Under the night sky, Li Yan and Gao Jie were whispering in the military tent, nearly a hundred steps away from the river, Liu Zeqing sat at the door of the military tent and looked at the starlight of the river in a daze, and after a long time, his eyes turned to the head of Anqing City in the distance, where the firelight was sparse and swaying.

Thousands of miles away in the imperial capital of the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen has not yet gone to bed in the Qianqing Palace, although it is late at night, he is still turning over the folds in front of the case, these are cabinet votes to be sent from Tiannan and Haibei, Emperor Chongzhen not only likes to see these folds but is a little afraid to watch, because these folds have never had anything good, where the drought and locust plague, where the earth dragon turned over and flooded, where the thieves attacked the city and plundered the land, which asked for money...... Nothing good is ever good anyway.

Emperor Chongzhen still likes to see some secret folds, and the brocade guards all over the world will always bring him something different, but what he looks forward to the most is the secret fold of Dongchang, especially the secret fold related to the war in the south.

As the king of a country, Emperor Chongzhen always has a busy government affairs to deal with, not to mention the current drought in Gyeonggi, the locust plague and food shortage are enough to make him anxious, although there is no war, but the mess left by the war has to be cleaned up little by little, and the post-war reconstruction is the most headache.

It was in this kind of anxiety that he needed Chang Yu's secret fold to allow him to seek a trace of coolness and excitement.

However, Chang Yu was not fighting in Gyeonggi at this time, and the battle ahead was almost equivalent to live broadcast for him, and he could quickly know every move on the battlefield.

There is no doubt that Emperor Chongzhen has enough confidence in Chang Yu's ability, of course, not only the ability to use troops to fight, but also various overall control, but after all, fighting a war is not just as simple as fighting on the battlefield, which also makes him worried.

In the Gyeonggi area, because of his personal and full body support, whether it is employing people, soldiers, silver, or food, it is the same thing, no matter how tight the hand is, it must be used tightly by Chang Yu, and whoever dares to say no word, he will take the lead in spraying, it is in this context that Chang Yu can completely let go of his hands and feet to fight against the thief army and the Tartars, and finally live up to expectations.

But now the sky is high and the emperor is far away, the food has to be used over there, and the soldiers have to use that side, and they have to fight wits and courage with the local yamen and the local snakes, and they have to be constrained to some extent, coupled with the terrain, climate, and the influence of the situation, and they are not familiar with the tactics of other people in the home field of the thief army, and they are afraid that it will not work if they want to be as comfortable as in the north.

But Emperor Chongzhen still has absolute confidence in Chang Yu, with his means of being able to obey a courtier and Xun Guizhi in the capital, he doesn't believe in the local Yamen's head snakes! At best, the war will progress slowly, but it will never suffer a big loss!

Judging from the excerpts and secret folds sent by Dongchang and Jinyiwei, it is true that Chang Yu went all the way south, whether it was begging or cheating, he finally got the road expenses and food expenses, and he did not forget to help Gyeonggi in points, in terms of personnel, he arrived in Nanjing in just three or five days to coax and scare a lot of local snakes, and even deceived Nanjing City to fight with the army. And the war progressed really quickly at the beginning, the surprise attack on Wuhu City was taken under the nose of the thief army, this battle made Emperor Chongzhen relish, not only in the court and the ministers repeatedly detailed, but also in the harem also became a storyteller.

But then Chang Yu continued to advance to Tongling, and there was no good news, and Emperor Chongzhen knew that a tough battle was coming! At the same time, the news of the arrival of Li Yan's Western Route Army in Anqing also reached the capital.

This made Emperor Chongzhen very nervous and looking forward to it!

He knew that at the critical moment, no matter who Li Yan or Chang Yu pushed further, Bai Wang's ending would be basically decided.

Because he was too concerned, Emperor Chongzhen called Gao Shiming to interrogate from time to time, but he was tired of this old eunuch who was temporarily in charge of the East Factory, and he thought that Chang Yu would send you a secret fold as soon as possible, so why bother me!

As soon as the day dawned, the people of the capital began to get up early to work, and now the thieves and the Tartars have retreated to be lifted, the city walls must be repaired, the moat must be dug deeply, the farmland outside the city must be cultivated, and the military hospital in the west of the city is also working, and many places need laborers, so that the refugees who originally fled the war in the city can also be regarded as having a livelihood.

Those in the city had to go to work outside the city, and there were also people outside the city who lined up to go into the city to make a living, and when the city gates were slowly opened, the flow of people came in and out like a tide.

A carriage slowly came from the northwest official road towards Desheng Gate, because the battle had just passed the city gate guards had to routinely inspect the carriage entering the city, but at this time more than ten horsemen rushed behind the carriage: "Enter the city without inspection."

The guards were about to frown and ask, but suddenly closed and became very respectful: "It turned out to be the master of the Jinyi Guard, it was abrupt!" Immediately the men ignored them and escorted the carriage into the city.

The car window opened, and a very beautiful woman poked her head out and looked around: "The capital really deserves its name."

"Ah, Jun...... Miss, do you see that there is the palace over there" On the other side, a pretty maid poked her head out and shouted, attracting the attention of pedestrians on the street, and couldn't help but roll her eyes, it must be from out of town.

That's right, it's really from other places, from the Jin Wangfu in Taiyuan.

After nearly a month of eating and sleeping, Zhu Zhi'e finally arrived in the capital, although she knew that Chang Yu was not in the capital at this time to lead the troops south, but she was still overjoyed.

"It should be the palace" Zhu Zhi'e looked at the golden-roofed building in the distance with a yearning face, although the Jin Palace, but after all, it is very different, anyone who comes to the capital wants to see the palace.

Yiqi slowly approached the window of the car and whispered, "Your Highness, the palace ...... You can't go."

This person is a confidant of Chunxiang named Huo Chao, who is in charge of this secret mission, Zhu Zhi'e is already very familiar with him and believes in him very much along the way, and nodded when she heard this: "I know, but it's okay to take a look outside."

Huo Chao nodded: "Of course you can, but His Royal Highness wants to hide his identity in the capital" Zhu Zhi'e snorted: "Dongchang Yamen is naturally not going to be able to go, so go to his private house?" ”

"The Governor doesn't have a private house, oh no, the emperor just gave him a house the day before yesterday, but it is being renovated and can't live in it yet" Huo Chao hurriedly said, Zhu Zhi'e was stunned: "That'...... Guest house? "I felt a little unhappy in my heart, after all, the people of the palace would not be used to it.

"Live in the big world" Huo Chao saw Zhu Zhi'e frowning and hurriedly said: "It's on Qianmen Street, the big world is the best place to play in the capital, and it is the industry of our East Factory, I heard that there are also princes...... It's not an ordinary inn, it's a separate courtyard, in addition to the secret protection of the people in the East Factory, there are also maids waiting for you."

Zhu Zhi'e was happy when she heard that it was located in the most prosperous area, but it was quiet and close to the palace.

I have to say that Chunxiang was very sad about what his little brother explained, and sent his most trusted henchman to bring his sister-in-law who had not passed through the door to the capital, and set the best courtyard in the big world.

The big world is the most luxurious entertainment club in the capital, and the large courtyard behind it has been rebuilt into several small courtyards of Yajing to entertain distinguished guests, this place is really not where you have money to live in, and you have to have an identity, such as Chang Yu often feasts here for distinguished guests, such as Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo lived here when they were in the capital, and the three princes of North Korea were also placed under house arrest here.

Now there is another distinguished guest, a female distinguished guest with a maid and a maid speaking in a Shanxi accent, but no one knows their identity, and no one dares to ask.