She still had pickles and rice to swallow, but at this time Shang Jianxiong was so anxious that he couldn't eat anything and had been paying attention to the battle situation in Dingzhou.
When the battle report from Xue Xiao's urgent request for help arrived, Shang Jianxiong was furious when he learned that the 50,000 troops assembled in Dingzhou were almost completely wiped out by the 30,000 troops in Nanzhou, and even lost a county.
He angrily rebuked Xue Xiao for being incompetent and useless, angrily rebuked the officials below who surrendered in Kaicheng, and vowed that if one day, those officials who surrendered would be punished by the Jiu Clan.
However, he was more uneasy. The sneak attack on the thatched cottage failed, and he shot himself in the foot, causing such a big trouble.
After discussing with a group of ministers, it is not impossible to dispatch reinforcements from other states. However, at this time, most of the state capitals under the control of the imperial court have deployed their troops to defend South Korea and the Song Dynasty. Nanzhou's military front is strong, even if the remaining states from the two states are mobilized The men and horses may not have been able to win in the past.
The key point is that once the war expands, it will really turn into a collaboration between inside and outside. If Yan State is in internal chaos, can South Korea and Song State be able to bear not sending troops
Even if the three major sects knew about it, they would not allow the court to do this. If Shang Jianxiong dared to go out and do this, I am afraid that he, the emperor, would not be able to continue.
But if it was true as Nanzhou said, and he wanted to kill Xue Xiao to make amends for a reason fabricated by Nanzhou, where would the prestige of the court be? What do the state pastors in various state capitals think? What should we do if those princes who support their troops and respect themselves start to provoke and follow suit? Not to mention the minister’s objections, Shang Jianxiong himself was the first to refuse!
In the end, as a last resort, under the advice of his ministers, Shang Jianxiong could only ask the three major factions to intervene and suppress the chaotic Nanzhou!
For Shang Jianxiong, making such a decision was very difficult. It showed his incompetence as an emperor, who could not even control Nanzhou.
The important thing is that he caused this matter himself. It is useless if he does not admit some things. Everyone is not a fool. He made things like this by himself. In the end, the three major parties came to wipe your ass and clean up the mess. What does Dapai think? It’s strange that the three major sects can look so good!
At the same time, the news of Nanzhou's attack on Dingzhou was too great to conceal even if it wanted to. It was discovered by spies from various forces, and all the news was on its way back.
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At dawn, the city of Qingshan County was noisy. People hanging on the top of the city carried ten people up. In front of everyone, the defenders shot ten of them and carried them up to collect their bodies.
"How to kill?"
"I heard that the imperial court ordered them to conduct a sneak attack because of the report. The county guards said that it was impossible for the imperial court to do such a thing. They were angry with these monsters and deceived the public, so they killed them!"
The people in the city were talking a lot.
The corpse was carried out of the city and buried hastily in the wilderness. When burying it, there was another person, a person whose face was covered with blood and his face was deformed.
The soldiers who were burying people met together, and one group who brought ten corpses asked the other group, "Where did this one die?"
The other group said hey: "He is not one of the people who was arrested after attacking the villa, but his background is not trivial. It is said that he is Gao Shaoming, the son of Gao Jicheng, the chief strategist of the imperial court. It seems that he did not want to implicate the family, so he ended up banging his head against the wall and committing suicide. Got it!"
"Hey, then this is really a big deal. Is that Gao Situ going to die of grief?"
"It's so sad. I have a lot of beautiful concubines and many children and grandchildren. It doesn't matter if one dies. At worst, I can give birth to a few more to make up for it."
"Haha, you have such a bad mouth."
"Who is not angry? This court is really unscrupulous in dealing with us in Nanzhou. Not only does it carry out sneak attacks, but it also dares to steal the prince's woman. It even does such despicable things. I think this court will be doomed sooner or later!"
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"Gao Shaoming committed suicide?"
Guan Fangyi, who rushed to Niu Youdao's yard from outside, asked immediately when she saw Niu Youdao, looking very surprised.
"What's the big deal, have you fallen in love with her?" Niu Youdao walked down the steps teasingly.
"Bah!" Guan Fangyi spat and kept up with him, "I'm worried that my money is gone."
"Well, here it is." Niu Youdao took out a few bills from Tianxia Bank and gave them to her.
"Ten million!" Guan Fangyi smiled brightly after counting. Suddenly her smile disappeared. She grabbed his sleeve and asked, "Did you hide your private money?"
"..." Niu Youdao was speechless, what are you talking about
Without saying a word, Guan Fangyi immediately grabbed him and searched him, touching his sleeves and body.
"What are you doing? Don't do anything if you are alone, or others may misunderstand you!" Niu Youdao was itching and twisting to avoid it.
"You've seen me take a bath, are you still afraid of misunderstanding?" Guan Fangyi was reluctant. After searching, she found that there was indeed nothing hidden. She was still a poor man, so she let him go, but she looked at him. inside the room.
"Hey!" Niu Youdao held a sword in one hand, and waved the other hand in front of her eyes while adjusting his messy clothes, "Where are you looking? I said, Matchmaker, are you interested or not? As for that, I am in your eyes. Is there someone hiding money in the corner?"
Guan Fangyi said angrily: "Where is the promised 100 million?"
"Where can you find 100 million gold coins in such a short period of time? You don't really think that the Gao family can come up with 100 million gold coins in cash, do you?"
"What did you tell me when you asked me to take out the three black jade sculptures? You said that if you get 100 million, they will all be mine. What now? The one you sold to Dachan Mountain is still worth 5 million, after all, right now. Three for ten million?”
"That's not how the accounts are calculated. Think about it, didn't you even get some of the five million out? Three to ten million is almost enough."
"Niu Youdao, I thought you didn't know how to settle accounts. Now it seems that the accounts are settled quite clearly. Are you still shameless?"
"Let me tell you, Matchmaker, you are the most beautiful woman in the world after all. The most beautiful woman in the world should treat money like dirt. You can't take advantage of money, which will damage your image."
"Don't do this. The first and second best in the world are gone. There is no good thing in men. I am already old and golden now. It is safer to hold cash in my hand. Now I regard my fame as dirt. Give me 90 million. !”
"Look at you, you can compete with Lao Xiong You. You disappoint me so much."
"Don't change the subject. When we talk about money now, don't talk about feelings with me. It's useless. You have lied to me again and again and made me fool around. You must give me an explanation this time."
"They only gave me 10 million. Where can I find 100 million? Can I owe it first?"
"Okay, you don't have me and I can't force you to sell you. Give me some time. When will you pay me back?"
"Is it okay in the next life?"
"Son of a bitch, don't run!"
No matter where he could go, the dignified Taoist couldn't hide out of the house just because he owed some money. In the end, Guan Fangyi grabbed his sleeve.
It's easy, Niu Youdao is willing to fight, but he has no money, what can you do to me
He acted rogue, which really made Guan Fangyi so angry that she could only let him owe money first, and then pay back bit by bit when he got it.
The quarrel between the two of them was nothing more than that. After the quarrel, it was over. Looking back, they were still "like glue".
In fact, Guan Fangyi enjoyed this feeling very much, so she took advantage of the opportunity and wanted to deal with Niu Youdao.
The two finally walked to Black Mudan's grave. Looking at Niu Youdao with his eyes closed, Guan Fangyi asked: "The Gao family paid 10 million for Gao Shaoming's life?"
Niu Youdao was surprised: "How can you see it?"
Guan Fangyi: "Don't think I'm blind. Do you think I don't know that a guest came to the villa last night? As soon as the guest came, you brought Gao Shaoming to meet him. Gao Shaoming died early this morning. How could it be such a coincidence? Yesterday Is Wan a person sent by Gaofu?"
Niu Youdao smiled and asked: "Then how did you know that you spent 10 million to buy Gao Shaoming's life?"
Guan Fangyi: "It's not difficult to understand when you put things together. Gao Shaoming fell into your hands. Once you are forced to stand up and testify against the court, the Gao family will be finished! Once Gao Shaoming dies, this problem will not exist. Leave it aside Family ties aside, spending 10 million on Gao Shaoming’s death to keep the Gao family safe is totally worth it! And if you don’t agree, let alone 100 million, you won’t even get this 10 million. Isn’t that right?”
Niu Youdao laughed, neither denying nor admitting, but asked: "What else do you want me to say?"
Guan Fangyi snorted, as if she knew this was the case...
Wubian Pavilion, Tianhu Inn, when Linghuqiu walked to the window and opened the window to look out, he was stunned for a moment and found that Wubian Pavilion seemed a bit lively today. The frequency of people coming and going on the bridge outside was higher than normal. .
He was about to call Hong Xiu, who was cleaning up the house, to come over and ask. There was a "dong dong" knock on the door. The two people in the house turned around and saw Hong Fu pushing the door open and entering.
Before Linghu Qiu could speak, Hongfu had already walked to the window and reported: "Sir, the pill list has been changed."
Linghu Qiu made a sound and looked out the window, "The change of ordinary figures should not be so big. Is there any change in the ranking of any big figures?"
Hongxiu heard the sound and came over to watch.
Hong Fu nodded and said: "Sir, what you expected is correct. Zong Yuan, who was ranked seventh on the Dan List, was killed. The person who killed him was Zhao Xiongge, who was ninth on the Dan List! Zhao Xiongge jumped to seventh place, replacing Zong Yuan's Position, the tenth replaced the ninth, and the eleventh entered the top ten. There were three ranking changes in the top ten of the Dan list at the same time, so it caused quite a stir."
Linghu Qiu was a little surprised, "Zhao Xiongge? He has not been involved in any disputes for many years, how could he take action against Zong Yuan?"
Hong Fu: "According to the reasons for the ranking change mentioned on the Dan List..." He paused at this point.
Linghuqiu and Hongxiu looked at each other, and the latter asked: "What are you doing but can't speak? There are no outsiders here. Is there anything you can't say?"
Hong Fu: "According to the statement on the Dan List, the Thatched Villa in Qingshan County of Yan State was attacked by a large number of monks. Zong Yuan was the attacker and Zhao Xiongge was the defender."
There was a moment of silence in the room, and Linghu Qiu suddenly sighed softly, "How could the third child invite Zong Yuan and Zhao Xiongge to take action at the same time... Is the third child okay?"
Hongfu shook his head: "As for why Zongyuan attacked Maolu Villa, as usual, the Danbang has stopped talking about it and did not go into details. However, a piece of news that just came out also caused a lot of commotion. It may be worth pondering. What happened when Maolu Villa was attacked? The next day, senior officials including the heads of Feihua Pavilion and Zhenling Academy who participated in the sneak attack were captured alive and hung on the top of the city wall in Qingshan County for public display. At the same time, the Nanzhou army suddenly invaded Dingzhou and launched an attack on the people controlled by the imperial court. attack."
"I don't know if these two things are related, but there are rumors outside that the mastermind behind the attack on the Thatched Cottage should be the Imperial Court of Yan State. The Imperial Court of Yan State should have provoked the Third Master's revenge, otherwise the Shang Chaozong would not be able to drive Dachan Mountain to attack This kind of thing. If you go by this statement, the Third Master should be fine."