The sky was bright, and a few roosters were heard in the field.

About twenty miles west of Daxing City, there is a wasteland under development.

This is the place where the Holy God personally approved the construction of a home for the refugees, and in a little more than a month, it has begun to take shape.

Even, in front of an open field with flat stalls, merchants from Daxing City set up a market to sell some wine and meat to the builders and the soldiers who took care of them.

Liu Mianyi yawned and walked out of the tent.

Liu Mianyi, who is the head of the song, received the will of the empress more than ten days ago and led a team to be stationed here to help protect and take care of it, and assist in the successful completion of the construction.

He smiled and looked at the tents on the left and right, most of the soldiers under him had not yet gotten up, and shook his head and scolded: "These little rabbit cubs, they are still sleeping when the sky is bright, six sons." ”

shouted, the sixth son, who was the chief, ran out in a few steps, came to the front, and kicked his military boots: "My lord." ”

"Go, call all the brothers up, don't call me for the fucking gambling money last night."

Liuzi scratched his head and laughed, and after being kicked by Liu Mianyi, he walked away.

After the people left, Liu Mianyi climbed high and practiced the boxing technique in the army on the top of a low slope.

After finishing the punch, I sweated and was refreshed, and then I went to see the tent at the bottom of the slope, and many soldiers had already woken up, and when they saw Liu Mianyi on the top of the slope, they all smiled and said hello.

Liu Mianyi was about to respond, when suddenly, he looked at the distant horizon and frowned.

"My lord, what's wrong with you?" Many soldiers down the slope were asking.

Liu Mianyi didn't have the time to answer, and subconsciously wanted to touch the weapon on his waist, but he remembered his saber and didn't take it out in the tent.

But the cavalry that came from afar had already galloped in.

Looking at the dress, those cavalry are not the official forces of Sui Yang, they are dressed in mixed clothes, and all kinds of beasts are painted on the flags they hold.

"Enemy attack!! Enemy Attack!! ”

Liu Mianyi shouted at the top of his voice, and the sergeants below were flustered.

Jumping down from the slope, Liu Mianyi quickly commanded his subordinates: "Sixth son, you lead people to protect the people, monkeys, call the brothers, follow me." ”

A soldier grabbed a knife and threw it to Liu Mianyi.

Liu Mianyi took the knife, turned over to the simple Ma Pengli on the side, and rushed out in the direction where the enemy came.

When he got closer, Liu Mianyi saw clearly that it was obviously a group of bandits.

Dozens of wild horses were headed, and immediately sat unclothed men, with knotted muscles, holding all kinds of weapons, shouting and drinking.

The leader was as thin as a monkey, but he carried a giant axe taller than the others.

"Kill!"

Liu Mianyi roared loudly, and the sergeants who followed behind him rushed forward with shouts.

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In the imperial study, the night was busy until dawn, and the narcissus was still reading the excerpts, when he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when he looked up, he saw that Wang Xiaolai had closed his eyes, and he didn't know when he fell asleep.

At that time, he was angry and was about to kick him awake when he stood up, but the empress stopped her, took off the dragon robe she was wearing, and covered Wang Xiaolai's body.

Rubbing his eyes, he walked out of the imperial study, went outside, took a deep breath, and the empress's face was a little haggard.

"After a busy night, it can be regarded as almost the handling of last month's government affairs." The Empress sighed.

Narcissus stood behind him, looking distressed.

Since she became the empress's guard, she has never seen the empress rest early, even if it was the autumn hunt in the paddock two months ago, at night, the empress was also holding candles and night approvals, a king is so diligent, Narcissus has never heard of it.

Moving her muscles and bones, the empress looked back at the stacked folds in the imperial study, and said with a smile: "Go, take out all the folds, and when you come to the morning later, send them to the bottom and do this as soon as possible." ”

Narcissus nodded, went back and took out all the folds, and came to the Taihe Hall with the empress.

When the sun was fully rising, it was already early in the morning, and after the eunuch shouted into the court, the officials entered the Taihe Hall in batches.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

In her ears was the same sound of worship, and then the empress listened, but there was no change in mood, in her opinion, the honorifics in these mouths were far less cordial than Wang Xiaolai's casual words.

Although Wang Xiaolai didn't have the truth in his mouth, he didn't know why, the empress was comfortable when she heard it.

"This is the backlog of notes from last month, and I have already reviewed them, most of which are about how to deal with refugees from the six southern provinces, the Ministry of Households."

The Empress screamed.

In the team, the purple-clothed nobleman who came out slowly in his fifties was Lu Yiping, the head of the household.

"Take it and do it according to this."

"Yes." Lu Yiping shouted weakly and retreated.

The empress saw it in her eyes, although she was anxious, but she was embarrassed to have a seizure in the spot.

Among the six departments, four of them are seriously controlled by the Qingzhou Party, and the household department is the birthplace of the Qingzhou Party.

But knowing this, the empress still has to rely on them six.

After all, the positions of the six departments are all important positions.

"I've seen this year's annual income quota, and there are no major mistakes, the household department, this is your business, and you can do it together."

Lu Yiping came out of class and hugged his fists, and went down again after receiving the order.

Although the empress was used to it, she was still angry, and then asked, "Zhong Aiqing, do you still have something to do?" ”

No one spoke, and seeing this, the empress gestured to the eunuch on duty.

The eunuch understood, and immediately shouted in a sharp voice to retreat.

The civil and military officials withdrew, and in an instant, the people went clean.

Looking at the empty Taihe Palace, the empress sighed, was supported by Narcissus, got off the dragon chair, came out of the back room, and walked in the direction of the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, look, isn't that Lord Wuhou?"

As he was walking, Narcissus suddenly pointed to the royal road ahead.

When the empress heard this, she saw a man in his thirties standing on the royal road, wearing a crimson robe, with an eight-foot figure and a resolute face.

Seeing the empress, Lu Gongyou walked a few steps to the front, lifted his robe and knelt down: "Minister, meet Your Majesty." ”

Lu Gongyou was under the account of the Eight Sages in his early years, and he was the proud protégé of the Eight Sages and a resolute supporter of the empress, so when facing Lu Gongyou, the empress was much more polite than Lu Yiping and others.

"Lu Gong, hurry up, Narcissus, help me go."

Narcissus responded, and when he stepped forward to help him politely, Lu Gongyou stood up by himself and arched his hand: "Don't dare to bother Narcissus Girl." ”

Narcissus was stunned when she heard this, and there seemed to be a trance on her face.

These empresses all looked at it in their eyes, and did not speak, but walked with Lu Gongyou and asked, "I don't know if Lu Gong is waiting here, what do you have to tell you?" ”

Lu Gongyou didn't dare to walk with the empress, deliberately lagged behind a position, and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has just received the news." ”

"Oh, what's the news?"

"Your Majesty, do you remember Liu Mianyi?"

"Is that the Qu Chang I sent to protect the refugees' residences?"

Lu Gongyou nodded.

"What's wrong with him?"

"Back to Your Majesty, an hour ago, Liu Mianyi sent someone to report back to the military department, the refugee residence, there were bandits and bandits looting, although Liu Mianyi repelled the attack, but the bandits still robbed a few merchants and craftsmen with Ma Duo."

The empress stopped when she heard this.

Lu Gongyou immediately lowered his head.

"This gang of bandits is so bold, under my nose, they dare to touch me."

Lu Gongyou knelt down on one knee and clenched his fists and said, "Weichen is willing to go in person to exterminate this gang of bandits." ”

After listening to Lu Gongyou's words, the empress hesitated for a while, and shook her head after a while: "A group of little thieves are going to use you Lu Youlong, isn't it a joke that I have no one under my command." ”

In his early years, he led the army to fight under the Eight Sages King, and Lu Gongyou was known as the Land Youlong because of his ability to conquer and fight, and his prestige in the army was second only to the Eight Sages King.

Hearing the empress say this, Lu Gongyou hissed, and he didn't know how to answer.

"Lu An's heart is that I have a good choice here."

Lu Gongyou was a little uneasy: "Who?" ”

The empress said to her lips and smiled again: "Forget it, you don't know him, although he is not famous, but he still has some ability, Lu Gong, you can rest assured." ”

Lu Gongyou sighed, and at the same time couldn't help but think about who the empress was talking about.

In the imperial study, Wang Xiaolai, who was sleeping, was cold and shivered all over his body...