Chapter 71 The visible war (2)
Also, on this day, a fast horse passed through the gate of the capital and went straight to Great Liang’s palace.
Boom!
Emperor Jinghui swept all the things on the desk to the floor. All the scribbling, brushes and inks flew to three meters away.
At Wenhua Palace, the high-ranked officials who were urgently summoned, were all silent.
“Bastards! A barbarian small country dared to cheat me!” Emperor Jinghui roared angrily.
The officials didn’t dare to make a sound. Even Lin Qing who was standing next to emperor Jinghui, frowned.
The urgent report from the northwest eight hundred li away said that the Xiongnu tribe actually assaulted the frontier of Great Liang again. How long had it been since the envoys came to fetch the bride? One month!
- Li: 500m
This was simply a joke!
The face of Great Liang had been fiercely slapped by the Xiongnu this time. If Great Liang was a person, both sides of his face would’ve been beaten swollen. Moreover, the slap had been given by the palm-leaf like hand of a vulgar and barbarian man called Xiongnu. He savagely slapped twice vigorously, making emperor Jinghui fly into rage.
According to the intelligence sent by the frontier army, not even a month after they had taken the princess as bride, they had assembled an army an attacked two places at the frontier of Great Liang. Caught off guard, the two cities had been breached. A total of seven thousand people died at the two places. The army had been almost totally wiped out!
After the Xiongnu had succeeded, they forced entrance into the two cities, they burned, killed, looted and did all kind of evils. The two cities had become a purgatory in the human world!
The smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces floated a few thousand li in the wind. Now, the smoke had reached Great Liang’s capital, on the desk of emperor Jinghui.
“Who can tell zhen why?!”
- Zhen: I, used by the emperor
None of the officials in the palace could answer emperor Jinghui’s question. Who could have foreseen that the situation would be like this?
Not only did the Xiongnu marry a Great Liang’s princess in the name of a marriage alliance and after marrying the princess, they turned and gave Great Liang a stab!
This was the same as a son-in-law just married a father-in-law’s daughter and after enjoying everything that could be enjoyed in the bedchamber, he abruptly became dissatisfied and hostile. Not only did he bring his own men and horses back to the father-in-law’s house with murderous intent and gave the father-in-law a stab, he also wanted to rob a part of the dowry.
Who could bear this kind of thing? Let alone emperor Jinghui, even the officials wouldn’t be able to bear it. They all clamored that they should teach the Xiongnu a lesson and kill them without leaving a piece!
However, would this kind of thing be useful with only talks?
Great Liang and the Xiongnu had fought for so many years. The Xiongnu assaulted the frontier every year. Great Liang only had the upper hand in the beginning. Afterwards, there had been more defeats than victories.
Since general Pingxi, a few people had been able to lead a fierce battle against the Xiongnu. Now, general Pingxi is old. There are no outstanding generals among the younger generation. How could they go to war?
Who could lead the army?
Although, the court had received some good news about the frontier every year, but as Lin Qing had put it, the Xiongnu fought repeatedly even after being defeated? No matter how you put the matter, it seemed weird. The officials at court hasn’t been to the frontier. How could they know what the frontier was like now?
However, no matter what, the urgent task now was to understand the reason that the Xiongnu had raised their swords. The angry emperor Jinghui ordered to find out the cause of the matter at all costs. As for what would happen after the reason was found out…who knows.
This was truly a frustrating event that would make people angry. Lin Qing also smashed a cup in the lobby of the Department of Supervision. The cup and tea leaves broke into pieces and shattered all over the floor.
Emperor Jinghui had ordered the Prefecture of Arrest to participate in this matter. There must be result within a month. Lin Qing was so busy that he naturally wouldn’t be able to return to Qiansui’s residence.
He smashed the cup not for this reason. It was for the report presented to him by the Prefecture of Arrest today.
The cold aura around Lin Qing frightened the small eunuchs of the Department of Supervision that they didn’t even dare to breathe hard for fear that in a moment of carelessness, they would be burned by Lord Qiansui’s anger.
Very well. The Eastern Palace actually dared to have designs on his people. Did he (SY) think that he was dead?!
With a bang, the report on the desk had been sent flying by Lin Qing’s fist. Xiao Lianzi called all the people in the lobby away while sweating profusely. Then, after he made the person behind him visible, he retreated quietly.
Zhao Zimu wore a brown garment and walked lightly to behind him. Lin Qing felt someone approached him, turned and was dumbstruck. He asked, “What are you here for?”
She faintly held his hand and looked at the slightly red joints. A trace of heartache flashed through her eyes. She looked at him and said, “I came to put the fire (anger) out.”
Lin Qing laughed, but there was a gloominess in his voice, “How will you put it out?”
Zhao Zimu laughed suddenly, approached him and said, “You will know after you try.”
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