Qinse is in the imperial court, forgetting both favor and disgrace

The contents of the two secret letters are different, but the horror contained in them is similar.

One of them came from the northern front line. The six-hundred-mile station report was passed around, and Cao Lin wrote it himself. An astonishing plan: create chaos in Jinling, forcing the troops defending northern borders to rush to aid Gyeonggi; the Northern Liang army takes advantage of the vacancy, crosses the south and goes down, defeats the Eastern Chu army, and seizes the king's capital. River rule.

At that time, Eastern Chu was willing to serve as a subordinate state, and to pay tribute to Beiliang every year. The south of the Yangtze River was rich and rich in products, all of which were handed over, so as to win the joy of Beiliang, and never aspire to the Central Plains.

The letter also said that the King of Northern Liang had already proclaimed himself the Emperor of the Central Plains, but his achievements in battle were few, and his subordinates Wu Yong were not convinced.Now that the border is tight, Your Majesty must make good use of virtue to keep the country from falling.

The other letter was written by Nanyue Qi Zhenxu, and the news of Shangzuo also made Li Lang's heart sink.

The tyrannical king and queen, who were in collusion with the Diangui Kingdom, relied on the power of the Wuxi tribe to attack the county mansion half a month ago. After a melee between the two sides, the barbarians retreated.

The tyrant's daughter is still there, but she is only three years old, and she seems to be frightened, talking incoherently, without knowing what she is saying.The only guess is that the tyrant queen took advantage of the troubled waters when the two armies were fighting and took the child away.As for why the children were not taken away with them, there is no way of knowing.

After this battle, Qi Zhenxu led his army deep into the mountains and forests to encircle and suppress the rebellious barbarians in Wuxi, entered their camp, defeated the barbarians, and captured the king and others of the Wuxi clan. Failed.

Qi Zhenxu spent a lot of time just to make an apology, but Li Lang couldn't bear to read it. He held the letter in his hand, remained silent for a while, and said coldly, "Then general Qi is suspected of cooperating with others?"

"As far as I know, this person is loyal to Concubine Zhao, and the concubine is devoted to Your Majesty. This person is definitely not betraying her." It was Wei Yixiao who answered respectfully, and made excuses for no reason, which really made Li Lang's face tense, and he remained silent for a while .

After a while, Li Lang raised his hand to signal Wang Xin to stand up, opened the letter from Nanyue, read it again, and said with a sigh: "Qi Zhenxu sent Zhao Rang's daughter to Jinling by water, and he was worried that the enemy would come back. Fortunately, the Kingdom of Shu restrained him, otherwise It's really difficult."

The eyes and ears of the full-time monarch of the Imperial City Division, this Wang Shen was also promoted by Li Lang after the palace change, and he was young and got a high position. At this time, he heard what the emperor said, and he wanted to show his loyalty, so he suggested: "If you know the post station of the Ministry of War, and leak your whereabouts, you can tell me your whereabouts." If it is not beautiful, it is better for the minister and the colleagues of the Sizhong to cooperate secretly, what is your majesty's holy will?"

Li Lang was about to speak, but Wei Yixiao already objected: "The Imperial City Division's main business is to observe the four directions and obtain information. It is an important reliance for the emperor not to be deceived in the palace and to have clear ears. How can he use it for other purposes at will? Yichen Yu See, since the tyrant queen had the opportunity to take away the daughter of the noble concubine, she let it go easily, and of course she would not go through any further trouble. The little girl was young and is a daughter, so even if she took it away, it would be of no use, so why bother your Majesty? Heart?"

Li Lang shook his head and smiled wryly: "I originally promised to return a pair of children to him for Zhao Rang, but now I can't keep my promise, let alone the little girl. It's not unreasonable just to say it with a smile, it's not appropriate to hand it over to the imperial city Secretary, let Yan Wei contribute, this is the Ministry of War's business."

After Wang Xin led the decree and left, Wei Yixiao said to the emperor: "What General Cao said in his letter is the most important thing now."

Naturally, Li Lang knew that there was an accomplice in the great trouble in the north lurking in the hall, like an assassin with a sharp knife watching over the couch.

As for the dignitaries who can make waves in Eastern Chu, there is no one other than the Xie family, but Li Lang can't imagine that after Xie Lian took the risk to cause chaos in Jinling, he only wanted to be a subject of the King of Northern Liang.The Xie family's foundation was established in Eastern Chu, and if the Eastern Chu Dynasty was ruined, this family might not be able to maintain its current prestige.

Xie Lian had the guts to kill the king, pushed Xie's grandson Chongling to practice Zuo, and set up the empress dowager's relatives to listen to the government. Li Lang firmly believed, but subverting the Li family's artifact in the Eastern Chu and begging for the northern bandits was purely a move to lure wolves into the house and ask for trouble. It's really hard to imagine that Xie Lian would be so maddened by Li Lingzhi.

Seeing that the emperor was silent, Wei Yixiao said again: "The Imperial City Secretary should be able to get information within two days, and to preemptively attack, your majesty need not worry about it. I got the report today, twenty chariots of warships have been completed, and have not been launched yet. Your majesty wants to Would you like to go and see for yourself?"

The news made Li Lang's eyes light up, and he couldn't help blurting out: "So fast?"

"Yes, the craftsmen are working non-stop day and night, and His Majesty's presence in person is a reward."

"Okay." Li Lang said enthusiastically, "Call Yan Wei, and you will accompany me to see and see."

Cars and boats were invented in the previous dynasty, and they were driven by manpower stepping on the paddle wheel shaft. In the past, there were eight cars and boats, but now they have been improved and expanded to twenty cars. Each boat can carry 200 troops. There is also a pole on the top, which can be used for Smash enemy ships.

The natural danger of the Yangtze River divides the north and the south, and water battles are inevitable. After a large number of this ship was built, the power of Eastern Chu to resist the northern invaders doubled, and it is a well-deserved national weapon.

When Li Lang learned that the Ministry of War had begun to build a 24-car warship, he was even more overjoyed and lingered.

After he ascended the throne, he decreed to build cars and boats, not just for defense, but for conquering Shu.

The first time the coach saw Zhao Rang in the tent, the scene of talking with him jumped into Li Lang's thoughts unexpectedly. He still remembered what Zhao Rang said at that time, every word and every sentence: "The land of abundance is rich in products and abundant in salt and iron. Qin merged with Shu and swallowed the six kingdoms, if Your Majesty wants to seize the world, he should enter Shu first..."

How similar are the eyes of the two?Seize Shu and seek the world again.

There was another throbbing pain on Li Lang's temples, and he couldn't help but press again with his hands. The personal servant noticed something strange and hurriedly approached the imperial court. Li Lang signaled him to retreat, and concentrated on the explanation of the naval captain. , Spend a lot of money.

It was almost dusk when he returned to the palace, and Li Lang was concentrating on reviewing the memorial, and when it came to an end, the moon was already high and the night was still deeper.

Unknowingly, he took out the pearl flower again, and looked at it carefully with the light on the desk. The pearl was evenly sized and round, and the peony was made with exquisite workmanship. In addition, peony is the king of flowers, this object cannot be seen by ordinary people. all.

It's just that there is no imprint on it, Li Lang is not a romantic son, he has never paid attention to women's accessories, even if he turned the pearl flower over and over again, he still couldn't get any clues about the owner of the pearl flower, his eyes were sour, and his anger burst from his heart , threw Zhuhua onto the case, and shouted loudly: "Come on!"

The waiter on duty heard the sudden sound and knelt down to ask for an order. Li Lang took a long breath, sat silently for a while, and then said wearily: "Forget it, let's go."

Distraught without any sleepiness, Li Lang summoned someone again, summoning the chief servant, and asked him to secretly arrange to investigate Zhao Rang's whereabouts since he entered the palace, and whether he had dealt with suspicious people, especially concubines and maids, even if they met by chance Also check it out.

Li Lang also felt the absurdity in his heart when he gave the order, and laughed at himself endlessly.He is not a pure-hearted person, but he is not obsessed with women's sex. To him, the harem powder is just like a rare plaything for dogs and horses. Although he knows that Empress Xie will make the Six Palaces a mess, he just ignores it and ignores it. indulge.

It's no wonder that the head servant couldn't hide the astonishment on his face when he took the order to leave. The emperor actually intervened in the affairs of the harem, which was unimaginable.

Li Lang's heart was slightly relieved, he glanced at Zhuhua, turned his mouth slightly, and smiled: "If you betray me, you can simply stay in the harem for the rest of your life. At worst, I will seal you a queen."

After speaking, he couldn't help laughing, dreaming about Zhao Rang ascending the throne, wearing a gold crown and gown to worship the Taimiao together with him, in a unique "spectacular" scene, he put away the pearl flowers with a smile, and unfolded the memorial again.

After all this hard work, when the cock crowed, Li Lang put down his ink brush, got up and walked around, relaxing his muscles and muscles.

Not long after, the chief servant came to report in a panic and staggered steps. Li Lang's heart sank when he saw this, but he couldn't imagine that the news brought by the chief was that Zhao Rang was missing!

Li Lang was stunned when he heard the news, and it took him a long time to realize it. His chest hurt, and when he was furious, he saw that the chief servant couldn't even speak smoothly, so he put his hands behind his back, clasped them until it hurt, and said calmly: "What's going on?" You must have inquired clearly? The forbidden area of ​​the deep palace is heavily guarded, and it is difficult to fly with wings. Is there a place that has not been found?"

The chief servant did not dare to be negligent, and reported to the emperor in detail what he had investigated. During this period, Li Lang did not interrupt the conversation once. Before, I left a pen and ink in the Mingde Hall of Chengxian Palace, and the slaves brought it back to His Majesty for viewing. The Empress also sent people to search the Chengxian Palace, but I heard that nothing was found, fortunately they never took it away."

Li Lang took it, and was not in a hurry to start it. He frowned and asked: "You said the queen also searched Chengxian Palace? This is strange. She delayed reporting such a major event, so she must first inform Xie Lian, but why? Do you want to search Chengxian Palace? Did the person disappear in Jinghua Palace?"

After receiving affirmative answers to both questions, Li Lang frowned, and at the same time swept the paper scroll with his hands. The top one was a sketch of the object drawn by Zhao Rang. A thin cylindrical tube, like a sword but not a sword, indicates that its total length is about three feet.

Looking at it carefully, Li Lang frowned more and more, because Zhao Rang's drawings were extremely detailed, and he was just skimming through them. One, it is no longer a drawing description, but a sentence and a poem.

Li Lang couldn't help reading it softly, and he couldn't help but gasped when he read "I still feel the commoner again".

"But isn't his sister still in the palace? And..."

He reached out and groped for the piece of jade that was between the two of them, his touch was cold, even though there is an old saying "warm and moist as jade", Li Lang felt that the jade was chilling.

The eve of the night before, the lingering lingering with the drinking and talking, the daring and the daring until the end, was it all Zhao Rang's anti-customer scheme to deceive the sky and cross the sea?Even this jade was the result of his coquettish rhetoric, that it should be returned to its original owner, and neither should be owed?

Li Lang didn't want to believe it, the tenderness in that person's eyes, how could he fake it?But if not, how to explain Zhao Rang's mysterious disappearance?

Seeing the emperor sitting motionless for a long time, the chief servant swallowed his saliva and cautiously stepped forward, reminding him softly, "Your Majesty, it's time to wash up and eat, so don't miss the morning."

Li Lang was startled as if waking up from a dream, took Peiyu's hand and wiped it on his face, stood up and relaxed, and said in a drawn out voice: "Yes, we can't miss the morning, hurry up and wait for me to change clothes and freshen up. "

Looking down, he saw that the chief servant was still kneeling after responding, hesitant to speak, Li Lang raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly: "What's the matter?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the servants have heard some news, but I don't know if it is true..."

"Just say it, it doesn't matter." Li Lang didn't move.

Seeing that the emperor showed no signs of anger, the head servant said, "It seems that the young man in the Leng Palace has visited Jinghua Palace."

Li Lang was startled, Zhao Rang had mentioned this matter to him before, but he didn't take it to heart at the time, now it seems that there is something else going on?

The author has something to say:

A small theater on a whim:

Little Emperor: (furiously) Who abducted my virtuous wife?

Xiao Zhao: -_-#

Little Emperor: Uh, okay, good husband (￣▽￣)