The military intelligence report of the defeat of the Hate River finally reached Luoyang, the capital of the gods.

When the six-hundred-mile urgent document was delivered to Fengge Luantai, the first reaction of the chief prime minister, Zong Chuke, was not to immediately enter the palace to report to the empress, because now the empress was lying in the deep palace, and Zhang Yizhi couldn't hand it in if he was in the way. He did not immediately convene other prime ministers and important ministers to hold a cabinet meeting to discuss countermeasures, but ran to the house of Liang Wang Wu Sansi as soon as possible and reported to him first.

Zong Chuke has always been very conscious and very good at standing in line, which is almost his biggest specialty, otherwise he would not have firmly occupied the position of chief prime minister in this ever-changing court. When the Emperor was there, he was the most capable and loyal hound of the Emperor; When Erzhang was the most arrogant, he was Erzhang's echo worm; Now that the two have gone to one, Zhang Yizhi also provoked public anger because of the slander and killing of Li Chongrun, the king of Shao, and the situation was precarious, so he turned his horse head and stood by Wu Sansi's side, becoming Wu Sansi's closest comrade-in-arms.

Wu Sansi, who had read the military newspaper, was overjoyed, and exclaimed, "Great, Xue Shao is finally finished!" ”

In his memory, since the first day he met Xue Shao, their Wu family has never stopped being unlucky, and Wu Chenghei was finally by Xue Shao and Princess Taiping - when was he so happy as he is today?

At this moment, Wu Sansi almost danced with his hands, and said hurriedly: "Zong Xianggong, don't be in a hurry to make the battle report public, two days will be the day of the Shuowang Dynasty, and wait until that day to read this battle report in the court." We must let everyone in the world know how Xue Shao is reckless, how he humiliates the country, and how he bullies the king! ”

"King Liang is wise, so it is the best - the lower officials want to congratulate King Liang, congratulations to King Liang!" Zong Chuke was also overjoyed, bowed down ninety degrees, and whispered, "Xue Shao is so arrogant and domineering when he relies on military power, even His Majesty is deeply jealous of him, and he constantly moves him at all. Now, he's finally defeated, finally finished! ——In the world, there is no one who restrains King Liang! ”

"Haha!" Wu Sansi looked up to the sky and laughed, "This defeat, Xue Shao not only suffered a great loss of troops and prestige, but according to the laws of our dynasty, he is enough to sentence him to death!" Even if he was honored and knighted before his high achievements, he could use it to atone for his crimes, at least he would be reduced and demoted! In the past two days, we have to take a good look at it, and we must find a few people to stand up and impeach Xue Shao, and count Xue Shao's crimes. Remember, don't miss the fact that he killed the imperial envoy before - that is the ironclad evidence that he despised the court and deceived the king! ”

"This matter will be handled by the next official." Zong Chuke took over the errand very happily.

"Good, good, good!" Wu Sansi said three good words in a row, stroked his beard and smiled brightly, "As long as Xue Shao is brought down, the rest of the generations such as Yao Yuanzhen, Song Jing and Guo Yuanzhen are not worried." Zhang Yizhi, an ignorant child, will be a dead corpse sooner or later. Cen Changqian and Hei Tooth Changzhi have become ancient, Lou Shide and Li Duozuo have been demoted from the imperial court, and Di Renjie has also returned to his hometown. In the future, the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be the world of you and me! ”

The two laughed.

Next.

Shangguan Wan'er came to the East Palace in white clothes, specially to pay tribute to Li Chongrun, the king of Shao.

Wei Xiang'er, who was already crying, saw Shangguan Wan'er, and rushed up like crazy to find her desperately. If it weren't for the crown prince Li Xian and his two concubines, Li Chongfu and Li Chongjun, who stepped forward to stop him, Shangguan Wan'er would really be embarrassed by her.

Li Xian was also very sad and somewhat resentful of Shangguan Wan'er, but he had always been cowardly and generous, so he quickly made amends to Shangguan Wan'er.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I know that the entire East Palace is resentful of me. In His Royal Highness's heart, I am afraid that he is also blaming Shangguan Wan'er for planting His Royal Highness King Shao. Shangguan Wan'er said, "Wan'er doesn't want to argue. Wan'er's trip is only to mourn King Shao. I also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to grant permission. ”

Madam Shangguan said seriously. Please......" Li Xian didn't say anything, and personally invited Shangguan Wan'er into the mourning hall.

I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me, and Shangguan Wan'er did feel a little guilty in her heart. She placed the sacrifices and wine she had brought with her in front of the spirit of King Shao, and after burning incense and worshipping, she took out a sacrificial text written by herself and recited it in front of the spirit.

At first, everyone thought that Shangguan Wan'er was a "cat crying mouse", but few people listened to it, and they just hoped that she would leave after the play. Wei Xiang'er stared at her with resentment all the time, hating to pick her skin and eat her flesh.

"Hang Jun Yide, Lan Xiang Yuzhang. If you have a spirit, enjoy my steaming. ”

"Hang Jun is talented, his rhetoric is flying, my heart hurts, and I break my liver and intestines......"

Shangguan Wan'er couldn't cry. I couldn't read this sacrificial text anymore.

What is the coy posture who is true and sincere, the people in the East Palace still have the basic judgment ability, Shangguan Wan'er is really not acting. Under her infection, the crown prince Li Xian and Wei Xiang'er, including Li Chongfu and Li Chongjun, all cried loudly. The eunuchs and palace maids also cried together, and for a time the East Palace was full of weeping and grief.

After the memorial, Shangguan Wan'er didn't stay long, and left after saying goodbye.

Li Xian personally sent Shangguan Wan'er out, and said goodbye with sadness and shame, "Shangguan Lady Bo Hong is elegant, please don't blame the insider for behaving in a way." Chongrun is her only son, so ......"

"The prince doesn't have to mind, Wan'er didn't take it to heart." Shangguan Wan'er returned the salute and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, please take care of yourself." Wu Sansi and Zong Chuke are now complacent, and they are about to celebrate each other. His Royal Highness the Prince, you must not be too sad and make a mistake, and you have fulfilled the villain in vain. ”

Although Li Xian was cowardly, he was not mentally retarded, and he immediately realized that there was something in Shangguan Wan'er's words, and hurriedly leaned closer and asked in a low voice: "Please also ask Mrs. Shangguan for advice." ”

Shangguan Wan'er observed left and right without eyeliner, and hurriedly whispered quickly: "According to the secret report, the imperial court has received the battle report of the defeat of Xue Taiwei's soldiers, but Wu Sansi and Zong Chuke kept it secret, but they urgently planned to bring down Taiwei in private and eradicate the Li family's forces above the court. Once they succeed, the prince is afraid that he will not even have the opportunity to wail in this East Palace! ”

"Huh?!" Li Xian was shocked, "Captain Xue, he, he, he...... Defeated? ”

"Your Highness, take care, Wan'er farewell."

Shangguan Wan'er didn't stop for a moment, and immediately boarded the car and left the East Palace to return to Shangguan Mansion in Lidefang, and directly boarded the painting boat without stopping and floated to Luoshui.

There are a total of six boatmen who drive the boat, and their usual identities are the guards of the Shangguan Mansion, but they are actually first-class masters - the Eighteen Ospreys of Hongmen. Among them is also one of the four hall masters of Hongmen, the smiling butcher Fan Zheng.

"Madam Shangguan, where do you want to go?" Known as the smiling butcher, Fan Zheng never smiled, because his face had been injured on the battlefield and had long lost the function of laughing, and he looked particularly scary.

But Shangguan Wan'er knew that Fan Zhen was actually a benevolent and loving person. He did not marry and have children, but he adopted more than a dozen orphans, all orphans of fallen soldiers. Therefore, Shangguan Wan'er has always respected Fan Zhen very much. The person sent to him by Xue Shao is also worthy of her complete trust.

"Out of the city, Songshan!"

"Yes!"

Zhongyue Songshan can be regarded as the most "red" mountain in the Wuzhou Dynasty, Wu Zetian has climbed Songshan many times, and held a ceremony of sealing Zen in Songshan, the word "Dengfeng" comes from this. It has always been an upward and downward effect, and the magnates of Luoyang also liked to visit Songshan, and gradually formed a fashion. The word Dengfeng is gradually no longer exclusive to the empress, and people like to call themselves Dengfeng when they climb Songshan Mountain and play.

It's not the first time Shangguan Wan'er has visited Songshan, but today she changed her usual flowery dress and came in white. But she was not alone, she asked Chen Xian'er, the chief housekeeper of Princess Taiping's Mansion and the wife of Yipin's order, to come with her, as well as Chen Xian'er's cousin Liu, that is, Guo Yuanzhen's wife. There is also a Xue family who rarely shows up but can definitely be called a noble lady in the capital, in addition to being Xue Shao's sister, she is also the wife of Gong Ren!

With such four ladies together, the lineup is definitely super luxurious. Even if the prince and prime minister met them in the middle of the road, I am afraid that they would have to come forward to say hello and ask for a favor.

But the four of them didn't make a show, just took an ordinary car, and went directly to Shaomu Mountain without stopping for a moment along the road. Then, under the escort of Fan Zhen and others, they walked to a small grass house with few tourists and quite inconspicuous.

This small grass house is located in the depths of the dense forest, near the abyss and the river, and the population is extremely scarce, but it is like a monk's seclusion outside the world.

The four noble ladies went down the mountain, Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward alone in white clothes, stopped at a place more than ten steps away from the grass house, and bowed to the head of the house: "Please master, Shangguan Wan'er has come to ask Zen." ”

He shouted three times in a row, but no one answered.

Shangguan Wan'er was about to step forward to investigate, when a gray shadow fell in front of her in the sky, fast as the wind and light as a harrier.

A little boy dressed in a gray monk's robe but with black hair and an unusually handsome face, blinked a pair of clear light blue eyes, looked at Shangguan Wan'er, and then looked at the three people behind her, and bowed down obediently, "Dingguo, meet Aunt Shangguan." ”

"What a handsome son!" Mrs. Xue whispered in surprise, "His eyes are really similar to his husband!" ”

Chen Xian'er and Mrs. Liu looked at each other and smiled, like, that's right!

……

The third round of the Turkic assault on the mouth of the Black Sand Moraine was repulsed by a torrential rain. Duan Feng stood on top of the city and laughed, saying that his luck was much better than Xie Wan's. It didn't take much effort to drive the Turks away.

A banquet was being prepared in the Duhu Mansion, and almost all the generals came, and they wanted to celebrate Duan Feng's achievements as usual. Unexpectedly, Xue Shao, the main master, was missing, and only sent Xue Chuyu to preside over today's celebration banquet.

All the generals asked, where did Xue Shuai go?

Xue Chuyu didn't know, so he could only shake his head vigorously. The generals didn't ask more, saying that it was a celebration banquet, but in fact, it was a simple dinner, how could they really get drunk and drink. Everyone hurriedly ate and had to take their own places, and they had to perform their duties, and the defense of the moraine could not be relaxed for a moment.

Xue Shao sat in an ox cart and climbed up a river embankment that had not been built long ago.

Li Xianyuan hurriedly greeted him in person, and smiled on the spot, "Dignified Xue Shuai, why did you change to an ox cart?" ”

"Wei Jin ancient style, you don't understand." Xue Shao got out of the car with a smile, and Li Xianyuan hurriedly held up an umbrella for him.

"Didn't you bring us beef?" Li Xianyuan said with a smile, "Xue Shuai really loves soldiers like a son!" ”

"You want to be beautiful, the road is rainy and the ox cart is steady. The wounds on my body will not hurt so much. Xue Shao glanced around and straightened up, "How is the project progressing?" ”

"Within two days, the work can be completed." Li Xianyuan stopped laughing and replied seriously.

"Good." Xue Shao breathed a sigh of relief, two days, two more days!

Since following Pei Gong's Northern Expedition, I, Xue Shao, have been fighting hard for more than ten years, and finally looking forward to these last two days!