I Painted Skins In the Cemetery For Fifteen Years

Remember [New] for a second,! Then, the big **** launched the imperial decree and said loudly: "Fengtian carries the emperor's system, and the third son Shen Wuque, the Marquis of Zhenhai, Shen Gong and Ao, is intelligent, courageous, wise and generous, canonized as a Viscount of the Empire, and the title of Qingping, and he is also named Heilongtai Hereditary Thousand Households of the Empire, Qin Dynasty. this!"

Shen Gongao was particularly stunned when this intention came out.

Why? !

The other two sons of Duke Shen's family were not enthroned.

Why should you give Noble a knighthood?

Although this is a viscount, it doesn't make sense.

As far as credit is concerned, the eldest son Shen Wuzhuo has made great contributions to the empire, and the court has only sealed the fourth-rank general.

There is no such thing as a knighthood.

Shen Wuque has done great deeds to the Duke Shen family, but he has nothing to do with the empire.

And the emperor's knighthood is very particular.

The Shen Gong family already had a marquis, and it was inherited from generation to generation.

Now that a viscount is appointed, it means that the Shen Gong family has one more nobleman. Even if Shen Wuque inherits the title of Marquis in the future, the Viscount may remain in the Duke Shen family, and his two sons, one inherits the Marquis and the other inherits the Viscount.

Just like the previous Ying family, there is one duke, two marquis, and two earls.

Just like the Mi family today, there is one king, one duke, and two marquis.

These are all top Chinese who have accumulated hundreds of thousands of years, and the Shen Gong family has only risen for more than ten years.

but

After hearing this will, Wu Que did not feel any joy, but instead showed a bit of solemnity.

The **** said slowly: "Accompanying this imperial decree, there is also an oral edict."

Word of mouth?

Generally speaking, the emperor's oral decree is more precious than the imperial decree.

Although the decree is very formal, the oral decree is more intimate.

"Your Majesty said, I read Shen Wuque's article and liked it very much. When it is convenient, I hope that Shen Wuque will come to the palace, write and read for me. By the way, I will come to Beijing, and I will show you a good marriage. ."

This word came out.

Wu Que and Shen Gongao didn't understand at all.

The emperor wants to marry?

However, Shen Wuque is already married and already has a wife.

Too strange.

After reading the decree, the **** said: "Shen Wuque, your essay on the big test, and the poems you wrote. Whether it's for Yuanhu or Wen Daozi, His Majesty has read it and said it's very, very, very I like it. Especially the one about the worries of the world before the world and the joy of the world later. When His Majesty was practicing calligraphy, he often wrote this poem and gave it to many courtiers. I hope they also have your poems. in this spirit.”

Wu Que said: "Wei Chen is frightened."

Then, the **** stood motionless, waiting for Shen Gongao and Shen Wuque to thank him.

Wu Que, on the other hand, looked at the **** motionless.

If you guessed correctly, there should be a purpose.

The **** looked at Wu Que and said slowly, "Shen Wu Que, you are really sharp, and you don't know how to hide your clumsiness."

Then, the big **** said coldly: "Shen Wuque, not long ago, you did a great thing. Just outside the gate of the Marquis of Zhenhai, you shot and killed more than a thousand people, including Nanhai County. This is the army of the Empire. What do you want to go? Rebellion?"

Then, the big **** opened a box, threw three memorials from it, and threw them in front of Wu Que.

"Do you know how many memorials there are for you? Hundreds of thousands, and this is three of them!"

Wu Que opened the first memorial, which was written by Li Shiyun, the prefect of Nanhai County, who ruthlessly participated in Shen Wu Que's treason.

The second is from Bai Linghou, and the third is from Fu Jianzhi, Governor of Tianshui Province.

Every memorial, with sharp and fierce words, will directly kill Shen Wuque.

The **** said coldly: "I brought the first imperial decree to commend you. As a result, halfway through, you ordered the beheading of hundreds of soldiers of the empire and let hundreds of officials join you. What do you think? Ah? Your Majesty has just issued a compliment to consecrate you, and you committed a major crime of treason?"

Then, his face suddenly became stern, his eyes turned cold, he took out the second imperial decree, and slowly unfolded it.

"The emperor of Fengtian Chengyun said, Shen Wuque was so mad and rebellious that he dared to shoot and kill 635 people in the Nanhai County garrison. This kind of behavior is without a king's father, and the state law is intolerable. It should have been clearly punished! Shen Gongao worked hard and made great achievements, the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped.

Then, the big **** shouted: "Come here, take Shen Wuque down and **** him to Beijing!"

Suddenly, a dozen royal warriors poured in.

Shen Gongao looked at all this, and looked at the eunuch.

There are now two decrees, but only one can be chosen.

Moreover, in this imperial decree, there is not a single word about the Red Earth Territory and the Red Earth City.

But the core lies in this red soil territory.

According to the previous rules, most of the territories conquered by Shen Gongao belonged to the empire, and a quarter of them became Shen Gongao's new territories.

In the battle not long ago, Shen Gongao seized more than 10,000 square kilometers of Nanman land.

Among them, the red earth territory will be owned by the Shen Gong family, which is more than 3,000 square kilometers.

This land is extremely important to the Shen Gong family, because there are two million acres of fertile land on it.

Although the Shen Gong family now has a large territory, there is a lack of fertile land on time, and the food cannot be independent at all, and they need to buy a large amount of food every year.

It's not just about money, it's about strategic passivity.

Food is the lifeblood, how can it be in the hands of others?

Therefore, the more than 3,000 square kilometers of the Red Earth Territory is a top priority for the Shen Gong family.

And how much did the Shen Gong family pay for this grain-producing area? !

Nearly 30,000 private troops were killed or wounded.

The whereabouts of the eldest son Shen Wuzhuo are unknown.

The empire had been delaying the survey work before, and did not want to confer the canonization of the red soil collar to the Shen Gong family.

But not long ago, a plague broke out in the red soil territory, and the tribal coalition forces of the Dali Kingdom attacked the red soil territory again.

The army of the empire immediately retreated a few hundred miles, leaving the army of the Shen Gong family in front, facing the army several times of the kingdom of Dali alone.

Shen Wuzhuo did not retreat, and chose to fight.

There is no shortage of this battle, but I also know that it is unprecedentedly tragic.

Thanks to Shen Wuyu leading the Moro coalition to come to support at the critical moment, he won this crucial battle and kept the Red Earth Territory.

But the price was nearly 30,000 casualties, Shen Wuzhuo disappeared, and Shen Wuyu became a walking dead.

Therefore, it would be unreasonable for the empire not to confer the canonization of this red soil territory to the Shen Gong family.

Then, Shen Gongao was faced with a choice.

Either the guarantee is intact, that is, the first imperial edict, but the red soil territory will be lost.

Either keep the red soil territory, but give up Shen Wuque.

Both, can only keep the same.

The **** Shen Gongao silently waited for him to make a choice.

After a long while, the **** said, "Marquis Zhenhai, which of these two wills should I give in the end?"

Wu Que said slowly: "The Empire Center and Dali Kingdom are negotiating, do you want to use the Red Earth Territory as a bargaining chip? Not only the Red Earth Territory, my father has seized nearly 20,000 square kilometers of land this time, and he will also use it as a bargaining chip. Is the bargaining chip of the Great Li Kingdom negotiating?"

The **** said: "We are internal officials, and we don't understand such important national affairs."

At this moment, a word appeared in Wu Que's mind.

In the face of the interests of the entire empire, the interests of any individual are completely ignored.

In the face of the general trend of the country, any individual's efforts are in vain.

The fall of the Dongyi Empire led to a series of chain reactions.

Sky Book City and the Daxia Empire both set their sights on the Kingdom of Dali.

The Daxia Empire needs the Dali Kingdom to be a vassal and become a vassal state.

Sky Book City needs the conversion of Dali Kingdom to offset the fall of Dongli Kingdom.

In order to resist the eastward advance of the Western Holy See, the entire Daxia Empire needs to change its strategic direction.

So, the southern expedition is over.

The southward expansion is over.

In order to negotiate with the Dali Kingdom, all the territories occupied by Shen Gongao this time need to be returned to the Dali Kingdom, including the Red Earth Territory.

The Shen Gong family has paid an astronomical price, and it will be in vain.

For the interests of the empire, for the sake of Eastern civilization, you can only sacrifice the interests of your Duke Shen family.

Shen Gongao closed his eyes in pain.

Red soil territory!

Two million acres of fertile land.

With this land, the Shen Gong family's territory will be complete, and they will have food autonomy.

It cost 20,000 to 30,000 casualties.

Is that gone?

Then, Shen Gongao looked at Wuque.

The eldest son is missing.

The second son is unconscious.

There is only this third son left, such an excellent, such an excellent third son.

Are people important?

Or is the land important?

Why?

Why should the Empire negotiate with the Dali Kingdom at the expense of my Shen Gong family?

When I was needed before, I was appointed a marquis, and I was allowed to expand, and I was appointed as the Grand Governor of Zhengnan.

I don't need me now, I need peace with Dali Kingdom.

Are all the birds hiding?

But these words, not a word can be said.

It sounds childish to say it.

After a long while, Shen Gongao looked at the **** and said, "Master, please tell me a word."

The **** said: "If there is anything, the Marquis of Zhenhai can write a secret letter to His Majesty."

Shen Gongao said: "Some words are inconvenient to write in secret."

The **** said, "Then tell me."

Shen Gongao said: "If you want to kill people, you can't think that the knife is too sharp. And once the knife is sheathed, it will be difficult to pull it out."

Once the heart is cold, it is difficult to warm it up again.

The previous Shen Gongao, although he had always fought against the Mi family, was still loyal to His Majesty the Emperor.

Because over the years, His Majesty the Emperor has continuously added officials and titles to Shen Gongao and allowed him to expand.

The Shen Gong family has become so powerful that it even started to secretly fight against the Mi family?

Isn't it the result of the emperor's acquiescence, or even secret support?

But now in order to negotiate with the Dali Kingdom, the emperor sacrificed the interests of the Shen Gong family without hesitation.

Therefore, Shen Gongao was of course heartbroken.

But in the emperor's view, isn't this normal?

The emperor's mind, the power of heaven is unpredictable.

The **** said lightly: "Marquis Zhenhai, it will be dawn in a few hours, and I am in a hurry to return to the imperial capital."

Shen Gongao must go out of the choice.

Should I choose the Red Earth Territory, or should I choose Shen Wuque?

"If you save the land, you will gain both. If you save the land, you will lose both." Shen Gongao said hoarsely: "I, Shen Gongao, have already lost two sons, and I can't lose my only son anymore."

Then, Shen Gongao said hoarsely: "I will immediately write a secret letter to dedicate the red soil territory to the empire for free."

After the **** heard this.

Immediately, he put the second secret decree into the box, sealed it up completely, took it back to Beijing, and handed it over to His Majesty the Emperor for destruction.

Then, the **** said: "Call everyone in, such a happy event will be announced publicly."

Next!

The door opens.

Mu Hongyu and others all entered.

The **** launched the imperial decree again, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has a decree."

Shen Gongao led several hundred people and all knelt down.

"Fengtian inherited the emperor's system and said that Shen Wuque, the Marquis of Zhenhai, Shen Gong, and Ao's third son, Shen Wuque, are intelligent, courageous, wise and generous. He can be conferred the title of Viscount of the Empire, the title of Qingping, and the title of Heilongtai Hereditary Thousand Households of the Empire. I respect this!"

The eunuch's voice resounded throughout the hall.

"I accept the order, thank you Your Majesty Hong En."

Everyone in the Shen Gong family, kowtow and thank you.

Wu Que stepped forward and took over this imperial edict.

Immediately, it felt heavy.

"Congratulations to Viscount Qingping, I hope you will enter the capital as soon as possible. Your Majesty wants to see you very much." The **** said with a smile, "Let's leave now."

It is said that Shen Gongao should bribe a lot of money and leave the **** to drink.

But now he can't.

And this **** has achieved his goal, and he doesn't care about this meal.

After a while, the **** left the Marquis Mansion of Zhenhai with the guard of honor.

In the study, Shen Gongao stared at the map on the wall, in a daze.

Red Clay Ridge!

The red clay territory of his dreams.

He fought for the red soil territory for several years, paying 30,000 casualties.

Paid the price of two sons.

Now, completely lost.

For the third son, for the only intact son.

He chose to give up the red soil territory.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Gongao grinded the ink and began to write the memorial.

No fancy rhetoric, no parallels, just a straight sentence.

"Chen Gong'ao, I am willing to give the red soil territory to the empire for free!"

There is no more than half a word left.

It shows the personality of this person.

After writing, seal the wax seal, stamp it, and put it in a special closed folding box.

Shen Gongao has the right to play secretly. He used to feel very proud, but now he only feels shame.

"Come here! 800 miles urgently, send this secret book to the capital!"

A samurai entered, took the box, and bowed, "Yes!"

Then he left directly, took a group of knights, and galloped north to the imperial capital.

Went into the library without fail.

Shen Gongao said bitterly: "Wu Que, you don't have to comfort your father, and you don't have to feel guilty. It's all your fault. Some people use you as a weapon and a weakness as a father. It's not your fault either."

Wu Que said: "You should be on the front line of the Red Clay Territory at this time. Why did you come back early? A few hours ago, I sent someone to transport gold to the front line to distribute pensions."

Shen Gongao said: "Wu Que, I don't have the ability to be a father, but I have the ability to fight. Didn't the granary in Magic Stone City burn down? Didn't we lack food? So I used the Zhaixing Pavilion as a mortgage and borrowed from the World Association. 800,000 taels of silver to buy food."

Without fault, it means that he knows about it.

Shen Gongao said: "While I sent people to buy food, I led 2,000 people into the Dali Kingdom and plundered three cities. The food was enough, and the more than one million taels of silver for the brothers were also looted. ."

As soon as these words came out, Wu Que was speechless.

Awesome!

This Shen Gongao's thinking is really simple and rude.

The food was burnt, so I went to rob it.

The money is gone, I'll go grab it too!

"Of course, the people who went to loot are the Moro army, and have nothing to do with our Shen Gong family." Shen Gongao smiled.

"Seriously, as a father, I don't dare to have too much hope for you, because the time is so short, and it is too difficult to earn three or four million taels of silver. How can a father put the burden on you? So I went out on my own, pretending to borrow money to buy food, and even mortgaging the Zhaixing Pavilion, and the other side looted it."

"But I didn't expect that you actually did it and earned six million taels of silver. In comparison, this achievement of being a father is nothing."

Still speechless.

He also thought that Shen Gongao went to the front line to maintain the morale of the army and stop the mutiny.

Unexpectedly, people directly use warfare to support warfare, and use looting and fighting to maintain the spirit of the army.

So in terms of military, Shen Gongao is absolutely yyds.

Then, Shen Gongao sighed: "However, the price of all this has been paid. We have lost the red soil territory forever. From now on, the expansion of our Shen Gong family is over."

Wu Que said, "Do you know whose handwriting is all this?"

Shen Gongao said, "Who?"

Wu Que said: "Li Shiyun, the prefect of Nanhai County, this strategy was dedicated to the emperor."

"I killed Li Shiyun's cousin, and I killed hundreds of garrisoned troops in Nanhai County. Li Shiyun didn't provoke him without any public reprimand. Instead, he used this crime to force you to hand over the red soil territory to protect me."

"When I ordered the beheading of the Nanhai County garrison, he began to plan all this."

"Now, he should show his face in front of the emperor. If I guessed correctly, after the **** who announced the decree left our house, he went directly to the Nanhai County Prefect's Mansion to praise Li Shiyun."

Shen Gongao said: "Li Shiyun, stepping on our heads to make merit in front of the emperor? Use the heads of hundreds of Nanhai County garrison troops to dye the top of his official hat red?"

Wu Que said: "Yes! We have been staring at the Mi family for a long time, but we have underestimated this prefect."

A perfect guess.

After the **** left the Marquis Mansion of Zhenhai, he did not return directly to the imperial capital, but went to the prefect mansion of Nanhai County.

"Your Majesty has an order, and Li Shiyun, the prefect of Nanhai County, accepts the order!"

Li Shiyun knelt down.

"Li Shiyun, who is proud of his business, loyal to the monarch and patriotism, has been awarded the Bachelor of Servant in Tongwen Pavilion, and his mother, Lin Shi, has been awarded the fourth-rank official order, and this is honored!"

Li Shiyun kowtowed and said with tears: "Chen thank the Lord Long En! Long live His Majesty, long live, long live!"

The **** handed over the imperial edict to Li Shiyun and said, "Prefect Li, make persistent efforts."

After Li Shiyun received the imperial decree, he said, "Thank you for the encouragement of the supervisor, a banquet has been prepared, please appreciate the face of the supervisor."

The **** said, "I won't drink the wine."

Li Shiyun pulled the eunuch's sleeve and said, "No, you must drink it! Otherwise, the world will hear that I, Li Shiyun, don't understand etiquette."

The **** could not delay, so he stayed for a drink.

At the banquet, Li Shiyun called two beauties to accompany him.

"Li Taishou, you are seeking wealth and honor. You are staying in Nanhai County, guarding a Shen Gongao who doesn't know how to advance or retreat, but you are not afraid that you will have no credit." The **** smiled: "Originally Shen Wuyu was there, it is still difficult to occupy Shen Gongao. The Gong family is cheap, and now Shen Wuyu is unconscious, the Shen Gong family has become a treasure, and people can ask for anything."

Li Shiyun said, "Where's Shen Wuque? What do you think?"

The **** said: "Smart, but very sharp, I don't know how to hide. It is another version of Shen Gongao, but Shen Gongao is martial arts sharp, and Shen Wuque is literary. Far."

Li Shiyun said: "I feel the same way. When Shen Wuque ordered the shooting of the Nanhai County garrison at the Marquis's Mansion in Zhenhai, and angered Bai Chongguang and Li Tianyun, I was extremely shocked! There are so many people in this world who don't know how to advance or retreat, so crazy to seek death. The person. I was ecstatic when I was shocked, Shen Wuque really put the great responsibility and guilt into my hands, and let me ask for anything."

Then, Li Shiyun said: "Pity Shen Gongao, who lost two sons and injured 20,000 to 30,000 people, and then he won the Hongtuling. Because of Shen Wuque's momentary spirit and momentary prestige, he lost it forever. The Shen Gong family has made great achievements, but in fact it has harmed the entire Shen Gong family."

The **** said, "I heard that Li Taishou and Nai Fan used to marry each other?"

Li Shiyun said lightly: "This woman looks smart, but she is actually stupid. Since he has made a choice, he must pay the price."

The **** smiled and said, "Prefect Li is so arrogant, why should a husband be without a wife? But His Majesty really appreciates Shen Wuque's literary talent, so if you can find a way to keep him here, it's best to sleep here forever!"

"It's not just me, King Mi will do everything possible to make Young Master Wuque sleep here forever!"

Then, Li Shiyun's beautiful face appeared in Li Shiyun.

This woman, he is still determined to win, but in another way.

Shen Wuque, how can you not die? For the sake of Xie Fan, you are also going to die!

Inside the study room of the Marquis Mansion of Zhenhai.

Seeing the incomparable pain and loss on Shen Gongao's face.

Shen Gongao smiled and said, "Why bother?"

Shen Gongao smiled reluctantly and said, "Yes, since we have already lost it, why bother? As long as our father and son are connected, what kind of family business will we not be able to earn back in the future? Besides, in the past ten years, my Shen Gong family has expanded to this point, so I should be satisfied."

Having said that, Shen Gongao was still suffering from heartache.

Wu Que said slowly: "No, we will not lose the red soil territory."

Shen Gongao was stunned and said: "I have already handed over the secret book for my father, and I will dedicate the red soil territory to the empire for free."

Wu Que said: "What I want is that you hand over this secret fold, so that my plan can be more calm!"

Shen Gongao was stunned.

The red earth territory has been dedicated to the empire, can it be taken back?

Wu Que said lightly: "The emperor wants to make me a viscount, so I will accept it. But I want the title, and I want the red land territory."

Shen Gongao looked at Wuque in disbelief.

This, this is impossible!

"I not only want to take back the red soil territory, but also kill Li Shiyun in one fell swoop and let him behead all over!"

"Originally, my plan wasn't quite complete, but when this **** came today and these imperial decrees came, my plan was complete, and I could walk more leisurely."

Then, Wu Que took out his pocket watch and checked the time.

It's twelve midnight!

"Give me an army." Wu Que said: "I don't need too many people, but it needs to be strong, five or six hundred people is enough, and it needs the top and most elite warriors!"

Shen Gongao trembled and said, "My son, what are you going to do? Don't take risks, leave it to your father to do it!"

Wu Que said: "No, you can't do this. Only I can do such a vicious and shameless thing. And I think the less you know, the better!"

After that, Wu Que stretched out his hand towards Shen Gongao.

To military power.

Shen Gongao's heart was trembling.

He really didn't know what Shen Wuque was going to do.

This son is very caring and close.

But sometimes, it feels very mysterious.

Because, what he was going to do, he would never tell Shen Gongao.

For example, he won the big exam in Xuecheng and killed Fu Tieyi.

Another example, not long ago, he earned 6 million taels from Piaoling City.

No matter what, he never discussed with Shen Gongao.

But in everything, he succeeded.

And it was an unprecedented success.

What about this time?

Before Wu Que did not need a soldier or a soldier, he had already done great things.

Then this time, he actually asked for military power?

What is he going to do?

Is this to pierce the sky?

Before that, Shen Gongao would definitely ask Shen Wuque what he wanted to do.

But now, he was a little terrified of this son.

Once people care about something, it is easy to be pinched.

Shen Gongao trembled and said, "Wu Que my son, can I ask, what are you going to do with these soldiers?"

Wu Que said: "Go kill! Kill a river of blood, and let Li Shiyun's family die by the way!"

Shen Gongao trembled and said, "Yes, how much risk will there be?"

Wu Que said: "If all goes well, there is probably no risk."

Shen Gongao said: "The rest, as a father, you can't ask about it, right?"

Wu Que said: "Some things, the less you know, the better. The more you know, the more disadvantageous it will be in the future, and it will become a flaw."

Shen Gongao had a headache.

As a father, as a lord, he should not be so passive.

but

There have been two examples.

Moreover, is it that you will lose the red soil territory forever?

Could it be that he just watched Li Shiyun stepping on his head, his official fortune was prosperous, and he was soaring into the sky?

I thought about it for half an hour!

There is no urging, but waiting quietly.

After a while, Shen Gongao stretched out his hand and handed a tiger talisman to Wu Que Dao: "Take it! Even if you pierce the sky, you will recognize it as a father!"

Wu Que took the tiger talisman and said lightly, "Just wait for the good news that Li Shiyun's family is dead! Just wait for Hongtuling to return to the Shen Gong family."

After half an hour!

In the dense forest outside Zhenhai City.

The five hundred strongest warriors of the Shen Gong family stood quietly. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

Flawlessly rolled over.

He said coldly: "Next, don't ask a word, don't say a word."

"The only thing you have to do is obey, obey, obey!"

"Who am I asking you to kill? Whoever you kill."

"I let you set fire, you set fire!"

"Set off!"

With an order.

Wu Que led the five hundred elite warriors of the Duke Shen family and disappeared into the night.

With soaring murderous aura, he rushed in a certain direction!

Note: still in the field, this first is written in a coffee shop outside. The hotel I stayed in last night was requisitioned. After I finished writing, I went to have lunch first, then went to the hotel to check in, and wrote the second update.

Grace, if you have a monthly pass, don't keep it.

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