As the spring rains fell in the north, large swaths of snow melted, and the white that had lasted for a winter gradually lost its dominance, and the upper reaches of the Yellow River, as the rumbling melting ice began to enter the riverbed, the water level of this mother river began to increase significantly, and the roaring river rolled up the dirt that covered both sides of the riverbed in winter, and the rain curtain on both sides of the Yellow River was desolate.

Descending from the Yellow River and crossing the Yangtze River, the heavens and the earth in the south had awakened earlier, and after the second day of February, spring ploughing had begun one after another. On the vast land, farmers drove their cattle to start the new year's work in the farmland of Qianmo, and on the Yangtze River, the merchant ships that came and went had already become busy in the face of the wind and waves. Large and small cities, large and small workshops, caravans coming and going for this period of prosperity for a moment to provide strength, if you do not look at the north of the Yangtze River has been moving millions of troops, people will also sincerely sigh, this is really a good year of prosperity.

In a sense, it is indeed a good year.

In Lin'an City, the gathered beggars peddled their poor stories to passers-by, the knights went to the side in groups of three or five, drew their swords and went to the side, the scholars were finally able to find their own impassioned at this time, due to the great disaster in the north, there were many girls who were sold in the brothel of the Qinglou, and the singing of a Qing man often brought a lot of sadness or tragic color, business travel came and went, the court was busy with official business, and the officials often worked overtime, and they were so busy that they were overwhelmed. In this spring, everyone has found their right place.

The war in the north and the tragedy of Tian Shi are attracting heated discussions in the city at this time, and the participation of the black flag is insignificant here. At the same time, the war in Xuzhou has also begun. Prince Junwu led an army of millions to sit on the northern defense line, which was the focus of the scholars' eyes.

At the same time, people of insight were still paying attention to the situation in the southwest, and with the news of the Huaxia Army's armistice and call for joint resistance to Jin, a scandal related to the southwest was uncovered in the capital.

This scandal is related to Long Qifei.

Since the Black Flag Army's invasion of Shu last summer, Ning Liheng, the former monarch-killing madman, has once again entered the field of vision of everyone in Nanwu. At this time, although the threat of the Jurchens was imminent, after the authorities suddenly changed to a three-legged stand, the huge threat from the rear of the Black Flag Army became an important focus in many scenes, even surpassing the Jurchens.

After all, whether from the point of view of chatting or from the point of view, talking about how strong the Jurchen is undoubtedly seems to be old-fashioned and clichéd. And letting everyone pay attention to the blind spots behind the side can show the difference in people's thinking. The Black Flag threat theory rose for a period of time, and in October and November, the great Confucian dragon Qifei, who arrived in the capital, took first-hand information from the southwest and became an upstart in the Lin'an social circle.

As mentioned before, in order to save the situation, Long Qifei, who first arrived in Lin'an, while exaggerating his efforts to make up for the cracks in the sky with one hand, actually lobbied the powerful everywhere, hoping to make people aware of the strength of the black flag and the ambition of the wolf, which of course also includes the importance of the Chengdu Plain occupied by the black flag to the Wu Dynasty.

However, the situation is stronger than people, and for a hot potato like the Black Flag Army, there are not many people who can pick it up head-on. Even Qin Hui, who once advocated the crusade against the southwest, could only swallow the bitter fruit silently after being put on the table by the emperor and his colleagues - it was not that he didn't want to fight the southwest, but what if he continued to advocate sending troops and was put on the throne by the emperor next?

For this reason, Long Qifei's appeal hit a wall, and in his annoyance, he threw himself into the door of Zhao Ding, the left minister, and brought out a lot of bad things about Qin Hui, and he initially instigated everyone to go to the southwest to make trouble, but at this time he no longer cares about the ugliness of the southwest.

During the New Year, Qin Hui suffered from the enemy on his back because of this, and he pretended to be countless grandsons before he was forgiven by Emperor Zhou Yong. At this point, it's February.

This February, in order to cooperate with the upcoming war in the north, Qin Hui was very busy in the Privy Council, and it was difficult to return home every day, and it seemed that he had no time to take care of a little person like Long Qifei.

As for Long Qifei, he has already been on the stage, so naturally he can't go down easily, for a few months, Long Qifei has been worried about the affairs of the southwest, and he has become the leader of the scholars. Occasionally lead the Taixue students to the city kneeling street, at this time the general trend of the world is the wind and rain, the student is worried about patriotism is a good story, Zhou Yong has also passed the initial stage when the emperor wanted to play with women every day and was caught, he let people kill Chen Dong who likes to chew his tongue, and now for these students and scholars, he is out of sight in the harem, but occasionally opens his mouth to commend, the students are rewarded, praise the emperor Shengming, the two are happy and happy.

The first person to have an accident next to Long Qifei was Lu Guoer, the top brand of the Qinglou who followed him to the east. This female woman drugged Long Qifei at a critical juncture, and then accompanied him to escape from Zizhou, which was in danger under the threat of the black flag, and went to the capital to run for the story, which was rumored to be a good story. After Long Qifei became famous, as a confidant by Long Qifei's side, Lu Guoer also began to become famous, and in the past few months, even though he put on a posture of being committed to Long Qifei and didn't go out much, he slowly actually had a small social circle.

However, on Long Qifei's side, the original "good story" actually had another inside story, Long Qifei had a ghost in his heart, and he was a little mustard for the women around him. He promised Lu Guoer the identity of a concubine, and then put aside the woman to run in Vanity Fair, and in February, Long Qifei realized that there was something wrong with the woman around him in the occasional gap between them.

He was originally also a masterpiece, but he didn't move at the moment, investigating privately, and then found out that the woman from the southwest border had already been immersed in the world of flowers in the capital and couldn't extricate herself, and the most troublesome thing was that the other party also had a young scholar.

On February 17, the war in the north, the southwest of the Zhuwen was in a uproar in the capital, at midnight, Long Qifei killed Lu Guoer in the newly bought mansion, he did not have time to destroy the body, got Lu Guoer's new good official to report the crime rushed into the house, arrested him and took him to prison. This Lu Guoer's new acquaintance, a young gentleman who worries about the country and the people, stepped forward and reported Long Qifei's ugliness to the government, and then the official sent Lu Guoer's handwritten letter in the house, which originally recorded the development of events in the southwest, as well as the ugly truth that Long Qifei had colluded with himself when he was on the run.

On the third day of imprisonment, Long Qifei explained everything one by one under ironclad evidence, including the ins and outs of his fear that the matter would be revealed and he accidentally killed Lu Guoer. This incident shook the capital for a while, and at the same time, the official who was sent to the southwest to pick up another meritorious man, Li Xiannong, was already on the road.

You sing and I will appear on the stage, and when Li Xiannong comes to the capital, what kind of situation will Lin'an will be, we don't know, during this period, Qin Hui, who has always been busy in the Privy Council, has never moved at all - he has not moved when he was attacked by Long Qifei before, and there has never been at this time - when people think of this and talk about it, they can't help but give a thumbs up from the bottom of their hearts, saying that this is a selfless member who is not shocked by humiliation and is dedicated to the country.

In the rainy February, most of the people who knew the inside story laughed it off when they heard about the developments.

Zhou Pei heard that Long Qifei was on the carriage to the palace, and the people around her probably recounted what happened, she just sighed and left it behind. At this time, the outline of the war has become obvious, the pervasive smell of gunpowder is almost in front of people's eyes, and the princess's mansion is responsible for many tasks such as propaganda, internal affairs, and the search for Jurchen scouts are also extremely busy.

Entering the palace, Zhou Yong, who was carrying his hands on his back, was pacing under the eaves in front of the imperial study, not knowing what to think about, Zhou Pei said that after the visit, the emperor came to help her with a smile on his face: "Good daughter, you are here, you don't have to be polite, you don't have to be ......polite," he said, "Come on, come on, it's cold outside, come inside first." ”

Zhou Pei entered the imperial study and stood in front of the chair, and Zhou Yong, who was full of smiles, pressed his hands on her shoulders: "Have you eaten?" ”

"Father, what is the matter, but ......"

"It's nothing, it's not a big deal, I just miss you, haha, so I summoned you to come in and have a look, haha, what's wrong? What's wrong with you? ”

Zhou Pei stared at the unreliable father with blazing eyes, and then out of respect, he lowered his eyes first: "It's not a big deal." ”

"Looks skinny." Zhou Yong said sincerely.

"The father cares about his daughter's health, and the daughter is very moved." Zhou Pei smiled and behaved gently, "It's just that what is there to summon his daughter into the palace, the father is still good to say it directly." ”

"Ahem, too...... It's not a big deal, it's just ......" Zhou Yong was a little embarrassed, "It's just something, my father has been meditating for the past few days, but he hasn't figured it out yet, he just wants to ...... I'm looking for you to take a closer look, after all, you're resourceful, daughter, of course, uh......"

“……”

Zhou Yong "uh" for a long time: "That's it...... Things to do in the southwest......"

"What's going on in the Southwest?"

"The surname Ning said, seek peace ......" Zhou Yong stared at his daughter, "What does the emperor think, how about this matter?" ”

Zhou Pei understood. Since the shadow of the girl's innocence hit, this unreliable father doesn't say it on his face, but he is actually worried every day. His wisdom is limited, and he indulges in pleasure on weekdays, but when he wants to use his brain at this time, he is a little reluctant. Immediately after the death of Jin Ditian Shi, the southwest issued a letter to stop attacking Zizhou, and called on the Wu Dynasty to stop the confrontation with the southwest and confront the Jurchens with the greatest strength.

The black flag has occupied most of the Chengdu Plain, stopping in Zizhou, this text spread to Lin'an, and there was a lot of discussion, but at the top of the imperial court, negotiating with a demon who killed the monarch was still a completely unbreakable bottom line, and many officials in the imperial court were unwilling to step on this line.

From the position of the Wu Dynasty, this kind of text seems to be righteous, but in fact, it is giving the Wu Dynasty eye medicine, giving two options that cannot be chosen and pretending to be open-minded. These days, Zhou Pei has been confronting the Black Flag spies who are secretly promoting this matter, trying to erase the influence of this article as much as possible. Who knows, the ministers of the DPRK and China did not take the bait, and their father bit the hook.

Zhou Pei held back his anger: "Father and Emperor know that negotiating with the person who killed the monarch will make it difficult for the Wu Dynasty Dao to survive - this is simply impossible. Ning Yi was just a rhetoric and a clever word, and he knew that the Wu Dynasty had no choice......"

"Alas, why don't you know the embarrassment of this matter for your father, once you say it, those old scholars in the court are afraid that they will point at their father's nose and scold...... But daughter, the situation is stronger than people, sometimes you can be arrogant, sometimes you can't be arrogant, you have to admit defeat, the Jurchens have killed, your brother, he is ahead......"

Zhou Yong said this, and sighed: "To be the emperor for my father, at the beginning, I wanted to be a good emperor and leave a good reputation, but after all, I don't have a clue, but the situation of the Jurchens killed that year, my father still remembers, in the half a year when I drifted on the sea, Jiangnan was killed in vain, and there were many deaths." My father can't stand them, and the most sorry thing is your brother, leaving him behind, he was almost caught up by the Jurchens......"

"Jun Wu is fierce, upright, and smart, and his father can see that he can be a good emperor in the future, but our Wu Dynasty is still a mess now. The Jurchens smashed all these belongings, we have nothing, these days my father has asked the ministers of the court and the central government carefully, I'm afraid I still can't stop it, Junwu's character, fold there, what can I do, I have to have a way back......"

Zhou Yong's words were sincere, and he breathed in a low voice, Zhou Pei listened quietly, and his heart was also a little moved. In fact, the emperor of these years, although Zhou Yong has a lot of indulgence to his children, he is actually already a person who likes to put on a show, and he is still mostly called a lonely widow, and at this time, he can discuss with himself in such a low voice, which can be regarded as digging out his heart, and for his younger brother.

But even if I am moved in my heart, this matter will not be able to get over on the table after all. Zhou Pei was sitting precariously with his knees clenched into fists: "Father......"

"So, I thought about it, but I thought about it blindly, and I don't know if it makes sense, daughter, you just listen to it......" Zhou Yong interrupted her, and said cautiously and carefully, "There is no way to rely on the ministers of the court, but daughter, you can have a way, can you contact the ...... over there first?"

"Father!" Zhou Pei's anger came up at that time.

But Zhou Yong didn't stop, he said: "Being a father is not about contact, what a father means is that you had a friendship back then, the last time Junwu came over, and once said that you actually admired him, and my father suddenly thought in the past two days, okay, extraordinary things have to have extraordinary practices." The biggest thing that the surnamed Ning committed back then was to kill Zhou Zhe, but now the emperor is our family, if it is a daughter, you and him...... Let's force it, as long as we become a family, what are those old guys...... Daughter, there is no one around you now, so Qu Zonghui should be killed...... To be honest, your parents have been guilty all these years as a father......"

The emperor lowered his voice and danced with his hands, which made the scene in front of him seem particularly dramatic, Zhou Pei didn't understand it at first, until at some point, there was a "buzz" sound in her head, as if the blood all over her body rushed to her head, which also carried the extreme shame of being glimpsed in some places in the deepest part of her heart, she wanted to stand up but didn't do it, her arm was raised, and she didn't know where she went.

The emperor in the dragon robe was still talking, only to hear a bang on the coffee table, the princess's left hand forcibly broke the teacup, the fragments scattered, and then blood flowed out, scarlet and viscous, shocking. The next moment, Zhou Pei seemed to realize something, and knelt down suddenly, but he didn't notice the blood on his hands. Zhou Yong rushed over and shouted loudly outside the hall......

The little episode in the palace finally ended with the eldest princess returning home in despair with a bandage on her left hand, and the emperor dispelled this whimsical idea that no third person knew about it for the time being. It was the end of February in the 10th year of the founding of the country, and many things in the south seemed calm.

The tragic battles in the Daimyofu and Xuzhou have begun, and at the same time, the division of the Jin Dynasty has essentially been completed, although through the victory of the Huaxia Army, Lou Shuwan brazenly took a lot of results, but with the Jurchen camp, a huge coercion came here.

Later, Lou Shuwan, Yu Yulin, Lin Zongwu, Ji Qingli and other forces occupied some large and small cities to the west and south of Weisheng, while the surrender faction led by Liao Yiren cut off many areas facing Jurchen pressure in the east and north, and in essence, turned nearly half of the Jin region into a occupied area.

At the same time as announcing the surrender of the Jurchens, Liao Yiren and other families mobilized and gathered troops at the behest of the Jurchens, and began to march to the west and south to begin the first round of siege. At the same time, the Black Flag Army, which had won the victory in Linzhou, rushed to the east, while Wang Juyun led the Ming Wang's army to begin its journey south.

In this context, Lin Zongwu, the leader of the Great Light Sect, with the cooperation of Lou Shuwan and others, and a cadre of sect members obtained the right to rule the three cities east and south of Gaizhou, and also obtained a large amount of materials and armaments.

In March, the army bore the brunt of Weisheng, Yu Yulin, Lou Shuwan according to the city to defend, no one expected that Weisheng has not been broken, Xi Yin's ambush has been launched, Gaizhou guard Chen Wei defected, overnight changed the sky, Yinshu can immediately lead the cavalry south, so that the Great Light Sect led by Lin Zongwu became the first team out of the Jindi anti-Jin force......