"If it's all right, then retreat. ”

The voice of the empress in the Jinluan Hall echoed, and the civil and military officials retreated one after another.

Liu Changling, the servant of the ministry, stood outside the main hall and fell into a state of contemplation with an official document in his hand.

It stands to reason that he should have reported it in time, but because the content was too terrifying...

"Lord Liu?"

Just as he was standing outside the Jinluan Hall and thinking about life, a voice came from beside him.

Liu Changling came back to his senses and saw that it was a silver-armored military general who shouted to him, and then hurriedly arched his hand and said, "General Wei, long time no see." ”

The commander of the Guard, one of the sixteen guards in Kyoto.

Wei Changjun said with a smile: "Today is the full moon of my child, and tonight there will be a banquet in Baihualou, I wonder if Lord Liu will have time to come and enjoy his face?"

Liu Changling's heart moved slightly, Wei Changjun actually took the initiative to invite him?

The civil and military officials of Great Qin all have their own factions, especially after the empress succeeded to the throne three years ago, the three major factions have become more and more distinct.

He is in the new imperial faction headed by civil officials, because after the empress succeeded to the throne, he admired the system of the able, as long as he was able, he didn't have to worry about being buried, which was really a gentleman's behavior for scholars.

As for the other two factions, they are the conservative faction led by military generals, who believe that it is a great disrespect to the ancestors of the past dynasties to inherit the throne by women, and have always hoped to make the empress abdicate and make way for the virtuous through various means.

The last faction is the neutral faction led by the Kyoto Guard, including the Forbidden Army and the Kyoto Sixteen Guards, etc., and the Guard Army in front of you is subordinate to the neutral faction...

"This official also invited General Yu and others, and also invited Lord Liu to appreciate his face. Wei Changjun said with a smile,

Liu Changling also understood why he was invited at this time, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "Okay, this official will definitely go to the appointment." ”

General Yu...

It seems that the news that Li Zhibai is going back to Kyoto has let him know, but he probably can't understand why His Majesty is so concerned about a border prefect, so he wants to probe from himself...

After the small talk with Wei Changjun was over, Liu Changqing shook his head and turned around and returned to the outside of the Jinluan Palace to see His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, Liu Changling, the servant of the ministry, asks to see you. ”

"Xuan. ”

The empress on the Jinluan Hall raised her head with interest, could it be that what happened to that Qin Shou again?

A moment later, this urgent document appeared in the hands of the empress,

"Evolve a true dragon in the form of a word?"

"A first-rank martial artist fights a fourth-grade martial artist?"

"Liu Qingjia, do you believe it?"

The Empress Empress's indifferent voice echoed in the Jinluan Palace, and she seemed to be a little unconvinced of all that was said in the official document.

Liu Changqing smiled wryly, to be honest, he also felt that all this said in the official document was outrageous,

But Li Zhibai will not bully the king as long as his brain is still normal, unless he wants to die.

"It may be a slight exaggeration, but it's not much worse overall. ”

Liu Changqing pondered for a moment and didn't dare to say it to death, after all, no one dared to believe it...

"That's it, the Praetorian Guard will probably arrive in Changle County tomorrow, and we will know in a few days. ”

The empress thought for a while and didn't continue to take it seriously, as long as Qin Shou arrived in Kyoto, then everything would fall into place.

......

In Changle County, people are panicking.

At dawn, a force of more than 1,000 people entered the city, taking over all the defenses of Changle County in accordance with the laws of wartime, especially near the Qin Mansion, where hundreds of people were stationed.

And Li Zhibai, who had his hands free, also began a large-scale search, for fear that there would still be spies from the Great Xia Dynasty in this city.

Everyone in the Qin Mansion was busy, because their young master was about to leave Changle County for the Qin family, especially Zhang Xian, who was reluctant in every way...

But the emperor's order is difficult to disobey,

"Can't I even go to the academy now?"

Qin Shou looked at the situation outside the Qin Mansion with a bitter face and sighed,

Long Chen shook his head and said with a smile: "The prefect is still checking whether there are other spies in the city, you still stay in the Qin family during this time, and the Praetorian Guards in Kyoto will arrive in Changle County tomorrow." ”

"Hey, where's my dad?"

"Your father went to the grave early in the morning, and said he wanted to see if there was any smoke. ”

Qin Shou: ......

"Brother Chen, tell me about some things in Kyoto. ”

Qin Shou was bored, and immediately asked Chen Long about some things in Kyoto, after all, when the Praetorian Guards came to him tomorrow, he would leave immediately.

He didn't know anything about Kyoto.

"Kyoto... It is hundreds of times larger than Changle County. ”

chatted with Chen Long almost all day, which gave him a certain understanding of Kyoto and even the Great Qin Dynasty.

At the same time, he found that Chen Long's words seemed to have a lot of respect for Her Majesty the Empress who was now in charge of Great Qin, and as long as he talked about that empress, he was full of praise.

"It seems that the common people approve of this empress. Qin Shou couldn't help but smile and said, "I thought that there would be many people in the court who would find it difficult to accept a woman to inherit the throne." ”

"Tong Yan Wuji, if you go to Kyoto and let others hear it, it will be troublesome. Long Chen glared at him and reminded him that this kind of thing can't be said nonsense in Kyoto.

"However, there are indeed some people in the court who oppose the empress, and it is the group of people led by the military generals..."

Qin Shou tilted his head and asked, "If the military general doesn't support the empress, how did the empress succeed to the throne?"

When he said this, Long Chen also subconsciously looked around, and then lowered his voice and said: "This matter involves some royal secrets, according to the rules set by the first emperor of Great Qin, but anyone who wants to inherit the throne must be recognized by the Zhenguo artifact, and His Majesty is the only person among all the royal descendants who can make the Zhenguo artifact recognized after the death of the first emperor." ”

Qin Shou's face was full of black lines, did he still have to be recognized by the artifact if he wanted to be an emperor these days?

.......

At the same time, the border guards of the Great Xia Dynasty probably knew that something was wrong when the scout troops sent out did not come back on time, but what they didn't expect was that the Great Qin Dynasty directly sent someone to ask for the guilt.

"Are you all rice buckets? so many people can't even catch a little hairy child?"

"Even if the whole army is wiped out, more than a dozen people have been caught, you might as well die!"

"I'll ask you what to do when this letter of inquiry is delivered?"

The burly man in the barracks was furious, and the key to the failure of the mission was that Daqin had caught the handle, and now he directly asked for the crime and sent it over, and he had to give an answer on his side.

All the generals bowed their heads and were silent, and they also felt a little unbelievable to be reasonable, the person sent out was a top scout force, and the leader was a fourth-grade high-level martial artist, not to mention robbing a seven-year-old child, even if it was to kidnap the prefect of Changle County.

But this time it was planted,

"The general doesn't need to be in a hurry, if you ask about the crime, we can directly put the blame on the demon clan, saying that they were bewitched by the demon clan, and what they did has nothing to do with my Great Xia Dynasty. ”

"Naturally, we are not afraid of this, but once this letter of guilt is returned to the court, it will be the most troublesome. ”

The burly man was irritable, in the final analysis, he was not afraid of what Da Qin would really do, otherwise it would not be as simple as a letter of inquiry.

Once this matter is known to those officials of the Great Xia Dynasty, I am afraid that they will be attacked by themselves.

"It's okay, we just need to strangle that Qin Shou to stop the mouths of those officials in the DPRK. The strategist said indifferently: "Although this mission failed, it also proved one thing. ”

The burly man pondered for a moment and said, "Are you saying that the seven-year-old boy named Qin Shou is indeed a second-grade Confucian student?"

The strategist nodded and said, "If it weren't for that, the old horseman of Nalan would have been able to send the letter of inquiry in such a quick time, proving that he had even made arrangements in advance for what happened last night." ”

"Nalan Xiong, this old horseman... It's really a last resort. ”

The burly man muttered: "If you don't guess wrong, Changle County is now heavily guarded, and it will be useless to send people over." ”

"If you want to attack Qin Shou, you don't have to be in Changle County. ”

The strategist took out a piece of information and handed it to the burly man and said, "This is the latest information I learned from Daqin, and I would like to ask the general to take a look." ”

The burly man took the information suspiciously, and after taking a look, he also fell into thought.

"How did you get this information?"

As mentioned above, Great Qin had sent the Praetorian Guards a few days ago, and they would arrive in Changle County tomorrow to pick up Qin Shou and take him to Kyoto, and even how many people the Praetorian Guards had sent were clearly written.

In addition to this, a plan was also provided, the Great Xia Dynasty only needed to send ten masters to join forces with them to intercept and kill Qin Shou halfway.

"I don't know. ”

The strategist shook his head and said, "The other party knows who is the chess piece we planted in Great Qin, not only did they not get rid of it, but they also deliberately passed this information to us, most likely someone didn't want Qin Shou to appear in Kyoto." ”

"And this person is not an ordinary person..."

The burly man knocked on the table and said, "It seems that the interior of the Great Qin Dynasty is not monolithic." ”

"Our Great Xia Dynasty is not like this..."The strategist smiled bitterly,

"Also, the group of scholars likes to play with these intrigues the most. The burly man laughed and said, "That's it, I still have the heart to spare that child's life." ”

Things have developed so far, and he knows very well that getting rid of Qin Shou is the best way,

Not only can he prevent the threat that his future rise will bring to the Great Xia Dynasty, but also can save him from the trouble caused by this letter of guilt on the grounds of getting rid of Qin Shou.

.......

For Qin Shou, there is no doubt that these two days have been quite tormenting, because he can't go anywhere.

In addition, because he was about to leave Changle County, whether it was his mother or grandmother, he was reluctant in every way, and Qin Shou had to find time to comfort him one by one.

I'm just going to Kyoto, and it's not a life or death...

I really can't wait for myself to get the top prize in the imperial court examination or something, and then move my family to Kyoto at that time.

As for the so-called factional strife in the imperial court, Qin Shou didn't pay attention to it at all.

And the day passed quickly,

At noon the next day, a group of dusty Praetorian Guards finally arrived in Changle County.