Summer rain.
It always comes in a hurry and goes in a hurry.
The wind was strong and the rain was pouring for nearly half an hour.
The black cloud that seemed to be trying to completely collapse the entire sky had completely disappeared.
Not long after.
The strong winds have completely subsided, and the heavy rain has also stopped.
The dull, hot breath that originally permeated the world.
It also completely disappeared with the erosion of the violent storm.
Instead, there is a strong earthy fragrance and an indescribable feeling of coolness and comfort.
Unknowingly, the city of Chang'an, which had gone through nearly a thousand years of ups and downs, seemed to burst out with an indescribable vitality again.
In front of the Meridian Gate of the Imperial Palace.
Jin Wang Xu Zhen, wearing a heavy raincoat, took a deep breath of the fresh air after the storm.
Immediately, he took off the slightly heavy raincoat on his body and handed it over to the hands of the forest guard behind him.
After the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army behind him took over the raincoat in their hands.
Xu Zhen glanced deeply at the buildings and palaces that symbolized the power center of the entire country with complicated eyes.
He sighed deeply with mixed feelings in his heart.
After sighing.
Jin Wang Xu Zhen, full of mixed emotions, turned around and walked out of the Meridian Gate without looking back.
"My lord."
More than a quarter of an hour later, Xu Zhenfang arrived at the place where the officials parked their carriages.
The coachman of Prince Jin's Mansion, who had been waiting for an unknown amount of time, quickly drove forward, then bowed deeply and bowed his hands.
"Go home."
Xu Zhen nodded slightly, and then boarded the three-column green-covered carriage with the help of the coachman.
Not long after.
The carriage with three green hoods left the imperial city slowly and quickly.
Driving slowly through the streets and alleys of Chang'an City after the rain.
"Ripe fire crystal persimmons~"
"Freshly baked Hu Pancakes, big and round Hu Pancakes~"
"Water Basin Mutton~His Royal Highness King Yan's favorite water basin mutton, don't miss it if you pass by~"
"Ice crystal fruit drink~His Royal Highness King Yan taught you how to make ice, fresh fruits from Tianfu and Shu~Don't miss it if you pass by~"
"Watermelon, freshly picked big watermelon~! The best choice for clearing away heat and quenching thirst."
The cries of vendors along the way continued to pour into Xu Zhen's ears through the thick car curtains.
"Pause."
After hearing the words "His Royal Highness King Yan", Xu Zhen suddenly knocked on the carriage gently to call the driver.
"Uu~!"
"Your Majesty?"
Upon hearing this, the coachman quickly stopped the carriage, then turned and looked at the curtain behind him.
"Go buy two jars of ice crystal fruit drink."
Xu Zhen gave instructions.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Upon hearing this, the coachman quickly agreed, then jumped out of the carriage and walked quickly towards the street vendors.
since the beginning of summer.
As the temperature continues to rise.
The ice-making method spread from Yandi to Guanzhong has become more and more popular among thousands of people in Guanzhong.
King Yi of Yan was already deeply supported by thousands of people in Guanzhong for his disaster relief work.
With the continuous spread of Yandi's ice-making method, its position in the hearts of thousands of people in Guanzhong has been increasingly established.
It doesn't take a while.
The driver of the carriage of the Prince of Jin returned with two jars of ice crystal fruit drinks that were still cold.
Xu Zhen took the ice crystal fruit drink from the driver and tried it with the silver needle he carried in the carriage.
Then he poured a glass and drank it in one gulp.
The refreshing sweet and sour fruit drink is as soon as you take it into your stomach.
Xu Zhen felt a sense of relief all over his body.
The annoyance in my heart also subsided a little.
"Yier."
Xu Zhen poured another drink, then raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Unknowingly, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.
Doudou
After two or three quarters of an hour.
The three-column green-covered carriage stopped steadily in front of the transport gate of Prince Jin's Mansion.
"My lord."
"We've arrived at the transport gate."
The coachman jumped out of the carriage, quickly took a horse stool and placed it in front of the carriage, then bowed his hands and saluted.
"good."
Xu Zhen packed up two jars of ice crystal fruit drinks, then picked up the jars and walked out of the carriage.
Then, with the support of the coachman, he walked straight towards the carriage door.
Xu Zhenfang stepped across the tall carrying door threshold and stepped into the carrying door.
As far as the eye can see.
Two figures that should never appear here suddenly appeared in his sight.
And at this time, the two figures who should never appear here are in an unusually embarrassed state.
Seeing this scene, Xu Zhen couldn't help but tremble.
"S-Ugly?!"
After more than ten breaths, Xu Zhenfang stabilized his mind and tentatively called out.
The two embarrassed figures squatting in front of the steps of Chengyun Hall of Prince Jin's Mansion quickly looked up after hearing the sound.
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!"
After seeing the figure standing in front of Chengyun Gate clearly, the two middle-aged men who were over 40 years old couldn't help but have red eyes.
The words are over.
The two middle-aged men, who were called son and ugly by Jin Wang Xu Zhen, helped each other to stand up and limped towards the transport gate.
Wait until you get closer.
It was clearly visible that the bodies of Zi and Chou were already covered with black and purple blood.
See this scene.
Xu Zhen's expression couldn't help but change instantly.
Immediately, he no longer cared about the so-called royal majesty, and quickly walked towards Zi and Chou carrying two jars of ice crystal fruit drinks with slightly unsteady steps.
There are three secret guards under his command.
They are the Ten Heavenly Stems, the Twelve Earthly Branches, and the Hundred Guards of the Heart.
Among them, Shi Tianqian, who has the smallest number but the most powerful strength, has always been closely guarding the safety of him and Princess Jin.
Wenxin Baiwei, who had the largest number of people and was best at handling various "miscellaneous" matters, was later given to Xu Yi.
The Twelve Earthly Branches, whose strength is second only to the Ten Heavenly Stems and whose ability to handle "miscellaneous" matters is only slightly weaker than that of the Wenxin Baiwei.
He was left in the Jin Palace in the Western Regions to assist his eldest son Xu Jie and his second son Xu Ying in guarding the Western Regions.
The two people in front of him, Zi and Chou, were the two most powerful in terms of overall strength among the twelve Earthly Branches secret guards.
"Why are you so embarrassed?!"
"Did something happen in the Western Region?!"
"Where are Jie'er and Ying'er?!"
"How are the two of them doing now?!!!"
Xu Zhenxing asked Zi and Chou loudly with nervous expressions on their faces.
"Back...back to the prince."
"The two countries Yanqi and Gumo wantonly intercepted and killed our caravan."
"Hold high...hold high the banner of anti-Chou."
"Shi... His Majesty, after negotiating with him to no avail."
"Immediately mobilize soldiers and horses and send a letter to the capital."
"Unexpectedly, the letter has not left the city yet."
"Yanqi and Gumo have already led their armies to the capital city."
"And massively encircled and suppressed the people outside the city."
"When the prince saw this, he immediately ordered General Dai to personally lead five thousand soldiers and horses out of the city to meet the Yanqi and Gumo coalition forces."
"Unexpectedly, General Dai's army is at war with Yanqi and Gumo."
"Tens of thousands of Xiongnu cavalry emerged from the rear of Yanqi and Gumo."
"Seeing that General Dai is trapped."
"The Crown Prince immediately ordered the Second Young Master to personally lead eight thousand mighty tiger cavalry to rescue the siege."
"Although our army killed more than 6,000 enemies in this battle, we lost more than 4,000 soldiers and horses."
"General Dai was hit by dozens of arrows. Fortunately, he was protected by armor, so his injuries were not particularly serious."
"After the war, the crown prince personally interrogated the Hun prisoners."
"Since Hungary
Nu captives learned from their mouths that the Xiongnu Chanyu Yizhixie and the Xiongnu Zuoxian King Wuwei personally led hundreds of thousands of troops to the Western Regions. "
"After reporting on the news of troops going abroad to Kucha, we discussed with the King of Kucha."
"The prince immediately wrote another letter and ordered scouts eight hundred miles away to send it to Chang'an as soon as possible."
"Unexpectedly, after three days of leaving, the scouts were intercepted and killed by the Huns' cavalry. The Hun Aries King, who was stationed outside the city, even hung up the corpses of all the scouts he sent."
"In the next few days, the Crown Prince sent out several elite scouts, but without exception, they were all intercepted and killed by the Huns."
"In the end, there was really no other choice. The prince had no choice but to order his subordinates Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen and Si to each lead an elite scout."
"The soldiers sneaked out of the defensive city in separate groups..."
「……」
Upon hearing this, the secret guard quickly told all the information he knew in detail.
Wait until the secret guard tells the truth about all the information he knows.
Standing in front of the dark guard, Xu Zhen felt his eyes go dark, and his body fell to the side uncontrollably.
"Bang bang" sound.
Two jars of ice crystal fruit drinks fell to the ground.
Xu Zhen himself also fell heavily to the ground.
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!"
Seeing this scene, An Weizi and Chou were horrified and quickly leaned over to help and check.
"It's okay to be alone..."
"News... news can be sent to the cabinet..."
Xu Zhen slowly sat up with the help of An Weizi and Chou, and then asked quickly.
Among the six secret guards sent by Xu Jie, only two secret guards, Mao and Si, died in the battle.
The rest all gathered in Dunhuang County, Liangzhou one after another.
"Go back to your lord."
"Yin and Chen should have already arrived at the Imperial City with the people from the West City Governor's Mansion."
The dark guard replied quickly after hearing this.
"That's good, that's good."
"Fel the orphan to the Cunxin Hall to change clothes."
"Your Majesty will summon the orphan to the palace later."
Xu Zhen said with a slightly pale face.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Upon hearing this, An Weizi and Chou quickly helped Xu Zhen up from the ground.
Then he helped Xu Zhen from left to right and walked towards Cunxin Hall.
"My lord."
"My lord."
"My lord."
As soon as the three of them crossed Chengyun Hall, more than ten eunuchs rushed in instantly.
"There is nothing to do."
Xu Zhen waved his hand slightly to indicate that he was fine.
Then he looked at the first two eunuchs.
"Fuxiang goes to the stable."
"Order Chen Jiang to prepare a car and go to Chengyun Gate."
"Baoquan took the two of them to a good doctor to have their wounds treated properly."
Xu Zhen calmed down for a moment and then gave the order.
"My slave obeys the order."
"My slave obeys the order."
When the two eunuchs Fuxiang and Baoquan heard this, they immediately bowed and accepted the order.
"Your Majesty."
The secret guard looked at Xu Zhen with worried eyes.
"Lonely, let's go."
Xu Zhen broke away from the support of the two and waved his hands slightly.
The words are over.
Xu Zhen immediately walked towards the Circular Hall, passed through the Circular Hall and entered the Cunxin Hall.
"Your Majesty, someone is coming from the palace."
Xu Zhenfang and his party arrived at the Cunxin Hall. Before they had time to change their clothes, a eunuch came behind them.
"Please come to Chengyun Hall."
"Come here alone."
Xu Zhen paused for a moment, then spoke.
.......
.......
More than a quarter of an hour later.
Xu Zhen went to Chengyun Hall again.
「
His Majesty the King of Jin, Your Majesty has summoned you. "
"Please also ask His Highness Prince Jin to follow your slaves into the palace as soon as possible."
Xu Zhenfang and his party arrived at the Chengyun Hall, and Eunuch Chen, the eunuch who had been waiting for a long time, the eunuch Chen Eunuch, the Chief of Ceremonies, hurried to greet them with a look of anxiety on his face.
"good."
Xu Zhen nodded slightly, and then strode towards the outside of Chengyun Hall.
A quarter of an hour or two was not enough for him to think of a countermeasure.
But it was enough to make him completely regain his composure.
Three or four quarters of an hour later.
Xu Zhen followed the ceremonial supervisor and the eunuch to the outside of the Zichen Hall of the imperial palace again.
"Your Highness, Prince Jin, please wait a moment."
"This slave will enter the palace to announce the news."
Eunuch Chen bowed and saluted, and then walked straight towards the Zichen Palace.
Not long after.
Eunuch Chen quickly walked out of Zichen Hall.
"Your Highness, Prince Jin, please."
Eunuch Chen bowed to say goodbye.
Xu Zhen nodded slightly, and then walked towards the imperial study room of Zichen Palace without any delay.
During the three to four quarters of an hour on the way here, Xu Zhen had already repeatedly considered the situation in the Western Regions and the situation in the Zhou Dynasty.
After a while.
Xu Zhen went to Zichen Hall.
As far as the eye can see.
Most of the powerful officials and dignitaries who had attended the previous discussion had returned.
"My lord, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Xu Zhenxing walked five steps away from the Imperial Case, then calmed down for a moment, bent down and bowed deeply with his hands in hand.
"Return to your position."
Emperor Zhengde, who was sitting on the dragon chair, waved his hand with a slightly gloomy expression.
"My lord, I obey your order."
Xu Zhen once again bowed his hands and returned to his seat silently.
After more than ten breaths.
The huge imperial study room of Zichen Palace once again fell into a dead silence that could hear a needle drop.
The officials on the left and right sides of the royal study room in Zichen Palace looked at each other frequently.
In the huge imperial study room of Zichen Palace.
Except for Emperor Zhengde and Xu Zhen.
No one knows what happened anymore.
A quarter of an hour or two later.
All the powerful officials and dignitaries who had left earlier returned to the Imperial Study Room of Zichen Palace.
besides.
There was an additional person in the imperial study room of Zichen Palace who was not qualified to participate in the affairs of the small court.
And this person is Cheng Tong Shiwen, the censor in Yushitai.
As soon as this person arrives.
From the crown prince Xu Yong, to the chief assistant of the cabinet Shangguan Lu, down to several left and right governors of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
All expressions changed slightly.
Compared with the former Yushi Zhongcheng Chang Shuirong who died in the hands of Xu Yi.
The official work of Cheng Tong among the current imperial censors undoubtedly made many officials and dignitaries hate him.
"Circuit the memorial."
Wait until all the officials have arrived.
Emperor Zhengde, who was sitting on the dragon chair with a slightly gloomy expression, immediately issued an order.
"According to the order."
Upon hearing this, Zhan Zhu, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department, immediately bowed and saluted.
Then he walked towards a group of officials and dignitaries holding two memorials.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"Bachelor of Shangguan University."
The two memorials will be handed over to Prince Xu Yong and Shangguan Luhou, the chief minister of the cabinet respectively.
Zhan Zhu immediately turned back and returned to his position.
After Zhan Zhu leaves and returns to his place.
Xu Yong opened the memorial unhurriedly.
However.
Fang can't read it carefully for more than a hundred breaths.
Dense beads of sweat appeared on Xu Yong's fat forehead.
Shangguan Lu, who was also holding a memorial, had a calm expression on his face at this time.
But if you look closely, you can see that its pupils are frequently dilated.
It can be seen that at this time, his heart is not as calm as it appears on his face.
Two or three quarters of an hour later
.
When the two memorials were circulated around, they returned to the imperial court again.
The huge imperial study room of Zichen Palace was already tightly wrapped in an extremely strong and oppressive aura.
"Yi Zhixie and Wu Wei personally led the army to the Western Region."
"Yanqi and Gumo have returned to the Huns."
"If the Kucha Kingdom surrenders to the Huns again."
"The Western Region will be completely out of control."
Emperor Zhengde calmed down for a moment, and then named the key issues in a deep voice.
In his mouth, the Qiuci Kingdom, the Yanqi Kingdom and the Gumo Kingdom were the first, second and third largest countries in the Western Region respectively.
The three kingdoms of Qiuci, Yanqi and Gumo can already represent most of the Western Region to a certain extent.
