General, he's cheating again

Chapter 66 Death

Sparkling black fireballs flew across the blue sky. The fireballs leaped into the high city gate and fell on the roof of the tile house in the city. After a "boom", the tiles shattered, Human flesh and blood.

Everyone in the city suddenly fell into a panic. They listened carefully to the explosions around them, looked up at the fireballs flying down over the city, and a trace of despair flashed in their eyes.

The King of Minnan, who was still asleep, heard the sound of the bombing and hurriedly got up. He ran out of the mansion in disheveled clothes and looked at the two rows of houses on the street that had been bombed by gunpowder.

These days, he has been wondering what kind of method Gu Zhen will use to attack the city every day.

He thought that Gu Zhen would sneak attack in the dark, think about attacking with fire, and even thought that Gu Zhen would sneak into the city first and capture him and a group of leaders in order to coerce the remaining soldiers to surrender.

But he never expected that Gu Zhen would choose to bomb the city in the end.

After a series of explosions resounded through the sky, they stopped. At this moment, the city was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder and smoke.

And just this crazy bombing had already damaged one-third of the army in the city.

The city gate, which had been closed for many days, was also blasted open by gunpowder, and the soldiers entered the city in order to search and suppress the rebels.

In the dense fog, the King of Minnan quietly rushed all the way to the gate of the city according to his memory.

He didn't expect that Gu Zhen would bomb the city regardless of military law in order to win this battle. Gu Zhen was crazy but he wasn't. He wanted to escape, he wanted to survive.

But when he finally stumbled to the vicinity of the city gate, he found that there were already soldiers guarding both sides of the city gate.

Since the front gate was impassable, he changed his way to escape through the back gate.

And just when he changed direction and walked in the thick fog, he heard a man behind him shouting: "Close all the city gates!

Sprinkle black flint and pour fire oil.

General order, today we will die together with the rebels! "

perish together?

The king of southern Fujian sat paralyzed on the ground when he heard the words. He was a prince who did not know the art of war strategy and rebelled because he was instigated by his ministers.

What kind of virtue and ability could have allowed Gu Zhen to die with him?

Gu Zhen didn't simply want to blow up the city to break through the line of defense, but he directly wanted to blow up everyone in the city.

There was no extra time for him to ponder over why, and the deafening crackling sound gradually approached from not far away.

The Minnan King closed his eyes and lay on the ground paralyzed. He knew that everything was over.

It was originally sunny and cloudless, but after half a day of bombing, the city of Fuzhou was now surrounded by smoke and fog, and the corpses in the city were completely changed beyond recognition.

Two days later, the only information that was sent from Fuzhou to the capital was Gu Zhen, who was outnumbered. In the end, he had no choice but to adopt the strategy of blowing up the city with black fireballs and killing the rebels in Fuzhou together.

Song Xun, who received the information, had a bright and joyful smile on his face, "Very well, Gu Zhen is dead.

However, he is not the only one who is happy, but also all the foreign countries that have been afraid of going to war with Song Dynasty because they are afraid of Gu Zhen.

The Gu family has two generations of soldiers and horses, and the Gu family's father and son are intimidating everywhere, but so what?

Gu Jiajun was nothing more than that.

Since then, the Great Song Dynasty will enter a period of chaotic wars. What they are about to face is the abandonment of territory again and again, and they are forced to enter the game of fighting between the weak and the strong and having to bow their heads at the end.

The sky in Fuzhou is still very blue, the thick smoke in the city dissipates and the corpses are exposed to the hot sun, gradually stink and rot.

On the capital city side, it rained continuously for days.

Gu Zhen died, and Qin Qingrong's little habit of drinking in his life has now turned into a bad habit of drinking.

He locked himself in the room day and night to get drunk and forget about life. He washed his face with tears and mourned the dead, and even once thought about passing away like this.

For many days, Qin Xiaoxiao didn't dare to disturb Qin Qingrong too much.

On this day, she was clad in a fine attire, but she was fingering the door, standing outside Qin Qingrong's bedroom door reluctantly.

"Brother, Xiaoxiao is going to enter the palace today."

Through the door paper, Yuanyuan's eyes could only see the blurred figure of Qin Qingrong lying on the table, Qin Xiaoxiao suppressed his sobs, and said quietly: "After entering the palace, Xiaoxiao probably won't see her brother a few times a year.

Brother, can you come out and talk to Xiaoxiao? "

Standing quietly at the door for a moment, Qin Xiaoxiao still didn't see Qin Qingrong get up. She turned around with disappointment in her eyes, but heard the door behind her being pushed open with a creak.

It was rare to see his brother's unkempt appearance, Qin Xiaoxiao turned around and looked at Qin Qingrong in twos, with tears rolling in his eyes, but the corners of his lips were smiling.

Qin Qingrong also smiled slightly at her younger sister, the smile was a bit bitter and embarrassing.

Qin Xiaoxiao told Qin Qingrong to live a good life and cheer up.

Maybe get through all the suffering and everything will be fine.

After Qin Xiaoxiao said these words, he was taken into the palace by Li Chengfu in a chariot. His sister was dressed in rich clothes today, but he was unkempt.

Qin Qingrong quietly looked at Qin Xiaoxiao's leaving back, he didn't know how long it would take for the good days that his sister said to come.

But he knew very well that a life without Gu Zhen would not be a good life.

"How can you be sure that Gu Zhen is dead?"

Zhang Tingyu, who heard the news, reacted completely differently from Qin Qingrong. He didn't believe that Gu Zhen would give up so easily.

These days, every time he came to the Qin residence, he was rejected by Qin Qingrong.Today, taking advantage of Qin Xiaoxiao's entry into the palace, he rushed to the gate of the Qin Mansion and stopped Qin Qingrong, who was already like a walking corpse.

"You didn't even see Gu Zhen's body, so you made a conclusion so easily. Isn't it too hasty?"

The stubborn voice pierced through the sound of the rain, Zhang Tingyu clenched the handle of the umbrella with one hand and clenched his fist with the other. To be honest, he felt panic when he saw such a dejected Qin Qingrong.

"Didn't Gu Zhen tell you to believe him?"

Zhang Tingyu laughed at Qin Qingrong's fragility in a cold voice, "It's more like saying that since ancient times, lovers have always believed in each other, and it turns out that's just the case."

Hearing the sound, Qin Qingrong's eyes flicked to Zhang Tingyu who was standing in the rain holding an umbrella.

His eyes were dark, knowing that what Zhang Tingyu said at this moment might cause Song Xun's dissatisfaction.

If Song Xun is also suspicious, I am afraid that Song Xun will send people to Fuzhou to search the bottom of the sky, and also to find Gu Zhen's body.

"Come in and talk."

After Qin Qingrong finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the house first.

It suddenly dawned on him that maybe Zhang Tingyu was right, Gu Zhen was not dead at all.

Although this kind of thinking sounds like self-deception, Qin Qingrong's mood is indeed much better now.

After washing and tidying up, Qin Qingrong changed into a new robe before meeting Zhang Tingyu in the book pavilion.

The cloth shoes and clothes hem of Zhang Tingyu's feet were all splashed by the rain. After seeing Qin Qingrong stepping in from the door, his expression showed a little nervousness.

He got up and hurriedly said: "Why don't you think about it, even if Gu Zhen can return to the capital alive in the end.

Would the emperor who wanted to kill him let him go so easily?

If he wants to get rid of the shackles of the imperial power, the only way is to feign death in Fuzhou so that he can successfully hide from the world and escape from the golden cicada's shell. "

A sneer appeared on Qin Qingrong's lips, "If he is really still alive, why didn't he even send me a letter?"

"There is always a reason." Zhang Tingyu frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "What we have to do now is to cheer up, stabilize Da Song, and secretly search for Gu Zhen's whereabouts.

I'm afraid you don't know yet, right?

Ever since the emperor got the news of Gu Zhen's death in battle, he became more and more dissolute.

He made the world a mess, but ordered you to manage the government affairs on his behalf to help him clean up the mess.All these days when you shut yourself at home, he never went to court. "

"Acting in government?"

Qin Qingrong smiled wryly, "He is really at ease with me."

"Your sister has been locked up in the palace by him as a hostage, why should he worry about it?

Ever since the news of Gu Zhen's death spread, the border has become more and more turbulent.Although the southeast area has been rehabilitated, other areas of the Song Dynasty have gradually experienced large and small turmoil.

Goryeo has sent envoys to us a few days ago, saying that they will go to Beijing to pay tribute in the near future, I am afraid that their real intention is to assassinate Song Xun. "

Facing the ensuing bad things, Zhang Tingyu has to form an alliance with Qin Qingrong now, so he is very afraid that Qin Qingrong will never recover.

At this moment, after explaining the current situation to Qin Qingrong, his eyes were always focused on the expression on Qin Qingrong's face, and he asked tentatively, "President Qin, what should I do?"

"Qin Xiang."

Qin Qingrong thought about these two words carefully and finally shook his head. In the past, he wanted to support the entire Qin family, but now he wants to support the entire Song Dynasty.

"If Goryeo really hides her ulterior motives, then she will definitely not be able to hide, and the only way to deal with it is to face it head-on."

Qin Qingrong sighed softly, Zhang Tingyu was right, only when Da Song was still there, could he continue to look for Gu Zhen's figure in the vast world.

Regardless of whether Gu Zhen is dead or alive, he must have a glimmer of hope to find Gu Zhen back.

"In the past few days, we must strengthen the defense of the capital, and ask the Ministry of War to deploy more troops to guard the city gate and the palace."

The expression in Qin Qingrong's eyes reappeared firm, "Go to the palace tomorrow to have an audience.

Although the emperor has now entrusted me with the power to act as an agent, it is still better to ask his opinion on some matters, so as not to cause unnecessary criticism. "

The next day, the two came outside the Chuigong Hall but were told that Song Xun was enjoying the dance in the Funing Hall, and they didn't want to be disturbed at this time.

Qin Qingrong and Zhang Tingyu narrated the questions sorted out from the government to Li Chengfu one by one, and asked Li Chengfu to convey them to Song Xun on their behalf.

Li Chengfu carefully recorded the entrustment of the two of them, and then saw that Qin Qingrong seemed to still have something to ask him, after a little thought in his heart, he understood what Qin Qingrong was thinking, and smiled and comforted: "Lord Qin, don't worry, sister After entering the palace, everything is fine.

However, the emperor has not received her yet. "

Qin Qingrong bowed his hands to Li Chengfu and thanked Li Chengfu, "I just hope that Xiaoxiao can be safe.

Xiaoxiao is still in the palace and I would like to ask Director Li to take care of her more. She has been used to informality since she was a child, and she will definitely suffer after entering the palace. "

"You don't need Mr. Qin to say, the old slave will definitely spend more time on Lingmei." Li Chengfu said with a distressed face: "It's hard for Mr. Qin to manage the government on behalf of the emperor. The contribution you made to the Great Song Dynasty is appreciated by the world. You can see it."