Chapter 31 Chapter 31 The Leopard

Ren Qingshu's transfer emissary's mansion temporarily became a handsome hall, and Zhe Ziyu sat quietly on the main seat, watching the civil and military officials who filed in.She was still dressed in black clothes, her skin was as white as snow, and there was an indescribable haggardness on her pale and solemn cheeks, but her eyes were shining brightly, like a wounded black panther, ready to jump up and hurt someone at any time. The hall was silent, only the sound of Xisuo's footsteps, and soon, even the footsteps disappeared. All the important civil and military officials of Fuzhou had arrived, sitting on both sides, each with solemn expressions, Zhejia had reached the critical moment of life and death , their wealth, life, and official career have reached the most dangerous time. Everyone is worried, but Zhe Ziyu's appearance has brought them a glimmer of hope.

No matter whether it was a person with high status and real power who came in, or a famous gentry from the prefecture and state with only a false official title, Zhe Ziyu just sat on the case and stood still, as if she was more airy than her brother. The young master was injured on his leg, so no one showed any displeasure. Besides, at this time, their hearts were already focused on the important matter of Fuzhou's future. After Zhu Yun led away the Tubo troops that day, the number of people guarding Xiao Pass was greatly reduced, but Zhe Ziyu did not break through the pass immediately. She suddenly thought that the enemy is not a fool. After all, the Tubo people may not realize that this is a trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain. After all, the Jade Seal of the Kingdom is an irresistible treasure in the eyes of powerful careerists. It was all for nothing.

Zhe Ziyu lurked patiently, relying on a bag of drinking water and stored dried meat, persisted until the early morning of the next day, chose another pass, and then took advantage of the fog in the forest in the early morning to quietly pass through the pass. Even so, she still alarmed the defenders. The defenders sent a team of archers to chase after them. They confronted the archers in the dense forest. Their personal martial arts skills were not enough. Zhe Ziyu tried his best to kill several Tupan soldiers who were approaching , Traveling quickly through the mountains and forests for half a day, getting rid of most of the pursuers, and finally in order to avoid an arrow, he stumbled and rolled down the mountain. Although he escaped the pursuit of the pursuers, he also broke a leg.

Zhe Ziyu had to pursue the soldiers to find another place. He painfully corrected the leg bones, made sure that the branches were tied to the broken legs to prevent the leg bones from being misaligned again, and made a pair of crutches. It took a few days to walk out of the dense forest. To a family of mountain hunters.Zhe Ziyu inquired about the hunter's family, only to find out that there is Xiama village not far from the mountain, and Xiama village is in Longyou, not Hexi.That is to say, when she got rid of the pursuers, she lost her way in the primeval forest. She didn't cross the Dou Ridge, but ended up going back to Longyou.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhu Yun had successfully attracted Shang Boqian's full attention. The chasing soldiers were blocked and intercepted, and Zhu Yun led them all the way to the west. Bufu's men and horses had all been withdrawn, but Ziyu was still very cautious. She avoided the limelight at the Orion's house for a few days and found out that the road to the city was safe, so she spent money to ask the Orion to hire a car to take her to the city. She goes to town. According to Zhu Yun's instructions, the Orion bypassed Xiama Village and sent her directly to Tongyuan City, because the Orion had never left a place hundreds of miles away from his home, and when he arrived here, no matter how much money Zhe Ziyu paid, he would not continue. Going forward, Zhe Ziyu had no choice but to send him back, and first lived in hiding in Tongyuan City.A broken leg didn't heal so quickly, but Zhe Ziyu was eager to return home, and he didn't want to stay here for a long time, so he tried every means to establish friendship with the innkeeper and asked him to help him think of a way.

A few days later, the innkeeper heard about a merchant who wanted to ship a batch of fur goods to the Central Plains. The merchant was a native of Tongyuan. Yu, Zhe Ziyu got in touch with the businessman through the innkeeper, pretending that he was the niece of the innkeeper, and paid a sum of money to ask the businessman to take care of him and go east with his caravan. In this way, Zhe Ziyu followed the merchant team all the way eastward, and when they arrived in Dinghu City, there was a Zhejia news station here, whose public identity was a grocery store. Under his escort, he turned north and rushed to the nearest Fuzhou.

Before she reached Fuzhou, she heard the rumors of Chizhong's rebellion and occupation of Baihuawu. All kinds of related legends were full of rumors, and it was difficult to tell the truth from the false among the various opinions.Zhe Ziyu was startled and angry. Rumors were flying all over the sky at this time, and Zhe Ziyu didn't know if any of the various soldiers and horses under Fuzhou's rule were bribed by the imperial court, so he didn't dare to reveal his identity along the way, but hurried on and went straight to Fugu. Today, she finally came back at the critical moment of where the Zhe family was headed.

Before formally summoning all the important civil and military officials, Ren Qingshu had already told Zhe Ziyu all the information he had without reservation, which naturally included that Zhe Yuxun was insane, and once clamored to donate his prefecture to the imperial court. The rumor of King Zhelan was sealed.Shu, Tang, Han, Jing, Hu and other countries were pacified by the imperial court, and their monarchs were no more than a general and a marquis. There is only one king of the Song Dynasty who has a different surname, and that is Qian Chu, the king of Wuyue. Qian Chu has always been respectful and tame to the Song State, and he is the king of a country. .Zhe Yuxun's territorial territory is not as good as Wu Yue's, and his country's strength is not as good as Wu Yue's. Moreover, he is not a monarch of a country at all, but he has already surrendered to the Song Dynasty in name. According to Zhao Kuangyin's promise to his father, he has always enjoyed greater autonomy. Jiedushi.

Chen Hongjin from southern Fujian is in a similar situation to him, and has similar power and position. After voluntarily voting for the Song Dynasty, he was only granted the title of a procurator and a Tongping Zhangshi. It seems that he will not be awarded a title until the day he retires. At that time, at most, he would be given a duke and told him to be an official, and he would just go home and retire. How could Zhe Yuxun He De want to be king?Therefore, it was said in the rumors that he was insane, hence the madness.People in Fuzhou didn't really believe this rumor, but after Zhe Ziyu heard about it, he knew that his brother was sending news to him and arranging funeral arrangements.

Zhe Yuxun is the owner of the Zhe family, and it involves important matters concerning the future of the clan. If the patriarch hadn't expressed his opinion, Zhe Ziyu, even his own sister, would not be able to make decisions on his own. Xin Xin, she has more confidence in Fuzhou's future. Everyone arrived, Zhe Ziyu's face sank like water, his eyes swept across the room, and he had a panoramic view of the changes in the expressions of all the civil and military people in the hall, and said in a vibrating voice: "Everyone, the Zhe family has lived in the cloud for two hundred years. What happened today is an unprecedented crisis in the past two hundred years of my Zhe family. The imperial court has plotted against my prefecture for a long time, and now they have bought Chi Zhong and hijacked my whole family in one fell swoop.

"Nowadays, the army of the imperial court is approaching the city. If the treacherous schemes of the imperial court are sold, my Zhe family in the cloud will certainly be removed from the world from now on, and all of you will disappear with the disappearance of my Zhe family. It's coming like a crushing egg, but it's a pity that Zhe Ziyu is back, and my Zhejia is not a weak egg, Zhejia will not collapse!" Everyone in the hall looked at Zhe Ziyu for a moment, and Zhe Ziyu's tone became low: "Everyone has followed my father and brother for many years, and you all say that you are my uncle and elder brother of Zhe Ziyu. Ziyu is the first to be polite and then the soldier. Today, I would like to say something to the elders. It is clear that if you are an enemy of the imperial court, you can imagine the hardships and dangers. If you care about your own way out and don't want to join my family, it is human nature. You can leave this mansion right now, no matter you are Whether it’s good to seek refuge in the imperial court, to act like a dog or horse, or to abandon his job and go to the countryside, or to be a rich man with a hidden name, Zhe Ziyu will never make it difficult to stay. But..." Zhe Ziyu's tone changed, and he said in a cold voice: "If I let you go, you don't go, but you stay, but you are half-hearted and double-decker. If I find out at that time, don't blame me, Zhe Ziyu, for not thinking about the old relationship!" Under the hall, Wu Qiqi cupped his hands and said: "We are willing to follow the order of the fifth son, and advance and retreat with the Zhe family!" Zhe Ziyu raised his eyebrows, and said in a loud voice: "Okay! If that's the case, then I, Zhe Ziyu, will do my part! Everyone, the intention of the court is already obvious, and that is to annex my prefecture at all costs. Wang Jien transferred Amway Cheng Shixiong, who was trapped in Guangyuan, led the Ninghua Army, Jinning Army, Pingding Army, and Weisheng Army to attack our prefecture. The follow-up army will continue to flow. Although Li Pishou in Suizhou is temporarily There is no change, but the court will not use them, and they will not miss the opportunity. This is also a nail buried in our hearts. My Zhejia's Fuzhou defense line was caught off guard and lost several important passes. At this time, it is riddled with holes and cannot be defended. Our only ally, Marshal Yang Hao, is on the way to the west again. If you want him to return Therefore, I plan to take the following measures to deal with it: First: Immediately disclose to the whole world the ugly act of the imperial court annexing our prefecture. The imperial court is powerful, and this move will not get much help, but To be criticized by thousands of people is not worth the candle for the imperial court! " Ren Qingshu couldn't help but interjected when he heard this: "Fifth Young Master, openly tear yourself apart from the court, I'm afraid... the court will become more unscrupulous. According to my subordinates, we might as well make it public that Fifth Young Master has controlled the entire prefecture. According to the news, we will do our best to quell the Chizhong rebellion in Baihuawu as quickly as possible, but what the imperial court is using is the cover of Shou Zheshuai calling in soldiers to quell the rebellion, since the rebellion in Fuzhou has been put down, what excuse does the imperial court have to send troops." Immediately, someone nodded repeatedly, and then agreed. Zhe Ziyu sneered and said, "Uncle Ren, Zhao Guangyi's saber is already out, how can he put it into the sheath if it is not stained with human blood? He has coveted this prefecture for a long time, and now he has this piece of fat in his mouth. Do you think he will take it easy?" Withdrawing the troops? The members of my Zhe family are under his control, what kind of excuses does he want to find but he can’t find it? The court has the final say on how the play will be sung.” She faced everyone again, and said in a deep voice: "No matter what we do now, the imperial court will find a reason to continue marching into Fuzhou. As far as our Fuzhou army is concerned, the imperial court is relying on my brother's letter as evidence, and is holding my nephew's hand in hand." Erwei is being held hostage. If we are still full of worries, cover up, and do not immediately disclose the scandal of the court, and the court confuses right and wrong, refers to a deer as a horse, and all kinds of low-handed methods, how will the soldiers in our prefecture distinguish between the enemy and us? With the swords and soldiers on our necks, when the time is imminent, we don't point out the wrongdoing of the imperial court, we have a clear-cut banner, will the soldiers under our command fight or not? If we fight, in what name will we fight the imperial court?" Ren Qingshu frowned and nodded heavily. Zhe Ziyu said again: "Secondly, the imperial court conspired before moving, but we have lost the opportunity. Baihuawu, the core of Fuzhou, is now in the hands of Chizhong, and the outer defense line of Fuzhou is unknown to the soldiers. Fighting opportunities have been lost, several important passes have been lost, the entire line of defense is full of loopholes, and all passes, beacon tunnels, and fortresses have been cut off. eat up. Therefore, I decided to order Cheng Shixiong to abandon Guangyuan and immediately break out of the siege and retreat to Fuzhou before the imperial reinforcements arrived.In addition, the outermost passes, beacon tunnels, and fortresses in Fuzhou have been cut off by the imperial soldiers and horses. The soldiers and horses fighting on their own must also quickly shrink to build a second line of defense around Fugu. Third, concentrate the troops on the inside, and try our best to deal with the loyal people in Baihuawu, stabilize the interior, and not give the court any excuses.Fourth, immediately get in touch with Yang Shuai, who was on an expedition to the Western Regions. It is no longer a matter for the imperial court to advance westward. Charter out. Fifth, immediately strengthen contact with Linzhou Yang Jiye.I said that the scandalous deeds of the imperial court should be made public. This is also a reason. If we are still full of worries, cover up, and the truth is not disclosed, then the Lin Mansion has no reason to go to the aid. Geographically speaking, the state is closely related to each other. If one of the two is lost, the door will be wide open and it will be impossible to defend. Therefore, the two families must work together to defend against powerful enemies.sixth……" Zhe Ziyu talked eloquently, and it was obvious that she had already thought about how to deal with the situation. After she finished talking about her plan, she asked the crowd loudly: "This is the plan from Ziyu's heart. What do you think about my plan?" Any comments or suggestions?" The commander of the capital, Ma Zongqiang, took a step forward and said, "Fifth Young Master, the last general still has one doubt. If we openly oppose the imperial court, we are already rebellious. If this is the case, Zhe Shuai is still in the imperial court's hands, and their safety... what to do?" Zhe Ziyu's eyebrows flashed with evil spirits, and he sneered and said: "My family is safe..., hum, the more we scold the court, the harder we beat the court, the safer my family will be, understand Is it?" Ma Zongqiang realized it, Zhe Ziyu held the case with both hands, and slowly stood up. All the civil and military people in the hall stood up at the same time. Zhe Ziyu swept down awe-inspiringly, with a pair of beautiful eyes full of murderous intent like Shura, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Finally , let me correct Commander Ma’s words again: From now on, we are not rebelling together, but really rebelling!”