Chapter 730: Beacon fires
Yue Qianqiu, who is considered to be omnipotent, is now trapped in Nanjing by Xiao Jingxian. If he really wants to leave, unless Xiao Jingxian sends hundreds of people around him at the door, he will naturally be unable to fly. However, the possibility that Xiao Jingxian mentioned really made him frightened and dare not take it lightly. In addition, Xie Shiyi also spoke, so he could only stay.
However, he was not familiar with Nanjing City and had no connections with the Xie family's father and daughter. In addition, many people knew that he was with Xiao Jingxian before, so he was not happy to paint his face all day long before he could go out, so he had to not go out most of the time. Therefore, he finally found that he had become the one who took care of Xiao Jingxian again!
Although this kind of work is not the first time, Yue Qianqiu got angry when he thought of Xiao Jingxian's troubles in Nanjing. At first, he took care of him, so he was too lazy to pay attention to him. However, Xiao Jingxian was never worry-free, and he always made him sarcastic. In the end, Mr. Xie Shiyi, who worked as a part-time doctor, couldn't help but give Yue Qianqiu a suggestion with anger and funny look.
"I only come here for a while every day, and I hear you yell at him countless times and shut up. If you really don't want to talk to him, now that he is still recuperating, you can tie him to the bed and stuff his mouth. Wouldn't your ears be clean?"
Xiao Jingxian, leaning on the bed, glanced at the joking doctor with a funny face: "Mr. Xie Shiyi, I didn't offend you, right? Do you need to use such a trick for Qianqiu? Besides, Qi Xuan tied a hundred kilograms of iron chains and locks on me in the end, but he couldn't do anything to me. Do you think a mere rope can work?"
"Shut up! Qi Xuan's biggest mistake at the beginning was that he didn't interrupt your hands and feet, otherwise it would be possible to see what trouble you could do!" Yue Qianqiu glared at Xiao Jingxian again, then looked at Master Xie Shiyi and asked, "This guy is a cockroach. As long as he can't be killed, he will be full of vitality in a few days. If Master Xie Shiyi said that he is almost done, I will ignore him!"
Mr. Xie Shiyi smiled immediately: "He is just a weak and irregular diet for a long time. After all, his physical foundation is pretty good. It's almost okay now, so you can go downstairs and walk around. Of course, muscle weakness is certain and you need someone to support me."
Yue Qianqiu really didn't expect that Mr. Xie Shiyi, who had just suggested how to deal with Xiao Jingxian, asked him to help Xiao Jingxian walk around in a blink of an eye. Seeing that the guy on the bed immediately hit the snake and stick, he stretched out his hands to ask to help him go down the ground. He cursed with anger: "Wait, I'll buy you two crutches on the street, and you can go as long as you go!"
Seeing Yue Qianqiu rushing away with a furious look, Xiao Jingxian asked leisurely: "Master Xie Shiyi has not mentioned the progress of the dungeon excavation in the remaining mansion in the past few days. But it has been six days since I was brought back by Qianqiu. Even if I move slowly there, it should have already achieved results, right?"
"Your Highness King Jin should know, why don't I want to say it." Xie Shiyi moved his eyes back from Yue Qianqiu's back, but he didn't look at Xiao Jingxian, his eyes seemed a little wandering. "Qi Xuan, his two guards, and three prisoners were all dead. Each of his corpses were covered in blood. The stone walls of the dungeon were even splattered with blood. So when the corpses were dug out, everyone naturally felt that they were killing each other."
He paused, then stared at Xiao Jingxian and asked, "The wooden fence collapsed and the iron chain fell off, but there was no trace of you. So some people thought you had escaped long ago, some people thought you had not been caught at all. Everything was Qi Xuan planned to use your name to trick him, but he was plotted against you. Some people even said that you were a demon and ghost... Among them, they thought that you had been dug up a long time ago, and the few people believed in it. I have to say that His Highness King Jin and the Ninth Prince cooperated well."
"It's him, I'm just lucky."
Xiao Jingxian shrugged in a realistic manner, and a smile appeared on his thin face. Although his face did not look much bloody because of his days of recuperation, it was obviously much better than the dying state he was brought out by Yue Qianqiu at first. He did not continue to ask Mr. Xie Shiyi, Qi Xuan and others about the specific state of the corpses, but asked indifferently.
"Have the news of their deaths been spread?"
"It's just circulating in a small range, so since the Ninth Prince hasn't asked about it before, it means he doesn't know... Why, what does Your Highness King Jin mean to promote it?"
"That's right." Xiao Jingxian nodded slightly and said in an extremely affirmative tone, "Just let some people speak quickly everywhere. After all, Qi Xuan is suspected to be the person who was arranged by my brother-in-law in Nanjing. After Kang Le appeared in Bazhou, he returned to Beiyan with me, but the person disappeared. Qianqiu and I were also missing in Bazhou City. If there was no reaction in other aspects, then it would froze."
"Actually, there is news on the way to Beijing." Mr. Xie Shiyi thought about it and briefly mentioned Xiao Qingqing's sudden rebellious behavior. Seeing that Xiao Jingxian only stretched out after frowning at first, he was even smiling. Even though he had always had an extremely cold and calm heart, he couldn't help but be confused by Xiao Jingxian's unexpected attitude.
"Xiao Qingqing is like me. She is very calm and not a lunatic." Xiao Jingxian seemed to have not concealed the crazy he had always been doing, but his tone was as plain as if he was talking about a small matter of eating and drinking water. "The reason she did this was naturally her reason. I used to be a lunatic butcher as my brother-in-law wanted, but in fact I was not really that bloodthirsty."
Although he had always lived in the deep mountains and forests of a corner of Liaodong, Mr. Xie Shiyi was different from ordinary tourists and had a broader horizon. After he accepted the invitation from Du Bailou to open the old temple, because he had obtained countless times more resources, the things he could access were naturally much wider than before.
For example, he knew very well that almost all the emperors of Northern Yan had cultivated their confidants after they came to power, and then purged the remnants of other losers in the competition for status, but they often treated the confidants of the previous generation of emperors. Over time, one family after another was mixed. It was not until the current missing emperor of Northern Yan that he changed his style of conduct.
Therefore, he couldn't help asking: "Is Xiao Qingqing deliberately forced the Sixth Prince out of Beijing and then eliminated dissidents?"
"There are many families that have been uprooted over the years, but it is not enough. When my sister was there, she and my brother-in-law often said that looking at all dynasties, not many people died from foreign enemies, but many people died from civil strife. It was precisely because when the founding of the country, all kinds of waste were prosperous, and it was like a piece of white paper that could be used to express themselves to the fullest, so people's hearts were upright. And as long as the past few decades..."
Xiao Jingxian answered the question, but then suddenly paused, and then said calmly: "As long as the past few decades have passed, officials will protect each other and collude with internal and external forces, they will inevitably create deep-rooted families. At this time, there is actually still the opportunity to restrict and shackle, but if you still be afraid of the mouse, or you are blinded, or the king has no brains or means to delay this situation until a hundred years later, then it will be difficult to return."
"And now, it's 108 years after the founding of Northern Yan."
As he said this, Xiao Jingxian leaned on the pillow. The leisurely expression on his face was like a leisurely scholar doing nothing, but the words he said were like a gust of cold wind blowing through the extremely warm room that was obviously burning with a charcoal basin.
"So since my brother-in-law ascended the throne, he was ready to kill a large number of people. However, no matter how crazy he was, he would not be able to kill all the big clans, and he would not be able to sit firmly on the throne.
Therefore, first, we should eliminate the remnants of the losers, and then use the strategy of supporting one group to suppress one group, and mow grass one after another. Even the so-called southern expedition, pacifying the world, giving opportunities to indulge human rebellion, is just a means to eliminate dissidents. And now, we can see and know only Shangjing and Nanjing, but I can guarantee that all places should be in chaos."
Even Master Xie Shiyi was considered a person who had many lives on his hands. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel horrified and his brows frowned into a big bump: "If you just kill like this, no matter how well you control it, you cannot avoid hurting the innocent. What's more, in this way, the people's support will be completely ignored? To put it bluntly, there is no good thing outside now, whether it is the emperor or the sixth prince now. If Xiaoxiao had not controlled it well these days, Nanjing would have been in chaos!"
"Miss Xie is very outstanding, but a good wife cannot cook without rice."
Xiao Jing first glanced over the comments before Mr. Xie Shiyi, and only answered the last sentence. Then he pulled the quilt up a little, covered his chest, looked out indifferently, and then raised his voice a little: "Qianqiu, if you go to see her, you might as well bring a word, don't work too seriously. She used to be a princess, and now she is not a queen, so don't forget her original intention."
Yue Qianqiu, who had just left angry, was actually going around in a circle and returning, was indeed eavesdropping in a corner of the yard. When Xiao Jing first revealed the trace, he couldn't help but veins on his forehead jumped and cursed the guy who pretended to be dead, but he was not as shameless as he continued to listen to the corner of the wall. He could only turn his head back to the stable without humming, and lead the horse away.
However, when he just overhearded such a lot of conversations between Xiao Jingxian and Master Xie Shiyi, he had to admit that what Xiao Jingxian said was probably true. However, when he thought that Emperor Beiyan disappeared and that the person was actually controlled by Yue Xiaosi, he couldn't help but feel sweat for the cheap father.
Although Yue Xiaosi and a group of madmen are inevitably infected with the problem of not being crazy and not living, there is still medicine to cure now, so don’t be cheated in the end!
Just as he was walking absent-mindedly and even forgot that he could ride a horse, a rapid sound of horse hooves and scolding suddenly recalled his soul. At first, the scolding was just a way for the person who gave in, but probably because the person who gave in was too slow, or the person who was on the horse was too anxious. After a swearing, the man suddenly raised his voice.
"Urgent military information! If you damn grass people don't give way, you will lose your head if you miss my big deal!"
Hearing the four words "emergency military information", Yue Qianqiu suddenly became interested, and then subconsciously ran forward. After running for less than two steps, he realized that he was still holding the reins in his hand, and he couldn't help but pound the forehead with laughter and cry, then took a step back and jumped onto the horse's back, shaking the reins and galloped towards the place where the sound just now.
Turning the corner, he saw the messenger who still couldn't get through. This time, it was not because others gave way, but because the people gathered around him because they heard his words. Before, the sixth prince almost pulled out all the soldiers in Nanjing, and many of the families of these soldiers were from Nanjing, so they naturally care about the safety of the pillars of the family.
At this moment, there were crowds of people, and all kinds of questions rushed towards the messenger like a tide, directly teaching the guy who had just spoken out of fear. However, he wanted to hit someone several times, but he was frightened by the surging crowd and took his hand back. Finally, seeing that he would not let him go today, he finally screamed angrily.
"There is a stalemate in Bazhou. It's just a siege. How can I tell the outcome of the victory and the loss so quickly? How can I know if the men in your family live or die? When it's not a place to siege, go and give way. I'll go and report to the Saint of Baishan!"
Yue Qianqiu saw the man waved his whip in the air and scared people to give way with a sound. The people around him were really reluctant to give way, but he changed his mind and immediately rushed to the palace.
Although this person is vague, the lines still reveal that the bad luck in Bazhou's siege is going well. If it goes well, what kind of lives will be piled up? I don't know if the man in his family lives or death means that there have been quite a few casualties in the siege battle!
After waiting for half an hour at the agreed place, Yue Qianqiu just saw Xie Xiaoxiao in men's clothing. When he saw the solemn expression of the person, he knew that she must have seen the messenger, and the messenger brought back could not have been good news.
Sure enough, before he could ask, she took the initiative to speak: "In the Bazhou side, the sixth prince offered a very high reward. In addition, the army had directly robbed the three cities of Yongqing before, and he used countless wealth in Bazhou as motivation. Therefore, although the attack on the city was quite damaged in a few days, his morale was very high."
Yue Qianqiu's heart skipped a beat, and then asked in a deep voice: "How many casualties and injuries are here in Beiyan?"
"More than a thousand casualties." Xie Xiaoxiao frowned slightly, then sneered, "That guy has always been persistent. He strongly advocated the motivational methods I just told you, but the casualties were mentioned in one sentence. I guess at least this number, and there may be more. But..."
She paused, and then said in a deep voice: "That guy swears in the letter that someone in Bazhou contacted Xiancheng to open the door!"
The four words of opening the door of Xiancheng were heard. Yue Qianqiu felt that his mind was as if he had been hit hard by a big hammer. He was even a little confused at the first moment. Fortunately, he was not a person who had never experienced anything, so he calmed down instantly, and then rubbed his chin thoughtfully: "When this news comes out, whether true or false, it will be a great stimulation to both the enemy and us."
Seeing that Xie Xiaoxiao's expression was still solemn, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous: "Is there anything else? Why didn't you listen to him when your father went to my place just now?"
Chapter completed!