In the afternoon, after dinner, Chen Xiuping sat in the attic and didn't know where to go in the future. He originally established a friendship with Lu Zhengyang and Lu Lingxue as planned, and there was a way out if something happened in the future.

As a result, the friendship was still rising and the matter came. The invasion of the Great Liao Kingdom completely disrupted Chen Xiuping's plan for the future.

Suninger, who was standing beside him, also saw that Chen Xiuping was worried, and moved a stool and sat next to Chen Xiuping and asked what was wrong. Chen Xiuping looked at Suninger and then looked at Suninger's belly. Now Suninger is three months pregnant, and her waist is already slender, her belly is already slightly bulging.

Chen Xiuping put his hand on Suninger's belly and gently stroked it: "Madam, I will definitely protect you and our children."

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The next day, Chen Xiuping was called by Wang Dao to the yamen to discuss countermeasures early in the morning. Su Tianqi, the master of the Su family, was also invited, and Chen Xiuping was invited alone. Since Chen Xiuping was invited alone, Su Tianqi asked Chen Xiuping to go first and then he came later.

They got on the carriage and drove on the street. Some big families with sources of information were already purchasing supplies. The defending troops outside were already starting martial law. They were miscellaneous troops, so they naturally had no chance to retreat. They naturally did not know the news that the army was about to attack, but followed the above instructions.

At this time, the spies of the Great Liao Kingdom had already begun to inquire about the news in Jiangning Prefecture. Jiangning Prefecture was a springboard for their invasion of Xinsong, so the intelligence was naturally well prepared, while those spies were bought by Xinsong people.

The reason for the martial law of the city guards is that these spies. If the spies find out that the troops are already retreating, the speed of the Great Liao Kingdom will probably be greatly improved, and the time for the troops to retreat will be greatly reduced, so the transfer of materials will naturally be a difficult problem.

Although those big families knew that the Liao Kingdom was going to invade, they could not know the idea that the troops were going to retreat. This was a military secret after all. Now, it is estimated that except for Chen Xiuping, only Wang Dao, Qin Feng, and the officials and the emperor in the court knew about it.

When he arrived at the yamen, the servant took the carriage aside. Chen Xiuping got off the carriage and looked at the situation around him. There was already a little riots. Naturally, the people were not fools. Every time the martial law was martial law, there was a big incident, and several riots were suppressed by the city guards.

Chen Xiuping took out the token and looked at the defending army guarding outside the yamen. The leader confirmed Chen Xiuping's identity and let Chen Xiuping in. Who would have thought that the Jianghuai City yesterday was still calm and turned into this today.

There are probably quite a lot of similar riots in the city, otherwise how could the city guards strictly guard the yamen?

After walking in, the heads of the merchant family ranked above the wheel of Jianghuai City have basically arrived. They are whispering before they start yet.

"Old Sun, why do you think this prince wants us businessmen to discuss the major matters of defending the city? We have so many troops in Jiangning Prefecture, and now the city guards are actually looking for us businessmen. Do you think something happened to the army?"

The old Sun didn't take care of his friend's inquiries. In the past, foreign enemies attacked, and no government had ever asked the people to discuss the matter of defending the city. I'm afraid something really happened.
Chapter completed!