Lu Yun continued, "Send spies over the mountains to find out about the Northern Kingdom's military situation... Well, there should be quite a few famous people staying in Luoyang City. I can write to them and ask them to help keep an eye on the Northern Kingdom's military movements."

Luoyang was included in the territory of the Northern Kingdom, but the famous scholars traveled around the world, not getting involved in politics, and had their own paths.

Wei Cong then realized that although Lu Sanlang was now sitting in the barracks every day, he was a famous scholar before that. Regardless of the north or the south, the status of a famous scholar is high. Seeing Lu Yun start writing a letter again, General Wei slowly said "hmm": "We still have to be vigilant against these ambitious people... I won't say more. I will seize the time to continue training the troops. Regardless of open or secret plots, our military strength has been improved, so that we can respond to everything with calmness."

At this point, Wei Cong smiled bitterly: "It's a pity that the physical fitness and physical strength of our southern country people are not as good as those of the northern country's army. The people of Jiangnan want to train soldiers as iron-blooded and brave as the northern country's army, but they are still far from it."

Lu Yun's eyebrows moved slightly: The advantage of the South Country lies in its wealth, in the fertile land of the south of the Yangtze River. Weak military strength can be made up with numbers and money... But if the whole chain is broken, they will be somewhat vulnerable.

With this in mind, Lu Yun simply wrote another letter to Jianye, asking Prince Chen whether the support of the Jianye court behind him was reliable.

…

So far, it seems solid.

King Chen replied in this way.

His Majesty the Emperor was living a life of drunkenness and dreaming. After sending out the soldiers, he left the war to the Grand Marshal to worry about, and His Majesty did not care about it. Now that His Royal Highness Prince Chen is in the Sima Mansion, although he cannot control the army in Jianye, he can still control the soldiers in Nanyang.

The money in the imperial treasury is far from enough to cover the war, but the aristocratic families have a lot of money. King Chen visits each family every day and speaks to them in a friendly way. With the help of men like Lu Erlang from the Lu family, the aristocratic families are still reluctantly providing financial resources and transferring them to the country. The aristocratic families hope that the war will end as soon as possible. If it lasts for a long time, they are unwilling to waste time here.

Chen Wangdao: "...the poor also contributed money to the court to buy an official position. Several scholars and officials agreed."

The difference between the gentry and the common people only refers to the status of both parties. However, in this era, there were some poor people among the gentry, such as the Luo family of Nanyang. There were also local wealthy people with high reputation among the poor, such as the Yicheng forces represented by Zhou Yangling's father Zhou Tan. The poor were not less wealthy than the gentry. Even a famous scholar like Zhou Tan, who came from a poor family, could mobilize more assets than ordinary gentry. When the poor wanted to marry into a wealthy family, some ordinary gentry were tempted by "wealth marriage" and were willing to provide their status and the poor provided money, so that both sides would win.

In this case, it is normal for the poor to be willing to help the imperial court fight the war.

King Chen said, "Mr. Zhou Tan is indeed a great scholar of the time, but it's a pity that he can't marry me. I wonder what happened to his daughter who originally came to Jianye, and why she left after coming. Could it be that Mr. Zhou is disappointed with Jianye?"

King Chen had only heard of Zhou Yangling's existence from Lu Yun. He discussed the possibility of marriage in a normal manner, treating it as an exchange of interests. However, he was no longer willing... King Chen thought of Zhou Zibo and sighed softly in his heart.

A strange thought came to his mind: they both have the same surname Zhou. What if Zhou Lang was not a man but a woman, or even Zhou Tan's missing daughter... How great would that be?

…

When Chen Wang Liu Chu and Lu Yun were communicating, Lu Xian, the second son of the Lu family, also wrote a long and eloquent letter to his third brother, anxiously talking about his dream. But Lu Xian was more cautious at this time, because he often did not receive a reply from Lu Yun, and he could not help but wonder if he wrote too many letters and too frequently, and his third brother simply did not have time to read so many of his letters. Just in case, when he wrote to Lu Yun, he wrote a more detailed letter to Luo Lingyu.

Cousin Luo is so smart. After seeing this letter, she should go look for my third brother, right?

Lu Xian guessed that he had such a dream because the princess from the North appeared. There was no news from Jianye, so the border should have had news. In the dream, the princess spread rumors and misled the people. The envoys from the North confused right and wrong, and forced the Southern Court to stay put, which killed Lu Sanlang. If the princess from the North did not enter Jianye, my third brother would not have to die, right?

So, how can we prevent a princess from the North who has a clear goal from joining Jianye?

Lu Erlang didn't know that he let the soldiers at the border to deal with such matters.

…

Nanyang was receiving the princess from the Northern Kingdom. The Northern Kingdom's envoys were left in Nanyang, waiting for the Southern Kingdom's civil servants to pick them up, and were not in a hurry to leave for Jianye.

Lu Erlang's guess was right. There were too many letters on Lu Yun's desk, too many important letters. Lu Yun obviously didn't think it was important for Lu Erlang to ask him what he ate and drank every day. He would read his second brother's letter when he had time, and would not open the letter to read it right away. Moreover, in the past two days, Lu Yun was a little free, and he was busy with another thing: he bought a lamp from the Princess of the Northern Kingdom and wanted to give it to Luo Lingyu. He was busy perfecting the lamp... and had no time to reply.

But Luo Lingyu received the letter first.

Sitting in the courtyard of her home, the other girls were playing back-and-forth games, laughing and joking. Luo Lingyu put down the letter in her hand, her beautiful eyebrows drooping, thinking about the shocking secrets in Lu Erlang's letter. She was too concerned, and every time Lu Sanlang was mentioned to die, her heart was in a mess, and she was at a loss everywhere.

Lu Saburo will die!

The cause of death was caused by this northern princess!

The girl sitting quietly in the garden at home, with murderous intent in her eyes. The first thought was that this princess from the northern country could not be allowed to enter Jianye. And the best way to prevent a princess who was obsessed with the idea of ​​marrying a princess and had bad intentions from entering Jianye was to make her disappear. This princess could not be allowed to live... She would always be a threat to Lu Yun if she lived.

But in the past, countries never killed envoys for their problems. The princess of the Northern Kingdom was one of the envoys. If she died, wouldn't Lu Yun, as the highest official in Nanyang, be held accountable? Well, it doesn't matter if he is held accountable... Lu Sanlang is from a noble family, so as long as he didn't kill the person, it's fine.

The death of this princess cannot be linked to Lu Yun...it can be compensated for afterwards, but the incident itself must be done cleanly.