The emperor's attitude made many people confused.

Although the emperor nominally wanted to send someone to Qianzhou to investigate, what about Zhao Chen?

The emperor still did not give a statement.

He didn't even ask Zhao Chen to return to Beijing to explain the matter clearly.

You should know that the method of making gunpowder is only in the hands of Zhao Chen and the emperor. In addition to the emperor, it should be Zhao Chen's problem.

But what about now?

Many officials were secretly wondering whether the gunpowder in Qianzhou was made by Zhao Chen himself.

The emperor has not issued any obvious orders to make things difficult for Zhao Chen, and he just doesn't want to make things worse.

If that's the case...

...

The emperor's order had just been passed to a yard outside the palace, in Chang'an City.

It happened to be cloudy and the yard was filled with darkness and shadows.

The surrounding trees are dense and tall, which is daunting.

In the dark corner, you can see several crows staying on the branches and making gloomy screams.

The walls of the yard are old stones with many cracks and raised patterns. In the black night sky, the walls seem particularly terrifying, as if they will collapse suddenly.

There is an ancient dry well hidden in the courtyard, and a humid breath comes from it, and a suffocating breath flows around slowly.

In the dark corner, it seems that unknown small animals can be seen squirming, which is creepy.

There is no light source in the yard, the only light comes from the torn clouds and the faint moonlight.

Several bats were flying in the air, sometimes left and right, as if they were playing. The yard at night became more and more weird, as if there was a terrifying secret hidden.

"Sir, the emperor seems to have no intention of tracing gunpowder. He just asked someone to go to Qianzhou to investigate, and he didn't even mean to recall Zhao Chen." Next to the dry well, a man wrapped in a night-carrying suit stood.

I can't see my appearance clearly, but my voice sounds a little hoarse.

After the man in black finished speaking, he stood still, silently waiting for something.

"Gugu——"

After a long time, the birds cries on the branches passed by, and a sound slowly came from the small house in front of them.

The sound sounded a little old, but it seemed that someone had pinched his neck.

"Li Shimin is still a little brainy and wants to tempt us to continue to act in this way."

"My sir means that Li Shimin deliberately did not investigate strictly, just to lead us to the trap?" The man in black asked curiously.

"Send the order to do gunpowder, don't do it for the time being, wait for a while."

"Don't make trouble for me at this critical moment." The voice in the room came again, and the man in black did not answer the doubts.

"What should I do?" the man in black asked carefully.

There was another brief silence, and the man in black even suspected that the person inside was gone, and then he heard the sound.

"Isn't Zhao Chen still in Qianzhou? He entangled him in the south, let the people on the southeast coast move and disturb the court's sight."

The sound fell and the door of the room immediately closed.

The man in black came to his senses, but he didn't expect that his elders would actually make the people on the southeast coast move.

Although this can attract the attention of the court, if you accidentally expose the trump card of the southeast coast, isn’t it worth the effort?

The man in black bent slightly towards the house in front, and then slowly walked out of the yard.

When I walked outside, I realized that the sky seemed to be even more gloomy.

It's like a storm is coming.

...

"Brother, I'm almost ready, I can set off." Li Ke ran into the yard of the Qianzhou Governor's Office and told Zhao Chen that everything was ready and they could set off north.

Zhao Chen nodded and looked at Han Chong who was waiting for the order.

"General Han, the safety of Qianzhou will be given to you for the time being. I hope you will..."

"Report!"

Before Zhao Chen could finish his words, a soldier ran in outside.

The soldiers were covered in dust and their faces were full of panic and exhausted. It seemed that they had not had a good rest for many days.

And I have been running around the road for a long time.

"What's going on?" Han Chong felt nervous when he saw the soldier's appearance.

The soldiers' outfits are different from those in Qianzhou.

But Han Chong knew in his heart where the soldiers in front of him came from.

The soldier in front of him was dressed in the southeast coastal areas. He had a friend who served as a captain on the southeast coastal areas.

Han Chong had visited him before.

Now that the soldiers on the southeast coast appeared in front of him, they were still so embarrassed, Han Chong suddenly felt a sense of badness in his heart.

I was even guessing in my heart whether something happened along the southeast coast.

But Han Chong felt it was impossible.

Since the emperor ascended the throne, peace has been found along the southeast coast.

The only riot was settled six years ago.

I used to joke that the captain on the southeast coast was much more comfortable than the general of Qianzhou.

But why did such a soldier suddenly come again?

"General, the southeast coastal area was attacked by Japanese ronin. They invaded all over the southeast coastal area, robbed people's property, and killed our people in the Tang Dynasty."

"After robbing, we fled out of the sea before our army arrived."

"The captain is exhausted and hopes that General Han can lead his troops to support him." The soldier quickly told Han Chong the whole story.

It turns out that a large number of criminals in Japan were exiled.

These people are the so-called Japanese ronin.

They were good at it and took a boat to the southeast coast of the Tang Dynasty. They found that the land was vast and the people were rich, so they became coveted.

Six years ago, the imperial court sent a large army to conquer.

After killing some ronin, the rest of the ronin fled into the sea, and there was no news after that.

Unexpectedly, this time, another ronin appeared on the southeast coast.

The appearance of ronin means that the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty were threatened.

This is a very serious matter.

Moreover, Qianzhou is adjacent to the southeast coast. As a military general of the Tang Dynasty, he naturally has the responsibility to lead the soldiers to assist.

However, now King of Han Zhao Chen is by his side.

Whether to go or not, he still needs to ask for his advice.

"First pay homage to His Highness, His Highness, the King of Shu." Han Chong shouted to the soldiers.

When the soldier heard this, he was subconsciously stunned.

Without thinking too much, he just followed Han Chong's words and said: "The villain is paying homage to His Highness, His Highness, the King of Shu."

"Your Highness, the ronin is a criminal in Japan. He has attacked them once in six years."

"I didn't expect that I would cause trouble again this time. Should we go and help?" Han Chong carefully solicited Zhao Chen's opinions.

"Of course I have to go." Before Zhao Chen could speak, Li Ke spoke first.

In Li Ke's opinion, it is so fed up to live if a mere Japanese ronin dares to challenge the Yangyang Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!