Inside the palace, the early autumn wind ruffled a pool of water.

Pieces of light red leaves fell down.

The maids stayed far away, lowered their heads, and did not look at the scene in the pavilion not far away.

Suddenly, the princess in plain clothes walked out of the corridor.

This woman, who was not good at fighting, looked very calm, just looking at the young man and woman in the pavilion, in a daze.

In the imagination of many people, it would be painful for a princess to fall from the "Queen" who was the mother of the world to a prisoner in a series of catastrophes.

But in fact, after entering Chengqian Palace, she gained a long-lost peace.

The only thing she was worried about was Anping's situation, but when she saw two people sitting and talking in the distance, she suddenly stopped worrying.

I recall everything about Qi Ping before my eyes:

From the first time he learned from Anping that he met a very interesting little catcher at the river banquet, he later plunged into Kyoto and gradually became famous.

But at that time, Qi Ping's so-called achievements were still nothing in the eyes of a person of the princess's status.

It was only because Anping was always chattering excitedly and sharing that I remembered it more deeply.

But at that time, I never thought that the young man would grow to this point. I was just nervous about being a parent for a while...

Now that I think about it, if it hadn't been for that relationship, maybe I, the "sinner's widow", would have had a very tragic end.

In a daze, she saw the two of them talking for a while in the pavilion, then they stood up together, put the handkerchief in her daughter's hand, and walked back.

When he saw the princess, Qi Ping was stunned for a moment and nodded: "I have met the princess."

The princess smiled: "Master Qi, you don't have to be like this. With my current status, I cannot bear such courtesy."

Qi Ping shook his head and said seriously:

"I have asked people to inquire. In the past six months, the princess has been kind to others, especially the queen. The prince is about to ascend the throne. From now on, the princess will live in the palace. No one will make things difficult for you."

The princess looked at him deeply and bowed slightly:

"Thank you, sir."

Qi Ping sighed in his heart and walked away.

Fortunately, Chen Jing died in Jiang Huai's hands, preventing the two from forming a grudge.

But many things have happened in the past six months. After all, Anping has some knots. Whether it is shameless to face himself or the prince, it can only be healed slowly with time.

"Leave aside the hostile camp, the Witch King is a good supporter." Qi Ping smiled bitterly.

And just when he walked out of Chengqian Palace and was thinking about the next step, suddenly, a black-armored soldier rushed towards him from a distance, breathing heavily and looking extremely anxious.

When he saw himself, his eyes lit up: "Sir, I have found you!"

Qi Ping raised his eyebrows: "Why are you so nervous?"

The black-armored soldier said anxiously: "Someone from the Taoist Academy came just now and said that something big happened!"

Qi Ping's originally good mood suddenly sank.

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Royal study room.

When Qi Ping arrived in a hurry, he found that all the core members of the imperial court were gathered here.

Prince Loli, the eldest princess Yongning, Zhang Jianzhi, Taifu Yunji, as well as cabinet members, ministers of various ministries, etc.

In addition, there is also a thin Taoist priest: Elder Tu.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the room was extremely solemn, and there was even a hint of panic.

"What's going on?"

When Qi Ping walked in, he saw this scene and knew that the situation might be more serious than expected.

"Sir!" the prince said urgently.

"Qi Jianguo, you are back." The cabinet ministers sounded panicked.

Qi Ping looked at Elder Tu: "Elder, could it be that something happened to the sky rail?"

Elder Tu nodded. The arithmetic master looked extremely ugly and said:

"The sky rail was washed away and is now being repaired..."

He explained the situation in general.

Qi Ping was stunned: "Could it be that the barbarians came out of seclusion in large numbers?"

Although the war in Western Xinjiang had started before, the main forces of the two countries were still confronting each other on both sides of the Northwest Corridor. After Chen Jing's death, Qi Ping expected that the King's Court of Deposit Account would likely invade in a large scale.

But... it stands to reason that if you are prepared, even if a war breaks out, the sky rail will not be paralyzed.

Especially when the distributed structure has been adopted.

"Something's wrong!" He realized the problem.

Sure enough, I heard Elder Tu say with an ugly face:

"It is true that something happened in Western Xinjiang, but... the situation is more complicated than imagined."

He took out several forms from his arms and said:

"This is the distribution map of the sky orbit data in the past month. According to my guess, there was something wrong with the data obtained by the sky orbit about half a month ago, but it was not obvious at the time and did not attract attention. It was not until just now that the sky orbit data was wrong.

The huge amount of spell requests overwhelmed Tiangui, and it was only when I reviewed it that I noticed something strange..."

Qi Ping took the paper and flipped through it quickly, his face becoming more solemn as he read it.

Elder Tu continued:

"To put it simply, we now suspect that about half a month ago, the request for spells from the Western Xinjiang region was partially blocked by some force, and what we received was only part of it, which may even include false requests.

…

But just now, the power of 'blocking' disappeared, so the huge influx of requests that had accumulated for more than ten days directly overwhelmed the disaster recovery mechanism."

After Elder Tu turned into a flush shape, the experience department also added a lot of "professional terms". At this time, the prince and others listened at a loss.

But Qi Ping understood.

To put it simply, if the magic request network is a river, then someone blocked the river on the west and intercepted it. It was opened today and the accumulated river water burst its banks...

"Has this happened before? I mean, can the imperial spell be intercepted?" Qi Ping asked.

Elder Tu pulled his beard and said:

"During the Northwest Campaign, some strong men from the barbarian tribes could cast spells to interfere, but the scope of their influence was very limited. However, more than thirty years have passed, and it's hard to say whether the other side has developed new methods."

Too careless!

Qi Ping's hand holding the paper tightened suddenly.

That's right, how could the barbarians be unprepared if they dare to start a war again? The most powerful thing about Liang's army is the battle formation technique.

Thirty years have passed, and it is not impossible for the Golden Horde to devise a method for large-scale shielding.

At this time, after the explanation, the others generally understood it, and their expressions changed drastically.

"Half a month... Is it possible that the barbarians officially started the war half a month ago? And we still don't know anything about it?" the new Minister of War lost his voice.

Qi Ping looked at everyone with an ugly expression: "I'm afraid, it's very possible."

He took a deep breath and said:

"Such a large-scale interception must be expensive and difficult to launch continuously, otherwise it would not have only been intercepted for half a month... Therefore, this must be carefully planned.

If my prediction is correct, the current war situation in Western Xinjiang may be very different from the existing intelligence! It is even possible that... the enemy may have already invaded!"

Gan!

Qi Ping just wanted to curse, he wanted to pull out the dead Chen Jing and punch him hard.

Judging from the time, Chen Jing was not dead when the Golden Horde Royal Court took action.

At that time, the imperial court was not aware of the abnormality, but was very interested in mobilizing practitioners and taking the initiative to start a war...

This is the pitfall of information delay.

The northwest is too far from Kyoto, and the transmission of messages is slow. There is no "separate track" in the northwest, so it cannot be "directly connected" like it is with Youzhou City.

Of course, it is not that there are no communication methods, but they are more expensive and are not commonly used.

But judging from the fact that the imperial court was not aware of it, the barbarians were able to intercept spells and deceive the sky, and they must have also intercepted other extraordinary means.

"I should have realized earlier that the barbarian attack on Chen Jing could not be without any rules. I thought that the other party would kill first and then attack..."

"But the real situation is that it is most likely to attack first and then kill... supplemented by communication and obstruction, the target is the information gap."

"And Chen Jing's death will inevitably make the imperial court have no time to care about anything else. It will focus all its attention on 'regime change' and internal stability... This will increasingly give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of."

Qi Ping had a lot of thoughts.
To be continued...