Five days ago

When the news of the defeat of the Huaqing general Zagu reached Los Angeles, and the ministers expressed concern about the loss of the vanguard general, half a day later, the news of the fall of Kaifeng followed.

Li Qirui glanced at the fold, but laughed softly, as if today's situation was exactly what he wanted to see. In the queue of ministers, Zhao Wuke stood up and was willing to lead the troops to Jiangyou and personally quell the rebellion when the spark had not yet burned.

"It's eventful, this rebellion has General Lao Zhao. Li Qirui took off the tiger talisman, slowly walked down the steps, and handed the tiger talisman into Zhao Wuke's hands, "Xiang Yiming was raised by you, and no one will know him better than you." Go ahead and put down this trouble. ”

A day later, Zhao Wuwu took command and personally led 100,000 Yuejia to Huaqing. Zhao Li, who had lived at home for a long time, heard this, he came out with a long sword, knelt down on one knee in front of his father, and begged to go to the battlefield in person to fight with Xiang Yiming.

Zhao Wuke glanced at him and said, "During the Battle of Changping, Zhao Li, the general of Xuanguo, was defeated and died. The battle between Zhao Li and Xiang Yiming has come to an end under the Battle of Changping, and you don't need to go again. ”

Zhao Li understood the meaning of his father's words, he stood up suddenly, pressed the hilt of the sword with one hand, and glared at his eyes, "It's not a man to retreat without a fight, I hope my father will be perfect." ”

Zhao Wu couldn't say anything more, she turned around and ordered the soldiers beside her to prepare a fast horse for her son.

When Zhao Wuke went to Huaqing, Li Qirui sat in the pavilion by the pool. He withdrew from the maid beside him, carefully sipping the tea in the coffee table, and said to the woman sitting cross-legged opposite without raising his head, "Kaifeng is defeated, but your brother has already appeared in the Huaqing area." ”

"Are you scared?" The woman on one side smiled, her ten fingers slenderly ruffling her hair, "Huaqing's troubles, my brother naturally wants to appear in Huaqing, is there anything wrong with this?"

"Hehe, your brother is not so stupid as to think that after experiencing the consumption of the two major battles of the Xuan Kingdom, their Xuzhou Business Alliance can support this unknown battle in terms of the supply of grain and grass. Li Qirui sneered, "For him, the most fatal thing is the inaction of the Yue Guo clan, more than 20 years have passed, the public opinion of the Yue country will not support them in a grand manner, and now the Yue country can give the people basic survival, in this case, do you think the Xuzhou Business Alliance will count on the people to oppose me?"

The woman flicked her hands for a moment, and she looked at Li Qirui intently, "There are still many old ministers in various parts of Yueguo County, and their choices can affect this unknown war. If you are not afraid, why do you send the general Zhao Wuke to Huaqing in person?" she laughed, "To raise the army by war, the Xuzhou Business League may have a shortage of grain and grass, but don't forget, every county in Yue is like a granary. The richness of the Yue Kingdom is far from being comparable to that of the Xuan Kingdom where the people have no food, more than 20 years ago, you chose to keep these old ministers, hehe, naturally you will think of the situation you should face now. ”

"How many of the old ministers in Yue County are willing to be loyal to Li Hui's son again? Li Qirui sneered, "Even if the grain and grass in the county are enough to support the supply of their front-line soldiers, what are their chances of winning in the face of hundreds of thousands of Yuejia?" he raised his head and looked at the woman, "Recently, there has been a resurgence in the DPRK and China, and it is not excluded that someone will take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters." ”

"What do you mean?" the woman muttered, "My children and brother are in the Huaqing area, and they don't have the energy to participate in the partisan struggle between the DPRK and China. ”

"What if your child is not in Huaqing, but in Los Angeles?" Li Qirui's voice was hoarse, "If they really plan to raise troops to subvert this Yue Kingdom, it will be too disappointing for the widows, the Xuzhou Business Alliance is not capable of organizing a big battle again, even if your brother is rich and rivals the country, those financial resources will have already been consumed in the Xuan Kingdom." ”

The woman was silent, she poured herself a cup of tea, and drank it slowly, "Did you send Zhao Wuwu to Huaqing to paralyze them? After saying that, her tone paused again, and her voice became sharp, "Or can't I see it myself, and I sent Zhao Wuwu to prevent it? This turmoil in the government is originally a matter of power between your two children, and more than 20 years ago, the disaster that happened between your brothers continued on your children, and I don't know if this is retribution?"

When Li Qirui heard the woman's words, his hand holding the cup increased his strength, and a pair of eyebrows that were gradually dyed with traces of age were twisted and quickly stretched. After being silent for a while, he stood up, looked at the ripples on the water, stood up slowly, and shook his sleeves, "His bones, the widow has been buried, and he will be buried in the Wind and Smoke Mausoleum with the throne." ”

"Hmm." The woman nodded simply and watched Li Qirui slowly walk away. In silence, she sighed heavily, put down the tea set in her hand, and walked out of the pavilion.

She walked slowly to the edge of the red wall in the palace, where a guard stood and rubbed slowly against the wall with his hand.

"Who's where?" she stopped, "turn around!"

The guard who stopped on the edge of the red wall stiffened, and in silence he turned slowly, buried his head in the bow, and did not speak.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? The woman looked at the guard, whose head was buried, and he walked over and said, "Lift up your head." ”

"The younger one is Captain Feng's person, who is responsible for the security near the eldest prince's mansion. As the guard said this, he slowly raised his head and looked at the woman who was observing him.

The moment he looked up, both of them stiffened, standing silently for a while.

After a pause, the woman looked at the guard and spoke, "Your eyes remind me of two old people?"

"Who is it?" asked the guard, who was silent for a moment.

"One is alive and gone, the other is dead, and the grave is overgrown. The woman looked away and waved her hand at him, "Go away, it's a cursed wall, and you don't have the power to get close to it right now." ”

When the guard heard this, he looked at the woman's eyes intently, and after a while he nodded, bowed briefly, and walked slowly along the path under the city wall.

The woman stared at his back, and the next moment tears flowed out, she put her hand on the wall, pressed her face to it, and murmured silently in her heart, "Are you my child.....?

(It's really uncomfortable, I thought about the ending before, but now I find it so difficult to write him out, planning one after another.) Wang, organization, prophecy, alas, really annoying, the next volume is connected with this volume, it seems that it will take about a hundred chapters to finish. Well, now some of the chapters in it have hints at the future. ）