The sun and the moon rotate, and the season is seeing that it is stepping into the deep winter, and it will be a big year in more than a month. The streets of Kyoto have become noticeably more lively, with new goods in all the shops, including foreign goods, southern silks, and new styles of jewelry.

However, there was no joy at all in the main mansion. In the backyard hall, Dazong was frowning tightly, like ants on a hot pot, scurrying around the room with his hands behind his back. Just now, the noble man in the palace came with news again, and he was going to send someone to finish off the Dong family in person.

At first, he was happy, but then he felt bad when he thought about it. Although you don't have to do it yourself, just do it "conveniently". But after all, the Dong family is the first-class princess of the dignified Great Qi Dynasty, and many people saw her walk in with her head held high, but she died quietly in Zongzheng Mansion.

After chasing after him, he will have to bear some responsibility. After all, what happened to a person in Zongzheng Mansion was enough for him to drink a pot of medicine if he didn't take good care of himself and didn't take good care of himself. What's more important is that there are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, the Dong family is so strong, and the guards behind her are definitely not good, and it is not impossible for them to take their lives to bury the master with them.

originally thought that if he threw Dong's hot leather ball out, everything would be fine. Na Zhi threw it too high and hit the tree, and actually brought it back and forth. Now it seems that he doesn't expect that noble man to reward his son with a good background, but just ask for peace and hold on to his life, don't steal chickens and rice, and he is not a person inside and out.

No matter how much you want to scold your mother in a hurry, Dazong is like a mirror in his heart, and it is easy to please God and difficult to send God. When it was too late to regret it, I could only meditate and think about how to arrange it next so that I could not offend both of them and survive in the cracks.

That night, Da Zongzheng fell ill due to the wind and cold, and it is said that his face was red from the burn, and he talked nonsense. The doctors in the hospital were all invited to the door, and they were acupuncture and medicine, and they tossed all night, and stayed up for three or four days before they finally woke up. Mrs. Dazong Zheng took a few children to worship God and Buddha happily, only Dazong Zheng put a white cloth towel on his head, and his heart was as bitter as Coptis chinensis. Silently prayed that his bitter trick would be of some use, and that he would drag on for a day and eleven days, and if anyone felt that he couldn't afford to delay it and did it privately, he could barely justify an excuse that he was seriously ill...

Naturally, this news also spread to the palace, and Concubine Bo's master and servant naturally guessed Da Zongzheng's careful thoughts. Concubine Bo's well-maintained face was invisibly covered with a hint of darkness, her brows furrowed fiercely, and she scolded, "The dog slave actually bullied the head of the mourning family, he is really a bear-hearted leopard gall!" ”

"Niangniang, don't be angry, maybe Lord Zongzheng really accidentally contracted the wind chill for a while. If he doesn't dare to disobey you, he's better to wait two more days. At that time, even if he really has the intention of retreating, the old slave will personally rectify him and make his mother angry. ”

Mama Guo was afraid that her master would be angry, so she smiled and comforted, and finally turned around and took the teacup of tea from the little palace maid and respectfully presented it to Concubine Bo, "Niangniang tastes this freshly brewed snow top Hancui, this is specially found by the emperor for you, it is extremely rare, the emperor himself is not willing to take a sip, so he sent it to you." ”

Hearing Mama Guo mention how the emperor is filial to herself, Concubine Bo's face softened a little, she took a sip of the blue and white porcelain cup, and the willow eyebrows also stretched, "That's it, there are many dreams at night, you don't have to wait for that dog slave, you can go directly to the Zongren Mansion to send the Dong family on the road tonight." ”

The old lady hurriedly responded and said with a smile, "Yes, don't worry, don't worry, sleep with peace of mind, there will be good news tomorrow morning." ”

"Okay, you do something, don't worry."

The wishful thinking of the master and servant is good, but unfortunately the plan never changes quickly. Just as they were talking, the court in front of them was in a mess because of an urgent military report.

Originally, seeing that the New Year was approaching, several courtiers who were good at flattery on weekdays sang praises of merit and virtue, advocating that the country of Great Qi and the people should be safe, and the people should live and work in peace and contentment.

Although the emperor is smart and decisive, he is only fourteen years old after all, and his childlike heart is still alive, so he is naturally happy to hear this. It was the matter that was discussed with the courtiers with great interest, and the military report was delivered. The soldier who delivered the letter ran and killed three horses on the way, and when he arrived outside the palace gate and handed the letter to the scribe of Zhongshu Province, he passed out directly, which shows that the situation is urgent.

Zhongshu Province did not dare to slack off, so he directly sent the military report to the court. The young emperor was shocked after just one glance, and scolded, "What's going on, why did the Northern Barbarian Iron Cavalry enter the country and send the military report in." What about the military department, get out! ”

Although the emperor is not the blood of the first emperor, but he inherited the benevolent and kind temperament of the first emperor, he has never been angry and scolded his courtiers on weekdays. ”

"I don't care if you live or die, who of you will tell me about the Northern Barbarian invasion, why there is no news about it!" The emperor was really angry, grabbed the military newspaper on the Longshu case and smashed it.

The two prime ministers on the left and right, plus a few powerful scholars, glanced at each other, and crawled a few steps forward to pick up the wrinkled military newspaper, but this look also changed their faces.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the emperor of Daqi was diligent and patriotic, made great efforts to govern the country, and laid down great rivers and mountains with soldiers and iron horses, and there were also several generations of prosperous scenes.

But like all dynasties, under extreme comfort, the Murong royal family slowly became greedy for pleasure, completely forgetting that it was easy to fight the country and it was difficult to defend the country. In particular, the previous generations of emperors were extravagant, resulting in an empty treasury. Up and down, the courtiers are also greedy for ink, and the iron-clad men who guard the Quartet are also slowly discouraged because of lack of food and clothing, and they have to get by. Except for the occasional report of dozens of horse thieves in the northern military city, the rest of the 100,000 troops have no merit. Under the surface of the life of song and dance, the entire Daqi is already in danger.

Ten years ago, if it weren't for the fact that King Zhongshan took advantage of the sudden death of King Dajin Khan and the second prince, he took the risk of leading people into the grassland to assassinate the eldest prince, so that the remaining princes of the grassland fought with each other, and forced Daqi to win ten years of peace. Otherwise, Daqi would have been trampled all over by the grassland iron horsemen a long time ago.

But now, the steppe iron horseman, who had no movement to the south, did not know what to do, and actually crossed the dangerous mountains between the two countries from nowhere, avoided the blockade of the military city and invaded the interior of Daqi, and saw that he was about to kill Kyoto for thousands of miles.

Such shocking news was conveyed to the ears of the civil and military officials through the mouths of the prime ministers, like two scoops of cold water added to hot oil, and the pot was fried in an instant.

Whether it is a civil official who looks pure and arrogant on weekdays, or a mighty and unyielding general, they are all frightened, and they are used to singing and dancing to promote peace, so they don't believe this news.

Ten years with a flick of the fingers, the grassland iron cavalry regrouped and approached Kyoto, but Daqi still did not change, how can this resist the strong trampling of the iron cavalry?

Everyone talked about it, and they had no idea for a while, and some even planned a way out, if the barbarian soldiers were killed, they would pack up and flee for their lives, and they never thought that the country would not be a country, how could it be home?

There was a lot of noise in the court, and there was everything to say. The civil officials scolded the Northern Barbarians for their unauthorized invasion and offended the Great Qi Tianwei, and sent envoys to severely condemn them. The military attachés said that the Northern Barbarians encountered heavy snow this winter, and they must have rushed to attack because of lack of food, and as long as they were rewarded with some grain, grass, gold and silver, they would retreat.

Of course, there are also courtiers who still have some loyalty in their hearts, seeing that all their colleagues are obviously frightened, but they are still deceiving themselves, holding the frame of the great power of the Celestial Empire, and they are so angry that they want to pinch them to death. The most important thing now is not the face of Daqi, but to quickly find the cause of the invasion of the Northern Barbarians, so as to fundamentally solve the crisis of breaking the country.

Obviously, the young emperor also thought the same way, he grabbed the jade paperweight in his hand and smashed it on the golden floor tiles, and the crisp cracking sound finally brought the courtiers back to their senses.

"Who told me why the Northern Barbarians invaded? If you don't even know this, then you don't have to wait for the Northern Barbarian cavalry to kill, I will send you to the noon gate to be beheaded! ”

The emperor was angry, the blood flowed from all over the world, and the civil and military officials rarely shut up, and their eyes rolled wildly, for fear that the emperor would catch him out and be the rooster that intimidated the monkeys.

After all, there was still a little waiter, with an active brain, and suddenly remembered the gossip he heard the day before yesterday, so he exclaimed, "Ah, is it because of Princess Zhongshan?" ”

When the emperor heard this, he frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Princess Zhongshan?" What the hell is going on, tell me quickly. ”

The little waiter didn't dare to delay, so he made it clear how Princess Zhongshan was taken into custody by the Zongzheng Mansion for instructing her subordinates to kill the innkeeper and his companions at the inn outside Kyoto. In the end, he was afraid that the emperor would not understand, so he thought about it and added, "The righteous son adopted by the King of Zhongshan returned to the grassland at the beginning of the year, and there was news that he integrated most of the grassland with a strong force, and now I am afraid that I heard that the King of Zhongshan and his wife had an accident, so I came... Well, take a look. ”

"Hmph, take a look!" The emperor stretched out his hand and slapped it heavily on the case of the dragon book, and said angrily, "Whoever visits his relatives will bring 20,000 iron horsemen, this is the same as my demonstration!" Damn brute! ”

"Your Majesty, now that you are in danger, this is not the time to be rash. It's still imperative to find a way to calm down the anger of the barbarian cavalry first, and let them retreat. ”

"That's right, Your Majesty. It's better to let Dazongzheng release the princess of Zhongshan first, as long as the Northern Barbarians retreat, it will be good to think about it in the long run. ”

As soon as the civil and military officials heard that they had found the crux of the problem, it was very easy to get out of the danger of breaking the country, and they all opened their mouths to persuade them. Looking at that posture, I can't wait to directly treat the princess of Zhongshan as an old lady, as long as they can keep the peace and glory of today's singing and dancing.

But the young emperor didn't know what he thought, but he was silent, and finally threw down a sentence, "Wait for me to think about it and then discuss it, and retreat from the dynasty!" With that, he flicked the sleeves of his robe and returned to the harem. Leaving a group of civil and military officials who were so anxious to scratch their ears and cheeks, they didn't dare to arrest the emperor, and he must make an order immediately. R638