Three thousand miles in exile

Liu Zhan led three thousand cavalry to attack on the mountain road, and suddenly there was a scream.

The more Song Fenglin thought about it, the angrier he became, and he gave him an elbow.

"Murder your husband!" Liu Zhan exaggeratedly clutched his abdomen.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Song Fenglin turned to stare at him.

Liu Zhan knew what annoyed him, but he was thin-skinned, and felt that it was too embarrassing to be taken to a horse in full view.

Although he saw through it, Liu Zhan didn't dare to pierce it.

"Aren't I here to support you? How about it? Wouldn't it be nice to taunt Zhou Chan and make him lose face?" Liu Zhan put his arms around Song Fenglin's waist, resting his chin on his shoulder leisurely horseback riding.

Song Fenglin wanted to push the big head off his shoulder uncomfortably. "Get up, so many people are watching."

"What are you afraid of? Who in our Qi Yun army doesn't know that you are the general's wife?" Liu Zhan simply handed over the reins to Song Fenglin, and he wrapped his hands around his thin waist.

Speaking of this, Song Fenglin sighed silently, not daring to look back at the expressions of Guo Donghu and the others.

I don't know why, step by step, Liu Zhan made the trouble known to everyone. It was clear from the beginning that he had agreed not to tell others.

Song Fenglin was about to cry, but he elbowed Liu Zhan again annoyed and annoyed, but the man's abdominal muscles were like iron walls, and his own hands were sore.

"It hurts." Liu Zhan chuckled, from his angle, Song Fenglin's pretty side face was tense with displeasure.

Song Fenglin has changed a lot since his early years, the lines on his face became more distinct, and he is so handsome that people are fascinated.

Liu Zhan's eyes fell on the high collar covering Bai Nen's neck again. Recently, he likes to bite Song Fenglin's neck from behind while doing business, making it a bit horrible.

The inner beauty is in the heart, the outer appearance is in the deed, the 25-year-old Song Fenglin is at the best age, Liu Zhan suddenly found the reason why he became more and more fierce in bed affairs.

It is this kind of temperament that looks up to the mountains and cannot be played with, which arouses the animal nature in his blood.

Most afraid of someone suddenly being quiet, Song Fenglin was keenly aware of something pushing Liu Zhan's face away as he got closer.

"How dare you try it here!" He gritted his teeth.

"Don't dare, I'll just take a look." Liu Zhan hesitated for a second, and continued to put his chin on Song Fenglin's shoulder, like a lazy lion.

The team quickly left the border of Jinyang, and there were business travelers along the way who were far away and avoided the sides.

The mountain road is winding, with mountains on one side and village terraces on the other.

"Ma'am, I will accompany you to the countryside to inspect the autumn harvest this year." Liu Zhan shouted deliberately, with a face full of embarrassment.

Song Fenglin was too lazy to respond to him, so he pulled the reins of the horse and pinched the horse's belly to speed up and gallop across the countryside, followed by the cavalry behind him in unison.

This time Liu Zhan disclosed his identity, the Zhou family will definitely take action, and the best policy is to strengthen himself as soon as possible.

"Several new villages need to be opened up before winter, and you should find a way to get more people back." Song Fenglin thought of the matter of land reclamation.

Liu Zhan gave a lazy hum. "I see."

"Also, there must be regulations on where the land to be rewarded this time will be. The land around the counties has owners, so we can only go deep into the forest to demarcate wasteland."

Changing the barren forest into fields also required a good plan, and Song Fenglin thought of more things to arrange.

Liu Zhan smelled the cold fragrance in his breath and lost his eyes. "You decide."

Song Fenglin was upset. "You have to take a look."

"Okay." Liu Zhan hugged his hands tighter again.

Liu Zhan hides lazily, Song Fenglin has nothing to do with him, not to mention government affairs, Song Fenglin thinks of Jinyang. "Jinyang is a bit complicated, how do you plan to deal with it?"

Liu Zhan opened his eyes. "Nurture Gu."

"What?" Song Fenglin was taken aback.

There was cruelty in Liu Zhan's eyes. "Let them fight to the death in Jinyang City, and I will collect the leftovers."

There are mixed forces in Jinyang City. If Liu Zhan intervenes forcefully at this time, all parties will be offended. Although Liu Zhan is not afraid of offending others, he is not stingy enough to cause trouble and find enemies for himself.

In this case, the best way is to let them fight among themselves. At the same time, if the water is muddied, it will be clear at a glance whether it is a human or a ghost, and Liu Zhan can make a choice when closing the net.

Song Fenglin immediately understood what Liu Zhan meant.

Jinyang City is a giant, with hundreds of officials, big and small, rich families like the Yan family, and countless powerful locals.

Liu Zhan himself has to be tough in his pocket, and Zhou Chan is helping the situation, so we can't act too hastily at this time.

What Liu Zhan wants to express today is his position. He wants to divide the territory. First, he must clearly tell these people that Jinyang City is his territory.

Then, the illusion that Liu Zhan wanted to disturb Jinyang was planted in everyone's heart, and the local forces who couldn't restrain themselves would naturally take action.

But Zhou Chan was so angry that he smashed the study when he returned to the general's mansion.

In the past three years, Liu Zhan has always played the image of a poor family with little knowledge. Zhou Chan ignorantly recorded his military exploits under Zhou Sui's name, and Zhou Chan thought that Liu Zhan was outrageous and dared not speak out.

He thought Liu Zhan wouldn't dare to cross him and Prince Rui even if he had ten guts, but he was at a loss, Liu Zhan didn't dare, but the time hadn't come yet.

Zhou Chan called for his advisers, but there were only a few or two people present, and the others either claimed to be sick or left without saying goodbye. This matter made Zhou Chan angry again.

It is not a fool to be a counselor. Liu Zhan is now recognized by Emperor Xuan as an indisputable general on Qiyun Mountain, and Jinyang City is indeed within the boundaries of Qiyun Mountain.

Unless Emperor Xuan opened his mouth to take Jinyang City out of Liu Zhan's control, Zhou Chan's troubles would be untenable. Which counselor dared to take the lead in this matter, don't know how he died in the end.

Pei Gongli's face was ugly, he stood in a corner with the other two advisers, neither of them dared to start a conversation.

Zhou Chan sat on the top with enough anger, he said angrily. "Tell me, how to make Liu Zhan retreat in the face of difficulties!"

The three of them stared at each other, and the study fell into an awkward silence.

"Why, don't you usually scold Liu Zhan the most? Now that he is promoted, you are afraid?" Zhou Chan's face was gloomy.

The three of them didn't speak, Zhou Chan offered to propose. "Use that son of the Song Dynasty to make a fuss, you draft a charter, whether it is to accuse Liu Zhan of collaborating with the enemy and treason or other crimes! Draw it up for this general immediately!"

All three of them turned pale.

The massacre of the Song family is unknown to everyone in the world. Emperor Xuan and the Song family had an enmity and retaliated for personal reasons.

In fact, everyone in the world knows that the Song family is innocent, and those trumped-up charges will not imprison the entire Song family.

A counselor was sweating profusely, and he finally couldn't stand it and fell to his knees. "General, please forgive me. I have little talent and learning, and I am not competent. Please leave."

After he finished speaking, he didn't care what Zhou Chan's face looked like, and immediately rushed out of the door, running faster than a rabbit.

Back then, Zhou Chan wanted to find out and frame Liu Zhan in this shocking case, but he didn't know what kind of turmoil it would cause. This was not something their little counselor could afford.

Besides, Liu Zhan is already a big man in charge of millions of people and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he is located in an important border area. Zhou Chan can handle it if he wants to. Maybe... the remaining Pei Gongli and another The counselor dared not think any further.

In the terrifying silence, the other counselor also left tremblingly, leaving only Pei Gongli and Zhou Chan in the room.

"Why, you want to leave too?" Zhou Chan's face was grim.

Pei Gong was at war with heaven and man in his heart. On the one hand, he didn't want to make a complete enmity with Liu Zhan, and on the other hand, he didn't want to let go of Zhou's big ship.

In just three years, he went from being white to being an official, and from being ignored by his family to gradually gaining the right to speak. He cared too much about the official robe on his body. He also wanted to wear a golden lacquer beam crown, and he also wanted to be in the imperial court. Entering the political core of Da Chu, he wants to gain more power.

"Minister..." Pei Gongli was sweating profusely, his body had already made the decision for him in a trance. "The minister shares the worries of the general."

The messenger galloped out of Jinyang City with the memorial in his arms.

At the same time, the good news that Qi Yun's army repelled the [-] Yan army arrived in the capital first, and Emperor Xuan Longyan was very happy.

Three days later, the Zhou family handed in a request for credit to Xu Muyuan, and Xu Muyuan, who carried the sedan chair, finally got the vain title of a second-rank loyal military general, and the imperial decree had already set off on the way to Yangguan.

After that, Pei Gongli personally wrote Zhou Changai's seal and delivered it to Beijing. Prime Minister Zhou struggled with his son's memorial for a long time.

He was not sure whether the submission of this memorial would affect the Zhou family himself, but Prime Minister Zhou thought of the signs that various aristocratic families had emerged recently, and after several days of entanglement, he finally decided to present this memorial in front of the court.

Undoubtedly, this memorial caused an uproar in the early morning of the next day.

No one cared whether the fact that General Qi Yun colluded with the son of the Song family for treason in the memorial was true or not. Everyone was thinking that ten years had passed since the case of the Song family's extermination, and what did the Zhou family mean by suddenly turning it up?

Everyone in the world knows that the Song family's extermination of the family is an unjust case. Isn't it enough for the Zhou family to gain power in the court by destroying the Song family?

What else does Zhou want?

Or who did the Zhou family want to kill?

The Chen family, the Lu family, the Dai family, the Liu family, the Zhao family, the Fang family, the Xu family, and so on, these aristocratic families who were at odds with the Zhou family were all extremely tense, shaking with anger while holding Chaoban's hand!

One time is enough to point a deer into a horse, Mrs. Zhou, don't deceive others too much!

Prime Minister Zhou didn't look sideways. "Qi Zuo Your Majesty, the Song clan has treasoned the country and collaborated with the enemy, General Qi Yun colluded with the son of the Song clan, and his disobedience is clearly revealed. I implore your majesty to take back General Qi Yun's will to supervise the northern border, and let him be incorporated into the Northern Army, and the general will rule it." royal."

The huge Zichen Palace was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

If it wasn't for the distance from the throne, the courtiers would definitely be able to see Emperor Xuan's distorted face.

There is only one thing that Emperor Xuan regrets doing since he came to the throne, that is, he should not have killed the Song family in a young and vigorous manner. It was indeed a joy at the beginning, but Emperor Xuan soon found that things were out of control.

The Zhou family held the unwarranted charges of the Song family and made the incident worse and more involved, and hundreds of ministers were dismissed from office.

Some officials had nothing to do with the Song family at all. The Zhou family investigated and prosecuted the Song family for Emperor Xuan, but secretly carried out the activities of the same party and dissidents, and the whole court was in turmoil.

In just one month, the Zhou family controlled the whole court, and no family dared to be an enemy of the Zhou family after that.

The Zhou family gained power, fame and wealth, but Emperor Xuan bore all the notoriety.

In the past ten years, the Song family case has become a taboo in the capital, and it is also a taboo for Emperor Xuan.

At the beginning, Emperor Xuan didn't understand his purpose, until Prime Minister Zhou asked Qi Yun Army to be merged into the Northern Army and brought under Zhou Chan's control. Emperor Xuan understood, it turned out that what Zhou's old tricks wanted was military power!

The Zhou family has already gained the power of the imperial court to rule the world, but do you want to get more military power?

Who in the end has the heart of disobedience!

Emperor Xuan looked at the silent ministers, he panicked, no one dared to stand up and refute the prime minister?

Prime Minister Zhou looked directly at Emperor Xuan with his chest upright, making it clear that there is no need to discuss this matter. He is waiting for the imperial edict of Emperor Xuan.

"Report to Your Majesty, Prince Rui is begging to see you!" At this moment, a notification came from outside the hall.

So it was Prince Rui who came back, Prime Minister Zhou frowned, how could it be such a coincidence.

Emperor Xuan immediately said: "King Xuan Rui!"

Prince Rui was full of joy, he came to visit Emperor Xuan immediately without even returning to the palace, accompanied by Zhao Hengfu, how could they imagine that the two of them stepped into Zichen Palace and found the atmosphere very dignified and strange.

"Your Majesty, General Qi Yun was promoted by Prince Rui, you may ask Prince Rui about this matter." After Prince Rui and Zhao Hengfu saluted, ministers came out.

Zhao Hengfu glanced at the minister who spoke calmly. It was his student Lu Lingyuan.

Prince Rui was full of doubts, Lu Lingyuan immediately recounted Zhou Chan's memorial.

"Father! Someone must have framed this matter! Father, please investigate!" Prince Rui's face turned pale with fright. Liu Zhan was the general he single-handedly selected. He didn't know what was going on, but he only thought that someone was going to frame him!

Prince Rui prostrated himself on the ground and shivered. "Father! Liu Zhan went through life and death for Da Chu, and made great military exploits. It was Liu Zhan who saved his son from the enemy army. It is true that Liu Zhan was single-handedly promoted by his son, but his loyalty to Da Chu to his father is the sun and the moon. It can be learned!"

The prime minister over there has closed his eyes in annoyance.

How could he think that Prince Rui would return to the capital at this time, that's all, he was already a prince, why would he still be so careless, talking nonsense when he was slightly frightened.

Of course the Prime Minister didn't know that Prince Rui had to rely on Zhou Chan for being so unintimidating.

Zhao Hengfu's face was also extremely ugly, but he had expected that Liu Zhan's disclosure of Song Fenglin's existence was not a whim, and they had discussed it beforehand.

As Qi Yunjun became more and more powerful, sooner or later Song Fenglin's identity would not be able to be hidden, and it would be better to expose it as soon as possible rather than being caught and fabricated.

It's just that no one expected that Zhou Chan would strike so quickly.

Zhao Hengfu broke his heart, and he went all out.

"Your Majesty!" Zhao Hengfu kowtowed in grief.

"Your Majesty is at the peak of spring and autumn, and all the kingdoms of the world are subject to you. Now you have a good general to defend against the enemy thousands of miles away. Your majesty is as prosperous as the country of Yan. You dare not offend your heavenly power. You are the lord of the world, you are the lord of the people, The old case of the Song family is over, Your Majesty!"

After saying that, Zhao Hengfu burst into tears.

Prince Rui was terrified and cried too, and Lu Lingyuan cried as he lay down on the imperial steps with a groan.

As if it was a signal, the Chen family, the Lu family, the Dai family, the Liu family, the Zhao family, the Fang family, the Xu family, etc. all crowded up and knelt in front of the imperial steps and cried bitterly. A group of frightened old children were all accusing the Zhou family of bullying too much!

It is also these years that the Zhou family has become so powerful that Emperor Xuan almost forgot that he is the one who speaks the truth in this court.

That's right, he is the lord of the world, he made all the countries in the world surrender, why should he look at Zhou's face?It's not yet Zhou's turn to decide!

Emperor Xuan stood up slowly, and he glared at the prime minister.

If the Prime Minister dared to threaten the ministers with the Song family's old case once, he would do it a second time and a third time. The root of all this is the Song family.

Emperor Xuan gritted his teeth. "Preach my will! The case of the Song family is over! Pardon the son of the Song family as a sinner, the past is over, let the past not be blamed, this matter! Don't bring it up again!"

"Your Majesty!" Prime Minister Zhou reminded loudly, but Emperor Xuan stopped violently when he wanted to say something.

"Prime Minister!" Emperor Xuan was extremely angry. "I've already made an order, you should stop as well!"

Emperor Xuan unabashedly showed his disgust towards Prime Minister Zhou, and Prime Minister Zhou was so shocked that he staggered two steps and almost lost his footing.

The reign of Emperor Xuan has been nearly 12 years, and the Zhou family has controlled the court for ten years. More than half of the six departments in the capital are members of the Zhou family. The power of the Zhou family has reached its peak.

As the saying goes, when the water is full, the moon will be full, and the moon will be full, and if the family cannot maintain its prosperity, one day it will be smashed to pieces. Both Prime Minister Zhou and Zhou Chan understand this truth.

They have no way out, and the only way to maintain Zhou's power is to become stronger!

The prime minister wanted his people to implore Emperor Xuan to take back the imperial edict, but when he turned his head, he saw all the ministers from the Zhou camp lowered their heads, ashamed to see others, and no one received the prime minister's eyes.

Today Emperor Xuan spared Song's son from being a sinner, but he slapped Zhou's in the face.

To put it bluntly, the power of the Zhou family is disgraceful, and the Zhou family is unpopular. After today, people in the world will only laugh at the Zhou family even more.

The Prime Minister only felt a pain in his chest and passed away on the spot.

Zhou's people panicked and supported the prime minister.

Emperor Xuan's eyes were indifferent, and what he was thinking in his heart was that it would be good if the prime minister didn't wake up, but he couldn't do that.

"Come here, tell the imperial physician."

Emperor Xuan gave an order, and some palace people ran out immediately, and someone carried the prime minister to the side hall next door, and the imperial physician quickly came and rescued him nervously.

Prince Rui was stunned, the Prime Minister was his grandfather, and the Zhou family was his helper, the Zhou family could not fail, so Prince Rui was also worried.

"Prince Rui." Emperor Xuan waved at him at this moment.

Prince Rui hurriedly got up three steps and took two steps to step onto the imperial steps and knelt at Emperor Xuan's knee.

"Is it true that you said you were trapped by the enemy?" Emperor Xuan asked.

Prince Rui answered tremblingly. "Yes... my son... my son..." Prince Rui did not dare to tell the truth.

Emperor Xuan patted him on the shoulder. "Thank you for your hard work, follow me back to the palace, and reward you with a banquet tonight."