The empress's face was slightly red, and she took a sip of Wang Xiaolai: "you, you are poor." ”

Wang Xiaolai smiled.

"Are you really okay?"

Wang Xiaolai nodded hurriedly: "Really, really." ”

The empress thought for a moment, and then nodded: "Okay, it seems that I am thinking nonsense, since you are fine, then get ready, let's go back to Daxing City." ”

Wang Xiaolai sighed.

The empress got up and walked out, and when she came to the door, she called out to Camellia: "Camellia, you inform Narcissus and let her go to Daxing City to investigate." ”

Camellia was puzzled: "What to investigate?" ”

The empress said softly about the conversation with Wang Xiaolai just now, of course, and hid Wang Xiaolai's words of personal promise.

After listening to the camellia, I still don't understand.

The empress said: "Xiao Laizi has always been a bad man, he was assassinated, he was stabbed three times, according to common sense, he will never give up, in front of me, he will only pretend to be pitiful and let me give him a head." However, just now, Xiao Laizi kept talking about this matter in a small way, and I felt that the person who did this should be someone Xiao Laizi knew. ”

Camellia was stunned: "Really? ”

"It can't be wrong, otherwise, it won't be explained at all."

"Well, in that case, the minister will tell the Grand Commander now."

"Well, go ahead."

The empress said, turning around and going back to the back hall.

When the empress entered, Wang Xiaolai was just lying on the bed.

"What's wrong with you?" The empress looked at Wang Xiaolai and was puzzled.

"No, nothing." Wang Xiaolai hurriedly waved his hand to hide his panic and said.

The empress looked at the floor, then at Wang Xiaolai, and finally smiled, she shook her head and said: "Some people want to hide the truth of the matter, but they don't know, the more this is the case, the more curious it is. Moreover, it's obviously not the material to be a spy, you have to learn to listen to the root of the wall, Xiao Laizi, you say, isn't this funny? ”

Wang Xiaolai sighed, nodded very awkwardly and said forcefully: "Yes, yes, what Your Majesty said is reasonable." ”

The empress snorted and didn't speak, she didn't speak, and Wang Xiaolai didn't know what to say.

For almost half a day, he really couldn't stand the deathly silence in the room, and Wang Xiaolai couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty, I have something important to tell you." ”

After hearing this, the empress was secretly happy in her heart, and said in her heart Sure enough, you still don't dare to hide it from me.

At that time, the empress made a serious look on her face, and muttered: "Say, what's the matter, I listen." ”

Wang Xiaolai took a deep breath: "This matter may be a little incredible to you, Your Majesty, in fact, when I first heard about it, I had the same thoughts as you. But that's what it is, and it's true, and I said, Your Majesty, don't think I'm joking. ”

Seeing that Wang Xiaolai's expression was more serious than ever, the empress felt a thrill in her heart, so she nodded and said, "You say, I listen." ”

Wang Xiaolai calmed down his inner mood for a while, and then said: "In the next year, we will face an unprecedented war, or rather, disaster. ”

The empress frowned: "War? Haven't the grasslands been pacified, Silla and the western border are vassal states of Suiyang, and the relationship between the three barbarians and you is also good, how can there be a war? Could it be that there is any rebellion within Sui Yang? ”

Seeing the empress thinking wildly, Wang Xiaolai shook his head: "No, Your Majesty, the war I said is different from what you think." ”

"What's different?"

"The war I'm talking about is a war that can destroy Sui Yang if you are not careful, and this is a war that both sides are unwilling to die."

The empress smiled: "Xiao Laizi, don't sell Guanzi, I don't know the bottom of what I said, you have made it clear, what is going on?" ”

"In the grassland, further north, there is a race, they are the same as people, but they are taller than people, they are stronger, and of course, they are more ferocious..."

The empress pondered for a while: "Are you talking to me about the Thousand and One Nights?" ”

Wang Xiaolai: "···"

Hurriedly shook his head: "No, Your Majesty, what I said is true, that race is called Inhuman." ”

"Inhuman?"

Wang Xiaolai nodded.

"According to Yuluo City, the Inhumans ruled the world ten thousand years ago, but with the efforts of the leaders of the ancients, the Inhumans were defeated and driven to the frozen land of the Far North, the sacred mountain of the grassland, which is their seal, when the grassland was pacified before, Your Majesty should also know, because the battle between Yuqing Evil and Huyan Zhuozhuo broke the sacred mountain and broke the seal..."

The empress had a gloomy face: "So, those aliens you said are coming?" ”

Wang Xiaolai nodded: "Your Majesty, if I am alarmist, this stranger is going south, it is rushing to exterminate all living beings, and we are in Suiyang, which is the first place to engage in battle, and it is also the place where it is most violently attacked." ”

The empress stood up with a thud.

Wang Xiaolai hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't get excited, listen to me, there is also a leader among the aliens, named Shengjun, whose strength is so strong, even if it is Yuluo City, Yu Qingxi, and Li Baiyi before he has not dispersed, they are not his opponents." ”

"How is it possible, little Laizi, you can't be cheating on my happiness." The empress said so, but there was no happy expression on her face.

Wang Xiaolai shook his head: "No, Your Majesty, what I said is all true." ”

The empress's face became gloomy in an instant.

"So, you and Uncle Huang moved the herdsmen on the grassland to Suiyang, also because of the relationship between strangers?"

Wang Xiaolai nodded: "Yuluo City said that the southward movement of the aliens needs the awakening of their leader Saint Monarch, but the time for the Saint Monarch to wake up is conditional. ”

"On what terms?"

"Human blood."

"Human blood?"

"The Inhumans will sneak into the grassland, or Sui Yang, and collect human blood for their leader, the Holy Monarch, to awaken, and only when the Holy Monarch awakens will they dare to launch an invasion against us."

"Since the Holy Monarch has not yet awakened, why not take this opportunity to go deep into their hinterland and kill the Holy Monarch completely?"

"Impossible Your Majesty, the place where the aliens are is is the frozen land of the far north, they have lived there for 10,000 years, and they have long been accustomed to that weather, if we send people over, we will all be frozen to death if we can't cross the ice line at all, this is the original words of Yuluo City." Wang Xiaolai said.

The empress gritted her teeth and was angry: "Damn, I have cleaned up the grassland since then, and the world is peaceful, but I didn't expect that there is still a strong enemy waiting." ”

Wang Xiaolai: "···"

The empress looked at Wang Xiaolai: "Do you have any good solutions?" ”

"Regarding this, I have briefly discussed with the Eighth Prince, and we plan to move all the herdsmen of the grassland in, and then, relying on the Saibei Corridor, build a strong defense line. Compared with physical strength and combat effectiveness, we are certainly not as good as Inhumans, but our advantages are bows and crossbows and fortifications, and we only need to take advantage of this, so we are not afraid of Inhumans' attacks. ”

"It makes sense, it's really good to use our strengths to fight the enemy."

"And, within this year, I'm going to speed up the process of making gunpowder in Echo Valley, and strive for more opportunities for us." Wang Xiaolai said.

The empress snorted, and suddenly, her heart moved, she looked at Wang Xiaolai and asked, "Will it be because of this that you don't tell the murderer behind your assassination?" ”

Wang Xiaolai was stunned for a moment, and then sweat unconsciously broke out on his forehead.

Yes, just as the empress said, the reason why Wang Xiaolai didn't tell the identity of the murderer who assassinated him was completely because of the threat of strangers.

If, in this only one year, or even less preparation time, there is any more turmoil in Sui Yang, it will be to weaken himself and rejoice the enemy.

"Why, how is it possible, Your Majesty, I won't say it, it's just some bold bandits, it's really fine."

The empress stared at Wang Xiaolai and couldn't stop watching, and the latter felt weak in her heart.

The empress sighed: "Okay, I'll just believe you, but, if it's really the same as you said, a year later, the stranger going south will be a big burden for Sui Yang, and this battle will be a clean drain on Sui Yang's finances... Moreover, I don't know if I can win this war, after all, you also said that the strength of the Holy Monarch is too strong..."