The dim light of the oil lamp made the house look like a yellowed old photo, blurry and not clear enough. After eating and injecting a tube of diluted life source liquid, Zhang Yuanqing recovered a little.
Although I felt a little sick and weak, my coughing finally stopped.
He lay on the shabby bed with yellowed curtains and watched the queen drag out a dusty clothing trunk, wash off the dust, and then spread the quilt that "Aunt Bian" had given her on the trunk to make a simple bed.
"I want to sleep with Yuanshi Tianzun." Jiang Jingwei sat on the bed, took off her embroidered shoes, took off her dress and rolled into bed in casual clothes.
Zhang Yuanqing turned around and looked at Jingwei who had shrunk to the inside of the bed, "You sleep with me tonight."
The queen disagreed and said, "How can a girl like you sleep with Yuanshi Tianzun?"
"The bed is comfortable. I want to sleep in the bed. What's wrong with sleeping with Yuanshi Tianzun? I often sleep in my brother's bed when I'm tired from fighting at home."
Jiang Jingwei had the confidence to refute, and Zhang Yuanqing waved his hand weakly: "Just let her sleep, she is still a child, Queen, give her the quilt."
The difference between men and women is an adult concept. Jiang Jingwei has not yet figured it out in this regard. His thoughts are as clear as a child's, probably because he treats him as a brother.
"Then I want to spit too!" said the queen with a smile.
"You can't." Zhang Yuanqing refused. Your breasts are too big. If you sleep on the bed, I will have mixed feelings.
The queen threw a thin blanket made of coarse cloth to Zhang Yuanqing, who then threw it to Jingwei. Jiang Jingwei rolled up the blanket and muttered, "It smells musty."
She tilted her head to look at Yuanshi Tianzun and then at the queen and asked, "What should we do next?"
He still has some brains and knows that the current situation is not good.
Zhang Yuanqing sighed and said, "Sooner or later, I will have to come out to win the hearts of the people. Let's just consider it as early as possible. It's a pity that Concubine Wan died. We lost a sixth-level helper! Press"
"Ah! Taikui is dead, then we have to avenge her," said the queen sitting on the dungeon unhappily. "Why do you need to avenge an NPC? She will spawn after we leave the dungeon."
"That beautiful lady Wan is not a special boss in the dungeon, nor is she an item with this unique attribute. This kind of character will be refreshed infinitely. When the next tyrant comes in, she will appear too."
"Concubine Wan has nothing to do with us, but I have to avenge her." Zhang Yuanqing leaned against the temple and said weakly, "Our next steps are to treat the disease, improve our reputation, and find helpers!"
Jiang Jingwei thought for a moment and said, "It's easy to cure. Go to that fairy medicine shop. The fairy medicine shop can cure your illness."
The queen shook her head and said, "No, an ordinary doctor in the Immortal Medicine Shop can't cure Yuanshi's illness. If the Imperial Master or his disciples take action, they will definitely be able to see what's wrong with him. Once the experts in the Immortal Medicine Shop target us, we will be trapped."
"What should we do then?" Jiang Jingwei asked the fire masters' catchphrase.
"Let's not worry about the illness. He won't die anyway. At most, he will become a useless and incompetent ruler." Zhang Yuanqing never panicked when faced with major events. "We need to improve our reputation now, help me with the side quests, and then find helpers."
"I think the helpers you are talking about are not our teammates!" Wang Min understood what he meant.
Zhang Yuanqing smiled and said, "Although I am a tyrant, I am still the emperor. No matter how powerful the Zheng family is, there are still political enemies in the court. Zheng Wenhan was able to rebel tonight because Zhao Shun trusted the Zheng family too much and handed over the Imperial City Division to the Zheng family. The Imperial City Division is the emperor's security team, responsible for the safety of the palace and the emperor. It is precisely because he controls the Imperial City Division that Zheng Wenhan is so unscrupulous."
"Of course, when Zheng Wenhan rebelled, they were able to block the palace gates on the pretext of capturing an assassin. On the one hand, it was to prevent him from escaping, and on the other hand it showed that not all members of the Imperial City Division are from the Zheng family! After all, the Imperial City Division has thousands of elite soldiers, and it is impossible for all of them to be from the Zheng family. But in the court, the political enemies of the Zheng family are our allies. In the end, some ministers will definitely be on my side!" said Zhang Yuanqing.
And the Zheng family’s biggest enemy is another in-law!
Jingwei was a little confused, but the queen's eyes lit up, and then she frowned, "Because Zheng Wenhan can also think of this, he must arrange people in various ways for us to contact the Yang family. If we show up, we will definitely die. So the emperor who leaves the palace is like a phoenix in distress, not even as good as a chicken."
"The Zheng family could have announced that you died in the palace after being killed by an assassin, held a state funeral for you, and put an end to your death. Then, with the support of the imperial master, they could have ascended the throne and become emperor."
You are already very passive in the palace, and you lose all initiative once you leave the palace. Although you successfully escape the Zheng family's rebellion and assassination, the next copy mission enters hell mode.
Because of this, even the slow-witted Jiang Jingwei asked what to do next.
Zhang Yuanqing raised his lips and said, "Don't worry, the Zheng family will not ascend the throne. At most, they will support a puppet to disguise themselves as me and then issue a gag order to the imperial guards who are operating in the palace, pretending that nothing happened."
Jiang Jingwei and the Queen asked at the same time "Why"
In the palace's long-extinguished bedroom, several imperial guards were rummaging through the smoke-emitting ruins. Zheng Wenhan stood in front of the bedroom, holding his sword at his waist, his face gloomy and silent. After a quarter of an hour, the soldiers stopped, exchanged glances, shook their heads slightly, and gritted their teeth to carry out the charred Taikan and came to Zheng Wenhan and whispered, "Prime Minister Zheng, we still haven't found the imperial seal."
Zheng Wenhan's mouth twitched, and he took a deep breath to calm down. Shen Wei asked, "Where is the Shuanglong Jade Pendant?"
The leader of the imperial guards shook his head!
Zheng Wenhan was furious. He kicked the leader of the imperial guards and said, "You useless bastard! I will find you even if I have to dig three feet underground."
The leader of the imperial guards hurriedly got up and shouted to his subordinates: "Keep looking. If you can't find the imperial seal and the double dragon jade pendant, I will chop off your heads!"
The imperial guards lowered their heads and began to search quickly, even though they had already been searching in the ashes for several hours.
A whistling sound came from the sky. A middle-aged swordsman with wrinkles on his skin landed on his sword. He bowed and clasped his fists. "Prime Minister Zheng, I have already seen every inch of the harem. I didn't find the tyrant, so I ran away."
Zheng Wenhan's chest and abdomen rose and fell violently. "What's the response from the palace gate?"
The middle-aged swordsman shook his head slightly: "The guards on duty at the palace gate replied that no one had broken through. There are guards on duty a hundred feet in front of and a hundred feet behind the palace gate. With the cultivation level of the tyrant king, he can only be invisible for a maximum of two hundred feet. If he climbs over the fifty-foot-high palace wall, he will only have a hundred and fifty feet left."
"So it's impossible to escape from the palace without alerting the imperial guards."
Zheng Wenhan asked, "What about the others?"
"Except for the woman who was burned to ashes on the spot, one of the six flew away into the sky, making it difficult for arrows to catch up, one escaped from the palace with strange body movements, one fled into the harem and disappeared mysteriously, and one forced his way out of the palace, as if the imperial guards were bewitched and in a daze."
"The two escaped halfway, turned back to the Summer Palace, dived into the lake and disappeared."
The middle-aged swordsman responded to Zheng Wenhan and immediately looked towards the artificial lake. "The tyrant also escaped from the lake."
"Arrange a few soldiers who are good at swimming to chase him along the route he escaped!" The middle-aged general took the order and left. He then looked at the soldiers who were searching.
"The imperial seal has not been found yet!" Zheng Wenhan's face was gloomy. "That kid Zhao Shun not only took away the imperial seal, but he didn't even leave a treasure seal behind. This makes sense. You continue to keep an eye on me in the palace and go to Tianji Tower."
Tianji Tower is where the Imperial Master lives!
"Yes!" The middle-aged general took the order!
In the dim room, Zhang Yuanqing opened the inventory and took out a bright yellow, translucent square piece of dried paper. He held it in his heavy hand and showed it to Mei Jingwei and the queen.
"This is it!" The queen was stunned at first and then surprised. "The emperor's jade seal."
Zhang Yuanqing smiled and said, "There's more."
Then he took out six seals from the item ladder, some gold, some iron. Zhang Yuanqing explained to his two teammates, "These are all the emperor's seals, with different uses. Some are used to issue summons, some are used to confer titles on ministers, and some are used for secret orders. But none of them are important. I took them out to buy time, so that the Zheng family won't use my seals to mess around!"
He then took out a bright yellow double dragon jade pendant and placed it next to the square jade, introducing, "This piece of jade is from the jade kiln of the third emperor of the Southern Dynasty. It was carved from a flawless gemstone tributed by the vassal state of Caiyun. It is unparalleled in the world."
"The imperial seal can be engraved at will, but there is no other imperial seal. It is unique, so it is regarded as a symbol of status and legitimacy by the monarchs of the Southern Dynasties. If Zheng Wenhan wants to ascend the throne, he must obtain the imperial seal. Otherwise, no one in the court or the public will recognize him."
"Even if Zheng Wenhan doesn't ascend the throne, he still needs the imperial seal to support the puppet emperor!"
"In fact, Zhao Shun is the most perfect puppet emperor, but Zhao Shun favors the queen, and the queen is the legitimate daughter of the Yang family, who is originally from a noble family. This makes her even more powerful, and she has become the biggest enemy of the Zheng family!"
In the few memories Zhang Yuanqing had, it was Queen Mother Zheng who gave him the choice of the Yang family. Now it seemed that Queen Mother Zheng wanted to use the Yang family to check and balance the Zheng family!
He picked up the bright yellow double dragon jade pendant and said, "This piece of jade is made from the leftover material of a flawless gemstone. It has been worn around the waists of emperors of all dynasties. It is also a symbol of status. These two items can prove my identity."
The copy reminded him that he could not give up his status as emperor, but he had to leave the palace. After thinking it over, Zhang Yuanqing put the two items and the seal into his inventory.
"The leader is still the most stable!" said the queen happily.
Jiang Jingwei also breathed a sigh of relief, closed his eyes and started spitting!
Zhang Yuanqing pulled the corner of the quilt for Jingwei, looked at the queen a few meters away and said, "Before Concubine Wan died, she told me that it was Zheng Wenhan who killed the Shenrui Army. We can check this line when we have time."
The queen immediately looked in the direction of Jingwei. This should be Jingwei's side quest. Isn't her quest our quest? It's better to rely on the fire master Chang's brain than to rely on her to complete it independently.
Zhang Yuanqing said, "It's getting late, let's rest first!"
The sky in the east gradually turned pale. Fu Qingyang stood on the top of the city wall. His armor was stained with blood, and his handsome face was covered with blood and dust.
He gazed at the extinguished flames in the distance, his eyes calm and deep. The scenes of war and battle a few hours ago were still echoing in his ears.
After nightfall, the Southern Dynasty defenders launched a night attack. Zhao Chenghuang controlled his spirit servants to kill the Northern Dynasty soldiers scattered outside the city. Then the Demon Eye led 5,000 soldiers to attack, disguised as an army of 30,000, and circumvented the enemy. The Northern Dynasty lookouts were fooled when they saw the blazing torches.
They assembled in the dead of night with limited manpower. Tuoba hurriedly assembled 2,000 cavalrymen out of the camp. Then Fu Qingyang led the Southern Dynasty defenders to attack, rushed into the Northern Dynasty camp, set fire to the granary and siege equipment, and burned down the entire Northern Army camp.
After killing tens of thousands of enemies, Fu Qingyang did not seek credit for himself but withdrew his troops decisively. Tuoba Rentu rushed back to rescue but came up empty-handed. Furious, he attacked the city alone and had a fierce battle with the three masters, Fu Qingyang, Eye King, Xiahou Aotian and Taichi.
He did not gain any advantage. The combination of the Demon Eye's bewitching eye and Fu Qingyang's newly comprehended sword intent made this ninth-level ancient war god feel threatened.
He killed a thousand defenders in anger and left after wreaking havoc!
This night attack on the Southern Dynasty resulted in nearly 6,000 casualties and about 30,000 casualties for the Northern Dynasty. It was a complete victory!
After this battle, Fu Qingyang's reputation in the hearts of the Southern Dynasty defenders soared. The soldiers and generals who had been dissatisfied with him before now wished to be his bootlickers and regarded him as a hero.
But Fu Qingyang was not happy at all. This battle ignited the anger of the Northern Dynasty. The next few days would surely be extremely brutal sieges. At that time, the military laborers would have to go to the battlefield, and the people in the city would have to serve as laborers.
Fu Qingyangdao's idea was to reduce the Northern Dynasty's 400,000 troops to 200,000, and then retreat to the capital. After spying during the day, he had a preliminary understanding of the situation in the capital.
The political parties in the Southern Dynasty were divided into two factions, one was the Zheng family and the other was the Yang family!
The relatives of the emperor controlled the government. The Zheng family was an old-fashioned relative of the emperor, and had been operating in the court for decades. The Yang family was a new relative of the emperor, but it was a powerful family with many branches and wealth, and could barely compete with the Zheng family faction!
The Yang family was at a disadvantage, so they paid great attention to their reputation. Their reputation among the people and in the court was better than that of the Zheng family.
Fu Qiyang also found out that Yang Ce was able to take charge this time thanks to the pillow talk from his elder sister in the harem who was the mother of the country.
The Zheng family was extremely sensitive about this, fearing that Yang Ce would make great military achievements on the front line. If the copy was divided into two maps, they would be the capital and Zhan Yang.
The capital city can be dealt with by calling Yuanshi, but before Yuanshi completely controls the court, the capital city may be a dangerous place for the frontline defenders!
Retreating to the capital will mean death, so it is said that Qingyang dare not retreat to the capital. He will stay in Linxia City for a maximum of half a month and a minimum of ten days. He hopes that Yuanshi can always control the situation in the capital, otherwise the situation will be dangerous!
Fu Qingyang exhaled lightly in the cold night wind, and he heard the sound of wings flapping!
Following the sound, I saw a blurry black shadow coming quickly in the dark night sky, and the vibration of its thin wings sounded like the noise of a helicopter propeller;
Fu Qingyang's pupils lit up white, and when he looked closely, his brows immediately raised, "Xiao Yuan?"