Chapter 919 It’s Time for the Queen to Wake Up
In Wuping Town, tents and bamboo sheds were built on the original open space. However, compared with the previous ones, they were much more delicate. The bamboos seemed to be connected by clever joints, which made them much more difficult than ordinary tents.
Moreover, the thick fabric seems to be exceptionally warm in winter, not to mention now that summer is about to come. The tent is exquisite, and there are small windows in each tent location.
When the tent was first unveiled, everyone was surprised.
But the soldiers who brought them from the capital said that this was invented by the Queen Mother, and that at that time, they used this method to build it in the huge palace when they got married, saving a lot of money that could be used to send them to treat the sick for free, or to distribute cotton clothes in winter to prevent disasters.
At that time, everyone sighed and looked towards the mansion, no one spoke.
For nearly ten days, no lanterns were raised in that mansion.
This means that the Queen doesn't know anything about the situation.
Even if someone mustered up the courage to ask the Empress how she was, no one would answer.
Among the ruins of Wuping Town, there are many collapsed houses. Many of the stones are still usable, while some need to be sent out of the town to be polished and used in other places.
Therefore, many people are needed to help, and the soldiers in the camp will naturally come.
However, those who rushed to come were still the gangsters.
Regardless of how the attack unfolded, this battlefield was where the great masters of the End fought. Even if the sword energy, knife slashes, and fist intent were not left on every brick and tile, there must be traces of them.
The fresh artistic conception left by the Grand Master of the End is what many seventh-grade, eighth-grade, and ninth-grade masters dream of.
Therefore, the people in the martial arts world are aware of this. In addition to helping to rebuild the town, they are also thinking about searching for it. If they find it and the traces are still there, if they can understand something, their strength may increase greatly.
This desire for these traces is not an exaggeration. Just look at how Su Changan's poem "Spring River Moon Night" made many people in the martial arts world consider themselves his disciples, which shows the importance of the insights gained by the martial arts predecessors.
The sun is bright today, men and women are all dead, and the people in the town don't seem to care and are still busy in the town.
But some people also gathered together to take a break.
One of the group took a bite of the pancake and said angrily, "Damn it, Wu Laoliu and Sun Xiaofeng, those two sons of a bitch, ran away!"
The leader of this group was one of the nine captains in the Jianghu camp, named Xue Li. He got this position through real strength. On that day, he won the position of one of the nine captains from young masters of various sects in a serious competition with the help of a Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand.
The strong are respected. Many people were particularly convinced when they saw his appearance that day, so they were willing to follow him.
The nine captains in the Jianghu camp were actually divided into nine troops invisibly. [Ba Xia] Yu Feng, [Dang Kang] Xu Zhongkang, and [Suan Ni] Qi Ping each led three teams.
Xue Li is Xu Zhongkang's subordinate.
At that moment, Xue Li held the extremely flat stone in his hand without saying a word. Naturally, it was cut by the sword intent, but there were traces of sword energy on it, but no sword intent.
The bald young man immediately said, "Those bastards, are you scared enough to come here? After the battle, I will beat them up every time I see them."
An older man took a sip of water and said, "Well, of course they are scared. So many people have escaped in the past few days. There are almost 20 people in our group. But it's understandable. There was such a big commotion before, and the town was like that when we ran here. Who wouldn't be scared? Besides, we have seen those monsters called ghosts before. They are very creepy."
The bald young man swallowed the cake in one gulp. "You can't run away, the battlefield is much more terrible than this. You are a bunch of sons of bitches, and you are scared just like this. What do you mean by defending the country? They were not scared when they took the money from His Majesty and the Queen! They don't even mind the money they gave away for free!"
The man next to him patted him on the shoulder, motioned him to sit down, and then said, "They are panicking anyway. I heard that many soldiers in the army over there are also panicking. And there is no telling when such attacks will happen again. As for the use of poison, who knows when it will happen again. It was very sudden on the day of the competition, and it was even more sudden in Wuping Town. Moreover, all the dead were well-known people in the martial arts world, and they were all from famous sects. These people are all from Mobei, so it is normal to be panicked and afraid. No matter how fiercely they shout, they will still be afraid when they are really facing death. Didn't our queen say that there is a unity of knowledge and action? Knowing about this matter and doing it directly are two different things."
The bald man said immediately, "Brother Jiang, I understand. For those of us who are out there, we all have to struggle and survive on the edge of a knife. The main reason is that what these bastards did was not fair. If the queen hadn't been there that day, we would all have been poisoned, and the poison was so painful. I felt like I was going to die. Fortunately, the queen was so good that she sucked away the poison and saved my life. We should repay her for this favor, right? Now we don't know what's going on over there, and those who were saved by her have just run away. What the hell!"
"And I don't know who started these rumors recently. Some people even said that the queen..."
Having said that, the bald man slapped his mouth and frowned, becoming more and more angry as he spoke.
The man called Brother Jiang frowned and looked back in the direction of the house.
But when I turn around and talk
Bang!
Some other people were resting not far away, but a soldier kicked the person next to him down, then pointed at his nose and cursed: "You beast, when the queen gave you money, you kept saying that your wife had money to see a doctor and the children could go to private school. Now you heard a few words from outside and said that the queen is going to die and will not be able to eat as well as we do now. I will destroy you, you ungrateful wolf, believe it or not!"
As he spoke, the soldier had already pulled out his dagger.
Fortunately, there was someone nearby to stop him, otherwise the dagger would have gone in with a white knife and come out with a red knife.
Seeing this scene, Xue Li and others didn't pay much attention to it. They had seen such things many times in the past few days.
Some people are grateful.
Especially the ordinary soldiers.
That day, all the people in the military camp were suddenly called together. They thought something was going on, but it turned out to be the distribution of silver.
What silver? According to the original words of the person who distributed the silver at that time, "Your Majesty and the Queen took all the money earned from the rouge shop and the money raised, and gave everyone a few months' salary to reward the three armies."
One of the sergeants saw the silver in his hand, which was exactly seventeen taels, enough for ten months' military pay.
Everyone has it.
Many soldiers joined the army because their families were poor. How could they not be happy to receive such a large sum of money? Every family has its own difficulties, but the most important thing is these few taels of silver.
When they got this huge sum of money, many people were ecstatic and couldn't believe it.
They were all men of vigor and vitality, both men and women, otherwise they would not have joined the army. They remembered every account clearly and were naturally grateful to the Emperor and the Empress.
And just these few days, a Lord Yang came from the capital, he is said to be the one-eyed wolf Yang Guofu. But that is not important. This man brought a sum of money to improve everyone's food. Yesterday everyone ate mutton and drank mutton soup. This was also arranged by His Majesty and the Queen in advance. I heard that all the border troops have it.
As a result, the Wuping Town incident happened half a month ago, and the Queen got into trouble because of everyone. These days, because there has been no explanation, there have been a lot of rumors. Even if the rumormongers were caught, it couldn't be stopped.
When the hot-blooded men heard these words, they were naturally angry. They heard that the man who had joined the army before was short of money and wanted to treat his parents at home, after taking the silver, asked for leave and returned to his hometown outside Jizhou to send the silver back to save his parents. After returning, he heard that someone was spreading rumors that the queen might have died and his majesty was too sad to eat or drink, so they took a knife and killed the man in anger.
And the longer this time goes, the more rumors there are. No one knows where they come from, they just appear out of thin air. Therefore, whenever someone says these things, the people around them will immediately become unhappy when they hear them, and there are many cases of them taking action.
Everyone was used to it, and they were able to endure it by not kicking or punching him.
The bald man said, "I heard from the new brothers in the martial arts world that the news has spread outside. Everyone in Yuzhou knows about it, and three people can make a tiger. They say that our queen has long been... Damn it, it's not those spies in Mobei who did it. I don't believe it! If people are panicked, those bastards will use shady tricks."
Xue Li didn't say anything, just looked down at the stone.
But just as the bald man finished speaking, Xue Li threw the stone in his hand to him: "Although the sword intent is gone, the traces of sword energy are still there. As a fourth-rank swordsman, you may be slower to comprehend the strength, but if you feel something, it will be a good thing if your strength increases a little."
The bald man hurriedly caught it, looked at Xue Li and said, "Thank you, Brother Xue."
Xue Li waved his hand and picked up the cake on the ground: "Eat quickly, and then continue to work. Don't worry about what's happening outside. The sky won't fall. Even if it does, there are people to hold it up. But since they are holding it up, we small people have to do things. When the Mobei people come, we have to rush to the front. Killing more Mobei people is the real truth."
After that, Xue Li added: "The queen will not die, don't worry about it."
After hearing Xue Li speak, everyone stopped talking.
After these days of interacting with Big Brother Xue Li, they can see that they can accomplish things by following him!
Xue Li continued to eat. He spoke very little. In fact, he had never even thought of becoming a captain when he came here, but it was true that he wanted to kill the people of Mobei.
However, it was only after meeting the Queen that day that he decided to show his strength.
But after taking a bite of the biscuit, Xue Li raised his eyes to look at the soldiers on one side. Among them, the fourth-rank swordsman who was so young made Xue Li look at him a few more times.
When the swordsman saw Xue Li, he knew this man's strength and immediately clasped his fists.
Xue Li smiled lightly. At this age, he is already a fourth-rank official, so his future is limitless.
"Old Zhou, if I don't say anything, will you just be quiet for a while? Can you move this?"
Right next to the young swordsman, Zuo Cunxu, who was wearing a mask, saw Zhou Anbu, who was also wearing a mask, and immediately went over to help.
When the young swordsman Jing Yu saw this, he also hurried over.
Zhou Bu'an looked at the stone that he could not move, but Jing Yu could lift it with ease, and he could not help but clench his fists.
But Zhou Bu'an also knew how he was.
Because there was an examination for joining the army, Zhou An'an, who had been spoiled by books since childhood, naturally passed the exam.
Fortunately, Zuo Cunxu happened to meet Zhou Bu'nan.
But what Zuo Cunxu meant was that you, Zhou An'an, are different from me, Zuo Cunxu. Although I am also a scholar and like to listen to music, I have practiced martial arts, but you are a pure scholar. So let Zhou An'an go to the separate military academy for scholars to see. If you can have some ideas on the deployment of troops, it will be better than being a soldier.
However, Zhou Bu'an, who had never asked for help from anyone, bowed deeply to Zuo Cunxu. His words "I want to be a soldier" made Zuo Cunxu helpless. In the end, he used some connections to get Zhou Bu'an to work for him. On the one hand, he could take care of him, and on the other hand, Zuo Cunxu knew that he did not agree, so he would definitely think of other ways.
As for why Zhou Bu'an was here instead of going to his father Zhou Yuanrang, Zuo Cunxu didn't ask, but he could guess that he must have run away.
Zuo Cunxu looked at Zhou Anbu and said, "You are too impatient. You are impatient about everything. You just can't lift this stone. Why are you so impatient? It's the same when you are learning sword from Jingyu. What can I say about you?"
Zhou Bu'an adjusted the mask on his face and said nothing.
The reason for wearing a mask was that Zhou Bu'an caused some commotion on the day he went to the barracks. Mainly because he looked too weird, just like a woman, which aroused the curiosity of many people.
Many people even laughed and said they were just like women.
Zuo Cunxu simply gave Zhou Bu'an a mask and asked him to wear it.
After Jing Yu put the stone away, he looked at Zhou Anbu and said, "Brother Zhou, take your time. You can't be impatient, especially when practicing martial arts. If you are impatient, you will not be able to accomplish anything."
Zhou Anbu nodded and sighed.
Zuo Cunxu glanced at the people over there and said, "There have been a lot of things going on outside recently. Old Zhou, you and Jing Yu are just farting outside. If I'm right, this is just the beginning. We just need to be good soldiers."
Zhou Bu'an looked at Zuo Cunxu. He was not very good at using a knife, but he was smart enough.
However, Zhou An'an asked, "Is the queen okay?"
Zuo Cunxu heard this and said with a smile: "We have been in the capital for so long, and we have heard the queen vomit blood several times. Has there ever been an accident?"
Zhou Bu'an nodded, said no more, and lowered his head to continue picking up the gravel on the ground.
Zuo Cunxu smiled and said, "There is only one place in this town where people can listen to music, and it's gone. I haven't listened to music for more than a month. It's really hard. Old Zhou, you have a good voice, can you sing for me?"
Zhou An'an lowered his head and said, "Now the queen's life or death is uncertain. If you dare to listen to the music, you will be beaten immediately."
Zuo Cunxu smiled and said, "Don't I think the queen is fine?"
Jing Yu said, "Brother Zuo, don't make fun of Brother Zhou. I went to ask about Lady Qi yesterday, but she didn't tell you anything?"
Zuo Cunxu shook his head: "That woman didn't see me. She clearly called me "Big Brother Zuo" every time we met before. She turned around and asked Old Zhou to go with her. You don't know your Big Brother Zhou's reputation in the capital. She waved her hand and the woman came rushing over."
But after saying that, Zuo Cunxu looked down at Jing Yu: "However, you should go and ask, right? Didn't you want to be the queen's master, but was rejected? Then you should be with Deputy Commander Yan, even the adults know you."
Jing Yu looked at Zuo Cunxu.
But I haven't spoken yet.
But someone was walking towards them quickly.
When Zuo Cunxu saw this, he immediately straightened his back.
The man also knew Zuo Cunxu and immediately said, "Sergeant Zuo, General Han wants you to go to his place."
Zuo Cunxu was stunned when he heard this, but nodded.
At this time, someone also came over to Xue Li and told him that General Xu wanted him to come over.
But it's also this time.
The sound of galloping horses was deafening.
Everyone could hear it clearly.
Turn your head and look
I saw a dozen riders galloping into the town gate.
However, except for the leader, everyone else stopped and dismounted as soon as they entered the town gate.
Only the leader rushed all the way.
Everyone looked at this person in unison.
After all, the emperor and the empress are in Wuping Town now, who would dare to ride a horse at full speed?
But then.
"Zong Ze." Zhou Bu'an recognized him the first time and spoke softly.
Hearing this, Zuo Cunxu was stunned.
Zhou Bu'an was not the only one who recognized the man. Everyone else looked at the tall and thin man riding his horse towards the house.
【Haidongqing】Zongze.
【Mad Dog】Zhu Huang.
The two great generals around the late emperor.
There were countless capable ministers and generals in Daxia, including Zhao Wuxiu, Zhou Yuanrang, Meng Qin, Li Xuance and so on.
But it was these two people who followed the late emperor.
Among them, Zong Ze was stationed in the northern border, facing the army of the six Rouran towns in the northern desert.
Be the first to climb the ladder, break into the enemy's formation, kill the general, and seize the flag.
Four great military achievements.
Zong Ze completed all of them by himself.
Zong Ze rode his horse and no one stopped him, and the Shence Army even made way for him.
Zong Ze saw the scene in Wuping Town, but he had no time to think about it.
When he arrived at the gate of the house, he dismounted and walked straight into the house without paying any attention to the black horse.
When the Huanglong guards on both sides saw this, they all saluted.
At present, Mu Xu, Du Yu and others are all in the house because they know that Zong Ze will arrive today.
When they saw Zong Ze coming, everyone stood up.
Zong Ze clasped his fists in return. As for his status, in the hall today, only Mu Xu, Meng Qin and Yan Yunxiao could be on the same level with him, but Zong Ze returned the greetings one by one.
Seeing Yang Guofu, Zong Ze also nodded. Instead, Yang Guofu nodded and bowed, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.
Without waiting for Zong Ze to say anything, Yan Yunxiao said, "His Majesty is waiting for you."
After saying that, he turned and walked towards the inner courtyard. Zong Ze took off the sword and two daggers from his waist, placed them on the table, and followed Yan Yunxiao.
Zong Ze looked at Yan Yunxiao: "What's wrong?"
Zong Ze knew everything that had happened, so there was no need to dwell on it, so he got straight to the point.
Yan Yunxiao said: "The poison has been neutralized, but he is still in a coma. But he is fine."
Zong Ze breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded and walked faster.
Mu Xu and others followed behind.
In fact, the poison of the Empress was resolved, and everyone was happy. Although she was still in a coma, everyone was still worried. However, the two doctors from Yaoxian Valley said that she was fine and her awakening was only due to some martial arts reasons, which made everyone nod.
However, Mu Xu looked at Zong Ze who didn't say a word after asking that question, and he thought of Zhu Huang. If it were that mad dog, he would have probably started scolding these useless old guys by now.
When they arrived at the yard, Mu Xu and others did not go in.
Instead, he stood at the open door.
The emperor sat at the front row. After more than ten days, he became even thinner.
Zong Ze looked at Xia Fengxiang with a frown on his face, then turned his head to look at the bed separated by a curtain, and vaguely saw the Queen lying there.
Zong Ze frowned even more, looked at Xia Fengxiang and immediately clasped his fists.
But there was no luggage yet, so Xia Fengxiang said, "No need to be polite, brother, just sit there."
The voice was weak and very tired.
Zong Ze felt a little distressed, "Your Majesty."
Xia Fengxiang said, "I was supposed to meet you in the front hall, but I was afraid that the queen would wake up at any time, so I didn't want to leave. I can only stay here."
Zong Ze immediately said: "Minister
Xia Fengxiang interrupted Zong Ze and motioned for him to sit down, and continued, "I know that the Rouran people in Mobei have begun to deploy their troops."
Zong Ze nodded: "Yes, although it may not seem like a big deal on the surface, troops have already been deployed behind the scenes."
Xia Fengxiang looked at Zong Ze and said, "Brother, you must have heard what people outside are saying about the Queen after rushing all the way here."
Zong Ze immediately said: "Those who spread rumors should be killed!"
Xia Fengxiang waved his hand: "These are all small matters, and now I think the news has spread to the capital, but there is no chaos there, so it doesn't matter. And I'm afraid those people are likely to show up."
As he spoke, Xia Fengxiang sat sideways on the chair, leaning against the back. His lips were a little pale and chapped. He glanced at Su Changan and turned to look at Zong Ze. "It's just a rumor."
At this point, Xia Fengxiang looked at Zong Ze and said, "When I was a kid, I would often act willfully with my brother."
Zong Ze was stunned for a moment, then he watched Xia Fengxiang stand up, clasped his fists and bowed: "Zong Ze is a general of Daxia, and he is also the emperor's lackey. Whatever your majesty wants Zong Ze to do, Zong Ze will go through fire and water."
Xia Fengxiang coughed twice, and Yan Ruyu beside him quickly reached out to help Xia Fengxiang pull down his clothes. Then Xia Fengxiang looked up at Zong Ze with fatigue in his eyes: "I shouldn't say this, after all, I don't understand such things, but...brother, just think of me as being willful."
Zong Ze looked at Xia Fengxiang.
Xia Fengxiang said, "I want all the people in the six Rouran towns in Mobei to die within two months!"
Zong Ze looked at Xia Fengxiang. Even without looking at the Empress, he knew why His Majesty was like this, so he clasped his fists and said, "Within two months, I will make sure that not a blade of grass grows in the six towns of Rouran!"
It was the first time that everyone at the door knew His Majesty's idea. No wonder His Majesty asked Zong Ze to come in person.
But at the same time, he looked at the Queen of Da Xia who was sitting on the chair a little weak.
Everyone thought of the sentence: When the emperor is angry, millions of people will die.
Can you sympathize with the people of Mobei?
No one sympathized.
…
In Su Changan's state of mind, he stood on the pool, wearing a white dress.
He turned his head and looked at Mo Yue who was sitting on the steps.
Mo Yue looked pleased: "What are you looking at! You are a little stronger now, aren't you happy?"
Su Changan shook his head and said, "I just feel it's a little strange."
Ma Yue said: "To transform oneself into mind is a pursuit in itself, and to be introverted is a state of mind. These are what those who practice Taoism pursue."
As he spoke, Ma Yue stood up.
But the next moment.
But he came to Su Changan and said, "It's you, it's time to go."
Before Su Changan could react, Mo Yue gently raised her finger and tapped Su Changan's forehead.
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PS: This is a long chapter, I’ll make up for it. There should be a second update tonight. I’m going out for dinner now.
PS: Here is a picture, guess who it is.
(End of this chapter)
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