Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 271: Not moving like a mountain

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Good things don’t go out, bad things spread for thousands of miles.

The bad news of the Dengzhou Mutiny spread instantly across the north and south banks of the Han River like a plague. The civilians, soldiers and civilians of Xiang and Dengzhou, separated by only one river, were in an uproar and panic on both sides of the strait as if they heard thunder on the ground!

Langlang Qiankun has a peaceful and prosperous time, and the land of Jingxiang is not a border army. It is unexpectedly a military disaster. How can people not be afraid to fear? Since the founding of a nation in Datang, Jingxiang, which is located on Shannan Road, has been enjoying peace and immersed in the blessings of the prosperous age. The people live and work in peace and contentment, without knowing war and fighting.

It has been nearly twenty years now.

Now there was a sudden mutiny overnight, and it was about to go to war. The people who did not close their homes at night almost had no masters, and the whole city of Xiangyang was a scene of chaos. The merchants in the port desperately rushed to transport the cargo on the ship and hid in the city for refuge; the people in the city had their doors closed behind their homes, a panic scene of the end of the chaotic world, and some were dragging their mouths to prepare The family relocation and fleeing, such as mosquitoes on a hot pot, panic all day long.

In fact, all this happened in a short day. Just a few hours after Li Ke and Qin Mubai received the news, the whole Xiangyang was shaken.

Qin Mubai no longer dared to doubt that in this era without telecommunications and internet, people's ability to deliver news is strong. Dengzhou and Xiangzhou are separated by a hundred miles, and I only learned about the news soon, and the people quickly learned the news.

If it is at the border crossing where there are frequent wars, such incidents will not have much impact; but for the Xiangzhou hinterland, which has been going on for a long time, the sudden chaos and the consequences are really serious.

Li Ke and Qin Mubai returned to the governor's house, and there was no time to sit down and talk or negotiate for a while, and immediately plunged into a series of intense tasks.

The first task, of course, is to appease the people and strengthen guard.

Li Ke quickly summoned the magistrates and county magistrates of the counties under Xiangzhou's rule, and converged with state officials to solemnly clarify the rumors and state his position, and would rather die than go with the Dengzhou rebels. He also issued many government orders, ordered the officials under the rule to appease the people and strengthen public order, enforce the ban on the sky, the river, and land, strictly check the population, arrest the Dengzhou rebel spies against the Jiang, and put an end to rumors and rumors. From now on, the governor's government will present the list of decrees every day to show King Wu's determination. It will issue a series of government decrees for the peace of the people and strict bans in a special period to stabilize the current situation in Xiangzhou. The "strike hard" is implemented, and all villains who take advantage of the opportunity to commit chaotic crimes will be severely punished and not neglected...

Political affairs have the right to assist Li Ke in political affairs, but Qin Mubai doesn't have to worry about it. In fact, the burden on him is no lighter than Li Ke.

Dengzhou and Xiangzhou are separated only by a river, and they share the Han River. Li You conspired with his troops and planted Li Ke and Qin Mubai to conspiracy with him, and his intentions can be considered malicious. Qin Mubai knew that his intentions were nothing more than two levels. One was to force him and Li Ke to rebel, and was forced to rebel against him; the other was to confuse the audiovisual and create chaos, causing the nearby states and counties to panic, so he took the opportunity to profit.

It now appears that his second goal is about to be achieved. Thunder was thundered in the two states of Deng and Xiang, and the people fell into unprecedented panic. In these remote inland local states and counties, the defense preparations for war are usually not so adequate. The city walls are not strong, the military soldiers have been in the battlefield for a long time and have little combat experience. It would not be difficult for Li You to take advantage of this chaotic opportunity to attack some states and counties. Moreover, it is difficult to guarantee whether they will suddenly cross the river and kill them to Xiangzhou. If the Han River fails, then Xiangyang, a port city without a strong city, Houchi, will face the rebels' spears naked, and the situation is at stake!

Therefore, Qin Mubai and Li Ke had their own affairs. Li Ke commanded and dispatched the Fumin and ruled in the Shifu Mansion, and Qin Mubai returned to the military mansion and let Pang Fei lead 800 Bailangshui at the fastest speed. The army opened up to the surface of the Han River, and more than 20 divine fish spacecraft lined up on the surface of the river between Baguidu and the military port. In addition, more than a dozen cavalry teams were sent to patrol along the river to keep vigilance around the clock, strictly interrogating pedestrians and business travelers, and beware of Dengzhou agents.

The rest of the army, soldiers and horses, will not shed their arms and horses, they will stand by day and night, ready to fight!

Xiangyang has not smelled the scent of beacon fire for 20 years. Suddenly, Dou Ran screamed and shouted at each other overnight. It was a bit of a chaotic atmosphere that made everyone's nerves tense.

The sunny autumn air seems to be freezing.

It took several hours to rectify the soldiers and horses, Qin Mubai couldn't take a break, and took a few guards, rushed to the governor's house, and then discussed the next step with Li Ke.

When I first received the news, Li Ke made the decision without hesitation and thought. At the moment, he must clarify his position and draw a clear line with Li You. This decision coincided with Qin Mubai's, so the two immediately separated. Now, the first step to comfort the people and the military deployment has been completed.

Next, the two of them finally have a detailed collusion about how to deal with the big trouble across the river.

The square gates of Xiangyang City are all under martial law, and the investigation is very strict. Countless people fled from the port into the city, crowded into a crowd. Looking around, there is a huge crowd of people who line up directly to the riverside from the city gate. These are all merchants who come to the port to do business and travelers who pass by. Sudden changes caught them off guard, like a natural disaster. The governor’s government dispatched all the government officials and recruited hundreds of soldiers from the Wu Prince’s Mansion to take charge of the martial law of the city’s defense gates. They struggled to maintain order, and at last no major chaos occurred.

When the sky was getting dark, the four gates of Xiangyang were finally closed. Finally, they did not stop the people from flowing out, and all of them were brought into the city. But as a result, the pressure on public security in the city has increased dramatically, and the Cishi Mansion had to send out many servants and soldiers to patrol day and night.

It was dark when Qin Mubai entered the city. After the ban, apart from the guards on the street, there were only soldiers who patrolled. The Beigang Flower Street, which used to sing night and night, also fell into silence, without a trace of light.

Huoyunma’s horse hooves stepped on the hard bluestone road, making a beeping sound and spreading far away. Today's loneliness and slaughter are in stark contrast with the prosperity and tranquility of the past, making Qin Mubai feel like a world away, so there is no need to mention the panic in the hearts of ordinary people.

Qin Mubai deliberately walked around before Wu Meiniang's house and knocked on the door.

"Who?" There was a vigilant and panicked question inside.

"Don't be afraid, it's me, Qin Mubai."

"Ah, General Uncle is here!" The door shouted in surprise, and quickly opened the door.

Qin Mubai just walked in and saw Wu Meiniang and a large group of women approaching, and immediately asked: "Mu Bai, what's the matter?"

Qin Mubai glanced at these people. They were all women who came to Xiangzhou to open a business with Wu Meiniang from Chang'an. At this time, they all had a panic and anxious look. They all looked forward and eager to protect Qin. Mu Bai. Only Su Lianqing was still scratching the ends of her hair indifferently, with a pair of winking eyes looking around as if he didn't care about anything.

"Li You raised his troops to conspiracy and falsely accused me of complicity with King Wu. Now that the city is under martial law, you can hide in your home, but you don't have to be afraid of anything." Qin Mubai said concisely. Immediately he beckoned his hand, and several hundred guards walked behind him, Qin Mubai said: "You few, stay here to guard and protect. If there are any looters who come to take advantage of the chaos, they will be killed!"

"Yes!" Without saying a word, the guards responded neatly.

The words and actions were like giving the women present a shot of a booster, and many of them smiled and clapped their hands in celebration.

In times of war, there is nothing like a soldier to feel safer. Especially, a group of women.

"There is a girl here, what are you afraid of!" Su Lianqing said with a smile, "General Qin, you use power for personal gain, you have sent a soldier to protect your wife."

"So what? If you can't protect your own woman, how can you protect others?" Qin Mubai sneered and said to Wu Meiniang, "Mei Niang, rest assured, nothing will happen. Qing Self-cleansing people are self-confident, Li You just wants to fish in muddy waters, this kind of inferior trick can't fool others."

Wu Meiniang nodded, still with a worried look on her face. She rebuffed all the women and said to Qin Mubai privately: "Mu Bai, although rumors are only limited to wise men, ... often rumors can hurt people the most. Especially, it is quite unfavorable when they reach the ears of suspicious people. . You must take precautions early."

Qin Mubai nodded, he understood what Wu Meiniang meant. These rumors must have spread to the capital, and sooner or later enter the emperor's ears. The emperor can be regarded as the most special kind of people in the world, whether he is a wise man or a fool, whether it is rumors or facts about "conspiracy", whether he says that he accepts it or does not believe it-in his heart Doubts are hard to wave away.

In short, the emperor’s attitude towards rebellion is that he would rather be trusted than nothing. To put it nicely, it is to prevent the slightest failure; to put it awkwardly, it is not suspicious that there is no king!

How the emperor will react when he hears this news is still unknown. It is also difficult to say how those political opponents in the court who are hostile to King Wu and Qin Mubai will fan the flames and add fuel to the fire. In short, the most troublesome person in the world right now is not Li You, who is determined to bet on gambling, but Li Ke and Qin Mubai referred to by the rumors.

"Hey, Li You has rebelled, I don't know what Gao Yang would think!" Wu Meiniang said this casually, but suddenly stabbed the nerve in Qin Mubai's heart.

He couldn't help but trembled in his heart, thinking: At the beginning, Linger went to Beijing with Li You; now Li You "escaped" and ran to Dengzhou to rebel, where would Linger be?

Although it is very reluctant to happen, Qin Mubai estimates that in all likelihood, Li You has taken Ling'er to Dengzhou together. Otherwise, how could he get into Xiangzhou Wu Wang and Qin Mubai for no reason? Obviously there is a hole card in the hand!

"Mei Niang, take care, I'll go first." Thinking about this, Qin Mubai was worried and hurriedly bid farewell to leave.

"Wait--" Wu Meiniang suddenly stopped him.

"What else?" Qin Mu Baixuan asked.

Wu Meiniang came up, looked up at him, and shook her head: "It's okay. I know, you must be very anxious and worried now. I have never seen you with such a solemn expression and hurried expression. Footsteps. I may not be able to help you much at this time, but please remember. No matter what you do, Mei Niang understands you, Mei Niang will always be with you."

"Hmm..." Qin Mubai stared at her and nodded gently. Suddenly he lifted her face, kissed a few deeply on her red lips, turned around and strode away without looking back.

Wu Meiniang twisted her eyebrows and looked at Qin Mubai's background, muttering: This is a torment between the fathers and brothers of the Li family's royal family, and it is also a test of Gao Yang and Mu Bai. And Mu Bai is the most complicated character among them. He is not only a close friend of the emperor's favorite subject, but also as close to Li Ke as a brother, he also loves each other deeply with Gao Yang, and has a complicated relationship with Li You. Among these few people, the most difficult thing to be a human being and the most difficult to choose is Mu Bai...loyalty and love, how to be complete?

When I came to the Cishi Mansion, I saw a brightly lit place, and the pawns and officials walking in and out endlessly. In the main hall of the provincial governor's mansion, Li Kezheng was anxious, and he was discussing and arranging various government affairs with a senior official.

"General Qin is here! General Qin is here!"

When Qin Mubai arrived, someone shouted in surprise.

Li Ke also raised his brows excitedly: "Quickly please!"

Qin Mubai strode into the main hall in a uniform, and Kong Wu strongly clasped his fists and bowed: "Final Qin Mubai, I have seen His Royal Highness Wu!"

There were more than 20 officials present, and everyone sighed in unison, as if taking a reassurance.

"Mu Bai, you are here just right. There are many things we can't decide, and you still have to make an idea." Li Ke hurriedly waved at Qin Mubai, summoned him to the side of the governor's table, and gave him several Copy this.

Qin Mubai began to see that it was all about how to collect and call grain and grass, open the treasury and call the weapon symbol, state and counties to arrange armed defense, and urgently call the government soldiers to prepare for war.

Qin Mubai expressed his opinions on some of the proposals for the deployment of grain and straw, decided on a solution, and then said: "Your Highness, do you want to raise troops at this time?"

Li Ke blinked a few times unexpectedly: "I've been waiting for this time. When can I not afford the soldiers?"

"Raise troops to attack King Qi?" Qin Mubai asked with a deep expression.

"Of course..." Li Ke looked at Qin Mubai suspiciously with a natural expression, "Don't you agree with me doing this?"

Qin Mubai did not answer directly, but said: "Take a step to speak."

"Okay..." Li Ke entrusted the matters at hand to Quan Wanji, and went to the study secret room with Qin Mubai.

"What's the matter, Mu Bai? Shouldn't I raise the flag to beg to be innocent now?" Li Ke asked anxiously as soon as he sat down.

"Raising the flag to seek rebellion must be done, but it is definitely not now." Qin Mubai said categorically.

"Why?" Li Ke asked in astonishment, "I live up to Li You, Li You bears me. He doesn't care about family affection, he conspired with troops and framed me as an accomplice, shouldn't I fight back? , Use facts to crush rumors to prove my innocence?"

"His Royal Highness, you are too impatient to be calm enough. As long as you calm down, you will want to understand that now any state or county can raise troops to conquer rebellion, but Xiangzhou cannot take the lead." Qin Mubai said.

Li Ke raised his eyebrows in surprise, took a deep breath, and fell into a long period of thought.

Qin Mubai didn't bother and let him ponder. He knew that Li Ke's wisdom, especially his political sensitivity and brains, were not inferior to him. It was only because this time that Li You's incident was so stimulating to him that he lost some of his composure due to his anger.

After a long time, Li Ke finally spoke and said: "So, I should first write a letter to my father, to clarify the facts, and secondly, ask for an order to conquer?"

"Yes." Qin Mubai nodded decisively, "His Royal Highness is wise. Li Yougui is so obsessed with his own mind that he will find his way to death, and the mayfly will shake the tree without knowing his own strength. His defeat will be sooner or later, and whoever takes care of him will be easy. But who should take care of it, and how to take care of it. First of all, we must take the initiative to dispel the emperor’s suspicion; secondly, no matter how unbearable Li You is, it will be your brother. , First stepped up to destroy Li You, even if it succeeded in the end, it would be difficult to escape the infamy of a "brothers' wall". Especially the emperor, he must think you are eager to attack your brothers in order to get rid of yourself. What does this make him think? Just like when you were young The brothers are awkward. No matter how wrong Li You is, you, the brother, can beat him to death with a mess, and then tell your father?"

"It makes sense!" Li Ke nodded heavily, but he was a little worried, and said, "What if my father doesn't want to listen to me, and still won't let me raise troops to rebel?"

"Unsurprisingly, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely not let you send troops. Li You's rebellion is a misfortune in the family. As a father, how could His Majesty the Emperor let another son clean up this shameless son? To clean up the door, his old man will definitely use the hands of others to act." Qin Mubai said.

"That’s right, according to my father’s personality, I really wouldn’t let me raise the flag against Li You and watched our brothers kill each other. This is what he doesn’t want to see. Take the initiative to arrange?" Li Ke tightened his eyebrows sadly, sighed, and said, "Actually, why would I be willing to fight against Li You as a brother against the wall? But this time, he really made me chill and let me die. I was disappointed. And if I didn’t do this, I would still be implicated by him. In addition, it is hard to guarantee that there are many people in the court who took this opportunity to stir up rumors and say that I, Li Ke, also have different intentions. At that time, even if I am innocent, I will also be involved. It’s hard to get rid of it."

"No. In the end, facts will prove everything." Qin Mubai said quietly.

"How to prove?" Li Ke said annoyedly, "I want to raise troops, this is not appropriate; I am asking for orders, but the emperor must not agree! Do you want me to sit in Xiangzhou, waiting for the gods and Buddhas to come down to replace me? Do I, Li Ke, have been wronged?"

"You don't need the gods and gods to descend to the earth, I, Qin Mubai, can do it." Qin Mubai said calmly.

"You?" Li Ke's eyes widened suddenly, "What can you...what can you do?"

"Resist the edict and raise troops!" Qin Mubai said firmly.

"What?!" Li Ke was taken aback, "You are crazy! You know that my father won't allow me to raise troops, but you have to fight against the edict and raise troops. Isn't this seeking your own death?" /

"Will be out, the emperor's fate will be affected. You are in charge, my military is in charge, and I have the final say in the battle." Qin Mubai said, "The emperor does not want to see your brothers smashing the wall, but he must be willing to see you to prove My own innocence. But this kind of thing is useless no matter how you can justify it. I can only speak with facts. So I had to fight against the decree and attack Li You and destroy it."

"That..." After listening to Qin Mubai's words, Li Ke's mouth widened and his eyes widened. After a while, he murmured, "Then you resist the decree. Isn’t it the same as a capital crime?"

"Then I'll talk about it then." Qin Mubai said calmly with a smile on his face.

At this time, he was thinking in his heart: I clearly resist the imperial edict, but it is in line with the emperor's heart. When the time comes, nothing will happen. Li Shimin definitely wouldn't make an order, and he really asked Li Ke and me to attack Li You. Doing so shows that he is suspicious, and is a short-term approach. As for me, I might as well be "stingy and impatient". I resisted this imperial decree and voluntarily smashed Li You. On the contrary, it would set Li Shimin's heart and protect him. Of course, these words can't be told to Li Ke, or let him know that I am so arrogant about the imperial heart, it is not a good thing after all.

"Have you really decided?" Li Ke was very worried and asked.

"Yes. I have never been firm before." Qin Mubai said decisively, "Unsurprisingly, Ling'er must be in Li You's hands, so he is so unscrupulous, so blatantly slandering and stolen. Planted to us. What we need to do at the moment is not how to quell Li You and how to clean up the crimes. Rather, we should stay as fast as a mountain and stabilize the Xiangzhou current situation, and then, like other neighboring prefectures and magistrates, we should write to us, and don’t overdo it. Anxious and special. Now, no one says that we are anti-thief or anti-party. Our duty is still to protect the environment and the people."

"Okay, that's great. It really made me feel right!" Li Youlian patted his forehead several times and rejoiced, "That's right, we are not anti-thief. Rumors are just rumors and won't become facts. We only need to do our own thing-to protect the environment and the people! Our duty, the father and the princes have emphasized these two words with us princes more than once, but I did not expect it to be a critical moment, but I was a little forgetful It’s you. On the contrary, you understand more thoroughly than I do, and are more calm and wise. Qin Mubai, Wang Huangshu of Jiangxia said it right, you are indeed a rare general Wang Zuo!"

"Excessive reputation." Qin Mubai smiled faintly, and said, "His Royal Highness, Li Jing Chuan says in my military book that Liang will rule the army, as quiet as Mount Tai, moving like a raging fire. If it is not easy, it will hit. This is the way to use troops. Now, there must be many people who are looking forward to us raising troops as soon as possible, and going to fight Li You to the death and death. They are good-looking, or make other rumors. We are going to raise troops, who knows we are going To seek rebellion or to rebel? The border states and counties of the two states of Deng and Xiang have military soldiers. These military commanders, who don’t want to take advantage of the chaos and make a fortune? Originally, they only promoted their merits and promoted them. The bet is aimed at Dengzhou, and when we see us moving, there may be people who are ready to aim at us. At that time, he will not ask us whether we are here to fight the fire or robbery. First, he will fight us. , Take credit for it. What should we do? Just explain to them with a guilty mouth, or fight back with troops? Explain, since they are taking advantage of the fire and robbery, we will definitely not listen; counterattack...well, we are truly rebels !"

When Li Ke heard this, he almost broke out in a cold sweat and murmured: "Yes! If you are far away, there are amphibious soldiers in places like Jingzhou and Anzhou. There is chaos in the nearby state. They went to Pingding and it was barely reasonable. If we also had troops, they might really take advantage of us as a rebellion and rob us as a rebellion, in order to ask for credit. This may be exactly what Li You's treacherous plan wants to achieve. He wants to create chaos and force us to take action. Then he will confuse right and wrong, add fuel to the chaos and add chaos, so that he can take advantage of the chaos."

"Yes. The rumors themselves are ridiculous. Few people will truly believe them, but when they reach the ears of people with ulterior motives, they will become a very threatening weapon to us." Qin Mubai said, "So, all Everyone in the world can now fight for rebellion, but Xiangzhou must not move like a mountain! Your Majesty, without further ado, immediately close the book and send six hundred miles to Chang'an!"

"Okay, please help me sharpen the ink!"

Without a word, Li Ke personally took out the Four Treasures of the Study and wrote a copy of the above list with a few touches. The writing was still fresh, so he handed it to Qin Mubai to see.

"Is that correct?" Li Ke asked.

"Yes." Qin Mubai nodded and said, "If nothing else, tomorrow, His Majesty the Emperor of Chang'an will know the news of Dengzhou's rebellion. His majesty's melodies will not arrive until the day after tomorrow. Chang'an. In other words, there is a day's time difference between this. During this time, with your majesty's wise and decisive character, he must have reacted and sent a general to come and fight for rebellion. When the imperial decree returns to Xiangzhou, Dengzhou should We are about to fight. Therefore, although we are not conscripting or preparing for war, we must secretly prepare for battle! As soon as the imperial decree arrives, I will immediately command the people of this house and cross the river to fight for rebellion!"

"Mubai, I will be hard for you again." Li Ke wrinkled his eyebrows, patted Qin Mubai on the shoulder, stared at him and said, "I didn't expect that Li You would be so stubborn and so violent. I did not expect Yin Yang to be so incompetent. I have dismissed him as a **** to see the consequences."

Qin Mubai smiled and nodded: "Things are very tricky, but I believe that there will always be a day of calm. Don't blame too much for Yin Yang's things. Unsurprisingly, Li You is yin Hongzhi was cut off. Yin Yang escorted all the way to the Xuanwu Gate of the Daming Palace and was still safe. Who would have expected that Yin Hongzhi would intercept Li You and Gao Yang in front of the Xuanwu Gate? In addition, the rumors were released. It must be Yin Hongzhi's strategy that was planted to us. Although Li You is unbearable, he is not so vicious and insidious, nor so old and smart."

"Yes, it's the same as I thought." Li Ke grunted depressed twice, and said, "This old thief, the Hundred-legged Worm is dead but not stiff, and only he can confuse Li You into this way. At the beginning, Xiangzhou had been busy with sacrifices, it was too noisy and chaotic, and we could only act in the dark, which turned him into a slippery fish. Next time...No, there will never be another time! This time, Mu Bai, you must Hand blade this old thief!"

"Hmm..." Qin Mubai nodded lightly, and said secretly: Is the handblade Yin Hongzhi? I really want to cut him off. Now, only after the old thief was slashed, the suspicion between me and Li Ke was cleared.

But the question is, am I killing in front of Linger or behind her back? Was it cut off his dog's head personally, or ordered someone to use a knife?

……

Afterwards, how should I face Linger?