Out of Yuanmen

"Buy and leave!"

The dealer kept shaking the dice cup in his hand, and the red-eyed gamblers around kept shouting.

Su Xie and Shen Shiting sat in a relatively quiet corner, Su Xie swayed his legs on the chair, and licked the melon seeds all over the floor.Shen Shiting was not used to such a smoky scene, so he frowned and sat quietly.

"Brother Shen, it's rare to come out for a stroll, so don't you make a bad face?" Su Xie said with a smile.He smiled a bit like Maitreya Buddha, festive and kind.

Shen Shiting and Shen Hanchi don't look very similar, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and dark complexion.His appearance is more like that of Shen Qiong, there is nothing outstanding, but he has the aura of a general without anger.He was wearing a long gown of a scholar, which looked a bit like a tiger and a dog.

Shen Shiting said angrily: "Su Xie, why are you dragging me to this kind of place?"

Su Xie cracked open a melon seed with a "click", spat the skin on the ground, and said vaguely, "Just wait and see."

Shen Shiting wanted to kick him.He was still in a daze early in the morning when Su Xie slammed the bedroom door open with a bang.Then the fat man clamored to take him to play...and ended up in an underground gambling house in Huajing.

"Boring, I'm going back." Shen Shiting left with a dark face.Su Xie dragged his fat body and rushed forward, abruptly throwing off the momentum of a hungry tiger rushing at a sheep.He hugged Shen Shiting's arm and howled: "Brother Shen, what are you in a hurry for? You have nothing to do when you go back, so just stay with me."

Su Xie even cast a wink as she spoke.

Shen Shiting rubbed his goosebumps, said "I'm not an example", and sat back.Su Xie cheerfully picked up the blue and white plate containing melon seeds, and held it above his head with both hands: "Brother, please."

Just when Shen Shiting was about to insult Su Jie, a piercing scream sounded in front of the gaming table: "How could this happen!"

Su Xie stabbed Shen Shiting, Shen Shiting turned his head and saw a tall, thick-haired man kneeling in front of the gambling table, his eyes were red: "I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

"I want to add more!"

He rummaged through his body, but only took out a copper plate.The dealer's face was full of smiles: "Guest officer, do you want to temporarily borrow a sum of money from our gambling house?"

"borrow!"

The surrounding gamblers booed, and soon someone brought a plate of neatly stacked silver bullion to the strong man.The strong man threw the entire plate on the gaming table so hard that the table trembled.With blue veins popping out of his forehead, he shouted loudly, "Big!"

"Big!!!"

"I bet small!"

"Raise!"

There was another burst of chaos, and the gamblers kept piling up gold, silver and treasures on the table.

Shen Shiting sneered: "It's sad."

Su Xie rubbed her chin, still smiling all over her face and said, "Humans...always believe in illusory luck."

The dice rattled in the dice cup, and the dealer slapped the dice cup on the table again.All the gamblers held their breath at this moment, watching the dealer slowly raise his hand——

Two two three.

"impossible!!!"

The strong man with the beard sat down on the ground.He stared at the gambling table in despair, raised his head after a while, his eyes were shattered, and shouted tremblingly: "Impossible, you guys are cheating!"

The dealer's face was pulled down with a swipe.There are several such strong men in the casino every day. The casino guards on the left and right are used to seeing them, and they immediately put the strong man up in a well-trained manner, ignored his pig-killing cries, and dragged him out.

Shen Shiting frowned tightly.Su Xie's chubby hand landed on his shoulder, and patted hard: "See clearly?"

"Don't these people understand that the winnings in the first place were sweets deliberately given by the casino?" Shen Shiting said, "It's obviously impossible to make money, why are they acting like crazy!"

"You see, these gamblers just poured all their wealth into it just for the sake of petty profits. But after all, they are just seeking skins from tigers. How can they fight against wily dealers?"

"Even if you put all your eggs in one basket and give up everything, you can't count on the people above. In the end, you will be in debt for nothing, and you may even lose your life."

Su Xie said with a smile: "Shen Shiting, you understand these principles, why are you betting red? Are you betting your own life and the lives of the people in the Northwest?"

"You really thought they would let your brother go! How stupid!"

Shen Shiting was terrified, turned his head suddenly, and found that the smile on Su Xie's face was no longer there.His eyes were full of gloom and suppressed resentment.Like his paintings, there is cynicism hidden in every stroke of ink.

Shen Shiting has a lot to say.He wanted to ask what Su Xie meant, how Su Xie knew these things, and why Su Xie accused him condescendingly here!But in the end, these words got stuck in his throat and turned into a long sigh.

Shen Shiting inserted his hands into his hair, bowed his back slumped, as if he had aged ten years suddenly: "What can I do?"

"Brother Su, you are me, what can you do!"

"Your parents are dead, and your younger brother has such a background, what can you do... Tell me, what can I do!"

Su Xie looked at Shen Shiting, and said sarcastically, "Why do you only want to escape? How can you do anything to the whole situation if you hide? You Shen family pulls your whole body, and the people above can use it to control Shen Hanchi." through you?"

Shen Shiting's body froze.

Su Xie bent down, and whispered in his ear, "The ruler wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. But, if the ruler is not benevolent, what is the replacement of the ruler's power?"

In the smoky and smoldering casino, Su Xie, the Pingzhang political officer of the new dynasty, uttered such a sentence in the ear of Shen Shiting, the commander-in-chief of the Yuanlong Division.

In the early morning of that day, the news that the fifth prince was murdered by the Qiang people finally reached the emperor's ears.

Zhu Zhinan sat gloomy on the dragon chair, his temples were grizzled, his eyes were cloudy, and his face was expressionless.The ministers below shrank like quails, wishing to make their bodies smaller and smaller, and it would be best if they could completely block themselves with wat boards.

The entire Golden Luan Hall is filled with the atmosphere that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of the building.The well-informed old foxes watched with cold eyes, while the ignorant ministers fought with each other.

"My dear friends—no, Shao Aiqing, what do the Qiang people say?"

The emperor finally spoke.His voice was full of exhaustion and suppressed anger.

The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple who was named came out immediately, pissed off, threw himself on the ground, knocked his head heavily, and then tremblingly said: "Return to Your Majesty, ah, His Highness Altu said that they are very sorry about the Fifth Prince, but , But it's God's will, I hope... I hope..." The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple can't wait to bury his head in the ground, "Your Majesty can... send another... another prince..."

"There's no reason for this!!!"

The emperor's roar resounded throughout the entire Golden Luan Hall, and all the ministers fell to their knees with a plop.

"My dear ones, I think the Qiang people are sincere, so I reluctantly agreed to their marriage, but now they are so rampant! It is I who killed the fifth prince!" The emperor pressed his chest, as if he was about to faint.Liu Sili hurried over to pat the emperor on the back, Zhu Zhinan regained his strength, coughed twice, and continued: "The Qiang people committed such crimes, what should I do!"

There was no sound in the entire Golden Luan Hall.After a while, the prince raised his head and said with righteous indignation: "Father, the Qiang people are provoking our court's majesty, and we must not expose it lightly! Father is kind-hearted, but if it is not my race, the heart must be different." , Qiang people are wolfish ambitions, it's time to teach them a lesson!"

Zhu Zhinan nodded appreciatively: "My son is right, I'm too soft-hearted. Tell me, what should I do?"

Among the people in the hall, most of them have a clear heart - the emperor is going to use his head to attack the Qiang people.They began to think in their hearts, but they didn't expect an unexpected person to cut off Zhu Changtai's words, saying, "Your Majesty, the old minister has a plan."

Everyone was dripping with cold sweat and turned their gazes to the source of the sound. It was Qian Zhaoyang, who was kneeling at the front of the court.

The officials of Qian Zhaoyang's faction were dumbfounded, and the followers of the non-Qian faction did not budge.Qian Zhaoyang has been keeping a low profile for many years, and has always behaved "not listening, not looking, not asking" at court meetings.Unless Zhu Zhinan took the initiative to ask, Qian Zhaoyun would hardly give his opinion.Even if I say it, I'm talking about a panacea that doesn't hurt or itch.The important officials in the court have their own plans, but most of them think that Qian Zhaoyang is about to retire and return to his hometown... Today he suddenly stood up to be the leader, why?

Qian Zhaoyang coughed, cleared his throat, and then slowly said: "The northwest frontier has been invaded by the Qiang people for many years, and the people of Tanlang City are suffering unspeakably. The Qiang people have disturbed the land of our dynasty, and this time they have damaged the dignity of our dynasty. Never forgive easily. According to the old minister, the Qiang people have provoked again and again, and they have the intention of going to war. Your Majesty should take precautions early! Rather than waiting for the Qiang people to attack, it is better to preemptively strike the Qiang people directly. retreat!"

"Continue." A gleam flashed in the emperor's eyes.

"The old minister is bold. At present, there are too few commanders in the court, and the soldiers have been at ease for many years. When a war is really going to happen, the central army rushes there, and the boats and vehicles are exhausted. They are not the opponents of the brave Qiang people." The old god Qian Zhaoyang is there, "We must prepare In the case of war, you have to fight hard and stand ready! The border army stationed in the northwest border is the main force in this war. But four generals went to three, and Sun Ping committed a heinous crime. No one in the court can command the Northwest Army."

Kneeling behind Qian Zhaoyang, Tang Zhihuo, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, was still at a loss, but after listening, he realized what Qian Zhaoyang meant.He was in a bad mood, and just about to speak out to stop him, Qian Zhaoyang raised his voice as if predicting that he was going to speak: "In my opinion, the fastest way to gather the Northwest Army that has been scattered for many years is to use the The descendants of the generals, the tiger father has no dogs, and their fathers still have prestige in the Northwest Army!"

"The descendants of General Gu Tuizhi are missing, Sun Ping's crime is unforgivable, and Lu Kai's descendants are useless! General Shen uses soldiers like a god, and his son also has the demeanor of a father. Coupled with the status of the White Lion Army in the hearts of the people in the Northwest, the veteran wants to recommend Shen The descendant of the family, Shen Hanchi, is the general of the Northwest, carrying the white lion flag again, killing the Qiang people for His Majesty, avenging the five princes, and sticking to the frontier!"

The words clanged to the ground, causing an uproar in the hall.If Qian Zhaoyang doesn't sing, it's a blockbuster!Some people thought that if such a plan was proposed in front of His Majesty, the old Chief Assistant would die?Some people thought that Qian Zhaoyang's desperate plan was to use the Qiang people to kill Shen Qiong's son and completely cut off the livelihood of the northwest line.

Just like the status of the Yun family in the hearts of scholars all over the world, Shen Qiong is also a patron saint in the hearts of the people in the northwest.If the son of their guardian god is killed by the Qiang people, and the border is broken... Then, the reputation and morale of the Northwest Army, and the belief of the people in the Northwest to fight to the end...

Tang Zhihuo recovered from the shock, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, absolutely not! The sky is high and the earth is far away in the northwest. If you don't obey the discipline, you have rebelled long ago, and you must not use them! What should you do if you repeat the mistakes of the past? !"

Since Qian Zhaoyang opened his mouth, someone from the Qian faction will naturally stand up and criticize: "Master Tang, how can you give up eating because of choking? The border war is imminent. If the Northwest Army is not activated, the Qiang people will break through the barrier and go deep into the hinterland. What should we do?!"

"Lord Li, that's not what you said. The fact that Sun Ping and Ding Wanqian committed trouble in the past is still vivid in my memory! What's more, Shen Hanchi, a grassroots, hastily promoted him, which is unreasonable!"

"What about grassroots people? In ancient times, when the first emperors competed in the Central Plains, how many capable people and strangers under his command were grassroots people? Let's say the generals of the Kingdom of Shu, the capable ones are the best!"

The ministers were finally woken up by the heavy bomb, and they began to discuss in a hurry, and the Golden Luan Hall suddenly became noisy.Zhu Zhinan didn't react after Qian Zhaoyang finished speaking, and now he just looked deeply at the courtiers kneeling under the jade steps, not knowing what was going on in his heart.

Zhu Changtai secretly glanced at his father, knowing that he already had plans.At this moment, Qian Zhaoyang, who raised the topic, stopped talking, and watched the ministers doing their own thing and starting to fight with cold eyes.

"enough!"

"I think what Qian Aiqing said is reasonable. Tang Aiqing, do you have any other good strategies?" Zhu Zhinan rubbed the Buddhist beads on his wrist, and said calmly, "Let's listen."

"This... this, for a while..." Tang Zhihuo was sweating profusely.

I have to admit that apart from Qian Zhaoyang's statement, there seems to be no other solution for the current situation.It is certain that His Majesty will attack the Qiang people.

"Liu Sili!" Zhu Zhinan shouted, and the palm print eunuch immediately presented Ming Huang's imperial edict respectfully.

"Snapped!"

Almost without hesitation, Zhu Zhinan took the jade seal and sealed it heavily on the imperial decree.

"According to my decree, Shen Hanchi, the descendant of Shen Qiong, will be named General of the Northwest. He will be ordered to attack the Qiang tribe and take the head of Altu!"

Even the most stupid courtier, seeing the smooth cooperation between the emperor and the palm print eunuch, knows that the farce in the court is just a hypocrisy.The power of the sky is unpredictable, and no one knows whether the rain will nourish the long-suppressed military generals and restore the peace and stability of the northwest, or whether a flood will directly submerge the last vitality of the northwest.

The civil servants who formed a party and group were silent, and the weak military generals would not speak out against this imperial decree that seemed to revitalize military affairs.The whole hall was in an uproar, only Qian Zhaoyang showed no shock on his face.He stroked his beard with a look of insight on his face.

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