Capital

It's the height of summer, and there's a chilly atmosphere in the city.

At this moment, even the soldiers at the city gate are all stubborn and ready for battle.

Since Your Majesty is now on the top of the main hall, pointing a sword at the neck of Shoufu Lin Chunqiu, an undercurrent has begun to surge in the entire court.

There was no court, and no one even mentioned Houjin's cavalry again.

It's as if you're in Youzhou, and now it's fine.

But even the beggars in the capital know that this is the mountain rain that is about to come and the wind is full of buildings.

Just because no one mentions it doesn't mean it won't happen.

Now in Youzhou, I'm afraid it's very difficult.

More pessimists believe that Luozhou has long fallen into the hands of Houjin. Your Majesty is doing this just to find a step down for yourself.

Since that day, the entire officialdom has fallen into an extremely strange atmosphere.

The officials were still busy all day, but if you look closely, you will find that the officials who used to be high in the past are now busy transporting soft goods out of the city.

Wealthy businessmen with conditions also began to respond in advance and evacuate the family's assets.

All in all, the price of land has fallen by 30 percent, but the price of horses and grain has risen by 50 percent.

It is not an exaggeration to say that everyone is in danger.

Palace

The blue bird looked at the empress's increasingly thin face, and a trace of worry flashed in her eyes.

She picked up a bowl of meat soup with her own hands, handed it to the empress and said:

"Your Majesty, you better drink a bowl first. You haven't eaten in two days. ”

"If you go on like this, Rao is the realm of your great martial artist, and my body may not be able to hold it."

The empress shook her head slightly, and a look of exhaustion appeared on her majestic cheeks.

"Bluebird, you don't have to worry about my situation. I know very well how I am doing. ”

"By the way, what's going on over there in the Lin Mansion?"

The blue bird shook his head slightly, and said slowly:

"Your Majesty, Lin Chunqiu's old dog is extraordinarily calm, and he didn't make any moves from beginning to end. As if he didn't care at all about the invasion of the Houjin cavalry. ”

"In this way, I have not wronged him."

In the empress's eyes, a strong killing intent suddenly burst out.

"If he hadn't colluded with Houjin, how could he have stayed still?"

"It's a good big Zhou Shoufu Lord, colluding with Houjin not to say, but also vainly trying to cede Youzhou to Houjin. Wouldn't such an act be treason? ”

"If I am, if I am...... Ahem! ”

The empress coughed heavily, and a look of pain appeared on her majestic cheeks.

She raised her jade hand and rubbed her chest vigorously, and the blue bird also skillfully handed over an emerald green pill.

The empress took the pill and swallowed it, and only then did a flash of relaxation flash on her majestic face.

"Your Majesty, the dragon body is important, so don't be angry."

The blue bird helped the empress and sat on the soft couch, but the worry in her eyes was as real as the substance.

"You say it's also strange, how can your body be so easily infected with the wind cold? Can it be ...... This poison of wind and cold is so deep-rooted. Even this Qingfeng Pill can only serve to alleviate it. ”

"Your Majesty, why don't you let the blue bird go to the palace to find a famous doctor to come over and show you?"

"Is this a knot in the heart, and can it be cured by medicine?"

The empress sighed lightly and shook her head slightly.

"By the way, Lin Man'er, that slut, is there any change?"

Bluebird heard this question, and a trace of unnaturalness flashed across his cheeks.

There was silence for a moment before he spoke:

"The queen is now practicing ventriloquism with An Guiren, hoping to be favored by His Majesty."

"Huh."

The empress sneered,

Now she has long understood what the so-called "ventriloquist" means.

Xiao Dongzi, a slut, praised An Guiren's ventriloquism in front of me.

I said at the time that I wanted to experience it for myself.

I don't know that this ventriloquist is not the other ventriloquist!

Xiao Dongzi, Xiao Dongzi, I really didn't expect it.

Speaking of which, Xiao Dongzi is now in Luozhou, and he doesn't know what his life is.

With the brand I gave me, Han Zheng should take care of it for me.

The high-speed official road mentioned last time was a whimsical idea. It's just that if you want to achieve it, the cost is huge, and it is not at all what today's Da Zhou can afford!

Just a high-speed official road in Luozhou, I'm afraid Xiao Dongzi won't be able to complete it this time.

If you want to build high-speed official roads all over the country...... I'm afraid that only the god-like First Emperor can do it, right?

The empress sighed softly again, suddenly got up, and walked towards the outside of the study.

"Blue Bird, if it is Houjin's iron horse, he is outside the capital at the moment, do you guess the civil and military officials, will they be welcomed?"

The blue bird was slightly stunned, and a touch of complexity appeared on his cheeks.

She looked at the empress, her eyes were already full of distress.

Only she understands how much burden this emperor who disguises himself as a man bears.

But even so, it can't save the building.

After Jin Tie rode south this time, Rao was Ji Ziyue, who was the dragon and phoenix among the people, and he couldn't stop him.

If there is really a Houjin Iron Cavalry, the day when the capital is breached.

I'm afraid that Your Majesty has already been prepared.

No, His Majesty is already preparing.

Just yesterday, the blue bird saw the eunuch Ouchi, who was going to the walls of various palaces to bury some packages.

If it is as expected, these are probably the gunpowder developed by Xiao Dongzi at that time.

I thought it was a sharp weapon to break the enemy, but I didn't expect it to be a helpless move to end up together.

My Majesty, I'm afraid that I have already sprouted the will to live and die.

But Your Majesty, if you go like this, what will happen to Da Zhou?

The blue bird sighed faintly, but felt powerless.

She is just a personal guard, what Ji Ziyue decides, how can she change it?

Whatever, if His Majesty wants to die with Houjin's cavalry, how could she be afraid?

It's just that there really is no room for recovery in all this?

Maybe...... Will Yang Dong have a way?

Blue Bird was startled by the idea that popped up on him.

Then she shook her head,

It's impossible, even if Xiao Dongzi has the talent of the world, he can't do anything about it this time.

……

Unlike the oppressive atmosphere in the palace,

Today's Lin Mansion is still calm.

Lin Chunqiu was still cutting bamboo in the bamboo garden, but he no longer used the firewood knife of the Great Zhou in his hand, but held a grassland-style sickle.

At this moment, the housekeeper's hurried footsteps interrupted the rhythm of Lin Chunqiu's bamboo cutting.

The housekeeper glanced at the bamboo garden where only a quarter was left, and then the head was immediately buried deeply, and said hurriedly:

"Head of the family, there's an accident over there in Luozhou!"

"Young master, he's back from Luozhou!"

"What did you say!?"

With a "dang bang", the sickle in Lin Chunqiu's hand fell out of his hand.

He raised his eyes suddenly, Rao was dressed as an old peasant with coarse cloth, and his eyes still flashed with the majesty of the superior.

"Luo'er has never been summoned, how can she suddenly return to Beijing!"

"Isn't this a disruption!"