Everything is going well in the empire, and the crown prince Luan Ping has the appearance of an emperor, and Luan Yi can rest assured and bold to complete the plan set for his later years. So, in the following time, he became mysterious, always secretly dating Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, and many old friends, but did not let other people, including historians, palace maids, and eunuchs, listen to him, and sent his henchmen to constantly enter and leave the Papal Palace to move piles of wooden boxes in and out.

The yellow gate in the palace was suspicious of Luan Yi's strange behavior, so he reported the matter to Luan Ping. Luan Ping remembered that his father had done such a mysterious thing more than once, and every time he just wanted to have a private visit to Weifu with those veterans and old friends of the empire and go to the people to have a visit. Therefore, he didn't take it to heart, but just told the Yellow Gate to arrange a special person to keep an eye on His Majesty the Pope, and if His Majesty went out, he must send secret guards to protect him closely.

After being convinced that his father's security measures were foolproof, Luan Ping did not pay much attention to this issue, and instead poured his energy into the second trip to Rome of the Imperial Nanyang Fleet.

This time, the primary goal of the Imperial fleet is no longer goodwill, but naked aggression.

The first stop on their trip was the Hundred Vehicles Empire, which had stopped on their last trip west through the Indian Peninsula. The last time they arrived at Baicheng, the Imperial Army used only one round of artillery bombardment, and the Baicheng harbor guards disarmed and surrendered. In this way, Sun Quan found that the army of the Hundred Vehicles was far inferior to the empire in terms of size and armament rations, and they were also particularly afraid of firearms.

In response to the old saying, persimmons should be picked up and pinched. With such a big brother as Baicheng soft persimmon in front of him, if he didn't pinch it hard, Sun Quan felt sorry for himself.

As a result, Baicheng was set by Sun Quan as the primary strategic goal on the westward journey. The 40,000 sailors of the Nanyang Fleet left the port of Hangzhou and bypassed the Maliu Strait and rushed straight to Baicheng.

After arriving in the Hundred Times, he launched a fierce attack on the port of Urro on the south bank of the Hundred Vehicles without any diplomatic words, "in the name of conquering the infidels and pouring the Gospel of Our Lady into the Hundred Times".

After more than an hour of bombardment, the defenders of Urro Harbor surrendered again. The Nanyang Fleet successfully landed without much effort.

Several people dressed in patched clothes greeted the Imperial Army with an excited face when they saw the Empire's Blood Red Cross banner and greeted the Imperial Army in standard Mandarin.

After inquiry, Sun Quan learned that these people were originally Ryukyuan, but the ship was unfortunately destroyed due to a storm, and then they were scattered to Baicheng after several turnovers. With all the wealth on board overboard, they had to make a living by carrying goods by the sea, hoping that one day they would save some money and return to their hometowns. But the hundreds of people are very picky, although they are tired and tired and work hard. Because they had no status, they belonged to the Vaishyyas, who were only slightly stronger than slaves in the four-tier system of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras, in the ancient kingdom of Hindua. The people of Baicheng often bullied them, making them work but giving them very little wages, and that little income was not enough to eat, let alone save money to go back to Ryukyu.

Upon hearing this, Sun Quan was furious, "What do you mean by a person without an identity!" As a vassal state of the Empire, the Ryukyus should be supreme in any country, and it would be a blasphemy against the Holy Empire to dare to classify you as Vaishyas. Rest assured, since I have come, I will seek justice for you. Let the people know the consequences of the dog's eyes looking down on people. In addition, I will send a ship to take you back to the Ryukyus to reunite with your families in some time. ”

Several Ryukyuan people burst into tears of excitement when they heard this, "General, if you don't come, we don't know how to live." Thank you, thank you Empire...... If the Empire needs help, we're here to help. ”

Sun Quan asked: "At present, the imperial army is short of guides, do you know how to speak Baixian?" ”

"Yes, of course. Originally, we were merchants who went back and forth between the hundred vehicles and the glass to do business, so we naturally spoke the words of the hundred vehicles. ”

"Good. Then you can be my guide! Sun Quan stroked his beard and asked, "Is the capital of Baicheng far away from here?" ”

"Not far, not far. From here, walk 200 miles northwest and be the capital of the hundred times. The scale of the city is far worse than that of Luoyang. It is equivalent to a quarter of the size of Chang'an, and the city wall is not high. ”

"Oh? So you've been to Luoyang? Hearing this, Sun Quan invisibly felt a little intimate with Liuli.

"I went there three years ago for business. That's really...... O city of ten thousand cities! The Ryukyuan people sighed.

"Next year's Keju Cup, you Liuli seems to have sent a team. Let's go home and watch the game! ”

"Dare to disobey?" An expectant smile immediately appeared on the Ryukyuan people's faces.

Under the guidance of the Ryukyuan people, the imperial army marched all the way to the foot of the capital of Hyakon. How did the king of Baicheng know that the army of the distant Eastern Empire was so powerful, and he was so frightened that he went out of the city to ask for surrender in person. Sun Quan immediately sent several warships to escort the king back to Luoyang, signed the letter of surrender in front of the saint, and sent several Ryukyuan people back to their hometown along the way.

After leaving 10,000 Imperial Defenders behind, the Nanyang Fleet once again embarked on the westward journey.

Thanks to the complete victory of Egypt's war of independence, the Suez Canal was greatly deepened and widened with the help of Nafrit, and the warships of the empire sailed smoothly into the Mediterranean.

In Alexandria, the Imperial Navy was greeted by the liberated Egyptian people, cheering like a tsunami. Coming from the far East, they became the saviors of the Egyptians.

Amid the cheers of the people, Sun Quan landed on the land of Alexandria, where he held an urgent consultation with Queen Nefret and the Egyptian officials, and invited Egypt to join the imperial fleet in the north to meet the Romans head-on.

As a vassal state supported by the Empire, and out of friendship with the Imperial Pope and resentment at the Romans' plundering of Egypt, Nefret did not hesitate to agree to Sun Quan's invitation, and immediately began to build a fleet, food and grass to prepare for the next revenge war.

At the moment when Egypt was fully preparing for war. A message came from the Papal Palace, "The Pope is gone." ”

Luan Ping thought at first that his father was going to visit the mountains and rivers and pay a private visit. However, after waiting for three months and not seeing his father come back, he realized that something was wrong, so he sent someone to search his father's bedroom and study.

After searching around, I found that not only the lotus armor and the green lotus sledgehammer worn by my father when he was young were gone, but also the family portrait painted by Empress Zhide and the court painter hanging in the study with Luan Miao, Luan Diao's family, Luan Yi, Cai Yan, Diao Chan, Yang Wan, Zhen Mi, Qiqiao, Luan Shimeng, Luan Ping, and Luan Wei.

These four things are Luan Yi's most cherished things, and when he learned that they all disappeared, Luan Ping immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. More importantly, there was news that not only the Pope was gone, but also Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Xu Shu, Mao Jue, Xun Yu, and Xun You were also gone. At this time, Guan Suo, Zhang Bao, Zhao Tong, and Lu Qiling, "Father, what is this going to do?" Whoever comes, inform all the checkpoints, but any trace of His Majesty the Pope has been found out and report immediately. Besides, bring me the S.H.I.E.L.D. Bishop. ”

After half a pillar of incense, Yang Xiu, who took over Guo Jia's position, walked in from outside the hall and bowed his hand.

Luan Ping was so anxious that he was in no mood to greet Yang Xiuduo, so he asked straight to the point: "Does Uncle Guo know where my father has gone?" ”

Yang Xiu's face did not change, and his heart shook his head without beating, "My subordinates don't know." ”

"I don't know?" Luan Ping snorted coldly, "Is there anything in this world that the Aegis Cardinal doesn't know?" Come on, where did my father go? ”

"My subordinates really don't know." Yang Xiu hung his head and said.

"You ......" Luan Ping was furious: "You don't say believe it or not......"

"I don't know if I kill it." Yang Xiu resolutely said: "But Your Highness, please think twice, I am your own uncle." If you kill me, my sister's spirit in heaven will cry bitterly. ”

"I ......" If Cai Yan's death gave Luan Yi a heavy blow to his heart, the death of his mother Yang Wan was like a blow to Luan Ping's heart. Prior to this, in Luan Ping's mind, his father - Luan Yi was a great figure and omnipotent - a god-like existence, but after his wife and concubines passed away one after another, Luan Ping found that his father was not omnipotent, at least in the face of death, he also had so much sourness and helplessness. One by one, the people around him disappeared one after another, making him a lot older overnight, his tall figure began to become slender, and his black hair was dyed with frost overnight.

The thousands of troops of the enemy in the past did not defeat him, but he was beaten by reality, defeated by the insignificance of life, and the bitterness that had been suppressed in his heart for so many years all broke out at this moment.

In his sleep, he often talked nonsense, and what he said was something that fat people couldn't understand, "If there was penicillin, Yan'er and Wan'er wouldn't have left so early!" "How can I travel back in time!" "Our Lady, take me away!" Wait a minute.

The eunuchs and ladies of the Papal Palace were terrified when they heard these words, fearing that one day the great Pope would be as far away from them as Empress Zhide had done and return to heaven.

Luan Yi sometimes sits alone in the courtyard and ponders, sitting all day, not thinking about tea, no one knows what he is thinking.

Other times, he would not be able to sleep in the middle of the night and run to the study to stare at the family photo.

In fact, when this family photo was drawn, Luan Ping's grandfather and grandmother had passed away. The portraits of the two men were added by the painter from memory. Luan Yi would babble when he looked at this painting, saying that portrait painting can add characters with memory, which photography can't do.

The inexplicable words made people feel creepy again.

Recalling this, Luan Ping realized that his father had so many abnormal behaviors before this, but he didn't pay attention to it at all. This also proves once again that the father's departure from the palace this time is absolutely extraordinary. He looked at Yang Biao with tears in his eyes, and said in an almost pleading tone: "Uncle Guo, just let me beg you, okay?" Tell me where my father has gone! I have passed away my mother. I can't lose my father anymore. ”