roccoschili Chapter 1297 Typhoon (5)
Chapter 1297 Typhoon (5)
Chapter 1297 Typhoon (V)
The setting sun is burning.
On the small plain under Qishan Mountain, the originally sturdy village has been destroyed. Teams of soldiers and captured farmers are scattered around the field of vision. Under the collapsed courtyard wall, technicians are recording the traces and power of the explosion. A fleet swept over from the water, and occasional commotions could still be heard in the distance.
It was like a strong wind blowing across the fields.
Wu Qimei was dragged back.
"Zou Xu." Cheng Zhouhai chewed on the name quietly. "He is in the Central Plains, recuperating. How can he plot in the Southeast?"
“Hahahaha…” Realizing her fate, Wu Qimei laughed on the ground, then burst into tears again, “Plot… Do you think that attacking you is plotting? He wants you dead, okay… Haha… You mediocre people, and you, Cheng Zhouhai, are unworthy of being called a wise man - you can’t imagine how long-term his plan is. He has been planning to kill you since last year -”
"last year……"
"Hahahaha... Attack when the enemy is least prepared, and take them by surprise. This is the way of winning by military strategists, and it cannot be announced in advance... Those who plan for victory before the battle have made many calculations, and those who plan for defeat before the battle have made few calculations. Those who plan more will win, and those who plan less will not win, let alone those who make no calculations... Those who plan more will win, and those who plan less will not win. Those who plan more will win, and those who plan less will not win..."
The old man shook his head on the ground and began to recite words that Ning Ji could not understand. Cheng Zhouhai found a big rock nearby and sat down. When his assistant led a man with various torture instruments to the side, he shook his head and said, "Don't show off your knowledge, Mr. Mei, what on earth did he do..."
“Hehe…hahaha…” Seeing the man with the torture instruments coming over, the man stopped delaying and said, “Didn’t you guess something? Why were people like Fei Gong, Lao Ai, and Sun Yao convinced by me…Because they were not convinced by me, it was Zou Xu. It was Zou Xu’s people who convinced them and assured them that your lives would not last long…hahahaha, it’s not just them…”
"return……"
Cheng Zhouhai didn't finish his question as a soldier who was delivering a message came over at high speed. When he got closer, he whispered a few words to his deputy, who then came over with a nervous look on his face. He reported in a low voice, and Cheng Zhouhai slowly stood up and looked in the direction of the waterway not far away. Then, he turned his head and looked at Ning Ji.
Wu Qimei laughed miserably and complicatedly on the ground: "Haha...haha, he was finally caught. Such a big scene...but what's the use? He's just one of his subordinates, just one person..."
Ning Ji also looked over there. Although the voice of the message just now was small, he had heard it. One of the people who was caught while escaping claimed to be a member of the cadre corps of the Third Division of the Fifth Army of China. His name was Zheng Songyan.
"Bring him here."
After Cheng Zhouhai finished speaking, he tilted his head towards Ning Ji, then looked at Wu Qimei.
"You, go on. If you make yourself clear, I'll leave you with an intact body."
Wu Qimei's lips were pale and his teeth were trembling. He sat there with a changing expression. After a long while, he raised his head.
"There's no rush for the rest... but there's one thing he prepared as his trump card. Now... haha, I don't know if it's too late..."
The setting sun was as scorching as fire. Not long after, the soldier who delivered the message galloped back towards Fuzhou city on his horse at an astonishing speed.
……
into the night.
There was a slight commotion in the imperial city for a while, but then it returned to a quiet yet solemn atmosphere.
Of the three concubines who were married off six days ago, one died in the confrontation just now, and another was injured by her golden hairpin, but fortunately the injury was not serious.
During the noisy and hot two months, Chen Shuangran thought he had grasped a rare secret, and prepared to lead trusted masters into the palace to assassinate on a typhoon day. To this end, he designed a large number of smokescreens. On the one hand, he stirred up an atmosphere of rebellion, and on the other hand, he also laid countless smokescreens.
But in the meantime, Zheng Songyan, who came from the Central Plains and had experience in the Chinese Army, never pinned all his chances on such a crazy girl. In the process of countless smokescreens, he instigated a woman from a prominent family to rebel and finally sent her quietly into the palace.
The emperor was a military king who had seen swords and guns and fought on battlefields. It was not easy for a weak woman to succeed in an assassination attempt, but according to Zheng Songyan's predetermined plan, he hoped that she could at least kill the other two concubines who entered the palace at the same time. In this way, the emperor's drama of taking in concubines would completely fail, and the entire wave of uprising in Fujian would be encouraged to the greatest extent - of course, if the emperor could be killed in one fell swoop, that would of course be the best outcome.
However, the three concubines who had just entered the palace were closely watched by people around them. The emperor had also been working overtime on government affairs for several days to avoid sex, which meant that the three concubines who had entered the palace did not have much freedom, and the right opportunity never came.
The hot air slowly left the palace, and the lights started to light up. Then, figures gathered in the palace. The princess led Qu Longjun to the square and saw Ning Ji, who seemed a little lonely. Wenren Buer and Li Pin came over, and Tie Tianying, who was still injured, also came to take charge. Later, Cheng Zhouhai came back with the results of the preliminary interrogation and asked about the situation in the palace.
"How could she... dare to do this? A woman who has not received any training and is powerless... will die whether she succeeds or not..."
"It should be that Zheng Songyan opened his heart to her and told her about the various... evil things that happened in the Wu Dynasty, and then he told her about Dai Mengwei's theory... After Concubine Chen was surrounded, she shouted and screamed with these evil words, and finally called Zheng Lang..."
"..."
Cheng Zhouhai was stunned for a long while after listening to the story. He had done a lot of work over the years. Although he paid a price this time, all of Chen Shuangran's major actions were basically locked by his arrangements. But in the end, the matter of this concubine finally fell beyond his calculations. In the final analysis, when the other party doesn't want to die, he will always get a chance to bite someone.
On the other hand, the Wu Dynasty, from Zhou Zhe to Zhou Yong, did countless absurd things, but now it is still considered the orthodox in the world. However, as the opponent's theoretical system was built and the public opinion offensive was launched, a gap was actually created in the legal theory of the Wu Dynasty.
Even though Fujian was closed, and even though this was just a silly, love-minded woman, she could still be instigated by the other party to risk her life. Cheng Zhouhai understood what this meant very well.
He waved his hands, but in the end he could only wave them weakly, then went into the hall to summarize the news with everyone.
Li Pin, Wenren Buer, Princess Zhou Pei and Emperor Jun Wu have all gathered here. They seemed to be bored after hearing the news about the interrogation. Ning Ji did not come in, but walked around the palace outside with Qu Longjun.
General Cheng Zhouhai placed the interrogation files on the desk.
"...According to Wu Qimei, many things have been explained...Zou Xu got in touch with him during the Jiangning period last year. The envoy he sent was called Ding Songnan...In fact, at that time, Lin'an didn't have much bargaining chips in the eyes of these people, but Ding Songnan first found the person he sent and pointed out the way for him, saying that Lin'an would be broken sooner or later, and he and Tie Yan would not have a good end if they fell into anyone's hands. But he suggested that Wu Qimei turn to the southeast when the city was broken, because Wu Qimei came from the Wu Dynasty and was most clear about our flaws and problems. If the operation was done properly, perhaps we could capture an army of volunteers in Fujian and destroy this place..."
"...In fact, if we hadn't finally caught him in the past few days, with the assistance of Zheng Songyan, things might have gone according to Zou Xu's plan..."
"...His confession also happened to confirm some other information. According to...according to the boy's recollection, a melee broke out in Jin Street, Jiangning at that time. Tun Yun suddenly appeared and killed Gu Anhe, the envoy sent by Liu Guangshi. Later, there was another assassination attempt, which almost killed Liu Guangshi's deputy envoy Li Yanfeng..."
"...Wu Qimei said that this was Ding Songnan's request. After killing Gu Anhe, Dai Mengwei's envoy represented Liu Guangshi in the city and promised everyone that they would soon enter Bianliang, and hoped that everyone would go to Bianliang to hold another martial arts conference...At that time, everyone just thought that Dai Mengwei entered Bianliang with Liu Guangshi, but now it seems that Zou Xu and Dai Mengwei had already arranged a dead end for Liu Guangshi...That's why everything happened in the Central Plains War at the end of last year..."
"Ning Yi, you taught me a good apprentice..."
In the imperial study, Cheng Zhouhai sighed when he reached this point.
Wenren Buer nodded at the side: "Since last year, he has been quietly calculating this step, arranging the date of Liu Guangshi's death, and even planning our place... It is quite different from the news about him in the past. When Liu Guangshi was killed, everyone thought it was Dai Mengwei who was manipulating the situation. In addition, according to the news that he was negotiating business in Jin at the beginning of this year, this person is also said to be very humble."
Cheng Zhouhai smiled, "Many years ago, when Ning Yi first arrived at Xiaocang River, he defeated the Xixia people. However, the Jurchens came to question him and threw the head of Zhuji Lu Yannian in front of him. Wasn't he extremely humble... At that time, it was Zou Xu who accompanied Ning Yi to entertain the Jurchen envoys."
"But why did he want to come to our side?" Li Pin frowned, "In any case, the southeast is too far away from the Central Plains."
The lights flickered, and several people in the hall nodded.
"...This is the crux of the matter." Cheng Zhouhai sighed, he looked at everyone, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke, "Wu Qimei gave an explanation for this issue. Your Majesty and everyone, please listen to it..."
Everyone held their breath. Cheng Zhouhai clasped his fists again, bowed to Jun Wu, and then spoke slowly.
"Zou Xu believes that if one day the southwest encounters a disaster, there are several forces in this world that may form an alliance with the Huaxia Army and help with all their might. One of them is the Wu Dynasty."
"Uh……"
After Cheng Zhouhai said this, Jun Wu's mouth twitched, revealing an embarrassed look and a look of wanting to quibble. Zhou Pei glanced at him and frowned. Wenren Buer and Li Pin were also chewing on the meaning of these words.
After a while, Li Pin said solemnly, "There is a dispute between the Wu Dynasty and the southwest over the orthodoxy, but it is undeniable that when your Majesty came to Fujian, the Ning Yi side did provide great help. If one day the southwest really encounters an unspeakable disaster, the Wu Dynasty should indeed provide assistance. The dispute over the orthodoxy is the dispute over the orthodoxy, and repaying a favor is repaying a favor. This matter does not violate the righteousness."
"Mr. Li is right!" Jun Wu agreed immediately, and Zhou Pei turned her face away.
"This is not the point." In the room, Wenren Buer thought for a moment, turned his head and looked at Cheng Zhouhai, "Master Cheng said that this matter is the key to the problem. Then I want to ask, has Zou Xu already calculated the disaster in the southwest? In addition, there are several teams in the world that can form an alliance with the Chinese Army. Who are they..."
"...Or, since he has made a move against us who are far away in the southeast, he has already taken action against the rest of the parties?"
The fire made a slight beeping sound in the hood. There was no wind in the room, it was hot and quiet. Everyone's expressions were frozen on their faces. After a moment, Jun Wu turned around and pulled out a blackboard with a map of the world's forces on it from the back.
"...We are not included in the list of those who can form an alliance with the Huaxia Army. The only ones are...Jin and Shandong..." He inserted two flags on it.
"Shandong originally belonged to them..."
"Then there is still..." Jun Wu turned around, "...the Fairness Party? He Wen?"
He hoisted the flag.
Cheng Zhouhai watched quietly, and at this time, he slowly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have overstepped my authority." Then he walked over, grabbed He Wen's flag, and pulled it down.
"Your Majesty... Forgive me for being blunt, but this may be one of the things we should be most worried about..."
"Hmm?" Jun Wu frowned. "He Wen... didn't he come from Southwest China? He also learned... democracy from Southwest China. He fought and quarreled. He didn't obey me, but he should obey the teacher..."
"According to Wu Qimei, Zou Xu may have formed an alliance with He Wen. We will know the truth in a few days... The southeast is remote. Zou Xu attacked us, but he can't attack us. The Fei family and other big families went into the mountains to rebel. They were afraid of being isolated and helpless. But this time, with their actions, He Wen will issue a manifesto in the name of King Gongping to denounce Wu Dynasty. At that time, all the rebels will be canonized in the name of the Gongping Party. Your Majesty... the big one is coming."
Li Pin frowned: "He Wen, is it really like this?"
Wenren Buer took a breath, "This matter does not require the Fair Party to pay much. As far as He Wen is concerned, the destruction of Southeast has always been something he would like to see, but he is still fighting now and cannot spare any effort. From the perspective of the world, as the helmsman of a major force, He Wen does not trust Zou Xu, and Zou Xu may not trust He Wen either. But if they want to work together to do something, this matter... is indeed the most appropriate first time..." He looked at Cheng Zhouhai, "Did Wu Qimei say when it would be..."
"This matter cannot be agreed upon. But according to him, if something happens here and there, it will prove He Wen's attitude. And once it comes to this point..."
In the dull room, the people gathered did not speak anymore. Zhou Pei walked aside and slowly opened all the windows around to let a few wisps of cool breeze in. In the silhouette of the palace, some people were thinking, some were pacing, and some were sitting on chairs. Their eyes were looking at the map that marked the whole world.
"If... Zou Xu made such a big plan..."
"We will launch the attack here..."
"Does this mean that...fires have already started in other places..."
"Why did he do this..."
"Because he is afraid of the teacher..."
"The Southwest is carrying out land reform. If the teacher comes out from the Southwest... he will die..."
"So...how many things did he do..."
"We are far away in the south, so the news arrives the latest..."
"Maybe in a few days..."
"It's coming..."
A small territory, a big world. The people in the room walked around and discussed, occasionally picking up flags, marking places, and deducing what might happen. At this moment, a huge shadow was covering everything. They had never thought that when the rebellious disciple from the southwest suddenly revealed his malice, it would lead to such a huge... perhaps a conspiracy that would cover the entire world...
Zhou Pei turned her head and looked out the window of the study. In the distant lights, Ning Ji and Qu Longjun were walking hand in hand. The invincible young man was no longer jumping around and laughing. No one knew what they were talking about at the moment...
In the sky, a storm has been spreading from thousands of miles away, and the throbbing and whimpering of fear can be heard...