Iron Armored Emperor

News of the Chu army's success was frequent.

Di Qiye captured the three cities of Zengqi, Shishan, and Gujiang, and surrounded Weiyuan City so tightly that not even a bird's feather could fly in.

Lu Yi captured Cuibi City. He was a caring person. Cuibi City is a specialty of beautiful jade, and he presented a box of jade with the battle report.

This box of jade wares is priceless, with a faint radiance, it must not all be produced in Cuibi City, it is the top grade carefully picked out by Lu Yi's shopkeepers who copied the four famous tycoons.

Yan Fagu squatted in front of the box like he was shopping at a street stall, poked it with his fly whisk, and sighed at a purple jade gourd: "Okay, good stuff, it's just right for pills."

Then he went to poke Biyu's abacus and exclaimed: "Isn't this a fortune-telling treasure?

The generals were amused by him, Gu Lie curled his lips, walked to the box, looked at it, pointed to a female jade hairpin, and asked Yan Fagu: "Is this also useful for cultivating Taoism?"

"Although this is not useful for cultivating the Tao," Yan Fagu continued with a serious face and a drawn-out tone to seduce people, "but whoever has no relatives and friends will have weddings and weddings, and poor Taoists will not be exempt from the vulgar. My lord will get married in the future , Can the poor Tao save one or two pieces of family property and prepare to accompany the gift!"

As soon as these words came out, the generals burst into laughter, teasing and looking at Gu Lie, wanting to see the lord's shy appearance.

How could Gu Lie let them succeed, what's more, his heart was as calm as water, and he immediately said to Yan Fagu: "This means that when I get married, you are going to take the jade I rewarded and give it back to me as a gift? Yan Fagu , if you are stingy, you should be more subtle, right?"

"Hi," Yan Fagu didn't show the slightest embarrassment amidst the ridicule, his skin was as thick as a city wall, he spread his arms and boasted, "a poor man is so naked, open and open, without covering up .”

Jiang Yang pretended to cover his mouth: "Stop, your words are so thick that you can't digest them, come back."

When they had had enough trouble, Gu Lie took out a small jade pendant worn with a red string from the box, and said to Jiang Yang, "Leave a share for Beihe. Share it with you."

"Brother Di?" Jiang Yang reminded.

Gu Lie released half of the red string, and the jade pendant appeared in everyone's eyes: "He's rude, and still wants to share things? Leave him this little thing, it's enough."

When Jiang Yang saw it, it was a lovely emerald mulberry leaf, about half the size of a woman's palm, with a clear blue color and lifelike veins, with holes punched on the opposite side, which could be worn on the waist or decorated in the house. Good.

Thinking about the spring silkworms given by brother Di, Jiang Yang understood that the lord was reciprocating, so he didn't say much, and agreed.

The rest of the generals didn't know what was going on, they just thought that the lord was trying to make fun of Brother Di, and that's all.

On the other hand, Yan Fagu looked at the mulberry leaves, counted with his fingers, and clicked his tongue, he didn't know what he was worried about.

The episode is over, let's continue the discussion.

The cavalry of the Feng clan also performed triumphantly in Yongzhou, and the Chu army went down four cities in Qingzhou, which beat Liu Yan's family into a desperate situation, especially the Yan family, who lost two direct descendants on the battlefield of Yongzhou. When the news reached the Yan family, the head of the family, the old lady of the Yan family, was annoyed.

The secret agents of the Chu army took the opportunity to release the rumors of the Liu family's private relationship with Wei Bichen, provoked the Yan family's dissatisfaction with the Liu family and Wei Bichen, and provoked the veteran Xuan Ming to write to the Emperor Yan Dynasty, requesting to send troops to fight against the wind.

As Gu Lie expected, Wei Bichen did not see the Yan family, and refused to allow Xuanming to send troops to Yongzhou on the grounds that protecting the emperor was his top priority.

In this way, the Yan family began to tentatively contact Chu people.

At this point, Jiang Yang was puzzled and asked Gu Lie: "My lord, why are you so sure that Wei Bichen will not send Xuanming to Yongzhou? Although the imperial party has been suffering from the four famous lords for a long time, they are struggling to survive, but the four famous lords are still the forces of the Yan Dynasty. He Letting the Feng Clan attack Yongzhou is not seeking skin from the tiger?"

Gu Lie didn't understand Wei Bichen in his previous life.

To say that he is loyal, spread out every single pen, is indeed extremely loyal.

Wei Bichen tried his best to stabilize the country when the first emperor of the Yan Dynasty was violent. After the death of the first emperor, he tried his best to fight for the crown prince to succeed him. Later, as an imperial party, he dealt with foreign enemies and internal troubles, defending Yan alone for several years, and finally died for his country. die.

Who dares to say that Wei Bichen is not loyal.

But if Wei Bichen is really a loyal minister, and a loyal minister who can die for the country, in Gu Lie's view, there are many doubts.

First, the first emperor of the Yan Dynasty became more and more violent in his middle years. He Wei Bichen was already in the position of prime minister at that time, so why did he keep silent and never persuade or remonstrate?The official seal of Wei Bichen's prime minister can be stamped on the writ of Yichu Gujiu Clan.

Second, if one is forced by the situation and had to endure for the sake of the Yan Dynasty's great plan, then why did he try his best to support the useless prince to succeed to the throne after the death of the first emperor?

Third, if the second is to respect the orthodoxy of the eldest son, then why did the literati emperor be raised in the deep palace and let him write poems and poems, instead of teaching him to do things for the emperor, instead he monopolizes the power?

Fourth, if the third is that it has to be done in a crisis situation, then why in order to curb the four famous lords, let the Feng Clan cavalry trample on the rivers and mountains?

Therefore, Gu Lie had never been able to understand Wei Bichen in his previous life.

Gu Lie never cared about people and things that had nothing to do with Chu, and when Wei Bichen died, Gu Lie was busy establishing Chu, so he naturally forgot about him.

Until later, at a certain flower viewing banquet, some scribes were unconventional and wrote a first memorial speech to Wei Bichen, praising Wei Bichen's integrity of dying for the country.Gu Lie remained expressionless, and his own guards drove the scribe out.

At that time, Di Qiye was accused of having a private relationship with the leader of the Feng Clan, Gu Lie detained him in the palace, and the two of them drove back to the palace together. On the way, Gu Lie couldn't help asking Di Qiye: "What does Marquis Ding think of Wei Bichen?" ?”

Di Qiye rolled his eyes, and gave four words, "A traitor seems loyal".

So Gu Lie didn't understand even more.

It's not that Gu Lie cares so much about why Wei Bichen is so treacherous and loyal.On the contrary, with Di Qiye's answer, the question itself is no longer important.

What's important is that Di Qiye, who treats people like water, actually hates Wei Bichen so much.The two of them had never met each other, let alone confronted each other on the battlefield. What made Di Qiye hate Wei Bichen so much?

In his previous life, Gu Lie never thought about it.

Although I don't understand it now.

But thinking of Di Qiye's answer today, regardless of Di Qiye, just talking about the answer itself, Gu Lie has some meaning.

Gu Lie said to Jiang Yang: "Someone once commented on Wei Bichen to me, saying that he was a traitor and seemed loyal."

"This," Jiang Yang pondered for a moment, then replied cautiously, "It's not impossible."

This also comes to an end.

Some generals pointed out that Di Qiye used the people as hostages to force the Shishan garrison to fight, which would be detrimental to righteousness, not a gentleman's action, and more importantly, it would damage the reputation of the Chu army.

After thinking about it, Gu Lie asked Jiang Yang to write Zhang Wang Bang and post it.

The generals listened to the lord's dictation, and before Jiang Yang finished taking notes, the general who had become a leader was already ashamed.

"The four famous lords made troubles in the three states, causing the people of Qingzhou to suffer from war. General Di Qiye was ordered by the King of Chu to wipe out the famous lords and save the people of Qingzhou from fire and water. The people of Qingzhou were grateful for General Di and turned to our army one after another. General Di took the lead in leading the soldiers, this kind of righteousness is admirable..."

In this way, the people of Qingzhou were praised, and the people of the remaining three states and even the people of Beiyan were encouraged to fight to be Yan traitors. Our Chu army recruited talents, regardless of their background.

Even Yan Fagu sighed in his heart, the lord's king list is simply shameless.Well done!

In the end, Ao Ge's request to fight in Qinzhou was refuted, and Gu Lie ordered everyone to disperse if there was nothing else to do.

Jiang Yang stayed until the end, and said: "My lord, the Gu family of Zhongzhou has invited many people, and proposed to hold a grand party when the army returns to Chu. It seems that they want to present beauties to the lord."

"understood."

Gu Lie waved his hand lightly, Jiang Yang had no choice but to leave.

Jiang Yang left the conference hall worried.

Yan Fagu, who had been in ambush for a long time, was caught.

"What are you doing!" Jiang Yang tried his best to tear the fake Taoist priest off himself.

Yan Fagu hooked Jiang Yang to a secluded place, then let him go, and said happily: "The poor way is right, my lord, the movement of the red luan's stars is a sign of peach blossoms."

Unexpectedly, when Jiang Yang heard the words, he was not happy but worried: "What are you stupid!"

Yan Fagu was unconvinced, so he told them one by one.

"Today, the lord picked out the jade mulberry leaf when he divided the jade. What does the mulberry leaf do? Raise silkworms!"

"The so-called 'the son of heaven plows the soil to prosper together, and the queen kisses the silkworms to sacrifice and wear'. It is an ancient ritual for the queen to kiss the silkworms. Isn't this a sign that I, Jingchu, will soon welcome a queen?"

"So the poor Taoist made calculations, and saw a strange phenomenon in the dark. I saw a red-clothed princess driving the green luan, like a fire burning in the wild, falling gracefully on the Qifeng Terrace. It is the omen of the red luan's star movement!"

Yan Fagu proudly pointed at the Phoenix Mountain in the distance, and said to Jiang Yang, "The princess's ashram is right there. You haven't heard the legend about the movement of the red luan, have you?"

Jiang Yang smiled.

Jiang Yang approached Yan Fagu, and said mysteriously: "You said this, I thought of a person, he gave the lord a spring silkworm, to be honest, the mulberry leaf jade pendant, the lord, was actually given to him."

Yan Fagu's eyebrows danced brightly: "You still run on the poor Taoist, the poor Taoist's hexagram is indeed accurate! I wonder which lady this fairy is from?"

Jiang Yang beckoned him to come over.

"The fairy's surname is Di."

"Good name!"

"The name is wild."

"OK?"