The delay in dispatching troops after Emperor Xian was assassinated gave the people of Youzhou City a breath of relief. The people in the city could live comfortably. Every household smiled and wished Emperor Xian would never get better.
The Youzhou Mansion is also full of joy. Great things have happened to the King of Youzhou just after he succeeded to the throne. It seems to be a good sign, so of course he must celebrate it. The King of Youzhou held a banquet and invited the ministers of the DPRK and China to celebrate. During the banquet, they discussed the future defense of Youzhou City and proposed vigorously producing and promoting the iron smelting industry.
The news that King Youzhou held a banquet to celebrate reached Emperor Jiang's ears and made him vomit blood, and his injuries became aggravated.
Two months later, Emperor Xian recovered from his injuries and began to launch an army to attack Youzhou City again. It would be difficult for the Emperor of Xinjiang to feel at ease if Nan Guo Zhen did not die and Youzhou City was not razed to the ground.
God wanted to help the Southern Kingdom to revitalize, and just when the Emperor of Jiang was asking the Emperor to send troops to attack Youzhou City, it rained heavily for several months. The country is a low-lying land, and with such rainfall, most of the territory of the country was submerged by floods, making the emperor of the country restless all day long.
When floods arose, the emperor could only send troops to build embankments to resist the floods. There were no extra soldiers to attack Youzhou City.
When the flood receded, the plague broke out again in Xinjiang, and the people in Xinjiang were really miserable.
Floods have caused food harvests to be lost, and now there is a plague that has made the country even worse. The country's national strength has suddenly declined to five years. At this time, some of the subordinate kingdoms took advantage of the situation and imitated King Youzhou and proclaimed themselves kings. The smaller princes who did not proclaim themselves kings also had their own agendas.
The country of Xinjiang is currently facing internal and external troubles, and the Emperor of Xinjiang has too much to take care of himself. How can he have the extra manpower and material resources to attack Youzhou City!
ten years later
There was a large, luxurious ship crossing the broad river. Standing on the bow was a woman in purple clothes, covered with a purple silk scarf, and followed by a maid. The woman in purple clothes has a graceful figure, fluttering purple clothes, and long hair flying in the air. All boats passing by the river can't help but stop or slow down, just to see the beauty of the woman in purple clothes.
This luxurious ship docked at Youzhou Ferry. The woman in purple was helped off the ship by her maid, followed by ten men dressed as merchants. Two of them were carrying two large boxes. .
When disembarking from the boat, the woman in purple also reminded the man carrying two large boxes to be careful. It seemed that the boxes contained valuable things.
The woman in purple came to a teahouse called 'Yipincha' outside the city gate and stopped. She turned around and said, "We won't go into the city yet, just have a sip of tea here."
"Yes, Miss Zilan." The maidservant and ten men behind her bowed and responded.
From the door, you can see that the business of this 'Yipincha' teahouse is quite booming, but there are no tables left on the first floor. "Let's go up to the second floor and take a look."
The owner of the teahouse had very smart eyes, and he could tell at a glance that the woman in purple must be from the North Country, or maybe a noble from the North Country, because their clothes were very gorgeous.
This Miss Zilan was so beautiful that her appearance made the teahouse heated up. They were all talking about how unstoppable King Youzhou was and how General Yu Wenyan made the enemy army frightened. The teagoers all turned their attention with dumbfounded eyes. To Miss Zilan. Even the teahouse owner, who was not a womanizer, couldn't control himself and greeted her with a smile. He asked, "Welcome! Welcome! What kind of tea would this distinguished guest and beauty want?"
Miss Zilan glared at the teahouse owner sharply and said, "There are so many of us that we have to go to the second floor. There are still free seats on the second floor."
"There are a few empty tables on the second floor, which can accommodate ten guests." The teahouse owner calmed down his expression, made an invitation, and replied seriously.
Miss Zilan followed the teahouse owner to the second floor. There are eight tables on the second floor, three of them are occupied, the remaining five are empty, and Miss Zilan's people sit at three tables.
"My beautiful guest, what kind of tea would you like? Our store has top-quality black tea, green tea and flower and fruit tea." The teahouse owner asked Miss Zilan.
"Is there nothing else in your shop besides tea?" Miss Zilan asked.
"Others? In addition to tea, my shop also prepares some snacks, such as a pastry, a plate of peanuts or stir-fried side dishes." The teahouse owner replied.
"We are hungry after coming from afar. We want three pastries, three plates of peanuts, and some fried side dishes." Miss Zilan said cheerfully.
"Okay, okay, what kind of waiter do you want to hire?"
"What dishes do you have in your store?" Miss Zilan asked again.
"What guests want to eat is on the wall." The teahouse owner pointed to the front wall and said, "Stir-fried beef with fresh fungus, stir-fried chicken and phoenix tail with eight mushrooms, lucky pig's feet, eight-fruit treasure, stir-fried paddy duck with chives, etc."
Miss Zilan looked at the ordering wall, where there were many signs with the names of the dishes. Miss Zilan pointed to the three brands of stir-fried beef with fresh fungus, stir-fried chicken and phoenix tail with eight mushrooms, and stir-fried paddy duck with chives, and said, "You need one portion of each of these three dishes! And the eight-fruit treasure?"
OK!
"Eight Fruits Treasure is a dish made from eight kinds of fruits: lily, walnut, bergamot, peanut, snow lotus seed, red date, cashew nut, and pine cone. This dish is the most sweet and sour, and the most suitable for women to eat. It also has beautifying effects, can you please have a copy?" the teahouse owner asked.
"Okay, then I want one." Miss Zilan replied readily.
"Then, what kind of tea would you like to drink?" the teahouse owner asked.
"A pot of flower and fruit tea." Miss Zilan replied cheerfully.
"Okay, it seems that your guest is from the North. People from the North have a bold temperament and like to drink flower and fruit tea the most," the teahouse owner said.
Miss Zilan glanced at the teahouse owner with hostility. It seemed that her identity was discovered by the shrewd and careful teahouse owner.
The teahouse owner quickly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly apologized, "Don't be nervous, don't worry, I just want to talk and ask, I have no other intention." After apologizing, the teahouse owner went downstairs to prepare tea for Miss Zilan.
"Did you hear about it? When King Youzhou came to the world, something strange appeared in the sky of Youzhou City. Some people saw a real dragon flying through the clouds in the sky, and hundreds of magpies flying on Youzhou City. The people in the city There are rumors that King Youzhou is the reincarnation of the King of the Southern Kingdom. He died and was reincarnated to seek revenge on the King of Jiang. Not to mention that King Youzhou really had the kingly demeanor of the King of the South. Just the day before yesterday, our King of Youzhou only led 30,000 soldiers. We captured Fengzhou City. Fengzhou City had 70,000 soldiers, and our King Youzhou captured the city in just seven days."
A scholar in white clothes, holding a paper fan, stood on a stool and praised the King of Youzhou in a colorful manner, saying how wise and unstoppable the King of Youzhou was. He said that King Youzhou was really the reincarnation of the Southern King. .
"I heard it! I heard it! The soldiers of King Youzhou bravely and quickly attacked the granary in Fengzhou City and burned it to the ground; Yu Wenyan led five thousand elite soldiers to attack the south gate of Fengzhou City; General Yu Wenyan led an army Thousands of soldiers attacked the north gate of Fengzhou City. Three Route Army troops attacked from a flank and beat Fengzhou Marquis into a panic and fled. However, our General Yu Wenyan swung his sword away and his head flew ten feet away. "A scholar in blue, also holding a paper fan, stood on the stool and bowed to the scholar in white.
When Miss Zilan heard the scholar in blue mention 'Yu Wenyan', her heart palpitated. Why was this name so familiar? She had a good impression of General Yu Wenyan!
The scholar in white nodded to the scholar in blue in return, and then sighed and said, "It's a pity that I am a weak scholar, otherwise I would have joined the army and went into battle with King Youzhou to kill the enemy!"
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