Northern Jiangsu.

Lu Changxian accompanied the cuckoo to climb to the head of Jingyuan City, looking at a soldier who had long been exhausted, silently restraining the corpse of his comrade who had long been soaked in a pool of blood and had long been unable to distinguish his face.

This city, which had long been ravaged by the flames of war and was full of devastation, once again held on to the flames of war.

"Qiman is such a crazy onslaught day and night, this is not to take Jing Yuancheng and never give up. The city should be broken in these days or two, if there are no reinforcements, and if you hold on, it will only increase the casualties of the soldiers. Lu Changxian shook his head slightly and sighed.

Lu Changxian and other people in the Dao Sect were also moved by compassion, not to mention that Du Juan was a woman after all.

Long before she climbed to the top of the city, her eyes were already red.

But after listening to Lu Changxian's words, she still shook her head, took a deep breath and said: "Jingyuan City is the last barrier of our army on the northern Jiangsu front. At that time, not only will northern Jiangsu fall, but southern Jiangsu will also be attacked by the two fronts of the banner and barbarians, and it will not last long. ”

Lu Changxian was slightly silent: "There is a shortage of soldiers and food, and there is no backup, so Fang Shuai will hold on to it and not hold on for a moment." ”

"If you can block the flag for a while, you can buy more time for the country. The reason why the banner barbarians attacked so fiercely was because the new emperor had ascended the throne, and the coalition army was just around the corner to go to the battlefield, and they were also rushing for time to take the two provinces of northern Jiangsu and southern Jiangsu before the dynasty fully dispatched troops. Cuckoo said.

Lu Changxian was obviously a little pessimistic: "The war here is so critical, but the court is turning a blind eye, not in a hurry at all, the new emperor has been on the throne for three days, but there is no news so far, I am afraid that Fang Shuai's whole army is finished, and the joint anti-barbarian is still on the lips." ”

Hearing this, the cuckoo couldn't help but raise his eyes and look at the capital.

She knew very well that this enthronement ceremony was a test of life and death for the Ming Palace.

The martial law in the capital lasted for three days, and Du Juan was sure that something must have happened in the palace.

But whether it was His Majesty or King Ming who had the accident, she couldn't be sure.

Du Juan was worried in his heart, but his face was not obvious at all, and Lu Changxian arched his hand and said: "Your Excellency's heart of worrying about the country and the people, Du Mou respects it." ”

Lu Changxian returned the salute: "Lu Mou just saw that the soldiers were struggling to defend the land, and he felt emotional for a while, and complained a few words, where should he be praised by Mr. Du." ”

Du Juan said: "In the Daomen, there are not many people who can have your heart, Your Excellency is righteous, Du will definitely report to King Ming, presumably King Ming will be relieved when he hears about it." ”

When Lu Changxian heard her say this, he immediately waved his hand again and again to refuse: "It's not necessary, but if you say it casually, you don't dare to ask Your Highness for credit?" ”

Du Juan said: "Your Excellency doesn't have to think about it, Du is not asking for merit for Mr., he came to northern Jiangsu, he should have seen and heard everything he should have seen and heard, and reported it truthfully, which is within Du's responsibility." ”

Lu Changxian couldn't see that Du Juan was showing favor to him.

Lu Changxian couldn't help but smile bitterly, no matter how strong he resigned, it was not beautiful, and he could only say: "This really makes Lu embarrassed, even so, then thank you Mr. Du!" ”

"It's just a matter of duty, and I can't thank you!" The cuckoo understated, said that, his eyes looked towards a certain place in the city tower, and said, "Let's go, go see Fang Shuai!" ”

Lu Changxian looked at her back and sighed in his heart: "This woman has three eyes and two words, and inexplicably let the old man have to accept her favor, no wonder he can get the favor of King Ming, and he really doesn't let his eyebrows ......."

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"Great Shuai, Grandmaster Lu asks to see you!"

At the height of the city tower, Fang Youqun, accompanied by Lian Zun, was personally inspecting the city tower with several generals.

In the past few days, the battle situation has become more and more critical, and if it were not for the group of people coming to the front line in person to boost morale, this city may not be able to hold it.

It was Lian Zun who was close to him to protect him, and if Lian Zun was not there, his subordinates would not allow him to go up to the city tower under any circumstances.

After Lian Zun arrived, the Lian family mobilized more than a dozen grandmasters, including a great grandmaster.

As soon as these people arrived, Lu Changxian and the others were driven out of the tent.

There was no way, Lu Changxian and the others had to go to other camps to protect the other generals.

At this moment, when I heard that Lu Changxian asked to see him, most of the generals' faces were kind, but when their eyes touched the cuckoo, they couldn't help but be surprised.

Since Du Juan came, she has visited Fang Shuai several times, but Fang Shuai refused to meet her, but she didn't expect that she would appear here.

They hurriedly went to see Fang Youqun's face, and sure enough, they saw Fang Youqun's face sank, and then his sharp eyes swept over the faces of the generals one by one.

The generals suddenly felt a pang in their hearts, and looked at each other in wonder, they didn't know which colleague was so bold that he dared to let the cuckoo come over with the big handsome on his back.

If the cuckoo can break into here to see Fang Shuai, someone must have acquiesced.

Fortunately, Fang Youqun didn't get angry in public, was silent for a while, and said, "Please come over!" ”

The two came to Fang Youqun closely, Lu Changxian, as a grandmaster realm, hugged his fists and regarded it as a courtesy, only when he was facing Lian Zun and Fang Youqun, he owed his body.

And Du Juan is a cultivator who is not a teacher, and he has no official status, so he can only bow respectfully to everyone: "Du Juan has seen Fang Shuai, I have seen Lian Zun, and I have seen all the generals. ”

Seeing that she worshiped Fang Shuai first, and then Lian Zun, this made all the generals, and even Fang Youqun, look slightly surprised.

Sanshan Zhenren, the Venerable of the Four Gates, has no real power in the national dynasty, but the position is extremely high.

Real people enjoy the treatment of the first product, and the Venerable of the Four Gates is the treatment of the first product.

Fang Youqun is a military general, although he is a handsome, he is only a second grade.

If it was at the court meeting, Fang Youqun met Lian Zun, or Fang Youqun had to see the salute first.

Of course, because the Daomen is a vacant position after all, generally speaking, military personnel, seeing both at the same time, must first salute the party.

And the Taoist people will inevitably pay homage to Lian Zun first.

Du Juan first worshiped Fang Youqun, and then worshiped Lianzun, but it made the generals think in their hearts, it seems that the Ming Wangfu is very respectful to Fang Shuai, and it is not just a rumor......

Lian Zun didn't have a different color, and he didn't hold it up, and nodded towards the cuckoo, which was regarded as a return gift.

Seeing this, the generals also hugged their fists.

"What is the Grandmaster here?" Fang Youqun was the same as Lian Zun, he just nodded, and then looked at Lu Changxian.

"Lu is just leading the way, it is Mr. Du who has something to ask to see the handsome!" Lu Changxian smiled.

After saying that, he took a step back, and Du Juan didn't wait for Fang Youqun to speak, so he said directly: "Fang Shuai, forgive me, Du took the liberty to come to the camp, because there is something to discuss with the marshal." ”

"What?" Fang Youqun asked.

Du Juan said in a deep voice: "My youth club runs a medicinal materials business, and now there happens to be a batch of medicinal materials transported to northern Jiangsu, Du has been in the army for a few days, and sees that there is a shortage of traditional Chinese medicine in the army, and he is willing to dedicate this batch of medicinal materials to the military camp to treat the injured soldiers, and I hope that the marshal will agree." ”

"Really?"

"Are there any herbs that are suitable for treating trauma?"

"I don't know how many?"

"Where are the medicinal materials, Ben will send someone to pull them!"

Before Fang Youqun could speak, several generals around him were already instantly excited.

For the sake of the generals, they are not afraid of dying on the battlefield, but they are afraid of bearing the sorrow of waiting for the wounded soldiers to die due to the lack of medical treatment.

They have long been short of medicine for injuries, and at this moment, when they heard that the cuckoo was going to offer medicinal materials, how could they not be excited.

Food, medicinal herbs, and cotton clothes, as long as there are these three things, even if they are suspicious, they will not let them go.

"Rest assured, generals, most of these medicinal materials can be used for external creation, all kinds of medicinal materials, a total of twenty carts ......," Du Juan said.

The generals immediately cut it out: "It's coming!" ”

Du Juan was slightly stunned, and then said: "The medicinal materials have been transported to the Quartet Pharmacy in Jingyuan City. ”

"Quartet Medicine Shop, I know the place!" One of several people.

Then he turned around without hesitation and was about to receive it.

"Stop!" Fang Youqun's voice sounded.

"Dashuai!" Several people looked at Fang Youqun with pleading faces.

Fang Youqun didn't look at them, raised his eyes to look at the cuckoo, and said slowly: "There's no need to send it, we'll pay for it." ”

"Dashuai is embarrassed by Du, Du is a Mingzhu person, and Qiman has a national hatred, Fang Shuai fought against Qiman, some medicinal materials, if Du still collects cashier, how to go back to Mingzhu to see the villagers in the future?" The cuckoo smiled bitterly.

Fang Youqun shook his head and said, "If you really have the heart and the price is fairer, I will be grateful." ”

"Since the marshal insists, let's calculate it at cost price." Cuckoo Road.

Fang Youqun turned his head to look at the general: "Go and arrange the handover!" ”

The general was immediately overjoyed: "Yes! ”

Seeing this, Du Juan could only leave with Lu Changxian and follow the general.

During the time she came to northern Jiangsu, Fang Youqun never saw him.

Seeing that there was a shortage of medicine in northern Jiangsu, she tried to find a way to get a batch of medicinal materials from Mingzhu, and she just took this as an excuse to see that there was a group of people.

It's just that she has been away from Mingzhu for a long time after all, and although the matter was finally done, it was a few days late.

She was originally going to deliver medicine to Fang Youqun before Lao Jiu's accession to the throne.

Lao Jiuruo ascended the throne and challenged the Ming Wangfu, no matter what the means, in the end, he still needed the support of hundreds of officials to deal with the Ming King.

Du Juan sent medicine to Fang Youqun, just to add some weight to the relationship between Fang Youqun and Ming Wangfu, which was already unclear.

How much of a role this can play in the enthronement ceremony for King Ming, Du Juan doesn't know, but it's always good to make a little more preparation.

It's just that this batch of medicinal materials came too late, and the cuckoo was immediately sent to Fang Shuai.

After all, there is no news from the palace, and now His Highness and His Majesty are still in a stalemate, and it may not be said.

As he descended from the tower, he pondered in his heart, but suddenly heard the horses galloping, and a Confucian dressed man jumped off the horse and rushed straight towards them.

"Mr. Hua, why are you in such a hurry?" Lu Changxian recognized the person and was immediately surprised.

It was the cuckoo, before he could speak, his eyes suddenly froze, and he couldn't help but ask directly: "Is there news from the capital?" ”

Hua Mingfu saw that it was the two of them, took a breath, and then nodded and said: "The new emperor ascends the throne and changes the Yuan Tai'an!" ”

"Is there any news of King Ming?" The cuckoo hurriedly asked.

"Yes, King Ming has appointed the Minister of Supervision Army!" Hua Mingfu replied, and then rushed towards the city tower: "I have something important to report to the marshal immediately, and we will continue later." ”

"Keep up with him!" Cuckoo said immediately.

"Looking at this situation, I'm afraid there is an urgent report, and we won't listen to it." Lu Changxian has been by Fang Youqun's side for a long time, seeing that Hua Mingfu is so anxious, it must be a big deal, at this time, it is impossible for Fang Youqun to let others listen.

Hearing this, the cuckoo paused slightly, and calmed down a little, as long as King Ming is fine, then everything will be fine.

The details will be sent to her later, but there is no need to rush.

Soon, she regained her composure and said to the general, "Go and hand over the medicinal herbs first." ”