Great Zhou Empress

Xue Zhijing and Zhao Wutong landed in Dengzhou, Zhao Wutong went to find her delicious food, Xue Zhijing went straight to the Yuanjia cabinet shop.

In such a big city, there are Yuanjia cabinet shops, because it is the industry of the descendants, and it is also the bank business of money storage and delivery, so it is protected by the government everywhere, and it is very powerful. .

But when Xue Zhijing found the Yuanjia cabinet shop, although the house in the cabinet shop was still big and the archway was even taller, it seemed that there were few people inside.

After entering, I found the shopkeeper. When the shopkeeper heard that she was Xue Zhijing, he was shocked.

"Shopkeeper Xue Tong, you are back!"

When she was on a mission two years ago, the Empress Dowager gave Xue Zhijing a position as the shopkeeper of the Yuan Family Cabinetry, allowing her to mobilize some of the manpower and financial resources of the Yuan Family Cabinetry to do things conveniently without intervening in the daily operations of the cabinet shop.

It turns out that now all the secret guards of the empress dowager, all the shopkeepers and shopkeepers in the Yuanjia cabinet workshop and the mansion store know that Aunt Xue Zhijing, the sixth-rank secretary of the palace, is missing, and everyone has a copy of her portrait. Report in time.

Su Mingcha brought back the information about her in Liao, and everyone knew it.

Dare to feel that now Xue Zhijing's popularity in various industries of the Yuan family is almost catching up with the Empress Dowager.

"Shopkeeper, why are there so few people in our cabinet shop in Dengzhou? Isn't this a seaport city?"

"Treasurer Xue Tong, didn't you come back from Liao Kingdom? Don't you know that Liao Kingdom is about to reach Dengzhou?"

"what?"

Xue Zhijing simply told about his experience, and the shopkeeper suddenly realized.

"Things are changing too fast. First, the Duke of Qin in the west accused the Empress Dowager of being a rooster in the morning, and then there was an uprising in the southwest, and then the Duke of Qin and the Duke of Jin joined forces with Xia to attack Bianliang in the name of demanding that the Empress Dowager return to power in the Liu family. Because of the Liao soldiers coming to the city of Bianjing two years ago, the empress did not dare to deploy all the forbidden troops in the capital, and dispersed a considerable part of the forbidden troops in various places to prevent the invasion of the Liao Kingdom. , the Empress Dowager took His Majesty the Emperor to prepare to go to Jiankang. At this time, Qin Guogong has already called himself the King of Qin."

"Have the Empress Dowager arrived in Jiankang?"

"According to the time, it only took these two days. The Liao Kingdom also invaded, but because there are guards everywhere, their advance speed is very slow, but they are approaching Dengzhou. All walks of life have shrunk. Those who went to the south of the Yangtze River have gone to the south of the Yangtze River, no, we are the only ones staying behind, if the Liao Kingdom really calls, we don’t know whether to leave or not, it is said that they will not slaughter the city.”

Liu Mian, Duke of Qin, the clan of the Liu family, has done so many things, so he probably wants to be emperor himself.

It's just that the things in this world are most afraid of attracting wolves into the house.At the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Zhou You played with the feudal lords. For the sake of the beauty, the prince's grandfather wanted to fight for his grandson's rights, so he led the foreign dog army to invade the Central Plains, looted the capital of Western Zhou, and forced King Zhou You to death. From then on, the Western Zhou Dynasty ended and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty began. The authority of the royal family is gone, and the Central Plains has entered an era of feudal hegemony.

Isn't Liu Mian's operation the same as what happened back then?Can he please?

Xue Zhijing walked around the city of Dengzhou, and sure enough there were very few people there.

Before the war came, all the people who could walk left, and there were only some ordinary citizens who couldn't walk. The whole city looked quite dilapidated.

Xue Zhijing met Zhao Wutong with a cold face on a certain street.

As soon as Zhao Wutong saw her, he began to complain, "Really, the chefs have all run away, what a fart."

Xue Zhijing smiled lightly, "Boss Zhao, should we go to Jiankang City? It is said that the elites of the entire Dacheng Dynasty are rushing to Jiankang City, and the chefs here may also go. If you go to Jiankang City with me City, can I find the royal chef of Shangshi Bureau to cook for you?"

Zhao Wutong raised his eyebrows, "What? Do you want me to take you to Jiankang?"

Xue Zhijing bowed his hands to her, "Please Boss Zhao, how about a table of delicious food as a thank you gift?"

Zhao Wutong waved his hand, "It's easy to say, it's better to explain it directly and clearly than you used to play tricks and tricks with me."

Xue Zhijing couldn't help laughing. At that time, she was taken captive by pirates to the island. As soon as she took the slaves to tie the pirates together, Zhao Wutong brought her hands down the pirate island. She didn't know what Zhao Wutong did. , Naturally, an ambush must be set up.

How can it be considered a conspiracy.

Forget it, Zhao Wutong, who has a somewhat weird temper, is now begging her to take him to Jiankang, so just coax her.

It was the season when the north wind was blowing, and following the monsoon, the Kung Fu ship sailed into the mouth of the Yangtze River in just a few days.

The sea-going ship docked at the seaport of Mingzhou to load and unload cargo. Xue Zhijing and Zhao Wutong changed to a flat-bottomed inland riverboat and went upstream along the Yangtze River to Jiankang City.

The closer he got to Jiankang City, the more Xue Zhijing felt the lushness brought by the gathering of people.

Is this what the temporary capital of the Dacheng Dynasty looked like?

Perhaps it was because the crowd gathered so fast that the entire Jiankang City seemed a bit chaotic. After getting off the pier, Xue Zhijing went straight to the mansion of Duke Huai, who had been conscripted into the imperial palace, while Zhao Wutong went to eat her braised pork. After making an appointment to let Zhao Wutong live in Yuanjia Mansion, Xue Zhijing went back to find her.

Zhao Wutong is also a courageous person with high skills, and he is not at all afraid that Xue Zhijing will turn around and find someone to arrest her.

Xue Zhijing couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he really is a person who licks blood from the edge of a knife.

But Xue Zhijing doesn't hate her or him at this time. Although she sold her as a slave to the Liao Kingdom and suffered a lot from being a peasant and a slave, he also gained Xiao Liege's lover. When he came back now, Zhao Wutong obeyed her bottom line even more, and brought her to Jiankang City, the two offset each other, and Xue Zhijing felt that she was a friend he could make.

How could the Duke's mansion be compared to the imperial palace in Bianjing? In other words, the scale was so small that it was cramped. When he reached the periphery of the "imperial palace", Xue Zhijing felt sorry for the empress dowager when he saw the guards of the Imperial Army who were crowded together.

Finally, Xue Zhijing met Yuan Hanzhang, the Empress Dowager whom she had not seen for a long time.

At first sight, she wept.

Xue Zhijing seldom shed tears, the last time was when her earliest friend Xiaocui died for her.

Yuan Hanzhang smiled at her, his expression was still so gentle, but there were more lonely and helpless vicissitudes between the brows that were out of his control.

"What's wrong? Why are you still crying? Come here~"

Xue Zhijing took a deep breath, walked to Yuan Hanzhang's side, and sat with her on the long couch she was sitting on.

Yuan Hanzhang held Xue Zhijing's hand, and asked with a smile, "Tell me how you came back."

As he got closer, the white hair on Yuan Hanzhang's forehead became more and more obvious. The white hair is a sign of thinking too much. The more white hair, the older a person looks.

Xue Zhijing still remembered that when he first came to this world, he and Xiao Cui saw Yuan Hanzhang's guard of honor from a distance for the first time, when she was still the imperial concubine of the regent.

How graceful and noble she is, her every move, every frown and smile reveals the atmosphere of an attractive royal sister.

But now, she has only been away for two years, and Yuan Hanzhang has not only become a queen mother, but also looks like a peony that has been destroyed by wind and frost, leaving only a heavy old spirit, which makes people feel extremely distressed.

Xue Zhijing briefly talked about his own affairs, he didn't talk about the love between him and Xiao Liege, he only said that he was a slave in the Liao King's family.

She didn't want to add a factor of distrust between herself and Yuan Hanzhang.

"It's really hard for you, just come back, but it's a pity that the country is in turmoil now, and I don't know how long I can protect you."

Yuan Hanzhang never said such discouraged words before, it seems that leaving Bianjing had a great impact on her.

Xue Zhijing hurriedly said, "Mother, Master Meng said that the heavens will send great responsibilities to human beings. You must first suffer from your will, your muscles and bones, and your body. Baptism. Ma'am, what is the most important place for Dacheng? It is the grain-producing area in the south of the Yangtze River. What is the most important thing for Dacheng's financial income is the Shibo Division in the southeast. Where are we now? We will build Kangcheng in the important town of Jiangnan. .We will definitely be able to fight back and rebuild Dacheng.”

……

South Camp of Liao Kingdom.

Having just finished an imperial meeting, Xiao Liege slumped down exhaustedly, only then did he have time to ask his attendants.

"Is there any news about Xue Zhijing?"

The attendant replied, "No, we have already laid a net, and we haven't seen any news of her. This time we have entered the northern area of ​​Dacheng, and no one has said they have seen her."

"Can this person disappear out of thin air?" Xiao Liege was exhausted. This time the attack was not as smooth as last time. Last time there was almost no resistance in the North Central Plains area. This time Dacheng changed the defense strategy, causing them to only Can follow the steady situation step by step.

If it weren't for Dacheng's own civil strife, it is estimated that the Liao Kingdom would not be able to please at all during this trip.

This time, Xiao Liege not only hoped to obtain more Dacheng land, she was also stimulated by Xue Zhijing's departure. Didn't Xue Zhijing just want to return to her homeland? If Xiao Liege brought the entire Dacheng into Liao Kingdom Within the territory, will Xue Zhijing still miss Dacheng?

Sometimes, wars are often not entirely due to the rational balance of interests, but sometimes it is also the impulse of the leader.

"Look again, send people further north, and search in the hinterland of the country."

Xiao Liege is also a smart person. If she is not smart, she will not be able to sit in the current ruling position. She actually doesn't believe that Xue Zhijing will go back. After all, going south is the right way. What is the way to go back? Play hide and seek with her cat?

But as long as there is a slight possibility, she should also arrange for someone to deal with it.

He took out the letter in his arms again.

It was the letter that Xue Zhijing left on the bed the day Xue Zhijing left.

When Xiao Liege entered the tent, he went out to look for her before he saw the letter on the bed. It was only two days later that he went back and found the letter. Every time he looked at it, Xiao Liege felt complicated.

The writing of this letter is extremely vernacular, it reads like Xue Zhijing speaking in front of her.

"Xiao Liege, I'm sorry! I want to leave the Liao country. But I didn't leave the Liao country because I didn't love you. On the contrary, you are the most clear young man I have ever met in my life. The days in the Liao country are the most important for me. Live the most relaxed and leisurely life, but life is not only about love, one must leave something for the world in one's life, not seeking fame and leaving history, but seeking to be worthy of one's heart. As a slave in the Liao Kingdom, I There is nothing I can do, not to mention that Dacheng has a queen mother who is kind to me, has my countless friends, and has a career that I want to stick to. When Dacheng is in dire straits, how can I be alone? Sorry, I can only choose to leave, But I love you forever, and I will guard my heart and body for the rest of my life.”

"Xue Zhijing!"

Xiao Liege closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and said Xue Zhijing's name.