On the northern battlefield, the four slaves fought with the strong man of the ancient country of Huaxu, regardless of victory or defeat, he broke through the void battlefield and disappeared. In those days, the Jingshi was like a great enemy, and the queen mother sat upright in the imperial city, and it was said that the sword of Taizu Zhenguo had been horizontal on her knees.

Then the peace talks between the two countries were completely reached, in terms of territory, both sides did not have too many demands, and each retreated to the original border, but other compensation, Hongwu suffered a dark loss, after Song Zheng heard the news, he seriously suspected that this was because the Queen Mother and Hua Xu colluded and betrayed Hongwu's interests, in exchange for Hua Xu Zhenguo to take action, for her to contain the four slaves.

In this war, the total number of dead cultivators on both sides was more than 600,000, 3,000 in the Ming Seeing Realm, 1,000 in the Heavenly Venerable in the Destiny Realm, and 600 in the Xuantong Realm.

On the Huaxu side, from Liequan Pass to Lianyun Road, a whole line of defense has been greatly damaged, and future repairs and reconstructions will be an investment that makes people's scalps tingle.

Judging from Hongwu's current state, I am afraid that before they can re-improve this line of defense, it will have already been destroyed.

Neither the Hongwu Heavenly Dynasty nor the ancient kingdom of Huaxu won, and Huaxu seemed to have taken a small advantage, but it completely exposed the internal decay, attracting the eyes of other surrounding countries.

It is said that the Demon Emperor of the Tianqi Department has issued an imperial order, and the Tianqi Department will act secretly, and at most three years, it will use troops against Hua Xu.

And the Great Qin Empire and the recovering Chu Xiong are also ready to move - Hua Xu's current external environment is even worse than Hongwu's.

With the end of such a great war, the world entered a brief period of "peace".

The Queen Mother's previous purge was too serious, and there were no available people in many key positions in the court, so she vigorously selected them from the local government. said that it was a selection, but in fact, whoever took refuge in the Queen Mother could be reused.

And the bones of the heavenly Wen Xiu, in the decades that the Son of Heaven has been in power, have also been wiped out - those iron-clad Wen Xiu have either been killed or driven away, such as Ishihara. Most of the rest are flattering, even though the Queen Mother is in power, of course, it is flattering the Queen Mother.

So in just a few months, the entire huge Hongwu court was running again, but it was even more corrupt, sluggish, and chaotic than before.

According to Long Yiwei's intelligence, there are rebel armies in various places, and the largest number has captured the prefecture and county, with 30,000 soldiers!

The military equipment of the local government is relaxed, the battle array has been sparse for a long time, coupled with the change of the people's mind, they have been unable to exterminate the righteous army, and even many government soldiers have defected into the formation and surrendered to the righteous army, and they have been named various generals.

The guards played a key role at this time, and they established their yamen almost overnight throughout Hongwu. And very familiar with all the local affairs, the formation of a new army, called the "Su Ying", among them are the most vicious people, the origin of the unknown start of the ferocious, the servants into an army, one after another to exterminate the three rebels, the captives, regardless of men, women and children are all killed, for a time bloody and bloody, the world heard of the color change.

The seven states under the jurisdiction of Song Zheng were smooth and the people were stable, but he still didn't dare to be careless. In the world at this time, sometimes it's not that you don't want to go back, but you can't go back.

At the time of the eventual meeting, some careerists wanted to take advantage of the situation and use all kinds of means to force those who were "optimistic" to raise the anti-flag.

He secretly ordered his subordinates Long Yiwei to monitor the seven states.

And in the half year that the Immortal Refining Sect had been refining treasures, he had secretly replaced Songzhou and Yazhou with his own Baolan Distraction. It's just that if you want to take full control, it will take time to slowly roll out.

Du Qianhu had already recovered, and he was worried: "My lord, every state in the world already has a guard yamen, but we Jiangnan and Lingnan, the Queen Mother has not intervened, but...... It's a matter of time before the brothers are in fear these days, and if they are really replaced by guards, what will we do in the future?

The subordinates also heard that those Jin Luanwei's brothers are living a miserable life now, and many of them have been hunted down and killed by the enemies of the year and have nowhere to hide. ”

Long Yiwei and Jin Luanwei are doing work that offends people, and they have made countless enemies, once they don't have the protection of the imperial court, the end can be imagined!

Song Zheng was calm and calm, and comforted him: "You tell the brothers and reassure them. Long Yiwei has gone through 10,000 years of ups and downs in our dynasty, and it is not that anyone who says that it can be abolished, as long as Lord Xiao and this official are there, the Queen Mother will not be allowed to succeed!"

Du Qianhu felt a little relieved, and agreed to retire.

When Song Zheng was alone, he sighed deeply. The light rain outside the window is dripping, and it does not snow in the winter in the south of the Yangtze River, but the rain is continuous and the wet and cold are unbearable.

It's been raining like this for six days.

Although he comforted Du Qianhu, he was actually terrified in his heart.

He wasn't much sure that he could withstand the pressure of the Queen Mother, in fact, he guessed that Xiao Zhen was also very hard. The Queen Mother is in control of the entire court, and she is now more of a rat trap, worried that she will be forced too tightly and Long Yiwei will "jump over the wall in a hurry". But as Du Qianhu said, "This is a matter of time or time", the Queen Mother will definitely do it!

"Su Wei ......" Song Zheng sneered: "Isn't it the Huang Tianli Holy Sect!"

He groaned in his heart, since the Queen Mother took power, he had been thinking about where to go. I'm still thinking about it, and some things are gradually becoming clear in my mind, but the whole plan is not complete, and I still need to keep thinking about it.

"I just don't know if I have time. ”

......

Long Yiwei is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, so although Xiao Zhen, the leader of Long Yiwei, has the power of the world, he is actually not qualified to go to the court.

But everything in the court can't escape his ears and eyes. Especially now, the Queen Mother has lowered the curtain to listen to the government, and the ministers and the Queen Mother are discussing something in the court, and almost after a few breaths, it is reported to Xiao Zhen's ears.

Xiao Zhen frowned, he had indeed had a hard time during this time. The Empress Dowager has used Yi Zhi to reduce Long Yiwei's authority again and again, and transferred some responsibilities to Su Wei.

He's been putting up with it, and he's always feeling that the time hasn't come.

But today, someone in the court put it forward: Long Yiwei is difficult to return from, and asks the Queen Mother to issue an order to abolish Long Yiwei and replace Long Yiwei with Su Wei.

This matter has been mentioned several times, Xiao Zhen is not panicked, if the Queen Mother really dares to withdraw Long Yiwei now, it will be to force all the Long Yiwei in the world.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother reprimanded, saying that Long Yiwei was loyal to the country, diligent, and commanded Xiao Zhen to be the humerus of the imperial court, and Hugh would mention the matter of dismissal again.

Then the words of the courtiers changed: Long Yiwei was unsupervised, and there were many grievances in the prison, so he asked the Queen Mother to supervise Long Yiwei with guards.

The Queen Mother showed a deliberate attitude, but she had no choice but to be recommended by the courtiers, so she had no choice but to agree, but only granted one right to Su Wei: she could access the files of all Long Yiwei's cases!

In the court, there are now only two factions: the Queen Mother and the Shousuke. And there is a tacit understanding between them, Xiao Zhen is isolated in the DPRK and China, and he is always in a state of passive beating.

Xiao Zhen frowned, and was a little puzzled in his heart: "What is Huang Yuanhe doing?"

Lord Shoufu should understand very well that after the Queen Mother solved Long Yiwei, the next target was him.

He ordered: "Arrange it, this official wants to see Huang Yuanhe." ”

"Yes. ”

......

Long Yiwei commanded the envoy to meet the head of the dynasty, of course, it was a very taboo thing, so it was impossible for Xiao Zhen to send someone to the Huangfu to hand over the name post, and then make an appointment to visit.

That night, Xiao Zhen walked out of a small door, which was the back garden of the Huang Mansion. Huang Yuanhe sat in the small pavilion by the pond, drinking spiritual brew and waiting for him.

"Your Excellency, Commander. ”

"Shousuke-sama. ”

The two bowed their hands and sat down with each other.

Xiao Zhen asked straight to the point: "Why does Lord Huang cooperate with the Queen Mother, my Long Yiwei has fallen, and the Queen Mother's next target is you, Lord Huang, such a simple truth, you don't need me to remind you." ”

Huang Yuanhe's face was flat, and Xiao Zhen continued: "So I guess, there must be some reason for this, I will come to ask Lord Huang tonight, and please tell me the reason."

If we can discuss, then you and I will drink and coordinate. If there is no negotiation, I will have to fight to the death!"

Huang Yuanhe didn't answer immediately, and drank another cup before saying: "The Queen Mother promised that after Lord Xiao, all the forces of Long Yiwei will belong to the old man." ”

Xiao Zhen's body shook, nodded and looked at the wine glass on the table: "It seems that there is no negotiation, Xiao said goodbye." ”

Several henchmen followed him and left quickly.

From the secret passage out of the Huang Mansion, the henchmen were indignant: "Huang Yuanhe has such a big appetite!"

"He wants to swallow our dragon guards, does he really think the brothers will listen to him?"

"No wonder he colluded with that old witch, with his current power, plus the words of our Long Yiwei, he is indeed not afraid of the Queen Mother. ”

Xiao Zhen didn't say a word, returned to the yamen of the General Administration, and said after a while: "Go and invite the star elder to ......" and quickly waved his hand again: "That's it, the official will go over by himself." ”

Xing Lao originally went to Jiangnan to try to treat Song Zheng's Yin God injury, but before the others arrived, Song Zheng recovered by himself, and the old man came back again.

Xiao Zhen entered the Star Picking Tower, knocked on the door of Xing Lao's courtyard, and was soon invited in.

He repeated Huang Yuanhe's words and said: "I don't believe what Huang Lao Thief said, this is just an excuse he gave me, and he refused to say the real reason." ”

Xing Lao nodded: "The Queen Mother promised to give him and he believed it?" He has been up and down in the sea for hundreds of years, and he will not be so gullible." And he must have understood that he couldn't control the dragon guard. ”

Xiao Zhen nodded: "I can't think of it, why would he do this?"

Elder Xing pondered for a moment: "You have been spying on him recently, what have you discovered?"

Xiao Zhen took out a volume of information from his sleeve and handed it to him, Xing Lao took it and looked at it, which recorded in detail every official who went to visit Lord Shoufu's mansion in the past six months or so, as well as where he went and who he met after Lord Shoufu went to court.

Even in detail, he went to a certain restaurant, and during the time he appeared, those characters who had been in and out of the restaurant were recorded.