Otherworldly Days

Chapter 453 Investigation

Countless cattle and sheep froze to death in the severe winter years ago. Zinu, who lived on the grassland, relied on grazing for a living. He finally survived the severe winter. After spring, there was no rain. The vegetation was sparse and there was not enough forage. , The cattle and sheep on the grassland died in large numbers.

At the border gate, Zinu only looted the small villages outside the gate on a small scale at first.Later, all the food and property were slaughtered wherever they went, and the whole village was slaughtered, leaving no one behind.

When the news came back to the court, the ministers in the court were shocked.

"You all talk about it, how to deal with this matter?" Emperor Yongkang, who was sitting on the dragon chair, had a headache from being quarreled by the ministers. He raised his hand, and the voice below stopped immediately, and Emperor Yongkang asked in a deep voice.

After a serious illness, the emperor looked even older.

"Your Majesty, anyone who offends my Feng Dynasty will be punished!"

"Your Majesty, absolutely not! I think that this is not a fight. The slaves invaded the Wufeng Dynasty because there was no rain for several months, countless cattle and sheep died, and they were hungry to rob the Wufeng Dynasty. The Wufeng Dynasty was honored with benevolence. Rule the world... Therefore, my Feng Dynasty can first donate food to my slaves."

As soon as this remark came out, the main battle party immediately couldn't help standing up and speaking to the emperor, the words were fierce, as if the minister just now was a traitor sent by Zinu, who used my Fengchao's food to feed and kill the enemies of our Fengchao people , Are you out of your mind? !

In the court hall, you talk to each other, and there are many quarrels, and there is no conclusion.

Several His Royal Highnesses standing above the court stood watching the battle from the sidelines, and no one stood up to be the leader.

"The minister is here." Feng Lingyun was called by the emperor, so he had no choice but to stand up.

There is a reason to fight, and there is a reason not to fight. No one can find anything wrong with him, nor support any faction.This formerly inconspicuous Second Highness is more and more often named by the emperor in the court. His Highness Yun Wang has always been gentle in doing things, unlike His Highness Yi Wang who does not give anyone's favor, and His Highness Fu Wang. He acted arrogantly and recklessly, he neither offended anyone nor flattered anyone, he was polite and restrained, so he was praised by many officials in the court.

There was no emotion on the emperor's face, and he waved his hand to turn down.

"Retreat!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live..."

After retiring from the court, the emperor summoned the Eighth Prince, the left and right prime ministers, several court ministers, and several princes in the imperial study, and talked about Zi Nu's invasion of the Feng Dynasty.

Zinu is a problem that has disturbed the Feng Dynasty for a hundred years, and this matter has not been resolved.

The Zinu people are tall and grew up on horseback. They are good at riding and shooting, and their arms are amazing. One can equal ten.Once a war breaks out, the soldiers of the Feng Dynasty will not be able to reap benefits from the Zinu people. Looking back at the war with Zinu over the past hundred years, the Feng Dynasty has paid a painful price, otherwise it will not be impossible to drive Zinu out of the grassland , regained the grassland and owned it by Fengchao.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable that some ministers in the court insisted on peace talks with Zinu and sent rice to Zinu.

Emperor Yongkang has heard the speeches of all parties in the court. Now he wants to hear what his younger brother, several ministers, and his princes have to say. It's not like he didn't notice that these people were standing there just now. Not a word.

"Ling Cheng, tell me your opinion on this matter." Emperor Yongkang asked.

Feng Lingcheng glanced at Lu Taifu, stood up and finished speaking tremblingly in his heart, Emperor Yongkang didn't notice the look his eldest prince gave Lu Taifu just now, he was extremely disappointed in his heart, he could only sigh, there was no other way blame.

In the end, his eldest prince lost his Jun father since he was a child, and his temper was raised to be a bit weaker.

He remembered that his eldest prince was clever and smart when he was young, and he was the child he loved the most. Somehow, he became like this now. He knew that his body was getting worse day by day, even though Emperor Yongkang was unwilling to admit this fact in his heart. He also had to start investigating his princes, who is capable of managing the world well.

The late Empress Lu was the prince who followed him when he was still the crown prince. That gentle and virtuous prince left an indelible impression in his heart. Otherwise, the emperor would not have thought of making the eldest prince the crown prince. Thoughts, knowing that it was his eldest prince who disappointed him.

Now it can only be selected from the rest, and then Emperor Yongkang called the second prince, His Highness King Yun, the fourth prince, His Royal Highness King Yi, the fifth prince, His Royal Highness Fu, and the youngest seventh prince came out to ask questions.

Feng Lingyun's words were impeccable, and he couldn't find any faults.

When asked what to do at this time, Feng Lingxiao saluted, with the same expressionless face as before, and said in a firm tone, "Minister, the main battle!" Simple two words, not much words, it represents All the generals' minds, whoever offends my Feng Dynasty, will be punished!

When Emperor Yongkang heard these two words, an invisible light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Feng Lingrui is also the main fighting faction, Feng Lingxiao only said two words, and he spoke impassionedly and long speeches, wishing to persuade his father and emperor to nod and insist on him at this moment, and send troops to attack Zinu , To promote my Feng Dynasty's national prestige, so that they will never dare to invade my Feng Dynasty.

"Hmm." Emperor Yongkang listened to so many princes talking without saying a word. After the fifth prince made some impassioned remarks, his complexion looked a little better.No emperor would want to see his dynasty invaded by the enemy and his people killed by the enemy, and Emperor Yongkang was no exception.

Emperor Yongkang always dreamed of being like the ancestor emperor, driving Zinu out of the grassland in his lifetime, regaining the grassland for the use of the Feng Dynasty, and being able to leave his name in history and become a wise king in the population of future generations, which will be passed down through the ages.

With the fifth prince's words, the seventh prince who was named and stood up later faltered and couldn't explain why, so the emperor didn't get angry.Seeing that his father was not angry, the seventh prince who retreated back stuck out his tongue.

Among the several princes, apart from the eldest prince, Emperor Yongkang also had the idea of ​​making his fifth prince the prince.The five princes were descended from Sun Houjun, so if he was established as the prince, it would be justified.

Before that, Emperor Yongkang subconsciously cleared the way for his five emperors. Sun Guogong's mansion is too powerful, the king is the king, and the ministers are the ministers. If the power of the ministers exceeds the king, the dynasty will be destroyed sooner or later.Therefore, Emperor Yongkang took back the rights of Sun Guogong's mansion first. If the people in Sun Guogong's mansion could keep their own place, for the sake of Sun Guogong's devotion to the Feng Dynasty, he would not mind leaving a way for them to survive.

"Okay, you all go down, the old man stays here." Later, the emperor waved his hand to let everyone go down, but he left the eighth prince to talk secretly in the imperial study.

As for what was said inside, only the emperor and the eighth prince knew.

Feng Lingxiao, who walked out, took a look at the corner where no one was there, and then walked away.

"Second brother, fourth brother, wait for me." The seventh prince Feng Linglan quickly followed his fourth brother. Although the two brothers were not born of the same father, the seventh prince liked to cling to this fourth brother since he was a child. , He remembered that this fourth brother protected him when he was a child, and always treated his fourth brother like his own brother.

I'm afraid not many people know that after Feng Lingxiao left Fengdu and went to the border, Feng Linglan, who was only fourteen or fifteen years old when he grew up, dared to sneak to the border to find his fourth brother.That was the first time he went to the border. Although his fourth brother disapproved and said he was messing around, he was still kept in the army, but he was driven away after a few days.

Feng Linglan, who had been to the border, saw with his own eyes how Zinu bullied the people of Fengchao, so he wanted to support his fourth brother in his heart.

When his father asked about it, it was just that he didn't want to attract everyone's attention. Compared with being a smart prince, Feng Linglan preferred to be an idle prince.It's just that if one day his fourth brother needs his help, he can give his life to his fourth brother.

When Feng Lingxiao heard the voice behind him, he didn't stop in his footsteps, walking with Feng Lingyun, he didn't mean to wait for his seventh brother at all.But Feng Lingyun heard it, stopped, smiled and waited for his seventh brother to catch up, "Why are you leaving in such a hurry, aren't your fourth brother and I waiting for you?" He said.

Feng Lingxiao actually didn't mean to wait for Feng Linglan, it was because Feng Lingyun stopped that he had to stop.

He treated Feng Linglan the same as he treated all his brothers, and ignored him.

"Hey, thank you, second brother." Feng Linglan was smart enough not to just get close to his fourth brother, on the surface, he preferred to get close to his good-tempered second brother.The two walked together, and in front of them was Feng Lingxiao who took a step forward, walking in front.

Looking at the three people in front of him from a distance, Feng Lingrui snorted coldly.

The flowers and plants in the Cuixiu Garden have sprouted new shoots, a piece of tender green, today's weather is good, Shen Guijun has a faint smile on his face, presumably he is in a good mood.His belly was getting bigger and bigger, the imperial doctor said that he was going to give birth this month, and it became more and more inconvenient for him to move around with his big belly, so he rarely went out for a walk.

The outside is talking about his Cuixiu Garden, not the garden in the harem.

Just walking around in this courtyard, there are more than a dozen palace servants around him, serving him carefully.It is in this harem that even Sun Houjun does not have his ostentation.

It's just that Shen Meiyue seldom went out since she became pregnant.

The harem became more and more lively day by day. If the emperor hadn't protected him, he might not have been able to stay so peacefully in the Cuixiu Garden.That's it, there are also hands outside who want to reach into his Cuixiu Garden, Shen Meiyue just smiles at this, and he will respect him by a foot, if anyone wants to touch the child in his stomach, he will not Soft to whom.

There are so many beauties and servants in the harem, even if one or two die, no one knows what happened.

"Go back to the house." After walking around outside, Shen Guijun couldn't stand it anymore.

When the servants around him came to help him, a piece of paper also fell into his hands, the master and servant walked together as if nothing had happened and waited to return to the house, Shen Guijun let the servants who were serving in the house go out, opened the hand I unfolded the note, looked at it, put it under the lamp and burned it.