first minister

Chapter 337 Mr. Bai changed his destiny against heaven
Time goes back more than half a month ago.

When Xia Jingyun confirmed the news of his escape, the news that he and Xiao Fengshan were shamelessly captured by the British came one after another. Xiao Fengshan's confidant Xiong Baoquan, who led the troops to suppress Xia Jingyun, was stunned.

At first, he was worried about whether he would be punished by the general for letting Xia Jingyun go despite being fully prepared.

Then he heard the news that his general was gone, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he realized that the general was gone. As a close confidant of the general, how could he get a good harvest from now on?
So, he immediately became autistic.

It's no wonder that Xiao Fengshan didn't say anything in advance. What he was planning was so big that he didn't even tell his closest bodyguards. No one knew that the thoughtful Emperor Chongning was by his side. There are so many informants buried in the army. Once anyone shows something strange or reveals a little bit of news, it is very likely that Emperor Chongning will not be able to be hooked.

But if he couldn't get away with Emperor Chongning, his behavior would really lead to death.

Therefore, Xiong Baoquan was completely unaware of Xiao Fengshan's plan and really thought that Xiao Fengshan, who was so powerful and domineering and unrivaled in his eyes, had fallen.

He looked around in panic, wondering where the way was.

At this time, an unexpected person appeared in front of him and gave him a choice.

"You want me to surrender to you?"

Xiong Baoquan was shocked and disdainful as he looked at the pretty face in front of him that he could slap half to death.

Bai Yunbian snorted coldly, and was about to recite two lines of poetry when he suddenly realized that the person opposite him definitely didn't understand, so he had to give up angrily and said: "It's not that we seek refuge in this county, but that we seek refuge with the imperial envoy and your majesty!"

He looked at the frowning Xiong Baoquan with a cold, arrogant and condescending expression, "Xiao Fengshan has fallen. His end will be better than Qin Weizhong's, but not much better. If he survives by chance, that is the end of You being imprisoned. You, his subordinates, Come on, not a single one of you can escape! For this purpose, only I can save you and the three thousand brothers under you!"

Xiong Baoquan was a little doubtful, "Just you?"

Bai Yunbian's face turned cold, "Good words can't persuade a damn ghost. If you insist on not wanting to live, then give up!"

After saying that, he turned around and left with a flick of his sleeves. Xiong Baoquan's current predicament was real, so he quickly stayed and said, "Master Bai, Master Bai, we want to survive!"

Bai Yunbian glanced at him and his expression softened, "I came here today for two reasons. First, as a group of you are really desperate and are burning, killing and looting on the border of Chuning County, I won't let you go. I was lucky enough to escape your military calamity, and my career is over. You will inevitably become bandits from the army, and you will be scolded by your parents and fellow villagers. You will not be able to escape being wiped out in the future. If we can find a way out for you, , both are good to each other.”

"The second thing is that you really have a chance to survive, otherwise I wouldn't have come!"

Xiong Baoquan's heart ignited with hope, "Master Bai, please make it clear!"

Bai Yunbian smiled and said: "Because you saved the imperial envoy!"

Xiong Baoquan blinked, his small eyes filled with confusion, "When did we rescue the Imperial Envoy?"

Bai Yunbian smiled faintly, "Why can't we be saved? If you can't be saved, how could the imperial envoy escape unharmed from being surrounded by 3000 people?"

"That's why he's so awesome!!!!"

Xiong Baoquan exclaimed repeatedly, and Bai Yunbian looked pleased.

"Your Majesty, what you mean is that we have actually been impressed by the Imperial Envoy and have secretly taken refuge with the Imperial Envoy. However, due to the power of the Imperial Envoy, we have no choice but to act with him and let him go secretly? In this way, we can With the merit of surrender, in the future the Imperial Envoy will testify in front of His Majesty, and with a few nice words, we will naturally be exempted from guilt?"

Bai Yunbian nodded. Except that he was a little dissatisfied with being convinced by the imperial envoy instead of being persuaded by the county magistrate, the other party had thought of the rest.

"In this way, everyone can be at peace, including you, General Xiong, and maybe you will have the opportunity to be promoted! You must know that the Imperial Envoy is the most popular person in front of His Majesty!"

Xiong Baoquan nodded repeatedly, overjoyed, but then said: "But we led the troops to surround the Imperial Envoy after all. What's on his side?"

His hesitant eyes and twinkling eyes were clearly saying: Does it matter if you say something like this?

At this time, Bai Yunbian's character played an extremely important role.

He looked at Xiong Baoquan calmly, with some natural and incredible shock in his superior eyes, "Don't you know what my relationship is with him? Will he not listen to what I say?"

Xiong Baoquan looked at Bai Yunbian, recalling the previous intelligence and observations these days in his mind, and had to admit this fact.

So, he lowered his head, which had always been held high, and saluted the white clouds, "I am willing to listen to Lord Bai's orders!"

Bai Yunbian was ecstatic, feeling that he had finally accomplished something big. Suppressing his emotions, he stretched out his hand to help Xiong Baoquan lift him up, "Congratulations to General Xiong, for finding your way back from the lost path. From now on, you will be safe forever!"

Xiong Baoquan nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, Mr. Bai County, for your guidance."

"It doesn't matter. But..."

Bai Yunbian looked at him, "This matter alone may not be enough to win His Majesty's trust, nor can it stop everyone from talking. Therefore, if you want to be completely safe afterwards, or even be promoted to a noble rank, for the sake of safety, it is best to Or do something extra.”

Xiong Baoquan's mind was completely led away by Bai Yunbian at this moment, and he quickly asked: "Please give me your instructions from Bai County."

Bai Yunbian whispered: "Who among your team are known to be Xiao Fengshan's confidants?"

Xiong Baoquan was stunned for a moment, "He is the last general."

Baiyunbian:
"It is precisely because you are known to be Xiao Fengshan's confidant that I ask you to do something extra to win people's trust. At that time, whether it is me or the imperial envoy, I can explain it to His Majesty and the Central Committee with you, such as sharing some information with the Central Committee. Xiao Fengshan has close contacts with people, such as the Xiao family’s informants and subordinates in Chuning County.”

Bai Yunbian made a gesture of wiping his neck, and a word flashed in Xiong Baoquan's mind: Certificate of Nomination.

Being in the military, he was no stranger to this. After hesitating, he thought of a few people with whom he was not always on good terms, and nodded: "Okay!"

Not long after, as dozens of heads fell to the ground, Bai Yunbian felt completely relieved and held Xiong Baoquan's hand, "Don't worry, General Xiong. I use this official hat and my friendship with the Imperial Envoy to express my gratitude to you." My subordinates promise! I will never let you be slandered as rebels and traitors. You are still the pillars of the imperial court and upright heroes!"

Xiong Baoquan and several subordinate officers under his command all bowed and thanked him.

For people like them, who is willing to become a rebel unless they are really desperate? As long as there is a way, they are still willing to stay in the imperial system.

Then Bai Yunbian called the leader of the Cao Gang, Ye Wenhe, and several other elders, and asked the Cao Gang to help provide some military supplies so that the three thousand soldiers and horses could temporarily camp outside the city.

At this time, Xiong Baoquan and others realized that they had been tricked by the Cao Gang. They had always been on the side of the imperial envoy and Bai Yun.

But now that they have changed their court, this did not arouse much anger among them. On the contrary, it made them quite happy. Who doesn't want the force they join to become stronger and more powerful!

After finishing all these things, Bai Yunbian stood at the gate of the county government office, which he had not returned to for a long time, watching Xiong Baoquan and others organize the team together with the Caobang people, and then rest in an orderly manner, looking quite contented.

After working with Xia Jingyun for so long, he felt that he had learned the essence of Xia Jingyun's strategy of not following common sense and repeatedly achieving extraordinary results.

"I have seen the path of heroes all over the world. I bow my head and there is Bai Lang on the left side of Huaihe River. Tsk, tsk, what a fantastic plan, like an antelope hanging its horns!"

He shook his head to himself with a proud look on his face.

"You are not ashamed to boast!"

A clear and cold voice sounded from the side. Bai Yunbian turned his head and saw that his ears turned red immediately. He no longer looked as arrogant as before, "Miss Ye Ye, why are you here?"

Ye Hongluan, who was dressed in fiery red clothes and looked neat and elegant, sat on the horse and raised his eyebrows, "What? Do you blame me for coming at the wrong time?" "No."

"That's the best!" Ye Hongluan snorted softly, "The matter here is over, and I will go out to suppress the bandits. I don't know when I will see you again, so I came to say goodbye to you!"

After saying that, he turned the horse's head and planned to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Bai Yunbian called out to her, and Ye Hongluan turned to look at him, "Huh?"

Bai Yunbian looked at the beautiful figure that was close in front of him but was about to go away, and he mustered up the courage to ask: "Do you like Xia Jingyun?"

Ye Hongluan tilted his head, "Why do you say that?"

On a rare occasion, Bai Yunbian lost his confidence and said with some sadness and helplessness: "Because he is indeed very powerful. He could turn the tide of Mr. Long's case that day. Your eldest brother became a disciple, and he could also solve all the problems in a few words. Although he is only a little bit better than me, he is still better than me."

Ye Hongluan couldn't help but smile when he saw Bai Yunbian, who had always been conceited and claimed to be the best in the world, in such embarrassment.

Little did he know that this smile made Bai Yunbian feel even more ashamed, as if his ears had just been cooked in a brine pot.

Ye Hongluan jumped off the horse, held the reins and stood opposite the white clouds, saying softly: "He is indeed very good, but he is a star in the sky. What I want is someone within reach."

She looked at the white clouds and said, "You think he is very good, and I think you are very good too! Look how majestic you were when you led the troops to my house to capture my eldest brother!"

"Ah, no, I."

"Don't interrupt! I'm complimenting you!"

Ye Hongluan knocked a chestnut and said, "You obviously ran away later, but you still thought about your responsibility to defend the land and ran back bravely. Today you can be so brave and resourceful and successfully recruit such a large team. It's really true. It’s very good!”

She looked at Bai Yunbian, who was a little embarrassed by the praise, and suddenly came closer and stared into his eyes, "So, do you like me?"

The white clouds looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, and they looked horrified. They were so frightened that they took a step back, "I"

Ye Hongluan raised his eyebrows and said in a cold voice: "Don't tell me!"

"Like it!"

Bai Yunbian had a look of despair.

"Okay! Come to the house tomorrow to propose marriage. We won't wait until the date expires!"

After saying that, Ye Hongluan got on his horse.

"Hey, no, I haven't told my parents yet."

"Ok?"

"Okay, okay! Tomorrow, just tomorrow!"

"If you don't come." Ye Hongluan made a gesture of catching a thief and crossed his horse's back, snorted, and rode away.

Watching the red dress go away, Bai Yunbian's dizzy mind gradually calmed down, and he grinned like a fool.

There was nothing wrong with the marriage proposal. Although Ye Wenhe was a little regretful that his daughter was not attracted by Xia Jingyun, he thought that with the two girls from the Su family and the Qin family, his daughter had been a concubine in the past. Baiyunbian can still be a real wife.

He was quite capable, and his father was a governor. He was from a well-known family, and he and Xia Jingyun had a close relationship. He was considered a good son-in-law, so he happily agreed.

Of course, everything is still undecided now, and Baiyunbian's parents are not here, so the wedding and other matters will have to be postponed a little later.

Everyone had a drink together, even if they had decided on the marriage first.

Next, Bai Yunbian was not idle, and asked Xiong Baoquan to recruit all the soldiers and horses from Xiao Fengshan in the surrounding counties, and directly suppress those who disagreed.

Xiong Baoquan handed in the surrender certificate and there was no turning back. At that time, there was no reason to look back, so he directly followed the order, killing and collecting. Soon, Chuning County had nearly [-] elite soldiers.

Fortunately, there are Caogang support, otherwise food and grass would be a problem.

After this operation, Chuning County became famous. Everyone did not know that the imperial envoy ran away. They all thought that this was another surprising comeback by the imperial envoy. Therefore, people in many places took the initiative to remove the Xiao family. The forces or cronies drove him out or even killed him, and then sent envoys to Chuning County to report the news.

Then, all this beauty came to an abrupt end with the arrival of a piece of news.

His Majesty passed away and the Crown Prince ascended the throne. Not only did Xiao Fengshan not fall from power, he actually became the Deputy Prime Minister!

The night the news came, Xiong Baoquan and others gathered together to plan a repeat.

There was a rapid sound of hoofbeats, and Ye Hongluan, dressed in red and Bai Yunbian in official uniform, arrived at the door of the big tent.

Behind them were the young men of the Cao Gang who were waiting in dense formation.

Ye Hongluan sat high on his horse and looked at Xiong Baoquan and others who were walking out of the camp as if they were facing a formidable enemy. He said coldly: "You have no choice. There is so much blood on your hands. Xiao Fengshan and others will never let them go." you!"

Bai Yunbian followed: "Your Majesty's death was strange, and there must be a secret in it. The Imperial Envoy sent me a letter. He has rescued the King of Jiaodong County and is preparing to raise troops to avenge Your Majesty. We are all grasshoppers on a rope now. , there is only one way to survive, and that is to seize Longshou Prefecture, and then respond to the Jiaodong County King and fight against the regicide rebels. Once it is done, it is unknown whether the princes will become ministers, but they want to turn around and join Xiao Fengshan. , will definitely die!"

After following Xia Jingyun for so long, he also learned to talk nonsense. After frightening everyone first, his eyes slowly swept across the field, "You think of yourselves as Xiao Fengshan's confidants, but has Xiao Fengshan ever thought about you? After you learned about him, Hesitating and helpless when he was captured, has he ever thought about it? Where will you confidants go? Has he thought about it for you? In fact, it is just a sentence, but has he ever done it? No! Why, because you are his Abandoned son! It’s not worth taking half the risk for you!”

"For such a coldhearted person, does your loyalty still mean anything?"

"And I gave you a helping hand when you were most helpless. Now, I want to help you build a successful career and make you a wife. Everything happens tonight. You are willing to follow me!"

Xiong Baoquan and others hesitated, looked at each other, and finally bowed their heads.

Just as Ye Hongluan said, there was too much blood on their hands, even the blood of the Xiao family, and there was no turning back.

"I am willing to follow you, sir!"

"That night, Mr. Bai and Miss Ye led the soldiers and horses and began to march north. Because all the surrounding counties had been wiped out, they quickly occupied Huai'an County. However, when the news from the other side of Zhongjing spread, After that, we began to encounter more resistance. After several days of bloody battles, we have now occupied Donghai County. With the land of the two counties in hand, our troops are pointing directly at Longshouzhou City."

In the county government office, Bai Yunbian's staff member finished telling the story and spoke with a slightly proud smile.

The old village owner Zhao was quite stunned when he heard this. Is this the stupid young man who climbed Baiyi Mountain last year?

This bitch really wants to give me a life of 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi. Why don’t you bully a young man into becoming poor?
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