Chapter 0422: Prayer under the Moon (Part 2)

Or Diaochan's response was so charming, and Ying'er didn't notice that her young lady was absent-minded. The inexperienced maid with a loose bun was agile in her movements, busy cleaning and wiping on one side, and murmuring, "I heard that Yuzhou doesn't lack water at all. Is it really blessed by heaven

Yes

The strange story is spreading throughout the city, and many people have secretly gone there. Now Luoyang is becoming increasingly dangerous, and several secret villages have been discovered. This is the only one left. "Ying'er's mind skipped a beat and she turned around." Does the young lady's lord really care if he leaves her here

... "

Uh, when can we leave, miss? I mean... "Ying'er blinked her eyes, finally noticing the unusual lack of response from the miss. She stopped speaking and looked back at the old clothes she often wore.

The candlelight illuminated the young girl, and her makeup became more and more charming, just like in the Book of Songs, Zhou Nan, Tao Yao: "The peach's youth shines brightly, and its son returns home, suitable for his family

'Yao Yao', peach blossoms in bud, bright and young, a unique beauty of ancient Chinese style, is perfectly normal to appear on Diaochan.

A man who has a wife is called having a house, and a girl who has a husband is called having a family. Getting a girl to truly 'return' and marry in this way is not only for men to enjoy pleasure, but also for the prosperity of the family.

Unfortunately, such a rare and precious young girl was not conscious of herself. Her shiny long hair was half combed, her long eyelashes cast shadows, and her eyes were hazy and unfocused. I don't know what she was thinking again.

Ying'er let out a deep sigh, which made even young girls feel heartbroken. The unfaithful man ignored her, thinking that it was hard for her to understand. Can a man and a woman really have such a pure servant relationship?

Miss's lord is not, um, what's wrong... Poor Miss

After washing my hands, I went to tidy up the bed, buried two packets of lavender in the corner, and prepared a set of underwear that my young lady often wears. Considering her preference for cleanliness, I didn't prepare any extra fragrance powder and went to fetch water.

Only then did I hear a belated reply from the window, "We can't leave yet, we have to wait a little longer

Ying'er smiled and couldn't help but ask, "What are you waiting for

Waiting for the lord... "Diaochan calmly straightened the dignified hair bun of a married woman, raised her head slightly and looked east. At this moment, raindrops fell, and her face was indistinguishable in the twilight. Her eyes shone with hope, as if convincing herself:" He promised to come

Ying'er covered her forehead in silence, everything else was fine. Whenever she talked about the lord, she felt that her young lady was beyond help.

This is not a calculating and shrewd young lady. Compared to the woman's hair bun used to disguise herself as a noble lady, being obsessed with thoughts is the trouble.

Ying'er couldn't help but defend herself with facts: "But the Tiger Prison is so dangerous, there are so many soldiers from Dong Zhuo, and the Taiping Road is so powerful with the help of real people. Miss has encountered danger several times. The wind in Luoyang is very tight, and time is running out. Let's continue like this

The maid fell silent again. She saw that although the heavy rain was pervasive, there was no moonlight at all. Standing a few feet away, moonlight shone through the window, and the bright silver light penetrated the thin red dress, seeping into the girl's delicate body.

The clear and mysterious aura radiated from the inside out, and the girl tightly closed her eyebrows and eyes, her skin shining with a delicate and translucent aura, even with a shallow layer of silver light, like a goddess of moonlight.

Ying'er blinked her eyes and knew that it was time for the young lady's daily practice, and it was inconvenient to disturb her. She voluntarily withdrew.

Without lighting, Miss doesn't need any lights at night.

The young lady said she is practicing a unique immortal technique, the secret transmission of the Wa Emperor, which seems to be a way to improve certain new methods and cater to her own tribe

Ying'er envied and thought, but in fact, she couldn't understand the mysteries of these immortal paths. In short, they were very professional and definitely very powerful... This kind of pressure, which is essentially the same, has become increasingly evident in recent cultivation.

The door closed and the sound of footsteps faded away. The room gradually fell silent, with only the gauze curtains rolling and fluttering in the summer rain evening. The clear silver light lingered, connecting with the round moon rising in the east. Even if it was a dark cloud, the news I received from my grandfather was that the moon was still there. After trying it out, it turned out to be so.

At this moment, the spiritual energy is brewing, rising, and condensing... Despite repeated attempts, there is still a slight gap and no fundamental breakthrough can be achieved.

Diaochan furrowed her brows gently, trying to restrain her chaotic thoughts. Her mother, adoptive father, family, Luoyang, the place where she grew up since childhood, and the man worshipped as the lord

All of this was blocked, and Shen Shen operated to cultivate the "Moon Flower Secret Instrument" specially crafted for her by Emperor Wa. A mysterious and mysterious barrier reappeared in front of her.

——It feels like this membrane can be broken with just one blow, but it's also as tough as cowhide. At this point, it's a new round of accumulation and experimentation

Gradually, after half an hour, Diao Chan reached her limit and her attempts at night were only declared unsuccessful.

Opening her eyes, Diaochan gazed at the moon behind the clouds, biting her lip with a hint of reluctance, but she couldn't. Special techniques always have their advantages and disadvantages. These years in the underworld are a period of great fortune for herself, and if she misses the opportunity, it will be much more difficult to improve

She stood alone in the darkness of the window, thought for a moment, then "creaked" and closed the window. In the confined and narrow space required by the formation design, she removed her clothes and put on a slightly old and suitable suit, lying on the wooden bed.

The uncomfortable environment in the darkness, the cool bamboo mat, and the lack of the solid and warm embrace in memory, made Diaochan instinctively grip the five colored Dunfa jade talisman bracelet tightly in her hand.

The old jade talisman bracelet has already passed through several crises, and this one is a backup. The upgraded version made by Qianqian is still being sent through secret channels. The Qin Zheng ancient road in the mountains of the Yangcheng Xincheng line has taken a long time to arrive, and it is unknown where it has been sent now. The protagonist instructed to stop the operation in the message board.

Diaochan thought to herself, with a slight curve at the corner of her mouth. Although she was concerned, there was no way she could stop... However, before receiving the new jade talisman bracelet, she would be more careful in her actions. This month, there was even tracking from the Yin God Immortal, which was really terrifying.

Although Ying'er is nagging, there is one thing she is not wrong about. The wind in Luoyang is very tight and very dangerous.

Luoyang is no longer the memory of Luoyang, but a place that is not suitable to stay for a long time, for anyone.

Dong Zhuo's foundation is the Qiang army. With the indulgence of the way of using foreigners to control Han, the Han army in the Western Liang army still had some reservations, while the Qiang army had no reservations. Last month, a group of Qiang soldiers robbed the people who were trading in the village market in the nearby Yangcheng, killing all the men, cutting off their heads and placing them on the carriage shaft, which was bloody and shocking. They also abducted a large number of women and a large amount of property back to Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo himself slaughtered loyal officials, humiliated concubines, and remained silent about his subordinates. The key was that he dared not disobey his own basic army and ordered the heads to be gathered and burned to avoid being recognized by the people of Luoyang. He also rewarded women and property to soldiers as a cover up, claiming that they were obtained from defeating rebels... Diaochan felt regretful every time she thought about this matter. If only the Lord could have annihilated the Qiang soldiers two years ago.

This is especially true for the common people under rule, not to mention the captured rebels. Cutting off their tongues, cutting off their hands and feet, digging out their eyes are just ordinary things. There are also cloth wrapped all over their bodies, pouring ointment upside down, lighting fires and burning them alive

Behind these cruelties lies the revelation that Dong Zhuo's massive military expansion and financial support are unsustainable.

Diao Chan is the only Han Chinese who has read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and has a special identity. She is most concerned about the events that occurred during this period and knows that Dong Zhuo, who was cruel and immoral, sparked a large-scale rebellion last year, as well as the warlords in the Kanto region who rebelled against Dong.

At this point, the delay until now is not due to Dong Zhuo's mercy, but rather the aftermath of Ye Qing's annihilation of three thousand Qiang soldiers two years ago, the loss of Lu Bu's military suppression, and the loss of half of the core seeds of Qiang soldiers. The expansion speed of the Western Liang army has been halved, and the progress has been delayed for a whole year.

But by the beginning of this spring, there were too many intense changes that diverted Dong Zhuo's attention - the warlords in the Kanto region had greatly developed due to an extra year. First, Yuan Shaomou took control of Jizhou, then Sun Jianmou took control of Yangzhou, and Liu Bei and Cao Cao fought fiercely in Yudong, which made Dong Zhuo watch the show for a long time.

With Cao Cao setting up a new stove ahead, Dong Zhuo felt that the time was ripe to depose the emperor

Or it can be said that if the emperor is not deposed, there will be no value. Soon, the young emperor Liu Bian was deposed as the King of Hongnong, and he was accused of "forcing the Yongle Palace by the Empress Dowager, causing her mother-in-law, Empress Dowager Dong, to worry and die, violating the etiquette of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law". He moved to the Yongle Palace with Empress Dowager He and succeeded Prince Chenliu, Liu Xie, as the new emperor. The whole world was in uproar, accusing non officials of their ways.

Dong Zhuo didn't stop, and the next night he poisoned King Hongnong and sent Li Ruqiang to poison the Empress Dowager's wine. However, that night the Yongle Palace was attacked by bandits, and the Empress Dowager disappeared inexplicably in the chaotic army. Li Ru was afraid that it was the Liu family who did it, so he publicly called the Empress Dowager's palace unclean and humiliated the thieves

When it wasn't actually the case, Diao Chan personally surveyed and planned the route, determining the escape route of the Qin Zheng ancient road. In the end, the Empress Dowager arrived in 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 Western Liang army summoned its courtiers to celebrate, Emperor Xian died unexpectedly in the palace, explaining that he had made a mistake. For a moment, the wind in Luoyang was heard, and the emotions of the feudal lords were surging.

Doesn't it seem scary?

On the surface, there was nothing else that could bite Dong Zhuo for a while, just cutting off the supply of money and food to the central government... Luoyang had 500000 people, including the Sili people, and the total household registration in the Jingji area was 1.51 million households, with a population of 6.68 million. However, the two counties outside Hulao Pass in the east were almost no longer under Dong Zhuo's control. One million people in Hanoi County north of the Yellow River belonged to Yuan Shao, and 1.7 million people in Henan County south of the Yellow River were occupied by Guan Yu's troops. Although the rule was not stable due to frequent wars, there was no Dong Zhuo's affairs.

Dong Zhuo actually controls a very small population, with only four million people in Hulao Pass, and due to years of famine, there are less than three million people left, yet he has to maintain a regular army of 300000?

Without the support of national taxes, relying solely on the scarce grain reserves of various families in Luoyang, how can we support professional soldiers who are out of work and have a ratio of ten to one?

Eating people... can only eat people.

Dong Zhuo devoted all his efforts to military resources, excavating the wealth of the deceased from the tombs of emperors throughout history, the gardens of officials, and the ancestral graves of wealthy households. He also instigated Qiang soldiers to rob local people, which was still a drop in the bucket.

At the suggestion of Li Ru, a large amount of the circulating five zhu coins were destroyed, and the five zhu coins, along with all the copper men, bronze bells, and bronze horses in the city, were broken and recast into small coins - small coins are not only lighter in weight than the five zhu coins, but also have no coat of arms. The edges of the coins have no contours and are not resistant to wear and tear. This excessive incremental casting has caused serious inflation, currency depreciation, and soaring prices. Currently, a stone of millet in the city costs tens of thousands of dollars.

Even with this bottomless plundering, the agricultural products have withered under years of drought, and without physical production support, Dong Zhuo's plundering has come to an end - except for worthless money, nothing else can be plundered, including the most deadly military rations.

Regarding the relocation of the capital to Chang'an, there may have been concerns about the shortage of food in Luoyang and taking a step back to eating Chang'an. However, the ancient land of the Three Qins in Guanzhong was invaded and ravaged by Qiang soldiers, with water resources in disrepair, people scattered, and the foundation of the people's morale damaged for a long time. Dong Zhuo, who had been raising bandits for his whole life, finally returned to himself and came to the end of the road.

Diaochan is well aware of all of this, and she only does not want three million of her tribe members to be buried with her. Therefore, she is willing to face danger, even if it is only a chance, she will try to stimulate the power hidden in the tribe's body and change the tragic fate of the people's deaths and injuries on the road from Luoyang to Chang'an.

Even her concern for the maid Ying'er is well known. The war is unpredictable, and before the true victory or defeat, what outcome can be said for sure?

What is even more difficult than breaking through the Xiongguan Pass is to quickly break through. Can we rescue both ends of Luoyang in a timely manner? On the one hand, there is the Tiger Prison Xiongguan, with heavy troops and Yin Shen Zhenren, and on the other hand, there is a hasty alliance, each with different intentions and divided into several sorcerers. Even though there are brave soldiers and top strategists, in terms of the total force weight at both ends of the balance, no matter how we look at it, it will not quickly change the tilt.

The reason why miracles are precious is because they rarely happen.

"If the Lord can't come... the last thing is the countrymen riots. I borrowed the resources from the Lord to lay a good foundation. Luoyang is already a repressed volcano, but to really erupt, there needs to be a series, and a spark to detonate."

In the real world, no one is anyone's hero, but there will always be times when they have to step forward, and there is a risk of suppression. If they fail, the host cannot escape death, right

Diaochan clasped her palms together and quietly closed her eyes in the darkness. Tears welled up in her eyes. No matter how strong she was in her daily life, she was still a mortal. Without the protection and protection of the Lord's wings, she could still be so weak in the face of death danger. Fortunately, the Lord would not see it

As the lord joked, there was no such person as Diaochan in history... I am just a reflection of the regrets of my people, carrying their beautiful hopes, and taking advantage of the opportunity of the transformation of yin and yang in the earth to be reborn. That is my cause and effect, my destiny

What the protagonist said in a joking tone, knowing it was just a joke, he couldn't let go - it turned out that he was just a novelist, not a historical person?

After getting along for a long time, Diao Chan is very sensitive to people's hearts and knows who is good to him because of his humble background and the pressure of his adoptive mother and sisters.

During the month of frank confrontation with the lord on the ground, it was a rare joy in my life, accompanied by various strange events and wars, as if I had wandered into a fairyland... Unfortunately, my dream was about to wake up, and the land below was my hometown, with things I couldn't let go of.

Cicada also wants to listen to the Lord's words, to prioritize self-protection. Since ancient times, it has been difficult and the only way to die. Who doesn't want to live well

But this land is my hometown, not a land without worries. Some things that may or may not be accomplished for my lord are difficult for me to let go of.

In life, sometimes there is really no way

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and the dark clouds in the sky were still raining, but some gaps were blown out. In a short time, moonlight shone in the rain again, and Diao Chan couldn't help but stand up and silently pray to the moon.

If we can protect Luoyang and three million people, what's the harm even if cicadas die nine times

As soon as these words fell, another thunderbolt exploded from the top, followed by crackling raindrops that hit even harder. In the distance, the farmer's cheers could be faintly heard!