I was Idle and Cool Chapter 208: Secret plan

On the twenty-fourth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Xiao Che of Qing'an died of a sudden illness, and his obituary was announced to the world, shaking the entire capital.

When the news reached Zhuozhou, which was only a few dozen miles away from the capital, Xue Kuang had easily captured the city of Zhuozhou, swallowed his troops in the city, and after a little renovation, he sent his troops northward and captured the capital in one fell swoop.

He didn't expect the news, let alone Gu Juefei's courage——

Because, along with the news of the death of Emperor Xiao Che of Qing'an, he came to Zhuozhou and presented him with a human head!

It is the head of Emperor Xiao Che of Qing'an!

The incision is smooth, and it is the smoothness that can only be achieved by the rare sharp sword and the rare sharpness in the world.

"Only this head, is there nothing else to say?"

The heavy armor was already removed at the end of the night. Xue Kuang was only wearing a cold black robe, sitting behind the desk, looking at the box placed in front of the capital map, and the box There were unwilling, terrified, and still staring eyes.

The soldiers who sent the message had obviously seen quite a few big battles, but it was only a human head that came from the capital, and it was the emperor's head, which was a little scary.

He shook his head in some fear.

"This subordinate only received this thing outside the city. It was indicated by the capital that it was to be shown to the general, and said that it was instructed by Master Gu. Other than that, there is nothing else to say."

"Go down."

Xue Kuang had a dignified expression on his face, he just waved his hand to let the soldier who sent the message retreat from the room, then stood up, glanced at the head again, and frowned.

"What a vicious plot..."

He is not only sitting in the house, but also several capable generals under his command and former military advisor Cai Xiu, and the seventh prince they want to "support", Xiao Tingzhi.

Everyone's face was unpredictable under the candlelight.

The one who spoke first was his brain, and he instantly saw through Gu Juefei's trick Cai Xiu: "Although he didn't say a word, he sent the fake emperor's head to tell you that Xiao Che was the one who killed him. And there is news in Beijing that Wei Yi, the noble concubine in the palace, has been buried. In this case, he will attack the capital in the name of crusade against the false emperor, and then he will be unknown! Next, he must announce to the world that he has found out what happened back then. The original story is that we have to win the seventh prince and enter the capital. In this way, I will wait-"

At this point, Cai Xiu was taken aback.

Just because of this, Ke Xuekuang's sharp eyes had fallen from the side of the case, which made him wake up from his anger and anger, and then he felt fear.

There was no sound for a while, and he only glanced at Xiao Tingzhi very vaguely.

The seventh prince, left behind by the previous emperor, sat upright on the first chair on the lower left, silent.

He inherited the facial features from the previous emperor and the previous empress.

He's listening by the side as they discuss business at the moment.

In the past, Xiao Tingzhi couldn't say anything or ask anything. He felt like a puppet in the troupe, but he couldn't even listen to what he wanted to discuss today!

There is no need for Cai Xiu to remedy anything, Xue Kuang has already opened his mouth very naturally, thinking of Xiao Ting's words: "His Royal Highness, it's getting late today, you are here on the way to march, you should go back to your room early to rest. I'll wait for the night to discuss matters, and I'll let you know tomorrow morning when the results come out."

Xiao Tingzhi raised his eyes and glanced at him, and his expression did not show any strangeness. He just followed Xue Kuang's words and got up, shaking his body slightly, and said, "Thank you for being sympathetic, General, then I will forgive Ting. It's rude, I'll retire first."

Everyone in the house got up and bowed as a gift.

Tai Man disappeared outside the door, and after walking far, they took their seats again.

Cai Xiu lost the slightest smile on his face, and he slapped the arm of the chair with a hatred: "Gu's surname is too insidious! This is clearly to force the general to do something. Choice! Once Xiao Che dies, there will be no successor. As long as he is in the name of welcoming the seventh prince to the palace and ascending the throne, we will have to obey! If he obeys, Gu Juefei is also considered a hero, and no one in the world can do anything to him; If you don't, I'll fight the capital again, and I won't tell you if the teacher is out of nowhere, so I don't want him to accuse him of committing troubles, and the military and the people will not depend on each other!"

Xue Kuang listened with no expression on his face.

He just stretched out his hand, lifted Xiao Che's head out of the box, took a careful look, smiled deeply, and said, "I'm afraid what he wants is deeper than you think. Then one layer..."

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"You mean?"

Meng Ji analyzed the situation at the moment, which was already detailed enough. He claimed that he had captured the opponent's shortcomings, forcing them to be in a dilemma. Who would have thought that Gu Juefei would shake his head.

He didn't understand, and there was some doubt in his voice.

The small building with a lonely window faces the water, and the window on the second floor is open at night, and a cold wind blows in from the outside. In this room, everyone was waiting, and they were not sleepy at all, and they were very awake.

Gu Juefei sat in the middle.

On the left are Ji Heng and Meng Ji, who are sitting upright, and other officials and advisers of his faction, while on the right is a group of generals led by Fang Shaoxing.

It's okay for others, Fang Shaoxing is a fool, and he looks very bored. He only lifted one leg up and stepped on the chair, his hands resting on the armrests, half squatting, his head resting on the back of the chair, and his eyes were looking up, wondering if he was listening.

But the guys don't care about him.

Everyone knows that he has always been this rambunctious appearance. If one day he is not like this, I am afraid that everyone is not used to it.

Besides, it's okay to do things reliably, and it's okay to not listen to these now.

Gu Juefei didn't care too much, he just raised his hand and gently swiped on the defense map of the capital in front of him, but said in his mouth: "Once I welcome the seventh prince to the palace, Xue Kuang really only has two choices. First, he is unwilling to bring the seventh prince into the capital, and then he will make a plan; second, abandon the seventh prince and directly raise troops in Zhuozhou to completely rebel, tear his face, attack the capital and compete with me.”

For Xue Kuang, this was a dilemma.

Who doesn't know his ambitions?

In his hands, the seventh prince Xiao Tingzhi was nothing but a shield and a puppet, and he was just at his mercy.

But now that he killed Xiao Che, and even killed the bloodline that Xiao Che might have, then the current royal family is empty. Once Xiao Tingzhi is really allowed to enter the palace and ascend the throne, then Xue Kuang will try his best to raise an army to rebel, which is equivalent to a basket of water. .

Because of the ability to manipulate the marionette, they became two again.

One is Xue Kuang himself, and the other is Gu Juefei.

The hatred between Xue Kuang and him is deep, and he is afraid that his desire to be an emperor is stronger than his desire to support Xiao Ting, and he will never let it go.

But if he wanted to leave the Seventh Prince aside, he would undoubtedly be hitting himself in the face.

In the past, the reasons for raising troops could still convince the world, but now who do you want to convince?

And then...

"If Xue Kuang really doesn't have a clear mind, he chooses the latter on a whim, abandons this unfortunate seventh prince, and even kills him, that's not a big deal."

Gu Juefei's fingertips swiped from the outer city gate on the picture, all the way to the inner city gate.

"Then the royal family will be completely overthrown. Either he will be the emperor or I will be the emperor."

The room suddenly fell silent.

Everyone looked at Gu Juefei's light-hearted face, and the inexhaustible subtlety was born in their hearts at this time.

Is this his real purpose?

No one knows.

In fact, even Gu Juefei doesn't know it.

He doesn't have that much desire to be emperor, and that throne is just an empty shell. Even if he has the name of an emperor, he can do what an emperor does, so why put himself on the target that the whole world can see?

It's just that he didn't expand too much on this topic, he just raised his eyes, looked at Fang Shaoxing, and asked with a smile, "If Mr. Fang was Xue Kuang, how would you choose?"

"Huh?"

Fang Shaoxing didn't seem to expect that he would take the initiative to ask himself. He raised his eyebrows slightly, and after pondering for a while, he laughed.

"If I were Xue Kuang, I would bring that court to Beijing in a grand manner, and then under the pretense of welcoming this broken child to the throne, I would first force you to unload the capital's defense forces. After all, this broken child is in my hands. Come on. Isn't it easy then? Without soldiers, I will kill you how I want to."

"You!"

What do you mean by "kill you how you want to kill you"! Can this man speak!

Meng Ji crooked his nose and stood up.

Fang Shaoxing looked at him provocatively: "What's the matter, you don't agree?"

"Mengji, sit down."

Compared to Meng Ji's excitement and indignation, Gu Jue had to be much calmer. Although he also found the sentence "kill you" a bit harsh, he didn't mind it.

On the contrary, he has got the answer he wanted.

"What Mr. Fang thinks is very consistent with what I think."

When he said this, he heard a knock on the door, and then saw Lu Jinxi and a few servants bringing tea and cakes, so he stood up and took the freshly brewed, his own from her hands. The cup of tea was taken over, but the words did not stop.

"My plan is to force Xue Kuang to come to Beijing, and force him to admit that I am also one of the heroes. In this way, if we have another decisive battle, we will not fail this plan."

The reason is simple.

If he doesn't kill Xiao Che first, or doesn't take the initiative to welcome the seventh prince to the capital after killing Xiao Che, and directly fight Xue Kuang, then in the end, regardless of the outcome, he is also a chaotic thief.

You can put down your posture to welcome people into Beijing first, then there is something to be said.

It doesn't matter if he loses in the end, the left is just a word for "death", but if he wins, he is a hero, no matter what, at least he is invincible.

Even...

If you are lucky, you will be able to put the hat of this scoundrel thief back on Xue Kuang's head, so that he can be convinced!

The maids brought other people's tea.

Ji Heng glanced at the pastry on the table beside him, picked up a piece with his left hand, but suddenly thought of something and frowned.

He hesitated a bit: "But Master Gu, if you and Master Fang say the same thing, the key to victory or defeat, or the key to this advantage and disadvantage, lies in the Seventh Prince. Xue Kuang holds the Seventh Prince in his arms, so he always has the upper hand. No matter how good you are in front of you and lead him into the capital, he will lead you by the nose. Ji Mou is thinking that you have forced Xue Kuang to fall into this dilemma. Another reason is that On the Seventh Prince?"

"Mr. Ji is really predictable."

Gu Juefei pulled Lu Jinxi to sit beside him, with an ordinary expression on his face, he smiled at her, and then looked at Ji Heng naturally.

"Xue Kuang is in a dilemma. The seventh prince is not obvious on the outside, but he is quite inside. If there is any trouble in Zhuozhou, or changes in people's hearts, he must be able to detect one or two. He has nothing to rely on, everything is Relying on Xue Kuang's decision. In this way, suspicion will arise in my heart. And this suspicion is my best chance."

When everyone heard this, they all praised "subtle" in their hearts, and they admired Gu Juefei's calculation.

Although Lu Jinxi only heard the latter part, she understood it at once.

It's just different from everyone's surprise and admiration, but she raised her eyebrows slightly, her expression was quite subtle, she hesitated a little, or asked: "Is this trying to turn against Xiao Tingzhi and take the bottom line?"

"There are plans for this."

But it's obviously not that easy to do.

Gu Juefei didn't deny it, but only heard that Lu Jinxi's words seemed to contain some other meaning, and he had guessed something for a while: "It seems that Madam has some ideas?"

"I don't think I have an idea. But if the eldest son has a hidden nail in Zhuozhou and can secretly do something against it, I do have a big idea..."

She pondered for a moment before finally speaking out.

"It's just that I may need someone to accompany me to the current general's mansion."