"Trash, you can't even look at people, what use do I need from you." Di Qingchen looked at the people kneeling on the ground, his eyes raised, his voice was cold.
Ye Tong knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please forgive me, but my subordinates have sent people to intercept in Ying City. I believe there will be news soon."
After hearing Ye Tong's words, Di Qingchen's expression softened a lot and he said, "Be sure to bring Jiuwei back. If you can't bring him back, don't come back to see me again."
"Yes." Ye Tong nodded, turned and left.
Di Qingchen took a deep breath to calm down his mood and make his mind clearer. He looked at Mei Yao aside and asked, "Is there any news from Su Yu?"
"Informing the emperor, Su Yu led 70,000 horses to Liangcheng. All 30,000 horses in Liangcheng have surrendered and are waiting for the emperor's order." Mei Yao said.
"Send someone to send a message and send troops to attack Ying City in half a month. Let Su Yu make preparations before the war and make sure to capture Ying City in one fell swoop." Di Qingchen said.
Mei Yao nodded, and then Di Qingchen said: "General Mei, you will set off to Yecheng tomorrow and lead an army of 100,000 people to pretend to attack Yingcheng. You must hold back Qin Lin."
"I understand." Mei Yao nodded.
Di Qingchen nodded, looked at Mei Yao still standing there, frowned, and asked: "What, General Mei still has something to do?"
"Your Majesty, my little daughter...my naughty daughter, have you ever disturbed the Emperor?" Mei Yao's serious face was filled with worry at this time, as if he was just a loving father who cared about his daughter.
After hearing Mei Yao's words, Di Qingchen frowned almost inaudibly, feeling in his heart that Mei Yao was threatening him to give Mei Luoxue a position.
However, although Di Qingchen was disgusted, now was the time to employ people. Mei Yao and the 30,000 soldiers in his hands were of great use to him. His thoughts changed all the time, but it only lasted a moment.
"It's okay. I admire Miss Luoxue's innocence and liveliness very much. I will make her a noble concubine after the enthronement ceremony. What do you think, General Mei?" Di Qingchen asked with a chuckle from his throat.
When Mei Yao heard Di Qingchen's words, his heart dropped. He felt happy for his daughter, but suddenly he felt a little sigh. Di Qingchen's character was clearly revealed in the forced palace yesterday, and he had no idea about his daughter's sincerity. Sort of.
Thinking about these things, Mei Yao felt worried about his helpless daughter. She couldn't like anyone, so why did she fall in love with Di Qingchen.
Seeing Mei Yao feeling happy and regretful for a while, Di Qingchen couldn't help but frowned. Could it be that he was not satisfied with the position of noble concubine and wanted to be the queen...
"Why, Mei Aiqing is not satisfied?" Di Qingchen's voice dropped.
After hearing the voice, Mei Yao was pulled out of his thoughts. Seeing Di Qingchen's cold face, he hurriedly knelt down with his hands in his hands and said, "I deserve to die. How can my little daughter He De be so loved by the emperor? I'm sorry." I'm so grateful that I can't even repay the emperor with a knot of grass and a ring."
"Of course General Mei is worthy of it, and Luo Xue is certainly worthy of the position of noble concubine. My dear, please hurry up and invite me." Upon hearing Mei Yao's words, Di Qingchen's face relaxed a lot, and his voice returned to its former gentleness.
Mei Yao stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Di Qingchen waved his hand and said, "Go down, I'm tired."
… ….
Ning Jiuwei and Qi Lexuan ran all the way and finally arrived at Liangcheng half a month later. The four of them entered the city in disguise, only to find that it was desolate. The pedestrians on the street looked in a hurry and did not waste a moment, let alone Set up a stall.
The four of them were puzzled, so they led the horse into a restaurant, handed the horse to the waiter at the door, went in, booked three guest rooms, and ordered a table of wine and food.
"Waiter, why is your place so depressed? How miserable it looks." Qi Lexuan asked while sitting in the guest room, looking at the waiter who was serving food.
After hearing Qi Lexuan's words, the waiter paused in pouring water, and then said, "I see that you guys have just arrived in Liangcheng, right?"
Qi Lexuan turned her head and glanced at Ning Jiuwei, then smiled and said, "Yeah, so tell me, what happened?"
The waiter sighed and said: "Actually, Liangcheng is a very closed place with mountains and rivers, but it is self-sufficient. However, Prince Daliang rebelled some time ago. He rebelled, and then... We sent Su Yu and 70,000 troops to Liangcheng."
"But what does this have to do with you?" Bai Hua, who had been silent, asked.
"Originally, it didn't matter, but the newly appointed emperor didn't know what his plan was, and he arrested all the strong men in the city. I heard that it was because there were gold mines in the Dabie Mountains, and they were all arrested to dig gold mines. Don’t you see that most of the people on the street nowadays are the old, weak, sick and disabled?” the waiter said, shaking his head.
Ning Jiuwei looked at the waiter up and down and said, "Then why weren't you arrested?"
"Me? Why don't they want to arrest me? They don't care because the housekeeper of the City Lord's Mansion is my cousin, so they let me live. Otherwise, I would have been captured long ago." The waiter sighed and said.
Hearing the waiter's words, Ning Jiuwei became more and more thoughtful. She didn't believe that Di Qingchen was so mobilized and sent 70,000 troops to dig gold mines, unless Di Qingchen was crazy.
But what was the reason why Di Qingchen went so crazy and arrested all the strong men in Liangcheng? This move was so weird that it made people think deeply.
"Xiao Er, how long has this mine been dug? How many people have been arrested?" Ning Jiuwei asked.
"The new emperor had already started digging when he was in Rongcheng. It has been two or three months now. There are not even seven thousand but five thousand strong men in the city." The waiter recalled for a moment and said.
Ning Jiu nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Have you heard that gold bars were dug out?"
"No, let alone gold bars, even Mao didn't see a single one. And I heard that hundreds of people have died. They are all exhausted." The waiter shook his head and said.
"There are so many people digging for such a long time and there is no hair left. Are you sure you are digging for gold?" Qi Lexuan sneered and said.
The waiter put the towel on his shoulders and said, "Who knows? Anyway, General Su said so, and the city lord also said so. As for whether it is true or false, we ordinary people don't know."
Ning Jiu frowned slightly, then nodded and said, "Thank you for informing me."
"Okay, sir, please excuse me." The waiter made a gesture of greeting, then turned and left.
Watching the waiter leave, Ning Jiuwei looked at Bai Hua and said, "Bai Hua, go and check the Dabie Mountains tomorrow. I think there is another hidden reason behind this matter."
"I also feel that there is something hidden. I will go check it out tonight." Bai Hua said.