Hello Chang’an

 “Alive.” Wujue said with a smile, “And there is still life to be had!”

Qiao Yumian was overjoyed and her eyes turned red: "I will write a letter to inform my father about this!"

"Don't write letters yet!" Wujue said with a smile, "When we meet someday, let me scare him!"

Qiao Yang has a family, and he won't live or die because of him. It doesn't make much difference if he learns about it sooner or later.

Hearing what Wujue said, Qiao Yumian was not good at making opinions, so she nodded with a smile: "It's all up to you."

Anyway, my father still has his "substitute" Ah Wu by his side.

Thinking of Ah Wu, and thinking that she was the first to brazenly speculate that Ah Wu was the reincarnation of Master Wu Jue... Qiao Yumian couldn't help but feel a little hot.

And when Qiao Yumian now thinks about her father's care and emotional support for Ah Wu, she can't help but feel that the scene reveals a sense of lunacy and absurdity...

And, I don’t know how Dad will react when he finds out that Master Wu Jue is still alive. How will he feel when he faces Ah Wu in the future?

While Qiao Yumian was thinking in confusion, Wujue asked curiously: "After my accident, did your father cry?"

People in the world always want to know the reactions of those around them after they die, but there are very few people like him who really have the opportunity to know.

Qiao Yumian nodded. Of course her father had cried before, and now he still gets emotional from time to time, recalling the past with red eyes.

While Wu Jue was talking to Qiao Yumian, Chang Kuo, who had taken a morning walk, came over. He interrupted and did not forget to provoke: "...Yu Mian, this monk has deceived you so far, so we can't just let it go!"

"This way -" Chang Kuo assumed the upright attitude of Mr. Qingtian, waved his hand, and gave his verdict: "You stay for lunch at noon, and ask him to make you a pot of mutton soup, add a dozen sesame shortbreads, and a vinegar dish. Steamed chicken, I’ll apologize!”

Wu refused to accept this sentence: "How come this is what you want to eat!"

Chang Kuo: "Then let Yumian order a few more dishes!"

"Anything is fine." Qiao Yumian said with a smile: "I came today because I have something to do and want to see Ning Ning. I wonder if she will be free at this time?"

"It's still early now. I probably haven't gone out to the study room yet. It's still too late to go there." Chang Kuo smiled and waved his hand: "Go quickly. Remember to stay for lunch at noon."

Under the guidance of a female guard, Qiao Yumian came to Chang Suining's residence and met Chang Suining coming out of the hospital.

"Ning Ning." Qiao Yumian stopped.

"Sister, are you here so early?" Chang Suining asked.

"It's not urgent." Qiao Yumian saw that Chang Sui Ning was obviously going to deal with official business, so she said: "Ning Ning, you go and do business first. I have nothing to do today, so we can talk about it in the evening."

Chang Sui Ning smiled: "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter for a while. Sister, come in with me and talk."

She was not busy with things every day, but once she got busy, she couldn't stop easily. Qiao Yumian came here so early on purpose, so how could she ask people to wait until evening.

Seeing Chang Suining turning around and returning to the courtyard, Qiao Yumian quickly followed.

Knowing that Chang Suining was busy with affairs, Qiao Yumian did not want to disturb her too much. As soon as she followed Chang Suining into the hall, she asked bluntly: "Ning Ning, do you know how Xingzhou is doing at this time? I heard that Fan Yangjun has..."

Chang Suining nodded: "Xingzhou has fallen into the hands of King Fan Yang."

Qiao Yumian's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she quickly asked: "Then...are the Cui clan members in Qinghe safe?"

"The Cui clan was able to move to Taiyuan in time, and there is no danger for the time being." General Chang Sui Ning explained what he knew: "But as far as I know, people under King Fan Yang still took away dozens of the Cui clan's children. "

Qiao Yumian's heart suddenly dropped when she heard the first half of the sentence, and suddenly raised her head again: "Ning Ning, do you know who are among the dozens of disciples?"

Chang Sui Ning was startled for a moment, and then tried to ask: "Sister, I want to ask if there is Cui Liulang among them?"

Qiao Yumian's eyes flashed with a hint of discomfort, but she still nodded without hesitation.

Chang Sui Ning is clear.

When she was in Beijing in the past, she only saw Cui Lang always like a shadow, following Mianmian's sister who had not yet recovered from her eye disease...

Now it seems that the person who is willing to be a shadow is not the only one who is interested.

Chang Sui Ning did not inquire too much about this intention, and only said: "I only learned about this the day before yesterday. The identities of the dozens of Cui's children have yet to be confirmed. Once I get the detailed information, I will Let me know immediately."

Qiao Yumian nodded lightly: "Ning Ning, thank you very much."

Chang Sui Ning originally thought that there was no need to say thank you. Cui Lang at least called her master. She should take care of her, and she should try her best to know the movements between all the forces in the world -

But looking at Qiao Yumian in front of her, Chang Sui Ning suddenly felt that this thank you was a matter between her sister and Cui Lang, and there was no need for her to reject it on her behalf.

"Ning Ning..." Qiao Yumian then asked with a somewhat uneasy expression: "In your opinion, can the imperial troops withstand Fan Yang's army?"

Fan Yangjun's rebellion was sudden and unstoppable, and his power quickly grew stronger every time he passed, which was really frightening.

"Weizhou is probably undefeated." Chang Sui Ning said, "We only have to wait and see the battle in Xiangzhou."

When Fan Yang's army captured Xingzhou, both Weizhou and Xiangzhou sent troops to support them. After Xingzhou's city was defeated, Weizhou almost lost its ability to resist.

The situation in Xiangzhou will not be much better, but the troops sent by the imperial court have arrived in Luoyang and are now heading towards Xiangzhou.

The location of Xiangzhou itself is not that important, but the bad thing is that below Xiangzhou is Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Once Xiangzhou is defeated, Fan Yang's army can directly attack Luoyang, and if it goes further, it can threaten the capital.

This was also the fundamental reason why Fan Yangjun was focused all the way and quickly moved south.

Therefore, the next battle in Xiangzhou is extremely important. If the imperial court loses the Eastern Capital, people's hearts will be in chaos... By then, it is unknown whether the prince's wedding can be held as scheduled next month.

The empress's gamble has already started very unfavorably.

This was almost what Chang Sui Ning had expected. It was a risky move. One chance was enough to overturn this furnace in the world, which had already shown signs of being broken. The fire in the furnace soon began. This gray world will be burned into a huge purgatory.

At the beginning of a war, she should not worry about victory but defeat first. The empress should have expected this situation.

But under such a situation, Chang Suining almost no longer believed that the empress had good ability to deal with the aftermath.

For some things, it’s time to prepare in advance.

After asking someone to prepare breakfast for Qiao Yumian, Chang Suining met Chang Ren in the inner study before going to the outer study.

"Uncle Blade, I have something I need you to do."

Chang Ren cupped his fists and said, "Girl, please give me your orders!"

"I need you to secretly take someone back to Beijing to arrange some things."

Seeing Chang Suining take out a two-fold booklet, Chang Ren hurried forward. Chang Suining first handed one of the pieces to Chang Ren: "This is the manpower and hidden stake location that can be mobilized in the capital."

Chang Ren took it and looked at it, only to see that the spots on it were densely packed and spread over a wide area. One of the hidden spots turned out to be the Jingshi Dengtai Tower.

Chang Ren was shocked. He had followed Chang Kuo for many years, and he could confirm that these were not the foundations left by the Marquis. His own Marquis never had such great abilities as a military commander...

Could it be said that this is also one of the inheritance left by the girl's unknown "ancestor"?

Can God please tell him who the girl's ancestor is?

Chang Ren almost wanted to scratch his head.

"Uncle Ren can mobilize them with this order." Chang Suining handed Chang Ren a token handed over by Meng Lie.

After Li Shang's death, Meng Lie never stopped managing hidden stakes in various places, including the capital. However, he had to be more cautious when acting under the emperor's feet. Therefore, Meng Lie had only tried his best to retain the original power of the capital before. There is no risk to do more expansion and extension.

But since meeting each other last year, Meng Lie tried to secretly expand the power of the capital under Chang Suining's instructions.

At that time, the situation in the world was already in a state of flux. Various forces in the capital were fighting openly and covertly, and the forces surrounding the imperial power were no closer than before. As the gap gradually became apparent, it was a good time to expand.

Coupled with the deep foundation, the capital's hidden stake organization with Dengtai Tower as the center more than doubled in this period.

Not only are they responsible for collecting intelligence from all parties, they also have a considerable number of secret guards at their disposal.

It is now time for the kings to enter the capital. In order to avoid unrest, the capital is very strict in interrogating those who enter the capital. If Chang Ren wants to enter the capital smoothly, he is bound to not be able to bring too many people, so the secret guards of the capital can come in handy. .

Chang Ren took the token, suppressed the confusion in his heart, and tried to ask: "I wonder what the lady wants her subordinates to arrange?"

Chang Suining handed over another folded booklet: "If the capital falls into crisis in the future, we must try our best to protect these people."

When Chang Ren took it, he opened it and saw that the first person in the first line he saw was: "...Master Chu?"

Looking further down, there is Qiao Jijiu... But Master Chu is actually ranked before Qiao Jijiu?

Chang Sui Ning nodded with a smile: "The master is old, so he is a top priority."

The teacher is petty, and if he knew that she didn't put him first, he would probably be angry.

Chang Ren suddenly realized that if ranked by age and status, that would be the case.

But looking further down, one can see that many of the people in this book are court officials. He can't even remember when the girl had too many interactions with them. Did the girl actually want to use her own power to protect them?

"Dasheng cannot live without these people." Chang Sui Ning said.

She also couldn't afford to lose her teachers and friends.

The people she values ​​​​should be protected by herself, and she cannot let the person who set up the game risk their safety on this gamble.

Chang Ren's face became solemn, he cupped his fists and said, "Yes, I will take your orders!"

"There may be many difficulties and dangers here, so please take care of yourself, Uncle Ren."

"Please rest assured, lady!"

After Chang Ren left, Chang Suining went out to the study.

The weather today was not very good, and there seemed to be signs of rain. Chang Suining turned his head and looked towards the north where the gray clouds were floating, with a trace of worry hidden in his eyebrows.

"grown ups."

A female guard who looked a little unfamiliar walked quickly and saluted Chang Suining.

Recently, shepherd's purse, Hao Huan and others have all gone to the military camp to arrange affairs on the orders of Chang Sui Ning. Most of the female soldiers responsible for guarding the house are newly promoted by shepherd's purse. Although they are occasionally unfamiliar, they are all very efficient and attentive in handling affairs.

At this moment, the female guard said: "Sir, that Mr. Meng is back."

Mengli is back?

Chang Suining immediately invited him over and talked in a nearby pavilion.

Meng Lie was so busy that he only changed into a robe in the car before entering the city, but he was in good spirits and showed no sign of fatigue.

After he saluted, Chang Suining asked him to sit down and talk, but he still said, "I'm not tired," and quickly reported the matter of going to the north to Chang Suining in detail.

Chang Sui Ning was relieved when he was doing the work, so he just nodded and said at the end: "The work was done very well. Thank you for the hard work on this trip."

Meng Lie smiled and said: "I can still do a few things for His Highness. I haven't been so relaxed for many years."

Chang Sui Ning smiled: "How on earth have I accumulated the blessings in my life?"

Meng Lie smiled and said: "No matter which life you live in, Your Highness has made countless merits."

After the two laughed and exchanged a few words, Chang Suining asked, "Did Cui Jing's recruitment go smoothly before you came back?"

Meng Lie nodded.

With sufficient military pay support, Xuance's army has always been prestigious, and the expansion of the army will be much smoother. However, the start of the war in Beidi was also sudden. Cui Jing was facing the enemy in the front, and the recruitment and training of troops in the rear had not stopped.

At the end, Meng Lie said: "Before leaving, Governor Cui once asked his subordinates to convey a message to His Highness."

Chang Suining listened carefully.

He said: [Cui Jing is here, please rest assured. 】

For a moment, Chang Suining looked towards the north, nodded slightly, and replied: "Okay."

Since he said this, she temporarily settled down and did what she wanted to do.

In the afternoon, after discussing matters with Wang Changshi and others, Chang Suining checked the letters sent from various places.

The turbulence of the situation is also very obvious in the details. The recent letters from Jiangdu Governor's Office can pile up like a mountain if they are not sorted in a few days.

What was sent directly to Chang Suining, in addition to her personal letters and important information from various places, were mostly letters from the governors of Huainan Road.

The governors of Huainan Province sent letters very frequently in the past two months, and among them, Shao Shantong, the governor of Guangzhou, was the most conspicuous.

Chang Suining roughly estimated that in just two months, Shao Shantong wrote her at least twenty letters. Counting them together, there was almost one letter every three days. And all of this starts with an order given by Chang Suining two months ago...

At that time, Chang Suining was ready for war, so he instructed the governors of each state to recruit 5,000 more troops in addition to the original number of defenders, which was called "defending the Huainan Road".

These five thousand people are not a small number. If each state adds five thousand people, the twelve states will have a total increase of 60,000 troops.

Nowadays, various forces are recruiting troops either under the orders of the imperial court, or because of ambition or self-protection. Recruitment and buying of horses can be seen everywhere. The imperial court is no longer able to strictly supervise and control this. In comparison, Huainan Road is It's not a big move worth mentioning at all.

Just after the autumn harvest, Huainan Road had sufficient grain reserves, and it was almost easy for each state to recruit an additional five thousand troops. Within a month, the governors of each state completed this order one after another.

Regarding this matter, Shao Shantong soon received a reply. In the letter, he apologized to Chang Suining with some trepidation, saying that he had accidentally collected more than 10,000 people, so - sir, please tell me, should I be demobilized on the spot? (End of chapter)