Chapter 581: Tyrant Emperor
As the carriage started moving, the curtains were blown open by the cold morning wind.
Marquis Wenxin could still vaguely see the usually serious Lord Cao sitting in the carriage. He seemed helpless, but his eyes were full of gentleness. When he spoke to Xiao Yan opposite him, he did not have the arrogance he showed to other people.
Wen Xinhou's expression was somewhat complicated: "I seem to have some petty thoughts."
When Xiao Yan suddenly mentioned him in the palace earlier, he always felt that he had other intentions.
The two had no intersection, and he was never polite to Xiao Yan. Although his wife was good friends with Rong Yue, he never gave much convenience to Jiyun Lane, and sometimes even deliberately blocked Xiao Yan.
Marquis Wenxin was really puzzled as to why Xiao Yan let him lead the troops, and he even suspected that he had other intentions, so he and General Yin stopped Xiao Yan and wanted to find out clearly.
But after really asking clearly.
However, Marquis Wenxin discovered that he had a petty mind.
This former chief of the eunuchs, the ruthless Governor Xiao, now the Duke of Dingguo, has a mind broader than anyone else, and his sights are never limited to this small capital city.
General Yin, standing aside, also sighed with emotion: "Xiao Yan's personality doesn't seem like he was raised by the He family..."
Marquis Wenxin turned his head.
As if sensing his confusion, General Yin explained, "I've dealt with the He family before. Among the aristocratic families in the capital, the He family is the most upright. However, even they have selfish motives."
"I've seen children raised by the He family before. They also have the temperament of aristocratic families, putting their clan above everything else. Although they are kind, they still have a kind of arrogance towards military commanders and ordinary people. However, this Xiao Yan is a little different."
He has no personal rights in his eyes. He cares about the people of the world and the entire Wei Dynasty.
General Yin has lived for most of his life, with one foot already in the grave. He believes that he has seen countless people and can tell whether Xiao Yan's words are sincere or just hypocritical to please them.
He really didn't care who had the tiger talisman, and he was truly disdainful when he mentioned Emperor An.
He never wanted to seize power from the beginning to the end, and even took the tiger talisman for himself. Instead, he was very willing to find a suitable "master" for it.
General Yin watched the Cao family's carriage drive away and said, "I now understand why that old fellow Cao Dejiang only has a soft spot for Xiao Yan."
Although Cao Dejiang did not do anything openly, and the Qingliu faction never favored Xiao Yan and others, most of the time what he did was not in favor of the emperor. Instead, the final result was beneficial to Xiao Yan.
On the night of the palace banquet, he seemed to be just pushed to speak, but every word he said hit the weak spot of Emperor An. Later, when Xiao Yan was at a disadvantage during the palace coup, other court officials did not dare to say a word, but Cao Dejiang joined them in questioning Emperor An and stood by Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan's casual attitude towards Cao Dejiang and the intimacy in his words were also different from those of others.
General Yin said, "Even when he was young, Cao Boru was a shrewd man. He cared deeply about the people. The people he chose must be good."
Marquis Wenxin quite agreed with this.
Although he didn't have a close relationship with Cao Dejiang, he also knew the old man's temperament. If he didn't like someone, he probably wouldn't bother with them at all.
General Yin couldn't help but sigh and pinched the tiger talisman. "Well, since Xiao Yan trusts us so much, I will definitely use this tiger talisman well. We can't delay with Prince Pingshan. We need to pacify it as soon as possible to avoid disaster."
"Marquis Wenxin, let's go."
Marquis Wenxin nodded and followed General Yin, and the two of them took a few steps toward the palace gate.
However, not long after he walked, Marquis Wenxin suddenly seemed to remember something and stopped abruptly.
"etc."
"What's wrong?" General Yin tilted his head.
Marquis Wenxin's expression turned grim. "Xiao Yan just said that Your Majesty caused all this trouble just to take the tiger talisman from him. What did he mean by that?"
He realized it a little late, and General Yin was also stunned.
Xiao Yan never did anything meaningless, nor would he say anything useless. When he said that, his expression was filled with sarcasm and disdain, as if he was deeply disgusted with Emperor An...
The two looked at each other, their expressions were ashen.
This fool! Mr.!
Marquis Wenxin's face was filled with disbelief, and his eyes were filled with anger: "How dare he? Doesn't he know the current situation in Wei?!"
"It's not that he doesn't know, but he just lost his mind to deal with Xiao Yan!"
General Yin's tiger eyes were filled with frost. If he was disappointed by Emperor An's repeated inconsistencies and lack of imperial prestige, now he felt that this man was not worthy of being the king of a country!
He actually started a war for his own selfish reasons and conspired with the rebels just to force Xiao Yan to hand over the tiger talisman.
No wonder Xiao Yan acted like that in the palace before, and later refused to hand over the tiger talisman to Emperor An and Liu Tong'en. He had clearly seen through the trick of Prince Pingshan's sudden uprising. No wonder Emperor An and Liu Tong'en looked so strange when Xiao Yan mentioned that Lu Jiuan was suspected to appear in Qinghe.
General Yin recalled the Xiao family members who had come to his house to deliver a message before. At that time, the eldest son of the Xiao family looked very bad. After seeing him, he only said that Pingyang County was in rebellion. Xiao Yan asked him to enter the palace as soon as possible to take charge of the situation. It turned out to be because of this!
Marquis Wenxin couldn't suppress his anger. "Reports from the Beiling battle are being sent to the capital daily. How dare he stir up trouble like this now? Isn't he afraid of courting disaster? If Prince Pingshan raises his army and targets the capital, the war will spread like wildfire and be uncontrollable."
General Yin said coldly: "What is he afraid of? He is not the one fighting on the battlefield."
No matter how many people died in the south, how many innocent civilians were implicated, and how many soldiers were killed, these were just a few numbers in a battle report to Emperor An. No matter how the war in Pingyang County raged, he could still sit in the capital and serve as his supreme emperor.
General Yin was filled with dismay, feeling that having an emperor in such a high position was not good for all the soldiers. Thinking of Xiao Yan, who was the complete opposite of Emperor An, he suddenly said, "Marquis Wenxin, I would like to add two deputy generals to our expedition south this time."
Marquis Wenxin raised his eyes: "You mean..."
"Xiao Jinan and his son."
General Yin's voice was cold and gloomy. "Xiao Jin'an was a fierce general in his time, but he was delayed because of the He family. I have also met his eldest son, Xiao Ying. I heard that he teaches martial arts at Rongsheng Academy and he is quite capable."
"Speed is crucial in suppressing the rebellion this time. The sooner we capture King Pingshan, the better. Xiao Jinan once commanded troops in Anyang, which is not far from Pingyang County. If they and his son join the army to suppress the rebellion, we will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort."
The most important thing is that Emperor An acted too despicable and disgusting.
Since he couldn't tolerate Xiao Yan, General Yin insisted on promoting the Xiao family. With Xiao Yan "restraining" Emperor An's confusion and stupidity, the Wei Dynasty would not be thrown into chaos because of Emperor An's willfulness.
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