The war in the North gradually ended with the death of Mo Junhao.
By the time Mo Junyang settled the matter, another month had passed.
Da Mo entered the autumn of forty-three years.
The autumn wind is rustling, and the fallen leaves in the north are colorful, making it even more depressed and quiet.
Just as the Shi family army was preparing to return to Kyoto, the local army led by Mo You ran into them.
Mo You felt that he had the emperor's order this time, and he had a very bad temper. He asked Mo Junyang to hand over his military power as soon as he came up.
The reason seems to be very sufficient - Mo Junyang is not the commander of the army, so forget about the war period. Naturally, he has no right to control the military during non-war periods.
But Mo You didn't come early and late, and it was only when they won the battle that he led the official forces from the North to appear, clearly intending to snatch Mo Junyang's troops.
He made a good plan and eliminated the rebels without spending a single soldier. In the end, he accepted Mo Junyang's establishment.
Not only did it weaken Mo Junyang's power, but it also expanded his own strength.
It's really a strategy that kills three birds with one stone.
But how could Mo Junyang let him get his wish
He spread his hands and said directly: "No."
Mo You's face darkened, "Prince Mo, although you are someone close to His Majesty, the rules are the rules. Your Majesty has said it first, but you still want to disobey it?"
Mo Junyang said calmly: "I don't dare."
Mo You immediately showed a victorious smile, raised his chin, and said arrogantly: "It's okay if you don't dare. If that's the case, then hand over the military power!"
"No." Mo Junyang dismissed Mo You with just two words.
But Mo You was so angry that he jumped up and stared at him, "Mo Junyang, don't think that I can't do anything to you without His Majesty! If you dare to resist the order, I will take you back to Kyoto and hand you over. Your Majesty will handle it!"
"Wait a minute." Shi Qingxue stood in front of Mo Junyang and asked proactively: "Master Mo wants to capture Jun Yang, for what reason?"
"Of course you are disobeying the holy order!"
Shi Qingxue asked again: "What holy order did you disobey?"
Mo You only thought that they had nothing to do, so he deliberately delayed time here, and his words were not polite at all.
He said in a deep voice: "Don't pretend to be stupid for me. I just said that if you don't hand over your military power, you will be resisting the decree!"
Shi Qingxue's expression also cooled down because of Mo You's words, and she said in an indifferent tone: "Even if dad is gone, the military power of the Shi family army shouldn't be something that Lord Mo can touch, right?"
The Shi Jiajun played a great role in the founding of Mo State, so much so that the first emperor of Mo State granted that the military power of the Shi Jiajun would always be in the hands of the Shi family, and even the royal family could not ask for it to be taken back.
What Mo You said just now is, to put it mildly, a disobedience to the late emperor's holy order, and to put it seriously, it is disrespectful to the late emperor!
If we really want to pursue him, even Mo Junyu may not be able to save him!
Mo You's face turned pale immediately, and he quickly put away his condescending expression, and defended in a low voice: "Miss Shi Liu misunderstood, how dare you get involved in the military power of the Shi family, what you are talking about is Prince Mo..." "
"joke!"
Shi Qingxue directly interrupted Mo You and said quickly: "It was the Shi family army that His Majesty sent to the north. It was the Shi family army that actually defeated the rebels and returned victorious. Why did you listen to Master Mo? All this is reversed Is it because of Prince Mo?"
The words were well-founded and made Mo You stunned for a while, while Shi Qingxue was silent for a long time.
Mo You wanted to take Mo Junyang's strength as his own - and he also believed from the beginning that the reason why they were able to defeat the rebels this time was entirely due to Mo Junyang - he never thought that his behavior would indirectly affect him. He was also hitting Shi Jiajun in the face.
How could Shi Qingxue be willing to give up
In just a few words, Mo You was speechless.
Shi Qingxue raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Mo You, and said coldly: "Why, does Mr. Mo have anything else to say?"
How dare Mo You argue with Shi Qingxue, he said solemnly: "I don't dare, I would like to ask you, Miss Shi Liu, not to remember the faults of villains, and don't have the same experience as my subordinates."
"Huh!" Shi Qingxue snorted coldly, took Mo Junyang's arm, and got on the carriage with her head held high.
Although Mo You was still concerned about Mo Junyang's power, Shi Qingxue's words did not give Mo You any room to care about Mo Junyang's military strength.
Mo You came with his head held high, but walked back dejectedly.
Nothing accomplished.
But when she entered the carriage, Qingxue seemed to be discouraged. She no longer had the air she had just now, and she lay limply on the window and stopped talking.
Mo Junyang was still recalling how Shi Qingxue looked like a proud little peacock when he defended himself just now. When he saw Shi Qingxue wilting, he couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong?"
Although Mo You alone was nothing to worry about, the scene where Shi Qingxue choked the other person to nothing with just a few words was quite impressive.
Why didn't Shi Qingxue seem happy at all
Qingxue glanced at Mo Junyang and said wilfully: "From here to Kyoto, no matter how slow we go, one month is enough to get there."
It has been half a year since she left Beijing. Now she finally embarked on her return journey, but Shi Qingxue was not happy about returning home and looked dejected.
Those who don’t know may think that the Shi family army has lost the battle!
But if she really said this to Shi Qingxue, she would rather the Shi family army lost the battle.
She has never been a good general. She just hopes that her father is still alive and not wrapped in horse leather like he is now.
Shi Qingxue looked at the endless yellow sand road, her heart heavy, selfishly hoping that this road would never end, so that she would not have to face everything at the end of the road.
But delusions are just delusions after all.
A month later, the Shi family army triumphantly defeated the rebels and eliminated the last hidden danger for the Mo Dynasty.
The common people in Kyoto who got the news came out in full force and gathered at the gate of the north city to welcome the Shi family army.
It was bustling and bustling, blocking the streets, but they voluntarily and consciously made way for the victorious army to enter the city.
This scene can be regarded as almost empty.
The most eye-catching people are naturally the people from the Shiguo Duke's Mansion.
As the wife of the leader of the Shi Family Army, Dong Hui was highly sought after and loudly supported by the people as soon as she appeared. There was no need to squeeze, and others consciously gave her the best position.
Along the way, congratulations and cheers were heard.
Ever since Dong Hui left the house, she couldn't suppress the proud smile on her face.
Seeing that it was past noon, but Shi Jiajun hadn't seen anyone for a long time, Dong Hui finally became a little anxious, "Didn't I say it would be there in the morning? It's already past noon, why haven't you come yet? Something must have happened, right?" ?”
Aunt Zheng comforted her at the side: "Madam, please be patient. The servant who summoned us didn't know the marching distance, so it's not surprising that the time estimate was wrong.
Besides, the news of good news from the North has long been announced, what else could happen? Madam, please don’t scare yourself! "
Dong Hui smiled relaxedly, patted her chest and said, "It should be fine, but my right eyelid has been beating a lot this morning. People say that my right eyelid is twitching, which makes me feel uneasy all day long. Now that I think about it, , am I overthinking it?”
Aunt Zheng nodded repeatedly, "Madam is just too worried about things in the north. She is so exhausted and exhausted. In fact, nothing happens!"
"Can you not worry?" Dong Hui sighed helplessly, "My master's trip to the north to conquer the rebels is enough to make me worried. Especially when the news of Shi's army being in danger reached home, it almost scared me. Death, but that silly girl Qingxue ran away to the north without saying a word.
I was thinking about it at the time! If anything happens to the two father and daughter, I don’t have to take my old life! "
Aunt Zheng hurriedly said "Bah, bah" twice, held Dong Hui's hand and comforted her: "The master and Miss Six are both fine. Madam, please don't say those unlucky words! Now that the Shi family army has triumphed, everything will go smoothly." It’s going in a good direction!”
"That's right! Everything is fine!" After Dong Hui relaxed, her face was once again filled with a smile, and she looked expectantly towards the city gate.
I don't know how much time passed, but suddenly someone shouted: "The Shi family army is here!"
The originally quiet street suddenly started boiling like a few drops of water in hot oil.
Everyone was looking forward to it, looking eagerly at the city gate, expecting to see the tall figure riding back.
However, the first thing that appeared in front of everyone was paper money flying in the sky.
Falling from the sky, blocking everyone's sight.
The originally lively atmosphere suddenly seemed to have pressed a pause button, and the cheers suddenly stopped and turned into suffocating silence.
Only the north wind could be heard whistling at the huge city gate, blowing through the flying paper money and slowly falling to the ground.
Then there was the sound of carriages rolling, and a coffin was carried by the carriage, slowly coming in from the city gate.
The people standing at the front may not have reacted yet, but they all instinctively kept silent.
There was no cheering, just staring blankly at the moving coffin.
Following the coffin were soldiers from the Shi family wearing sackcloth and filial piety, all in white, making the whole street look confused.
And walking in the front was none other than Shi Qingxue, the sixth mother of the Shi family.
If Dong Hui hadn't reacted when she saw the coffin, the moment she saw Shi Qingxue, the smile completely froze on her face.
She just stood stupidly on the street, surrounded by people, watching Shi Qingxue holding the tablet in her hand, walking step by step in front of her.
Dong Hui seemed not to be able to see what was on the tablet, and just smiled at Shi Qingxue, "Qingxue, why are you dressed like this? What a nonsense! Take off your mourning clothes quickly, or I'll tell you Your daddy, let your daddy take care of you!"
When Shi Qingxue listened to Dong Hui's laughter and curses, she felt that the tablet in her hand weighed a thousand kilograms, which made her kneel down in front of Dong Hui. Her voice became hoarse as soon as she opened her mouth, "Mom, dad, he..."
"Get up!" Dong Hui interrupted Shi Qingxue almost rudely, and shouted in a cold voice: "If you keep messing around, I will punish you!"
Dong Hui said everything in a stern voice, not giving Shi Qingxue a chance to argue.
It seemed that as long as Shi Qingxue didn't say anything, that nightmare would never come.
Shi Qingxue looked at Dong Hui's face, which was pretending to be stern but was so pale that there was no blood at all, and felt heartbroken.
She bit the tip of her tongue and forced back the soreness in her chest.
After kowtowing heavily to Dong Hui three times, Qingxue raised the tablet high and forced herself to speak out word for word.
"In the battle of Huwenpi, my father was injured by the explosives planted by the rebels in order to kill the rebels. He was seriously injured and died..."
When the last word fell, Qingxue's face was filled with tears and she broke down in tears.