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Chapter 606 The three-year agreement has arrived

When Luo Guanlin left, he only left a letter.

On the envelope were written the words "Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess", and a half mask was placed on the desk in the afternoon.

After a group of officials discovered this letter, they hurriedly searched for Mr. Qian Shen, but could not find him anywhere.

Because they knew the importance of Qian Shen, and some officials speculated that Mr. Qian might have gone to carry out the secret order of Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, no one made any announcement about Qian Shen's departure, but rushed to send the letter to Taiyuan.

Qian Shen left very suddenly, but upon careful consideration, he was not unprepared. Before that, he had finished allocating all the affairs.

Therefore, after he left, various matters inside and outside Luoyang were not affected and were still carried out in an orderly manner, including the resettlement of refugees outside Luoyang City—

The number of refugees coming to Luoyang has increased in recent days. In front of a remote village outside Luoyang, temporary shacks have been set up, with stoves for cooking porridge and several doctors on staff.

Wu Chunbai, who was wearing a plain gray dress with sleeves **** at the shoulders, was inquiring about the situation here with another official, inspecting the shacks, and counting the number of new refugees in recent days and where they came from.

Wu Chunbai's father and grandfather had previously gone with him to Taiyuan, but Wu Chunbai asked himself to stay in Luoyang to take care of his sick sister-in-law and young nephew.

After her sister-in-law recovered from her illness, Wu Chunbai went to recommend herself to "Qian Shen". When she recommended herself, her words were very straightforward. She only said that she wanted to do something and was willing to do anything.

"Qian Shen" asked her if she was afraid of being dirty or tired. If not, she would go and resettle the refugees.

Wu Chunbai's father, Wu Yu, was the Minister of Household Affairs. She and her brother once worked for her father, and she could be regarded as half a staff member. With this experience, she was particularly handy in handling matters such as counting disaster victims and allocating rice and grain.

When Wu Chunbai was checking the refugee list in front of a shack, a soldier ran over and said in a low voice: "Sima Puzhou is here!"

The expression of the official beside Wu Chunbai changed: "Puzhou Sima? How many people did you bring!"

The soldier said: "Only a green donkey cart and two servants."

The officials breathed a sigh of relief. If the other party came with men and horses, they would not be able to get close to this place. Their defense army would not be able to survive.

When the official was about to ask this person about the purpose of coming here, Wu Chunbai closed the name list, handed it to him, and said, "I'm going to see him."

This place is less than a hundred miles away from Puzhou, which is located between Luoyang and Gyeonggi and is controlled by Bian Chunliang at this time.

For the time being, Bian Jun and Luoyang used Puzhou as their boundary, each maintaining a tight defense and guarding against each other.

Puzhou Sima, from a standpoint, is undoubtedly someone who needs to be wary of.

Wu Chunbai soon met this Puzhou Sima who needed to be wary.

She smiled slightly: "Master Song."

Song Xian hurriedly raised his hand to return the salute: "Ms. Wu!"

Yes, Song Xian was previously promoted and secretly demoted by Emperor Shengzhi due to the plague in Yuezhou, and was transferred out of the capital. However, under Wei Shuyi's arrangement, he was not allowed to go elsewhere, but stayed in Puzhou.

Sima Ben of Zhongzhou was in charge of the military affairs of a state, but since the deposed emperor came to power, this position has gradually lost any real power. On weekdays, he only does some chores for the governor.

After Puzhou was controlled by Bian Chunliang, Tan Li, who was in Luoyang, wrote to Song Xian privately, asking if Song Xian was willing to come to Luoyang and that he could recommend him to Mr. "Qian Shen" in Luoyang.

But Song Xian refused and chose to stay in Puzhou.

The people of Puzhou were in a very difficult situation under the control of Bian Jun. Only because Song Xian and the Puzhou governor struggled to deal with Bian Jun, order in Puzhou was barely maintained.

In Song Xian's reply to Tan Li, he claimed that "since the backbone is gone, there is no need to have any more."

"Master Song has changed a lot since the Yuezhou plague." Wu Chunbai said.

But she didn't think that Song Xian had lost his integrity. The reason why he had abandoned his external integrity was because his bones and blood were filled with kindness to the world.

"Ms. Wu has also changed a lot." Song Xian looked at the plain young girl in front of him and tried to ask: "I think your family members have all been settled in Luoyang? How is Mr. Wu?"

"My grandfather and father both went to Taiyuan, and everything is fine." Wu Chunbai said, "My brother was unable to leave with us."

As she spoke, her voice became lower, and there was no trace of sadness on her face: "In order to protect me, my brother died on the day when Bian's army broke the city."

Song Xian was slightly startled and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry... Madam Wu, please forgive me."

He apologized for mentioning her sadness, and felt ashamed that he was working with Bian Jun at this time.

"This matter has nothing to do with Mr. Song." Wu Chunbai looked at the capital and said, "I will one day repay this blood debt from Bian Jun and in this troubled world."

She wants there to be no more Bian Jun and no more troubled times in this world.

Song Xian looked at her and felt that her whole body was no longer as transparent as before, but was covered with a layer of black hardness. This hardness seemed to contain inexhaustible determination, enough to support her to contend with this troubled world until the end.

Song Xian silently clenched his fingers under the gown and said slowly: "Mrs. Wu, Song will work with you to seek justice for this world."

Wu Chunbai turned back to look at him: "Master Song and I are standing on the same side."

Song Xian was inexplicably startled for a moment, and then he heard her say again: "I work for Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, and Mr. Song also feels the same privately, right?"

Song Xian came back to his senses and said calmly: "Exactly."

He suppressed the cluttered thoughts that should not belong to this moment and asked: "I wonder how the war is going in the north? Is Your Highness safe?"

This is why he came here this time.

Wu Chunbai slowly turned around and looked to the north: "Your Highness stood firm in the north and never let the Beidi thieves get even half a step closer. Despite all the hardships and dangers, there was no defeat."

There has been no defeat, and there cannot be one. Once such a battle is lost, it will be lost again.

Thinking about the imaginable casualty scenes, Wu Chunbai's voice became hoarse: "In comparison, what we can do is very little."

She wanted to seek justice for the world, but what Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess did was to prevent the world from collapsing.

Thinking of the past, Song Xian felt a little lost: "Once upon a time, Song was ignorant and shallow, and believed that His Highness was just a sensationalist. However, now that he thinks about it, he is the only one who has achieved this level of sensationalism in a hundred years."

Every step Her Royal Highness takes attracts the attention of the world and is unexpected by the world. Just like at this moment, she is using the body of the prince to hold a sword to resist the door of purgatory, killing greedy and ferocious evil for the prosperity of the people. ghost.

In this world, only such extraordinary "clappers" can save it, and only such people can split the chaos and open the way to peace.

After Song Xian left, Wu Chunbai stood alone for a moment and then returned to continue working.

Hearing a commotion among the refugees, Wu Chunbai quickly stepped forward to check.

An unkempt, barefooted woman refused to be searched. Anyone who enters this place can be accommodated, but they must undergo strict searches - this is the rule set by Wu Chunbai to prevent those with unknown origins or evil intentions from mixing among the refugees and approaching Luoyang City.

A body search was unavoidable. There was also a female soldier at the scene, but the woman did not allow the female soldier to get close.

This strange behavior naturally aroused the suspicion of the soldiers, and other refugees quickly distanced themselves from the woman. At the same time, some people shouted in shock: "...Look, she has a disease!"

The refugees immediately dispersed in shock. Wu Chunbai asked someone to control the situation. Two soldiers came forward with knives in fear. The woman backed away and shouted: "I...I want to see the Crown Princess! I have something important to ask to see the Crown Princess." !”

Hearing the familiar capital accent, Wu Chunbai looked warily at the woman with disheveled hair covering her face: "Who are you? Why do you want to see the Crown Princess?"

Hearing Wu Chunbai's voice, the woman suddenly raised her head and looked over.

Looking at each other, the woman with disheveled hair and swollen and red rashes on her face was stunned for a moment and tried to ask: "Wu...a girl from the Wu family?"

Wu Chunbai did not recognize the other party.

"I...I am the maid from Ma Xiang's house!" The dirty woman knelt down with a plop, and moved her tangled hair away from her face with trembling hands: "My maid's name is Lan Ying! When I was in the capital, I... I have met Mrs. Wu several times!”

After saying that, he immediately cried and kowtowed: "I beg Madam Wu to take my maid to Luoyang!"

Wu Chunbai had numerous guesses in his mind, but he did not rush to ask too many questions. He first asked the doctor to examine Lan Ying.

Lan Ying, whose body was covered in red rashes, was in a very unstable mood and was about to shed tears at any time. She said to the doctor: "...it's not an epidemic, it's scorpion grass!"

The doctor was surprised, but after examination, he found that it was indeed the case.

The skin scratched by the scorpion grass will swell and cause rashes. Lan Ying has repeatedly used this method to make herself covered with red rashes, giving the illusion that she is suffering from an epidemic and making people avoid her.

Wu Chunbai remained silent and did not ask any more questions, but it was not difficult to imagine what a weak woman had to go through in such troubled times.

She first asked someone to serve Lan Ying a bowl of rice soup. After Lan Ying drank it, she took someone to ask questions alone.

Lan Ying was sure that Wu Chunbai was working for Li Suining, so she no longer hesitated. She took out the golden lock that she almost risked her life in protecting, and held it tremblingly in front of Wu Chunbai: "...my girl told me that I must hand this thing over to the emperor. In the hands of Her Majesty the Queen!"

That day, Lan Ying realized something was wrong as soon as she left the military camp.

The girl said she would wait for her to come back, but since she would come back, why should the girl rush to let her take away Princess Rong’s relics?

Lan Ying panicked and wanted to rush back immediately, but then she thought of the girl's letter.

When no one was around, she took a chance and hurriedly unfolded it to look at it, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

It turned out that the girl had no intention of leaving, the girl had lied to her, and the girl wanted her to leave alone!

She wanted to go back to the girl, but the girl strictly ordered her not to go back in the letter, and asked her to go to Luoyang to find the people of the Crown Princess Li Suining and deliver the relics of Princess Rong...

Lan Ying was anxious and self-hateful, so she slapped herself hard. She felt that she was so stupid that she didn't realize the girl's intention and just left alone!

The tears kept flowing, and Lan Ying suddenly thought of the time when she was eleven or twelve years old, when she and the girl played guessing games in private. She lost from beginning to end, and in the end she said she was stupid, but the girl smiled and scratched her nose and said: [Lan Ying She is not stupid, Lan Ying just listens to her girl too much. 】

Before the girl punches, she always reveals a little bit about what she is going to do, and she always believes it again and again.

But she just wants to listen to the girl! You have to listen to girls all your life!

Along the way, this thought was what supported Lan Ying to get here.

It wasn't until she handed over the golden lock and completed the girl's explanation that Lan Ying finally couldn't hold on any longer and passed out.

Wu Chunbai took Lan Ying back to his residence in Luoyang City and did not let anyone publicize the matter.

Lan Ying will leave after waking up.

When Wu Chunbai blocked the inquiry, Lan Ying couldn't help it anymore and explained all the causes and consequences in tears: "...my girl was deceived by Prince Rong, and now she is pregnant again. I want to go back to find her!"

Wu Chunbai was moved, and became more determined to stop him: "The battle between King Rong's army and Bian's army is fierce at this time, and you can't go back. If you die in vain like this, wouldn't you let down your wife's wishes?"

Ma Wan asked Lan Ying to deliver the golden lock, presumably to give this loyal maid a support so that she would be determined to leave and try her best to survive.

"Since your wife is pregnant, it is not expected that her life will be in danger for a while." Wu Chunbai said: "It is best for you to take good care of yourself here first, tell Prime Minister Ma about this matter, and then take a long-term approach." Method."

At this time, the gold lock was already on its way to Taiyuan.

What arrived earlier than this was the letter from Luo Guanlin.

This letter was opened by Taifu Chu personally - Li Suining had said before leaving that in order to avoid delaying important matters, all official documents and confidential letters could be reviewed and made by Taifu on his behalf.

The content of the letter is brief, it is a farewell letter.

Luo Guanlin wrote in the letter: "The three-year agreement has come, but His Highness insisted on rushing to the north regardless of the overall situation. Such reckless behavior is not what I want from a wise master. We have different paths and do not work together. Therefore, I will comply with the three-year agreement." Let's go with the promise, and hope that each of you will cherish it. 】

His words were decisive and merciless, just like his usual temperament and style.

After a moment, Master Chu put down the letter. There was no emotional reaction, and he just thought to himself: "You are gone, but Luoyang cannot be left unattended..."

In the afternoon of the next day, Taifu Chu asked Wei Shuyi to come over.

While the two were discussing, a box from Luoyang was delivered. After Chu Taifu opened it, he took out a gold lock and a letter from Wu Chunbai.

Wu Chunbai did not open the golden lock without authorization, but only explained the origin of the object in detail.

Master Chu looked at it for a while and handed it to Wei Shuyi: "My old eyes are useless. Come and see if there is any mystery."

Wei Shuyi took it, and within a moment, he opened the secret lock mechanism of the golden lock and discovered the old paper hidden in the heart of the lock.

At this point, Master Chu still didn't react much. He picked up the tea cup and said casually: "Read it and listen."

Wei Shuyi unfolded the half piece of letter paper as he was told, and the expression on his face suddenly froze. After a moment, he was able to speak: "..."

Mrs. Chu put the tea cup to his mouth and paused.

Listen to Wei Shuyi read the entire content, from the truth that the former Crown Prince is actually a daughter, to the inside story of King Rong poisoning Princess Chongyue -

Mrs. Chu put the cup of tea back intact.

The tea cup and the coffee table touched each other, making a slight sound. Otherwise, there was only stagnant silence in the room.

After an unknown amount of time, Master Chu slowly said, "Okay."

Good night everyone~