Queen of the Black Phoenix

Chapter 421 Divination of the National Fate
A star hangs in the sky.

That's the morning star.

It heralds the dawn of the day.

In fact, the ground was still black.

One star is not enough to illuminate the whole world.

On the dark streets of Shencheng, there was already a slight commotion.

The person working the shift yawned and yelled vaguely, but he couldn't make out what he was yelling. It still sounded like "Yuyu, silly cat fat"... The voice was very long, and the tone remained the same from ancient times.

But people who sleep in the house will feel at ease when they hear this sound in their sleep.

The people who worked the watch saw that it was almost dawn, and felt inexplicably more energetic, and they could rest at dawn.

Then the sound of wheels on the road gradually increased.

The heaviest sound, and the creaking sound after a while, this should be the trolley for the chamber pot.

Then there were dense sounds of carriages and horses.

It should be to the West Market.

You can even hear the shouts of pigs and sheep in the middle of the journey.

People who live in houses on both sides of the street are always like this.

In the second half of the night, various voices came into my ears, and it was very noisy.

However, the houses on the side of the road are also good. Once the door on the first floor is opened, it can be used as a shop, and the rent and selling price are higher than other places.

Whether the period is good or bad is up to you.

Of course, this problem does not exist for rich families, even if it is a house on the side of the road, it is a house that has been entered several times.

What's more, the street where the rich and powerful families live will be quieter than here.

Pingxi Street is quiet enough at the moment.

The watchman didn't call out that strange code either.

Each family has its own guards, who watch the houses of each adult strictly.

However, there was still the sound of sweeping the floor.

Last night, firecrackers, all kinds of red paper, and peanut shells were all over the ground.

Before dawn, it must be cleaned up, so that the adults who are going up to court will not see this messy scene.

Cao Jiu also woke up.

The woman lying next to him was very quiet when she fell asleep, her red coat was a little messy.

The woman has a calm expression and seems to be smiling.

Cao Jiu got up, began to dress and wash.

It's early morning.

Although he got married yesterday, he is a very self-disciplined person.

After he washed up, changed his clothes, and added some dry food, Miss San woke up.

I was a little ignorant at first, but it took me a while to realize that I was there, and I felt slightly uncomfortable and ashamed.

"Brother Jiu, where are you going?" She asked softly.

"Go to court." Cao Jiu replied.

"Are you going to court today? Is there no holiday today? My grandfather is too unreasonable." Miss San sat up dissatisfied.

"I'll go home after I go to court. In the afternoon, we should go to thank the emperor. You can rest for a while." Cao Jiu explained.

Miss San wanted to get up and see her off, but thought that she would not know when she got dressed, so she gave up.

"Then you come back early and go home." Speaking of going home, Miss San became happy.

Cao Jiu nodded, without looking back, and left in the carriage.

On the way, I met Lao Shangshu's carriage, and Lao Shangshu stopped the carriage and called Cao Jiu into his carriage... Lao Shang's written expression was serious... Cao Jiu's face was slightly stern.

Before dawn, the cars in front of the market were coming and going.

Many carriages and horses ran towards the deer's warehouse.

The wheels are heavy.

I don't even know what's inside.

The boy in black in Luo Mansion also woke up.

After drinking a glass of water regularly and eating breakfast, I went to the warehouse to check things.

Carts of food.

There are coarse grains and fine grains.

In the past few years, the weather in Shen country was pretty good, with good weather and good weather, except for the flood in the south of the Yangtze River that year, but after sending young imperial envoys to control the flood, the harvest in the coming year was even better.

There is a lot of food, but the price is very cheap, especially the nobles from aristocratic families who only eat new rice and think that the old rice is not fragrant and tastes bad, so the price of food in the old year is always kept very low.

Everyone doesn't need to worry about running out of food.

But Ah Lu made people buy a lot of food, regardless of whether it was good or bad, the cheapest was the priority, the more the better.

Not only in the capital, but also along the way, many were transported to the wilderness.

A Lu received a letter from Ah Xun. Ah Xun said that he observed the water pattern and climate of Jing country, and felt that next year would not be very good, so he asked him to make more preparations.

The climate of Shen State is actually very similar to that of Jing State, not much different from Jing State.

If Jing Guo has problems, then Shen Guo may also have problems. In short, let him take more precautions.

A Lu trusts Ah Xun very much in this regard, and Ah Xun said that if there is a problem, there will definitely be one.

Ah Xun had mentioned his worries very early on, when he was still in Shenxue Palace.

Ah Lu remembered it clearly.

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At daybreak, Emperor Shen was startled when he received the news that Jing's army had withdrawn.

He didn't care about Ai Chun's sadness, and he didn't care about going to court, so the first thing he did was to find the little national teacher.

Anyway, in the court, those courtiers would quarrel if they couldn't tell A, B, C, Ding.

When it comes to Jing Jun, they are all dumb.

Small national teachers are not as diligent as old national teachers.

The main reason is that there seems to be nothing in the palace, except that Emperor Shen or the little princess will come to play chess on weekdays.

It's been smooth sailing all these years.

He just reads and studies by himself. Sometimes he is greedy for books, reads late, and wakes up late in the morning.

So when Emperor Shen came, he hadn't woken up yet, and he was a little confused.

Shen Huang was so angry.

But Emperor Shen also knew that now was not the time to lose his temper.

Wait patiently for the little national teacher to finish cleaning up.

Fortunately, Xiaoguoshi Chongyan has been independent since he was a child, and has a relatively strong ability to clean up. He cleaned himself up very quickly. He was dressed in a dark red Taoist robe and a crown. Some fairy spirit.

It was as if the boy with long legs and childish face that Shenhuang saw just now was not the same person.

"Is there something important to do when your majesty visits in the morning?" Although the little national teacher was a little hot, he felt that Emperor Shen was in a bad mood now, and he didn't seem to lose his temper, but he was flustered, and he asked politely.

"There is a secret report that Jing Guo withdrew its troops yesterday." Emperor Shen said.

The little national teacher frowned slightly, isn't it a good thing to retreat?

Then the emperor continued: "But Pingshui City has become a dead city. Jing Guo not only retreated, but also took away the live mice in the city. It has been completely wiped out, and there are no vegetation on the ground. Go away like locusts."

"I want to know why the Jing army is like this? But is there any unknown change? Did they really retreat, or did they just retreat in disguise and continue to go south?" Shen Huang stared at the little master.

The heavy smoke was a little startling.

Emperor Shen didn't have a good rest for several days, and hearing such shocking news again, his whole body seemed to be haggard.

The large dragon robe dangled, and the bags under the eyes were deeply blackened.

His complexion was extremely bad, and he stared at him as if he wanted to eat people.

"This matter is of great importance to the fate of the country. Please wait patiently for a while. The minister needs to open the altar to predict."

It was only at this moment that Emperor Shen realized that the national teacher really couldn't give an answer indiscriminately about the fate of the country.

Eunuch Gao at the side took the opportunity to persuade: "Your Majesty, you should go to have breakfast first. You are worried about state affairs, but this old slave is worried about your dragon body."

Whether it was good or bad, Emperor Shen was persuaded to leave.

Had breakfast and slept again.

Unexpectedly, when he woke up, it was already evening.

When he opened his eyes, he saw the setting sun shining on the palace, exuding a twilight energy.

"How is the national teacher's legal affairs?" Shen Huang asked with a hoarse voice.

"I'm still working on it, and there should be results soon." Eunuch Gao replied in a low voice.

"Pass down my order that all the high-ranking women in the harem go to the National Teacher Hall and wait for the result." Emperor Shen sat up and said.

After a good night's sleep, Emperor Shen finally regained some energy.

Get dressed.

Most of the people in the harem who received the order didn't know why, and they were a little flustered. They said so suddenly, and they didn't even have time to put on their makeup.

Empress Xiao Zhao was very calm.

He Guiren went last night.

She also knew the news of Jing Guo's retreat, even earlier than Emperor Shen, and she didn't say the reason, but just told her not to make any claims.

Princess Yiren didn't know what happened, but when she heard that she was going to the National Teacher Hall, she knew that her father must have encountered a particularly difficult matter again.

Shenyou heard from Mr. Lao Guo before that the emperor asked the teacher if he had anything to do. This is the first time he has actually experienced such a thing.

Inexplicably, I feel a little absurd. This is no different from those villagers in the wilderness who throw their bones when they have something to do.

If the bones face up, it means good things, if the bones face down, it means bad things.

But now the bone is replaced by the national teacher.

On the altar, the little national teacher smoked heavily, wearing a high crown and a scarlet robe.

Dance with knives and swords, burn incense and candles, as if dancing.

There is a circle of people chanting sutras.

He was a little tired from dancing, and remembered what the master said before he left: "Divination of the country's fortune requires vomiting blood and paying a big price to avoid the disaster of killing oneself."

In his eyes, the fate of the country was in a daze, like a fog.

But he really can't vomit blood, should he bite his tongue?

Then he saw someone coming up from the altar.

Shenhuang was at the head, like a fire that was about to go out, covered in ashes.

Xiao Zhao followed him to the left, and it turned out to be a bat that looked like a human being.

The little princess is like a mist.

Princess Shenyou, dressed in scarlet clothes, was like a burning fire, the flames soared into the sky, he bit himself in shock, and then spit out a mouthful of blood...

(End of this chapter)