On the beacon tower in Mangzhou, the soldiers who received the order lit the wolf smoke and put some green powder, and they flew up with the wolf smoke! Straight to the sky!!

At this time, in the capital, in the imperial palace, the emperor was furious because the 300,000 reinforcements failed to reach the northern front!!

Emperor: "The Book of War!" What's going on?!! ”

Shen Shangshu was already kneeling on the ground: "Enlighten the saint!" 300,000 troops came from different parts of the country, and on the march, the further north they went, the greater the climate change, and many people were not adapted! Symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. That's why I'm delayed on the way..."

"What do military doctors do for food?!" The emperor burst into applause!

"Your Majesty! No wonder the military doctor is this matter!! Shen Shangshu pleaded, "Since knowing Captain Yao's illness, the troops have been integrated and replaced, and many of them are new recruits who have not experienced trekking and actual combat!" The adaptation of water and soil depends on personal physical fitness, no wonder the military doctor!! ”

"Ministers echo!" Hong Shangshu admonished, "Your Majesty, now is the time to employ people, and military doctors are indispensable!" The most important thing now is how to alleviate the symptoms of the recruits so that they can reach the northern front as soon as possible!! ”

Emperor: "Doctor Minister!" ”

Father-in-law Liu: "Yes! Physician Transmission—"

Imperial Physician Huang and Imperial Physician Ruan came to the Xuxiong Hall under the hurried leadership of the palace people!

"Your Majesty!"

Emperor: "What is the best way to deal with the soldiers who are not accustomed to the water and soil?!" ”

Imperial Physician Huang was puzzled: "Adaptation to water and soil generally occurs in people who are not strong enough, and soldiers need to train every day... It stands to reason that it shouldn't..."

Shen Shangshu: "Most of the 300,000 troops who went north this time were recruits. ”

Doctor Nguyen: "The folk method is to take the local boiled water and drink it, so that it can relieve the symptoms. ”

Shen Shangshu: "This method is not completely effective, some soldiers have improved, but most of them are still..."

Imperial Physician Huang: "The northern front is slightly cold, and some soldiers may still have a cold... Ginger water warms the stomach and warms the body, you can also try..."

"What you say, don't the military doctors know?!" The Emperor roared!

"Your Majesty is angry!!" Imperial Physician Huang and Imperial Physician Ruan hurriedly fell to the ground and pleaded!! Even Shen Shangshu also knelt on the ground to plead guilty!!

"A bunch of trash!" The emperor was so angry that he stood up and was about to have a seizure! Outside the hall, there was a father-in-law's voice!!

"Newspaper - Your Majesty, outside the Nanqing Gate, someone beat the drum of injustice!!"

Everyone was shocked even the emperor!!

The emperor was so angry that he had to endure it first: "Bring people up!" ”

Nanqingmen, the palace guards received the order and took a middle-aged man with a slightly chubby body and a sad face to the Xuxiong Palace...

On the other side, the crown prince, who hadn't closed his eyes for a few days, should have been in the East Palace, but at this time, he was in the Yi'an Palace. Dressed in guard clothes, he sat in the main room of the Yueming Courtyard, and it was Qi Ming who sat opposite, both of whom were at a loss.

"Brother Ming, I have been sitting in the military aircraft for a few days, and I have not found any clues... The fall of Lingzhou this time, is it really someone in the palace who should cooperate with the outside world? The guard pondered, "Zhao Qing stole the Gyeonggi defense map, and the official family she contacted with Li Han did not have any information about Lingzhou..."

"Beishuo Xizuo, the Three Musketeers, Yuan Shangshu..."Qi Ming pondered, "That day, the people behind the scenes wanted to quietly silence their mouths, and they didn't want to be bumped into by me and Yan'er on the spot, so Yuan Shangshu was involved... Yuan Xiao is so happy and behaves flamboyantly, not like the mastermind behind the scenes... Not to mention the missing Three Musketeers..."

Guard: "How did the Three Musketeers find?" ”

Qi Ming sighed lightly and said: "The subordinate brother has asked the Jianghu forces to investigate in many ways, but there has been no progress so far..."

Guard: "... Maybe we should go to the northern route and get some results... When I left the palace today, I heard that the newly assembled 300,000 reinforcements were delayed on the way north..."

Qi Ming was slightly surprised: "Why?" ”

"Captain Yao's illness is not an isolated case, so the army has been reorganized, and among the soldiers assembled this time, the proportion of new recruits has increased, and some of them have symptoms of not adapting to the soil and water when they go to the northern front for the first time..."

Qi Ming frowned and pondered for a moment: "... Not used to the local environment... How many people have symptoms? ”

"Nearly half...", the guard replied as he looked up, and Qi Ming was thinking about getting up and pacing...

"Lingzhou has fallen, reinforcements have been blocked... On the surface, it seems reasonable, but the internal situation has been moving towards Beishuo... Brother Huang is right, we should go to the northern line to have a look! ”

The guard smiled and said, "What is Brother Ming's plan?" ”

Qi Ming frowned and said, "My father and the courtiers are afraid that I will be involved in military affairs... It's not easy to do..."

The guard continued to laugh and said, "Since Master An has made magical boots, someone has to take them to the northern front, it seems that we have to act again!" ”

Qi Ming looked back at the other party in surprise!

The outskirts of Beijing, military camp.

After an hour of baton, the soldiers who were on guard in the suburbs of Beijing saw the green wolf smoke rising ten miles away, and hurriedly took steps to report the news! After running wildly, he ran into the main tent breathlessly, and knelt down on one knee to report: "Commander! Beacon Messenger! It's green wolf smoke!! ”

Qian listened and strode out of the tent to watch! After confirming that it was green wolf smoke, he commanded, "Quick! Inform Your Majesty that the enemy army is attacking my Mangzhou!! ”

"Yes!!" The soldiers were ordered to get on their horses and go straight to the palace!!

Imperial Palace, Xuxiong Hall.

Emperor: "Who is Your Highness?" ”

"The grass people's name is Shan Jianzhang, and they are Mingzhou businessmen..."Shan Jianzhang's voice trembled, and he said prostrately, "Zhu Wangshan, the governor of Mingzhou, amassed huge wealth and used grain and grass bonds to swallow up all the property of the grass people's family!" Drove the grass people's family out of the mansion and lived on the streets!! As he spoke, he began to sob...

When the emperor heard this, his qi and blood only rushed to the door of his head!! It's really a disaster, the reinforcements are blocked and not resolved, and local officials are still thinking about how to make the country difficult to make money!!

At this moment, the voice of his father-in-law came from outside the hall: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Yi'an are here-"

"Xuan!" The emperor simply said neatly!

Shan Jianzhang couldn't restrain himself, and he didn't dare to cry loudly, so he could only cover his mouth and hold back, choking up, the hall was extremely quiet, and the middle-aged man's faint cry was particularly sad...

"Son-in-law, see father." The crown prince and the king of Yi'an entered the palace and saluted.

"Get up! You've come just in time! Let's hear it!! The emperor said coldly, and then said to the kneeling man, "You continue!" ”

Shan Jianzhang was still crying, he didn't react, he felt that someone touched him lightly, he woke up, looked up, and saw that everyone in the hall was looking at him, he wiped his tears, and continued with a steady heart, "... The grass people learned that Mingzhou's mission was to issue a million taels of grain and grass bonds... It should be 5,000 taels to the grass people's homes... However, Zhu Zhizhou said that the grass people must come up with 50,000 taels of silver! That's all the grass people's net worth... The grass people reasoned with him, but they were brutally beaten by him...", he slowly raised his head, ruffled a handful of hair, and showed the large bruises and redness on his forehead, "It's not all! He also sent people to raid his house and drive the grass people, his wife and children out of the house!! ”

Emperor: "Deng Shangshu! Prime minister! Check this out now!! ”

"Yes!" Deng Curry and Ji Yun both saluted and received their orders!

The emperor softened his tone slightly and asked, "Shan Jianzhang, where are your wife and children?" ”

Shan Jianzhang wiped a handful of tears and said, "Back to Your Majesty... Outside the Nanqing Gate..."

The emperor looked at the other party's dusty body and ordered: "Come on, settle their family!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! Shan Jianzhang kowtowed vigorously to thank him, and withdrew from the Xuxiong Hall under the leadership of the two fathers-in-law...

"Report - the enemy army has invaded Mangzhou! The enemy army has invaded Mangzhou!! ”

Before Shan Jianzhang's figure disappeared, a reporter hurriedly came!!

"Your Majesty, the beacon has received a message..."The informant soldiers are running like the wind! When kneeling on the ground, due to inertia, he crossed the hall steps, "About an hour ago, the Mangzhou beacon tower sent a message, and the enemy army attacked!! ”

The crown prince and Qi Ming were both surprised: "!! ”

Hearing this, the ministers immediately panicked, looked at each other in pairs, and faintly heard the sound of fabric rubbing...

"What's the panic?!" The emperor sighed!

"Your Majesty!" A certain official said, "The Beishuo army attacked fiercely this time, and Weichen thought that it was better to pretend to cede the city, pretend to negotiate peace and stop the war, and in order to lead the enemy army to negotiate peace, cede some poor small places... Circulate for a few days to buy some time for reinforcements..."

Prince: "No! The garrison on the northern front plus the 100,000 urgently dispatched troops, a total of no less than 150,000 troops, whether they will win or lose, how can they let out of the city! Moreover, Beishuo can't look down on small places! Cessing the city is just letting the people in the city become fish and meat under the sword of others! ”

"Father!" Qi Ming knelt on the ground and saluted, took out the iron box in his sleeve and offered it, "This is Master An's newly made magic boots." ”

The emperor looked at the small iron box, frowned, and said, "Magic boots? ”

Everyone followed and watched with curiosity...

After Gonggong Liu took the object and presented it to the emperor, Qi Ming continued: "This is the iron boot improved by Erchen according to the Five Transformation Armor, and it can be opened by pressing the knob on the lid of the iron box. ”

The emperor looked at the iron box and pressed the knob according to his son's words, and sure enough! The iron box was turned into a boot skeleton!!

In the face of such a magical thing, everyone looked at each other, and there was silence in the hall...

Qi Ming: "Father, the magic boots can not only defend, but also strengthen the foot strength, the bottom of the boots is hidden mechanism, can project power, and intensify the power of the attack!" Seeing that everyone was stunned by the magic boots, he took the opportunity to ask for his life, "Father, my son is willing to go to the northern front with a new weapon to help the princess!" ”

"No!" Shen Shangshu refused, "King Yi'an has never been involved in military affairs, and he is not familiar with many matters on the northern front, so he is not a suitable candidate!" ”

When the ministers saw it, they seconded it one by one!

"Father!" Qi Ming asked again, "The Beishuo people are tall, if our army has the help of magic boots, it will definitely increase the chances of victory!" ”

Shen Shangshu: "Dare to ask King Yi'an, how many magical boots have been made in Master An's workshop?" ”

Qi Ming: "There are fifty pairs now!" ”

Shen Shangshu: "Our army has tens of thousands of horses, how can fifty pairs be enough!" ”

Qi Ming: "These fifty pairs were made by Erchen for emergency and instructed Master An to hurry. If you want to produce in large quantities, Master An's workshop can also be laid out! ”

"King Yi'an, your hand is too long!" Shen Shangshu knew in his heart that His Majesty was most taboo about King Yi'an's participation in military affairs, so he boldly retorted, "Besides, making magic boots requires a lot of expenditure!" Military spending is already stretched, where is there spare money to dump this thing!! Nan-sama! Do you think it's ?!! ”

Nan Shulai's eyes rolled steadily a few times, as if he was looking at King Yi'an, and then seemed to glance at the ministers, for a reason: "... If the magic boots are effective, the war can end early, and the military budget can be used rationally... It's not impossible..."

Shen Shangshu: "Magical boots don't work, I never needed this kind of fancy frame when I was fighting!" Nan-sama! You haven't been on the battlefield and don't understand!! ”

"I..."Nan Shulai secretly glanced at Qi Ming and was silent...

"Father," the crown prince pondered, and was about to speak...

"That's it! Don't even say it! The emperor took a step ahead and said loudly, "Ming'er, don't make trouble!" Stand down!! ”

Qi Ming: "Father!!" ”

"Prince, you come with me! Shen Shangshu! Nan-sama! The emperor went down the stairs and called the ministers, "Go to the military plane!" ”

"Father..."Qi Ming failed to stop his father, and in the huge palace, his figure seemed lonely and helpless...

Gonggong Liu, who followed the emperor, walked a few steps, turned around and said: "Come back, prince!"

The prince frowned and glanced back at his younger brother, revealing a somewhat worried look, in the eyes of outsiders, it was more like worrying about King Yi'an meddling in military affairs! But what he worries about is not the uselessness of the magic boots, but the safety of Yan Mo...

Looking at each other, Qi Ming understood the prince's thoughts, because he was also worried about the same thing!

After leaving the palace, Qi Ming took the horse's rope from the frame and ran back to the palace directly: "Lan Bo! The carriage is yours to be handed over! ”

Lan Bo looked at the figure of a man riding in the dust, and thought to himself, no matter what happened, the prince never panicked... What can make him anxious and lose his temper must be about the princess! He hurriedly drove a cart with only one horse and chose the nearest place to put the carriage!!

In the palace prison, Yuan Shangshu didn't know what was happening outside, but he just sat in the prison with a little hope in his heart, and kept muttering to himself with a slight trembling: "That... Will definitely find a way to help me... Definitely! Definitely! ”

Yi'an Palace.

Lu Jiu finally remembered that the short knife with a shell handle had not been returned, and when he was waiting for his master to return to the house, he took the short knife and wanted to go to the guest house... Passing through the gate, I just saw Qiyun!

"Mr. Qi, your short knife with a shell handle!" Lu Jiu ran up a few steps and said, "There are too many things in this time, and I forgot about it..."

Since Yan Mo went to the northern line, Qi Yun came to the gate every day to guard it, as if he looked at it a few more times, and the big boss could appear immediately!

"Mr. Qi..."Lu Jiu saw that the other party didn't react, and opened his five fingers and shook it...

"Huh?!" Qi Yun came back to his senses at this time, "What are you doing?" Lu Jiu! ”

"Your dagger with a handle!" Lu Jiu flashed the handle of the dazzling fluorescent knife and handed it over.

"Ahh I'm a good girl! Qi Yun was a little abnormal, "Why did you forget this baby!" ”

"......" Lu Jiu saw that the other party had something on his mind, "Mr. Qi, the princess's martial arts are so high, and she has a crying body, as well as the prince's five transformation armor!" Don't worry! The princess Jiren has her own natural appearance!! ”

Boom! Qi Yun coldly pulled out the short knife! Frightened, Lu Jiu took a step back: "Mr. Qi?!" ”

Qi Yun's eyes were like torches, staring at the short knife seriously for a long time, and suddenly he began to make random comparisons!!

"Mr. Qi?!" Lu Jiu's facial features kept twisting together, pumping and pumping! Because the opponent's moves are too low-level! It's just unsightly!!

After Qi Yun played a few tricks like a demon, his eyes suddenly filled with tears, and he said aggrievedly: "Why don't I know martial arts... Woo woo... I don't know martial arts, what kind of short knife do I want... And I won't use... Woo woo... What kind of famous short knife do you want... Waste! ”

"Huh?!! Mr. Qi?! Lu Jiu had never seen such a Qi Yun, and he was at a loss for a while, "No... Mr. Qi! Calm down!! Put the knife down first!! ”

Qi Yun looked back at Lu Jiu aggrievedly... Like a marionette, hanging on himself weakly, allowing the other party to take the short knife...

"Mr. Qi, this is for your self-defense, Master An has always pursued details, this short knife with a shell handle, whether it is the length of the blade or the weight, is suitable for your hand strength..."Lu Jiu said and played a few tricks, "Like this!" Such! With your strength, you can control it well!! ”

"Woooooo But I still can't help the big boss..."Qi Yun cried like a helpless child...

"Woo ma-ha-ha... Woo woo woo..."Lu Jiu snorted a few times at a loss, not knowing what to say, seeing that the other party was so sad, he was also infected, and he felt that his nose was sore, and tears were about to burst out of his eyes!!

"Drive! Drive!! Qi Ming rode back to the gate of the palace, "Huh-" pulled the reins, and when he dismounted, he saw two people who wanted to cry at the door, and his heart was even more mixed!

"Lu Jiu! Mr. Qi! Come with this king!! ”

“！！！” Qi Yun and Lu Jiu woke up one after another, and followed Qi Ming into the Rock Tea Courtyard!

King Yi'an sat down at the table, his pen was swift, and he hurriedly wrote a letter: "Quick! Pass to Mangzhou with the fastest route! Let the princess return to Beijing!! ”

Lu Jiu glanced at the prince in surprise, took the letter and said yes, and rushed out of the side house directly!!

Qi Yun said nervously: "Lord Wang, what's wrong?!" ”

Qi Ming: "The war in Mangzhou began, and 300,000 reinforcements were delayed on the way and failed to arrive in time... This king is afraid... With the temperament of Yan'er, he will definitely fight! ”

"......" Qi Yun frowned deeply, "The prince entered the palace, can you get something?" ”

"......" Qiming just frowned and didn't speak...

"This..."Qi Yun guessed from the other party's expression that the prince would definitely not be able to go out of Beijing to the northern route, "Lord Wang! No way! The subordinates are going to the northern line!! I'm going to bring the big boss back!! "With that, he ran out!!

"Mr. Qi!" Qi Ming grabbed the other party and said, "This king has asked Feng Zhi to go with the guards to support!" The epistle is sealed! He'll be back with his words!! ”

“... What..."Qi Yun said in disbelief, "... The thing that the prince explained was to let him go to the northern route? ”

Qi Ming: "This king knows that Feng Zhi was a soldier and is more familiar with the military camp..."

“... The prince is really hand-eyed..."Qi Yun was surprised, "Even I know this... However, it has been several years since he left the barracks...", he became worried again, "If you don't practice for a day, you will lose half of your hands and feet if you don't practice for two days... Wouldn't he already have rusted his skills?! An inexplicable panic came to his heart, making him uneasy...

"Mr. Qi! You can rest assured! Qi Ming soothed, "The ability to seal is far beyond your imagination!" ”

"Huh?" Qi Yun was a little flustered, and he was a little puzzled when he heard the prince's words, as if the other party knew better about the closure...

At this time, after Lan Bo set up the carriage, he also rode back to the palace and hurried to the Yan Ming Temple!!

"Is there something wrong with the northern front? Did something happen to her?! You said it! Nothing will happen to her! You say you're sure!! Lan Bo changed his previous obedience, crossed Qi Yun and directly confronted Qi Ming, and roared loudly!!

"......" Qiming was not annoyed, but fell into silence for a while...

Qi Yun felt like his brain was full of mush! He hasn't figured out the prince's understanding of the closure yet, and there is another Lan Bo! And at this moment, Lan Bo is like a different person! The faint momentum is being released!! It's not like a royal official at all... And what's even more strange is the reaction of King Yi'an, in the face of the servant's offense, the prince behaves like a junior who has been reprimanded by his elders...

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