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"What's going on? Doesn't seem right?" Lifting the thin window screen, the girl in the snow coat looked out of the window with some doubts, all the way from Qingyang, the carriage traveled very slowly, more than 200 miles of running for three days, on the way she found that the situation seemed to have changed, although the caravan passengers on the road were still endless, but you can clearly feel the change in the atmosphere, especially the frequent exchange of a large number of military and requisitioned transport vehicles by the political axe on the road, and the soldiers of the formed army can also be seen everywhere, which is very different from the situation in the Partridge Pass, and it is not quite in line with the style of the Northwest Military and Political Envoy heard during this time。 Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Well, sister, you see, it seems that the situation has changed in the past few days, why are there some convoys running on this road with the marks of the government's requisition?" The girl with a slightly exotic accent also looked confused, "Could it be that something big has happened in the northwest?

"War?" The snow-clothed girl was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "Didn't I hear that the situation in the Western Regions has eased? What else will happen? But looking at the "Northwest Star" in the past two days, it seems that the cause of death of Sun Yuanliang, the last city guard of Yinchuan Mansion in the northwest, is quite troublesome, and I don't know if the northwest is in conflict with the Siathrow people in the north again?"

"Hmm, sister, do you think it's possible? Although public opinion is in a uproar, do you think the Northwest will take the initiative to provoke the Sithlos at this stage? It's unlikely at this stage, don't you say?" The tone with a slightly exotic accent sounded like an elegant magnetic charm, making people feel indescribably comfortable.

Unexpectedly, his unspeakable words were immediately exposed by the other party, and the girl in the snow-clothed shirt was slightly stunned, and after a little thought, she said: "Everything changes with the passage of time, and there are too many variables in everything, especially this political level hurts things that are more difficult to determine, with Li Wufeng's spleen surname, will he tolerate the separation of local forces in collusion with foreign hostile forces? You must know that the Naganlan Fortress is not only a key point in the northward trade route, but more importantly, if the Siathrows are allowed to hold it, then the threat to the northwest will be too great." ”

"Oh, what does the girl mean that as long as he seizes the opportunity, Li Wufeng will do everything possible to recapture the Ganlan Fortress, without even considering his own current situation?" The girl with an exotic accent is naturally Sophia, but a thin veil covers her jade face tightly, making it more difficult for outsiders to see her true face, and it is naturally Lin Yuexin who is riding in the same carriage with her. Although Lin Yuexin was not masked, although the exquisite disguise technique was only slightly adjusted, her peerless appearance suddenly became very mediocre and dull, and there was no place for people to pay attention to it.

Seeing his companion's aggressive questioning, Lin Yuexin smiled faintly and said: "Sister's words are serious, this is just a sister's random speculation, it can't be true, I heard that Li Wufeng is quite knowledgeable, and the sister is thinking, he shouldn't just swallow his anger for a long time, but when the conflict will break out, you have to ask him to know, but the newspapers in the past two days have been repeatedly publicizing and building momentum, and it is difficult to say that the northwest is not deliberately provoking public opinion and first striving for public opinion support for the war." You must know that there are many beacons everywhere now, and only the situation in the northwest is relatively stable, and the common people may not necessarily support this war, and it will be much more difficult to carry out a war without a basis of public opinion. From Li Wufeng's performance in recent years, it can be understood that he is a guy who pays more attention to public opinion, at least on the surface. ”

Although it was his own unintentional words, Lin Yuexin, who was very eloquent, was able to express the reason for his opinion in a hurry.

Shaking her head slightly, Sophia obviously disagreed with the other party's statement, "My sister's words are bad, although my sister doesn't understand military affairs, but she also knows that fighting a war pays attention to surprise and attack it unprepared, and in the past two days, I heard you say that Li Wufeng is also a veteran of this method, if this is not publicized before the war, wouldn't it be intentional to remind the other party to prepare for war? Then how can he seize the opportunity? Isn't this self-defeating?"

Glancing at the other party in some surprise, Lin Yuexin also had to admire the sharpness of the other party's words, although she didn't know the true identity of the other party, she could speculate that the other party must be a person who came to the northwest on behalf of a certain force in Yanjing, and as for the purpose of the other party's coming to the northwest, it was difficult for her to guess for a while. After these few days of contact, both sides are familiar with a lot, the other party's innate noble temperament is by no means something that ordinary officials and eunuchs can cultivate, she even has some doubts about whether the other party is the child of a royal clan, but it can be clearly seen that the other party's foreign ancestry, and the royal clan has many foreign women who marry foreign women, and their children are also numerous, and she has no way to understand it for a while. It's just that although there are many princesses and county lords in the imperial family, there are very few outstanding ones, if it weren't for the fact that the other party's appearance is very different from that of the Tang women, she really suspects that the other party is either the thirteenth princess of the empire Situ Yushuang or the eighteenth princess Situ Yuzhen.

At the same time that Lin Yuexin was guessing the identity of the other party again, Sophia was also thinking about the origin of the other party, with her keen sense, she could imagine that the other party must be an important figure in the two major feudal towns of the Southern Empire, especially such a young woman with such extraordinary insight made people even more suspicious. It's just that in the rumors of the outside world, although Lin Yuexin looks weak and immortal, her physical condition is extremely poor, and she usually never goes out of the house for half a step, so Sophia has never been able to connect the girl in front of her with a mediocre face but no abnormalities in her body and Lin Yuexin, the jade fox who is famous in the empire of Sanjiang.

The two girls have an ordinary delicate mind, a general cautious and cautious mind, but this period of time in the same car has made the two daughters' guard unconsciously let go of a lot, many common topics, elegant conversation, noble bearing, so that the two girls subconsciously regard each other as a rare confidant, although they still have a final bottom line in their hearts.

"Hehe, sister, I don't think we need to argue and speculate anymore, we are about to arrive in Qingyang City, and when we get there, I think we should be clear, such a big movement, no one can hide it. Lin Yuexin smiled coquettishly, put down the window screen casually, the wheels of the carriage sounded, and slowly approached the magnificent east gate of Qingyang Mansion.

As the carriage approached, several soldiers with swords and swords stood in front of the deep gate hole, and two patrol officers also came forward and signaled the two carriages to stop for routine inspection.

"Hey, how could there be army soldiers to check it?" Glancing outside, the careful Lin Yuexin immediately noticed the abnormality.

The masked Sophia also discovered this, all the way, starting from entering the Partridge Pass under the control of Li Wufeng, crossing the mouth of the sheep and horses, and passing through Bonan Mansion, although the three checkpoints with garrisons were defended by garrisons, none of them found that there were army soldiers participating in routine inspections, at most they patrolled on the city towers, but now there are army soldiers here to cooperate with the inspection, could it be that their own line has aroused the vigilance of the other party?

Although the second daughter was a little nervous, she was not too worried, after all, this is already the capital of the northwest, not the jurisdiction of the Taiping Army, even if there is any accident, I believe it will not be a big problem. The second girl's calm gaze looked through the curtain and quietly watched the patrolmen and soldiers who came to check.

"Excuse me, please cooperate, open the cage, this car, open the curtain!" The tone was kind, but the tough attitude in the tone was unquestionable.

On the dock, the attendant of the second daughter also cooperated to open the cage and lift the curtain according to the other party's request, and saw that there was nothing particularly obstructive, and the patrolmen and soldiers who inspected were not embarrassed, and nodded to indicate that they could pass.

"These military masters, is there something wrong? How can there be military masters to check on us? Is there something wrong with us?" Lin Yuexin, who was still sitting firmly in the carriage, couldn't help but ask, she really couldn't see anything unusual about this Qingyang, the atmosphere around him seemed very normal, but why would the army intervene in such a matter of affairs that were usually the internal affairs police department to inspect the business travel in and out of Fucheng?

"Hehe, the girl misunderstood, according to the order of Lord Li, all the prefectures of the Northwest County and the Northern Luzon Special Administrative Region have been under martial law, and the prefectures and cities are allowed to enter and exit, and they are temporarily closed, and these people are here to cooperate with us in charge of martial law affairs. The two patrolmen explained with a smile.

"Martial law?!Why is there martial law??, is there going to be a war?" pretending to be frightened, Sophia also asked in a trembling tone.

"Don't worry, two girls, our northwest is under the jurisdiction of Lord Li, although don't worry, no one dares to come and brush the tiger's whiskers. The patrol officer smiled and comforted the second daughter, his tone was full of pride, "Think about back then, how majestic the Luobei people were, and they didn't bow down in front of Lord Li? Now, who dares to come to Tai Sui's head to break ground, isn't that a lamp in the thatched house - looking for death (il)?"

"But then why martial law?" Lin Yuexin asked with a smile on her face, although the disguise technique completely covered her face, it still made the patrol officer quite comfortable to see a young woman asking so flatteringly.

Seeing that several soldiers had left to the city gate, the patrol officer lowered his voice and glanced around mysteriously: "This is a military secret, where do the people below us know, but I heard that the Loulan people over there in Northern Luzon caused some trouble and annoyed Lord Li, and I don't know if Lord Li is going to the Western Regions to discuss reason with them?"

Seeing that he had made such a lot of effort but heard such a news, Lin Yuexin couldn't help but feel ridiculous, and thought about it, if the patrol guarding the city gate could also know the inside information, then Li Wufeng's northwest would really be a joke, so he nodded and thanked with a smile: "Thank you for the news, alas, our sisters are talking about going to Gaochang to visit relatives, it seems that it will not work." ”

After speaking, he pretended to sigh softly, "Isn't that to stay in this Qingyang City, and I don't know how long I have to stay?"

"Girl, now you're afraid that you won't be able to go anywhere, not only Qingyang Mansion, Lord Li gave an order, these six northwestern prefectures and the two prefectures of North Luzon have to do it, you just wait patiently, it is estimated that it will not be too long, in the past few months, the investigation of the Taiping cult and the chaotic party has also been under martial law, and the ban will be lifted in a few days, it's okay, I can't delay your business." The patrol officer smiled and was relieved, and a companion on the other side was already greeting him, "Wu Laosi, you can't take a step when you see a woman? ”