A Clash of Gods - Chapter 901

[Chapter 891 News from the North]

Madam’s coquettish and coquettish appearance is even more heartwarming, but Qi Ning knows that there are still important things to do, and tonight is not the time to be friendly with Madam.

He found a servant from the mansion and asked him to go to the Hou mansion to greet Li Tang and bring two people over, and asked his wife to find a large sack. He went back to the piano room and put the unconscious Zhebdamba in it. In the sack, Zhebdanba was tall, and it took Qi Ning a little effort to curl up and put it into the sack.

Qi Ning was worried that this matter would cast a shadow on his wife, so he did not let his wife participate in the action from beginning to end.

Li Tang came very quickly. He brought two people with him. When he saw the sack in the piano room, he saw at a glance that a person was stuffed into it. Qi Ning did not hide it from him, and briefly explained what happened at night. On the other hand, Li Tang had accompanied Qi Ning to Dongqi, but he knew about the Qinghai-Tibet Lama. He learned that the Qinghai-Tibet Lama had targeted Qi Ning and even set a trap. He was quite angry and said in a low voice. “Master Marquis, the people of the ancient elephant kingdom are so daring and dare to set a trap to harm Master Marquis. Do you want to report this matter to the imperial court?”

Qi Ning shook his head and said, “This matter shouldn’t be a big deal. First, bring this Zhebdanba under control, and then let’s see what the ancient elephant people will do next. Zhebdanba only dared to act secretly this time, it can be seen that they I don’t dare to make a big deal about this, after all, I am the Marquis of Chu, and it involves two countries, so they should be cautious.” Then he ordered: “You first take Zhebdanba away and find him. A secret place should be watched first, and no one should be allowed to know about it.”

Li Tang said: “Don’t worry, Lord Hou, leave this to me, and there is nothing wrong with keeping it.” No nonsense, he took the Zhebdanba in the sack with two people, and left through the back door of Tian’s house.

After finishing this matter, Qi Ning went to comfort his wife again, thinking that the woman was frightened tonight, and let her rest earlier, it was already midnight when she left Tian’s house.

Hou’s mansion is not far from Tian’s house. Qi Ning returns to the mansion on horseback. There are two lanterns hanging outside the gate of Hou’s mansion, which are quite bright, but the gate of Hou’s mansion is already closed. There was something behind his butt, and when he took two steps closer, it was a package.

The package was not big, and it was tucked behind the lion’s butt, revealing a large part of it. If you weren’t careful, you might not be able to find it.

Qi Ning was a little strange. He reached out and took the package. The package said whether it was heavy or light. He was suspicious and called the door. ”

The guard who opened the door looked blank, shook his head and said, “Master Hou, we just closed the door, and we didn’t see any packages left outside.”

Qi Ning frowned slightly and glanced back, the long street was deserted, and the doors of the various mansions were already closed, and no one could be seen.

He knew that it must be after the Hou Mansion closed, someone secretly put this package over, and now it is difficult to find out who sent the package.

After returning to the house, I went back to the house, put the package on the table first, and cleaned it up. Then I went to the table and opened the package with the light of the oil lamp. Only then did I realize that the package contained some books and texts. Qi Ning was even more curious. He picked up an ultimatum, opened it and glanced at it a few times. Under the lonely lamp, Xiao Hou’s face first showed a look of surprise. But it slowly stretched out, and a sneer appeared on his lips.

Three days after Longtai’s big wedding, the embassy from Dong Qi finally returned to Qi, and Su Zixuan, the daughter of Marquis Su Zhen of Wuxiang, would naturally follow the embassy to marry Dong Qi.

Qi Ning didn’t care about these two matters, and it was not until the day that the envoy of the state of Qi departed that he accompanied the officials of the state of Chu to see off the envoy of the state of Qi.

Naturally, the emperor did not have to go out of the palace to see him off in person, so the task of sending the mission out of the city naturally fell on Ma Lan of the Zhenguo Company.

On the day of seeing off, Qi Ning knew that Su Zhen still escorted Su Zixuan to Qi country in person after all, perhaps because of the emperor’s order, Su Zhen led the team to Qi country this time as the envoy of the embassy.

However, the responsibility of escorting in the Chu State fell on Sima Changshen’s head.

Although Sima Changshen was deprived of the title of Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness, he was immediately conferred the title of former general of the Qinhuai Army by the emperor.

The main general of the Qinhuai Corps, Yue Huanshan, is the general Wuwei, and the four generals are the front, the rear, the left, and the right. In terms of position, the former general is second only to the general Wuwei who commanded 100,000 soldiers. So from a certain point of view, it is not a disadvantage that Sima Changshen lost the title of Marquis of Loyalty and got the post of former general.

The daughter of the Marquis of Wuxiang was married to Dongqi. This matter was announced on the day when Ximen Zhanying competed with Wu to decide her son-in-law. Although the main task of the Ministry of Rites recently was to prepare for the emperor’s wedding, it also dispatched a small number of people. Prepare for Su Zixuan to marry Dong Qi.

The Marquis of Wuxiang, Su Zhen, is naturally extremely satisfied with this marriage, and the Su family is getting weaker day by day. If this marriage can be used to enhance the status of the Su family, this is of course something that cannot be asked for, and although the Su family has no right to speak in the court. , but the family has a big business and a rich family. This time, Su Zhen married a daughter, but he was also very courageous. He purchased a very generous dowry, and the court also rewarded a lot of wealth and silk treasures as dowry.

Sima Changshen wanted to rush to the Qinhuai Corps to take up his post, and happened to be with the mission all the way. The task of guarding the mission was naturally left to Sima Changshen.

The embassy of the state of Qi led by the Prince of Dongqi and the embassy of the state of Chu led by Su Zhen sent their relatives. There were two or three hundred people from top to bottom. In addition, Sima Changshen brought a group of people. The car, the team was a mighty one, and under the leadership of Sima Lan, the officials of the Chu State were sent directly out of the city twenty miles away.

On the way to Qi Ning, he was thinking about the purpose of Prince Dong Qi’s visit to Chu State. Although it was obvious that he wanted to send Princess Tianxiang to Chu State to marry, there was another important thing, which was to make an alliance with Chu State. The joint forces of the two countries attacked the Northern Han, and such a major military event, I don’t know what the final result will be.

Qi Ning believed that the Chu country should have reached some kind of agreement with Prince Dongqi about the joint forces between the two countries. Otherwise, if there is no result and leave today, Prince Dongqi’s face should not be too good-looking, but Duan Shao saw it today. He looked good and was in a good mood, at least he got a decent answer from Chu State.

After the Crown Prince of Dong Qi came to Chu, Qi Ning didn’t have too much contact with him. What kind of answer the court gave to Duan Shao, Qi Ning really doesn’t know now.

Only after the team left did the ministers return to the city.

Qi Ning was about to mount the horse, but someone hurried over and said respectfully, “Master Marquis, the old man is invited!” After speaking, he looked back. Qi Ning followed his gaze and saw Sima Lan standing beside a carriage. Up, old-fashioned, but nodded to himself.

Qi Ning didn’t say much, threw the reins of the horse to the man, walked over quickly, and said with a smile, “What is the old man’s order?”

“Jinyihou, this old man wants to talk to you, but I don’t know if I can ride with this old man?” Sima Lan was calm and had a smile on his face.

Qi Ning thought for a moment and said, “Dare to obey!”

The carriage that Sima Lan rode in was not luxurious, but it was spacious enough that the two sat face to face in the carriage, with a large space in the middle.

“Early this morning, news came from the Northern Han Dynasty.” Sima Lan stroked his beard lightly: “Beitangzhao, the fifth prince of the Northern Han Dynasty, commanded the 30,000 frontier troops in the northern border of the Han kingdom to head south, and the sword pointed directly at Luoyang, the capital of the Han kingdom. , and the sixth prince Beitanghao and his henchmen have already controlled the situation in Luoyang, and they are heavily defending the city, and the battle between the two sides is about to break out.”

Qi Ning said “oh”. In fact, he has always been interested in the situation in Beihan. Beitangfeng went from Chu to Hanzhong to Xianyang. Qining has been waiting for Beitangfeng to meet his uncle Qu Yuangu. With the support of Tongguan to attack Luoyang, if this happens, the Northern Han Dynasty will be in chaos.

But I never got any news from Beitangfeng. At this time, from Sima Lan’s mouth, I learned that the other two princes of Beihan had been fighting.

He pondered for a while before asking: “Guo Gong, in your opinion, how will the Han Kingdom develop next?”

“The dead Beitanghuan was quite a formidable figure.” Sima Lan said: “When he was alive, the Northern Han Dynasty was under his pressure, and no one dared to act rashly. But this person made a fatal mistake, then That is, he did not have a crown prince before his death. Beitanghuan gave birth to a total of eight sons. And five sons.”

Qi Ning knew a little about the royal family of the Northern Han Dynasty, nodded slightly, and Sima Lan continued: “Among these five sons, according to their backgrounds, the fourth prince, Beitangfeng, Beitangfeng and Beitangfeng are naturally the ones who are qualified to inherit the throne. Tangfeng was born by the Empress of the Northern Han Dynasty, who was the first-born son, and as far as I know, Beitangfeng looks like Beitanghuan when he was young, so he is very favored by Beitanghuan. There are rumors that Beitanghuan really likes it. Beitangfeng inherits the throne.”

Qi Ning said: “I also know a little about this. I heard that Beitanghuan gave birth to two princes before, and after they were born, he was immediately established as the crown prince, but because of this, he died early, so Beitanghuan has since then If there is no more crown prince, maybe it is because he is worried that the crown prince will be established too early and bring misfortune to his children.”

Sima Lan stroked his beard and said with a smile: “That’s true. Although Beitanghuan is interested in Beitangfeng, he has never been made a prince, which has given other princes coveted hearts. The fifth prince, Beitang, the sixth prince of Showa and the sixth prince, Beitang. Hao, among Beitanghuan’s sons, these two are quite talented, and their mothers are also important officials of Beihan. I wonder why those people don’t want to let them have a relationship with them. A blood-related prince succeeds?”

“That’s why Beitanghuan died suddenly, and the princes and officials of the Northern Han Dynasty began to fight against each other.” Qi Ning smiled lightly: “Guo Gong, I heard that Beitang Huanye, the Muyunhou of the Northern Han Dynasty, has a very high status in the Northern Han Dynasty, and his qualifications are also very high. Extremely high, and also a great master, the Northern Han civil strife, why did this person not intervene, does he want to watch the Han kingdom fall into civil strife?”

“Beitang Magic Night!” Sima Lan said lightly before slowly saying: “It is impossible to know whether this person is alive or dead. At least in recent years, there has been no news about this person at all. It is rumored that Beitang Magic Night is early. already dead.”