"What?!"

"Failed?!"

"How is that possible?"

Upon hearing the news, Governor Du Antong grabbed the small official in front of him with both hands and asked in disbelief.

The officer nodded nervously.

Seeing Du Du's behavior, the officials in the Governor's Mansion didn't dare to ask questions, and they didn't dare to express their anger.

After a while, seeing that his hand was still holding on to the junior official's clothes, Governor Du Antong hurriedly retracted his hand and said softly: "Go down."

"yes."

At this time, Du Dudu instantly felt that he was a sinner. After all, the main force of the Mo Dynasty was destroyed in his own hands.

I saw Du Antong walking towards his desk and chair in despair, sitting alone on the chair, covering his face with his hands, saying nothing or doing anything.

It is exactly noon in Yanyang City at this moment, the sun is hanging high in the sky, and the warm sunshine is shining in Yanyang City, the capital city.

The Prime Minister's Mansion on the other side also received the news.

"What? Say it again." Su Xiang couldn't believe it.

The official standing in front of Prime Minister Su repeated his words: "Su Qianhu was seriously injured in the battle with the rebels. During the evacuation, Su Qianhu bled too much, so... just..."

"Okay, get out."

"yes."

At this time, Su Xiang's heart felt like a knife being cut. Faced with the sudden news of his son's death, he was extremely sad.

However, there was one thing that Prime Minister Su did not ask, that is, whether the main force of the Mo Dynasty had won or not.

At this time, Su Xiang had been grieving the death of his second son.

"Benefactor."

"I am sorry for your loss."

Right Prime Minister Yang Youcheng on the side offered words of comfort.

Su Xiang nodded and signaled, but did not say anything, nor did he raise his head to look at Yang Youcheng, the right minister.

"Su Xiang."

"I am sorry for your loss."

After learning that Zuo Xiang had lost his son, all the officials expressed their condolences.

Su Xiangdu nodded slightly in response, without raising his head or saying a word.

Sitting like this lasted for a long time.

After a long period of time, it was almost time to leave the court. (The so-called "off duty" means to get off work. There are also many other names such as "off duty", "off office", "off court", "off court", "off duty" etc.

.)

At this moment, Su Xiang suddenly thought of something and hurriedly stood up. Without saying a word, he straightened his face and walked towards the outside of the Prime Minister's house.

Officials who didn't know better thought it was Prime Minister Su who had paid off his duty in advance.

However, Su Xiang did not walk out of the palace, but towards the Governor's Mansion.

Looking at the pace of his walking, he was a little hasty, and his face seemed to be angry.

As for Du Antong, who is currently in the Governor's Mansion, because this great Mo

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I sat in a chair and meditated on the news that the main force of the North Korean army had been wiped out for a long time. I have been sitting on this chair since I heard the news until now.

"Su Xiang."

"Su Xiang."

The officials who saw the left prime minister greeted each other one by one, but they did not dare to smile at all. After all, the main force had been destroyed.

Seeing that it was time to leave, thinking that something had happened and that sooner or later it would be impossible to hide it, Grand Governor Du Antong stood up and walked out.

"Where is Governor Du?" Su Xiang asked.

While waiting for an answer, Du Antong happened to come out and saw Su Xiang standing in front of him, with a look of anger and sadness on his face.

Seeing this, Du Antong's heart was beating very fast like an ant on a hot pot.

Before Su Xiang could ask a question, Governor Du Antong hurriedly knelt in front of Su Xiang.

The officials in the Governor's Mansion were not surprised when they saw this. After all, they also knew why Du Antong knelt down.

"Xiang Su, I'm sorry, I couldn't save your child." Du Antong said.

But that's not what Su Xiang wanted to hear. He said bluntly: "Can this battle be won?"

Just five words made Du Antong think of millions of reasons in his mind, but none of them were reliable.

Du Antong took off the black gauze hat on his head and placed it on the ground aside.

Seeing this, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi had already guessed it.

Du Antong hurriedly kowtowed: "The lower official is incompetent. Please ask Prime Minister Su to be removed from the lower official position!"

One sentence made Su Xiang want to be angry but not want to be angry.

After all, the anger in my heart is still greater than that.

"You are incompetent! All the more than 300,000 troops of the Mo Dynasty were destroyed by you officials!"

"With more than 300,000 troops, not even a single rebel army can be wiped out."

Hearing this, the officials in the Governor's Mansion knelt down one after another. After all, it was not the fault of Governor Du Antong alone. This fault belonged to everyone else. Governor Du only made the final decision.

Seeing them like this did not suppress the anger in Su Xiang's heart and continued to curse.

"The main force has been destroyed, and the rebel army has not been defeated. The Qi State is now attacking the Wan State, but our government has not contributed any force. You officials, look, look! When the Qi State suddenly moves south, will we have the strength?

resistance!"

"Just wait, just wait, wait until Qi State takes over our territory!"

As soon as the curse came out, Su Xiang was so angry that he put his hands on his waist, thinking about his son's death, and looked at the Governor Du Antong who was kneeling in front of him.

"Not only was there no victory in this battle, the prime minister's son was also lost. What did you do for food?! How can I tell the truth to the emperor!"

"What's the point of removing you from your official position? If you are removed from your official position, can you recover from this loss?!"

Listening to Su Xiang talking about himself like this, Governor Du Antong hurriedly spoke again: "I wish Su Xiang could do whatever he wants."

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Punishment.”

After hearing these words, Su Xiang was stunned for a moment, looked at Du Antong who was kneeling on the ground without raising his head, and then looked at these officials, thinking that everything had already happened, so there was no point in scolding them anymore.

Then he turned his eyes to look at Du Antong, thinking about the people who were still against him, and thinking that the position of Grand Governor was very important and not just anyone could hold it.

Finally, Prime Minister Su decided: "Okay. The truth is to ask you to come up with a way to suppress the rebel forces as soon as possible. The limit is seven days. After seven days, if there is no clear way, the truth will not only

I have resigned from your position, and even more so, I will confiscate your homes."

"Yes, yes, yes." Governor Du Antong agreed without thinking much.

"Okay, I'm in a bad mood today, so I'm leaving. In seven days, we must come up with a solution." After saying this, Su Xiang closed his eyes, then opened them and walked outside the Governor's Mansion.

Seeing Su Xiang walking away, the officials of the Governor's Office got up.

Du Antong was still kneeling on the ground, leaning his head tightly on the ground.

Seeing that Du Antong hadn't gotten up yet, an official came closer and said, "Captain Du, Prime Minister Su is gone."

At this point, Du Antong raised his head, looked at it, and then stood up and saw that the time was up.

"Everyone go back and think carefully about whether there are any troops that can suppress those rebels now. Think carefully about it. Thank you for your hard work." Du Antong's eyes were filled with hope and encouragement.

"good."

"I will try my best.

"The same goes for lower officials."

After saying yes one after another, they all walked out of the Governor's Mansion and went to their respective homes.

The Grand Governor Du Antong stood on the ground for a long time before walking out to the Grand Governor's Mansion.

On the way back, Du Antong felt extremely uncomfortable. The main force of Da Mo was destroyed in his own hands. How could he be worthy of the people of Da Mo, how could he be worthy of the court, and how could he be worthy of Prime Minister Su?

, let alone how to be worthy of the emperor who lives in the harem.

On the way, Du Antong was either thinking about the main force or silently blaming himself. He didn't think about other things.

And isn’t that how Su Xiang feels in his heart?

On the way back, I was still thinking about how to explain to the emperor, how to explain to the people of Damo, and how to explain to the people at home.

After thinking about it, before I knew it, my feet had stepped on the stone ridge of my Su Mansion.

Looking up at the Su Mansion, he saw the two guards saying together: "My condolences, sir."

Hearing this, Su Yunqi walked into the Su Mansion with an uneasy heart.

As soon as I walked into the Su Mansion, I saw several ladies and their children crying.

The cry could be heard in every corner of the Su residence.

I saw Cen Yinzhu, the daughter-in-law of the second wife, holding her child tightly on her back and crying.

Seeing this, it seemed that Su Xiang knew what was going on, so he walked towards the study without saying a word.

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