I am a ruler in troubled times

The general and lieutenant general of the Golden Mouse Guard were all kicked down by Ping Zhang, and the rest of them looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say to the Fifth Prince.

After a long while, a general flag stood up and said to the fifth prince, "Your Highness, the general was pushed down from there by the Zhao people."

The fifth prince looked in the direction of the general flag's finger, and his face, which was rosy because of excitement, turned pale again.

After he woke up, he had been there because of curiosity, and he was frightened out of his wits after only one glance.

If it weren't for the fact that a famous Zhao cavalry soldier caught him by his side and almost fell headfirst, this is why he has been crying until now.

After all, he passed out on Ping Zhang's horse from the very beginning, and he didn't even know how many thrilling scenes he could survive successfully.

The fifth prince had no time to pay attention to his feet when he stepped back again and again, and fell hard to the ground.

Maybe it was because the good luck ran out, this time the fifth prince no longer had the luck he had before, a long gash was cut on the palm of his hand immediately, and the bright red blood flowed out violently, causing the fifth prince to retch again and again.

The Golden Rat Guard originally wanted the fifth prince to be the master of their general, and as long as the fifth prince gave an order, they would immediately arrest the culprit.

There are 2000 Golden Rat Guards here, not to mention just taking Pingzhang, even if they want to attack Prince Zhao, Zhao Jun, who has more than 50 people and is exhausted, has no strength to fight back.

The fifth prince's reaction disappointed them greatly.

Song Peiyu suddenly laughed, and said to Jin Shuwei, who was completely stunned, "Don't you quickly pull General Lin up, are you still expecting the Fifth Prince to pull General Lin up in person?"

Like a puppet commanding a movement, the Golden Mouse Guard looked blankly at the place where Lin Senmiao fell.

They are all from Daying in the outskirts of Beijing. They have followed Emperor Xiao to the hunting grounds to hunt in previous years, and they are very familiar with the terrain here.

At least they knew that the place where Pingzhang was standing was a 'cliff'.

General Lin and the others fell from there, and at most they would have broken arms and legs. Even if they were extremely unlucky, the entire army would not be wiped out.

They were stunned by Ping Zhang's arrogant attitude. They didn't think of pulling Lin Senmiao and others up immediately, but the fifth prince who rushed over suddenly attracted all their attention.

Then he only thought about letting the fifth prince decide for their general, and even forgot Lin Senmiao's safety.

The general flag who took the initiative to talk to the fifth prince immediately strode towards the edge of the 'cliff'. After the other general flags reacted, they all followed behind this general flag.

Ping Zhang immediately discovered the malice these people had towards him.

With a sneer, he immediately left the 'cliff' and strode back to the middle of Zhao Jun, refusing to give the Golden Mouse Guard any chance of revenge.

The general banners of the Golden Rat Guard looked out at the edge of the 'cliff', and were immediately taken aback by the blood-stained ground below and the piled up remains of severed limbs. He clutched his chest and retched non-stop.

There were also people who were particularly worthless, their legs and feet were so frightened that they fell directly from the edge of the 'cliff', screaming and falling into the hill where the corpses of wild beasts were piled up.

The reactions of the general banners of the Golden Rat Guard aroused the curiosity of the other members of the Golden Rat Guard.

Ordinary soldiers didn't dare to move, but Xiaoqi didn't have any worries, and immediately walked towards the edge of the 'cliff'.

All of a sudden, within a radius of several miles, there were vomiting sounds one after another.

Zhao Jun looked at each other, with the same disgust flashing in their eyes.

Emperor Xiao's confidant, the Yan army's elite, that's it?

It was already half an hour before those who were kicked down by Ping Zhang and those who fell climbed up one after another.

Undoubtedly, the clothes of those who climbed up from below turned blood red, and even Lin Senmiao's face was extremely pale, looking at Zhao Jun with unconcealed horror.

The corpses of wild beasts piled up below are terrifying, but Zhao Jun, who has almost no fatal injuries and is exhausted, is even more terrifying.

Changing places, if those ferocious beasts below attack His Majesty madly, can he lead the Golden Rat Guards to slaughter the mad beasts and ensure His Majesty is unharmed?

Lin Senmiao already had an answer in his heart that made him extremely unwilling.

he can not.

Lin Senmiao didn't even look at the fifth prince who was sitting on the ground with his legs in a daze, knelt on one knee in front of Chong Yi, lowered his proud head, and said in a deep voice, "I didn't expect the beasts in the hunting ground to be so crazy that it frightened you , will definitely report the danger truthfully to His Majesty, please Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate this matter."

He had already discovered something was wrong from the types of beast corpses below.

Wild beast riots may not be due to the negligence of the hunting grounds.

"I'm not afraid." Chong Yi raised the corner of his mouth and raised his chin to signal Lin Senmiao to look at the fifth prince who was still in a trance, "There are those who are afraid."

After running for their lives in a panic, everyone's descriptions looked a little embarrassed.

Whether it was the Zhao Jun cavalry who charged to kill the assassin, or the fifth prince who was almost dizzy from the beginning to the end, his face and clothes were covered with dust and blood, and he seemed to have escaped his life.

On the contrary, Chong Yi, who took the lead in the charge and cut down trees and killed animals, seemed the most calm.

Except for the blood scabs on the cheekbones that had completely dried up, only the sleeves of the clothes were marked by arrows, not only did not make Chong Yi feel embarrassed, but revealed all the hidden dangerous aura on Chong Yi, which was unbearable. I can't help but want to kneel down, want to surrender.

So much so that Chong Yi and Song Peiyu were sitting together, Lin Senmiao didn't notice that Song Peiyu was also clean and tidy, and he was out of tune with the embarrassed Zhao Jun.

Lin Senmiao looked at the flamboyant smile on Chong Yi's face, and a trance flashed in his eyes.

The smile on the corner of Song Peiyu's mouth, which was already floating on the surface, became even colder after discovering Lin Senmiao's trance.

"General Lin is trying so hard to delay time, but is he waiting for someone to erase all traces of the assassin?" Song Peiyu suddenly stood up from the ground, looking down at Lin Senmiao who was still half kneeling on the ground.

Lin Senmiao immediately turned her attention to Song Peiyu, "Assassin?"

What assassin, why didn't he receive any news?

Song Peiyu spread his hands, and Zhao Jun cavalry immediately put the cloth bag that was about to burst into Song Peiyu's hands.

He walked slowly to Lin Senmiao's side, slowly opened the cloth bag, and facing Lin Senmiao's face, he fell down unceremoniously, and said in a cold voice, "After discovering the wild beasts rioting in the hunting ground, His Highness immediately led We rushed out of the hunting ground, but were ambushed by assassins on the way. These are all signs from the assassins."

"Is it true that General Lin and the brothers who live together day and night in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing don't know about it?"

When the metal sign in the cloth bag hit him head and face, half of the sword in Lin Senmiao's hand was pulled out.

He can humiliate the prince of Zhao because his life is in danger in the territory of Yan, but he will not be humiliated in vain.

After hearing Song Peiyu's words, Lin Senmiao stopped drawing his sword.

The metal signs that were already close at hand would not stop, most of them hit Lin Senmiao's face, and then scattered all over the place.

Not only can Lin Senmiao lower his head to see the tokens of Teng Snake Guards all over the ground, but the general flag and small flags behind Lin Senmiao can also see clearly.

Even the Golden Rat Guard, whose morale had been falling along with Lin Senmiao, who was standing still, heard Song Peiyu's words and then heard Pingzhang's words.

"You know they are a nest of snakes and rats, but why are you talking so much to him?"

Lin Senmiao was obviously not a clumsy person, but he couldn't think of what he could say in response to Song Peiyu's pressing questions.

Suddenly there was the sound of horseshoes running like thunder in the distance.

Everyone looked up, and from a long distance, they first saw the Zhao Banner with gold letters on a black background and the Suzaku that seemed to be facing the wind.

The dark steed ran at the forefront, heading straight for Chong Yi's position.

Lin Senmiao's mind was full of 'crazy beasts' and 'assassins', when he suddenly saw a black horse approaching rapidly, he subconsciously drew out his sword to block Chong Yi.

After receiving Song Peiyu's gaze, he touched his nose calmly, walked forward without complaint, kicked Lin Senmiao's ass again, and said violently, "What do you want to do to His Highness's mount?"

Since Pingzhang made a move, he naturally wouldn't be stingy with his strength.

Lin Senmiao staggered a few steps forward, thanks to the sword in his hand and the help of his subordinates in time, he didn't fall to the ground.

He turned his head angrily, the black horse was standing upright in front of Song Peiyu, and was about to kick Song Peiyu's chest in the next second.

However, in the next second, the black horse stood in front of Song Peiyu very obediently, rubbing his head against Song Peiyu's neck coquettishly, making a "咴咴" sound.

Only then did Lin Senmiao realize that he was so frightened that he held his breath just now.

It turned out that he had misheard, this was not Prince Zhao's horse, but Song Peiyu's horse.

Presumably, the maroon horse lying beside Prince Zhao is Prince Zhao's horse.

This idea just flashed in Lin Senmiao's mind, and the maroon horse beside Chongyi got up from the ground, trotted to the side of the black horse, rubbed its head against Song Peiyu's other side of the face, and let out a more gentle "咴咴" Voice.

The two horses scrambled to rub against Song Peiyu, and their strength became more and more uncontrollable. After all, Song Peiyu couldn't resist the strength of the two 'little guys'. She fell backwards and was pulled in by the big hand extending from her side. arms.

Mo Jiang and Chi Feng immediately froze in place.

After the two horses looked at each other, Mo Jiang retreated very humanly, and pushed Chifeng in front of Chongyi, as if telling Chongyi and Song Peiyu that the culprit who caused Song Peiyu to fall was Chifeng.

Chi Feng refused to accept, and immediately turned his head to bite Mo Jiang, but Mo Jiang ran away the moment he pushed Chi Feng out, and Chi Feng immediately chased after him.

Lin Senmiao looked at Chong Yi, who had been sitting on the ground all the time. He was holding Song Peiyu who fell into his arms naturally, and after the black horse and the red horse ran away one after another, he spoke in an intimate gesture close to Song Peiyu's ear.

Is the prince of Zhao Guo willing to be so close to his subjects?

By the time Mo Jiang and Chi Feng interrupted, Zhao Jun's cavalry in the distance were already close at hand.

The Zhao Jun cavalry dismounted neatly and knelt on one knee in unison, "I am waiting for the escort to arrive late."

As early as when Zhao Jun's cavalry dismounted, Song Peiyu stood up with strength. He looked meaningfully at the momentum of Zhao Jun's cavalry, who was shocked by the momentum of Zhao Jun's cavalry, and subconsciously gave way to Zhao Jun's cavalry, who had been squeezed together Golden Rat Guard, "It's not too late, those who arrived early didn't do anything. Bring the evidence on the ground and we'll go back."

Although Song Peiyu's smile was very gentle, the Golden Rat Guard somehow felt that Song Peiyu was laughing at them.

They clenched the swords beside them, suddenly feeling extremely aggrieved.

The fifth prince was exhausted from crying a long time ago. After seeing the Golden Mouse Guard, he cried for a long time before he could completely relax. He had already begun to nod in sleepiness. He couldn't give the Golden Mouse Guard any instructions at all. His eyes were on Lin Senmiao.

Lin Senmiao was not fascinated by the eager eyes on her body.

He finally realized that since he arrived here with the Golden Rat Guard, he has been led by the nose by Prince Zhao and Song Peiyu.

Obviously he had received the order to bring the Fifth Prince and Prince Zhao back to Luoyang immediately, but he unknowingly delayed a lot of time, and the Zhao cavalry who were in the Qingshan Palace also rushed here.

Looking at the tokens of Teng Snake Guards scattered on the ground, Lin Senmiao couldn't help wondering whether Emperor Xiao asked him to bring the Fifth Prince and Prince Zhao back to Luoyang immediately, whether he wanted to protect the Fifth Prince and Prince Zhao, or whether he wanted to hurry up and eliminate them. The assassin is the evidence of Teng Snake Guard.

Song Peiyu deliberately took out the tokens of the Teng Snake Guard, and then put away the tokens of the Teng Snake Guard in front of him.

Is it deliberately trying to lure him to stop.

Lin Senmiao's thick and long eyebrows almost knit together.

He felt as though his head was not enough.

The assassin with the Token of the Snake Guard is just Song Peiyu's side story, is it true or not?

Even if he can grab these Soaring Snake Guard tokens, there is no guarantee that Zhao Jun will not have other Soaring Snake Guard tokens.

If he really clashed with Zhao Guo's envoys because of the token of the Teng Snake Guard, wouldn't it be tantamount to admitting for His Majesty that His Majesty sent the Teng Snake Guard to assassinate the Prince of Zhao?

In a short period of time, Lin Senmiao already had too many questions in his mind that he couldn't figure out, and he suddenly regretted not bringing a civil servant out.

Zhao Jun would not give Lin Senmiao a chance to struggle slowly.

As soon as Song Peiyu finished speaking, someone immediately came to pick up the Teng Snake Guard tokens scattered on the ground.

In a short while, most of the Teng Snake Guardian Tokens scattered on the ground were picked up, only a few left at Lin Senmiao's feet.

Lin Senmiao bent down suddenly, but did not stop Zhao Jun who was picking up the token, but picked up the token at his feet and handed it to Zhao Jun.

After Zhao Jun picked up all the tokens of the Teng Snake Guard and received the bag again, Lin Senmiao looked at Chong Yi, "I will escort the two Highnesses back to Luoyang, and then I implore Your Majesty to send someone to investigate the matter thoroughly."

After a short thought, Lin Senmiao decided not to worry about it so much, and just do the orders he received.

Song Peiyu touched his wrist, but couldn't find the familiar wooden beads, and then remembered that his string of wooden beads was broken and hadn't been re-stringed.

Unexpectedly, apart from those old foxes who were about to become smart, the first smart person he met in Yan State was Lin Senmiao.

pity……

From the corner of Chong Yi's eyes, he saw Song Peiyu's rare expression of complacency, and suddenly turned around and pinched Song Peiyu's face.

Although Chong Yi's movements were extremely fast, and after pinching Song Peiyu's face, he put down his hand naturally.

But none of the people present were blind, and Chong Yi was the focus of the audience.

Ping Zhang's eyelids twitched, he lowered his head and rubbed his eyes frantically.

Before just now, he had never thought that His Highness was such a Highness.

Song Peiyu was standing there in good condition, and His Highness wanted to touch it with his hands.

The cavalry soldiers of Zhao State who have been with Chong Yi for many years have long been used to seeing the intimacy between Chong Yi and Song Peiyu from time to time, and it is not a secret that they are both very old but unwilling to marry a wife and have children, and hang out together all day long.

Not to mention other people, how could the people in the East Palace not have guessed.

If it weren't for the fact that there were people from the Yan Kingdom here, there would even be people who were extraordinarily stern and booing.

Anyway, His Highness and Master Song are very generous, and they will not easily get angry in this regard, or they are not afraid of letting others guess the special relationship between them.

Many emotions flashed in Lin Senmiao's eyes, and finally they all turned into complicated ones that were hidden under the nose.

Song Peiyu took half a step back as if nothing had happened, curled her fingers to her mouth and whistled.

Two shadows, one black and one red, chased after each other and stopped in front of Song Peiyu.

Song Peiyu touched Chi Feng's neck before turning his head to look at Chong Yi, signaling Chong Yi to get on the horse first.

Chong Yi hung Jinghong, which had been wiped clean, back on Mo Jiang's back, and floated on the horse like a light floating cloud. Seeing that Song Peiyu was also sitting safely on Chi Feng's back, he patted Mo Jiang's head.

Mo Jiang made a cheerful "咴咴" sound, stepped forward briskly, and started to move forward slowly.

Without Song Peiyu giving orders, Chi Feng followed Mo Jiang tacitly.

The rest of Zhao's cavalry also comforted Aiju, who had been resting for a long time, got on their horses, and followed Chong Yi and Song Peiyu.

Zhao Guo's cavalry who came from the Qingshan Palace changed into a semicircle, which happened to be able to protect the others in the middle.

Lin Senmiao's lieutenant suddenly changed his face, and said to Lin Senmiao, who was absent-mindedly arranging the fifth prince, "General, they are leaving in the wrong direction!"

Lin Senmiao's eyes followed the lieutenant general's fingers, and after carefully identifying the direction, his expression changed drastically.

The direction of the envoys of Zhao State was neither Qingshan Palace nor Luoyang, but Xianyang!

After noticing this, Lin Senmiao realized that almost all the envoys of the Zhao Kingdom were here, and there were probably only some luggage and the gorgeous guard of honor that the Prince Zhao had when he came to Qingshan Palace.

Lin Senmiao didn't even care about the fifth prince, and immediately got on his horse and quickly chased in the direction of Zhao Guo's cavalry.

The marching speed of Zhao Guo's envoys was not fast, Lin Senmiao easily caught up and stood in the front of the team, "Your Highness, what do you mean?"

Song Peiyu stepped forward on his horse, not allowing Lin Senmiao to approach Chongyi again, the smile on his face couldn't reach his eyes, "Before leaving Zhao Guo, His Majesty ordered me and General Ping to take good care of His Highness and ensure that His Highness is safe and sound." return to Zhao."

Speaking of this, Song Peiyu even put away her smirk, and her voice became completely indifferent, "Now Your Highness has been injured, and General Ping and I cannot absolve ourselves of the blame. I am afraid that we will make another big mistake, so I advise His Highness to return to Xianyang immediately. Zhao Guo The birthday gift for Emperor Yan has been left in the Qingshan Palace, please General Lin to help present it."

Lin Senmiao was almost driven crazy by Song Peiyu's few words.

He was also from a family, so he knew very well why Yan State tried his best to invite Prince Zhao and people from the Song family to attend Emperor Xiao's birthday banquet.

Now that the business has not yet started, if Zhao Guo envoys are allowed to leave Yan Guo just like this.

Not to mention His Majesty, even the bosses in the court will not let him go.

His official career can basically be announced, with no future at all.

The moment Lin Senmiao stopped Zhao Guo's envoys, the Golden Rat Guards had already rushed over under the adjutant's command, and more than 2000 people surrounded the Zhao Guo envoys' team, which was less than one-third of their number, in the center .Lin Senmiao's brows and eyes were completely cold. When he found out that being a low-level man could not appease Zhao's envoys, his attitude immediately became tough. "Your Majesty ordered me to bring the two Highnesses back to Luoyang."

Song Peiyu tidied up the sleeves that seemed to be scratched for some reason, "Even the hunting grounds used by the royal family of Yan Kingdom can't guarantee safety. Isn't Luoyang even more mixed?"

Lin Senmiao refused to answer Song Peiyu's words. He had been told by the elders in the family long ago that he was not sure, so don't provoke Song's mouth.

What's more, this matter is Yan Guo's fault. If he really wants to reason, he has no chance of winning.

"Your Highness, please come back to Luoyang with me." Lin Senmiao lowered his head, his tone respectful and tough.

Song Peiyu shook her head and sighed, "It seems that I can't explain it to you. In that case, let General Ping tell you that you are both military officers, so we can talk together more easily."

Lin Senmiao's expression remained unchanged, but his heart couldn't stop sinking, and even his butt was aching.

Ping Zhang stepped forward in response, folded his arms and gave Lin Senmiao a cold look, and said with anger, "Our Highness is here at the invitation of the Emperor Yan, not as a hostage. There is still a reason why the master detains the guests and does not allow them to leave? Or is it The rules of your country of Yan are different from those of other places?"

"When we arrived in Luoyang, General Ping knew that Yan State is a state of etiquette, and it was you who misunderstood Yan State." Lin Senmiao bit the bullet and replied to Ping Zhang's words, and began to complain secretly in his heart about his bad luck. It was he who bumped into Zhao Guo's anger.

After seeing Lin Senmiao's gesture clearly, the adjutant pulled out half of the saber from his waist and said loudly, "Please return to Luoyang, Your Highness."

The two thousand golden rat guards who surrounded Zhao's envoys pulled out half of their sabers in unison, "Please return to Luoyang, Your Highness!"

Pingzhang let out a loud cry, "Who dares to interfere with His Highness's whereabouts? Step over my dead body first!"

Zhao Jun's cavalry followed Ping Zhang and shouted, "Step over our corpses first."

Although the number of Zhao Jun's cavalry was less than one-third of that of the Golden Rat Guards, their aura was not inferior at all, and they could even counter the Golden Rat Guards.

At least the horses under Zhao Jun's cavalry have been tempered and tempered. The will of the cavalry is their will. Once the cavalry is moving forward, it is impossible for them to retreat.

The Yan army's horses were far from being able to obey the orders and prohibitions like soldiers, and it was the Golden Rat Guards, who had more people, who made the commotion first.

Zhao Jun's cavalry was unwilling to retreat, and the Golden Rat Guards could not retreat. The atmosphere became more and more stagnant as the two sides confronted each other.

Both sides were tense, wary of the moment when the other side made a move, Song Peiyu sighed again, "It's a happy event for His Highness to come to the banquet at the invitation of Emperor Yan, why should everyone be so tense and hurt the harmony?"

With a stiff face, Lin Senmiao turned her eyes back to Song Peiyu, wanting to answer the conversation but afraid of stepping into the pit, her face was weird and she didn't know it.

Song Peiyu waved at Lin Senmiao, as if completely unaffected by the shadows of swords and swords around her, she said gracefully, "May I ask General Lin to take a step to speak?"

Lin Senmiao's face trembled, and he immediately agreed to Song Peiyu's request.

He didn't dare to really attack Zhao Guo's envoys. After finding that Zhao Guo's envoys refused to back down at all, he was afraid that Zhao Guo's envoys would strike first and his men would have to fight back.

As long as there is a conflict between the two sides, there will definitely be no good fruit for him.

Under Lin Senmiao's signal, the Golden Mouse Guard gave way and could only pass through the three-person passage.

When Lin Senmiao took Song Peiyu out, he even gave the adjutant a wink, telling the adjutant not to stop the Zhao Guo cavalry who wanted to follow Song Peiyu.

Not only can he not offend Prince Zhao, he can't even offend Soong Peiyu.

Lin Senmiao didn't realize that there was no one behind Song Peiyu until he distanced himself from the Golden Rat Guard and Zhao Jun's cavalry who were still confronting each other.

Song Peiyu had nothing to fear, and he was sure that he would not dare to take the opportunity to hijack the other party and threaten Zhao's envoys.

Lin Senmiao showed a bitter smile, he really didn't dare.

The two of them only spoke a few words, and then they returned to the Golden Mouse Guard and Zhao Guo's envoys together.

Not only the smile on Song Peiyu's face became more and more like a spring breeze, but even Lin Senmiao's face relaxed a lot.

Lin Senmiao waved back the Golden Rat Guard to make way for Zhao Guo's envoys.

The lieutenant was so anxious that his head was sweating, "General?"

"Back off!" Lin Senmiao emphasized with a straight face.

At Lin Senmiao's insistence, Golden Mouse Guard reluctantly stepped aside.Ping Zhang let out a cold snort, rode his horse with his head held high and his chest held high, passed the Golden Rat Guards, and led the team forward at an unhurried pace.

Chi Feng spontaneously returned to Mo Jiang's side, the two horses rubbed each other's heads first, and then moved forward with cheerful steps.

It wasn't until Zhao's envoy walked away that Lin Senmiao leaned into the adjutant's ear and said, "Go back to Luoyang and tell His Majesty that the prince of Zhao has decided to return to Xianyang immediately."

"I tried my best to stop him, but the general Ping next to Prince Zhao was aggressive and bad, and even drew his sword at each other. I am afraid that if I continue to persuade the envoys of Zhao State to act directly, it will affect the harmony between the two countries. Dare to be good at it, please make an idea as soon as possible, Your Majesty."

The frown between the lieutenant general's eyebrows gradually loosened.

So far, there is no other way.

The lieutenant turned the horse's head and was about to wave the whip when Lin Senmiao suddenly grabbed the lieutenant's arm.

He looked deeply at the lieutenant general, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Da Sima, Da Sikong, and Da Situ will go to see His Majesty at the same time every day before leaving the palace, and summarize today's important matters with His Majesty. "

The lieutenant looked back at Lin Senmiao without knowing why, the habits of the three bosses had been the same for decades, and he knew it without Lin Senmiao reminding him.

Deep helplessness flashed in Lin Senmiao's eyes.

He didn't want to make some things so clear at first, but he had to make the lieutenant understand, "I heard that His Majesty and the bosses have never been able to reach a consensus on the attitude of Zhao Guo."

"You mean..." The lieutenant general's eyes flashed suddenly.

The general meant that he should tell His Majesty and the bosses about this at the same time?

This will indeed prevent His Majesty from making irrational decisions.

The bosses can't do anything to His Majesty, but they may use the Golden Rat Guard who dare not disobey the holy order as a punching bag.

Telling the news to His Majesty and the elders at the same time can indeed avoid this situation.

But if His Majesty suffered from the bosses, how could he easily let the general go?

Lin Senmiao nodded, indicating that the lieutenant general needn't say more, and quickly returned to Xianyang to report.

He was able to serve as one of the twelve generals in the camp in the suburbs of Beijing, not because His Majesty trusted him so much, but because he came from a family, and His Majesty wanted to win over the family behind him.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be left speechless by Soong Peiyu's question after being hit in the face by the token of Teng Snake Guard. He couldn't be sure if His Majesty lost his head and really sent an assassin to kill Prince Zhao.

Song Peiyu hinted to him just now, telling him to protect himself wisely and not to get involved in this matter.

Lin Senmiao felt that Song Peiyu's suggestion made sense.

No matter whether the envoy of Zhao State really wanted to leave here, or made such a gesture deliberately, waiting for Luoyang to send someone to chase him.

Anyway, the marching speed of Zhao Guo's envoy was not fast, and it was impossible for him to leave the range of Yan State within a few days.

The worst result of such a middle-of-the-road choice is that he loses his post as a general in the camp in the suburbs of Beijing, stays at home for a few years or goes to a local office.

It is far better than accidentally making a mistake and causing the anger of Emperor Xiao, the elders, and even Zhao Guo to focus on him.

But after making a decision, Lin Senmiao still felt that all his reactions were calculated by Song Peiyu when he recalled everything that had happened since he arrived here.

He chose to endure under the intentional embarrassment of Zhao Guo's envoys, and Zhao Guo's envoys only asked him to send a letter to Luoyang.

If he hadn't chosen to endure when the envoys of Zhao State deliberately made things difficult, it may have become the 'evidence' that His Majesty is deeply hostile to Zhao State, and even took action against the Prince Zhao State.

The more Lin Senmiao thought about it, the more he felt a headache, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

He has already made a wise choice to protect himself. Next, as long as he ensures that Zhao Guo's envoys will not suddenly speed up and leave Yan State day and night, or encounter another attack on Yan State's territory, he will be able to retreat unscathed.

As for who will pay the price for the assassination of Prince Zhao in Yan... Lin Senmiao's mind immediately came up with Emperor Xiao's face.

It has to be said that as a military officer who is not smart enough, at least not comparable to civilian officials, Lin Senmiao's intuition is really accurate.

Zhao Guo's envoys did not leave Luoyang in a hurry. Not long after they walked slowly, the sun fell to the horizon.

Before the envoy of Zhao State decided to stay overnight at the Yan State Station, or to sleep in the open for one night and then think of a solution tomorrow, someone from Luoyang had already chased him.

Lin Senmiao focused on completing his original task.

Protect the safety of the two Highnesses.

Jin Shuwei accompanied Zhao's envoys to camp at the same spot for ten days, during which time there was an endless stream of people going to and from the camp and Luoyang.

On the first day of the Golden Rat Guards, they could only sleep in the wild, but when Luoyang specially sent thick and neat tents to the team of envoys from the State of Zhao overnight, Lin Senmiao knew that the envoys from the State of Zhao had the upper hand in this game.

Half a month later, Emperor Xiao read two imperial decrees at the Grand Court Meeting in the Luoyang Palace.

The first imperial decree was to rehabilitate Song Liangci, denying all false accusations of Song Liangci before and after his death, and posthumously named Song Liangci the king of Huaining County.

The second imperial decree announced that the fifteen towns on the border of Zhaoyan would be handed over to Zhao Guo.

Emperor Xiao sat stiffly on the throne, with an undisguised gloom on his face, his eyes were like sharp knives across the old faces at the front of the hall.

The elders stood there listening to the imperial decree with their eyes, nose, nose, nose, nose, and heart, and they didn't look up at Emperor Xiao at all.

After the eunuch finished reading out the two edicts in one breath, the courtiers bent down in unison, "Your Majesty is wise!"

The palm of Emperor Xiao's thigh was clenched violently, and it took all his strength to control himself, not to lift the imperial case in front of him.

wise?

These people were blatantly mocking him for his incompetence, so he could only compromise under their persecution!

Heavy chairs slammed across the marble, and there were sharp and piercing sounds in the silent hall.

When the courtiers raised their heads, the person on the throne had already left.

Standing at the forefront, Da Sima, Da Sikong, and Da Situ bowed down to the empty throne again, "I will send you off to Your Majesty."

Seeing this, the courtiers who were at a loss in the rear followed suit one after another.

After getting up, Da Sima turned his head to face the courtiers, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty is not feeling well, and the court meeting will end here today."

When the outermost courtiers were almost gone, Da Sima looked at Wu Jinfei on his right, "Please Sir Situ send these two imperial decrees to the place where Prince Zhao is temporarily staying, and welcome Prince Zhao back to the Qingshan Palace. "

Wu Jinfei stroked his beard and nodded, with emotion in his eyes that had not been completely concealed.

After he cleaned up his emotions thoroughly, he left the palace with the eunuch who announced the decree.

After only Da Sima and Da Sikong were left in the hall, Da Sima suddenly sighed, looked back at the empty throne, and whispered, "Are we persecuting His Majesty too hard?"

Who doesn't know that Emperor Xiao hated General Jianwei and Song Jinyu the most, but now he wants to personally decree, first cut off fifteen towns for Zhao Guo, and then rehabilitate Song Jinyu's father and posthumously become the county king.

No matter what happened, they were slapping themselves in the face crazily.

Ordinary people still have a good face, let alone the king of a country?

Da Sikong tidied his sleeves slowly so that there were no wrinkles. He obviously didn't want to get angry, but he still couldn't hold back. He just complained, "What did he do? If someone caught him, he would have to pay the price." .”

The beasts that ran out of the royal hunting ground, except for those killed by the guards of Prince Zhao, all ran abruptly to exhaustion and died.

Thanks to the absence of common people living in groups near the royal hunting ground, otherwise the consequences would be far more unacceptable to the Yan Kingdom than it is now.

But anyone with a brain can see that this wild animal riot without warning was artificially caused.

There was such a big mistake in the royal hunting ground, if you don't settle the score with the owner of the royal hunting ground, who should you turn to?

The prince of the Zhao Kingdom is not under the control of your Emperor Yan, so naturally he will not swallow his anger.

There are also corpses and tokens of Teng Snake Guards scattered not far from the royal hunting ground.

Emperor Xiao actually refused to admit it.

Da Sikong smiled angrily when he thought of Emperor Xiao's steadfast denial, the just right annoyance and indignation on his face.

Whether those tokens of the Teng Snake Guards are genuine or not needs to be carefully identified. The well-established camp in the suburbs of Beijing has lost a thousand people, and the total of Teng Snake Guards’ total 2000 people has been reduced by half, but it is easy to confirm.

Does Emperor Xiao think that the courtiers are all blind and deaf, so they won't notice the strangeness of Teng Snake Guard?

The emperor can perfunctory his courtiers on the surface, but use tricks behind his back.

But not stupid.

Especially stupid so deadly.

The current discomfort is not all caused by myself.

The more Da Sikong thought about it, the more angry he became, he turned his head to look at Da Sima who still had hesitation in his eyes, and his anger also burned towards Da Sima, "I know you think Situ is completely on the side of the Song boy in this matter. Over there, you will be wronged for His Majesty."

Da Sima knew it was not good when he heard Da Sikong's faster and faster tone, but it was too late to bring this topic to the past.

"In the year when General Jianwei proclaimed himself emperor, Zhao Guoneng's military salary distributed to everyone was only two-thirds of our country's military salary. Now it is Zhao Guoyonghe's 13th year, and Zhao Guoneng's military salary distributed to everyone is already twice that of our country's military salary .” When Da Sikong said this, his complexion became even worse.

Da Sima also shut his mouth.

He is in charge of the military and horse affairs of Yan State, and military pay is what he cares most about.

Seeing Da Sima shut up, Da Sikong became even more unforgiving, and settled accounts with Da Sima with his fingers.

The Fifteen Towns ceded by Yan State to Zhao State are said to be Fifteen Towns, but they are actually called Fifteen Villages, and they are all poor places in the corners.

After Zhao Guo took over the fifteen towns, not only would he not be able to gain benefits, he might even have to pay money instead.

To put it bluntly, he would rather spend money than fight Yan Guo.

Let Yan Guo and Emperor Xiao bear the reputation of ceding land.

In exchange, Zhao Guo promised to build a new strange goods city at the junction of Yan, Li and Yanzhou.

Although Yan people are not allowed in the Qihuo City, both craftsmen and garrison troops are sent from Zhao, but Zhao Guo is willing to give Yan Guo [-]/[-] of the profits of Qihuo City as protection fees.

Da Situ spent three days without sleep and night to settle the accounts.

It is only calculated according to the size of the caravans of Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Liguo, and Chenguo who detour to Qihuo City through Yanguo every year.

After the completion of the novelty goods city, the monthly profit will be nearly 70 taels of silver, one-third of which is more than 20 taels of silver, and almost 250 million taels of silver a year.

Compared with the most affluent county in Yan State, the tax revenue for the whole year is even more.

Don’t say that Emperor Xiao did all kinds of stupid things and was caught by Zhao Guo first. Zhao Guo wanted fifteen towns. Even if Emperor Xiao didn’t do anything, they were willing to give Zhao Guo fifteen towns, thirty towns would do!

As for Zhao Guo's second condition...

The entire Song family has already moved to the Yan State, even if it is to pursue Song Liangci County King, apart from hurting Emperor Xiao's face, it is not painful to the Yan State.

Moreover, this posthumous title will not be hereditary.

If Song Jinyu is willing to return to Yan Kingdom, they must write to His Majesty to let Song Jinyu