Rebirth of a Female General

Chapter 144
Meng Shulan looked at Yan Qing inquisitively, but saw that she dodged to avoid his sight, which made him even more puzzled.

She has something to hide from herself.

There is nothing worth mentioning about this. People always have their own little thoughts, and it is impossible to be all outsiders.

Didn't he also hide it from her?
Although he never wanted to hide it, the end result was the same.

He would think it was wrong, just because she seldom hides anything from him, and if she really wants to hide something, it won't be easy for others to see.

Even when the evidence is presented sometimes, if she doesn't want to say it, she can talk about him without blushing or heartbeat, with a candid expression.

When did you ever avert your eyes so guiltyly?
But when he looked again, Yan Qing was calm and composed, as if everything he saw just now was just his illusion.

Except that Yan Qing still had scarlet eyes.

Meng Shulan hesitated to speak, but Yan Qing directly covered the matter, and put the matter on the table: "I know that because of Li Dingshan's incident, the Holy Majesty is afraid of the border princes. But right now, the southern Xinjiang regime is in chaos, and natural disasters and man-made disasters continue; There are thieves looking around and coming to watch the wind. Under the internal and external troubles, they don't want to be safe inside and fight against the outside.

Seeing that Yan Qing was frowning tightly, worried about the direction of the government, and no longer lost her previous resentment, Meng Shulan knew that she didn't intend to say anything, so she pretended not to know, and followed her words: "The Holy Majesty is Worried about the old friendship between the Guo family and Wen Zhemao's mother's family, Zhenbei Hou Gu Nian sent Wen Zhemao to the north to collude with the Xueyuan people."

Yan Qing was slightly stunned, and asked: "What is the relationship between the Guo family and Wen Zhemao's mother's family?"

"When the Guo family was not in decline in the previous dynasty, the ancestors of the Gu family... the father of the first Marquis of Zhenbei, who was ordered by the emperor to make a northern expedition, was assassinated. At that time, the ancestors of the Guo family were grateful for his life-saving grace, and left a calligraphy and painting, promising that the descendants of the Li family would bring this painting to the door in the future, and the Guo family could do something for him if their ability allowed. "

Meng Shulan slowly told the past, "Afterwards, the Guo family fell into disarray. I thought that the ancestors of the Li family would burn the calligraphy and paintings in order not to be harmed, but they didn't want to keep them in the end. In the end, they changed hands several times and passed them into Wen Zhemao's hands."

"After Wen Zhemao fled, this calligraphy and painting disappeared."

Hearing this, Yan Qing frowned even deeper: "Just a calligraphy and painting does not mean that the ancestors of Wen Zhemao's mother clan were the ones who rescued the ancestors of the Guo family. Besides, the Marquis of Zhenbei was loyal to the country and fulfilled his duties. It might not be risking the whole family being implicated, and let Wen Zhemao, the anti-king, go north."

"Also, even if the Marquis of Zhenbei is afraid that Wen Zhemao will be allowed to go north because of his old friendship, he should have sent a supervising army to strictly supervise and supervise him, instead of directly giving him the power to control the border guards in the three cities."

"How does this make the border guards think?"

Meng Shulan also knew that this reason could not evade Yan Qing, sighed, and said again: "It's one thing to be afraid that the Marquis of Zhenbei will let Wen Zhemao leave. The most important thing is that the Holy One is worried that the Guo family will join forces with the Xu family to shake the foundation of the country."

The matter of the Guo family has not yet been fully understood, and another Xu family is involved...

Yan Qing pressed his brows with a headache.

But this matter is also easy to figure out. The three generations of the Xu family have a deep foundation, and most of the officials in the court are students of Xu Xiang.

Guo Youning, like the Xu family, supports Wen Zhehan's ascension, and Wen Zhehan's mother's family is the Xu family.

It's no wonder that the emperor felt that the Guo family would join hands with the Xu family, so he became suspicious and restricted Guo Youning, who had the military power in his hands.

Matters related to the crown prince have always been complicated, and Yan Qing didn't want to get involved in these matters. In addition, with the status of the defense envoy of the three cities, she can dispatch the troops of the three cities, so that she has more resources to deal with emergencies. Her coping ability is exactly what she wants.

So far, Yan Qing didn't ask any more questions.

The imperial decree has already come down, and it is useless for her to ask any more questions.

What she should worry about right now is how to appease Guo Youning's dissatisfaction, get the right to dispatch troops in the three cities from him, and how to make the soldiers in the three cities obey her dispatch obediently.

But before that, what needs her to deal with the most is the incident of Yan Zhongqi in the Northland patrolling in distress.

It was already the end of December, and when she hurried back to the Northland, it might be mid-February, and the time left for her to convince Yan Zhongqi and others, and find out who was behind the back, would not exceed two months.

Looking at the imperial decree in front of him, Yan Qing frowned and sighed inwardly.

The official appointment as a defense envoy had to be postponed at least until after the incident had passed.

Originally, I took the military power of the Three Cities from Guo Youning out of thin air, which was enough to make people dissatisfied.Now they have to delay the time to resign and take up the post. In their eyes, they must be a hat of arrogance.

At that time, if she wants to convince the public, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult.

Yan Qing sighed again when his eyes touched the Shangfang sword that had been put aside together with the imperial decree.

The purpose of the emperor giving her the Shangfang sword is obvious, if anyone refuses to accept the imperial decree, it doesn't matter if it is cut off.

But if Guo Youning refuses to accept it, she can't really kill him with Shang Fang.

In Northern Xinjiang under Guo Youning's governance, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Although it is impossible to use Shangfang Sword to force Guo Youning to hand over the military power of the Three Cities to her, besides making Guo Youning's people hate him more, this Shangfang Sword is not without any benefits.

At least, with this Shangfang sword, when he was negotiating with Yan Zhongqi and others, he could not understand or listen, and he could use chicken feathers as an arrow to force him to submit.

After leaving this matter aside, Yan Qing talked about the matter of Nanchuanzhou with Meng Shulan: "Withdraw the people who are envoys to Nanchuanzhou, there is a high probability that we will not be able to agree on this matter."

Seeing that Yan Qing had uncovered the matter of moving the defense envoy, Meng Shulan also breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that Yan Qing would ask some more questions and bring out those secrets that were hidden deeper.

Hearing her talk about Nanchuanzhou again, Meng Shulan immediately turned serious: "I'm about to tell you about this. Our people found out that a person who looked like Wen Zhemao had met with the governor of Nanchuanzhou in private. After many inquiries I found out that the man came from the imperial court of the Qiang Kingdom."

Yan Qing glanced at Meng Shulan, his expression was weird for a moment.

It was mentioned earlier that Wen Zhemao might go north to collude with Xueyuan, but now he immediately said that someone suspected of Wen Zhemao was found in Nanchuanzhou.

Isn't this clearly saying that the Guo family's involvement with Wen Zhemao that I told her earlier was just an excuse to prevaricate her?
But Meng Shulan didn't seem to realize this, or maybe he just told her that what he told her earlier was perfunctory.

If someone else was so inconsistent, she would have become suspicious at this moment, and there was only this person who could dispel her suspicions.

In other words, facing him, she was ashamed to be suspicious.

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