"Let's go." Xiao Luolan said to Dongxue, ready to explore again.
Seeing Princess Youzhou leaving, Ye Yiru, who had been imprisoned for a long time, said sarcastically.
"The Duke likes you today and can give you anything."
"Whenever you block his way, he will step over you."
The Duke is such a ruthless person, and Ye Yiru hates and is jealous of Princess Youzhou.
"Mom, stop talking!" Wei Cixin reminded her disrespectful mother, lest she say something outrageous again. Although his father's unusual attitude towards Princess Youzhou has been known and opposed by most people, this matter has not been made public. .
Xiao Luolan looked at them.
Wei Cixin was also looking at Princess Youzhou. Her face suddenly became extremely cold, and she left without saying anything, as if she felt bad even if she took another look at her.
Wei Ci couldn't help but feel angry.
"Princess, there is no need to be angry with those people." After leaving, Dongxue said while holding an umbrella to protect his wife from the sun.
Xiao Luolan came to her senses: "I'm not angry."
She just hated everything about Wei Yanshan.
At dusk, Xiao Luolan met Princess Huayin at the entrance of a gorgeous palace. The palace door was wide open. She was still wearing gorgeous clothes. There were piles of slaves around her, but she turned a blind eye to everyone and only spoke warmly to the air. Whispering, as if someone was in front of him, calling Jingyun.
Xiao Luolan looked at it for a while, then turned and left.
Xia Feng entangled her clothes, and unexpectedly found a small courtyard that was strictly guarded not far from Princess Huayin's palace. She couldn't get in, so she stopped for a long time. Dong Xue looked at the guard guarding the small courtyard. The guard raised his voice and asked.
"Is Miss Xie here?
The guards naturally come to drive them away.
Xiao Luolan took Dongxue away from the courtyard and watched from a distance. The night was getting darker and there was no sound coming from the small courtyard. She wandered on the path, worried and refused to leave.
"How about we come back tomorrow." Dongxue suggested.
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Luolan suddenly raised her head and looked at a big tree in the yard. The big branches were lush and leafy, and they had grown to their peak in summer. They had already appeared in the small yard. At this moment, the leaves on the tree were swaying, and a beautiful and delicate little lady appeared. He climbed to the branch of a big branch and looked at them.
Xiao Luolan looked at the pale and haggard face of the Xie family's young lady, with red and swollen eyes, and wondered how she climbed up the tree.
Dongxue looked at the little lady on the tree in surprise, and then at the princess.
"It's her." Xiao Luolan whispered.
She is truly a young lady from the Xie family.
Returning to Luhua Palace in Xiyuan, Xiao Luolan wanted to kill Wei Yanshan when she learned that Wei Yanshan was waiting for her in the tea room.
When she saw Wei Yanshan, Xiao Luolan couldn't help but think of the smell of blood that day. She turned her head slightly and looked at the starry moon outside the window.
Wei Yanshan already knew what Princess Youzhou had done that day, but he didn't care, she was still in his hands after all.
"Cunzhen is an old friend of the princess, why doesn't the princess see him?" Wei Yanshan poured a cup of tea for Mrs. Xiao: "It is still said that he is not liked by the princess."
Xiao Luolan tried her best not to look at Wei Yanshan. She looked at the ripples in the teacup and said, "Master Cunzhen is highly virtuous and respected. He won't mind if I don't see him."
Across the tea smoke and the animal heads from the incense burner, Wei Yanshan closed his eyes slightly. He had not slept for several days. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw the scene of Princess Youzhou looking at him, like a strange inner demon, the air In addition to the fragrance of tea, there was also the fragrance of Princess Youzhou, which relieved his headache.
Wei Yanshan wanted to laugh, but he put his hand on his forehead. Mrs. Xiao was probably the only one in the world who thought she was highly virtuous and respected. To outsiders, she was just a good-looking prostitute wearing a monk's cassock and a brocade robe with long hair.
"The princess visited Luoyang Palace today. I wonder if she is in a better mood?" Wei Yanshan has been dealing with official matters all day. The news that the rebels are going to attack Luoyang has become known to everyone. Lu Hun's road into Luoyang, Frequent movements.
Xiao Luolan still didn't look at Wei Guogong: "The Qiong Tower in the Immortal Palace is so beautiful."
Wei Yanshan held down Princess Youzhou's wrist. When she looked at him, he felt the demon in his heart suddenly rise. But when she didn't look at him, Wei Yanshan felt even more... unbearable.
Wei Yanshan raised Princess Youzhou's snow-white chin and asked her to look at him.
Xiao Luolan's throat suddenly spasmed, and the elegant fragrance of book ink came from the dark green wide sleeves, but what came to her mind was blood everywhere, and she seemed to smell the strong smell of blood again.
Xiao Luolan couldn't help but retched.
Wei Yanshan slowly put down his hand, his face gloomy.
Xiao Luolan looked at Wei Guogong, she frowned, but when she saw Wei Yanshan's expression, she felt a sense of revenge. Xiao Luolan carefully wiped away the physiological water stains from the corners of her eyes: "I'm sorry, I saw the Duke, I really couldn’t hold back my instinctive reaction, so please bear with me.”
The words were soft and yet stinging. Wei Yanshan glanced at Princess Youzhou with a dark look: "Am I so unworthy of Princess Youzhou's eyes?"
Xiao Luolan said calmly: "Everyone has different eyes. Maybe the Duke is good in the eyes of others."
Wei Yanshan sneered: "Zhou Xu is good in your eyes?"
Xiao Luolan also sneered and said: "It's better than the Duke after all."
"Just because he can act in front of you?" Wei Yanshan wanted Princess Youzhou to look at him. He pinched her cheeks and forced her to look at him: "A slaughterer is like a pig or a dog, and he has killed thousands of people. The butcher, said he wanted to save this great Chu? Without Zhou Xu, all the counties in Youzhou would have been taken over by me. At that time, everyone in the court would be my people, and Youzhou would no longer have food, grass, soldiers, pay, armor, swords!"
"Without Zhou Xu, I can still lead the Shenwu Army to expel the Turks and rebuild the country!"
But there happened to be Zhou Xu!
Xiao Luolan's eyes became colder, and her words were like piercing people: "The Duke said that Zhou Lang was a butcher, so I ask the Duke, how can I recruit the Xun family who deliberately destroyed the river embankment and displaced thousands of people? Who is the prince of the Luoyang Order? Is he an executioner who just stands by and watches?"
"The Xun family's father and son deserved their death." Wei Yanshan said, "I have executed them to inform the world."
"Does the Duke think I'm a fool?" Xiao Luolan said sternly: "I'm going to use that deceptive rhetoric again, saying that the Duke didn't know what the Xun family was doing before. In my opinion, the Duke is either the mastermind or the mastermind behind the scenes. Profitable accomplice!”
Xiao Luolan has rarely been so aggressive. Her eyes are burning with the flames of hatred, burning people's hearts: "The Duke of the State and the Xun family are of the same species, both are people who have no regard for people's livelihood."
"In order to win, sometimes sacrifice is necessary. The princess accuses me of not taking people's lives as fate, so I will tell the princess that Zhou Xu has many more lives in his hands than me." Wei Yanshan approached Youzhou princess.
"One day it is the Duke's turn to sacrifice, I hope the Duke can be so righteous then." Xiao Luolan said sarcastically.
Wei Yanshan said calmly: "If Wei's various efforts fail, the fate will be whatever it is. I will have no complaints."
Xiao Luolan twitched the corner of his mouth.
Wei Yanshan looked at Princess Youzhou's cold and frosty side face. It seemed that there was always tension between the two of them.
It's really not as good as when the memory has not been restored.
Wei Yanshan looked out the window, his sleeves were full of wind, his eyebrows were sharp and cold.
Chapter 317
Xiangyang, Jingzhou.
Zhou Xu frowned and looked at the letter in his hand. He wanted to stay in Xiangyang for a while and wanted his good daughter to come over. Unexpectedly, Qingxue refused because she wanted to do her own thing in Guangling.
"This is really..." Zhou Xu looked through it again, feeling inexplicably melancholy.
He Jinchao on the side had nothing to say about Zhou Youzhou's family affairs. Madam Xiao not only sent a letter, but maybe she was worried that Zhou Youzhou would be angry, and also sent a lot of lychees. Gong Yangyan was the one who sent lychees this time. He followed Madam Xiao's instructions He said many good things about his instructions.
He Jinchao listened to the general idea. It was probably that Mrs. Xiao was very busy in Guangling and had no time to accompany her father, so she sent some lychees to her father to eat.
He Jinchao felt that Mrs. Xiao must be very favored, and there was a hint of envy and disappointment in her heart. When his father was here, he was also very favored at home. After he took the position of Jingzhou Jiedushi, people in the family really started to quarrel. It is insinuated that he recognized the thief as his uncle and ruined the inheritance of his ancestors.
He Jinchao just wanted to sneer. If his father's position is not passed on to him, should it be passed on to others? Should he pass it on to those greedy relatives in the family who are like wolves and tigers, and when they come to power, they will kill him and his mother and sister?
If it weren't for those people who secretly planned the assassination, his father would not have died. Therefore, He Jinzhao was very ruthless against those people in the family who had evil intentions.
With Zhou Youzhou on the side, the rebels were dealt with quickly.
Naturally, he also gave up some rights.
Including letting Youzhou soldiers stationed in Xiangyang, Fancheng, Jiangling and other places.
"The children have grown up and have their own things to do." Zhou Xu collected the letter and said cheerfully: "Today, these lychees are still fresh, they are a new batch sent from Lingnan. Take two baskets and give them to my sister-in-law and Xiaotang to try."
"Thank you, uncle." He Jinchao stood up and thanked him.
"There is no need for so many false etiquette between you and me." Zhou Xu said with a smile.
He Jinchao still did enough etiquette.
Gong Yangyan asked his servant to carry two baskets of ice-cold lychees and leave with He Jinchao. These two baskets of lychees are considered a rarity in today's hot June. It will be June soon, and there will be a severe drought. Except for It rained last month, but not a single raindrop was seen.
After the floods last year, a small epidemic occurred in Jianghuai, which happened just a little bit. This year there was another severe drought, and it was also a time of war. Gongyangyan sighed secretly, and then resigned knowingly.
Hu Dali waited until there was no one in the room, then stretched out his big hand to pick up a handful of lychees on the general's table, ate one, and thought about it: "This is a lychee."
Yang Dong couldn't stand Hu Dali's rudeness and said, "Colonel Hu, if you want to eat, just sit down and enjoy it."
"Why doesn't it taste good? I still have to feed it?" Hu Dali retorted. He scratched his rough beard and sat down.
"Okay, you all should share this plate." Zhou Xu pushed a plate full of fresh lychees on the table. Hu Dali happily took it and placed the plate between him and Yang Dong's table and chairs.
It's not that Yang Dong is greedy, but when he is given a gift, it often represents a kind of behavior of his own, so his serious face becomes a little lighter.
"The imperial court wanted He Langjun's eldest brother to be the governor of Jingzhou, and they even sent out an official document to tell the world, implying that He Langjun's official position was unfair." After Yang Dong finished eating, he got down to business: "My lord, Jingzhou's congratulations Do your family members want to beat it again?"
Hu Dali said irritably: "If you want me to just kill all the He family members, Jing Xiang is in our hands now anyway." He has simply been fed up with the obscure gibbering of some He family members in the past few days.
Yang Dong shouted: "You are out of your mind. Old Jingzhou, who died of illness, was my lord's sworn brother. If I do what you say, wouldn't I be trapping my lord into injustice?"
Although Jingzhou belongs to them now, they still have to show some respect to the He family.
Zhou Xu raised his eyelids and stopped the quarrel among the people below: "Let Jin Chao handle those He family members. I believe he will handle it well."
"Okay." Hu Dali ate another lychee.
"Last year's harvest was not high. Grain from Chang'an and Luoyang mainly relied on water transportation. Cui Langjun has controlled the main channel for transporting grain from the Jianghuai area to Chang'an." Yang Dong showed a smile: "Now, the secondary channel for transporting grain to Chang'an The passage, Jingxiang, has also been blocked by us. The two grain transportation passages into Chang'an have been blocked. Even though Luoyang has a world-famous granary, it cannot withstand such a waste. What's more, if Chang'an is short of food, Luoyang will need relief. .”
They have now cut off Chang'an's food supply. If the situation is good, there will be no food to satisfy hunger in Luoyang and Chang'an. If it continues for a long time, they will collapse without a fight, Yang Dongru thought, but he also knew that this battle would still have to be fought.
Hu Dali didn't show any joy when he heard Yang Dong's words. He knew the feeling of being hungry. He followed his lame sworn brother to Youzhou all the way to Youzhou because he had no food to eat. He looked sad again. Eat a lychee. During the war, the people at the bottom are the ones who suffer the most.
If this battle is fought, how many people will die, but if it is not fought, they will be the ones who die.
Zhou Xu looked outside the door, and his tooth general Zhang Yougong was walking quickly with one person. Without Zhang Yougong's notice, Zhou Xu knew who the civil servant behind him was in messy clothes and with red eyes.
"Thank you... Sir?" Yang Dong stood up, vaguely in disbelief. Hu Dali looked at him as if he was a scholar with a good background.
Xie Wanjun looked at Zhou Youzhou as soon as he came in. He gritted his teeth and said: "The Tang family, who is in-law with my Xie family, was executed by Wei Yanshan, and Qi Nanhua died! If we don't avenge this revenge, it will be unforgivable!"
He turned around and opened the wooden box held by the servant behind him. The weather was too hot, and the ice cubes in the wooden box had already turned into water. Blood trickled down along the cracks. When he saw the miserable figure in the box, Xie Wanjun's figure He took an unsteady step back, with tears streaming down his face, and shouted sadly: "I will never be a human unless I kill Wei Yanshan!"
Zhou Xu looked at the human head in the wooden box and closed it.
Yang Dong and Hu Dali looked at each other with angry expressions.
This is a naked provocation!
