Chapter 653 Qu Guochang Died of Illness
For example, what I once agreed to, in the fight against the barbarians, the responsibilities that Lin and Hu, Liu and Zhang must bear were actually not easy.
When signing the treaty at that time, Lin finally had to grit his teeth and agree and share the 100,000 troops of the flag barbarians alone.
During the first battle with the Qiman Mingzhu, the war loss in Daxia reached one to six.
Even now, with veterans such as Fang Shuai, the damage to the battle still reached one to two, or even one to three.
Although Lin said that he had 800,000 elite troops, he could actually fight with 200,000 elite troops?
They promised to bear the 100,000 troops of the Flagman alone, which shows the great pressure.
Hu, Liu and Zhang are not much better than them, especially Liu Shuai in the southwest. He has the most people under his command, but he is also the poorest.
The most elite troops in their hands still have many of them that are not full.
In order to ask the state for food and equipment, the task he had to undertake was heavier than that of the Lin family.
The Northwest General Hu was not much better. He had more cavalry, but although the cavalry had strong combat effectiveness, the military strength was not as strong as the other generals, and one less died.
Only Zhang Shuai in Northeast China wants people and money. Because they have everything, the state government not only refuses to give them equipment, but also asks them to pay for money and people.
Of course, the one who bears the greatest pressure is definitely the state of the country.
In short, the agreement signed at the beginning, these warlords tied up the country's dynasty, making it impossible for the country's dynasty to target them again, but the country's dynasty did not allow them to relax.
Now that Dingwu has gone, the new king has taken office, and the country has become weak, they naturally demand to relieve their pressure.
But how could the state government easily agree to their breaking the contract?
But there is no way, if you fall behind, you will be beaten.
The country will definitely have to make a certain regression in the end, but this is destined to be a difficult tug-of-war.
It was difficult to talk about alliances at the beginning, but it was even more difficult to make adjustments to the established contract than when we first discussed it.
The parties were mentally prepared, and the meeting was not too confronted. The parties did not sit together from the beginning and put all the questions on the table to discuss.
The state had the intention to defeat each other, and Hu Qingyan, King De and Zhang Bangli met with several parties respectively.
The Southern Army was led by King De, so the two sides naturally had a not pleasant conversation.
But this was expected. Both sides did not expect to settle the other side directly, so they did not blush. Although the battle was fierce, they could calm down after a while.
Before leaving, Chu Ruo asked: "Why didn't you see Duke Qu today?"
King De replied: "Duke Qu often suffers from a serious illness and is in poor health. He is currently recuperating."
Chu Ruocai said: "There is such a matter. Now that the resistance to the barbarians is about to be fought, it is necessary for Duke Qu to come forward to take charge of the overall situation. Duke Qu is not ill at this time. I don't know whether Duke Qu's condition has not been relieved. If there is no good doctor in the capital, our two-life master from Guangdong has also come to the capital. He wants to invite him to Duke Qu's mansion."
"I'm sorry." King De said lightly: "Although there are many good doctors in the world, how can I pass by the Imperial Doctor Hall of the State Council than me?"
"Your Highness is afraid that you don't know anything. The Holy Hand of Two-Life has received invitations from the Imperial Doctor Hall three times, but they all politely declined because they were unable to leave their hometown." Chu Ruocai smiled.
King De was slightly stunned. He really didn't know about this. After a moment of silence, he looked back and said lightly: "Is that right? Then it seems that this person does have some skills, but if you talk about the way of medicine, you don't know whether these two holy hands dare to claim to be the right of the Ming King?"
"A coincidence, I took Master Ruming to visit King Ming yesterday. I heard King Ming say that Master Chen's reputation as the holy hands of both life is worthy of his reputation." Chu Ruo replied, after saying that, he glanced at King De's dark face and bowed, "Your Highness, let's go, let's say goodbye!"
"Let's go!" King De looked at their backs and walked away.
Zhang Bangli also sent someone away. When he turned around, he saw that King De was not in good shape, so he came over and asked, "What's wrong, is the Southern Army too much?"
King De looked back and looked at him and nodded slightly, "It's indeed too arrogant. Guangdong is just a poor and remote place, and he is shameless and dares to underestimate our capital."
As he said that, King De frowned slightly and asked Zhang Bangli: "Have you ever heard of a two-life holy hand?"
"Two-life Holy Hand?" Zhang Bangli thought for a while: "There is indeed such a person in Nanyue, with extremely high medical attainments. The National Dynasty once intended to summon him to the Imperial Doctor Hall. This person was unintentional to be an official and refused. Why did the prince mention this person?"
"Just just now, Chu Ruocai's dog guy asked Qu Guochang about his serious illness and mocked us for being unscrupulous doctors in Beijing. It would be better to ask them to take a look at the two-life holy hands in Guangdong." De Wang said.
After saying that, King De shook his sleeves: "It's true that there are no tigers in the mountains, monkeys dominate the king, and villains succeed!"
With a cold snorting, King De stopped talking and turned around and walked away.
Zhang Bangli stood there, his eyes flashing, and then it was dark and unclear.
After King De returned to the class room, he suddenly looked stunned: "Qu Guochang, Chu Ruochu is going to see Qu Guochang, is that..."
He suddenly stood up, his face changing again and again.
He suddenly realized that Chu Ruocai might not have been just out of satirizing the country, but deliberately pissed him off to take the opportunity to meet Qu Guochang and do the "cooperation" thing that the Ming Wang said.
King De quickly wrote a letter and ordered his confidant subordinates to come in: "Tell this letter to General Beichuan."
Not long after, Mo Beichuan, the commander of the imperial guard, received a letter from King De. After opening it, he thought for a while, called his subordinates and ordered: "Send a team of imperial guards to inform the Duke Qu's mansion that Ruo Nanjun people visited Duke Qu's mansion and drove him away on the grounds that the Duke was seriously ill and did not see guests."
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On the other hand, Zhang Bangli also returned to his office room, his face also gloomy for a while.
He didn't want to do so quickly, and wanted to wait until His Majesty ascended the throne before taking Qu Guochang's death, so as not to let His Majesty accept it, and there would be problems with the ascendance to the throne.
But just now, he learned from King De that after the Southern Army was going to see Qu Guochang, he knew that he could not delay it.
Taking a deep breath, picking up the phone on the table, and spitting out only two words: "Do it."
Then he hung up the phone and turned to look towards the Yu Study Room.
He didn't know what would happen to him when His Majesty heard the news?
Turn back slowly and close your eyes.
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Zhang Bangli's people have always been staring at by people from the Yuqing Sect, and Zhang Bangli is aware of this. He knew that it was the people from Yuqing Mountain who were staring at him and asked King Ming.
Mo Bai didn't hide it from him, saying that it was his arrangement to prevent an accident.
How could Zhang Bangli not know that it was the King of Ming who was guarding him, but he didn't say much. He knew that it was the King of Ming and would not destroy his actions.
So, when Zhang Bangli moved, the people from Yuqing Mountain hidden in the dark immediately spread the news to the Ming Prince's Mansion.
However, Mo Bai was a little surprised: "Retreat?"
"Yes, the news I just got, the person who was originally hiding around Duke Qu's mansion suddenly withdrew." Lu Xunyi said.
Mo Bai frowned immediately, what does Zhang Bangli mean?
After thinking for a while, Mo Bai asked again: "What's going on in Duke Qu's Mansion now?"
"There is no movement on the Duke Qu's Mansion for the time being. Yuqingshan asked for instructions. The people from the state have retreated. Should we continue to stare at Duke Qu's Mansion?" Lu Xunyi replied.
"Continue to stare." Mo Bai replied without thinking.
Lu Xunyi nodded, turned around and went out to pass the order, and came in again after a while, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, Zhang Bangli's people suddenly withdrew. What should I do now?"
Mo Bai pondered, then shook his head and said, "Zhang Bangli should not dare to fool me. Let the people from Yuqingshan keep a close eye on Duke Qu's mansion, and then take a look first."
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Duke Qu's Mansion.
Duke Qu, who had been cultivating for several days, was listening to the butler reporting on the situation in the palace.
Although he was at home, all things in the capital were still unable to escape his eyes.
After hearing that Hu Qingyan and the other three had an unpleasant conversation with the warlords, Qu Guochang's voice was unpredictable: "What is expected, this time the dynasty will definitely suffer a loss."
The housekeeper stood aside, but said worriedly: "The warlord is ambition and will not die of destruction of our country's dynasty. If the situation continues like this, I still don't know how it will be the result?"
Qu Guochang snorted coldly when he heard this: "Hu Qingyan and King De have been targeting me everywhere. On such an important occasion today, they saw that I took a sick leave and really didn't come to invite me out of the mountain, and didn't even say hello. Well, I don't want to take the blame, it depends on what result they can do."
However, the housekeeper reminded: "Master, no matter what, you still have to cheer up. After all, the overall situation of the country is the most important thing!"
Qu Guochang was slightly silent and then said, "If you don't even have power, why are you talking about the overall situation of the country and the dynasty?"
Seeing this, the housekeeper didn't say anything more. He turned around and went out. After a while, he brought a tray with a few side dishes and a pot of wine.
The housekeeper poured another glass of wine for Qu Guochang. Qu Guochang felt depressed, so he picked up the glass and drank it all.
The housekeeper stood beside him and smiled and said, "It has been almost twenty years since I followed the master in a blink of an eye. Time flies so fast."
When Qu Guochang heard this, he felt a little moved and said, "Yes, it's been twenty years since the late emperor's throne, and I was sent by the late emperor to quell the rebellion. If you hadn't blocked an arrow for me, I would have died on the spot as early as that day. Speaking of which, I still owe you a glass of wine, but I have never fulfilled it."
After saying that, he picked up the wine pot and took another cup, poured two cups: "Come on, let's have a drink today."
When the butler heard this, he smiled and shook his head, and said bitterly: "I'm afraid there will be no such blessing in this life."
Qu Guochang only thought he cared about his identity, so he didn't persuade him, so he raised his glass and drank it all.
Then, he lay on the recliner and closed his eyes.
But after a moment, his expression suddenly changed. He suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the wine pot in front of him. Then he looked up and stared at the butler who was still standing beside him as usual, and his eyes were full of horror, "Is it you?"
The butler shook his head, his eyes became more bitter and said, "Actually, that arrow back then had been arranged long ago."
Qu Guochang's face suddenly pale. He supported the chair with his hands and wanted to stand up, but he lost the strength: "I have been very good to you for so many years... Why?"
The housekeeper lowered his head and said for a while: "Master, have you forgotten? You once swore in front of the late emperor that you would be fooled by the country, and you... have made a promise."
"I haven't. I've been helping the new king with all my strength, give me the antidote!" Qu Guochang wanted to scream, but he was so angry that he didn't give up and was still trying hard to defend himself.
The housekeeper just shook his head and looked at Qu Guochang again, with a sad look: "Zhang Pingsheng, Liu Shifan, Chen Quan... All the people you arranged have been arrested, and all the letters you gave them have been searched. For your own benefit, you are selling the interests of the state and the country, which is already a mountain of ironclad evidence."
"King Ming, King Ming... I regret not..." When Qu Guochang heard these names, he immediately spread to the ground. He wanted to roar at the sky, but only the butler heard the sound.
In the end, Qu Guochang couldn't say what he regretted.
Perhaps it is because I regret not being able to arrange these methods to fight against the Ming King.
Perhaps it is because I regret not being restrained, and I should have passed on the truth of the palace transformation to the world.
He never thought that the Ming King would have taken his life so decisively.
However, no matter what, he had no chance.
The housekeeper moved Qu Guochang, who was exhausted, back to the chair, then changed the wine pot, and finally cried: "Master, someone is here, Master... has passed away!"
Chapter completed!