Chapter 2 Black Hand

"This is impossible, where did you hear the lies?" Tuohuan Timur shivered and grew up. All the flames in his heart were extinguished. "No matter how stupid Tuotuo is, he cannot collude with Zhu butcher. The man surnamed Zhu just sent a Gaoyou manifesto last year, vowing to drive all my great Yuan monarchs and ministers back to Mobei. Tuotuo was still a Mongolian no matter how hard he said, how could he tie the river with him and control him?"

Although he spoke extremely rationally, the face of Tohuan Timur's face changed rapidly. Before he ascended the throne, two generations of emperors in the Yuan Dynasty had been played with by powerful ministers; his mother Babusha also died at the hands of powerful minister Yan Timur; after he ascended the throne for a long time, he was controlled by another powerful minister, Boyan, and could not sleep or eat. There is no second person in this world who understands the terror of powerful ministers than him. However, the brothers Tuotuo and Yesen Timur are now leading the army outside and the other in charge of the internal affairs, with disciples and followers all over the government...

"Who did the queen say? Tuotuo colluded with Zhu Butcher Zhu. Is there any evidence? If not, whoever says these things to you in the future will directly order him to kill him," he took a deep breath, suppressing the panic in his heart. Tuohuan Timur continued,

This is not to hide the bell, but to not expose the suspicion between the monarch and his subjects to the light. After all, fierce battles ahead are in full swing, and more than 300,000 troops are under the jurisdiction of Tutuo. There are more than 500,000 people along the way to be dispatched at any time, and they will be transported with food and supplies. If any rumors spread to the front line, the morale of the army will not be said, and if Tutuo is forced to go to the end, who knows what reckless things will happen, it will not be just a yellow robe. If it is not done well, the Yuan Dynasty will instantly destroy the country and the seeds.

"It was Xuexue's sister Ao Dun who came to the palace tonight and secretly told me. In a hurry, of course I can't produce any evidence," Queen Qi thought for a while, and responded with her head down.

A storm of fire immediately appeared in front of Tuhuan Timur, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, "You dare to listen to her words. Whenever she did things, it didn't rain when she saw the wind."

Ao Dun is the youngest girl of Hama, the right chief of the Secretariat, and her mother Bayar is the younger brother of Tuhuan Timur, and the wet nurse of Emperor Ningzong Yilin's genius.

Ningzong ascended the throne at the age of seven and died young for fifty-three days. Then Tuhuan Timur was taken back by exile and became the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

At that time, the great power in the court was divided by the Empress Dowager Hongjila Budasili and the powerful minister Yan Timur. The emperor was actually a puppet, while Tuohuan Timur, his father, Mingzong and Shiguan, and his mother Babusha were all dead inexplicably.

Therefore, Tuhuan Timur always believed that his younger brother Yilin Zhiban also died of murder. As for why Empress Dowager Hongjila Budasili and powerful minister Yan Timur attacked Yilin Zhiban only seven years old, it was because Yilin Zhiban was disobedient. After being killed, his brother who seemed more obedient could become his substitute.

Therefore, in the deepest part of Timur, he always felt guilty about his younger brother who died young, so he loved the house and the Wu family of his younger brother. After he really took power, he was very pity for Hama, Xuexue and Ao Dun, giving them the power to enter and exit the palace at will, and they were as close as friends.

As the second queen of the Yuan Dynasty, Qishi certainly knew that in the mind of her husband, Ao Dun was a silly girl with a straight-hearted mouth. Her words were not convincing at all, but she insisted that the more straight-minded a woman, the less selfish she was. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but retort in a low voice: "Of course, Ao Dun's words may not be completely true, but the rumors came to her ears, but His Majesty hadn't heard anything. Isn't this strange enough?"

"The ministers are all steady people. Who would dare to tell you anything like Ao Dun?" Tuohuan Timur smiled again and continued to shake his head.

"The ministers are afraid of revenge, so they dare not say it, right?" Qi Shi also smiled, curled her lips and shook her head.

Tuhuan Timur had no words to respond, and could only give him a long sigh.

Some words Ao Dun can say, but his two brothers Hama and Xuexue cannot say. The words from Ao Dun are the root of women's gossip. Even if they are wrong, it is not easy to investigate. However, from the words from the right chief of the Secretariat, Hama and the Censor Xuexue, they will be immediately counterattacked by Tuotuo and his team. If they are not done well, they will be charged with deliberately slandering the important officials of the current dynasty, and exiling the whole family to Lingnan is not enough.

Therefore, he, as an emperor, was sometimes a deaf and blind man. Tuotuo wanted to underestimate him, and Timur wanted to fool him first. Another group of ministers seemed loyal now. Who knew if they wanted to replace Tuotuo, would it be more excessive than the latter? In this court, it looked harmonious, but in fact, every day there were swords and swords, no worse than the two armies.

"No matter what, your Majesty must be more careful," Qishi knew the contradiction in Tuohuan Timuer's heart. She thought about it, slowed down her tone a little, and advised softly, "It will be August soon. Tuotuo set out in April, flooded Sui Xu in early May, and soldiers were in Huai'an in June, and then there was no progress for three months..."

"If Zhu Butcher was so easy to destroy, he would not have beaten Yue Kuochaer and others to escape before," Tuohuan Timur suddenly became furious, shook his sleeves, and responded sternly, "Don't say anything, I will not be a taboo in changing generals at the last minute because of the rumors outside. It will only be cheaper for the Red Troop, and will never bring any benefits to the court."

"I am catching the wind and shadows, and alienating the monarch and ministers, and being guilty of death," Queen Qi blushed and immediately bowed, crying,

Unlike other dynasties, the empress of the Yuan Dynasty had the power to promote foreign ministers. The Secretary of the Central Secretariat, Yue Kuochaer, had always followed her path. In order to divide the power of Dilute, Tohuan Timur also acquiesced to Qishi to install gangs in the court. However, Yue Kuochaer was really not good at it. He didn't even pass the Yellow River, so he was burned back by Zhao Jun with a fire, which caused Qishi to feel guilty and short-sigh when she heard her husband mention the name of this person.

"You are for me, I know this," Tohwan Timur sighed the most, walked over, pulled the latter up with both hands, and hugged it in his arms. "But some things are really unhurried, and Timur blocked the way of speech, Tuotuo's domineering power, I actually knew as a mirror in my heart, but, compared to the extermination of the butcher Zhu, this is actually not a big deal. Even if Boyan was so powerful at the beginning, I would not deal with him in the end."

"Your Majesty is a genius," felt the warmth in Tuohuan Timur's arms, Qi Shi sniffed and responded quietly, "I am timid. I have a nightmare in the middle of the night. It's still the time when we were in Goryeo when we were young, even a small guard dared not ask, but just cut off my maid in front of me."

That unbearable time to look back also left a heavy shadow in Tuohuan Timur's heart. He sighed again and responded quietly, "Don't worry, because I have experienced it, I will not repeat the old path of my father. My eyes have been staring at the south these days. Tuotuo's every move, I have no less than those outside."

"So, Your Majesty has heard rumors outside a long time ago," Qi asked with his head raised and blinked his watery eyes.

"No," Tuohuan Timuer's face turned red and she smiled and shook her head. "This is really not here. I guess it's the one below. I think it's too sensational,"

"Oh," Qi Shi suddenly realized, then smiled and continued to ask, "Did Your Majesty know something more sensational? More than two months ago, Tutuo suffered a big defeat at the foot of Mangdang Mountain."

"More than two months ago, how could it be possible?" Tuhuan Timur put Qi down, stood up, and walked back and forth irritably. "More than two months ago, didn't he just flood the 100,000 army of Sesame Li? How could he still be defeated in Mangdang Mountain?"

"I heard that Sesame Li was forced into Mangdang Mountain at that time and was already waiting to die," Qi stood up and followed Tuohuan Timur's back closely. "As a result, Tuotuo underestimated the enemy's carelessness, and the main force stopped moving, and asked Chahan Timur to bring Mao Hulu soldiers to fight. Unexpectedly, Chahan Timur sent 10,000 troops over, and in the end less than a hundred people escaped,"

"Well," Tuohuan Timur'er brows jumped, and two cold lights flashed in his eyes immediately. "Who did you say that Chahan Timur is not Yue Kuo Cha'er's person? Why didn't Yue Kuo Cha'er report?"

The news was provided by Yue Kuochaer, and Xuexue had confirmed it privately. It was absolutely reliable. However, Qishi could not be honest with her husband. After thinking about it, she responded in a low voice, "I heard from Park Buhua. He, his Majesty, you know that Huai'an is now producing a kind of jar jade mirror, which is deeply loved by the women in the capital. Park Buhua's tribe members wanted to buy one and offer it to me. As a result, in Huai'an, it happened to be that Zhu Butcher escorted the prisoners into the city."

"Well,,," Tohwan Timur shivered all over. The glass mirror, the size of a palm, could be sold for more than ten thousand yuan in the capital. Park Buhua and others' actions are not a enemy, so what is it?

However, he could not arrest Park Buhua for punishment, because not only the two queens had glass mirrors in their hands, but in the capital, it was a family of officials in power, and they bought more than one piece. If he had carefully considered it, even if he cleared the entire court, it would probably not be one-tenth of the total number of mirrors in the capital.

However, Qi Shi had already figured out the temper of Tuohuan Timur, smiled and continued to add, "Then I kept my god secretly and asked Pu Buhua to send someone to investigate in detail. After checking, I realized that the reason why Chahan Timur did not report this was because Tuotuo was afraid of shaking the morale of the army and did not allow him to report it. The reason why Tuotuo was able to successfully recover Xuzhou, Suining and other places was because Zhu Chongjiu took the initiative to give up these places and withdrew to the east of the Huai River with his army and the people."

"It is also a great achievement to force Zhu Tuohu to retreat on his own initiative," Tuohuan Timuer suppressed his anger and commented gritted his teeth. He could hear that Qishi was deliberately attacking Tuotuo, and he could also hear that Qishi's words were basically true. Tuotuo had indeed falsely reported his military achievements and concealed his defeat, but why did Tuotuo do this and why did he keep his emperor in the dark? Is it because he was afraid that he would not give him full support? He regarded his emperor as something, as a fool, or a raw melon seed who had just ascended the throne and had no experience in governing,

When his eyes were so angry that his eyes turned black, he heard Qi sigh and added quietly, "I have heard that Tuotuo and Zhu Tuohuo were on the Huai River, passing through the river, and they took a boat to change generals. He used the captured red scarf thief head Fu Youde, Liu Ju, Wang Guoding and other thieves to exchange for Cai Ziying under Chahan's command, Kuogut Timuer and Tuoyin Timuer, as well as his command Naimanbuhua, Bai Yinbuhua, Li Dayan and others. The people who were replaced by both sides were unscathed,"
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