Lu Tingchen was the uncle of the current dynasty, and almost everyone knew it.
In addition, in several battles between Dashang and Danjue last year, Lu Tingchen was brave and good at fighting, which shocked the enemy. He was commended by the emperor and promoted to general. His name has already become famous all over the world.
At this time, many people waiting to enter the city had gathered under the city gate.
Hearing the shouts of the visitor, everyone looked over in surprise.
I saw that the man was covered in dust, his body was covered with wind and sand, his lips were dry and cracked, and he was in an extremely miserable state, with only one pair of eyes remaining, which were unusually bright.
For a moment, everyone started whispering, and they were rushing all the way. They usually only use it when there is a battle report. Could it be that the border war has started again
The soldiers at the city gate had long heard the call of the visitor. They leaned over and glanced at the token in the visitor's hand, and then quickly went to report to the general guarding the city.
After a while, the general hurried over and also identified the token in the man's hand. After confirming that it was Lu Tingchen's warrant, he immediately ordered the city gate to be opened.
The city gate was barely open until the guard pulled the reins and galloped into the city gate at lightning speed.
As soon as the people came in, the soldiers quickly closed the city gate again.
Because it's not time to open the city gate yet.
The bodyguard rode on horseback and headed directly towards the palace.
Royal palace, meeting hall.
Nothing happened today. Long Yang was about to order the court to disperse when suddenly there was a burst of anxious singing from outside, "Report—"
Everyone was startled, and when they looked back, they saw a dirty soldier being helped in by several guards. The first person to walk in was Chu Yi.
He walked very quickly, his expression extremely solemn.
"Your Majesty, something happened at the border."
As soon as this statement came out, the whole palace was in an uproar.
Long Yang's eyes fell on the limp soldier and he said solemnly, "What happened?"
That soldier was none other than one of Lu Tingchen's personal guards, named Xu Chen. He rushed back from the border without stopping for a moment. As soon as he rushed into the palace, he fell off his horse, which happened to be in the Chuyi area. The person patrolled by and after asking about the reason, he brought the person over directly.
Xu Chen relied on one breath to hold on until now. At this time, he heard the emperor's question and said in a hoarse voice: "For some reason, more than half of the border officers and soldiers contracted an unknown serious illness overnight, and the military doctors could not detect it. There was no reason, but the disease was extremely contagious, and the military doctor concluded that it was probably a plague. The major general ordered Xiao Xiao to come back and report to the emperor, asking the emperor to send reinforcements to the border."
As soon as the word "plague" came out, all the ministers in the palace were frightened.
Everything is fine, how could there be a plague? And it is still raging at the border.
Once all the soldiers are infected with the plague, how can they still have the ability to fight? If the enemy attacks at this time...
Everyone couldn't help but panic.
Plague is more terrible than war.
Lu Hetian frowned and was about to say something when Long Yang spoke first, "How is your Major General doing now?"
"When he came back from his humble post, the Major General was safe and sound. All the checkpoints leading to the border had been temporarily blocked. Information about the army was also completely blocked, so the outside world still doesn't know about the raging plague at the border."
After listening to Xu Chen's words, Lu Hetian finally let go of his worries.
Long Yang also breathed a sigh of relief.
In the silence of the whole palace, Xu Chen suddenly spoke again: "The young general has a merciless request. I also ask the emperor to send the queen and Mrs. Zhenguo to the border to help control the plague."
As soon as he said this, Long Yang frowned imperceptibly.
Ling Lihua was fine with that, but Lu Tingchen knew that Weiwei was pregnant with Liujia, so how could he dare to make such a request
But Lu Tingchen was not a brainless person. He proposed to go Weiwei, explaining that the situation at the border was not optimistic.
Lu Hetian's complexion also looked extremely bad.
(End of chapter)