After binding the loving mother system, I was so bad

Seeing that Song Shoujie couldn't stand such stimulation and was about to faint, Li Mingde quickly added.

"Although the crossbow is fake, we do have such a crossbow in Yunzhou, but it is still on the way. Although the troops are not that large, a large number of reinforcements are on the way."

Song Shoujie was speechless. This explanation would be worse than no explanation at all!

If he hadn't been scared by Gu Nanxi, the outcome would be uncertain.

No matter how much Song Shoujie regrets, the facts are as hard as iron and cannot be changed. Gu Nanxi has actually taken complete control of Hezhong County.

When the news reached Guangde Prefecture, the deputy general who was about to set sail stopped.

The army hasn't even set out yet, but the commander has been captured. What should we do?!

The Guangde Prefecture Tongpan's legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.

Hezhong County fell into Gu Nanxi's hands. Wouldn't I be the next one to face the Yunzhou army? !

The Tongpan of Guangde Prefecture rolled and crawled, preparing to go to the governor to discuss how to deploy defenses next.

It would be best if there was no fighting. If a war really broke out, how could a small Guangde Prefecture withstand the chaos of both sides? !

The deputy general also kept his troops on hold for the time being and quickly sent a letter to Kyoto to ask the Emperor what to do next?

At this time, Kyoto is welcoming the first snow of the year.

The snow was not heavy, just some tiny snowflakes, which instantly turned into water droplets when they fell on people and the ground.

The water droplets mixed with the dust on the ground made the road slightly muddy.

Although Kyoto was only missing one Fuquan Teahouse and one Songda, tea drinkers still felt it was quite desolate.

After the closure of Fuquan Teahouse, a new teahouse named Yunshuizhai emerged, covering an area of ​​ten acres, with three floors and a very grand decoration.

I heard that the person standing behind Yunshuizhai is Lord Li.

Officials from Kyoto would go to the third floor of Yunshuizhai to show their support whenever they had time.

Yunshuizhai imitates Fuquan Teahouse, with a huge platform in the center of the first-floor hall.

Storytellers, opera troupes, and dancers from the Western Regions all perform here.

At the same time, in order to attract customers, Yunshuizhai not only distributed flyers but also organized a number of promotional activities.

Therefore, the lobby on the first floor of Yunshuizhai was also packed with people.

The storyteller was telling the story of Xiang Ling on the stage. The poor student was favored by the courtesan, but he had an affair with the maidservant beside the courtesan.

The tea drinkers listened in a disjointed manner, their attention focused more on chatting with their friends.

"The books that Lao Zheng talks about are getting more and more boring. I heard that the owner of Yunshuizhai offered a high price, so he poached Lao Zheng from Fuquan Teahouse. I came here just for Lao Zheng, but I didn't expect it to be so boring."

The person sitting at the same table took a piece of tea and put it in his mouth, saying in boredom, "A good cook cannot cook without rice. Yunshuizhai does not allow us to talk about "Yunzhou Weekly" or "Legend of the Lonely City". They wish they could wipe Yunzhou and the Duke of Yun from this world, as if they had never existed."

Another person also complained: "Not only that, recently the Imperial City Bureau has been like a mad dog, criticizing everyone they catch. Even the vegetable vendors on the street dare not say a word."

"Hey! It's all because of Song Da and the owner of Fuquan Teahouse! Song Da took Cui Sanlun to Shuozhou. The owner of Fuquan Teahouse wanted to take Song Dalang away, but failed. The spies were scared and everyone looked like someone from Yunguo Palace."

The tea drinker scoffed: "How can I be that capable?! What does Duke Yun see in me? Is he interested in my ability to eat and drink?"

"Hehe, maybe I like your self-awareness!"

Everyone laughed and said, even if Fuquan Teahouse was gone, wouldn't life still have to go on the same?

The atmosphere on the third floor of Yunshuizhai is more relaxed.

The officials thought the storyteller's stories were too plain, so they invited a few prostitutes to keep him company.

A man with a goatee hugged the girl and complained: "What happened to Juchunlou? Wasn't the business good? Why is it closed?"

Juchunlou is so great, you can do whatever you want, hire prostitutes, take Wu Shi San, it’s so refreshing!

"I heard that their boss is reducing their business in Kyoto and no longer plans to work in Kyoto."

"Don't mention Juchunlou, even Master Tong, Duke Ji's Mansion, and many other families have started to invest in Jiangnan cloth, right?"

"Huh? A few days ago, I learned that Li Gelao and the prince's uncle were buying up the good farmland and shops in Kyoto. What's going on with this trend?"

Some people sneered: "It's nothing more than Master Tong boosting others' morale and destroying his own prestige, thinking that the emperor can't defend the capital."

Everyone else was speechless.

"Master Tong is good in every way except that he is too timid. When the Tartars were still around, he supported peace talks. Now that the Tartars are gone, he is still as spineless as ever when facing Gu Nanxi."

"Gu Nanxi is much easier to deal with than those Tartars. After all, the Tartars are a foreign race, barbaric and brutal, and they massacre the city at any time. Gu Nanxi would never dare to do such a thing!"

"I heard that Wang Shoujie led a ship to rob Hezhong Prefecture. I guess he has already taken it."

When talking about Wang Shoujie, everyone started to talk about it on paper again.

"The timing, location and people are favorable. When the main army arrives at the battlefield, Wang Shoujie will surely be able to lead the navy and retake Hezhong County."

"With Hezhong County as the front line of the battlefield, the government can free up its hands to stabilize the rear and prolong the war. Without the markets of Kyoto and Jiangnan, the goods produced in Yunzhou will have nowhere to sell. Without money, Gu Nanxi's strength will be greatly damaged!"

No matter how everyone deduced, the final result was that Gu Nanxi would definitely lose! At most, Gu Nanxi would occupy two counties in Yunzhou and Shuozhou.

Whether it is Yunzhou or Shuozhou, both are poor places.

It is better to fall into Gu Nanxi's hands than into the hands of the Tartars.

Civil and military officials and the people were relatively accepting of this situation. At worst, they could just crown Gu Nanxi as king.

When the Great Zhou Dynasty was first established, there were kings with different surnames.

The snow outside has stopped.

There was a charcoal brazier burning in the room, and it was a bit stuffy, so someone opened the window to get some fresh air.

Suddenly, I saw a galloping horse running wildly on the street. The mud splashed by the horse's hooves fell on the passers-by and soiled their newly changed cotton-padded clothes.

The pedestrian wanted to curse loudly, but when he saw the 800-li army flag on the back of the man on the horse, he was stunned for a moment and stepped aside several steps.

When the people in the private room on the third floor saw this, their hearts sank, and a bad feeling of uneasiness lingered in their hearts.

There were no more external threats in the north, and the only ones who could mobilize the 800-li express were the Tibetans in the southwest and the Japanese pirates along the coast.

It can't be Gu Nanxi!

Everyone put aside their anxieties, pretended nothing happened, and continued to enjoy the snow, drink wine, and look at the beauties.

Unfortunately, the drinking party had to be disbanded before the sun set.

The government urgently summoned the top and second-in-command of the nine temples and five prisons.

All the superiors have been summoned to the palace, so those who have a say in their departments will naturally return to their departments and be ready to respond to calls at any time.

Not knowing what was going on, everyone stayed in the department in a state of anxiety, little knowing that their superior was so shocked by the news that he was questioning his life.

"What? Wang Shoujie was captured?!"