Chapter 598

After leaving the court, Li Mingcheng, the Minister of rites, was walking outside the palace. When he met several ministers who were usually relatively close, they all complained one after another.

"Lord Li, what can you do now?"

"Yes, yes, if you don't think of a way, North Vietnam is in danger."

"Isn't it? At first, we supported her to take charge of the government, just hoping that she could have a way to resist the army of Western Chu. Now it's good that they all hit the capital."

"Yes, the empress is a woman after all. She shouldn't have been in charge of the government at the beginning."

We talked in a low voice.

At this time, the Minister of household suddenly remembered one thing: "I had something important to ask your majesty a few days ago. Xiaochunzi, who was next to your majesty, stopped me. Before I spoke to your majesty, he scolded me and kicked me out."

"Could it be..." Li Chengming sensed sensitively that there must be something in it.

Another minister then guessed, "is it possible that your majesty has been put under house arrest by the queen?"

"Shh... Don't talk nonsense. You'll know when Lord Kang comes back."

The crowd looked around and saw that there was no suspicious person, so they were relieved.

Kang Yuanda, the Minister of the Ministry of war, sought to see Han Xun in his bedroom in the name of war. Xiaochunzi beside Han Xun quickly stopped him outside the door: "Lord Kang, your majesty is not well. Please go back."

At Bai Yixuan's command, no one can let him enter the emperor's bedroom. If someone breaks in, his head will have to move. Xiaochunzi doesn't dare to let him in.

Looking around, Kang Yuanda, who didn't say a word, grabbed xiaochunzi and walked aside. He grabbed xiaochunzi's neck, lowered his voice and forced him to ask, "what's the matter with your majesty? You'd better tell the truth. If it wasn't for me, I'd break your neck."

He said that he worked hard on his hands and scared xiaochunzi to beg for mercy: "Lord Kang, I really don't know anything. Please raise your hand and let me go."

Seeing that xiaochunzi still refused to tell the truth, Kang Yuanda let go and Xiaozhi said with emotion and reason: "do you know what's going on outside now? If your majesty doesn't come out to preside over the overall situation, not only you and me, but also the whole North Vietnam may no longer exist, and your family and parents will suffer."

Although he entered the palace since childhood, xiaochunzi did not blame his parents, but only his bad life. He gave birth to the wrong family, and his family could not afford to raise so many brothers and sisters. He still often sends some silver to his parents in the countryside so that they can live a better life.

Thinking that his family would be displaced because of the war, xiaochunzi was also very frightened. Finally, he said, "Lord Kang doesn't know. This bedroom... Is not your majesty at all."

"What? Where did your majesty go? Was she killed by the queen?" Listen to xiaochunzi say it's not Hanson inside. When Kangyuan reaches Dayton, he thinks the sky is falling. People have been speculating that his Majesty was put under house arrest by the queen, but they don't want to think that his Majesty in the palace is a fake.

"Your Majesty left the palace by himself. He hasn't come back since then. As for where he went, the villain really doesn't know." Xiaochunzi said helplessly and no longer resisted.

Kang Yuanda then let go and warned him not to tell the queen about it, so he quickly left the bedroom to meet the ministers.

"How's it going?" As soon as Kang Yuanda appeared, he was surrounded by people and whispered about the result. When he said everything, everyone took a breath.

At this time, a guard hurried into the palace gate. They stopped him and asked him what had happened.

"The Western Chu army has captured Anqing city and is searching for the families of rich businessmen and officials in the city. I'm afraid it will hit the capital in less than three days." When the bodyguard finished, he didn't care to salute the adults, so he hurried to tell Yixuan.

Leaving a group of ministers, pale and stunned in place.

Anqing city is the largest of the three major cities in Puning County, which is richer than the other two cities. At this time, the noise of the past had long disappeared, and every family was closed for fear that one might accidentally annoy the army who had just invaded Anqing city.

Because the terrain is close to the capital, it is also a throat like existence in North Vietnam. Everyone knows that once anqing falls, the whole North Vietnam is in danger. Nalan night also took a fancy to this point. Only after he captured Anqing, he didn't have much military movement and repaired the army in Anqing city.

This morning, Nalan night Sat steadily at the home of the city Lord Yang Shida, playing with the coral trees on the table and looking at Yang Shida coldly.

"Lord Yang, I heard that your family has collected a lot of rare treasures from all over the world. I've come all the way to the north to see more and more. It's ok if you refuse the king outside the door. Now the guests have entered the door. Shouldn't lord Yang show some sincerity and let the king open his eyes?"

Nalan night said it implicitly, but people with a clear eye knew that it was to let Yang Shida take the initiative to hand over his property and pay his soldiers.

North Vietnamese people know that the richest man in Anqing city is the city master Yang Shida, who especially likes collecting treasures. If you want to ask him for something, no matter how much money you prepare, he may not pay attention to it. But if you can find a rare treasure and send it to him, no matter how difficult it is, Yang Shida will definitely try his best to help you do it.

"Lord Chu, you have come to my Anqing city thousands of miles away. I haven't received you well. Why don't you stay in the government house for dinner tonight? I'll order you to go down and let the people prepare wine and food for the king of Chu and all the generals. You see." Yang Shida's eyes twinkled. Gu left and right said something else and deliberately turned off the topic.

In addition to his love of wealth, Yang Shida has a more prominent feature, that is, stinginess. Anqing calls it an Iron Rooster. Even if a wild goose flies over his roof, he has to let the wild goose pull out a feather.

Of course, this statement is exaggerated by the people, but Yang Shida is indeed a real Iron Rooster. Nalan night wants him to contribute his treasure, which is no different from asking him to die.

When Nalan captured several other cities in the night and wantonly searched the financial affairs of rich businessmen and officials in the city, he instructed the servants to move some valuable things to their secret room early, but the secret room was too small, and there were still many treasures that had not been collected in time.

For Yang Shida's perfunctory, Nalan smiled without anger at night, picked his eyebrow and said, "we people in Western Chu can't get used to your northern Vietnamese food. It's still this priceless treasure that makes people's appetite open."

Then he looked at Yang Wenzhao and said, "this is the eldest son of city Lord Yang. I've heard for a long time that the eldest son of Yang in Anqing city is talented and talented. It's a pity if he died young and was exposed to the public."

As soon as he said this, Yang Shida turned pale, and at the same time, he was in a cold sweat. Yang Wenzhao has a bad mind, which is well known in Anqing City, but after all, he is his only son and born by his first wife. Later, when he became the Lord of the city, he even took five concubines within three years, resulting in his wife's depressed death and leaving Yang Wenzhao as his only legitimate son.

Yang Shida was ashamed of his first wife. Although there were many concubines, none of them gave birth to another son and a half, so he offered Yang Wenzhao as a treasure.

Hearing that Nalan night wanted to move his only child, he was immediately flustered and repeatedly compensated Nalan night: "Lord Chu doesn't care about villains. I'll order my servant to pack the treasure for you and send it to the barracks. I hope the king of Chu will spare the dog's life."

Yang Wenzhao, who has been well protected by Yang Shida since childhood, when did he see his father so humble? Angrily, he ran to Nalan night and said fiercely, "you king of Western Chu, what kind of prestige do you show when you run to our north? My father is the Lord of Anqing city. Can you be a king of other countries at will?"

In his eyes, his father Yang Shida is the heaven of Anqing city. What he said is what he said. No one can refute his father. But now the king of Western Chu didn't listen to his father, but asked his father to work for him. Isn't it a turn of the heaven.

By Yang Wenzhao's accusation, Nalan's night spirit was indifferent. He only clapped his palm on the table, and a solid table suddenly fell apart. A good basin of coral trees on the table also fell to the ground, scattered, and had long lost its original appearance.

"Wen Zhao, step back!" Yang Shida was afraid that Nalan night would kill Yang Wenzhao when he was excited. He pulled his son and wanted to push him out of the door.

Unexpectedly, hearing the news, the soldiers rushed in and Yuan Xing stopped on the spot. Yang Shida had to bow down to Nalan night and plead: "the king of Chu calm down. The dog is offended. Please forgive me. I will die for nothing in Anqing City in the future."

Yang Shida, who was still thinking of perfunctory, was really forced to a dead end by Nalan night this time. He had to completely submit to him and listen to Hou's orders, hoping to spare his only son.

Yang Wenzhao, who was just majestic, knew at this time that the man in front of him was a figure he couldn't provoke. He was so scared that he hid behind Yang Shida.

As a reward for Nalan night's mercy, Yang Shida led Nalan night to the second richest family in Anqing City, second only to himself, and allowed Nalan night to search their property.

Thinking that he could not be spared, he wanted to let all people have nothing with himself. In this way, he even felt schadenfreude.

Looking at the moving property of the soldiers in and out, Yang Shida's eyes twinkled with a sneer, and excitedly introduced Nalan night: "this is the home of Kang Yuanguang, the younger brother of Kang Yuanda, the Minister of the Ministry of war. Because of his brother, he appointed a prison secretary in Anqing City."

"During his tenure, as long as he has money, even if it is a capital crime, he can find a way to let you out. Similarly, if he wants to kill anyone, he will never be soft as long as he gives money. With his brother as the backstage, the people dare to be angry with him."

At this time, Yang Shida seemed to forget that he and Kang Yuanguang were birds of a feather. He seemed to regard himself as an honest and honest local official. He began to constantly complain about Kang Yuanguang's mistakes and forgot that he was better than the people.

Seeing the soldiers coming with Kang Yuanguang, he had a feeling that he was still the master of Anqing city. The difference is that today he pulled down Kang Yuanguang, who had been afraid to move all the time, and he was a little excited.

"Kang Yuanguang, I never thought you would have today?"

Kang Yuanguang returned to Yang Shida with a resentful look. Before he could scold him, he was pulled down by the soldiers.

When Kang Yuanda, the Minister of military affairs in the capital, received the news that his brother had been copied by Nalan night and hanged him on the wall of Anqing city for public display, he was so angry that he spewed out a mouthful of old blood.