Perhaps Diao Chan's reply was so charming. Ying'er didn't realize that her young lady was absent-minded. The young maid, who was combing her girl's bun, was busy cleaning and wiping on one side, and then murmured: "I heard that Yuzhou is not good at all."
Lack of water, is it really God’s blessing?”
"There are rumors about this strange thing in the city. Many people ran away secretly. Luoyang is becoming more and more dangerous now. Several secret villages have been discovered. This one is the only one left." Ying'er's mind jumped and changed.
Direction: "Does the lord of the young lady really leave the young lady here and ignore her?"
"Uh, miss, when can we leave? I mean..." Ying'er blinked and finally heard the abnormality of the miss's lack of reaction. She stopped herself and looked back while holding a handful of old clothes that the miss often used.
The candlelight illuminated the girl, and her makeup became more and more charming, just like "The Book of Songs·Zhou Nan·Taoyao": "When the peach is young, its flowers are burning, and when the son returns, it is suitable for his family."
'Yao Yao, the peach blossoms are in bud, gorgeous and young, a beauty left over from the ancient Chinese style, and it is normal for it to appear on Diao Chan.
In a family, a man having a wife is called having a wife, and a girl having a husband is called having a family. If the girl sincerely returns home and gets married, for the man, it is not only about enjoying all the sexual blessings, but also making the family prosperous.
It's a pity that such a rare girl is unaware of it. Her long dark hair is half combed, her long eyelashes cast dark shadows, her eyes are blurry and unfocused, and she doesn't know what she is thinking about.
Ying'er secretly sighed that she felt pity for me, which made her heart flutter even as a young girl. The man ignored her, thinking about it made it difficult for her to understand. Can a man and a woman really have such a pure master-subordinate relationship?
The young lady’s lord is not, well, what’s wrong... Poor young lady...
After washing my hands, I went to make the bed quilt. I buried two packets of orchid in the corner and prepared a set of Chinese clothes that my young lady often wears. Considering that my young lady likes to be clean, I didn’t prepare any extra fragrant powder and prepared to fetch water.
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Only then did I hear someone at the window come to his senses and reply belatedly: "We can't leave yet, we have to wait..."
Ying'er smiled and couldn't help but ask: "What are you waiting for?"
"Waiting for my lord..." Diao Chan calmly combed the dignified bun of a married woman, raised her head slightly and looked eastward. At this time, the raindrops fell, her face was expressionless in the twilight, and her eyes were shining, as if in anticipation.
Or he seems to be convincing himself: "He promised to come..."
Ying'er covered her forehead and was speechless. Everything else was fine. When she mentioned her lord, she felt that her young lady was hopeless.
She is still a calculating and shrewd young lady. Compared with the woman's hair bun used to pretend to be a noble lady, her obsession is more troublesome.
Ying'er couldn't help but use the facts to defend: "But Hulao Pass is so dangerous, Dong Zhuo has so many soldiers, and Taiping Dao is such a powerful real person to help. The young lady has been in danger several times. The news in Luoyang is very tight, and time is running out.
, if it continues like this..."
The maid stopped talking again. She saw that although there was heavy rain, there was no moonlight at all. A few feet away, there was moonlight reflected in the window. The bright silver light penetrated the thin red dress and penetrated into the girl's delicate body.
The clear and mysterious aura glowed from the inside out. The girl closed her eyebrows tightly and her skin was clean and translucent, even with a light layer of silver light, like the moon goddess.
Ying'er blinked her eyes, knowing that it was time for the young lady's daily practice and it was not inconvenient to disturb her, so she voluntarily left.
There is no light. The lady does not need light at night.
The lady said that she was practicing a strange magical method, which was secretly passed down by Emperor Wa. It seemed that she had understood and improved some new methods to cater to her own people...
Ying'er thought with envy, in fact, she couldn't understand these mysteries of immortality. In short, they were very professional and must be very powerful... This kind of pressure, which is essentially the same, has become more and more obvious in recent practice.
The door closed, the footsteps faded away, and the room gradually became silent. Only the gauze curtain rolled and fluttered in the midsummer rainy night, and the clear silver light lingered, linking with the round bright moon rising in the east sky. Even the dark clouds, independently
The news I got from you is that the moon is actually still there. I tried it and it turned out to be like this.
At this time, the spiritual energy was brewing, rising, and condensing... I tried again and again, but always fell short and could not achieve an essential breakthrough.
Diao Chan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, trying hard to control her cluttered thoughts. Mother, adoptive father, home country, Luoyang, the place where she grew up, the man who is regarded as the lord...,
Blocking all this, Shen Shen circulated and cultivated the Emperor Wa to create the "Moonlight Mystery" specifically for her, and a mysterious and mysterious barrier appeared in front of her again.
——It feels like this membrane will break with a rush, but it is as tough as cowhide. This is a new round of savings and attempts.
Gradually, Diao Chan reached her limit after half an hour, and her attempt at night failed.
Opening her eyes, Diao Chan stared at the moon behind the clouds, biting her lip a little bit unwillingly, but she couldn't help it. Special exercises always have pros and cons. The years when she was in the soil were her own good fortune. If she misses the opportunity, it will be difficult to improve.
Many times...
She stood alone in the darkness of the window. After thinking for a while, she closed the window with a "squeak". In the small space that was sealed due to the design of the formation, she took off her clothes and put on a set of older but well-fitting clothes.
He put on his clothes and lay down on the wooden bed.
The somewhat uncomfortable environment in the darkness, the cool bamboo mat, and the absence of the solid and warm embrace in her memory made Diao Chan subconsciously tighten her hands on the five-color escape jade talisman bracelet.
The old jade charm bracelet had already passed through several crises, and this one was a spare. An upgraded version made by Qianqian was still sent through secret channels. The Qinzheng Ancient Road between the mountains of Yangcheng-Xincheng took a long time.
I don’t know where it was sent now, but the Lord told me to stop taking action in the interrogation tray.
Diao Chan thought about it, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly. Although she was concerned, there was no way she could stop... But before she received the new jade charm bracelet, she would act more carefully. This month, there was even an appearance of Yin Shen Zhenren.
Tracking is really scary.
Although Ying'er is nagging, one thing is right. The wind in Luoyang is very tight and very dangerous.
Luoyang is no longer the Luoyang in my memory, but has become a place not suitable for staying for a long time. This is true for anyone.
Dong Zhuo's foundation was the Qiang soldiers. With the connivance of using the barbarians to control the Han, the Han soldiers in the Xiliang army still had some scruples, but the Qiang soldiers had no scruples. Last month, a series of tragedies occurred. A group of Qiang soldiers robbed the nearby Yangcheng.
They captured the people who were trading in the rural community market, killed all the men, cut off their heads and placed them on the shaft of the cart, which was bloody and shocking. They also kidnapped a large number of women and a large amount of property and returned to Luoyang.
Dong Zhuo himself massacred his loyal ministers and forced to humiliate his concubines. He was speechless even if he learned from his subordinates. The key was that he did not dare to disobey his basic army. He ordered the heads to be collected and burned to prevent them from being recognized by the people of Luoyang. He also ordered the women to be burned.
He gave the soldiers and property as a seal, claiming to the outside world that they were the gains from defeating the rebels... Diao Chan felt regretful every time she thought about this matter. It would have been better if the lord could have annihilated the Qiang soldiers two years ago.
This is especially true for the common people under the rule, not to mention the captured rebels. Cutting off tongues, cutting off hands and feet, gouging out eyes are just commonplace. They also have cloth wrapped around the body, standing head down, pouring ointment on them, and lighting fires alive.
Burn to death...
Behind these cruelties is a broken pot. Dong Zhuo's massive military expansion could no longer sustain his finances.
Diao Chan is the only Han citizen who has read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and has a special status. She is most concerned about the events that happened during this period. She also knows that Dong Zhuodang in history provoked a large-scale rebellion last year due to his cruelty and cruelty.
, and the battle between the heroes of Guandong and Dong, it should have been this time last year.
The reason for the delay until now is definitely not Dong Zhuo's kindness, but the sequelae of Ye Qing's annihilation of 3,000 Qiang soldiers two years ago, the loss of Lu Bu's force to suppress them, and the loss of half of the core seeds of the Qiang soldiers. The Xiliang army's expansion speed was halved, and the progress was
It was postponed for a whole year.
And by the beginning of this spring, there were too many drastic changes, which diverted Dong Zhuo's attention. The heroes of Guandong had made great progress because of one more year. First, Yuan Shao attempted to capture Jizhou, and then Sun Jian plotted to capture Yangzhou, while Liu Bei and Cao Cao
The family fought in the east of Henan, and Dong Zhuo watched the show for a long time.
With Cao Cao setting up another front, Dong Zhuo felt that the time was ripe to depose the emperor...
In other words, if the emperor is not deposed, he will be worthless. He quickly deposed the young emperor Liu Bian as King Hongnong, and said that "the queen mother forced Yongle Palace to the point where (mother-in-law Empress Dowager Dong) died of worry and violated the etiquette of women and aunts (mother-in-law and daughter-in-law)."
Because of the crime, Empress Dowager He moved to Yongle Palace, and succeeded King Chenliu and Liu Xie as Emperor Xian. The whole world was in an uproar, accusing him of being unofficial.
Dong Zhuo refused to do anything, and poisoned King Hongnong the next night, and asked Li Ru to force the Queen Mother to poison her wine. However, Yongle Palace was attacked by bandits that night, and the Queen Mother disappeared inexplicably in the rebellion. Li Ru feared that the clan surnamed Liu was responsible.
Because of this, he said to the outside world that the Queen Mother's palace was unclean and humiliated by thieves...
When this was not the case, Diao Chan personally surveyed and planned the route and determined the escape route along the Qin-Zheng Ancient Road. In the end, the Queen Mother came to Xuchang and the truth was revealed to the world, turning Dong Zhuo into a clown for a moment.
Less than ten days later, on the night when the Xiliang army summoned the ministers to celebrate their victory, Emperor Xian died unexpectedly in the palace. He explained that he had made a mistake. For a time, Luoyang heard the news, and the feudal princes were furious.
Doesn't it seem scary?
On the surface, there is nothing else. It cannot bite Dong Zhuo for a while, but it only cuts off the supply of money and food to the central government... Luoyang 500,000, including the Sili people, the total household registration in the Gyeonggi region is 1.51 million, 600
680,000 people, but the two counties outside Hulao Pass in the east are almost no longer controlled by Dong Zhuo. One million people in Hanoi County north of the Yellow River belong to Yuan Shao, and 1.7 million people in Henan County south of the Yellow River are occupied by Guan Yu's troops. Although due to the war,
It was frequent and the rule was not stable, but there was nothing wrong with Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo actually controlled a small population, only 4 million people in Hulao Pass, and due to years of famine, there were less than 3 million people left, but he still had to maintain 300,000 regular troops?
Without the support of the world's taxes, only relying on the scarce grain reserves of various families in Luoyang, how can they support professional soldiers who are out of work at a ratio of ten to one?
Cannibalism...only cannibalism.
Dong Zhuo worked hard for military resources, excavating the deceased's property in the tombs of emperors of past dynasties, the tombs of public ministers and the ancestral tombs of wealthy families, and allowed the Qiang soldiers to rob local people, but it was only a drop in the bucket.
At Li Ru's suggestion, he destroyed a large number of the five-baht coins in circulation, broke the five-baht coins and all the bronze figures, bells and horses in the city, and recast them into small coins. The small coins were not only lighter than the five-baht coins, but also had no weight.
The edges of the heraldry and money have no outline and are not resistant to wear and tear. This excessive increment has caused serious inflation, currency devaluation, and soaring prices. Nowadays, a stone of millet in the city costs tens of thousands of dollars.
Even with this bottomless search, with agricultural products declining due to drought for years and no physical production to support it, Dong Zhuo's search has come to an end - nothing else can be found except worthless money, including the most vital military rations.
The move of the capital to Chang'an may have been due to the lack of food in Luoyang and the consideration of taking a step back to eat in Chang'an. However, the hometown of the Three Qin Dynasties in Guanzhong was invaded and harmed by Qiang soldiers. The water conservancy was in disrepair, the people were separated, and the foundation of the people's morale had been damaged for a long time. Dong Zhuo had spent his whole life to support the bandits and respect themselves.
Things finally turned around and the road came to an end.
Diao Chan knows all this very well. She just doesn't want three million people to be buried with her. For this reason, she is willing to put herself in danger. Even if there is only a glimmer of opportunity, she will try to stimulate the power hidden in the people's bodies.
Change the tragic fate of people dying and being injured on the road from Luoyang to Chang'an.
Even she is well aware of her worries about her maid Ying'er. The war is unpredictable, and before there is a real victory or defeat, what outcome can be determined?
What is more difficult than breaking through Xiongguan is to break through it quickly. Can Luoyang be rescued in time? The two sides of Luoyang are Hulao Xiongguan with heavy troops and Yin Shen Zhenren, and the other side is a hasty alliance, each with different intentions and several magicians. Even if there are
Brave generals and top strategists, but in terms of the total weight of power at both ends of the scale, the tilt will not change quickly no matter how you look at it.
Miracles are precious because they rarely happen.
"If the lord can't come... the last resort is to have the people riot. I borrowed the resources from the lord to lay a good foundation. Luoyang City is already a suppressed volcano, but to really erupt, there needs to be a series of connections and a spark to detonate it.
."
"No one is a hero in the real world, but there is always a time to stand up, and facing the risk of suppression, if you fail, you will inevitably die as a host, right?"
Diao Chan clasped her palms together and closed her eyes quietly in the darkness. Tears suddenly overflowed from her eyes. No matter how strong she was on weekdays, she was still a mortal. Without the arrangement and protection of her lord's wings, she would still be so weak in the face of the danger of death. Fortunately, lord
Won't see...
"As my lord joked, there is no such person as Diao Chan in history... I am just the accumulation of the regrets of my people, their good hopes, and the transformation of the earth's yin and yang. Then this is my cause and effect, I
fate……"
The protagonist said things in such a joking tone. Although he knew it was a joke, he couldn't let it go - it turned out that he was just a novelist, not a real person in history?
After getting along for a long time, you can see your sincerity. Due to her humble background and the squeeze from her adoptive mother and sisters since she was a child, Diao Chan is very sensitive to people's hearts and knows who is good to her.
The month of being candid with my lord on the ground was a rare pleasure in my life, and there were all kinds of strange things and wars. It was like wandering into a fairyland... It is a pity that the dream will eventually wake up, and the earth is my hometown, and I have myself.
Things that can’t be let go.
"Cicada also wants to listen to my lord and put self-preservation first. Since ancient times, the only option is death. Who doesn't want to live well?"
But this land is my hometown, not a land without cares. There are some things that may or may not be possible for my lord, but I can't let go of them.
In life, sometimes there is really no way...
At this time, there was a sudden gust of wind, and the dark clouds in the sky were still raining, but some gaps were blown out. In a short period of time, there was moonlight in the rain again, and Diao Chan couldn't help but get up and pray silently to the moon.
"If we can protect Luoyang and our three million people, it won't matter if Cicada escapes nine deaths."
Just after saying this, there was another thunder, and it exploded on the top. Then, the crackling raindrops hit even harder, and in the distance, the farmers cheered faintly.