kingnovel Chapter 445: Fight to the Death
Chapter 445: Fight to the Death
Ye Yanran is in the harem, and wherever she looks are the concubines. What she thinks about every day is how to keep Xiao Yi's heart by her side, and how to get Xiao Yi to enthrone her legitimate son as the crown prince as soon as possible.
Whenever Xiao Yi went to other concubines' palaces, she would be jealous. If it weren't for Su Shu's strong persuasion, there would have been a death in the palace just one month after Xiao Yi ascended the throne.
But Ye Jintang in Ningchuan City is completely different from Ye Yanran. She doesn't need to compete for favor with any woman.
However, her focus was on the people. She always kept in mind the saying that he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world.
In the first year, there was a good wheat harvest in Ningchuan Prefecture. In the second year, people from other surrounding prefectures came to exchange wheat seeds. When the wheat planted by these people also had a good harvest, whether they had tasted the sweetness or not, they all worshipped her like a deity. Some people even set up an immortal tablet for her, saying that she was the reincarnation of Shennong.
The story became more and more mysterious. Before long, Ye Yanran and the Queen Mother, who were far away in the capital, received the news at the same time.
The two of them were surprisingly unanimous. When they learned that Ye Jintang was growing wheat and cotton in Ningchuan Prefecture, they thought she was crazy.
After all, in the eyes of the world, Ningchuan Prefecture is a barren land, and what kind of food can be grown here?
"My queen, Ye Jintang has a good reputation in the capital because of the epidemic. Now there are rumors that she is the reincarnation of Shennong. Should we do something?"
Su Shu was quite worried. She was inexplicably scared and always felt that something bad was going to happen.
"I don't have the time to care about Ye Jintang. As long as she stays in Ningchuan City, she won't be able to cause any trouble."
"The most urgent matter is the Queen Mother's power to manage the harem. The old witch has been holding on to it and not handing it over to me. She deserves to die."
Ye Yanran scolded the Queen Mother so harshly that she wished she could just rush over and slap her twice to vent her anger.
Ye Yanran was concerned about the power in the harem, while Xiao Yi and the Queen Mother were concerned about the power in the court. None of them took Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo seriously, which gave them a lot of breathing space.
The 20 troops under Xiao Mo's command slowly infiltrated into the major cities of Tianqin State in batches.
Except for Xiao Mo, even his advisers didn't know about this. Xiao Mo had done something big quietly.
Xiao Yi, who had just ascended the throne, was busy carrying out a major purge in the palace. Zhou Wuwei was General Ding's man, so he was naturally purged, and the entire imperial guards were replaced by the Queen Mother's men.
Zhou Wuwei was not idle after returning to the South Camp. He trained very diligently every day.
However, the people he trained were not the soldiers from the South Camp, but the remnants of General Zhou.
General Ding transferred these people from other places little by little to the South Camp to form a Black Armor Army.
Even though the Black Armor Army has only 5000 people, they are heavily armed elite cavalry, and each of them is extremely skilled in martial arts.
Now Zhou Wuwei personally pulls them out for training every day. Looking across the entire capital, I'm afraid there is no army that can compete with the Black Armor Army.
Even the palace guards had to admit defeat.
"Young Master, there is a letter from Ningchuan City via carrier pigeon."
Deputy General Bai Teng rushed into Zhou Wuwei's yard anxiously holding a carrier pigeon.
Zhou Wuwei, who had just finished practicing sword, was standing by the well taking a shower.
It was already autumn and the well water was icy cold, but Zhou Wuwei didn't feel anything.
Bai Teng is several years older than Zhou Wuwei. Looking at his wheat-colored muscular body, he can't help but feel envious. He wishes he could develop a physique as strong as his.
"Oh?"
Zhou Wuwei took the towel and quickly wiped his hands twice, then opened the seal with Xiao Mo's private seal.
The letter was very short. Xiao Mo told Zhou Wuwei that King Zheng's army had quietly sent troops to the capital. He asked Zhou Wuwei to find an excuse to take the Black Armor Army and temporarily leave the capital, and not to get involved in this fight.
Zhou Wuwei raised his eyebrows slightly. He really couldn't understand what Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang were up to.
They could obviously pull Xiao Yi down from the throne right now, but they let Prince Zheng come first, not even bothering to do it.
But he was too lazy to think about the reason.
"Bai Teng, notify everyone. I will lead you to fight the bandits tomorrow. Whoever catches the bandit leader this time will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold."
"Young Master, isn't the reward a bit too much? One hundred taels of gold, how much rice can you buy?"
"I'll take you to attack Qinglong Village. Do you think a hundred taels of gold is too much?"
When Bai Teng heard about Qinglong Village, he fell silent. Qinglong Village was a bandit den in the west, with at least a thousand bandits in it. Moreover, Qinglong Village was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it was even more difficult to capture the bandit leader.
But does their young master really have so much money?
He obviously doesn't have any property?
Bai Teng didn't know that Ye Jintang allowed Zhou Wuwei to stay in the capital and gave him a lot of things, even a 10% dividend from the Beijing Bencao Hall.
This is so that he won’t have to worry about money matters when he does things in the capital in the future.
When General Ding heard that Zhou Wuwei was going to lead the Xuanjia Army to suppress bandits, he asked him to take all the new recruits he had recruited in the past two years with him so that he could practice with them.
"General, do you think Xiao Yi is really a wise ruler? Since he ascended the throne, he has done nothing but added many beauties to the harem. Now the Queen Mother has to make the final decision on government affairs."
In front of General Ding, Zhou Wuwei was too lazy to even call him the emperor and just called Xiao Yi by his name.
This has fully proved that he does not accept Xiao Yi.
"You little brat, you are such a traitor, you dare to say anything. According to the rules of our Southern Camp, we listen to whoever is the emperor and whoever has the tiger talisman."
"What if other princes are dissatisfied with Xiao Yi and start a rebellion? Who will the general stand on?"
"Whoever has the tiger talisman will be my boss."
General Ding answered very swiftly, and Zhou Wuwei just laughed.
Emperor Jing is missing and the whereabouts of the other half of the tiger talisman is unknown. If Prince Zheng attacks, the Queen Mother and Xiao Yi will not be able to mobilize the soldiers of the South Camp.
By the time the Queen Mother or Xiao Yi arrives in person, it will probably be too late.
The fact that King Zheng dared to attack so blatantly was probably because he was sure that Xiao Yi did not have the tiger talisman in his hand.
Qinglongzhai is not close to the capital. When Xiao Yi agreed to suppress the bandits, Zhou Wuwei led the Xuanjia Army to leave the capital, but winter had already arrived in the capital.
Ningchuan City had already experienced several heavy snowfalls.
"My Lord, you are really able to keep your composure."
Lord Cai became extremely anxious when he saw Xiao Mo, who was calm and composed.
Xiao Yi has been on the throne for such a long time, but he is not in a hurry at all. Now that Prince Zheng is about to go to war with Xiao Yi, he is still as steady as a rock.
"There's no point in being anxious. If King Zheng doesn't ascend the throne, I have no right to be a disciple."
"Your Majesty, we can send our army to the capital first. With our army's marching speed, Prince Zheng might have already ascended the throne by the time we reach the capital."
Xiao Mo looked at Mr. Cai with a smile, thinking that he was worthy of being Mr. Cai, he had made a good calculation.
"What about the 20-man army? Lord Cai, if I set out now, how long will it take for the capital to receive the information?"
"The Queen Mother has held the imperial power for many years, and she has spies everywhere. If we calculate the 800-li express, we will receive the news in 5 days at most, and 7 days at the latest."
"That's it. We have just left Ningchuan City and people will know about it. We don't know how many times we will be stopped on the way to the capital. Instead of wasting so much time, I might as well come up with a surprise attack."