Chapter 218: The Short Man Strikes
Of course, even if she was very moved by what the Seventh Princess said, she knew that it must not be now.
The government of the Qian Dynasty is in a mess, the high-ranking officials are still unable to protect themselves, and the people are seriously divided into noble and low classes.
If this is the case, the people's will will be unstable, and there will often be riots.
At all times, the people are struggling to make a living.
Thinking of this, she narrowed her eyes, said goodbye to the two, and went to Nanyang Palace.
The huge Nanyang Hall was empty.
But as soon as he had gone, she ordered that the temple should not be cleaned.
All the furnishings in the house have not been touched, and she is still clearly visible in the past few days.
This table is a table for eating together.
This wine cup seems to be able to waft with a rich aroma of wine.
Further to the cabinet, the sandalwood bed still has a room of beauty......
The flush crept up her cheeks, and she was seen walking forward in a fine dress, only to suddenly see a page of letterhead under the pillow.
A hint of surprise crossed her pupils, and the letterhead unfolded, revealing two vigorous fonts.
"Wait for me."
Seeing this, she suddenly smiled.
At the same time, the eye sockets were red.
The maid who was waiting outside the temple had her eyes following her.
At this time, when they saw such a scene, they only thought that they had seen a ghost.
Is this still their noble empress?
You know, since the Crescent Moon Empress returned to Xiju, they have been with her for a while, and they have never seen the Empress smile!?
When the empress died, she did not shed a single tear.
When she ascended the throne, she also looked cold and emotionless.
After that, there was no other expression on that face, and it was usually terrifying that he didn't even talk much.
But in recent days, Her Majesty has been smiling frequently, why is this??
Not only that, but there are also secret rumors in the palace, it is said that the empress tests poison every day, and loves the red poisonous fruit very much.
They didn't know what had happened to the Empress......
And Zhou Qi, who had already traveled to the critical place between the two countries, was much faster all the way back, and said hello to He Laosi when he passed by Xiangyun County.
If you go further, you will reach the border point of the Qian Dynasty.
However, he found that there were fewer border guards here, and only some of the old, weak and disabled were left to guard here.
In addition, you can also see a lot of people wearing pious costumes, carrying burdens in the direction of Xiju Kingdom.
Most of them are dragged with their families, and they are in a hurry, and they look like they are migrating......
"Da Liu, ask those people what the situation is."
Zhou Qi lowered the curtain of the car, and his intuition told him that something big might happen.
Da Liu Deling, first jumped out of the carriage, grabbed someone casually and asked: "Brother, why are you all going to Xiju Country?" ”
"Ahem, you're someone who just came back from Xiangyun County, right?"
The old brother was forty or fifty years old, but his body was weak, and he said weakly: "Don't go to Qizhou, let's go to Xiju to find a business, Qizhou is fighting!" ”
"What!?"
Zhou Qi had already heard it in the carriage, and hurriedly asked, "Dahan is calling again?" ”
However, the old man just shook his head, sighed and walked away, but another person on the road said again.
"Then I don't know, we're far away, but you can hear the rumbling sound at night, and it's dark and oppressive from afar!"
As they spoke, the group hurried away......
Xiju has not fought for many years, they are famous for their poisonous wonders, and they are frightened by many parties, and they are friendly relations with us, as for the Xiju country and a country of Tibet, but in recent years they have been very peaceful, and now if there is a war in Qizhou again, then Xiju is their best place to live.
Zhou Qi looked at their backs and felt bad.
"Speed up."
When the words fell, Da Liu and Zhu Fang also turned pale, and hurriedly went towards Qizhou with a horsewhip.
There was nothing to do all the way, and after crossing the border, we arrived at the border of Daqian Land, which is a county seat and belongs to Qizhou.
But Daqian's land division system is different from the history we know, and in real terms, this small county can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.
When I got here, it would take seven or eight days to continue to Qizhou.
Zhou Qi did not stop, but took turns driving horses with Liu Zhufang and the three of them, and went to Qizhou day and night.
In the night, a horse-drawn carriage rolled up the wind and sand.
And there is an endless stream of pedestrians on the road, packing up their bags and leaving their homeland in twos and threes.
Along the way, more and more pious people flocked to Xiju Kingdom, and as soon as the day dawned, the Crescent Empress who was in the imperial city received the news.
At this time, at the court meeting in Xiju, hundreds of female officials were extremely angry at these sudden influx of non-native people.
"There are so many pious people, we are already an inch of land in Xiju, how can we accept it!?"
"May Her Majesty close the borders and expel these pious people back to ......"
"Now the most populous is Xiangyun County, at night, the streets are lying on the ground, how to make !?"
The Crescent Empress sat on a high seat, her face was extremely bad, and after a little contemplation, she said, "Set up a refugee camp outside the country, and settle them down for the time being." ”
"Your Majesty, we know that you have grown up in great piety since childhood, but now is not the time to be merciful!"
"In case these pious people ......"
"Shut up!"
Empress Crescent Moon raised her eyebrows: "If there is really a war in Qizhou, do you think we Xiju can escape?!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the female officials shut up, who doesn't know this reason?
But the population of their Xiju people is not large, if they really accept all those godly people, will they still be Xiju?
Besides, it takes money to settle refugees, and they have weak business in Xiju, so where do they get the money?
They did not dare to speak, nor did they dare to imagine.
The Crescent Empress spoke again: "Gather the female soldiers and go to Qizhou." ”
"Bang!"
When the officials heard this, they immediately crackled and knelt on the ground.
Now there are so many pious people pouring into the country, once the female soldiers are transferred, the consequences are unimaginable!
"No! No! ……”
"Not to mention that we are not connected to the war in the first place, and the pious dynasty has never asked our country for help, aren't we asking for our own death!?"
Hundreds of officials spoke one after another and vigorously opposed it.
Only one person said: "In fact, this raid on Qizhou is the Dongkou on the other side of the sea, whether the Qian Dynasty is winning or losing has not yet been determined, in the early years, this group of dwarves did not do their best to make a provocative move, but they were beaten to the desert and fled, after all, the Qian Dynasty is a thin camel bigger than a horse, it must be this Dongkou dwarf saw a while ago that he was brave and good at fighting Da Drought fiasco and was also more into the tribute, but also want to explore the truth, by the way to make another profit!" ”
"If we go to reinforcements at this time, and if we win a big victory, we can still win a good reputation, I think, it's not impossible."
When these words came out, these officials of Xiju reacted and began to express their opinions from ear to ear.
But before they could discuss it again, the Crescent Moon Empress had already dispatched female soldiers with a jade order, and no matter whether Na Dongkou was strong or not, she would definitely go to this battle, because there were people she loved there.
Seven days have passed, when Zhou Qihuo rushed to Qizhou, he found that everything in Qizhou City was peaceful?
It's just that there are a little fewer people who go out on the streets, and most of them are closed and rarely go out.
But in one place, there were still two or three people lined up.
This is Qi Zhounan's Mansion.
It turned out that since they carried out the letter service, there were more merchants who came forward to transport goods, but there were more of these ordinary people, who wanted to send a piece of letterhead to their relatives in a distant country, and they were comforted.
And his daughter-in-law, Su Ling, has a big belly, and sets up a table at the Qizhou Men's Mansion every day to write for free.
"Didn't you say war?"
Zhou Qi, who had not yet approached, was stunned when they saw this scene.
The people of the county near Xiju have fled, but the people of Qizhou are still calm and calm and live as usual?
What's the situation?
Just when a few people were wondering, they suddenly heard that Qizhou was heading east, and suddenly there was a loud noise!
"Boom!! ……”
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