Chapter 914: The number one traitor in the three hundred years of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

After sitting on the chair, An Miaoyi asked Ye Mingsheng:
"Husband, do you know about Jingcheng's arranged marriage?"

Ye Mingsheng was a little confused about An Miaoyi's question, but he still nodded and said:
"I heard Yuanyuan mention this before. Did something happen..."

An Miaoyi explained after hearing this:
"It's not like anything has happened. It's just that Sister Yutong is discussing a baby marriage with the Yuan family. The Yuan family heard that there is a six-year-old girl who is very good!"

After saying that, An Miaoyi carefully observed Ye Mingsheng's reaction. At this time, Ye Mingsheng also understood the key to the matter. After a moment of silence, Ye Mingsheng asked:
"Whose child is this girl from the Yuan family?"

An Miaoyi thought for a moment and said:

"She is the granddaughter of Commander Yuan's third brother, Yuan Futong!"

Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly when he heard this and asked again:

"Was this Bai Yuanyuan's matchmaking?"

An Miaoyi shook her head and said;
"Sister Bai has been concentrating on having a baby lately, but it is said that Sister Shen not only asked Sister Bai for help, but someone else should have introduced her to her!"

After hearing this answer, Ye Mingsheng pondered for a while and said:
“Yutong hasn’t mentioned this to me yet, but marriage is an important matter and should not be treated lightly. As the mistress, Miaoyi, you must carefully check for Jingcheng…”

After hearing what Ye Mingsheng said, although An Miaoyi's expression did not change on the surface, the worry in her heart was put at ease.

Everyone knew what Shen Yutong was planning to do when she arranged a marriage for Jing Cheng. An Miaoyi didn't really care about it at first.
After all, in An Miaoyi's view, although Jingcheng is Ye Mingsheng's second son, his mother Shen Yutong is an opera actress. Therefore, Jingcheng's status in the Ye Mansion is not high. Those powerful officials in the Fengwu Army who really hold real power will not let their daughters get engaged to him.

Therefore, although Shen Yutong asked many people to act as matchmakers, the most An Miaoyi could do was to find the daughter of a second-tier official in the Fengwu Army to marry Jing Cheng.

With this idea in mind, An Miaoyi did not interfere too much. She did not want Ye Mingsheng to think that she was jealous and authoritarian. Even when Shen Yutong asked her to help with the introduction, An Miaoyi agreed with a smile, and was ready to introduce Jing Cheng to the daughter of a minor official. As for whether it would succeed in the end, she was too lazy to care.

But what she never expected was that Shen Yutong was more capable and skillful than she thought, and she was actually in touch with the Yuan family!
As Yuan Song led the Fengwu Army to dominate the battlefield, his Yuan family also rose in status within the Fengwu Army, and it was generally believed within the Fengwu Army that he had reserved a title of Duke...

Although this time Shen Yutong wanted to marry Jing Cheng to the granddaughter of Yuan Song's third brother Yuan Futong, not Yuan Song's granddaughter, but because of the special identity of Yuan Song, after thinking it over again and again, An Miaoyi decided that she could not sit idly by and watch this happen!

It is very simple for An Miaoyi to ruin this matter. According to feudal etiquette, although Shen Yutong is Jingcheng's biological mother, she is Jingcheng's mistress!
In the matter of arranging child marriages, An Miaoyi has a lot of say and even the power to make decisions. Of course, An Miaoyi will definitely not say no directly. After all, this will give her a reputation as a tyrannical person and will also hurt the feelings of the Yuan family.

An Miaoyi was ready to force Jingcheng to marry a child before Shen Yutong and the Yuan family had completely settled down. This way, she would not hurt the Yuan family's feelings, and Shen Yutong would not dare to say no. This was the best way!

Although she planned to do so, An Miaoyi heard something from Bai Yuanyuan.

This matter was something that Bai Yuanyuan had previously asked Ye Mingsheng about, regarding her helping Jing Cheng find a suitable match. Ye Mingsheng nodded in agreement, and also asked Bai Yuanyuan to help Jing Cheng arrange it and see if there was a suitable one.

After knowing this, An Miaoyi became a little hesitant. She didn't know what Ye Mingsheng's attitude was towards this matter, or maybe Ye Mingsheng allowed Shen Yutong to contact the Yuan family?
After thinking of this possibility, An Miaoyi didn't dare to act rashly...

After thinking about it, An Miaoyi decided to ask Ye Mingsheng to see what his attitude was. If Ye Mingsheng really wanted to see it happen, then she could only bless the engagement. Fortunately, it seemed that Ye Mingsheng did not support this matter.

After discussing Jing Cheng's affairs, An Miaoyi asked Ye Mingsheng cautiously:

"My husband, I heard that you asked Yuchuntang and Bai's business to donate money for the old lady's sixtieth birthday?"

Seeing An Miaoyi mention this matter, Ye Mingsheng glanced at An Miaoyi and nodded. An Miaoyi was about to say that he was going to pay for it, but seeing Ye Mingsheng's attitude, the words that were about to come out of his mouth were immediately swallowed back, and he reorganized his words and said with a smile:

"Yuchuntang and Baijia Business are both loyal supporters of our Fengwu Army. It's rare for them to be so filial. My husband, you must reward them well!"

Ye Mingsheng smiled and nodded when he heard this, and then the two of them tacitly avoided the topic. An Miaoyi was also concerned about Ye Mingsheng's health, and asked Ye Mingsheng to pay attention to rest and not to overwork, because official duties would never be finished.

Then the two of them also talked about Jingren. An Miaoyi and Ye Mingsheng said that Jingren was not so playful recently. He learned a lot of knowledge from Gu Sansi and missed his father very much.

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng felt that he had been busy with official duties recently and had not visited Jingren for a while. He immediately made an appointment with An Miaoyi to take Jingcheng to Ye Cui’s for a family dinner tomorrow night...

After talking about these, An Miaoyi left Ye Mingsheng's study. Looking at An Miaoyi's departing back, Ye Mingsheng shook his head slightly.

He knew that doing so might be unfair to Shen Yutong and Jing Cheng, but he couldn't let them see hope. After all, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment! Ye Mingsheng didn't want to see a scene like the nine sons fighting for the throne happen to his descendants, so it was better to give up the idea of ​​some things!
And because of the special nature of Yuan Song's identity, Ye Mingsheng didn't want him to have any relationship with his sons.

If Shen Yutong finds someone else to arrange a marriage for Jingcheng, I will be happy to see it happen and will not bother her. However, if Shen Yutong finds Yuan's family, she should have informed me in advance and obtained my consent, instead of making me the last person to know about it like now.

Ye Mingsheng was not satisfied with Shen Yutong's behavior. He hoped to use An Miaoyi to give Shen Yutong a warning so that Shen Yutong would not think too much!
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At Wei Pass, in the Imperial Guard camp, a group of Imperial Guards generals were drinking and celebrating.

"Lieutenant General Liu is truly a rare warrior among our imperial guards. He destroyed the artillery positions of the Fengwu Army with only 500 Tiger Soldiers. Even if the Champion Marquis were reborn, he would be no better than him. This battle will make everything clear!"

"Brother Chen is right. Brother Liu fought brilliantly in this battle. The cannons of the Fengwu Army are like toads that don't bite. They are annoying. They bombard us every night and make our brothers unable to sleep well. Fortunately, Brother Liu blew them up. Now our brothers can finally have a good rest!"

"Brother Liu, the commander-in-chief Ma has already reported this battle to the court. The Prime Minister must be very impressed with you. I think this battle will at least make you a general. Don't forget your brothers when you become successful!"

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Liu Bing, who was sitting at the host seat in the banquet, felt dizzy listening to the congratulations and flattery from his colleagues. Two nights ago, he took advantage of the cover of darkness and led 500 soldiers to launch a night attack on the artillery positions outside the Fengwu Army city.

Just as he had said to Ma Chongyang, he divided his 500 men into two parts. The first part of 400 people launched a frontal feint attack to lure out the Fengwu Army troops ambushed around the artillery positions, while the second group of troops took advantage of this opportunity to go around from behind and attack the Fengwu Army's artillery positions.

Although there were some unexpected events during the implementation phase, Liu Bing led his troops to the Fengwu Army's artillery positions without any danger and began to blow up the Fengwu Army's siege artillery.

However, just as he and his subordinates used gunpowder to blow up more than a dozen red cannons in succession, the Fengwu Army soldiers in charge of guarding also came to their senses and immediately protected the remaining cannons from damage.

Seeing that there was no chance to complete the mission, Liu Bing had no choice but to lead his troops to retreat. Although he was hunted by the Fengwu Army during the retreat, under the desperate protection of his men and the cover of night, Liu Bing still retreated back to Wei Guan City.

Although the 500 tiger warriors carefully selected by Liu Bing were almost wiped out in this battle, only a few people including Liu Bing returned to Weiguan City...

However, because Liu Bing destroyed more than a dozen siege artillery of the Fengwu Army, Ma Chongyang still considered this battle a success.

And because of the need for political propaganda and to boost morale of his own side, Ma Chongyang also personally polished Liu Bing's battle results, exaggerating Liu Bing's achievements to include the destruction of more than 50 artillery pieces of the Fengwu Army and the killing of more than 1,000 Fengwu soldiers. He then wrote a letter to the Luo'an court to request credit for Liu Bing.

Liu Bing was an honest man. Although he felt a little embarrassed that General Ma exaggerated his achievements, when he thought about the benefits it would bring to himself and the flattery and praise from his colleagues, Liu Bing gladly accepted it!

In order to celebrate Liu Bing's rare victory, Ma Chongyang made an exception and allowed the army to drink, and the cocktail party to celebrate Liu Bing's victory lasted for three consecutive days!
At this time, under the praise of his colleagues, Liu Bing, who was drunk, stood up and said loudly:
"There's nothing special about these Fengwu Army bastards. They're just a little more powerful with their firearms. Other than that, they're just like us, with two shoulders and one head. One cut from them and their heads will roll all over the floor!"

"Weiguan is an ancient fortress. Even if we give the Fengwu Army another 200,000 soldiers and horses, they still can't get in. Every time they bombard with artillery, I, Liu Bing, will bomb it and blow up all their damn cannons into the sky!"

“Don’t underestimate that bastard Ye Mingsheng. He seems very proud now. Sooner or later, the Prime Minister will lead us to fight back, rush into Yijing City and kill that bastard Ye Mingsheng with a single blow…”

As Liu Bing finished speaking, another commander named Gao stood up and said loudly, "I'm drunk."

"Brother Liu, you are so heroic. I really admire you. But there is one thing I disagree with!"

After hearing this, everyone was curious about what Commander Liu had different opinions. Under everyone's gaze, Commander Gao did not keep them in suspense and immediately said:
"This man surnamed Ye is the number one traitor and treacherous minister in the three hundred years since the founding of our great Zhou Dynasty. He plotted to usurp the throne and was disloyal and unfilial. His crimes are too numerous to list. Even the water of the Golden River cannot wash away his sins!"

"It's too easy for such a traitor to be killed with just one knife!"

"If it were you, I would cut Ye Mingsheng into pieces. Cut him into pieces one by one with 36,000 cuts, not a single cut should be left behind!"

"Cut off the flesh of this great traitor and distribute it to the nobles who have suffered the most from him. Let everyone eat their fill of this traitor's flesh and blood and vent their hatred!"

What Commander Gao Liu said was indeed a bit terrifying, and it made the imperial guards present there stunned, but soon some generals from the aristocratic families began to cheer.

Everyone also had a heated discussion about how to deal with Ye Mingsheng after entering Yijing. Some said they should skin him and burn him to death, while others said they should dismember him. The discussion was so intense that it seemed as if the imperial guards had already arrived at the gates of Yijing and were about to win!
Just when everyone was talking and discussing happily, there was another loud roar of explosions outside the house. Upon hearing the roar, everyone who was chattering just now suddenly fell silent.

As generals of the Imperial Guards, except for the past two days, they have heard this roar every day in the past few dozen days, so everyone knows very well what this means!
As the first person turned his eyes to Liu Bing who was sitting in the main seat, everyone else also began to look at Liu Bing. Everyone remembered that Liu Bing said that he had blew up all the artillery of the Fengwu Army.

Now, only two days have passed and the Fengwu Army has resumed its bombardment. And judging from the roar, the Fengwu Army has a lot of artillery!

Under the suspicious gazes of the crowd, Liu Bing’s face immediately turned pale and blue, and a few seconds later he fainted from anger...
(End of this chapter)