Outside the house, the weather is cold, the dripping water turns into ice, and the inside of the house is as warm as spring.

Wuxin, who had returned from Prince Sheng's mansion, did not stop, and walked to the artificial clay figure placed in the hall, blindfolded with a piece of cloth.

Guo Man, who put down his things, looked back and said in surprise: "Sir, after a tiring day, don't you rest?"

Her face is not very good-looking, she witnessed the scene of treatment, and she is still sick to her stomach at this time.

"No, let's get started. The blindfolded Wuxin shook his head, holding a silver needle, and blindly pinning the clay man with a needle, and where the needle hit, the layer of wax applied to the clay man broke, and water bubbled out of the hole just in the piercing.

Guo Man had no choice but to tell the news from the side.

This is already a routine, when she has no intention of piercing the needle blindly, she deliberately lets her talk about something on the side to distract his heart, which is called a double purpose.

Guo Man talked about the war between Yanguo Nanzhou and the imperial court, which is now the concern of all forces, and inexplicably, she herself was a little excited.

After talking about this, Guo Man paid attention to his unintentional reaction, and said tentatively: "Recently, there has been a happy event in Qi Jing, which belongs to the royal family, saying that the princess who was remarried by King Hao Zhen is pregnant, and Emperor Qi is happy and has given a lot of rewards to Princess Ying, and many ministers' families have gone to the British Palace. ”

As soon as these words came out, Wuxin's body trembled obviously, his cheeks tightened, and the silver needle in his hand was even more out of proportion, trying to stabilize it, and even after a few stitches, he couldn't accurately find the position of the eyelet of the wax seal.

......

Niu Youdao, who had been hiding for two days, returned to Maolu Villa, and just came back for a while, when he was laughing and talking with Shang Shuqing, Yuan Gang sent a secret letter, "Daoye, the prince is here." ”

Shang Shuqing's eyes flashed, she has always paid attention to the situation of Nanzhou's attack on Dingzhou, Uncle Meng personally went out, the battle went smoothly, and Dingzhou had no power to fight back, and I don't know if the news is good or bad at this time.

Niu Youdao took a look at the letter, it was a letter from Shang Chaozong, but what was conveyed was the meaning of Meng Shanming.

At present, there has been a truce, liquidated, Nanzhou people occupy more than three counties, Dingzhou 12 counties, equal to a quarter of the territory fell into the hands of Nanzhou people, this battle really made Niu Youdao sigh, only a few days of work can actually lay such a large territory, is this to capture the territory? It is simply a horse race, it is inevitably too fast, far more than Niu Youdao's original plan to occupy the territory of a county.

Even he couldn't believe this result at first, but after repeatedly confirming it, he realized that it was right, he admired both Meng Shanming and Xue Xiao.

admires Meng Shanming's old and strong ability to fight, and admires Xue Xiao's straw bag to lose.

In this letter, Meng Shanming means that there is no need to occupy all the territory that has been laid, and the places that should be retreated should still be given up, and some places that are not dangerous to defend can be retreated, and occupy strategic and tactical important places, which can be defended by advancing and retreating, which is more cost-effective and can save and avoid containing a large number of troops in Nanzhou.

If you calculate it in this way, you will lose some territory, but you will still have the territory of the three counties to be saved.

However, Niu Youdao let go at the beginning, he couldn't let the territory he occupied, the letter was meant to discuss, if he really refused to give in, Meng Shanming couldn't do anything.

Niu Youdao returned the letter to Yuan Gang and said: "Reply, Meng Shuai is unparalleled in the world, I believe in his vision, so I will do it according to Meng Shuai's wishes." ”

He is not stubborn, because he knows that he doesn't understand such things as fighting, and he can't understand anything at all, and Meng Shanming is an expert in this regard, and the pros and cons are clear, and it will not be wrong to properly listen to other people's opinions.

Yuan Gang nodded and turned away.

......

In the Yanjing Imperial Palace, in the imperial study, Shang Jianxiong talked with several ministers, and the atmosphere was not bad.

A letter came from Dingzhou, saying that the Nanzhou people had stopped attacking, and it was obvious that the three major factions had played a role, so that this side could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, the Great Situ asks to see you. A eunuch entered and announced.

Wait a while, Takami will enter.

Seeing that his face was haggard and his eyes were red and swollen, several people present looked at each other.

Shang Jianxiong said: "Why is Da Situ so haggard?"

Gao Jianchang bowed and said sadly: "The old minister heard the news that my son Gao Shaoming was involved in the attack on Maolu Villa, fell into the hands of Niu Youdao, and was killed by Niu Youdao. The old minister has no way to discipline him, so that he let the rebel act in vain, and the old minister has come to ask His Majesty for his guilt!"

Speaking of this, it was embarrassing, several ministers immediately looked at their noses and noses, and everyone knew in their hearts that the attack on Maolu Villa was an open secret, and this matter must have been asked by His Majesty to go to Gao Shaoming, but no one dared to pierce it, otherwise it would inevitably make His Majesty angry.

As for the rumors, several people have also heard about it, Gao Shaoming didn't want to affect the family, so he knocked himself out of recognition and committed suicide, which is embarrassing.

The room was quiet for a while, and Shang Jianxiong said slowly: "There is such a thing, could it be a rumor?"

Gao Jiancheng sobbed and said: "When the old minister heard the news, he couldn't believe it, so he took a personal turn and deliberately found Prince Long, borrowed the large birds of the clan, and asked the housekeeper to rush to Qingshan County in person, quietly searched, and found the body to confirm that it was indeed the rebel." The old minister has no way to teach his son, it affects His Majesty, and he uses the things of the clan for personal gain, please treat the old minister's crime together!"

Several ministers still quietly did not react, and changed to other things, I am afraid that someone has already begun to take the opportunity to attack.

The position of the Great Situ is one of the three dukes, and many people present want it, thinking that there is a good show, and the clue can be seen from His Majesty's recent discussion of military affairs and not calling this great Situ, one of the three dukes. all think that Niu Youdao is determined to make a fuss about Gao Shaoming, who would have thought that Gao Shaoming actually committed suicide.

This time, I am afraid that the black pot will all have to be carried by the dead, and His Majesty owes the Gao family a great favor.

Those who have a heart have to sigh, Gao Jiancheng gave birth to a good son!

Tian Yu quietly glanced at Shang Jianxiong's reaction.

Naturally, this side also learned the news of Gao Shaoming's suicide, and for this reason, he specially recruited the person in charge of the Espionage Department to come over for questioning, asking Gao Shaoming if it was possible for him to commit suicide, after all, Gao Shaoming had been in the Espionage Department for many years, and the Espionage Department knew more or less about Gao Shaoming.

The meaning of the Espionage Department is that it is better to die than to live, and ordinary people are afraid that it is difficult to make up their minds to commit suicide, but the personnel sent by the Espionage Department are all specially trained, and basically they have placed poison in the sockets of their teeth, and Gao Shaoming was no exception at the beginning.

The judgment of the Espionage Department is that Gao Shaoming is ruthless, and it is entirely possible to do so.

Shang Jianxiong was silent for a while, and said slowly: "Da Situ is serious, as far as the widow knows, Gao Shao joined the Espionage Department when he was young next year to lurk in Zhao State, according to the rules of the Espionage Department, he can't contact his family without authorization, after returning to the court, he was sent to Zhao State as an envoy, and he rarely was by Da Situ's side for decades, and Da Situ's negligence in discipline could not be avoided." So it can't be generalized, one yard is one yard, what Gao Shaoming committed is Gao Shaoming's matter, and this matter has nothing to do with Da Situ. As for the things of the clan in vain, people can be ruthless, after all, he is the eldest son of Da Situ, and Da Situ borrowed it to find out the situation, but also for the sake of the court, remember not to do it again in the future. ”

Seeing that he really wanted to let his son carry the blame and not wash his son's innocence, Gao Jiancheng sneered in his heart, but he cried on the surface: "Old minister, remember, old minister thank you Your Majesty Longen!"

"But!" Shang Jianxiong's tone was solemn, "In recent years, the clan has indeed become more and more disagreeable, and you must pay close attention to this part of the supervision." It's useless to supervise with lip service, you must have practical actions to deter, and the widow has ordered you to set up another 'sect and criminal department', and in the future, the clan will handle the legal affairs by you!"

Several ministers quietly glanced at each other, His Majesty not only helped Gao Jiancheng clear the blame, but also handed over the power to punish the clan to Gao Jiancheng, and in the future, those royal relatives and nobles will not be able to get close to and honor this one, which is obviously compensation for the death of Gao Jiancheng's son!

To some extent, it deprived someone of their power, and some people were about to oppose it, but they were glared at by Tong Mo coldly, and immediately shrank back.

Thinking about it, His Majesty is about to push the responsibility on Gao Shaoming for the sneak attack on Maolu Villa, and is trying to calm down the matter internally and externally.

I had to sigh in my heart, for quite a while, I am afraid that no one will be able to shake Gao Jiancheng's status.

The reason is very simple, Gao Shaoming is not the child of an ordinary family, he is the son of Da Situ, one of the three princes of the imperial court. Everyone is not stupid, who doesn't know afterwards that Gao Shaoming carried the black pot for His Majesty, and his son gave his life for His Majesty, and it was difficult to settle the grievances, and if he succeeded, His Majesty also had to consider other people's opinions.

"Yes, the old minister obeys the order!" Gao Jiancheng bowed down again to receive the order.

At this moment, there was a "report!" from outside.

A eunuch sent a copy of the report, and Shang Jianxiong was furious after reading it, roaring and angrily, "Xue Xiao bastard, how did this battle be fought? In just a few days, you can lose three counties of widows, and you deserve death!"

Shang Jianxiong was so angry that he paced back and forth, his face ugly.

The ministers were astonished, they had known the war situation for a long time, why were they angry about this?

After the report was transferred to the ministers to check in turn, Gao Jiancheng understood what was going on, Xue Xiao reported that it was good that the people of Nanzhou stopped attacking, but after a slight retreat, they did not retreat, and began to defend the important places, and the territory of the three counties occupied did not look like they were going to be returned to the imperial court.

So Xue Xiao was embarrassed, Nanzhou stopped attacking, and Xue Xiao also received the order of the imperial court to cease fighting, and now that it is like this, Xue Xiao has to use strength if he wants to recover the lost territory, which is tantamount to provoking war again. If it is not recovered, will it not be possible to cede the territory of the three counties to Nanzhou?

Xue Xiao had no choice, so he asked the court to decide.

What should the imperial court do about this? It's strange that people can listen to the decree!

Is it forcibly recovered? After the key provokes a war, it may not be able to win the war, and if it can win, is it so embarrassing?

It is not difficult to understand His Majesty's anger, I am afraid that this matter will make His Majesty have the cheekiness to beg the three major factions to come forward again.