Chapter 231 The Queen Mother is Dizzy
Zhao Yulin said that this was all for now, and he would have to trouble the general to report the matter of Lin'an. There were too many spies in Lin'an, and he had not mentioned a word about the Western Expedition to Que'er Mountain. He was also worried that the emperor thought we had too many soldiers to use.
Lao Cao smiled and nodded, then told Zhao Yulin: Our army's morale has been unstable since the imperial envoy killed my brother in Chengdu.
Xiao Yan, a small inspector of the Military Discipline Commission, actually went so far as to say at the rally that it was the imperial court that was plotting to murder the great contributors. He also said that corruption was rampant in the Lin'an court, that the emperor was high above and did not understand the people's sentiments, and that he made decisions based on his mood, and that the court would be doomed sooner or later.
Zhao Yulin and Yang Jin were both shocked. How could this girl have such courage?
How dare you challenge the supreme imperial power?
Cao Youwen said that there was more to it. Students from several large academies in Chang'an, Fengxiang, Nanzheng and Cuiping Mountain were divided into two factions, arguing and debating, criticizing the court's wrong decisions, and cursing the court's treacherous officials in power and rampant corruption, and that it was time for a change of dynasty.
Seeing that he was frowning, Lao Cao comforted him: Miao Gui and the others have gone down to take charge of the various armies. The Shenwei Army is united as one and must not be disbanded.
Zhao Yulin felt that the situation had become complicated. He said goodbye to Lao Cao and followed Yangjin back to his own courtyard thoughtfully, where he lay down under the grape trellis to bask in the sun.
Yangjin saw that he looked worried and asked what was wrong.
Was he frightened by General Cao's words?
Zhao Yulin smiled and said he needed to think about writing something, then he closed his eyes and dozed off.
In the Lin'an Palace, the Imperial City Division secretly reported: Xiao Yan, the military discipline inspector of the Shenwei Army, spoke outrageously at the rally, cursed the court and the government, and clamored and incited the army to rebel.
Damn, this is unacceptable. The Queen Mother, the Emperor, and Shi Zizi, all these god-like figures in the court, immediately knew the details.
The emperor was angry. One problem after another arose. Why did he feel that he was having a bad year?
The empress dowager had suffered a great setback some time ago because of the unsuccessful assassination attempt on Zhao Yulin. Now that she had caught Zhao Qier of the Shenwei Army, she would not let go of such a rare opportunity. She immediately asked the Privy Council to punish her and also asked the emperor to personally order the execution of Xiao Yan as a warning to others.
Your Majesty knows, this is not acceptable.
He changed into casual clothes, got in a sedan chair, and went angrily to the West Lake to find Kuang Sisi. After scolding the woman, he remembered that Xiao Yan was just someone with his blood flowing in her body, and nothing else mattered to her. He had never even called Xiao Yan's name to her face, or called her his good daughter, so how could he blame a weak woman whom he had never met?
Kuang Sisi tried her best to make the emperor leave comfortably. She leaned against the door, covering her face and crying as she watched the green-topped sedan disappear into the night.
The woman had long felt too tired and had the idea of escaping from West Lake to find her daughter.
The emperor is not done yet.
The Queen Mother wanted to talk to him, but couldn't find him anywhere in the palace. She realized that her son had gone out to visit other women again, and sat on the couch helplessly, waiting for this disappointing son to come back.
The emperor went back to see his mother. After reading the secret report, he pretended to be surprised and cursed a few words, and then nothing else happened.
The empress dowager was so angry that she felt dizzy. She said in a harsh voice that a small female bandit leader dared to curse the emperor and speak against the court. This was unacceptable and she must be killed to serve as a warning to others.
The emperor said indifferently that it was just a child who was still wet behind the ears saying a few words and complaining a little, which was normal. Besides, the court was at fault for killing the generals of the Shenwei Army, so let them complain a little to vent their anger.
This is not what an emperor would say. The emperor is the leader of his subjects. How could the court be wrong? How could the emperor admit his mistakes so easily? The empress dowager looked at him in surprise.
How could Shi's son give up such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? He would never be willing to give up.
He took two quick steps forward and reported, saying, "How could a mere weak woman say such words?"
Do something like this?
We must catch this female traitor and conduct a thorough investigation to find out who is behind all this and bring this whole group of traitors to justice and execute them by slow slicing.
Mag's fault. It's time for breakfast, but he wants to kill my daughter. The emperor was furious.
He shouted, "How dare you talk to me like that? If you want to kill someone, I can chop off your head three times and exterminate your clan three times just for the fact that you are secretly communicating with the Northern Barbarians. Now, aren't you my Prime Minister?"
When Shi's son saw that the emperor was angry, he didn't know why and stood there stupidly.
The emperor became annoyed by the empress dowager and a bunch of disloyal ministers, so he swung the wide sleeves of his robe in his right hand, turned around and left without saying goodbye.
The Queen Mother sighed and said what a good opportunity it was, let's discuss it another day.
She was unwilling to give up. She thought that her praise for Zhao Yulin some time ago was all fake. She was always thinking about how to kill Zhao Qier.
Gulugou, Zhao Yulin went back and thought about it for a long time, but still had no idea about the article.
Seeing his tangled look, Yangjin said, "We finally got a chance to live again. What's the point of being bothered by these mundane affairs? Don't worry too much and shorten your life. Take him to the hot spring to heal his wounds."
When Zhao Yulin saw the black stones in the water, he wondered what kind of stones they were. Then he immediately thought about what he should write.
Isn't the reason why the Shenwei Army is quarreling right now because everyone has forgotten who they are?
After the couple came out of the hot spring pool, Zhao Yulin became more energetic and wrote down the title "The Sky Will Not Fall", elaborating in detail what the Shenwei Army was.
He wanted to tell everyone that every member of the Shenwei Army came from the common people, and the Shenwei Army was the army of the people. The people of China have the blue sky above their heads and their roots in the earth, which is our greatest sky.
The Shenwei Army is composed of the people's soldiers. They are not afraid of power, do not fear strong enemies and dare to take action. They are determined to defend their country to the death. They are the pillar that holds up the sky, and this sky will never fall.
Zhao Yulin wrote nearly 2,000 words, each word as vivid as a pearl. Yangjin felt relieved and liked it more and more as she read. After he revised it, she immediately translated it into Tibetan and a maid came to deliver it to the newspaper office.
The next day, when the two of them went to have breakfast with Lao Cao again, the Baoningzhou tabloid had been placed on Lao Cao's desk.
Cao Youwen read the tabloids that smelled of ink with great interest, and praised Baoning's government for its rapid operation, even moving newspapers here.
Zhao Yulin saw that the newspaper not only had his article, but also the news that General Cao had come to Gulugou, and the news that the Third Young Master had been riding a horse with our Yangjin Chief Steward.
He sighed in his heart, damn, how could a state capital's newspaper become a tabloid.
But ordinary people like to watch it.
Yangjin told them that almost all the kings here had subscribed to the newspaper, and traveling merchants would ask for their newspapers when they arrived at the post station.
Lao Cao nodded happily and said cheerfully that he was leaving soon and had to hurry back to Chengdu.
Zhao Yulin still handed the written memorial to Lao Cao, asking Lao Cao to take it to Chengdu and forward it to Lin'an. He asked Lao Cao to rest assured that the Shenwei Army was the army of the Chinese people, and no one would do anything wrong, and no one had the right to do anything wrong.
Cao Youwen held Zhao Yulin's hand tightly and said: He felt more at ease with your words, let's go.
The general led the horse and jumped on it, followed by a group of guards, running eastwards.
Zhao Yulin looked at Lao Cao's receding back and sighed that this good friend from another world had worked hard and spared no effort for the Song Dynasty.
At this time in Renhuai Fort, Shunzhidi was getting angry at Liu San, the general manager of Shunfeng.
Shun Zhidi passed the morning sickness period, and the affairs of Renhuai were in order. She was strolling on the streets of Renhuai in a good mood. A vendor selling glutinous rice cakes near the government office saw her walking towards him with a sunny look on his face, and anxiously took out a Cuiping Morning Post to show her, saying, "Chidi, the chief steward, a disaster has happened. Our third young master has been killed by the imperial envoy."
Shunzhidi snatched the newspaper and read it. The Cuiping Morning Post reported in detail the attack on Zhao Yulin at Anfu Temple in Chengdu. She was immediately dumbfounded.
It's been half a month since this happened, but she just found out about it today.
Shunzhidi was concerned about Zhao Yulin's safety and was resentful that Shunfengchu did not report it to her. She was furious and hurried back. Fortunately, the maid stopped her and whispered to her that she was pregnant.
As soon as she returned to the government office, she immediately asked someone to call the general manager Liu San.
This Liu San was the Liu San who used to be the security guard in Wang Dehui's house. He also went up the mountain to become a bandit. After escaping from Yibin, he began to work for the Shenwei Army because of Zhao Yulin's kindness. Lu Youpeng believed that he had made great contributions and promoted him to the general manager of Shunfengchu Renhuai.
When he heard that Shunzhidi was looking for him angrily, he knew that Shunzhidi must know what happened in Chengdu, so he hurried to find Mrs. Shun. The old lady told him to go first and she would follow soon.
Liu San came to Shunzhidi tremblingly, and saw that the chief steward had a frosty face and his eyes were full of fire. He asked tremblingly what the chief steward wanted him to do.
The maidservant beside Zhidi angrily questioned him, saying that such a big thing happened in Chengdu, why didn't he report it to the chief steward? Such a big thing would definitely be reported to all places in Cuiping Mountain, but the chief steward didn't know anything about it, what crime should he be punished for?
Liu San knew that he could no longer hide it, so he knelt down and said directly: "Madam Zhidi, please calm down. This is what the Third Young Master wanted. He didn't let you know because he was afraid that you would worry and get tired after knowing it."
Shunzhidi burst into tears after hearing this. She was very anxious and felt that she could not help Zhao Yulin in any way. The more she thought about it, the more sad she cried.
This made Liu San at a loss, and he ordered the people around him to quickly invite the two old ladies over.
Later, Madam Zhen and Madam Shun arrived, and officials of all ranks from the government office also came in one after another. Madam Shun went over and held her granddaughter in her arms, saying that the Third Young Master was blessed by heaven, and that everything was fine. It was he who asked us to do this, so that our Zhi Di could give birth to a baby quickly.
Shunzhidi had stopped crying, helped Liu San up and said, "We don't kneel in the Shenwei Army, don't forget that." She sobbed and apologized to Liu San, saying that she had wronged him. However, she was the pacification envoy of Renhuai, so she was still responsible for this matter. She told Liu San not to worry, and she would report any problems in the future.
Liu San nodded repeatedly and left with an excuse.
After returning, Liu San and his men were drinking together. Two of his men said that the Imperial City Bureau had forced them to be undercover agents. This imperial court was fucking bullshit.
What to do?
