When you get here, you can already see the dug canal.

The river is 200 feet wide and eight feet deep, which is more than enough for a ship to pass through.

However, the canal has not been cleared yet and there is no water, so they can only continue to travel by land.

Just when Li Xiuzhu was heading to Chuzhou, everyone in the court in the capital finally knew that Li Xiuzhu was gone.

Seeing Fu Wenhan's body not fully recovered yet, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

At this time, Ruan Wenjun and Xiao Rongyu also came up amid the eunuchs' greetings.

As soon as he sat down, Ruan Wenjun said, "Come here, give Prime Minister Fu a seat."

Fu Wenhan hurriedly bowed and thanked him, then sat down.

At this time, a minister from the Ministry of War stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, I wonder why the Regent did not come to the palace today. I have an urgent report from the border that the Regent would like to pay attention to."

Before Ruan Wenjun and Xiao Rongyu could speak, Fu Wenhan said, "How dare you! The court is the royal court. If there is any urgent news, just read it. Can't the old man and the two ladies make the decision?"

Upon hearing this, the person who was admonishing the emperor hurriedly said, "Forgive me, my Majesties. Prime Minister Fu misunderstood. The urgent report from this border is what the Regent has been paying attention to, so I..."

"No need to say so much, just read it."

"yes!"

After a pause, the military official began to read: "The spies reported that the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions have formed an alliance, and the commander of Yumen Pass requested reinforcements."

Fu Wenhan paused when he heard this, and the two ladies above were also a little panicked.

Just as the Quanrong invaded, the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions also arrived.

Fortunately, Silla in the north was almost destroyed in the battle, otherwise it would have been a real trouble.

"How many soldiers do we have available now?"

Tian Yi, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, stepped forward and said, "Prime Minister Fu, although we stopped digging the Grand Canal in both places at the same time, half of them were withdrawn to guard Bashu, and the rest were withdrawn by the general. We still have 30,000 available soldiers."

“So little?”

Fu Wenhan pondered for a moment, looked at the two women above him, stood up and said, "Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Your Majesty the Queen, I request that 20,000 troops from the 16 guards of Kyoto be mobilized, and that the old general Su Qi lead the army to support Yumen Pass."

Ruan Wenjun and her friends have just learned how to review memorials to the emperor, so they don’t understand military affairs.

Fortunately, Li Xiuzhu had told them that he didn't have to listen to Fu Wenhan in everything.

So the two of them did not hesitate.

"I agree."

"I agree, too."

Su Qi didn't expect that he would have to go on an expedition again just over a month after returning from Yanmen Pass, but he was very willing to lead troops to fight.

"Old minister Su Qi, I accept your order."

Although the problem was solved, they also realized that Li Xiuzhu was not in the capital, otherwise Li Xiuzhu would not have been able to avoid participating in this military mobilization.

Neither Prime Minister Fu nor the two queens could make a decision without consulting the Regent Li Xiuzhu.

So where did Li Xiuzhu, the regent, go? Just thinking about it, several officials who received the backstab of Wu Anjun guessed it.

As soon as the court was over, several people spread the news that Li Xiuzhu had left Beijing.

Their message was transmitted through the air by different carrier pigeons, so when Li Xiuzhu arrived in Chuzhou, the other party's message had also been transmitted back.

Just before Li Xiuzhu was about to step into Chuzhou's military camp, the ambush arrived as planned.

Seeing that Li Xiuzhu and his group were in only two carriages, the killers did not launch a surprise attack immediately, but instead blocked their way.

"Your Majesty, someone is stopping the car."

There are only two old coachmen in his family, one is Lao Ma, and the other is Lao Huang who came with Fu Yuehua.

I won’t talk about Lao Huang, mainly because it’s such a dangerous place, and Li Xiuzhu doesn’t want to kill Lao Ma.

Of course, the main reason is that Li Xiuzhu would relax in the carriage after a long journey, and it would be inconvenient to bring a man along.

Li Xiuzhu had actually heard the noise a long time ago and had already put on his clothes. Hearing this, he came out and looked at the masked men in black clothes outside and said, "You are very fast. I didn't bring any outsiders with me. It seems that you have someone in the court."

“And good communication skills.”

Although Li Xiuzhu guessed it, they were not panicked at all.

The masked man in the lead said coldly: "Our master invites you to be our guest. Please don't resist and come with us."

"By the way, my master is afraid that the prince will suddenly attack and hurt others, so please take this bottle of San Gong San."

As he spoke, a porcelain bottle was thrown from ten feet away and hit Li Xiuzhu exactly.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Li Xiuzhu took it casually, but shook his head and laughed.

"What makes you think you can make me obey?"

Hearing this, the black-clad assassin did not tolerate Li Xiuzhu and asked, "Where does your Highness get the confidence to fight against eighteen people alone?"

"All of us are stuck at the peak of the peerless first-class level. Even if a peerless master comes, we can't leave."

"The prince can't be peerless, and he also brought the top-notch peak, right?"

Li Xiuzhu: …

Is your guess so accurate? Then how will you respond to my lineup? There are only Li Xiuzhu, Du Sanniang and Xi Honglei in the front car, and Bi Xiuxin, Huang Rong and Nalan Mingyue in the back car.

Although Bi Xiuxin was re-cultivating the Beiming Divine Art, she had a first-rate peak foundation, so her achievement was at the late second-rate level.

With the help of Li Xiuzhuo in feeding her internal energy these days, she has returned to the top level again.

However, entering the peerless world requires a large amount of internal energy at once. Li Xiuzhu can give it, but he will also be injured. He does not want to harm himself to benefit others.

Therefore, most of the women who practiced the Beiming Divine Art at home reached the top of the first-class level, but none of them broke through.

But it will be soon. When the female guards in the inner courtyard of the family have practiced their wedding dress skills to the top level, it will be the time for the women in the family to break through.

Huang Rong is similar. She has been at the top of the class for many years. Now she has mastered the art of yin and yang. All she needs is the accumulation of yin and yang energy.

Only Nalan Mingyue was almost there, but he had also reached the top of the first-class level.

Nalan Mingyue looked towards Huang Rong.

"Are we going out now?"

Huang Rong shook her head and said, "Wait a minute. If we go out now, it means we are confident and it will only make the other party guard."

"When they come to attack us later, even if they are careful and cautious, they will definitely not guess that we are all top-notch."

"Whether they try to capture us alive or not, they will suffer heavy losses."

At this time, Bi Xiuxin said, "My two sisters, I wonder if you can only seriously injure these thieves. They are still useful to me."

Huang Rong was startled when she heard this and nodded.

"You can, but I can't guarantee it. You heard what the leader said just now. These are top-notch talents."

"Although there aren't many people coming to arrest us, there should be at least three. We'll see what happens then."

(End of this chapter)