Chapter 728: A large team is hard to lead (Thanks to the reward from 闻香识书69!)

Seeing that Cui Shao lowered his head and remained silent when He Jingyun was mentioned, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but shake his head slightly in his heart····························

As expected, Cui Shao hated He Jingyun!
He Jingyun had good intentions in this matter. He asked the Fourth Division to hold out in Wankang County to block the enemy's offensive. However, his methods were not appropriate and he even threatened Peng Ce to commit suicide. This was the first time such a thing happened in the Fengwu Army. There had never been such a situation before.

If He Jingyun fights well in this battle, others will not be able to say anything even if they have some ideas!
But the problem is that although He Jingyun defended Jinzhong in this battle, under his command, not only were all five counties outside Jinzhong lost, but the two main armies, the Second Army and the Third Army, were all crippled. The commander of the Third Army, Cui Desheng, was missing, and the general of the Fourth Division, Peng Ce, was seriously injured and dying. Taking all these into account, the score could only be a passing score of 60 points at most out of a full score of 100.

In such a situation, the Fengwu Army generals presented by Yun and He Jingyun had some opinions about him, and the one with the biggest opinion was Guo Zhiping!
After Guo Zhiping rescued the remnants of the Third Army in Dakou Township and returned to Jinzhong, Guo Zhiping accused him of disobeying orders, which almost put Jinzhong in danger.

Guo Zhiping was also very angry because the Third Army suffered heavy casualties. He did not give He Jingyun any face and directly criticized his command mistakes that led to such heavy losses of tens of thousands of Fengwu Army. It is said that the two of them were full of gunpowder at each other in the tent at that time, and they were just about to fight each other. At the critical moment, Lin Huaiwu pulled the two apart and did not let...

In addition to Guo Zhiping, the Second Army Commander Lin Huaiwu's opinion on He Jingyun, although not as big or obvious as Guo Zhiping's, also secretly wrote a letter to Ye Mingsheng to report He Jingyun, believing that He Jingyun needed to take responsibility for the outcome of the Yunbing battlefield!

Ye Mingsheng had to smile bitterly at this. In the General Staff, He Jingyun had always felt that his talent was not appreciated, and he had expressed to him openly and secretly that he wanted to lead the troops in battle. This time, he sent him to Yunbing and asked him to lead two main armies of more than 100,000 troops to fight. As a result, he failed to fire the first shot and caused public outrage!
Originally, Ye Mingsheng planned to let He Jingyun continue to stay in the Yunbing battlefield, but seeing that the Second Army and the Third Army both had such dissatisfaction with He Jingyun, then He Jingyun was no longer suitable to stay in Yunbing!
Returning his attention to the present, Ye Mingsheng saw Cui Shao lowering his head and still not speaking, and he also played the emotional card and said:
"Although He Jingyun's methods were somewhat brutal, he had no choice in the situation on the battlefield! No one is perfect, no one is without fault."

Looking at Ye Mingsheng's sincere feelings, Cui Shao also understood that Ye Mingsheng was determined to protect He Jingyun, and he felt helpless. He also understood that Ye Mingsheng said so much to him just to give him face, so he'd better not refuse a toast and then drink a forfeit!

Thinking of this, although he was very unwilling, Cui Shao could only nod and say:

“Everything is decided by the adults…”

Seeing Cui Shao compromise, Ye Mingsheng showed a satisfied smile on his face and said:
"I know that you, Third Uncle, always put the overall situation first and are a role model in my Fengwu Army!"

Cui Shao could only smile bitterly at this, and Ye Mingsheng pondered for a while and said:
"Zhu Xiaowen of Liaoyang Censorate is a very good person. He is decisive, calm, smart and capable. He is a very good talent. It just so happens that the position of Liaoyang Censor is vacant, so I intend to promote him to Liaoyang Censorate. He is your old subordinate and your nephew's son-in-law. You know him well! What do you think of this idea?"

Cui Shao was shocked when he heard this. Although he understood that Ye Mingsheng was giving him another sweet treat, he was still very happy and said immediately:
"Replying to your words, sir! Xiaowen is indeed a talented person. I believe he can help you maintain the discipline in Liaoyang!"

After hearing Cui Shao's answer, Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly and said:
"In that case, this matter is settled!"

After discussing the important matters, Ye Mingsheng chatted with Cui Shao for a while and then let Cui Shao go back. After doing all this, Ye Mingsheng picked up the teacup and took a sip to moisten his throat, feeling some emotion in his heart!
Ye Mingsheng hadn’t felt it before, but as the Fengwu Army grew in size and governed more and more territories, Ye Mingsheng felt more and more clearly that a large team was difficult to lead. Although everyone still worked together, everyone had his own plans, which made Ye Mingsheng make up his mind...
After pondering for a moment, Ye Mingsheng found a memorial from the desk and began to read it. The memorial came from Jinzhong and was delivered to Ye Mingsheng yesterday. The person who wrote this memorial to Ye Mingsheng was the commander of the Third Army - Guo Zhiping!

In this memorial, Guo Zhiping told Ye Mingsheng in detail about the battle on the Yunbing battlefield, as well as his views on this operation as the commander of the Third Army!
At the end of the memorial, he did not criticize He Jingyun excessively, but took the initiative to resign to Ye Mingsheng. He told Ye Mingsheng that he had been fighting for many years and had some injuries, and now he needed to recuperate well.

Besides, his parents are getting old. If he doesn't go back to take care of them now, he may not have the chance to do so in the future. In short, he sincerely asked Ye Mingsheng to resign from the post of commander of the Third Army and return to Yijing to recuperate for a while.

Honestly speaking, after seeing this memorial, Ye Mingsheng also realized that although Guo Zhiping was born a bandit and behaved in a very bold manner, he was a smart man with a keen eye. He must have realized something, so he did this to him. Even the quarrel between him and He Jingyun might have been deliberately acted out by him.

But doing this would save me a lot of trouble...
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Jinzhong, Murong Mansion
In the study, Murong Yuliang looked at the maid Xiaohui kneeling in front of him with a complicated look in his eyes. He thought that the thorn planted by Cui Shaoan might be his new concubine Chen Yiyu, but he never expected that the thorn was actually Xiaohui, the maid who served Wang!
As one of the top aristocratic families in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Murong family has been able to stand at the center of power in the Great Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years. The key to this is that the family is very cautious. They never recruit personal maids and servants from outside. Instead, they are domestic slaves who have been trained since childhood, and this greatly guarantees the loyalty of these servants!

Just like Xiaohui, as a maidservant beside Wang, she was not only raised in the Murong family since childhood, but her family was also a family that had been deployed by the Murong family for generations. She has been working in the Murong family since her great-grandfather's generation. In addition to this family background, Xiaohui is usually very obedient and loyal to her master, and is very much loved by Wang.

Wang had even thought of promising Xiaohui to her son as a concubine, so that this maid whom she loved most could become her own daughter-in-law!

Although there is already very detailed evidence that Xiaohui is related to this matter, Murong Yuliang still finds it hard to believe that this matter is actually true!

Looking at Xiaohui who was kneeling on the ground in silence, Murong Yuliang said in a deep voice:

"Xiaohui, do you have anything to say?"

Xiao Hui seemed a little nervous about Murong Yuliang's question, but she still mustered up the courage to say:

"I don't know what mistake I have made, please tell me clearly, sir..."

An incense stick of time ago, she was still serving beside Wang, and then Butler Wang said that the master was looking for her. She did not think much about it and followed Butler Wang here. Then came the current situation. She was a little confused at this moment, not knowing what had happened!
As soon as these words came out, Murong Yuliang snorted coldly and said in a deep voice:
"Don't you know what mistake you made? I don't think you will give up until you reach the Yellow River!" After saying this, Murong Yuliang took out a letter, threw it on the ground and said in a deep voice:
"Open your eyes and see what this is!"

Xiao Hui took the letter and looked at it carefully, her face turned pale and she looked extremely panicked. Seeing this, Murong Yuliang said coldly:
"What else do you have to say now?"

With the ironclad evidence before her, Xiao Hui did not try to argue and could only plead guilty:

"Master, I plead guilty! As a servant of the Murong family, I shouldn't have gotten along with him. I am willing to bear the family punishment!"

These words made Murong Yuliang extremely angry. The letter he had just thrown out was exactly the letter that Qu Liu, mentioned by Chen Wu, got from Herb Hall.

After learning the progress of the incident from Chen Wu, Murong Yuliang, the governor of Hebei and Henan, mobilized his forces to find Qu Liu and the mysterious man who killed Chen Wu. Although he wanted to capture these people alive, they were all ruthless characters. After they had no hope of breaking out, they committed suicide by taking poison. On Qu Liu’s corpse, they found this letter...

The content of this letter was mainly written by Xiaohui to her lover. In addition to expressing her four years of love, Xiaohui also revealed some situations in Murong Mansion.

At the same time, Butler Wang also found out that Nanny Zhao was indeed poisoned, and that Nanny Zhao had frequent contacts with Xiaohui during her lifetime, and she went to the Herb Hall to deliver a letter to Xiaohui. In this way, when all the clues pointed to Xiaohui, although Murong Yuliang was still a little unconvinced, he made a decision and brought Xiaohui to him!
Seeing Xiaohui still trying to evade the main point, Murong Yuliang was so angry that he laughed. If it was just that Xiaohui was secretly in love with someone, would he, Murong Yuliang, make such a big fuss? Would he go to such great lengths to dig you out?
Seeing that Xiaohui would not cry until she saw the coffin, Murong Yuliang was too lazy to waste words with him. He immediately called on the butler Wang to teach Xiaohui a lesson and let her understand that flowers are not so red outside. It would be of no benefit for her to resist stubbornly. It would save her suffering if she spoke up early!

Just when Butler Wang was about to take action, there was a noisy sound outside the study. Hearing the sound, Murong Yuliang was a little annoyed. He didn't know who dared to disturb him!

Just when Murong Yuliang was about to explode, he saw a graceful and elegant middle-aged lady, ignoring the guards outside the study room and breaking into the study room...
This middle-aged woman was none other than Murong Yuliang’s first wife, Wang, who gave birth to several children for him, including Murong Qingwu!
Seeing that her maid Xiao Hui was about to be attacked, Wang Shi stopped it without saying a word, protected Xiao Hui behind her, took a deep breath, and then looked at Murong Yuliang and said in a deep voice:

"Master, all the mistakes are my fault. I ordered all of this. If you want to blame someone, just blame me and don't implicate others!"

Hearing Wang say this, Murong Yuliang was a little confused. He didn't understand why Wang said that?

Was Xiaohui acting as Cui Shao's thorn under Wang's instructions?

Realizing this idea, Murong Yuliang's first reaction was that it was impossible, absolutely impossible!

Wang was his first wife, and they had lived together for decades. He knew Wang's temperament very well. Although she was very dissatisfied with him taking Chen Yiyu as a concubine, Wang would never go to Cui Shao's side to deal with him because of this!

Murong Yuliang definitely has this confidence!
He felt that there must be a misunderstanding here························

Thinking of this, Murong Yuliang pondered for a while, looked at Wang deeply and said:
"Tell me what on earth you are doing?"

Facing Murong Yuliang's question, Wang, who thought her secret had been exposed, said without any concealment:
"What do I want to do? Master, don't you already know?"

"I just want to kill that bitch Chen Yiyun!"

Murong Yuliang was stunned when these words were spoken, and then he felt the murderous intent emerging from his wife's once gentle eyes. His heart was suddenly filled with infinite sorrow, and he didn't understand why things had turned out like this?

Wang, who had spoken, did not hide anything and explained very clearly:

"It was me who asked Madam Zhao to go to Bencaotang to buy poison. After I realized that the master had discovered the matter, I sent someone to get rid of her. All of this was my order. Xiaohui was doing things for me. Master, please don't make things difficult for her!"

After listening to Wang's story, Murong Yuliang finally understood what happened. He never expected that while digging out the nails around him, he actually uncovered his wife's vicious conspiracy!

When he thought about how his wife, who had shared his joys and sorrows with him and treated him as an equal, and was gentle and lovely, had turned out to be such a cruel, cold-blooded, jealous, and vicious woman, he felt extremely heartbroken...

(I believe many book friends will guess that Chen Yiyun is the nail, so I deliberately wrote it this way. In the following plot, Chen Yiyun will still be a character. I will lead some plots from her. I hope everyone will like it!)
(End of this chapter)