Lu Qi, who was sitting on the city wall doing nothing, saw the two people walking in hurriedly and sat down, "Is the princess coming back?"
Song Zhiyuan saw the food and wine on his table and couldn't help scolding him: "Are you too idle?"
Lu Qi was a little annoyed, "Both the prince and the princess don't want me. Nancheng is so impregnable. I don't know how long the wind has been blowing on the city wall."
If there is no war, he would be idle, but now that the two are fighting, he is also idle, and there is always a feeling that he is not taken seriously.
Mu Mingqian looked at him sideways, wondering why this man deserved a beating so much. He slapped the letter on Lu Qi's chest and said, "As you wish, it's done."
The smile on Lu Qi's face faded, he took the letter and read it, and then he couldn't close his mouth, "The Imperial Forest Army is one of our own."
Song Zhiyuan and Mu Mingqian nodded at the same time, it was just difficult to deal with their own talents.
Most of the Imperial Guards were bewitched or even deceived. If all these 10,000 Imperial Guards were killed, many people would die in vain.
Song Zhiyuan: "You have to capture Zhao Fangliang and those low-ranking generals alive, torture them, and dig out the evidence that Concubine Wei and Yan Ming falsely passed on the imperial edict."
Killing is simple. With a few gunpowder, all 10,000 people can be killed in a quarter of an hour.
But catching them alive is not that easy.
Lu Qi stood up from the chair, thought for a moment and asked, "How long until they arrive?"
The secret guard who came over replied: "About three to five days."
Lu Qi patted his chest and promised, "Leave the matter to me and I'll make sure it's done."
Inside the antique castle.
Soldiers from the Beidi Kingdom were disposing of the corpses outside the city.
The ground of the snowfield glacier was so frozen that it was impossible to dig.
So Wen Jinhe ordered all the corpses to be burned. If any woman wanted to take the ashes back, that was up to them.
The massacre that the people of the Snow Kingdom expected did not happen, and even the concubines and concubines in the palace were let go.
Wei Ming led his people to guard various places in Guse City, including several other key cities in the Snow Kingdom. He also asked his subordinates to lead teams to garrison.
"Princess, is it too much to leave 100,000 troops behind?" Wei Ming looked at Wen Jinhe and asked.
Now that the Snowfield Glacier has no power to fight back, there is really no need to keep so many people. Moreover, the climate here is so cold that some people will not be able to bear it if they stay for a long time.
Wen Jinhe stared at him and replied: "Do you think it's easy to manage a population of 800,000? Women can hold up half the sky, but they still pick up a knife and kill people when they meet them, and kill Buddhas when they meet them."
Wen Jinhe continued to warn: "The climate in the Fire City should be warmer. Children between one and three years old are there. Send people in batches to keep an eye on them, and remember to take good care of them."
The reason why the temperature in Huodu is higher than in other places is that there is a volcano there.
Based on Mu Mingqian's previous investigation, Wen Jinhe could determine that it was an active volcano.
Golden magma flows out from the foot of the mountain all year round and flows into the glacier.
As far as the people of Snow Country knew, this volcano had not erupted for at least 150 years, so they sent their children to the Fire City to be raised.
After explaining everything, Wen Jinhe was leaving Guse City.
Qi Heng led 50,000 troops to follow, while Wei Ming was stationed at the snowfield glacier, waiting for the court's subsequent arrangements.
Linyue Kingdom is one hundred and fifty miles outside Kyoto.
Li Junche led the army to capture Huaiqiao City.
After they capture another Shabao City, they can reach the gates of Kyoto.
"My lord, we found traces of Xuanwu Marquis Lu Yanxu on the south road." Murong Nie's armor was covered in blood and dust.
The closer to Kyoto, the stronger the resistance of Linyue Kingdom.
After dozens of cities were captured, Linyue Kingdom's generals began to use guerrilla soldiers to reduce the huge casualties caused by gunpowder.
After all, it is not cost-effective to kill one or two people with just one gunpowder.
Li Junche thought deeply and asked: "Why did Lu Yanxu go south to the south instead of leading troops to Shabao City to support Ning Xing'an at this time?"
Murong Nie shook his head in confusion, "Lu Yanxu is alone on this trip. If the Kyoto spies hadn't been keeping a close eye on him, I'm afraid they wouldn't have been able to find him."
"Your Majesty, there is someone outside asking to see you. He claims to be someone sent by Su Qingli." The guard stood outside the door and reported.
"Let him in."
"His Royal Highness King Che, the emperor has passed away." The visitor knelt on the ground and offered the secret letter with both hands.
Murong Nie looked at Li Junche in shock, the emperor died?
Li Junche was stunned for a moment and immediately opened the envelope. In the letter, Su Qingli earnestly advised Li Junche to go back.
Now that there is no emperor in the Beidi Kingdom and the country is unstable, Li Junche should ascend the throne as soon as possible.
The door was knocked again, and a secret guard wearing a black robe came sideways. He had a lot of beard and eyebrows on his face, looking a bit slovenly.
After he closed the door, he saw the three people in the room staring at him intently. He was a little at a loss for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the emperor left a decree to make the Western Prince the emperor and Concubine Wei to supervise the country. Now the capital has been Controlled by the Royal Forest Army led by Yan Ming."
The people sent by Su Qingli were two days ahead of the people sent by Butler Li, but they arrived at the same time.
Li Junche opened the letter and found it was written by Butler Li himself.
Murong Nie's voice was full of anger, "Is the imperial edict true or false?"
King Che was fighting hard on the border, but the emperor passed the throne to a child who couldn't even speak. Even if he was partial, it couldn't be this bad.
Secret guard: "The imperial edict is not in the emperor's handwriting, but many people in the Chaoyang Palace did see it with their own eyes. The emperor left an imperial edict for the Western Prince. As for the content, no one has seen it."
Murong Nie blurted out, "That's fake, forged."
Li Junche thought about what happened before he left the capital. Although his father's intention was not stated clearly at that time, he already had that attitude.
He believed that there was something wrong with this imperial edict, but why would Yan Ming be loyal to Concubine Wei?
Murong Nie saw his prince lowered his head in deep thought, thinking that the prince was disappointed and sad, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, the emperor was ill at that time, and Concubine Wei was waiting for him. She must have done something to it. You don't have to worry about it, wait until we return to the capital. Just take it all back.”
Li Junche suddenly raised his head and stared at Murong Nie. Concubine Wei was attending the illness. Although his father's illness did not come suddenly, there were so many imperial doctors guarding him, but he could only last for such a short time. Maybe there was something hidden in it.
Murong Nie was startled by the glare, "Your Majesty, are you going to fight again tomorrow?"
Li Junche nodded, "Fight, go back after the fight, and send someone to kill Xuanwuhou immediately. It would be better if you can capture him alive."
Murong Nie's eyes focused and he quickly turned around and left.
The candle on the desk was blown from side to side by the wind, dimming and brightening.
Li Junche closed the gap in the window, and the ink-stained wolf hair was stained horizontally on the rice paper.
Bao Minghe's death must be related to Yan Ming, in order to control the Royal Forest Army.
Yan Ming and Concubine Wei are collaborating, and there must be someone else behind them. To be able to do this, the person standing behind them must be Linyue Kingdom or Snow Kingdom.
The appearance of the Snow Country people is too conspicuous, and it is easy to be spotted when entering and leaving the capital.
The only possibility is Linyue Kingdom. Perhaps from the beginning, Concubine Wei was the spy planted by Wen Mingting in the harem.
The capital was already under their control. Marquis Xuanwu must have had other motives for going south at this time. Since he didn't know his purpose, he simply got rid of him.
