Just then, footsteps were heard outside.
"Prince! Urgent news."
Zhao Chengqian hurried out of the yard and asked, "What's the matter?"
Two servants dragged a man forward. The man was shivering from the cold, with snowflakes on his hair, the skin on the sides of his face was cracked, and frost was floating on his eyelashes.
The corners of his mouth trembled and he was unable to speak for a long time.
"Your Highness, this man is the attendant that the prince sent to Qingzhou to deliver food a few days ago." Someone on the side responded for him.
"What happened in Qingzhou?"
"Prince, hurry! Go and save the prince." The man seemed to have warmed up, fell to the ground excitedly, and grabbed Zhao Chengqian's clothes with trembling hands.
"We were supposed to arrive the night before yesterday, but we discovered a suspicious group of people stationed at Youguan. We dared not let our guard down."
"We sneaked in to investigate and found out they were a group of Northern Rong people. They knew the prince was going back to Qingzhou and planned to block him at Youguan Pass..."
Only then did Zhao Chengqian realize that Yehehai was part of Beirong's plan. He deliberately set up a trap by revealing the news of Beirong's siege to lure King Jin into the trap, thus killing two birds with one stone.
Not only did he take the opportunity to get rid of the King of Jin, but he also took advantage of the situation to capture Qingzhou.
Zhao Chengqian clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying, "They are determined. Even if my father knows this is a dangerous place, we have to go for the sake of the people of Qingzhou!"
If my father doesn't go, he will be cursed by the people of the world!
The man continued, "Your Highness, this trip is likely to be dangerous for the prince. The Northern Rong Wolf and Tiger Army was already deployed before the prince even entered Qingzhou!"
"They have six thousand Northern Rong Wolf and Tiger Cavalry stationed at Youguan Pass, and thirty thousand people besieging Qingzhou!"
To go to Qingzhou, you must pass through Youguan!
"There are also Northern Rong people mixed in with Qingzhou City..."
The person sent by King Jin to deliver the grain originally planned to go back to Qingzhou to find out what was going on.
However, they found that Qingzhou City was under siege and the city gates were closed. At night, someone sneaked out from the secret passage to ask for help.
Only then did I know the current situation of Qingzhou!
"Then...where is the food for disaster relief?" Doctor Song asked nervously.
Attendant: "We were afraid of accidents, so we hid the food and went back to Youzhou to report the news, but we didn't know that the prince had already left for Qingzhou!"
Zhao Chengqian looked at the person on the ground silently, his breath was low.
"Take him downstairs first and call Du Wei over."
The attendants on both sides took the people on the ground down.
Zhao Chengqian walked inside.
This situation is urgent and a solution must be found as soon as possible.
This time, not only his father's life is at stake, but also the lives of countless people in Qingzhou!
The Youzhou County Magistrate said, "Sir, why don't we send another letter to Bianjing, asking His Majesty to send troops to support us?"
Ying Yi said anxiously: "What are you waiting for? Didn't you hear? The prince and the people of Qingzhou are in danger. If we don't go over to them..."
"Brother Xiaogan, is there something wrong with Uncle Jin Wang?"
A soft voice suddenly interrupted their argument.
"It's okay, don't worry, Ruanruan." Zhao Chengqian calmed down and spoke.
Ruanruan: "Yeah, if you need anything, just tell Ruanruan, okay?"
"Well, okay." Zhao Chengqian said.
Ruanruan frowned, she felt that something must have happened to Uncle Prince Jin.
Otherwise, why would the people on Xiaogan brother's side start arguing?
Uncle King Jin definitely can’t beat the bad guys!
It's still very dangerous now.
Brother Xiaogan didn't want to tell Ruanruan, he must be afraid that Ruanruan would be worried too.
The second floor of the Ruan family villa.
Ruan Jingye finally finished discussing the plot with the screenwriter and assistant director of the crew, turned off the video, stretched, and drank a sip of water.
He felt refreshed. He stood up, pushed open the glass door to the balcony, walked out, and glanced at the flowers, plants and trees outside.
Finally, he landed in the yard downstairs, and his expression suddenly changed.
“!?!”
What the hell?
"So where did all that pile of herbs go?"
He took out his phone and took a look. "Mingming, I've only been here for an hour!"
How come it disappeared without a sound in the blink of an eye?
Ruan Jingye quickly went downstairs and saw Ruanruan sitting on the sofa, holding a vase and in a daze.
"Ruanruan, where is that pile of herbs in the yard? Didn't you say Xiaogan's driver would come in the afternoon? It's only eleven o'clock now."
Ruanruan's eyes paused slightly, and she sat on the sofa, not daring to move, too nervous to look at Ruan Jingye.
"Uncle, they came early to get it."
"Then why didn't I hear any sound at all?"
Ruan Jingye stared at Ruan Ruan suspiciously, bewildered, "Could it be that I was too serious and didn't hear it?"
There seems to be no other explanation other than this. It is impossible for such a large amount of herbs to disappear out of thin air.
"Yeah, uncle, you're too focused on discussing the plot."
Ruanruan followed his words and nodded.
"Hey, after discussing this for so long, we finally solved the problem."
Ruan Jingye was in a good mood. He sat down on the sofa and took out his cell phone.
"What do you want to eat? Uncle will order for you!"
Ruanruan didn't say anything, her chin resting on the mouth of the vase, her neck hunched so tightly that she had a double chin, her eyes blank, no one knew what she was thinking.
"What's wrong? Why are you so absent-minded?"
Seeing her listless appearance, Ruan Jingye leaned back on the sofa and said, "Didn't you just send some herbs to your little brother and the others?"
"Uncle, in ancient times, if you couldn't win a war, what could you do? Could you win?"
Ruanruan held the vase and looked up at Ruan Jingye, frowning and asking.
"Are you talking about how to turn defeat into victory?" Ruan Jingye became excited when he talked about ancient times.
Isn't this the plot he was discussing just now?
She nodded softly, "Yes."
"It's the kind where a few thousand people fight against tens of thousands of people."
She remembered that her younger brother was at the vase and said something about six thousand people and thirty thousand people.
In short, it seems that Uncle King Jin has very few people and cannot defeat those people.
"I see. If there aren't many people, we can win with weapons."
"Like gunpowder! Explosives!"
"Cannon barrels, muskets, and bows and crossbows," Ruan Jingye listed them in detail.
Very good!
My little niece likes to study, so as her uncle, I have to talk to her about it!
"But these are usually only available later. For example, in the drama that my uncle is going to film, there was no gunpowder in the country at that time. They were all cold weapons."
"For example, knives, swords, and bows and arrows. They don't have crossbows."
"But according to ancient records, they actually used materials like sulfur and saltpeter in their time, but they used them to make tinderboxes and firecrackers."
"These materials can actually be used to make gunpowder, but unfortunately they didn't discover it at the time, let alone know how to make it."
Ruan Jingye sighed.
If Emperor Taizong of Gan had gunpowder at that time, the Gan Kingdom would not have perished so early.
Upon hearing this, Ruanruan immediately asked, "How do you make gunpowder? Can we buy it here?"
"Grandfather, you can't play with that thing casually!"
Ruan Jingye met her longing gaze and touched her little head.
"It might kill people!"
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