Chapter 120: The Chess Piece Left by the Old Emperor

At this time, the wine was also warmed, and two clips of ginger shreds were added, and the rich fragrance was intoxicating. He Chunhua's cook cut a piece of fish meat about five catties heavy from the fish body, smeared it with various seasonings, and roasted it on the fire. Soon, the aroma of grease and flavor pepper was forced out by the flame.

Lu Yao laughed: "I thought He lord had any special way of eating, it turns out it's also roasted on fire."

"The tools are not handy, so I can only make up for it with seasoning juice." The cook brushed the seasoning juice on the fish meat while roasting, and brushed it once every ten turns. When the fish meat was cooked, it also turned into a beautiful red sauce color.

The fish meat was served in front of the two big shots, Lu Yao tasted it, and it was actually roasted with two flavors. A piece of fish meat the size of his fist was divided into two halves, half of the fish skin was charred and crispy, melting in the mouth, and the thick grease under the skin seeped into the meat, relieving the astringency of the large piece of fish meat; while the other half of the fish meat seemed to be smeared with unknown flavor sauce, salty and fragrant with a little fruit sweetness, and even two points of sourness, which was exceptionally greasy.

"Can, can." Lu Yao ate a piece of fish meat and drank a mouthful of wine, giving a thumbs up and praising: "Worthy of being a family of bell-ringing and tripod-eating!"

"Overpraised." He Chunhua also took a piece of fish meat into his mouth. "When my family was most prosperous, it was never listed in the Nine Ministers, so it can't be called bell-ringing and tripod-eating!"

"The Holy Teacher counted the officialdom of Great Yuan, and once mentioned He lord's name." Lu Yao laughed, "Saying you are a talent."

He Chunhua raised his eyebrows. The "Holy Teacher" mentioned by the other party naturally refers to the leader of the rebel army, Hong Xiangqian. It is said that this person has great magical powers, can even save the dead, and even use various magical powers on the battlefield—

The last point is extremely unusual. As everyone knows, when the royal court army fights, it can call on Yuan power, thereby forming a powerful suppression effect on magical powers. Throughout history, countless magical strangers have been besieged to death by government troops.

But Hong Xiangqian could use magical powers on the battlefield, and the effect was not reduced. This is because he has established his own regime and can also master and deploy Yuan power.

This is probably the reason why the Yuan royal court is in a hurry to suppress the rebels: if this scourge is not removed, the second regime within Great Yuan will grow and expand.

Hong Xiangqian is dead, and Lu Yao, who is not afraid of heaven or earth, and dares to stir up the Yama Hall, still maintains respect for him in his conversation; just looking at this point, He Chunhua knows that Hong Xiangqian is not simple, and is by no means just the evil thief and liar announced by the royal court, but as a royal court official, he does not want to show admiration for him.

"I heard the He family suffered an extermination, and you were the only one to survive, yet you were demoted by the old muddle-headed Emperor to Qiansong Commandery. You were only in your early teens then, right? Hmm, you went to Qiansong Commandery just to be a courier; an ordinary person would likely have spent their life that way. You, however, were able to seize the opportunity of the foreign invasion, taking advantage of that desert behind... what was that desert called again?"

"Panlong."

"Oh oh right, Panlong Desert, wind and sand, couldn't pass for several months. At that time, the city was still ruled by the Andong people, you gathered people to kill the Andong envoy in the street, probably scaring the people in the city. Why didn't they kill you?"

"The Andong people occupied Heishuicheng for many years, Yuan Nation never snatched it, so the Andong people thought our country was weak, and only fostered a few compradors to manage Heishuicheng." He Chunhua said lightly, "Kill these few compradors together, and then use the wild sand season to deal with the remaining Andong people in the city. By the end of the wild sand season, Heishuicheng had been successfully recovered."

Lu Yao slapped the table and laughed: "Good, happy. Did the Jinzhou Prefect reward you heavily?"

"No." He Chunhua ate a piece of fish meat. "I was arrested and put in prison, and I was whipped thirty times as soon as I entered the prison, the crime was assassinating friendly nations and provoking border wars. Fortunately, the jailer sympathized with me, hit me lightly, and sent a lot of medicine. The next day, half the city's people came to petition, and the official was afraid of trouble, so they let me go."

"I told the Jinzhou Prefect that the Andong people would not retaliate, he didn't believe it. But Heishuicheng was also peaceful for two years, until the third year the Andong people made a comeback. The Jinzhou Prefect was unable to deal with it, someone advised him that whoever caused the trouble should solve it, so he pushed me out."

Lu Yao nodded: "You beat back the Andong people."

"Three times. Later they didn't invade again." He Chunhua smiled slightly. "The Jinzhou Prefect took the credit for himself, but my deeds had already spread to the capital, and the King also knew about it, and promoted me exceptionally."

Lu Yao asked in surprise: "How did you know that after killing the envoy, the Andong people would swallow their anger?"

"In the last year I was a postman, I heard from merchants on the Red Cliff Road that the Andong King had died, and the country was in turmoil."

"Just like this? The evidence is insufficient?"

He Chunhua smiled slightly: "The Andong King's eldest son died young, and the second and fourth sons have been fighting for power. The second son is fierce, the fourth son is resourceful, and in a short time neither of them killed the other, so the country is in turmoil. Since it is like this, their fighting will probably be delayed, and they have no energy to manage the Red Cliff Road, Heishuicheng, and other irrelevant places for the time being."

Lu Yao stroked his chin: "How did you win later?"

"The Andong royal family fought, and finally the fourth son won, but the country has been weak for many years, and it is even more decadent at this time, sending people to take Heishuicheng is just for face. Attacked three times and couldn't take it back, they didn't fight anymore." He Chunhua smiled slightly. "Now, the Andong country and our country have good relations."

"No wonder the Holy Teacher said that if Yuan Nation had talents like you sitting in the interior, the rebel army's march north would not have been so smooth."

He Chunhua was slightly moved.

This is a very high evaluation, and it also underestimates the civil and military officials of Great Yuan.

"Your family suffered injustice, and you have also made achievements in the frontier, showing your talent, why has the royal court never reused you?"

He Chunhua smiled bitterly. This question is hard to answer.

"The Holy Teacher mentioned it at the time, this is a chess piece left by the old emperor for his successor, a useful chess piece." Lu Yao laughed, "On one hand, you were suppressed in Qiansong Prefecture to continue to polish your sharpness, on the other hand, you were left for the next emperor to reuse, so that you would be grateful to the monarch who promoted you, and you could do your best for him. After all, it was his old man who killed your whole family, and it was him who let you turn over. It's a pity, now the emperor is a big straw bag, failing the big gift the old man gave him before he died."

"Hmm, does the Holy Teacher have any reason?"

He Chunhua lowered his eyes and didn't speak, and it took a long time before he said: "General Lu is unfair for me, He is grateful."

"For an emperor like this, why are you still throwing your life away for him?" Lu Yao gave a sinister chuckle, "Even Dong Haoming, who sold his life to his family for many years, has rebelled. Are you still going to eagerly go and make up the numbers?"

"There has never been a chance to set things right." He Chunhua didn't wait for Lu Yao to refute and asked, "The Grand Marshal rebelled in the capital but failed, and now retreated to Wuzhou. The city is strong and the food is sufficient, the people only know the Donglai Prefecture, not the Yuan Son of Heaven, which shows that the Grand Marshal has long been prepared. If it were General Lu, how would you attack?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 121 =====