I am fish

Dayu Capital, Runing.

Dawn is about to break, and the overnight spring rain is about to stop. Although there is no water on the bluestone pavement, it is slippery.Hiding in the thick night, a fast horse galloped along Suzaku Avenue and headed for the main gate of the Forbidden Garden.The two streams of white air exhaled by the horse's nose continuously merged into the mist, and Yong'an Gate, the main gate of the Forbidden Garden, was like a beast dormant in the dark night, swallowing the fast horse and the messenger into its stomach in the blink of an eye.

Immediately, the messenger rushed all the way back from the north, and the armor seemed to still carry the cold frost and blood of the north.

According to Da Yu's law, riding a horse and running wildly in the forbidden garden is a capital crime of beheading. It is credible that holding the emperor's documents can travel unimpeded, and no one dares to stop him.Galloping all the way to the front of the Tai Chi Hall, the courier's legs were weak when he got off the horse, and he swayed so hard that he didn't fall down. He took the bamboo tube containing the urgent letter, held Xiao ran into the hall with both hands, and presented it to the emperor.

The door of the palace was opened, and the warm candle light poured out, illuminating the stone steps but not piercing the mist produced by the cold rain in the spring night.

The emperor Li Ju sat behind the table, flanked by servants who lit lamps and served tea, Li Ju's facial features could not be seen clearly under the candlelight, only a pair of eyes that were also inherited from the former emperor and very similar to Li Yanyi shone brightly in the shadows.What was different from Li Yanyi was that Li Ju's eyes were less eager to win and more gloomy.

Seeing the messenger come in, without waiting for him to salute, Li Ju directly said: "No need to salute, quickly bring the letter to the widow."

"No!" The waiter said, and presented the bamboo tube that was returned to the table.

Li Ju took out the cloth from the bamboo tube, and there were only two lines on it: sow in the first month, harvest in May.After receiving it, its stems and roots will regenerate and ripen in September.

These two sentences come from "Guangzhi", which seem to be describing rice cultivation, but are actually a secret signal from him and Xie Fuchen, which means that Xie Fuchen has already arrived in Mengliang, an important town on the northern front line, and the matter of recruiting soldiers and horses has achieved initial results. The task of delivering 20 vehicles can be completed.

Li Ju's gloomy eyes suddenly became more radiant, and he lit the cloth and silk, and the waiter at the side hurriedly handed over the copper basin, watching the cloth burn into a ball of ashes in the copper basin, without leaving any writing, Li Ju waved his hand in relief Remove it.

Xie Fuchen's secret trip to the north was exactly at his behest.As the Son of Heaven, it is impossible for him to go to a place suitable for hiding soldiers without being alarmed. Empress Dowager Geng and Li Yanyi's eyes are all over Runing and even the whole of Dayu. Shi and Li Yanyi reported.

It's really absurd, everyone says that the whole world is the king's land, but I am the emperor but I can't leave this square inch of land!The Forbidden Garden is just like its name, it is a garden of imprisonment, and I am firmly trapped in it.

Although his every move is being followed, he is not alone, he also has a confidant Humerus.At that time, Xie Fuchen, the censor Zhongcheng who was in charge of supervising and impeaching officials, was the hand he extended out of the Forbidden Garden.This hand is extremely powerful and versatile, capable of accomplishing all his vengeance one by one.

Everyone knows that Da Yu's current son, Li Ju, is not the Empress Dowager's own flesh and blood, and her biological mother was a maidservant who used to serve the Empress Dowager to comb her hair.

But the world only knows that the first emperor's descendants are weak, but they don't know the reason.

Although the Geng family who was still a queen gave birth to the princess Li Yanyi, she was unable to conceive again and give birth to a prince due to physical damage during childbirth.Among the concubines and concubines, most of the pregnant ones had difficulty giving birth, either miscarriage or dystocia. Occasionally, a prince was born, or died early or had chronic illnesses and stayed in bed all year round. Not a single one was a healthy adult.The reason for this may only be known to Geng.

The Geng family, who had never had any children, dedicated the beautiful hair-combing maid, Zhang family, to the late emperor in order to consolidate his successor.Mrs. Zhang is gentle and beautiful, and because she has been serving Mrs. Geng for many years, she knows that the emperor likes it. After receiving several favors, she became pregnant, and after giving birth to the prince, she was named a beloved man.This prince is Li Ju.

One year after Li Ju was born, the nearly thirty-year-old Geng suddenly became pregnant, but the fetal image was unstable, and there was a danger of miscarriage.In order to save Li Ju's life, Li Ju's biological mother, Mrs. Zhang, served carefully in front of Mrs. Geng every day as she did when she was a maid.No matter how irritable Geng was during her pregnancy, she gritted her teeth and endured it without a single complaint.

In August of the following year, the Geng family gave birth to a healthy baby boy on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Zhang Liangren stayed up all night looking up at the sky, as if smelling the imminent disaster, he was so thin that he lost his shape.She served the Geng clan for so long because she was afraid that she would kill Li Ju for the crown prince if she really gave birth to the first prince.

Fortunately, the meticulous service won Geng's trust and saved Li Ju's life.

The emperor was overjoyed at the birth of his son, and when the little prince was a hundred days old, he issued an edict to make him a prince, amnesty and the whole country celebrated together.

The emperor and empress cherished this son-in-law who came so easily, and all the food and clothing for the prince were prepared by Mrs. Geng herself, and the wet nurses used were also screened carefully without any flaws.And the emperor invited the world's great Confucianism to be the third teacher of the prince when the prince was enlightened.The prince was young and intelligent, and the empress devoted all her efforts to raising him, and she cherished the gift that God bestowed on them.

But no one thought that the prince was infected with the plague when he was ten years old, he couldn't afford it, and died within a month.

The empress dowager was devastated, and the emperor also fell seriously ill, unable to go to court for several months.And the Geng family took Li Ju from Zhang Liangren to raise him in his own palace one month after the crown prince died of illness.

Following the premature death of the prince, a plague broke out in Runing City that lasted for half a year.

The emperor ordered people to thoroughly investigate the inside story of the prince's plague, only to find out that it was the maid of the East Palace who privately exchanged love poems with the lover outside the palace, and the lover was one of the first people to suffer from the plague.

In a rage, the emperor executed all the maidservants in the Prince's East Palace and the servants of the Huangmen, and the maids and lovers in private meetings were expelled from the barbarians.

Not long after the matter was thoroughly investigated, Zhang Liangren also passed away due to illness, and Li Ju became the only son of the late emperor.At that time, the Geng family was nearly 37 years old, and no matter how many miraculous medicines he had taken, he could not conceive, and the body of the emperor was also dying from the pain of losing his son, and the matter of establishing a reserve was imminent.

In desperation, Li Ju was named the prince the next year.

If it wasn't for the early death of the former prince, it would never be his turn for a prince who has never been favored by the emperor to succeed to the throne. Zhang Liang knew about this, and Li Ju knew it even more.

Li Ju was only 14 years old when he came to the throne, and the Empress Dowager Geng listened to the government behind the curtain, and all state affairs had to be carried out through her hands.

He will never forget the gaze stabbed at his back by Mrs. Geng sitting behind the bead curtain in the early court.At the beginning of his tenure, he struggled and was restricted everywhere.Every sentence must be approved by the Queen Mother, and there is no place to stand above the court, it is a pure display.If there is anything wrong, he will be called to the empress dowager's bedroom after resigning from the court, and Li Yanyi will criticize him for what he should do, while the empress dowager will keep lamenting, thinking about her dead emperor's son. How good it should be.

Li Ju knew that he was just a puppet. What Geng and Li Yanyi wanted was an obedient puppet emperor. All the political power and military power were held by the mother and daughter. The first step is to take back what is rightfully his.

It's just that the Geng family is treacherous and cunning, and Li Yanyi is ruthless, so it is very difficult to wrest even a little bit of power from them.

Li Ju had already had many gray hairs when he was weak.

Fortunately, he has a good empress who is gentle and virtuous and knows his sufferings, and she is by his side without any complaints or regrets to enlighten and comfort him; he also has veterans such as the head of the state Hussar General Feng Kun and Yushi Zhongcheng Xie Fuchen who secretly support him, so that he can take advantage of the empress dowager's illness. Take back some authority when it matters.

Li Ju regretted it very much now, regretted that he did not listen to Xie Fuchen's words back then, and took advantage of the Queen Mother's illness to kill the Queen Mother, otherwise he would not have angered her because of the power struggle, wanted to abolish the emperor and made the eldest princess the empress.

Thinking of Li Yanyi, Li Ju felt even more angry.

This eldest princess is becoming more and more unscrupulous now. Yesterday's newspaper wrote that she raised money and money from prominent families in Nanya County, and she used the name of the emperor to commit treason in the name of the emperor!Many aristocratic families in Nanya really flattered and flattered her, and the Wang family even offered to Li Yanyi all the [-] carts of grain they wanted to hand over to the court.

A group of people who follow others have no sense of shame!Li Ju threw out his anger immediately after reading this book, smashing the forehead of the little Huangmen red.

Li Ju pulled the little yellow door into the room and beat and kicked. After venting for a while, he rearranged his clothes and calmed down.

Fortunately, Xie Zhongcheng still has a plan, even if the [-] carts of food are taken away, there is nothing to fear.

Li Ju knew that as long as the time was right, the Empress Dowager and Li Yanyi would not allow him to live. He was afraid that he would die of illness like his biological mother, Zhang, and leave another letter to Li Yanyi.

He needed to make preparations early, that's why he secretly ordered Xie Fuchen to station troops secretly in Mengliang.Meng Liang was extremely close to the northern front in order to use the chaos of war as a cover to prevent the conscription from being discovered.Once Li Yanyi wants to rebel, even if he fights to the death, he will never let the country fall into the hands of wicked women like the Queen Mother and the Eldest Princess.

Now Xie Fuchen's deployment of troops is very smooth, as long as the marriage is a foregone conclusion, and Da Yu and Chong Jin become allies, the disaster of war can be solved.Even Li Yanyi's 20 carts of grain would be useless.At that time, the [-] troops from the north must have been beyond the expectations of the Queen Mother and Li Yan.The time when the soldiers meet is the time for the death of this monstrous mother and daughter!

Li Ju wrote a sentence in "Duan Ge Xing": The mountains are never too high, and the sea is never too deep.The Duke of Zhou vomits and feeds, and the world returns to its heart.

After writing, stuff it into a bamboo tube and throw it to the servant, saying, "Go quickly, don't delay."

"promise!"

The servant handed it over to the messenger who was guarding outside the palace. The messenger's figure melted into the night again, and the sound of horseshoes echoed in the palace wall for a long time.

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Zhen Wenjun recovered from his injury for a few days and began to itch.Even though there was still some pain, it did not prevent her from getting out of bed and jumping around.Seeing that she was fine, Wei Tingxu asked Lingbi to pack up and head northwest.

Zhen Wenjun looked at Wei Tingxu's customs clearance documents openly and aboveboard, and he really wanted to go back to Suichuan.

Li Yanyi has already taken away the 900 carts of grain from Wang Jin's direct line, and the 1000 carts that Wang Jin picked up for nothing are still in the hands of Zhen Wenjun. Organized into the cart, the less the vehicle, the easier it is to travel.Zhen Wenjun assembled more than [-] cars for a long time, and Wei Tingxu asked her to split the more than [-] cars into three roads and head towards Suichuan.

"It's a long journey this time, so don't put all your eggs in the same basket." Wei Tingxu said.

"Sister, is she afraid that the Xie family will make trouble along the way?"

"It's not just Xie's family. On this journey, good people have been forced to become bandits by the famine. How can there be no reason not to rob the grain carts."

What Wei Tingxu said was right, the places he passed were full of starving corpses, ranging from eighty-year-olds down to infants, and there were many beggars.Nanya can be regarded as a land of wealth and wealth, but the further you go northwest, the colder and more desolate it becomes, and the more victims there will be.

Wei Tingxu asked Zhen Wenjun and Lingbi to leave ten carts of grain with them, and they went all the way to release the grain.

"Although I can't save all the people of Da Yu, I can still do my best."

Zhen Wenjun was riding on the white clouds and flying snow, and seeing Wei Tingxu sitting outside the carriage, he insisted on seeing the miserable scene of the famine.

Most of the time, Zhen Wenjun couldn't see through Wei Tingxu's mind, and felt that the emotions revealed in her eyes were deceiving.But Wei Tingxu is so real at this time, she is really feeling the country and people, feeling the pain brought by the disaster.This bitterness was reflected from her pupils, it was true.

Zhen Wenjun slowed down his horse and quietly followed Wei Tingxu, walking side by side with her.

Wei Tingxu asked the groom to drive the car to a place where there were many refugees. When these very hungry refugees saw the grain truck, they wanted to grab it. Wei Tingxu's capable guards stopped him and killed the most craziest and disobedient. After three days, he finally calmed down.

"If you want to eat, line up here." Wei Tingxu's voice was not loud, but it was powerful and quickly worked.Immediately, hundreds of refugees who were starving to death formed a column, and Zhen Wenjun asked them to prepare their pockets and come one by one to pick up rice.Xiaohua and Lingbi unscrewed the slot under the rice bucket, and the rice flowed out with a splash. When the refugees saw the rice they hadn't seen for a long time, two lines of tears flowed down, and two muddy ditches were formed on their dirty faces. The ground is grateful to Wei Tingxu.

A ragged woman in her 40s, holding her grandson in her arms, came to kowtow to Wei Tingxu, thanking her for saving her life.

Seeing that the baby was crying, Wei Tingxu asked the woman to comfort the baby to her.

Unexpectedly, the baby cried even more when it was in her arms, Wei Tingxu and the woman were a little embarrassed.

"Lingbi, can you coax a baby?" Wei Tingxu asked Lingbi beside him against the baby's crying.

Lingbi was dumbfounded: "This, I really can't."

Wei Tingxu turned his eyes around, and directly bypassed Xiaohua and asked Zhen Wenjun: "Sister, can you find a way to make him stop crying?"

Zhen Wenjun, whose actual age is only 15 years old, couldn't believe that Wei Tingxu would ask such an innocent question: "Sister, I haven't given birth, so there is nothing I can do."

"Want to try it?"

Zhen Wenjun had no choice but to take the baby, imitating the old nanny of the Xie family in Suichuan, holding the baby in her arms and shaking it gently. Unexpectedly, the child really stopped crying and smiled at Zhen Wenjun.

"He laughed." Zhen Wenjun excitedly said to Wei Tingxu.

Wei Tingxu let out a "huh" and said, "It seems that my sister Wenjun will be a good mother in the future."

When Zhen Wenjun heard this, he almost threw the child out on the spot.

Returning the child to the woman, Wei Tingxu still had a smile on his face, when suddenly a dog barking made her change color suddenly.

At first, Zhen Wenjun didn't notice that there were three or five stray dogs gathered nearby with fierce eyes.They were so hungry that they were looking for food all the time. Seeing the movement of Demi, they couldn't help but stop and look a little longer, as if they were planning something.

Wei Tingxu looked at the dogs in horror, with obvious fear.

The dogs turned quickly when they received her gaze, and Wei Tingxu suddenly called out: "Mr. Wen!"

Zhen Wenjun didn't know what happened, thought there was an assassin, and wanted to investigate on horseback, but saw Wei Tingxu who was sitting in the carriage eagerly opened his arms to her.Zhen Wenjun's heart became hot, he dismounted quickly, and hugged Wei Tingxu into his arms.

Wei Tingxu still wrapped his arms around her neck as usual, but this time it was a little different.Wei Tingxu buried his whole face in her arms, and the arms around her neck were very hard and even trembling.Zhen Wenjun was a little out of breath from being strangled by her, and comforted him in a hoarse voice:

"Sister, sister, don't be afraid, I'm here."

But Zhen Wenjun didn't know what she was afraid of. Could it be that she was afraid of those wild dogs?

The guards quickly ran forward and killed the wild dogs, and then came back and knelt in front of Wei Tingxu and said in unison: "Damn the lowly slave! I missed these few! Please punish the girl!"

Sure enough, it was a dog.Zhen Wenjun really didn't expect Wei Tingxu to be so afraid of dogs.After saying this, she noticed that it was the first time she saw a dog along the way. Could it be that they were all cleaned up by the guards in advance?She keenly remembered the bite on Wei Tingxu's back, could it be related to the dog?

Hearing the guard's report, Wei Tingxu slowly moved his face away from Zhen Wenjun's arms. There was a bit of unconcealable panic on his pale face. He was relieved after confirming that all the dogs were indeed dead, and his shoulders sank slightly. He closed his eyes very uncomfortably, continued to linger in Zhen Wenjun's arms, and said in a muffled voice:

"Bury them."

The guards said: "Yes!"

It turned out that Wei Tingxu was not as invulnerable as she appeared, and she also had the fear that ordinary people have.

Zhen Wenjun saw that even though she was terrified, she tried her best to maintain her calm appearance, which aroused pity. He hugged her on the driver's seat, stroked her head tenderly, brushed away the hair sticking to her lips, and pressed her against the She whispered in her ear: "Wen Jun is here, nothing can hurt my sister. I'll take my sister to the car."

Wei Tingxu rubbed his forehead against her embrace, as if nodding.Zhen Wenjun carefully carried her into the car.