The reborn businesswoman is the queen

Chapter 352 The Key
"Then what do you think is important?" Emperor Wu coughed a few times and leaned forward to ask.

Mu Yunge pondered: "I think the most important thing now is not the main battle or the main peace, but the timing."

"Timing?" Not only did Emperor Wu not understand this, but many people in the court did not understand.

Mu Yunge smiled faintly: "Your Majesty, please ask Rongchen to read the report again... According to the report, Luyuan County can only hold out for ten days. From the capital to Luyuan County, it takes a day and a night for a fast horse to gallop, but if you are leading the way, the footsteps will be much slower, this time will be much longer, and it will take six or seven days at the earliest, right?"

"If it's a cavalry soldier, it can arrive in two days and one night; if it's an infantry soldier, it will take seven days to arrive if it's an infantry soldier, and it will take seven days to arrive after the food and grass are delayed." Wei Shi added beside him.

Mu Yunge nodded: "Okay, let's say seven days. The reinforcements will arrive in seven days. This is a smooth situation, but now it is May, and when we go south, it is the rainy season. The rainy season will last for two months, and the road is slippery. It will definitely slow down, and it is a blessing to be able to arrive in ten days. The urgent report was sent to Kyoto two days in advance. Calculating the time, it is only eight days. From yesterday to today, the courtiers are still arguing, and it is still a waste of a day After all, it only takes seven days to rescue Luyuan County!"

"That's the thing." She didn't say anything and everyone didn't think it, but when she said it, someone echoed: "Time is very urgent!"

"Your Majesty, we only have seven days. If we can't rescue Luyuan County, then it will be a matter of time before we lose the southern barrier. By then, Duan Rongxuan will occupy Luyuan County and use the grain storage in the county city for supplies, and then he will march north. Come from Luyuan County There are no natural dangers to defend along the way, and only the retreat to Puping County can there be natural barriers to temporarily resist." Mu Yunge bowed and said: "I believe Your Majesty knows this better than me, right?"

Emperor Wu nodded and said nothing.

Even if he didn't expect these civil and military officials to be noisy just now, he heard them all.

From Luyuan County to Puping County, there are a total of more than a dozen counties in the two counties. If they are really lost, the people will inevitably be in deep trouble.

"If Southern Chu is in full swing, the momentum will overwhelm the Eastern Wei. If we really ask for peace, we will also be at a disadvantage. Just now a few veteran officials said that seeking peace is just giving up some money, but if Duan Rongxuan wants more than money? ?" Mu Yunge locked Emperor Wu's eyes tightly, and said word by word: "What if he wants the jade seal in His Majesty's hand besides the money?"

As soon as this sentence came out, the courtier fell to his knees in an instant, pleading guilty again and again.

Mu Zhizhao knelt among the civil servants, Jian Kan raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, Yun Ge was too courageous, if Emperor Wu was furious because of this...

As soon as he thought of this, Emperor Wu stood up from the dragon chair and turned his gaze to him: "Mu Qing, how much is left of the military salary I asked you to raise last time?"

"It's all in the treasury and hasn't been moved." Mu Zhizhao hurriedly replied.

Emperor Wu nodded, pondered for a moment, his eyes hesitated on Wei Shi and Wei Yin, and finally fell on Wei Shi's direction: "Shi'er, you have dealt with the Southern Chu military for many years, and you are very familiar with their marching formations. , I want to entrust you with the important task of leading the army to the south to defend the country, but you will let me down?"

"Your servant will not disgrace his mission!" Wei Shi stepped forward and kowtowed, and complied decisively.

He straightened up, glanced at Nangong Jin from the corner of his eyes, and Wei Shi immediately said: "Father, the news that Nan Chu intends to invade the Eastern Wei Dynasty, I think Bei Yan must have got the news. Nangong has been in the capital for some time, and there is no one in the northwest, so I am really worried."

"You're right." Emperor Wu nodded weakly, and ordered Nangong Jin: "Jin'er, you immediately assemble the army and go to the northwest to sit in town!"

"Yes, I take orders!" Nangong Jin clasped her fists and said.

"But Your Majesty, if King Yu and the princess leave the capital at the same time, who will be in charge of the guards in the capital?" Pei Yongtu thought about it after hearing this, and when the opportunity came, he would definitely not miss it, and hurriedly said: " Patrol is not a small task, if you don't have trustworthy people, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it."

"Your Majesty, I have a suitable person to recommend." Nangong Jin had already expected Pei Yongtu to say this, and stepped forward to reply.

Emperor Wu gestured to her, and she said, "Chen Shuyi, the eldest son of the Marquis of Anbo, was once the commander of the Jinling Jicheng Army. No one is more familiar with patrolling matters than him! Chen Shuyi is both civil and military. Your Majesty is safe."

Emperor Wu didn't have a better candidate in his mind. Looking at Pei Yongtu, he knew that the person he recommended must be Wei Yin's. He had just appointed Wei Shi to go south, and sent Nangong Jin to guard the northwest. He was really worried, naturally he would not hand over such an important position to Wei Yin's subordinates, so he immediately agreed to Nangong Jin's proposal.

Pei Yongtu's face was ugly, he came down from the court, passed by Wei Shi and Mu Yunge, snorted, flicked his sleeves, and left without looking back.

Wei Shi was still wearing filial piety clothes, holding Mu Yunge's hand, and couldn't help sighing when he saw this: "My concubine just left, I really can't bear to leave you in this place of tigers and wolves. Uncle can't do anything to me, he will definitely Take you as a fuss..."

"The Pei family has a deep obsession with the throne, but you are also the blood of the Pei family, why doesn't he let you take the throne?" This is what Mu Yunge has been unable to figure out.

Wei Shi smiled wryly: "Probably, I'm not as easy to control as Wei Yin."

The two didn't say any more, the military situation in the south was urgent, and Wei Shi led the army to go out, so there was no delay at all. After returning home, they had a hasty meal, and spent the rest of the time together, talking endlessly.After a whole night of lingering affection, Wei Shi got up and went to the barracks to gather troops at the dawn of the second day, and went south to fight against foreign humiliation.

Fortunately, Wei Shi asked Lin Yi to go to the border first after receiving the news. Now, although they can last for ten days, they come with preparations. Most of the Chu army will suffer a lot. They still have time.

Emperor Wu was not in good health, and after a hasty sacrificial ceremony on this expedition, Wei Shi took him to Luyuan County.

Among the people seeing off, Mu Yunge was still the most conspicuous. Wei Shi waved to her again and again, and only withdrew his hands reluctantly until they were far away and could not see each other.

"Miss, Your Highness is going on an expedition, shall we wait in Beijing?" Peiying asked Mu Yunge on the way back home.

The smile on the corner of Mu Yunge's mouth was soft and sly: "Of course not!"

Asking her, Mu Yunge, to sit and wait for the news in the middle of the capital, fearful, is that any different from sitting and waiting to die?The situation in Beijing is gradually clear, as long as Pei Yongtu and Wei Yin don't make any changes, she will go with Wei Shi with confidence!

Thinking of this, Mu Yunge's smile deepened: "Let the people in the palace prepare..."

Peiying's eyes lit up, and she agreed happily. When the carriage stopped at Prince Yu's Mansion, she jumped out of the carriage, helped Mu Yunge get down, and turned to go to the corner gate of the palace by herself.After returning from Jiaomen, it was almost noon, and Wei Shi was not in the mansion, so Mu Yunge went back to Mu's house to visit Mu's couple and Yun Rao.

After going to Mu's house, I found out that Yun Rao hadn't been at Mu's house for several days.

This news surprised Mu Yunge, but he couldn't ask clearly the doubts in his heart. He talked with Xiao Shi, asked about the situation of the two younger siblings, and talked about Mu Jinran. He heard that he was in the military camp. Li is very popular now, so Mu Yunge can rest assured.

When he was about to go out, he met Mu Zhizhao who came back with a sad face.

Mu Zhizhao is now the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. When the two countries go to war, the Ministry of War can't afford the money, so they have to ask the Ministry of Household Affairs for it.Neither does the Ministry of Household Affairs. You can't increase the extortionate miscellaneous taxes for the sake of military pay, right?Therefore, Mu Zhizhao was worried day and night, and he didn't think of a solution. He was really restless, and everyone lost a few catties.

Just when Mu Yunge came, the father and daughter talked about the issue of military pay. Mu Yunge thought of several solutions, but suddenly, something rushed in and woke Mu Yunge up.

Back at Prince Yu's Mansion, the first thing Mu Yunge did was to rummage through boxes and cabinets to find things.

First, he took out the two jade plaques he got from Concubine Degui and placed them on the bed; then, he found another jade plaque of the same quality as this one, which was brought from Kyoto when Mu Zhizhao was elected as the leader of the Chamber of Commerce last year. in the box.

Mu Yunge found the big box. On the thick base of agarwood, there was an octagonal box. It was double-layered, and the black wood was shining, and the texture looked very hard.On the side of the box, there is a small lotus flower pattern.Mu Yunge picked up a handful of small lotus pendants on the base, picked them up and put them on the box, and after pressing them down, he heard the sound of the mechanism turning, and the eight sides of the box shrank back, and the eight-petal lotus blossomed from the recessed place. Open it slowly, revealing the box wrapped in the center of the lotus.

Open the box, inside is her seal, which is what Mu Zhizhao gave her.

She touched this thing and caressed it carefully, the material was indeed the same as the two pieces given by Concubine Degui, after comparing it, even the size was the same.

After picking up the seal, Mu Yunge discovered that the box containing the seal could be moved.She simply took out the box in the center of the lotus flower and looked at it in her hand, but there was nothing unusual.

Mu Yunge shook her head, and was about to put it back, when she suddenly saw four rectangular empty spaces under the box, the size of which was the same as the jade token in her hand.

Mu Yunge thought for a while, and put the four jade tokens in one by one, and they really matched.

At this moment, there was a low creaking sound, and the eight-petaled lotus flower slowly closed again, then retracted downwards, and all retracted into the base of Shenshuixiangmu.At this time, the entire box became a thick plate. In the middle of the plate, there was a copper key that was as long as a finger lying quietly. In addition, there was another cylindrical key with a circle at the end. copper products.

Mu Yunge picked up the cylindrical copper product, and with a thought, he took off the purple night on his arm, touched the bottom of the handle, and saw a short gap there, where the sword tassel was tied, she thought If it is a burden, I take off the sword ear, and now it is empty.

Plug this cylinder into the empty gap, and it fits well. Hold the circle and turn it slightly, and you will feel the stuck opening of the mechanism. Turn it again, and the whole knife handle will pop out.

Mu Yunge carefully separated the hilt from the blade, and with a bang, a key fell out of the hilt...

(End of this chapter)