"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Lord Sikong has something to ask for." Little Caozi hurried in and saw that the Emperor was discussing something with Eunuch Su.

"What is he here for?" Shen Yixiang couldn't guess why Sikong Zhi came.

"Replying to the Emperor, I don't know, but Lord Sikong seems very anxious, and said that he must meet with the Emperor." Xiao Caozi looked worried, he did not dare to delay political affairs.

"If the emperor wants to rest, I will go and tell Master Sikong now and ask him to come back tomorrow." Eunuch Su asked carefully. He found that Shen Yixiang's face was very pale.

"Xiao Cao Zixuan, let him come in. We didn't talk about political affairs in the morning. Now they come to see me one by one. It's really free. Don't you know that my time is precious?" Shen Yixiang was quite dissatisfied with the three men taking turns disturbing his peace.

"Hey." As soon as Xiao Caozi left the palace, Sikong Zhi hurriedly came in. He staggered to the ground and knelt down. He simply kowtowed to the emperor and said: "Tell the emperor that something serious has happened."

"Speak slowly, Aiqing, everything is fine, why is it so bad?" Shen Yixiang was very impatient. He had been hearing bad news all morning, and he was particularly irritable at this moment.

"I received a secret report from the prefects of Xihe and Tianshui that a large number of refugees were pouring into the city because Qiuchi was occupied by Jin Ge." Sikong Zhi rushed to Xuande Hall after receiving the secret report. He did not dare to delay for a moment. He did not know that Jin Ge Why did the Ge Kingdom suddenly attack the border? Could it be that King Jin Ge was so ambitious that he wanted to attack the Great Zhou Dynasty?

"Why didn't Qiu Chi go to the secret fold?" Shen Yixiang questioned. If there was a real problem in the city, Qiu Chi would be the first to report for help. How could he let other cities go first? He was afraid that someone was spreading rumors to cause panic. .

"I don't know, but even the secret documents between Xihe and Tianshui were ordered by Zong Yufu to report to the emperor immediately." Sikong Zhi explained that he was very surprised when he first received the secret documents and thought it was a gift. Wrong.

"You stretched out your hand long enough, and you started worrying about the imperial censor?" Shen Yixiang immediately became serious. Only then did he believe that what Ze Fengduo said was true, precisely because of the interference of other sects. , which led to the delay in the news from Zong Yufu. Shen Yixiang felt a little guilty for questioning Ze Fengduo just now.

"I was frightened. It was someone from Zong Yu's Mansion who directly sent the secret to Zong Baifu. He said that Master Ze Feng didn't know where he was going and couldn't find him, so he asked me to submit this secret to the emperor because it involved important matters. I came to see the emperor directly without verifying the incident. I sincerely serve the emperor and would rather make a false report than omit it." Sikong Zhi was a general who was promoted by the emperor purely based on his strength, so he cherished his official position very much. .

Sikong Zhi did not dare to deceive him at all. Although he behaved proudly on weekdays, it was actually to hide the inferiority complex he had felt for many years. Others were hereditary officials, and some had family background and support from powerful forces. He was the only one who relied on his own hard work on the battlefield. In exchange for his current glorious position, he despised the civil officials who gave advice more and more. He had a noble attitude towards the emperor's tenacity and loyalty, but in fact he was submissive in his words and deeds behind his back.

"Then according to what Aiqing said, if Qiuchi was really occupied, why didn't the local governor or prefect submit a memorial?" Shen Yixiang was full of doubts. Ever since the envoy was robbed by bandits, he had a vague feeling of dissatisfaction. Good hunch.

"Reporting to the Emperor, the brochure specifically emphasized that Jinge was a secretly occupied Qiuchi, and the local officials may have been strictly controlled." Sikong Zhi's guess is not impossible, otherwise how could there be so many refugees in Qiuchi City, which was prosperous and prosperous.

"If the control is really strict? Then why are there still refugees fleeing? They secretly occupied the city but then exiled the people with great fanfare? Does Aiqing think this is reasonable?" Shen Yixiang looked at Sikong Ji. He felt that what happened recently was a

The next thing should be more than just a coincidence.

"I think carefully. I'm afraid that important matters will be delayed and cannot be verified without verification. I still ask the emperor to make a decision." Sikong Zhi didn't dare to argue any more. He was afraid that if he said anything wrong, he would be killed.

"Do you know that the envoy was robbed by bandits?" Shen Yixiang looked at the person in front of him.

"What envoy? Jin Ge Kingdom?" Sikong Zhi's doubts were very real. He really didn't know about Jin Ge's envoy being robbed, otherwise he wouldn't be so confused about why Jin Ge sent troops to Qiu Chi.

"You really don't know this?" Shen Yixiang asked again.

"It turns out that Jin Ge occupied Qiu Chi to seek justice for the envoy. I suddenly realized it." Si Kongfang said sincerely. He was wondering whether the emperor would send him to rescue Qiu Chi. His original intention was to be content with the status quo. After all, he would not

No matter how great his achievements, he just got a hereditary title. His official position has reached the top in his life, and he just wants to retire and return to his hometown in peace to live a comfortable life.

"It seems that the secret documents of the Liangzhou Prefect were not handed to me through your hands." Shen Yixiang muttered to himself.

"I am stupid, please let the emperor express it clearly." Sikong Zhi didn't understand why the emperor mentioned Liangzhou.

"Xihe, what else did the prefect of Tianshui say?" Shen Yixiang asked.

"It describes that after Qiuchi was occupied, Jin Ge carried out a large-scale robbery, and the people who were robbed were directly expelled from the city." Although Sikong Zhi was worried about Qiuchi, he was also glad that there were no killings there.

"What else?" Shen Yixiang was thinking a lot.

"Your Majesty, they hope to receive additional grain and grass for the relief of the victims." Sikong Zhi asked on behalf of the prefects. The beginning of spring is a time of drought. In order to accommodate the refugees for a long time, various places will be stocking up on grain.

"In your opinion, how should this matter be handled?" Shen Yixiang's tone softened a bit. There was no need for him to get angry with Sikong Zhi. After all, sending secret documents indiscriminately was an internal matter within the Zong Yufu and should not be blamed on others.

"If it is really because the envoy was robbed and King Jin Ge knew about it that he occupied Qiuchi, then he was just taking revenge. The emperor's top priority is to find the envoy and return it immediately. There is no need to start a war with Jin Ge." Sikong Zhi had not yet been in office.

Having led troops in battles, he rejected war from the bottom of his heart.

"What if the envoy's condition is not good and he needs to recuperate for half a month before he can be sent back?" Shenyi Xiang said the envoy's condition in a hypothetical form.

"I feel that King Jin Ge should be informed about the envoy as soon as possible, and at the same time be warned to let him retreat when he sees the difficulties." Sikong Zhi did not want the two countries to provoke unnecessary wars. The people who would suffer the most from breaking the peace were the people.

"My men are on the way. If Qiu Chi is really captured, wouldn't it mean that Jin Ge deliberately made an enemy of our great Zhou Dynasty?" Shen Yixiang finally explained the current situation.

"In my humble opinion, if it were just the relationship between our Da Zhou and Jin Ge, it would be okay, but I'm afraid..." Sikong Zhi stopped talking. He didn't know whether he should tell the emperor about the complicated situation of various countries. After all,

It's all hearsay, and it's hard to tell whether it's true or false.
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