It was pitch dark.
In the palace, only the faint candlelight was still swaying.
"ah!"
There was only a scream, and the palace was in chaos. A eunuch quickly walked into the house. The lights were brightly lit. Emperor Chen Xu sat on the bed, his forehead was covered with fine sweat.
Queen Liu held his hand and looked at Chen Xu worriedly, at a loss.
"His Majesty?"
Chen Xu gasped and looked at the servants in front of him again. He waved his hand, "Go out, it's okay!"
The eunuchs looked at each other a few times before leaving slowly.
There were only two people left in the house, the emperor and the queen.
Queen Liu was worried. During these days, the emperor was always troubled by nightmares. For several days, he was like this and suddenly woke up.
"Your Majesty, what happened?"
"Nothing happens."
"Nothing happened? These days, Your Majesty has always been absent-minded. It is like this during the day and at night. Either you wake up from a nightmare or stay silent. What can you say to me if you can't tell me?"
Chen Xu frowned, but remained silent.
Queen Liu's eyes were filled with sadness, and she couldn't help sobbing softly, "Your Majesty would tell me what happened in the past. Why is this now? Did I make any mistake?"
Chen Xu was stunned and then held the queen's hand.
"It's not the Queen's fault."
"Whose fault is that?"
Chen Xu was silent for a long time and suddenly asked, "Does the queen really think Huang Faxian are the ones that are available?"
Queen Liu was shocked and asked in disbelief: "Why did Your Majesty say this? Who doesn't know the loyalty and righteousness of General Huang? Is there a villain?"
"No!"
Chen Xu gritted his teeth and said tremblingly: "No one in the court said he was wrong. There are many nursery rhymes everywhere in the country, but no one wants to impeach him, and even wants to jointly ask for a guarantee for him!!"
"It's not just them, but you, who are so persuading this way. Could it be that Huang Faqi has already won the hearts of the people? My soldiers, ministers, and even the queen, the world is back?"
Queen Liu was a very intelligent woman. She reacted instantly and hurriedly grabbed the emperor's hand, "Your Majesty! How is this possible?"
Anger appeared on Queen Liu's gentle face, "Your Majesty, this must be the plan of those villains in China!"
"oh?"
"The enemy used a trick to kill and wanted to alienate the monarch and his ministers. These people in China were targeted by Huang Faxian in all kinds of ways. How could they say good things about him?"
"In the past, impeachment has been constantly, why did he suddenly become so respectful?"
"These villains in China know that slandering is useless, so they help the enemy to praise and kill him. This is a pity!!"
Chen Xu's face was extremely complicated. The queen's words could be regarded as a kind of enlightenment. But in the end, it is still a way to excuse Huang Fa!!
As an emperor, especially an emperor in a turbulent era, Chen Xu was sensitive and suspicious. After all, the fate of the previous emperor who was known for his magnanimity was vivid in my mind!!
This is not an era of gentlemen. When the imperial power was torn off its sacred cloak, everyone understood that the emperor was just the strongest ordinary person.
Whoever has military and horses, who has prestige, and who can convince the public, then he can put on this coat.
Chen Xu was really scared.
The queen understood Chen Xu's thoughts in her heart, and she could only change her words to appease the emperor, "Your Majesty, Huang Faqi is too strong to this person, and he doesn't know how to bow his head."
"The great families and nobles in the country hate him to the core. This time, they will not hesitate to help the enemy country and pull him down. Most of the generals around him are the children of veterans in China, and they are loyal to His Majesty."
"Besides, the food and grass in the two Huaihe Rivers are insufficient, and they all need to be supplied by the capital."
The queen started from several different aspects to reduce the risk of the Huang Fayang in the emperor's mind.
Chen Xu sat on the bed in a daze, listening to the queen's story, the queen said a lot one after another.
Chen Xu's shrugged shoulders slowly lowered during this process. When the queen didn't know what else to say, Chen Xu held her hand tightly.
"You're right."
"It's just a disagreement."
"How could those people in China change their past thoughts so quickly?"
Chen Xu said in a low voice for himself, and after a long time, a smile finally appeared on his face, and he kissed his queen's cheek, "Stop."
The candlelight has dimmed a lot and no longer sways.
On the wall, the distorted black shadow reflected by the candlelight is still dancing with manic and restlessness.
The next day, the emperor sent envoys to Lianghuai to reward Huang Faxian, once again demonstrating his trust and favor for General Huang.
Qin County.
From time to time, knights rushed by in the city. These knights were ordered to arrest spies. It would be okay if they could not catch spies. Anyway, it would be fine if children's rhymes were prohibited from appearing in the city again.
Several merchants looked at the knights who were leaving, and then walked into a restaurant. The servant greeted them warmly.
While eating, the head merchant couldn't help but say, "It seems that Qin County has learned the news."
"What news?"
"Your Majesty has sent someone to capture General Huang!"
The conversations of several merchants attracted the attention of people around them. Someone looked at them, and they immediately closed their mouths and did not dare to say more, but just lowered their heads to eat.
At this moment, suddenly someone walked up to them and sat down.
This man looks rough and Kong Wu is powerful.
"What did you say just now? What did you say about General Huang?"
The merchant was frightened. His little eyes were full of fear and said nervously: "I am a merchant from the south. I don't know anything. Please don't want it."
"I don't care where you came from! General Huang has great kindness to me, what did you say just now? Who would be unfavorable to General Huang?"
"This is just a rumor."
"When we passed by Jiankang, we heard people over there that nursery rhymes were singing praises to General Huang. The emperor was very angry and sent someone to come here in the name of reward, saying that he wanted to trick General Huang out alone, and then he caught him and returned to Jiankang."
The merchant stammered and said something.
Everyone in the restaurant was shocked.
The strong man was furious, "Searched spies everywhere in the city, I think you are a spy!"
"Follow me!"
The man grabbed the merchant and walked out. The other people tried to resist, but they could not defeat him. He was tall and strong. Seeing him pulling the three of them out, the other people were also very curious and followed them one after another.
A knight rushed past again on the road, and the strong man stopped them and then threw the merchant out, suspecting that these people were spies.
The knights were naturally very excited. They searched for so many days but couldn't find any clues.
The merchants were scared to tears. They hurriedly took out the house. Judging from the instructions along the way, they did come from the south, and they were also authentic southerners, and they were very far from the south. They walked along the way, and they all understood when they were there, and they didn't look like spies from the north.
The strong man had to say what the merchants said.
The knights were shocked and immediately took the merchants away.
The strong man looked at the people who were leaving in a daze and looked at the left and right, "It's not true, right? Why do I think they are so nervous?"
There are already many people surrounding the strong man at this moment.
These people are also quite worried.
"The court wants to attack General Huang? Why is this?"
"How is this possible?"
"We all know General Huang's benevolence, why didn't the court know? Before General Huang arrived, those people were so arrogant that they dared to come in broad daylight to rob and kill people. If the court did not arrest them, why did they arrest General Huang?!"
Xu Jingcheng rushed into Huang Fayun's house with a solemn face.
At this time, Huang Faxian was discussing the ferry with several county-level officials.
Huang Faqi was a little angry, "I told you very early, don't think that Jiangbei will definitely fall! With such an idea, how can we manage a good place?"
"Many traitors in the court felt that Jiangbei would not be able to defend. Only by relying on the river water can we defend, and even felt that we should give up Jiangbei."
"How ridiculous!"
"You are officials from all over Jiangbei, so you should not believe these chaotic words! You must do your best to govern and not relax. Even if the Han soldiers are killed tomorrow, you must do your best to govern today!"
Huang Faqi scolded them, but these people did not dare to complain, and they all bowed their heads and said yes.
At this moment, Xu Jingcheng walked in, regardless of the other party's identity, and directly asked them to leave for the time being. The officials stood up and walked out, but Xu Jingcheng stepped back and closed the door.
"General! Not good!"
Xu Jingcheng took out the document from his arms, "Today the knights caught several merchants who spread rumors, and I went to interrogate them in person."
Xu Jingcheng placed the content of the interrogation in front of Huang Faying. Huang Faying opened the document thoughtfully and read it carefully.
Xu Jingcheng looked at Huang Faxian without any worry. He read these documents casually and couldn't help it, "General, you say something!"
"What the hell is going to do?"
Huang Faqiong heard this and said, "Those knights have made merits and can be rewarded."
"I'm not asking about the knights, it's the court, does the court really want it?"
"Bang!"
Huang Faqiu covered the document in his hand on the table and looked at Xu Jingcheng angrily. Xu Jingcheng hurriedly lowered his head, "General, I'm just a little worried."
“Don’t worry.”
"This is still the enemy's plan to get apart."
Huang Faqi raised his head, his eyes full of helplessness. The gap between the north and the south is really getting bigger and bigger, especially in military terms. Qi and Zhou were originally good at playing spies. Now these two have become one. In terms of spy warfare, Chen and the two guys in the north are not on the same level at all.
The opposite side has been institutionalized, and Chen State is still asking the soldiers to go in white to inquire about the news.
The city of Chen Kingdom is opposite, and the nursery rhymes are spread as much as you want. It is hard to guard against.
Huang Faxian had a headache.
He was silent for a moment, and then he reminded: "The enemy tried to disagree in Jiankang, but failed, but now he wants to disagree with me."
"You must not believe these people's words. You must interrogate them carefully. If you are really a spy, see if you can recover them. If you just hearsay and spread rumors, then you will be imprisoned and deal with them according to the law!"
Xu Jingcheng nodded quickly and said yes.
An invisible undercurrent surged in various cities, and the knights increased their vigilance and even interrupted several important roads for a time, trying to suppress all kinds of rumors.
However, the results are not too obvious. The rumors are not only limited to the people, but also in the army. There are also many rumors about the court's attempt to arrest Huang Fa-hye.
The soldiers were half-believing and half-doubted, and Huang Fahen could not make much difference in clarification.
At this moment, the envoy from the court came to the ferry in Jiangbei on a boat.
The court did not intend to capture Huang Faxian. If he wanted to arrest him, it would not be possible to send a scholar with more than a hundred people. As before, Zhang Zhaoda had brought elite armored soldiers there.
At the Jiangbei Ferry Crossing, Xu Jingcheng was already ready to welcome the envoy.
Huang Faqiu was worried that someone would not benefit the envoy, so he took the guilt on his head, so he sent Xu Jingcheng to the ferry to greet him, asking him to escort all the way and make every effort to ensure the safety of the envoy.
The messenger walked off the boat and came to the ferry, and was startled.
Xu Jingcheng came with the army, and what he knew was to greet him, but what he didn't know was to say was a demonstration.
Xu Jingcheng explained that there was no peace here, and there were thieves who caused trouble, and hoped that the messengers would not worry too much, etc.
Then he asked the envoy to get into the car, and the army escorted the envoy to the city together.
A vast team walked towards the city.
Xu Jingcheng looked around vigilantly, to prevent the people from causing trouble.
As the team got closer and closer to the city, more and more people along the road began to increase. However, there were soldiers who pioneered the way, and these people could not get close to them at all.
At this moment, a riot suddenly appeared in the distance.
Xu Jingcheng hurriedly ordered the array.
When they saw more than a hundred people approaching here with great efforts, the soldiers began to suppress them, but they were not afraid and shouted loudly.
"General Huang is a virtuous general!! Can't be arrested!"
"Please be kind to the court!!"
"The people of Jiangbei are all kind to General Huang!!"
Everyone roared, and then more and more people began to gather here. When they heard these people's words, the soldiers who were pressing their soldiers were a little confused and didn't know what to do.
More and more people began to gather together and spoke out for Huang Fayi and asked the court to be kind.
There were even a few old men holding longevity sticks in the distance, with white hair, and even soldiers at this age did not dare to touch them. These were all famous old men inside and outside the city, and they also came to plead for Huang Faqi.
The messenger poked his head out of the carriage, listened to the chaotic sound outside, and looked at Xu Jingcheng who was stunned by the side, and his teeth were about to be broken.
"General Xu, what does this mean?!"
"Firstly, use the army to intimidate, and then use the people to threaten them?"
"Your Majesty trusts General Huang so much, why does General Huang feel so?!"
For a moment, Xu Jingcheng's scalp became numb, "No! No! These people"
He hurriedly looked at the officers on both sides and said, "Driving the crowd!! Martial law is imposed along the road, no one is allowed to approach!! No one is allowed to approach!"
The officers issued orders everywhere. Although the soldiers agreed with the ideas of these people in their hearts, the military orders must be abide by them. They had to start driving away the people who were crying for justice for Huang Fayi. However, they did not take any ruthless measures.
Xu Jingcheng forced an order to clear the road and sent people to clear the city.
But his behavior deepened the credibility of the rumors.
They came to call for justice, but the soldiers directly started to drive people away and demanded martial law in the whole city. This is to capture General Huang!!
Some people began to point their finger at the generals who were greeting, believing that these people were going to help the court arrest Huang Faxian.
In other words, Xu Jingcheng is still relatively strict in his military management and has prestige in the army, so he can bite the bullet and forcibly suppress these soldiers and prevent them from getting up and causing trouble.
Even so, the faces of the messenger and the entourage were already very bad.
When they arrived outside the city, Huang Faqiong came out in person and finally comforted the soldiers.
Xu Jingcheng looked aggrieved, looked at Huang Faqiu, and wanted to speak but stopped.
"No obstacle"
Huang Faqiong said something to him, and then went to pay homage to the envoy.
The envoy forced a smile in front of Huang Faying and announced the reward result in public. However, after reading the reward, the envoy was in a hurry to go back. Huang Faying repeatedly tried to keep it, but the envoy just refused.
The messenger told Huang Fayi with a smile on his face that he had been delaying his time when he came and could not continue to stay. Since he had read the order, he should go back early.
Huang Faqiu naturally could not forcefully detain the envoy, and this time he personally sent the envoy back.
Huang Faqie stood at the dock like this, watching the messenger's ship gradually disappearing into the distance.
The generals all breathed a sigh of relief and smiled on their faces.
It turns out that I really want to give rewards, not to be punished, this is great.
However, Huang Faying, who was facing away from them, was deeply despaired on his face at this moment.
He vaguely realized that the relationship between the monarch and the minister who had finally eased might have a big problem.
But he had no way to make up for this problem or alleviate it.
He can do nothing.
Xu Jingcheng walked to Huang Fafeng again. He was no longer as hasty as before. As one of the escorts, he also knew the seriousness of the problem.
"General, I have some friends in Jiankang. Please help me tell me about the situation here. There are too many spies and instigating the people."
“No need.”
"The more you plead, the worse the situation."
"What should we do?"
Chapter completed!