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Duke Qin hissed invisibly, "What Zhou Shizi said is not unreasonable, but now that there is a huge gap between the enemy and us, Lord Muhou has gone to Qingzhou again. Let me ask who can go out of the city to defend against the enemy."

"Duke Qin, can I wait?" Zhou Wei asked.

Qin Guogong took a look at all the teenagers.

Adding armor is indeed something like that, but this is not messing around in the city, and it is not about putting on airs.

"Wait, let's practice and practice again." Duke Qin said as he walked, he didn't have time to chat with these young people now.

If Mu Jingyi didn't come back, he wouldn't dare to open the city gate rashly.

A trace of loneliness flashed across Zhou Wei's face, but then there was a trace of usual cynicism.

"Duke Qin didn't let me go out of the city to meet the enemy. Could it be that he deliberately delayed the time and let the refugees return to Xia Bing to deal with Lindu together?"

"You?" Qin Guogong stopped in his tracks, turned around with a trembling beard, and there was a trace of inquiry in his eyes, "Your Majesty Zhou's words are really embarrassing! This old man is all for the country of Qi, how can you slander this old man like this?" ?”

"One heart for the state of Qi?" Zhou Wei snorted coldly, "One heart for the state of Qi, you won't fall into Xia Guo's trick of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, and let Muhou go to Qingzhou. I am afraid that the Duke of the state set up the state of Qi for his own selfishness. in such a precarious place."

"Zhuzi!" Qin Guogong's eyes were shattered, "My Zhang family is willing to die for the sake of the state of Qi and the Holy One. You, a young yellow-haired child, actually slandered the old man like this."

Zhou Wei rolled his eyes, "Then why doesn't the Lord let me leave the city?"

"You guys are just messing around in the city on weekdays. Now that the two armies are fighting, if you open the city gate, you will just go into the tiger's mouth. What's more, if you open the city gate, Xia Bing will take advantage of the situation. We are sinners through the ages."

"Could it be that the Duke of the country is not a sinner through the ages if he continues to delay?" Zhou Wei said: "The reason why the Duke of the country thinks that Lindu can be defended is because of the strong gate of Lindu. But if Lord Muhou is dragged in Qingzhou , can't come back for a long time, the Duke thought that even if the city gate is two feet higher, it can be delayed for a few days."

"Don't talk about five days, as long as there is another night of heavy snow tonight, and the refugees outside the city have no food, they will definitely not be able to survive anymore."

Duke Qin looked up at the foggy sky, his face turned pale and blue, but he didn't speak.

This is what he was worried about. From the past two days, every time Xia Bing went out, he would bring some people with him, and those people must be refugees who had wandered outside the city.

If it really comes to a time when they can't stand it, as long as someone takes the lead in instigating it, maybe they will really turn against each other.

Zhou Wei sarcastically said: "If the Lord has no guts, you can let me close the city gate as soon as I leave the city. Even if I wait to die in battle, I will also die for the country of Qi."

"presumptuous!"

With a loud shout, Lord Qin and Zhou Wei turned their heads to look at the person coming.

In the foggy world, the emperor's bright yellow dragon robe is very eye-catching.

"Your Majesty forgives your sins, but the old minister is incompetent, and His Majesty is worried." Duke Qin's knees softened when he saw the emperor, and he knelt on the ground clumsily, crying, "My Majesty, please let another person guard the gate of the city. Fight to the death with Xia Bing."

"Master, please get up quickly." The emperor took a few steps forward and helped Lord Qin, "Your loyalty is a lesson, I have known it for a long time. Now that the state of Qi can't live without you, don't listen to those false words, it's messed up." mind."

Duke Qin trembled his lips, arched his hands slightly aggrieved, and said: "My lord is holy, I don't regret the death of an old minister."

Zhou Wei sneered.

The emperor turned to look at him with a stern face, and said calmly: "Since Zhou Shizi is so brave, tomorrow I will tour the south, Zhou Shizi will be my guard for this southern tour!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was dumbfounded.

The emperor's southern tour, at this time?
Even Duke Qin seemed to have forgotten the shame and humiliation he had just suffered, and his expression brightened in a moment.

"Why, you don't want to?" the emperor looked at Zhou Wei and said.

Zhou Wei's complexion also changed several times, and he said after a while: "My lord, now soldiers are approaching the city, and there are refugees outside the city."

"Don't say that refugees are not refugees." The emperor waved his hand impatiently, "The Duke of the State has been employed in the battlefield for many years. With him here, it's your turn to worry about it?"

Qin Guogong looked a little ugly, he was left behind.

The emperor looked at Duke Qin meaningfully again, "Master Qin, you won't let me down, right?"

Lord Qin raised his head and glanced at the emperor, then bowed respectfully and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely fulfill my mission."

It seems that in the heart of the emperor, he has become an abandoned son.

Being old is useless compared to being young.

He sighed inwardly.

Right now, the only way out for the Zhang clan is to defend Lindu.

the city is, he is;
When the city dies, he dies.

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The winter in Lindu is always very willful. Before it gets dark, the snow is as big as a goose feather.

An accompanying chamberlain stooped to hold the emperor's cloak and put it on for him.

The emperor fastened the belt of his cloak, put his hands on the railing of the pavilion, and looked down at most of Lindu City from a high position.

The servants next to him didn't dare to make a sound, only the guard who gave him the cloak just stepped forward and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, it's windy in the evening, servant girl, wait for His Majesty to go back!"

"He Quan, have you been with me for 20 years?" the emperor asked suddenly.

"21 years and three months."

"Time flies! In a blink of an eye, it has been 21 years since I ascended the throne." The emperor stood facing the wind, and snowflakes fell silently, making him look even more lonely.

Such a heavy snow was only seen in the sixth year of Yuanqing.At that time, his father took him here to watch the snow. He heard that many people died of freezing in Lindu that year.

If the state of Qi had enough food and grass, it would be able to provide relief to the world at this time, so there would be no need to move south.

He turned around, "Have all the people on the southern tour in the harem settled down?"

"It's settled." He Quan replied respectfully, "Except Concubine Qian who brought four maids and two nuns, the empress only brought two maids and one nun, and the rest of the concubines only brought one maid and one nun to serve them."

The emperor nodded, "This tour is no different than usual. If you can bring fewer people, you can take less, and the journey will be faster."

He Quan answered yes.After a while, I still couldn't help asking: "Does Your Majesty really want Duke Qin to stay?"

In the past two days, the emperor has not made up his mind to let Duke Qin follow him.If you let him follow, who will defend the city?If he is not allowed to follow, who will protect the safety of everyone on the road.

But when the emperor saw Zhou Wei's youth, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Those youths who are full of vigor are like a sword that has just been unsheathed, surrounded by brilliance, and they are not in the slightest like Duke Qin's dullness.

Perhaps, they are immature, but they are brave and fearless one by one, and they are more trustworthy.

"Mr. Qin is more at ease guarding the city." The emperor said: "Besides, with General Zhang as the guard, the southern tour should be fine."

General Zhang is Zhang Peiqing, the eldest son of Duke Qin.

A tiger father has no dogs. Although Zhang Peiqing is not as strategic as Mu Jingyi, he is also brave and good at fighting. He is one of the few generals in the Qi Kingdom.

He Quandao: "Zhou Shizi is very heroic in armor, which is very different from his usual days."

"Wei'er has an unruly personality, but after all, she comes from a family of generals." The emperor said: "The empress has always loved her, and she is also strictly taught on weekdays. Even if there are some minor problems, the general direction will always be the same."

He Quan lowered his head and said, "Yes."

"Let's go back," the emperor turned around, with a tired and bleak face, "It's not easy to travel due to the heavy snow, and I'm afraid the journey to the south will not be easy."