Chapter 1438 Will Not Return to Beijing

The latest website: In the blink of an eye, it was another five days. On the northeast border, the tribal troops launched an offensive after the completion of the garrison, and the army in the capital was still speeding up.

The emperor looked at the map with his hands behind his back, and clicked on the position of the army, "The border must be defended for at least two days, and the reinforcements will not arrive until two days later."

King Qi looked at the map, frowned and said: "The tribes in the Northeast have gathered 200,000 troops, and only 80,000 are defending the city. The difference is more than twice the number of troops. The situation is not optimistic."

There are a total of 150,000 defenders of the city, and they are not concentrated together, but are scattered in several border fortresses. Now they dare not go to support them. It's not easy to stop.

The emperor touched the beads, "Where did the soldiers and horses from the Yiqi Department go?"

Li Zhao said with a sullen face, "It has been seven days since the borrowing of troops, and the soldiers and horses of the Yiqi Department have only entered the northeast."

Zhou Shuren moved his ears. He also felt sorry for the food and grass that the Yiqi Department deliberately delayed and wasted, but when he thought of the war horses of the Yiqi Department, he felt instantly better.

The emperor hummed to show that he knew, and his eyes fell on a grassland. He was not in a hurry before the time came.

It was already noon when Zhou Shuren left the palace, and the ministers who stayed in the palace were all hungry.

Li Zhao hurriedly returned to the Ministry of War to make arrangements, greeted him hastily, and left.

The other officials also had their own important matters. On the contrary, Zhou Shuren had already arranged what should have been arranged. He was not in a hurry to go back to the household department. He got into the carriage and passed the restaurant to signal the driver to stop. He wanted to have a meal before going back.

Not long after Zhou Shuren sat down, Ning Xu sat over, "I thought I was wrong just now, but when I walked in, it was really you."

"Master Hou."

"Well, I thought you'd be busy."

Zhou Shuren pointed to the carriage outside the restaurant, "I just came out of the palace, and I'm a little hungry to eat some food, but it's Lord Hou, why isn't he in the Hou's mansion?"

Ning Xu, "I happen to be a little hungry too, don't mind eating together."

"Then let's eat together."

Ning Xu ordered two dishes before returning to the question, "It's not that the disaster-stricken prefecture is in chaos. I'm worried that King Qin will stay in the disaster-stricken prefecture. I was really upset staying in the mansion, so I came out to buy something for the unborn child .”

Zhou Shuren sighed,

"Several states were already affected by the disaster, and now there are still disturbances, and the lives of the people are even more difficult."

Ning Xu cast a glance at Zhou Shuren, "Qizhou is now under the control of your son, and I've also heard that the third boy in your family is not bad."

There was a smile on Zhou Shuren's face. The news from the various prefectures had only arrived in the capital two days ago. There were several prefectures, and two prefectures were in chaos. In one prefect, the prefect was killed, in another prefecture was burned everywhere, and in the other prefectures decisively , Suppress it immediately.

He was very satisfied with Chang Lian's reaction, Chang Lian withstood the test and proved his ability to the emperor.

In Shizhou, Rong Chuan sat in the boat and protected his wife's belly. Shizhou was the state that was least affected by the flood, and there was no way to go around Shizhou on the way back.

Xuehan looked at the situation outside the boat, "The water has receded a lot."

Rong Chuan nodded, "Well, Shizhou was lightly affected by the disaster. In a few days, when the water recedes, Shizhou will slowly return to normal."

Xuehan rubbed her stomach, her stomach was still uncomfortable, and she leaned on the cushion, "We can still walk by water now, will we have to walk by dry road after Shizhou?"

Rong Chuan raised his hand and touched his wife's belly, "For safety, after passing Shizhou, we have to change into clothes and walk on dry roads."

Xuehan exhaled, "There is still more than half of the way back to Beijing."

When she was out of Beijing, she walked and played, and she didn't feel that time passed slowly at all. The journey back to Beijing was a torment for her every day.

Rong Chuan touched the cheeks of the lady who had lost a lot of weight, "After Shizhou, let's find a safe place to rest for a while."

"No, we'd better go back to Beijing as soon as possible."

He paused and sighed, "Hey, little brother can't go back to Beijing."

Rong Chuan, "Yes, we were supposed to pick him up and return to Beijing."

"Brother Wu Ming won't let my younger brother go back to Beijing by himself."

"It's a bit chaotic now, it's better for my younger brother to stay with Brother Wu Ming."

"Um."

In Qizhou, Changlian no longer needs crutches for his legs, but he still needs to walk carefully. He walked around the city and listened to the report with a satisfied expression.

Back at the government office, the magistrate is also there, Chang Lian's eyes are full of joy, "Master, you are here."

Lord Zhifu, "You have worked hard these days, and I can't be lazy, right?"

Chang Lian and others hurriedly said that it was not hard work, the magistrate smiled and talked for a while, then left Chang Lian and said: "You have worked hard in the past few days."

"It's not hard, I just did what I should do."

The magistrate stroked his beard, "You don't need to be modest, I know it well."

Changlian could hear the kindness in the magistrate's tone, "My lord, please pay more attention to your body."

The magistrate smiled, "I went to the gate of hell to close it, and then I realized the fragility of life. If you don't tell me, I will pay more attention."

Chang Lian reported that the food borrowed by the local aristocratic family "is currently enough to support the expenses of the refugees."

"You did very well."

Chang Lian curled his mouth, he also felt that he had done a good job, this time the credit was not small.

In the Zhou family, Zhulan was comforting the eldest daughter, "Now it's just the border fight, and it won't affect the Zhou family village."

She knew in her heart that she would not call Zhoujia Village, but her daughter didn't know. In fact, her daughter wrote to Jiang Miao, and Jiang Miao would not return to Beijing after receiving the letter. Zhou Fu.

Once Jiang Miao leaves to return to Beijing, the Zhou family will also move. The Zhou family has a great influence in the local area, and there will be a chain reaction. Jiang Miao is a transparent child. Jiang Miao will not return to Beijing unless it is a last resort.

Xuemei grasped the handkerchief tightly, "Mother, there are rumors in the capital, as if they could break the city at any time, I'm really afraid."

Zhulan frowned, someone in the capital deliberately spread news to create panic, "Don't believe the rumors, the rumors are false."

Xuemei also knew that rumors were unbelievable, but her heart was in turmoil. War meant killing. She also had some impressions when she was young. She was afraid of burning, killing, and looting.

Zhulan sighed, this year the eldest daughter is only worried about the children, and from the eldest daughter's face, she knows that she hasn't had a good rest recently.

Xuemei didn't get any news from her mother, so she went home after sitting down for a while.

Zhulan waited for her daughter to leave, and sat by the window without moving. The Northeast and the Northwest would not be far away, and the eldest brother and the second brother did not know what was going on.

There is also Rong Chuan and his daughter. Ever since the news of the assassination, Shuren has inquired with the emperor but has not found any news.

Now the only thing that can make her feel at ease is her youngest son. The youngest son is by Wu Ming's side. Except that he can't go home, everything is fine with the youngest son.

Thinking of Changlian again, she felt afraid after thinking about it for a while, what if she also received a cold shot? Fortunately, Changlian was fine, and Qizhou City was stabilized.

Seeing that it was raining, Qingxue came over and said, "Madam, do you want to close the window?"