Seeing that his face looked a little tired, Zang Sou quickly poured him hot tea.
After he drank a cup of tea, he said,
"Now the court is in chaos. Someone has found out that the news of the emperor's funeral was done by King Shaoyou's people and spread it to the ministers. They broke into the palace in a group. Although He Dai was caught off guard, some ministers in the court came into contact with him. He Dai was forced to issue an imperial edict in advance, and the Forbidden Army Ao Lei and Xun Cheng helped to control the situation. However, everyone in the court was dissatisfied with him for allowing a seven-year-old child to board the plane. It was obvious that everyone could tell. This is holding the emperor hostage to order the princes."
"He wants to completely stabilize the current situation, subdue the officials, and intimidate the imperial court. It is not enough just to take orders from heaven. If he wants the officials to know his strength and be afraid of taking orders from him, he must expand his military power, and spies will keep an eye on him day and night. , and finally found out that he had sent his henchmen to Gwangju to secretly gather the refugees and turn them into soldiers for his own use."
"The autumn harvest has failed, and the severe drought has swept through Qingguang and Guangzhou, and has swept into Wanzhou and Yanzhou. A large number of people are going to the state capital where there is no famine, and more people are coming to Kyoto."
"If chaos breaks out in Kyoto and refugees arrive, I'm afraid someone will rise up under the collision. This time, I asked Mr. Lang to come back to take charge and intercept the refugees. Only by gaining the population and having the lord in charge of the base camp can everyone work together as one. Achieve great things."
After finishing speaking with a dry mouth, the old man picked up the tea that had been cooled in front of him to moisten his throat.
Last time, the lord told Xie Miaoxuan to settle down before returning. Originally, he didn't want to rush him like this and wanted to follow the lord's wishes.
But the wheels of history are rolling, and time has changed, so he has to come to urge him.
When troubled times begin to emerge, it is when people at the helm are most needed.
Zhang Sou felt his throat relax a little. Xie Yuanju lowered his eyes and pondered, but did not immediately agree to him. He continued to advise, "My lord, Zhu Ben has been deprived of food and grass by He Daike all year round. Our people have handed over the news. If he leads the troops, Come to King Qin... We don’t have much time. Since Miss Xie has a powerful adviser to protect her, her own safety is not threatened. Please put the overall situation first, my lord."
Great strategist...
He was talking about leaving Ge Ge. Xie Yuanju couldn't help but frown and said, "That man just has a three-month protection agreement with the girl. He is not her adviser, and he will not stay by her side for a long time."
The little old man had a bad feeling in his heart. Why did this tone of voice sound a bit unpalatable?
Xie Yuanju tapped his fingers on the table,
"I am fully aware of what Changsou said. Among the three of He Dai, Zhu Ben, and King Shao You, He Dai is the most ambitious and the most unscrupulous. He roped in Xun Cheng for his own use, but he didn't know that he was luring a wolf into the house. That Xun Cheng If something is wrong, send someone to watch his every move."
"In ten days, I will leave Beijing for a trip to the Southland. If you need anything, just send me a message via Feige."
"Absolutely not, my lord."
The drought in the hinterland of the Central Plains is severe, and refugees are everywhere. If you want to go to the south, you must pass through the disaster area. People are extremely hungry, have no human nature, are animalistic, and are not afraid of death. Even King Shao You and others, who are said to have 60,000 strong soldiers, are recruiting troops. They only act on the periphery.
"There will be no danger in this trip, just don't worry, Mr. Zhangsou."
Xie Yuanju didn't make any preparations to explain, he just informed him of the decision.
When the old man saw him getting up to leave, he wanted to persuade him again. Xie Yuanju said, "I have made my own decision."
"Hey! Miss Xie!" The old man couldn't help but stamp his feet.
Xie Miaoxuan, who was being talked about but had no idea about it, was so happy now that he was tossing and turning and could hardly sleep.
The Shi family's wealth is truly astonishing.
Glazed luminous cups, gold and jade jewelry, fist-sized luminous pearls, bloody corals, and neatly polished gold bricks are not counted by pieces, but by boxes.
There were hundreds of boxes of each item, and it took Xie Yuanju a long time to move all these things.
Those boxes and cages are mostly made of golden nanmu, which is simply a waste of extravagance.
Xie Miaoxuan, who suddenly became rich again, felt very refreshed.
All the boxes and cages must be covered with straw, and some oil paper must be purchased...
She thought about it carefully in her mind.
Take out the paper and write it down one by one.
After she had disposed of the treasures, people who were probing the news in Kyoto reported that Xun Ming had been killed by Shi Chong on the spot in the Zhaoping Marquis Mansion, so she ordered someone to call Sun Yanli over.
The little boy has been working hard to practice martial arts recently, and his appearance has become darker. However, due to the improvement of food, the flesh on his body has grown back, and his appearance is much stronger than the big-headed doll in front of him who could fall over in the wind.
She said to him, "The person who caused your Aweng's life has been killed. He suffered painful torture before his death, and his hands and feet were broken. The great revenge has been avenged. From now on, you can concentrate on practicing and studying."
"Girl, you are so kind, I will remember this banquet in my heart." Sun Yanli said with a lump in his throat.
She saw his daily hard work and couldn't help but touch his head, "Do you blame me for making you wait for so long before hearing the news about the death of your enemy?"
"Without the girl, I would never be able to take revenge in my life. Without the girl, my mother and sister would have died of hunger. If I still blame the girl, then I am not worthy of being a human being."
"Good boy, get down."
The next day.
After getting up, Xie Miaoxuan warmed up and practiced swordplay as usual.
Two hours later, she suddenly realized that Li Ge seemed a little absent-minded today.
Usually, whenever she made irregular movements, he would tap her acupuncture points with the scabbard, his eyes staring at her like lanterns, but today he didn't point out any mistakes during the whole process.
She wiped her sweat, took out her handkerchief and wiped it, "What's wrong with you? Are you worried about moving south in half a month?"
In addition to teaching her sword skills, Li Ge also helped her deal with some difficult and secret matters many times.
Therefore, after getting the rich Shi family yesterday, she told him about her and Xie Yuanju's trip to move south.
She thought he had never seen any big scenes, but she never imagined that he was always in a trance today.
Li Ge lowered his head and asked, "This manor was sold to Shi Chong yesterday. If he comes suddenly..."
Hearing this, Xie Miaoxuan said, "It's true that Shi Chong bought my manor, but he is too busy to take care of himself right now and has no time to take over the manor. When he clears up his grievances with the Zhaoping Houfu and has free time to take over the manor, he can just take over the manor." He. At least he won't be able to remember this incident for a month. Moreover, the noise caused yesterday was too big. The stolen treasures of Shi Chong Ancestral Temple triggered the investigation of many forces. It is best for us to stay put for the next few days. In ten days, Yuan Ju will leave Beijing first."
"As soon as he leaves, I will reorganize the troops and move south with him in half a month at the latest."
"Very good, very good..." He murmured, then adjusted his state and began to teach Xie Miaoxuan martial arts.
Ten days passed in a blink of an eye.
In the past ten days, Kyoto has been in complete chaos.
Rumors were spreading in the streets and alleys that Shi Chong, the most extravagant head of the Daqi family, killed the dandy second son of Marquis Zhaoping. Later, Marquis Zhaoping beat Shi Chong half to death for making such nonsense in the palace, and wanted Shi Chong, the governor of Qingzhou. Qi gave him an explanation.
There were casualties in friction between the two families every day. This kind of bloody gossip directly broke the solemn and sad atmosphere of Long Yu Bintian.
In the end, He Dai couldn't stand it any longer, so he acted as a middleman and asked the two families to restrain their subordinates during the national mourning period, and finally stopped for two days.
But it only lasted two days before the two families started fighting again. This time, the crown prince Xun Xuan was seriously injured and was carried back to his home.
Everyone in the street saw it.
Now the two families have become mortal enemies.
The people were watching it with great interest, and another shocking news spread among the people.
The garrison commander Zhu Ben was dissatisfied with the Taiwei's deprivation of food and grass for the soldiers. In the cold winter, a large number of soldiers froze to death without clothes, and they were defeated at the hands of the Xiongnu.
As a result, the Xiongnu army passed Tianmen Pass and headed straight for Kyoto!
As soon as this news came out, it was like boiling water dripping into a frying pan, causing sparks to fly everywhere.
The Huns had many cavalry and were brave in character. The nomadic people had no way to produce food in winter and harassed the Central Plains territory every year. Once they got a piece of Daqi's territory or a city, they would commit all kinds of crimes, including burning, killing, and looting.
No matter you are old, weak, women or children, we will not let you go.
Bloodbath and massacre of cities is a common method for them.
If such ambitious people were allowed to step aside and march straight into the Central Plains, a single cavalry team would cause the entire Central Plains people to suffer miserably.
The capital of the Qi Dynasty was the old capital of the Han Dynasty. The founder of the Han Dynasty once said that "the emperor guards the gate of the country", so once it was really detained by the Huns, you can imagine what kind of bloodshed it would be.
This news has not yet been discovered by the important officials in the DPRK.
Another even more frightening news came.
The severe drought in Qingzhou and Guangzhou was concealed by the court, and no one came to provide relief. Now even Jizhou and Yongzhou have begun to experience severe drought, and locust plagues have appeared in Jizhou and Yongzhou.
The good people of the four states had no way of living, and most of them turned into refugees and came to Luoyang and Kyoto!
There are not a few refugees who have the strength to directly turn into bandits, and some even rise up directly, tie yellow cloth around their wrists, and become rebels!
People in Kyoto were in panic. At this time, some people with fast feet and relatively wealthy families fled to Kyoto, which caused thousands of waves.
There was a severe drought in the south and the Xiongnu in the north. The people were driven everywhere like cattle and sheep, and it seemed that there was no way to survive.
The people were in panic all day long.
The news about Zhu Ben and the severe drought was spread by Xie Miaoxuan.
Xie Yuanju had already left the manor at night with a large amount of supplies.
And she is almost ready, so she wants to leak the news of the troubled times in advance so that the people can prepare in advance and make necessary preparations before the disaster strikes.
As for whether Zhu Ben has really cooperated with the Huns in treason, it doesn't matter if he releases the cavalry into the Central Plains.
If he acted according to Xie Miaoxuan's memory and released this information, no matter how stupid the imperial court was, it would definitely find a way to deal with it if its own safety was involved.
If Zhu Ben hadn't done it yet, or if she had second thoughts about not letting the Xiongnu stay because the news was leaked in advance, then it would be considered that she had done a good deed for the country and the people.
Anyway, although it is bad news, if you can know it in advance, you can also make them prepare in advance.
Don't underestimate the wisdom of today's people. They are rooted in this land and naturally have their own way of survival.
She summoned someone and said, "Go and spread some more news, saying that there may be a way to survive in King Shaoyou or in the area near the sea in the southeast."
