Empress Chu

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a cart approaching in the wilderness, three carts pulled by three oxen, and three or four people were sitting in each cart, including an old man with a white beard, a handsome young man, and a delicate pretty woman.

Followed by melodious music and women's singing.

These people are not fleeing with their families and taking refuge in bullock carts, but playing and singing.

The goatee pinched his beard and stared blankly.

"What are you doing?" He couldn't help asking.

Playing and singing didn't stop, one of the old men who was in charge of reciting looked at him and said with a smile: "It's been cloudy and windy for many days, today finally ushered in the warm winter sun, so it's natural to go out and celebrate."

What the hell is Yeyou Qinghe?What is the warm sun in winter?Goatee was even more stunned.

The old man laughed: "Guest officer, don't be offended, it's us scholars who are sour and fun."

When he laughed at himself, the others were not dissatisfied and started laughing too.

"Wangshan Gong, you are the most sour, you just recited your own poems and pretended to the ancients."

"Come on, listen to my off-beat playing."

The people on the bullock cart were noisy.

The goatee only felt that his ears were buzzing, and he was faintly annoyed. Are they laughing at him for being barbaric!

He interrupted them with a raised voice: "Of course I understand what you are talking about, and I often have fun like this."

The people on the bullock cart looked at him, not denying or questioning this, but nodding with a smile.

Their laughs made Goatee even more uncomfortable.

"But now, big, big, Xiliang is already at war." Goatee stumbled and said in a deep voice, "The war is tense and the situation is critical, why are you still in the mood to go wild? Shouldn't you hide in your home in the city? "

After his words fell, the men on the bullock cart laughed, and even the three women among them were not frightened.

"Guest officer, the battle happened in the border county, so there is no need for everyone to be at risk." The old man laughed, "And there is General Chu Ling in Yunzhong County, and the general is in charge of the guards. There is nothing to panic about in Little Xiliang. of."

After finishing speaking, I put my hands down and played the piano, and the guqin was clanging, and a piece of music broke through the formation and played coldly.

With the sound of his piano, flute, and singing, the ox cart slowly passed the goatee and the group went into the wilderness.

The goatee rode a horse and stood staring, his face clouded.

"If you have Chu Ling's husband as the gate, you can't open it." He said slowly, with deep hatred in his eyes, "It has been more than ten years, and Chu Ling is going to die, and these people still trust him so much."

The entourage whispered at the side: "Although more than ten years have passed, General Wei Chu Ling's military exploits are too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people."

"Those military exploits were forged with our flesh and blood." Goatee said through gritted teeth.

It's not that he doesn't understand these people's trust in Chu Ling, even if he hears Chu Ling's name in Great Liang, even if he doesn't mention his name, just mentioning the word General Wei can make many people fear.

He even suspected that Emperor Daxia did not add officials to Chu Yu because he deliberately let him keep the title of General Wei, which was a nightmare for the people of Great Liang.

Although the king has been preparing for the battle for many years, if King Zhongshan hadn't sent a private message saying that Chu Yu was going to die, he wouldn't have dared to fight Chu Yu now.

In addition, the emperor is also dead, and now the emperor is a six-year-old child. This is the best chance and the only chance for the king of Daliang—the messenger of the king of Zhongshan said with a smile, it seems that he wants to betray the country and lure wolves, But it also seemed threatening.

After Chu Ling died and the emperor replaced him, would King Daliang even have no chance to fight Daxia?

The goatee twisted his beard and squinted his eyes, and he could no longer see the scholars traveling in the ox cart, but their laughter and singing still echoed in his ears.

"It's not like it used to be," he said. "We should give everyone a reminder."

The entourage guessed his thoughts and hesitated a little: "It's a secret matter that King Zhongshan let us in. If we do something here, will he be exposed?"

Goat Hu smiled: "Don't worry, since King Zhongshan dared to let us in, he has his own way to prevent himself from being exposed." After speaking, he looked at the wilderness scholar who had long been invisible in the wilderness, his smile became ferocious, and he raised his hand with a wave.

He doesn't know the elegance of a scholar playing music and songs in the wild because the sun is out, but he still knows one thing about elegance, that is, being a ghost under the peony flower is also romantic.

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The flames were burning in the wilderness. Standing on the city wall, many people could be seen fleeing.

"Hurry up, hurry up." The county magistrate stood on the city wall, stamping his feet anxiously.

Hurry up, run into the city before the thieves arrive.

But stomping could not shrink the ground into an inch, and soon behind these running people, a group of galloping horses and horses appeared. They did not wear armor, held crossbows in their hands, and carried long knives behind them. Their heads and faces were wrapped in scarves, and they screamed. Strange howling, like a wild wolf.

People who saw this scene on the city wall exclaimed: "They are coming!"

The people who had already run close to the city gate rushed into the city in even more panic, and shouts of "close the city gate" sounded from above their heads.

When the county magistrate, who had been feeling cold all over, was shocked when he heard the shout, he came back to his senses.

"The city gates cannot be closed!" he yelled, "There are still hundreds of people outside."

Of course the officials knew it too, and they also saw the galloping thieves drawing bows and shooting arrows, and the running people kept falling down and dying.

"My lord." They said in a mournful voice, "If the gates of the city are not closed, and Xiliang thieves rush into the city, thousands of my people will die."

The county magistrate looked back at the city, the originally bustling streets had fallen into chaos, countless people were running, crying, and the doors and windows were closing, but if they really came in, how could those doors and windows block the fire of swords and guns——

"Wolf smoke, is the wolf smoke lit?" the county magistrate asked.

The officials nodded, but their expressions were still sad: "My lord, all the military defenses of Yunzhong County are at the border and cannot support us. The garrisons of other counties and cities in the rear are too far away, and I heard that there is an order from the imperial court that the garrisons in various places are not allowed to go to Yunzhong without authorization." Come from Zhongjun—"

They used to be thankful that they were far away from the border. Who would have thought that one day they would be ineffective every day.

I can't care about those people anymore, the gates of the city must be closed, and the city is the only thing to rely on.

The county magistrate naturally knew this truth. He looked forward, and the thieves were getting closer and closer to the people. The thieves in the front had already put away their bows and arrows, took off their swords, and laughed wildly at the fleeing people——

The people have nowhere to go, and the city gate ahead is their only way of life.

The county magistrate turned to look at the city wall and shouted, "How many servants do we have?"

The officials were startled: "My lord, what are you going to do?"

The county magistrate said: "I can't just watch the people die. I want to kill the enemy and stop them so that everyone can enter the city."

He looked at the guards again.

"I and you are the king's salary and are supported by the people. Today, you are willing to work with me to rescue the people and our own family members, the city?"

The guards raised their knives and guns: "Yes!"

"My lord." The officials grabbed the county magistrate, knelt down, their voices choked up, "I can't go, this is sending me to my death."

The county magistrate looked at the wilderness outside the city. More and more people were about to be chased and killed. The people cried out in despair.

"Death without regret." He said, throwing off the officials, striding down the city gate.

More than [-] guards followed closely behind him.

"When all the people enter the city, close the city gate."

The county magistrate threw out the last sentence.

"Don't worry about my life and death."

The officials knelt down on the city pool, sobbing with their heads on the ground.

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In the winter of the fifth year of Yongning, Gao County of Shangjun encountered Xiliang infiltrating, burning, killing and looting, and the county magistrate led 30 servants to fight to the death.

Outside Yunzhong County, there are also wolves everywhere.

Chapter 54 Incitement

Xiao Xun looked at the city gate not far away. The city gate of Yunzhong County was noisier than before, with countless people trying to squeeze in.

There are more soldiers and horses stationed, and there are many more generals with unfamiliar faces, staring at every passing person, and the passing cars can't wait to be dismantled for inspection.

"Calm down." A few officials announced loudly, "We haven't called from Xiliang, and our Zhongshan County is safe."

But these words did not appease the people in the slightest.

"Those Xiliang soldiers have all appeared outside Yunzhong County!"

"Many villages and towns have been burned, killed and looted!"

"Bian County has been breached!"

"Don't guard here, go to reinforce Bianjun!"

"Let us in—"

The noise was even worse than before, and the soldiers were about to use their weapons to arrest people.

Xiao Xun stopped looking at this side and turned back to Zhongshan Palace.

The atmosphere in King Zhongshan's mansion seemed to be different. King Zhongshan was sitting in the Taoist temple, his face slightly gloomy, and he was stroking his injured leg with one hand.

This is his habitual action when thinking.

"Father, people from Xiliang really can't stand on the stage." Xiao Xun said.

King Zhongshan said: "It's not surprising that barbarians do such a thing."

Xiao Xun frowned: "It doesn't take us seriously at all, and doesn't care if it will cause us trouble."

The sudden appearance of soldiers and horses from Xiliang in places other than Yunzhong County will inevitably lead to inquiries. How did these people bypass the defense line and enter the mainland?

Although I believe that my father does everything well, but as long as things are done, there will always be traces, especially these unreliable Xiliang people, and there are two very difficult people in the court——

Once a problem is found, their plans will also be disrupted.

King Zhongshan smiled: "Don't worry, it won't affect us. Someone is more troublesome than us. Let's fan the flames and bring all the trouble to him."

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Although the official did not announce that places other than Yunzhong County were attacked by Xiliang, the news could not be hidden. Following the private letters from the aristocratic families and urgent letters from business travelers, it only took three or four days to reach the capital.

People from Xiliang suddenly appeared in Shangjun, shock and fear shattered the people's trust in Chu Ling.

In the blink of an eye, no one said that Chu Ling was there, and there was nothing to worry about Xiliang's invasion. Instead, why did Chu Ling lead troops to guard Yunzhong County after more than ten years?

At this time, someone asked Chu Ling who he was, and he was said to be a criminal official, who was punished by the late emperor to stay in the border county for more than ten years, and he was still a general of the guard after more than ten years.

"Why let a guilty General Wei face the Xiliang army!"

"Because his daughter became queen!"

There are more and more discussions on the streets of restaurants and teahouses in the capital, and whispers are also heard in the inner courtyards of aristocratic families.

Now during the war, the national crisis is at the forefront, and the park is cancelled, but the aristocratic families move around more frequently. First, the more tense they are, the more they need to exchange news, and the second is that the old and new courts need to make friends again.

It's cold in winter, and even wearing a cloak can't keep out the cold. The girls ran from the garden to warm the room, talking and laughing.

In the warming room, there were already four or five girls talking around the fireplace, their expressions were angry and contemptuous, but when they saw these people approaching, their voices stopped immediately.

The atmosphere is slightly off.

Chu Tang stopped.

A girl stood up and saluted with a smile: "Miss Chu."

But two girls didn't stand up or stand up, and turned their heads away, as if they didn't bother to see the person coming.

This situation is still rare, not to mention that Chu Tang has a queen cousin now, even when she was just a daughter of the Chu family, everyone was very kind to Chu Tang—no power, no power, not worth fighting against.

Why is Chu Tang so powerful now that he dares to treat her badly?

Qi Leyun couldn't understand what these girls were thinking: "What do you mean?"

Those two girls are not even afraid of Chu Tang, how could they be afraid of Qi Leyun, one of them had a half-smile: "What's wrong with us? Why are you angry? Because we didn't salute Miss Chu Tang?"

Before Qi Leyun could speak, the other girl turned her head, with sharp eyebrows and eyes: "Why do we salute Miss Chu Tang? In terms of age, we are of the same generation, and in terms of family background, we are officials. Miss Chu Tang's family is not an official—"

She glanced at Chu Tang.

"The Chu family has a queen, but Miss Chu Tang has no imperial concubine."

"We pay respects when we see the empress, but if we don't pay respects when we see Miss Chu Tang, is it a crime?"

The girls were playing together, quarreling and talking a lot, but never before, Qi Leyun was stunned, why did he just talk about this and that——

She became even more angry: "Is that what I mean? You know what I mean when you look like this."