A pig suddenly froze in place, watching in disbelief that the supreme delicacy was trampled on them, and he didn't even give himself face

Seeing the round little fragrant pig returning to the pig house dejectedly, Su Xiaojiu was inexplicably sympathetic, and hurriedly put the dim sum into the trough.

A pig wanted to be colder and prove to the two deer that he was very angry now, but he couldn't resist the temptation of snacks and plunged into the trough and ate the bottom of the day.

"Su Zhangshi, Niang Niang is looking for you"

A palace man hurriedly came over, lowered his voice and said, "I said that there is an urgent matter, so let you go quickly." ”

In the eventful autumn, her nerves were much more fragile, and when she heard that there was an emergency, her head was bigger, she stuffed the dim sum plate to the palace people, and rushed back to the front hall.

Concubine Rong was holding a letter in her hand, her brows were furrowed, and when she saw her come in, she hurriedly sent everyone else out, and said, "Quick, Xiaojiu, something happened."

"What's the matter?"

She walked in quickly, took the letter from Concubine Rong's hand, and found that it was sent by Lu Hou

A large number of victims poured into Shangjing overnight, and the crisis in the imperial city, although Lu Hou had already called on many families to be prepared to deal with it, he did not want the number of victims to be too large, and the number of people has been rising in a straight line, from about 10,000 at the beginning to quickly approach 60,000, and there is a tendency to surround Shangjing.

60,000 people suddenly gathered around Shangjing, all of them wanted to rebel

"How can this be"

Su Xiaojiu was shocked, and his hand holding the letter paper trembled a little: "Where did these victims come from, how did it rise to 60,000 overnight, do you know?"

Concubine Rong stroked her stomach and forced herself to calm down, "The situation is so serious, the Hou Ye has entered the palace for the first time, but there has been no news yet."

"If this doesn't work for 60,000 victims, if you really gather to make trouble, just relying on the 20,000 city guards in Beijing will not be able to stop Niangniang at all, and now we should evacuate the palace quickly."

"Run"

Concubine Rong was a little hesitant, if those people really wanted to rebel, even if they escaped from the palace, it was estimated that they would not be able to go to Beijing, and where could they hide

She knew that it had happened suddenly and that she was out of her initial control, but she didn't think that things had reached the point of escaping the imperial city.

"Although the number of those victims is large, as long as there is a way to live, they may not do anything extreme, not to mention that they are unarmed, how can they compete with the army, we still have to wait."

And my father has already resettled tens of thousands of victims, so it shouldn't be a problem to resettle another 20,000 if he wants to think about it.

After thinking about it like this, the panic I felt when I first learned the news slowly dissipated.

Su Xiaojiu was not so optimistic, and said in a deep voice, "Niangniang, if things are really so simple, Hou Ye will not have to enter the palace overnight, let alone send a special message to us, 60,000 horses and horses are quietly approaching Shangjing, Hou Ye can only detect it now, there must be an inside story." ”

Concubine Rong's mind was a mess, and now it is estimated that only her father can find out the reason for the matter, so she summoned another chamberlain and said, "You must go to the imperial study to wait for the marquis, be sure to invite him to Ronghua Palace."

Seeing her solemn expression, the chamberlain did not dare to delay at all, and quickly took the order away.

"How long did the Hou Ye and the nearly 10,000 people they resettle before?"

"Since the refugees did not arrive in Beijing on the same day, it took about five or six days to have the help of various families."

She didn't understand why Su Xiaojiu asked this, so she suppressed the panic in her heart and asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Xiaojiu pursed her lips and glanced at her abdomen, for fear that her thoughts would scare her, but if she didn't say it, she was afraid that once her guess came true, everyone would be doomed.

There was a moment of struggle in her expression, but she still let go and said, "Niangniang, I'm afraid, the extra 50,000 people who have been there overnight are not the real victims."

Concubine Rong's face was full of blood, but she could only force herself to calm down, and then raised her eyes, she was already at a loss at the beginning, and muttered, "You are right, it will take time for the victims to go to Beijing from all directions, and it is impossible to discuss the general flock, and besides, if there is no leader, even if these 50,000 people are disaster victims, how can they suddenly appear silently, and there must be someone behind them."

After all, she was born in the gate, she was delicate, but she was never really weak, and she quickly straightened out her thoughts and began to figure out the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes.

Besieging the imperial city is the sin of the nine clans, that is, it is enough to besiege and not attack, and it is enough to cut off the head of the family and exile the clansmen

"Xu Mang"

In the imperial study, Emperor Yuan He suddenly got up and swept away the secret folds that Xiao Jing had brought back.

In the morning, Yongyi Hou entered the palace to report the sudden increase in victims, and he immediately sent Xiao Jing to investigate, and sent back the news in just half a day, saying that after Xu Mang surrounded Shangjing, he no longer covered it up at all, and directly resisted the banner of the Nanyang army, ready to go, and pointed directly at the imperial city.

Just a moment ago, he had just issued a lockdown ban, and he didn't know if it was too late.

Lu Hou bowed down and stood at the bottom, seeing that he was angry, he slowly picked up the fold, put it on the table again, and said respectfully, "The emperor is angry, Xu Mang is bold, he dares to take advantage of the heavy snow in the south to lay out such a big situation early, and ask the emperor to give him a tiger talisman to order the north and south camps as soon as possible, or he can rush back in time to solve the crisis in Beijing."

Yuan and Emperor Qi's whole body was trembling, the king of Nanyang had been planning this rebellion for a long time, what to release grain for disaster relief, what to hold a lantern festival, I am afraid that it is not all an illusion of taking the opportunity to cover up his own army

He has always felt abnormal, but he didn't want Xu Mang to prepare a "big gift" in advance on the eve of the Queen Mother's birthday

Raising his eyes to look at the righteous and awe-inspiring Lu Hou, his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and his scrutiny was not concealed at all, and he asked, "The matter of relocating the victims was handled by the Hou Ye himself, and there were suddenly tens of thousands of horses in Beijing, so there was no rumor in advance?"

Lu Hou was questioned, and couldn't help but raise his voice and said, "The emperor is suspicious of the old minister"

Emperor Yuanhe pursed his lips and was silent, and suddenly his words changed, and his tone softened, "Lu Hou has done his best for the country, how can I doubt Lord Hou's loyalty, but how much movement will there be when you gather 60,000 horses, as a military general, you have not been able to detect it at the first time, how should I judge?"

Lu Hou hugged his fists and said, "Security negligence, it is indeed the fault of the minister, who would have thought that he would take advantage of the influx of disaster victims, he had already made careful arrangements, and even took advantage of the end of the year to suddenly make chaos, but fortunately, it was not too late, and asked the emperor to quickly give the tiger talisman, mobilize the forbidden army to defend the city to deploy earlier, and then send an order to the north and south camps, so that they can march in time, cooperate with the forbidden army, and outflank the rebels"

Shangjing is located in the plain, 50,000 troops are not easy to hide, the main force of the king of Nanyang is in Nanyang, never received the news of the army's movements, he has sent people to Nanyang to investigate, learned that the Nanyang army from a few days ago to Shangjing piecemeal, afraid that the movement is too big, leaving 20,000, a total of 30,000.

And the ice and snow melted along the way, the spies sent by Xiao Jing found countless nameless corpses, and the clothes on their bodies were all removed, obviously the victims who rushed to Shangjing before, and before they arrived in Shangjing, they had been intercepted and killed by the Nanyang army, and then took the clothes of the victims to change their appearance, in order to sneak into Shangjing, this plan is not careful.

The military general of Dayuan, who can compete with the king of Nanyang, except for Lu Hou, can no longer find a second person, Emperor Yuanhe's right hand is clenched into a fist in his sleeve, and he is a little unsure of his idea for a while.

Xu Mang calculated the time correctly.

There are only 20,000 forbidden troops defending the city, and today the air is slowly getting warmer, the snow on the road is melting, and the mud is everywhere.

And whether the news can be sent or not, no one dares to guarantee that the rebels have surrounded Shangjing, and the carrier pigeons are no longer available.

20,000 forbidden troops are already his last bargaining chip.

He looked at Xiao Jing, unless he let Xiao Jing personally deliver the message, with his light skills, he could not only not alarm the rebels, but also reach the barracks as quickly as possible.

In the face of 60,000 enemy troops, even if it is not good, it is not a problem to hold on for five or six days, and no matter how difficult it is, it should be able to support eight or nine days, and the Beida camp has always practiced a rapid march of 20,000, and eight days is enough to rush here.

But what he feared was far more terrible than that.

If this is a joint game between Yong Yihou and Xu Mang

He knew what Lu Hou was doing to resettle the victims after he saddled his horse, but he couldn't wait to let Mo Yun sit on this chair

Thinking like this, cold sweat instantly covered my back.

The tiger talisman was in the dark grid behind him, but he had no way to judge whether to give it or not.

In the Ronghua Palace, Concubine Rong couldn't sit still, and urged Su Xiaojiu over and over again to see if the chamberlain who went to find Lu Hou came back.

"Mother, someone outside has slipped a note through the crack in the door"

A small palace man ran in, Su Xiaojiu was looking forward at the door, Concubine Rong said, "Xiaojiu, take a look, but there is a letter from Master Hou"

Su Xiaojiu received it in his hand, and without opening it, he concluded that it was not sent in by Lu Hou, because it was a piece of straw paper, and it was better to say that it was a lump, the straw paper was already thin and was about to be crumpled.

Open, a few crooked big characters on the top of the palace at a speed

The handwriting was dark red, as if it had been written in blood, and it was obvious that it had not been written for a day or two.

Although the handwriting was sloppy, Su Xiaojiu still recognized it at a glance, it was from Xu Ying's hand.

"Niangniang, it was sent by the county lord, let's leave the palace quickly"

Sure enough, it was Xu Mang

Looking at this situation, it was not that the king of Nanyang was afraid that she would leak secrets, so he detained her

No wonder, she thought that Xu Ying had forgotten herself after leaving the palace, or that she was just a palace maid in retrospect, so she disdained to communicate anymore, and even got sick, so she couldn't write to herself, she imagined many possibilities, but waited for such a blood letter.

Su Xiaojiu's hand holding the letter trembled a little, this girl, I don't know what method she used, but she still sent the letter in before her father's move.

But after all, it was too late, the rebels were already entrenched around Shangjing, and they couldn't escape.

Calculating the number of forbidden troops defending the city, it should be able to hold out for a few days, Su Xiaojiu took the lead in calming down, appeasing Concubine Rong and the child, she didn't care about anything else, first went to the corner gate to find the hidden stake of the Duan family before, and asked quietly, "You have been in the palace for a long time, do you know that there are secret passages in the palace that lead to the outside of the city."

The eunuch guarding the gate shook his head blankly and said, "The villain has been in the palace for three years, and he has never heard of a secret passage. ”

It's also that she is confused, since it is a secret passage, how can it be known by outsiders

Seeing that she asked about this, the little eunuch asked, "If you are not in a hurry, the villain can ask her friends who are on duty in other palaces." ”

The Duan family is not the only one, but this matter should not attract the attention of others, asking around is only afraid that it will cause unnecessary trouble, Su Xiaojiu originally wanted to find a reason to send him out of the palace, but he was afraid that if the king of Nanyang came in, it would not be as safe as the palace in the capital, so he gave up.

"Then do you have a way to contact the outside of the palace?"

This time the chamberlain nodded.

Su Xiaojiu said, "You come with me"

Once the war starts, Shangjing will definitely be implicated, and it is better for her younger brother to have the Hou Mansion to protect her, so she has to quickly inform Qian Zhuang to transfer her property as soon as possible.

Writing the letter as quickly as possible, she solemnly handed it to the chamberlain, "You must make sure to take the letter out, understand?"

The chamberlain nodded, and soon disappeared from the corner door.

She exhaled and ran to the small kitchen to find Canglian, the rebellion of the king of Nanyang had not yet spread, so the palace people did not know, and they were still preparing to make lunch as before.

They still have a few days of stable life to live, Su Xiaojiu didn't want to say it in advance to make people panic, so he only quietly called Fei Ran and Canglian to come out, and quietly asked if there was a secret passage in the palace.

The two of them were shocked, but they also shook their heads and said, "I've never heard of it." ”

It has only been half a day since she received the news, and the corners of Su Xiaojiu's mouth have been blistering, she has only been in Dayuan for less than a year, and her love has just begun, so she doesn't want to hang up so early

Canglian was calmer than her, thought for a while, and said, "I heard that the emperor has always left a secret passage in the palace, and if the rebels really enter the city, the guards will also take the lead in protecting the emperor, so it is better to persuade Niangniang to move earlier and stay with the emperor, which is relatively safe." ”

Fei Ran said, "That's not necessarily, the slave feels that the king of Nanyang rebelled not necessarily to covet the throne, maybe he was dissatisfied with the matter of the Nanyang county lord and relatives arranged by the emperor before, once he entered the city, the emperor's Taihe Hall bore the brunt, but it was the most dangerous place." ”

What she said also has some truth, but whether it is for personal revenge or not, the king of Nanyang is bound to rebel, and when the time comes, he will have to clean up the palace, especially if the mother has four princes, and there are still Yuan and Emperor flesh and blood in the abdomen, the king of Nanyang will not leave a disaster for himself.

Thinking like this, Su Xiaojiu was a little unsteady under his feet.

Damn, it's hypoglycemia at this time

Dizzy for a while, seeing that her body was about to fall down, Canglian and Feiran helped her to sit down next to her, and ran into the kitchen to pour a glass of water, Su Xiaojiu took out a coconut candy from his sleeve and ate it, and his collapsed body slowly recovered.

After a few heavy breaths, the dizziness dissipated, she held Fei Ran's hand and said, "Remember not to make a noise about this matter, everyone has been vigilant at night these days, and once there is movement, go to the front hall to meet."

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