Chapter 216 Decision

"Brother Han, it's all my fault, wuwuwu..."

In the carriage, Yuan Li was very angry. The chest of his white gown was bright red, and there seemed to be blood seeping out.

The moment he saw Han Qi, tears flowed from the corners of Yuan Li's eyes and he began to sob.

"Brother Yuan, what's wrong with you?" Han Qi was slightly surprised. Yuan Lixiang could die at any time at this moment.

"It was Guo Tu who did it. He took a dagger and stabbed the head of the house in the chest while he was not paying attention. The head of the house is lucky enough to be alive today." Yuan Xiu's eyes were red.

After a pause, he cursed: "This bastard deceived everyone, and now we know that he is a spy from Beidi."

"Hey, I didn't expect that there would be someone with such deliberate intentions." Han Qi sighed and said, "Brother Yuan, don't worry, the court will give you justice."

"Haha... That's a great performance. You should go sing." Chang Wei listened for a while, laughed angrily, and kept applauding the three of them.

"What do you mean?" Yuan Xiu was furious and pointed at Chang Wei.

"I told you to keep acting, traitors!" Chang Wei narrowed his eyes, "Take your dirty hands back, I'm afraid I won't be able to help but draw the knife."

"You dare!" Yuan Xiu shouted, but still retracted his fingers.

In the battle at Yanguan, he was beaten to the point of fear, and was instinctively afraid of Chang Wei when he saw him.

"Ahem, General Chang, I know you and His Highness Prince Yan don't believe it, but it doesn't matter. I am willing to accept the court's interrogation. I will make my own conclusions about right and wrong." Yuan Li coughed violently several times, his tone weak.

Then, he took off the bandage on his chest, revealing a wound deep enough to the bone.

"General Chang, look at who would lie about his own life. He is lucky enough to survive." Han Qi clicked his tongue twice and shook his head.

Chang Wei remained silent, knowing that since Han Qi led his troops, he could not destroy the Yuan family.

Now, he is just waiting for King Yan's order.

Seeing that Chang Wei was silent, Han Qi said to Yuan Lida: "Brother Yuan, please take good care of yourself. I will tell the court what happened to you and report it to the emperor."

After that, he lowered the car curtain.

The moment the car curtain was lowered, Yuan Li's pitiful eyes suddenly became fierce, and he took a deep breath due to the pain of the wound.

This time, in order to act realistically, he was cruel to himself.

The wound was very deep. After all, if he didn't act more realistically, he would really lose his head.

A day later, Ma Yuan arrived at Fan Yang.

After meeting Yuan Li, he decided to send him to the capital.

At the same time, Chang Wei received an order from the palace to withdraw his troops to Yancheng.

…

Jinling, Imperial Palace.

Only five days after the imperial edict ordering the state pastors to dispatch troops to Yanzhou was issued, another imperial edict was issued, canceling the first edict.

In the study, Zhao Heng took the memorial that had just been delivered and breathed a sigh of relief, "The King of Yan not only defeated the Yuan family's troops who attacked Yan Pass, but also repelled the Beidi people."

This memorial was written by Zhao Xu himself. It stated how he went to Yanguan, how he defeated the Yuan family's troops, how he defended Yanguan and how he retreated to Beidi.

Judging from the news coming from Yanzhou, it is just as King Yan said.

The crisis in Yanzhou has been resolved.

"I really didn't realize that King Yan is so capable." Liang Cheng clicked his tongue twice.

Zhao Heng nodded slightly. In the past few days, Dasong was about to face a serious crisis, and the country might even be broken.

In just a few days, the crisis was resolved, and Dasong Jiangshan will continue to operate SF Hetai in the future.

"It's just that King Yan has made such a great contribution, how should I reward him?" Zhao Heng pondered, and while he was happy, he suddenly felt a little worried in his heart.

This time, King Yan’s contribution is not insignificant.

The first suppressed the Yuan family's rebellion, and the second defended Yan Pass.

Either of these two things is a great achievement.

Not only does it strengthen the power of the royal family, it will also greatly frighten the eight powerful families.

Liang Cheng was frightened this time. After all, if the Beidi people came, the royal family would not have a good life, and he, the eunuch, would not have a good life either.

Moreover, he had received so many precious commercial goods from the King of Yan, so he naturally wanted to speak to the King of Yan at this time, so he said: "The Yuan family has rebelled. If His Highness Ninth Prince does not turn the tide in Yanzhou, I can't even think about it now. What will happen in the future?" , to rely more on the King of Yan, it would be better to divide the seven counties of Yanzhou..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped talking, because Zhao Heng's face turned gloomy at this moment.

"The chaos in Yanzhou is just around the corner. This is the danger of handing Yanzhou into the hands of one person. How can we heal the scars and forget the pain, and now hand over Yanzhou to King Yan? The best way to balance the power of Yanzhou is to take this opportunity ." Zhao Heng said solemnly.

He needs the King of Yan to maintain the stability of Yanzhou and the balance with the powerful clans. These are out of interests.

To him, no matter the Yuan family, the powerful clan, or the King of Yan, they are all chess pieces on the Dasong chessboard.

What he wants is for them to restrain each other so that he, the emperor, can benefit from it and maintain his rule over Dasong. No one can shake his position.

As a result of King Yan's Autumn Hunting, he gave King Yan Shanggu County in order to support King Yan and check and balance the Yuan family.

However, the Yuan family suffered a heavy blow this time, and no one in Yanzhou could check and balance King Yan, which was not what he wanted to see.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for him to hand over all seven counties of Yanzhou to King Yan.

Since ancient times, ambitions have grown and princes have risen to rebellion. Who can guarantee that King Yan will not be next?

Moreover, there is a deep secret in his heart, which makes him hate and resent the prince whose mother's family is from a poor family. This is the fundamental reason why he has never been able to treat King Yan equally with other princes.

From beginning to end, he supported King Yan only out of interests rather than family affection.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is absolutely right." A thin layer of sweat broke out on Liang Cheng's palms.

The Yanzhou Incident surprised and delighted him, but he was careless.

Only then did he remember, where does the family affection come from in the emperor's family? What's more, there's that incident back then.

"But King Yan deserves a big reward for his great achievements, otherwise he may be dissatisfied." Zhao Heng rolled his eyes and made a decision secretly.

Two more days passed.

Another memorial was sent from Yanzhou.

This time the discount was sent by Ma Yuan.

According to the news, Ma Yuan has taken Yuan Li into custody and is about to send him to the capital.

But he also mentioned the mysterious case of the Yuan family's rebellion.

"Guo Tu?" Zhao Heng frowned.

He subconsciously felt that this was Yuan Li's plan.

However, it no longer matters whether it is true or false. He needs the Yuan family to continue to stay in Yanzhou.

…

At the same time, the powerful clans also received news from Yanzhou.

Twenty miles outside Jinling City, in a luxurious courtyard by the Yuxi River.

At that time, the six ministers of the dynasty, Xiao Cheng, the general of the state, were all in the capital.

At this time, Dou Wei was sitting in the main seat, and the others were lined up on the left and right.

In the courtyard, there are other long tables where children from various powerful families are sitting.

Dishes were served, wine was served, and singing and dancing began.

The courtyard suddenly became noisy.

Everyone was feasting and enjoying singing and dancing.

After three rounds of drinking, Dou Wei saw that General Xiao Cheng was unhappy and asked, "General Xiao, what's going on?"

Xiao Cheng sighed, "It's not like my useless third brother. He escaped from Yan Pass the night the Beidi people came. This time, the emperor will definitely punish him."

"Escape in battle, this crime cannot be escaped." Han Zheng frowned. Although the food and wine were good, he couldn't be happy.

In the past, the Yuan family was almost a vassal of his Han family, and they paid filial piety to his Han family every year.

Now, besides this matter in the Yuan family, he was particularly embarrassed.

Moreover, the Sixth Prince was convicted and imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.

Fortunately, there is a glimmer of hope. The rebellion may not necessarily fall on the Yuan family.

"That's right. This time, King Yan took all the credit, and our family got nothing." Wang Zi'an drank a glass of wine.

The crisis in Yanzhou was lifted, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he was unhappy that King Yan had received such great credit.

After all, King Yan is a member of the royal family.

Fan Xinglun said: "Shouldn't you be concerned about the magic weapon used by King Yan to win this time? It is said that that thing is called a cannon and it is very powerful."

At the mention of this, Liang Kai, who was making time and flirting with a dancer, suddenly became gloomy.

Xie Duan looked at Liang Kai and said, "It sounds like this thing looks a bit like the Shenji camp's firearms, but it seems much bigger. Liang Shangshu, don't you think so?"

Liang Kai's smile was a little unnatural. The firearms of Shenji Camp were presented to the royal family by their Liang family.

However, this thing fires slowly and is not accurate, so it has always been used as a guard of honor.

Everyone never took it seriously.

Others also looked at Liang Kai at this time. This time King Yan's artillery was rumored to be magical, and they could not ignore it.

After all, King Yan proved the power of this weapon in the war.

This made them suddenly feel a crisis.

The firearms of the Shenji Battalion were donated by the Liang family. Naturally, they believed that the Liang family knew more about artillery than they did.

After all, they had only heard many rumors that there were plundering ships on the sea carrying similar weapons that made loud noises and fire.