Even if the year is still not too good, in April of the old calendar, many places along the canal have begun to resume patrolling. After the improvement of many mechanisms since last year, the government affairs organs of the new political power, which were still very sloppy after breaking the old and establishing the new, have gradually begun to form a complete system. The children selected by the Central Academy, some people from the Ministry of Internal Intelligence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as some people from Tian Xiuying, Zhou Yufeng, and even some people from the Datong Society, as well as some experienced and famous officials from Confucianism in the past, were selected according to a certain proportion to form the "State Council" with a number of about 111 people, and this "State Council" is more like an excessive product of the past cabinet and the British "House of Lords" in nature. The "cabinet elders" are elected from within these 110-odd people, and at special times, they form the decision-making power in the event that a majority opinion is not reached. According to the established principle, it is about every five years. Because these people come from interest groups of different natures, the possibility of "ironclad speed" is avoided to the greatest extent. However, in addition to the annual budget, it is often not too controversial when dealing with day-to-day government affairs.

After all, after a complete exchange of the old with the new, just as a new political group has been formed on the basis of a change of dynasty that has not been too seriously damaged in the later part of the dynasty, the interests behind it and even the family background itself have not yet grown into another scene with deep roots.

It's just that after hearing many people ask about the recent situation of the Son of Heaven in the ordinary court, Tian Xiuying couldn't help but be a little worried.

"In the past, the longest period of time for the monarch to be happy or recuperate in the Sanssouci Palace was only seven or eight days, and it never seemed to exceed ten days. It's been half a month since there has been any movement, has something happened? At this time, a girl beside Tian Xiuying couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Don't worry! Nothing. In the past, it was just that some things had not been dealt with, so it was inevitable that there would be some miscellaneous matters, and if it was peaceful after all, it might take three or five months to cultivate. Otherwise, what do you think is the purpose of forming this State Council? ”

However, when there seemed to be no news about Xiao Xuan's activities for a month or so, some things seemed to be finally uncontrollable.

"Is the gentleman really out of the palace? If so, that's too risky! Without a guard of thousands to more than 10,000 troops, how dare you let the king leave the palace without permission? At another court meeting, some important leaders such as the Ministry of Internal Intelligence and even the generals of the north gate of the capital also had to question Tian Xiuying.

"If you don't have a decent response today, maybe we won't go directly to the palace, but we must let more people know the news, in case something happens...

In this case, Tian Xiuying also had to reply: "The movements of the saint, the officers and soldiers of the personal guard battalion in charge of Sanssouci Palace should know better. I think you've been in contact with people there recently, but have you ever felt anything weird and different? If you don't feel anything unusual, it means that the king is indeed out of the palace. . . ”

"This... How can this work? It's not been a day or two since you helped the monarch deal with state affairs, how can you not know that although it is initially decided today, this great change in the world has affected and even involved too many people, and the people who hate and are hostile to the monarch are all over the inside and outside, if the saint only takes a few people, at most a few hundred people and thousands of people out of the palace, what should I do when I encounter something? ”

In this regard, Tian Xiuying also has some experience, although when he left, the king asked for about a month before releasing the news, but if he revealed too much, no one could say what kind of impact it would have in the future, so Tian Xiuying at this time could only say: "Don't you think you asked too much?" If the king plans to leave the palace, will he not be fully prepared? What kind of character you are, you should also know... ”

After all, Xiao Xuan's plan to keep it secret only lasted about a month and a half, and when the summer came, people had already learned that this time Xiao Xuan was equipped with a sophisticated and powerful team, although the number was only about a thousand people, but there was also an absolute certainty of safe travel.

At this time, Xiao Xuan seemed to be curled up in a small space as if he had been kidnapped, curled up in a special iron box with a girl who was fifteen or sixteen years old, but very short, probably only about one meter four tall

Of course, the expensive shock-absorbing spring holster and cotton, air vents, and high-grade shell protective steel plates that can withstand at least the close-range direct fire of heavy arquebuses all show an unusual arrangement that is not at all arranged by a ticket kidnapper. The whole iron box was arranged on a two-wheeled carriage, and the driver seemed to be an ordinary charioteer, but there were many other large carts besides this one, and it seemed to be a dart team that was not too big but not too small. A certain distance away from the convoy, there were scattered following some rangers, giving people the impression that the caravan had encountered horse bandits.

"How's it going? It's a little different from those micro-service patrols, right? Seeing from the observation crack, there didn't seem to be any outsiders approaching, so Xiao Xuan smiled at the girl in his arms without hesitation.

"It's different, can't we really just go into the city and have a walk? I guess no outsiders know our whereabouts this time, right? After a lot of contact, the smaller girl next to me didn't seem to have as many worries as she had at the beginning.

Xiao Xuan sighed: "Of course not." Because I don't plan to come out once in a while, there will be more such trips in the future. And over the years, I have offended too many enemies from the inside out, and if something happens, you don't know where the danger will come from, so only constant vigilance can ensure that there are no problems to the greatest extent. In fact, even if this is the case, who would dare to say that we are safe? ”

In this way, the convoy continued to move forward, and seemed to gradually pass Longxi and head towards Lanzhou. There are fewer and fewer people, but the number of cars and horses is increasing day by day.

Xiao Xuan also felt that it was almost the same: "Lanzhou City is too conspicuous place, with past experience, it is better to gather some people in this Anding area near Lanzhou, and concentrate on an inquiry... ”

(End of chapter)