One person, one city, guarding the border for 30 years

Chapter 100 The Queen's Invitation
Lu Qingfan smiled, but did not speak.

He took out a small tea table, some stools and a rattan chair, then he turned and entered the tower, lit a fire to boil water.

"Come on, bring a pen!"

Li Xiuyuan found a stool and sat down.

"Yes!"

Soon someone ran to bring some papers and spread them on the table.

A little maid was squatting at a small table, studying ink.

Someone brought a pen again.

Li Xiuyuan took the pen, dipped it in the ink, swiped the pen, and wrote a few large characters.

Putting down the pen and drying the ink, Li Xiuyuan folded the paper himself. The maid next to him took out the envelope, put the letter paper into the envelope, sealed it skillfully, and handed it back to Li Xiuyuan.

"Go arrange people, send them to Kyoto as quickly as possible, and hand them over to His Majesty or the Holy Queen!"

Li Xiuyuan handed out the envelope in his hand.

"Yes!"

A guard took the letter and quickly ran down the city wall.

Immediately after the sound of horseshoes, a fast horse rushed out of the city gate.

At this time, Lu Qingfan had already boiled the water and made tea, holding the teapot in one hand and the teacup in the other, walking over unhurriedly.

After Li Xiuyuan sent the letter, he was not in such a hurry.

He knew that as long as he spread the news of Lu Qingfan's return, many people would be shocked.

Let those originally restless hearts gradually settle down, and forget all those thoughts that shouldn't be there.

Wouldn't it be good to be your free princes?
"Drink tea."

Lu Qingfan sat down, poured two cups of tea, and handed Li Xiuyuan a cup.

"Ah."

Li Xiuyuan took the teacup, brought it to his mouth, took a few sips of tea slowly while taking advantage of the heat.

"Qing Fan, if you don't come back, I, Da Zhou, may really be in a desperate situation!"

Holding the teacup in his hand, Li Xiuyuan heaved a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, you came back in time!"

"Tell me."

Lu Qingfan also picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea.

"it is good!"

Li Xiuyuan had held some words in his heart for too long, so he couldn't vomit them now.

"The northern barbarians are pressing on, and have besieged our city of Yanzhou for several months!"

"General Li Jing fought hard for several months, but he could barely maintain the situation. He wanted to break the situation, but he was powerless!"

"The king of Zhao, Li Chengze, led a hundred thousand elite soldiers to support him, but he was defeated in a row. Now he is retreating in a small city, and he never dares to leave the city easily."

Speaking of this, Li Xiuyuan sighed, "This is only the north."

"You know better than me in the south. If it weren't for you, His Majesty might not be able to return to the capital alive. Now Dazhou has already been connected."

"Even so, I'm still a little worried. Since the Yaozu have already made a move, they will never let it go. They will even send troops directly to pass through the Xielong pass and enter our Great Zhou territory."

"And you, you have been away for several months, and countless rumors have spread, saying that you were trapped under the Yaozu's Demon Suppressing Tower, and your life and death are unknown."

Li Xiuyuan looked at Lu Qingfan while talking, "Those rumormongers are too hateful! They all want to take advantage of the chaos to gain some benefits, but they don't know, how can there be eggs under the collapse of the nest? If the Great Week is over and there is a war, Even being divided up, who will have a good life?"

"The demons in the west are also ready to move, and they are constantly sending troops to the border. I'm afraid that one day, the demons will also send troops to invade!"

"Only the Yi tribe in the east, there is no movement for the time being. It's just that the Yi tribe recently sent a few young people to my Great Zhou. They said it was for training, but I don't know if there is any other purpose?"

Li Xiuyuan took a sip of tea and continued: "These young people are all extremely talented, and they are already eighth-rank masters at the age of less than 20!"

"Now these few people have arrived at Jixia Academy and lived there."

"Although the foreign enemies are terrible, we can deal with them. What I worry about most is the internal strife!"

When Li Xiuyuan talked about this, there was hatred in his eyes, "The kings of each state have their own little calculations. In this critical moment, few people can lend a helping hand, but some people are making trouble."

"Except for the imperial city of Zhongzhou and the kings of eighteen states in the nineteen prefectures in the world, only a total of [-] reinforcements have been collected, and they will be led by King Zhao."

"Only in Dianzhou, I sent [-] reinforcements!"

"But my place is the frontier after all, and I have to guard against the invasion of the monster race, so I dare not deploy too many troops."

After Li Xiuyuan finished speaking, he looked at Lu Qingfan and sighed again, "Your Majesty is too difficult to be an emperor!"

"There are powerful enemies outside, and there are kings with evil intentions inside."

"This is a situation that I have never experienced in the past thousands of years!"

A look of distress appeared in Li Xiuyuan's eyes, "If I don't handle it well, my big week will fall apart and cease to exist!"

"Ah."

Lu Qingfan nodded.

After listening to Li Xiuyuan's words, Lu Qingfan had a general understanding of Wan'er's current situation.

That little girl is not easy!
You must be in a hurry, right?

But fortunately, compared to five years ago, she at least has a certain strength, and can protect herself and even protect her family.

"Qing Fan, the Holy Empress has also sent someone to wait for you here, should I ask him to come up?"

Li Xiuyuan looked at Lu Qingfan's face and asked.

"Let him come up."

"it is good."

Li Xiuyuan waved at the guards behind him, "Go invite Master Liu!"

"Yes!"

The guard left quickly, and he came back not long after, with one more person behind him.

He is a man in his 40s, not tall and thin.

But his eyes were sharp and his face was full of energy.

"Mr. Lu!"

He approached, first bowed to Lu Qingfan, then turned to Li Xiuyuan, "I've seen the prince!"

"Master Liu, don't be too polite, if you have something to say, hurry up."

Li Xiuyuan then introduced to Lu Qingfan: "This is Master Liu, Liu Qingshan, the guard commander of the Holy Empress!"

"Oh."

Lu Qingfan nodded.

"understand!"

Liu Qingshan turned to Lu Qingfan and saluted again, "Mr. Lu, the Holy Empress wants to see you, so she specially sent me to invite you to the capital, saying that she has something important to discuss with you."

"To Kyoto?"

Lu Qingfan shook his head, "I have other things to do!"

"what?"

Liu Qingshan was stunned, and looked at Li Xiuyuan for help.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head, there was nothing he could do, and he couldn't say much.

"Mr. Lu, the Holy Empress originally wanted to come to see you in person, but there are too many things going on recently, and she has to stay in the capital, so she really can't leave. Please be considerate."

After Liu Qingshan finished speaking, he raised his head slightly and carefully looked at Lu Qingfan's expression.

"It's not because of this, I really have something to do!"

Lu Qingfan smiled, and suddenly glanced at Li Xiuyuan, "As for what you just said, it's really not a rumor. I was indeed trapped under the Demon Suppressing Tower some time ago."

"what?"

"what?"

Everyone on the city wall exclaimed at the same time, except for Li Xiuyuan and Liu Qingshan, the guards and maidservants also turned their eyes to Lu Qingfan, wanting to hear what he had to say.

"Qingfan, what's going on?"

Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a long time before asking: "I heard that the Zhenyao Pagoda is a fairy weapon? How did you get out?"

(End of this chapter)