Hello Chang’an

Kang Cong, who had just been helped to sit up and was leaning on the bed, raised his weak eyes to look. After a moment of tenseness, he suddenly turned his head and retched violently.

"Quick, take it away! Musheng has just woken up and he can't smell anything fishy!" Yuezhi said quickly.

The maid quickly took the plate of horse meat away from the bed.

Kang Cong was in coma for several days and could not vomit anything at all. The violent convulsions made his body tremble for a long time. Yuezhi patted him on the back and shed tears.

Only Kang Cong knew that what made him uncontrollably want to vomit was not the "meaty smell", but the huge fear and discomfort, as well as the anger that was so unfamiliar that even he himself was not aware of it.

It was with great difficulty that Yuezhi fed him the decoction and drank it.

After handing the medicine bowl to the maid, Yuezhi dismissed the other maid before daring to ask anxiously: "Musheng, tell me, what mistake did you make? Why did you make your father so angry?" ? You were so seriously injured, but he had your feet restrained and no one was allowed to visit..."

"What mistake did I make..." Kang Cong leaned weakly on the head of the bed, looking at the top of the bed with a somewhat hollow look in his eyes: "Perhaps my existence is the biggest mistake."

This sentence was like a long needle, stinging Yuezhi severely. She was helpless and said: "It's my mother who can't help you..."

Yes, she was once a humble slave, a dancing girl who made a living by pleasing powerful military commanders... Therefore, no matter how she swore and promised, there was always a trace of doubt in Jiushi's heart about Musheng's bloodline.

Later, she gave birth to a daughter for the envoy, but the rumors about Musheng still persisted, and the three of them, mother and son, spent their lives making do with each other.

But before, it was possible to live a makeshift life, but since the envoy uprising, those gentlemen and their mother clan have become increasingly unconcealed in their efforts to suppress and make things difficult for Musheng and her...

"Obviously it wasn't like this before... Although they looked down on our mother and son in the past, they never targeted us like this..."

Yuezhi was helpless and panicked when a voice interrupted her: "Now that my father wants to take over the situation, things are naturally different from before!"

"As the father's power expands, the ambitions of his sons naturally increase. Who doesn't want to stand out in this process and become the one who is valued and appreciated by his father? Isn't it the same for my brother? He is so eager to stand out, but why? It has no foundation, so what is it if it’s not a target?”

The person who strode in was a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. She was wearing a fox fur cloak. She had a dark complexion and a round face. She had a somewhat charming appearance, but at the moment her deep eyes were sharp and her thick eyebrows were tight. Suo, with an exposed air of unruliness all over her body, which is extremely rare even among Hu women.

"Ani..." When Yuezhi saw this daughter who only liked playing with sticks since she was a child, and started riding horses and hunting when she was older, which made her very worried, she felt frightened for no reason, and her voice was very unconfident: "You Brother, he just woke up, please keep your voice down..."

"My mother is not even afraid that he will cause such a big trouble, but she is afraid that I will speak too loudly!" Kang Zhi came to the bedside in a few steps and stared at Kang Cong angrily with a pair of big eyes.

Kang Cong said nothing.

Yuezhi comforted her daughter: "Let your brother eat some food first. When he has strength, we will..."

Kang Zhi: "What to eat? A decapitated meal!"

Yuezhi looked shocked: "Ani, what are you talking nonsense..."

"I'm not talking nonsense!" Kang Zhi said: "Now it is said outside that brother betrayed father and killed Hong Chen! Father is so suspicious, how could he let us go so easily!"

"No matter how suspicious you are, it won't cost us our lives..." Yuezhi raised her heart and said with a pale face: "You and Musheng are his biological flesh and blood after all..."

Kang Zhi sneered: "Don't you know how my father got the position of Pinglu Jiedushi?"

When the Holy Emperor came to the throne, she massacred the vassal kings and border generals who were dissatisfied with her. The original Pinglu Jiedushi was also suspected by the empress. He was a junior general under Pinglu Jiedushi. In Kangding Mountain, he forged evidence of collaborating with the enemy and set up a scheme to kill Xian Pinglu Jiedushi. Then, under the promotion of the empress, he gradually became the new military governor of Pinglu.

Because of this past that many people are well aware of, Kangdingshan has always been the empress's confidant in the eyes of the world.

He has always been very attentive and obedient, and he actively supports and responds to all the empress's administrative orders. All matters related to the jurisdiction of the territory will always be reported to the capital on time.

In addition to being very competent in official affairs, he would also have beautiful men collected from time to time and sent to the capital to present to the empress.

No one expected that such a loyal and dedicated Kangdingshan would be the first border town general to raise an army and choose to collude with the foreign Mohe.

Kang Zhi: "He first betrayed his old master, and now he has rebelled against the emperor. I'm afraid only my mother thinks that my father is a good man who cares about so-called old relationships, right?"

Cold sweat broke out in Yuezhi's palms. She subconsciously grabbed her son's hand, lowered her tight voice and asked, "Musheng, think about it carefully. Is someone deliberately trying to frame you in this matter? Let's put that If someone finds it, they might be able to prove your innocence to your father!"

Her son, who hopes to be recognized by his father, will never collude with foreign enemies!

Framed?

Kang Cong's expression kept changing, and he murmured: "Hong Chen really wants me to die outside..."

When he was held hostage by Wei Shuyi, Hong Chen chose to abandon him. At that time, he only felt angry and humiliated. But now that he thinks about it, from the time he negotiated with Wei Shuyi, Hong Chen's plan may have already begun...

Hong Chen knew his temperament so well, yet he repeatedly stopped him in front of outsiders. This may not be because he deliberately aroused his rebellious spirit and wanted to see him fall into Wei Shuyi's trap...

At this moment, Kang Cong hated others and hated himself. He was always so reckless, and that was why he was plotted against everywhere!

Yuezhi's eyes were full of anxiety: "Is it the Hong family...is it Mr. Silang?"

Kang Cong didn't know what he thought of, and didn't answer for a moment, his eyes fluctuating.

Kang Zhi looked at him steadily: "The Hong family has bad intentions, you can figure it out with your toes! But the most important thing, why didn't brother mention it?"

She leaned forward and suddenly grabbed Kang Cong by the collar of his shirt. She stared at Kang Cong with her eyes: "How did brother come back? Don't say it was a fluke. Luck also requires skill. Brother, you can I don’t have this ability!”

She had already inquired carefully. Among the reinforcements from the envoys, there were even Xuance troops. How could they easily let Brother A, a member of the Kang family go?

The girl's voice was almost gritted: "Brother, how long do you plan to keep it a secret?"

Kang Cong just let her hold his collar.

Kang Cong has a bad temper, but there is always nothing he can do about his sister who is even more irritable than him.

Firstly, this seems to be a kind of bloodline suppression, and secondly, maybe he knows secretly that his sister's strength is originally intended to protect him and his mother. In this huge Kang family, they are the only ones who are one.

Therefore, no matter how uneasy and frightened he was, he still chose to confide at this moment: "It was her. She was the one who really plotted against me..."

Kang Zhi frowned: "Who is she?"

"Speak!" The girl wished she could give Kang Cong a slap in the face. She shouted anxiously in a low voice: "I asked the silver hook and the copper mace to stay outside, just say it!"

Kang Cong gritted his trembling teeth: "Chang...Chang Suining..."

Kang Zhi's expression froze: "That Lord Governor of Jiangdu?"

Seeing that his sister suddenly lost her fierce look, Kang Cong gritted his teeth even harder: "Yes, it's the Jiangdu governor you admire the most!"

Over the years, everyone has known that he is very strong by nature, but they don't know that his sister is a hundred times more powerful than him, and the stronger she likes people, the more she likes them. So since last year, she has been obsessed with the famous Governor Chang! "I understand now that she let me go on purpose just to make my father suspicious of me! She wanted to kill me!"

Kang Zhi let go of her hand and slapped her brother on the head - the force was just right, sobering up without hurting the brain.

"What stupid words are you talking about!" She said with disgust: "Chang Jishi wants you to die. If he stabs you to death on the spot, why don't you just end it? Why do you need to borrow my father's hand?"

The girl said firmly: "Chang Jishi keeps you, there must be some other good...other use!"

Considering the situation and position at the moment, Kang Zhi swallowed back the word "wonderful effect" in time.

"Could it be a divorce plan..." Yuezhi said frightenedly: "She wants to use you to deal with your father?"

But where did her son get this ability?

You know, their family of three can mobilize more people in the Kang family... than the three of them put together!

Could it be that Governor Chang had never done a background check? I wonder if the three of them, mother and son, would be so shabby and incompetent, right?

Kang Zhi looked at her brother: "Didn't Governor Chang say anything to you?"

"She said...if I want a way out...I can ask her for help." Kang Cong was both afraid and hating at the moment, but she was clearly the one blocking his way out!

From letting him go to giving him the horse...she had already predicted the situation he would face when he came back!

"Help? How to ask for help?" Kang Zhi asked hurriedly.

Kang Cong had a complicated expression: "She didn't say anything!"

Kang Zhi frowned in confusion, what does this mean?

"If you didn't say it, you didn't say it... We just pretend we don't know about it!" The Yuezhi was already covered in cold sweat, colluding with outsiders to betray the envoy? Such a terrifying thing, she would faint from fear just thinking about it.

"Next, don't do anything, don't go anywhere..."

"Even if the envoy is suspicious, it is just suspicion at the moment. Could it be that he wants to kill all three of us just for this suspicion without evidence?"

"As long as we do our duty...given time, the governor will always be able to distinguish the true from the false!"

Listening to her mother's words tightly grasping the word "lucky", Kang Zhi said nothing.

Is it really as simple as mother said?

Could Chang Jishi's intention really stop there? Do you just want to put a thorn in the side between your father and brother?

At the same time, a small copper flag stand in Cui Jing's hand fell on the sand table at a position above Yingzhou and Jizhou.

There is a place here called Iron Stone Castle. It is located in a remote place and is blocked by mountains, so few people know about it.

The troops raised in Mount Kangding could never be a temporary initiative.

The first thing to prepare before launching an army is to stock up on food, grass, weapons and supplies. But the Empress was not completely defenseless against him. He was surrounded by the Empress's eyes and ears. In order to avoid those eyes and ears, everything could only be done secretly outside Yingzhou—

In order to take into account both confidentiality and convenience when raising troops in the future, Kangdingshan chose the Iron Stone Fort located on the north side of Yingzhou and Jizhou for its hoarding.

After he captured Jizhou, he did not remove all the supplies. First, he was marching and fighting. There was no reason to put all the grain and military supplies at the front line. Regular transportation was more foolproof. Secondly, at this moment, Jizhou was not only owned by him from Kangdingshan, but also from Mohe. Kangdingshan was always wary of Mohe.

Therefore, most of the food, grass and military supplies in Mount Kangding are always hidden in the iron stone fortress.

This is a top-notch military secret that even Chang Suining's intelligence organization cannot easily detect.

Cui Jing was able to know the location of this place thanks to Hong Chen.

After Hong Chen was pricked with a needle by Doctor Cao and woke up, he was interrogated as soon as he opened his eyes.

At the beginning, the counselor responsible for interrogating him asked some other questions. The answers to these questions were mostly based on the information provided by Chang Suining -

At first, Hong Chen refused to tell the truth, but every time he answered a question wrong, the price was a finger.

After losing three fingers one after another and being awakened from coma by Doctor Cao again and again, Hong Chen completely collapsed - he didn't know how much information these people had, but they could always tell the truth from what he said!

He began to be unable to distinguish which ones were temptations. Under the dual physical and psychological torture, his will was also disintegrating.

This is how the existence of Iron Stone Castle came about.

At the same time, the counselor in charge of the interrogation was able to completely dispel his doubts during the interrogation process - the information given by Governor Chang was indeed credible. Thank God, the governor of his family was indeed not a man who was so stupid.

And in the past few days, they have also received intelligence from the front one after another, most of which is consistent with the intelligence from Chang Jishi. What Hong Chen said further confirmed the credibility of Chang Governor's intelligence.

Now that all doubts have been dispelled, it’s time to take action.

They decided to launch a surprise attack on Iron Stone Fort first. Regarding this operation, they also asked Governor Chang for his opinion and got two words: [It is feasible. 】

In order to ensure concealment, the number of sergeants responsible for guarding Iron Stone Fort was destined not to be too many, but it was by no means too small. The number they learned from Hong Chen was three thousand. In addition, there were patrol teams patrolling the outside. Check.

Based on the information provided by Hong Chen, Cui Jing invited Chang Suining to work with his advisers to formulate a detailed and highly targeted surprise attack plan.

This surprise attack was crucial, and Lieutenant General Yu and Yuan Xiang jointly led two thousand elite light cavalry.

Two thousand people are not many, but if you want to successfully avoid the checks along the way, it is impossible to make a big splash.

Because they had the intelligence opportunity and the enemy was in the open, Yuan Xiang and others had no danger along the way. On the second day of the night, they silently approached the rear of the Iron Stone Fort.

They still did not intend to confront each other head-on. Yuan Xiang and Lieutenant General Yu acted separately according to the plan, trying to sneak as deep as possible without disturbing the least number of people, and then set fire to the warehouse.

Yuan Xiang led a group of men and was about to quietly approach a granary when they suddenly heard a strong and powerful bark from ahead.

Yuan Xiang's expression changed, and he became wise in his haste. He used a boulder to hide his figure in the dark night, held his throat and let out a cry: "...Ouch!"

The subordinate beside him: "?"

How did you learn to look like this!

Yuanxiang's barking is very particular. He also learned ventriloquism from Xiao Duan Xiaowu for a period of time. It is said that there are many kinds of dog barking. In dog language, his barking is equivalent to conveying - [ So boring, come play with me! 】

Sure enough, the big dog tilted its head in confusion in the darkness and curiously walked towards the hiding place of Yuan Xiang and others. (End of chapter)