Across a wall, Yu Jiujiang could hear the conversation between Fang Wujiu and Wen Jiucheng clearly.
He said hello to the person guarding the death row, motioned him to keep a close eye on the person in the prison, and then he turned to leave the death row and took the carriage to Zizai Temple.
At this time, there was a little light on the horizon, and there were early people on the street carrying their burdens and rushing to the market, trying to take a good position in the market when there were few people.
When the horse carriage of the county governor's house galloped past, these people stepped aside one after another, trying to keep their distance from the carriage as much as possible, so as not to be rubbed by the carriage.
The carriage that Yu Jiu was riding in entered Zizai Temple from the back door.
Since the effect of the transformation Gu has not disappeared, Yu Jiu still looks like Mrs. Jian at this time.
But in order to facilitate the movement, he was wearing men's clothes at this time, and his hair was tied on the top of his head and fixed with a futou.
He jumped out of the car and went straight to the bedroom where the old fairy lived.
On the way, several Taoist priests met Yu Jiu, and they were not surprised at all. Instead, they respectfully greeted him and called him Jiu Gongzi.
The old immortal had already woken up, and he was sitting on the soft couch with his eyes closed and meditating.
Seeing Yu Jiu coming, the old immortal raised his slack eyelids slightly and asked slowly...
"People caught?"
Yu Jiu put away all wanton in front of him, and became extraordinarily obedient and honest.
He bowed his hands to the old god and said, "Report to my father, we have caught the person, and the person is now in death row."
Old Immortal: "Two people in Xuanmen are folded in Fufeng City one after another, which will inevitably arouse the emperor's suspicion."
Yu Jiu asked cautiously, "Are we going to start early?"
The old god raised his right hand and slowly stroked his snow-white beard.
"The child has not yet been born. Without him, we would have no name."
Yu Jiu: "Didn't you already prepare the medicine for induction of labor?"
The old immortal sighed and looked sympathetic: "The medicine is very harmful to pregnant women and children. Even if the medicine causes the child to be born early, his health will become very poor. If he unfortunately dies prematurely, then we will Wasn’t all the hard work in vain? Let’s just wait.”
Yu Jiu nodded: "I see."
The old immortal: "I will find something to distract the emperor's attention. For the time being, I can't notice the small movements in Fufeng City. You should strengthen your guard during this time, and don't let suspicious people mix into the city."
"Here."
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Seeing that the end of the year is getting closer and closer, the people in Shengjing have begun to buy New Year's goods.
The palace is also busier than usual. Every place in the palace is sorting out the accounts for the year. According to the usual practice, the palace should check the accounts once a year, so that no one will enrich their private pockets and lose public funds.
The person in charge of checking the accounts is usually the queen.
But now that there is no queen in the palace, the imperial concubine can only preside over this matter.
Xixi has been a little restless for the past two days. She is not in the mood to take care of those trivial matters.
Today, she followed Luo Qinghan to the imperial study as usual.
Luo Qinghan and the courtiers were discussing political affairs, Xiao Xixi was lying on the soft and comfortable bed as usual, but she couldn't sleep.
There was always a sense of unease in her heart.
It was an uneasy foreboding.
And her hunch was always accurate.
Xiao Xixi lifted the quilt and sat up, and began to count the time with her fingers. It has been half a month since the second senior brother Wen Jiucheng and Shang Kui went to Fufeng City.
In the past half month, she has not received any news from the second senior brother.
The reason why she was uneasy was because something happened to the second senior brother and Shang Kui
Xiao Xixi wanted to give the second senior brother a divination, but with her current physical condition, if she did the divination now, she would probably fall asleep again, and Luo Qinghan would definitely be annoyed that she didn't take care of her body again.
She thought hard with a sullen face, and finally decided to tell Luo Qinghan the truth.
She wants to explain to him how serious the matter is. She believes that Luo Qinghan is not the kind of person who can't tell the importance of it. This matter is related to the safety of the second senior brother. Luo Qinghan should understand her.
Just then, she heard an exclamation from outside.
"Qiandao Nation really sent troops?!"
Xiao Xixi heard it, this was the voice of one of the cabinet ministers.
Then came Luo Qinghan's voice, his voice was low and cold, very recognizable.
"I have already received a secret report from 800 li expeditedly.
The secret report said that the Qiandao State had dispatched nearly 100 ships.
The ships of those thousand islands looted our Dasheng merchant ships and killed all the Dasheng people on board.
And those ships are rapidly approaching Wanhai City.
Counting the time, they should have been near the port of Wanhai City by now, maybe the two sides have already started a war. "
As soon as this statement came out, it was tantamount to a stone stirring up a thousand waves.
Cabinet ministers know that this is no trivial matter. Wanhai City is an important port for their maritime trade. Once captured, it will cause huge losses to the court.
More importantly, this battle is related to Da Shengchao's face.
As a big country, they are now being bullied by a small Qiandao country. If they cannot make a strong counterattack, other countries will treat their Dasheng people as useless softballs in the future!
The cabinet ministers immediately had a heated discussion on who should send troops to assist Wanhai City and the specific plan for maritime operations.
The discussion continued until late at night.
Luo Qinghan got up and walked to the inner room.
He thought Xixi had fallen asleep, but he didn't expect that she was sitting on the soft couch in a daze.
Luo Qinghan was quite surprised: "Why didn't you sleep?"
Xiao Xixi sighed: "I want to sleep, but I can't."
Luo Qinghan was even more surprised: "There are times when you can't sleep?"
Xiao Xixi defended herself solemnly: "I'm also human, and of course I have times when I'm disturbed by my thoughts and can't sleep."
Luo Qinghan: "The only thing in this world that can prevent you from sleeping is hunger?"
Xiao Xixi: "..."
It doesn't have to be so blunt.
Xiao Xixi hummed, "Why don't you ask me what's on my mind?"
Luo Qinghan sat down beside her, wrapped his arms around her waist, and asked along her words.
"What's on your mind?"
Xiao Xixi: "My second senior brother went to Fufeng City to find his senior brother. It's been half a month since he came back, and he hasn't come back. I'm worried that something happened to him."
Luo Qinghan heard the song and knew the elegant meaning: "Do you want to make a plan for your second senior brother?"
"Well, I wonder if he's okay now."
Xiao Xixi showed a pleasing smile on her face, she shook Luo Qinghan's sleeve gently, and pleaded in a soft voice.
"I'm really worried about the safety of the second senior brother, and I can't sleep because of the worry. Can you let me calculate a hexagram for the second senior brother? Just one hexagram is enough, okay?"
Luo Qinghan gently caressed her cheek and uttered two words softly.
"not good."