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

With so many things happening in one day, Liu Linxi thought that he would lose sleep tonight.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his head touched the pillow, he fell asleep in a short while.

Although he fell asleep quickly, Liu Linxi did not sleep soundly...

Not long after he closed his eyes, he dreamed of the nightmare that had troubled him a long time ago.In the dream, it was still the familiar Turbulent River, it was still ambushed, it was still outnumbered, and it still ended in the tragic death of one person.But the person in the dream was no longer Liu Linxi, but Yu Xingzhi!

Liu Linxi woke up in the middle of the night, breaking out in a cold sweat.

"What's wrong?" Li Yan didn't know whether he woke up after realizing his uneasiness, or if he didn't sleep all the time.

Liu Linxi stretched out his hand to wipe the cold sweat off his head, only felt his heart beating wildly, and the picture in his dream was still very clear until he woke up.

"I dreamed that Yu Xingzhi was attacked on the way back." Liu Linxi said.

"General Yu will leave early tomorrow morning, you are too worried about him, that's why you have nightmares." Li Yan comforted.

Liu Linxi nodded and lay down again.

Li Yan held him in his arms and reached out to pat him on the back.

"Let Chu Yunfeng prescribe some tranquilizing medicine tomorrow, I will worry about the court affairs, and there are so many courtiers, you don't have to worry too much." Li Yan said: "Last time I lost so much blood in Qingyin Temple, I will worry about it. I have always been worried that your body is not well maintained, and you need to make up for it in the future."

Liu Linxi laughed and said: "I'm not that unbearable, you see Shi Fang suffered such a serious injury, isn't he alive and kicking? No matter how poor I am, I can't be weaker than a child, right?"

"If you keep your mouth shut, I'll feed you personally later." Li Yan held his arm tightly and said with a half-warning tone.

"Fine, fine, it's all up to you." Liu Linxi said.

Only then was Li Yan satisfied, and reached out to pat Liu Linxi's back lightly, trying to lull him back to sleep.

Liu Linxi was drowsy and sleepy, but a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.

"No..." Liu Linxi said.

"What's wrong?" Li Yan asked.

Liu Linxi said: "There was a question before that that I hadn't thought about clearly. If Zhou Hui's affection for Dong Gui is really that deep, why didn't he take on all of this alone? He obviously can carry out this plan without pulling Dong Gui. According to the experience of living in Yan for more than ten years, his ability and thoughtfulness are definitely deeper than we imagined."

Putting this in a spy war drama, it is an old spy who has successfully lurked for many years. Can the old spy's professional ability be able to do it under a gu?Where does he need any help... But he just wants to drag Dong Guigong to sink.

At first glance, it seems that the two of them are very affectionate.

After thinking about it, I always feel that it is a bit unreasonable.

"Maybe Dong Gui noticed it, so he can't hide it?" Li Yan said.

"It's possible, but if that's the case, it doesn't make sense." Liu Linxi said: "If it were you, I found out your secret, but this secret may lead me to death. Will you die with me? ?”

Li Yan narrowed his gaze, and said, "If I were Zhou Hui, I would take you to hide and fly far away."

"If I... I would choose the safest, safest, and most secure method for our future." Liu Linxi said: "I don't want to hurt those innocent people of the enemy country, nor do I want my lover to follow me east forever. Hiding in Tibet is in danger of dying at any time."

After all, one day is a spy, and a lifetime is a spy. If you want to escape, you have to think about the pursuit of your mother country every day.

Li Yan looked at him and asked, "What will you do?"

"Since Dong Gui can betray his country and compatriots for Zhou Hui, if he really loves Dong Gui so deeply, why doesn't he betray Da Zhou and serve the banquet by surrendering?" Liu Linxi said: "In this way, Zhou Hui Although he also betrayed his own country, he did not take any substantive actions, at least he would not hurt innocent people."

Previously, the Great Banquet and the Great Zhou were close to a truce, so no matter what Zhou Hui did, he would not suffer too much loss from the Great Zhou. At most, he did not help his mother country to kill the people of the enemy country.But if the original plan had been followed, Dong Gui would not only have ended up like this, but would have killed so many people and lost all his virtue.

No matter how this account is calculated, it is the most cost-effective to surrender to the banquet.

But he still did that, not only did he die, but also put Dong Gui into such a situation...

"Because...he doesn't love Dong Gui?" Li Yan asked.

"I don't think it's not that I don't love...it's just that I don't love enough." Liu Linxi said, "Compared to Dong Gui, Zhou Hui's loyalty to Da Zhou is the most important thing in his belief."

Li Yan asked: "So... Zhou Hui took poison and died in front of you in the end, not for saving Dong Gui, but for another purpose."

"That's right, at least in Zhou Hui's heart, Dong Gui is not worth his life." Liu Linxi said: "His purpose is to tell me all this, because once I know the situation in the northwest, the first thing I think of is to let Yu Xing Then go back to the northwest."

Facts have proved that after Dong Gui's death that day, the first thing Liu Linxi thought of was indeed to ask Yu Xingzhi to enter the palace.

If Zhou Hui didn't use the banner of protecting Dong Gui's life, but told Liu Linxi the news directly, Liu Linxi would definitely doubt his purpose.But he pretended to be affectionate, and Liu Linxi would subconsciously think that Zhou Hui wanted to save Dong Gui's life, so he would not think about other things at all, nor would he question Zhou Hui's motive for revealing this matter.

Hearing this, Li Yan got up and went to bed, and told the servant on duty in the outer hall: "Immediately let the Imperial Army send someone to Yu's old house overnight, and pass on my oral order, ordering General Yu not to return to the northwest for the time being. Let him enter the palace to see you in the morning." I."

Liu Linxi was afraid of waking up Shifang to sleep, so he put on his clothes and stayed on the bed, took Li Yan's cloak, and went to the outer hall.

Li Yan took the cloak and put it on, and said, "It's unexpected that the people of Dazhou have planned to this extent."

"Things may not be so bad." Liu Linxi said: "The matter of the military rations was delayed because I wanted to check the Warehouse Department, and the total delay was only half a month. It will take half a month to pass the news to everyone. Zhou can barely do it, but there is absolutely not enough time for Da Zhou to make the decision to go to war and then send it back to the capital."

In other words, the outbreak of war on February [-] was not directly related to the seizure of grain and grass.

In other words, Liu Linxi and the others are still unable to determine whether the start of the war was caused by Zhou Hui's smoke/mist/bomb.

But what is certain is that Yu Xingzhi is more like their target.

"If you count in terms of time, the news from the capital to Dazhou, and then back to the capital from Dazhou, is only enough to bring back Dazhou's reaction after the epidemic in the capital was brought under control." Liu Linxi said: "I guess, what Dazhou gave him The feedback is likely to be just the opposite, not a rush to fight again, but a truce."

After all, the original plan of the Great Zhou was to take the opportunity to launch an attack in the northwest when the capital fell due to the epidemic and the whole country was in a panic during the banquet.Now that their plan had failed, it seemed extremely risky to rush to strike again.

Having figured this out, both Liu Linxi and Li Yan lost half of their hearts.

But even so, they can't take it too lightly, in case Da Zhou will have other backers.

After such a toss, it was almost time for the morning court, so Li Yan naturally didn't plan to sleep anymore.

The two cleaned up and passed on the breakfast directly.

While eating, Liu Linxi thought of Zhou Hui again, and said, "How much weight does Dong Gui have in Zhou Hui's heart? If you say he doesn't care about Dong Gui, but because Dong Gui almost died when Shifang was born, he never cares about him." I like this kid. When I was on the mountain later, I heard him mention Dong Gui, but it wasn’t because he didn’t care, he even thought about kidnapping me to exchange Dong Gui.”

"But in the end, he still took advantage of Dong Gui and his own feelings to give him his loyalty to Da Zhou." Li Yan said.

"It's said that loyalty and righteousness are difficult to balance." Liu Linxi smiled bitterly: "I think if Zhou Hui was asked to die for Dong Gui, he might not be unable to do it. But for the sake of Da Zhou, he can bear to let Dong Gui die to die."

Hearing this, Li Yan looked at Liu Linxi, his gaze couldn't help but darken, he really wanted to ask Liu Linxi, if he changed his position, would Liu Linxi betray the world for him?But he will not make this boring for himself, just like he is the emperor of the banquet, even if he doesn't care about his own life, he can't ignore the safety of the banquet.

Liu Linxi is also General Galewind, a warrior who guards the territory.

Such a question really humiliated his scars all over his body and his narrow escape from death...

But such a Liu Linxi, even if he had never put Li Yan on the tip of his heart against the weight of all sentient beings, he had nothing to be reluctant about.To have a place in Liu Linxi's heart, what else could he not be reconciled to?

"It's time for me to go to court in a while, you go back and sleep for a while." Li Yan said.

"I'll accompany you." Liu Linxi said.

Liu Linxi thought to himself, today Li Yan must mention the issue of grain and grass in the court hall. He was originally responsible for checking this matter, but now that something happened, he should be there instead of hiding.

"Today I won't bring up the issue of grain and grass. If I bring it up without evidence, it will not only make the courtiers suspicious, but may also cause other troubles." Li Yan said: "When I turn around, I will first ask the Minister of the Ministry of Households to find out. It might have ended better for him because he was involved in it."

Liu Linxi felt that it made sense when he heard the words. Now that the situation is chaotic, Li Yan has to calm down more and more.

In these matters, Li Yan has always been more thoughtful, and Liu Linxi believes that Li Yan's approach must be the safest.

After Li Yan left for the morning court, Liu Linxi originally wanted to rest for a while, but the forbidden army came to report that Yu Xingzhi had already entered the palace and was now waiting in the imperial study.Even though Liu Linxi went to the imperial study, he did not expect to see an old friend there whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Cheng Yuan?" Liu Linxi looked at Cheng Yuan, and it seemed that the two hadn't seen each other for several months.

At that time Cheng Yuan was still a young boy, but now he has the air of a soldier in the army.

"General Liu." Cheng Yuan cupped his hands at him.

"It seems that Xiao Shuai has trained/taught you well, it looks like that." Liu Linxi smiled half-jokingly.

During the hunting before, Cheng Yuan had offended Li Yan a lot. Li Yan had let Cheng Yuan see Liu Linxi again.Today, I was caught off guard and "disobeyed" the imperial decree... I don't know how Li Yan will feel when he goes down to the court for a while.

But since Xiao Ying knew about the subtle relationship between Cheng Yuan and Li Yan, he even sent Cheng Yuan into the palace this time, which shows that he did it on purpose. Good promotion.

Yu Xingzhi obviously didn't know why Li Yan changed his plan and let him enter the palace.But right now, it was inconvenient for him to ask in front of Cheng Yuan, and he just gave Liu Linxi a wink, which meant that Cheng Yuan came here this time with something on his mind.

Liu Linxi realized what Yu Xingzhi meant, so he took the initiative to ask Cheng Yuan: "The Tuanhe camp hasn't come to report work yet, why did Xiao Shuai send you to report work?"

"The commander-in-chief sent me into the palace because of a minor matter. He couldn't make up his mind whether to formally submit the paperwork, so he sent me over." Cheng Yuan said and handed over a written letter. Xiao Shuai told Liu Linxi, and said: "The reason for this matter is that it is minor because it did not cause any consequences. If it is major, Xiao Shuai is afraid that Tuanhe Camp is not the only one where this happened, so he feels that His Majesty should be informed to avoid any accidents." I'll be caught off guard after that."

Holding the booklet, Liu Linxi hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should read it or not.

It's fine if it's in front of Li Yan in private, but now it's not appropriate to read Li Yan's excerpt in front of Cheng Yuan.

Cheng Yuan saw that Liu Linxi didn't read the booklet, so he continued: "The military ration allocated to the Tuanhe camp by the household department is [-]% less than before."

"What?" Liu Linxi was taken aback, and said in surprise, "The military rations of the Tuanhe Battalion were also withheld?"

"Yeah?" Cheng Yuan was startled, and said, "Xiao Shuai's guess is indeed correct, the Tuanheying family is not the only one who has been deducted."

Liu Linxi didn't care about so much at the moment, and simply opened the booklet, and saw that the amount of food and salaries received by the Tuanhe camp and the gap between the original amount and the original amount were recorded on it, and the difference was as much as [-]%.

"General Liu didn't know much about food and pay when he was in the northwest." Yu Xingzhi said: "It is actually a common thing for the army to be deducted from the food and payment, but generally speaking, as long as it does not exceed [-]%, most of the military supplies will not be seized. Don't let it go. After all, the people who deliver the food and pay are also people from the Ministry of Households. If we can't get along with them, if they do a little bit of tricks on the way back to deliver, it will be us who will suffer."

Because the transportation of food and salaries is very long, even if it is true, the people in the household department insisted that it was accidentally damaged on the way, and no one could find a big problem.But this is also food, there is a big difference between old and new, good and bad, everyone turns a blind eye to each other, and no one can suffer too much.

And it is impossible for the military supply side to really bother the coach because of this problem, and it is basically suppressed.

Sometimes everyone knows it well, but no one tells it.

If it hadn't been as much as [-]% less this time, Xiao Ying would not have paid so much attention to it.

He specially sent Cheng Yuan to hand over the passbook, probably because he was afraid that the passbook would be withheld halfway.

No wonder Cheng Yuan was sent here?

This matter has to be reported and kept secret, Xiao Ying naturally has to send someone he can trust.

"The Tuanhe camp is a heavy force guarding the capital, and the commander was once the commander of the forbidden army of His Majesty. The household department dares to withhold the food and pay of the Tuanhe camp. What else is there not to do?" Liu Linxi said angrily: "In their eyes, really There is no law at all?"

Both Yu Xingzhi and Cheng Yuan frowned, thinking that they were also angry and angry.

"If the people in the household department are really so confident, it is not only... the Tuanhe camp who are afraid that their food and salary will be deducted." Yu Xingzhi said: "Most of the military camps further away, especially in the east and south, do not need to be transferred from the capital. The Tuanhe Camp and Xuzhou Camp are the closest to the Northwest Army who need the capital to allocate food and salaries."

Xuzhou camp...

Liu Linxi pondered secretly for a moment.

"Cheng Yuan, I remember that you have some friendship with the people in Xuzhou Camp?" Liu Linxi asked.

"..." Cheng Yuan looked at Liu Linxi blankly, and said, "My father's disciple works in the Xuzhou camp. I met him when I was young, but I'm not familiar with him."

Liu Linxi thought, you probably don't know that you were planning to trick others into rebelling, right?But now that Cheng Yuan is under Xiao Ying's command, he is obviously quite trusted, so Liu Linxi will naturally not doubt Cheng Yuan's loyalty based on the development of the story in the original book.

"There is something that I want to ask you to handle. I'm afraid others will leak the news, and it's not easy to negotiate." Liu Linxi said.

"The general wants his subordinates to check out the food and wages of the Xuzhou camp?" Cheng Yuan asked.

"Yes." Liu Linxi thought, it's really easy to talk to smart people.

"Subordinates are willing to go." Cheng Yuan said, "But in what name do you want to ask this time?"

Naturally, it is inappropriate to use Li Yan's name, and if the news gets out, it is tantamount to a clear card.

Fortunately, with Cheng Yuan's identity, it would not be awkward to ask privately.

Liu Linxi said: "If you ask in your capacity in the Tuanhe camp, you will say that you have a good relationship with the military supply of the Tuanhe camp. After the incident of food and salary being withheld, the military supply is not sure whether to report it, so I want to find out. Check out the situation in the Xuzhou Camp."

"Okay, this subordinate will do it now." Cheng Yuan took the order and left.

Liu Linxi ordered someone to prepare a fast horse for him.

Liu Linxi glanced at the notebook again, and said to Yu Xingzhi: "Brother Yu, I would like to ask you one more thing, go to a treasurer named Yang Qin from the Ministry of Accounts, and ask him to ask the Ministry of Accounts to go to Tuanheying, Xuzhou, etc. Battalion and the records of the military rations dispatched by the Northwest Army. Keep this matter secret and don’t say anything.”

"It's not difficult." Yu Xingzhi said, "What about going back to the northwest?"

"You don't want to go back for now, and starting today, I will send four dark guards to protect you." Liu Linxi said.

Yu Xingzhi was startled when he heard the words, and probably guessed the hidden information behind these words.

"Someone wants to kill me?" Yu Xingzhi said.

"What did you say when you advised me not to go back to the Northwest?" Liu Linxi said: "The Northwest Army is guarded by a commander, and there is no shortage of anyone for a while. Fighting is a time-consuming thing, so even if you and I delay It doesn't matter if the time passes, but what if we can't make it through?"

"Take a draught from the bottom of the pot." Yu Xingzhi said: "It's dangerous, fortunately I didn't leave overnight last night."

Liu Linxi sighed when he heard the words, and recounted his and Li Yan's analysis last night, and Yu Xingzhi deeply agreed.

"I've thought about it. After Cheng Yuan brings the news back to the Xuzhou camp, he can directly expose the rotten sores in the household department. At that time, the military rations will be re-allocated to the northwest." Liu Linxi said: "The military rations are moving slowly. The time of delay, at least one month later. But if His Majesty is asked to write a document at that time, we will take it with us when we go to the northwest, and borrow some food in the counties near the northwest. The Northwest Army has run out of food. After that, the army food will arrive, and it will be returned to them along the way.”

Yu Xingzhi nodded and said, "It's quite thoughtful, but..."

Liu Linxi has made up her mind, she wants to go back?

It seems that Li Yan hasn't confessed yet, how long can this matter be delayed...

It's a pit to say it sooner or later!

Li Yan naturally knew this truth, he originally planned to say it today.

But Liu Linxi's analysis last night eased the pressure brought by the Northwest War, and Li Yan hesitated again.

Naturally, he can hide his thoughts for as long as he can.

The longer the delay, the safer Liu Linxi will be...

A few days later, Cheng Yuan returned to the capital.

He handled things neatly, and copied a record of the Xuzhou camp's entry into the warehouse.

Surprisingly, the food and payment record is not only for this time, but all the records for more than a year. From the time Li Yan ascended the throne to the present, the food and payment received by the Xuzhou camp has been low, from the beginning to [-]%. Later, it was reduced by [-]%, and now it is nearly [-]%.

Liu Linxi: ...

Li Yan: ...

The people from the Xuzhou camp are so calm?

"No wonder..." Liu Linxi took the pay record and thought of something instantly.

He hadn't understood before that the Xuzhou camp was neither a frontier army, nor relied on an enemy country, nor had any vassal kings stationed there, so why did they rebel in the original book?Although it was written in the original book that it was instigated by Cheng Yuan, but the motivation is really weak.

Now that he knows the inside story, at the rate of reduction of the rations, after two or three years, it is estimated that the Xuzhou camp can only receive [-]-[-]% of the income.Even if you don't fight, you still have to train and eat every day. If you can't fill your stomach all year round, how can you not be distracted?

Fortunately, the hole in the household department was detected early, otherwise the Xuzhou camp would have another accident sooner or later.

"The salary is so low? Why didn't you play it?" Liu Linxi asked.

"Because..." Cheng Yuan said with a bit of embarrassment: "The news that my father was punished and placed under house arrest by His Majesty had reached the ears of my senior brother. He thought that my father was in danger in the court, and he didn't want to make any more trouble. He was afraid of causing trouble to my father, so he kept going Forbearance."

Liu Linxi: ...

With the eyes of the coach of Xuzhouying, he is really straight and not bent.

But Liu Linxi was quite moved when he thought about it carefully.

It is said that a teacher for one day will be a father for life, but this brother Cheng Yuan has more filial piety towards Taifu Cheng than Cheng Yuan.

It seems that in the original book, Xuzhou Battalion was raised after the death of the Tai Tuo...

"Early tomorrow morning, Cheng Yuan will bring Zhezi to court." Li Yan said in a deep voice.

"Yes, I obey the order." Cheng Yuan cupped his hands and said.

On the same day, Li Yan summoned You Shangshu from the Ministry of Household Affairs and several principals from the Ministry of Punishment in turn, and stayed busy until nightfall.

Liu Linxi will go to court with Li Yan tomorrow, and he asked Su Heng to find him the uniform of the imperial army.He was the deputy commander in the imperial army, the uniform was very gorgeous and beautiful, and he looked very heroic after wearing it.

Liu Linxi finished trying on the clothes, but Li Yan hadn't come back yet.

He simply didn't wait any longer and went to take a shower.

The weather is cold now, and the steam in the bathroom is steaming, but it is very warm.

Liu Linxi took off her clothes and went into the pool. She was scalded by the hot water and her whole body became hot.

At this moment, he felt a tightness in his abdomen, as if something moved.Liu Linxi thought it was his own illusion, stretched out his hand to press on the lower abdomen, and felt a small but obvious movement through the belly.

Liu Linxi: ...

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