Ning Chen's persistence made Changsun frown, but she didn't force it too much. She knew this kid better than anyone else, and making him surrender was basically harder than killing him.
"Since you don't want to say it, I won't force it, but if necessary, I hope you can help Great Xia for my sake."
Changsun has already taken a lot of steps back. Naturally, Ning Chen is not truly ungrateful and ruthless. He nodded and said, "Empress Dowager, please rest assured."
After finishing speaking, Ning Chen pondered for a moment and asked with a little confusion, "Empress Dowager, Great Xia, did Great Xia send someone to assassinate Military Advisor of Northern Mongol Royal Court?"
In his opinion, it is best to deal with an opponent whose personal ability is extremely powerful and can even determine the outcome of a war. Just send people to kill the opponent's key figures.
He did not deny that Fan Lingyue was so powerful that it was scary, but no matter how powerful she was, she was only a wise person, not an innate person, and there was always a possibility of being killed.
Changsun was startled, then shook his head, "Not yet"
Ning Chen feels helpless. No wonder Great Xia is losing again and again in this war. The opponent has used all means, including massacres and sieges. It is estimated that Northern Mongolia is also involved in the assassination of Xia Emperor. However, Great Xia is still standing still. It would be strange not to lose.
War is actually about money, manpower, and intrigue.
In his understanding, conspiracies and tricks are largely equivalent to being shameless. Whoever is willing to use shamelessness to do anything will get the upper hand in the war.
"Have Third Prince and Tenth Prince ever been under house arrest?" Ning Chen was a little unwilling and continued to ask.
"No," Changsun shook his head and replied.
"..." Ning Chen is completely disappointed. The Seven Cities Rebellion over there is about to reach the Imperial City, but there is still no response here. Although the two Imperial Prince are not sure whether they are the masterminds behind it, it is always right to lock them up.
"Empress Dowager, at this time, you can actually put aside some tactics for the time being," Ning Chen reminded tactfully.
Changsun nodded solemnly, she was careless. After Xia Emperor's accident, Three Grand Ministers was in charge of the government, and Grand Tutor, who was in charge of government affairs in Three Grand Ministers, was the head of Confucianism and the most important person in morality and etiquette, so naturally he couldn't do these things.
"Ning Chen, you are really full of bad ideas." Next to him, Qing Ling suddenly interjected and said.
"Haha" Ning Chen touched his nose in embarrassment, right? He felt the same way.
Changsun smiled helplessly and immediately asked, "Ning Chen, what do you think about this war?"
Ning Chen thought for a while and said, "Looking at the current situation, Northern Mongol Royal Court is undoubtedly Great Xia's biggest enemy, followed by Eternal Night Divine Cult, and Seven The chaos in the city is coming again, but you have to pick the weak ones. Neither Northern Mongol Royal Court nor Eternal Night Divine Cult can fight back in a day or two. Therefore, solving the chaos in the seven cities is the most urgent and top priority."
"What's the solution?" Changsun asked again.
The best way is to secretly kill Third Prince, Tenth Prince and Prince Yue. Of course, Ning Chen only dares to think about this method in his mind.
"Divide and defeat them one by one." After saying that, Ning Chen continued, "Since the seven cities did not rebel at the same time, and there were even three cities that rebelled after Xia Emperor disappeared, it means that the seven cities actually do not have unified opinions, and the person behind it only has the ability to influence the seven cities but does not have the right to order."
"If you want to be the minister who protects the dragon, you have to survive. Control the two Imperial Princes and a prince, and then coerce and lure the three least determined cities. You can even give them the position of Martial Marquis, Death-Exemption Medallion, Iron Certificate of Amnesty. Anything will do. As long as one city can succeed, you can leave the stabbing in the back to it."
"With a knife, one stab is enough. No matter who you are, the one you hate the most is a traitor, and the one you fear the most is a traitor. If one city rebels, it will definitely lead to siege and mutual suspicion among six cities. The rest is just spreading rumors. Military Advisor from Beimeng is very good at this, and he almost killed me."
"Of course, when this traitorous city is besieged, Great Xia will definitely rescue it, and the rescue will be done with great fanfare. The whole world will know it. From now on, it will be difficult for the other six cities not to be shaken."
"That's all I can think of for now. I'll add more when I think of it later."
Ning Chen said that his mouth was a little dry and he wanted to ask for a cup of tea, but he found that Changsun and Qing Ling looked wrong, and they both looked at him like a monster.
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong again?" Ning Chen thought about it and realized that he didn't say anything treacherous.
"Who did you learn all this conspiracy and tricks from?" Changsun came back to his senses and said in a strange tone.
"Haha" Ning Chen smiled awkwardly, too lazy to make up lies again, and said, "Follow an old Daoist priest."
"Qing Ling, write these words to Duke Jingwu intact." Changsun ignored his lies, glanced at Qing Ling, and made a decision immediately.
Although Ning Chen's words are a bit insidious and straightforward, they are crude but not crude. Extraordinary methods are used in extraordinary times. Duke Jingwu is not a pedantic and ignorant person, and will definitely work out a more practical and feasible method.
"Yes" Qing Ling nodded and said respectfully.
"Report!"
At this moment, an urgent voice came from outside the door, and immediately he knelt down in front of the door with a clang and said urgently, "There is an urgent report from the front, please see Empress Dowager."
Changsun Upon hearing this, he immediately stood up, opened the door, and asked solemnly, "What's the matter!"
Ning Chen Seeing the general covered in blood in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart, feeling something was wrong.
"Report to Empress Dowager, three assassins attacked the military camp at night last night, two generals died tragically, and Marquis Taiping was seriously injured!"
"What!"
The sudden bad news made Changsun stumble. The fatigue and worry of many days came over him. His vision went dark, and he suddenly became distracted and fell backwards.
"Empress Dowager" Qing Ling was in a panic and immediately went up to help Changsun.
"Go to the military camp" Changsun said the last sentence with difficulty and immediately lost consciousness.
Ning Chen's face turned so dark that his face turned to tears. This was the worst possible outcome.
He did not expect that even Great Xia's Martial Marquis would be assassinated. There are very few people in the world who can assassinate Martial Marquis. Except for those few innates, the rest can be counted on their fingers.
Half an hour later, the carriage with carved railings set off from the Marquis Qinghe Mansion and rushed all the way to the Marquis Taiping military camp in the north.
Three days later, the carriage with carved railings that drove day and night finally arrived at the military camp. Changsun, who was still very weak, got out of the car without saying a word and walked toward Marquis Taiping's camp.
Qing Ling pushed Ning Chen behind, with a look of worry on their faces. They knew very well how much the assassination of Marquis Taiping had affected Changsun. Empress Dowager had been unable to eat for several days.
"Empress Dowager Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!"
The arrival of Changsun shocked the soldiers in front of the camp and they quickly knelt down to salute.
"Flat body"
Changsun was worried about his elder brother's injury, so he casually said something, then opened the tent and walked in.
The sight that caught his eye made Changsun stagger and almost fainted again. Fortunately, Qing Ling was paying attention and immediately stepped forward to give him a hand.
On the bed in the tent, Marquis Taiping was lying there with a pale face. On his left chest, there was a bone-deep wound going straight to his ribs. The medical officer accompanying the army was changing dressing. When he saw Changsun coming in, he hurriedly knelt down.
"Uh" Changsun walked forward, feeling a sharp pain in her heart. After not seeing each other for just a few days, something unexpected happened to her.
"How is Marquis Taiping's injury?" Qing Ling asked from the side.
"I've tried my best to diagnose and treat Marquis, but Marquis's injury still hasn't improved," the medical officer said tremblingly, showing embarrassment and fear.
"Get up and continue changing the dressing!"
Changsun suppressed the sadness in his heart, forced himself to regain his strong side, and shouted in a deep voice.
"Thank you Empress Dowager." The medical officer stood up in panic and immediately continued to clean and change Marquis Taiping's dressing.
Looking at the pieces of bloody gauze washed from the eldest brother's wound, Changsun's heart became more and more painful. There was no shortage of miraculous medicines in the army. Before the eldest brother woke up, his heart must have been injured.
On the wheelchair, Ning Chen looked at the wound on Marquis Taiping's chest, narrowed his eyes, and said, "It's a sword wound."
Qing Ling also nodded, it was indeed a sword wound, there was no mistake.
"Did Northern Mongol Royal Court do it?" Qing Ling asked suspiciously.
Ning Chen shook his head and said, "It's not like Northern Mongol Royal Court. There are very few people who are good at swords. Even their innate doesn't use a sword. Although Four Noted Swords uses a sword, he alone can't hurt Marquis like this. Moreover, when I took over his sword, the aura was too different."
Qing Ling's expression became more solemn. If it weren't for Northern Mongol Royal Court, Great Xia would have another terrifying opponent.
In fact, Ning Chen already has a suspect in his mind, but without evidence, he can't be sure yet.
According to the thoughts of the general who reported the message before, the three assassins are all sword users. The place with the most sword users in the world is Sword City, and the only swordsman capable of assassinating Great Xia Martial Marquis is Sword City.
The sword of Sword City has taken in three disciples, and now they are all strong men above the ninth level. If they join forces to assassinate Martial Marquis, one of Great Xia's, the chance of success is not small.
You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others. Even if he seizes the belly of a villain with the heart of a gentleman, Sword City still has to guard against him.
This could not be said clearly, so Ning Chen could only whisper to Qing Ling's side and whisper his suspicions.
Qing Ling was surprised at first, then walked beside Changsun and whispered a few words.
Changsun was in heartache and obsessed with the government, so he didn't expect so much, but when he heard Qing Ling's reminder, he immediately realized it.
She knew the origin of Sword City better than anyone else, and she immediately confirmed this suspicion.
Although it is not 100% certain, there is a high probability that Sword City did this.
Unexpectedly, the woman from Northern Mongol Royal Court actually persuaded Sword City to take action and repeatedly assassinated Great Xia's important ministers. This was to completely destroy the foundation of Great Xia.
Changsun waved his hand and dismissed everyone in the camp, including the officer who had just changed the medicine for Marquis Taiping, and then said seriously:
"Instruct Marquis Ziyang to closely monitor the movements of Sword City. If there is any sign of trouble, report it immediately!"
"Yes" Qing Ling took the order and walked out quickly.
After giving the order, Changsun felt tired. In just one month, Great Xia was surrounded by enemies on all sides, Northern Mongol Royal Court in the north, Eternal Night Divine Cult in the west, Sword City in the east, and even the Seven Cities Rebellion in Great Xia.
The only thing that makes people happy is that Zhenji Kingdom, who was the loudest in the past, has become more calm this time. The loss of 20,000 war horses is a huge blow to the Zhenji Kingdom, and it will be difficult for him to have the confidence to raise troops in a short time.
Thinking of this, Changsun looked at Ning Chen with softer eyes. Fortunately, during this most difficult time, this kid was still by her side...
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