Gongshang Confidante

When Zhou Chiyu left the capital, he was escorted out of the north of the city gate by a team of imperial guards, and later in Deqin City, he and Xiao Nian led the Gyeongju pro-army guards to drive along the Huangzhang branch, surrounded by clusters of canopies, quite impressive mighty.

The official road was full of desolation, Zhou Chiyu ordered the soldiers sent by Qingzhou to line up, bypass Fengzhou and stationed at Gaoshan south of Xianxian County, not to act rashly, and follow his orders.

Eight hundred pro-armies were stationed outside Fengzhou City, and the Huangzhang Huagai, which symbolized the status of the princess, was particularly eye-catching in the army.

The city gate of Fengzhou is closed, and from a distance, it is impossible to see whether there are guards on the wall, and the flags of the Fengying camp are fluttering in the wind, but at the moment it is planted at the top of the city, there is an inexplicable sense of desolation and discord. .

Li Chengfeng, the commander of the pro-army, stood on the horse, with a sword on his waist, and led a group of pro-army soldiers to the city gate. They lined up on the left and right, leaving a lane for the princess.

After walking more than a hundred steps, they heard the sound of screaming piercing through the air, and several clusters of feathered arrows shot towards them, and they were buried in the sand under the mounts of several people in front of the formation.

The horse raised its front legs in shock and neighed endlessly. Everyone was startled. Li Chengfeng looked towards the city wall and saw an archer ready to shoot. He immediately ordered everyone to back off. Several people couldn't rein in their horses, and there was another sound of arrows There was a sound, a shot pierced the horse's leg, and some soldiers fell off the horse.

Li Chengfeng was furious, and immediately pointed at the soldiers holding the bow, and shouted, "Shoot one for me!",

"Wait a minute, Commander!" Huayu galloped forward, with a dashing demeanor, and shouted loudly, "The princess has orders, so don't move around! Wait for the city to welcome you!".

As soon as the voice fell, I saw Huang Zhan walking out of the Huagai slowly. The wind swept the yellow sand and swept the skirt, the crimson feather satin cloak, the blue cloud pattern, the clothes were decorated with silver clay, decorated with Ming pendants, and embellished with seven treasures.The top of the crown is inlaid with eight oriental beads, and the five-claw dragon satin brocade robe of Zhai bird is as bright as the flowing clouds under the clear sky and blue sky.

Her slender figure could not reduce her walking time, exuding the dignity and majesty of royal power, and the soldiers knelt down to salute.

Passing Li Chengfeng sideways, Zhou Chiyu walked towards the city, "No, Your Highness! Those thieves are murderous! Don't hurt Your Highness's phoenix body!" Li Chengfeng knelt and stopped Zhou Chiyu, persuading,

Zhou Chiyu looked at the gate of Fengzhou city not far away, and said slowly, "Xue ridicule is scheming, and he is not a fool. He knows that the court sent someone to appease him. There must be civil servants or imperial relatives holding edicts, and the chaos in the city did not see me. How could a figure easily open the city and come out to listen to the edict?!",

"The final general must not let Her Royal Highness be in danger!!" Li Chengfeng insisted, "Don't worry, I just let them see this court dress clearly." Zhou Chiyu walked forward dozens of steps, stood still, He looked up at the top of the city, his hands clasped in his sleeves and he did not move.

Under the clear sky in the distance, the sky is like a blue wash, the nearby city wall is gray, mixed with the dust of residual snow, staining the boots, her sleeves are blown by the strong wind, like red butterfly wings fluttering, in a desolate winter scene , dazzling like a blazing sun.

Not long after, Xue Bao appeared on the top of the city wearing an official uniform, and said loudly, "I heard that your highness is holding an imperial edict to appease you. Your highness has golden branches and jade leaves, and his status is dignified. He has more than 800 relatives. We are panicked. Please order 20 people from your highness." Back a hundred miles away, [-] people can accompany you into the city!"

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"Xue Yu, you are presumptuous!! How can you let His Highness enter the city alone!!", Li Chengfeng cursed, and the anger that had been exhausted just now was ignited again,

Xue Yu clasped his hands behind his back and said loudly, "We know that we are guilty, but we are not afraid of dying with the city. Xue swears here, if His Royal Highness really proclaims the imperial edict, we will thank the emperor for his kindness, and we will definitely not Embarrass Your Highness!",

"Your Highness, why don't you let the archers shoot this man down! To capture the thief, you must first capture the king!" Li Chengfeng took a step back and whispered,

Zhou Chiyu said calmly, "Li Chengfeng, you lead the [-] troops back, and when the order is issued and the Qing army gives the signal, immediately enter the city to respond, and there will be no loss!!",

"Your Highness!! This group of thieves are so bold, if they offend His Highness, they will never be able to bear the crime!!" Li Chengfeng lowered his voice, his tone slightly anxious, "Let's go!" Zhou Chiyu shouted coldly, leading Huayu, Hua Clothes, summer paintings and the imperial guards brought by the palace went to the city gate.

Li Chengfeng clenched his saber unwillingly, turned around and mounted his horse, leading the [-] soldiers back.

After the relatives retreated, Xue Yao gave the order to slowly open the city gate. Zhou Chiyu looked at the city gate like a giant beast opening its mouth, folded his sleeves and walked in without haste.

Entering the city, at a glance, there is no one, the gates on the street are closed, and it is cold and quiet.Occasionally, soldiers walked by in twos and threes on the road. They were all disheveled, obscene, drinking and making noise, and looked lawless.

Zhou Chiyu frowned, felt a chill behind him, suddenly raised his head and stared at Xue Yu who was leading the way, and said, "After you occupy Fengzhou, what happened to the people in the city?",

Xue Yu raised his eyebrows, with a look of disapproval, and said casually: "What else can I do? The soldiers have no food or drink, stick to the border, and take some benefits from the people, it's nothing!".

A stern look appeared in Zhou Chiyu's eyes, and he wanted to say more, but he saw that Xue Yu's gaze moved to a high place in front of him unconsciously, and he couldn't help but follow his gaze.

A wooden pillar stands tall and upright, with a human head hanging on the top.

When Zhou Chiyu saw the head clearly, her abdomen convulsed suddenly, and she almost vomited. She barely endured it, her face turned pale, and after a long time, she turned her eyes to look at Xue Yu.

"I didn't know His Highness was coming, and His Highness was surprised." Xue Yu turned his head to look at her, his words were humble, but a smile flashed on the corner of his mouth, and said: "That is the county magistrate Xue Fan who killed the soldiers of our battalion in public. !”.

Zhou Chiyu was silent, the bloody scene was in her mind, it was hard to forget, she felt disgusted because of Xijie's eccentricity, she kept rubbing her fingers in her sleeves, wishing to wipe off the uncomfortable feeling.

These thieves are cruel and treat the people harshly, no wonder, the father would rather pretend to appease, and get the infamy of rebellion, he must severely punish the thieves and kill them all.

Five thousand soldiers of Qingzhou were in ambush in Mount Gao to the south of Xianxian County, and they only needed to lure the rebels to Mount Gao with the order of appeasement.

Xia Hua had never seen such a scene before, her face turned blue with fright, she subconsciously grabbed Hua Yi's sleeve, Hua Yi shook it, and seeing Xia Hua's pitiful expression, let her hold it, the two of them made small movements Not escaping Huayu's gaze, her expressionless face became more and more gloomy.

Entering the inner city, Xue Xiao had already come out to greet her. Behind him were Su Muxue, Yu Lian and others. Ever since Zhou Chiyu's figure appeared, Su Muxue had been staring at her intently.

Zhou Chiyu glanced at her lightly, and saw that her hair was combed neatly, her clothes were slightly disheveled, and her eyes were as bright as before, but her face was much paler, and it was hard to think about it.

"See Your Highness!", etiquette is still necessary, Su Muxue, Xue Xie, Yu Lian and others knelt down to salute.

Zhou Chiyu lowered his eyelids, folded his sleeves, and walked unhurriedly in front of the crowd. He took a few short steps with a steady and powerful face, his face was calm and calm, and his aura was no less than that of these soldiers who were fighting on the battlefield. Everyone is slightly startled.

Zhou Chiyu nodded towards Su Muxue, and asked in a distant tone, "How is Master Su?",

Su Muxue looked up at her, her face was anxious and worried, she seemed to have a thousand words to say, she pursed her lips, did not say a word, her expression was blurred, she said dryly, "I'm fine for now!".

"Since Your Highness has met Master Su, do you know that the emperor's edict is for Xue to see?" Xue mocked a little bit, and asked,

Zhou Chiyu looked at Xue mockingly with a calm face, and said, "The emperor's edict should be announced loudly in front of the Fengying soldiers, to show the might of the emperor. Since the people in this palace are here, it is impossible to deceive Commander Xue."

"Sooner or later, the edict will be announced, why don't you dare to give it to the commander at this moment? I'm afraid there is something wrong! Anyway, we are all dead, and the princess will hurt me!" Xue Yu said in a cold voice, his triangular eyes radiated With a ruthless light, he has long since disregarded life and death, a desperado.

"Commander Xue wants all the soldiers to be buried with you for what you said today!" Zhou Chiyu said solemnly, "Xue Taboo! Get out!" Xue mocked,

Xue Taboo was stunned for a moment, let go of Su Muxue's hand secretly restrained, and even touched her waist, looking at Su Muxue provocatively, Zhou Chiyu's eyes were deep and dark.

"Your Highness does not know that Xue Fei and Xue Fan conspired to cut Fengying's military pay and withhold military rations and armaments. We were ordered to guard the border, starved of food all day long, and hundreds of soldiers died in battle. Xue Fei refused to allow us to retreat to Fengzhou , and beheaded the soldiers in the battalion! We have been honored by the emperor for many years, and now we are in the position today, how could we be willing to be such a rebellious minister!" Xue mocked excitedly,

Zhou Chiyu pulled Su Muxue over, protected her behind him, took out the gold-mounted imperial decree from his bosom, and read, "The emperor also knows the suffering of the frontier army. Commander Xue can understand the emperor's benevolent heart, and never go against the court again."

Xue Xie turned his eyes, his mind was full of thoughts, with doubts, his face was always dignified, and he snorted tentatively, "We retreated from the border of Xianxian County without authorization, occupied Fengzhou, and killed the court officials! The emperor easily announced the edict, could it be It's a lie! Your Highness thought that Xue was a child with a yellow mouth, and lied to me!",

Zhou Chiyu's eyes were sharp, and he shouted in a low voice, "The emperor's grace is great! This palace is full of golden branches and jade leaves. I have traveled thousands of miles to this place, and I am in the midst of a chaotic army. How can I lie to you! Master Su sent the roster of Xue Fei and other officials to the court , the emperor was furious, and the Minister of the Household Department and the Minister of the Ministry of Finance all dismissed their officials and exiled them.

Su Muxue suddenly spoke, her voice was cool but powerful, "Commander Xue, Princess Zhaoning is the eldest princess of Zhou, she is deeply favored by the emperor, and she has traveled thousands of miles. Why can't Commander Xue believe what she says?",

Xue mocked looking at Julien, seeing him nodding towards him, his face turning pale and pale, he gritted his teeth, and said loudly, "Julian, pass on the order, the whole battalion will gather in front of the commanding platform!" Julien nodded and went out go.

Zhou Chiyu put the edict in his arms, looked at Su Muxue, the two looked at each other, Su Muxue doubted and asked, Zhou Chiyu was indifferent, but it seemed that both of them understood that the emperor's will, this gang of rebels must die.