I am a ruler in troubled times

Song Peiyu, Chong Yi and others did not enter the city after they left Luoyang, and even ate food from the forest they passed by.

It took the envoys of Zhao State half a month to go from Qian County to Luoyang.

It only took six days for the group to travel from Luoyang to Qian County.

This is also because each person has only one horse. Not only do people have to rest, but horses need rest more than people.

If each person can ride three times, day and night, the time from Luoyang to Qianxian can be shortened to two days.

Before completely leaving the range of Qian County and reaching the three-way zone, Song Peiyu could see the Qian County garrison waiting on the only way for Zhao Guo's envoys from a distance.

Shen Jun's extraordinary tall black horse galloped in front of the Qian County Garrison before suddenly raising his upper body. The dust splashed and the indomitable momentum rushed straight to the army horses under the Qian County Garrison, forcing them to retreat again and again.

The momentum of the Qian County garrison, which was ready to fight, fell apart with the restless army and horses.

Compared with the last time when the envoy of the Zhao State passed by Qian County, Chen Yanzhou who walked out of the city slowly until the envoy of the State of Zhao arrived under the wall of Qian County.

The leader of the garrison standing in front of Zhao's envoys was much more humble when facing Chong Yi.

The horse of Tao Yunru, the leader of the Qian County garrison, was also provoked by General Mo to retreat subconsciously, and then became angry from embarrassment, and opened his mouth to bite General Mo.

General Tao hurriedly comforted Aiju, got off the horse immediately, and knelt down on one knee to Chongyi.

Two days ago, he suddenly received an urgent [-]-mile urgent letter from Luoyang. The secret letter was stamped with the official seals of Da Sima, Da Sikong and Da Situ, but there was no jade seal.

Order him to intercept Zhao Guo's envoys here, at least one of Zhao Guo's crown prince and Song Peiyu must stay in Yan State temporarily, so as not to anger Zhao Guo's envoys.

After General Tao put down the letter, he immediately noticed something was wrong.

Just six days have passed since His Majesty's birthday, counting the days, could it be that on the day of His Majesty's birthday, Zhao Guo's envoys set off from the Qingshan Palace, and they had to travel day and night to eat and sleep in the open.

Why did Zhao Guo's envoy leave Luoyang so early?

Could it be that the envoys of the State of Zhao had conflicts with the people in Luoyang and ran away from Luoyang before His Majesty's birthday?

Although he was confused, General Tao still dispatched troops immediately according to Babaili's urgent order, and came to intercept Zhao's envoys.

Having seen the ostentation of Prince Zhao, General Tao was exceptionally well prepared, and he directly brought five thousand garrisons to block the road.

Luoyang would really give him problems.

Keep Zhao Guo's envoys under the condition that they can't anger Zhao Guo's envoys, at least leave the chief envoy Zhao Guo's prince, or deputy envoy Song Peiyu.

Since you can't do it, you can only take the lead and deter Zhao's envoys in momentum.

It's a pity that an accident happened before the plan seemed to be implemented.

General Tao knelt down on one knee, raised his head and looked at Chong Yi.

He didn't know what happened in Luoyang, and he wouldn't be smart enough to speculate.

General Tao completely followed the content of the expedited [-]-mile letter to dissuade Zhao Guo's envoys, "Master Situ asked someone to remind His Highness and Lord Song that what you promised Yan Guo has not been done."

Song Peiyu didn't dare to let Chifeng rush like a black general when someone intercepted him in front of him, and even got far away, so he started to control Chifeng to slow down gradually.

So Song Peiyu came to the Qianxian garrison later than Pingzhang who followed Chongyi, but just stopped General Tao's words in his ears.

It's hard for these bosses to remember that Chong Yi once promised to build a novelty goods city at the junction of Yan State, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou.

Song Peiyu took the initiative to get off the horse to help General Tao, and in a few words, he explained General Tao's intentions and information that General Tao knew.

General Tao knew nothing about the changes in Xianyang.

He thought that the person on the Luoyang throne was Emperor Xiao.

The smile on Song Peiyu's mouth became more and more like spring breeze.

Not only did he not correct the mistakes in General Tao's words, but he also deliberately followed General Tao's words, making General Tao think that his guess was right, "The envoys of the State of Zhao were angry with Emperor Xiao, so they suddenly appeared in Qian County." '.

After being stared at by Song Peiyu several times, Chong Yi reluctantly withdrew his gaze from Song Peiyu's face, took advantage of General Tao's persuasion to change his mind, and reluctantly agreed to General Tao not to leave Yan Kingdom immediately, but to temporarily stay in Qian County .

Liang Wang and Xiang Wang, who were traveling with Zhao's envoys, put forward different ideas after hesitation. They euphemistically expressed that they did not want to stay in Yan and wanted to return as soon as possible.

Seeing that Chong Yi did not object to King Liang and King Xiang leaving Yan State first, General Tao made a decision immediately.

He turned around and clasped his fists at King Liang and King Xiang, "I will send someone to escort the two princes out of the city."

In Babaili's urgent letter, he only asked him to keep Prince Zhao or Lord Song, and did not mention King Liang and King Xiang.

He watched as the envoys of Xiliang and Chu State left under the leadership of King Liang and King Xiang.

Chong Yi, who had already decided to stay in Qian County for the time being, was temporarily moved into the General's Mansion located in the center of Qian County under General Tao's strong invitation.

After two days of calm, Qianxian County received the documents of the death of Emperor Xiao and the death of many princes.

The five princes of Emperor Xiao succeeded to the throne, and the reign name was Mingzheng.

General Tao personally took the decree sent from Luoyang to Chong Yi and Song Peiyu.

Hearing General Tao say that "Emperor Xiao died during the assassination, and many princes passed away in order to protect Emperor Xiao", Ping Zhang couldn't help showing a strange look on his face, and quickly lowered his head, staring at his toes.

Fortunately, General Tao did not focus on Ping Zhang, nor did he notice Ping Zhang's abnormality.

He handed the imperial edict in his hand to Chong Yi, "The fifth prince of the late emperor inherited the throne five days ago, with the reign name 'Mingzheng'. I hope you can go to Luoyang to watch the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor."

"Ha..." Chong Yi, who originally planned to ignore General Tao, changed his mind.

He took the imperial decree from General Tao, unfolded it slowly, and his eyes fell on the two words he just heard, "Bright and upright, dignified?"

The smile on General Tao's face froze, and he looked suspiciously at Chong Yi's face.

In his mind, the word 'Mingzheng' also means upright and upright.

But when these words came out of the mouth of Prince Zhao, General Tao felt that they were very disobedient.

He had the illusion that Prince Zhao's uttering these two words was not a compliment, but a mockery of Emperor Mingzheng.

Song Peiyu slowly closed the folding fan in his hand, smiled and said to General Tao with a frozen expression, "May I ask General Tao, has the document of Emperor Mingzheng's succession been circulated throughout the country?"

General Tao nodded, suppressed the strange thoughts in his heart, and answered Song Peiyu's words seriously, "After the document was sent from Luoyang, Qian County was the last county to announce the decree. Inform Zhao, Xiliang, Chu, Yan The document that the new emperor is about to ascend the throne has also been sent to various countries through Qian County, and within ten days, Emperor Yonghe of your country will know about it."

Song Peiyu smiled and said nothing.

Ten days?

Hai Dongqing, who was raised by Murong Jing, was there, for a maximum of three days.

After being interrupted by Song Peiyu, General Tao recalled his initial mission and persuaded Chongyi to return to Luoyang to attend the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Mingzheng.

As a military officer, General Tao's eloquence was better than many civilian officials.Even while persuading Chong Yi to return to Luoyang, he could test whether Chong Yi knew the inside story of the death of Emperor Xiao and the death of many princes.

It's a pity that the person he met was Chong Yi.

Chong Yi's ability to listen to him is already giving him great face, how could he answer his question on purpose.

In the end, it was Song Peiyu who held General Tao with a look of embarrassment on his face, expressly telling General Tao not to inquire about things he shouldn't know, so as not to cause trouble to his upper body.

Because of Song Peiyu's reminder, even though Chong Yi promised General Tao that he would return to Luoyang to attend the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Mingzheng, General Tao still failed to show his face, and left the place where Zhao's envoys temporarily lived with a lot of worries, almost bumping into the oncoming people I didn't notice it.

Jin Bao took the initiative to turn sideways, letting General Tao go first.

After General Tao had left completely, Jin Bao strode into the door, took out a black pill from his purse and put it in the palm of his hand to show Chong Yi and Song Peiyu.

Ping Zhang picked up the pill from Jin Bao's palm, checked it carefully, and then cut off most of the pill with his dagger, and put it on the candle brought by Laifu.

After many steps, the note inside was taken out.

Ping Zhang glanced at Chong Yi who had closed his eyes and dozed off, and handed Song Peiyu the note he had finally taken out.

Song Peiyu hung the magnifying glass over the note, and the characters as big as rice grains were magnified several times immediately.

At the front are the red Emperor Xiao and Prince Gong, followed by densely packed red names that are almost pasted together, until the last is the black name, and the last is the Queen Mother and Hong Qin.

Here are the people who died and disappeared after the farce of Emperor Xiao's birthday.

Ping Zhang's eyes flicked across the many red names, and he didn't know whether to sneer or sigh, "It's really unlucky."

After Chen Jun rushed into the hall where Emperor Xiao was holding his birthday before Yan Jun that day, most of Chen Jun rushed to Chongyi, and a small part of Chen Jun rushed to Yan's clan and courtiers.

Poor Emperor Qing and Emperor Xiao only survived a total of five brothers, and the entire army was wiped out.

Except for Prince Jing's mansion where only the old prince and his son were gone, and a few young princes, the rest of the palace was like Prince Gong's, not a single male was left behind.

On the contrary, the fifth prince, who was dragged down in advance to calm down, escaped and became the oldest male in the entire clan of Yan Kingdom.

Perhaps it was because of the consideration of the fifth prince's age that Yan Guo pinched his nose to cover up the sins of Emperor Xiao, made up a lie that Emperor Xiao was assassinated and died, and chose 'Mingzheng' as the year name for the fifth prince.

Probably because he hoped that the fifth prince would be different from his father and ancestors, and be an upright and upright king.

Song Peiyu touched the wooden box tied on his arm, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and he stretched out his hand to hook Chongyi's chin.

Before his fingers touched Chong Yi, Chong Yi opened his eyes as if feeling something, but he didn't make any movement to avoid it, and even actively cooperated with the fingers on his chin, raised his face to meet Song Peiyu's eyes.

The other people in the room never expected that these two people would do it as soon as they said they would do it.

Fortunately, their reaction speed has been tested countless times, and they immediately turned around, or studied the wall or the chair, wishing to plug their ears.

Song Peiyu put the wooden box untied from layers of cloth ropes with great difficulty into Chong Yi's hands, his tone was full of joy that could not be concealed, "Opening tonight, if the speed is fast enough, we can go back to Xianyang for the New Year. "

Disappointment flashed brightly in Chong Yi's eyes, and he suddenly put his hand on Song Peiyu's neck, his lips touched Song Peiyu's face as he fell into his arms, and said in a hoarse voice, "When can I open?"

When the palm accidentally pressed a certain rapidly changing part, Song Peiyu felt bad all over, and raised her head to stare fiercely at Chong Yi.

You just opened last night, what else do you want?

That night, Song Peiyu knew what Chong Yi was thinking.

Five days later, Luoyang Palace

Emperor Mingzheng sat behind the imperial case, like a poor cub that had been driven away from its mother beast before it reached adulthood, looking at Da Sima, Da Sikong and Da Situ standing opposite him vigilantly and blankly.

"I have already sent several autographed letters to Prince Zhao Guo in a hurry according to your instructions, inviting him to participate in my enthronement ceremony." Dazed and ferocious, driven to nowhere.

He still became the emperor, but he lost his father and mother, and even his grandfather and uncles could not survive the chaos.

He was notified to become the new emperor, so he became the new emperor.

Not only can't even decide on his own year name, but he has even been enthroned for a whole ten days, but he has never even seen what Yuxi looks like.

What is the difference between what the emperor did and what a puppet did?

There will never be such a useless emperor as him in the world.

Da Sikong knocked the table dissatisfied, and said earnestly, "Does your Majesty still remember the old minister's reminder? In the letter to Prince Zhao, don't forget to mention the Queen Mother and Chen Guo."

Emperor Mingzheng took a deep breath before calming down, looked at Da Sikong patiently, his Adam's apple trembled violently, and made a hoarse voice, "I have already told Prince Zhao Guo in the letter that the queen mother was killed in the chaos. Assassinated to death. According to the old rules, she should have been buried with the emperor's grandfather, but Qin Tianjian calculated that the empress dowager had violated the emperor's grandfather within three years, so she could only temporarily park the empress dowager's coffin in the temple and wait three years later. discuss."

"The plague suddenly spread among the envoys of the Chen State, so that they all fell ill. Chen Guo has already apologized to Luoyang for sending the letter of credence, and is willing to pay 50 taels of gold for the envoys of the Chen State to extend the medicine in Yan State. Please Yan State Take care of Chen's envoys. If there is a plague among Zhao's envoys, all the gold will be given to Zhao..."

"Enough!" Da Sikong was agitated by Emperor Mingzheng's way of talking like a monk chanting scriptures. He looked at Emperor Mingzheng in great disappointment, "I want you to talk to Prince Zhao about the Queen Mother and Chen Guo, and you just believe it." said these?"

Stupid!

After the Empress Dowager and Chen Guo's envoys made a fuss in the Qingshan Palace, Chen Guo contacted Yan Guo at the first time, paid the price to satisfy Yan Guo, and promised not to "Emperor Xiao murdered Emperor Qing and killed his father to usurp the throne, and Emperor Qing's edict It was revealed that the preferred heir to the throne was Prince Gong.

At the same time, Chen Guo asked Yan Guo to deal with the queen mother's affairs coldly, and no one was allowed to mention the queen mother's actions in Yan country.

After several discussions, the officials of Yan still felt that the royal scandal was too shameful to tell the common people, so they reached a tacit understanding with Chen Guo.

King Gong passed away, and all his sons were assassinated to death.

Today, the only ones in the clan who can inherit the throne are the Fifth Prince and the young princes of Prince Jing's Mansion.

At least the fifth prince is still the grandson of Emperor Qing, and he has reached the age of weak crown. He doesn't have an ambitious mother who wants to interfere with the courtiers like the queen mother, and he will not have a life-threatening headache because of a headache.

The fifth prince's becoming the new emperor is also the best way to cover up the absurd things that happened on Emperor Xiao's birthday.

Yan State and Chen State have reached a consensus, and Yanzhou and Qingzhou, who are caught between Yan State and Chen State and depend on Yan State and Chen State's face to survive, will naturally not seek trouble for nothing.

Li Guo was too busy to take care of himself, so he didn't send anyone to participate in Emperor Xiao's birthday.

The most difficult thing to deal with is the envoy of Zhao State.

Zhao Guo's envoy... has left?

It was only then that the officials of Yan discovered that the envoys of the State of Zhao had left quietly when the entire Qingshan Palace was in chaos.

Not to mention that the officials of Yan are still thinking about asking the envoys of the State of Zhao to promise them not to disclose the scandal of the royal family of the State of Yan.

Zhao Guo's envoy promised Yan State's novelty goods city and didn't start to build it. How could Yan's officials let Zhao Guo's envoy leave easily?

Da Sima and others immediately sent a letter to Qian County in a hurry for eight hundred miles, asking Qian County's garrison to stop Zhao Guo's envoys, and at least one person should be left between the Zhao Guo Prince and Song Peiyu.

This is Yan's bottom line.

The chaos in Luoyang has not yet completely calmed down. Yan Guo could not find any important idlers to go to Qian County to invite Chongyi and Song Peiyu back to Luoyang, and simply asked Ming Zhengdi to write to Chongyi every day for [-] miles to send them there urgently.

Da Sikong reminded Emperor Mingzheng to talk about the Empress Dowager and the State of Chen with Chong Yi, not for Emperor Mingzheng to tell Zhao State exactly how Yan State and Chen State reached a tacit agreement.

Rather, he wanted Emperor Mingzheng to hint to Chong Yi that between Zhao Guo and Chen Guo, the Yan Congress would stand on Zhao Guo's side.

Because Chen Guo took advantage of the scandal of Yan Guo's royal family, Yan Guo temporarily misunderstood Chen Guoxu as a snake.

Zhao Guo wants to fight for Yan State in the confrontation with Chen State, not only will he keep his mouth shut about the scandal of Yan State's royal family, but also keep Liang Wang and Xiang Wang from talking about this matter.

Only by blocking all the mouths can the face of Yan State be preserved.

Da Situ saw the unconvinced and frightened anger on Emperor Mingzheng's face, and calmly dragged Da Sikong, who was so angry that his body was shaking, behind him, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty was ordered in danger. Enlightenment is also normal, since you have the heart, you should talk to His Majesty about various reasons, don't..." Have too high expectations for him.

Da Sikong's eyes flashed with sarcasm, he opened his mouth several times, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Back then, they had ridiculed Jianwei. The well-trained nephew was gone, but the youngest son was raised and abandoned by his stepmother. I am afraid that there will be no successors.

Who would have imagined that it is the royal family of the Yan Kingdom who have no successors now.

Da Sima picked up the teapot and refilled the tea for Emperor Mingzheng himself, "Your Majesty, drink tea."

Emperor Mingzheng stared at the teacup on the table, his eyes were vicious as if he was staring at his father and enemy. After a long time, he stretched out his trembling hand.

A look of impatience flashed in Da Sima's eyes, and just as he was about to speak, the teacup in Emperor Mingzheng's hand had already fallen and smashed into several pieces on the table, making a particularly crisp sound.

The stagnant atmosphere in the room instantly dropped to freezing point.

"Report! Eight hundred miles from Qianxian County, hurry up!" A sharp and panicked voice sounded from outside the door.

Da Situ patted Da Sikong's arm before going to open the door himself.

The soldiers from Qian County, who were covered in dirt and even had obvious bloodstains on their bodies, couldn't wait to squeeze in from the outside when the door just opened a gap, and almost knocked down Da Situ who opened the door.

"Your Majesty, it's not good!"

Emperor Mingzheng was holding his breath to the extreme, but he couldn't find a place to vent it, and his heart ached. It happened that the Qianxian garrison ran into his bad head.

Filled with anger that he didn't dare to vent to Da Sima and others, and finally found a place to vent, Emperor Mingzheng grabbed the teapot on the table and threw it on the head of the kneeling person without thinking, "Bastard, who is wrong?! Da Sima raised his eyelids fiercely and kicked over the teapot, "Your Majesty!"

Emperor Mingzheng looked at Da Sima without giving in, and said with a sneer, "I am an emperor, and I am not even qualified to deal with a person who is disrespectful in front of the imperial court?"

Da Situ rubbed his painful old waist and closed the door, suddenly uncontrollable regret rose in his heart.

If they had known that Emperor Mingzheng was so useless, they shouldn't have allowed Emperor Mingzheng to inherit the throne.

With a father like Emperor Xiao, Emperor Mingzheng was fundamentally unrighteous.

He has to get someone to protect the little princes of King Jing's Mansion, don't...

Da Situ temporarily suppressed the sudden churning thoughts, and deliberately stood between Emperor Mingzheng and the Qianxian garrison, looking at the garrison who sat on the ground with a dull face, as if he had lost his soul, with kind eyes.

"What happened to Qian County?"

Could it be that Zhao Guo's envoys are clamoring to go back to Xianyang again?

After a long while, the garrison's eyes regained their brilliance.

He braced his precarious body violently, and kowtowed to the amiable Da Situ, his voice was full of panic, "Zhao Guo suddenly sent troops to Qian County. When I escaped from Qian County, the wall of Qian County was already It's full of Zhao flags and Suzaku flags."

Da Sima, Da Sikong, and Emperor Mingzheng, who were sullen, came back to their senses one after another, and all turned their heads to look at the garrison kneeling on the ground.

Da Sima strode to the side of the garrison, put his palm gently on the back of the garrison, and said in a deep voice, "Don't be afraid, think carefully about the process of Zhao Guo's attack on Qian County. Drive out of Yan."

"I...don't know." The garrison looked blankly at Da Sima while propping up his upper body.

Emperor Mingzheng was so angry with the garrison that he couldn't breathe smoothly, he opened his mouth to reprimand, but Da Sikong grabbed his arm tightly.

"Your Majesty, calm down, don't scare him into a stupor!" Da Sikong said in a low voice.

Da Sima sat down in front of the garrison, holding his arm, and asked the garrison to sit down too, "Who are you?"

The garrison sat down with the strength in his arms, his blank eyes gradually recovered, "I am General Tao Yunru's personal soldier... Just after nightfall five days ago, there was a loud commotion at the city gate. General Tao led us to When checking the situation, Zhao Jun had already driven straight in through the wide-open city gate. General Tao asked me and other colleagues to report back to Luoyang or go to nearby counties to ask for support."

"It's hard for you to fight hard to break out of the siege of Zhao thieves and report back to Luoyang in time. His Majesty will reward your bravery." Da Sima looked moved and looked at the garrison with admiration.

Instead of being mobilized by Da Sima's words, the garrison lowered their heads in shame and said, "No one stopped me from leaving the city."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Mingzheng yelled, "Didn't you say that after you left the city, the Zhao and Suzaku flags were erected on the wall of Qian County? Could it be that Zhao Jun can completely take Qian County by the time you leave the city? Could it be that Tao Yunru colluded with the enemy, allowing Bandit Zhao to occupy Qian County so easily!"

Da Sikong almost slapped Emperor Mingzheng on the face.

...!

He was so angry that he couldn't even think of words to scold Emperor Mingzheng, and turned his head resentfully, not wanting to see that extremely stupid face of Emperor Mingzheng again.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Da Sima, who was the most patient with Emperor Ming Zheng, was full of sullen faces, and Da Sikong even wanted to laugh.

Emperor Mingzheng didn't even know that Tao Yunru of Qian County was the proud disciple of Da Sima.

Da Sima's face twitched several times, he forcibly suppressed his temper and did not lose his temper.

He whispered a few words to comfort the angry and desperate garrison, and personally helped the garrison who could not stop dozing off. He was going to find a place where no one was around, and then asked the garrison carefully about Qian County.

Emperor Mingzheng thought that Da Sima was afraid of him, so he ran to the door and refused to allow Da Sima and the garrison to leave. Do you have diarrhea?"

The bosses never expected that Emperor Mingzheng could say such vulgar words. Even Da Sima, who was blocked in the way, couldn't react immediately, but just stopped in place, looking at Emperor Mingzheng in disbelief.

The garrison couldn't answer the question 'Why Zhao Jun was able to take down Qian County at an appalling speed', he didn't even know how Zhao Jun opened the gate of Qian County.

But he knew that what Emperor Mingzheng said would destroy Tao Yunru forever.

This is something he cannot tolerate.

The garrison raised his head, stared fiercely at Emperor Mingzheng, and shouted with all his strength, "The prince of Zhao Guo has a legacy left by the former emperor for General Jianwei, please ask General Jianwei for the edict on the side of Qing Jun!"

"what?"

"Death!"

"Which first emperor?!"

The three elders who were used to not changing color when Mount Tai collapsed in front were even more excited than Emperor Ming Zheng, and they almost bumped into each other cheek to cheek.

However, the garrison had exhausted its last energy and collapsed limply.

Before the garrison returning from Qian County woke up, people who escaped from other counties reported back to Luoyang.

The successive bad news did not give Emperor Ming Zheng and Yan Chen any chance to breathe.

In just half a day, even the common people on the streets of Xianyang knew that Zhao State went down to the seven counties of Yan State in just six days.

At the same time, "Emperor Xiao killed his father and usurped the throne. When Emperor Qing was dying, he sent a secret letter to ask General Jianwei to be on the side of Qing Jun, and left a decree for General Jianwei to avenge him." ', also spread throughout the entire Yan Kingdom in the shortest possible time.

It is not known what happened to the fifteen counties that had been captured by Zhao Jun, but the places that had not been captured by Zhao Jun fell into chaos without exception.

Compared with losing Youzhou when he first succeeded to the throne, he has been in power for many years as the Xiaodi Emperor who relied on the old foundation left by Emperor Qing.

As the founding emperor of the country, Emperor Qing is the monarch of Yan in the eyes of the people.

As the state of Zhao has become more and more prosperous and powerful these years, the folks of the state of Yan have long secretly circulated that if Emperor Xiao hadn't forced General Jianwei to rebel and the Song family in Luoyang to leave, the state of Yan, which is located in Yizhou and Youzhou, would definitely be better than the state of Zhao. More prosperous, maybe Kyushu has been recovered.

This kind of argument was fermented again, and after it was recognized by more and more people, some people spontaneously went to the city gate and shouted, asking the garrison to open the gate to Zhao Guo.

Emperor Xiao killed his father and usurped the throne, so he was not worthy to be emperor.

Emperor Mingzheng is the son of Emperor Xiao, his father is not worthy, how can he be worthy?

If General Jianwei is chosen by Emperor Qing...

I heard that the various taxes of Zhao State, especially the agricultural tax, are at least half lower than those of Yan State!

If they also become the people of Zhao State, can they also walk on the cement road and pay at least half of the agricultural tax?

During the attack on Yan State, Song Peiyu once again experienced the pain of chasing Chong Yi.

It's a pity that when he stood on the wall of Qian County and watched Chong Yi lead Zhao Jun to leave in the direction of Yan State, he didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at all.

Fortunately, since they left Xianyang, Zhao Guo has been secretly preparing for this battle, and there are Xiliang Army and Liang Wang who stayed in Mo County and did not leave.

At least in terms of troop deployment, it is much more generous than when it attacked Weiguo eight years ago.

Song Peiyu chased Chong Yi and ran to several places, but she failed to catch up with Chong Yi, and even passed her by.

In most cases, when Song Peiyu was chasing after him, Chong Yi had been away for at least two days.

After repeated failures, Song Peiyu simply handed over the matter to the officials who came from Zhao State after dealing with the matters that the county town was eager to deal with, and went straight to chase after Chongyi.

Passing by two new county towns that were knocked down by Chong Yi in a row, Song Peiyu just looked at the Vermilion Bird flag fluttering on the city wall on horseback before turning around and leaving, never stepping into the county town.

He finally managed to catch up with Chong Yi when Chong Yi erected the Vermilion Bird flag in the No. 30 county town of Yan State.

This is the No. 60 day when Zhao Jun officially entered the territory of Yan State, and the second day after Song Peiyu caught up with Chong Yi.

The sudden heavy snow blocked all passing roads, Song Peiyu wore a bright red cape and stood side by side with Chong Yi under the flag of Suzaku, silently looking in the direction of Luoyang.

Since Zhao Jun broke through the counties of Yan State one after another, there have been at least a hundred letters from Luoyang every day.

At the beginning, Song Peiyu would open the letters in person, but later, when there was no time, the person who opened the letters became Jin Bao, and only very few letters would reach Song Peiyu's hands.

Regardless of whether the contents of these letters were begging for mercy or swearing, they seldom touched Song Peiyu's mind.

A gust of cold wind blew, and Song Peiyu wrapped her red fox cloak tightly around her body, silently moved to Chong Yi's side, and immediately felt Chong Yi open the cloak on her body, covering him in front of her body.

Chong Yi is tall, and Song Peiyu is not short. When the two of them were standing one after the other, Chong Yi could just put his arms around Song Peiyu's waist, arch his back lazily, and put his chin on Song Peiyu's shoulder.

Feeling the heat in his ears, Song Peiyu suddenly had the illusion that he was being trapped under the belly of a big cat.

The big cat was clearly not happy.

Deep laughter slipped from Song Peiyu's mouth and turned into a lingering white mist.

"What are you laughing at?" Chong Yi's hand on Song Peiyu's stomach pressed down gently, with a dull tone that only Song Peiyu could detect.

Song Peiyu held Chongyi's hand, and the laughter became more and more wanton. .

"I really didn't lie to you." Song Peiyu laughed weakly, and simply put all his weight on Chongyi, and said intermittently, "I thought that two months would be enough for us to catch Yan Guo by surprise. Ten counties on the border of Yan State. With Lu Jihe and Jing Jue who came from Xianyang sitting in town, we can return to Xianyang to celebrate the New Year, and when the ice and snow melt next year, maybe His Majesty will send someone to continue to attack Yan State in the future.”

"Who knows..." Song Peiyu shook her head heavily, trembling all over.

Who knew that Chong Yi ran so fast that he took down half of the cities of Yan State in just two months, and ran directly to the hinterland of Yan State.

Because the position is too deep, there must be someone with sufficient status to sit here.

Chong Yi, who personally won the thirty counties of Yan State, is the best candidate.

It is precisely because of this that not only can they not return to Xianyang for the New Year this year.

After the snow melts next year, at most until the end of spring plowing, Zhao Jun will continue to approach Luoyang.

Although Chong Yi took down the city fast enough, turning the city of Yan State into the city of Zhao State was far more than simply planting the Zhao Banner and Suzaku Banner on the city wall.

They probably won't be able to return to Xianyang within two or three years.

No matter how trembling Song Peiyu's smile was, Chong Yi stood still. As the dissatisfaction in his heart became stronger and stronger, he pressed Song Peiyu's belly harder and harder.

It won't make Song Peiyu hurt, but it just puts Song Peiyu between itching and pain, and the sense of existence is very strong.

Chong Yi tilted his head and bit Song Peiyu's soft earbones, and his tone could not be said to be threatening or seductive, "Yan Guo has sent three letters of peace and one letter of surrender."

Accepting Yan's peace letter or surrender letter, they can return to the country immediately.

Let the emperor marry you when you go back.

There is half a year for the Ministry of Rites, the Clan Mansion and Taichang Temple to prepare for the big wedding.

Chong Yi felt that the seventh day of May was a rare and good day.

Song Peiyu gasped and let out a small breathing sound.

It's still not because of pain, but it's really not a good feeling.

He kept his ears in the other's mouth and turned his eyes to see Chong Yi's expression, and his gaze was right on Chong Yi's beautiful eyes and focused gaze.

Song Peiyu immediately closed her eyes, her long eyelashes fluttered up and down like little butterflies, and she almost murmured, "No!"

He cannot be seduced by Chong Yi.

If Zhao Guo wants to take Yan State completely, it must completely suppress Yan State's arrogance.

Emperor Yonghe reached a tacit agreement with the King of Liang and waited for the King of Liang's surrender, because Zhao Guo had grasped the economic lifeline of Xiliang and the political power handed over by King Liang many years ago.

Moreover, the King of Liang agreed to allow the Xiliang Army to station in the State of Zhao, which meant that the King of Liang was also willing to give in to Emperor Yonghe in terms of military power.

But Yan State is different from Xiliang.

Only by completely taking down the military power of Yan State, can Zhao State control Yan State's economy and politics.

As a son of an aristocratic family who is extremely successful in the eyes of most people, Song Peiyu understands the characteristics of the aristocratic family's nose and face.

If he negotiates peace with Yan State or accepts Yan State's letter of surrender now, Zhao State will not be able to obtain Yan State's military power in the shortest possible time.

Without the military power of Yan State, Zhao State cannot be said to have mastered Yan State's politics and economy. No matter how much Zhao State did for the people of Yan State, the credit would be taken by Yan State's family.

Not only will the family of the Yan Kingdom who have obtained the greatest benefits not be grateful to Zhao Guo and Emperor Yonghe, but they will look down on Emperor Yonghe even more and want to further manipulate Emperor Yonghe.

At that time, the emperor and the family or the family and the family will fall into an endless struggle, wouldn't it be an opportunity for others to take advantage of?

The army attacked to scare and subdue the Yan State, which is the correct way for Zhao State to include Yan State in its territory.