Chapter 228: Westward Advance to Queer Mountain
These people were immediately confused, and when they came to their senses, they immediately concluded that someone was throwing dirty water on the Queen Mother's face and issuing an imperial decree to kill people, with the intention of destroying the Great Wall of Steel built with flesh and blood on the border of the Song Dynasty.
This was unacceptable. Led by the imperial censors, a group of people immediately withdrew and went straight to the Empress Dowager's Wanshou Palace to petition.
The Queen Mother heard the sound of crying outside the palace and asked what was going on? Who was making such a noise outside?
The maid reported to her that someone was using his head as a hammer to smash the carved tiles outside her palace. The empress dowager was annoyed and opened the door to accept the censor's statement.
When she heard that the imperial envoy had killed people according to her secret decree and murdered loyal officials at the border, and knew that her emperor son did not exonerate her but only ordered the Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation, she felt very unhappy.
The Queen Mother began to curse inwardly: What's wrong with this idiot? I am thinking about his throne. If Zhao Qi'er can't be killed, I will find someone to take the blame. What are you afraid of?
The Queen Mother winked at the eunuch beside her, who immediately went out to find the Emperor.
The emperor already had it in mind. When he came in front of his mother, he said nothing. He stood there helplessly, looking at his mother and the ministers with a look of 100% innocence.
The Queen Mother was at her wit's end, knowing that her foolish son wanted her to take the blame herself, so she asked the eunuch in charge of the seal and her personal maid to go to the Dali Temple to clarify the matter before returning.
My God, the Queen Mother is also a ruthless character. In order to clear herself, she did not hesitate to use her closest people to take the blame.
There was immediate crying and commotion in the hall, and the burly royal guards dragged the eunuchs and maids further and further away.
But the problem has not been completely solved. Everyone is actually well aware of the gossip in the Lin'an court, and someone must come forward to take responsibility.
Within two days, the Imperial City Bureau handed in a detailed report. The Empress Dowager and the Emperor were so angry that they trembled when they saw that Zhao Wangbing gave the Qingcheng School's gunpowder and thunder bomb manufacturing methods to the Northern Barbarians, and colluded with the Northern Barbarians to destroy the Shenwei Army's military workshop.
The emperor immediately ordered that those children be thrown into the Tianlao; Prime Minister Zheng Qingzhi was old and his brain was not working well, so he became the one responsible for the imperial edict to assassinate Zhao Yulin, and was ordered to retire and return home.
The Lin'an court began to shake as if it had lost its stabilizing force ...
Zhao Yulin felt much more energetic after a night's rest. The sun was shining brightly and cloudless on the western plateau. The brothers rode their horses happily and continued westward to Baoning Prefecture.
In the afternoon, the guard told him with surprise that a new post station called Gulugou Hot Spring had been built ahead.
He rode his horse over and saw a new gate built on the road. The left and right sides were built with stone slabs to form watchtowers. A thick beam was placed across the top, and a wide wooden board was hung on the beam with the words "Gulugou Hot Spring Station" written on it.
Zhao Yulin saw that the operation method of writing the words was very similar to the street name sign he made for Guanghuo Street. He became curious, dismounted and slowly walked towards the street, but saw a woman in red trotting towards him.
When he got closer, he realized it was Yang Jin. He ran over, picked her up, and spun her around. Yang Jin laughed in his arms, her silver bell-like laughter floating into the clear sky.
Then, Tuva Pencuo, Changji Nima and Li Yunqing all came out.
Yangjin took Zhao Yulin to visit the newly built post station and excitedly told him that she knew there was a hot spring here. After finding it, they planned to build a post station.
Ma Linger knew that Baoning Prefecture was short of silver, so she arranged for someone to send her 100,000 strings of new currency, and the city was built immediately.
Tuva Pengcuo told him happily that the kings saw the endless stream of merchants coming and going and knew that the iron chain bridge in Dujiangyan had been built. They praised the third young master for keeping his word. Several groups of kings had made appointments to visit Chengdu, hahahaha.
Of course, Zhao Yulin didn't know about these trivial matters.
Changji Nima excitedly told him that the rooms in Baoningzhou Academy were full of children, and they all had to learn Chinese and write snake numbers.
Damn, this brother-in-law described the Arabic numerals he invented as looking like a curved snake.
Zhao Yulin followed everyone to eat barbecue and drink barley wine. He felt numb after half a night of revelry. The guard helped him to an exquisite courtyard behind the post station. Yangjin opened the back door and asked him to look. Under the moonlight, a pool of water was emitting wisps of dreamy steam.
Zhao Yulin was amused and asked her if she had her own hot spring.
Yangjin nodded proudly and told him that the craftsmen had widened the water outlet and diverted the water here. There were hot spring pools in several courtyards here. If they wanted to take a dip, they could go in. If they wanted to sleep, they could go back to the house.
The woman went up to him and hugged him, saying that General Li had already set up sentries on guard around the area, so he could sleep peacefully.
Zhao Yulin quickly took off his coat, disarmed himself, and jumped into the water.
"Wow, it feels so good." He shouted and lay on his back in the water to enjoy it.
Later, Yangjin also went into the water.
The girl's hands were extremely dishonest, touching his back , scratching his chest, and fanning the flames unscrupulously. This was too much, and the two of them soon began to roll around in the hot spring pool...
After dawn, Zhao Yulin woke up and saw Yangjin, who was naked, and knew that they had consummated their marriage last night. He quietly got out of bed and went out to soak in the hot spring again. He found that his scars were much less and his skin was smoother. However, he felt a burning sensation on his back as if he had been whipped by a shepherd's whip, which made him a little puzzled.
Thinking back to the wedding consummation with Yangjin last night, I couldn't help but laugh and found the answer. This girl's revenge was too cruel.
He began to like this hot spring a little bit, and he dozed off with his eyes closed, resting his head on the rocks beside the pool.
When Yangjin woke up, she found the man was gone. She walked out and kicked Zhao Yulin lightly on the head. When he opened his eyes, he saw the infinite scenery under the woman's skirt, and his gaze involuntarily moved upwards.
The woman suddenly woke up at this moment, said shyly "hooligan," and ran into the house.
Zhao Yulin felt very innocent, it was not intentional at all, huh.
They only had two meals in the mountains, and they had breakfast when the sun was already high in the sky. Yangjin put on the Tibetan robe for Zhao Yulin and went out to sit under the grape trellis and drink tea.
Yangjin, like Zhao Yulin, is a time traveler. She doesn't care about the guards and maids on either side. She goes straight up and sits in Zhao Yulin's arms, saying that he hurt her last night and she must hug him to make up for it.
Zhao Yulin had just been ambushed by the imperial envoy, and he had no scruples after crawling out from the pile of dead bodies. The two of them only had eyes for each other, enjoying the rare pleasure very comfortably, while the maids and guards around them retreated step by step.
In the afternoon, the maid shouted from afar: Sister Yangjin, Commander Li is here.
Yangjin immediately climbed up from him and tidied her clothes. Zhao Yulin quickly left the recliner, stood up, stretched, and looked at the clouds.
A little later, Li Yunqing came in and the maid immediately brought up new tea.
Yun Qing looked at the tea bowl and said, "Emei Snow Buds?" The young master really has a special liking for Mount Emei.
Yangjin said jealously, "That's not Mount Emei. I have a special liking for the leader's daughter."
Zhao Yulin didn't argue with her. He smiled and said, "Let's have some tea, let's have some tea." He asked him why he didn't stay and talk about what happened yesterday.
It took him half a day to get here.
Li Yunqing glanced at Yang Jin and said with a smile, "Young Master has just arrived."
Yangjin immediately said that she was the one who instructed her to do so and asked them to take a break first before talking about other matters.
Haha, it turns out that his wife also serves as his secretary and arranges his schedule properly.
Zhao Yulin happily picked up the tea bowl and told Yunqing to have some tea, have some tea, and try this year's new tea.
Li Yunqing already knew that he had been ambushed in Chengdu. After showing some concern, he reported to him that both the Partridge Mountain and Zheduo Mountain columns had been fully trained and staffed. The brothers felt that they had been relying on the central army tent for a long time and it would be embarrassing if they didn't do something, so they planned to leave Zheduo and march westward all the way to the foot of Queer Mountain.
Yangjin told him that her father Tuwa Pengcuo insisted on going to Dajianlu to open up new frontiers, so she stayed in Baoning Prefecture to provide support. Baoning Prefecture is now basically stable, and the Zamps west of Zheduo Mountain are flocking here after seeing that life here is stable and the people are getting rich.
Zhao Yulin visited Lhasa in later life and even stayed for a night at the foot of Mount Everest. He had a special feeling for Tubo and he also felt that the time was ripe to march westward.
He asked Li Yunqing with a smile: Do you feel left behind when you see your brothers' troops and territory constantly expanding?
Li Yunqing smiled and said that he would follow the young master's arrangements.
Zhao Yulin said that he couldn't just listen to him and he had to use his brain.
He knew that in the early years when Li Yunqing worked with Han Yongchao, he was weak-willed and indecisive, and he had made serious mistakes and was demoted by him. He still had trauma in his heart, so he had to let Yunqing go.
Zhao Yulin said that as the head coach of a team, we must not only have full control over the situation, but also think about the problem from the overall perspective. He also felt that the time to attack was ripe.
Just go ahead and do it, don't let your bows and arrows and swords and guns become rusty and unusable.
Li Yunqing was overjoyed to hear him say this. He was so happy that his heart was blossoming and he looked at him with a sunny face.
Zhao Yulin looked at Yangjin and asked her how far she could support Commander Li with the current logistics support capabilities of Baoning Prefecture?
Yangjin boasted that it was no problem to walk all the way to Chamdo, but then she covered her mouth and stopped talking.
This girl is just like him, she starts talking when she's happy.
Zhao Yulin looked at the stunned Li Yunqing and smiled and said that there was no place called Chamdo yet, and that this westward advance would stop along the Jinsha River. The logistical supply would be much more difficult after crossing the Queer Mountain, so they would try to establish a bridgehead first.
Li Yunqing thought this goal was not difficult, so he immediately stood up, saluted, and assured him that he would complete the task.
Zhao Yulin also stood up to let them communicate, and asked Yun Qing to preside over the military meeting of the Liangshan Group and deploy the western expedition to Queer Mountain.
After Li Yunqing and Yangjin left, he drank a bowl of butter tea and then went down to the hot spring pool to soak.
In the meeting hall of Gulugou New Village, Li Yunqing had already gathered all the ministers and generals together.
He excitedly told everyone that the Third Young Master had agreed to march westward, and that they would not only reach Queer Mountain, but also cross over to the Jinsha River in order to establish a forward base for advancing westward into Lhasa City.
Lhasa City is where the Potala Palace, the core of the Tubo regime, is located. At that time, there was no Lhasa city yet.
The generals were delighted to hear that there was going to be a western expedition. Most of them were passionate young men under the age of thirty. Who wouldn't want to make achievements on the battlefield?
