The shrine was calm, and Lucius looked at the three women who were still a little frightened, and said to Sakura Rinko: "You don't want Kyoto for the time being, stay here, I will let Yagyu Maruka and Ba stay to protect you, and you better not leave the shrine until the war is over." ”

After that, he turned to Mingtang and said, "Later, I will ask Scott to lead a group of mechanical warriors and hand them over to you with Scott, who will be responsible for stationing around the shrine." ”

As soon as Lucius's words fell, Sakura Rinko suddenly objected: "I feel that I can't stay here, although it is safe to stay at the shrine, but now that Fuso is in the midst of war, if I hide here, I will lose my identity as emperor, and I will return to Kyoto to be with my people." ”

Seeing Sakura's insistence, Lucius knew that Sakura Rinko at this moment was no longer the nephrite jade in his arms before, but restored the emperor's true face.

As the emperor of Fuso, he should indeed appear in Kyoto at the beginning of the war in Fuso to give the people a kind of moral support.

Knowing Sakura's intentions, Lucius just sighed and admonished: "If you want to go back, I will naturally not stop you, but I need to remind you that Kyoto is not safe now, I'm afraid that the other party has already planted eyeliner in Kyoto, you need to be mentally prepared." ”

Sakura Rinko looked at Lucius suspiciously, obviously not understanding what Lucius meant by mental preparation? Even if the enemy planted eyeliner and knew that he was back in Kyoto, what could the other party do?

Seeing Sakura's puzzled expression, Lucius explained: "The primary target of those rebels must not be the Tokugawa family's Edo Castle, but Kyoto, where you are located, because as long as they conquer Kyoto, Edo Castle will inevitably be difficult to support alone, and the forces that were originally gathered in your name will also fall apart." ”

"So, if you go back to Kyoto. You have to be prepared to be besieged by the enemy, and you have to hold the whole of Kyoto so that it can't be breached by the enemy, and you have to find out the spies in the city, all of which you have to face alone, because we will be outnumbered. ”

Hearing this, Assuna couldn't help but exclaim: "Could it be that Your Highness, you." Aren't you going back with your majesty, and since you know that there will be a crisis in Kyoto, how can you let your majesty go back alone?"

Although what Assuna said was a bit excessive, Lucius didn't blame her, but just smiled and said, "If I go back to Kyoto together, then who will deal with those guys from the Tang Empire in Middle-earth?"

"Datang visitors?" Sakura Rinko and Assuna couldn't help but exclaim, it seemed that in their opinion, it was difficult to understand why Datang would send someone to meddle in Fuso's affairs?

However, Sakura Rinko remembered the scholar before, and immediately frowned slightly and asked Lucius: "Lucius." Could it be that this final decisive battle was provoked by the Tang Dynasty behind the scenes? Kinoshita Hideyoshi, they were all instigated by those Tang people, so they wanted to overthrow me, the emperor?"

Lucius shook his head and said, "No, it's not just because of the instigation of the Tang Empire in Middle-earth, it's actually an internal problem in Fuso. In particular, the ghosts and gods of Fusang promoted people's ambitions behind the scenes, which led to the endless war in Fusang for many years. ”

Sakura Rinko was puzzled by Lucius's answer: "Why those ghosts and gods? Is the purpose to protect Fuso?"

Lecius smiled bitterly and said, "Everyone has desires, even the gods have their desires, those ghosts and gods who have been brought back from the Nine Shadows Abyss. They want to get more believers, but Fuso is too small for them, and there are as many as 80 million ghosts and gods, so they have to find a way to eradicate the competitors. ”

"And they all value their own lives, after all, they are from the Nine Shadows Abyss, and they can be regarded as having tasted death, so they are reluctant to fight fiercely by themselves. “

At this point, Lucius paused for a moment before continuing: "Then they instigated their followers to fight among themselves, so that the faith that the believers offered them stronger, and thus gained more power, which was the safest way for them. ”

Hearing this, Sakura Rinko hadn't spoken yet, and Assuna reacted first, and said in surprise: "Speaking of which, wouldn't they be able to sit on a large number of believers to provide them with strength without expending any energy, let alone risking being defeated by ghosts and gods stronger than themselves?"

Lucius nodded and said, "That's the case, so it's not just that the Tang people don't want to see the unification of Fusang, even those ghosts and gods don't want to see it, and if you go back to Kyoto, you will become the target of everyone, and they will definitely attack Kyoto as soon as possible." ”

Sakura Rinko already understood what Lucius meant, but still asked in a low voice, "You mean, those ghosts and gods will also attack Kyoto with the army that rebelled against me?"

"Yes, and I'm afraid that many ghosts and gods have already entered Kyoto and found the people in Kyoto as hosts, just waiting to meet with the people besieging the city. ”

When Asukina heard this, she said to Sakura Rinko very worriedly: "Your Majesty, if that's the case, it's really dangerous for you to go back to Kyoto, why don't you go back?"

Sakura Rinko's expression was uncertain when she heard this, she lowered her head and bit her fingers and calculated carefully, after all, this is not a trivial matter, if it is really so dangerous, returning to Kyoto will bring disaster to the people of Kyoto, which is also a situation that Sakura Rinko does not want to see.

She knows very well that although the Middle Earth civilization has invaded Fuso in recent years, most of the people of Fuso still believe in the native Shinto religion of Fuso, and she is the spiritual pillar of the people who believe in Shintoism.

If she never shows up, the whole Fuso will inevitably become panicked, and I am afraid that foreign civilizations will have an opportunity to take advantage of it, and the president will go straight to educate and control the entire Fusang.

But now if she appears in Kyoto, it will become the main battlefield, then Kyoto will not be able to find peace, the people of Kyoto will experience war, and there will be those who are believed in ghosts and gods by the people to participate, and a large number of people will inevitably be used, and I am afraid that the result will be even more terrible.

Sakura-rinko is caught between not wanting to hide when the people need her most, and not wanting to put Kyoto at the center of the war because of herself.

Seeing that Sakura Rinko was in a dilemma, Lucius spoke: "I think, you should stay at the shrine, I will send my mechanical corps to guard here, you can let someone else pass the word on your behalf, and make the shrine become the target of everyone, so that you can divert the enemy's attention and reduce the pressure on Fuso." ”

Hearing this, Sakura Rinko looked at Asukina, who thought for a moment and agreed with Lucius's words: "Your Majesty, I think what His Royal Highness Lucius said is very reasonable, after all, the terrain of the shrine is relatively steep, which is convenient for His Highness Lucius to arrange, and can ensure your safety, if you return to Kyoto like this, I am afraid it will be very dangerous." ”

Under the persuasion of Lucius and Asuina, Sakura Rinko hesitated in her heart, and at this moment she remembered what her father had said.

Sakura Rinko clearly remembers that when she was playing with her father, someone said that the Tokugawa family was going to invite the emperor to go, and Sakura Rinko didn't want her father to go, so she pestered her father to prevent her father from leaving.

But Sakura Rinko still remembers her father saying to herself amiably at that time: "Sakura Rinko, as an emperor, there are too many people who can't help themselves, and sometimes you know that you will be in danger, but you must also stand up and stand in the eyes of your people, only then will you be a competent emperor." ”

Although Sakura's father didn't think about letting Sakura-Rinko inherit the position of emperor at that time, Sakura's father loved Sakura-Rinko very much, and always taught Sakura-Rinko a lot of things.

Thinking about it now, Sakura Rinko feels that maybe her father still pinned some hopes on herself, after all, her younger brother was still in infancy at the time, and even if her younger brother is now, he still looks like a child who doesn't grow up, and Fuso may not be able to count on him.

Thinking of this, Sakura Rinko took a deep breath and said firmly: "No, I want to go back, even if there is danger, I will go and stand with my people, I must let our people see me." ”

Lucius didn't expect that after persuading him for a long time, Sakura Rinko still made such a choice, and he asked a little puzzled: "Could it be that you go back, enter the city circled by the enemy, and watch your people fight each other, is the result you want to see?"

Sakura Rinko hesitated slightly when she heard this, but finally said firmly and confidently: "I believe that as long as my people see me, even if those ghosts and gods are instigating behind their backs, they will not turn their backs on me and the whole of Fuso." ”

Seeing Sakura Rinko's confident appearance, Lucius knew that it would be useless to continue persuading, so he could only agree with Sakura Rinko's choice: "Okay, since you must go back, then go back, I will let Scott do his best to lead the mechanical corps to support Kyoto." ”

Sakura Rinko didn't postpone it, because she knew very well in her heart the strength of the mechanical corps in Lucius's hands, if there were no mech corps, I was afraid that if Kyoto was besieged, Sakura Rinko might not be able to hold it.

But with the mechanized corps, I'm afraid it shouldn't be a problem to hold Kyoto, and as for the remaining sneak attack, Sakura Rinko believes that she will be able to turn evil into good fortune, and her people will not completely turn their backs on themselves and the whole of Fuso because of the instigation of the belief in ghosts and gods.

Yuko Shingu walked up to Lucius and asked in a low voice, "Am I going back to Kyoto with me?" ”

Lucius turned his head and smiled at Yuko Jingu and said, "Of course, since His Majesty the Emperor insists on returning to Kyoto, I'm afraid I won't be able to distract myself and send two mechanical corps to protect you separately, so you'd better go to Kyoto with you, and if you think you, you should also be able to deter those ghosts and gods." (To be continued......)