After reading the news sent by the birds, the king of Chu smiled slightly and closed his eyes.

It seems that the emperor is in a hurry to jump off the wall, and the day when he goes out should not be far away.

As he expected, the emperor was so worried that he couldn't sleep every day, for fear that bad news would come from the border again.

However, I was really afraid of something, this day the emperor was dealing with things, and a figure suddenly appeared in the room, and the secret guard knelt on one knee, "Your Majesty, Chengguo is reorganizing the soldiers and horses, and it looks like he is going to send troops." ”

"What?" The Emperor stood up suddenly, his eyes split.

The secret guard reported in a deep voice, "My subordinates infiltrated Chengguo and found that the defenders of Chengguo often practiced, and the people of the capital were also talking about it, saying that Chengguo was going to send troops to attack us. ”

It took him several horses to get back, and he was covered in the dust.

The emperor's face was full of iron, this was his cronies, and the people he trusted the most were these secret guards, so he was convinced of the secret guards' words, and did not have the slightest doubt. -

"How can it be?" The emperor walked back and forth a few times, and suddenly with a wave of his hand, swept everything on the table to the ground, only to hear a crackling. The secret guard buried his head, looked at his nose and nose, and did not dare to make any movement.

Just when the emperor was furious, the border guard also sent a letter in an expedited manner, which also said that Chengguo would take action recently.

The news from the two sides made the emperor's heart tremble, and he urgently convened his ministers to discuss the countermeasures.

When everyone heard this, they were also shocked, and the following suddenly became lively.

"It's really fake, it's only been a long time since you went back, why did you start raising troops?"

"Xia Guan also thinks it's very strange, Lord Huang, didn't you swear before that Chengguo would not raise troops?" Someone began to taunt Lord Huang, who said not to worry before.

Lord Huang was very aggrieved, but he couldn't say anything. He just glared fiercely at the man who spoke, and silently retreated to the corner.

"Let's not talk about this, the top priority is how to deal with Chengguo." A more sensible minister hurriedly pulled the topic back.

Only then did the discussion begin again.

The emperor listened with a sinking face, and did not say a word.

"Your Majesty," one of the ministers arched his hand, "Wei Chen thinks that the ambition of becoming a wolf son of the country has been revealed, and he asks the emperor to give an order and send people to fight." ”

"Then Aiqing tell me, who is more suitable to send?" The emperor's face condensed.

The minister hesitated for a while, thought for a while, and then said, "General Moruyu? ”

General Yu is a veteran, and it is more important for him to fight Chengguo, but some people have different opinions, saying that General Yu is already seventy years old, and if he sends it out, he is afraid that it will make Chengguo laugh off his big teeth, is it true that my Dongxuan is so unavailable?

Many people echoed and felt that what they said was reasonable.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, can't you just let Chengguo come over?" The emperor rubbed his eyebrows irritably, this group of old horsemen, one by one, said it well, but they couldn't come up with a charter.

The anger of the Son of Heaven, millions of corpses, for a while the ministers were silent, and the quiet in the hall could even hear the sound of a needle falling on the ground, and after a while, someone trembled and stood out, "Your Majesty, General Ning is a young talent, and he has also been trained on the battlefield, let him command the three armies, and he will definitely win." ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone fell silent.

This General Ning grew up in the frontier freely, and when he was fifteen years old, he went out as a deputy general, and made great contributions to Dongxuan, and now he is just past the doubt, and he is indeed a good candidate. It's just that when the ministers were promoted, they subconsciously avoided him.

There is no other reason, but his attitude towards the emperor has always been confusing. General Ning's personality is extremely stubborn, his brain is tendoned, and the things he has decided will not change easily.

He felt that what the emperor did was dishonorable, so he had always been very uncomfortable, and there were several times when he wanted to leave, disarming and returning to the field, but the emperor almost agreed, but it was a few old ministers who tried their best to keep them, so they reluctantly left people behind.

Sure enough, as soon as the emperor heard General Ning's name, his face became not so good-looking.

"At this time, I hope that Your Majesty can let go of past grievances and reuse General Ning." Some ministers saw that the emperor's face was wrong, and hurriedly persuaded him.

Some of the other ministers chimed in, and of course there were those who opposed it, but the opposition was relatively small, because if they objected, the emperor would ask them to recommend a candidate. And in today's imperial court, it is no less difficult to find a general who can handle it than to fish for pearls in the deep sea.

The emperor listened for a while, and said in a deep voice, "Let's give the young general some chances." ”

This means that he does not agree to let General Ning go to war.

"Your Majesty, no!" Quite a few people exclaimed.

Chengguo's attack this time can be said to be fully prepared, if you don't prepare for the war seriously, you will inevitably suffer a big loss, only by letting a veteran general with enough experience to fight, can you have a chance.

The emperor couldn't listen to these words, and insisted on not using General Ning, and the ministers dissuaded him, but he was even more worried in his heart.

The emperor is so bent on going his own way, the court is in danger, and the east is in danger.

In the end, it was Marquis Wen Yuan who stepped forward and took advantage of the stakes to finally dispel the emperor's thoughts.

However, before the emperor could give the order, General Ning had already handed over the sick leave. After reading this, the emperor was furious, and directly tore the song to pieces, and scolded, "The surname Ning is so rampant, do you really think that I have to be him, without him, there are many sons who protect the family and defend the country." ”

The emperor was furious and hated General Ning.

In order to show his sincerity, the emperor personally came to the door to invite the seventy-year-old veteran to go out of the mountain.

General Yu heard that the emperor came in person, and hurriedly asked people to help him out to see the driver, the emperor saw this scene, his heart was half cold, and he even needed someone to help him walk, can he still go to the battlefield?

"Please forgive Your Majesty for being late." General Yu trembled and saluted.

The emperor was in a complicated mood, full of depression, and was stunned for a while before he reluctantly smiled, "I saw the general before, and his body was still very tough, why did he suddenly weaken so much?" ”

General Yu couldn't get up in one breath for a while, and he was very uncomfortable, and the person who served next to him hurriedly gave him a chest down, and another person answered on his behalf, explaining, "Back to Your Majesty, the general has had an illness this spring, and it has not been well intermittently, and it rained a few days ago, and the condition has worsened a few points." ”

Looking at General Yu, who was almost out of breath, the emperor couldn't help frowning, "The old general is sick, why don't you invite a doctor to come and see?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I invited a doctor, but the doctor said that the general is the root of the disease that has fallen on the battlefield for many years, and it can't be cured easily, so let the general take care of it."

The emperor left disappointed, and after returning to the palace, he did not give up, and sent the imperial doctor to inquire about it, and the imperial doctor's reply was the same as what the little guy said, which also completely shattered the emperor's hopes.

Both roads were blocked, and the emperor was so angry that he didn't want to eat.

It just so happened that on this day, Chengguo came over with a war letter, and after the emperor read it, he was furious again at the court meeting, and no one dared to speak among the ministers below, and everyone wanted to minimize their sense of existence.

"What's the use of raising you, no one can worry about me at a critical moment!"

A minister hesitated, "Your Majesty, it's better to ask General Ning ......."

"Shut up." The emperor's fierce eyes swept over, and thinking of what General Ning had done, he sprinkled all his anger on the person who spoke, and ordered someone to fork him out.

As a result, everyone was even more silent, and no one dared to touch the emperor's moldy head again.

The court was in a state of turmoil for a while.

On the other side, after Mu Zhufeng was seriously injured, he has been lying in bed to recuperate.

The room was filled with a strong smell of medicine. A maid walked over lightly and lifted the curtain to reveal the person lying inside. He had lost a lot of weight, his face was almost free of flesh, his eyes were deeply sunken, and his face, which was originally extremely handsome, was now shrouded in a layer of sickness.

Suddenly, his eyelashes fluttered and he opened his eyes. Those eyes, as sharp as ever, were not lost by half because of the injury.

"Childe, you're awake." The maid's voice was sweet, "I'll go and bring the decoction." ”

Mu Zhufeng woke up three days ago, when the prince brought people back, in the end he still asked the imperial doctor to treat him, but Mu Zhufeng's injuries were too serious, and the imperial doctor spent a lot of effort to pull the person back from the ghost gate.

"Hmm." Mu Zhufeng answered, trying to sit up.

Seeing this, the maid hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, "Childe, don't move, you will get a wound." ”

"It's fine." Mu Zhufeng knew his physical condition, he used to be injured on the battlefield from time to time, so the wound healed faster than ordinary people, and now it has begun to scab, as long as there is not much movement, there is no major problem.

The maid knew that she couldn't convince the other party, so she had to help the person up and sit on the head of the bed.

After a while, the medicine came, and just smelling it made people feel bitter. But Mu Zhufeng's eyes didn't blink, and he poured it down in one go, and only when the bitter medicine entered his throat did he frown slightly, so that his pale face had a trace of popularity.

The maid was very distressed, silently took a plate of candied fruit, and whispered, "Childe, you can suppress the bitter taste by eating one." ”

Mu Zhufeng was stunned for a moment, and pulled the corners of his mouth at the maid, he never ate such sweet and greasy things, but firstly, his mouth was too bitter at this time, and secondly, the maid was thinking about him, and he couldn't bear to brush off her kindness, so he reached out and twisted a piece of candied fruit and put it in his mouth.

The maid asked happily, "Childe, is it sweet?" ”

Mu Zhufeng bowed slightly, "It's very sweet." ”

The maid immediately became happy, "When the slave was young, she hated taking medicine when she was sick, so A-Niang would go to buy some candied fruit and come back, and it would not be bitter after eating, and the son could try it in the future." ”

She was too lively, she kept chattering, and Mu Zhufeng didn't bother her, just listened quietly, but her thoughts had already flown farther and farther.