Long Wind Crossing - Chapter 168

    The mourning hall of Qin Wanzhi and Madam Zhou was set up for seven days. Zhou Ye didn’t say a word during these seven days. He knelt in front of the mourning hall and silently lit two seven-star lamps.

    Gu Jiusi couldn’t persuade him, he could only go out every day to arrange other matters.

    In the current situation, Zhou Gaolang must rebel, so he must give Zhou Gaolang a better reason to rebel.

    And Zhou Gaolang was born in the year of the tiger, and the flag symbol is the white tiger, so it was quickly spread, and God asked Zhou Gaolang to be the emperor.

    Legends like these spread around in those days, and then quickly ran to various places.

    All of this was written by Ye Shian and Gu Jiusi, Ye Shian even prepared a yellow robe and put it in his bedroom secretly. However, Zhou Gaolang and Zhou Ye seemed to know nothing about it. They were immersed in the grief of the passing of their relatives and didn’t care about the outside world. It’s just that every morning, Ye Shian will go to Zhou Gaolang’s house to regularly report what happens every day.

    Gu Jiusi was not here at this time, because he was arranged to accompany Zhou Ping for a while every day. He has to work during the day, so he can only choose this time to accompany Zhou Ping.

    On the seventh day, because of the march, Qin Wanzhi and Mrs. Zhou could only be temporarily buried on Linfen Mountain.

    On the day they went up the mountain, Zhou Gaolang and Zhou Ye both went to carry the coffin, Gu Jiusi and Ye Shian followed, Ye Shian followed Zhou Gaolang, and Gu Jiusi followed Zhou Ye. Zhou Ye didn’t cry that day, he just carried the stake carrying the coffin and walked up the mountain step by step.

    He didn’t eat much in the past few days, and he hardly slept. When he was halfway there, he got dizzy and knelt down.

    He felt about a thousand pounds on his shoulders, in the darkness and trance, he felt someone help him lift the stake, he turned his head and saw Gu Jiusi standing behind him, he was kneeling on one knee , looked at him quietly, he didn’t say anything, just carried the wooden stake that should have been on Zhou Ye’s body, and silently supported Zhou Ye behind him.

    Zhou Ye paused for a moment, then shook his head, propped himself up and said, “I have to give her the last ride.”

    “I’ll do it for you.”

    Gu Jiusi did not back away, and Zhou Ye did lose his strength, Ye Shian came over and helped Zhou Ye, Gu Jiusi knelt down on one knee and shouted “Get up!”

    He lifted the coffin again, Ye Shian helped Zhou Ye beside him, they went up the mountain together, and when it was time for the burial, Zhou Ye should have led someone to shovel yellow soil for the burial Qin Wanzhi, but he didn’t move for a long time.

    He looked at the coffin, his lips trembling, his hand holding the shovel, but he had no strength at all.

    Gu Jiusi saw this, he stretched out his hand, took the shovel beside Zhou Ye, and said in a low voice, “You’re out of strength, I’ll come.”

    Speaking, he shoveled the first shovel and dumped it. When the loess covered the coffin, Zhou Ye looked at the coffin and tears fell.

    The loess and the tears fell intertwined, until finally, the last loess covered the coffin, Zhou Ye suddenly knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

    He looked at the people who were kneeling. He seemed to cover up all his emotions. He couldn’t touch other emotions, and it was out of tune with this place. After a long time, he slowly knelt down. Deeply kowtow to Qin Wanzhi and Madam Zhou. Then he stood up, stretched out his hand towards Zhou Ye and said, “Big brother, get up.”

    “There are many things that we need to do.”

    Ye Shian also stepped forward, he and Gu Jiusi helped Zhou Ye, and said calmly: “Eldest son, the young lady has not avenged her blood revenge, I hope you will cheer up.”

    Hearing this, Zhou Ye raised his head, he looked at Ye Shian, Ye Shian was still in full clothes with a filial cloth on his head, Zhou Ye stared at him quietly, after a long time, He asked, “Why don’t you cry?”

    When Ye Shian heard this, he understood what Zhou Ye meant. He held Zhou Ye’s hand strong and steady, and said lightly, “The first time, I cried enough.”

    Zhou Ye and Gu Jiusi both looked at Ye Shian, Ye Shian lowered his head and said calmly, “Let’s go.”

    With these words, Zhou Ye finally had some strength. After everyone went down the mountain together, Zhou Gaolang and Zhou Ye got to know each other. Gu Jiusi and Ye Shian called all the generals and waited in the lobby.

    People have been sent up the mountain, but the living people still have to go forward.

    They waited in the lobby for a while, Zhou Ye and Zhou Gaolang also came out, they changed into plain clothes, and their faces didn’t look good, Zhou Gaolang sat down and said a little tiredly: “Everyone came to ask , what do you do next?”

    Everyone looked at each other and didn’t dare to answer, Ye Shian stepped forward and said respectfully: “Sir, now the matter has come to this, the emperor is immoral and foolish, and he has been deceived by the traitor Luo Zishang. , In terms of love and reason, I can’t sit still and wait.”

    “Then what do you think?”

    Zhou Gaolang raised his eyes and looked at Ye Shian, Ye Shian increased his tone and restrained his emotions: “I think I should be the new emperor now, take the Eastern Capital directly, and defeat the monarch.”

    “Damn!”

    Hearing this, Zhou Gaolang threw his glass at Ye Shian and said angrily: “Does the Son of Heaven want to stand up?! The first emperor was kind to me, and now His Majesty is his only bloodline, destiny After all, if you want to establish a new emperor, that is to commit treason!”

    “But the late emperor also had an edict,” Ye Shian was smashed by the cup, but his face was still, and he still maintained his posture, “If Your Majesty abolishes the cabinet, it can be abolished. Stand up again, and besides, Master Gu holds the sword of the Son of Heaven in his hand, and he has the responsibility of knocking out the king and beheading the traitorous ministers.

    Everyone looked at each other.

    Who?

      So a soldier boldly stepped forward and said: “My lord, it is now rumored in the market that someone once met a phoenix in the mountains, spit out people, and said, ‘The emperor has no virtue, and the white tiger replaces it’. , known as the White Tiger General, and the common people say that Phoenix’s words are a sign that this throne must be an adult!”

    “Bullshit!”

    Zhou Gaolang’s eyes widened: “You don’t have to talk nonsense, I understand, you people are trying to harm me today! I, Zhou Gaolang, is loyal and righteous, how could I have such an idea of ​​committing chaos, Back off!”

    After finishing speaking, Zhou Gaolang stood up and walked away panting.

    Zhou Ye nodded towards everyone and left with a blank face.

    When Zhou Gaolang and Zhou Ye left, everyone was a little anxious. They risked rebellion and followed Zhou Gaolang to do things. Now Zhou Gaolang refuses to be called emperor, what should they do?

    Everyone surrounded Ye Shian and Gu Jiusi and said anxiously: “Master Gu, Master Ye, what does Master Zhou mean now? If he didn’t want to be emperor, why did he do something earlier.”

    “Master Zhou said he wanted to seek a way out from His Majesty,” Gu Jiusi said leisurely, “Have you said that you want to be emperor?”

    This question stopped everyone, Gu Jiusi lowered his head and said slowly: “In this world, emperors change every three to five years, Lord Zhou originally just wanted to keep his family, but now the family If he can’t keep it, what is he doing to grab this position? Why don’t he just surrender to His Majesty and go back to Dongdu. Those ministers who were killed in Dongdu are too disobedient. With the relationship between His Majesty and Zhou’s uncle and nephew, Zhou Gaolang only needs to ask His Majesty Admit your mistake and listen to His Majesty’s orders, and His Majesty should be fine.”

    Speaking, Gu Jiusi stretched his waist and said: “Everyone, let’s go, go back and rest, maybe we will go back to Youzhou tomorrow.”

    Zhou Gaolang surrendered to Fan Yu, naturally he wanted to show some sincerity. Fan Yu had let Zhou Gaolang behead them into the Eastern Capital before, but now if Zhou Gaolang really wanted to reconcile with Fan Yu, then they would be Zhou Gaolang’s best gift, and a group of them would definitely die.

    The officers and men glanced at each other and saw Gu Jiusi walking forward, and one of the officers hurriedly stopped him and said, “Master Gu!”

    Gu Jiusi stopped, raised his eyebrows and turned his head, the soldier immediately said: “Master Gu, since you said this, there must be a way. You give us a way, and I will listen to Master Gu in the future. ordered.”

    Gu Jiusi seemed to be waiting for this sentence long ago, he coughed lightly, and said a little embarrassedly: “Just kidding, everyone thinks, Gu understands. In fact, this is easy to handle, Master Zhou thinks. Reconcile with His Majesty, let him and His Majesty be unable to reconcile, won’t it be enough?”

    Speaking, Gu Jiusi turned his head, looked at Ye Shian and said, “Shi’an, I remember you received a royal robe a while ago?”

    Ye Shian smiled and said respectfully: “Yes, these actors even dare to forge the imperial robe for the sake of singing, so I took it away, I wanted to deal with it, but some time ago too busy…”

    “Master Ye!”

    When they heard this, all the soldiers understood. They stepped forward and said excitedly, “Can you lend me this imperial robe?”

    Ye Shian got this and said with a smile: “Of course you can.”

    “Actually… I and Lord Ye are on your side.” Gu Jiusi paced back, stopped beside Ye Shi’an, smiled and said to everyone, “Everyone thought, take advantage of the week tonight. The lord goes to bed, how about we establish a new king?”

    “That’s it!”

    Humanity who had a conversation with Gu Jiusi before: “Just take advantage of tonight.”

    That night, Zhou Gaolang went to bed early, Zhou Ye sat in the room, and he sat alone in front of the desk, quietly drawing Qin Wanzhi. When it was late at night, there was a commotion outside, and the guards rushed into Zhou Ye’s room and said anxiously: “Eldest son, Gu Jiusi and Ye Shi’an rushed into the mansion with people and went to the room of the lord, we …”

    “Never mind.”

    Zhou Ye calmly replied, “Let them go.”

    Zhou Gaolang has been quite tired recently. When he slept vaguely, he listened to the noise outside, and then heard someone kick open the door. He got up in panic, and he was greeted by a yellow Clothes were covered. Before he could react, he listened to Gu Jiusi and said, “Sir, I have offended you.”

    After all, everyone rushed up and put on their clothes while holding Zhou Gaolang.

    Zhou Gaolang hurriedly struggled: “What are you doing? What are you doing!”

    No one answered, Gu Jiusi, Ye Shian, and others, wrapped their clothes at random, and pulled Zhou Gaolang out of the door. After walking out of the yard, Gu Jiusi immediately released Zhou Gaolang, and immediately Kneeling on the ground, he said loudly, “Long live, long live, long live, Your Majesty!”

    As soon as he took the lead, everyone in the yard immediately put down their weapons, knelt down, and shouted: “Long live, long live, Your Majesty.”

    Zhou Gaolang stared at everyone, tremblingly said: “You…you…”

    “Your Majesty is benevolent and honest, and bears the grace of God. A few days ago, the double yang was listed in the day, and the jade in the stone wrote ‘Zhou’s expedition’, and there was a phoenix language and white tiger generation. Son of Heaven, these are the foreshadowings of the heavens, to descend upon Your Majesty to save the common people from fire and water!”

    Gu Jiusi made an impassioned statement without waiting for Zhou Gaolang to finish speaking. Zhou Gaolang was silent, and after a long time, he sighed: “You are going to put me to death.”

    “Your Majesty,” Gu Jiusi continued seeing that his tone softened, “Now that Madam has just died, I am waiting for revenge for Madam. The so-called mourning army will win. Your Majesty should obey at this time. Mandate of Heaven, to be self-reliant and king for his wife and the people, and then reach Liu Thief in the south, take the eastern capital in the west, and protect the people of Daxia Jiangshan.

    “Liu Thief in the south, East Capital in the west?”

    Zhou Gaolang repeated it with a playful tone. Gu Jiusi’s heart froze.

    He knew very well in his heart that Zhou Gaolang did not want to be the emperor, but that he wanted to make his throne stable, and he could not bear the name of the chaotic ministers and thieves. Otherwise, if he says that he wants to be the emperor today, there is no guarantee that these generals who follow him will not make excessive demands in the future, relying on the merits of Conglong. Therefore, as an emperor today, someone else must beg him to be, and force him to be.

    Since Zhou Gaolang wants to be the emperor, he naturally has his own plans. Gu Jiusi wanted to take advantage of the crowd to speak louder about defending against Liu Xingzhi’s attack to test Zhou Gaolang’s tone. But after trying it now, Gu Jiusi knew that Zhou Gaolang was afraid that he had already given up on Yuzhou.

    Gu Jiusi’s heart sank, but all this was within his expectation. He had already arranged for Shen Ming to be in Yuzhou. Even if Zhou Gaolang did not follow his plan today, he would first go to Yuzhou to deal with Liu Xingzhi, and then go to Yuzhou to deal with Liu Xingzhi. Yangzhou teamed up to clean up Luozishang. Zhou Gaolang planned to take the Eastern Capital directly, so as long as he took the Eastern Capital within a month, it would be fine.

    He breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to speak, when he heard Ye Shian say: “Now Liu Xingzhi has not sent troops, the top priority is to win the Eastern Capital. The so-called sad army will win, and I am all focused on it now. To take revenge for Madam, as long as your lord sends troops to Dongdu, you will be invincible in battle and invincible in attack.”

    Zhou Gaolang still doesn’t speak, he seems to be still considering. Gu Jiusi frowned, he was a little unpredictable.

    This step has been reached, what is Zhou Gaolang still considering?

    Gu Jiusi pondered carefully, but at that moment, Ye Shian continued: “Now the food and grass are not enough, in order to calm the war as soon as possible and restore the Eastern Capital, I suggest Your Majesty,” Ye Shian raised his head, his expression Calmly, “Promise the three armies, after the East Capital City is destroyed, you can loot for three days as a reward.”

    Hearing this, Gu Jiusi suddenly widened his eyes, and he immediately said, “Your Majesty…”

    “Good!”

    Zhou Gaolang responded on the spot. Everyone present had different expressions, but most of them showed joy.

    When I got this sentence, the atmosphere suddenly heated up, and some soldiers took the lead in shouting: “Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward, and thank you Your Majesty Long!”

    There are few people who are calm, Zhou Gaolang is standing on a high place, his expression is calm, Ye Shian knelt on the ground, no surprise, Gu Jiusi stared at all this, after a long time, he turned his eyes It fell on Ye Shian.

    Ye Shian knew that he was looking at him, he straightened his back and looked calm, as if he had left everything and had already made a decision.

    Gu Jiusi suddenly realized.

    All of this was calculated by Zhou Gaolang.

    And Ye Shian had already conspired with Zhou Gaolang, Zhou Gaolang was waiting for them to let him “add a yellow robe”, and also waiting for Ye Shian to say this at this time.

    Plunder for three days and reward the three armies.

    Gu Jiusi was trembling all over, he clenched his fists and couldn’t help laughing.

    Zhou Gao said calmly: “Shi’an, Lord Gu is not feeling well, you help Lord Gu go down.”

    Ye Shian replied calmly, he stood up and held Gu Jiusi’s arm. With great strength, he held Gu Jiusi’s hand and said calmly, “Let’s go.”

    Gu Jiusi used great strength to restrain his emotions, he was dragged out of the crowd by Ye Shian, and when he reached the corridor, Gu Jiusi shoved him away and said angrily: “You are crazy!”

    Ye Shian was pushed against the pillar by him, he lowered his head and said nothing, Gu Jiusi said hurriedly: “You can’t do this, what’s the point of you doing this? As a reward to reward the three armies, what about the people of Dongdu? Do you think what kind of reputation will you leave in the history of youth in the future?! Shi’an, you still have a long way to go,” Gu Jiusi took a step forward and grabbed his shoulder. , said excitedly, “You can’t ruin your future like this, do you know that?”

    “I don’t need a career.”

    Ye Shian raised his eyes to look at Gu Jiusi, his expression was firm and calm: “I only need one thing, I want to go to Dongdu and watch Luo Zishang and Fan Yu die.”

    “Then you can’t take the people as a reward!”

    Gu Jiusi shouted angrily: “What’s the difference between you and Luo Zishang?!”

    “So what?!” Ye Shian raised his voice suddenly, “Even if I am no different from Luo Zishang, so what?!”

    Ye Shian looked excited, he pushed Gu Jiusi away and said coldly: “I’ve made it very clear, I don’t care about the bottom line now, I don’t want any morality, I just know One thing. Lord Zhou wanted to become emperor, but he lied to these soldiers at the beginning, and he falsely passed down the imperial decree to let them do things together. When they got to Dongdu, they discovered the truth of the matter, and they had Lord Zhou’s handle. We don’t know what they will do at that time. So now we have to let them have a handle. After looting the Eastern Capital, they have been tied to Lord Zhou since then and can’t be separated again.”

    “They all rebelled together…”

    “That was Lord Zhou tricking them into rebelling.”

    Ye Shian corrected him, he looked at Gu Jiusi, and after a long time, he smiled bitterly: “Do you know why we came this far?”

    Gu Jiusi stared blankly at Ye Shian, Ye Shian stepped forward and said, “Why, my family was destroyed, Zhou Ye and Mrs. Zhou’s wife were separated, you used to be a dignified minister of the household, and you are like a lost dog here. Fleeing in embarrassment? That’s all because,” Ye Shian raised his hand and pointed to Gu Jiusi’s heart, “You and the late emperor both thought of people’s hearts too well and too kindly. They were not ruthless and resolute enough to do things, and there was room for everything. Back then, you or the late emperor was ruthless enough to take care of the Yellow River or not, whether he was turbulent or not, and you took the initiative to kill Luo Zishang, and would you still keep him to this day? If Fan Yu is killed, the world will be in chaos, at least the people around us are still alive, right?”

    “The people who died around us were killed by our kindness.”

    Ye Shi quietly looked at Gu Jiusi: “Remember, we all killed.”

    Gu Jiusi stared at him blankly, Ye Shian withdrew his hand and said indifferently: “So, put away your poor compassion, what does the people of Dongdu have to do with you? What? You only need to know that you can let Lord Zhou ascend the throne with peace of mind. After he ascended the throne, he entered the Eastern Capital and killed Luo Zishang and Fan Yu. We both have the merits of the Dragon. At that time, you can achieve whatever ambition you have. Those who do big things are not careful about the small things, Jiusi, you have to understand.”

    “Understood…” Gu Jiusi said in disbelief, “What should I understand? People around us died because of our kindness? Back then, the late emperor did not kill Luo Zishang because Luo Zishang held Yangzhou in his hands. , Daxia was built at the beginning of the year, and was simply unable to fight against Yangzhou and Liu Xingzhi at the same time. If Luo Zishang was killed at that time, Xiao Ming and Liu Xingzhi would definitely unite against Da Xia. Luo Zishang did nothing to Da Xia, just because he suspected that he must be a bad boy in the future. The scourge did not hesitate to kill a Luo Zishang with the scourge of the Great Xia destroying the country, is the late emperor crazy?”

    “Why didn’t I kill Luozishang when I repaired the Yellow River? How should I kill it? Let me down, or Yangzhou can tolerate me? Besides, no matter how clever I am, can I predict that Luozishang will have today? I have long wanted to kill Luozishang. !”

    “Let’s talk about Fan Yu,” Gu Jiusi said in a deep voice, “In the beginning, Lord Zhou didn’t want to kill Fan Yu? Why do you think my uncle was on the side of the late emperor? It was because the late emperor had a plan. Standing on the side of the late emperor, the late emperor considered that he did not have Zhou Gaolang’s bargaining chips in the future. Do you think he would keep Zhou Gaolang? Ye Shian, you must know,” Gu Jiusi took a step forward and said coldly, “The late emperor is indeed benevolent, and his benevolence is At the beginning, Gong Chang could clearly shoot Zhou Gaolang on the spot, but he didn’t, and he sent Zhou Gaolang to Youzhou, gave him soldiers, gave him power and gave him a widow, if the first emperors were like you, who would you be today?”

    These words made Ye Shian’s face pale, Gu Jiusi saw that he seemed to wake up, he slowed down his tone: “Shi’an, there may be many things in this court that you don’t understand, but you You have to know one thing, it has never been because of you and me that I am kind, but because of your incompetence.”

    “Incompetence is due to kindness!”

     Ye Shi’an heard this and shouted loudly, which made Gu Jiusi’s eyes widen, Ye Shi’an turned to look at Gu Jiusi, and said very fast: “Luo Zishang and you and me However, at a similar age, why can he become the emperor of Yangzhou, with soldiers, power and money? That’s because he can do what he wants.”

    “How much effort have you spent to get to this day? You raised army salaries in Youzhou, resettled refugees, reclaimed wasteland, defended against foreign enemies, and little by little, you have brought hope from barren to today’s wealthy and well-governed , you are just a servant of the household; you repair the national treasury, repair the Yellow River, try the Yongzhou case, open the imperial examinations, and Yuru spends thousands of dollars to pave the way for you to support people, you are only a stable secretary of the household. What about Luo Zishang? Stir up a Yangzhou, step on it with a pile of bones, and easily become the lord of Yangzhou. So far, no matter the emperor, Liu Xingzhi, you or me, he can’t do anything about it. Now he provokes the two countries, and the flames are raging. , for the benefit of the fisherman, and in the future, it may even be the best in the world, which of the two paths is better to go?”

    “If you and I can have him three-point viciousness,” Ye Shian red eyes, “it won’t come to this day!”

    “If you and I can have him three-point viciousness…” Gu Jiusi was a little incredulous, he laughed, his smile was bitter and ironic, “Ye Shi’an, why are you unkind? You are simply vicious!”

    “Then you will treat me as vicious.” Ye Shi quietly looked at Gu Jiusi, “If you are a man, you will be cut off. After I assist His Majesty to ascend the throne, I will persuade His Majesty to reduce the tax burden and rule the world in Qingming and Ming Dynasty. It’s just that he does extraordinary things in extraordinary times, not like Fan Yu or Liu Xingzhi, who are vicious by nature.”

      You can transform yourself, be a good person, and be a good official?!”

    Ye Shi’an’s eyelashes trembled slightly, he lowered his head and did not make a sound.

    Gu Jiusi clenched his fists and stared at him, Ye Shian didn’t dare to look at him, he put his hands behind him, pretended to be calm, turned around and said: “I still have a lot to deal with, you have Your way, I don’t force it, it’s just my way, so don’t block it either.”

    “Shi’an.” Gu Jiusi suddenly said, his voice was a little tired, and he seemed to be arguing with him. The crown, with a filial belt on its head, flies in the wind. Gu Jiusi looked at him and said calmly, “You and I were in the school together, and you taught me a sentence.”

    “You said,” Gu Jiusi’s voice was hoarse, “a gentleman can be deceived, but it is difficult to do anything wrong. I don’t like your old-fashioned rules when I was young, but I always remember this sentence. You If a gentleman has a way, what about your way?”

    Ye Shian didn’t speak, he looked at the end of the corridor.

    It was many years ago in his mind.

    At that time, he and Gu Jiusi were still in the school. Gu Jiusi liked to play and was often scolded by the master. One day Gu Jiusi had a conflict with a student in the school. There was only one mother in the student’s family. The strength was thin, but Gu Jiusi was with Chen Xun and Yang Wenchang by his side. Gu Jiusi threatened him to beat him. The student was trembling with fright, but he still refused to give in. In the end, Ye Shian stood up, looked at Gu Jiusi, and said this: “Master Gu, a gentleman can deceive him, but it is difficult to ignore it. I believe in the master, and I have a way in my heart.”

    At that time, the young Gu Jiusi looked at Ye Shian, and after a long time, he snorted coldly: “I don’t understand. Forget it, what are you arguing with you poor boys?”

    Then he left in a dashing manner, Ye Shian thought he really didn’t understand, but he never thought, Gu Jiusi remembered this sentence for so many years.

    Ye Shian was speechless, he felt like a choked jade in his throat, and the pain made him unable to speak.

    That was his youth, his most beautiful and cleanest youth.

    He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and finally asked the person behind him, “Have you ever lost a loved one?”

    Gu Jiusi did not speak, Ye Shian continued: “If Liu Yuru is dead, your parents are dead, and Gu Jin is dead, can you still stand here and tell me this?”

    “Jiusi, I also once thought that I could stick to my morality all my life.” Ye Shian’s voice was dull, “I also once thought that I could stick to my heart for the rest of my life.”

    “But I found out later that it was too difficult.”

      Now, I only know one thing.”

    Ye Shian opened his eyes, and his voice gradually calmed down: “I will never let my family fall into the current situation again, and I will pay back what I owe my Ye family.”

    “I know your plan. You want Your Majesty to march against Liu Xingzhi first, and then join forces with Yangzhou to resist Dongdu. But this way, in Yuzhou, His Majesty will be attacked on three sides. Your method, There is no chance of making any mistakes, and the odds of winning are only 50-50. In fact, there is clearly a better way to go.”

    “First take the eastern capital, cede a state, and make peace with Liu Xingzhi, isn’t it more secure?”

    “What about the future?”

    Gu Jiusi looked coldly at the young man who was completely unfamiliar in front of him, Ye Shian laughed lightly when he heard this: “In the future, it will depend on what Your Majesty will do. How can I care about the future?”

    “You are absurd…”

    Gu Jiusi trembled and said: “Do you know how much effort was wasted by the late emperor to leave the current situation for Daxia? You ceded Yuzhou, and in the future, there is natural danger in Yuzhou, and then attacking Liu Xingzhi, do you think it is so easy? The Yellow River is open to navigation, the national treasury is abundant, grain production is restored in various places, and officials are purged from top to bottom… Originally, our southern expedition took only three years to complete. If you hand over Yuzhou to Liu Xingzhi now, it will be a disaster of a hundred years of destroying the country. Such a sin, Can you afford it?”

    “What can’t you bear?” Ye Shian said calmly, “I can bear the sins that Luo Zishang can bear.”

    “Are you the next Luozi merchant?”

    When these words came out, neither of them said anything.

    “My uncle, Qin Nan, Fu Baoyuan, the late emperor…” Gu Jiusi counted them one by one, “They used their lives to establish Daxia. What they hoped to establish was someone who did not play with power like Luo Zishang. In the era of politicians who ignored the common people, Ye Shian, if you want to be a Luo Zishang today,” Gu Jiusi drew his sword and pointed at Ye Shian, Ye Shian calmly looked at the tip of his sword and listened to him, “I can’t stand it anymore. you.”

    Ye Shian smiled lightly.

    “I want to be buried in Yangzhou.” He looked up at Gu Jiusi, Gu Jiusi’s hand trembled slightly, Ye Shian turned around and said calmly, “I’ll wait for you to come and take my life.”

    After saying that, he turned around and walked away from the corridor.

    Gu Jiusi took a deep breath, he inserted his sword into the scabbard, turned around and planned to go to Zhou Ye’s house, but he walked out of the corridor and saw soldiers filled the courtyard. A soldier stepped forward and said respectfully: “Master Gu, the night is cold and cold. Your Majesty is afraid that the evil spirits of Master Gu will invade the body at night, so he sent a lowly post to lead Master Gu back to the house.”

    Hearing this, Gu Jiusi suddenly understood, he was quite shocked: “Master Zhou wants to put me under house arrest?”

    “Master Gu is serious.”

    The other party neither admits nor denies. Gu Jiusi clenched his sword tightly, took a deep breath, and calmed his emotions: “Please inform Your Majesty that Gu has something to see tonight.”

    “Your Majesty said,” the guard respectfully said, “He understands what you want to say, he has already thought about it, and he also wants to take care of the Lord and understand the current affairs.”

    “Then Gu wants to see the eldest son.”

    Seeing that Zhou Gaolang was hopeless, Gu Jiusi immediately changed someone to see him, and the guard immediately said: “Your Majesty said, you can’t see anyone.”

    “You…”

    Gu Jiusi took a step forward, but at that moment, everyone in the yard immediately drew their swords.

    Gu Jiusi looked at the dangling blade, and he understood it in his heart.

      Kill on the spot.

    The guard looked at Gu Jiusi nervously, and Gu Jiusi also looked at the guard. After a long time, the guard said, “Master Gu, please remove your sword.”

    Gu Jiusi did not speak, but the guard saw that he did not understand, and raised his voice: “Master Gu, please remove your sword!”

    Gu Jiusi gritted his teeth, he squatted down, and slowly put down the long sword in his hand.

      After Gu Jiusi was locked in the house, he heard many guards coming outside. Gu Jiusi listened to the guards’ voices and said with a deep heart, “What do you mean? Are you treating me as a prisoner?”

    “Master Gu don’t need to be angry,” the guard outside said, “The eldest son said, this is for your own good.”

    “It’s good for me!” Gu Jiusi yelled, “If he’s really good for me, go and persuade his father not to do stupid things!”

    The soldiers outside stopped talking, Gu Jiusi was tied, jumped out of the bed, ran to the foot of the bed, found a sharp horn, and began to grind it in reverse. While grinding, he began to scold Zhou Ye and Ye Shian. He scolded for a while, and got tired of scolding. The rope was half worn, and then he rested. He leaned on the bed and felt a little tired.

    He doesn’t know what to do.

    He figured out how to stop Liu Xingzhi, figured out that Zhou Gaolang would become emperor, figured out that the Zhou family was going to attack the Eastern Capital.

    But what he didn’t count is that in order to pave the way to become emperor, Zhou Gaolang actually asked Ye Shian to advise and loot the Eastern Capital.

    He felt that he was walking alone on the road, and everyone was running against him. He suddenly wanted to have someone by his side, telling him that he was going this right.

    “Uncle… Your Majesty…” He murmured all the people who made him believe in the way he was going. After a long time, he pronounced a name, “Yuru.”

    “So, Brother Jiu asked me to come from Linfen.”

    Shen Ming finished talking with Liu Yuru about everything before, looked up at Liu Yuru, and said slowly: “He didn’t let me tell you this, saying that he was afraid of worrying you. But I’m not at ease, I always feel that these things Sister-in-law, you have to know.”

    Liu Yuru lowered her head, her mind was confused.

    She understands people much better than Shen Ming. Shen Ming is not sensitive enough, but she is clear in her heart.

    Gu Jiusi deliberately told Shen Ming to leave, if Qin Wan died, Zhou Ye would naturally guess that Gu Jiusi had already guessed everything, but Gu Jiusi did not tell Zhou Ye, Zhou Ye was in grief, and inevitably became angry .

    Ye Shian has lost his family, and Zhou Ye and Zhou Gaolang have also lost his love. Their moods are naturally the same. It is not surprising that people do anything under hatred. But Gu Jiusi is a very principled person…

    Liu Yuru felt more and more uneasy when she thought about it in her heart, she took a deep breath, and then said: “Tomorrow you and Ye Yun open the altar, and I have to go back to Linfen.”

    “Are you back in Linfen?”

    Shen Ming was a little surprised: “The Yellow River…”

    “I’ll send someone over first.”

    Liu Yuru immediately said: “In Yangzhou, Chen Xun and Ye Yun will help you. You take your troops and go to the front line, just do what Jiusi does.”

    Shen Ming nodded: “I listen to Brother Nine.”

    Liu Yuru responded. The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became. She stood up and walked out with Gu Jin in her arms.

    Gu Langhua, Jiang Rou and others were placed in a small courtyard not far from Yangzhou by her. She decided to hand over Gu Jin tonight and went directly to Linfen.

    After Liu Yuru went out, Shen Ming also went out the door. Walking out the door, he saw Ye Yun standing at the door.

    Ye Yun was wearing the same dress as when she left