The next morning, when Jiang Hanqing and Bai Yingjue saw Liu Yun's daughter again, the four of them looked as usual
Bai Yingjue and the Wu family were still chatting and laughing like the day before. Everything seemed to be abnormal, as if something had not happened last night.
Wu Sifei naturally won't notice any difference
He stole Jiang Hanqing to talk about the big things in the world and kept asking Jiang Hanqing questions.
Jiang Hanqing naturally understood that Wu Sifei did this to test his talents, and the other was to learn more about the situation within the court through him.
Jiang Hanqing had already seen that Wu Sifei was actually a person who was unwilling to be lonely
He firmly believed that as long as the time is right, he would be able to invite this old slippery man out of the mountain and assist him in fighting for the world.
Therefore, Wu Sifei's various problems are all about it. Of course, the most important thing is to try hard to put gold on the Jiang family's face.
While talking to Wu Sifei, Jiang Hanqing also secretly looked at Wu Yunliu's expression from time to time
Because he was prepared, Jiang Hanqing soon discovered that Wu Yunliu had been eavesdropping on her conversation with Wu Sifei.
Especially when he talks to Wu Sifei about the affairs of the court, or reveals a little about recruiting to Wu Sifei, Wu Yunliu will show a very careful look.
Jiang Hanqing knew that it was Wu Yunliu, the saint sect, who did this. Anyway, there was nothing to be afraid of now. He pretended not to know that she was eavesdropping, and ignored her eavesdropping behavior and only chatted with Wu Sifei.
After breakfast, Wu Sifei led Jiang Hanqing to watch the Volunteer Army's training.
Today's Volunteer Training was obviously specially arranged by Wu Sifei for Jiang Hanqing to see
Nearly 10,000 volunteers were divided into two teams in the valley at the foot of the mountain to conduct formation training. The momentum was very magnificent, and it was only seen for the volunteers to train.
With the command of the military horns and war drums, these volunteers in ordinary peasant costumes advance and retreat like well-trained veterans. The formation was very rapid and accurate, and they showed extremely high military training level.
Jiang Hanqing knew that Wu Sifei did this to deliberately show his strength, further enhance his position in his mind, and also add some bargaining chips for possible future buyers.
Although he knew that this was Wu Sifei's intentional artificiality, looking at the team in front of him, Jiang Hanqing still admired the volunteers trained by Wu Sifei, and was also very impressed by the combat effectiveness he showed.
After training, Wu Sifei also took Jiang Hanqing to visit the terrain and corresponding defensive arrangements around the entire valley, further increasing Jiang Hanqing's understanding of the Wu family kingdom.
After the hard work of the Wu family for so many years, the defense of this valley and its nearby mountains can be said to be solid, and all the arrangements are very important in military law. There are outposts and guardhouses in the dangerous places, which can be regarded as a small iron kingdom.
No wonder although it is located in a remote place, it is still attracted by the Exoteric Sect and the Saint Sect at the same time.
After a day of visit, Jiang Hanqing felt that this trip was not false, and thanked God repeatedly
If it weren't for Qiu Te's trip to the east, Yi Yi would have met Wu Sifei's volunteer army and attacked Qiu Te's army. He really didn't want to know this outstanding figure, let alone get the powerful strength hidden behind him.
Although I have not convinced the other party to follow me now, at least I have left a deep impression on the other party's mind. Any action will be much more convenient in the future
As the purpose of meeting Wu Sifei on this trip and understanding his specific situation has been achieved, Jiang Hanqing decided not to stay here for more time and planned to leave early the next morning to return to Beijing.
In the evening of that day, Jiang Hanqing told Wu Sifei that there was an urgent matter at home and needed to rush back, and was preparing to quit his leave early the next morning.
Wu Sifei heard that he was leaving, but he didn't try to keep him at all. He just asked him how he planned to leave.
Basically, I planned to follow the same route as I came back. I planned to climb over the mountains in the north, then follow the official road to Sanchakou, and then return to Yong'an Prefecture through Pingyang City.
Jiang Hanqing answered truthfully
Wu Sifei laughed for a while after hearing this, and said that Jiang Hanqing would take him to see something before leaving.
Jiang Hanqing wanted to rest early and go on a journey early tomorrow morning, but when he saw Wu Sifei's mysterious appearance, he couldn't help but feel curious, so he decided to go and see what he was talking about.
The two walked out of the banquet hall, and Wu Sifei took him to a watchtower at the corner of the village.
Jiang Hanqing naturally felt strange in his heart. He didn't know why it was placed in the watchtower. He followed him with curiosity.
After climbing the sentry tower, Jiang Hanqing understood what Wu Sifei wanted him to see
Standing on this watchtower on the top of the mountain, you can clearly see a winding path extending westward along the ravine until the invisible westward.
Wu Sifei gently lit a tuft of beards on his lips, pointed to the path extending westward and smiled: Young Master Jiang knows that the official road that you usually walk on is not the nearest road to the capital? Because one of the roads was originally to be more flat, he drew a large and lonely figure along the mountain to the north. Even if he rode a horse, it would take about twenty to twenty to twenty-five days to travel day and night. The small road in front of him is Ah. It leads to Annan City, an important town in the southeast of the capital. From here, it is almost a straight line to reach Annan City, and then heading northwest to the capital. It saves about five or six days more than usual routes to the northward official road! And there are no obstacles along the way, so you are not afraid of bandits or bandits at all!
When Jiang Hanqing heard this, he was overjoyed. What he most hoped to do now is to return to Beijing as soon as possible.
Such a small road can actually arrive in the capital five or six days in advance. Although the journey must be a little harder, it is naturally a great news for him who is in a hurry.
Originally, Jiang Hanqing planned to return to the capital along the official road, and he could also visit Fan Hu, Sun Xiáng He and others on the way, and completely recruit them under his command.
But for him, it is the first priority to return to Beijing to participate in the court struggle as soon as possible.
Because of this reason, once he knew such a shortcut, he decided to quickly return to Beijing without any hesitation.
The matters of exploring Gushu and others naturally had to be handed over to Chen Bin. Fortunately, he has always admired Chen Bin's ability to do things, and he has no worries about entrusting him with his work.
Back in the room, Jiang Hanqing gathered several people, explained the situation in front of him, and assigned the personnel.
The group was divided into two routes. Chen Bin, Jiang Wuxiong and Li Kebiao walked back together with the old route when they came, and was responsible for finding Fan Hu and Sun Xiáng He. The time required was not counted, as long as they could be completely subdued.
Jiang Hanqing also reminded Chen Bin to go to Pingyang City before returning to the capital to find out what the guy named Liu Rui came from.
The remaining Lin Fengxian, Jiang Longxi, and Bai Yingjue naturally went with Jiang Hanqing.
They will quickly return to Beijing along the path pointed out by Wu Sifei.
The next morning, after the Jiang family said goodbye to Wu Sifei, they divided into two routes according to the agreed route the night before and set out on their way back.
Although there is no dangerous place along the way, it is very difficult. Many places are actually not considered roads at all.
However, everyone in the Jiang family is a long-term person who is used to traveling on mountain roads, so there is no big problem except hard work.
After a arduous journey of overcoming obstacles and starry sky, seven days later, the Jiang family finally completed this difficult mountain road and came outside Annan, an important town in the southeast of the capital.
This day is December 12th
Annan City is located more than 800 miles southeast of Yong'an Prefecture. It is the first big city after departing from the imperial capital and heading south. It is also the first fortress city for the empire to develop to the south.
Before Jiang Hanqing and others arrived at the city of Annan, they saw a large number of troops stationed outside Annan. Judging from the size of the camp, there were at least 200,000 people.
A large blue flag was flying high above the city tower, with a large character embroidered on it, but it was impossible to see what character it was above because it was a long distance away.
Jiang Hanqing was stunned when he looked at the flag, and couldn't help but stop the horse.
Bai Yingjue and others who were urging the horse to run were not wary of him stopping suddenly and rushed to the front all of a sudden.
The three of them found out that something was wrong and quickly turned their heads and ran back to Jiang Hanqing.
Bai Yingjue asked with concern: Qing, what happened?
Do you know what’s special about that flag?
Jiang Hanqing asked, pointing to the blue flag on the city tower in the distance
Bai Yingjue looked blankly for a while and could only see that it seemed to be a military flag. As for what was special compared to ordinary military flags, she really couldn't see it, so she had to shake her head and said: It seemed to be a military flag. Is there anything special about it?
Jiang Hanqing Road: According to the imperial laws, military flags shall not be hung above the city towers! Unless an army above the Imperial Marshal is commanded to enter the city, the commander's flag is allowed to be hung!
Bai Yingjue suddenly said: Oh! So the military flag on Annan City is the commander's flag of a certain imperial marshal?
Jiang Hanqing nodded and said: Not bad! I know the owner of this handsome flag, but she shouldn't have appeared in Annan City!
Bai Yingjue asked in confusion: Do you know this person? Who is it?
Jiang Hanqing laughed silently and said: You really don’t care about state affairs! There are only two great marshals in the empire today and three marshals... Oh, no, there are only two marshals. Li Jixing has already gone to Huangquan Road to be a marshal. I said it was the marshal of the empire. You can’t guess who it is?
Bai Yingjue showed a thoughtful expression on his face, and he said for a long time: Grand Marshal, I know, one is your mother, and the other is Shi Yanying. I don’t know much about the two Marshals.
Jiang Hanqing smiled and shook his head without saying anything else. He gently squeezed his horse's belly and continued to move forward.
Bai Yingjue, Lin Fengxian, Jiang Longxi quickly followed him and rushed forward.
After running for a while, when they were almost at the city, everyone finally saw a big word embroidered with white thread on the blue handsome flag on the city tower. Bai Yingjue suddenly realized: It turned out to be Concubine Qingsi Ah! I have heard of this woman!
Jiang Hanqing nodded and said: Not bad! It’s her! There is another one that is my sister Xisli! Haha!
As he was talking, Jiang Hanqing didn't know what he thought of, but suddenly burst into laughter.
Bai Yingjue wondered why he suddenly burst out laughing and said in confusion: Xiaoli, I have seen it with your mother, a very good girl Ah! It turns out that she is still the Imperial Marshal Ah, I really can't tell! But what's so funny?
Jiang Hanqing stopped laughing and sighed: I am laughing at Li Jixing's death. The remaining four imperial marshals and above are all women! There has never been such an embarrassing thing in the history of the empire! The yin and yang of the empire are so strong that they are not laughing!
Bai Yingjue then understood why Jiang Hanqing suddenly laughed. It turned out that he was thinking of this incident and was about to say something, but he heard Jiang Hanqing continue: Before I left the capital, wasn’t Concubine Qingsi serving as the commander of the Southern Legion to deal with the Southern Barbarians? Why did he run to such a north to rest in just two months?
Bai Yingjue naturally could not answer the questions raised in Jiang Hanqing's words, so he could only shake his head stupidly and said that he didn't know.
Jiang Hanqing asked Bai Yingjue this question, but in fact he didn't ask for any answer. He just thought of this in his heart and naturally said it.
He began to think that the move of Concubine Qingsi to retreat from southern Xinjiang is likely to be related to the failure of the imperial army to expedition to Qiu Te. He thought that maybe the emperor's old man called her back to avenge Qiu Te people.
But when I changed my mind, I knew that my judgment was definitely wrong.
He set off for his return to China the day after Qiu Te defeated the imperial army. In terms of time, the imperial court should have just learned about the defeat. How could he have time to notify Concubine Qingsi to return to Annan City in time?
Under normal circumstances, it will take at least two months.
But if it weren't for the above guess, why did Fei Qingsi come to Annan City?
Jiang Hanqing thought about it but couldn't understand it. He felt more and more that Fei Qingsi's move to return to Annan this time was definitely abnormal. He made up his mind to find out the truth.
We went to the city to meet Concubine Qingsi for a while, and let's see how she came here. Is it because the emperor had any conspiracy?
Bai Yingjue suddenly interrupted: I heard that Fei Qingsi is a beauty?
The tone was full of jealousy, showing that she was a little suspicious of Jiang Hanqing's real intention to meet her concubine Qingsi.
Jiang Hanqing smiled and said: Haha! This is true! She is a great beauty!
After saying that, he made a face to Bai Yingjue, and ignored her reaction and urged the horse to rush towards Annan City.
Although Annan City is the largest city south of the capital, it is hard to match its reputation, and its scale is not as large as people imagine.
The city wall is only ten miles away, and the city is only four feet high
Except for the urn city built outside the south gate, there are no urn city outside the other gates, and there are very few arrow towers that can be seen on the ten-mile-long city wall.
Compared with Yong'an Mansion and Sunset City on this scale, it is really nothing
But this is no wonder
The imperial economy has always been headed by the west, followed by the north, and the east, while the southern economy has always been Jingpai's last place.
A city like Annan City can be regarded as a big city in the south of the empire.
A group of four rushed to the east gate of Annan City, preparing to jump into the city gate through the suspension bridge
Several cavalrymen with bright armor and bright armor came up head-on. The cavalry, who looked like an officer, drew out his sword and waved it to the Jiang family, shouting: Marshal Fei Qingsi has an order: Anyone who wants to enter the city must first disarm and dismount before he can release it. Those who violate the order will be arrested!
Bai Yingjue snorted coldly and said dissatisfied: So domineering? That's better than Yong'an Mansion!
Lin Fengxian and Jiang Longxiáng were even more angry. They had already pressed the hilt of the sword with their right hand and glanced at Jiang Hanqing. They just waited for him to draw the sword and teach these ungrateful cavalrymen a lesson.
Jiang Hanqing glanced at his subordinates and signaled them not to act rashly. He bowed to the soldiers who were approaching and said: I wonder why Marshal Fei Qingsi issued this order?
The leading officer glared at Jiang Hanqing and said impatiently: The general has her own considerations, what does it have to do with me? You guys can stop talking nonsense, and quickly dismount and hand over your weapons, and I will let you into the city.
Lin Fengxian was already angry when he was beside him, but he couldn't help it anymore and snorted: What if we don't get along?
The officer rolled his eyes and shouted angrily: Military orders are like mountains! If you dare to disobey, don’t blame us for being rude!
While talking, the sword began to dance on my chest
The soldiers behind him immediately released the reins of the horse and made a sprint and fight.
Lin Fengxian and Jiang Longxi were about to draw their swords, but Jiang Hanqing waved his hand gently to stop them.
He chuckled twice without hesitation and said: Don’t be anxious, this general! If I had met you, the general, several times, could I be able to make peace with you?
After hearing this, the officer looked at him carefully and replied firmly: The decree issued by the Grand Marshal is not compatible with whoever comes! You don’t need to say much! It’s useless to say more!
Jiang Hanqing nodded and praised: OK! Orders are prohibited! It is worthy of being a subordinate of Concubine Qingsi!
Turning his head and looking at Bai Yingjue and others behind him who were dissatisfied with him, he said seriously: Get off the horse and go into the city! Leave all the weapons to them!
After saying that, he jumped off the horse first, then sheathed the sword on his waist, and handed it to the officer leading the team without hesitation.
His sword was a birthday gift given to him by his aunt, Crown Princess Yin Yuji.
The name of the sword, Cedar, is one of the top ten famous swords in the empire. It was a treasure given by Emperor Wuming himself when Yin Yuji and the crown prince Yisheng got married.
After obtaining the emperor's personal consent, it was transferred to Jiang Hanqing's
Just from the quaint scabbard, you can see that this sword must be extraordinary
The officer had heard Jiang Hanqing say that he had met Fei Qingsi several times before, and saw that he was noble and calm, not like he was lying. He was already confused in his heart.
At this time, I saw the sword handed to me with a colorful color. I saw that it was not an ordinary person at first sight. I felt that this person's origin must be extraordinary. I didn't know what to do for a moment. I looked at the sword in front of me and was stunned on the spot.
A soldier behind him was ungrateful. Seeing that the leader had no reaction, he did not doubt that he had reached out and wanted to take over the sword from Jiang Hanqing's hand.
The officer was shocked and slapped the soldier's hand away, scolding: Why are you moving around!
He turned his head and said respectfully to Jiang Hanqing: This young master is noble? I wonder if the young master is here for visiting the general.
Jiang Hanqing smiled and said: What is my surname, you don’t need to ask too much! Just take my sword! Military orders are like mountains, and there is nothing to be able to adapt to!
The officer bowed and said: The young master's sword is so precious, how dare the young master take it down! Please keep it yourself! But if the young master is allowed to enter the city like this, the general will blame him in the future, and the young master will not be able to bear it. I hope the young master will wait here for a while. I will send a soldier to ask the master for instructions before making a decision!
After saying that, he gave a few instructions to a soldier behind him. The man nodded repeatedly and quickly turned around and rode into the city.
Jiang Hanqing naturally knew that although this officer saw that he had an extraordinary background, he was not sure whether he really knew Fei Qingsi, so he came up with such a move.
Smiled helplessly, then stood aside and quietly waited for the report's return
A little more than a stick of incense, the soldier went in to report the message and ran back, but behind him was a team of fierce heavy-armed iron cavalry.
The Grand Marshal asked the young master to see him at the Marshal's Mansion!
The soldier rushed to the front, jumped off his horse and saluted Jiang Hanqing.
The heavy cavalry behind him surrounded Jiang Hanqing and others, blocking the retreat of the four members of the Jiang family.
That's clear that if Jiang Hanqing and others are unwilling to go, they will take action at any time.
Please get on the horse and enter the city!
The officer stepped aside and signaled his men to give up the way to the city.
Jiang Hanqing was naturally fearless, and as he said, he turned over and walked to the city under the guidance of the small soldier.
Bai Yingjue and others followed him, and behind him was the heavy cavalry that was facing a great enemy.
After entering the city, Jiang Hanqing found that the atmosphere in the whole city was very strange. Except for the occasional one and two teams of cavalry running by quickly on the street, they could almost be said to be empty. Every family closed their doors and doors, and even the shops were not opened to do business. Looking at the deserted scene in front of them, Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but mutter in his heart: What is this concubine Qingsi doing? How did she make such a huge city so lifeless! Did something happen?
Thinking of this, they had accidentally arrived at the mansion of Fei Qingsi.
There were countless iron-armored guards standing in line at the gate, each of them holding weapons in their hands, watching vigilantly at the shadow of every passing person on the street in front of the mansion gate.
Behind the Iron Armored Guard was a team of archers. Seeing Jiang Hanqing and others coming to the front of the mansion, they aimed at them from afar. Obviously, they would shoot whenever there was an abnormal movement.
Looking at this scene, everyone in the Jiang family naturally understood that something particularly important must have happened in Annan City, and it must have developed to the point where it could threaten the safety of the Legion Commander Concubine Qingsi.
As soon as Jiang Hanqing and others got off the horse, a team of guards surrounded him.
The officers leading the team stopped two feet away from the Jiang family and asked them to throw their weapons to the ground from a distance.
Although he was quite polite, his tone was full of seriousness
He bowed slightly, his hands tightly on the hilt of the sword, his eyes were alert to Jiang Hanqing, like a predator leopard focusing on his mind at any time to attack.
At this time, Jiang Hanqing certainly would not do anything stupid. He immediately obediently untied his sword and threw it on the ground.
Bai Yingyu and others naturally followed him to hand over the weapons
After all the four people threw their weapons on the ground, several guards rushed over and picked up the weapons on the ground, and then quickly retreated aside.
Seeing that the four members of the Jiang family were disarmed, the faces of these iron armored guards looked a little better.
The leading officer bowed and bowed to Jiang Hanqing, and then made a gesture of inviting him into the door.
Surrounded by a large group of armored warriors, the four members of the Jiang family slowly walked into the palace of Concubine Qingsi.
After entering through the gate, there were three steps and five steps along the corridor along the way, and there were serious armored guards standing everywhere.
Teams of soldiers patrolling around the courtyard
After Jiang Hanqing and others were taken to an empty courtyard in the front yard, they were ordered to prohibit action, saying that they would wait for the notice of reception inside.
Around the courtyard were countless archers and spearmen watching their movements nervously, and the strong bows were pulled to them.
Looking at the nervous expressions of the soldiers, Jiang Hanqing and others didn't dare to do anything, for fear that they would accidentally make some misunderstood by these people. Then the feeling of shooting thousands of arrows would not be pleasant at all.
Damn! What is the real thing about this dead bitch Fei Qingsi? It’s so panicked! If any idiot is too nervous, he will shoot me with one arrow. Then, wouldn’t it be that ten thousand arrows shot me into a hedgehog? Alas! Why didn’t this bitch come out yet? He really wants to kill Ah!
Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but curse the concubine Qingsi who had not appeared yet.
In this suffocating atmosphere, a man who looked like a general came out and asked Jiang Hanqing's origin: Where did you come from? What's your name? Do you really know the Grand Marshal?
The tone seemed very rough, as if he was interrogating a prisoner
Jiang Hanqing suppressed the anger in his heart and replied calmly as much as possible: We were passing by here by chance from the capital city and saw Fei Qingsi's handsome flag. I remembered that I had met her several times in the capital city, so I came to visit her and never thought... Humph! As long as you tell Fei Qingsi, a Jiang surnamed in the capital city wants to see her, she will know who I am?
The general was a little panicked when he heard Jiang Hanqing's speech, and he didn't know where he came from. After looking at him for a long time, he decided to inform the Grandmaster, and then said to Jiang Hanqing: Your surname is Jiang? Okay! Wait a moment, I'll report to Grandmaster, and hello! Don't move around! At an extraordinary moment, these brothers will shoot arrows without hesitation!
A few words were finished, and before Jiang Hanqing could say anything, the general quickly turned around and ran away
After everyone was watching, I waited for almost two incense sticks, but no new news came
Under the heavy pressure, Jiang Hanyin was already nervous and sweating profusely
He has been through the battlefield with his mother since he was a child and has long been used to the bloody decisive battle scenes. However, for this moment, he has stood for hundreds of powerful arch crossbows that could be fired at any time for so long, but it is really a painful test that he has never experienced before.
Jiang Hanqing glanced at the three people next to him.
Lin Fengxian and Jiang Longxi were even worse than him. Even their clothes were almost wet with sweat, and their breathing became very rapid.
Only Bai Yingjue seemed to be unafraid. With such a powerful enemy looking around, he could calmly close his eyes and rest. He did not seem to take the danger in front of him seriously.
Aunt Ying is indeed extraordinary. She is really worthy of being the woman I like. It’s not bad! My vision is really good!
Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but praise his eyesight in his heart at this time
I don't know how long I waited, but finally the voice of a woman speaking came over
Oh! It’s really Young Master Jiang! You must not be rude, please step back quickly!
The sound is crisp like a yellow oriole. For Lin Fengxian and Jiang Longxi, who are already on the verge of mental collapse, it is a very beautiful sound of nature.
Jiang Hanqing immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this voice. He heard it almost immediately. This was the voice of Fei Qingsi himself.
Thank goodness, she finally came!
Seeing the archers around him finally relaxing the tense bowstrings with Fei Qingsi's voice, Jiang Hanqing felt an unprecedented relaxation in his heart.
It was only then that he noticed that the archers were actually more nervous than them. The places where they stood were traces of sweat.
Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but feel lucky. Of course he knew that if an archer could not bear the pressure and fired the arrow just now, the four of them would have become a pool of meat mud.
At this time, Concubine Qingsi had already appeared in front of everyone. Jiang Hanqing looked at her carefully. She had not changed much compared to four years ago, but she looked much more mature in temperament.
Fei Qingsi was wearing a water-green flower-dress and a jade belt tied around her waist. She didn't look like a female commander at all, but was more like a lady who was staying in her courtyard to embroider her.
The smile looks exactly the same as the soldiers under her.
Except for Jiang Hanqing, Bai Yingjue, Lin Fengxian and others have seen this famous female general after Yin Yufeng and Shi Yanying. Naturally, she was very curious and looked at her carefully.
Fei Qingsi's expression looked very calm, and the hair on her head was simply combed into a bun.
A white full moon face, a pair of cute dimples on the two pauses, and above the proudly erect little Yao nose is a pair of phoenix eyes that seem to be able to talk. The black eyeball bones are spinning around, making them look very aura
With a faint smile on his face, Concubine Qing Siying walked to Jiang Hanqing and bowed: Qing Si didn't expect that Young Master Jiang would come, and she would be welcomed by far! I hope the Young Master will forgive you!
Jiang Hanqing laughed and said: If Qingsi doesn't come out early, I will be scared to death by your subordinates.
Concubine Qingsi covered her mouth gently and smiled: Oh! Young Master is blaming Qingsi? Okay! Qingsi apologizes to the young master here! You are not caring about villains, so you forgive Qingsi this time!
When Concubine Qingsi spoke, she looked gentle and cute, and she smiled gracefully, and looked very seductive.
Haha! I’m just talking casually, why should Qingsi take it seriously?
When the two of them were talking like this, Bai Yingjue felt very uncomfortable next to him.
From the dialogue and expressions between Jiang and Fei, she could see that the relationship between the two was obviously very familiar. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart if they had any relationship before.
And more importantly, the beauty of this concubine Qingsi in front of her shocked her so great
When Bai Yingjue saw her appearance at first glance, a word immediately came to his mind: Beautiful and charming. Especially the elegant and noble temperament displayed by Fei Qingsi adds to her unparalleled feeling.
Among the women Bai Yingjue has seen, no one can match him except Yin Yufeng
Fei Qingsi seemed to sense the hostile gaze projected by Bai Yingjue, and turned her attention to Bai Yingjue.
She looked up and down curiously for a while, then looked at Jiang Hanqing again, and a smile appeared on her red lips, which seemed to mean that she could see the relationship between Bai Yingjue and Jiang Hanqing.
Bai Yingjue's heart was filled with a sense of crisis. He unconsciously leaned his body to Jiang Hanqing's arms and looked at Fei Qingsi provocatively with a demonstrative look.
Jiang Hanqing actually always had strange thoughts about Concubine Qingsi, and she could be said to be drooling at the only beauty she saw other than her mother.
But he never understood what Fei Qingsi thought about him in his heart.
At this time, when he saw Bai Yingjue doing this, he had no intention of stopping it.
Because he was about to use some things to test Fei Qingsi, see what her reaction was, and use it to judge his status in Fei Qingsi's mind
However, Fei Qingsi's reaction undoubtedly made Jiang Hanqing feel disappointed
She just chuckled slightly at Bai Yingjue's widow-taking, and then she had no other reaction, showing that she had no place for Jiang Hanqing in her heart.
Jiang Hanqing was frustrated inside, but on the surface he had to pretend to be nothing, saying: I have taken a long vacation in the past two months and left the capital and traveled around the country to increase my knowledge. Now the holiday is about to end. I am preparing to return to Beijing today. Today, I happened to pass outside Annan City. When I saw Qingsi's handsome flag, I wanted to come to the city and visit it, but I didn't think about it... Is there something very important accident happening here in Qingsi?
The concubine Qingsi ignored his question and said with all the words: Young Master Jiang came to Qingsi’s place for the first time, Qingsi should have the friendship of the landlord! It is dinner time, and a small wine table for the young master is already prepared for the young master. Young Master Jiang invites you!
Speaking and turning around to make a gesture of inviting
Seeing that she was unwilling to answer her questions, Jiang Hanqing could not ask any more questions, so he bowed and said: Trouble!
The group led Xiangwei to the next place by Fei Qingsi. Although the iron armored guards were less, they were still everywhere.
At the banquet, the concubine Qingsi symbolically drank a glass of wine with Jiang Hanqing, moved her chopsticks, and stopped eating more
Although her face was still calm, she looked clearly at what was hidden in her heart
Jiang Hanqing kept trying her out, hoping to find out some of the situation
But whenever his topic turns to this, Fei Qingsi will smile slightly and immediately distract the topic, showing a stance that he will not let Jiang Hanqing interfere in her affairs.
But the more she did this, the more Jiang Hanqing felt that there was a big problem, and she had a desire to know the truth of the matter.
Qingsi! What exactly happened here? Why don’t you want to tell me? What do you mean? What are you hiding from me? You said!
Aware that Fei Qingsi had made up her mind and would not tell her that she would not have any result if she persisted like this. Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but get angry and asked Fei Qingsi directly.
Seeing Jiang Hanqing's appearance, Fei Qingsi's face suddenly became gloomy
She stood up with a loud noise, staring at Jiang Hanqing with her eyebrows raised.
The gentle and gentle look just now was not found at all, as if she had suddenly changed someone
Concubine Qingsi stood there without saying a word, but just stared at Jiang Hanqing fiercely
Jiang Hanqing did not give in and looked at her without fear.
The atmosphere in the whole room seemed to solidify for a moment, full of an imminent smell
The two of them looked at each other for a long time, and the concubine Qingsi finally spoke angrily: Young Master Jiang, I am because you are Feng Shuai's son and the prince of Zhenguo, so I respect you and don't think that my concubine Qingsi is easy to bully Ah, as if you should know everything about me! You must understand that some things are not allowed to be known to you, it is for your own good! Don't be smart and force yourself to disturb you! You will be the one who suffers at that time!
Jiang Hanqing has never been criticized in person since she was born, let alone being taught a lesson by a woman who is not much older than herself. She was so angry that she couldn't speak for a moment, pointing at Fei Qingsi and said: You...you...
In fact, if Concubine Qingsi was replaced by a man, Jiang Hanqing would never have said those bad words at the beginning.
The reason he said this was because in his heart, he never took women all over the world seriously. Even if he was as scattered as his mother, he was just a toy on the bed.
Regarding Fei Qingsi, he often thought about how to find an opportunity to conquer her, and did not consider that he was a dignified imperial marshal.
Influenced by thinking about problems like this for a long time, when he spoke just now, he naturally forgot the other party's identity, just thinking that he was talking to a woman of his own, and he couldn't help but say the wrong thing.
What he unexpected was that Fei Qingsi had such a strong reaction that he could not get out of the market at all.
Concubine Qingsi looked at Jiang Hanqing coldly and said: I see that Young Master Jiang is used to being flattered at home. No wonder he doesn’t take the world seriously! Humph, let me tell you, if you don’t apologize today, don’t want to leave my coach’s mansion! My Concubine Qingsi is not afraid of heaven. Even if Feng Shuai comes in person today, I will not forgive you easily! Besides, what I can stand is right! Humph! Here comes someone!
As she said, the iron guards waiting outside the room rushed in, and the sword unsheathed and surrounded the four people of the Jiang family in the middle.
Bai Yingjue sat at the wine table, his face calm and said nothing, but just looked at Jiang Hanqing quietly, waiting for his instructions
She was full of strong confidence and waited for Jiang Hanqing to kill concubine Qingsi as hostage after he gave the order.
Jiang Hanqing looked at the iron guards in front of him and knew that if he didn't bow his head today, he would really not be able to take it. He forced himself to suppress his anger and bent down and said: Why should Qingsi be so angry? I just said something wrong, I had no other intentions, I just cared about you, Qingsi! I hope Qingsi will let you go!
Fei Qingsi is actually very taboo about Jiang Hanqing. He knows that the power behind him is too strong and cannot be easily dealt with by himself.
Her actions just now were just because she was angry for a moment, thinking that Jiang Hanqing was too embarrassed to speak, and she had a lot of troubles recently, so she couldn't swallow her breath when she was upset.
Now seeing Jiang Hanqing giving him enough face to apologize to him, it would be too late to borrow this step, so he waved his hand and asked his iron guard to retreat.
After sitting down again, the atmosphere was still very awkward, and neither side knew what to say.
After being stunned for a long time, Jiang Hanqing said first: Since Qingsi is unwilling to say what happened here, I won’t ask more questions! I was impulsive just now, and I apologized to you again!
After saying that, I drank the wine in the cup in front of me.
Concubine Qingsi hesitated for a while. She was extremely reluctant to tell Jiang Hanqing about this matter to avoid being involved in the Jiang family, making the matter more complicated.
But now that I think about it, I really have no choice but to use the power of the Jiang family, or there is still hope of solving the problem.
Frown slightly, Concubine Qing Siyou sighed: Alas! I didn’t plan to tell Young Master Jiang about this matter... But since the Young Master cares so much about Qing Si, Qing Siru is really sorry for Young Master Jiang’s kindness! The matter has to start four years ago...
Four years ago, after Yin Yufeng left the capital
Despite the opposition of many ministers in the court, the emperor approved the plan of Dingguo Duke Mingde to launch a large-scale southern expedition, appointed Dingguo Duke Wang Siting as the commander of the Southern Army, and Fei Qingsi as the deputy commander to attack the Nanman.
Wang Siting is a typical rich child with no real talent and knowledge
Although he is called the commander of the army, he is actually just busy drinking and having fun every day. All the marching and fighting are responsible for Concubine Qingsi.
Fortunately, he did not disturb him. Under the command of Fei Qingsi, the imperial army was invincible and won victory after success.
When Wang Siting reported to the court, he took all the credit on himself, and did not mention any of the credits of Fei Qingsi.
Emperor Wuming, who did not know the truth, thought that Wang Siting was really a peerless general as he said, and he repeatedly praised him.
Wang Siting was also drooling in the army for the beauty Fei Qingsi, and wanted to deal with this arrogant young female general all day long.
However, Fei Qingsi had long been on guard against a pervert like him, so Wang Siting could not do anything, so he could only stare at him from the side
This situation lasted for more than two years. The Southern Legion's continuous victory pushed the borders of the empire southward for nearly a thousand miles.
At this time, Emperor Wuming suddenly began to feel a little uneasy
He thought that the son of the Wang family was so powerful in war and now he had such a huge southern legion in his hand. Wouldn't it be a great threat to his rule?
Emperor Wuming quickly came up with a solution to this problem
After an imperial edict, the Southern Legion was split into two legions
The First Southern Army continued to be commanded by Wang Siting, while the Second Southern Army was commanded by Fei Qingsi.
Wang Mingde, who knew that his son was a pussy, was naturally frightened when he heard the news. He made a memorial in front of the emperor and expressed his opposition.
But the more he opposed it, the more the emperor felt that his approach was extremely wise, and he thought he had just hit Wang Mingde's key point.
The emperor's will was soon implemented, and the Southern Empire was divided into two new corpses that were not subordinate to each other.
And Fei Qingsi successfully got rid of Wang Siting's disgusting shameless entanglement
In the following year, the Second Southern Army led by Fei Qingsi continued to win continuous victories, while Wang Siting's First Southern Army suffered consecutive defeats.
After this, Emperor Wuming finally understood: It turned out that he had relied on the marshal of the imperial court in the past to win battles, rather than Wang Siting, the prince of Dingguo. Wang Siting just took other people's military merits as already
After scolding Dingguo Duke Mingde, Emperor Wuming announced the removal of Wang Siting's position as commander and reorganized the Southern Legion and then handed over to the unified command of Fei Qingsi.
Although Wang Siting had executed the emperor's imperial edict on the surface and announced that he would hand over all the command of the First Southern Army, he privately tried his best to make trouble with Fei Qingsi.
He instructed his confidant generals to attack Fei Qingsi's military tactics, refused to implement Fei Qingsi's orders, ignored Fei Qingsi's personnel changes, and even beat the general who sent Fei Qingsi to take over the army back
Fei Qingsi's army would also be intercepted if it wanted to pass through the original First Legion soldiers.
In desperation, Concubine Qingsi had to report these matters to the court, but Wang Mingde tried to intercept them in the middle.
The emperor and the court knew nothing about this, and they thought that the command of the entire Southern Legion had indeed been handed over to Fei Qingsi.
While Wang Siting was against Concubine Qingsi, he sent someone to harass her every few days, asking her to agree to marry her.
It is said that as long as Fei Qingsi is willing to marry him, he will hand over all the military power to Fei Qingsi
Fei Qingsi of course refused Wang Siting's insignificant thoughts, of course, and refused Wang Siting's firmly.
In the past year, Wang Siting seemed to be in a state of mind. He actually sent people to attack Fei Qingsi's army from time to time, and even wanted to kidnap Fei Qingsi himself.
The Wang family's master warriors were sent to southern Xinjiang to support him, which made Wang Siting's courage and his actions become more and more overwhelming.
Two months ago, while Qiu Teren invaded, Wang Siting sent a ultimatum to Fei Qingsi, asking her to either agree to marry her immediately or hand over the military power immediately, otherwise she would be rude to her.
Faith Qingsi reported the relevant situation to the court continuously, but the memorials fell into the sea and there was no news.
She naturally understood that these memorials must have been suppressed by the Wang family. Perhaps the people in the court did not know that these memorials existed at all.
When there was no way, considering the huge strength of the Wang family, knowing that they could not fight against Wang Siting, Fei Qingsi decided to escape.
She used the excuse of returning to China to serve the king and confronting Qiu Te's barbarians. Xingye mobilized the army back to the country, hoping to get rid of Wang Siting's harassment first and make further plans
Unexpectedly, Wang Siting was still unwilling to give up and actually sent his own army to pursue him. He also sent a large number of family experts to assassinate Concubine Qingsi along the way, claiming that if she could not get her heart, she would get her head.
When Concubine Qingsi couldn't bear it, she attacked the army that Wang Siting chased.
Who knew that Wang Mingde had caught the handle again. At the court meeting more than ten days ago, he actually reported to the emperor that Fei Qingsi attacked the army loyal to the emperor, and led his army back to the country to the north without reporting. It seemed that he was preparing to rebel.
The old and foolish Emperor Wuming immediately believed it and ordered the army along the way to snipe the rebels of Concubine Qingsi, and also offered a reward for capturing Concubine Qingsi's head.
Moreover, the garrison troops in the capital and the Imperial Guards stationed in the capital were fully on guard to prevent the rebels from raiding the capital.
When Fei Qingsi received a secret message from a friend in the capital four days ago, she was camping and recuperating three hundred miles south of Annan City.
Knowing that the emperor is stupid and cannot explain this kind of thing clearly, Fei Qingsi resolutely decided to seize Annan City, an important town in the southern part of the empire, first to ensure that he has a foothold, and then slowly consider how to cleanse his innocence.
After a sudden marching overnight, the southern army led by Fei Qingsi arrived in Annan City the morning before yesterday, and quickly dispersed a small number of defending troops to seize the city. Then, they immediately began to set up defenses and prepared to face the attack of the imperial army.
Although he had already begun to order his subordinates to prepare for battle, considering that the enemy had not appeared and he could not disturb the people easily, Fei Qingsi did not take any measures to restrict the activities of the people, and even did not restrict the entry and exit of the city.
I didn't expect that just one day passed, the day before Jiang Hanqing and his friends arrived in Annan City, an incident occurred where the assassin sneaked into the temporary commander's mansion of Concubine Qingsi's intention to stun the situation.
There were four assassins who had infiltrated, all of whom were excellent in martial arts. They dressed up as ordinary local soldiers and entered the general's mansion. At the beginning, they naturally had a smooth journey. In the end, they had to forcibly break into an area where only guards could enter, and were discovered by the iron armored guards.
Fei Qingsi's elite iron guard paid a heavy price to kill these four assassins
Learning from this lesson, Fei Qingsi immediately ordered that anyone should be prohibited from riding horses and carrying weapons into the city, and ordered martial law throughout the city, prohibiting anyone to walk casually on the streets, and the guards in the mansion were also strengthened accordingly.
This is why Jiang Hanqing and others received such special treatments in succession after coming to Annan City
When hearing Fei Qingsi finish the whole story, Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart
It turns out that half of the Southern Legion's army has always been under the control of the Wang family, and there is no news in the court, even their Jiang family is kept in the dark.
What shocked Jiang Hanqing even more was why the Wang family had so urgently wanted to seize control of Fei Qingsi's army recently, and even used such fierce means to control this army
What is the real purpose of the Wang family doing this?
A bold guess suddenly appeared deep in Jiang Hanqing's heart: Could it be that the Wang family wants...
Bai Yingjue and the Wu family were still chatting and laughing like the day before. Everything seemed to be abnormal, as if something had not happened last night.
Wu Sifei naturally won't notice any difference
He stole Jiang Hanqing to talk about the big things in the world and kept asking Jiang Hanqing questions.
Jiang Hanqing naturally understood that Wu Sifei did this to test his talents, and the other was to learn more about the situation within the court through him.
Jiang Hanqing had already seen that Wu Sifei was actually a person who was unwilling to be lonely
He firmly believed that as long as the time is right, he would be able to invite this old slippery man out of the mountain and assist him in fighting for the world.
Therefore, Wu Sifei's various problems are all about it. Of course, the most important thing is to try hard to put gold on the Jiang family's face.
While talking to Wu Sifei, Jiang Hanqing also secretly looked at Wu Yunliu's expression from time to time
Because he was prepared, Jiang Hanqing soon discovered that Wu Yunliu had been eavesdropping on her conversation with Wu Sifei.
Especially when he talks to Wu Sifei about the affairs of the court, or reveals a little about recruiting to Wu Sifei, Wu Yunliu will show a very careful look.
Jiang Hanqing knew that it was Wu Yunliu, the saint sect, who did this. Anyway, there was nothing to be afraid of now. He pretended not to know that she was eavesdropping, and ignored her eavesdropping behavior and only chatted with Wu Sifei.
After breakfast, Wu Sifei led Jiang Hanqing to watch the Volunteer Army's training.
Today's Volunteer Training was obviously specially arranged by Wu Sifei for Jiang Hanqing to see
Nearly 10,000 volunteers were divided into two teams in the valley at the foot of the mountain to conduct formation training. The momentum was very magnificent, and it was only seen for the volunteers to train.
With the command of the military horns and war drums, these volunteers in ordinary peasant costumes advance and retreat like well-trained veterans. The formation was very rapid and accurate, and they showed extremely high military training level.
Jiang Hanqing knew that Wu Sifei did this to deliberately show his strength, further enhance his position in his mind, and also add some bargaining chips for possible future buyers.
Although he knew that this was Wu Sifei's intentional artificiality, looking at the team in front of him, Jiang Hanqing still admired the volunteers trained by Wu Sifei, and was also very impressed by the combat effectiveness he showed.
After training, Wu Sifei also took Jiang Hanqing to visit the terrain and corresponding defensive arrangements around the entire valley, further increasing Jiang Hanqing's understanding of the Wu family kingdom.
After the hard work of the Wu family for so many years, the defense of this valley and its nearby mountains can be said to be solid, and all the arrangements are very important in military law. There are outposts and guardhouses in the dangerous places, which can be regarded as a small iron kingdom.
No wonder although it is located in a remote place, it is still attracted by the Exoteric Sect and the Saint Sect at the same time.
After a day of visit, Jiang Hanqing felt that this trip was not false, and thanked God repeatedly
If it weren't for Qiu Te's trip to the east, Yi Yi would have met Wu Sifei's volunteer army and attacked Qiu Te's army. He really didn't want to know this outstanding figure, let alone get the powerful strength hidden behind him.
Although I have not convinced the other party to follow me now, at least I have left a deep impression on the other party's mind. Any action will be much more convenient in the future
As the purpose of meeting Wu Sifei on this trip and understanding his specific situation has been achieved, Jiang Hanqing decided not to stay here for more time and planned to leave early the next morning to return to Beijing.
In the evening of that day, Jiang Hanqing told Wu Sifei that there was an urgent matter at home and needed to rush back, and was preparing to quit his leave early the next morning.
Wu Sifei heard that he was leaving, but he didn't try to keep him at all. He just asked him how he planned to leave.
Basically, I planned to follow the same route as I came back. I planned to climb over the mountains in the north, then follow the official road to Sanchakou, and then return to Yong'an Prefecture through Pingyang City.
Jiang Hanqing answered truthfully
Wu Sifei laughed for a while after hearing this, and said that Jiang Hanqing would take him to see something before leaving.
Jiang Hanqing wanted to rest early and go on a journey early tomorrow morning, but when he saw Wu Sifei's mysterious appearance, he couldn't help but feel curious, so he decided to go and see what he was talking about.
The two walked out of the banquet hall, and Wu Sifei took him to a watchtower at the corner of the village.
Jiang Hanqing naturally felt strange in his heart. He didn't know why it was placed in the watchtower. He followed him with curiosity.
After climbing the sentry tower, Jiang Hanqing understood what Wu Sifei wanted him to see
Standing on this watchtower on the top of the mountain, you can clearly see a winding path extending westward along the ravine until the invisible westward.
Wu Sifei gently lit a tuft of beards on his lips, pointed to the path extending westward and smiled: Young Master Jiang knows that the official road that you usually walk on is not the nearest road to the capital? Because one of the roads was originally to be more flat, he drew a large and lonely figure along the mountain to the north. Even if he rode a horse, it would take about twenty to twenty to twenty-five days to travel day and night. The small road in front of him is Ah. It leads to Annan City, an important town in the southeast of the capital. From here, it is almost a straight line to reach Annan City, and then heading northwest to the capital. It saves about five or six days more than usual routes to the northward official road! And there are no obstacles along the way, so you are not afraid of bandits or bandits at all!
When Jiang Hanqing heard this, he was overjoyed. What he most hoped to do now is to return to Beijing as soon as possible.
Such a small road can actually arrive in the capital five or six days in advance. Although the journey must be a little harder, it is naturally a great news for him who is in a hurry.
Originally, Jiang Hanqing planned to return to the capital along the official road, and he could also visit Fan Hu, Sun Xiáng He and others on the way, and completely recruit them under his command.
But for him, it is the first priority to return to Beijing to participate in the court struggle as soon as possible.
Because of this reason, once he knew such a shortcut, he decided to quickly return to Beijing without any hesitation.
The matters of exploring Gushu and others naturally had to be handed over to Chen Bin. Fortunately, he has always admired Chen Bin's ability to do things, and he has no worries about entrusting him with his work.
Back in the room, Jiang Hanqing gathered several people, explained the situation in front of him, and assigned the personnel.
The group was divided into two routes. Chen Bin, Jiang Wuxiong and Li Kebiao walked back together with the old route when they came, and was responsible for finding Fan Hu and Sun Xiáng He. The time required was not counted, as long as they could be completely subdued.
Jiang Hanqing also reminded Chen Bin to go to Pingyang City before returning to the capital to find out what the guy named Liu Rui came from.
The remaining Lin Fengxian, Jiang Longxi, and Bai Yingjue naturally went with Jiang Hanqing.
They will quickly return to Beijing along the path pointed out by Wu Sifei.
The next morning, after the Jiang family said goodbye to Wu Sifei, they divided into two routes according to the agreed route the night before and set out on their way back.
Although there is no dangerous place along the way, it is very difficult. Many places are actually not considered roads at all.
However, everyone in the Jiang family is a long-term person who is used to traveling on mountain roads, so there is no big problem except hard work.
After a arduous journey of overcoming obstacles and starry sky, seven days later, the Jiang family finally completed this difficult mountain road and came outside Annan, an important town in the southeast of the capital.
This day is December 12th
Annan City is located more than 800 miles southeast of Yong'an Prefecture. It is the first big city after departing from the imperial capital and heading south. It is also the first fortress city for the empire to develop to the south.
Before Jiang Hanqing and others arrived at the city of Annan, they saw a large number of troops stationed outside Annan. Judging from the size of the camp, there were at least 200,000 people.
A large blue flag was flying high above the city tower, with a large character embroidered on it, but it was impossible to see what character it was above because it was a long distance away.
Jiang Hanqing was stunned when he looked at the flag, and couldn't help but stop the horse.
Bai Yingjue and others who were urging the horse to run were not wary of him stopping suddenly and rushed to the front all of a sudden.
The three of them found out that something was wrong and quickly turned their heads and ran back to Jiang Hanqing.
Bai Yingjue asked with concern: Qing, what happened?
Do you know what’s special about that flag?
Jiang Hanqing asked, pointing to the blue flag on the city tower in the distance
Bai Yingjue looked blankly for a while and could only see that it seemed to be a military flag. As for what was special compared to ordinary military flags, she really couldn't see it, so she had to shake her head and said: It seemed to be a military flag. Is there anything special about it?
Jiang Hanqing Road: According to the imperial laws, military flags shall not be hung above the city towers! Unless an army above the Imperial Marshal is commanded to enter the city, the commander's flag is allowed to be hung!
Bai Yingjue suddenly said: Oh! So the military flag on Annan City is the commander's flag of a certain imperial marshal?
Jiang Hanqing nodded and said: Not bad! I know the owner of this handsome flag, but she shouldn't have appeared in Annan City!
Bai Yingjue asked in confusion: Do you know this person? Who is it?
Jiang Hanqing laughed silently and said: You really don’t care about state affairs! There are only two great marshals in the empire today and three marshals... Oh, no, there are only two marshals. Li Jixing has already gone to Huangquan Road to be a marshal. I said it was the marshal of the empire. You can’t guess who it is?
Bai Yingjue showed a thoughtful expression on his face, and he said for a long time: Grand Marshal, I know, one is your mother, and the other is Shi Yanying. I don’t know much about the two Marshals.
Jiang Hanqing smiled and shook his head without saying anything else. He gently squeezed his horse's belly and continued to move forward.
Bai Yingjue, Lin Fengxian, Jiang Longxi quickly followed him and rushed forward.
After running for a while, when they were almost at the city, everyone finally saw a big word embroidered with white thread on the blue handsome flag on the city tower. Bai Yingjue suddenly realized: It turned out to be Concubine Qingsi Ah! I have heard of this woman!
Jiang Hanqing nodded and said: Not bad! It’s her! There is another one that is my sister Xisli! Haha!
As he was talking, Jiang Hanqing didn't know what he thought of, but suddenly burst into laughter.
Bai Yingjue wondered why he suddenly burst out laughing and said in confusion: Xiaoli, I have seen it with your mother, a very good girl Ah! It turns out that she is still the Imperial Marshal Ah, I really can't tell! But what's so funny?
Jiang Hanqing stopped laughing and sighed: I am laughing at Li Jixing's death. The remaining four imperial marshals and above are all women! There has never been such an embarrassing thing in the history of the empire! The yin and yang of the empire are so strong that they are not laughing!
Bai Yingjue then understood why Jiang Hanqing suddenly laughed. It turned out that he was thinking of this incident and was about to say something, but he heard Jiang Hanqing continue: Before I left the capital, wasn’t Concubine Qingsi serving as the commander of the Southern Legion to deal with the Southern Barbarians? Why did he run to such a north to rest in just two months?
Bai Yingjue naturally could not answer the questions raised in Jiang Hanqing's words, so he could only shake his head stupidly and said that he didn't know.
Jiang Hanqing asked Bai Yingjue this question, but in fact he didn't ask for any answer. He just thought of this in his heart and naturally said it.
He began to think that the move of Concubine Qingsi to retreat from southern Xinjiang is likely to be related to the failure of the imperial army to expedition to Qiu Te. He thought that maybe the emperor's old man called her back to avenge Qiu Te people.
But when I changed my mind, I knew that my judgment was definitely wrong.
He set off for his return to China the day after Qiu Te defeated the imperial army. In terms of time, the imperial court should have just learned about the defeat. How could he have time to notify Concubine Qingsi to return to Annan City in time?
Under normal circumstances, it will take at least two months.
But if it weren't for the above guess, why did Fei Qingsi come to Annan City?
Jiang Hanqing thought about it but couldn't understand it. He felt more and more that Fei Qingsi's move to return to Annan this time was definitely abnormal. He made up his mind to find out the truth.
We went to the city to meet Concubine Qingsi for a while, and let's see how she came here. Is it because the emperor had any conspiracy?
Bai Yingjue suddenly interrupted: I heard that Fei Qingsi is a beauty?
The tone was full of jealousy, showing that she was a little suspicious of Jiang Hanqing's real intention to meet her concubine Qingsi.
Jiang Hanqing smiled and said: Haha! This is true! She is a great beauty!
After saying that, he made a face to Bai Yingjue, and ignored her reaction and urged the horse to rush towards Annan City.
Although Annan City is the largest city south of the capital, it is hard to match its reputation, and its scale is not as large as people imagine.
The city wall is only ten miles away, and the city is only four feet high
Except for the urn city built outside the south gate, there are no urn city outside the other gates, and there are very few arrow towers that can be seen on the ten-mile-long city wall.
Compared with Yong'an Mansion and Sunset City on this scale, it is really nothing
But this is no wonder
The imperial economy has always been headed by the west, followed by the north, and the east, while the southern economy has always been Jingpai's last place.
A city like Annan City can be regarded as a big city in the south of the empire.
A group of four rushed to the east gate of Annan City, preparing to jump into the city gate through the suspension bridge
Several cavalrymen with bright armor and bright armor came up head-on. The cavalry, who looked like an officer, drew out his sword and waved it to the Jiang family, shouting: Marshal Fei Qingsi has an order: Anyone who wants to enter the city must first disarm and dismount before he can release it. Those who violate the order will be arrested!
Bai Yingjue snorted coldly and said dissatisfied: So domineering? That's better than Yong'an Mansion!
Lin Fengxian and Jiang Longxiáng were even more angry. They had already pressed the hilt of the sword with their right hand and glanced at Jiang Hanqing. They just waited for him to draw the sword and teach these ungrateful cavalrymen a lesson.
Jiang Hanqing glanced at his subordinates and signaled them not to act rashly. He bowed to the soldiers who were approaching and said: I wonder why Marshal Fei Qingsi issued this order?
The leading officer glared at Jiang Hanqing and said impatiently: The general has her own considerations, what does it have to do with me? You guys can stop talking nonsense, and quickly dismount and hand over your weapons, and I will let you into the city.
Lin Fengxian was already angry when he was beside him, but he couldn't help it anymore and snorted: What if we don't get along?
The officer rolled his eyes and shouted angrily: Military orders are like mountains! If you dare to disobey, don’t blame us for being rude!
While talking, the sword began to dance on my chest
The soldiers behind him immediately released the reins of the horse and made a sprint and fight.
Lin Fengxian and Jiang Longxi were about to draw their swords, but Jiang Hanqing waved his hand gently to stop them.
He chuckled twice without hesitation and said: Don’t be anxious, this general! If I had met you, the general, several times, could I be able to make peace with you?
After hearing this, the officer looked at him carefully and replied firmly: The decree issued by the Grand Marshal is not compatible with whoever comes! You don’t need to say much! It’s useless to say more!
Jiang Hanqing nodded and praised: OK! Orders are prohibited! It is worthy of being a subordinate of Concubine Qingsi!
Turning his head and looking at Bai Yingjue and others behind him who were dissatisfied with him, he said seriously: Get off the horse and go into the city! Leave all the weapons to them!
After saying that, he jumped off the horse first, then sheathed the sword on his waist, and handed it to the officer leading the team without hesitation.
His sword was a birthday gift given to him by his aunt, Crown Princess Yin Yuji.
The name of the sword, Cedar, is one of the top ten famous swords in the empire. It was a treasure given by Emperor Wuming himself when Yin Yuji and the crown prince Yisheng got married.
After obtaining the emperor's personal consent, it was transferred to Jiang Hanqing's
Just from the quaint scabbard, you can see that this sword must be extraordinary
The officer had heard Jiang Hanqing say that he had met Fei Qingsi several times before, and saw that he was noble and calm, not like he was lying. He was already confused in his heart.
At this time, I saw the sword handed to me with a colorful color. I saw that it was not an ordinary person at first sight. I felt that this person's origin must be extraordinary. I didn't know what to do for a moment. I looked at the sword in front of me and was stunned on the spot.
A soldier behind him was ungrateful. Seeing that the leader had no reaction, he did not doubt that he had reached out and wanted to take over the sword from Jiang Hanqing's hand.
The officer was shocked and slapped the soldier's hand away, scolding: Why are you moving around!
He turned his head and said respectfully to Jiang Hanqing: This young master is noble? I wonder if the young master is here for visiting the general.
Jiang Hanqing smiled and said: What is my surname, you don’t need to ask too much! Just take my sword! Military orders are like mountains, and there is nothing to be able to adapt to!
The officer bowed and said: The young master's sword is so precious, how dare the young master take it down! Please keep it yourself! But if the young master is allowed to enter the city like this, the general will blame him in the future, and the young master will not be able to bear it. I hope the young master will wait here for a while. I will send a soldier to ask the master for instructions before making a decision!
After saying that, he gave a few instructions to a soldier behind him. The man nodded repeatedly and quickly turned around and rode into the city.
Jiang Hanqing naturally knew that although this officer saw that he had an extraordinary background, he was not sure whether he really knew Fei Qingsi, so he came up with such a move.
Smiled helplessly, then stood aside and quietly waited for the report's return
A little more than a stick of incense, the soldier went in to report the message and ran back, but behind him was a team of fierce heavy-armed iron cavalry.
The Grand Marshal asked the young master to see him at the Marshal's Mansion!
The soldier rushed to the front, jumped off his horse and saluted Jiang Hanqing.
The heavy cavalry behind him surrounded Jiang Hanqing and others, blocking the retreat of the four members of the Jiang family.
That's clear that if Jiang Hanqing and others are unwilling to go, they will take action at any time.
Please get on the horse and enter the city!
The officer stepped aside and signaled his men to give up the way to the city.
Jiang Hanqing was naturally fearless, and as he said, he turned over and walked to the city under the guidance of the small soldier.
Bai Yingjue and others followed him, and behind him was the heavy cavalry that was facing a great enemy.
After entering the city, Jiang Hanqing found that the atmosphere in the whole city was very strange. Except for the occasional one and two teams of cavalry running by quickly on the street, they could almost be said to be empty. Every family closed their doors and doors, and even the shops were not opened to do business. Looking at the deserted scene in front of them, Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but mutter in his heart: What is this concubine Qingsi doing? How did she make such a huge city so lifeless! Did something happen?
Thinking of this, they had accidentally arrived at the mansion of Fei Qingsi.
There were countless iron-armored guards standing in line at the gate, each of them holding weapons in their hands, watching vigilantly at the shadow of every passing person on the street in front of the mansion gate.
Behind the Iron Armored Guard was a team of archers. Seeing Jiang Hanqing and others coming to the front of the mansion, they aimed at them from afar. Obviously, they would shoot whenever there was an abnormal movement.
Looking at this scene, everyone in the Jiang family naturally understood that something particularly important must have happened in Annan City, and it must have developed to the point where it could threaten the safety of the Legion Commander Concubine Qingsi.
As soon as Jiang Hanqing and others got off the horse, a team of guards surrounded him.
The officers leading the team stopped two feet away from the Jiang family and asked them to throw their weapons to the ground from a distance.
Although he was quite polite, his tone was full of seriousness
He bowed slightly, his hands tightly on the hilt of the sword, his eyes were alert to Jiang Hanqing, like a predator leopard focusing on his mind at any time to attack.
At this time, Jiang Hanqing certainly would not do anything stupid. He immediately obediently untied his sword and threw it on the ground.
Bai Yingyu and others naturally followed him to hand over the weapons
After all the four people threw their weapons on the ground, several guards rushed over and picked up the weapons on the ground, and then quickly retreated aside.
Seeing that the four members of the Jiang family were disarmed, the faces of these iron armored guards looked a little better.
The leading officer bowed and bowed to Jiang Hanqing, and then made a gesture of inviting him into the door.
Surrounded by a large group of armored warriors, the four members of the Jiang family slowly walked into the palace of Concubine Qingsi.
After entering through the gate, there were three steps and five steps along the corridor along the way, and there were serious armored guards standing everywhere.
Teams of soldiers patrolling around the courtyard
After Jiang Hanqing and others were taken to an empty courtyard in the front yard, they were ordered to prohibit action, saying that they would wait for the notice of reception inside.
Around the courtyard were countless archers and spearmen watching their movements nervously, and the strong bows were pulled to them.
Looking at the nervous expressions of the soldiers, Jiang Hanqing and others didn't dare to do anything, for fear that they would accidentally make some misunderstood by these people. Then the feeling of shooting thousands of arrows would not be pleasant at all.
Damn! What is the real thing about this dead bitch Fei Qingsi? It’s so panicked! If any idiot is too nervous, he will shoot me with one arrow. Then, wouldn’t it be that ten thousand arrows shot me into a hedgehog? Alas! Why didn’t this bitch come out yet? He really wants to kill Ah!
Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but curse the concubine Qingsi who had not appeared yet.
In this suffocating atmosphere, a man who looked like a general came out and asked Jiang Hanqing's origin: Where did you come from? What's your name? Do you really know the Grand Marshal?
The tone seemed very rough, as if he was interrogating a prisoner
Jiang Hanqing suppressed the anger in his heart and replied calmly as much as possible: We were passing by here by chance from the capital city and saw Fei Qingsi's handsome flag. I remembered that I had met her several times in the capital city, so I came to visit her and never thought... Humph! As long as you tell Fei Qingsi, a Jiang surnamed in the capital city wants to see her, she will know who I am?
The general was a little panicked when he heard Jiang Hanqing's speech, and he didn't know where he came from. After looking at him for a long time, he decided to inform the Grandmaster, and then said to Jiang Hanqing: Your surname is Jiang? Okay! Wait a moment, I'll report to Grandmaster, and hello! Don't move around! At an extraordinary moment, these brothers will shoot arrows without hesitation!
A few words were finished, and before Jiang Hanqing could say anything, the general quickly turned around and ran away
After everyone was watching, I waited for almost two incense sticks, but no new news came
Under the heavy pressure, Jiang Hanyin was already nervous and sweating profusely
He has been through the battlefield with his mother since he was a child and has long been used to the bloody decisive battle scenes. However, for this moment, he has stood for hundreds of powerful arch crossbows that could be fired at any time for so long, but it is really a painful test that he has never experienced before.
Jiang Hanqing glanced at the three people next to him.
Lin Fengxian and Jiang Longxi were even worse than him. Even their clothes were almost wet with sweat, and their breathing became very rapid.
Only Bai Yingjue seemed to be unafraid. With such a powerful enemy looking around, he could calmly close his eyes and rest. He did not seem to take the danger in front of him seriously.
Aunt Ying is indeed extraordinary. She is really worthy of being the woman I like. It’s not bad! My vision is really good!
Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but praise his eyesight in his heart at this time
I don't know how long I waited, but finally the voice of a woman speaking came over
Oh! It’s really Young Master Jiang! You must not be rude, please step back quickly!
The sound is crisp like a yellow oriole. For Lin Fengxian and Jiang Longxi, who are already on the verge of mental collapse, it is a very beautiful sound of nature.
Jiang Hanqing immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this voice. He heard it almost immediately. This was the voice of Fei Qingsi himself.
Thank goodness, she finally came!
Seeing the archers around him finally relaxing the tense bowstrings with Fei Qingsi's voice, Jiang Hanqing felt an unprecedented relaxation in his heart.
It was only then that he noticed that the archers were actually more nervous than them. The places where they stood were traces of sweat.
Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but feel lucky. Of course he knew that if an archer could not bear the pressure and fired the arrow just now, the four of them would have become a pool of meat mud.
At this time, Concubine Qingsi had already appeared in front of everyone. Jiang Hanqing looked at her carefully. She had not changed much compared to four years ago, but she looked much more mature in temperament.
Fei Qingsi was wearing a water-green flower-dress and a jade belt tied around her waist. She didn't look like a female commander at all, but was more like a lady who was staying in her courtyard to embroider her.
The smile looks exactly the same as the soldiers under her.
Except for Jiang Hanqing, Bai Yingjue, Lin Fengxian and others have seen this famous female general after Yin Yufeng and Shi Yanying. Naturally, she was very curious and looked at her carefully.
Fei Qingsi's expression looked very calm, and the hair on her head was simply combed into a bun.
A white full moon face, a pair of cute dimples on the two pauses, and above the proudly erect little Yao nose is a pair of phoenix eyes that seem to be able to talk. The black eyeball bones are spinning around, making them look very aura
With a faint smile on his face, Concubine Qing Siying walked to Jiang Hanqing and bowed: Qing Si didn't expect that Young Master Jiang would come, and she would be welcomed by far! I hope the Young Master will forgive you!
Jiang Hanqing laughed and said: If Qingsi doesn't come out early, I will be scared to death by your subordinates.
Concubine Qingsi covered her mouth gently and smiled: Oh! Young Master is blaming Qingsi? Okay! Qingsi apologizes to the young master here! You are not caring about villains, so you forgive Qingsi this time!
When Concubine Qingsi spoke, she looked gentle and cute, and she smiled gracefully, and looked very seductive.
Haha! I’m just talking casually, why should Qingsi take it seriously?
When the two of them were talking like this, Bai Yingjue felt very uncomfortable next to him.
From the dialogue and expressions between Jiang and Fei, she could see that the relationship between the two was obviously very familiar. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart if they had any relationship before.
And more importantly, the beauty of this concubine Qingsi in front of her shocked her so great
When Bai Yingjue saw her appearance at first glance, a word immediately came to his mind: Beautiful and charming. Especially the elegant and noble temperament displayed by Fei Qingsi adds to her unparalleled feeling.
Among the women Bai Yingjue has seen, no one can match him except Yin Yufeng
Fei Qingsi seemed to sense the hostile gaze projected by Bai Yingjue, and turned her attention to Bai Yingjue.
She looked up and down curiously for a while, then looked at Jiang Hanqing again, and a smile appeared on her red lips, which seemed to mean that she could see the relationship between Bai Yingjue and Jiang Hanqing.
Bai Yingjue's heart was filled with a sense of crisis. He unconsciously leaned his body to Jiang Hanqing's arms and looked at Fei Qingsi provocatively with a demonstrative look.
Jiang Hanqing actually always had strange thoughts about Concubine Qingsi, and she could be said to be drooling at the only beauty she saw other than her mother.
But he never understood what Fei Qingsi thought about him in his heart.
At this time, when he saw Bai Yingjue doing this, he had no intention of stopping it.
Because he was about to use some things to test Fei Qingsi, see what her reaction was, and use it to judge his status in Fei Qingsi's mind
However, Fei Qingsi's reaction undoubtedly made Jiang Hanqing feel disappointed
She just chuckled slightly at Bai Yingjue's widow-taking, and then she had no other reaction, showing that she had no place for Jiang Hanqing in her heart.
Jiang Hanqing was frustrated inside, but on the surface he had to pretend to be nothing, saying: I have taken a long vacation in the past two months and left the capital and traveled around the country to increase my knowledge. Now the holiday is about to end. I am preparing to return to Beijing today. Today, I happened to pass outside Annan City. When I saw Qingsi's handsome flag, I wanted to come to the city and visit it, but I didn't think about it... Is there something very important accident happening here in Qingsi?
The concubine Qingsi ignored his question and said with all the words: Young Master Jiang came to Qingsi’s place for the first time, Qingsi should have the friendship of the landlord! It is dinner time, and a small wine table for the young master is already prepared for the young master. Young Master Jiang invites you!
Speaking and turning around to make a gesture of inviting
Seeing that she was unwilling to answer her questions, Jiang Hanqing could not ask any more questions, so he bowed and said: Trouble!
The group led Xiangwei to the next place by Fei Qingsi. Although the iron armored guards were less, they were still everywhere.
At the banquet, the concubine Qingsi symbolically drank a glass of wine with Jiang Hanqing, moved her chopsticks, and stopped eating more
Although her face was still calm, she looked clearly at what was hidden in her heart
Jiang Hanqing kept trying her out, hoping to find out some of the situation
But whenever his topic turns to this, Fei Qingsi will smile slightly and immediately distract the topic, showing a stance that he will not let Jiang Hanqing interfere in her affairs.
But the more she did this, the more Jiang Hanqing felt that there was a big problem, and she had a desire to know the truth of the matter.
Qingsi! What exactly happened here? Why don’t you want to tell me? What do you mean? What are you hiding from me? You said!
Aware that Fei Qingsi had made up her mind and would not tell her that she would not have any result if she persisted like this. Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but get angry and asked Fei Qingsi directly.
Seeing Jiang Hanqing's appearance, Fei Qingsi's face suddenly became gloomy
She stood up with a loud noise, staring at Jiang Hanqing with her eyebrows raised.
The gentle and gentle look just now was not found at all, as if she had suddenly changed someone
Concubine Qingsi stood there without saying a word, but just stared at Jiang Hanqing fiercely
Jiang Hanqing did not give in and looked at her without fear.
The atmosphere in the whole room seemed to solidify for a moment, full of an imminent smell
The two of them looked at each other for a long time, and the concubine Qingsi finally spoke angrily: Young Master Jiang, I am because you are Feng Shuai's son and the prince of Zhenguo, so I respect you and don't think that my concubine Qingsi is easy to bully Ah, as if you should know everything about me! You must understand that some things are not allowed to be known to you, it is for your own good! Don't be smart and force yourself to disturb you! You will be the one who suffers at that time!
Jiang Hanqing has never been criticized in person since she was born, let alone being taught a lesson by a woman who is not much older than herself. She was so angry that she couldn't speak for a moment, pointing at Fei Qingsi and said: You...you...
In fact, if Concubine Qingsi was replaced by a man, Jiang Hanqing would never have said those bad words at the beginning.
The reason he said this was because in his heart, he never took women all over the world seriously. Even if he was as scattered as his mother, he was just a toy on the bed.
Regarding Fei Qingsi, he often thought about how to find an opportunity to conquer her, and did not consider that he was a dignified imperial marshal.
Influenced by thinking about problems like this for a long time, when he spoke just now, he naturally forgot the other party's identity, just thinking that he was talking to a woman of his own, and he couldn't help but say the wrong thing.
What he unexpected was that Fei Qingsi had such a strong reaction that he could not get out of the market at all.
Concubine Qingsi looked at Jiang Hanqing coldly and said: I see that Young Master Jiang is used to being flattered at home. No wonder he doesn’t take the world seriously! Humph, let me tell you, if you don’t apologize today, don’t want to leave my coach’s mansion! My Concubine Qingsi is not afraid of heaven. Even if Feng Shuai comes in person today, I will not forgive you easily! Besides, what I can stand is right! Humph! Here comes someone!
As she said, the iron guards waiting outside the room rushed in, and the sword unsheathed and surrounded the four people of the Jiang family in the middle.
Bai Yingjue sat at the wine table, his face calm and said nothing, but just looked at Jiang Hanqing quietly, waiting for his instructions
She was full of strong confidence and waited for Jiang Hanqing to kill concubine Qingsi as hostage after he gave the order.
Jiang Hanqing looked at the iron guards in front of him and knew that if he didn't bow his head today, he would really not be able to take it. He forced himself to suppress his anger and bent down and said: Why should Qingsi be so angry? I just said something wrong, I had no other intentions, I just cared about you, Qingsi! I hope Qingsi will let you go!
Fei Qingsi is actually very taboo about Jiang Hanqing. He knows that the power behind him is too strong and cannot be easily dealt with by himself.
Her actions just now were just because she was angry for a moment, thinking that Jiang Hanqing was too embarrassed to speak, and she had a lot of troubles recently, so she couldn't swallow her breath when she was upset.
Now seeing Jiang Hanqing giving him enough face to apologize to him, it would be too late to borrow this step, so he waved his hand and asked his iron guard to retreat.
After sitting down again, the atmosphere was still very awkward, and neither side knew what to say.
After being stunned for a long time, Jiang Hanqing said first: Since Qingsi is unwilling to say what happened here, I won’t ask more questions! I was impulsive just now, and I apologized to you again!
After saying that, I drank the wine in the cup in front of me.
Concubine Qingsi hesitated for a while. She was extremely reluctant to tell Jiang Hanqing about this matter to avoid being involved in the Jiang family, making the matter more complicated.
But now that I think about it, I really have no choice but to use the power of the Jiang family, or there is still hope of solving the problem.
Frown slightly, Concubine Qing Siyou sighed: Alas! I didn’t plan to tell Young Master Jiang about this matter... But since the Young Master cares so much about Qing Si, Qing Siru is really sorry for Young Master Jiang’s kindness! The matter has to start four years ago...
Four years ago, after Yin Yufeng left the capital
Despite the opposition of many ministers in the court, the emperor approved the plan of Dingguo Duke Mingde to launch a large-scale southern expedition, appointed Dingguo Duke Wang Siting as the commander of the Southern Army, and Fei Qingsi as the deputy commander to attack the Nanman.
Wang Siting is a typical rich child with no real talent and knowledge
Although he is called the commander of the army, he is actually just busy drinking and having fun every day. All the marching and fighting are responsible for Concubine Qingsi.
Fortunately, he did not disturb him. Under the command of Fei Qingsi, the imperial army was invincible and won victory after success.
When Wang Siting reported to the court, he took all the credit on himself, and did not mention any of the credits of Fei Qingsi.
Emperor Wuming, who did not know the truth, thought that Wang Siting was really a peerless general as he said, and he repeatedly praised him.
Wang Siting was also drooling in the army for the beauty Fei Qingsi, and wanted to deal with this arrogant young female general all day long.
However, Fei Qingsi had long been on guard against a pervert like him, so Wang Siting could not do anything, so he could only stare at him from the side
This situation lasted for more than two years. The Southern Legion's continuous victory pushed the borders of the empire southward for nearly a thousand miles.
At this time, Emperor Wuming suddenly began to feel a little uneasy
He thought that the son of the Wang family was so powerful in war and now he had such a huge southern legion in his hand. Wouldn't it be a great threat to his rule?
Emperor Wuming quickly came up with a solution to this problem
After an imperial edict, the Southern Legion was split into two legions
The First Southern Army continued to be commanded by Wang Siting, while the Second Southern Army was commanded by Fei Qingsi.
Wang Mingde, who knew that his son was a pussy, was naturally frightened when he heard the news. He made a memorial in front of the emperor and expressed his opposition.
But the more he opposed it, the more the emperor felt that his approach was extremely wise, and he thought he had just hit Wang Mingde's key point.
The emperor's will was soon implemented, and the Southern Empire was divided into two new corpses that were not subordinate to each other.
And Fei Qingsi successfully got rid of Wang Siting's disgusting shameless entanglement
In the following year, the Second Southern Army led by Fei Qingsi continued to win continuous victories, while Wang Siting's First Southern Army suffered consecutive defeats.
After this, Emperor Wuming finally understood: It turned out that he had relied on the marshal of the imperial court in the past to win battles, rather than Wang Siting, the prince of Dingguo. Wang Siting just took other people's military merits as already
After scolding Dingguo Duke Mingde, Emperor Wuming announced the removal of Wang Siting's position as commander and reorganized the Southern Legion and then handed over to the unified command of Fei Qingsi.
Although Wang Siting had executed the emperor's imperial edict on the surface and announced that he would hand over all the command of the First Southern Army, he privately tried his best to make trouble with Fei Qingsi.
He instructed his confidant generals to attack Fei Qingsi's military tactics, refused to implement Fei Qingsi's orders, ignored Fei Qingsi's personnel changes, and even beat the general who sent Fei Qingsi to take over the army back
Fei Qingsi's army would also be intercepted if it wanted to pass through the original First Legion soldiers.
In desperation, Concubine Qingsi had to report these matters to the court, but Wang Mingde tried to intercept them in the middle.
The emperor and the court knew nothing about this, and they thought that the command of the entire Southern Legion had indeed been handed over to Fei Qingsi.
While Wang Siting was against Concubine Qingsi, he sent someone to harass her every few days, asking her to agree to marry her.
It is said that as long as Fei Qingsi is willing to marry him, he will hand over all the military power to Fei Qingsi
Fei Qingsi of course refused Wang Siting's insignificant thoughts, of course, and refused Wang Siting's firmly.
In the past year, Wang Siting seemed to be in a state of mind. He actually sent people to attack Fei Qingsi's army from time to time, and even wanted to kidnap Fei Qingsi himself.
The Wang family's master warriors were sent to southern Xinjiang to support him, which made Wang Siting's courage and his actions become more and more overwhelming.
Two months ago, while Qiu Teren invaded, Wang Siting sent a ultimatum to Fei Qingsi, asking her to either agree to marry her immediately or hand over the military power immediately, otherwise she would be rude to her.
Faith Qingsi reported the relevant situation to the court continuously, but the memorials fell into the sea and there was no news.
She naturally understood that these memorials must have been suppressed by the Wang family. Perhaps the people in the court did not know that these memorials existed at all.
When there was no way, considering the huge strength of the Wang family, knowing that they could not fight against Wang Siting, Fei Qingsi decided to escape.
She used the excuse of returning to China to serve the king and confronting Qiu Te's barbarians. Xingye mobilized the army back to the country, hoping to get rid of Wang Siting's harassment first and make further plans
Unexpectedly, Wang Siting was still unwilling to give up and actually sent his own army to pursue him. He also sent a large number of family experts to assassinate Concubine Qingsi along the way, claiming that if she could not get her heart, she would get her head.
When Concubine Qingsi couldn't bear it, she attacked the army that Wang Siting chased.
Who knew that Wang Mingde had caught the handle again. At the court meeting more than ten days ago, he actually reported to the emperor that Fei Qingsi attacked the army loyal to the emperor, and led his army back to the country to the north without reporting. It seemed that he was preparing to rebel.
The old and foolish Emperor Wuming immediately believed it and ordered the army along the way to snipe the rebels of Concubine Qingsi, and also offered a reward for capturing Concubine Qingsi's head.
Moreover, the garrison troops in the capital and the Imperial Guards stationed in the capital were fully on guard to prevent the rebels from raiding the capital.
When Fei Qingsi received a secret message from a friend in the capital four days ago, she was camping and recuperating three hundred miles south of Annan City.
Knowing that the emperor is stupid and cannot explain this kind of thing clearly, Fei Qingsi resolutely decided to seize Annan City, an important town in the southern part of the empire, first to ensure that he has a foothold, and then slowly consider how to cleanse his innocence.
After a sudden marching overnight, the southern army led by Fei Qingsi arrived in Annan City the morning before yesterday, and quickly dispersed a small number of defending troops to seize the city. Then, they immediately began to set up defenses and prepared to face the attack of the imperial army.
Although he had already begun to order his subordinates to prepare for battle, considering that the enemy had not appeared and he could not disturb the people easily, Fei Qingsi did not take any measures to restrict the activities of the people, and even did not restrict the entry and exit of the city.
I didn't expect that just one day passed, the day before Jiang Hanqing and his friends arrived in Annan City, an incident occurred where the assassin sneaked into the temporary commander's mansion of Concubine Qingsi's intention to stun the situation.
There were four assassins who had infiltrated, all of whom were excellent in martial arts. They dressed up as ordinary local soldiers and entered the general's mansion. At the beginning, they naturally had a smooth journey. In the end, they had to forcibly break into an area where only guards could enter, and were discovered by the iron armored guards.
Fei Qingsi's elite iron guard paid a heavy price to kill these four assassins
Learning from this lesson, Fei Qingsi immediately ordered that anyone should be prohibited from riding horses and carrying weapons into the city, and ordered martial law throughout the city, prohibiting anyone to walk casually on the streets, and the guards in the mansion were also strengthened accordingly.
This is why Jiang Hanqing and others received such special treatments in succession after coming to Annan City
When hearing Fei Qingsi finish the whole story, Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart
It turns out that half of the Southern Legion's army has always been under the control of the Wang family, and there is no news in the court, even their Jiang family is kept in the dark.
What shocked Jiang Hanqing even more was why the Wang family had so urgently wanted to seize control of Fei Qingsi's army recently, and even used such fierce means to control this army
What is the real purpose of the Wang family doing this?
A bold guess suddenly appeared deep in Jiang Hanqing's heart: Could it be that the Wang family wants...
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