Author: My spear is still here

They rested in the post house that night. The next day, officials in long robes prepared a luxurious carriage drawn by brown horses and took Dad and Wu Yuanheng into the city to meet the monarch.

Wang Jian and others were waiting in the post house.

As soon as he arrived in the room, his consciousness discovered that there was a tunnel in the wall behind the table in the middle.

The tunnel led to the back of the house, but it was too long. It was more than two hundred steps underground. He didn't know where it led. There were many guards guarding the outside of the post house, and Wang Jian couldn't go in and out at will to explore the exit.

Wang Jian thought for a while and could hold back his curiosity and did not touch the decorations at the tunnel entrance.

Wang Jian noticed that the servant who came to deliver food at noon never left the table at the entrance of the tunnel. He seemed to be carefully observing the entrance of the tunnel for any signs of discovery, while he pretended that nothing had happened.

After the servants left after delivering the food, Wang Jianquancheng pretended not to know anything and maintained his playboy style. He disliked the simple food and scolded the servant who delivered the food.

As soon as the person left, his expression changed immediately.

He already had a bad feeling in his heart. The owner of Lishi City must have arranged the accommodation here, and arranged for him to live in a house with a tunnel. What is the use of this tunnel? The best function he can think of is to make people know what is going on.

Entering his room, Wang Jian vigilantly placed a few throwing knives beside the bed, took out the long sword from his luggage, placed it next to the pillow and covered it with a quilt.

In the afternoon, both the father and the young master of the Wu family came back. They entered the yard while whispering something, both of them looking unhappy.

After the two said goodbye, Wang Jian came up to him and asked his father what happened.

The father let him into the house first, poured himself a glass of water to moisten his throat, and then frowned and said: "We have met the monarch, and we have also met Mu Sheng. They all agreed that we must quickly encircle and suppress the foreigners who are going south.

, so as not to cause greater disaster."

"But..." The father frowned when he said this.

"The Mu family wants to fight for military power?" Wang Jiandao said.

The father looked at him slightly surprised and nodded: "Mu Sheng said that the matter is very important. The foreigners have entered Heyin and entered the Mu family's territory. Then it is up to the leader of Heyin to accept the tiger talisman from the monarch and assemble the army to deal with the foreigners.

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He simply wanted to gain military power through the foreigners' affairs, rather than sincerely wanting to solve the foreigners' problems.

I had thought before that if strangers entered the Heyin Realm, they would be in trouble, but I didn’t expect that they would dare to do this in front of the king!" Dad was so angry that he slapped the table hard.

Wang Jian can't say anything. He can't influence the decision-making at this level at all. He is not even qualified to meet the king He Mu Sheng.

When Wang Jian's spiritual sense detected the hole in the house, he thought of this result, because Zhao State's system usually does not allow the army to be gathered at will without the tiger talisman, and the six ministers who have the most troops have the right to speak, constraining each other.

, everyone has a tacit understanding not to ask the monarch for tiger talismans, which indirectly allows the people to recuperate and recuperate.

But now the appearance of strangers has broken this tacit understanding. To deal with strangers, it is necessary to assemble the army. Once any of the powerful forces is authorized to assemble the army, the balance of forces will be broken. At the next election of the ruling minister next year

will have a huge advantage.

Originally, the stranger appeared in Heyang Territory, which belonged to the territory of Lishi Gong Wu Mi. It was supposed that his subordinate Duyang Marquis must have gathered troops.

Unexpectedly, as the investigation deepened, strangers were also active in Heyin. The situation became complicated. Heyin belonged to the territory under the jurisdiction of another official of Zhao State, Maling Gong Mu Sheng. In this way, he also had a reasonable

The reason is to assemble an army on your own side to fight against the aliens.

Under the special political system of Zhao State, what was originally a military conflict has gradually evolved into a political game involving the highest-level interests of the country. At this time, things have become complicated.

Dad didn't understand that deeply. He was still cursing Mu Sheng, that old bastard, for trying to seize the opportunity to seize his military power.

Judging from the secret passage in his house, Mu is prepared to do whatever it takes. If his father refuses to give in, he will become a hostage or simply evaporate as a means of intimidating his father.

What Wang Jian didn't understand was, did the Mu family really dare to take action? Because his father had also wanted to go to Maling before, and it was not easy. He asked people from the Wu family to go south together. If the Mu family really took action here, wouldn't it be with both

My father fell out with him, and he also fell out with the Wu family. Wu Mi was another Zhao Guozhengqing, and he had many elite men under his command.

But the only good news at the moment is that he doesn't have to worry about anyone attacking him. As long as his father doesn't take it hard, he should be safe for the time being.

At night, he heard his father and Wu Yuanheng talking about the day's events while drinking in the small courtyard. Although Wang Jian was waiting in the room, he heard everything clearly with his spiritual sense.

"The Mu family bullies people too much. If they are allowed to summon an army, how can they ensure the safety of Heyang? Moreover, their children have never fought at all. If we really let them deal with those strangers, they will just drive innocent people to death!" The father said dullly.

His words were filled with displeasure.

"Yes, what Marquis Duyang said is reasonable. I also think that their disciples are incompetent and are just messing around."

"I will definitely explain this matter to the king tomorrow, even if it offends the Mu clan members."

"I will definitely help Marquis Duyang to advise the king." Wu Yuanheng promised.

Listening to these conversations, Wang Jian felt relieved again, but he always felt that something was wrong. Did he miss something?

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In Chang'an Imperial City, in the Daxia Hall of Changle Palace, candlelight danced brightly, and there was a simple and solemn atmosphere in the hall, because most places were plain black with dark red like blood condensed. The wind blowing from outside the house also reached here.

It seemed to suddenly become even colder.

Sitting in front of the black carved stone table in the middle of the hall is an old man wearing a black round-collared robe with a golden dragon pattern. His hawk-like eyes are translucent, his beard and hair are gray, and there is an indifference in his eyes that looks down on all living beings, as well as some turbidity of the elderly.

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He was playing with a jade eagle statue in his left hand, leaning against the white tiger leather seat behind him.

He is the emperor of the Han Empire, the supreme one in the world. He seems aimless, and seems to be waiting for something. The eunuch next to him will come in from time to time to add some charcoal to the braziers in the four corners of the hall to keep the temperature, but he only wears socks and is careful and gentle.

Feet, dare not make any other movement.

It wasn't until a long time later that the young eunuch came in and whispered something. The emperor nodded and the young eunuch left.

After a while, another eunuch came in, knelt down a dozen steps away, and reported: "Princess Anling went to Maling of Zhao State. The governor of Hongnong County said that he had sent experts to protect her. It is said that the nobles of Zhao State will meet there.

Alliance, the princess wants to find out what happened."

It took the old man above him a while to say, "She is guilty and has the audacity to act."

"The princess also wants to share your worries for Your Majesty."

"If she wants to share her worries, she should plead guilty first," the emperor said coldly.

Speaking of pleading guilty, the eunuch Zhang Jin did not dare to say anything. Princess Anling was the daughter of the former crown prince Liu Ti, and she was very favored by your majesty. However, later, a case of rebellion broke out, and almost all of the prince's family were killed, exiled, and the prince was imprisoned.

He died of depression.

Only Princess Anling and a few members of the family were saved. His Majesty already loved his granddaughter so much that he couldn't bear it, so he took her to the palace to raise her.

But Princess Anling also had a stubborn temper and never gave in. When she grew up, she kept arguing that her father was wrongly accused and wanted to reverse the case, which angered His Majesty several times.

In the Han Dynasty, the descendants of guilty clans had only one chance to redeem themselves and perform meritorious service, which was to take the name of a clan princess, marry into a foreign marriage, and then influence the other party's military and political affairs to serve the country.

His Majesty originally wanted to absolve Princess Anling of her guilt several times and let her stay in Chang'an, as long as she admitted her father's guilt and stopped making nonsense about overturning the case. However, the princess refused to compromise and even resolutely decided to treat the guilty in accordance with the state.

According to the rules of the clan, he proposed to marry the son of Wang Lie, the famous general of Zhao State, for the country, so as to gain a door for the country to advance eastwards.

On the surface, His Majesty agreed ruthlessly in front of many courtiers, but Zhang Jin knew that since the princess left Chang'an, His Majesty had become angry several times, and even killed a groom who was raising a dead horse because of his anger.

"Your Majesty, the princess needs more manpower."

"No need, the country will not waste manpower for a sinner." The old emperor's face turned pale: "Let the Hongnong County Sheriff check carefully. What kind of thing is Wang Lie's second son? I want to see!

If he doesn't like it, I'll send him his head."
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