Chapter 68: How Could You Not Know?

Shiyi bowed again and thanked him, and Zhou Shengchen continued: "Xiao Xu is indeed guilty and benevolent, so Xiao Yan should have vowed to kill him. But please don't feel sad about Shiyi, I will handle this matter."

After Jian Shiyi bowed solemnly again, she snuggled into his arms happily and peacefully. Holding her soft shoulders, Zhou Shengchen secretly praised her again: She is smart and virtuous, and has such careful thinking and tolerant character. She also dares to speak outright. She is really worthy of being by my side all my life.

After a brief show of care, Zhou Shengchen told her to take care of herself before saying goodbye. Jian Shiyi looked up at him reluctantly and murmured: "My king, you seem to have forgotten one more thing."

"How could that happen?" Zhou Shengchen answered with a smile and kissed her slowly. Feeling extremely happy, excited and happy, you should enjoy it peacefully and cooperate carefully or even try to take the initiative.

Military affairs are always urgent and cannot be delayed. Zhou Shengchen and Yang Shi should leave and go back to the front hall for the time being. Just as he was about to leave the house to fight, he first saw a man named Shi Shiran coming. Zhou Shengchen looked at his expression and couldn't help but laugh.

The person who came was none other than Huan Yu, a great scholar who was famous all over the world. Seeing Zhou Shengchen, he first bowed deeply and then said, "I have been looking forward to my king's arrival for a long time, but I don't want to see too many helpless disputes."

After laughing, Zhou Shengchen responded: "Mr. Huan Yu is a wise and kind man. He must be here for Jiangnan affairs."

Huan Yu immediately handed over his hand again, and then he prostrated himself on the ground and said, "Huan Yu is brave enough to beg my king to be virtuous in the south of the Yangtze River and apply benevolent government to all people!"

Zhou Shengchen ignored him for the moment, just looked at him and said, "Sir, if you have any requests, I will come and listen to you."

"Forgive Xiao Xu for being rude, and forgive Xiao Xu for treason!" Huan Yu replied calmly. Seeing that Zhou Shengchen was silent, he continued to plead: "Although Xiao Xu is arrogant, he is merciful to the people of Jiangnan after all. It is true that he plotted to kill the late emperor, but if Xiao Yan is allowed to take revenge, won't he add another crime to the world? The tragedy of an uncle and a nephew killing each other?"

Zhou Shengchen was convinced and immediately helped him stand up. When the two faced each other, Zhou Shengchen first sighed with emotion, and then said: "Mr. Huan Yu has been in Jiangnan for many years, and he has such great talent and ambition, but it is a pity that he can only be taken over by Xiao Xu to benefit all people in the world. "

Huan Yu understood his deep meaning and prostrated himself on the ground again and said: "The more you have rescued my king, the more you have only wanted to die for my king. Now that my king will not abandon you, I am more willing to work as a dog or horse in return!"

Zhou Shengchen helped him stand up again, held his hand and said: "If I can get help from you, I should consider all the people. What you said are all good words, and I will deal with it properly."

After Huan Yu thanked him again, he was temporarily entrusted by Zhou Shengchen to be the commander-in-chief of Wang's army and to temporarily handle the affairs of Jiangling City. Later, Zhou Shengchen gathered together Huang Tianhe, Shi Mengyuan, Bashanhu and other local soldiers, and then led the main force of his headquarters to go out in separate ways to search for the fleeing old emperor of Southern Xiao, Xiao Xu.

At this time, Xiao Xu led hundreds of thousands of scattered soldiers and generals, scurrying around like headless flies. He didn't dare to go to Jinling, and Xiao Xu didn't dare to face his nephew Xiao Yan, who had countless soldiers and horses.

He had no choice but to continue heading south in the general direction, feeling at a loss in his heart. He wanted to make a base somewhere, but wherever he went, either the city gates were not open, or the area was too small to provide him with food and fodder for his hundreds of thousands of people.

Therefore, he can only take chances and go wherever he goes, as long as he has rice to eat. With such a mentality, it can be seen that this army cannot maintain neat order for a long time.

Less than a month later, the number of soldiers and generals around him gradually shrunk from the original hundreds of thousands to seven to eighty thousand, three to fifty thousand, and even one or two people now. Even so, when Xiao Xu looked back, he could only see them looking back with helpless, tired, and even sad eyes.

With a sigh in his heart, Xiao Xu couldn't help but look up to the sky and shout: "I may be guilty of God, but I am not guilty of the people!" After he sighed, someone hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, please leave quickly! King Xiao Nanchen and King Fengyang , came in two directions from the north and east!"

After hearing this, Xiao Xu quickly swallowed back the many emotional poems he was about to exhale, and hurriedly ordered some soldiers to resist slightly, while he led most of them to continue running randomly among the mountains.

Zhou Shengchen searched Xiao Xu here and worked hard to pacify Jiangnan. Zhongzhou, thousands of miles away in the north, is also very busy.

The busyness in the capital is naturally not for conquests and fine management, but for the fierce and smokeless battles for power.

The deposed prince Liu Zixing secretly colluded with Jin Rong of Taiyuan County, and often had secret meetings with the concubine Jin in the harem. Although Liu Zixing was disabled, he was still very attached to Mao Shiyi in his heart. And Jin Bin's show of kindness to him was just for her own plan with her father, and she wanted to find an opportunity to promote this disabled man as the emperor. In that case, after becoming the queen and his father becoming the head of the country, wouldn't he be able to do whatever he wants?

As for whether he will be disappointed by guarding this crippled emperor in the future? Jin Bin could only smile secretly - for the current Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen, isn't she a very good role model? It is said that a man has received countless favors and gained power, wouldn't he also be able to do whatever he wants? !

The two of them had their own thoughts and frequently interacted with each other. Princess Xinghua, the niece of Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen, was naturally doubly sad. With her girlish infatuation, she only fell in love with Liu Zixing and couldn't help herself. But she found out that he was just lying to her and kept silent. She even secretly found out about Liu Zixing's private meeting with Jin Bin.

Let alone saying that this incident made Xinghua sad, just saying that those two people had committed a serious crime by being arrogant. But Jin Bin is the beloved daughter of Jin Rong, the governor of Taiyuan County, who has countless arrogant soldiers. Who dares to publicly criticize her for her constant words and deeds?

Then there is the current little emperor Liu Hui. First he doesn't like Jin Bin, and he is even more afraid of her. Fortunately, Liu Hui was not very old at this time, but he was happily married to a concubine. The concubine was pregnant again, and Liu Hui was about to have a prince.

Xinghua couldn't find any force that could help him, so he could only cast his hopeful eyes on Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen again. But at this time, Qi Zhenzhen was even more debauched because he regained power. How could a simple girl like Xinghua dare to go to her harem so easily? There are many male favorites of the Queen Mother coming and going there.

In desperation, Xinghua had no choice but to find a suitable opportunity. After asking the palace maid to inform him, he met with the Queen Mother.

Qi Zhenzhen naturally knew what Xinghua was thinking, and without waiting for her to say anything more, he replied directly: "How can I not know what Xinghua is thinking? I just need to calm down and wait for a while. It will be clear in the future."

Xinghua felt dissatisfied when she heard her vague words, and said, "The Queen Mother has mercy. I'm just worried that brother Zixing is not well yet, but he often drinks alcohol, which is even more inappropriate."