Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

"That's right!

There is not much difference in appearance between the Northern Barbarians and the Daliang people, so it is very easy for them to sneak into Daliang by disguise.

Even in broad daylight, the defenders may not be able to see through their disguise, let alone when it is dark. "After a pause, Uncle Li continued:

"But this is only one reason. Another reason is what you saw when you entered the city today.

Although Qingzhou City is a large prefecture, it cannot be considered prosperous. Among the seven states in the north, only Yizhou is relatively financially strong, and the people in the other six states can barely afford to eat. "

Before Uncle Li finished speaking, Luo Xiaoran continued, "The economy is underdeveloped, and the people have no extra money. How can the government have the leisure to set up a night market, and how can the common people have the idea of ​​going out at night!"

"That's the truth." Uncle Li looked at Luo Xiaoran deeply. He didn't expect that such a little girl like her could think so clearly.

However, Luo Xiaoran was puzzled by one thing: "The northern border is vast, with a large area of ​​arable land. The grain output should be high. How come the people can barely afford to eat?"

Uncle Li sighed, "Cai Cai, you don't know that in the past ten years, all the military pay for the Yan family's army stationed in the northern border has been provided by the people of the northern border.

The imperial treasury is empty, and it only allocates a symbolic amount of money to the northern border every year, which is simply a drop in the bucket.

If it weren't for the unity of the army and civilians in the north, and the support of the people, the northern barbarians would have marched south long ago."

Luo Xiaoran nodded to show that she understood.

Then he felt something was wrong. Could an "ordinary citizen" like Uncle Li easily know about matters related to the imperial court's military pay?

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After the three of them took a walk to digest their food, they returned to the inn together. Xiao Xingchen was taken directly to his room by Luo Xiaoran.

"Chen'er, your grandfather said he was afraid his snoring would disturb you. Are you a light sleeper?"

Children cannot be woken up after they fall asleep, and they stay in bed even when they get up in the morning. Why did Uncle Li find such a lame excuse to send Xiao Xingchen to her?

"Well, Chen'er doesn't know either. Anyway, when I close my eyes to sleep every night, when I open my eyes, it's already dawn." Chen'er tilted his head and answered truthfully.

That’s right, children sleep very soundly and won’t be woken up easily. Uncle Li’s excuse is lame.

When she made up excuses, Uncle Li always looked unconvinced. Now that he was making up excuses himself, he was still unconvincing.

When it comes to lying, Uncle Li and she are just as bad as each other, so no one should laugh at whom!

Then again, Uncle Li is alone in the room tonight. What does he want to do?

What was it that was not appropriate for Xiao Xingchen to be present at? And what was it that had to be kept secret from her?

Also, when we were taking a walk after dinner just now, what he said, is it something that an ordinary person can say? ······

Many questions flashed through Luo Xiaoran's mind, and each question pointed directly to the fact that Uncle Li was up to something fishy.

Anyway, she was a light sleeper, so if Uncle Li really made any noise, she would notice it immediately. She just needed to pay more attention to the movements in the opposite room at night.

After figuring this out, Luo Xiaoran stopped worrying about it and asked Xiao Xingchen to clean his face and brush his teeth. After he was clean, she sent him to bed to sleep.

Maybe it was because he had been sleeping in the carriage while traveling and could only sleep in a bed after entering the city, little Xingchen couldn't sleep today. He rolled around on the bed with his eyes wide open.

Luo Xiaoran saw him rolling inwards and outwards like a little ball, and couldn't help laughing, "Chen'er, be careful, don't fall off the bed."

Little Xingchen sat up embarrassedly and scratched his head with his little fleshy hand, "Sister, I can't sleep."

"It seems that our Chen Er still has great physical strength. He has been traveling all day and took a long walk after dinner, but he doesn't feel tired at all.

How about this, sister will tell you a bedtime story, I guarantee you have never heard it before!" Luo Xiaoran vowed.

"Okay, thank you, sister. The story you told must be very interesting. Chen'er fell asleep while listening to it!"

Little Xingchen was very excited and quickly lay back on the bed, looking at Luo Xiaoran with his big, bright eyes.

After Luo Xiaoran finished washing up, she moved a stool over and sat beside the bed, gazing at Xiao Xingchen tenderly, the tenderness in her eyes almost overwhelmed him.

She patted Xiao Xingchen's back slowly and rhythmically with her hands, and then she opened her red lips and told the famous story.

"Once upon a time there was a mountain, and in the mountain there was a temple. In the temple there was an old monk who was telling a story to a young monk. What was he telling?

It tells the story of a long time ago there was a mountain, in the mountain there was a temple, in the temple there was an old monk telling a story to a young monk. What was the story about? It tells the story of...”

Very good, before three cycles, little Xingchen fell asleep very cooperatively.

What a "touching" story.

Luo Xiaoran gently tucked the corner of the quilt for him, then tiptoed to get a quilt and spread it on the small couch next to her.

Luo Xiaoran took off her shoes and lay down on the couch, bending her arms and resting her head on her head as she continued to read the book "Daliang Law" that she had bought in Changzhou. She did not go to bed until late at night when she blew out the lamp.

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A moon like a jade plate hung steadily in the dark sky, surrounded by layers and masses of black clouds, which were arranged in a disorderly manner, arching the moon among them and seemed to submerge it.

The area around the inn is very quiet and the wind is not strong. You can clearly hear the chirping of cicadas, crickets, cicadas and other insects whose names you cannot tell.

A pair of black boots walked up the stairs to the second floor, like a cat's paw walking, without making any sound.

The man was wearing night clothes and had a black cloth covering his face, truly blending into the darkness.

The man in black had a clear goal, he went straight to Uncle Li's room.

The man in black then took out a thin machete and carefully inserted it into the crack of the door until it hit the bolt, and then pried the bolt open little by little.

Carefully opening Uncle Li's pried-open door, the man in black first glanced into the room and found nothing unusual.

So he tiptoed to the bed and saw that the quilt was bulging high. He guessed that someone must be sleeping inside, so he didn't care and just took the knife and started chopping.

As he was chopping, he suddenly felt something was wrong. The man in black carefully lifted the quilt and saw that there was no one inside! There was another quilt inside the quilt!

The man in black was so scared that he wanted to turn around and run away.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned his head, he saw a human face right in front of him. The man in black was so scared that he almost screamed, but the other party covered his mouth with one hand, and stabbed him in the heart with a knife the next second. He died with his eyes open.

After Uncle Li dealt with the man in black, he carefully dragged his body under the bed and hid it. He then wanted to light a candle to illuminate the bloodstains on the ground and then quickly clean them up.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the candle was lit, a figure appeared at the door, scaring Uncle Li so much that he almost screamed, but fortunately he managed to hold it back.