After falsely claiming to be pregnant, the whole court came to claim it

"When did you decide to work for Zhou Hui?" Li Yan asked.

"Half a year ago." Dong Gui said: "When Zhou came back to the banquet, he put up a life and death certificate. If he didn't do this, Da Zhou would send someone else to do it, and Zhou Hui would die."

Dong Gui was unwilling to let Zhou Hui die, the only way was to help Zhou Hui.

"When you did this, did you know the consequences?" Li Yan asked.

"Zhou Hui didn't hide anything from me, I know everything." Dong Gui said, "I voluntarily helped him, and he didn't force me."

Li Yan lowered his eyes for a moment, but didn't make a sound.

"You may think that I have no bottom line, but I have no choice, I can't let him die." Dong Gui said: "As long as it can save his life, I am willing to do anything, even if I go to the eighteenth floor of hell after death , and I don't hesitate."

What Dong Gui said was righteous, as if what he did was something to be proud of.

But he never thought about how many innocent people have been implicated by what he did.

"Hehe." Liu Linxi laughed angrily.

"What are you laughing at?" Dong Gui said, "If it were you, wouldn't you just do nothing and watch your lover die?"

Dong Gui asked this question simply, Liu Linxi didn't plan to answer him at all, but Li Yan couldn't help but think about this question.

As the emperor of the banquet, he wished to tear Dong Gui's body into ten thousand pieces at this moment.But if it was him who wanted to save Liu Linxi's life, the price would indeed be to sacrifice many innocent people, how would he choose?

He glanced at Liu Linxi, who was also looking at him.

The two looked at each other, and Li Yan suddenly knew the answer.

Liu Linxi would not allow him to do such a thing, if he did, maybe Liu Linxi would be the first person to cut him with a knife.When the epidemic broke out, Liu Linxi gave the answer, he would not accept sacrificing others to protect himself.

In the past, when Li Yan made a decision, he probably wouldn't consider what Liu Linxi thought.Just like back then, he wanted to save Liu Linxi's life, so he chose to sacrifice that child without hesitation.But now, as he knows more about Liu Linxi, he realizes how difficult his choice is to end.

Because Liu Linxi is not a person who can be controlled by others.

Although Li Yan didn't regret that decision, he knew that after Liu Linxi learned the truth, the two of them would face huge problems.

"Did you send your children to Qingyin Temple at that time?" Li Yan asked.

"That's right." Dong Gui said, "If the incident happened, Zhou Hui and I would die, but Mo'er is innocent."

Sending Shifang to Qingyin Temple can at least save Shifang's life.

"What was your original plan?" Liu Linxi asked: "If the epidemic is not controlled and the Gu worms spread, what will happen?"

Dong Guidao: "If you find out three or five days later, more than half of the people in the capital will be infected with Gu worms. Within half a month, the capital will be completely out of control, but Zhou Hui still has a conscience, and he doesn't intend to let the people in the capital be infected with Gu worms. People died, so after the Gu worm was infected a few times, it was no longer fatal, and it could not continue to spread. I calculated, no accidents, [-]% of the people in the capital will die in the end, and [-]% will survive but have sequelae. The next [-]% will not be infected."

In this way, the capital of the Great Banquet Kingdom will have no meaning with the abandoned city.

And the whole banquet will be greatly damaged by this plague.

At that time, the northwest battlefield will start fighting again, and all the advantages of the banquet before will no longer exist, and it will be a matter of course for Dazhou to annex the banquet.

Liu Linxi heard Dong Gui say these words in a calm tone, what he was thinking about was not how the banquet would decline, but the people who died during the epidemic.If the two countries were at war and the soldiers died on the battlefield, no matter how tragic the battle was, Liu Linxi would accept it. Although it would be sad, it was the result they could have expected when they raised their weapons.

Because the nature of war is like this, the two countries must accept the gains and losses in the contest.

Any soldier who goes to the battlefield will expect death and tragedy...

But he can't accept unarmed people suffering from these...

This is beyond the bottom line that a normal war should have.

"Dong Gui, it's not enough for you to die a hundred times." Liu Linxi said coldly.

"Yes, I know." Dong Gui said.

Liu Linxi said: "If you can confess truthfully, it can be regarded as a meritorious deed. Do you have any wishes?"

Dong Gui said: "I just want to see him again, just one time."

"Very good, but you are not worthy." Liu Linxi said.

Dong Gui was startled when he heard the words, and glared at Liu Linxi angrily.

Then I heard Liu Linxi say: "Yu Gong, although Zhou Hui is a citizen of the Great Zhou, he can do this for his own country. Although I have a different position from him, I respect him in a sense. Yu private, Although he was sorry for you and dragged you into the abyss, but in the end he killed himself in order to save your life. I admire him very much. But you are different. You are a country that betrayed yourself, and your hands are covered with yourself Sinners of fellow blood."

"What did you say?" Dong Gui said, "What is self-sufficiency?"

"Half an hour ago, Zhou Hui committed suicide by taking poison in front of me. Before he died, he begged me for one thing, asking me to protect you from death." Liu Linxi said: "At least there is one thing you can feel comforted by, although he used you , trapped you in inhumanity, but my affection for you is also true."

Dong Gui shook his head and said, "Impossible, he won't die."

"He's dead, and you'll never see him again." Liu Linxi said, "Didn't you say that you can go to [-] hells because of him? I won't let you go to [-] hells, but I can let you go to hell." You can’t even see the person you want to see the most, not even a dead body.”

When Liu Linxi said this, his tone was firm, ruthless and decisive.Li Yan had never seen such a side of Liu Linxi before. He only felt that Liu Linxi in front of him carried something he had never seen before. It was sharp and brutal, making people unpredictable, but it also carried a special attraction...

"Why are you so vicious? Why?" Dong Gui struggled crazily, causing the iron chain to rattle. He glared at Liu Linxi angrily, wishing he could bite him to death, "Let me see him...let me see He...why...why..."

"For those people who were killed by you, and their relatives who will never be able to reunite. For the sake of Shangyuan Festival today, I can tell you what he said before he died. He told me that he I have always been reluctant to call your child by your name, but in the future your child will never be called by this name again. The master of Qingyin Temple gave him the name Shifang. Zhou Hui seems to like it very much, and I think it is very good. As for you Look, no one cares anymore. From now on, no one in the world will remember you, but you have to live like this forever." After Liu Linxi finished speaking, he turned to the jailer and said, "I promised Zhou Hui that he would save his life. , You guys look after me, don't let him die."

After Liu Linxi finished speaking, she turned around and left the torture room.

The jailer looked at Li Yan, and Li Yan said coldly: "Do as General Liu said."

After coming out of the torture room, Liu Linxi only felt cold all over.

He didn't even have time to think about Dong Gui and the dead Zhou Hui, his mind was now full of the Northwest War.

Although he has never been to the northwest since he arrived here, he now carries all the memories of the original owner, and everything in the northwest seems to have been engraved into his bones unconsciously.The place that the original owner had guarded for nearly half his life suddenly became alive to him.

Liu Linxi couldn't even tell whether this was caused by the memory of the original owner, or whether he now regarded himself as a subject of the banquet. He knew that once the Northwest was defeated, the banquet would face a huge crisis...

At that time, not only Li Yan, but also his family members will suffer an unreasonable disaster.

Liu Linxi has lived here for so long that she has almost forgotten the original appearance of this world.Now that he was suddenly reminded, he realized that the crisis in the original book would only happen a few years later, because his arrival was earlier.

Although the original civil strife in Xuzhou camp has turned into the current invasion of the northwest, the situation is very similar.

If this dilemma cannot be solved, Liu Linxi dare not imagine what the ending will be like.

"General Liu." Li Yan quickly followed Liu Linxi, grabbed him and asked, "Are you really planning to save Dong Gui's life?"

"Yes." Liu Linxi said: "Since I promised Zhou Hui, I don't want to break my promise."

Li Yan nodded. Liu Linxi originally thought he would object, but Li Yan didn't.

"I'm just a little worried. There is no impenetrable wall in this world. If you plan to keep Shifang by your side, he will always be curious about his past and background in the future. If he finds out that there is Dong Gui, how can we explain it to him? ?” Li Yan said: “Dong Gui is his father after all, the one who gave birth to him.”

Liu Linxi said: "I believe Shifang has the ability to distinguish right from wrong."

Li Yan said: "Okay, if you insist, I will follow you. I will find someone to deal with today's matter, and I will not spread it."

Liu Linxi nodded, and the two went to the Imperial Study Room side by side, where Yu Xingzhi was already waiting.

When Yu Xingzhi was called over in the middle of the night, he knew that something must have happened, and his face was very serious.

"Where is Second Young Master Liu?" Li Yan asked.

"He..." Yu Xingzhi obviously didn't expect Li Yan to ask this question, and he was a little dazed and embarrassed for a while.

Liu Linxi said: "What do you plan to do? Do you want to go back to the northwest, or do you want to stay in the capital for a job?"

"I did think about going back to the Northwest before, but now..." Yu Xingzhi was a little embarrassed, but Liu Linxi had already guessed his answer.You Qi knew that he had made up his mind to stay in the capital when he saw the wooden hairpin in his hair.

"I have already replied to your note before, but I have not given it to you, allowing you to return to the northwest and be promoted to a level." Li Yan said.

Yu Xingzhi was a little surprised, but he still bowed his hands and thanked him.

Liu Linxi didn't want to play charades, so he directly talked about what happened tonight to Yu Xingzhi.

Yu Xingzhi was shocked and speechless for a long time.

"Chen... I'll go back and pack my luggage, and I'll leave for the northwest early tomorrow morning." Yu Xingzhi said.

"I'll go back with you." Liu Linxi said.

As soon as Liu Linxi said this, Yu Xingzhi and Li Yan were taken aback for a moment, and said in unison, "No."

"Why not?" Liu Linxi said: "My record in the Northwest is better...than General Yu's. If only one person goes back, then I should go back instead of him."

"You can't go." Li Yan said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty is right, I don't agree with you going back either." Yu Xingzhi said.

Liu Linxi looked puzzled, and said: "Although I am the deputy commander of the Imperial Army now, I have never even been to the Imperial Army to order. I have nothing to do with the Imperial Army. Now I am in a hurry to follow the power. At worst, His Majesty will spare me tomorrow morning." The job is."

Li Yan and Yu Xingzhi looked at each other, they both knew what was on each other's mind right now, but they were both hesitating how to cover up the past.The reason why they didn't let Liu Linxi go to the northwest was naturally because Liu Linxi was pregnant now.

Not to mention that the sword has no eyes in the northwest battlefield, even if the road is bumpy, it may be dangerous.

"No, there is no need to discuss this matter." Li Yan said.

"Why?" Liu Linxi asked anxiously, "When is this?"

Li Yan looked at Liu Linxi, he hesitated for a moment and didn't know how to explain it, and there was only one sentence to open and close.Liu Linxi has always abided by the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers, especially in front of outsiders, and has given Li Yan enough face everywhere, but now he is a little bit neglected, and he is about to turn his face.

The good thing is that Xingzhi suddenly said: "We are all gone, who will watch over the food and grass?"

"The grain and grass are slow, but it's not that the Warehouse Department has no food, as long as the people from the household department arrange to send it to the northwest immediately." Liu Linxi said: "Everyone in the capital can handle this matter, so why should I worry about it? "

Yu Xingzhi said: "Food and grass are half the life of the Northwest Army. Now that it has been so late, it has already endangered the battle in half a month. If there is another mistake, the consequences will be disastrous. Can you still trust the people in the Ministry of Finance? Are you afraid that the Northwest Army will receive truckloads of sand when they do their work?"

Liu Linxi: ...

It doesn't feel right, but it sounds reasonable.

"Wars don't happen overnight. Since I have already returned, there is still a commander in charge in the northwest, and the Great Zhou will not be able to do anything to us for a while." Yu Xingzhi said: "It is not too late to go after you have settled the matter of food and grass. .”

Liu Linxi nodded and said, "I'm too impatient. You're right. The matter of food and grass needs to be dealt with properly."

Not only was it necessary to transport the grain from the Warehouse Department to the northwest, but it was also necessary to find a way to allocate some grain from the state capitals closer to the northwest to meet the urgent needs of the Northwest Army, otherwise it would definitely endanger the situation of the war.Thinking about it this way, the matter of food and grass is indeed very difficult, especially the allocation of food and salaries from other state capitals. If an ordinary civil servant is sent, it is probably really difficult to handle.

Seeing Liu Linxi let go, Li Yan and Yu Xingzhi exchanged glances, and both heaved a sigh of relief.

But both of them knew in their hearts that this matter would not be hidden for long after all.

It's just that Li Yan never expected to face this problem at such a juncture. If he had known this earlier, he might as well have said it earlier.

Li Yan is not the only one who is struggling tonight, Yu Xingzhi is also there.

He had just told Liu Xiangwan an hour ago that he would stay in the capital, but now he was saying goodbye again.

Liu Xiangwan didn't go back to the mansion today. He originally planned to go to Yu's old house with Yu Xingzhi, but he didn't expect to meet someone from the palace as soon as he entered the door, saying that he was urgently invited to the palace.Liu Xiangwan was very worried, but he didn't know what happened, so he went to wait outside the palace gate.

When Yu Xingzhi came out, he saw Liu Xiangwan wearing a cloak, waiting for him.

"What's the matter?" Liu Xiangwan went up to him and asked.

"Let's talk about it when we go back," Yu Xingzhi said.

Liu Xiangwan was very smart, seeing his appearance, he had already guessed about it, so he asked, "Did something happen in the northwest?"

"How do you know?" Yu Xingzhi asked in surprise.

"Brother is so anxious to find you, what else can he do besides the northwest matter?" Liu Xiangwan said.

Yu Xingzhi took a deep breath and said, "I can't refuse. Once the Northwest Army goes to war, the commander loses me and your brother, just like a tiger loses its claws..."

"I know, you don't need to explain." Liu Xiangwan said.

"I'm sorry, Xiangwan." Yu Xingzhi said.

"Why are you saying sorry? Are you not planning to come back? Or do you think I won't wait for you?" Liu Xiangwan said.

Yu Xingzhi was startled when he heard the words, his eyes suddenly became hot.

Liu Xiangwan said: "Brother will also go, but I guess His Majesty must be in trouble now, how to tell him about the pregnancy."

"I have stabilized him for the time being with the food and grass, but I don't think it will last for long." Yu Xingzhi said: "In terms of bravery on the battlefield, I am not as good as Linxi, and in terms of deterrence in front of the enemy, I can't even compare to him. This time, Da Zhou planned this battle with great care, and we lost him as a fierce general, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to fight."

Liu Linxi was like a living signboard on the northwest battlefield. The two armies called for battle. If Liu Linxi rode a horse and poked somewhere, the enemy's momentum would naturally weaken by three points.On the contrary, now that Da Zhou knows that Liu Linxi is no longer in the northwest, it is inevitable that he will be a little more confident.

It's not that Liu Linxi is invincible. In terms of leadership and tactics, he is much worse than the coach after all.

But when the two teams confront each other, most of the time they fight with momentum, and Liu Linxi wins because of the momentum he has developed over the years.

Especially in the era of cold weapons, most of the losers are cowards.

But now, the Northwest Army will most likely be a bit weaker than the Great Zhou Army...

After Liu Linxi and Li Yan returned to their bedroom, they saw Shi Fang sleeping on a low couch.

Su Heng stood by and hurriedly got up to salute when he saw the two people coming in.

"It is said that today is the Lantern Festival on the [-]th day. I have to say good night to you two before I go to bed. I waited and waited for myself to go to bed." Su Heng whispered.After he finished speaking, he planned to wake up Shifang, but Liu Linxi bowed his hands to signal that he didn't need it.

Li Yan picked him up and put him on the couch in the inner hall, Shi Fang opened his eyes, seeing him, he couldn't help grinning.

"Go to sleep when you're sleepy, there's no need to get up." Li Yan said.

"Take off your clothes and catch a cold carefully." Liu Linxi stepped forward to help Shi Fang take off his cotton coat.

Shifang got under the quilt, smiled at Liu Linxi and said, "Mother is unhappy?"

"Ah?" Liu Linxi was taken aback for a moment before realizing that Shifang was talking about Li Yan, and hurriedly said, "He's too tired, so he's not unhappy."

Shifang asked again, "I was just dreaming."

"What did you dream about?" Liu Linxi asked.

"I dreamed that my mother gave birth to a baby." Shi Fang covered his mouth and snickered.

Liu Linxi couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, "Baby boy or baby girl?"

Shi Fang said, "A baby just like Daddy."

Liu Linxi pinched Shifang's smiling face, and the original anxiety and uneasiness instantly eased a lot.He took off his clothes, and Shifang lifted the quilt to make room for him. After Liu Linxi entered, he held Liu Linxi's hand and put it on his stomach to warm him up.

"My hands are cold, so I will ice you carefully." Liu Linxi said.

"At that moment, you put it on mother's belly to warm you up." Shi Fang said.

Li Yan changed his pajamas and came to lie down, Liu Linxi put his hands on his stomach as expected, Li Yan was chilled by his hands, and then took Liu Linxi's hands and stuffed them into his arms.

"Shifang, repeat what you said just now." Liu Linxi said.

"Hey..." Shifang smiled, and hid in the bed behind Liu Linxi, a little embarrassed.

Liu Linxi said for him: "Shifang said that he dreamed that you gave birth to a baby who looked exactly like me."

Li Yan's complexion changed when he heard the words, and he couldn't help frowning. Liu Linxi immediately noticed it, and asked, "Are you unhappy?"

"No." Li Yan said.

"Still worried about things in the northwest?" Liu Linxi asked.

Li Yan stepped forward and hugged Liu Linxi in his arms, covered Xiao Shifang's eyes with his hand, then bowed his head and kissed Liu Linxi.Liu Linxi could feel that Li Yan was in a very bad state today, but when he thought about it, Li Yan was the king of a country after all, and it should be reasonable for him to feel depressed and anxious in the face of such a big change.

"I'm a little panicked today." Li Yan said.

"I panicked for a moment." Liu Linxi said, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Xiao Shifang hugged Li Yan's wrist and said, "Mother, don't be afraid, I'm here too."

Li Yan stretched out his hand and rubbed Shifang's little head, then pulled him over and hugged him together.

He was really flustered today.

Especially when Liu Linxi proposed to go to the northwest...

The former prime minister took it for granted that since Liu Linxi was by his side, it belonged to him.But when the epidemic broke out last time, through a palace gate, he realized for the first time that Liu Linxi was sometimes so far away from him.

This person seems to be soft and appropriate, and he doesn't fight or grab him everywhere, as if when he wants to see him, he can turn his head and see him at any time.When he wants to kiss, hug, or do something, he never refuses, and even cooperates enthusiastically every time.

But the more so, Li Yan felt terrified.

When Liu Linxi said without hesitation today that he was going to the northwest, he felt that this person was far away from him.

Even if Liu Linxi was in his arms at this moment, Li Yan felt that he couldn't catch him.

It seemed that as long as he let go of his hand a little, he would lose this person at any time.

Today Dong Gui asked them, if they had to choose between their own country and their lover, how should they choose?

Li Yan really thought about this question seriously at that time, and then realized that at least he couldn't choose the answer that made Liu Linxi sneer.But he could feel that Liu Linxi didn't hesitate at all, because the other party never had a second answer in his heart.

This made Li Yan feel very depressed.

As a king, he has a general Liu who is so loyal to the king.

But what he wanted in his heart was Liu Linxi who was full of nostalgia for him.

"Aren't I being too selfish?" Li Yan asked in a low voice.

"Why do you say that?" Liu Linxi asked.

"Today you said you were going to the northwest, I was so scared." Li Yan said.

"I know." Liu Linxi said: "But I also know how important the northwest is to the banquet. If you keep it there, you will be able to keep the banquet, which means you will be kept."

Li Yan doesn't want to regard himself as a king at all right now.

But Liu Linxi has always adhered to the creed of being General Galewind...

"Accompany me to the Buddhist hall tomorrow, and I want to tell you something." Li Yan said.

Liu Linxi was startled when he heard the words, feeling vaguely uneasy, but he couldn't guess Li Yan's thoughts for a while.