After Yan Yunwei delivered the letter, he did not stay for a moment and set off to return to Sichuan.

And after Zhang Wenshan read Lu Heng's letter, he was busy and didn't finish it out, pulled his shoes, trotted all the way, dressed all the way, and instructed the sedan chair man to prepare the sedan chair and enter the palace to face the saint.

Sitting in a sedan chair all the way, galloping towards the palace.

Outside the palace, Zhang Wenshan hurriedly jumped out of the sedan chair, and directly threw the waist card to the Qianniu guard who was guarding the door, and was so busy that he didn't even say a word, and went directly into the palace gate. Leaving behind him, Qianniuwei, who had finished checking, held his waist card and chased all the way.

I trotted all the way, and when I got to the outside of the imperial study, I was already out of breath.

Zhang Wenshan raised his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Ask the keeper of the door: "Is Your Majesty here?" ”

Seeing Zhang Wenshan's sweaty appearance, his father-in-law only had to report the urgent matter, and after hearing this, he saluted respectfully and said: "Your Majesty is talking to the prince, wait a while!" ”

After saying that, the father-in-law bowed slightly, then turned around and walked into the imperial study.

Outside the door, Zhang Wenshan stood quietly in the autumn sunshine, anxiously waiting.

The wind blew, and there was a chill to the bone.

Zhang Wenshan couldn't help but shiver, this was the time, his clothes were already soaked with sweat.

Now, when the cold wind blows, it's no wonder it's not cold.

After waiting outside the door for a while, the father-in-law went and returned, bowed down and said, "Lord Zhang, Your Majesty will let you in!" ”

Zhang Wenshan nodded and tidied up his clothes haphazardly. glanced down, only to realize that he had just forgotten to wear the official mansion because he was too anxious. Until now, the figure is wearing a loose robe.

However, at this time, Zhang Wenshan didn't care much, and after hearing the words, he hurriedly raised his feet, walked up the steps, and walked into the imperial study.

Behind him, his father-in-law shook his head and smiled when he saw Master Zhang's description.

After turning around, he respectfully closed the door, and then stood solemnly outside the hall, motionless.

In the imperial study, it is as warm as spring.

The sunlight passed through the window, and was blocked by the window lattice into a broken light, shining on the floor of the imperial study, showing dazzling patches of dazzling mottles.

On both sides of the door, in the crane copper furnace, the smoke of incense rises.

This incense has a wonderful effect on calming the nerves, and when I entered the imperial study, I couldn't help but feel that my mind was stable.

Zhang Wenshan stepped forward and bowed respectfully to the emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair talking to the crown prince.

"Your Majesty!"

The emperor smiled, turned his head, looked at Zhang Wenshan in civilian clothes, and said with a smile: "Zhang Aiqing, what's wrong?" ”

Zhang Wenshan shook his head with a wry smile: "I was anxious, I forgot, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!" ”

The emperor looked at Zhang Wenshan, who had a white beard, shook his head and smiled. When he saw the shoes on Zhang Wenshan's feet, he couldn't help but laugh even more after wearing them backwards.

The emperor picked up the tea station, took a sip of tea, raised his sleeve to cover his mouth, and joked with a smile: "What kind of urgency can make Master Zhang so embarrassed?" ”

It seems that Zhang Wenshan, an old man, is the most particular thing about dressing. Often during the court discussion, if the official was discovered by Zhang Wenshan because of his untidy clothes, he would definitely be reprimanded.

Now, seeing Zhang Wenshan, so embarrassed, the emperor couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

However, when I saw Zhang Wenshan's civilian clothes, he was soaked with sweat. The emperor also put away the smile in his eyes, and the emperor, who knew Zhang Wenshan's temperament well, was keenly aware that what Zhang Wenshan was about to say was very likely to be very serious.

After putting down the teacup, the emperor frowned and asked, "Why are you so anxious?" ”

After Zhang Wenshan took a deep breath, he took out the sweat-soaked envelope from his arms, held it above his head, and said in a deep voice: "This is an urgent report from Sichuan, Your Majesty, please take a look!" ”

The crown prince walked over and took the envelope from Zhang Wenshan's hand. Then he walked back and handed it to the emperor.

After seeing the familiar handwriting on the envelope, the emperor's heart was hot. Straightening up, he took the envelope. I opened it and took a look.

Sure enough, it was Lu Heng's handwriting!

The emperor's heart was a little calm, and a smile also appeared on his old face.

However, the next moment, after seeing the contents of the letter, the emperor's face instantly turned pale.

"How daring!" The Emperor was furious, and after arranging the envelope on the table, he grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it down.

With a snap, the emperor threw the blue and white porcelain teacup in his hand to the ground and shattered. Tea leaves, porcelain tiles, water stains, fell everywhere.

In Lu Heng's letters, the information from the Tibetan spies and the seized letters was explained in detail. Huang Guoan's rampant expropriation in Chengdu Mansion, the ugly thing of forcing Liang to become a prostitute, and Huang Guoan's collusion with the Tubo people and deliberately missing Kangding, are the reasons why Duan Peng's subordinates suffered from the enemy, and finally, there is also the explosion in Chengdu and the murder of the monarch in the Spring Palace, which is completely said.

"It seems that these people, I really indulge them too much. Do they think that I am really old and can't hold a knife? Seeing that the officials under his command were so incorrigible, the emperor's face was gloomy, his hands were pressed on the table, his whole body trembled, and he shouted loudly.

Sitting down, Zhang Wenshan saw that the Son of Heaven was furious, and his heart was also shocked.

He hadn't seen the emperor so angry in years. Even in matters concerning the Turks, the emperor was still very calm.

But now......

Moreover, judging from what the emperor said just now, the emperor really moved to kill this time.

On the side, Prince Xiaowu took the envelope, and after unfolding it and looking at it, his face also changed.

After putting down the envelope, Xiao Wu took a deep breath, and a calm and sophisticated look on his face that did not match his age.

"Grandpa!" Xiao Wu stood up, respectfully saluted the emperor, and said with a natural expression: "Thieves are hateful, but the teacher's letter also shows that our policy towards Tubo was very correct some time ago!" ”

The emperor in a rage, hearing this, gradually calmed down, turned his head, and looked at Xiao Wudao: "You mean? ”

Xiao Wu nodded, his eyes flashed, his fists clenched, and he said in a deep voice: "Tubo thieves, spending such a lot of means to deal with the imperial court is obviously a dog jumping over the wall, it should be driven to a desperate situation by our economic blockade in the past few months!" As long as we intensify the blockade and extend the lockdown time, there will be chaos in Tibet without a fight! ”

The emperor nodded, and after taking two steps with his hands behind his back, he suddenly stopped: "However, it would be best if the matter could be resolved as soon as possible, after all, ......"

When the emperor said this, a flash of melancholy flashed in his eyes. A few days ago, he made a private visit to a well-known village outside Tokyo.

In the Turkic War, the village produced twenty generals. Of these, thirteen were feudal. The emperor really wanted to see what kind of place this general's hometown was. At the same time, I also want to take the imperial court to visit the family of the Imperial Pillar Stone.

Originally, when he went, the emperor was very happy. But when I arrived in that village and saw the lives of the villagers. The emperor's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

The whole village was full of old and young women and children, and not a single one of them was completely clothed.

In this late autumn season, the ragged children, the gray-haired old men, thought that they were hungry.

The old people stroked the children's heads with sad faces and told them to wait.

The emperor, dressed in civilian clothes, with his guards, walked through the village. I went straight to the village chief's house.

The village chief, who was over sixty years old, carried a cane and welcomed the group of nobles to the thatched hut.

At home, the walls of the house are bare, and the broken sunlight shines in through the loophole roof, without a trace of warmth. The autumn wind blows in. The child, curled up and hiding on the kang, looked at the group of people who walked into the house with frightened eyes.

The village chief scolded his wife and took out the last bit of rice left in the house.

Looking at the old woman's heartache, the emperor's eyes were red, and he walked over and stopped the millet from getting into the pot.

After drinking a bowl of hot water at home, the village chief took the emperor and Qianniuwei, who were dressed in civilian clothes, out of the room and walked straight towards the back of the village.

When I got there, among the withered yellow artemisia grass, there were five hundred cold tombstones, and the emperor's eyes were stinging in an instant.

"Originally, there were 1,000 families in the village. Later, there was a war. According to the order of the imperial court, there were more than 1,000 people in the village who were over the age of sixteen. All of these 1,000 men took part in the conquest of the Turks. It's just ......" the village chief sighed, and the old tears were rampant. Hunched over to the tombstone, stretched out his withered palm, gently groped for the name on the tombstone, and said bitterly: "It's just, dead, five hundred dolls are dead like this!" “

In the cold autumn wind, the emperor stood quietly on the mound, his eyes moistened as he watched the village chief in front of his son's tombstone, crying into tears, and his heart ached.

Turning his head and looking at the group of old and weak women and children who slowly walked out, the emperor raised his head, took a deep breath, and sighed: "I can't fight anymore!" ”

The war was intermittent and fought for decades. The brutal war not only defeated the invincible Turks. But it also made the economy of the entire Great Zhou on the verge of collapse.

Looking at his subjects in front of him, they were living so miserably. The emperor's heart was like a knife.

Now, even Chengdu, known as the land of abundance, is also involved in the war, and the people of Chengdu have also suffered great difficulties. The emperor was frightened and wanted to end the war as soon as possible.

But how to end it.

The emperor raised his head, his heart tormented.

Sitting down, Zhang Wenshan hesitated, took a step forward, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the emperor is now in Chengdu, look!" ”

On the side, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up when he heard this.

When the emperor heard this, he thought about it, and shook his head with a wry smile: "Lu Heng has a deep grudge against me, I'm afraid it's ......."

Zhang Wenshan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, you also know that you are a righteous person. He is not the kind of person who disregards the general interests of the country and the nation for his own selfish desires. ”

"Yes, Grandpa Huang, the teacher is not that kind of person!" Xiao Wu knew that Zhang Wenshan wanted Lu Heng to come back, and his heart was transparent, so he hurriedly persuaded him.

The emperor thought for a moment, clenched his fists, and made up his mind. Strode over to the table and took out the talisman from the side of the jade seal.

"Zhang Wenshan, you immediately send someone to send the talisman to Chengdu!" The emperor held the talisman in his hand, his eyes flashed, and he stared at Zhang Wenshandao.

Zhang Wenshan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't pick up the talisman. Raising his head, he looked at the emperor who was in high spirits, and stopped talking.