Zhenwu Tianxia: Summon Yuwen Chengdu at the beginning

Chapter 178 Your Majesty, Old Slave Really Has No Choice!
Dali Kyoto has four moats.

Bei'an, Tonghe, Nanping, and Jiushan are the names of the four moats.

The four moats are the largest shields in Kyoto. Except for the twelve regiment battalions among the million forbidden troops, the rest are stationed in the four moats.

As long as the four moats are not broken, foreign enemies will not be able to approach the capital, which is why the [-]th Regiment Battalion can only be stationed outside the capital, and there are very few guards in the capital city.

Since the founding of the Dali dynasty, in more than 300 years, no enemy has ever approached the city of Kyoto.

The yamen of the five military governor's mansions on the left and right, front and back, are in these four moats, and the northern army belongs to the former army's governor's mansion, so the wars involving the north are all in charge of the former army's governor's mansion.

Outside the north gate of Bei'an City.

The right governor of the former military governor's mansion, Dali Dingguo general, and Zhenbei Hou Hejing were wearing iron armor, and led a group of military officers from the former military governor's mansion to stand in front of the city gate, waiting quietly.

At the same time, on the training ground outside Bei'an City, 20 troops have already lined up, and [-] civilians have loaded all the grain, grass, and military supplies, and they are slowly heading north along the official road.

It has been 20 years since Dali dispatched the imperial guards. The last time the imperial guards were dispatched was when the Mingyue Army broke through [-] troops in Yunyan City.

That battle was the last large-scale war experienced by the current Emperor Li after he ascended the throne.

At that time, the Dali Northern Frontier Army, the Dali Imperial Guard Army, a total of more than 130 million soldiers participated in the battle, and that battle was called the Battle of Zhenbei by the historians of Dali.

After that battle, the royal courts of the four major Rong tribes in the north bowed their heads to Dali, and the north of Dali gained 20 years of peace.

It's just that in recent years, the four northern royal courts seem to have forgotten Da Li's military front again.

He Jing stood in front of the city gate, waiting quietly, his eyes looked at the official road to the west from time to time.

At this moment, on the official road, an old carriage slowly drove up.

After seeing the carriage appearing, all the military officers who were discussing around fell silent immediately, and all cast their eyes on the old carriage.

Wait for the carriage to come near.

He Jing immediately took a step forward, bowed and said: "I am the right governor of the former military governor's mansion, He Jing, and I pay my respects to Master Zhu Guo!"

"Meet Lord Zhu Guo!"

All the military officers saluted in unison.

The person who came was none other than Li Xun.

But the driver is Mo Yan.

This innate martial artist who had been with Qin Wei for two years had already returned to the capital after Qin Wei's wedding.

Although Qin Wei intended to keep him by his side, it was a pity that Mo Yan still left.

Mo Yan lifted the curtain of the car, and Li Xun walked out of the carriage tremblingly, looking at the majestic He Jing, a gentle smile appeared on his wrinkled face.

"In the blink of an eye, you are old!"

He Jing is now over 60 years old. Although his face still looks very young, his gray temples have already exposed his age.

He Jing smiled and said: "Yes, I remember that when Xiaguan first met Lord Zhu Guo, he was only 12 years old."

Li Xun smiled, with nostalgia in his eyes, "Your father followed this old man back then, and he was my favorite general at that time, it's a pity~~"

He didn't say the latter words, that was already 50 years ago.

At that time, Li Xun had not been enshrined as the Zhu Kingdom, but was still the commander-in-chief of the northern frontier army. At that time, Dali's situation was even more difficult than it is now. The northern Rong tribe invaded year after year, and wars continued one after another.

Li Xun led the northern frontier army for more than ten years, and the generals around him changed one after another. At that time, he valued He Jing's father, who was the previous generation of Zhenbeihou, but it was a tragic battle. After all, Beihou is still shrouded in horse leather.

It was also at the funeral that He Jing met Li Xun for the first time.

"It's an honor for my Zhenbeihou Mansion to be able to lead the battle for Lord Zhu Guo." He Jing said solemnly.

He was right in saying that, Li Xun was a nostalgic person, and he never treated anyone who was a general under his command badly.

And those nobles who died on the battlefield, he will also take care of his descendants.

It was because of Li Xun's care that the Zhenbeihou Mansion was able to get through that period of slack.

And now the Zhenbeihou Mansion can still exist because of Li Xun's care.

You must know that since Emperor Li ascended the throne, many nobles have fallen, and the nobles who still exist today are either those who have made contributions to Emperor Li back then, or because of Li Xun's care.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Xun has a high prestige in the Dali military.

Li Xun just smiled and asked, "Are you all ready?"

"Well, the former army set off yesterday, and the civilians will set off one after another today, and the rest of the rear army will set off with Lord Zhu Guo." He Jing said.

Li Xun nodded.

"I didn't expect the old man to be able to go to the battlefield at this age, ha ha!"

He chuckled lightly and said again: "Then let's go!"

With that said, he returned to the carriage.

He Jing hurriedly greeted a group of military officers and generals to prepare to set off.

And when they were slowly heading north along the official road, Qin Wei stood in a pavilion in Bei'an City and looked at the bustling Bei'an City.

Although Bei'an City is a military garrison, in fact there are still a large number of people living in Bei'an City.

The four major moats are not only the shield of the capital, but also the cargo transportation area of ​​the capital. Caravans traveling from south to north must first pass through the four major moats before entering Beijing, so the four major moats are also very prosperous.

"Your Highness, Lord Li Xun has already led the army!"

In the pavilion, Xiao Shunzi came behind Qin Wei and reported softly.

Next to him, Zhao Gao was playing with the chessboard casually.

Qin Wei turned around and said, "Why do you think His Majesty sent Li Xun to the north?"

It was not a trivial matter for Dali that the four major Rong clans attacked Yunyan City together, but Qin Wei always felt that there was no need to use Li Xun, the right pillar country.

Li Xun and Yan Zhen are the two pillars of Dali. Now that the court and the capital are in the most tense time, Li Huang actually sent Li Xun out of the capital, which is really hard for Qin Wei to understand.

Zhao Gao played with a white chess piece, shook his head slightly and said, "Your servant can't see through it either."

Qin Wei frowned slightly, Li Huang's thoughts were too deep, even Zhao Gao, who was good at guessing people's hearts, had a hard time understanding Li Huang's thoughts, let alone Qin Wei.

"Forget it, no matter what, it is a good thing for us that he is not in the capital." Qin Wei said.

However, at this time Zhao Gao said: "He is gone now, but he can come back again."

"You mean it's a trick to cover your eyes?" Qin Wei asked.

"Since I can't understand it, it means that Li Xun shouldn't have left the capital!" Zhao Gao said.

Qin Wei thought about it, and felt that what Zhao Gao said made sense.

Li Xun is likely to be Li Huang's dark secret, but he still can't figure out what Li Huang has prepared.

"Three months left!"

"A lot can happen in three months," Zhao Gao said.

Qin Wei looked at the lively Bei'an City with a solemn expression.

Three months!
The depression accumulated in Kyoto for several years will explode within these three months.

……

midnight.

Inside the Imperial City.

In a quiet courtyard, an old man with sunken mouth and wrinkled face was sitting on a rocking chair, staggering, looking at the bright moon outside the window with deep eyes.

"Since you're here, come out, don't you think I'm an old man?"

The hoarse voice of the old man broke the silence of the courtyard.

The bright moon was cold and the night was dark, so his voice seemed extremely abrupt.

Not long after his voice fell, a slightly hunched figure came out from behind the rockery in the courtyard.

"Our family, Zhu Ji, has met Mr. Luo!"

Cao Zhengchun came to Eunuch Luo and paid homage casually.

Eunuch Luo looked at Cao Zhengchun, his deep eyes were more scrutinized and recalled, "I know you!"

"Eunuch Luo knows our family?" Cao Zhengchun was a little surprised.

"Well, when the first emperor passed away, I chose the person to guard the tomb."

"Some time ago, I also heard that you joined the Supervisor of Ceremonies, but I don't know if you are or not!" Eunuch Luo said pointedly.

Cao Zhengchun's eyes showed a touch of surprise, he did not expect that someone in the imperial city would know his identity.

Not to mention that this Eunuch Luo would doubt his identity. After all, Eunuch Lu has never doubted him.

But he didn't panic. Although he was chosen by Eunuch Luo to guard the mausoleum at the beginning, it has been more than 40 years now. His identity has changed from a young eunuch to an old eunuch. Eunuch Luo must not recognize him anymore.

"Eunuch Luo doesn't seem surprised to see our family?" Cao Zhengchun asked.

"You are not the first one to come to me!" Eunuch Luo said flatly.

Cao Zhengchun was stunned.

In other words, many people have tried to contact this Eunuch Luo before.

It's right to think about it, although this Eunuch Luo has retired, but his background in the imperial city is still there, but anyone who wants to do something in the imperial city will not ignore his existence.

"Did Mr. Luo make a choice?"

"I'm about to die, so what choice do I have?" Eunuch Luo said calmly.

Cao Zhengchun said with a light smile, "But some people are still alive."

"What do you mean?"

"Luo Qizhong!" Cao Zhengchun spat out a name with a smile on his face.

Eunuch Luo, who had always been calm, finally showed a different look at this moment.

There is anger, anger, and helplessness.

Luo Qizhong is his own grandson, the only descendant of his blood in this world.

As an eunuch, what he values ​​most is probably his grandson.

He tried every means to hide his relationship with Luo Qizhong, and even asked his grandson to change his surname, just not wanting him to be involved in some fights.

Unfortunately, it was all in vain.

Perhaps it was because he had already expected this in his heart, so although he felt angry and annoyed at this time, he didn't burst out immediately.

"what do you want?"

"It's not that I want it, but someone wants something." Cao Zhengchun said.

"what?"

"This imperial city!" Cao Zhengchun said with a smile.

When Eunuch Luo heard this, he couldn't help showing a mocking smile.

"I'm just a slave, how can I decide the ownership of this imperial city?"

"You should be looking for His Majesty, not me."

Cao Zhengchun smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about Your Majesty. You just need to cooperate with us."

"Can you tell me who wants it?" Mr. Luo said fair.

Cao Zhengchun didn't hide anything, and said directly: "His Royal Highness Prince Rui!"

"Prince Rui!" Eunuch Luo was stunned for a moment.

He thought about King Ping, King An, King Ning, and even King Shou, but he never thought about Prince Rui.

"You are Prince Rui's man?" He couldn't help exclaiming.

"That's right!"

"But, how is it possible?" Eunuch Luo couldn't believe it.

Prince Rui is far away in Shuzhou, and Prince Rui is no better now, how could he arrange people in the imperial city?

and many more!

"You're not Juji!"

"That's right!" Cao Zhengchun nodded.

Eunuch Luo sat up straight, his sunken eyes were full of disbelief.

In the capital, everyone knows that all the princes want to compete for the throne, but almost everyone ignores Prince Rui.

Probably in most people's minds, Prince Rui, like the fourth son Xin Wang and the sixth son Ming Wang, the two Xiaoyao princes, have already lost the qualification to compete for the throne.

Cao Zhengchun said again: "The Qi Dynasty has already surrendered to His Highness Prince Rui, this can be regarded as the good relationship between you and Prince Rui. As long as you are willing, Prince Rui can give you the wealth of a lifetime, and can make the Luo family last for a hundred years."

"And what you need to do is to help us monitor every move in the imperial city."

On Eunuch Luo's old face, there was a bitter look, "I don't seem to have a choice."

"No, this is your best choice." Cao Zhengchun said.

"I forgot to tell you one thing, our family has joined the life taker!"

Eunuch Luo was completely stunned.

As an old man in the imperial city, he naturally knew of the existence of the recipient.

The life taker is the sharpest knife in Li Huang's hands, and the dark power he relies on most.

Even the recipient was infiltrated, to be honest, he really couldn't believe it.

He was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses.

"I see!"

What Cao Zhengchun said is correct, Prince Rui is the best choice.

Although he didn't know the power and power that Prince Rui controlled, but Cao Zhengchun alone made him feel how terrifying Prince Rui was.

He really couldn't imagine such a terrifying penetration ability.

Cao Zhengchun left.

Under the cold moonlight and the dim night, Eunuch Luo was still sitting in the rocking chair.

In the quiet courtyard, it was as if nothing had happened, and nothing had changed.

No, one thing has changed.

That is the old and tired heart of Eunuch Luo.

"Your Majesty, this old slave really has no choice!"

The rocking chair creaked, and the murmur sounded like a gust of wind drifting towards an unknown distance, so faint that people could not hear it clearly.

(End of this chapter)