The most unlucky crossing in history

On the night when Xie Wenyuan embarked on his way back to Beijing, the information spies placed in Fuzhou rushed to Yongming City where Xie Wenyuan and his party rested.

Yongming City is located in the middle of Huguang, whether it is going north from Maojiang or going west from Quanzhou, it must pass through, and there are few people coming and going here, it is not a big city, it is a good place to cover up news.

Before Xie Wenyuan left the capital, he had already told his subordinates that although his return date was uncertain, but during this period of time, all major and important matters in the court, as well as the important news must be sent here, so that he can return to the court as soon as possible know.

In the top pavilion of a restaurant in the south of Yongming City, Xie Wenyuan quickly read the bamboo slips that read the news that the Uighurs abandoned the agreement signed by the two countries a few years ago, aggressively invaded the Northwest, and captured the two cities of Bayinlu and Keze, and said coldly: "When did this happen?"

The subordinate Zhao Jin who knelt in front of him on one knee trembled when he heard the sound, clasped his fists with his hands and lowered his eyes, and bowed his head: "My lord, the new Uighur king suddenly invaded with a hundred thousand troops on March [-]th. Coupled with the mistakes of the garrison generals in using their troops, they were defeated and retreated in just five days, losing two cities."

Xie Wenyuan: "The new Uyghur king...but Ye Hezhe?"

"Yes," Zhao Jin replied, "About the first day of January, news came from Uighur that the old Uighur king was seriously ill and had passed away. The two princes met with swords, Ye Hezhe beheaded his elder brother and ascended the throne."

Xie Wenyuan pondered slightly, the old Uighur king was only fifty years old, and he was in good health, so he has not yet made an order. It stands to reason that it is impossible to suddenly become seriously ill and pass away in a short period of time.I'm afraid the old Uighur king didn't go because of illness.

Although the power entanglements in the Uighur Kingdom are not as complicated as those in Dazhang, it is rumored that the Uighur King actually prefers his eldest son who looks like him to the fifth prince Ye Hezhe, who is capable of conquering wars. , But it is indeed a good talent for governing the country.It was also the eldest prince's idea to negotiate peace with Daqing last year. If he was on the Uyghur side, he would indeed have gained no less than a hundred years of beneficial benefits from Daqing through the pressure of victory.

But in fact, Ye Hezhe didn't want to talk about peace at first, and even wanted to continue to attack the Northwest, cross the Gobi and go straight to Jingzhao...

The difference in Tao will inevitably lead to a fight between the two kings of the earth.

Now it seems that Ye Hezhe won, at least it can be seen that nomads like the Uyghurs, people born among them are still more inclined to be warlike kings.

Thinking of this, Xie Wenyuan asked again: "Northwest University

Isn't the leader of the army now General Zhang Yuanji?Why are you so invincible? "The last time Shi Qingnan led the army fifteen times and was defeated, the court replaced Zhang Yuanji to guard the border. This original halberd was also a fierce general under Xie Cheng's command. How could he lose two cities in just a few days?

"...General Zhang disappeared on the first day he defended the city..."

As soon as these words came out, Xie Wenyuan narrowed his eyes slightly.He said in a deep voice, "Do you know where he is going?"

Zhao Jin lowered his head, "This subordinate is ashamed..."

Seeing that Xie Wenyuan hadn't spoken, the kneeling man said again: "Because of the urgency of the matter, I checked with Guo Minkang for two days, but I didn't find out the specific situation, so I rushed to Yongming to deliver the news, and Guo Minkang was left to continue in the northwest. Followed the army to investigate, but although no situation was found in those two days, before the incident, General Zhang behaved differently. In the past few months, General Zhang only patrolled the tent once a day and trained soldiers for five hours a day. Once, but in the month before last, he suddenly said that the New Year was coming soon, and the drills for the soldiers were halved, but the number of patrols increased, and, a month ago, General Zhang went to Yinshan when he received a letter of condolence from today. .”

Hearing this, Xie Wenyuan already had some guesses in his heart, "Who sent the letter today?"

"Master Chen Ping, Minister of Zhongshu."

Chen Ping was a student of Wei Hechao.

Wei Hechao, who was older than today, still couldn't sit still, and he didn't know why this general did what he did.Yuan has never seen any relationship between these two people, and since Wei Hechao knew about the Uighur raid in advance, he may have already colluded with Ye Hezhe.

"What is the prime minister's attitude now?"

"Return to your lord, Peng Yi reported the day before yesterday that the prime minister is in charge of the battle. He has already asked the Holy Lord to thank General Xie for leading the army to conquer the northwest."

Hearing this, Xie Wenyuan frowned suddenly. Ye Hezhe was so fierce that he had to fight, but in recent years, the two lakes have suffered from natural disasters, and there has been no harvest for two consecutive years. Only a few years ago, I personally invited the five big businessmen to Jingzhao to celebrate the festive season and let them "donate generously".

Although the spring plowing in the two lakes is going well at the moment, there should be some harvests, but it's not the middle of summer, and it doesn't mean that the rain will be abundant or dry at that time, and everything will change, and the battle at this time may be difficult.

Moreover, Wei Hechao forced Zhang Yuanji to disappear from the battlefield, probably for the purpose of letting Xie Cheng personally lead the army in the northwest, and then cooperate with Ye Hezhe from inside and outside... The traps and dangers in this may have been set up long ago, just waiting for him Xie Wenyuan hadn't returned to Beijing yet, so it was time for him to be unable to move.

Xie Wenyuan closed his eyes, clenched his left hand, and said after a long time: "Thank you

What is the general's attitude? "

Although this is the question, based on Xie Wenyuan's understanding of his father who is stubborn and dedicated to the battlefield and the army, he must be the one who takes the lead in the battle.

As a general, Xie Cheng is impeccable. A general needs such a courageous, insightful, straightforward and fearless person, but because he is too fearless, sometimes he can't see the current situation clearly.

It is true that the literati in the Great Qing Dynasty looked down on military generals, but it is also true that military generals looked down on literati. When he chose to take the imperial examination, how Xie Cheng opposed it can be understood.

Sure enough, Zhao Jin replied: "The general is also the main battle."

The prime minister will lead the battle, and the general will lead the battle. Such an expedition is a certainty, and the staff who remain in the court may have nothing to do.

Xie Wenyuan was silent for a long time before asking: "Can you set a date for the expedition?"

"Not yet, but it should be in the next few days."

"Who is the deputy general?"

"General Weihu Cheng Nan and General Jiang Hupin, there are still two lieutenants brought by General Zhang in the northwest to guard the border."

"After thinking for a while, Xie Wenyuan said: "You will ask Peng Yi to arrange 20 secret guards to set off with the army later. "

"Yes!"

"As for you..." Xie Wenyuan thought for a while, and said, "You don't have to go back to the northwest this time, you go to Luzhou to keep an eye on the Zhang family, and report all the changes and contacts in his family to me."

"Yes! Your lord!"

Xie Wenyuan nodded, "Where is Gu Shouyi now?"

"Waiting downstairs."

"Okay, you go down."

After they left, Gu Shouyi knocked on the door not long after. Xie Wenyuan responded, and he pushed the door open and entered the attic.

"Fuzheng, how about I tell you how to do things before I leave Beijing?"

Gu Shouyi clapped his hands to Xie Wenyuan and replied: "After Zhuo Feng left Prince Jingzhao's courtyard, I followed him all the time. He seemed to know about it, but he didn't say anything. Later, he avoided the prince's inspection and went to Zhuo's house in Hangzhou. The ancestral house, that house has long since changed hands, he has been secretly patrolling at night for nearly a month, and he still dug out a stone box that had been hidden for more than ten years under an old tree."

With that said, Gu Shouyi took out a roll of letters and a jade pendant from his pocket and handed them to Xie Wenyuan, "This is what's in the stone box, sir, please have a look."

Xie Wenyuan didn't read the letter, but picked up the jade pendant and looked at it for a long time.

The shape is a five-clawed dragon pattern flying through the clouds, with a "non" character engraved in the middle.

No, it is exactly the taboo word in the name of the Sixth Prince Tan Jinfei, who died for unknown reasons more than ten years ago and is now his younger brother.

Xie Wenyuan sneered when he saw it, the Zhuo family was destroyed by Emperor Feng Zheng, it must be the reason.

For this

The Sixth Prince, Xie Wenyuan knows a little bit about it. Unlike other princes, the Sixth Prince was actually born to the same mother and concubine of Emperor Feng Zheng. He had seen it once when he was young. Today, he loves him very much, but it's a pity that the prince is not yet twenty and eight years old, and he died without a single thing.

However, it is only rumored.

If he really dotes on his younger brother, and King Xuan has nothing to do with him, why would Emperor Feng Zheng kill all the Zhuo family.King Xuan was good at martial arts, he was highly praised by military generals when he was prosperous, even Xie Cheng admired him a lot.

Even if King Xuan had no intention of seizing the throne, how could Emperor Feng Zheng tolerate him?

What's more, he has.

Speaking of which, when Xie Wenyuan's biological mother was still alive, she smiled and mentioned the matter to the old aunt at home, and by chance Xie Wenyuan, who was studying in the room, listened.

Twenty-eight years ago, when Zhuo Hangran was still working in Hangzhou, King Xuan went to Jiangnan to work for half a year. During that time, King Xuan suddenly had frequent contacts with Zhuo's family.

At that time, Zhuo Hangran had just married the number one beauty in the world not long ago...

One is magnificent and talented, and the other is beautiful, exquisite, charming and gentle.

Zhuo Hangran was also promoted step by step after that, and then, half a year after King Xuan returned to Beijing, his wife gave birth to Zhuo's "eldest son" - Zhuo Feng.

I'm afraid that 18 years ago, Emperor Feng Zheng thought that Zhuo Feng was the son of King Xuan, right?Even the prince back then thought so.

How can the prince's city mansion be compared with the others?Ten years ago, when he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, he had already planned to coerce King Xuan's youngest son to make King Xuan.

It's a pity that no one knew that Zhuo Hangran and King Xuan had hidden him long ago.

Even Xie Wenyuan only realized it when he saw the 'Zhuo Wanzhou' in Zhiyi Pavilion.

The prince has always been a fickle person, if he didn't know that Zhuo Feng is not the rightful owner, how could he let him go?If Linghuqing hadn't told him that Zhuo Wanzhou had disappeared, how could he have come to Hangzhou Tianlao to find Zhuo Feng himself?

It's a pity that Zhuo Feng doesn't know anything.

Xie Wenyuan put away the letter and asked, "Zhuo Feng is also in Yongming City now?"

Gu Shouyi replied: "In the Yonghua Temple outside Yongming City..." Gu Shouyi said hesitantly at this point: "My lord, he is very thin now, and he looks really pitiful... Now it's time to go back to the post station." Or go to..."

Xie Wenyuan paused.

Thinking of what he said to Zhuo Feng in the prison before the prince came, and Zhuo Feng's distrustful eyes.

Xie Wenyuan suddenly thought of Zhong Qiyun, thought of that person not allowing him to leave, and thought of the series of questions that person asked.

Fingertips lightly rubbed the simple but delicate embroidery on the robe. After going north, it was indeed as cold and rainy as the man said at night. If it wasn't for the thick shirt he prepared...

Xie Wenyuan raised his eyes and looked at the sky outside the window at the entrance of the corridor. It was raining continuously. He thought for a while and said, "Let's go back to the post first."

The author has something to say:

Take your time. Take your time.

After parting, lovesickness just showed itself.Yep.