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But after all, it is located in the north, and the cold air blowing from the northern ice field slowly climbs the Great Wall of the Far North, reaching the cold tentacles into the boundaries of Kyoto, and the wind is not warm, and the sunlight is not warm.

However, most of the people of Kyoto are relatively wealthy, and their clothes are thick and soft enough to easily block the cold.

The breath of the new year has become very light, people seem to wake up from hibernation, and begin to fiddle with their fingers to calculate the time of the spring equinox, everyone must have their own livelihood to plan, winter goes to spring, everything will recover, and people will be busy again.

But since the tail of winter is still there, people enjoy a little lazy time, but the climate is the weirdest thing, and sometimes the cold near the spring bloom is better than the middle of winter.

The willows on the banks of the Lancang River have long since lost their leaves, and they look bleak and desolate in winter, but the river is not frozen and still flows slowly.

The Wuyi Lane through which the river flows is still polite, but perhaps due to the influence of the climate, it now seems a little less graceful and more stable and steady.

Xie Eighteen, who had a conflict with Yuan Lai at the beginning, has been completely involved in the office after a year, and after experience, the whole person seems to be reborn, and it can be seen from the temperament that he has begun to mature and steady, in fact, for more than a year, the younger generation of the entire Wang Xie family has been growing rapidly.

Last year, they traveled around the top ten famous cities of Qiguo to compete in poetry, on the one hand, they earned enough fame, and on the other hand, they also knew that there are people outside the world, and after they came back, they were more humble and cautious.

This ripening is like a fruit moistened by rain, and it quietly turns red.

The most obvious manifestation is that their thoughts about participating in poetry meetings and literary competitions are lighter, and their thoughts about studying and practicing officials are stronger.

Xie 18 walked through the courtyard, and the edges of his elegant robe hung lightly above the ground, making the whole person look extremely slender.

When he walked through a small courtyard with a single door, he couldn't help but stop, standing outside the door and looking at the gate that had not been opened for a long time, and then looked at the delicate small building in the courtyard, the edge of the stone steps in front of the small building was covered with withered grass, Xie Caiwei asked that no one was allowed to clean the courtyard when he left home, so long time has passed, and the courtyard is already deep in the grass at this time. He couldn't help but sigh faintly, thinking that his little sister had been away from home for so long.

Thinking of Xie Caiwei, he couldn't help but feel a lot of dissatisfaction with his father, he let her out of the cage from the little sister's mind, but he really let go so thoroughly, knowing that the little sister went out to practice and didn't send anyone to protect him, at first he saw Xie Caiwei and Yu Linwei on the road together and thought that his father had already arranged for this, and later after Yu Linwei returned to Kyoto, he knew that Xie Caiwei was separated from Xu Jingtang and wandered the world with that kid.

Every time he thought about it, he was extremely worried.

But fortunately, on Chinese New Year's Eve before, Xiaomei still sent a letter to the family, bluntly saying that she was practicing in the small Zen Monastery of Wozhou Mountain, and it had been a long time, which made Xie Eighteen relieved and couldn't help but sigh, he knew the name of Daolin Zen Master, and he also had old friends with his own family, of course, he was relieved, but he thought that the little girl who wanted to travel around the world at home really had the patience to practice quietly after going out, and did not run around, which was somewhat unexpected for him.

But thinking of the constant movement of Yuan Lai, he thought that it was fortunate that the little sister did not go with him, otherwise it would be really bad, as time went by, Yuan Lai's affairs in Linjiang have become known to the world, and although his affairs in the northwest have not yet spread, the Xie family has also found a lot of news.

Xie 18 had to admit that he really looked down on that young man at the beginning, but when he thought of him, he always couldn't appreciate it in his heart.

The only thing that remains to worry is ...... Alas, practicing in the small Zen temple, the little sister can't think of becoming a nun one day......

Xie Eighteen sighed, continued to walk, walked for a while, walked into a courtyard under the eyes of the huge hall front swallow, and pushed open the door of another room.

"Father. Xie 18 bowed respectfully.

Xie Lingyun in the room sat at the desk, with a thick document in front of him, and with his gentle agreement, Xie Shibai raised his head, and found that his father was even more haggard than last year.

Xie Lingyun smiled and asked him to sit down, and then asked, "Is the matter in hand done?"

"It's done, but it's ......" Xie 18 hesitated and said, "But Lord Shi didn't cooperate much, and it took a lot of time." ”

"Hmph, Shi Gongdan's temper is getting bigger and bigger. Xie Lingyun snorted coldly and said, "This person has a husband who is expensive with his wife in the first half of his life, and in the second half of his life, does he plan to make his father and son expensive? ”

Xie 18 said: "But Shi Qingzhuo heard that the means are indeed extraordinary, and she is already very powerful at a young age, even the power of Beizong Chen's calligraphy and painting was suppressed some time ago, and it is said that she was even involved." ”

"I'm not very old, so I'm in a hurry to play tricks, and it looks like a momentary scene, but then I don't know what the result will be. Xie Lingyun suddenly sighed, and didn't seem to care about Shi Qingzhuo.

After a pause, he suddenly said, "By the way, have you ever understood the things I taught you to inquire about?"

Xie Shibai said respectfully: "It's done." ”

As he spoke, he took out a booklet from his sleeve and handed it over, and said at the same time: "Actually, it seems that there have been no other major events in the entire cultivation world recently except for the incident in the northwest, although it is rare for a small world to come, it is not the first time, why is my father so concerned? and...... Our Wang Xie family has always stayed away from the affairs of the cultivation world, but now why has my father begun to pay attention to these things?"

Xie Lingyun took the booklet, did not turn it, but looked at Xie Shibai and said, "Do you think the world has been peaceful in the past year?"

Xie Eighteen was stunned and said, "This ...... In my opinion, it is still peaceful, the country is stable, there is no war around, although there have been some natural disasters in the world in the past few years, they have all passed smoothly, except for the recent beginning of some movement in the cultivation world, the rest of the time seems to be normal. ”

"Well, you're right. Xie Lingyun nodded first, and then said, "That's ...... What about the Northwest?"

"Father is referring to Shentu Wojia?"

"yes. ”

Xie 18 hesitated and said: "In my opinion, it is only a matter of time before the imperial court attacks the northwest, but although Shentu Wojia is powerful, after all, it only occupies the barren land in the northwest, if the war really starts, the victory of the imperial court is almost certain, I think the couple should also understand this truth." ”

"Well, that's good. Xie Lingyun nodded, and then suddenly said, "But it's not detailed enough." ”

"Father, please. ”

"In the past year, many ministers in the DPRK and China who advocate a peaceful settlement have had accidents, so requests for war in the northwest have become more and more frequent, and ministers have appeared almost every few days. In fact, looking ahead, there have been a lot of such voices in the past two or three years, but in the last year it has become more frequent. ”

But what is interesting is that the Holy One has always had a very negative attitude towards these voices. Xie Lingyun slowly analyzed, "Even the negative makes people have a feeling, as if Your Majesty doesn't care about this tiger, in fact, this threat is a matter of sooner rather than later, Qiguo has strong national strength, but His Majesty has been slow to express his position, so that some ministers began to figure out the holy will, and some of the people who advocate peace in the court are actually testing the mind of the saint." Tell me, why is that?"

Xie 18 was stunned when he heard this, and said: "The relationship between the northwest and the imperial court really began to be tense in the past few years, at that time, everyone didn't want to go to war, so it was delayed, as for the past two years, local disasters have occurred frequently, and the imperial court's mind is on disaster relief and reconstruction, at this time, of course, it is not suitable for war, so ......"

"That's why it's been delayed until now?" Xie Lingyun suddenly laughed, he shook his head, and sighed, "Do you really think that the reason why you don't go to war is because you are afraid of those drought and flood disasters? The treasury is full, the people are stable, and some disasters are just troubles in the eyes of Your Majesty, but they will never be really a major event, and the Northwest Army is a direct threat to the power of the royal family, in comparison, who will really care about those disasters? Are you still afraid that those people will not succeed in rebellion?" I can tell you that the Holy Lord's delay in expressing his stance is definitely not because he cares about these, and he definitely doesn't care about bloodshed once the war starts!"

"That'...... Why what?"

Xie Lingyun suddenly sighed, and said with a deep gaze: "I can't guess either." But that feeling is getting deeper and deeper, sometimes standing outside the imperial city, looking at the Star Picking Tower, you will think, maybe this Majesty really doesn't care about the Northwest Army, maybe he doesn't even care about the whole world, haven't you heard, in the past year or two, even the early dynasties have been intermittent, and our Majesty has also pushed a bunch of things to the courtiers from diligent government affairs to now, but he is on the top of the Star Picking Tower, living in a simple place. ”

Xie Lingyun suddenly shook his head again, looked at Xie Eighteen with a confused expression, and smiled tiredly: "By the way, you should have heard that His Royal Highness the Prince left Beijing earlier and went to other state capitals, right?"

"I heard about it, and said that I went to Mianzhou. ”

"He didn't go to Mianzhou, but to the northwest. ”

Xie Eighteen's face was full of surprise when he heard this.

"Northwest, how did His Highness go there?"

Xie Lingyun smiled and said, "Maybe you'll know soon, okay, go get busy." ”

Wait for Xie Eighteen to close the door and leave in confusion.

Xie Lingyun sat still for a while, picked up the book and flipped through it briefly, and then suddenly put it down in frustration, and then beckoned the servant, and asked Mr. Wang Taizhi if he was in the Wang's mansion, and after receiving a positive answer, he changed his clothes and prepared the carriage, and was discharged from the hospital and walked to the Wang family.

Wuyi Lane occupies a huge area, and it is not a short distance to reach the middle of the Wang family's master's building from the Xie family's house.

When Xie Lingyun's carriage passed by Xie Caiwei's small building lightly, Xie Lingyun, the patriarch of the Xie family, suddenly lifted the curtain and looked at the small building, with infinite love and pity in his eyes.

"Girls should stay away from the land of right and wrong. ”

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At the same time, in the cool city in the northwest covered by wind and snow.

In a room that was once large but now it was cramped and made people feel tight.

Zhang Ling faced the three people who were in shock, and said in a voice like iron: "This matter is true, my father and emperor have already been killed, and now the imperial family has fallen into the hands of traitors, whether the country will be overthrown or not, it is only in the general's thoughts!"