Chapter 544 News about the Empress and the culprit's entourage!

On the ancient road, Ning Fan and Guo Jia rode at high speed, crossing the vast grassland and entering the territory of Huainan.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu guarded the two of them in the center, one on the left and the other on the right. Not far away, eighteen black knights silently surrounded the surroundings, and there was a frightening evil aura from all the way!

"My lord, your majesty has already arrived in Huainan?"

"Counting the time, it should be almost done."

"One step ahead of us!"

Ning Fan's expression was also very puzzled. You said that an emperor was not honest in the palace and was drinking and eating in the woods. Why did you come to Huainan?

The concubines in the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard still can’t serve you well?

Or are you saying that you are not having fun in the famous buildings and courtyards in the capital?

Now it's better. After two years of hard work and dormancy, I'm sure the family's background has been found out!

If an edict calls him back to Beijing, there will be no place to cry!

"My lord, don't worry too much. Your Majesty will travel lightly for his private visit incognito. The journey from the capital to Huainan by carriage is at least seven days."

"I'm just afraid that my father won't act according to common sense!"

Ning Fan sighed sadly and said softly: "Fengxiao, now that Guanshan has been decided, many matters need to be resolved urgently. In addition, Huainan is in a critical period of reform, and the navy has not yet formed a combat capability!"

"In local schools, the imperial examination system has not yet been implemented."

“There’s a long way to go!”

"Huainan is still in poverty and is too backward. I must not return to Beijing!"

Ning Fan gritted his teeth and spoke, while Guo Jia also had a wry smile on his face. No matter how hard he spoke at this time, could he block His Majesty the Emperor's golden words?

A decree is issued, do you respect it or not?

"My lord, don't be unfounded. You have already made emergency plan No. 1 before the Southern Expedition!"

"With Gongtai and Wenhe here, there will definitely be no flaws!"

"Hey, I hope so!"

Ning Fan also felt a deep sense of powerlessness. The early spring was approaching. Logically speaking, the court should be a time when there were many trivial matters. But at this time, the old boy Emperor Yu actually started to pay a private visit incognito!

Why did you come to Huainan?

What does this mean? This is stabbing oneself in the anus with a gun!

"drive!"

"drive!"

Just as Ning Fan was galloping, he saw several figures in black chasing him from behind. Ning Fan's expression suddenly became condensed, and he pulled the reins to turn the horse's head.

The three men in black reined in their horses at the same time, turned over and walked in front of Ning Fan: "Heibingtai reported urgently that a hundred thousand troops from the Dali Kingdom entered the grassland. Within three days, they wiped out more than ten tribes from the ancient Southern Barbarian Kingdom. Now they are approaching Barbarian King City!”

As he spoke, he handed the secret report in his hand to Ning Fan. The latter also looked condensed, took the information in his hand, and murmured: "When did Dali have such military strength?"

"No matter how bad the Southern Barbarians are, they won't be pierced by a hundred thousand troops!"

"Besides, Dali lacks war horses, and most of them are infantry. This is a vast grassland!"

Ning Fan was a little puzzled. When he saw the information, his eyes suddenly focused: "Yuan Nu's retinue!"

"Um?"

When Guo Jia heard this, his expression condensed and he exclaimed: "The empress has indeed used her dynasty's heritage. The Yuannu retinue is Dali's king-suppressing card. This time in the southern expedition, it seems that she is determined to wipe out the southern barbarians!"

"wrong……"

Ning Fan's eyes shone brightly and he said in a deep voice: "No matter how bad the Southern Barbarians are now, they still have at least 300,000 cavalry. Why does the empress dare to approach the royal city with only 100,000 troops?"

"My lord, what do you mean..."

"No matter what, we can't let Mu Qingcheng's army accidentally injure our people. Send the news to Wuyou and Aguna as soon as possible!"

"promise!"

After the man in black left, Ning Fan's face showed a bit of solemnity. Now Dali was his ally in name, but Nanman was in his pocket!

After planning for so long, Wu You and Aguna finally took control of the situation. If the empress picked peaches, Ning Fan would definitely not be able to swallow this breath. Besides, he spent all his efforts to capture Guanshan just to unite with Zongheng!

Once Nanman fell into the control of the empress, wouldn't she directly strangle him by the throat?

"How can we get the Empress to withdraw her troops without being at odds with her?"

"Lord, Lingyou!"

Guo Jia on the side seemed to have read through Ning Fan's thoughts and slowly uttered four words.

…

Huainan.

Lingzhou City.

"Brother Yu, you don't know. Ever since Prince Yong came to Huainan, it only took him more than a month to wipe out the tens of thousands of bandits in Wumei Mountain."

"The Southern Barbarians are frightened by us. In the past, every time the autumn harvest came and the cold winter came, the barbarian cavalry would come to our border to plunder and plunder me. They would take me, the Yu people, as slaves, plunder my women, and steal my food!"

"But now, with the change of attack and defense, our cavalry go to the grassland every now and then, and every time they bring back some cattle, sheep, and horses!"

"I, the Great Yu, took the barbarians as slaves, built roads, built cities, and reclaimed wasteland for us. It can be said that the barbarians should be the main contributors to why Huainan is so rich and prosperous now!"

Looking at the proud look on the face of the man in front of him, Emperor Yu also had mixed feelings in his heart. How long has the second son been in Huainan?

Less than two years!

In just over a year, Huainan seems to have undergone earth-shaking changes. In vain, I was worried that he would not be happy, and even sent people to send him money and food again and again!

Now it seems like, haha!

"Not bad, dick did a good job!"

Emperor Yu praised him without hesitation, but the man looked confused, wondering who the second brother Yu was talking about!

"Also, in terms of water conservancy, His Royal Highness Prince Yong summoned famous craftsmen from all over the world to divert the water of the Huaihe River to the south, dig reservoirs, build dams, and repair bridges. Our Huainan is a dry land and has been short of water since ancient times. Now with the water of the Huaihe River, the arable area is half more than before."

"We also dug a Linghu Lake in Lingzhou City. Now His Royal Highness has built an entertainment street along the shore of Linghu Lake. If Brother Yu has nothing to do, he can go for a walk, hehe!"

"Ten miles of Linghu Lake and thirty floors, the wind, flowers, snow and moon are better than Jingzhou!"

"Boss, what are you talking about!"

The woman carefully observed the expression of Emperor Yu and glared at her husband, fearing that she would say something wrong and anger the master.

Su Chi and Zhao Huaiyuan looked at each other, both showing a hint of interest.

"It's getting late. Thank you for your hospitality today!"

"Jing Li!"

"Yes, sir!"

Jing Li took out another gold ingot from his arms and handed it over. Emperor Yu also stood up and said goodbye. The group left the alley and returned to the bustling streets. It was already the hour of Hai, but the streets were still bustling with people!

Lanterns were hanging high and the shops were brightly lit.

"Sir!"

"Let's go back to the posthouse to rest for a night. Let this boy go back first. Come early tomorrow morning and continue to take us around."

"Yes!"

Jing Li bowed respectfully, handed the boy a gold ingot, and walked all the way to the posthouse.

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