I was a princess in ancient times

From the moment the Bai family attacked Chu Mo, Princess Anguo's Mansion and Emperor Yanguang stood on opposite sides, and there was no room for redemption.

Unless Chu Mo is willing to join Emperor Yanguang's camp, and is willing to show sincerity to gain the trust of Emperor Yanguang and the Bai family, Emperor Yanguang and the Bai family will never allow Chu Mo to 'live'.

Judging from the fact that Chu Mo died of illness after being under house arrest for more than a year after his disappearance, Chu Mo did not compromise with anyone.

During this process, Jiangnan Yu remained silent.

"Why are they?" Yu Heng stopped abruptly in the middle of his words.

He could figure out why the Yu family in Jiangnan chose to remain silent, but he couldn't immediately accept that Yu An and Yu Yu were heartbroken over Chu Mo's disappearance in Chang'an, and when he forced himself to face the result of Chu Mo's death, Chu Mo was in the distant Jiangnan Dragging the sick body to face the pack of wolves.

No matter how dandy and unmotivated Emperor Yanguang was, he was jealous with his younger brother, and even formed a clique for personal gain, he was also the legitimate son of Emperor Jianxing and his favorite empress.

It can be said that the connivance of Emperor Jianxing and Empress Jianxing is responsible for at least half of the various bad problems in Emperor Yanguang's body, and the remaining less than half of the responsibility comes from Emperor Yanguang's elder brother who was outstanding in every way but unfortunately died young.

No one could predict where the bottom line of Emperor Jianxing's connivance with his second son was.

Under the circumstances at that time, the Jiangnan Yu family had only two choices, expose or remain silent.

If the Jiangnan Yu family chooses to expose, they will tell the real situation of Chu Mo to Yu An, the lord of Xianglin County in Princess Anguo's mansion.

In all likelihood, Yu An would make the same choice as Chu Mo - not to compromise with Emperor Yanguang and the Bai family.

If she wanted to save Chu Mo, she had to make a big deal out of it.

If such a thing happened in the Wu Ning Dynasty, Emperor Wu Ning would definitely favor Princess An's Mansion without hesitation, and severely punish those who stood on the opposite side of Princess An's Mansion, without leaving any future troubles.

If such a thing happened in the Qianyuan Dynasty, with Emperor Qianyuan's domineering character, he would definitely not tolerate a son who dared to form a party for personal gain.He will investigate the matter carefully and deal with it fairly according to the truth.

It's a pity that it was the Jianxing Dynasty at that time, and the person in charge was Emperor Jianxing.

On one side is the "eldest son" of the dynasty who has made countless mistakes, and although he is always reprimanded, he has never been substantively punished.

On one side is the heir to Princess An's mansion who has been completely silent since the death of Princess An, and Princess Xianglin, who has escaped from the world for many years and never entered the court.

The Jiangnan Yu family did not dare to bet on how Emperor Jianxing would view this matter.

Compared with Emperor Wuning and Emperor Qianyuan, Emperor Jianxing is an extremely tolerant emperor, he can be considerate to his courtiers, let alone his own son who has been hurt for more than 20 years?

In case Yanguang Emperor can push all the crimes to the Bai family and successfully get away, or turn black and white in front of Jianxing Emperor with rhetoric, no matter whether Princess Xianglin and Chu Mo of Princess Anguo's Mansion can reunite in the end, the Yu family in Jiangnan will be happy. A mortal enemy of the prince who may become the next emperor.

Choosing to be silent is in line with the family's style of acting wisely and protecting oneself.

Ji Xinxue looked sideways at the person with obscure eyes, and wanted to say something to comfort Yu Heng, but felt that the words were too pale.He opened his arms and hugged Yu Heng's shoulders, as if silently promising to accompany Yu Heng to restore the truth of what happened back then, to seek justice for Chu Mo, and for Yu An and Yu Yu.

In order to find more details to support their guess, Ji Xinxue sent people to go back to Chang'an to get a more detailed historical annals, a local chronicle of Jiangnan, and also asked them to check the origin of the Bai family in Jiangnan.

The two wrote down their conjectures and thoughts about Chu Mo's disappearance and sent them back to Chang'an. They put aside the "History of Jianxing", which they had already memorized fluently, and studied "History of Yanguang" instead.

During this period, Ji Xinxue received several letters from An Ye and Ma Yu, in addition to the conclusion of the "Shangzhou Case", there was also the progress of the enamel kiln.

After the hard work of the artisans, the enamel kiln has finally reached Ji Xinxue's original goal, at least one pair of "perfect finished products" can be produced every time the kiln is opened.

So far, the perfect finished product is still a qualifier, and it only works for copper-bodied enamel bowls. All larger or smaller objects will have different degrees of flaws.

Yan Meng, who was staring at the silver mine, followed Ji Xinxue's explanation before leaving, and personally collected the difficulties that the enamel kiln craftsmen found insurmountable, and ordered them to send them to Ji Xinxue quickly.

These include but are not limited to the difficulty in controlling the temperature of the boiler, the difficulty in controlling the time for standing the copper body after coloring and the time for firing the enamel, etc. In the final analysis, these problems are difficult to overcome because of the inability to accurately control the time.

When Yu Heng came back with the barbecue, Ji Xinxue was still concentrating on thinking.

It wasn't until the familiar delicacy was on her lips that Ji Xinxue suddenly came back to her senses, "Roast rabbit?"

"When passing through the woods in the morning, Zuo Wei went in for a stroll and found a lot of things that can be used as a tooth sacrifice." Yu Heng used clean scissors to cut the roasted rabbit wrapped in oiled paper into a size that could be eaten, and took it from his sleeve pocket. He took out an oiled paper bag containing various seasoning ingredients.

Ji Xinxue immediately put aside the problems that bothered him, and concentrated on enjoying the long-lost rabbit meat.

Although it is not as delicious as the rabbit in Chang'an Jiawang Mansion, it is better than useless.

Before the two of them finished eating the rabbit, Zuo Wei sent another freshly roasted rabbit and cleaned wild fruits.

After filling his stomach, Ji Xinxue suddenly remembered something more important than the enamel kiln. He leaned into Yu Heng's ear and whispered, "There are still three days until I reach Shishou Mountain. I don't know how Aye plans to end it."

Even if he slowed down the progress of the princess guard of honor to the slowest, it could only be delayed from three days to five days.

However, the military guards of the Daying Camp in the suburbs of Beijing set out from various parts of Shannan East Road earlier than the princess guard of honor, and marched faster than the princess guard of honor. They assembled at Shishou Mountain near the junction of Shannan East Road and Jiangnan West Road three days ago.

At the same time that he dragged the speed of the princess guard of honor from three days to five days, the days for the military guards of the Beijing Suburbs to repair at Shishou Mountain will also change from three days to five days.

The so-called 'soldiers are precious and fast', he can't use the princess's exhaustion as an excuse to refuse to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River this time.

Regardless of Emperor Changping's purpose in sending troops to Jiangnan with great fanfare when he didn't want to fight Jiangnan, Ji Xinxue must not show cowardice at critical moments, otherwise he would tear down the airs that Emperor Changping had set up.He had to convince Jiangnan and even the whole of Dayu that Emperor Changping's dispatch of troops this time was an inevitable victory for Jiangnan.

Yu Heng wiped his hands carefully with the wet handkerchief beside the table, took out a simple map from his arms and unfolded it, pointed to the location of Shishou Mountain and said, "The northernmost part of Jiangnan West Road is Huarong and Anxiang. Located in the north of Dongting Lake, there is no need to consider water warfare when attacking the city. If people in the south of the Yangtze River do not want to bear the reputation of 'rebels', they will definitely defend and not attack."

The melancholy in Ji Xinxue's eyes gradually turned into thoughtfulness, followed by Yu Heng's words, "Aye has been on the throne for two years, and the imperial power that was turbulent because of the late emperor's willfulness has gradually stabilized. As long as people in Jiangnan don't have iron heads, there is a high probability that they will choose Avoid fighting." Sliding and kneeling directly.

After all, this is not the time when Emperor Changping first ascended the throne. The fifteen roads of the Yu Dynasty include Guannei Road, Hedong Road, Hebei Road, Gyeonggi Province, Duji Province, Shannan West Road, Shannan East Road, Jiannan Road, and Qianzhong Road. Nine Taoist offices are willing to pay attention to the situation of Emperor Changping.

In the past two years, Henan Road, Huainan Road, and Nanling Road successively took the initiative to ease the tense relationship with Chang'an. The local feudal officials asked Changping Emperor's safety in their papers one after another, revealing that they wanted to return to Chang'an to report on their duties.

Emperor Changping knew that their papers were just a test, and they all spoke well and said that they didn't need their report for the time being, so he sent a batch of small sesame officials to these three places.

Now those small officials are not only alive and well, but also promoted one after another, sending their servants back to Chang'an to deliver letters every now and then, which shows that Henan Road, Huainan Road and Nanling Road really have the intention of returning to Chang'an.

Apart from Longyou Dao outside Yumen Pass, only Jiangnan West Dao and Jiangnan Dong Dao remained unwilling to respond to Chang'an's decree.

Emperor Changping is a ruler, he can send troops to any place justifiably, but Jiangnan West Road and Jiangnan East Road cannot fight back.As long as they dare to fight back, they will be convicted of the crime of "rebellion" that Emperor Changping angrily denounced them.

Moreover, although Jiangnan was the most affluent place in the Yu Dynasty, the soldiers were not as brave as the North, and the territory and resources it occupied were far from comparable to that of the entire Yu Dynasty.

Jiangnan officials knew well that they would not have an advantage in a real fight, and the probability of winning was very small.Asking for 'peace talks' by sliding and kneeling is undoubtedly an excellent way for the weak to gain the initiative quietly.

The pensiveness in Ji Xinxue's eyes gradually turned into enlightenment.

Could it be that Emperor Changping sent troops to Jiangnan with great fanfare even though he didn't want to fight Jiangnan, just to get the "sliding kneeling" of Jiangnan officials and break the solid barriers covering Jiangnan first?

Out of absolute trust in Emperor Changping, Ji Xinxue did not spend too much time speculating on Emperor Changping's thoughts, and continued to move towards Shishou Mountain at the original speed.

Three days later, Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng arrived at Shishou Mountain to meet up with the military guards of Daying in the suburbs of Beijing.

After a short rest in half a day, they continued to head south towards Anxiang with the military guards of the Daying Camp in the suburbs of Beijing. They arrived at the city of Anxiang five days later and camped near Anxiang City overnight.

Because the scouts arrived outside Anxiang before the army, Ji Xinxue knew Anxiang's response to the army's attack when Ji Xinxue was still waiting to set up camp in the carriage of the princess guard of honor.

As early as half a month ago, Anxiang closed the city gate tightly, only allowed to go out but not to enter. Even the military guards from other places in the south of the Yangtze River who sent supplies to Anxiang had to send food, grass and luggage to the city and leave immediately.

As long as there is someone under the city wall, no matter who the person is, Anxiang will never open the door.

If someone stays under the city wall of Anxiang for more than a quarter of an hour, the guards on the wall will immediately shoot arrows to warn.

The scouts of the military guards of Daying in the suburbs of Beijing once saw with their own eyes that the people who delivered supplies to Anxiang complained that the people on the city wall were indifferent at the foot of Anxiang city. He seemed unwilling to leave, and finally was pierced through the shoulder by a feathered arrow galloping down from the city wall of Anxiang.

When the supply team finally left, everyone had wounds on their bodies.

When Ji Xinxue was already chatting with Yu Heng, she expected that Jiangnan would treat Emperor Changping's sudden dispatch of troops in a way of "avoiding war", so she was not surprised at all by the scout's words.

In contrast, he is more curious about whether Jiangnan will "slide and kneel" next, and how he will "slide and kneel".

The army marched to the city of Anxiang just when people were exhausted and the gutter capsized. Guo Yunqi came here specially to ask Ji Xinxue for instructions, hoping to rest up for a day before sending troops to Anxiang.

Ji Xinxue nodded in agreement with Guo Yunqi's request, and said bluntly, "Just come and discuss with me what Zhonglang thinks. Even if I don't agree, I won't blame you for it."

Guo Yunqi heard that, instead of dissipating, the tension between his brows became more dignified, and his knee hit the ground with a 'bang', "I will never let down the trust of Your Majesty and the Princess!"

Yu Heng, who was reading the paperwork, looked up at Guo Yunqi, taking a panoramic view of the obvious blue vein marks on Guo Yunqi's wrist.

Ji Xinxue also sensed Guo Yunqi's nervousness, so she asked Qingyun to bring Guo Yunqi some tranquilizing incense, which he didn't know would work.

After Guo Yunqi left with Anshenxiang in his hands, Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue looked at each other with the same helplessness in their eyes.

Fortunately, Emperor Changping once revealed to them in a secret letter that Guo Yunqi, as the vanguard of this attack on Jiangnan, already knew that the real purpose of sending troops this time was not to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Qingyun, who sent Guo Yunqi away, quickly returned to the tent and walked straight to Ji Xinxue, "Princess, Zhong Shilang is asking to see you."

"En." Ji Xinxue responded casually, and opened the note in Qingyun's palm.

There were only four short words on the note, but Ji Xinxue's face turned green uncontrollably, and she immediately said, "No, I fell asleep!"

Yu Heng raised half of his eyebrows and waved towards Qingyun.

Qingyun looked at Ji Xinxue's face first, seeing that Ji Xinxue had no intention of stopping, then picked up the note thrown on the low table and walked towards Yu Heng.

'Eagle time'

The four words without beginning and end made Yu Heng show exactly the same repulsion as Ji Xinxue, and neatly put away the documents that had not been sorted out.

Behind Zhong Kan, there must be the son of the prince of Xinyang County and the daughter of the Princess of Weiguo's mansion, and maybe there will be the princess of Xuanwei.

As long as you see one of them, it is better not to see the others than to see none of them.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the largest tent located in the northeast corner of the camp suddenly went dark, causing people who were wandering around the tent to look sideways.

Sunny Cloud left the only light source in the tent, carefully covered the erratic candlelight with his hands, walked up to Zhong Kan, and said apologetically, "The princess has fallen asleep from the exhaustion of traveling for days. What did the king say?" Let’s talk about it tomorrow.”

Disappointment appeared on Zhong Kan's brows, "In that case, I'll come early tomorrow."

Qing Yun was deeply blessed, "Be more considerate, Minister Zhong."

The rest of the people did not hear the conversation between Zhong Kan and the female officer next to Princess Anwu. They only saw Zhong Kan who had been waiting outside the tent since Princess Anwu entered the tent, said a few words to the female official, and left disappointed.

The prince of Xinyang County hurriedly stopped Zhong Kan, "Mr. Zhong, don't you want to see the princess?"

Most likely, Zhong Kan, who came first, said 'no', and he meant to rush into Princess Anwu's tent immediately.

When Zhong Kan heard the words, the disappointment on his face gradually turned into distress, "The princess is unbearable from the exhaustion of driving and horses. She just vomited and has already laid down. If the son has nothing important, it is best to come back tomorrow."

The crown prince of Xinyang County was stunned, and turned his head to look at Qingyun, "It's so serious, why didn't you tell the imperial physician?"

Qingyun choked on the tiger's mouth to keep calm. She just knew that the princess had vomited.

"The princess has suffered from motion sickness for a long time, and the motion sickness medicine she brought with her was prescribed by the imperial doctor, so she doesn't want to make a fuss again." Qing Yun's face showed just the right amount of distress.

Because they were gossiping, Princess Xuanwei and Princess Weiguo, who walked over slowly, looked at each other in blank dismay, both of them had the same worries as the prince of Xinyang County.

Princess Anwu can't fall ill, otherwise, when Emperor Changping received the news, wouldn't he want to displease people like them who were not ill?

Zhong Kan said when everyone was speechless, "Princess usually has no weakness, presumably because she can't adapt to the speed of marching, the symptoms of motion sickness will suddenly increase. Fortunately, I just heard from General Guo Zhonglang that I will treat Ann in the future. Sending troops to the villages and cities, the princess will be able to rest and recuperate for a whole day tomorrow, and she will recover quickly."

Princess Xuanwei immediately nodded, "Zhong Shilang is right!"

She came here on purpose to tell Ji Xinxue about lending the sword to Huo Yu, so it doesn't make any difference to talk to Ji Xinxue later.

The crown prince of Xinyang County hesitated for a while, and was the second to answer Zhong Kan's words.

Forget it, if there is really an order to send him to the front line or the flames of war spread to the camp, he will find a way to leave.

Only the hesitation on the face of the daughter of the Princess of Weiguo's Mansion never dissipated, she turned her head and looked deeply at the pitch-black tent for a long time before she nodded helplessly.

Anxiang is not good, she can still fight for glory or exploits in other places, she must not be eager for a momentary advantage and offend Princess Anwu.

Ji Xinxue, who was lying on the blanket, heaved a deep sigh of relief when he heard the noise outside the tent completely dissipated.

With the character of the prince of Xinyang County who is greedy for life and afraid of death, if he doesn't agree to have the prince of Xinyang County sent away immediately, I am afraid that he will see the famous scene of people who are old enough to be his Aye and still have room to lie on the ground.

The daughter of Ningguo County Lord's Mansion is also stubborn, she will not lie on the ground and play tricks, she will only kneel down for a chance to show her skills.

In short, one is more troublesome than the other, and the things they are looking for are all falsehoods that are destined not to happen.

Suddenly there was a rustling sound in the darkness, approaching Ji Xinxue's lying position from far to near.

Ji Xinxue was curled up in the quilt thinking about how to solve the problem that the enamel kiln could not precisely control the time, until the rustling sound was so loud that it could no longer be ignored, Ji Xinxue realized that something was approaching him.

'This is the barracks, the most masculine place, even if there are strange things, I dare not make troubles in the barracks! '

Ji Xinxue successfully emboldened herself, turned around suddenly holding the quilt, stared at the direction of the sound, and was facing the innocent eyes of the phoenix.

The owner of the phoenix eye was hugging the quilt, standing only three steps away from him.

Ji Xinxue narrowed her eyes, "Yu Heng?"

His and Yu Heng's tents are next to each other, and there is a small 'door' in the middle to communicate with each other. In theory, it is not surprising that Yu Heng will appear here.

When Yu Heng heard Ji Xinxue call his name, he subconsciously took half a step back, bowing his head and admitting his mistake could almost be called obedient, he explained, "I thought you were asleep."

That's why I didn't call Ji Xinxue specifically, for fear that Ji Xinxue would be woken up by him, and it would be difficult to fall asleep as easily as before.

Ji Xinxue stared at Yu Heng's innocent eyes and calmed down for a while, then said hoarsely, "You can't sleep again?"

It was on their way from Anye to Shishou Mountain that he found it difficult for Yu Heng to sleep at night.

Because it is not possible to meet a suitable post station to rest every day during the journey, most of the time you have to camp in the wild, and the carriage of the princess guard of honor is the most comfortable place to sleep. Fall asleep in the carriage of the main house.

At the beginning, the two of them slept on the side of the low table fixed in the carriage with a clear distinction. Every time Ji Xinxue woke up because of various sounds and looked to the other side of the low table, she could only see piles of bedding.

Either Yu Heng was sitting in the corner of the carriage, playing with the golden unicorn in a daze, or he was standing against the window staring at a certain point in the void, lost in thought.

For the first two days, Ji Xinxue deliberately kept silent, wanting to give Yu Heng time to sort out his thoughts alone.

Seeing the same scene again on the third day, Ji Xinxue heaved a long sigh, got up and tried to talk to Yu Heng.

It's a pity that what keeps Yu Heng from falling asleep is something that no one can change immediately, not a knot in his heart. Ji Xinxue wants Yu Heng to let go of his dull emotions, so he can only use other things to attract Yu Heng's attention.

The two talked about An Ye from Jiangnan, and then Chang'an. They didn't know when they started to think about the past that happened in Taixue and Hanzhuyuan. They huddled together in the corner of the carriage and fell into a deep sleep until bright colors appeared in the sky.

The next night, Ji Xinxue deliberately moved the 'heart-to-heart talk' process to before going to bed, but the process was not as smooth as the previous day.

Yu Heng pretended to be asleep!

Ji Xinxue clearly remembered that he fell asleep talking about Yu Heng first, and then fell asleep. When he woke up in the middle of the night when he heard howling wolves, he saw Yu Heng in a daze in a familiar place again.

He silently recalled how much patience and tolerance Yu Heng used to endure his uncontrollable temper during the days of recuperating in the suburbs of Anye City. Ji Xinxue calmly got up to talk to Yu Heng.

After repeating this for three days, Ji Xinxue felt that this was not enough. He couldn't even be sure whether Yu Heng was pretending to be asleep at the beginning of the heart-to-heart conversation, or if he really fell asleep and woke up soon after.

In order to test whether Yu Heng was pretending to be asleep, Ji Xinxue perfectly reproduced the process of "heart-to-heart talk" in the middle of the night until before going to bed, sitting back to back with Yu Heng in the corner of the carriage and chatting nonsense until she was too sleepy to open her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Although Ji Xinxue stopped drinking detoxification soup a long time ago, the powder of Fai Si Cao and Beetiasis left Ji Xin Xue with almost irreversible sequelae.His sleepiness was very light, even the sound of bare feet stepping on the ground would wake Ji Xinxue up.

During the rush from Anye to Shishou Mountain, Ji Xinxue would definitely wake up at least three times a night, there is no upper limit for more!

Every time Ji Xinxue woke up to see Yu Heng's situation that night, Yu Heng was falling into a deep sleep. At most, he sensed the movement of the people beside him and tried to restrain Ji Xinxue.

Having seen how unreasonable Yu Heng is when he really falls asleep, Ji Xinxue is even more certain that Yu Heng was always pretending to be asleep when he was "heart-to-heart" before going to bed.

Ji Xinxue seriously condemned Yu Heng's behavior of pretending to sleep, endured back pain and sat and slept with Yu Heng for a few nights, but it still failed to improve Yu Heng's insomnia problem.

As long as he no longer sits and sleeps with Yu Heng, he will be able to see Yu Heng sitting or standing when he wakes up in the middle of the night.

Ji Xinxue rubbed her sore waist and pondered for a while, then ordered someone to remove the low table fixed in the carriage.

From then on, he no longer had to worry about seeing Yu Heng in a daze when he woke up in the middle of the night.Because every time he woke up, he would feel that someone was firmly restraining him with his limbs, and Ji Xinxue's subconscious mind would have the idea of ​​'nothing happened', and immediately fell into a deep sleep again.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Yu Heng listened to Ji Xinxue's question, apology appeared in his eyes, and he took another half step back, "It's okay, I just came to see you."

Ji Xinxue was almost so angry that Yu Heng took half a step back, she took the initiative to move to the inside, and said angrily, "What are you pretending to do with me?"

"I'm afraid you'll find me annoying." Having said that, Yu Heng immediately lay beside Ji Xinxue, half of the corner of his mouth that Ji Xinxue couldn't see was raising a happy arc.

Ji Xinxue's anger from being frightened suddenly dissipated, and she wanted to say to Yu Heng, "Just treat me as the Princess Xianglin, and I will never find you annoying." 'I felt like taking advantage of Yu Heng again, and changed it to, "It's okay, one day I think you are annoying, you can give me two sets of hair masks to calm me down, as long as you can afford it, my patience must be enough."

The smile on the corner of Yu Heng's mouth paused for a while, his face suddenly became serious, and he said solemnly, "I will save money in the future."

Ji Xinxue snorted softly, not taking Yu Heng's words to heart at all.

'Yu Heng will save money' is one of the most absurd lies he has ever heard.

The two chatted casually as usual, regardless of what happened in Jiangnan, Shannan Dongdao or Chang'an.

When talking about the enamel sent back to Chang'an by An Ye, Ji Xinxue thought of the root cause of the difficult production of enamel, and was unable to accurately grasp the time.

There were no clocks in this era, and there were various ways of judging time.

The longest ones are sundials, burning incense, and carved leaks.

The sundial judges the time based on the position where the sun shines on a special object and the shadow appears, and it is impossible to make a fine time judgment.

Burning incense is to use specially made incense sticks to record the time. Usually, it takes half an hour for a piece of incense to burn, and there are also incenses that can burn for a quarter of an hour and an hour.

The engraved leak is to fill a cracked jug with water and let the water flow into a smaller container. There are feathers that float on the water in the container, and the time is judged by the notch where the feather is located.

Leaving aside the way of judging the time with a sundial, both burning incense and engraving leaks have their own unspeakable problems, especially the people in the enamel kiln put the incense and engravings in the same place as the boiler at the very beginning.

With the heat from the boiler, the incense will inevitably become drier and burn faster.Kelou Ji Xinxue saw in Yan Meng's letter that the feathers in the Kelou assembly did not float up at all, and the water probably evaporated.

After writing a special letter to question, Ji Xinxue learned that when craftsmen used to burn kilns, they never used time as the unit but the amount of fuel as the unit.

Ji Xinxue asked without hope, "Have you seen merchants in the Western Regions selling clocks?"

Yu Heng pondered for a while before shaking his head, "No, tell me what it is, and I'll ask Mo Changshi to find it."

Hmm, what a good question.

What did the earliest clocks look like?

The bewilderment in Ji Xinxue's eyes became more and more intense, and her tone was full of uncertainty, "A clock? A pendulum clock?"

Anyway, it is impossible to still watch and pocket watch.

That night, both Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng fell asleep amid words such as 'gear', 'second hand', 'minute hand', 'hour hand'.

Thanks to Zhong Kan, Ji Xinxue stole the whole day's free time the next day and drew countless discarded drawings about 'watches'.

First exclude the battery meter, without a battery, you can't make a battery.

Secondly, mechanical watches are excluded, there is no spring, and no spring can be made.

Where else could he start?

Ji Xinxue dropped his pen in anger, put away only the blueprints of the dial and various gears, and then began to think, should he go to Anye City with the army tomorrow?

Before Ji Xinxue could come up with a result, a package from Chang'an, eight hundred miles, was delivered urgently.Emperor Changping made a decision for Ji Xinxue, not only to go to Anye City with the army, but also to be in command.

Ji Xinxue couldn't help touching her forehead, and immediately asked people to search for suitable armor and helmets. Only then did she know that Mo Changshi, who seemed to be a treasure house, had just sent a full set of armor and [-] kinds of weapons from the right guard of the princess' mansion the day before yesterday. Among them is the last sword that cuts iron like mud, all of which are full of the unique style of Princess An's Mansion.

For example, the eighteen kinds of weapons have a gorgeous appearance of either gold or silver, gems inlaid in the most conspicuous positions, and gold and silver of various shapes. Fortunately, the heavy armor and light armor are only bright and exaggerated, and there are no gems, gold and silver inlaid.

Ji Xinxue looked at Yu Heng with a complicated face, but after all, she couldn't resist the growing curiosity, and asked in a low voice, "Does Mo Changshi mean that we can't beat them and just throw down our weapons and run for our lives?"

The smile on Yu Heng's face froze immediately, and his gaze towards the armor and eighteen weapons gradually became hollow.

Because he wants to be in command, he will give a speech before the battle under the banner of the commander like a target, Ji Xinxue puts on the heavy armor obediently.He seized the last moment and moved his feet with difficulty to adapt to the weight of the heavy armor, so as not to embarrass himself in front of the soldiers tomorrow.

Ji Xinxue, who was almost crushed by the heavy armor, picked among the eighteen weapons, and chose the lightest soft whip. Anyway, he would not be able to use it with other things, and it might accidentally injure friendly troops.

When Yu Heng looked at the long sword, he thought of the almost identical scabbard on the long sword that had already paid off Princess Xuanwei, a slight disgust flashed in his eyes, and he said to Zizhu, "Find a simple scabbard."

Shock flashed in Zizhu's eyes, and his eyes continued to turn around the scabbard inlaid with various gemstones and Yu Heng's body, and finally made sure that he heard correctly, and walked out with a disappointed face.

Seeing this, Ji Xinxue leaned on the narrow table and grinned. If the emotion in Zizhu's eyes could be concretized into Chinese characters, it must be the word 'yeqingjie'.

It never occurred to him that the same words appeared in his head in just a quarter of an hour.

'Grandpa's youth is over! '

After Yu Heng replaced the long sword with a plain scabbard, he actually solemnly told Zizhu not to throw away the old scabbard, but to find a chance to remove all the precious stones on it, and the silver scabbard could also be melted into silver bricks.

Ji Xinxue rubbed her ears, and asked Yu Heng cautiously, "Have you been cheated again recently?"

How much money has to be cheated, and even the scabbard is thinking about melting it into silver bricks.

Wouldn't it be 'leaking' away all the family properties of Princess An's Mansion for several generations?

Yu Heng was confused when asked, and immediately denied, "Huh? No!"

Ji Xinxue nodded suspiciously, looked at Yu Heng from top to bottom, and found that Yu Heng was wearing items that he had never seen before, including the golden unicorn around his waist, and his heart fell to the root of his throat.

The next day, when it was still daylight, Ji Xinxue consciously opened her eyes, solemnly put on a full set of heavy armor, specially found a place where no one was around, and awkwardly climbed on the horse, and Huo Yu led the horse to the place where the soldiers gathered.

Ji Xinxue's excited mood gradually calmed down when his eyes met those of Guo Yunqi and the soldiers behind him.

This battle cannot be fought.

Guo Yunqi knew that today was just a brawl, yet sweat was all over his nervous face.

The rest of the soldiers are those who are excited, those who are afraid before fighting, and those who look forward to novelty and those who can face the battle calmly, but only two or three percent of them.

The elimination of the Shannan East Road was a complete crush for the military guards of the camp in the suburbs of Beijing. Most of them were not prepared for a large-scale war.

Angrily, Ji Xinxue yelled out the words he had prepared in advance to inspire people's hearts, and headed straight to Anxiang City with a high-spirited army.

They set off at dawn and didn't arrive at the city of Anxiang until the sun was almost in the middle. The drums and bugles sounded again and again, and the passionate fighting spirit was ready to go. The comrades beside him shouted loudly.

Ji Xinxue looked down at the imperial decree in her palm.

This is the imperial decree of Emperor Changping angrily denouncing the [-] deadly crimes committed by Jiangnan officials. He has memorized the above content backwards and will read it aloud to the people in Anye City later.

Of course, it's okay if he doesn't speak loudly.

Because after he finished every sentence, the ten Jinwu guards beside him would shout and repeat that sentence, and then all the soldiers would repeat that sentence.

Make sure that people in the city don't want to hear it.

The 'sliding kneeling' from Jiangnan came much earlier than Ji Xinxue expected.

Many officials of An Township went up to the city wall and immediately knelt down, shouting, "I send my greetings to Princess Anwu, and to King Xianglin County."

Ji Xinxue snorted coldly, and said in a deep voice, "I came here with His Majesty's will, Anxiang to accept the order or to resist it?"

Immediately, the voice of "I dare not resist the order" came from the city wall of Anxiang, but it was a pity that it was completely suppressed by the voices of the ten Jinwu guards beside Ji Xinxue.

When the whole army repeated this sentence, Yu intimately covered the ears of the mount under Ji Xinxue.

After a long time, the roaring voices of the strong men completely disappeared.

The people on the city wall had to repeat the words, "The ministers dare not resist the decree", and the tone of voice made the soldiers laugh spontaneously.

Ji Xinxue unfolded the imperial decree, annoyed from the first sentence to announce the decree, and by the time the last sentence was finished, her voice was already a little hoarse.

The Jinwu Guard and the soldiers repeated Ji Xinxue's words one by one, their voices became more and more excited, and the momentum completely crushed the people on the city wall.

The county magistrate of Anxiang was overwhelmed by the momentum of the soldiers and thought he had passed out. He was woken up by his colleagues pouring cold water on him.

Among the Yan Jiangnan officials, there has never been a single person who had a rebellious heart. It must be the villain who provoked and framed them and caused Emperor Changping to misunderstand them. He asked Emperor Changping to give them a chance to explain.

Ji Xinxue sneered, "Since you have no dissatisfaction with Yu Chao, why don't you go out of the city to meet Princess Yu Chao, but close the city gate instead?"

The county magistrate of Anxiang cried even more sadly, fell directly from the city wall, and lost his breath on the spot.

The rest of the officials in An Township on the city wall immediately shouted that the county magistrate is dead, and asked the princess to give Jiangnan officials time to check themselves. They will definitely find the sinners who were deliberately buried in the Jiangnan officialdom by someone with ulterior motives, and suppress the sinners to Emperor Changping and the princess. plead guilty.

Ji Xinxue clenched the soft flesh on the side of her cheeks, forcing herself not to look at the bloody mass on the ground, and quarreled with the people on the city wall with a tough attitude, and then was reluctantly "persuaded" to retreat temporarily when the sun was westward.

In the evening, Ji Xinxue almost vomited bile while holding the copper basin, but she couldn't cheer up when she heard that it was delivered eight hundred miles urgently, so she patted Yu Heng's arm weakly.

Yu Heng put down his hand on Ji Xinxue's shoulder, took the envelope in Huo Yu's hand and violently opened it, his eyes full of impatience suddenly turned into shock when he touched the contents of the letter.

He looked up and looked around, only him, Axue, Huo Yu, Qingyun and Caishi were in the tent.

"A Xue, we have won the battle." The excited words blurted out.

Ji Xinxue leaned against Yu Heng's back, let her whole body weight rest on Yu Heng, suddenly smiled wryly, "No."

The Jiangnan officials achieved their goal and successfully delayed the time, but he closed his eyes and saw the miserable appearance of the magistrate of Anxiang with his head on the ground.

What kind of victory is this?

"No!" Yu Heng bent down and embraced the exhausted Ji Xinxue in his arms, pointed to the words on the envelope to show Ji Xinxue, and read the words to Ji Xinxue word by word.

In October of the second year of Changping, the Shengzhou Army, Xiazhou Army, Yanzhou Army, and Lingzhou Army ambushed the Turks outside the city, killing more than [-] Turks and taking [-] Turkic prisoners.

Ji Xinxue shivered, opened her eyes wide suddenly, fixedly stared at the direction of Yu Heng's fingers, and asked softly as if suddenly unable to read, "Really?"