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The gates of the city must be closed every night, so these soldiers from outside the city had to sneak in through the small side gate that Zhang Ling had greeted in advance.

After all, it was a group of men, and now they were in such a mess that even Xia Heyu felt a little guilty after seeing it.But these guys didn't pay much attention, He Fei stretched his head, quickly passed through the small gate, and entered the barracks.Most of the sub-soldiers who were replaced were not willing to continue serving in the barracks because most of them were injured. After receiving some rewards, they changed into ordinary people's clothes and scattered in the city and even all over the country.

Xia Heyu settled the soldiers overnight, gave Zhang Ling a few instructions, and then returned to the General's Mansion.

In front of the general's mansion, a small domestic servant held a candle lamp in his hand, and was still quietly waiting for Xia Heyu at the door.I don't know how long the candle lamp has been burning, and the flame is flickering, as if it will go out soon.

Seeing Xia Heyu come back, the little servant stepped forward, without saying a word, just holding a lamp to guide Xia Heyu.In the general's mansion, the hall lights were still on, and a few servants were standing with their heads bowed. After Xia Heyu passed by, the little servant turned his head and waved at them, and the servants dispersed and extinguished the hall lights.

At the end of the day, Xia Heyu's mind was a little confused, and he didn't bother with these nosy things. He dragged his feet back to the room, and almost fell asleep on the couch.

Waking up the next day, Xia Heyu saw this little servant again.This little servant looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was very cute with bushy eyebrows and big eyes. While preparing dishes for Xia Heyu, he said, "Young master, yesterday the palace sent someone to send a few big boxes. It will be used at the wedding banquet a month later, and the smaller one has already been sent to the west side room."

Xia Heyu said "Mmm" indifferently, looked up at him and asked, "Why do I feel like I've never seen you before, what's your name?"

Holding the food plate, the little servant raised his head and said with a smile, "The little one is named Guo Hong, the son of Steward Guo."

"Oh." Xia Heyu rolled his eyes, smiled suddenly and said, "I said why I haven't seen him much recently, so I left everything to your son."

"My father is getting old." Guo Hongdao: "There are some things that a son should share."

"Forget it." Xia Heyu raised the chopsticks, "You can be regarded as the inheritance of your father. I see that you are smart enough, so I will leave the trivial matters of the Xia family to you. Just don't lose your father's face."

Guo Hong bowed deeply. With Xia Heyu's words, Guo Hong is considered to be the next housekeeper, and said with a smile, "Thank you, young master, for your kindness."

Xia Heyu nodded, picked up a section of fresh bamboo shoots on the plate, and just about to stuff them into his mouth, he saw a young servant stepping in from outside the hall, holding a letter in his hand, knelt on one knee and said: "Young master, there is an additional letter." The urgent secret letter was delivered to the residence this morning."

Xia Heyu threw the fresh bamboo shoots back into the bowl, put down his chopsticks, and said with a frown, "Bring it here and let me have a look."

"Yes." The boy responded, and quickly walked forward to hand the letter into Xia Heyu's hands.

Xia Heyu didn't open the envelope immediately, but weighed the letter in his hands, feeling that the letter was very light.Turning over the envelope again, I found that nothing was written on it.

"Who sent the letter?" Xia Heyu asked.

"An official riding a horse, but his accent doesn't look like a man from the capital." The servant replied.

Xia Heyu thought for a while before opening the envelope. There was only one page of paper in the envelope, and there were only nine words on the paper including the signature, but these nine words made Xia Heyu read back and forth several times.

The letter read: Qingzhou rebelled and poured out its troops to fight.

There is only one word at the end of the letter: Jiang.

Xia Heyu stared at the letter paper and confirmed it many times in his heart, pondering every word over and over again.These eight characters contain too much information and also cover too many questions.

Why is there no news about Qingzhou's rebellion, and why Xia Heyu is called to "pour all his troops to fight" with the strength of Qingzhou Shibu Chengsi? But perhaps in Xia Heyu's mind, the biggest question is, what kind of relationship do these things have with Jiang Linyuan? .

"Guo Hong." Xia Heyu shouted as he rolled the letter into a ball.

"Master." Guo Hong nodded in response.

"Prepare chariots and horses, go to court."

In today's morning court, Xia Heyu could clearly feel that the atmosphere was a little bit wrong. The emperor sat on the dragon chair for a long time without saying a word, and the emperor slowly opened his mouth until the trivia that the officials were about to say was reported one by one. .

"Qingzhou is rebellious." The emperor spoke these four words, his voice was gloomy, and the audience was in an uproar, "It's the first time that I have been rebelled by my own people."

In fact, it was also this morning that the emperor also received a secret letter. I don’t know who sent the letter. When the emperor woke up and opened his eyes, he saw the letter lying on his chest. After scolding the individual, he vowed to replace him, and the letter was signed by Qingzhou History, Bu Chengsi.

The emperor was so angry that he almost fainted, and immediately got angry, dragged down the court lady and eunuch who was guarding in front of his palace last night, and tortured him severely, vowing to find out who was the one who released the secret letter last night.

But Qingzhou is a small place after all, the officials were only surprised for a moment, and several officials rushed to comfort them, saying that Qingzhou was weak, and it would be effortless for the Holy Majesty to surrender Qingzhou.At this time, Xia Heyu was thinking about the eight words on Jiang Linyuan's letter, and suddenly understood a little bit, and stepped out of the team with one step.

"Please lead the troops and go to Qingzhou to quell the rebellion." Xia Heyu said loudly.

The emperor was still raising his head to follow his breath, and when he heard Xia Heyu's words, he suddenly regained his energy. He didn't care about Qingzhou's smallness, but just wanted to get rid of the anger in his chest, and pointed at Xia Heyu and slapped his thigh fiercely. "Okay! He Yu, remember, you must kill all the traitors in Qingzhou, and then chop Bu Chengsi's head into a meat paste and bring it back to me."

When the officials heard what the emperor said, they were all in a cold sweat. Wei Xia and Yu cupped their hands and said calmly, "I obey."

"As for your marriage with Princess Xiang'an." The emperor calmed down a bit, and sat back in his original seat, "How about having your celebration banquet with you after your triumphant return?"

Xia Heyu, who was originally full of thoughts about Qingzhou, remembered his marriage with Princess Xiang'an, remembered what Jiang Linyuan had promised him, and knew that he was wrong about Jiang Linyuan.But Xia Heyu still couldn't figure it out. Following Jiang Linyuan's wishes, he went to pacify Qingzhou by himself, but wouldn't he still want to marry Princess Xiang'an after he came back?Going here can only be a delay, but it cannot really solve the problem.

"Thank you, Lord Long En." Xia Heyu didn't think about it any more, and thanked the emperor with his head down, but he didn't see Li Suzheng, who was standing beside the emperor, looking straight at him.

That night, Xia Heyu went to Zhang Ling and told him about Qingzhou, but did not mention Jiang Linyuan's letter.Zhang Ling was so happy when he heard that he was going to put down the rebellion, he grinned foolishly.