Thought

"My lord, the news from the frontier has returned." Yan Yi appeared from the shadows, and respectfully sent the letter in his hand to Xue Yi.

There is a hand warmer in Xue Yi's arms, a brazier at his feet, and Mu Nian, who is also equipped with the same equipment, sits beside him.The two of them were immersed in the warmth, with an indescribable comfort on their faces.

Just a little dry.

Xue Yi took a sip of tea, sighed faintly, and took the envelope, "It's freezing, the Turkic people should stop at this time in the past, and plunder enough food and grass slaves to wait for the New Year."

Mu Nian chuckled, "What happened?"

"There are good and bad." Xue Yi didn't know what he saw, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Didn't there be news before that Wei Pingting was ambushed and disappeared?"

Hearing what Xue Yi said, Mu Nian's heart skipped a beat, "Has Xu Minyou found someone?"

Xue Yi nodded, "Wei Shuolin still has some abilities. He lived up to Mrs. Wei's teaching and took back the military power in the frontier. He brought back Xu Minyou and Wei Pingting from Xiaoxing Mountain."

"Xu Minyou got what he wanted." Mu Nian's eyes lit up slightly, and he immediately regained his composure, "What about the bad news?"

"The food and grass sent to the frontier was robbed halfway." Xue Yi put the letter aside, thoughtfully, "It seems that Wei Shuolin's taking back the military power still made them panic."

"There is no military power in the frontier, so we can only focus on the food and grass that is tightly guarded." Mu Nian moved comfortably, "It seems that General Wei has turned the frontier into a railway."

Xue Yi said coldly, "So what if you become a Tietong? Once the food and grass are cut off, no amount of tricks can be used as a threat of hunger."

"Who is it?" Mu Nian also agreed with Xue Yi's point of view, but he didn't follow Xue Yi's topic and said that the matter must be resolved, "I remember Dong Hua and the guard leading the team?"

Xue Yi nodded, "Dong Hua's whereabouts were unknown during the looting. The person who robbed the food and grass was the number one scholar in the seventh year of Chenghua, Zhuo Ming."

"As a civil servant, I wiped out the bandits who plagued the people in the county and town under my jurisdiction, and thus established my own path to promotion." Mu Nian narrowed his eyes slightly, and slowly said the impression of Zhuo Ming in his mind.

Xue Yi had the same expression, the same posture, and the same tone as Mu Nian, "Hiding really deep, I heard that the bandits who were besieged were beheaded and killed. I think maybe these bandits themselves are Ni Yanwei's followers." a member."

After finishing speaking, Xue Yi got up and stretched, his bones creaked, causing Xue Yi to sigh comfortably, "Dong Hua is the emperor's secret guard, and he will only receive news faster than us."

Mu Nian also got up when she heard the words, her movements were much more elegant than Xue Yi's, and she even thought about smoothing her curled hair, "Do you want to change your clothes?"

Xue Yi shook his head, "I'm afraid you don't have time?"

Sure enough, as soon as Xue Yi finished speaking, a servant's voice came from outside, "Master Hou, there is an urgent call from the palace, calling you to enter the palace quickly, the guards and carriages are already waiting outside."

In the capital, not many people know the news.But at this critical moment, there were only a few people staring at the palace. Seeing Zhenyuan Hou rushing into the palace at this time, the servants who followed him hurriedly passed the news back.

From noon to evening, the carriage that brought Xue Yi into the palace quietly drove out of the palace.In this short afternoon, everyone who heard the news scratched their heads and were extremely curious.

What happened?

Just after they thought about it in the middle of the night and went to court with two black eye sockets on their shoulders, they learned the reason why Marquis Zhenyuan entered the palace.

Food and grass in the frontier were in urgent need, Emperor Yan ordered Xue Yi to be the general of Zhenyuan, and led [-] soldiers from Kyoto to support the frontier.

As soon as the news came out, Manchao was shocked.They all spoke out to persuade Emperor Yan to think twice before acting. Xue Shuru could beat the Turkic army to the ground, but it doesn't mean that his son can also beat them back!

The tiger father has no dogs and sons, and it is a joke, a big joke, to put it in Zhenyuan Hou's mansion.

It's just that Emperor Yan insisted on going his own way, suppressing all the objections of the ministers, and ordered Xue Yi to go on the road immediately.

The next day, five thousand soldiers assembled outside the city. Xue Yi sat on a steed, his cold armor gleaming under the rare sunlight in winter.

This time there was not much battle, the emperor and all the officials on the city wall watched Xue Yi leave with five thousand soldiers in silence, and the faint weeping sound of a woman came from the capital.

In their hearts, the [-] soldiers who left this time have already registered their names in the Palace of Hades.

Mrs. Xue leaned on a cane in one hand, and was supported by Madam Su in the other hand. She looked past the figures and fell in Xue Yi's direction with a calm expression.

She is old, even if she knows that her grandson is down there, she still has to rely on the people next to her to tell her which direction her grandson is.Until she couldn't see anything anymore, Mrs. Xue let out a barely audible sigh.

"Go back!" Mrs. Xue was supported, and returned to the carriage fairly smoothly, with her eyes slightly closed.A person who is old and half of his body is buried in the loess, he doesn't have the energy of his youth, and he can't cope with the endless inquiries.

This huge Zhenyuan Hou's Mansion made people flustered.

Not far from the capital, Xue Yi got off the horse, got into the prepared carriage, and took off the armor on his body. It is cold and heavy to wear cold armor in this cold weather. I'm afraid it's going to peel off.

"How's the food preparation going?" Xue Yi asked while getting dressed.

The two people who had been in the carriage glanced at each other, and Tang Du said appropriately, "Master, according to your order, I have already stockpiled the grain, and the grain sent away at that time was only one out of ten. Pack all the grain and grass and send it to the frontier today."

The quantity is indeed enough, but the real and the fake are mixed with each other. The real food is only [-] to [-]%, and the rest is just decoration.If the food and grass are not robbed, the remaining food and grass will be sent to the frontier on the same day.

Yan Shi was a stuffy person, so when he heard Tang Du finished speaking, he just nodded in agreement, "Everything will go according to the master's plan."

"Master, someone is following." Xu Xu opened the curtain and came in, whispering, "Just follow behind, no other actions."

Tang Du was excited when he heard the words, "Master, are you going to do something big!"

"Hehe!" Xue Yi cast a glance at Tang Du, "Why isn't your friend in Jingdu exciting enough?"

Tang Du suddenly withered, "Master, don't mention it, a thing that can't control the lower body, men and women are not taboo, the subordinates were blind at the time to fall in love with him."

"It's too late to hide, it doesn't matter if you don't want this stimulation."

After finishing speaking, he let out a long sigh, "The youth committed stupidity at that time, so I don't care if I don't mention it!" After a long and short sigh, he shrank to a corner of the carriage, with clouds over his head, hoping that no one would find him.

Xue Yi glanced at him and didn't say much, which made Tang Du heave a sigh of relief, but the haze in his eyes didn't dissipate for a long time.

In the imperial palace, Emperor Yan had just returned to the palace after sending off the soldiers, half of the dragon clothes on his body were changed, and there was a call from Grand Master Sun asking to see him.Emperor Yan paused, "Tell them to wait, I will go out immediately."

Changing into a comfortable uniform, Emperor Yan walked to the palace where the government affairs were handled, with a trace of impatience on his face, he waved his robe and said, "I have decided that Xue Qing's family will lead the army to the frontier, so there is no need to persuade you."

Grand Master Sun knelt on the ground and held a memorial to the top of his head, "The emperor has a deep heart, and I admire him. I have something else to do here, which is related to the third prince."

Emperor Yan looked at Sun Jing quietly, his eyes lowered, "The matter of the third prince has long been decided, what does Sun Qing mean?"

Knowing that the third prince has been designated as rebellious, this is a shame to the royal family.What's more, the third prince is already dead, and he will find out the matter again.

"Your Majesty, the servants of the minister's house accidentally found a person who was in a hurry and sneaky." Senior Madam Sun knelt on the ground with his back straight, and his hands held high in front of him were steady.

"When the servant saw this, he arrested him and sent him to the minister's house. This person was involved in the matter of the third prince. The minister dared not judge lightly, so he brought someone to have an audience with him."

Emperor Yan seemed to accept Mr. Sun's explanation, and finally let go, "Hand it up."

Sun Jing handed the memorial to Liang Zhu, and after Liang Zhu checked up and down to confirm its safety, it was sent to Emperor Yan.

Emperor Yan flipped through it quickly, closed the memorial with a "snap", and said sharply, "Is this true? The emperor was really instigated by someone? Does Sun Qing know what the crime of deceiving the emperor is?"

"Everything I said is true." Sun Jing stood up while speaking, and met Emperor Yan's eyes openly, "The third prince was instigated by others, so he lost his head for a while and had a ridiculous scene. forced the palace."

"Looking directly at the emperor's face, what is the crime of Grand Master Sun?" Liang Zhu immediately stood up and scolded.

But Sun Jing gave a low laugh, "Of course I know that the emperor's face should not be looked at directly, but in a short while, the person on the throne will be replaced by another person, so why should I be guilty if I look at it?" have."

"Come here, there are assassins, protect the emperor." Liang Zhu's expression changed immediately, and he protected Emperor Yan behind him, shouting loudly.Not long after, someone appeared inside and outside the palace, guarding Emperor Yan's side, pointing their blade at Sun Jing.

Emperor Yan frowned slightly, and looked at Sun Jing with cold eyes, "Sun Qing is getting old, and I'm afraid he's lost his head. It seems that it's time to step down from the post of Grand Master."

Sun Jing was not afraid at all, "Your Majesty, this is the last day that I will call you that." Sun Jing clapped his hands as he said that, and the door opened, and the guards who were staring at him suddenly stretched out their weapons to the same robe.

Blood was immediately sprinkled on the resplendent palace, but the hidden guards around Emperor Yan remained motionless, only vigilantly looking at the guards who were fighting.

The guards stained with the blood of his former comrades guarded Sun Jing, and Sun Jing's calm face showed a trace of complacency, "Does the emperor still feel that the minister is dizzy?"

"However, the emperor is right about one thing. A university scholar is indeed not suitable for a minister." Sun Jing's tone was not without regret, "the former dynasty had the post of prime minister, but it is a pity that after the emperor ascended the throne, the prime minister was abolished."

"I have been waiting for this day for a long time." Sun Jing's eyes were like a torch, "I think that the post of prime minister is very important to Dayan."