soy sauce lady

Chapter 27

"You said that the emperor's uncle came back and took Wen Su away?" In the imperial study room, after hearing Fugui's report, the emperor threw away the brush in his hand, stood up and said, "Changing clothes for me, I'm going to be the regent." Take a look at the palace."

"Your Majesty..." Fugui said cautiously, "Aren't you afraid that the regent will be angry with you?"

The emperor was startled, his steps shrunk, but soon he continued to stride out, "We have to face it."

The Prince Regent's Mansion was not safe at this time, and the Prince Regent came back suddenly without warning, which shocked everyone in the Palace.

Because Fu Qingyu learned that Wen Su was going to be beheaded, she wanted to go out to see him off, but she was locked in the room, making a fuss until now, until now when she heard something vaguely, knowing that Wen Su had returned, she felt at ease .

Wen Su didn't rest for several days. After entering the palace, she relaxed and fell asleep. Xiao Zheng sat on the bedside and accompanied her for a while, then got up and went to Dongnuan Pavilion.

The armor on his body has not been removed, and the hair on his sideburns was also blown by the wind, but he didn't care, he pushed open the door and saw Xiao Duan cleaning the wound on his finger.

He shook his hands and wrapped them carefully in white silk, then he raised his eyes and smiled slightly, "Uncle actually came back in person."

"Yeah, are you disappointed?"

"Of course, if you come back later, you won't be back in armor."

The long sword in his hand was unsheathed abruptly, his wrist was turned lightly, and the tip of the sword was placed on his shoulder with precision. Xiao Zheng suppressed his anger, his eyes were cold, "Yun Yi? You are free and unrestrained, but you still want to jump into these right and wrong, and even involve innocent people. I raised you and taught you, so I let you repay me like this?"

Xiao Duan suppressed his smile, without changing his expression, "Uncle, what I want to return to you is Wanli Jiangshan!"

"So what about thousands of miles of land? How do you know what I want?"

"Hehe..." Xiao Duan smiled wryly, his eyes suddenly turned as cold as ice, "Why did you give up the talent of a natural emperor? Why did you give up the country to that yellow-mouthed kid? Neither he nor his father Chongguang deserves to sit in that position!"

Xiao Zheng narrowed his eyes, "So... the eldest son of the emperor is worthy?"

Xiao Duan was shocked.

"You keep saying it's for me, is it really just that? After becoming the eldest son of the emperor, are you really willing?"

Xiao Zheng approached step by step, the long sword pressed heavily on his shoulder, "Isn't it good to be an idle county king? Why can't you let go of these things?"

"Uncle..." Xiao Duan closed his eyes and spoke weakly, "I really want to help you. I never wanted that seat."

"Because you think I'm worthy?" Xiao Zheng sneered, "The only thing to be an emperor is suitability, there is no question of whether you are worthy or not."

He withdrew his long sword, took a few steps back, and turned his back to Xiao Duan, "You and I are close relatives, blood is thicker than water, for the throne that neither of us has any intentions of, why do we have to do this? I hope you can really have a The one who deserves the name of Yun Yi..."

Xiao Duan froze, and faintly felt something bad from his tone, "Uncle, you..."

"I will explain everything by myself. Get ready, leave, and never come back."

"uncle!"

"Don't make me say it a second time, you committed the crime of treason!"

Xiao Duan took a step back, speechless in a daze.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is here." Suddenly Zhao Quan's deliberately lowered voice came from outside the house, Xiao Zheng was startled when he heard the words, turned his head to look at Xiao Duan, and strode out.

The emperor waited in the study room, feeling anxious in his heart. He had passed on the idea of ​​pardoning Wen Su several times on the way, but he failed to implement it again and again.

When Xiao Zheng pushed the door and entered, he was startled, and then he realized that he turned around to meet his gaze.

"Uncle Royal."

"His Majesty."

The emperor pursed his lips, was speechless for a moment, looked embarrassed, and said after a while: "I admit that I have selfish intentions about Wen Su, but I also follow the instructions of my ancestors. If the emperor feels resentment in his heart, it's okay to say it directly. It's my fault." Ashamed of you."

"Could it be that the ancestral precepts His Majesty mentioned were given to you by King Pingyang?"

The emperor nodded, "Exactly."

Without saying a word, Xiao Zheng walked to the bookshelf behind him, and took out a thick ancient book from it, revealing a long and narrow box.After taking it out, put it on the table and opened it, revealing a roll of sheepskin, and handed it to the emperor, "Your Majesty will never make such a decision after seeing this real historical fact."

The emperor was startled, took it and unfolded it to read, the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, and when he saw that the private seal of Emperor Taizu was on the bottom, he was even more stunned speechless.

Wen Zijin was originally ordered by Emperor Taizu to destroy the nine clans, but if he hadn't taken the initiative to hand over the military deployment map of the capital, the country of Daliang would not have been taken so easily.

Wen Zijin was actually a hero, but the reason why he disappeared quietly later was because of his status.

Because... she is actually a woman.

The beloved became the male favorite of the tyrant Emperor Li. She abandoned her family and country in order to save people. In the end, she took all the blame and infamy, but she still took on the important task of monitoring the great families from Emperor Taizu and went to the south of the Yangtze River. .

The Wen family has never been a remnant of the previous dynasty, but Daliang owes the Wen family a lot.

That's what happened...

"Uncle Huang, I..." He pursed his lips, not knowing what to say.

"Your Majesty understands what your majesty is thinking. Since your majesty is so anxious for power, I will give it to you."

"what?"

The emperor screamed out, but saw Xiao Zheng in front of him lifted his clothes and knelt on one knee, "I voluntarily entrust the power, I only ask His Majesty to pardon Wen Su, and please forgive the crime of returning to Beijing privately, and allow Wei The minister continues to put down the rebellion."

"This..." The change was so sudden that the emperor was at a loss.

The person he had always looked up to, the person he had worked so hard to win, the powerful and arrogant Prince Regent, actually knelt in front of him...

"This kneeling is for the throne behind His Majesty, not you." Xiao Zheng looked up at him with a solemn expression, "Please listen to my minister to explain everything first, if Your Majesty still insists that he is already competent It is the responsibility of the emperor, and the humble minister will never stop you from governing yourself."

The emperor frowned, agitated by these words, his heart was filled with arrogance again, and he hummed indifferently.

"Before that, I ask Your Majesty to spare one person from death."

"who?"

"Pingyang King."

Wen Su was woken up by Fu Qingyu's crying.Waking up from the chaotic and sweet dream, she saw her tearful face at a glance, sitting on the bedside and sobbing.

"Sapphire? What's wrong with you?"

Only when she opened her mouth did she realize that her voice was a little hoarse. Seeing this, Fu Qingyu quickly wiped her eyes, took a cup of tea from the table, and helped her to drink it.

"Do you feel better now?"

Wen Su nodded, looked at her and smiled, "Could you be scared by my appearance? I'm fine now."

"No..." Fu Qingyu shook her head, and the tears that had just stopped for a moment began to flow wantonly again.

Wen Su was wondering, but she got up and knelt down in front of him.

"Hey, what are you doing?" She hurriedly lifted the blanket to get out of bed to help her, but Fu Qingyu raised her hand to stop her.

"Susu, you'll understand after I finish speaking." She lowered her eyes, not daring to look at her face at all, "I revealed your identity to Lord Shoufu, although I didn't know it. , but if I hadn’t told King Pingyang before, such a thing would not have happened, and even you would not have been sent to the guillotine..."

"What?" Wen Su murmured, remembering Wang Dingyong's sigh about her identity before the execution, and felt strange, "What's wrong with my identity?"

Fu Qingyu paused, and finally told the truth...

"You mean that my prime minister ancestor was actually a repeat offender who was offered a reward by Emperor Taizu? No wonder..." Wen Su's eyes were dazed, and he fell silent.

Now everyone in the court knows her identity, and after being identified as a remnant of the previous dynasty, they naturally want to get rid of her quickly.

When she was in prison, she was still thinking about what kind of method Pingyang King would use to put her to death, and only now did she know what happened.

In addition to committing crimes, it is enough to exaggerate this identity a little bit.

"Susu, all of this is my fault, I dare not ask for your forgiveness, but after that, it will be difficult to visit you in thousands of mountains and rivers. Before I leave, I must come and see you."

"You want to go?" Wen Su lifted the blanket and got out of bed, trying to help her, but still didn't do it.

It is absolutely impossible not to complain, but after all, we have known each other so far, and seeing her kneeling in front of me and confessing so bitterly, I can't bear it.

It wasn't until this moment that she noticed that Fu Qingyu was neatly dressed and had a man's hair style. She was probably about to leave immediately.

"Yes, I want to go back to my hometown in Jiangxi. After this incident, I know that I have too many deficiencies, and I have not yet fully cultivated my character. How can I enter the officialdom? Since you have returned, you are still in charge of the affairs of state. Then please resign. You allow it."

Wen Su pursed his lips and did not speak.

Fu Qingyu got up and bowed to her again, wiped away the tears from her eyes, turned and went out.

However, within a few steps of walking out of the door, he saw the armored Prince Regent at the corner of the corridor, looking at her quietly, his eyes were like torches, just like every time in the past, indifferent and majestic.She panicked, and hurriedly bowed down, with complicated emotions in her heart, she did not say a word after all.

Xiao Zheng kept walking, and when he was about to pass by her, he said in a calm voice: "From now on, never let me see you again."

Fu Qingyu's whole body was shaken, she almost collapsed, the people around her were gone, her steps were steady, and she gradually moved away, as if she had never stayed by her side...

A door, one person inside, one person outside.

Before Wen Su didn't wake up, Xiao Zheng was still able to accompany her, but now that she was awake, he felt a little homely.

Finally mustered up the courage to open the door and enter. When I looked up and saw her much thinner back, I felt sour.

Wen Su turned her head to look, met his gaze, and smiled slightly, "My lord."

Xiao Zheng was startled, and frowned. After saying this, he had noticed the alienation in her expression.

"Susu..." Just as she was about to approach, Wen Su had already taken a few steps back.

"My lord, now I'm a guilty person. You saved my life, I'm grateful. Don't let my lord get involved again."

"What did you say?" Xiao Zheng stepped forward quickly, staring at her drooping eyelashes, "Is it because of that identity? As I said, the past history, if you haven't experienced it yourself, you will never know the truth."

"No..." Wen Su shook his head, "If the lower official cares so much about his background, he will not have the courage to step into the officialdom. The lower official is because he violated the law, and the prince returned to Beijing privately for the lower official. There has to be an end to this.”

"So you want to take the blame for me?" Xiao Zheng was already faintly angry.

Wen Su lowered her eyebrows more and more, she paused, nodded and said: "The lower official will tell His Majesty that it was the lower official who secretly sent someone to ask the prince to return to Beijing..."

His voice stopped under his movement, Xiao Zheng pinched her chin almost mercilessly, and rubbed her lips fiercely, showing his depression and disappointment overflowing in his chest at this time.

However, in just a short moment, he gradually softened his movements, pressed her back tightly into his arms, and kissed her side, turning into a whisper: "It took me a long time to get here, it was a hair's breadth away!" There is no hope of seeing each other in this life, how can you say such things to me, if you are not here, what should I do?"

Wen Su's suppressed tears could no longer hold back, all fell into his neck, wet the armor on his shoulders, finally stretched out his arms to embrace him, choked up and called out: "Get back..."

Xiao Zheng patted her on the back, as if coaxing a frightened child, "It's all right, His Majesty will issue a decree to pardon you soon, don't worry."

The crying sound stopped, Wen Su looked at him in surprise, "Did you promise His Majesty something?"

People who had been guillotined were suddenly pardoned, and there could be no conditions in it.

Xiao Zheng smiled indifferently, "It's nothing, don't think too much about it."

On the second day, the emperor issued three edicts:
First, Wen Su was pardoned and the official was reinstated.

Second, Shoufu fabricated rumors with the intention of murdering others, and was dismissed from his post, never to be employed again.

Third, it is inappropriate for the king of Pingyang to stay in the capital for a long time. He will be sent back to Pingyang, and he will never be allowed to enter the capital.

As soon as the edict came out, it was rumored that the regent had subdued His Majesty, and everyone was in danger.

The second day after the regent rescued Wen Su, he rushed back to the south of the Yangtze River day and night, almost without stopping.The power of the government is still in the hands of Wen Su, but the emperor said he was sick and no longer went to the court, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, especially the royalists, were all in a panic.

After that, the entire imperial court fell into a state of inaction, and Wen Su hardly stayed out of the mansion, only handling government affairs in one courtyard.During this period, she did almost nothing except for taking into custody the two criminal officials, Minister of the Household Department and Lu Fang.

King Pingyang and her were only separated by a few walls, but they had no intersection.

It is said that he should have been sent out of Beijing immediately, but suddenly his old illness relapsed, so he had to be raised in this way until he recovered.

The war along the river began to take a marked turn since autumn.

In the first battle in Yangzhou, King Guangling was cut off from his horse, and the regent became famous. It was widely rumored that the original God of War, King Jin, had returned. This made the princes in the south of the Yangtze River panic-stricken and began to confuse themselves.

In late autumn, Xiao Zheng decided on a strategy for crossing the river, but because the weather was getting colder, the longer the delay, the more unfavorable it would be for crossing the river.Fortunately, after the recovery of Yangzhou, the local people rejoiced and spontaneously helped the soldiers expand the Guazhou Ferry. Before winter came, they could already cross the river.

Picking a day with good wind, the whole army was divided into four groups, three of which formed an outflanking trend and approached the south of the Yangtze River.

Xiao Zheng, who has always been in the command position, decided to take the lead this time. He has not forgotten the promise he made to Wen Su to win Jiangnan with his own hands.

The Guazhou Ferry leads directly to Runzhou, and before it touches the shore, you can see the opponent's tight ship array, and the arrow feathers are flying towards you, but Xiao Zheng's side is downwind, and the opponent's shooting range is greatly damaged, and it can't be seen. Preventing the imperial army from approaching, the opponent's army will inevitably be in chaos.

Xiao Zheng actually has no experience in water battles, but fortunately, he has God's help this time.The scene in front of him was somewhat similar to the Battle of Chibi back then. Inspired, he ordered someone to ignite the cluster of arrows and shot them himself. One arrow shot down the opponent's flag, sparks splashed down, and it was easy to ignite in this dry late autumn. There was a wind, and a small piece was burned all at once.

Seeing this, the soldiers followed suit one after another, and on the Yangtze River, it seemed to reproduce the battle of burning Chibi back then.Fortunately, those soldiers were able to swim, and the casualties were not as severe as those in the historical battle. However, the battle armor was destroyed, the boat array was washed away, and they had lost their resistance.

It went so smoothly at the beginning, and the imperial army believed that the battle was assisted by heaven, and their morale became higher and higher.Xiao Zheng took the opportunity to spread the news, which dealt a big blow to the psychology of the anti-kings.

After three days of fighting on the river surface, they finally defeated the opponent in one fell swoop.Without pausing, Xiao Zheng directed all the way to rush ashore.

Land combat is his strong point, and the accumulative reputation of the battles in those years was so good that local officials and people took refuge one after another, and took Runzhou without any effort.

Immediately afterwards, the two armies marched east and west separately, and after five days, they captured the entire Zhenjiang Mansion.

King Wu was leading the remaining four anti-kings to take refuge in the Jinling Mansion at this time. Hearing the news, the other anti-kings advised him to retreat to Wuxi or Suzhou, but he flatly refused and scolded several people. Then calmly assigned tasks:
The king of Wei led [-] soldiers and horses to guard Wujin, the king of Guangyang led [-] soldiers and horses to guard Jurong, the king of Qi went south to town in Huzhou, and the king of Zhao retreated to Xuancheng.

These four places, together with the Jinling Mansion guarded by King Wu himself, happened to encircle Zhenjiang. Even if the imperial army could not be stopped, at least it would take time for Xiao Zheng to defeat them one by one, which would give them a chance to breathe.

However, they forgot that the king of Shu who surrendered had sold their troops to Xiao Zheng. After receiving the news from the spies, Xiao Zheng thought about it for a while and then responded.

He didn't break through one by one, but first broke through Jurong City, which is the closest to Zhenjiang, in one go, and then directly entered the center of the encirclement, as if taking the initiative to enter the tiger's mouth, grandiosely, without rushing.

But just when King Wu was about to cooperate with the inside and outside to take him down, Xiao Zheng had already sent people to visit several princes before him, buying those who could be bribed, and threatening those who could not, at least to shake their confidence.

After that, he reorganized the army into a team of one hundred people, and attacked these places in batches without any rules or rules. He thought of any convenient place to attack, and whenever he thought of it, he would strike at any time. Completely blatant harassment!
The King of Wu couldn't bear this, and once he stood on the top of Jinling City regardless of his image, and yelled at the harassment squad that was evacuating quickly. All the etiquette and demeanor that the royal family should have, all go to hell!
Until the beginning of winter, after countless drills, the harassment team had successfully found out the strengths and weaknesses of the troops in several cities. On a certain night, the army sneaked in and directly took down Huzhou, which had the weakest troops.

Then the news was blocked, and the harassment team was dispatched to Wujin.

King Wei, who was in charge of guarding Wujin, didn't bother to care about them long ago, so he planned to let them play by themselves. Unexpectedly, as soon as he relaxed, a large army suddenly rushed in behind, and it was another big one.

King Zhao of Xuancheng heard the news, rushed to Xiao Zheng's camp at night in a hurry to ask for surrender, and very unscrupulously promised that he would never ask to return to the fiefdom like the King of Shu, and would take the initiative to hand over to the proton.

So Xiao Zheng slowly organized his army and drove to Jinling Mansion.

The king of Wu is indeed a hero, otherwise he would not have led so many vassals to rebel, and almost took half of the court away.

Hearing that Xiao Zheng's army had arrived, he was unambiguous, and personally led the entire city's soldiers and horses to rush out of the city gate, and then ordered the city gate to be closed, with the intention of benevolence if it fails.

It is also the same age, and it is also outstanding in appearance. In front of the two armies, the two kings look at each other from a distance, and they will not back down from each other.

As a soldier, Xiao Zheng admired his fearlessness very much, patted his horse forward, and said loudly to him: "Xiao Jun, if you surrender at this time, I think you, as your majesty's uncle, can still spare you. "

"Hmph..." King Wu sneered again and again, and even the silver armor on his body was glowing coldly in the sun, "Xiao Zheng, do you think you are the only one who can fight? Stop talking nonsense in front of this king!"

Xiao Zheng was not annoyed, but just smiled lightly, "In that case, let's start."

As soon as the words fell, King Wu had already waved his hand first, and the army behind him rushed like a tide.

Xiao Zheng winked at the lieutenant general beside him. The latter understood and waved the flag calmly. With different colors and slogans, the army also changed its formation accordingly.

King Wu's army is coming fiercely, but it is also very easy to rush into the opponent's encirclement.Fortunately, he soon discovered the Shengmen, and immediately commanded the army to break through it, and got out of the predicament effortlessly.

Just as he was complacent, Xiao Zheng's formation changed again in a blink of an eye, and the army that had escaped before fell into the quagmire again. Only then did he realize that the previous formation was a scam at all, and the most powerful one was the latter one.

It's a good move to invite you into the urn!
How could the king of Wu be willing to let his long-term business success fall short?He simply patted his horse and charged at Xiao Zheng with a spear in his hand.

As if he knew that this battle was inevitable, Xiao Zheng drew his sword to meet him, and successfully deflected his spear.

"It seems that King Wu is staying too comfortably in the south of the Yangtze River. This shot has no power at all!" Seeing King Wu gnash his teeth in front of him, Xiao Zheng sneered.

The way to use soldiers is to attack the heart.Xiao Jun is arrogant and aloof, and he can't bear others' contempt most of all.Now Xiao Zheng is trying to use this to stimulate him, break down his fighting spirit, and confuse his position.

Sure enough, King Wu was furious, and attacked again, this time he used [-]% of his strength.Xiao Zheng leaned down to avoid it, and slashed the back of his hand with a backhand sword.King Wu was in pain, and his spear almost fell.

"However, besides his tone, King Wu has nothing to show for it."

"Bastard!"

King Wu simply got off his horse and was about to sweep his spear at Xiao Zheng's mount.With sharp eyes and quick hands, Xiao Zheng slapped the horse's buttocks, and jumped off the horse's back. The horse jumped away, almost rushing away from King Wu.

Different from fighting on horseback, this kind of close combat is more about martial arts.

King Wu's martial arts skills are not bad, but compared to the fierce and even ruthless moves trained for a long time, Xiao Zheng is even better, so the moment he jumped off the horse violently, he already had enough chances of winning.

The spear was whistling by Wu's, Xiao Zheng raised his sword to block it, bullied himself up, and moved close to King Wu, wiping out the advantage of his spear.

King Wu soon discovered his intentions, turned his spear upside down, and hit him hard on the back with the stick. Xiao Zheng grunted and stepped back slightly. King Wu seized the opportunity and stabbed him in the chest with the end of the gun in his hand. .

There was no way to avoid it, Xiao Zheng turned sideways to avoid it, and at the same time sent out the long sword in his hand. When he felt a sharp pain on his shoulder, the long sword sank into King Wu's abdomen, and the heavy armor could not block the blow. Straight out of the back.

The two people's movements were frozen, and they looked coldly at each other, still unrelenting as before.

The fiercely fighting army has gradually decided the winner. Xiao Zheng looked at the blood dripping from the hem of King Wu's silver armor and his increasingly pale face, sighing and complaining: "You lost..."

After the last word was pronounced, he held the gun head on his shoulder with one hand and pulled it out forcefully enduring the severe pain, then drew out the long sword, bringing out a cloud of blood.King Wu swayed violently, glared at him fiercely, and finally fell down reluctantly.

Xiao Zheng pointed his sword at the ground, and glanced at the gate of Jinling Mansion,

I hope this is the last battle of my life...

The second year of Liang Chongde was a very strange year in the eyes of the common people.

At the beginning of the year, His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Qinghai Kingdom made a vigorous alliance for a long time, and after that, Wen Shaofu, the first first-rank female official in Daliang to take charge of the government, came out.Then the regent personally took command to put down the rebellion, but hurried back during the period, and rescued Wen Shaofu who was pushed to the guillotine inexplicably from the executioner's knife.

After that, the imperial court dismissed the chief assistant and died down.His Majesty the Emperor lives in the palace, and Wen Shaofu also lives in the palace.The people turned their attention to the Jiangnan battlefield.

In the winter of the same year, the regent beheaded the four kings of Guangling, Guangyang, Qi, and Wei successively, recruited the king of Zhao, and finally beheaded the king of Wu in front of Jinling City to set the world.

The day when the class teacher returned to the court, it was snowing heavily in the northern country, and the streets were deserted. Wen Shaofu, who hadn't seen his face for a long time, went up to the tower alone.

The regent took the lead, looking from afar, the Xuanjia reflected the white snow, the white horse trampled on the strong wind, coming against the sun, whistling through the vicissitudes of life.

Wen Su stood quietly on the tower, smiling slightly, finally waiting for his triumphant return.

(End of this chapter)