Chapter 243 [Gathering Troops]

The early morning mist gradually dissipated, the morning sun spread out with the morning sun, Mulan Xu was too tired, and had completely forgotten about her sister's affairs, and Lin Nan, who was beautiful in her arms and came back to life, was naturally not in the mood to get up early, so neither of them noticed that Youlan had entered the room.

Youlan found that the tent was tight, and there were her sister's clothes on the ground, and she had already guessed the matter, she knew that her sister was here for her, but she was not grateful, but her heart was sour, very uncomfortable.

"Sister." She whispered, but Mulan didn't realize it, only Lin Nan heard it.

"Is it Sister Youlan?" Lin Nan raised his head and asked.

"Ahh Youlan was taken aback, stepped back a few times, and said in a lost voice: "You...... You are ......"

"It's me, it's your sister who brought me back." Lin Nan smiled, opened the corner of the tent, and stuck his head out.

Seeing that his face was ruddy, it was far from yesterday's look, she was surprised and delighted, blinked her eyes and glanced at him and said, "Are you okay?" ”

"Yes." Lin Nan smiled at this little beauty with clear eyebrows, made Youlan's face feel ashamed, hurriedly lowered his head, and whispered, "That...... Then I'll go out first. ”

"Well, your sister is a lazy cat who hasn't woken up yet." Lin Nan picked her with his eyes, which made Youlan's heart flutter, and quickly pushed the door out of the house.

Lin Nan looks very delicate and cute, although she is not a beautiful character, but she also has something outstanding. Thinking that my sister is like this, my sister should not be bad, so I hurriedly lowered my head to look at Mulan's appearance.

The little face of the red servant, the crescent-like eyelashes, and the closed little Dan lips are really a little similar to Youlan.

"Tsk, it's sisters." Lin Nan thought of this. He took a bite on her face and whispered: "Lazy cat, lazy cat, it's been three strokes a day, why haven't you woken up yet." ”

"Hmm......" Mulan Li ignored her, but her lips moved.

Lin Nan's eyes rolled. Biting her earlobe, she called, "Your sister is here." ”

"Oh......" Mulan agreed, suddenly opened her eyes suddenly, sat up from the bed with a sigh and said in a lost voice: "I forgot about Youlan." ”

"She's gone." Lin Nan hugged her snow shoulder and smiled.

"She knows everything?" Mulan was ashamed and shocked, and glanced at Lin Nan with a red face.

"Of course you know it, what's the matter, are you afraid that she will know that you robbed her man?" Lin Nan deliberately teased her with words, making Mulan silent, not knowing how to answer.

Lin Nan smiled softly when he saw her like this, kissed her on the cheek and said, "Don't worry." Both of you are my lifesavers, and I will not treat you badly. ”

Mulan listened to what he said, and her heart calmed down a little, and then Youlan suddenly pushed the door and ran in, exclaiming: "Oh no, there are many officers and soldiers outside, shouting 'Emperor'." ”

"What?" Lin Nan's eyebrows furrowed, and he quickly stretched out his arm and grabbed the clothes on the ground. Youlan turned her back to look at the two of them in shame, and waited for both of them to put on their clothes. Lin Nan was no longer in the mood to joke at this time, and whispered to the two girls: "Don't make a noise, I'll take a look." ”

The soldiers searching outside were led by Hou Junji, so as soon as Lin Nan went out, he heard Hou Junji's rough voice.

"Your Majesty, where are you?"

Lin Nan was overjoyed, and quickly opened his voice and replied: "I'm here!" ”

"Huh?" Hou Junji heard Lin Nan's echo in the forest. When I looked ahead, I saw a mountain col and a hut in the col, and I couldn't help but rejoice: "The emperor is set there, let's go quickly!" ”

Hou Junji flew over. Lin Nan also ran out of the mountain col, the monarch and the ministers saw each other, they were overjoyed, Hou Junji cried with joy, grabbed Lin Nan's shoulder and said: "I can't sleep all night, I don't think about the emperor all the time, this time I see the emperor The dragon is healthy, it is really a blessing in the world." ”

Ha Lu Ha Lin Nan laughed for a while, hugged Hou Jun Ji Xia, and met the Mulan sisters, and everyone didn't say much, so they came back to Chuzhou.

Lin Nan returned to the palace, first went to bathe and change clothes, and found that the wound of the arrow wound had begun to heal, and couldn't help but sigh at the wonder of the miracle medicine. After a freshening up, he ate again, and at this time he had a look of the past, and then he came out to meet the ministers.

Sima Nan and Lai Hu'er saw Lin Nan's face tense, afraid that he would blame, and immediately fidgeted. But Lin Nan didn't mention the two, just snorted and said, "Where is Murong Lian?" ”

Murong Lian heard this, and hurriedly came out and said, "The minister is here." ”

Lin Nan squinted at him and said, "I ordered you to supervise the construction and digging of the canal, but there is any progress?" ”

Murong Lian hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, it has been chiseled for more than a thousand miles, but now the people of Chuzhou are rioting, so it is delayed." ”

Lin Nan sighed, took a sip of tea and asked, "Oh, have I paid your people's wages every year?" ”

Murong Lian's heart froze, but his face remained unchanged, and he hurriedly replied: "The ministers have all been distributed, don't dare to slack off." ”

"Okay." Lin Nan laughed, came down to the palace and patted Murong Lian on the shoulder and said, "Well done, this group of mobs have taken my royal silver and still want to rebel, I really don't know what to do, and they should all be punished." ”

Murong Lian realized that what he said was wrong, but he couldn't hear anything, so he could only agree: "What the emperor said is extremely true. ”

Lin Nan sighed, turned around and ordered, "Come on." ”

The two guards hurriedly entered, and the hundred officials thought that Lin Nan was going to reward Murong Lian, but who knew that Lin Nan's face suddenly changed, and he turned his head and glared at him angrily: "Come on, take Murong Lian down, push out Lu and go to Ling Chi to be executed!" ”

"Huh?" Murong Lian was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged, the minister has never deducted the wages of the people, and I ask the emperor to investigate it in detail." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be investigated in detail." Several civil officials also knelt down to intercede with him.

Lin Nan was furious, pointed at Murong Lian and said, "How do you know that what I said is your deduction of wages, if you don't have a ghost in your heart, how can you think about this?" Also check in detail, what to check? If it weren't for you, how could Wang Shijun be ruined? The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and he said to a few people on the ground: "You intercede for him, but you can't get his benefits!" ”

Several people were shocked, and hurriedly buried their heads in the ground and said: "The emperor is angry, I don't know what happened, and he has concealed it." ”

At this time, Wei Zheng suddenly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty. ”

"What are you guilty of?" Lin Nan stared at him, not knowing what he meant.

Wei Zheng sighed: "The minister is an official. did not verify the matter, did not dare to admonish, resulting in a catastrophe in the people's livelihood, and hoped that the emperor would be punished. ”

When Lin Nan heard him say this, he shook his head and said, "No one is perfect, and the culprit of this matter lies in my improper use of people." It's not your sin. After he finished speaking, he ordered: "Murong Lian Lingchi will be executed, the nine clans will be exterminated, the family property will be confiscated from the treasury, and these few who intercede for him will be reduced to commoners, and they will be sent to the state and never hired." ”

Seeing that Lin Nan's punishment was so severe, no one dared to say more than half a word, and Murong Lian saw that he was unable to return to the sky, so he immediately scolded. until they are dragged out of the temple.

Lin Nan returned to his seat and asked Sima Nan and the others, "Where is Wang Shijun now?" ”

Sima Nan stepped forward and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the anti-thief king Shijun deceived the Great Sui people to open the gate of Yong'an, recruited more than 10,000 soldiers, plus the river workers and people who followed him, now have 50,000 soldiers, and the troops are in the city. ”

Lin Nan nodded after hearing this, and pondered for a while. He instructed: "Quickly adjust the people from the neighboring counties to enter Yong'an, and I want to see what he Wang Shijun is capable of." ”

"Yes!" The ministers agreed in unison.

Three days later. All the people and horses led elite soldiers to gather in Chuzhou, and Lin Nan changed his helmet with a whole bunch, personally as the front, and came to kill Yong'an. Yong'an, known as Chenggao in ancient times, is the granary of the counties of Yuzhou. The reason why Wang Shijun chose to garrison here is precisely because there is plenty of grain and grass here, and the city is strong. Lin Nanqin led an army of 500,000 to Yong'an in the starry night, but it happened that the rainy season had just arrived, and the continuous torrential rain seriously hindered the marching speed of the army. It was not until noon on the seventh day that Lin Nan's army marched to Runan County, fifty miles northwest of Yong'an City. Runan County ordered Chun Yutai to kneel outside the city to greet him, and Lin Nan did not enter the city, but only ordered the three armies to be stationed outside the city and enter Yong'an tomorrow. At dusk, the sky after the rain was red, Lin Nan had no intention of enjoying the scenery, but he was absent-mindedly pacing back and forth in the big tent of the Chinese army, and his mind was a little heavy to figure out the traitor's method of defending the city. At this time, the sound of footsteps came, and Zhuge Zhigong entered the tent, "Enlighten the emperor, the sentry camp returns, Wang Shijun has a deep ditch and a high base, guarding the city, and there is no big action." "Oh?" This is beyond the reach of Lin Nan's historical data, and he couldn't help frowning: "Although Yong'an has abundant grain and grass and a strong city, Wang Shijun is only a rabble of 50,000, untrained, and the number is ten times less than our army, how can he hold it?" Zhuge Zhi also bowed his head and said: "The minister also thinks that there is fraud in this, but I don't know what the hell this Wang Shijun is doing." Lin Nan nodded, turned around and looked at a map hanging in front of the tent, and looked at it carefully for a while, but didn't see any clues. At this time, Mulan carried lotus seed soup into the tent from outside, Zhuge Zhi's mind turned, and he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I think that Wang Shijun just wants to fight the trapped beasts, and you don't have to worry about it." "Yes." Lin Nan nodded, knowing that he was thoughtful, and he didn't expect that there should be any big mess, so he waved his hand and ordered him to go down. "Come on, Mulan." Lin Nan smiled slightly and beckoned Mulan to come over. "Your Majesty, your body is just right, you shouldn't be tired, let's drink this bowl of soup first." Mulan walked over, Lin Nan grabbed her arm and held it in his arms and chuckled, "I'm not hungry, I don't want to drink any soup." Mulan blinked her phoenix eyes, leaned her delicate body comfortably on Lin Nan's warm chest, and lightly opened her lips and said, "Then what the emperor wants to eat, Mulan is easy to do." Lin Nan smiled when he heard this: "I just want to eat you." Mulan was timid, but she glanced at Lin Nan coquettishly, her heart was sweet, her cherry lips were fragrant, and she said coquettishly: "The emperor knows that Lu Dao bullied Mulan." For some reason, seeing Mulan's smile, Jieluo's face suddenly appeared in front of her, and Lin Nan's face changed suddenly, and he took his hand away and sighed: "Okay, you can go out." Mulan didn't understand what he meant, thinking that he had made him unhappy, so he quickly got up and knelt down and said: "The emperor forgives the sin, Mulan is just joking, the emperor must not take it seriously." Lin Nan shook his head, stepped forward to help her up, and sighed: "I have never blamed you, it's just that I didn't bring a concubine on my southern tour, and now I have this taboo, which is really a bit difficult to do." Only then did Mulan understand what he meant, her face was ashamed, and she whispered to Lin Nan: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Mulan's body can still withstand it." Lin Nan was a little moved when she heard this, and took her little hand and said, "Okay, I know it, you go first." "Hmm." Mulan agreed, and reluctantly got out of the big tent. (To be continued.) )