Wang Mang said: "I want to kill it, but now is not the time, and there is no righteousness." The Wang family's Xuzhou has completely fallen, and the army has been almost completely wiped out. It won't be long before those Wang family refugees will come to our Gansu for refuge, and we may have to work this matter. ”

"What's the bother with this?" Shangguan Ningxuan said disdainfully: "If they come, then let them honestly settle down here as ordinary people." If they still want to be powerful and noble, then drive them all out.

Anyway, they didn't help us before, and it's good that we don't plan to turn them away now, not to mention that you don't have anything to do with this royal family. ”

The three of them talked and discussed the affairs of the major families.

At this time, a soldier walked in and said, "Lord Qiqi, a letter has been delivered." ”

Wang Mang asked, "Where did it come from?" ”

"Liaoning!" The soldier replied.

"Liaoning?" Wang Mang was stunned, "You bring the letter to me." ”

"Yes, sir!" The soldier took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Wang Mang.

Wang Mang took it and looked at it carefully, and when he read the content of the letter, his face twitched, very strange.

Wang Jingyan felt a little strange and asked, "Xianggong, what's wrong?" Is there something bad happening again? ”

"No, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, you and Ning Xuan can take a look." Wang Mang said speechlessly.

"Oh? You don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing? Wang Jingyan took the letter from Wang Mang's hand and read it with Shangguan Ningxuan.

After reading it, they were also stunned for a moment, their faces were strange, and they couldn't speak.

"What's going on..."

Wang Jingyan felt a little speechless about the content of the letter, and didn't know what to say.

"I'll show it to my uncle." Wang Jingyan said: "According to the letter, my cousin should not be in much danger now. The reason why the Heavenly Wind Sword Lord did that before was purely for the sake of Qi Su Rong'er. It's just that what should we do with the Heavenly Wind Sword Lord in the future? ”

Shangguan Ningxuan said: "What else can I do?" If it's an enemy, kill it, and if it's not an enemy, let it go, we can't ignore the Lord of the Wind Sword because of our cousin, right? ”

Wang Mang said: "Let this go in advance, and talk about it later." Jingyan, you go to your uncle's side first and explain the situation to him. After talking about your cousin, you can ask your uncle to clean up and go to the imperial capital immediately. Now that this matter has been taken care of, it is time for my uncle to go and rest. ”

"Hmm!" Wang Jingyan stood up, took the letter and left towards the side door.

Shangguan Ningxuan asked, "You said earlier that you planned to let your uncle leave the imperial capital with Yan'er, Shun'er, and mother, what are your arrangements for this?" ”

Wang Mang said: "When I was trying the case in Yuzhou, I met a woman named Ye Lan, who was also a criminal at that time. You should know about this woman, right? She gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, which have been hidden in the dark by me, and the names of this pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses are also Wang Yan and Wang Shun, which are the names I gave. After Shun'er and the others left the imperial capital, Ye Lan's two children were my children.

These two have been with me since I was a child, so in their eyes, I am almost their father. I don't dare to let Yan'er Shun'er get into danger, so I can only use this method of Li Dai Taojian to cover up some things and improve the historical ending. ”

"Will they die?" Shangguan Ningxuan asked again.

"I'll arrange a way out for them." Wang Mang said: "Of course, the retreat is not absolutely safe, and there is a certain danger, which is why I want to let Yan'er Shun'er leave the imperial capital." I'll take care of these things, so you don't have to worry about it. My promise to you is that our son will be safe and sound. ”

"Well, I'm relieved to have you say this. As long as our son is okay, you can do whatever you want. Shangguan Ningxuan put her arms around Wang Mang's neck and said: "With you in front of you to arrange everything, shelter me from the wind and rain, I am attached to you in the back, I like this feeling of being protected by you." ”

Wang Mang held Shangguan Ningxuan's hand around his neck, pulled Shangguan Ningxuan into his arms, and said softly: "You are my wife, of course I have to protect you." ”

Shangguan Ningxuan panted and responded: "With you, I am very down-to-earth." ”

Wang Mang smiled: "You little goblin will confuse me." Okay, there's nothing for you here, you go back first, and I'll accompany you in the evening. ”

Shangguan Ningxuan said; "Am I to blame? Didn't you tease it with your hands and feet first? After speaking, she got up from Wang Mang's arms and left the side door as well.

Wang Mang looked at her departing back and was stunned for a while, his eyes were full of fascination, and he muttered to himself: "In a few more years, we will be liberated, and then we will be truly free." ”

Wang Mang sat quietly at the table, thinking about political affairs and the road to eternal life, and the whole person was drowsy while thinking about it.

About an hour or two later, after a while, he fell asleep on the table after a while.

I don't know how many hours I slept this time.

When he woke up, he found two Thousand Household Generals waiting at the bottom of the hall.

"Who are you?" Wang Mang rubbed his eyes, his face was a little embarrassed, "I was a little sleepy just now, but I fell asleep unconsciously." If you have something, why don't you wake me up? ”

General Qianhu said: "Lord Wang, my subordinates see that you are too sleepy and dare not wake you up. ”

"Oh? What's the matter with you? Wang Mang asked again.

General Qianhu said: "Lord Qiyu, the Huo family sent a letter asking for help, asking Lord Wang to send troops to Jingzhou, join hands to exterminate the Ji family's rebels, and suppress the rebellion." Lord Qian Zhongyang, the assassin of Xiangyang, also sent an urgent letter, asking the adults to send troops to help. The Wei family also sent a letter asking for help, asking your lord to send troops to Yizhou to suppress the Ji family's anti-thieves. ”

"They're asking for help?" Wang Mang was a little surprised, "Could it be that the Ji family has increased its troops again?" ”

"The Ji family has increased its troops by 200,000, Jingzhou 100,000, and Yizhou 100,000. The Huo family and the Wei family were a little difficult to handle, so they asked the adults to rush to help. ”

"Two hundred thousand troops? Where did the Ji family move from? Have you found out about this? Wang Mang said: "As far as I know, there are not many troops on the Liaoning side and the Yuzhou side that can be mobilized. Feng Yi's soldiers and horses in Liangzhou were almost mobilized to the limit. In this way, how could the Ji family still have so many troops and horses transferred? ”

General Qianhu said: "It seems to be transferred from Zhuzhou and Xuzhou." Wang Yuchang of Xuzhou had taken refuge in the Ji family earlier, and joined forces with the Ji family to strangle the other four lineages of the Wang family, so the remaining forces in Xuzhou were all controlled by the Ji family.

According to the speculation of his subordinates, after the defeat of our family in Gansu, they felt a great loss of face. So they want to increase their efforts to quickly wipe out the Huo Wei family, and then come to concentrate their forces to annex us. ”

"Annexation of us? Joke. Wang Mang said disdainfully: "They can't even defeat the 200,000 soldiers and horses in Huo Rongsheng's hands, and they still want our entire Gansu realm?" Although the Ji family is attacking fiercely now, I think they are returning to the light, and the end is coming. You quickly replied to the Huo Wei family, saying that I have to guard against the Ji family's attack again, and it is inconvenient to lead the army out of the country.

Also, I replied to Lord Qian Zhongyang, saying that as long as they give up the three counties of Xiangyang, they can come to my Gansu to take root. I would like to give them two states and counties to repay the kindness of the day. All in all, we will not send troops to leave Gansu now. As I said before, if I don't interfere in things outside of Gansu, how can I go back on myself now? ”

"Yes, my lord, we will go to the arraignment." The two thousand generals answered.

(End of chapter)