The Marquis of Zhenbei in Lancheng is a good general who is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and his family members are all very strong-willed.
When Cui Boxiao was the crown prince, he had already heard of them.
In fact, the Marquis of Zhennan also respected them very much, but they were not very close friends.
One guards the north and the other guards the capital, and they seem to have no intersection.
The Marquis of Zhennan had a daughter who became the queen, and his status was slightly higher than that of the Marquis of Zhenbei.
The Marquis of Zhenbei seemed to have no interest in the affairs of the capital and just guarded the border town. As long as he was there, the Huns in the north would have to think carefully before attacking Beiyuan.
However, Cui Boxiao and Liu Qiaoer had been in the border town for three days and had not been able to enter the general's mansion.
The door of the general's mansion was closed and only the doctors were allowed to enter.
During the day, Cui Boyao went out to ask around again, and when he came back he shook his head: "There is something strange in the general's mansion. If it really doesn't work, I think it's necessary to go in and check it out at night."
Liu Qiaoer nodded: "We came here just to seek the old general's help. If anything happens to him, the capital will be in danger and our trip would be in vain."
Just kids...
Children need help taking care of them.
Who knew Liu Qiaoer gritted her teeth and said, "Take him with you."
Cui Boxiao: "That won't work. What if he suddenly starts crying and gets discovered?"
Before leaving, Liu Qiaoer fed the child, changed his diaper, coaxed him to sleep, and put a small watch on his wrist.
Once he woke up in the middle of the night and cried, the watch would ring and Liu Qiaoer would rush back in time to comfort the child.
In fact, Cui Boxiao didn't want her to go, but Liu Qiaoer was too curious.
It was late at night and everyone was asleep. Liu Qiaoer and Cui Boyao, both wearing night clothes, came to the outside of the wall of the Zhenbei General's Mansion.
In ancient times, walls were all three meters high. Lancheng was a border town, so the wall of the general's mansion was one meter high.
A hook with an iron claw was thrown onto the top of the wall. Both of them had good reach and quickly jumped onto the top of the wall, observing quietly for a while.
"It shouldn't be so quiet in the general's mansion."
It was indeed too quiet. In such a huge general's mansion, there was not even a servant who spoke.
Cui Boxiao and Liu Qiaoer quietly came to the main courtyard of the general's mansion and finally saw a ray of light.
Cui Boxiao was about to move forward when he was suddenly stopped by Liu Qiaoer.
In the space, Long Batian said: "There are people in both courtyards, many of them are tied up, and there is movement in the general's room. There are many guards guarding outside..."
What are you doing
What are the people in the yard doing
Cui Boxiao and Liu Qiaoer climbed to the roof, looked at it quietly for a while, and understood.
Some of the general's men rebelled, and the lobbyist sent by King Xiang wanted the General Zhenbei to surrender to him and join him in attacking the capital.
General Zhenbei did not agree, so the lobbyists and the rebel generals got rid of the old general.
The servants of the general's mansion were trapped in a yard. There were several corpses in the yard, obviously those of people who had resisted.
In the other courtyard was the general's family.
Liu Qiaoer and Cui Boxiao looked at each other, and then they ran towards the old general's yard again.
The old general was sick, no wonder he couldn't fight back and had been in a coma. We asked a doctor to see him, but the doctor couldn't see anything.
The lobbyist of the King of Xiang was a little anxious: "General Qu, the Marquis is not deliberately staying awake, is he?"
General Qu frowned: "No, he will wake up one day. I want to see how long he can hold on."
The lobbyist of the King of Xiang was very annoyed: "The current emperor is not good to you. The King of Xiang comes to see you every year and drinks with you. Why can't you support the King of Xiang? If the King of Xiang becomes the emperor, he will definitely invite you to the capital and replace you with someone else to guard the border."
General Qu sneered: "He is just an old stubborn man. His son died in the war and he has no offspring. If I were him, I would have returned to the capital to marry and have children. But he still occupies this position. Why not just kill him..."
King Xiang's lobbyist glanced at General Qu and said, "No, if we kill him, who will lead the 100,000 troops in Lancheng?"
General Zhenbei has spent his entire life in Lancheng, and the generals of the 100,000-man army are all his subordinates. Apart from him, no one can command so many troops.
It was because of this that King Xiang wanted to persuade General Zhenbei to surrender.
Unexpectedly, General Zhenbei refused to change his mind and no matter how many times he was persuaded, General Qu took advantage of his coma to seize power.
But he forgot that no one outside the general's mansion would listen to him, Qu.
Combined with the information he had obtained in the past few days, Cui Boxiao had some understanding of General Zhenbei's situation.
He called Liu Qiao'er down and said, "I have an idea. Go back and we'll come back tomorrow morning."
Liu Qiaoer was confused, but still left with Cui Boyiao.
When it was daybreak, Liu Qiaoer and Cui Boxiao came to the general's mansion again.
"Knock knock knock" Cui Boxiao knocked on the door for a long time before someone opened it.
"Who are you looking for?" The door opened and a soldier in armor appeared.
Cui Boxiao was still dressed as an old man: "We are here to find General Zhenbei. Tell him that the young master's child has been found."
Liu Qiaoer was holding the child and was also dressed as an old woman, but when she heard Cui Boxiao's words, she was obviously stunned.
The soldier in armor was obviously confused: "Master's child?"
Cui Boxiao said, "Yes, the young master secretly had a child with a woman of unknown origin. When the Marquis found out, he asked us to look for him, and now we have found him."
The soldier glanced at the child in Liu Qiaoer's arms, closed the door again, and went in to report.
Liu Qiao'er was shocked: "What's going on? You have to have a story to make up."
Cui Boxiao smiled complacently: "This matter may not be made up, it is very likely to be true..."
It turned out that when Cui Boxiao first arrived, he heard that the only son of Marquis Zhenbei ran away from home because of a woman, and encountered a refugee uprising on the way and died in the chaos. Marquis Zhenbei asked people to find his son, but only found a corpse.
This happened years ago.
Now as Cui Boxiao was heading north, he also heard that the old general had been depressed because he lost his son in his old age and had no offspring.
It was only now reported that the old general was seriously ill and had not left home for several days, but no one took it seriously.
I think all those who could have comforted him have come to comfort him. There is no way to empathize with such things, and the old general can only lick his wounds alone.
Unexpectedly, a rebel named Qu showed up and teamed up with King Xiang's lobbyists to force the old general to rebel with King Xiang.
Even if General Qu killed everyone in the general's mansion, it would not pose any threat to the old general. However, he did not expect that Cui Boyao would bring the old general's grandson to his door.
Everything has changed.
Sure enough, not long after, General Qu came out of the general's mansion excitedly.
"Where is the old general's grandson?"
His men saw the child in Liu Qiaoer's arms and were about to snatch the child away, but Liu Qiaoer dodged the attack with a nimble turn.
"The child is too young and shy, General. We have to hand the child over to you personally."
Qu Cheng saw that Cui Boxiao and Liu Qiaoer were an old couple and did not take them seriously, so he raised his eyebrows.
"Okay, then you guys hold the children and follow me here."
Liu Qiaoer knew that what he was thinking at this moment was that he finally had a hostage to threaten General Zhenbei.
What Qu Cheng didn't know was that when he entered the inner house, Long Batian was released from the space by Liu Qiaoer.