luotang shook his head and said, "No, it's my fault. I didn't distinguish the situation. Now the 60 troops need to stay and restrain Ye Junyan. They must not move. Immediately select some troops from the cities along the road and return to southern Xinjiang for support."

Ying Keqing nodded and said that it will be arranged tomorrow.Let Mo Luotang not blame himself and care too much.Mo Luotang nodded, bid farewell to Ying Keqing in a slightly dejected manner, and returned to his tent.

On the second day, Gu Xinning asked Ye Junyan to send someone to arrange for Zuo Haobai and some of Zuo Haobai's subordinates who were going to participate in this operation to be secretly brought into the palace, and they were distributed in the palace as bodyguards and eunuchs. Confidential departments are guarded.Zuo Haobai is personally responsible for protecting the safety of Duwangshan.

Afterwards, Ye Junyan announced that the whole army would set off the next day and rush to the front line. Ran Hai wanted to say that he would not be sick, but Ye Junyan sent the eunuch Daofu to send a decree saying that Ran Hai should go with him no matter what. , but also carried to the front.

Seeing Ye Junyan's attention has been decided, Ran Hai had no choice but to drive with him. Before leaving the palace, Ran Hai deliberately entered the palace once, and explained to the empress dowager and Ran Yunmo, for fear that when he was away, Ran Yunmo would break into the palace. What a disaster.

At the same time, the attacks on the border defenses of southern borders launched by Donghai and Xijun have already worked. The fragility of border defenses in southern borders at this time can be described as unprecedented emptiness.

Under the command and leadership of Ye Jinfeng, the troops of Donghai and Xijun easily captured several camps in southern Xinjiang within a few days, including one of the three main granaries in southern Xinjiang.

And the people in southern Xinjiang have also begun to panic. Although they are worried that their area may be invaded by the enemy, they all look forward to their troops rushing back from the front line to save their country.

Before the battle report in southern Xinjiang reached the capital, Ye Junyan had already learned Mo Luotang's method of making rumors in advance, and before he got a good news, he began to create public opinion, ordering people to publicize in the streets that Zhao Xuanguo had secretly I sent envoys to successfully negotiate with Donghai and Xijun, reached a cooperation, and launched a full-scale attack on the empty southern Xinjiang in the country. Although the capital of southern Xinjiang may fall, etc., these exciting news for the people of Zhaoxuan, all of a sudden It is said that the city is full of wind and rain.

Almost never has any news spread faster than this time, even the time when Ye Junyan was rumored to be stabbed to death, it never had such a huge and rapid spread effect.

In addition, after the news that Ye Jun said that he wanted to take the imperial conquest by himself was spread in the market, those people who originally thought that the court was weak and incompetent immediately changed their views on the court, and praised the court for being secretive and silent. , the southern border will be destroyed, and Ye Junyan and the imperial court's status in the hearts of the people quickly climbed to the highest point.

When the news spread to Ying Keqing's big tent, Mo Luotang could not help sighing with a bitter expression on his face when he heard it: "Ye Junyan learns things really fast, so he gave me a gift in return so quickly."

Ying Keqing said: "Now we are trapped in the rear, and Ye Junyan is personally commanding the troops. The morale of the other side is high, and we may find it difficult to deal with it."

Mo Luotang sighed and said helplessly: "If it is difficult to deal with it, you have to deal with it. Otherwise, all previous efforts will be wasted, and the safety of southern Xinjiang will be more important."

Ying Keqing nodded and said, "Well, I have ordered several tribal chiefs to come to discuss matters. After a while, I will order the cities to send troops back to the southern border to resist the troops of the East China Sea and West County."

Mo Luotang looked at Ying Keqing and said: "I don't know who to lead the army, but is there anyone in the leader's mind?"

(End of this chapter)