Chapter 240 The door is not closed, come in

Hearing Qin Yushan talk about the remnants of the Chen Kingdom, Lu Chen immediately put down the information he was holding. He raised his head and glanced at Qin Yushan, and then continued to ask: "Gathering towards the North Kingdom? Are there many people?"

Qin Yushan replied: "Many, the palace master of Xuanyue Palace issued a summons order, intending to take advantage of the civil strife in Daxia to overthrow the country.

Having said this, Qin Yushan looked at Lu Chen and asked, "Your Majesty, do we need to stop those Chen people from coming to the North?"

Qin Yushan knew that the owner of Xuanyue Palace had been living in the palace. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Lu Chen was definitely interested in the owner of Xuanyue Palace.

Qin Yushan was not sure whether Lu Chen had captured Chen Wanrong, so it was not easy for the Jin Yiwei to handle Chen Guo's matter.

Lu Chen said with a smile: "Since they want to come, let them come."

Lin Wanyun has been completely confused by him. Now Lin Wanyun can't live without him and has become his person, and Chen Wanrong is about to die.

Mu Zixuan and Da Zhou Xiao Zhou have already been pregnant twice, so Lu Chen does not plan to let them have children anymore, and plans to let them rest for a few years. He will focus on the internal strength of the inner courtyard of the palace. Of women, Chen Wanrong is one of them.

Chen Wanrong is too holy, so he doesn't have that kind of thoughts every time in front of Chen Wanrong. Lu Chen knows very well that if he wants to have evil thoughts in front of Chen Wanrong, a "fairy", he must have close contact with Chen Wanrong. What will happen next? Looking for opportunities to have close contact with Chen Wanrong.

It is very easy to find an opportunity to have close contact with Chen Wanrong, because Chen Wanrong is also looking for such an opportunity to trick herself. They are going in both directions.

Lu Chen asked at this time: "Is there any other information?"

Qin Yushan continued: "The Dongfang family plans to move directly to the North. I don't know if the letter from the head of the Dongfang family has been delivered to the prince."

Because the Jin Yiwei used a large number of flying pigeons to deliver messages, some information from the Jin Yiwei could be delivered faster than others using horses. Dongfang Yi's letter was still on the way, and Qin Yushan already knew that the Dongfang family planned to move to the North.

Hearing Qin Yushan's words, Lu Chen asked curiously: "Moving to the north at this time? Now that a war has broken out in the south, how can they escape?"

Qin Yushan replied: "Their plan is to use the Dongfang family's large merchant ships to come directly to the North from the sea."

After hearing what Qin Yushan said, Lu Chen realized that it was rumored that the Dongfang family's large merchant ships were larger than the warships of the Daxia court and could transport a lot of things.

In order to catch the Jiangnan family off guard, Emperor Xia borrowed the Dongfang family's merchant ship to transport some imperial soldiers to the south.

If it comes from the sea, it is indeed not easy to find.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen said: "Dongfang Yi's letter should be delivered in a few days. They can move here if they want, as long as they are not discovered."

Lu Chen originally planned to let the Dongfang Family act as an undercover agent, staying on his father's side, and then let them stand on his side when he needed it one day.

However, seeing that the Dongfang Family was so eager to move to the North, Lu Chen had basically guessed what the Dongfang Family was thinking.

They probably thought that Emperor Xia would probably kill the donkey, so they simply ran away in advance and let the imperial army and the Jiangnan family led by Lu Shuyun slowly fight.

Qin Yushan said at this time: "With this information at present, if the prince is fine, my subordinates will retire first.

Lu Chen said: "Well, let's go down."

"My subordinates resign."

Then Qin Yushan turned around and left the study.

…

After the army of the Great Xia court went south, a fierce battle broke out with the rebels led by Lu Shuyun. In just one month, hundreds of thousands of people died.

The war was more cruel than people expected. Some people chose to go north in order not to be involved in this war.

Through Jin Yiwei, Lu Chen spread a lot of information to the south about the land distribution in the North. The common people also knew that the land ownership in the North was not theirs, but the food grown on the land belonged to them, and they did not need to pay agricultural taxes. Based on this, they The North Country is not at a loss, it is better than being affected by the war and then dying in the war.

If the refugees wanted to go to the Northern Kingdom, they had to pass through the Qi State. This gave King Qi a big headache. When Daxia was about to cede three counties to Dawu, refugees poured into the Qi State in large numbers. Now that Daxia is having a civil war, the refugees are heading to the Qi State again. .

In desperation, King Qi had no choice but to send envoys to the Northern Kingdom again and sent all the refugees back to the Northern Kingdom. In this way, the population of the Northern Kingdom increased again.

When Lu Chen asked people to count the population again, the population of the North Country had exceeded five million. The labor force was suddenly so abundant, which also allowed the North Country to usher in rapid development.

at the same time.

Daxia, Beijing.

In the Imperial Garden.

Emperor Xia was playing chess with the national master Situ Ce. At this time, Situ Ce's hand holding the chess piece stopped on the chess board. He looked at the entire chess board and then asked: "Your Majesty, for such an important chess piece, how can you do this?" Abandoned?"

Emperor Xia said calmly: "For me, as long as I can win the final victory, there is nothing I cannot give up."

As soon as Emperor Xia finished speaking, the commander of the Shadow Guards came outside the pavilion and said, "Your Majesty, almost all the Imperial Guards in the capital disappeared overnight, and all the Imperial Guards we captured committed suicide by taking poison."

After hearing what the Shadow Guard Commander reported, Emperor Xia's face darkened instantly.

He said coldly: "It's really a good trick for Xiaojiu to make those Jinyi guards willingly take poison and commit suicide!"

Generally, those who commit suicide immediately after being caught can be regarded as dead soldiers. What Emperor Xia didn't expect was that Lu Chen actually cultivated so many dead soldiers.

Emperor Xia only knew about Jin Yiwei not long ago. Not long ago, when Shadow Guard was investigating matters related to Lu Shuyun, he accidentally discovered the existence of Jin Yiwei. Later, after the Shadow Guard's investigation, it was discovered that Jin Yiwei is a huge intelligence agency similar to Shadow Guard. , Jinyiwei's intelligence gathering ability has even surpassed that of Shadow Guards.

The Shadow Guard immediately reported the matter to Emperor Xia. After Emperor Xia heard about the existence of the Jinyi Guards, he was furious. He hired a Shadow Guard mainly to collect intelligence on the entire Great Xia, but also to monitor the officials. , the most important function is that the shadow guard can help him do some dirty words.

Unexpectedly, someone actually set up a similar organization. Later, Emperor Xia immediately asked the Shadow Guards to investigate Jin Yiwei's affairs. It didn't matter if they didn't investigate. After an investigation, they found that Jin Yiwei was actually an intelligence agency of the North Kingdom, and it was also an intelligence agency that had been made public.

This made Emperor Xia even more angry. Even before he, the emperor, was dead, Lu Chen had created an organization similar to the Shadow Guards. What was he trying to do? Was he trying to usurp the throne?

Emperor Xia was so angry that he had all the Jin Yiwei in the capital unplugged, but the effect was not very good. After the Jin Yiwei knew that they were exposed, they immediately hid themselves.

The Jin Yiwei basically have a single line of communication. It is difficult to catch all the Jin Yiwei with one person. The most important point is that the Jin Yiwei is extremely loyal to the North King. Even if they catch the Jin Yiwei, they will not be able to ask questions from Jin Yiwei's mouth. What comes out.

Because of the incident with the Jinyi Guards, Emperor Xia decisively gave up Bai Qingqing, the deputy commander of the Shadow Guards. This was the important chess piece that was abandoned as Situ Ce said just now.

Emperor Xia has discovered that although Bai Qingqing has been passing on information about the North Kingdom to the court, Bai Qingqing has not mentioned some important information about the North Country in the information at all.

The most important thing is that the Jin Yiwei is an intelligence agency that has been disclosed in the Northern Kingdom. As a result, Bai Qingqing, the deputy commander of the Shadow Guards, has never reported anything about the Jin Yiwei in the intelligence.

Now Bai Qingqing has climbed into Lu Chen's bed and has become Lu Chen's pillow, but Bai Qingqing still knows very little about Lu Chen.

Emperor Xia didn't believe that Bai Qingqing and Lu Chen had been sleeping in the same bed for so long, and they hadn't gotten any useful information. It was obvious that Bai Qingqing had rebelled.

Although I don't know why Bai Qingqing betrayed the court, Emperor Xia will definitely not believe the information she relayed in the future.

Being able to make an emotionless deputy commander of the Shadow Guard surrender to him once again deepened Emperor Xia's fear of Lu Chen, or to be precise, his fear of the force behind Lu Chen.

At this time, Emperor Xia said to the Shadow Guard Commander: "Bai Qingqing was selected by you and trained by you. Since she has betrayed the Shadow Guard, it is up to you to deal with it."

The Shadow Guard Commander immediately said: "I obey my orders."

Emperor Xia said: "Go down, leave no shadow guards lurking in the North."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"My subordinates resign."

Then the Shadow Guard Commander left the Royal Garden.

After the Shadow Guard Commander left, Xia Huang stopped playing chess and stood up and walked out of the pavilion, looking at the fish swimming in the lotus pond with his hands behind his back.

He couldn't help but wonder if Lu Chen was the illegitimate son of Zhuge Chongguang and Chu Yue. But Zhuge Chongguang was already over a hundred years old decades ago. Chu Yue was young and beautiful at that time, so how could he fall in love with such a bad old man? .

If Lu Chen was not the illegitimate son of Zhuge Chongguang and Chu Yue, then why would Zhuge Chongguang side with Lu Chen and move the entire Huanyu Academy to the North?

Just when Emperor Xia's thoughts were extremely confused, a Shadow Guard soldier entered the Imperial Garden and said, "Your Majesty, the merchant ships of the Dongfang Family have recently been transporting food to the Northern Kingdom. Do we need to intercept them?"

Hearing this, Emperor Xia frowned and his face became even more ugly. At this time, there seemed to be gusts of sword wind blowing in the air. The carp in the lotus pond also seemed to be frightened by something and sank directly to the bottom of the water. .

The Dongfang Family had reached a cooperation with him, but at this time they did not focus on assisting the imperial army in eradicating the rebels, but instead started doing business.

Emperor Xia did not doubt that the merchant ships of the Dongfang Family went to the North for any other purpose. In his eyes, merchants were pursuing profits. The Dongfang family was doing business in the era, but now that the Great Xia is in civil strife, the price of food has risen again and again, and has increased several times. Dongfang He was not surprised at all that the family was still trying to make money at this time.

It's just that the Dongfang family's behavior made him feel very unhappy.

After a while, Emperor Xia finally said: "If the Dongfang Family's merchant ship needs supplies, send them directly what they need on board, and send someone to escort the Dongfang Family's merchant ship to the North."

Although Emperor Xia didn't think that the Dongfang family would lead the rebels northward at this time, it was best to take precautions when it was time to take precautions.

"Yes, I understand."

"My subordinates resign."

After the words fell, the shadow guard soldier left the imperial garden.

After the shadow guard soldier left, a cold light flashed in Emperor Xia's eyes. In his opinion, the Dongfang family dared to do business at this time because of the cooperation they had reached. The Dongfang family believed that the royal family did not dare to treat them. What are you doing to make all the Dongfang family so unscrupulous?

The Dongfang family's behavior obviously did not take him as the emperor seriously.

The Dongfang family has already acted like this before they entered the court. If they wait for them to enter the court, they don't know what will happen.

However, Emperor Xia will not take action against the Dongfang Family just because of this small move of the Dongfang Family. The Dongfang Family does not belong to the ancient aristocratic family and has no fixed power. Once other aristocratic families in the Jiangnan area are wiped out, the Dongfang Family will lose its foothold.

It is easiest to get rid of a family without foundation.

Now, let the Dongfang family run wild for a few days. After all the aristocratic families in Daxia are settled, they will slowly take care of the Dongfang family.

…

North.

North Prince's Mansion, Yunrong Courtyard.

In the evening, the fiery red sunset glow spreads across the sky, and the red glow shines on the earth, dyeing everything bronze.

At this time, Chen Wanrong in the pavilion was looking at the information in her hand, without any fluctuation on her face.

At this time, she glanced at Lin Wanyun who was sorting out information.

In the past few days, Lin Wanyun went out every night, and did not come back until dawn after going out.

As for what she was doing when she went out, Chen Wanrong had basically guessed it in her heart. It was obvious that Lin Wanyun went to have an affair with Lu Chen.

Every time Lin Wanyun came back at dawn, she looked very tired and her clothes were torn.

For some reason, Chen Wanrong felt that Lin Wanyun was becoming more and more mature, more dignified and virtuous, and her temperament had changed a lot. She now looked more like a married woman.

Chen Wanrong couldn't help but wonder, could it be because she had been defiled by Lu Chen? Is that why her temperament has changed so much?

At this time, after Lin Wanyun sorted out the information in her hands, she looked up at Chen Wanrong and said, "Palace Master, Wei Siyuan should be able to arrive in Yancheng in a few days."

After hearing Lin Wanyun's words, Chen Wanrong came back to her senses and said expressionlessly: "Yes."

Lin Wanyun said: "Palace Master, who is this Wei Siyuan? I remember that you have been exchanging letters with him before?"

Lin Wanyun is not from the Chen State, so she doesn't know much about the Chen State, let alone the old forces in the Chen State.

She guessed that this Wei Siyuan was most likely from Chen, otherwise Chen Wanrong would not have often exchanged letters with Wei Siyuan.

Chen Wanrong replied: "He is a loyal person of the Chen State. After the Chen State was destroyed, the Wei family fled the Chen State and fled to a small island in the sea called Fengyun Island. The Wei family developed its power on Fengyun Island and waited for The day when Chen Guo was restored to his country."

Lin Wanyun said: "That's it."

Chen Wanrong said at this time: "Aunt Lin, I want to go out tonight."

Hearing this, Lin Wanyun was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Palace Master, where are you going?"

Lin Wanyun thought that she hadn't found the antidote from Lu Chen yet. If Chen Wanrong was running around, what if she had a poisonous attack outside?

Chen Wanrong said: "Some old ministers of Chen State have arrived in Yancheng. I am going to meet them tonight."

Lin Wanyun said: "Then let me go with you."

Chen Wanrong said: "No, Aunt Lin, you haven't been feeling well these days. Just have a good rest tonight."

Lin Wanyun's brain froze for a moment.

In fact, it wasn't that she wasn't feeling well, it was just that she was being beaten every day and her mind was a little confused, so she sometimes walked a little unsteadily.

Lin Wanyun said: "Okay then."

Lin Wanyun planned to ask Lu Chen in the evening to see how long Chen Wanrong could stay outside the palace without an antidote.

Thinking of this, Lin Wanyun continued to ask: "Palace Master, where will you meet at night?"

Lin Wanyun thought that if the poison in Chen Wanrong's body could not last for one night, she would be able to rush to the scene immediately if she knew where Chen Wanrong went.

Chen Wanrong replied calmly: "The restaurant in the south city of Xuanyue Palace."

Lin Wanyun said: "I understand. If anything happens to the palace master, remember to send someone to notify me as soon as possible."

Chen Wanrong said softly "Yeah" and said nothing more.

After night fell, Chen Wanrong took a carriage to Nancheng. After dinner, Lu Chen planned to go to the study to handle government affairs, and happened to see Chen Wanrong leaving Beiwang Mansion.

After seeing Chen Wanrong leaving Beiwang Mansion, Lu Chen directly changed his route and went to Yunrong Courtyard.

At this time, Lin Wanyun's room was still bright. Seeing this scene, the corners of Lu Chen's mouth raised slightly.

Working overtime there is not overtime. I'd better not go to the study to work overtime tonight. Let's go to Lin Wanyun's room to work overtime.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen immediately walked towards Lin Wanyun's room.

At this time, Lin Wanyun was sitting on a stool in the room, sewing clothes. Judging from the size of the clothes, they were obviously clothes worn by children.

Although Lin Wanyun is not pregnant with Lu Chen's child yet, she already understands that if she doesn't give birth to a child for Lu Chen, Lu Chen will most likely not let her go, so she plans to prepare several sets of clothes for her child in advance. Anyway, now Being idle is also idle.

Just when Lin Wanyun was sewing clothes seriously, there was a sudden knock on the door. Lin Wanyun instantly became alert, "Who is it?"

Chen Wanrong had already left Beiwang Mansion. Logically speaking, no one would come to her room at this time. At this moment, a familiar big boy's voice came into her ears.

"Aunt Lin, it's me."

Hearing Lu Chen's voice, Lin Wanyun's plump body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Soon Lin Wanyun came to her senses. She quickly put down the clothes in her hands, then put all the clothes into the bamboo bag, and then put the bamboo bag into the cabinet in the room.

After doing all this, Lin Wanyun said: "The door is not closed, you can come in."