"This... the remnants of the Liao Kingdom dared to attack and kill our Grand Master of the Great Chu Dynasty. He is so bold!"

The young emperor slapped the table and angrily scolded him.

But the joy between his eyebrows can be vaguely checked.

"Shangguan Taishi is loyal to the country and should be buried with great care." After all, Zhong Xiufu is still sophisticated. Even if he is happy to hear the news that this confidant enemy has left, Zhong Xiufu can cleverly cover up his emotions so that he will not laugh out loud.

Although Shangguan Hong is dead, this does not mean that there are no Shangguan Hong inside and outside the palace anymore. Now, she still obeys the eyes and ears of the people from Shangguan Hong's sect. It is always right to be cautious in words.

Since Shangguan Hong went to war, I don’t know how many eyes have always stared at the palace, hoping to get some news from it.

Shangguan Hong is dead, and the next thing is to try to clean up with gentle means. The mixed forces left by Shangguan Hong in the court and the country always need to be cleaned up little by little. These things still require good planning, and the young emperor's true intentions must not be revealed day and night.

Although 99% of the people in the court and the people knew that the young emperor was in disagreement with the Shangguan Taishi, if Shangguan Hong really fell down one day, the court and the people could guess what would happen to the civil servants and generals who originally belonged to the Shangguan Hong faction.

But guessing is speculation after all. The young emperor does not express his opinion for a day, and these things are still uncertain.

But before the young emperor's foundation is stable, it is really hard to make a big fuss to avoid chaos in the court.

"Your Majesty, there is a woman who is looking for a meeting outside the imperial city..."

Just as the young emperor was talking to Zhong Xiufu in the imperial study, there were reports from eunuchs outside the door.

"The emperor is busy with political affairs, how can he be distracted by such things? Just knock the woman away. Ordinary women can also approach the imperial city, and Hegai will investigate the guards on duty according to their crimes."

The young emperor was reviewing the memorials and documents, but he did not say anything at the moment. Seeing that the young emperor did not say anything, Zhong Xiufu shouted to the eunuch outside the door. After saying that, Zhong Xiufu hurriedly turned to the young emperor and claimed the crime.

"Just... just..." The eunuch's voice outside the door shrank, obviously he did not dare to provoke the tutor of the current dynasty who temporarily served as the Grand Tutor. But in order not to cause trouble, the eunuch argued: "The woman came with Lord Sun Ruhaisun, and could not be stopped or released. She could only come and disturb the emperor, for the death penalty, for the death penalty."

"The woman holding Sun Ruhai's pass token?"

The young emperor put down a memorial, thought for a while, and said, "Let her come to the imperial study room to speak."

"Master, this..." Zhong Xiufu hurriedly dissuaded: "How can the saint, the body of a thousand gold, take risks at such an important moment? It's absolutely not."

People's hearts are unpredictable. Who can say that Sun Ruhai must be a loyal and loyal minister? If someone wants to take advantage of this chaos and assassination...then the trouble will be great!

"Has the Taifu forgotten the incident in the Tai Academy? That thing was done by Sun Ruhai. The woman who could have such face and let Sun Ruhai come with her should be the high-ranking disciple of the Tai Academy. Let her come in, it's okay."

Seeing that the young emperor insisted on doing this, Zhong Xiufu had to give up. In the palace, tiger and wolf men with strong stalkers could appear in any place in the imperial city as long as they were within ten breaths. Once ordinary martial arts masters were surrounded, it would be extremely difficult for them to escape. What's more, there were many dead soldiers hidden beside the young emperor, who were all martial arts practitioners with superb skills. Even if there was a sudden situation, they would definitely be able to sacrifice their lives to protect the young emperor without any obstacles.

After a while, an eunuch preached outside the imperial study: "Your Majesty, Lord Sun Ruhaisun, Gu Qingzhi of the Taixue Palace has arrived."

The young emperor looked at Zhong Xiufu and said, "Come in."

With a "creak" sound, Sun Ruhai had already walked into the imperial study room, said long live, and bowed to her head.

Gu Qingzhi followed him in, but did not kneel down, but just bowed and said long live.

"The high disciples of the Tai Academy came with Lord Sun today, and I don't know what happened?"

The young emperor did not care about Gu Qingzhi's impoliteness and asked. Zhong Xiufu was willing to scold Gu Qingzhi, but Gu Qingzhi was born in the Taixue Palace and even Ning Zuoxian's disciple. If this generation was calculated, it would be hard to say which of the two people had a higher generation.

"I'm here to come, there is indeed something important to report to Your Majesty." Even when Gu Qingzhi faced the young emperor, his expression did not change any more.

"Speak and listen."

Liu Yin knew in his heart that no matter what Gu Qingzhi came today, there must be a shadow of the Taixue Palace behind this matter. In other words, what Gu Qingzhi today represents is the will of the Taixue Palace.

"Your Majesty is happy. I think he has learned something that has comforted His Majesty."

Gu Qingzhi walked around the conversation and said.

These words were really disrespectful. Sun Ruhai's expression changed continuously, trying to signal Gu Qingyi a little, but Gu Qingzhi didn't look at him, and all his eyes were thrown into the empty space.

In this imperial study, if Sun Ruhai spoke in front of the young emperor, he would be disrespectful to him. He would not dare to learn from the Grand Tutor Zhong Xiufu and dare to speak freely in front of the young emperor.

But what Gu Qingzhi said now is really not taking the young emperor seriously. It should be noted that Gu Qingzhi was attracted by him. If he pursued the crime, Sun Ruhai would be implicated.

"So rude!"

Zhong Xiufu scolded: "Hasn't you taught your etiquette in the Tai Academy?"

"When I came earlier, I saw two military messengers who were sending messages to the capital. My legs were slightly faster, so I came here one step ahead of the two messengers."

Zhong Xiufu's scolding fell into Gu Qingzhi's ears, and it was useless. She didn't even look at Zhong Xiufu, and looked directly at the young emperor and said, "Your Majesty, take it for a while. When the fast horses come to report, it's not too late to talk about your purpose today."

After saying that, Gu Qingzhi lowered his head and lowered his eyes and said nothing.

"You..." Zhong Xiufu at least held back the anger in his heart, snorted coldly, and stopped talking.

"The Grand Tutor is calm, no matter how important it is now. Just wait for a moment."

The young emperor was not anxious or impatient. After appeased Zhong Xiufu, he picked up another memorial and began to review it.

The young emperor reviewed the memorials and documents. Gu Qingzhi closed his eyes and rested, but the two of them were more relaxed than the other. However, the other two were not very good. Zhong Xiufu's face became darker and darker, and he looked at Gu Qingzhi, who was closed his eyes and rested, but unfortunately he did not get any response, but he was even more angry because of this.

As for Sun Ruhai, there is no need to say that since Gu Qingzhi spoke, his face has never been better, and no matter how bad it is, it will not be much worse.

After about a stick of incense, an eunuch whispered outside the door of the imperial study room: "Report to the emperor, Yanzhou's emergency military information."

"Come on." The young emperor frowned when he heard the word Yanzhou. Now the only one who can be regarded as the emperor's direct line in the court and the country is the Zhenbei Army of the Marquis of Qishan.

Emergency military information in Yanzhou... Is something happening again in Yanzhou?

General Zhong Xiufu, who was standing beside him, took the newspaper and checked that the sealed lacquer seal was intact, then handed it to the young emperor.

"This..." The Young Emperor General opened the newspaper and read it carefully. After a while, he spoke out in surprise and couldn't feel relieved for a moment.

"Your Majesty." Zhong Xiufu called out in a low voice.

"Tao Fu..." Liu Yin handed the military report to Zhong Xiufu, then looked at Gu Qingzhi who was resting with his eyes closed, and said slowly: "Pei Donglai... He died five days ago among the demon clans in Yanzhou. The Marquis of Qishan wrote a letter to posthumously award him a posthumous title and establish a temple so that he could be sacrificed by incense."

"Miss Gu, are you waiting for this military newspaper?" asked the young emperor.

"Pei Dutong went to the battle for the Great Chu Dynasty to kill the enemy, conquered Yanzhou, and quelled the evil spirits and rebelled in Yanzhou, and posthumously awarded the title of posthumous title to build temples."

Gu Qingzhi's eyelashes moved slightly, but he did not open his eyes. There was no change in his tone between his words: "Please wait a little longer."

"Taifu, let's do this...this matter. Immediately send an order to build a temple for Pei Donglai and offer his spiritual throne. As for the posthumous title, I will leave it to the Ministry of Rites to discuss it."

No matter how the young emperor suspected Pei Donglai in his heart, Pei Donglai did not show any sign of indiscrimination. Now that Pei Donglai is dead, there is no reason to question it anymore.

The emperor's personal order to pardon the temple is an honor that ordinary officials cannot reach. If Pei Donglai really has a spirit after his death, he can just enjoy the incense and sacrifices, and his position is no different from that of a god.

However, these things are a little more illusory, and the young emperor did not believe it very much. But since the Qishan Hou wrote a letter himself, the young emperor was unwilling to miss the Qishan Hou's intentions.

A quarter of an hour later, another eunuch came to report: "Report to the emperor, Ningyuan City sent an emergency military newspaper."

Ningyuan City?

Ningyuan City is located on the border and is just adjacent to the Liao Kingdom. Now that the Liao Kingdom has been pacified, how could an emergency military information be heard in Ningyuan City?

Zhong Xiufu took the military newspaper and presented it to the young emperor with confusion.

After the young emperor read the military newspaper back and forth, his face changed drastically.

Pale.

At this moment, Gu Qingzhi slowly opened his eyes.

When Zhong Xiufu saw the young emperor like this, he was shocked and hurriedly took the military newspaper and took a closer look.

After dozens of breaths, Zhong Xiufu's face turned pale and staggered for one or two steps, as if he could not stand firm at all.

"Shangguan Hong... dares to... be clear... be clear..." Zhong Xiufu murmured, as if he had grown old for dozens of years.

"Your Majesty," Gu Qingzhi bowed to the young emperor who was in lord and said seriously: "I am here to save Your Majesty's life."

In the cold winter at the end of the year, heavy snow whistles and cold wind blows, and the cold wind must invade the coldness in it into the bones.

At the end of the year, every family should have been decorated with lights, but Kyoto was in a bleak scene, with no vitality at all. The streets and alleys were sparsely populated, completely different from the scenes of previous years.

This year is not a year of peace and joy.

First, the imperial court sent troops to the northern border, intending to regain the northern border. The Zhenbei Army did live up to expectations. Under the management of the Marquis of Qishan and Marquis Pei, the land of the northern border has repeatedly won victory and has recovered the land of Yanzhou.

Immediately afterwards, there was a war between the Liao Kingdom and the Great Chu Dynasty. This battle was unexpectedly successful. The soldiers of the Great Chu Dynasty rushed in and even broke through the capital of the Liao Kingdom in one go, killing the Liao Kingdom Khan in the Liao Kingdom palace.

However, the things that are worthy of praise and glory have ended here.

No one expected that after the great victory over Liao Kingdom, bad news would come one after another.

Pei Donglai, who made great contributions in Yanzhou, died in the demon riot in Yanzhou. This was the first time that the subjects of the Great Chu Dynasty knew that there were another group of bloodthirsty and cruel evil monsters under their feet.

Next was the Taishi Shangguan Hong, who led his troops to fight, after conquering the Liao Kingdom, he actually led his generals to the Great Chu Dynasty under the banner of "clearing the king's side".

The Marquis of Yanyun Pei Wu, who had previously guarded the southern border, also discovered Shangguan Hong's treacherous plan in the Liao Kingdom and stopped him desperately, but died in vain at Shangguan Hong's hands.

The Pei family in Kyoto was two gold medals, and they all sacrificed their lives for the country, which made people feel very moved. Pei Donglai, the little Marquis Pei, was also granted the title of the emperor's consecration to build a temple and enjoyed incense and worship. Yanyun, the Marquis Pei Wu, was also posthumously awarded the posthumous title, established a temple and enjoyed incense and sacrifice, and finally comforted the spirit in heaven.

Although Shangguan Hong was called "clearing the king", no one knew that Shangguan Hong was just taking advantage of this name to take the opportunity to do the treason. When he first heard the news, the whole country was cursed. If the words of cursing could hurt people, I am afraid that Shangguan Hong would have become a piece of meat paste.

But no matter how high the scolding was, it still could not stop the army led by Shangguan Hong from heading straight into the city and conquering the land.

In less than a month, the rebels had captured countless cities one after another, and they were really invincible.

Now, the rebels have arrived in Kyoto, and Shangguan Hong has surrendered hundreds of thousands of troops and gathered together, staring at them.

Fortunately, there were not no one in the Great Chu Dynasty. As early as when the rebels attacked the Great Chu Dynasty, the Marquis of Qishan, who commanded the Zhenbei Army, led the Zhenbei Army to return to the court and guard Kyoto. Fortunately, the Marquis of Qishan led the army in time and happened to face the rebels. If the Marquis of Qishan came three or five days later, he would probably only see ruins everywhere.

However, even if the Marquis of Qishan used troops like a god and the Zhenbei Army was all elite, the huge difference in number could not be compensated. After the wars over the past few days, the people in Kyoto saw how many casualties the Zhenbei Army had suffered, and knew it in their minds.

No matter how elite the Zhenbei Army is, can it really fight against a hundred? How long can it last?
To be continued...