When he got up in the morning of the sixth section, it was already dawn, and Wu Ming got up from the bed, only to feel that his mouth was so bitter, his head was splitting, and his temples were pounding suddenly. Yesterday he tossed and turned, and fell asleep near dawn, and when he turned over and was about to lie down for a while, he suddenly remembered that today was the day when Li Yuan went north, and he was a spirit, and he could still sleep there, so he got up from the bed, got dressed and ran out after a few strokes.

Nanning City, like other cities, is also divided into four city gates, but it is built close to the south bank of the river, so the north gate is a water gate. Outside this gate, there is the wharf on the north bank of Nanning City. It is said that when the water rises in the summer, sometimes even the piers outside the city are flooded. It's just that it's the dry season in winter, and the water level has dropped, revealing a large tidal flat.

To get to the north shore, the only way to get there is to take a boat from the pier. However, to get to the pier, you can only get there by taking a small boat from the canal in the city through the North Gate Lock. Fortunately, Wu Ming's residence was not very far from the North City Gate, and he ran wildly, and it didn't take long to arrive.

Although it is now morning, the entire Beicheng sluice gate is also full of boats coming and going, a prosperous scene. Wu Ming was in a hurry, and he didn't know if Li Yuan was gone, if it weren't for his scruples about shocking the world, I'm afraid he would have to wade into the water. When he was anxious, a boat boss with a hat beckoned to him: "This guest officer, are you going to the dock outside?" The ferry costs two coppers. ”

Wu Ming was impatient now, and before the other party finished speaking, he had already jumped up and said, "Hurry up, go quickly." Money is easy to say. ”

The boss of the boat lowered his head and was untying the cable hanging on the bow of the boat, and when Wu Ming jumped down, it was as light as a fallen leaf, and the boat did not move at all. He raised his head and looked at Wu Ming with some surprise. smiled and said in fear: "The villain didn't know that the adult was a martial artist just now, which is really disrespectful." ”

Wu Ming was anxious now, waved his hand and said, "Hurry up." ”

The boatman untied the cable, sat back in the boat, and tapped his paddle lightly on the surface of the water, and two whirlpools suddenly appeared on the water. The boat turned around, fast and steady, passing through the gaps of large and small ships, without touching them.

From the canal in the city to the dock outside, it was only a walled distance, not too far, just passing by a sluice. The boat is like a fish, passing through all kinds of boats, and after a while, it will arrive at the gate of the lock, when the boat passes through the lock, Wu Ming looked up, and his mouth couldn't help but sigh: "It's really magnificent!" ”

The boss of the boat held two oars on the left and right, and the boat was about to sail out of the gate, when he heard Wu Ming sigh, he didn't look back, and replied: "My lord, this sluice is nearly ten meters high and nearly twenty meters wide, and it is all made of fine iron, which is very firm." Wu Ming was stunned, glanced at the sluice, and saw boats coming and going, many large and small ships coming and going under the sluice, although crowded, but not chaotic at all.

Outside is the surface of the river, and this sluice is estimated to be nearly 20 meters wide, and he can't help but sigh: "It's really another miracle." "The aura of heaven and earth in this world is strong, and it is much easier for human beings to practice martial arts than on earth. Perhaps because of this, the human beings here attach great importance to martial arts and no longer rely too much on external forces, so the whole world is basically still in the era of cold weapons, and with the scientific and technological level of this world, it is not easy to create such a huge floodgate.

Because Wu Ming is not familiar with knives and saws, and does not know the hardships of building a pure wooden building, the shock given to him by this gate is much stronger than that of Angelica Palace. This sluice gate is a masterpiece of Liu Du, a subordinate of the Governor. Usually, when the sluice is opened, ships can enter and exit freely, and once the water rises and the tidal flats are flooded outside, the sluice can be lowered and the north gate can be blocked. Once it comes to wartime, relying on the danger of the northern river and the benefit of Nanning City, this is another natural risk. ”

He was very proud in his tone, and he kept talking, and while the two were talking, the boat had already left the gate and leaned against the dock, Wu Ming paid the fare, and jumped ashore in the respectful eyes of the boat boss.

Although it is drizzling now, the entire pier is still full of people, and various boats are docked around. The shouts came and went. As soon as he landed on the shore, he saw a field empty for the boss in the distance, and more than a dozen soldiers of the Guards Battalion and dozens of generals of the Black Armor Army were standing together, forming a big circle, and they didn't know what they were talking about, Yang Xiong's eyes were sharp, and the old eyes saw Wu Ming, and beckoned: "My lord, come here, quickly!" ”

He was overjoyed, it seemed that he was not too late, and he had finally caught up. He ran a few steps, and when he got close to everyone, Li Yuan poked his head out of the crowd and laughed: "Brother Wu, you hurt me this time, just now I was still betting, saying that you were drunk by me yesterday, and you will definitely not be able to come today, but your subordinates don't believe it, saying that you will definitely come, alas, it seems that my understanding of you is not as good as your brothers who get along day and night." ”

Wu Ming stepped forward and was about to say a few polite words, when suddenly a person turned out from behind Li Yuan, he looked at it fixedly, and almost exclaimed. This man turned out to be Ge Yi.

Ge Yi, as the former deputy of the Qinglong team of the Guards Battalion, appeared here, it should be, Wu Ming was surprised not by his people, but by his attire, I saw that he was carrying a silk umbrella, but he was carrying a big bag on his shoulder, and he also looked like he was going to go far away. Seeing Wu Ming, he took a few steps, suddenly threw away his umbrella, half-knelt on the ground, and said: "Lord Wu, since the Southern Expedition, I have been taken care of by you many times, and I feel a sense of righteousness." It's just that the day before yesterday, the Zhao family sent a letter asking me to go back immediately, and I was the head of the family, and I really couldn't help myself. I haven't said goodbye to Lord Wu, but because the lower officials see that you don't have a good relationship with you, I'm afraid that it will affect your mood again, and I hope your lord will forgive me. ”

This land is a tidal flat, the soil is relatively loose, people come and go, and the mud on the ground has long been trampled to sparse rot. He knelt down, dripping and dripping, and the mud juice was poured all over, but he didn't realize it.

This is the first time he has made a subordinate salute in front of Wu Ming, but Wu Ming knows that the other party is kneeling and grateful, and he does not really regard himself as a member of the Xuanwu team, if so, Ge Yi will not leave. He stepped forward, helped Ge Yi up, patted Ge Yi on the shoulder and sighed: "Brother Ge, you value love and righteousness, what is the crime." It's just that the current situation between the north and the south is tense, and you are going to the north, and when you say goodbye, you don't know whether you are friend or foe! ”

Ge Yi was stunned for a moment, perhaps he didn't expect Wu Ming to say so directly, he nodded, and said: "At present, the imperial court is still nominally a whole, and whether there will be a war or not is still unknown, however, as a soldier, I still hope that we will never have a day when we will never meet each other." ”

Wu Ming sighed in his heart, among the remaining guard camps, in addition to Yang Xiong, Ge Yi was the most powerful, meticulous as a hair, and what was even more commendable was that there was no arrogance of those children of the family, but the other party was also recalled by a letter from the Zhao family in the north.

He and Ge Yi looked at each other like this, and in the eyes of the two, there was more helplessness.

Everyone looked at each other silently, and at this moment, suddenly a gong sounded, and I saw that at the sluice gate of the north gate, countless boatmen supported the boats, like ducks being driven, scattered and docked one after another, giving way to a waterway. A large ship more than ten meters wide slowly sailed out in the sound of gongs.

The big ship Wu Ming has not seen before, in the past, when he was in Xinhe City, the "God of War" class warship of the Southern Barbarians was much larger than this ship, but because it was too far away, it was not very real. Compared with the "God of War" class warships, this ship is naturally not in the same grade. But as soon as it was set off by the small boats that could only carry one or two people, the boat became a behemoth, almost a hill.

The boat moved very slowly, and in the sound of the gong, it moved slowly, and after a while, it carefully sailed out of the lock, and with the width and height of the lock, this two-story building ship was estimated to be the largest ship that could sail into the city. There is a naval division east of Nanning City, with nearly 20,000 people, although these 20,000 people are far from the naval forces of Nanban, but as a strong force to defend the old nest of Zhu Huai, it should not be underestimated.

The so-called southern ships and northern horses show the length of the water war of the southerners, but Wu Ming has only heard of it, and has never seen these 20,000 people, and there is no way to know the specific combat strength of the Jiangnan naval army.

Just thinking about it, there was another gong sound, and the boat slowly approached the dock, and then there was a horn sound at the bow of the ship, and more than a dozen brightly dressed eunuchs opened the way, and then several palace maids supported a canopy and protected a small sedan chair, and walked down from the ship. A eunuch in front shouted at the top of his voice: "The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, Tao Niangniang, is out on patrol, and the idlers avoid it." ”

This pomp and circumstance was really terrifying, and the people on both sides were already stupid, and they all knelt on the ground, shouting "Niang Niang Chitose" more than once. Wu Ming's heart was shocked, although he knew all the previous situations and speculated that Tao Yu and Zhu Huai were planning to establish a new dynasty, but after really getting the positive information, his heart was still mixed.

Now Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty and the crown prince are both dead, and the fetus in Tao Yu's womb has become the only royal bloodline. According to normal circumstances, once the child in her womb is a baby boy, it will definitely be the next emperor. She now calls herself the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, although she is a little anxious, but it is not unreasonable. It's just that this is a matter of legitimacy, will Li Tie in the north recognize her as the "Queen Mother of the Two Palaces"?

Moreover, there is one most important hidden danger, that is, the gender problem of this child.

Thinking of this, Wu Ming's heart was uneasy, and he couldn't help but think of what Hu Yong said to him in private that night. For a while, my head was as big as a fight, and I didn't know what to do.

Suddenly, he was shocked, after Xiaoyi died, he made up his mind not to care about these messy things, but unconsciously, he was still concerned about the situation in the court. cares about the fate of Tao Yu and the little life in his womb. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but want to laugh, the prince was alone on his deathbed, but he was afraid that he had taken a fancy to the softness in his heart.

Just, does it work? I can't even protect my most beloved woman, let alone my family and country.

When the rain was light, he stood up straight, quietly looking at the bright yellow sedan chair, floating towards him in the worship of the crowd.