The tyrant empress is my wife, I am invincible and have been hiding

Zhao Pengju's face looked extremely ugly, and his eyes were filled with anger and shock. After he received the news that Minghua Pass had been breached, he became uneasy.

No matter how hard he thought, he couldn't understand. Nie Yan and Nie Gang, father and son, were both experienced men. With the troops they had, it would not be a big problem for them to guard Minghua Pass.

Even if Minghua Pass could not be defended, it would not be breached in just three days and three nights. He had to investigate what the clues were.

He has sent out nearly a hundred spies at full speed to Minghua Pass to investigate the latest situation and the reasons why Minghua Pass was breached.

"Father, General Zhu and Military Advisor Li have been waiting for a long time. Why don't you go to see them?" Zhao Huan came to the yard again to report to Zhao Pengju.

Zhao Pengju looked a little impatient, and said in a serious voice: "As the future heir to the King of Nanyu, don't you know how to appease them?"

"Father...I will go right away."

Zhao Huan saw Zhao Pengju's face and the other party's cold voice, and did not dare to continue asking, and walked out of the yard in dejection. He knew very well that Zhao Pengju was angry, and he did not dare to provoke him easily.

Zhao Pengju stared at Zhao Huan's departing back, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes: "Alas, maybe I should have let the eighth child be the heir, or the fourth child would have been good too."

"Report! Report! Report!"

A hurried voice came from outside the yard. It was the spies he had sent out one after another. The spies quickly came to Zhao Pengju and said, "Your Highness, I just got accurate information. Nie Yan and his son died in the battle. Many soldiers at Minghua Pass also chose to fight to the death with Ye Feng and did not surrender."

"Old Nie, Old Nie, you have followed me for so many years, are you going to leave me just like that?" When Zhao Pengju heard the news of Nie Yan and Nie Gang's death, he couldn't help but sigh, feeling unwilling in his heart.

The whole person suddenly looked much older and shaky. He sat down on the recliner behind him, with tears glistening in the depths of his eyes.

They say men don't shed tears easily, it's just that they haven't been deeply saddened!

When Zhao Pengju was young, he also led his soldiers to fight in many battles. Nie Yan was one of his deputy generals. They were comrades-in-arms who shared life and death, honor and disgrace.

Now, Nie Yan brought his son to help him guard Minghua Pass, and in the end he was obviously killed in battle, but he still chose not to betray this relationship.

"My Lord, please accept my condolences!"

The spy who reported the news lowered his head. He did not believe that General Nie died in battle so miserably, but he also knew that this was the fact and he could not help but believe it.

"You continue to gather information. I want to know how Ye Feng managed to break through Minghua Pass in just a few days." Zhao Pengju took a deep breath, and he managed to suppress the dejection on his face. He stood up and walked in front of the spy, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "I have seen your hard work during this period. After defeating the King of Zhenguo, I will reward you according to your merits!"

"Thank you, Your Highness. This is what we should do. I will take my leave now." The spy who reported the news felt warm in his heart. He was just a spy, but he could get the care of King Nanyu. For him, this was the greatest reward.

Zhao Pengju stretched out his hand and rubbed his temple, took a deep breath, raised his head and looked in the direction of Jinling City: "Zhao Qiuyan, Zhao Qiuyan, I didn't expect you to be so lucky to meet a capable minister like Ye Feng to help you rule the world. Aren't you really afraid that another Li Linpu will appear in the future?"

Zhao Pengju talked to himself. He was also a general who had experienced many battles. In his mind, he recalled that Ye Feng had been in the Song Dynasty for only a few months and had been almost invincible.

If he had not taken Ye Feng seriously before, he would not have thought that Ye Feng, at such a young age, knew how to fight. Now that the other party had taken Minghua Pass with a large army in just a few days, he realized that Ye Feng's ability to march and fight might be even better than the rumors.

"Report! Repay!"

About half an hour passed, the morning sun rose slowly in the distance, the earth became bright, and the footsteps of the spies were heard outside again.

Then a spy came to Zhao Pengju. He took a deep breath and reported: "Your Highness, I have just received accurate news. Minghua Pass was breached by Zhenguojun in just a few days. The biggest reason may be that the fourth little prince Zhao Mu and Ye Feng cooperated inside and outside Minghua Pass to disrupt General Nie Yan's deployment, which allowed Ye Feng to easily capture Minghua Pass."

"What did you say? Zhao Mu and Ye Feng are working together from the inside and outside?"

Zhao Pengju stood up suddenly, his eyes became ferocious, his aura became extremely violent, he rushed forward and grabbed the spy's collar tightly.

The spy was frightened by Zhao Pengju's aura and turned pale. He quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Highness, the spies we sent out all saw the bodies of Nie Yan and Nie Can, but not Zhao Mu's body. On the contrary, some saw Zhao Mu walking side by side with the Lord of the State, talking and laughing."

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When Zhao Pengju heard the spy's words, his face was full of horror. He really didn't want to believe that in his mind, his fourth son, Zhao Mu, who had always been sincere and loyal, would actually betray him. He felt that his internal organs were churning violently, blood was surging, and a mouthful of old blood suddenly spurted out.

"Your Highness... Your Highness... You must not be angry, you must take care of yourself." The spy quickly reached out to support King Nanyu, but was pushed away by King Nanyu.

He walked to the chair and sat down slowly. When he heard the news just now, he felt like he was struck by lightning and was unwilling to believe it.

However, on second thought, Zhao Mu had expressed his dissatisfaction many times over the years for him to hold on to his own troops while ignoring the crisis of the Song Dynasty.

When the Eighteen Cities of Yanyun were exchanged to the Wei Dynasty by Zhao Qiuyan, Zhao Mu personally came to Nanyu City to ask for orders, wanting to lead the army to retake the Eighteen Cities of Yanyun, but his request was flatly rejected by Zhao Pengju, who instead criticized the other party.

"You continue to gather information from the front line and report back at all times. Thank you for your hard work!" Zhao Pengju suppressed his inner anger, restrained his tone, and instructed the spies.

He knew very well in his heart that if he, the King of Nanyu, lost his composure and became panic-stricken in the current situation of the entire Nanyu County, the people under him would become even more panic-stricken.

"Subordinates resign!"

The spy bowed and walked out of the yard.

About another hour later, Zhao Huan was seen in a hurry. He managed to calm Li Deng, Zhu Hua and others in the parliament hall, but he received bad news.

"Your Majesty, I have just received news that, following the capture of Minghua Pass, my eighteenth and twenty-second brothers have announced that they will obey the Enfeoffment Order and the Conferment Order, and have conferred the titles of Earl of Tai'an and Earl of Mingqian respectively."

Zhao Huan quickly came to Zhao Pengju with an ugly look on his face.

The eighteenth brother and the twenty-second brother he mentioned were in charge of only one county each. They were very close to Minghua Pass and were obviously afraid that Ye Feng would send troops to attack them, so they expressed their loyalty to Ye Feng in advance.

Zhao Pengju gritted his teeth tightly. Ye Feng’s Enfeoffment Order and Conferment Order were really too vicious.