Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chongzhou, Chongzhou City.

Chongwangfu.

In the study room, officials of all sizes in the state were separated to discuss the affairs of Chongzhou.

Since the great chaos of the Song Dynasty, Xu Guozhong came to power, the imperial power was lost, and the court's control over local areas became weaker and weaker. The vassal kings in various places stopped listening to the instructions and firmly controlled their fiefdoms, and held military and political affairs in one hand.

From that time on, King Chong stipulated that all county magistrates in Chongzhou must come to Chongzhou City every six months to report their work to him face to face.

And today is the last time this year.

King Chong Chu Yan was listening, but his mind was not on the affairs of Chongzhou at all. He kept looking outside the study, waiting for the battle report from Huaizhou.

It's already October, and the war in Huaizhou is about to come to an end.

He also read Gongsun Yan's letter. Lu Sheng sent Luo Qingyang to Huaizhou and sent 10,000 more elite troops. He also stated in the book that he guaranteed to defeat the main force of Chen's army and issued a military order.

You know, military orders are not issued casually.

And it was established, which shows that the person who established the military order is very confident. As a leader, it is like taking a reassurance and peace of mind.

Therefore, King Chong was very much looking forward to the outcome of the war in Huaizhou.

"Your Majesty, there is a letter from Huaizhou."

Less than half an hour after the Chongzhou affairs were discussed, the housekeeper came in with a smile on his face, holding a piece of cloth no bigger than a palm.

As for the letter, the housekeeper, as a servant of the house, was not qualified to read it, and he did not dare to read it, but he knew about Gongsun Yan's military order, and thought that the letter coming from Huaizhou must mean that Gongsun Yan's side had won a big victory.

After the housekeeper finished speaking, the study room was already in an uproar.

Behind the desk, Prince Chong smiled a little, but his hands under his sleeves were clenched a little tighter. Although he had the same suspicion as the butler, he was still a little worried.

After the steward handed it over to King Chong for inspection, he still smiled and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations, Your Majesty, General Gongsun's victory is great, we can regain Huaizhou and control the main route to Jiangnan..."

Before the butler finished speaking, a roar accompanied by a dragon's roar came out from King Chong's mouth. The nearest butler's eardrums were shattered immediately, bleeding from all his orifices, and then he fell to the ground with a thud and fainted. passed.

The officials in the study are all warriors, and their strength is not too weak, but even so, their ears are buzzing and they are a little unsteady on their feet.

After a while, the officials shook their heads and looked towards King Chong.

Prince Chong had already stood up, holding the desk in front of him with both hands. His face was gloomy. You could see that the fingers of the hand holding the desk were very strong.

After a while, there was only a "click" sound, and the desk fell into pieces, and the folders presented by the officials on the table were scattered on the floor.

The piece of cloth loosened by the butler also spread out and fell to the ground.

The sharp-eyed officials immediately caught a glimpse of the content above.

The battle with Chen Mo was lost.

General Gongsun died in battle and the head of the Liang family was captured.

When the coalition forces retreated to Yanzhou, they were stabbed in the back by King Anping. The entire army was trapped and no one escaped.

After reading the content, the officials immediately turned pale and felt a deep panic in their hearts.

Such a big thing happening in Huaizhou cannot be hidden.

Not long after, more and more news about the defeat of the coalition forces reached Chongzhou City.

And the news is getting more and more detailed.

Gongsun Yan and Chen Mo had a face-to-face encounter, and he was shot dead by Chen Mo.

Also shot dead along with Gongsun Yan was the head of the Luo family.

Even the head of the Liang family was captured by Chen Jun.

In addition to these, King Anping also turned to Chen Mo.

The Shu government sent troops to attack the rebel King Huai.

The coalition forces were wiped out and so on.

And everything has a nose and eyes.

After the news spread, chaos broke out in Chongzhou City.

After all, everyone knows that if the coalition forces are defeated, Chen Jun will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue them and move south from Huaizhou.

Now even King Anping has turned to Chen Mo.

It shows that Chen Jun can fight all the way to Chongzhou unimpeded.

The most important thing is that in this defeat, King Chong's elite troops may have been completely damaged, especially since Gongsun Yan died in battle and Liang Mu was captured. No one in the city knew how King Chong could resist Chen's army.

Although the officers and soldiers immediately blocked Chongzhou City, they could not stop the aristocratic families in the city from escaping.

The general trend of the world has completely turned towards Chen Mo.

Prince Huai's Mansion.

Under the pavilion, a woman kept throwing fish food into the pond in front of her.

This woman's clothes are simple, gentle and exquisite. Although she is not young, her face is very beautiful, vaguely revealing the charm of the past.

It's just that the woman's eyes were dull. It felt like she had been oppressed for too long and had lost her resistance and hope for life.

Her eyes have been staring at the pond for half an hour, and she has never moved away. The fish in the pond have long been fed, and the woman is still feeding tirelessly, like a machine.

The maid next to her didn't dare to ask any more questions. She could only wait for the fish food in the bowl in the woman's hand to be gone and keep adding more.

If you look carefully at the corners of the woman's mouth, you will find that although the woman wears heavy makeup, the scars on the corners of her mouth cannot be completely covered.

The woman is Mrs. Hui, Mrs. Li.

The scar on the corner of his mouth was inflicted by King Huai.

On the day King Huai left, he even beat Mrs. Hui.

The reason was that before King Huai left, he told Mrs. Hui that when he came back, he would take the head of her adulterer with him.

As a result, Mrs. Hui did not refute what King Huai said.

So the King of Huai beat Madam Hui and said that he had guessed correctly.

The reason why Madam Hui did not explain.

Because she had explained it so many times before that she was a little numb. There was nothing between her and Chen Mo.

But the King of Huai did not believe it at all.

So Madam Hui simply stopped explaining. She was really unable to bear the beating from the King of Huai. Madam Hui was even more desperate and said some words that no man could bear.

The fact is that there was really nothing between her and Chen Mo. The two were innocent.

But the King of Huai beat her even harder.

He even threatened that he would come back to send her off after he dealt with Chen Mo.

The reason why he did not kill her now.

was to let her know the news of Chen Mo's death while she was alive.

To see Chen Mo's head with her own eyes.

In order to prevent Madam Hui from escaping, the King of Huai also left 500 guards to guard her and Madam Gan.

What really made Madam Hui heartbroken.

was her son Chu Shou.

The son she tried so hard to protect did not believe her in the end.

She also said some high-sounding words, such as "When father comes back next time, you will admit your fault to father, and then I will plead for you and ask father to spare your life."

Even after the departure of Prince Huai, the five hundred guards guarding her were actually under the command of Chu Shou.

But Chu Shou not only did not show mercy to her, but guarded her more strictly.

"Da Da Da"

Just then, a burst of hurried footsteps sounded.

The maids looked back and saw Madam Hui's beloved son running over in a hurry, with an anxious look on his face.

"Prince." The maids saluted.

That's right, with the departure of Xiao Yunxi and Madam Xiao, Prince Huai abolished Madam Gan's son's title of prince, and Chu Shou, as the eldest son and obedient, became the new prince.

Madam Hui was indifferent to this.

Chu Shou came to Madam Hui and said, "Mom, it's bad. Something big has happened. The coalition forces of Uncle Wang and Father Wang have been defeated. General Gongsun and Luo Qingyang sent by the court have all died in the hands of Chen Mo. Even Liang Mu has been captured by Chen Mo. Now that Prince Anping has sided with Chen Mo, the Chen army may come to Chongzhou at any time."

But Madam Hui still didn't react.

Chu Shou continued, "Father's situation is not optimistic either. I heard that Yang Xian of Shu Prefecture sent troops to attack Father Wang in the name of attacking Father Wang. Father Wang, I'm afraid he won't be able to come back."

Madam Hui still didn't speak.

Chu Shou was anxious: "Mom, please say something. Father Wang can't come back. Aren't you worried at all?"

"He deserves it." Madam Hui finally spoke, but she didn't look at Chu Shou, and her eyes were still dull.

Chu Shou was stunned, then he remembered something, his face was overjoyed, he quickly squatted in front of Madam Hui, held her hand and said:

"Yes, mother, my father has no way out, but we do, mother, if you want to save me, I will take you away from Chongzhou, we will go to Anguogong, with your relationship with Anguogong, Anguogong will definitely not kill me, maybe he will recognize me as his godson, Xiao's son will be Anguogong's godson... Mother, please speak."

Seeing that his mother didn't speak again, but stared at him blankly, Chu Shou couldn't help but raise his hand and waved it in front of his mother's eyes.

However, what answered Chu Shou was a loud slap.

Madam Hui slapped Chu Shou in the face, then pointed at him with trembling fingers, her body trembling slightly: "Rebellious son."

"Mother." Chu Shou looked at Madam Hui with disbelief, from childhood to adulthood, Madam Hui had never hit him, today was the first time.

"Rebellious son, you can say such words. I have raised you for so many years in vain." Madam Hui coughed in anger and reiterated that she and Chen Mo were innocent.

Chu Shou smiled and said, "Mother, I understand."

Madam Hui saw that he didn't understand at all.

After a long time, she sighed, and said, "You go, your sister is with him, she will take care of you."

Chu Shou was stunned: "Mother, you don't go?"

"Rebellious son." Madam Hui scolded Chu Shou again in anger, saying, "Do you really want to seek glory?"

"Mother, I don't mean that, don't misunderstand."

"Forget it. Go." Madam Hui continued to feed the fish.

"Mother, you really don't want to leave?" Chu Shou said.

Madam Hui ignored him.

"If she doesn't leave, I will leave."

At this moment, a voice sounded, it was Madam Gan who had been eavesdropping for a long time.

She originally came to Madam Hui to chat and relieve her boredom, but she didn't expect to hear these.

This Chu Shou is really a filial son.

"Third mother." Chu Shou bowed to Madam Gan.

Madam Gan said attentively: "Prince, take me and your brother with you, and I will help you speak well in front of the Duke of Anguo."

Chu Shou's eyes lit up, but his eyes still subconsciously glanced at Madam Hui.

Madam Hui stared at Chi Zi with lifeless eyes and ignored the two.

Finally, Chu Shou gritted his teeth and left Chongzhou City with Madam Gan and the guards of the mansion.

...

Luonan.

Compared with the chaos in Chongzhou City, Luonan was still calm.

It's not that the news of Huaizhou has not yet reached Luonan.

The news came, but only a few people knew about it.

Compared with Chongzhou, Luonan is still far away from Huaizhou.

The speed of news transmission is not so fast. Except for those who specially sent people to Huaizhou to inquire in advance, ordinary people who want to know about Huaizhou will have to wait at least a month.

Lu Sheng was naturally one of the few.

He was stunned when he heard the news, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

This result was too unacceptable.

Lu Sheng's face was gloomy, his hands were clenched together, and he felt cold in his heart.

"Crack"

His fingers were too strong and pierced the paper of the urgent letter.

The heavy breathing sound rose and fell in the study of the Xiangguo Mansion. Every breath made the staff and generals in it silent and dared not look up.

After a long time, Lu Sheng had a stern face and did not make any expression. He put the urgent letter on the desk in front of him and said word by word: "Send all the spies out. I want to know the details of Songjiapo that day."

Lu Sheng really couldn't believe that Luo Qingyang, who practiced the Lingran Xuan Gong, would be shot to death by Chen Mo.

How much stronger must Chen Mo be than Luo Qingyang to do this?

So Lu Sheng would rather believe that there was a mistake in the intelligence.

Liang Ji was also one of the few.

Since the alliance between Prince Chong and Lu Sheng, Liang Ji's living environment has been much better.

She has her own free space and can enter and exit the palace normally. As long as she does not leave Luonan City, she can go anywhere in the city.

Even though she is still trapped, Liang Ji's mood has improved a lot.

In the Queen Mother's bedroom.

Liang Ji is painting in the cool room.

The person on the drawing paper is a man.

The man is wearing a bright armor, holding a "horizontal" sword, sitting on a tall horse, with a cold look in his eyes.

This is the portrait of Chen Mo that Liang Ji drew based on the characteristics of Chen Mo that were spread outside.

The reason why she thought of drawing Chen Mo.

It was completely a whim, because she had heard too much about Chen Mo recently.

She had heard so much that this name was in her mind that she couldn't forget it even if she wanted to.

But if someone who had seen Chen Mo was around, they would find that the person in Liang Ji's painting, except for the characteristics of his clothes that resembled Chen Mo, was completely different from Chen Mo.

Just when Liang Ji was about to add more ink color,

A maid ran in anxiously: "Empress Dowager, it's not good."

"What's wrong?" Liang Ji said without raising her head.

"Reply to the Queen Mother, there was a defeat in the front." This maid was bribed by the Liang family, and the information she got also came from the Liang family's information channels. She told Liang Ji everything she knew.

"Pah."

The paintbrush in Liang Ji's hand fell to the ground, her face turned pale, and she stood up and said with some excitement: "What did you say?"

"The news said that the old master Liang was captured by Chen Jun." The maid repeated it.

Hearing this, Liang Ji's body shook suddenly. She raised her hand to touch her forehead, feeling dizzy and her heart was in great pain.

Unlike Liang Xuan, Liang Mu is her biological father.

Liang Mu, as the "invading" party, was captured by Chen Jun. How could Liang Ji not worry?