Chapter 184 Origin
Ye Qinghuai frowned when she heard the words, and was about to speak, but sneezed.

The sneeze made her shake violently.

Lu Yanchen was shaken by her and panicked. He wanted to step forward to help him, but he didn't dare to get up without authorization. He was in a dilemma for a while.

Ye Qinghuai stabilized his figure, and asked: "This is not the first time sir has petitioned to join the army. I want to know, is it because you want to join the military or because it is Yunzhou that you insisted on petitioning twice? "

She asked tactfully, because she still couldn't figure out the relationship between Lu Yanchen and Chu Boliang, so she first used this way of insinuating to test him.

However, before Lu Yanchen could answer, Ye Qinghuai sneezed again.

"Ah-"

This time without Lu Yanchen's persuasion, Ye Qinghuai herself felt dizzy.

If this continues, I'm afraid I'm going to catch a cold.This place is some distance away from the palace, if you fall ill here, and it is inconvenient to call Aunt Fanghua and Zhou Shouyi to come over to change clothes and check the pulse, then your identity as a woman is at risk of being exposed.

Thinking of this, Ye Qinghuai said: "I feel a little uncomfortable. Please get up first, sir, let's talk on the way back to the palace."

Lu Yanchen put away the watch in his hand, stood up, and followed Ye Qinghuai downstairs.

The officers and soldiers of Minglou were waiting there. Li Baoquan was standing in front of the queue with a cup of hot tea in his hand, his face was still full of worry. The tea was handed over and said: "Your Majesty warms up."

Ye Qinghuai took the teacup and ordered: "Li Baoquan, go find a spacious carriage, I want to go back to the palace."

After ordering Li Baoquan, she turned her head and said to the officers and soldiers guarding the mausoleum: "It's hard work for you all to guard this desolate place."

It was rare for these people to see the emperor once, but they felt that the emperor was far from the ruthless image in the rumors. Everyone was taken aback for a moment, then immediately stood up straight and said: "I am willing to serve your majesty."

Ye Qinghuai nodded and said nothing more.

Li Baoquan's work efficiency was very high. Before Ye Qinghuai finished his cup of tea, he came back with the carriage and driver.

The carriage is indeed big enough to seat five or six people.

But such a carriage can only travel on the wide avenue, and it takes half an hour to reach the palace.

Only Ye Qinghuai and Lu Yanchen were sitting in the car.

Not long after the carriage hit the road, Ye Qinghuai said straight to the point: "I remember that when my husband and I first met in Wenxuan Palace, he once told me that you were enlightened at the age of four, and you read the books of sages, and your ambition is to record in writing." Dao, to help the country. I don’t remember that Mr. has another ambition, which is to rule the world with martial arts.”

Lu Yanchen's gaze sank, as if thinking of something from the past.

The carriage was quiet for a while, and Ye Qinghuai asked again: "Sir, you have petitioned twice to go to the north with the army. Is it because you have always wanted to be in the army, or because it is your hometown?"

She paused, then asked again: "Or, is it because of Chu Boliang?"

Hearing this name, Lu Yanchen sighed shortly, and said, "I and Chu Boliang once had a double-sided relationship."

"When I was young, I once ran a horse at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. I met a caravan being besieged by horse bandits, so I helped them. The leader of that caravan was Chu Boliang, but he used a pseudonym and said He is a Yunzhou businessman who does business among several countries. In order to thank me for saving my life, he also taught me a few kung fu."

"Many people in their caravan were injured at that time. Horse bandits were rampant in that area, so I escorted them for three days, until we reached the border between Yunzhou and Beidi. When we parted, he told me that he was from Xingyunzhai Chu Boliang, the head of the big village, saw that I had a good foundation in martial arts, so he told me that if one day I couldn't stay in Yunzhou any longer, I could go to Xingyun Village in Baishan and join him."

Lu Yanchen paused, frowned and said: "Although Xingyunzhai was outside the pass, they were quite famous in Yunzhou at that time. They often helped Jingren and Yunzhou army scouts living outside the pass. They will also inform the Yunzhou army and the surrounding people in advance. Yunzhou people jokingly call Xingyunzhai the forward bunker of Yunzhou. Beidi attacked Xingyunzhai several times because of this, but failed to take it down. One is Because of the complex terrain of Xingyunzhai, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and secondly, because once Beidi sends a large army, General Xu Ye will send the Yunzhou army out to besiege the main city of Beidi."

Ye Qinghuai was a little surprised, she always thought that Xingyunzhai and Dajing's army were hostile, but hearing what Lu Yanchen said, it seemed that it was not the same thing.

"So, Xingyunzhai and Yunzhou Army seem to be in a relationship of mutual help?" She couldn't help but interjected.

Lu Yanchen nodded, and said: "Indeed. Although the two sides did not declare that they are allies, they can always help each other tacitly."

"Aren't they the remnants of Beidu King's rebellion? Why do they help each other with the Yunzhou Army?"

Lu Yanchen looked at Ye Qinghuai with a complicated expression, and said, "Although Lu Yuxing rebelled, not the whole Yunzhou rebelled. Moreover, when the world was amnesty in the early years of Shunping, the late emperor had decreed not to pursue Lu Yuxing who fled abroad. Yu Dang. General Xu's helping them is also for the peace of Yunzhou, there is nothing wrong with that."

"But if they really didn't betray, then they..." Ye Qinghuai's voice suddenly froze.

If so, wouldn't they be wronged?
Don't these people hate the court?
But she couldn't ask.

Because if they were really wronged, it would be the court's fault, and she, the court's first spokesperson, should be hated the most.

Lu Yanchen lowered his eyes, looking a little lonely, and said: "Perhaps for some people, national righteousness is more important than a clean reputation."

His words made Ye Qinghuai feel even more guilty.

If these frontier residents still have such awareness, how shameful they would be for those dignitaries who sit in Beijing all day and only know about party struggles and internal struggles!
The two were silent for a moment, and Ye Qinghuai asked, "If that's the case, why did they join the Beidi army?"

Lu Yanchen shook his head and said: "I don't know. This is why I want to join the army and march north. The last time I saw Chu Boliang was before going to Beijing for the exam. I went to Xingyunzhai to say goodbye to him. Then At that time," Lu Yanchen smiled wryly, "He also wished me to be named on the gold list, and I will be a prime minister as soon as possible."

"Three years ago, he sent a letter to his minister, saying that he was going to join Beidi, and hoped to meet with him. But at that time, the late emperor had just passed away, and as the grand tutor, he needed to rectify the Yingwei left by the late emperor. , I couldn’t leave Beijing at all, so I only wrote him a reply letter. But that letter disappeared. Later, I asked someone to go back to my hometown to inquire, only to hear that Xingyunzhai was scattered, and Chu Boliang didn’t know where he was. But I knew , They went to Beidi. I want to join the army and go to the north because I want to ask him face to face on the battlefield what happened back then."

(End of this chapter)

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