Linque

Every rainy summer, the Lanjiang River, which runs from west to east across the four prefectures of Qing, Yue, Wan, and Chang, will become a "soft underbelly" that needs to be taken care of on the land of Dayin, especially at the turn of Changwan. Floods often caused headaches for the court.

In the seventh year of Xuanxi, after the emperor came to power, in addition to the routine reinforcement of the dam every year, the diversion of the Lanjiang River was gradually put on the agenda.The emperor wanted to connect the Lanjiang River and the Chengshui River, and built river channels to divert and divert the water, which could not only alleviate floods, but also revitalize people's livelihood.

However, the Lanjiang Chengshui Xintong needs to occupy the waterways under the jurisdiction of Dingkang and Zhou. The aristocratic family hoped that the founding of the country would not be able to do it with the emperor's will. There are countless interests along the coast involved, and they have not been able to negotiate. The river fortification It has also been put on hold for a long time, and it is difficult to complete.

The so-called hemp rope is broken at the fine point, but because of the terrain, the flood of the Lanjiang River at the turn of Changwan will always only flood to the south bank. It is the Li people in the five counties of Nanjiang that suffer, and Dingkang City on the north bank can rest easy.The Zhou family is naturally calm, the flood diversion channel has not been accurate yet.Ling Ye had also expected this kind of result. In the spring of this year, he sent orders to Nanjiang, and sent the Ministry of Industry Minister to strengthen the dam and dredge the downstream.

Logically speaking, Nanjiang will not be sad this year, but no one would have guessed that the embankment can prevent natural disasters, but it is difficult to resist deliberate man-made disasters.

Dark clouds turned black, and the sky over the Lanjiang River was thunderous and lightning that night. The people in the five counties of Nanjiang were used to such heavy rain, and they closed their doors and windows early and went to bed to rest.They were not worried. Some time ago, His Majesty specially sent officials to preside over the embankment repairs. Even though there was thunder and thunder outside, they could sleep peacefully tonight.

The night rain in summer can swallow all man-made noises in the torrential sound.In the middle of the night, a loud bang went straight into the sky and exploded on the embankment on the south bank of the Lanjiang River. Sleeping people were awakened one after another. Everyone thought it was thunder, until a violent earthquake followed.

The rushing river water is like the Milky Way, pouring out along the huge gap in the embankment, roaring and sweeping towards the south bank.

——The Lanjiang River broke its embankment.

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It seemed destined to be a sleepless night. On the official road from Huaize to Jindu, a group of people galloped on horses, looking tired from the dust.

The moonlight was thin, and darkness shrouded the entire official road, and the shadows in the woods on both sides were vague and unclear.Without squinting, the personal guard pointed to a little light hanging high in the distance, and said to the people in front: "General, we are coming soon..."

The cold light flashed past, and the crossbow shot out from the woods on the left, and sank into the chest of "Lian Songcheng" with a "swish", the governor of Changzhou groaned, and fell off the horse.

Several personal guards turned pale with fright, and hastily drew their swords out of their sheaths.More feathered arrows struck from both sides, several black shadows sprang out from the woods, the light of the knife swayed in the dark night, after half a cup of tea, the head of the last bodyguard fell to the ground.

The leading assassin sneered, kicked away the messy corpses, and came to the governor of Changzhou who fell first. With the long knife in his hand, he poked the lapel of "Lian Songcheng", and as expected, he came across a black iron token. The card—it is the deployment symbol of the East China Sea Navy.

It went very well.

The people below were carrying the corpses into the forest, when the sound of horseshoes approached on the official road in the distance.The leading assassin frowned, his face changed suddenly, and immediately signaled to sprinkle the corpse medicine, the face of the corpse was quickly corroded and destroyed, and the face could no longer be distinguished, the assassin waved and ordered to leave.The tree shadows swayed, and a line of black shadows quickly disappeared into the depths of the forest.

The sound of the horse's hooves stopped, Chu Heng restrained his intentional inner breath, and reined in before the ground was full of mess.

The shadow guards who accompanied him set fire to the brochure, and Chu Heng glanced at the unburied corpse in the forest, and ordered: "After dawn, the patrolmen in the city will find out, let the county magistrate treat it as an ordinary murder case first, and then let the county magistrate deal with it as an ordinary murder case. It's natural. Just leave two people watching quietly, don't need to intervene first, people who respect the king will definitely pay attention secretly, so as not to startle the snake."

"In addition, according to the agreement, we will provide Yin with compensation for the families of these death row prisoners." Chu Heng frowned, "Although they are all about to die, the performance of this scene will end up with disfigured corpses... When the big event is settled, they will be buried, together with Together with the silver, let their family members come and collect it."

The shadow guard nodded, and said respectfully.

Chu Heng turned his head, looked at the masked person beside him, and said with a smile: "General Lian, let's go, we will set off for Yichong tomorrow morning."

——The bait has been set, now it is time to spin the net.

Lian Songcheng, the real governor of Changzhou, was sitting on his horse in good condition at the moment. Hearing this, he nodded and said yes.

They turned back and turned south. The shadow guard had already arranged a place to stay. Lian Songcheng turned his head slightly and looked at Chu Heng, who was talking with the emperor's shadow guard, or Lishan Junji Wuyue. The events that happened inside were beyond expectations.

This is not the first time Lian Songcheng has met Chu Heng. He came to Huaize City not long ago to help Su Lang deal with the Dingkang Zhou's spice ship. Martial Dao's Imperial Servant Mo, his true identity is Lishan Dongjun.

It's just that the last time we saw each other, apart from being shocked, Lian Songcheng didn't have much contact with Dong Jun.Yesterday evening, Chu Heng came with a few shadow guards in the rain, and as soon as they met, they blocked his plan to return to Jindu the next day.

Lian Songcheng could have expected that King Jing might attack him, so he also made protective preparations for this.But Chu Heng said that the governor of Changzhou had better "die" once - he picked a few prisoners with a little martial arts from the death row in Huaize City, and asked the shadow guards to disguise themselves as six or seven It is enough to be in the night, and the black iron token that the group of assassins took from the body of the "Governor of Changzhou" is not fake, and it can indeed mobilize the East China Sea Navy.

Lian Songcheng thought it was risky at first, but he, the governor, knew all too well what the chaos of the East China Sea Navy was like.Respecting the king for rebellion, I don’t know how many aristocratic families in the twelve cities in the south of the Yangtze River have followed suit. The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. If Changzhou is not allowed to be completely chaotic, how can you see who are fishing in troubled waters. "Lao Tzu" said that if you want to take what you want, you must give it firmly.The art of war talks about playing hard to get, and putting a long line to catch big fish, that's it.

Once the governor dies, there will be changes in the Changzhou army.After thinking about it, Lian Songcheng knew that this was a plan and gave the Donghai Navy out.

He walked with Chu Heng all the way, and it was actually the first time he really came into contact with this Lishan Dongjun.In his impression, Chu Heng became the imperial servant three years ago. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have thought that there is such a number one person hiding beside His Majesty, and thinking about it makes the spine shiver.I don't know what kind of deal His Majesty and Lishan have reached, so that Ji Wuyue is willing to serve Mo Yuqian, but the emperor actually trusts her to be by his side.

It was not just one thing that puzzled Lian Songcheng.At the end of the day, the Shadow Guard of the Son of Heaven told Chu Heng that it was no exaggeration to say that he served Chu Heng diligently.You must know that the emperor's shadow guards are the emperor's swordsmen, and they only obey the emperor's orders. They uphold the emperor's wishes outside, and they don't need to look at the faces of princes, nobles, civil and military officials.But Lian Songcheng found that no matter what was going on, the shadow guards would obey Chu Heng's orders and prohibit them.Even if His Majesty cooperates with Lishan and Chu Heng is in the Mahayana realm, this cannot be the reason why the emperor's shadow guards serve him like a master.

The governor of Changzhou was puzzled.

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The rainy season floods continuously, covering half of Changzhou at once.

No one knows what the five submerged counties of Nanjiang are experiencing at the moment.It was only the fifth day after the flood broke the dam, and the sudden plague spread across the ravaged land at a strange speed.

The ominous yellow spot is like a butterfly fluttering its wings. Wherever it flies, corpses float for thousands of miles, and starvation is everywhere.

The county magistrates of the five counties in Nanjiang asked for help from the cities of Changwan, but all the letters and people they sent seemed to have disappeared without any response.

The gap in the river embankment is like a beast that swallows everything, eating up the five counties of Nanjiang, and countless rotting corpses rolled into the Lanjiang River, polluting the rolling river.

On a rainy evening, on the north bank of the Lanjiang River, Jing Wang Lingyi stood on the highest observation deck in Dingkang City, watching the turbid river roaring and rushing downstream.

The young man beside him is Zhou Mincai, the eldest son of the Dingkang Zhou family, with a happy smile on his lips: "Everything is going well in Changzhou, and the downstream Yinghai City is doomed. Rumors have spread, and everything is planned .”

King Jing let out a "hmm", and the haze that he encountered in Nanshan Buddhist Temple was finally swept away, showing a long-lost and comfortable smile.

Zhou Mincai continued in a loud voice: "Lian Songcheng is dead, and Wu Zun is here in person. The East China Sea Navy is in his pocket. I think there will be good news tonight. Beidi Thirteen and Nanyang Zeguo are ready, just waiting for the prince With one order, troops will be sent to help. In addition to Changyunwan and the three prefectures, the Dingkang Zhou family is willing to follow the prince and turn this world upside down for him!"

"Okay!" King Jing patted the railing, his face was full of willful will, he looked down at the turbulent river below his feet, and said in a cold tone: "The right downstream of the Nanjiang River is the Yinghai! Isn't Su Que, Duke of Yingguo?" Is it Ling Ye's thigh? The auxiliary minister, first-rank Duke, is so beautiful! Heh, back then, this king's elder brother was led by him to defeat—"

Resentment welled up in King Jing's eyes: "Now his son Su Lang is just as bad! The plague in the five counties of Nanjiang should have flowed to Yinghai City downstream. If Ling Ye's arm is abolished, it will be treated as a gift for him. Several family heads from the twelve cities in the south of the Yangtze River follow this king's meeting ceremony."

Zhou Min smiled heartily: "There is continuous heavy rain on the Lanjiang River, and God helps the prince to achieve success. The epidemic is endless, and it is because the emperor is fatuous and unscrupulous, which caused disasters from the sky. Following the prince is to follow the sky."

The sound of thunder rolling by, and the sound of heavy rain all over the river was so pleasant that Zhou Min listened casually, and casually handed out the red-labeled letter from the county magistrates of Nanjiang's five counties pleading for help. A piece of thin paper bearing thousands of lives, smeared with dark ink, mixed with rainwater and smashed into the mud, became a wisp of cheap dust on the soles of people's feet.

Changzhou is about to change completely.

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It's night, the Donghai Naval Station.

Admiral Qin Youfang of the Right Division of the Navy finished his night patrol. Before he could sit still in the camp, he heard a very sharp whistle from outside, accompanied by a horse neighing, suddenly entered the garrison. Qin Youfang's heart skipped a beat, and the messenger ran away Entering the camp, but before he could open his mouth to pass the word, two people walked in quickly outside——

One is Murui Hesi of Changzhou Prefecture, who is said to be a kind and nice guy.The other is Jiang Di, the admiral of the left division of the Navy, a man who loves the Jiang family.

The two of them didn't have much friendship with Qin Youfang in private, and they just performed their own duties. Now they came uninvited, and there was a hint of bad intentions.

Qin Youfang stood up slowly, his eyes were slightly cold, and he said in a low voice: "Master Rui and General Jiang are here late at night, what can I do?"

Rui Hesi had a kind smile on his face, but the words he said did not match his expression: "I am here to hand over the military affairs of the right division of the navy with General Qin."

Qin You's face turned cold, his eyes were as sharp as a falcon's, and the fierce spirit cultivated in the military career all the year round was faintly revealed, and he said in a cold tone: "Master Rui, I respect you as Changzhou Shepherd, but the state shepherd is in power. You haven't forgotten the Dayin regulations that don't involve military affairs, have you?"

Rui Hesi chuckled, and said calmly: "General Qin, don't worry, didn't you finish your sentence? Naturally, I am not the one who handed over to you. General Jiang Di, the left commander of the navy, will act as the chief admiral of the East China Sea Navy from now on. Take charge of the military affairs of the East China Sea, General Qin, take orders." He took out a black iron token from his sleeve pocket, and handed it directly to Qin Youfang.

It is indeed the troop mobilization talisman of the East China Sea!

The veins on Qin Youfang's forehead were throbbing, and there was an ominous premonition in his heart. His face was frosty, he stared at the two calm and composed people in front of him, and gritted his teeth, saying: "I want to see the governor of Changzhou, Lian Song. become."

Rui Hesi withdrew the token, looked at it several times in the light of the tent, and seemed suspicious: "Why, does General Qin think that this token is fake?"

Qin Youfang's heart tightened, he was almost sure that something happened to Lian Songcheng, he kicked the short guy in front of him, pulled out the saber from his waist and shouted violently: "Are you trying to rebel?"

Jiang Di, the admiral of the left division of the Navy, raised his eyelids and said slowly, "Qin Youfang, you are the one who wants to rebel, right? The military order is like a mountain, don't you understand?"

"Fuck your mother's military order!" Qin Youfang's eyes were about to split open, and he shouted, "Come here..."

Jiang Di's voice was not high, and he said loudly before Qin Youfang: "Take it."

The tent door opened in response, but all the soldiers who were supposed to be guarding outside fell to the ground. Qin Youfang's eyes widened. In the light rainy night, there was only one figure standing with his hands behind his back outside the tent door——Cangwu Wuzun Fang Hongzhen.

The mutiny of the East China Sea Navy seemed to go smoothly, without even causing a wave in the East China Sea. A few days later, Jiang Di, acting as the chief admiral of the Navy, responded to the urgent red-labeled letterhead request from Mu Rui Hesi, Changzhou Prefecture, and issued the first letter. Dao Military Order——

A few days ago, the Lanjiang River broke its embankment suddenly without warning, causing the five counties of the Nanjiang River to be flooded into a vast ocean overnight, and the ensuing plague spread across the entire south bank at an unimaginable speed. Wherever it reaches, there are rotting corpses and bones.

Dingkang City on the north bank of the high terrain immediately closed the sluice gate, blocked the Lanjiang waterway of Dingkang City, and quietly avoided the catastrophe.

The muddy Lanjiang River carried rotting corpses to the east, and tens of thousands of Li people were displaced. The downstream Yinghai was the first to be affected, and became the second disaster-stricken area after the five counties of Nanjiang.

It was not until the refugees and the plague flooded into Yinghai together that the news of the natural disaster in Nanjiang was belatedly sent to the desk of Changzhou State Shepherd's Mansion.And what spread faster than the epidemic were all kinds of rumors among the people - such as that disasters from heaven are ominous, or that macular disease can infect a city in one day, or that Yinghai is full of epidemics. The dead and so on.

The panic and fluctuating people's hearts brought about by the plague made the heads of most of the Changzhou families unable to sit still. Almost in a day, nearly half of the Changzhou families sent a letter to the Jindu Prefecture Shepherd's Mansion, requesting an immediate blockade Yinghai City, we must control the plague in Yinghai.

Murui Hesi of Changzhou Prefecture considered it over and over again, and finally decided to ask the Donghai Navy for help and send troops to besiege the city at the request of several aristocratic city lords.

The general is away, and the emperor's order is not accepted. If the army is mobilized due to the invasion of foreign enemies or natural disasters, he can execute the order without waiting for the imperial edict. Admiral Jiang Di deliberated and issued the military order.

The recruit who had just joined the army received the brand new long gun he had been dreaming of in the rainy night, but he didn't see the slightest joy on his face. Instead, he whispered to the people around him with a mournful face: "Brother Zhao, that's Ying Hai, sending troops to besiege the city, isn't it a rebellion?" ?”

The veteran known as "Brother Zhao" wiped the barrel of his gun and wiped the moisture from his face without raising his head when he heard the words: "Didn't the above say that the Lanjiang River broke its embankment and the five counties of Nanjiang River were flooded?" There was no hair left, and the downstream Yinghai City had an epidemic. Changzhou Mu had no choice but to ask the East China Sea Navy. Maybe the whole Changzhou will suffer."

When the recruit heard the word "plague", his face changed, he hesitated for a long time and said: "But the imperial edict has not arrived, isn't this just a rebellion, it is going to be beheaded..."

The recruit's voice became lower and lower, Brother Zhao glanced at him, and threw the masked towel on his face: "Eat salty radish, don't worry, if the sky falls, there will be a tall one to support it, even if it's a rebellion, it's a Cut off the head above, why are you a new recruit so flustered, can your majesty cut off the entire East China Sea Navy? Don't worry, the rebellion will not kill you, but now you can be the first to cut you off if you don't obey the military order. "

The recruit was shocked by what he said, and immediately put on his face scarf, hesitantly followed Brother Zhao and walked towards the assembly direction. After holding back for a while, he asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhao, do you mean to rebel?"

Brother Zhao looked up at the dark sky. He didn't know when the wind and rain would clear up. He narrowed his eyes and whispered to himself: "The sky is about to change."

"Brother Zhao, what did you say?"

Brother Zhao withdrew his gaze and glanced at him, and said angrily: "I said, you just need to eat enough. Whether you rebel or not is a matter for the higher-ups. Why are you so fussy?"

Who is sitting on the dragon chair, and how much does it matter to them, the most ordinary soldiers?Sheng Tianzi is too far away from them. He is in the Jiuchongtian, but in Changzhou, the remaining eight heavens, each of which is from a family!Those who are loyal to the king and serve the country have been blown cold by the sea breeze day after day.

As far as they can see, there are only aristocratic families that cover the sky and hold everyone's upward path.

Changzhou.

The sharp horn urged the assembly, Brother Zhao came back to his senses, saw that the recruit was still standing there in a daze, he roughly stretched out his hand to pull him, the recruit staggered and entered the line in a daze, he turned his head and looked again Glancing at the military flag fluttering in the wind and rain, I always feel that my heart cannot be realized.

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At this time, Duke Ying's mansion is busy appeasing the people in Yinghai city and resettling refugees from Nanjiang. Yinghai's Su family's industries are all over Kyushu, and the Duke's mansion is orderly. However, it was the East China Sea Navy that arrived before the medicinal materials.

In the name of natural disasters, Jiang Di led the two divisions of the naval army and surrounded Yinghai City tightly, but anyone who entered or left the city without authorization, no matter who they were, would be shot to death.

It's called epidemic control.

The old Duke was furious, and immediately sent a booklet to the imperial capital. Unexpectedly, before the booklet was delivered, the house of the Su Mansion would be shot ten miles outside the city gate by Jiang Di, the admiral of the Navy, in the name of going out of the city without authorization and violating the prohibition order. kill--

It's like medicine can't get in, people can't get out.

The control of the epidemic is false, but the death of Yinghai is true.

At that time, Duke Ying Su Que was still in Gyeongju, and Su Lang, who was holding the Son of Heaven sword, was still on his way back from Nanshan.

No one can control Jiang Di, who has a troop talisman in his hand, and no one knows how long Yinghai City can last.

Once Yinghai falls, the emperor will undoubtedly fall into a passive position in Changzhou.

Five of the sixteen aristocratic families fought by Dayin Tie are in Changzhou, and this is not counting the other famous families who occupy a side without the name of the city lord but with the reality of the city lord.In many cases, the emperor's control over Changzhou relied on the loyal families, such as the Yinghai Su family and the Yuyang Han family.

Regardless of geographical location or military deployment, Yinghai is an extremely important part of the Changzhou battle. King Jing must conquer Yinghai if he wants to win Changzhou.

That's why this strange and sudden plague came.

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Three days later, the news of Lanjiang bursting its embankment and Yinghai being besieged was sent to the royal case of Jingcheng Hall.

——But it was not through the normal military pond newspaper, nor the memorials from various places in Changzhou, but a secret letter sent by Ling Ye's chess pieces that fell on the Changzhou chessboard in advance.

Levee burst, plague, the destruction of the five counties of Nanjiang River, and the siege of Yinghai downstream... There is no blood between the lines on a piece of thin paper, and all the eyes are human lives!

Seeing this, Ling Ye was so angry that his heart flew up. He was so angry for a moment that he smashed the cup in his hand with a "bang", and the broken porcelain was scattered in all directions.

The emperor hadn't been this angry for a long time.Ling Ye's chest heaved violently a few times, wishing he could strangle King Jing, a rebellious and traitorous minister and thief!Dayin has established the country for hundreds of years, and a rift has arisen because of the ownership of the throne. It is not new for brothers to conspire against each other, but there is no one like Jing Wang who has no conscience in the history of the country!

Ling Ye gritted his teeth with hatred. There was a charter for strengthening the embankment of the Nanjiang River at the beginning of the year.The servant of the Ministry of Industry was sent from a small family in Yuezhou. Ling Ye has been praised a lot in the past two years. He is honest and sincere, and he has no fancy.Gudi is related to the people's livelihood in Nanjiang, not to mention that Ling Ye also sent two shadow guards of the emperor to accompany him, assisting and supervising, so he would not dare to be corrupt, slack, and deceive others.

Although Lanjiang has been rainy this summer, it has not reached the level of flooding in previous years.The embankment that had just been strengthened collapsed after a heavy rain, Ling Ye didn't believe anything!Obviously someone did it on purpose!

In the secret letter, it was written that the North Bank Dingkang Zhou family closed the waterway immediately and survived - Ling Ye sneered a few times, the Zhou family had secretly surrendered to King Jing early, and of course there would be no loss.Where can the five counties in Nanjiang be put in the eyes of Prince Jing?It's just a clue, this flood and plague is obviously going to Yinghai City in the lower reaches of the Nanjiang River!

Yinghai City is the estuary of the Lanjiang River, the gateway to the hinterland of Changzhou, and the link between Ningzhou and Changzhou.With Yinghai as their base, the Ningzhou garrison can cross the Lanjiang River and point at Changzhou at any time, which will undoubtedly greatly reduce King Jing's deployment in the south of the Yangtze River.

Yinghai City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Su family of Yinghai is rich in Kyushu and has a profound heritage, so it can be overcome by unusual methods.King Jing doesn't have the time and strength to waste his troops in Yinghai, so he must seek speed in his rebellion.

How is it so coincidental now?As soon as the embankment of the Lanjiang River was blown up, the plague broke out the next day, and within ten days it spread to Yinghai, hundreds of miles downstream.Even if it is really God's help, there is no such a fast speed.I also know that there are countless tricks in it.

There was a dead silence in the hall, Ling Ye's eyes touched the trembling people lying on the ground, and he ordered them to retreat.

Both he and Ying Guogong Su Que knew that Yinghai was the roadblock that King Jing couldn't avoid when he took Changzhou, and there must be war here. The game of "taking a long line to catch big fish" revolves around Ying Hai.The East China Sea navy rebelled and attacked Ying Hai, which was within their expectations. Ling Ye had already prepared enough countermeasures to defend Ying Hai, and it would not be a problem to stabilize the battle.

It's just that they have calculated thousands of times, but they didn't calculate that their Pingchuan Ling family would grow such a sad bastard like King Jing!Ling Ye looked at the secret letter in his hand, from the five counties in Nanjiang, hundreds of miles down to Yinghai, tens of thousands of lives turned into duckweed overnight, and the road was full of grief.

This group of rebellious officials and thieves will not be able to atone for their crimes if they throw their bones and ashes into the Lanjiang River to worship their spirits in the future!

Changzhou is about to rebel, but the news is blocked, and the official memorial has not yet reached the imperial capital, Ling Ye immediately drafted a secret decree, ordering the Ningzhou garrison stationed in Nanshan to support Yinghai.General Huai Ze, who just took office, should have rushed to Ying Hai with the holy decree.

He has already deployed the troops and is not worried.The most important thing now is this sudden plague, which is too strange and obviously unusual.If it can't be contained, it will definitely cause huge internal friction to Ying Hai, Ling Ye has to pay attention to it.

King Jing will use this to spread rumors among the people in Changzhou to encourage people to turn away from Yinghai.

Ling Ye had a premonition that this strange plague was not an ordinary disease, and probably it could not be solved by medical skills, otherwise King Jing would not have the confidence to trap Yinghai to death.The characteristics of the symptoms of the plague are still unknown, and the shadow guards on the border of Ningchang have already gone to investigate.When Su Lang hurried back to Yinghai, he would send a message to the imperial capital as soon as possible.

Before that, Ling Ye announced the verdict of the Supreme Hospital who is good at treating epidemics, and ordered him to organize a staff of imperial doctors and prepare to go to Yinghai.The Nanjiang disaster victims were displaced, and sickness was indispensable. Even if the plague could not be conquered, other diseases could be treated well.No matter how bad it is, the arrival of the imperial physician can stabilize the hearts of the people.

Ling Ye arranged one thing after another in an orderly manner, and it was dark in a blink of an eye. The lamps in the hall were lit, and the anger and sorrow in his heart gradually disappeared, leaving only tiredness all over his body.

Ling Ye pressed the corner of his forehead, opened the drawer on the side of the imperial case, and took out the letter from Chu Heng that he received two days ago.He looked at the handwriting on the letter paper, and the image of Chu Heng writing under the lamp appeared in his mind. He didn't want him to get angry and hurt himself, so he had to mention "Treasure with care" in every letter.

But I remembered to remind him that I don't know if I have a good meal in Changzhou, Ling Ye's eyebrows stretched involuntarily, and after calculating the schedule, Chu Heng will almost arrive in Yichong soon.

In the past two years, Marquis Xiao Wencong of Yongan was often not in the imperial capital, because Yichong would not take the initiative to participate in the struggle for imperial power, this is the iron law of the Xiao family.But for Xiao Hou, Ling Ye can be sure that even if he does not favor the imperial capital, he will never be secretly involved with King Jing.On the contrary, King Jing had to find a way to hold back the Yichong Xiao family and prevent them from joining the battle in Changzhou.

If there are ten families in Jiangnan, Yinghai, Yuyang, Dingkang, and Qiling each occupy one of them, and Yichong alone holds three out of ten.

The scruples of the Yong'an Hou Mansion, Ling Ye actually knows that the real strength of the Xiao family lies in Yishan Academy, just like the lifeblood of Yiye Gucheng also lies in Lishan.As the unshakable No. [-] Martial Arts House in Kyushu and the cradle of Dayin Martial Arts, Yishan Academy must be sober and neutral.People who walk out of the academy can join any force and step out of the school, and the academy never intervenes.

Power is subject to change and change, and it itself is human desire.Yishan Academy can go to today, relying on inheritance and sobriety.The academy should be an academy for the people of the world, not just for a certain emperor or a certain person.

Thirty years ago, the Erfei Medicine Sect, which was involved in the battle for succession, was a lesson from the past.

It disappeared overnight, leaving no name in history.

Ling Ye tapped on the armrest of the dragon chair with his fingertips, recalling the words "Er Fei Medicine Sect", and vaguely remembered something.

He collected himself and gathered his thoughts.Chu Heng personally sent Lian Songcheng to Yichong this time, really to borrow the convenience of Yishan Academy.Even the kings of Lishan Mountain dare to get involved in the game. With such a "benchmark", the scruples of the Yong'an Hou Mansion will of course be relieved a lot--if Lishan dares, the Academy will also dare.

When Ling Ye was still the crown prince in the past, the late emperor pointed out to him before his death that although the Yi Chong Xiao family was the head of the family, it was not an obstacle to the imperial power.Ling Ye has practiced Zuo for eleven years, except for his struggle with King Qi for imperial power, the Xiao family stayed out of the matter.For the rest of the government measures, no matter whether it is promoting the imperial examination or stopping the examination, Xiaohou almost always pushes the boat along the way.

The Xiao family does not stand for the royal family and the royal family; but the imperial power and the aristocratic family, the Xiao family is willing to assist the imperial power.Father Huang said back then that since the founding of the country hundreds of years ago, the Yichong Xiao family has always been loyal to the Pingchuan Ling family, and even more loyal to Dayin Kyushu.This is the secret iron law that is tacit to each other.Ask him to grasp the speed and use it wisely.

Not long ago, Xiao Gaomin, the son of Marquis of Yong'an, intercepted a Cangwu caravan that had clashed with Yishan Academy at the junction of the two states of Yunchang, and accidentally discovered a large number of Nanyang weapons among the trafficked goods.Afterwards, Xiao Gaomin did not simply send a letter to remind him, but went to Huaize in person and told the matter to the emperor's close minister Su Lang in person.

It is not a secret that the Cangwufang clan surrendered to King Jing, and this matter is directly related to the struggle between the emperor and King Jing.Xiao Gaomin is the son of Yi Chong, his actions almost deviated from the iron law of the Xiao family and took the first step of choice.

The reason may not be clear to King Jing, but Ling Ye knows it - because the matter involves foreign enemies, King Jing obviously made a deal with Nanyang Zeguo.Yichong itself is near the sea and is the gateway to the southeast coast. King Jing's connection with foreigners in Nanyang has gone beyond the scope of imperial power struggles within Dayin.Yi Chong Xiao must be vigilant.

Ling Ye didn't want to break the rules and let the Xiao family directly get involved in the battle between him and King Jing. It's just that those aristocratic families with bad intentions in the twelve cities in the south of the Yangtze River can use the power of Yishan Academy to take over them when they are hooked. One closes the net.

When the general situation is settled down in the future, Xiao Gaomin, the son of Marquis of Yong'an, will stay in the imperial capital often.The struggle of the royal family will be temporarily suspended at King Jing's place. In the next few decades, when Ling Ye retreats, it will be Qing Yan. Of course, the Yi Chong Xiao family must consider these.In terms of the scheming city, Xiao Gaomin and Shen Yingbai are the most important among the young sons of the sixteenth generation.These two will be a kind of balance in the future.

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The news of Lanjiang bursting its embankment was officially spread to the imperial capital a few days later, the court hall was full of porridge, and the minister of the Ministry of Industry couldn't argue with it.

Ling Ye knew that he had been wronged, but right now Changzhou's folks were full of rumors and people's hearts were fluctuating, so they had to act up.Ling Ye severely reprimanded him and sent him to the prison of Dali Temple. After the victims were resettled, the Dali Temple would investigate the case and judge the crime.Secretly let Dali Temple Minister Lu Mian take good care of him and comfort him.

At that time in Yinghai City, Su Lang had already rushed back. With the Son of Heaven Sword in his hand, he temporarily restrained Jiang Di who was leading the East Sea navy to besiege the city.But the crisis has not been resolved, and Jiang Di has rebelled. It's just that although he has obtained the black iron token to issue military orders, the right division of the East China Sea Navy is currently unstable. Only then did Jiang Di take a step back.

Fortunately, not long after, the Ningzhou garrison in Nanshan has arrived near Yinghai, and the new Huai Ze commander also led the army to support him, and at the same time brought an imperial decree. If Jiang Di made any more moves, it would be a clear rebellion.

Not long after, the imperial physicians sent by the imperial capital imperial hospital to rescue the epidemic also arrived, and the floating hearts of the people in Yinghai city finally stabilized.

But the good times are not long-term. As Ling Ye expected, this plague is really strange. The masters of the Tai Hospital concentrated consultations and changed more than a dozen prescriptions, but none of them were completely effective.It wasn't until Su Lang used internal force to adjust the patient's breathing by mistake, that he got better unexpectedly! ——It is not the real "disease" that kills people.

King Jing's mother clan, the Yanxi Zhong family, is good at using Gu, and the princess Zhong Yiyun is a master of Gu Dao after learning from Nanxi Wu Xinghai.

Rather than saying it was a plague, it would be more appropriate to say it was a Gu plague.

When the secret music was spread to the imperial capital, it was impossible to deal with the imperial doctor with Gu skills, so he could only seek a breakthrough from the martial arts sect.Su Lang has sent letters to Yishan Academy, Wuling Daozong, Nanshan Buddhist Temple, Lishan and other sects with profound heritage. Ling Ye also asked Xie Chu to go to Wuying Hall and Wenqu Pavilion to read ancient books.

But King Jing obviously wouldn't leave them too much time.

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Shuozhou, Yubei Pass.

It was clearly a summer day, but the night in the northern region was chilly. On the watchtower, the night wind blew, and a thunderous rumble came faintly from a further north direction, shaking the watchtower undetectably. shake.

The snoozing sentinel was jolted by the oncoming cool wind, and the drowsiness disappeared instantly. He yawned, and before he retracted his stretched hand, he heard a series of noises in his ears unexpectedly. thunder.

The sentinel poked his head out to take a look, and said doubtfully, "It's not raining." He muttered to himself, his peripheral vision flitted across the dark sky, and he didn't know what was on the horizon in the distance. Can't see clearly at night.

The sentinel rubbed his eyes, yawned and set up his clairvoyance, looking across the bleak Shuobei Plain, he finally saw the dark shadow in the distance clearly.

His pupils were wide open, he took a step back subconsciously, and after a moment he came back to his senses, he turned around and roared: "Enemy attack——"

"Beidi invades, light the beacon fire!"

"Report to Duke Zhen! Report to Snow City!"

In the summer of the 11th year of Xuanxi, the Beidi Thirteen Departments, which had been silent for several spring and autumn, once again stretched out their greedy minions to Kyushu in a dark and dull night. Once ready to go, go to the vast Shuobei battlefield.

At the same time, at Dayin's southeast gateway, Nanyang Zeguo showed greedy intentions, blatantly crossed Baishazhu, broke through the territorial waters of the two countries, and led the Nanyang navy to invade Yichong at night.The Changzhou garrison immediately returned to defense and stabilized the battle.

The two reports from the south of the Yangtze River in the north were rushed to the imperial capital one after another. Ling Ye knew very well that King Jing was about to formally rebel.

The Shuozhou iron cavalry is the emperor's most solid backing, and it is always in danger. If King Jing wants to succeed, he must not let the main force of the Shuozhou army participate in it.He hooked up Beidi soldiers to invade the northern border, and the main force of the Shuozhou army would of course stay in the Shuobei battlefield in the face of foreign enemies.

In addition to the East China Sea Navy, Jiangnan also has the variable of the Changzhou garrison. The generals are connected with the Jiangnan family.Among them, the most unstable were those generals who were from the Yichong Xiao clan in the elite Changzhou army. A little carelessness could shake King Jing's overall situation in Changzhou.

Xiao's attitude was unclear, and he couldn't tell whether he would stand in line or not, and which side he would stand on.As far as King Yu Jing is concerned, the safest way is to drag the words.The Nanyang navy attacked Yichong at night, and those generals surnamed Xiao would definitely lead their troops back to defend, so they didn't have the energy to meddle in the matter of respecting the king.

Now King Jing's procrastination formula has been achieved, and the rebellion is only a few days away. Ling Ye has already dispatched troops and made arrangements, so he is not too worried. Right now, what worries him the most is Ying Hai's Gu epidemic.

Kyushu Martial Arts is not good at voodoo, to this day, the major sects are still unable to come up with a very suitable method.But Yingguan is in Changzhou's entire bureau, so it can't be delayed any longer. Right now, Ling Ye has two choices, but both of them are somewhat...

Chu Heng has already left Yichong, and is leaving for the border of the two prefectures of Ningchang.

He learned about the Yinghai Gu epidemic on the way, and wrote a letter and sent it to Nanxi Wuxinghai