Chapter 1558: Unknown
Along the way, Bai Qingyan received news from the Yan State one after another. Xiao Rongyan's ruthless methods were enough to suppress a number of royal family members. Who dared to hoard food or medicinal materials at this juncture to drive up prices? , Xiao Rongyan killed when he needed to, and after walking through a city or two... the people behind him all showed their skills, and they didn't dare to make any more mistakes.
She turned a page of the book and thought to herself... It's almost time. Soon, their family will be together. I don't know if the clothes A Niang made for A Yan will fit. I guess A Niang will give them to them in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Ayan did it!
Wei Zhong opened the cotton felt curtain and came in, holding two cups of snow clam and pigeon soup in his hand. He placed them gently on the small table made of golden nanmu and whispered: "Your Majesty... the snow is getting bigger with my eyes."
The snow seeds were first planted, and then the snowflakes started to float. This snow can be accumulated. If we set out tomorrow, it will be difficult to walk on this ice and snow road.
After hearing this, Bai Qingyan looked out the window and vaguely saw that the yard was already completely white.
"I heard that there is a Qinghe Temple outside Bianliang City. The snow scenery is very rare. If you are trapped here for a while, Your Majesty will find it boring...I can protect Your Majesty and King Gaoyi and go and have a look tomorrow."
Bai Qingyan shook the book in his hand and said with a smile: "I'm not a child anymore. Is it possible that I need Eunuch Wei to coax me? That's all... If it's snowy tomorrow and it's difficult to walk, just wait until the snow stops before leaving. I won't go." Now that we’re enjoying the snow, the hard-working soldiers have to brave the snow to follow us, so why not let them rest more.”
"Hey!" Wei Zhong responded with a smile and went to take care of it.
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The snow is falling heavily, and it is getting heavier and heavier.
In Prince Xiping's Mansion, the guards sealed the area around Prince Xiping's study and did not allow anyone to approach.
Murong She, the Xiping King of the Yan Kingdom, laid out the map on the table and gathered with his advisers to discuss how to kill Murong Yan and Bai Qingyan.
"Our army cannot be mobilized at will, but any movement must be carried out with one hit, otherwise the regent has many ears and eyes. If we move here... there is no chance that the news will reach the regent's ears!"
"Yes, the regent is full of tricks. If the news gets out, he won't be able to kill this treasonous traitor. He might also bring back the troops stationed in Dazhou. We can't afford to just go away!"
King Xiping straightened up and pointed at two lines on the map: "Yesterday, the King received letters from several other vassal kings. They all said that they were looking at the route of the Emperor of Zhou and the route of the Regent's patrol of the city. The portrait of the Regent The Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty usually goes to Quwo! According to the current traveling speed of the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty and the speed of the regent, by the time the regent reaches our Xiping, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty may just be able to reach the neighboring city of Xiping. Danzhou!”
"So what King Xiping means is to set up an ambush here?" King Xiping's counselor drew a circle on the map with his finger.
King Xiping nodded: "But it depends on whether the regent and the emperor of Zhou will arrive together. If they don't arrive together, we have to make a choice! Should we kill the emperor of Zhou or the regent?"
"Of course the regent is to be killed. The vassal king and his clan will not have a good life until the regent dies. The Zhou Dynasty has already cut down the vassals. When the gambling is over and the regent hands over our Yan Kingdom, can the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty still tolerate the existence of the vassal king?"
"Yes, our main goal is not to confront Dazhou, but to kill the regent! Otherwise, the regent will kill many relatives in the future!"
King Xiping heard what the counselors were saying, and they all wanted to take the life of the regent Murong Yan first.
He casually picked up the teacup beside him, walked around with his eyes lowered, and stood next to the half-human tall bronze crane lamp. He lowered his eyes and stared at the swaying light, and took a sip of tea.
"But in my opinion, both the Emperor of Zhou and the Prince Regent must be killed...there is no choice!" The counselor in black clothes turned and walked towards King Xiping, "King Xiping wants to... The Emperor of Zhou and the Regent are husband and wife. If we kill the Regent, how can the Emperor of Zhou not take revenge on our Yan Kingdom?"
King Xiping turned to look at the Xuanyi counselor and nodded: "Even if the Emperor of Zhou endures for a while in order to gamble on the country's plans, he will still be retaliated against in the future!"
"Hasn't King Xiping ever thought that our Yan country can't win at all in gambling?" the counselor in Xuanyi said.
King Xiping was not angry when he heard this. This... was a reasonable thing. The great power of the Zhou Dynasty was not comparable to that of the Yan Kingdom.
"So... we can only kill the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty and the regent at the same time. We have no regent in the Yan Kingdom to disrupt the imperial court and deceive the young emperor. Besides... by then the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty will be dead and the whole group will be leaderless. The revenge of the Zhou Dynasty will only mean fighting a few battles. Let's admit defeat and surrender. , let them fight for power within the Great Zhou Dynasty!" Counselor Xuanyi stood in front of King Xiping, "I have stayed with Mr. Ren in the Great Zhou Dynasty for several years, and I know that the reason why the Great Zhou Dynasty is so united and cohesive is all because The Emperor of Zhou is here!"
The counselor in Xuanyi in front of him was the Yan native who worked as a counselor in the Prince of Jin's Mansion with Ren Shijie. However... this one did not catch the attention of the Prince of Jin like Ren Shijie, so he has always been unknown.
Despite this, counselor Xuanyi also knew what Bai Qingyan had done over the years, and how... Bai Qingyan united people's hearts, and what kind of influence Bai Qingyan had among the courtiers and people of the Great Zhou Dynasty. .
He knows that outsiders say that the Bai family is united, but he just doesn't believe it!
At that time, the descendants of the Bai family did not compete for the title of Duke of the town. Bai Qishan's generation... The Bai family all protected Bai Qishan and were at Bai Qishan's disposal! Later, Bai Qingyan's generation came. This generation protected Bai Qingyan and Bai Qingyu, the orthodox members of the Bai family, followed Bai Qingyan's orders, and protected the young Bai Qingyu.
But now as long as Bai Qingyan dies, they will fight for the imperial power!
There is no family affection under imperial power!
Otherwise, from ancient times to the present, how could there be so many cases of fratricide and brother-in-law fighting for the throne?
As long as the emperor who can unite people's hearts the most in the Great Zhou Dynasty dies, the Great Zhou Dynasty... will not be as unified and powerful as it is now. It will inevitably be divided into pieces due to factions and power teams, and become a mess.
Because this counselor in Xuanyi had stayed in Dazhou for a long time, King Xiping relied heavily on him.
"In your opinion, what should it be?"
"In my opinion, we should kill the Emperor of Zhou first, and then the Prince Regent!" Counselor Xuanyi saluted and straightened up, speaking firmly, "The troops available to the Prince Regent are in Great Zhou, and it will take time to mobilize them back! Let's kill the Prince Regent first. It's quite simple! But the Emperor of Zhou must have been prepared when he led his army. The Emperor of Zhou was so enchanted with his troops that I must have known it to the prince."