Song QingShu unhappily glared at Taitish beside him. "This is all thanks to a certain someone."
Taitish cast her gaze outside the window, acting as if this matter had nothing to do with her.
"Alihu is from the Pucha family and has the intention to save his family. It is understandable that he resorted to such a method, but it is a pity for that lass Qiu Cao." Ge Bi sighed faintly, as if thinking that in this chaotic world, even the daughters of rich families were helpless and unable to control their own destinies.
"Are we really going to release Pucha, Ahhu, and the rest?" Taitish could not help but ask.
Before Song QingShu could reply, Ge Bi answered on her behalf, "The Pucha Family has deep roots in the Jin Kingdom, so it's not a good idea to exterminate them completely. It's good to take this opportunity to release them in order to win over the hearts of the people. However, we can't give them complete freedom. It's best to imprison them in a manor and release them after a few years."
Song Qingshu nodded, "They are indeed husband and wife. What a coincidence."
Upon hearing him mention the word husband and wife, the room suddenly fell into a strange silence. Be it the Ge sisters or Taitish, they all knew that they were not truly husband and wife.
"Reporting, urgent military news!" At this moment, the guards outside broke the silence in the room. As the ladies did not disguise themselves, Song Qingshu went out to receive the urgent memorial.
"What's the situation?" Seeing him enter, the ladies asked curiously. After all, urgent reports were of the highest priority. If it was not an absolutely important matter, the punishment for using such a memorial would be severe.
"I don't know. It seems to be a memorial from Guanzhong." As soon as Song Qingshu said this, everyone's heart sank. Could it be that Sichuan had already started a northern expedition to Guanzhong?
Song Qingshu hurriedly opened the seal and read the memorial. She could not help but exclaim, "How is this possible!"
The ladies curiously poked their heads over. When they saw the contents of the memorial, their expressions became incomparably interesting.
It turned out that the memorial was sent by the garrison general of Fengxiang Prefecture. Fengxiang Prefecture was the western barrier of Guanzhong and also guarded the Southern Song Dynasty's strategic route out of Sichuan.
The reason why they were so surprised was that the Governor of Fengxiang Prefecture had mentioned in the memorial that the Southern Song Dynasty's Deputy Governor of Sichuan had sent a secret envoy to the Jin Kingdom to surrender, asking the Jin Kingdom to bestow him the title of King of Shu and acknowledge his identity!
"How is this possible!" Song Qingshu sighed again. Others might not know who Wu Xi was, but how could he not know? Wu Xi was actually Linghu Chong!
Although Linghu Chong was unruly, he was not the type.
"Why is it impossible? Sichuan is easy to defend and hard to attack. As long as they close their borders, it will be difficult for outsiders to enter Sichuan. Therefore, since ancient times, there have been many separatist forces in Sichuan. Moreover, as if there is a curse, the generals who pacify Sichuan will easily have the idea of rebelling. For example, every time the Central Plains Dynasty attacks Sichuan, the Emperor will be very careful in choosing the generals. "Now that Wu Xi controls Sichuan's military, political, and financial power, it is not strange that he wants to be the King of Shu."
Song Qingshu smiled bitterly. "Others might, but it's impossible for Wu Xi."
"Why?" The ladies were curious as to why he was so sure.
Song Qingshu hesitated for a moment, but thinking that they were not outsiders and there was nothing to hide, he told them Wu Xi's true identity.
"Wu Xi is Linghu Chong in disguise?" The three ladies looked at each other in shock.
"Yes, Linghu Chong has always been a chivalrous person and has no ambition. I believe that he will serve the country, but it is impossible for him to betray it." Song Qingshu said in a low voice.
Taj-tish nodded. "I have heard of Linghu Chong. He will not commit treason. It seems that this is most likely a fake surrender. We need to inform the garrison general of Fengxiang Prefecture to be careful. "
"Yes!" Song Qingshu came to the table, quickly wrote a secret edict, stamped it with the imperial seal, and sent a secret messenger to deliver it to Fengxiang Prefecture.
"Then why not just announce to the world that Wu Xi is someone else in disguise? Wouldn't the threat in Sichuan be destroyed?" Wanyan Ping was confused. She was in charge of the Laundry Yard and had always been good at intelligence and spy work. In her eyes, this was a great opportunity.
Song Qingshu replied in a low voice, "In fact, I had thought of this before, but after I met Han Xingzhou, I gave up on the idea. He is an ambitious man, and even if he knows Linghu Chong's identity, he will only make the best of the mistake. As for the Wu family, do they not know that Linghu Chong is not Wu Tiande? But they still did not say anything. Obviously, they need him to restore the glory of the Wu family. What's more, Linghu Chong is an orphan. At worst, he'll come back to his family. As long as the Wu family acknowledges him, no one else can say anything. "
"But Jia Shidao won't let go of such a good opportunity." Ge Bi had been in power for a long time, so he obviously knew the structure of the Southern Song Dynasty.
"That's what I find strange." Song Qingshu looked confused. "With Jia Shidao's cautiousness, it's impossible that he didn't investigate Wu Xi, who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. With the intelligence of his subordinates, he should have already found out that Linghu Chong is Wu Xi in disguise. But why hasn't he used this to cause trouble?"
Jia Shidao had the official intelligence network, and he also had the secret intelligence network of the Isle of Heroes. In particular, the power of the Isle of Heroes was all-pervasive. They even knew what the leaders of some small sects had for dinner the day before, so how could they not find out Wu Xi's identity?
"Since he hasn't caused trouble, let's make the situation more complicated." Wanyan Ping smiled like a fox.
Song Qingshu nodded. "That's good. At least we can make them anxious and buy some time." Judging from the current strange situation, it probably wouldn't have much effect, but it was still possible to buy some time.
"Report!" Just then, another urgent message came in from outside.
Song QingShu went out and brought the secret memorial in. When he opened it, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "The defending general of Fengxiang Prefecture has submitted another memorial, saying that Wu Xi has given him the military deployment maps of ShengYuan and Da San Guan."
It was no wonder that he was surprised. There were several roads from Bashu to Sichuan, but the best one was Chencang Road. Da San Pass was in the middle of Chencang Road. It was a very dangerous place to defend, and it was a very important place for military strategists.
Da San Pass was controlled by the Southern Song Dynasty, and Senghuan was a highland in the northeast of Da San Pass. Together with Da San Pass, they controlled the Sichuan and Shaanxi transportation routes. If they wanted to break through Da San Pass, they had to take Senghuan first. If they lost Senghuan, it would be difficult to defend Da San Pass.
Now that Wu Xi gave the military deployment maps of these two places to the Jin Kingdom, didn't it mean that he was giving the two northern gates to the Jin Kingdom?
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