Invincible son

Chapter 421 420 [Bad news]

Kyoto is not too cold this year.

In the main hall of the backyard of the main store of Xiangyun Company, the earth dragon is very warm. The plumbing system modified by Pei Yue is used. In fact, it is a very simple kang structure without a trace of smoke, clean, refreshing and warm.

Not only here, every store in the store has such a warm room, because the store today is no longer the shop that only sold briquettes.After the collapse of Qibao Pavilion, with the help of Sun Qi and others, the firm gradually expanded its business scope, and now it is the leading merchant in Kyoto.

In such a warm room, Tao Hua's face was pale, and her eyes were full of horror.

Gu Zhen who was sitting across from her was not much better, even though Gu Fan had repeatedly assured her that Pei Yue would not be involved in the turmoil in the court, but after hearing the news that shocked the whole capital, she almost fell silent. Passed out.

In the afternoon of the day before yesterday, a messenger came west on a flying horse, and soon the news of the defeat of the Western Army spread throughout the four cities.

On the first day of November, Xifu Youjunji and Cheng'an Hou Lumin led the Beijing Army's North Camp to fight. They fought against the Xiwu South Route Army at the south of Lulongzhai on the border. After two hours of fierce fighting, they were defeated. People's elite cavalry provided timely support, and the Beidaying might be completely annihilated.Even so, the Northern Camp of the Beijing Army lost nearly half of it, and retreated back to the Guping Camp under the desperate support of the Hucheng cavalry. Facing the follow-up offensive of the Southern General Zhang Qingbai of Xiwu Town, they were already powerless to resist.

After hearing the news, many people in Kyoto were speechless on the spot.

From Gao Zu's rebellion against Wei to the present land, the people of Daliang never thought that Western Wu or Southern Zhou could defeat the Beijing army on the battlefield, because this was the strongest army in Daliang, and it was the country that could dominate the rich and prosperous areas in the heart of the Central Plains. Where is the confidence.

However, today, in their hearts, the invincible Beijing army has lost!

Not only was it a defeat, it was a disastrous defeat. The strength of the Beida Battalion was only 2, and now it has lost nearly [-] at one time.

Most of these 2 people are from Kyoto.

For a while, I don't know how many people hung white on the front of the house, how many women and children wept bitterly, and the residences of many military generals were even more gloomy.

Of course, what is even more worrying is the situation in the palace.

After the messenger arrived, the imperial palace sent teams of forbidden troops to summon the ministers of civil and military affairs into the palace, and then discussed the affairs until nightfall.

It is said that there was a dispute in the palace that day, and after two consecutive days, the ministers rushed into the palace again at the beginning of Yinshi today, and many of them didn't even fall asleep all night.

This defeat in the western region was actually the worst defeat since the founding of Daliang. Even if it was 15 years ago when Western Wu took advantage of the unstable situation in Daliang's throne, the frontier army did not give them a good chance. It was for Ding Guogong Pei Zhen to bite off a piece of their flesh in Hucheng.

Under such circumstances, Pei Yue still has no news of his safety, so how can Tao Hua and Gu Zhen feel at ease?

The two were relatively speechless, Tao Hua looked at Gu Zhen's crying face, forced a smile and said, "Sister Gu, the young master is definitely safe and well, don't worry too much."

Logically speaking, as Pei Yue's personal servant girl, she is not qualified to call Gu Zhen so affectionately.It's just that Gu Zhen is kind by nature and has a gentle personality, and her mother Zhao Shi has reminded her that she can't really treat this little girl as an ordinary maid, so after several corrections, Tao Hua's name has been changed.

After all, Gu Zhen knows more than Tao Hua.

The Zang Fengwei was placed high hopes by the emperor, and it was composed of all cavalry. How could they stay out of this kind of battle?Even the elite cavalry in Hucheng was almost lost, let alone this newly formed cavalry?Thinking of the danger Pei Yue might encounter, Gu Zhen couldn't restrain her emotions at all.

When the sun was high, Gu Fan finally returned to the head office of the firm.

Gu Zhen got up quickly, before she could salute and greet her, she asked eagerly, "Brother, do you have any specific news about Brother Yue?"

Gu Fan frowned, shook his head and said, "Not yet."

Gu Zhen's expression was complicated, half worried and half happy, no news at this time may not necessarily be bad news, if she had a choice, she would rather wait quietly than hear words that she didn't even want to hear.

Taohua timidly asked: "Master Gu, did my young master also go to the battlefield?"

After hesitating for a moment, Gu Fan nodded slowly, "Yes."

Seeing that the two girls were visibly nervous again, he quickly explained: "The war in the western region is divided into two fronts, the north and the south. Pei Yue and Zang Fengwei went to the north line, and this time it was the south line that lost. But my people can only inquire With so much, I don't know the specific situation of Pei Yue on the northern line."

Gu Zhen observed her words, clasped the corners of her clothes with both hands, stepped forward and asked, "Brother, is there something wrong?"

Gu Fan sighed softly and said: "I don't understand how the fiasco on the southern line is related to Pei Yue, but according to the news from the palace, the reason why the officials and lords have been arguing for two days, today one They entered the palace again early in the morning and continued to quarrel, because some people said that Pei Yue must also be responsible this time, and some even asked His Majesty to issue an order to punish him."

"what!"

Gu Zhen's body swayed slightly, but fortunately, Tao Hua quickly reached out to hold her, even though the little girl herself was also full of fear.

In their simple world view, the emperor and the ministers of the two governments can completely decide the life and death of everyone in the world. If Pei Yue is really beaten and killed by the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and now that Gu Liang is in the south again, who else can save his life?

Gu Fan comforted: "Little sister, don't be afraid, the situation has not reached that point yet. In the name of my father, I have asked my friends and old friends to speak up for Pei Yue, and Sun Qi and the others are also doing the same. In addition, Master Luo, who is in power on the right, has a crush on Pei Yue You Jia, I think it will be all right. Take a step back and say, even if this matter is really related to Pei Yue, at least His Majesty will not really kill the killer for his father's sake. "

Perhaps it was the last sentence that helped, Gu Zhen's face turned red a little, she sat back with Tao Hua's support, shook her head slightly and said: "This is the end, brother don't need to worry about us, let's help Brother Yue move around more He and the Pei family have already broken off ties, and Lord Luo may not come forward in this kind of matter, if there are no truly important ministers to speak up, the situation will be very unfavorable to him."

Gu Fan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the little girl who never went out would have such insight. How could he know that a woman will naturally burst out with unimaginable power when faced with the possible danger of the person he likes.

He nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll do it right away."

When he walked out of the shop, Gu Fan still couldn't figure it out, how could the defeat on the southern front have something to do with Pei Yue on the northern front?Even if Lu Min wants to find a scapegoat, there must be enough legitimate reasons, right?

What he didn't even know was how tense the atmosphere in the Liangyi Hall in the imperial city was.

(End of this chapter)