Chapter 80:

"Sorry, Xiaoxiu." Zhang Fu lowered his eyelashes, "We can't go back yet."
Xiao Xiu was surprised: "Why, why?"
"Now is the time. When I first came, I actually didn't expect their internal contradictions to be so deep. Now, the queen mother and the emperor have reached the edge of tolerance for each other, to the point where they are about to happen."
Zhang Fu (women) raised his head, his bright eyes filled with confidence: "As long as I push another hand in it, this military-strong nation is very likely to fall apart from the inside."
"Now we Dajin occupies Zhengzhou. Competing with the dog fight. If the dog fights internal strife, it will be a godsend opportunity for our Dajin. Our lord will probably become a real powerful overlord of the Central Plains."
His eyes burned: "You said me, why are you willing to leave at this time?"
Xiao Xiu was a little excited and a little flustered: "However, the Empress Dowager is a shrewd woman. She is very likely to be suspicious of her husband, who is in a very dangerous situation."
Zhang Fu raised his head and crossed the Xuan window, his gaze was far away towards Bianzhou.
"Since I was young, I have been a very conceited person. Because I was a little bit weak in my youth, I was wrongly loved by my master and classmates. I often named me'genius' and'prodigy'. My face is humble, but it is more I am proud of myself, and I gradually develop a heart that despises others. I feel that all beings are dull, but I am wise. On weekdays, I like to play other people’s hearts on my palms.
Zhang Fu remembered the past and shook his head slightly: "When I was in Bianzhou with the lord at the beginning. I was so proud that I didn’t even care about the lord. At that time, I always felt that the lord was a person who could easily see through. At that time, the lord was there. In my heart, I was a little weak and overly compassionate. I even felt that he was not a suitable candidate for the monarch.
Xiao Xiu also remembered the situation at the time, feeling for a moment as if she had passed away.
"Yes. I was full of misgivings at the time." Xiao Xiu said with a smile, "The lord, she not only sympathized with the slaves and civilians. She even ran to the gate of the city to cook porridge every day. Go to the dirty refugee camp to supervise the construction of the shack. , Go to the muddy Bianshui River to check the water conservancy. I saw all the poor and crooked slaves on the road, and bought them all. The maids in the palace now are old and small, and there are not many decent ones."
"But it is precisely because he has the heart of Akagi serving the people that so many people now willingly bow their heads to court." Zhang Fu said sternly, "He gave me the first time I saw the style of a real Mingjun. He was also the first person to whom Zhang Fu was truly loyal."
He stood up: "The lord cherishes the life of every soldier. He once warned me not to lose awe of life. This time, if I can replace me with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and shed blood, Why is Zhang Fu afraid of me?"
He straightened his sleeves, raised his feet and walked out the door.
The empress dowager of Xirong, sitting in her palace.
She grabbed a letter in her hand and pressed her mouth tightly.
Two deep lines of decree stretched out at the corners of her mouth, making her look even older.
This letter was sent by Wei Mingshan after he fled Zhengzhou. The letter explained his helplessness and grief. At the end of the letter, he mentioned that his actions had been insighted by the enemy in advance, and the suspicion might be due to the leaked news on Ho Kyung's side.
The queen mother did not hide and pressed her forehead: "I am old, it seems that I am really old."
Her nephew did not hide Pei Zhen and stood in the hall.
At this moment, he looked at his aunt's face and said cautiously: "Wei Mingshan really didn't dare to return to Kyoto? He ran all the way back to the grassland? If the aunt is so upset, his nephew will send someone to invite him back. "
"Do you think he will come back?" The Queen Mother Mizo shook her head and sighed, "It's late. Unless I personally go to ask, it is impossible for him to return to Ho Kyung."
He didn't hide Pei Zhen and raised his head: "It's a bit strange to say that I lost this battle. I still know Lao Wei's leadership ability. He led the elite troops to break through in the middle of the night, so how could he let the Jin people be intercepted? Those Jin dogs seemed to have received the news and launched an siege at the same time. The Yuanqi brothers who stayed in the city were caught off guard and lost the city. Don't it be that they had a ghost and leaked their military aircraft?"
"Hmph, I'm afraid the inner ghost is the person next to us." There was a sharp expression in her eyes, "Go, send me Zhang Fu."
Not hiding Pei really wanted to leave, but saw his little aunt, who was not hiding the queen mother's first-in-law, without saffron, and ran in in a panic.
Without saffron in the hall, he fell on the Queen Mother’s knee.
"Sister, sister." She patted her face, "I really mistrusted the villain, we were all deceived by that Zhang Fu!"
She stretched out her arms and pointed to the outside of the hall: "That Zhang Fu, that Zhang Fu, turned out to be Queen Liang’s person. He swaggered out of my mansion today, but got in Liang Ji’s carriage and moved in openly. Liang Mansion has gone."
"Huh!" The queen mother did not hide her sleeves, she slapped her sister, "All the good people you recommended!"
Without saffron covering his face, he cried a few times, but couldn't tell.
Without hiding, Pei Zhen was furious: "No wonder we are not going well these few days, it turns out that this kid is making trouble! Han people are so cunning, I said at the beginning that you should not trust Han people, but the two aunts did not believe in the words of my nephew. "
Inside Queen Liang's palace, a celebration banquet was being held happily.
Emperor Liang sat on the seat and raised his wine glass beamingly: "This time, Mr. Zhang's brilliant plan made the Queen Mother suffer such a big loss. I offer Mr. Zhang a glass."
"Looking back, I ordered people to promote the Queen Mother's self-destruction of the Great Wall and force General Wei's ‘great achievements’ in Hokyo. See how she can raise her head in front of the generals in the army, haha."
Zhang Fu smiled and raised his glass: "Able to be loyal to the empress, that is, to be loyal to your majesty, this is what we should do as a minister."
Empress Liang said with joy: "It's really rare for a courtier who is as sensible as Zhang Qing. Your Majesty has always known your loyalty, and it was difficult to see you because it hindered the Queen Mother's love. Within a few days, I will introduce your husband to your Majesty’s Royal Front."
News of Zhengzhou's fall quickly spread throughout Hojing.
The strange thing is that, like the secret decree of the queen dowager General Wei to go out of the city to meet the enemy, the confidential information that caused General Wei to "injustice" and escape from the desert, even spread all over the streets. Become an enthusiastic conversational resource for everyone.
Some people say that the Queen Mother is to further control the military power and to take away the emperor.
For this reason, the empress dowager even dismissed General Wei, who made great achievements for Xi Rong, and arranged her family's Muzang Yuanqi to Zhengzhou. This was a big defeat.
It is also said that Pei Zhen had suffered a big defeat in Bianzhou before. This time, Yuanqi lost the city overnight again. It can be seen that there is no leader in the Tibetan family. The Queen Mother is old and dim-eyed, and she should have returned to power long ago.
In addition, Wei Mingshan is known for its prestige in the Western Army.
As soon as this happened, many generals of Xirong, guided by this kind of wind, inevitably gave birth to a more or less sad state of mind.
While sympathizing with General Wei, he felt a bit of complaint towards the Queen Mother. Begin to have the meaning of falling to the young emperor.
All kinds of news are flying, and the situation between North Korea and China is about to erupt.
Hao Jingdong City, within an unremarkable small courtyard.
Xiao Xiu took two personal bodyguards, holding back her temper, waiting anxiously.
A few days ago, Mr. Zhang publicly betrayed the Queen Mother and moved to the home of the Queen’s uncle Liang Ji.
He insisted not to bring anyone alone, just let them hide here, packed their luggage, prepared the carriage, waiting for his news, and ready to evacuate at any time.
Xiao Xiu paced back and forth in the courtyard, and now the situation within the Dog Rong court is changing rapidly. As a foreigner, the husband is alone in the wolf's den, which makes him extremely anxious.
Outside the courtyard, a few knocks sounded slightly, three long and two short, which was the signal they had agreed in advance.
Xiao Xiu was overjoyed and ran up to open the courtyard door.
Zhang Fu stepped into the house and said his first sentence: "We will leave immediately."
Xiao Xiu and others quickly set up the carriage, and the four of them boarded the carriage, exited the city from the East Gate, and ran straight to the east.
Zhang Fu sat in the carriage with a calm face.
Xiao Xiu asked worriedly: "What happened? Sir?"
Zhang Fu shook his head and sighed in his heart.
Today he was discussing matters between Emperor Inurong and his queen.
The queen mother sent someone to announce the decree, saying that he would hold a banquet in the palace and invite the emperor to bring the queen with him.
Zhang Fu immediately noticed that the situation was not good and tried his best to discourage it.
But the female officer who came to declare the decree was the emperor's childhood nanny, and she said a lot of good things in soft words.
Just say that the queen mother is getting older, and she will not take care of state affairs from now on, intending to return politics to the emperor, just begging not to rift between mother and child.
So the emperor of Dog Rong stopped listening to his advice, and only said: After all, the queen mother is my mother-in-law, can he still harm me?
Take the queen to the banquet.
Zhang Fu made an excuse promptly, slipped out of the palace, and went straight to the courtyard of the city gate.
He spent several months with the Queen Mother Mizo, knowing that this is a cruel woman. That stupid emperor's going, I'm afraid it's more ugly than good.
"This time, the emperor of Inu Rong is over." Zhang Fu said to Xiao Xiu, "It's a pity. Although Inu Rong may be turbulent for a while, as long as the woman who hides the pearl is still there, Inu Rong will not fall."
Xiao Xiu exhorted: "Mr. has done his best, and the result now is better than we expected. Mr. should be happy."
Zhang Fu didn't speak, he just lifted the driving curtain silently, looking worriedly at the red dust outside the car.
Not long after the car faintly heard the sound of messy horseshoes and scolding.
Zhang Fu closed his eyes, "I'm still chasing."
He calmly said to Xiao Xiu: "Xiao Xiu, listen to me."
"Stop the carriage immediately and let me stay in the carriage. You guys quickly got out of the carriage and walked down the trail."
"What? How... how can you!"
"This is an order, you go immediately!"
Xiao Xiu has been with Zhang Fu for so long, the first time he saw her husband showing him a stern look.
The husband grabbed his hand: "Only you have gone back and found the lord to explain everything. I may still have a chance. If you stay here, you will just die with me for nothing."
Xiao Xiu's eyes were covered with tears.
Zhang Fu drove the carriage on the road alone.
Not long afterwards, the horsemen chased after him and stopped the carriage.
Zhang Fu got out of the car calmly, and got caught.
He may not know that Xiao Xiu is still hiding in the grass and watching all this.
Xiao Xiu bit the back of her hand tightly, not allowing herself to make a sound.
He could only watch his most respected and beloved gentleman, being roughly dragged off the carriage by those ferocious soldiers, and pressed into the dust.
Directly when Zhang Fu was with five flowers, he was escorted on a horse, and went all the way.
Xiao Xiucai wiped a tear with his bitten hand and ran away along the trail with the two guards who had escaped.
Running wildly in the direction of Zhengzhou.