The next day, the activities of the Lantern Festival banquet continued, and the night of the national capital was still brilliantly lit and candle-like, like a fire tree and silver flower.

The general could no longer hold back, and following the darkness of the night, he very skillfully climbed over the high walls of the temple and climbed the great tree in the courtyard of the priests of the temple.

Tonight, the priest of the temple did not read in the main hall, but held a long sword in the courtyard of the side hall, and repeated the action of practicing the sword without feeling bored.

The people who followed her every move did not feel bored, but watched her sword posture with great interest, and could not see enough.

At the end of another set of sword moves, the temple priest withdrew her sword smoothly and naturally, and she suddenly looked up at the general who was obscured by the dense foliage.

"Ember."

The general seemed to be stimulated by her voice, jumped down from the tree excitedly, and came down to her in twos and threes: "You just called my name?" ”

Not the alienated and cold 'Great General', but the 'Ember'.

Although the tone has not changed much, it is already a great improvement compared to the big general.

The general's depression and boredom caused by her snub some time ago disappeared in an instant, and if he had a tail, I am afraid that he would have been shaking happily towards the priest of the temple at this time.

The general asked her, "Did you see the light last night?" ”

"See."

After only a moment of hesitation, the priest of the temple responded as usual, and then the joy on the general's face became more and more undisguised.

"There's nothing unusual about that thing." "But as long as you haven't seen it, I'll do whatever it takes." ”

The small things that were commonplace and trivial in the eyes of the world may be very new in the eyes of the priests of the temple.

The temple priest's eyes moved slightly, but she turned around with her sword in her hand, as if she had thought of something, she turned her head slightly and said, "General, your belonging is on the grassland." ”

Ember frowned slightly: "Are you hinting at me?" But the nomads on the frontier were scared by me before, and they won't do it again in a short time. ”

Even though he had been back for more than half a year, most of the soldiers and horses were still stationed on the border of the lost country, and coupled with his previous deterrence, he didn't believe that those tribal tribes would fight back so quickly.

The temple priest just smiled, then turned and walked into the house.

This time, instead of being angry and sad about her departure, he stood in the courtyard of the side hall, his eyes contemplative and his eyes heavy.

A gust of wind struck, and the leafy trees were stirred by the wind and made a rustling sound, shaking off the leaves on their bodies.

Ember glanced up at the gust of wind, then turned and left.

The general went directly to the restaurant to find Xi Yan on the second day, but Xi Yan was not here today.

In the past, he used to have fun in these Golan wine shops to solidify his identity as a 'free waste', but today, he is not there.

The steward of the restaurant, who is Xi Yan's confidant and also the person responsible for collecting intelligence, cautiously led Si Yan into the box, and then lowered his head with a solemn expression: "General, Your Highness entered the palace early in the morning, and has not returned yet." ”

The general's fingers pinching the wine cup paused slightly, he put down the glass of wine without changing his face, and his sharp eyes fell on the steward: "Who else besides him." ”

"There are also the third prince, the sixth prince, and some ministers in the prefecture."

"The Minister of the Prefecture." Ember muttered these words, "What's going on in the prefecture?" ”

“.” There was a hint of hesitation in the steward's eyes, and he lowered his voice, "I heard that there is a rebellion. ”

The steward cautiously glanced up at the general, and quickly lowered his head again: "Moreover, those prefectures are very close to the frontier. ”

Si Yan's eyes tightened: "Go down." ”

"Yes."

The steward soon left.

The general sat alone in the room, thinking about what he had just said, and involuntarily connected the matter with the hint of the temple priest.

He had never doubted her abilities, so when he heard her words, he subconsciously thought of the stability of the frontier.

Who would have thought that the problem was not external, but internal.

Although the rule of the Xi royal family has been more than 300 years, and the system has gradually shown signs of decay and rigidity, there is a temple, and the country has been peaceful and quiet all these years, and nothing major has happened.

What if the temple falls?

Ember abruptly stopped his thoughts.

He didn't want to continue thinking about it, if the temple collapsed, what about the temple priests? With her character, she will surely fall with the temple.

'Bang! ’

A glass of liquor slammed into his stomach, and Ember violently rested the wine cup on the table, making a crisp sound.

His eyes were dim, faintly flowing with a dark light, deep and gloomy.

When Xi Yan opened the door of the wing, he saw that he exuded an aura that was not easy to mess with, and the whole person was like a killing god standing in the sea of corpses and fire, ruthless.

He tried to think about who had provoked him again, and it took him a long time to come up with a possibility: "You went to the temple priest again?" ”

Ember came back to his senses and gave him an angry look.

"You went to the palace?"

Xi Yan was not surprised that he would know about this, and the steward of the restaurant had already told him when he came up just now.

"yes." Xi Yan nodded and walked over and sat down opposite Si Yan, pouring himself a glass of wine, "There is a prefecture minister who escaped. ”

"Run."

Hearing this, Ember let out a cold sneer.

Not only did he flee, but he also brought the ministers of several prefectures next to him to the national capital, and there was going to be a rebellion in the prefectures.

Si Yan immediately looked over and frowned: "Is this serious?" ”

Xi Yan didn't answer immediately, he sighed, and then spoke under Si Yan's increasingly dangerous gaze: "Eight or nine is not far from ten. I guess. ”

His gaze fell on the streetscape outside the window.

The national capital has always been the richest city in the lost country, so the streets have always been a scene of peace and contentment, harmony and tranquility. But in the border prefectures far away from the national capital, it is a dire situation, and the people are miserable.

"You should know better than me the situation in those prefectures on the frontier."

Hearing this, Si Yan was silent for a few seconds, and then responded: "Hmm." ”

"It is too far away from the national capital to get attention, and because it is in the center of the war all the year round, many people have been forced to run out, leaving behind some old, weak, sick and disabled."

The spoils they won in the previous battle, the grain and cloth, were also divided among the soldiers under Si Yan's command.

"And because there are many mountains, forests and cliffs, it has become a place where many rogues and mountain bandits hide and cause trouble."

Si Yan rubbed his eyebrows, the local prefecture ministers did not do anything - even if they wanted to, they did not have the strength, and he led soldiers to fight on the frontier all the year round, how could he always pay attention to the situation in the rear.

(End of chapter)