Jiangdu is one of the four major capitals of Daqi, and according to the regulations, it is equal to a state. But in fact, Jiangdu and the surrounding areas of Jiangdu are all in Jiangzhou. Jiangzhou faces the sea in the east, Huizhou across the river in the north, and Huzhou in the west.

Huzhou is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, and the main force of the entire Jiangnan rear army is stationed in Huzhou Liangxiang.

In the last years of the Great Zheng Dynasty, Chongwen suppressed the military to the extreme, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was like a fictitious, and the military power was all in the hands of the cabinet and the military department. The same is true of the localities, where the governors are all civilian officials, and the commander-in-chief, who should be on a par with the governor, is subject to the governor's command, so that the military power is completely in the hands of the civilian officials on the surface.

Today's Great Qi is different, the battle of the deer has just passed less than a Jiazi time, the warriors still have great authority, especially the five forbidden armies, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a feudal town, at this time it is wartime, the Chinese army is in Huzhou's Jiangnan rear army took over the military and political power of Huzhou, so that the dignified political envoy and the inspection envoy became its subordinate officials, and the current rear army Zuodu Governor Yu Kuang said that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the king of Huzhou.

If Xu Beiyou and his entourage want to take the northwest, they must pass through Huzhou, and it is reasonable to note the "King of Huzhou".

In particular, Yu Kuang is also the confidant of the new monarch Xiao Bai, and to a certain extent, it can also represent the meaning of the new monarch.

Xu Beiyou and his party of hundreds of people, because they had to transport the coffin of the first emperor in a carriage, including Xu Beiyou and Xiao Zhinan, all rode horses, this trip was a little silent and depressed, Xu Beiyou didn't see anything unusual on his face, but the palm of his hand held the reins of the horse very tightly, causing the knuckles to be slightly white.

Only Xiao Zhinan found Xu Beiyou's depressed mood, and when the two rode side by side, she stretched out her palm and gently covered the back of Xu Beiyou's hand without speaking.

Xu Beiyou sighed lowly, "This journey is destined to be difficult, even more difficult than when I went to Jiangdu alone." ”

Xiao Zhinan said softly: "Don't put all the burden on yourself, it's not your business alone, it's all of us." ”

Xu Beiyou was silent for a while, and then sighed: "Back then, I traveled around with the master, and the master taught me two words, responsibility, the burden that should be picked up must be picked up, this burden used to be called Sword Sect, and now this burden is called the world." It is said that the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, even if I don't have a wife who is a princess, and I don't have a father who is the first assistant, there is no reason to escape. ”

Xiao Zhinan chuckled and said, "It's a bit of a gentleman." ”

Xu Beiyou smiled heartily.

Seeing the extra smile on her husband's face, the smile on Xiao Zhinan's face became more and more gentle.

On the other hand, Xie Suqing and Zhang Baisui walked side by side, and the word party struggle was always inevitable in the court, first there was the Lanhan party dispute that lasted for decades, after Lan Yu resigned and stepped down, Xie Suqing took over, and there were signs of Xie Han's dispute, according to the camp division, Zhang Baisui and the first assistant Han Xuan were not rebellious, and Xie Suqing was friendly with the chief Bingbi Zhang Bao, as for the many military attaches led by the metropolitan governor Wei Ban, except for Chen Qiong and a few others who had been ambushed, they either remained neutral, or attached to the vassal king, and did not participate too much in the party struggle of Wenchen.

Now after this incident, Xie Suqing and Zhang Baisui can no longer care about the so-called dispute, after all, the so-called dispute between Xie and Han is just the beginning of the show, far from the deep hatred and interest struggle accumulated by the two parties for many years, so at such a critical moment, it has become a matter of laughing and passing.

Xie Suqing sighed softly, "Actually, Emperor Taizu is very similar to the first emperor, both are people who dare to gamble, the difference is that Emperor Taizu won the bet, while the first emperor lost the bet." ”

Zhang Baisui said expressionlessly: "The matter of Jundao is destined not to be seen in the history books, and the future history books will comment that the first emperor died of illness on the way to the south, and the real cause of death is cloudy and foggy, which can only be left for future generations to guess." ”

Then he glanced at Xie Suqing and asked, "Lord Xie has something on his mind?"

Xie Suqing sighed and said, "If you can return to the capital safely this time, I am afraid that Xie will not be able to keep the position of the second assistant who has just arrived for a long time, and when he returns to Jiangnan in the future, he can only hope that Wang Shi will recover Jiangnan as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Baisui asked, "Mr. Xie is not optimistic about Yu Kuang?"

Xie Suqing shook his head and said, "I just received the news that the major families in Jiangnan have a lot of moves, I'm afraid it's not good." ”

Zhang Baisui was slightly stunned, and then asked softly: "Regarding the situation in Jiangnan, I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I don't dare to make an assertion, after all, the old man has been in the imperial capital for a long time, far away from Jiangnan, and he is not as good as you, a native of Jiangnan, I don't know if I can help the old man solve his doubts?"

Xie Suqing nodded, and after thinking about it a little, he said: "Now the crisis in Jiangnan lies in Xiao Jin, the king of Wei, if I Xie and Xiao Jin change places, it is naturally secretly connected with many Jiangnan families, so that Yu Kuang's rear army becomes a lone army, and then Lin Han will contain Zhang Wuxi's Northwest Army and Sun Shaotang's Shu Army, so that he can take Jiangnan steadily, and then it will be a river to rule, and then it will be a matter of advancing or retreating, all of which are promising." ”

He hesitated for a moment and said, "And I also suspect that Xiao Jin has reached some kind of agreement with the Mu King of the Northeast and even Houjian Murong Xuanyin, and when the time is right, these two people will also make some moves, and they must not be noticed or guarded against." ”

Zhang Baisui frowned suddenly, "Now my Daqi is an enemy on all sides, the east is the Wei army that crossed the sea, there is the King of Wei personally in charge, you must not be careful, the west is Lin Han personally out of the horse to lead the grassland army, menacing, the same should not be underestimated, there is a tiger in the north of the Beimang and the only Wang Shepherd with a different surname in this dynasty, it is necessary to guard against it, if you add a resurgence of the southern Xinjiang barbarians, it is really unimaginable." ”

Xie Suqing smiled bitterly: "To borrow a phrase from the ancients, this sincerity is in danger of survival. ”

While speaking, the team was getting closer and closer to the world-famous Eight Hundred Miles Dongting, and naturally it was getting closer and closer to Yu Kuang's military camp. ”

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Zhang Baisui and Xie Suqing glanced at each other and did not speak.

Xiao Zhinan said softly: "I'll accompany you." ”

After the two dismounted, they broke away from the team, and Xu Beiyou flew over the eight-hundred-mile Dongting with Xiao Zhinan's imperial sword.

Through the layers of vast smoke waves, Kimishima appeared in the field of vision of the two.

The original prestigious Wanshi Garden has been shattered at this time, the ground is cracked, the ground is full of rubble, and the temple is overturned, only the dragon tablet Tianshu is still standing, in the midst of the chaos, it seems to stand out from the crowd.

It can be seen that the fierce battle of the day was fierce.

The entire Wanshi Garden, and even the entire Jun Island, was empty and empty.

Xu Beiyou and Xiao Zhinan landed, bypassed piles of rubble, and walked all the way to the Dragon Monument.

Xu Beiyou looked up at the dragon monument and was silent for a long time.

Xiao Zhinan, who was standing beside him, said in a low voice: "It was here that day that I debated the difficult road, and it was also here that both sides made their own moves. ”

Xu Beiyou stretched out his hand and stroked the dragon monument, and sighed deeply, "Things came a little too suddenly, I have no parents since I was a child, only my father-in-law, master and mother-in-law, after marrying you, although there are only more fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law, but they are also parents, which Cheng thought, but in just half a year, the second elder passed away one after another." ”

Xiao Zhinan lowered his head and was silent.

After the husband and wife were silent for a long time, Xiao Zhinan said softly: "It's not too early, let's go." ”

Xu Beiyou snorted, and suddenly asked, "Why don't you move this dragon tablet away?"

Xiao Zhinan said: "It's too heavy, unless it's a treasure like the Linglong Pagoda or the Heavenly Machine List, it's ......."

Xu Beiyou took off his sword box and said, "If you stay here, it will inevitably fall into the hands of Xiao Jin, so it is better to let me take it back to the imperial capital together." ”