Li Chen'an left Jingning County, entered Jingning Mountain, and headed in the direction of Shuzhou.

On the fifth day of the second month of the 24th year of Zhaohua, Su Yi'an, who had stayed in the Sanwei Book House for 15 years, also took a simple bag and headed for Kyoto after arranging the rest of the book.

Before going to Kyoto, he wrote a letter to his wife.

There are only two sentences in the letter:

"My husband has already seen Wang Zhenghaoxuan, a good son-in-law, a good match for Xiaomeng, don't stop it!"

"Spring has come, Mrs. can go to Kyoto, and my husband will be waiting for you in Kyoto, very ...... Miss! ”

Liuxiayin also has a three-flavor bookstore, so the students bid farewell to Su Yi'an at the south gate of Jingning County.

The sun was rising that day.

After saying a few words of promise to each other, Su Yi'an turned around and left, touched his forehead, which was still a little painful, and recited in high spirits:

"It's hard to walk, it's hard to walk, it's hard to walk, it's hard to get there?

There will be times when the wind and waves will be long, and the clouds will sail into the sea! ”

……

……

Kyoto Tamakyo City.

Early fog.

Blowing noodles is already willow wind.

Joy Inn.

Wu Qian, the crown prince of Wu, finished his morning exercise in the courtyard, took the towel sent by the maid and wiped his face, and suddenly turned his head to look at the young man holding the sword standing aside.

"San Lang, is there any news of the Seven Swords?"

"Yes."

"How?"

"Descended."

“…… Where to go? ”

"Shuzhou."

"How long will it take?"

San Lang sighed three times, "It depends on the mood of the little junior sister." ”

Wu Qian was stunned for a moment, "Little junior sister? Summer flowers? ”

Saburo nodded, as if because of hearing the name, his originally melancholy eyes actually bloomed a little light at this moment.

"The Seven Swords of Tianyin Pavilion, the little junior sister is the youngest, but the little junior sister is the future pavilion master of Tianyin Pavilion."

"The little sister grew up in the Tianshan Mountains since she was a child, and she ...... the world She's always been curious, and this inevitably stops and goes. ”

"Besides, the road from Tianshan to Shuzhou is long, so it is difficult to predict."

Wu Qian didn't have a complaint about this, because Tianyin Pavilion and Sword Washing Tower were both the two major martial arts holy places in Wu State, and the imperial power had never interfered with their behavior.

However, Wu Qian asked:

"What is the realm of summer flowers?"

"After two years of retreat, I have broken through the middle level of the second realm."

Wu Qian was very happy, "In this way, her Heavenly Demon Qin sound should have become a small success, or she can overpower Dugu Han of the Sword Washing Tower." ”

"She needs a good piano, but it's a pity that the Qinjian Villa is gone."

"I heard that Qinjian Villa built a divine harp called Winding Liang back then?"

"Exactly, but I don't know whereabouts."

"Hongu will keep an eye out."

At this moment, Yu Dingzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came over.

He bowed and said:

"Your Highness, Ning Guo's side, agree to negotiate today, and the time will be decided by you, Your Highness."

Wu Qian put his hands behind his back, looked at the misty gray sky, and suddenly smiled:

"Warm boil rain...... I really know this palace. ”

"Then it will be in time...... In fact, negotiations are no longer important, and Ning Guo's attitude has already explained everything in the rest of the month. ”

"But Hongu still wants to see it."

"Wait for the palace to write a letter to my father!"

Wu Qian walked up, went up to the second floor, and came to the room where Yun Shuxian lived.

He wrote a letter here and handed it to Yu Dingzhi, and then looked at Yun Shuxian, who was surprised.

"The battle of the Endless Pass is inevitable, but not now!"

"But the war should be prepared in advance, so the matter of transporting grain and grass to the 100,000 troops of the Seven Fortresses of Xiayuan State should be put on the agenda."

He stood up, slowly walked to the window, squinted slightly at the thawed Yudai River outside the window, and was silent for a moment and said:

"If the Seven Swords of Tianyin Pavilion can kill Li Chen'an...... Ningguo will inevitably be chaotic again. ”

"The palace is going to leave for China in the next two days, and after the enthronement ceremony of the main palace is over...... No matter what Li Chen'an's life or death is, this palace will drive the royal expedition and seize the endless pass! ”

"Since Ning Guo has such a tough temperament, since Wen Boilyu thinks that he is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes...... The battle of the main palace is no longer endless, but ...... The Annan Province of Ningguo is all included in the territory of Wu State! ”

Yun Shuxian sighed for three breaths, "The Red Flame Army has Wu Mian and Yan Jinong in charge, and its strength cannot be underestimated!" ”

The corners of Wu Qian's mouth twitched, "So what?" ”

"Fighting a war not only requires soldiers to use their lives, but also depends on the national strength in the end!"

"The national strength of Ning Guo has been roughly figured out these days, it is not a tiger, it is just a sheep!"

"Still sick sheep!"

"Wen Boiled Rain is just doing some superficial tough articles to cover up the panic in his heart!"

Wu Qian turned around and stretched out his hand: "Let's go, let's go to Honglu Temple and talk to that Cheng Jingting!" ”

"If you can't get it on paper, this palace will use the sword of Wu Guozhi to get it in person!"

……

……

Palace.

The House of Parliament.

Cheng Jingting, the servant of the provincial government, was sitting in the warm public house at the moment.

"He said he was going to talk, or did he follow the original method?"

Wen Zhuoyu closed the book in front of him and nodded, "It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't want to continue to understand our Ning Kingdom." ”

He walked over, boiled a pot of tea, and said:

He knew in his heart that this negotiation was meaningless, but he still wanted to come to talk, which showed that he had made up his mind to send troops after he returned...... In this way,"

Wen Zhuoyu leaned over and looked at Cheng Jingting, "I remember that there is a clearing not far behind Honglu Temple, and you can call the people from the Firearms Bureau to get a few fireworks and go to that place to set off." ”

Cheng Jingting was stunned: "What a pity! ”

"Listen to me and let them go."

"Scare His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he will inevitably ask you, you remember, blow to the sky!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has heard of fireworks, and he even went to the ruins of the headquarters of the Ichthyosaurus Society."

"He knows the power of fireworks, especially the battle of the regent in Wufan Yuan, with fireworks, the regent has thousands of people against tens of thousands, he is very worried about fireworks."

"Let him feel it for himself this time, and if he asks to see it, you can take him to see the scene after the explosion."

Warm boiled rain poured tea, "It is best to scare him off." ”

"If you can scare him, he won't dare to do anything to Ning Guo within three or five years...... After that, he won't have any more chances. ”

Cheng Jingting picked up the teacup and grinned: "You kid, the old man likes your careful thoughts." ”

Wen Zhuoyu glared at him, Cheng Jingting drank a cup of tea, put down the teacup, and hurried towards the Firearms Bureau.

Li Wenhou, the secretary of the household department, walked in with an account book.

He put the account book in front of Wen Zhuoyu and said: "The things that were seized by Jiangnan Province and greedy for ink, according to the statistics of the household department, were all converted into silver, 2,367,488,360 taels!" ”

Wen Zhuanyu bowed slightly, but there was not much joy on his face, but asked: "The snow disaster in Mobei Province, have you counted the number of people affected?" ”

"Of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun in Mobei Province, the most severely affected are Youzhou and Yingzhou."

"The officials sent by the household department are still verifying, but the officials estimate that at least 300,000 people have been affected...... I am afraid that this matter cannot be hidden, because the victims have already gone south. ”

"Well, there is no need to hide it, according to the number of 500,000 victims, adopt the idea of the regent, and allocate a billion taels from this batch of silver...... Let them go to Youzhou and build a city. ”

Li Wenhou was taken aback: "Go to Youzhou to build a city?" ”

"Yes, cash-for-work...... If you don't have enough money, build a strong wall first! ”

"The regent said that this city is called Yanjing!"