Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 546: Imperial Heart Technique

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Pang Fei asked Qin Mubai what he wanted to know, Qin Mubai asked at the beginning--

"Is there any exact news about King Wu?"

"No." Pang Fei shook his head embarrassedly, his answer disappointed Qin Mubai a bit.

Qin Mubai twisted his brows and said, "Could it be that King Wu, really was assassinated and killed?"

Pang Fei replied: "After hearing about this, I immediately sent my confidant to the place of the Jingzhou case to investigate. As a result, the Jingzhou government blocked the news very tightly. I only found out that the court sent Chu Suiliang came to investigate the case personally. In addition, there was a survivor accompanied by King Wu, that is, the military captain of King Wu's Mansion, Yin Yang!"

"Yin Yang?" The news made Qin Mubai a little surprised. He said, "I know him very well. At first, I worked with Yuwen Hongtai, whom he returned, together in the Wu Prince's Mansion. They were also brothers. A good relationship. Where is he now?"

"I don't know." Pang Fei shook his head, "It is possible that he may still stay in Jingzhou, or he may return to Chang'an with Chu Suiliang. The people I sent tried their best to inquire in Jingzhou, but it was difficult to find out what was wrong. Valuable news, let alone contact Yin Yang with those who knew the case."

Qin Mubai touched his chin and fell into deep thought. After a long time, he said: "Have you sent someone to Chang'an?"

"I've gone, I haven't come back yet." Pang Fei said with embarrassment, lowered his voice, "After the case of King Wu, all the passages leading from the Guanxi to the Guan were guarded and investigated closely. Pedestrians in the past, especially all the officials and generals under the Lanzhou Metropolitan Government’s administration, were very difficult to get into the customs and were subject to multiple levels of scrutiny, just like supervising prisoners. So I guess that the people I sent to Chang'an to inquire about news did not return so quickly. "

"What do they mean?" Qin Mubai couldn't help being a little annoyed. "Did you guard me from the Guanxi Army and Lanzhou Metropolitan Government as a thief?"

Pang Fei sighed and said: "If I tell my teacher one more thing, my teacher will definitely be even more angry after hearing it..."

"Say!"

"I have several colleagues who were born in Baiqi together, and my teacher also knows them. They worked in the military offices of Longzhou, Jingzhou, and Qizhou in the Xijiang area. We often exchange letters and have excellent friendship." Pang Fei said, "Shortly after the case of King Wu, someone from them told me in a secret letter that the imperial court had issued an order to summon most of the military troops in Guanzhong to go to Chang'an to strengthen their garrison. In addition...the Xijiang area Mingzeng's guard post secretly adds to the investigation, which vaguely means to guard against our Guanxi army!"

Qin Mubai's heart was cold after hearing Pang Fei's words.

However, Pang Fei also said that all of this is just "vague", which is not enough to prove it. Qin Mubai has always calmed down and did not attack, but said indifferently: "The heart of defense is indispensable. We are not afraid of shadows, let them go!-However, since the court has reacted like this, I will I feel even more that King Wu’s status quo may not be optimistic. Either he has been assassinated and died, but the court has strictly sealed the news and kept secrets; or the court itself has a major problem and made such an emergency response to prevent the unrest in Kyoto. !"

"Kyoto turmoil?" Pang Fei blinked his eyes and pondered, and said, "Actually, the rumors stop at the wise man. As long as the emperor is the backbone of the court, there will be no chaos. Also, even if King Wu really has Any accident, as long as you find out the truth and catch the murderer and give the people of the world an confession, and then pacify the parties, it will not produce any major troubles. Although we do not have the exact news from Chang'an, we still need to see from Xijiang to the Guannei area. I have an ominous hunch..."

"Do you think something happened to the emperor?" Qin Mubai's eyes lit up.

"The business is like this!" Pang Fei whispered in surprise, "Unless the emperor has some accident, the court owner will appear so nervous and chaotic!"

Qin Mubai twisted his eyebrows, the expression on his face became more cold, nodded and said solemnly: "If this is the case...then my country of Datang is really going to be messed up!"

Seeing Qin Mubai's face like this, Pang Fei took a deep breath! ——Looking at his situation, isn't it just a "response" that is prepared to respond to these actions by the court!

"As you said, no matter what the life and death of King Wu, how the rumors prevail, as long as the emperor is still presiding over the court, there will be nothing to worry about." Qin Mubai said with a serious expression, "but If His Majesty falls down and ignores political affairs, the power of the court will definitely fall into the hands of Wang Wei, Changsun Wuji and others!...Such a situation will be very unfavorable to us!"

Pang Fei's expression tightened, and then he said: "In addition to the rumors about the mentor, I am very worried that some people in the court will use the topic to make use of it, and sooner or later they will attack us! Because if King Wu No longer, the future prince and emperor will undoubtedly be the king of Wei. Then, the first stumbling block to be eliminated is the mentor, these people in the Kansai Army!"

"But--what if King Wu didn't die?" Qin Mubai asked back.

Pang Fei was stunned for a while not knowing how to answer, and he hesitated: "That's a different situation. But looking at the situation now, even if King Wu is not dead, he must be hiding in Chang'an, or being kidnapped. And lost freedom! Otherwise, why should Changan be so arrogant to guard my Kansai?"

"Smart!" Qin Mubai nodded and praised, "Pang Fei, you are getting more and more vigorous now, and the analysis is very reasonable. That's right, if King Wu did not die even though he was defeated, then, There is no guilty of blocking the news so tightly in Jingzhou. Therefore, Chang'an is not in this turbulent scene. The reason for this is that there are two possibilities. One is that King Wu is dead; the other is that King Wu is dead. Not dead, but also missing! Even the people in the court, including the emperor, don’t know where King Wu is!"

"Yes, such an explanation is reasonable." Pang Fei said, "If King Wu has some shortcomings, it is easy to think of how his teacher would react, so the court strictly guarded my Guanxi Army. !"

Qin Mubai's eyes narrowed. In the gap between his eyes, a murderous aura was faint.

"Strictly take precautions?" Qin Mubai paused, "I, someone from Qin, is a hero who is loyal to the Tang Dynasty. When did he become a courtier of chaos?!"

"Hey..." Pang Fei sighed helplessly, and said, "My teacher, hundreds of thousands of officers and men in the Guanxi Army, including all the civilians in Lanzhou, are all loyal to the Tang Dynasty. Over the years, we have been born and died here in Lanzhou. How many brothers’ blood stained the yellow sand and buried their bones on the battlefield; and how many people did their best to support our army and sacrificed their husbands and sons? When we went through hardships to defeat powerful enemies and settled the Quartet for the Great Tang, the court did not Defend us like you are a thief...This is really chilling!"

Qin Mubai closed his eyes and let out a long sigh, "Forget it...this is politics!"

"Master, what should we do now?" Pang Fei asked.

"Two things, I leave it to you." Qin Mubai said, "First, continue to send people who can condemn them to investigate the whereabouts of King Wu and find out the direction of the court; second, Zhang Bangshimin, Inform all the soldiers, civilians and civilians under the rule of the Lanzhou Metropolitan Government that I, Qin Mubai, has returned triumphantly after conquering the Western Regions! Then we prepare to hold a celebration ceremony in the Metropolitan Government of Lanzhou, and invite all the officials of the 7th grade or above under the Metropolitan Government and representatives of the gentry people Participate. Let me think about the rest."

"Okay, the students will start to do it right away." Pang Fei agreed. Although he was anxious, since Qin Mubai had returned, Lanzhou had the backbone, and he was no longer so hesitated. He knew that Qin Mubai did not like to show off. The reason why he held a "Celebrity Party" this time was to show his loyalty to the court to people from all walks of life in Lanzhou, and to crush the rumors in the city to stabilize the people's mind and the army.

As long as there is no chaos inside Lanzhou and external affairs, Pang Fei believes that Qin Mubai can solve it.

After learning about some situations from Pang Fei and instructing the next few events, Qin Mubai was about to leave the barracks. When he left, he deliberately looked around the barracks and felt pretty good. After leaving Lanzhou for a long time, he handed over military and political power to Pang Fei's agent. This kid seemed to work very hard. Seventy percent of the 100,000 troops who stayed in Lanzhou were new troops. After this period of training, they have become a bit hotter, with sufficient energy and spirit. They have well inherited the passion and courage of the Guanxi Army.

Looking at the Dajuntun in front of him, Qin Mubai couldn't help thinking to himself that Lanzhou has a 100,000 army, plus the 300,000 troops returned by Xue Rengui and Yuwen Hongtai. Lanzhou will soon have 400,000 army. , And is an elite division who has experienced hundreds of battles!

Looking at it from another angle, if you are an emperor or a courtier, it is indeed impossible to turn a blind eye to the 400,000 army of Kansai after Li Ke’s accident. As everyone knows, in recent years, there have been many wars in the vicinity of Datang, and most of the soldiers and horses in the interior have been transferred to the frontier battlefield. Now the customs is empty, and all the soldiers and horses together, at most only half of the number of Western troops!

Moreover, with the exception of some of the elite recruiters of the Imperial City Guards, even if the number of other idle soldiers is huge, how can they be compared with the Kansai Army, a tiger and wolf division who has experienced **** battles?

If Kansai really wants to rebel, Chang'an may not be able to resist it!

Just thinking of this, Qin Mubai wrinkled his brows and a doubt in his heart, secretly said: With Li Shimin’s wisdom, since he knows that the military strengths of Changan and Kansai are so different, why should he put on a "anti-thief" "To stimulate me?" Isn’t it easier to break my heart and drive me back? Although I would not be naive to think that Li Shimin is a saint who would never fear the masters of his ministers, but with his usual skill and style, at this time, he was the first to appease me for being promoted. Then summoning me, a great hero, to come to Beijing to "guarantee the king of the king" is the best policy.

But why, at this critical time, the emperor played such a stupid chess?

"This is too unreasonable!" In Qin Mubai's heart, Dou Ran raised such a surprise question, and continued to think, "This is really not like the emperor's usual skill. The reason for this situation, I guess There are two possibilities. One is that Li Shimin suddenly fell ill or even died, and the power of the court fell into the hands of Changsun Wuji, Li Tai and others. They must be afraid that I would ask for revenge for Li Ke, so they first acted for the power. The defensive formation is ready. According to this analysis, it is very likely that Li Ke is really dead, and it was caused by these two people. The second possibility is that... the emperor is using an extremely dangerous And a mean way, testing me!"

Thinking of this, Qin Mubai’s heart flashed like a flash of lightning, shocked and bright, and his eyebrows raised to himself: “If it’s the first possibility, I don’t have to say, the Tang Dynasty really wants Chaos. Even if someone from Qin doesn’t raise the army to ask the guilt, the grandson Wuji and Li Tai will not be able to suppress the officials and generals and marshals in other places. The world will be in chaos, and even end up in flames like the end of the Sui Dynasty. If this is the case, I am not afraid. The 400,000 tigers and wolves in the Kansai region are in control, and the Western Regions are backed by thousands of miles of territory. In addition, Liji of Mobei and Li Daozong of Liaodong have a great relationship with me. Who can move me? If it is the second possibility... Then !!!"

"Then Li Ke is not dead!"

"Li Shimin is testing my loyalty to the Tang Empire and my mind and bottom line! He wants to take advantage of the chaos to cut off some resistance and set Li Ke as a reserve, and in the future let me become Li Ke’s assistant and The mainstay leader of the Tang military world!"

Qin Mubai closed his sore eyes, raised his head, took a deep breath, and muttered to himself, "It's just like Li Shimin treated Li Ji in history. After the cowardly son of Li Zhi was established as the prince. After Li Shimin found an unnecessarily minor charge, he demoted Li Ji, the head of the military at the time, to his military power. Then he waited for the crown prince to assume the position before giving Li Ji official reinstatement commission, so that the new emperor would show kindness to Li Ji. In order to control. At the same time, it is also a test of Li Ji's loyalty and bottom line. At that critical juncture, if Li Ji, who has been wronged and demoted, can’t help but complain, or make any other extraordinary behavior, it means that the new king will be the future. I definitely can't control him, then Li Ji is a dead end! Li Shimin will definitely get rid of it and then hurry up, cutting off troubles for the future new king!"

"This is the so-called, is it possible for people to come from the sky?" Qin Mubai sighed deeply and murmured, "Could it be that all of this is just the emperor's mind?"