Comprehensive martial arts: Qixia town storytellers, the beginning of the tie to Qiao Feng

In Qiu Shenji's army, there was only ten days' worth of food and grass.

Once the grain storage area is attacked, Qiu Shenji's army will be in chaos.

Still be careful.

Shangguan Wan'er nodded and said: "The concubine knows."

Mentioning Lu Yan, Wu Zhao felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

She said to Shangguan Wan'er: "Lu Yan is a man of the world. The more powerful he is, the more I desire him."

"It's just that this person has no desires, and I really don't know how to impress him."

Shangguan Wan'er heard the words and said in a low voice: "In life, all you want is fame and fortune."

"Your Majesty can promise a huge profit, increase his official status, or bestow him with peerless magic weapons and peerless exercises."

"There is always one thing that can move his heart."

Wu Zhao nodded slightly upon hearing this.

When a man lives in this world, he always has to be interested in a certain thing.

Some people like gold, silver and jewelry, some people pursue peerless magic weapons, and some people like status and power.

As long as she finds something that Lu Yan likes, with her ability, she can definitely satisfy Lu Yan.

At that time, why worry about Lu Yan not coming to take effect.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhao suddenly looked at Shangguan Wan'er again, and said, "Wan'er, if I give you to Lu Yan as a gift, would you be willing?"

Shangguan Wan'er has a beautiful and refined appearance.

With an elegant temperament, she is a peerless woman with both civil and military skills.

If Shangguan Wan'er presented it as a gift, perhaps Lu Yan would be very happy.

Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help being a little surprised when she heard Wu Zhao's words.

She hurriedly knelt down beside Wu Zhao and said, "The concubine is willing to serve by your mother's side all the time, never leaving her."

Wu Zhao looked at Shangguan Wan'er and said, "But you have to have your own life after all."

"Besides, if you go to Lu Yan's side, you may not be able to work for me anymore."

Shangguan Wan'er heard the words and asked, "Your Majesty wants my concubine to monitor Lu Yan?"

Wu Zhao nodded slightly and said, "Lu Yan is extremely dangerous. I need someone I can trust to stay by his side and monitor his every move for me."

"You are the person I trust the most. Only when you go to his side can I feel relieved."

Shangguan Wan'er lowered her head and said in a low voice, "It's all up to the empress."

At this moment, a eunuch suddenly came to report outside.

"Empress Dowager, there are two people outside Shangyang Palace asking for an audience, claiming to be disciples of the Dou family, and there is an urgent matter."

When Wu Zhao heard the eunuch's report, he couldn't help showing a little surprise on his face.

Dou's servants, what urgent matters can they report to her?

After thinking for a while, Wu Zhao said, "Let them in."

A moment later, someone brought two middle-aged men in black to the study.

When the two saw Wu Zhao, they immediately knelt on the ground and shouted, "Cheng De (Cheng Yong), a grass-roots man, sees the Empress Dowager."

Wu Zhao looked at Cheng De and Cheng Yong, and asked indifferently, "What do you have to tell me?"

Chengde replied: "Return to your mother, Zhao Wangfu and Dou's family have conspired to harm your mother!"

Wu Zhao's face didn't change when he heard the words, and said, "Tell me specifically."

Cheng De replied: "Just last night, Dou Qing, the third son of the Dou Clan, secretly left the inn to go to Zhao Wang's Mansion during Haishi, and came out of Zhao Wang's Mansion not long after."

"He suddenly wanted to leave for Chang'an this morning. We suspect that this has something to do with his trip to Prince Zhao's Mansion last night."

"When we were about to attack him, he suddenly reached out and took out a secret letter from his pocket, smashing the secret letter to pieces with one palm."

"We guessed that this secret letter must be related to something very serious, so we came here to report it to the Empress Dowager."

Hearing Chengde's explanation, Wu Zhao snorted coldly and asked, "Mister Dou treats you well, why did you betray Mrs. Dou?"

Hearing Wu Zhao's questioning, Cheng De and Cheng Yong showed panic on their faces.

Cheng De quickly explained: "I would also like to ask the empress dowager to be clear. Although we do things for the Dou family, it is only a cooperative relationship, and there is no master-servant relationship!"

"Now that the cooperative relationship is severed, we want to serve the empress, so..."

Wu Zhao waved his hand and interrupted Cheng De's words.

She stared at Chengde coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Since the execution of Zhao Xiong, I have hated people who devour the Lord very much!"

When Cheng De and Cheng Yong heard this, their faces turned pale with fright, and their clothes were drenched in cold sweat.

The two hurriedly kowtowed and begged loudly: "Your Majesty, please spare my life! I also ask the Empress Dowager to spare her life!"

Wu Zhao looked at the frightened look of the two of them, and suddenly changed the subject, saying, "However, what you said earlier is not unreasonable."

"Since you have a cooperative relationship with the Dou family, now that the relationship is terminated, you naturally have the right to choose Mingzhu."

"I just don't know, do you want to cooperate with me, or join me?"

Cheng De and Cheng Yong hurriedly said: "We are willing to serve the Empress Dowager, and we will do our best!"

Wu Zhao nodded slightly, and said, "In this case, I will appoint you as imperial bodyguards. Although the rank is low, the power is still very important. You should be careful."

Cheng De and Cheng Yong immediately said happily: "Thank you, Empress Dowager, thank you, Empress Dowager!"

Wu Zhao asked again: "How did you deal with Dou Qing?"

Chengde replied: "We temporarily imprisoned him, and it's all up to the empress!"

Wu Zhao nodded slightly, and said, "Bring him to Shangyang Palace, and you don't have to worry about other things."

Cheng De immediately agreed: "The minister will bring him here."

After Cheng De and Cheng Yong happily left, Wu Zhao looked at Shangguan Wan'er and asked, "What collusion do you think King Zhao and Dou have?"

Shangguan Wan'er thought for a while, and said: "The Dou family's main power is concentrated in Chang'an, and they don't have any foundation in the capital of the gods."

"As for Prince Zhao's Mansion, Li Yuanba should be the biggest reliance of the Li clan. The power in his hands should be the entire power of the Li clan in Chang'an. It should not be underestimated."

"The two colluded, and the concubine couldn't figure out what their purpose was for a while."

Wu Zhao sneered, and said, "There's nothing unexpected about this. They just want to collude with the Dou family and the Guanlong aristocratic group to block the possibility of my palace withdrawing from Chang'an."

Shangguan Wan'er was surprised when she heard this.

She really hadn't thought of that.

The main reason is that they have never planned to retreat to Chang'an.

Wu Zhao continued: "Now our situation is very good. As long as Li Xiaoyi defeats Xu Jingye's army, he can return to the division and Qiu Shenji will attack Yuzhou and wipe out the Li clan."

"Why should I spend my energy thinking about that inexplicable retreat!"

"Li Yuanba wants to use Dou's power in Chang'an to block the retreat of the palace? It's ridiculous!"

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Wu Zhao hesitantly when she heard the words.

In fact, she wanted to remind Wu Zhao that it was always right to leave a way out.

But seeing that Wu Zhao was so confident, she was afraid that Wu Zhao would be displeased if she said her words.

Wu Zhao seemed to have sensed what Shangguan Wan'er was thinking, so she asked, "You mean, I should leave a way out?"

Shangguan Wan'er nodded slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, leave a way out, even if it's not useful, you should be prepared and it won't get in the way."

Wu Zhao still shook his head.

She asked Shangguan Wan'er: "Do you know why this Palace wants to change the name of the Eastern Capital to the Divine Capital and designate it as the new capital?"

Shangguan Wan'er was clever, and immediately thought of the key point, and replied, "Because of the aristocratic group in Chang'an?"

Wu Zhao nodded lightly, and said, "That's right, the purpose of my palace to set up the capital of God is to get rid of the restraint of these aristocratic groups."

"If we had stayed in Chang'an, do you think those aristocratic groups would have brought me to where I am today?"

"If we retreat to Chang'an, then all these years of hard work will be in vain, and we will be further restrained by those noble groups."

"In this way, even if this palace still has some power, I'm afraid there is no hope of ascending to the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Lord and ruling the world."

"So it is absolutely impossible for me to retreat to Chang'an!"

Shangguan Wan'er said with some hesitation: "But in case we lose the battle, there is at least some hope of retreating to Chang'an. If we stick to the capital of God, there is really no hope."

Wu Zhao shook his head and said, "Don't talk about this again, we won't lose!"

Wu Zhao has great confidence in this battle.

She didn't believe that the Li clan could defeat Qiu Shenji's army and Li Xiaoyi's army, so there was no need to consider this kind of thing!

……

Zhao Wangfu.

Before noon, Zhao Wang Li Yuanba and Han Wang Li Yuanjia received news from spies.

Not long after Dou Qing and two of Dou's priests left the god, Dou Qing was attacked and destroyed the secret letter.

And the two priests of the Dou family went to Shangyang Palace after kidnapping Dou Qing.

When they came out again, they took Dou Qing to Shangyang Palace together.

After that, he never came out again.

After hearing the news, both Li Yuanba and Li Yuanjia could tell that Dou Qing was sold by the two priests of the Dou family.

Estimated to sell for a good price.

For this, they are not particularly surprised.

Because this is the case between warriors and nobles.

If you provide me with generous treatment, I will do things for you.

If someone offers me a better deal, then I'm ready to jump ship.

As for loyalty and loyalty, in the face of interests, how many people can stick to the bottom line in their hearts.

It is precisely because of this reason that Li Yuanba never recruits diners.

Even if he really needed some assistants, he would choose to train them himself from an early age.

As early as decades ago, he had already cultivated a group of loyal subordinates.

The strength of these subordinates will definitely not be weaker than these so-called doormen, and they are loyal and far more useful than these so-called doormen.

Therefore, Li Yuanba did not sympathize with Dou Qing's experience.

Li Yuanjia, who was sitting beside him, said in a low voice, "If Dou Qing falls into Wu Zhao's hands, it will definitely not end well."

"Combined with those two disciples, Dou Feng must hate Wu Zhao deeply."

"In this way, he will definitely help us persuade those people in Chang'an to fight against Wu Zhao with us."

"Our plan is now half successful."

Although it is very despicable to use Dou Qing's life and death to force Dou to stand on their side.

But in order to ensure the success of their plan, and for the sake of Li Tang Jiangshan Sheji, they had to do so.

Otherwise, with Wu Zhao's current power, the nobles in Chang'an would probably choose to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

After their Li clan and Wu Zhao came to a result, they chose to stand in line.

Li Yuanba glanced at Li Yuanjia and said, "Who told you that I want Dou Qing to die?"

Li Yuanjia was stunned for a moment, and asked in great surprise: "If Dou Qing is not dead, how can Dou Feng stand with us against Wu Zhao?"

Li Yuanba shook his head and said: "We first handed the secret letter to Dou Qing, let Dou Qing take the letter back, and then sent someone to deliver the letter to Dou's in person. Isn't this inconsistent?"

"Mr. Dou was originally dissatisfied with Mr. Wu. As long as we act stronger, Mrs. Dou can be our support."

"But once Xu Jingye breaks through Li Xiaoyi's army, Wu Zhao will definitely begin to prepare for a retreat. By then, it will be too late for Dou to make various arrangements."

"We let Dou Qing fall into Wu Zhao's hands so that the Dou family can prepare in all aspects earlier and make arrangements in Chang'an in advance."