Brother, this showman

In the spring of the fourth year of Longhe, a plague broke out in Linyuan Kingdom. The epidemic spread rapidly like fireworks exploding in the sky, and one out of every ten people died of the epidemic.

The young Qi Yunchu has faded away from the youthfulness of a young man, and some years of sharpness have been added to his innocent eyebrows and eyes, and he has become a green pine standing proudly in the vast expanse of ice and snow, aloof and unruly, but a little more lonely.

He dropped the memorial in his hand with a slap, glanced coldly at the ministers kneeling under His Highness, and angrily said: "Nansu Liuzhou alone has nearly a thousand people who died of the plague. I have sent hundreds of doctors, Several times, the Ministry of Household Affairs allocated millions of silver and thousands of shi of grain to the relief. It has been a month, and although the epidemic has not been brought under control, there will always be a turn for the better.”

"You actually persuaded me to give up and ignore those common people. Who gave you the courage to speak out here!"

The kneeling ministers were drenched in cold sweat, suffering unspeakably, none of them dared to speak out, and secretly exchanged glances with the adults around them.

"Why should the lord be angry?" King Yu sat beside him slowly, sipping his tea, and brushed off his sleeves calmly, "What your lords say is unreasonable."

King Yu got up and strolled to Qi Yunchu's side, squinted at him, turned around, looked down at the kneeling ministers from a high position, and continued: "Now there is the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom outside, and they have long intended to invade. This war is about to break out. , Once it is knocked down, the loss is not small. It has been a month in Nansu, but there is no improvement, and the money and food are constantly being sent, but it is nothing but muddy cows."

"The epidemic is raging, and it can't be controlled in a short time. In this case, why not stop the loss in time?"

"Bullshit!"

Qi Yunchu's eyes were wide open, the veins on his forehead burst out, and the two flames in his eyes burned more vigorously following King Yu's words, almost burning people to ashes, "If I can't even protect my own people, what else do I have?" Face the king of this country! King Yu's words can be described as treasonous."

King Yu stared at Qi Yunchu for a long time, smiled instead of anger, and clapped his hands. The crisp applause wafted back and forth in the hall, and directly swayed into the hearts of all the officials. It turned into a sharp sword, and slashed the heart severely. .

Everyone wailed in unison, it was over, King Yu was angry.

"The lord has grown up." King Yu brushed his hair and sighed softly, with a little helplessness and relief on his brows, "Since the lord has made up his mind, what he said just now is considered wrong. In order to express punishment, I request the lord of the country to remove me from the position of regent, and I will punish myself for three months of contemplation behind closed doors."

Without waiting for Qi Yunchu to speak, King Yu took off the golden crown of the regent king on his head, took off the court clothes together, and flung them lightly to the servant at the side.Leaving the hall with high strides, he didn't pay attention to Qi Yunchu at all.

King Yu grounded himself, and even all the courtiers followed suit, staying behind closed doors, all thinking about their mistakes.Even Qi Yunchu sent someone to invite him, but they were turned away.

You have the ambition of Qingyun, but you have no good wind to rely on.

Qi Yunchu was sitting on the high hall, looking at the empty hall, the light in his eyes was completely hidden by the dark clouds, and the wind and snow hovering on his eyebrows reduced his handsome face a bit.

Suddenly a long and tall figure appeared at the door, coming against the light, but it was full of heat, melting the frost and snow covering Qi Yunchu's body.

"Brother!" Qi Yunchu's eyes lit up, overjoyed, all the dark clouds in his eyes dissipated, he quickly got up and hugged Yu Xingye tightly, as if he had caught a piece of driftwood, and wept carefully about his sadness and helplessness, " They don't listen to me."

"I don't want to give up on the people of Nansu. They are human beings too. They also have parents and brothers. As long as I persist, they have hope of surviving. But everyone disagrees with my idea."

Qi Yunchu rested his chin on Yu Xingye's shoulder, telling one by one the grievances he had suffered recently and the anger that was suppressed in his heart and had nowhere to vent.

"I know." Yu Xingye patted Qi Yunchu's back reassuringly, gently wiped away the tears from the end of his eyes with his fingertips, and laughed helplessly. Woolen cloth."

"I am the lord of the country, I can do whatever I want!" Qi Yunchu pouted his lips, his voice was slightly nasal, his nose was slightly pink, and what should have been a dignified sentence had a hint of coquettishness.

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Yunchu immediately drooped his head, like a rabbit drooping its ears in frustration because it didn't get any cabbage leaves, and said in frustration: "I'm wrong, I'm the puppet lord."

"Who said that, you go out and have a look, who in the four realms sees you and you don't respectfully call out 'lord'? What is a King Yu?" Yu Xingye pulled Qi Yunchu to the door, pointing Looking at the majestic palace gate in front of him, "You are the biggest king of Linyuan. It is mentioned in the history books that Linyuan III is you, not King Yu."

Qi Yunchu opened his mouth and was about to speak when he saw a hurried figure running in front of him. His silver-white armor was covered with marks of swords and blood, and his face was stained with blood. The intruder, the general of Guazhou Bay, Zhou Chong, surrendered without a fight, and took the initiative to open the city gate to welcome the thieves into the city. The prince of the Sirius Kingdom ordered the massacre of the city, causing all the people of Guazhou Bay to die under the sword of the thieves."

Order to massacre the city!

Qi Yunchu only felt a loud buzzing in his ears, and a thunderbolt struck him directly, catching him off guard, and his eyes turned black.

"Zhou...Zhou Chong?" Qi Yunchu grabbed Yu Xingye's arm in time, used his strength to stabilize his figure, shook his drowsy head, and looked at the soldier who sent the message, furiously, gnashing his teeth, "He... Why didn't he resist?"

The soldier looked at Qi Yunchu, his eyes flickered, he hesitated to speak.

"Say!"

"General Zhou, General Zhou said that the king only cares about the people of Nansu in his heart, and he doesn't care about the life and death of the soldiers at all. He who is a general is not happy to be a king, and he has no intention of killing the enemy on the battlefield. It is to give up resistance and take the initiative to go out to meet the enemy."

"Bastard!" Qi Yunchu yelled sharply, a sharp pain came from his chest, a convulsion, the pain made him bend down involuntarily, like a buffalo on the verge of death, panting dully.

When Qi Yunchu regained consciousness again, it was already evening, and the afterglow of the setting sun sneaked into the bedroom. After being discovered, he could only stay in place silently, releasing his own charm in a fawning manner.

"Mother's queen." Qi Yunchu looked at the worried-looking queen mother who was guarding the bed, and in his impression, the black and bright hair had been taken over by silver white, and even the gentle and delicate face was somewhat dimmed.

"Yun'er." The queen mother looked at Qi Yunchu with loving eyes, pointed to the purple prince's python robe on the table, and said earnestly, "The Ai family has heard about the Guazhou Bay incident, and the Ai family is a member of the harem. You shouldn't get involved in court affairs, but the matter is so important that the Ai family has no choice but to overstep."

"That General Zhou was originally a capable lieutenant general under King Yu's command, and was later sent by the late emperor to garrison Guazhou Bay. Zhou Chong has a strong temper, is brave and good at fighting, and is not a timid person. The incident in Guazhou Bay, Zhou Chong is obviously dissatisfied with King Yu being grounded."

"Is the queen mother persuading the son to apologize to King Yu?" Qi Yunchu's eyes flashed a trace of sarcasm.

The Empress Dowager choked on her words, her expression a little unnatural, and she explained in a low voice: "King Yu holds an army of 30 troops, and nearly half of Linyuan's generals are all under his command. If King Yu..."

"Mother, do you know what you will lose if your minister goes to apologize to King Yu?" Qi Yunchu's eyes were wet and hot, his throat seemed to be blocked by a ball of cotton soaked in water, and he struggled to make a sound, "It's Nansu six The people of the state. If King Yu wants to send troops to fight against the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom, he must abandon the people of Nansu. Queen Mother, I can’t do this.”

"How...how could it be." The queen mother was stunned, tears welled up in her eyes, her lips trembled, and she repeated in disbelief.

"Wars are going to be fought, and the people of Nansu have to take care of them." Qi Yunchu lifted the quilt and sat up, throwing the ground and said loudly, "I, Qi Yunchu, will never abandon any of Linyuan's people!"

The Heavenly Wolf Kingdom came in a fierce manner this time, and the Linyuan Kingdom retreated steadily, fighting all the way south, and approached the imperial city in less than two months.

Qi Yunchu ordered King Yu to send troops to go out, but King Yu was either still under restraint, or he was not feeling well, and he refused to lead troops anyway.

The war is getting tighter and tighter, and there are no unscrupulous generals in the camp available.

Qi Yunchu couldn't bear it anymore, and directly led someone to blow up the gate of Yuwang's mansion, and "invited" several sons of Yuwang who were having fun in the backyard into the palace.

King Yu was so angry and annoyed that he could only carry his gun into battle.

"What? King Yu didn't go to Ningdu?!" Qi Yunchu threw away the pen in his hand suddenly, and the memorial on his knee fell to the ground, and the moving chair made a harsh rattling sound.Like the maemies howling bitterly while hiding in the trees in June, the noise made people feel restless.

"He didn't go to Ningdu, where did he go!" Qi Yunchu jumped up, kicked the chair beside him, and said angrily, "Half a month has passed, and you are only now telling me that he didn't go to Ningdu!"

"Subordinate, I don't know." The spy swallowed timidly and stammered, "Before King Yu clearly led his troops to Ningdu, and his subordinates followed him all the time. As a result, when he was about to arrive in Ningdu, King Yu They proposed to leave separately. At that time, all the horses and horses were divided into three teams, and the subordinates followed Yu Wang's team. When they arrived in Ningdu, they found that Yu Wang, the leader of the team, was a fake. The other two teams didn't see each other for a long time, so they followed His brother did not come back."

"At present, the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom has broken through Ningdu's defense line, and it will attack the Imperial City in a few days."

"How many troops can be gathered the fastest now?"

"The entire army of Ningdu has been wiped out. The only ones that can be assembled are the Imperial City Guard Battalion and the Guards. There are about 3 people in total."

Qi Yunchu remained silent, looking down at the haggard desktop that had been soaked in ink, and even the paper changed its appearance.

"You go down first." Qi Yunchu waved his hand, retreated from the spies, turned around and picked up a long sword inlaid with gems hanging on the wall, and rubbed his knuckle fingers back and forth on the red gold hilt, feeling like a beating heart Drums, breathing became more and more disordered.

Qi Yunchu clenched the hilt of his sword tightly, and the blade was three inches out of the sheath, a gloomy cold light shone between his brows, and a trace of determination flashed in his eyes.