The celestial phenomena and climate in the first year of Yongjia are indescribably strange compared with previous years. The turn of autumn and winter should be a time when the sky is high and the clouds are light, but these days, almost every day is gloomy and gloomy. The clouds were pressed down in layers, sometimes so low that the flying horses, dragons and phoenixes carved on the towering cornices of Gyeongbokgung Hall seemed to be about to leap into the clouds at any moment. Occasionally, the clouds dispersed, revealing a sky that was not bright, but rust-colored and lifeless. It's like the legendary demon firmly covering Qionglou Yuyu with a giant palm that covers the sky and the sun, which makes people feel a little dazed and a little afraid.

On the square in front of Gyeongbokgun Palace, an ox cart is parked. The attendant jumped down from the wheel, and then carefully helped Liu Yu out of the ox cart.

The recent cold and humid climate has caused Liu Yu to be plagued by paralysis repeatedly; Not only are the joints of the lower limbs swollen in many places, the skin is burning like fire, and the bones around the body are sore and unbearable. In the past few days, there have even been attacks of gangrene, and a bean-like lump has grown on the back of the hand, which is painful to touch. The king of the East China Sea was worried about the health of the master, so he personally sent people to find a number of famous doctors to diagnose and treat him, and gave him many precious medicinal materials such as rhino horn and musk; But his condition was slowly deteriorating, let alone recovering. Under the repeated torture of illness, Liu Yu's face is much older than last year. If you are not yet fifty years old, the skin on your cheeks and neck will be obviously loose and sagging, and there will be a clear sense of gloom between your eyebrows and eyes.

After Liu Yu slowly put his feet on the ground, the coachman drove the healthy ox over the gallop road and let him go to the side corner of the square. The unique "latent glen" sound of wheels and wheels running over the stone pavement also suddenly reminded him of the collision of several joints and bones in his knees and hips, and he couldn't help but feel excited.

The entourage hurriedly stepped forward to help, Liu Yu waved his hand and asked him to step back, and then took out a few official documents from the inner pocket of his robe and looked at them, and put them back.

The Gyeongbokgung Palace has a magnificent building and covers an extremely wide area. It is not a simple hall, but a huge building complex including a series of side halls and side halls such as Liexing, Anchang, Yanxiu, Qingyan, Yongning, and Chengguang. Between the halls of the buildings, in addition to the gorgeous corridors, there are countless double road flying buildings circling back and forth, like dancing in the air, drawing a beautiful arc of the road.

Xuchang was originally Xu County of Yingchuan County in the Han Dynasty. Emperor Cao Weiwu moved the Han Emperor to Xu County, and the palace was built. Emperor Wu was sent to the Son of Heaven to please not be a minister, and from then on the foundation of the Great Wei Dynasty, to the second year of the early Huang Dynasty, Emperor Wen Cao Pi to "Wei Jichang in Xu", changed Xu County to Xuchang. In the sixth year of Cao Wei Taihe, Emperor Ming toured the east, ruled Xuchang Palace, and raised this palace because of the fear of summer heat, and successively spent more than 8 million yuan. Because the project was too extravagant, even He Yan, a famous minister with a flashy life, deliberately wrote "Jingfu Dianfu" to satirize.

At the beginning of the year, the king of the East China Sea led a large army out of the town of Xuchang and stayed in the Jingfu Hall in the former Wei palace. Of course, this move is quite arrogant, but the king of the East China Sea is not only a clan, but also holds military power and remote control of the government, and his arrogance is monstrous, who dares to say that he is not?

It's a pity that the king of the East China Sea himself has no military strategy, and his command also lacks handsome talents who can really lead the army to fight. Over the past few months, hundreds of thousands of people in the subordinate department have worked in vain to pay their salaries, but their achievements in military affairs have been lackluster. Qingxu thieves Kou Wang Mi, Liu Ling, Cao Wei and others are becoming more and more intense, rampant in the prefectures and counties, and it is always difficult to subdue. As a result, local officials in various parts of the Central Plains gradually complained, and even the news reached the Luoyang Imperial Court. This made the king of the East China Sea more and more anxious, and often deliberately showed his martial power.

At this time, Liu Yu looked around, but saw that on the jade-colored staircase that swirled around the Gyeongbok Palace, there were two warriors wearing armor and holding halberds every five steps. As far as the eye can see, the number of samurai is nearly 1,000, and it is truly majestic. It's a pity, maybe it's because they've been on duty for too long, or maybe it's because they're so loose in their usual drills, and these samurai have scattered eyes and loose postures.

Liu Yu's younger brother Liu Kun, the assassin of Bingzhou, is a general who is very good at using soldiers, and he naturally knows what a real elite soldier should look like.

He looked away, shook his head, and sighed. Beside him, a line of servants and maidservants lined up in a loose queue, from the east end of the square in front of Gyeongbokgung Hall to the west end, sweeping the ground with a lot of fallen leaves. In terms of uniformity, it seems to be slightly better than those samurai.

The main hall of Gyeongbokgung Hall has three entrances in the front, middle and back, and the front hall and the supporting palaces on both sides are connected to other palaces; The nave is the largest, and various ceremonies are performed here; And the king of the East Sea lives in the apse every day. In addition, important advisers and the like are often summoned to the apse for secret discussions.

When it comes to the intimacy with the King of the East China Sea, Liu Yu is not as good as Pan Tao and Pei Miao. However, Liu Yu once served as the Taishou of Yingchuan, and also assisted Sima Yu, the king of Hejian in Xuchang, and his familiarity with military and political affairs near Xuchang was far ahead of Qunlun. Therefore, in these days, the king of the East Sea summoned him the most number. But this road is very difficult for Liu Yu, who is physically weak. Those undulating corridors are laborious and even more difficult to walk.

Liu Yu had only walked halfway before two other people caught up behind. He looked behind him and recognized that they were two young subordinates of the palace who were familiar with each other, so he bowed his head slightly. The two subordinates hurriedly returned the salute. They didn't dare to overtake Liu Yu, so they had to follow Liu Yu step by step.

Liu Yu smiled apologetically at them and quickened his pace slightly. After walking up the stairs again, he felt his leg muscles twitch a little, and the corners of his forehead were sweaty, so he had to reach out and hold on to the railing to rest.

At this time, a voice said, "Mr. Qingsun, do you need help?" ”

When Liu Yu turned his head to look at the sound, he saw the county lord of Jingling standing there far away, as if he had just come out of the back of the corridor.

The county lord of Jingling wore a long skirt with wide sleeves fluttering on the floor, and the blue multi-folded skirt had a luan bird woven with silver thread. With the slight movement of footsteps, the silver light flashes with the gorgeous accessories of the upper body, which not only highlights the youthful beauty, but also shows the sense of grace and luxury. And when she marched with her head held high surrounded by many maids, she was indeed like a peacock walking through many mortal birds.

The two subordinates were instantly frightened by the county lord's appearance, and they couldn't help but look sluggish. When they reacted, the two of them bowed their heads in embarrassment and bowed, and then retreated in small steps, avoiding it from a distance.

"Thank you for the county lord's care, I'm fine, I'm just tired." Liu Yu let go of his hand holding the railing and saluted the lord of Jingling County.

"Then I'm relieved. Mr. Keisun is a shogunate humerus, so be sure to take care of your health. The county lord glanced up and down at Liu Yu with concern. She seemed to suddenly remember something, and smiled again: "By the way, is Sir going to visit my father, we may be able to walk together for a while." ”

Liu Yusu said: "I want to do what I want." The county lord please. ”