Taiping Inn

Shen Yuanzhai and the proprietress began to clean up the bodies on the ground, while Li Xuandu walked towards Qiu Anqing.

At this time, Qiu Anqing had experienced ups and downs in less than half an hour, and he really didn't expect such an ending.

He had been in the army for a long time, and of course he knew what an imperial envoy meant, but for these people in the martial arts world, killing him was just killing him.

In the final analysis, it was because the court was declining.

When Li Xuandu passed by Liu Chen, he paused for a moment and said softly: "I remember your kindness in helping me just now."

Liu Chen shook his head.

She knew very well that if she hadn't made a move just now, she would have become a corpse now, because the master of the Taiping Sect would never let her go in order to keep it secret. The three innocent martial arts men were proof of this. On the contrary, it was because she made a move that Shen Yuanzhai mistakenly thought she was Li Xuandu's companion, and he didn't make a move on her.

From this perspective, she felt that the two of them should not owe each other anything.

Li Xuandu did not comment on Liu Chen's attitude, and continued: "I have something to talk to this General Qiu, please bear with me, Miss Liu."

Liu Chen nodded and left the inn.

In this way, only Li Xuandu and Qiu Anqing were left in the inn.

Qiu Anqing smiled bitterly and said, "I don't dare to be called 'general'."

Li Xuandu smiled slightly, stretched out his arm to make a "please" gesture, "Sit down and talk."

Li Xuandu sat down first, Qiu Anqing hesitated for a moment, sat opposite Li Xuandu, carefully considered his words, and asked: "May I know who you are, young master?"

Li Xuandu looked down at his clothes, shook his head and laughed: "Young master, son of a duke, do you think I look like a young master in this outfit? My surname is Li, my given name is Xuandu, and my courtesy name is Zifu."

Qiu Anqing is not a fool. When he heard the word "Zifu", he thought of what Li Xuandu said before, " Four ministers and one party", he immediately stood up excitedly, even speaking a little incoherently: "It's Mr. Li! I thought Mr. Li had met with an accident that year, but I didn't expect Mr. Li to still...still..."

"Still alive?" Li Xuandu smiled, stretched out his hand and pressed it, motioning him to sit down, and then said: "Of course he is alive. He also wanted to die at that time, but he was saved by someone. Just like those suicidal people, after calming down, they don't want to die, and they are reluctant to die. They must live well for those who died."

Qiu Anqing sat down again, and his eyes turned red when he heard Li Xuandu say so.

Many people died in the army that year, many of whom were brothers who had fought with him through life and death. They were all strong men who rolled out of the battlefield. They did not die at the hands of the Golden Horde Army, nor did they die at the hands of the Northwest traitors, but died at the hands of their own people. Death is death, and being charged with a crime of treason and implicating their families, how can they not feel aggrieved and cowardly?

Li Xuandu sighed and asked, "Are you here for the matter of Governor Qin?"

Qiu Anqing nodded and said, "Now many people have heard the news and know that the Governor will take a boat from Jinling Prefecture to Liaodong, so the court sent an imperial envoy to ask the Governor of Jingchu to arrest the Governor on the spot and escort him to the capital."

Li Xuandu's heart moved. He had previously guessed that one of the three governors disagreed with the court. If he was going north by boat, then it seemed that this governor was the Governor of Liaodong.

Li Xuandu remained expressionless and continued to ask, "Then who are you?"

Qiu Anqing smiled bitterly, "The governor is not alone when he goes north this time, otherwise there would not be such a big commotion and the news would not be leaked. Before the governor went north, he summoned his old subordinates from all over the country, so this time we are going to Jinling Prefecture to meet with the governor, and then go to Chaoyang Prefecture Longcheng in Liaozhou together."

Li Xuandu suddenly realized and confirmed his guess, then asked, "How is Governor Qin now?"

Qiu Anqing shook his head, "Being Trapped in Jinling Prefecture, Bailianfang had previously sent out 20 Xiantian Realm masters to protect the governor, plus our three Guizhen Realm masters, and the governor himself was a great master of Tianren Realm, but in the battle at Dongting Lake, the governor was still injured, Bailianfang lost four people, and we also lost one person. "

According to Qiu Anqing's description, Qin Xiang's guard lineup this time was already very large, almost comparable to Tianle Sect, but Qin Xiang was still injured, which shows how powerful the opponent is, maybe a great master of Tianren Realm also took action.

Li Xuandu's face was a little solemn: "Is it the Governor of Jingchu?"

Qiu Anqing smiled bitterly and said: "I learned the news through pigeons, and the details were not very detailed, but I guess it was the Governor of Jingchu who took action."

Li Xuandu murmured: "Jingzhou is the territory of Shenxiao Sect. The leader of Shenxiao Sect has bowed to Zhengyi Sect. Will Zhengyi Sect be involved in this?"

Qiu Anqing hesitated and said: "It shouldn't be?"

"It's hard to say." Li Xuandu shook his head and said: "But it may also be that Shenxiao Sect is doing its own thing."

Just as the two were talking, Shen Yuanzhai walked into the inn and said in a deep voice: "According to the information we got from Taiping Sect, although the order to arrest Qin Xiang was issued by the Silijian, the person behind the scenes was not only the Queen Mother, but also the Prince of Jin."

Li Xuandu was startled, then turned his head to look at Shen Yuanzhai.

Last time, the Queen Mother and the Prince of Jin joined forces to overthrow the four ministers headed by Zhang Suqing. This time they are joining forces again. Who are they going to overthrow?

Shen Yuanzhai continued: "In the 11th year of Wude in the Great Wei Dynasty, Emperor Muzong passed away in Yanbo Hall in Xiyuan. The prince was only ten years old at that time, so Emperor Muzong ordered four cabinet ministers, led by Zhang Suqing, the chief minister of the cabinet, to be Gu Ming Si. Minister, now it is sixth year of Tianbao. Calculate his age. The current emperor is already sixteen years old and should take charge of government affairs in person.”

"This day has finally come." Li Xuandu's tone became very heavy: "The Queen Mother King Jin, and Sun Songchan and others are finally going to showdown for the emperor's rule. But why should the Qin Governor be involved? I openly ordered the ground to be given The Governor-General arrested the Governor Qin, what exactly do they do?”

Shen Yuanzhai said in a deep voice: "The governor of Liaodong, Zhao Zheng, is the backbone of the imperial party. The reason why Sun Songchan can have a place in the court is entirely due to Zhao Zheng's support. Now Qin Xiang wants to meet Zhao Zheng in the north, which is tantamount to letting the emperor The party is like a tiger with wings, so they don’t want to see Qin Xiang head north.”

Li Xuandu frowned and said, "Do they still want to move Zhao Zheng as the governor?"

"It's not yet." Shen Yuanzhai said: "Since ancient times, the Jinguan army has been robbing south, and has launched an offensive in autumn. Because the grass on the grasslands withered and yellow in autumn, and when we harvest food in the Central Plains, they chose this one When we went south to grab grain, we could survive the winter. Although it is early winter now, this year is a famine year. The Golden Horde is not having a good time. We have not withdrawn our troops to this day. There are still many wars on the border. At this time, they Never dare to move Zhao Zheng without any action.”

Li Xuan understood immediately.

The court could not move Zhao Zheng, who was in a high position and had great ties, and Qin Xiang, who had no military power? Even if Qin Xiang himself is a great master in the realm of heaven and man, so what? Many ants bite the elephant to death, not to mention that there must be a great master from the Heavenly Realm in the court and the Governor of Jingchu.

Li Xuandu suddenly remembered something again and asked, "Have there been a large army mobilization in Jingzhou recently?"

Shen Yuanzhai said: "Governor General of Jingchu has not mobilized a large army for the time being, so Qin Xiang and his group can enter the Jinling Mansion."

Li Xuandu sighed, "Jinling Prefecture is the territory of the Governor of Jiangnan, nor is it a good place."

Then he looked at Qiu Anqing: "The situation in Jinling Mansion is now unclear, so I suggest you don't go there rashly."

"Thank you for your kindness." Qiu Anqing shook his head and said, "I am a farmer. If I had not been appreciated by the governor at that time, I might have died in the chaos. Since that year, I have recognized it after following the governor to recover the northwest. I'm sure, my life is the governor's person in my life, and death is the governor's ghost. Now I finally have the chance to repay the governor... So please don't stop me."

Li Xuan was silent, remembering himself when he was standing at the head of the Imperial Capital with one sword. After a long time, he sighed: "Everyone has his own ambitions, and cannot force it. Since you said that, I will not say more. What, I will also go to Jinling Mansion later, but I can't go with you."

Qiu Anqing stood up and took a step back, bowed to the end: "Then I will say goodbye... If I can't come back alive, Mr. Li's life-saving kindness will only be rewarded in the next life."

After saying that, he straightened his waist and walked out with great strides.