Late at night in the main building of Chang'an Xingqing Palace.

The candles in the dormitory were swaying, and the cold wind came in through the cracks in the doors and windows of the main hall, even if the floor had already been paved with earth dragons, it made the palace maids and eunuchs standing in the corners of the main hall tremble, biting their lips and not daring to make the slightest sound.

Seeing that it was about to be the time of the New Year's court meeting for another year, Li Longji, who was supposed to drive back to Daming Palace at this time, did not leave Xingqing Palace for a long time.

Good news came from the Western Regions, Anxi Jiedu made Feng Changqing attack Da Bolu, to the Bodhisattva Lao City, the striker repeatedly won great victories, and Chang Qing pursued with victory. At this time, the scout Fu Guoyi Duan Xiushi said to Chang Qing: The Da Bolu soldiers have been defeated repeatedly, and they are luring our army, please send troops to search the mountains and forests left and right, there must be ambushes. Chang Qing then sent troops to search for it, and captured its ambush soldiers, so he was defeated and surrendered and returned.

The good news had just arrived, but Li Longji, who was still in joy, received the news that the northern nomadic cavalry was harassing the border, and An Lushan asked for troops to attack the Khitan and Xi tribes, the nine surnames and Tongluo.

I don't know how many times An Lushan sent troops to attack the Khitan and Xi people.

Li Longji really didn't want to continue to use the sword, not to mention the waste of money and food, after fighting for so many years, the Khitan was still the Khitan, the Khitan sent envoys to cry in the court every year, and An Lushan denounced the Khitan for plotting wrong, and the soldiers were flourishing, and sooner or later they would become a hidden danger in the north of the Tang Dynasty, and asked to send troops to completely exterminate the Khitan, so that Li Longji would not tire of it.

Just a few days ago, Silla also sent troops to attack the Wa State, which didn't matter what happened to the Tang Dynasty, but the envoy of the Silla State wrote: The Wa State did not obey the indoctrination, repeatedly pretended to be pirates to attack and harass the Silla State, and tens of thousands of troops were stationed in Xiaguan, wanting to attack the Silla State at any time.

The envoys of the Wa State in the Tang Dynasty immediately wrote a letter of defense, hoping that the Tang Dynasty, as the suzerain, would prevent the Silla State from using troops against the Wa State, expressing that the Wa State admired the culture of the Tang Dynasty and expressed a strong protest against the provocation of the Silla State, which would annihilate all the invading enemies.

It's the Wa Kingdom again!

At the beginning of this year, the Tang envoy refused to send a Taoist priest to the Tang Dynasty, and then the Japanese expressed his willingness to send a prince to the Tang Dynasty to study, but the envoy sent did not even see the emperor of the Japanese Kingdom, so he was sent back to China.

This couldn't help but remind Li Longji of Zhen Qian, and when he thought of Zhen Qian, Li Longji remembered the Tomorrow Pill that Zhen Qian had offered.

It's also miraculous to say, since Li Longji took the Tomorrow Pill, his spirit has improved a lot, he has an appetite for eating, and he has slept steadily, even the concubines who are rarely pampered, the number of Dunlun has also increased, which is a rare good thing.

Because he got the Tomorrow Pill, Zhen Qian's envoy to the Japanese Kingdom this time was unfavorable and forgot about it, thinking that when Zhen Qian returned to the dynasty and returned to his life, he would add a few more Tomorrow Pills, and he didn't dare to say that he could soar in the daytime, but at least he could prolong his life.

But who would have thought that on the way back to Datang with the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom, Zhen Qian actually encountered pirates, and in order to cover the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom, he stayed behind and broke off, and there has been no news since then.

Zhen Qian is dead?

Li Longji didn't know, this kind of thing could have been handled by Yousi Yamen, but Zhen Qian had the formula for Tomorrow Pill in his hand! This is a big problem, the effect of this tomorrow pill is good, and there are only a few left, and Li Longji is a little anxious now.

This kind of thing can't be said clearly, the emperor can say to the courtiers below that he won't be scolded to death by those corrupt Confucians, and then record a sum in the history books, so that Li Longji, who is so happy, will not be angry and vomit blood.

It happened that this time the war between the Japanese and the Silla kingdom began, and Li Longji immediately asked the Ministry of Rites to send officials to the Silla and the Japanese kingdom to mediate, the mediation was false, and the search for Zhen Qian was true, even if Zhen Qian could not find it, the legendary Asuka must be found.

Today, Li Longji habitually reached out to take the jade bottle, but found that the jade bottle was empty, which couldn't help but make him angry, and the palace maid and eunuch were unlucky.

This also made Li Longji think of Yang Guozhong, Yang Guozhong's loyalty and ability to accumulate wealth are unmatched, which is of course one of the most important reasons why Li Longji trusts Yang Guozhong. But when he thought of Zhen Qian, not only did he think of Yang Guozhong sending people to seize Zhen Qian's family wealth, but Zhen Qian didn't know about this matter? I don't know if Zhen Qian will cry in front of him after he comes back, it hurts to think about it. And Yang Guozhong is now acting more and more arrogant and domineering, some people reported that Yang Guozhong's son Yang Xuan should be Ming to pass the test, because of his poor studies, failed the exam, the Ministry of Rites Lang Da Xi Xun was afraid of Guozhong's power, so Yang Xuan was placed in the first place.

This matter has become a laughing stock after tea and dinner in Chang'an City.

Li Longji is old, he has long been as heroic as before, and he just wants to enjoy his old age in the gentle township, and these things can only be exchanged for his indifference.

The twilight was heavy, the snowflakes were flying, and the entire huge Chang'an City was like a huge cage, falling into a death-like silence.

On the Yellow Sea, thousands of miles away from Chang'an City, two 500-stone flying steamers rode the wind and waves, and from time to time black shadows with Mars flew from the ships.

On the sea more than two hundred steps away from the flyer, a huge five-tooth battleship desperately fled like a lost dog, and behind the five-tooth battleship, several broken pirate ships chased closely, avoiding the attack of the flyship, and quickly approached the five-tooth battleship.

The Wuya warship was the largest main warship in the former Sui period, with a capacity of 900 soldiers.

"Five teeth" actually refers to the fact that the battleship has a five-story structure and is more than 100 feet high. Six racket rods are set up on the left and right, front and back, and are fifty feet high. Each mast is topped with a boulder, and a roller is set underneath, so that during battle and when an enemy ship is approaching, you can quickly use the roller to lower the boulder and smash the enemy ship. If you miss a hit, you can quickly put it away and put it away. If the enemy ships are surrounded on all sides, they can also "use six prongs at the same time," and their combat effectiveness can be seen.

The Wuya battleship is more than 50 meters long, it is already the largest ship in this era, and the most beautiful period is that when the Sui army attacked the Chen Dynasty, the Sui army attacked the enemy position with four Wuya battleships, and successively sank more than 10 enemy ships with a slap rod, and captured more than 2,000 enemies.

But today it was besieged by more than a dozen pirates entrenched in the waters of Silla Country, and happened to be discovered by Zhen Jiu who was docked outside the island of Ssin'an County, Silla, and launched an attack on the pirates for a while.

In the face of the siege of more than a dozen pirate ships, the Wuya battleship had no power to fight back, sparsely shooting a few arrows from the tall ship's side, and the tall slapping rod was like a bull's tail flicked a few times, but it did not pose any threat to the pirate ship.

Da Xixun, who was in his sixties, stood on the bow of the ship, frail and sifting chaff, he had seen such a scene there, he had come to mediate the war between the Silla Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom, but he did not expect that he had not yet seen Kim Heon-young, the king of Gyeongdeok of Silla, and he was attacked by pirates and was killed ......on the spot.

"My life is at stake!"

(End of chapter)