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This is a natural disaster. No matter how anxious Li Yan and the others are, it is useless. In addition, Jin Shengman was plotted by someone and almost killed his life, so he had to rest for at least a few days. However, during these few days, Li Yan and the others were not idle. They tried all the maids around Jin Shengman and finally found out the maids who participated in the assassination that night. To Li Yan's surprise, the one who participated in this matter was not as two maids as he had imagined before, but one of them did not do it himself that night.

After catching this maid, Li Yan followed the clues and quickly found the person who gave them the order. It was the Jin Gong Qi Jin City Lord who was enthusiastic about Li Yan. However, when he found this Jin City Lord, the other party had been destroyed, and even the wife and children in the family died of misfortune. It was very miserable.

The line broke suddenly. As for those maids, although they all had their own backgrounds, they usually contacted Jin Gongqi, so they couldn't ask any important line. Jin Shengman knew exactly who was going to be bad for her, but unfortunately, he couldn't even find any evidence now. Otherwise, as long as he returned to Jincheng, he could immediately take down the person behind the scenes.

Lee Yen didn't care whether there was any evidence at all, and he didn't even care much about Kim Seung-man's assassination. Although he chose to save people at the last moment, it did not prove that he cared about Kim Seung-man's life and death. What he cared about was to completely control Silla in the shortest time. This was his first step to get here in person.

After living in Kinmen City for four days, the road ahead was still unblocked, but Jin Shengman's health was almost healed. After all, it was just gas poisoning. It was not very serious, so there were no sequelae.

The weather is good today. Although it is still very cold, the thick snow on the roof has not melted, but the warm sunshine is spreading without hesitation, making people feel a rare warmth in the harsh cold winter.

Because of this heavy snow. <> Li Yan has been in the house for a few days. Today, the weather is good and he can call him and Huaer and two girls go for a walk on the street. After all, since he entered Silla, he has been busy and has never carefully observed the folk customs in Silla.

But in the end, he begged to bring Kim Seung-man with him. After all, he is the Queen of Silla. If she is there, he can also help explain it. Li Yan thought about it and felt that it was a good idea. It was indeed a good idea to let the Queen of Silla be a tour guide, so he agreed.

Lee Seung and the other four went on a trip. Because Kim Seung-man was assassinated last time, for safety reasons, he brought a lot of guards and rode a specially made carriage. After all, it was still very cold now, and riding a horse was definitely a very painful thing.

Kinmen City is a medium-sized city. Although it is mainly the acropolis of Jincheng, there are many residents in the city. In Li Yan's opinion, the situation in this city cannot be compared with the Tang Dynasty of the same size. But at least it should be very lively. Unfortunately, when he went to the streets in person, he found that the situation in the whole city seemed to be very bad.

Although Kinmen City is a medium-sized city in Silla, it is relatively to the Tang Dynasty. In addition to a main road, there are four relatively large streets, which can be easily transferred. However, Li Yan, who was sitting in the carriage, found that there were few pedestrians on the streets of the entire city, and even the shops on both sides of the street were almost closed, and no one was doing business.

And when their carriages turned to the northeast corner of the city, Li Yan suddenly discovered that it was supposed to be a vacant land as a trading market, but now it has become a refugee camp. Countless simple tents are laid here, and refugees with disheveled heads are huddled in the tent, looking at Li Yan and his group with great awe.

Seeing these scenes in front of him, Jin Shengman in the carriage could no longer help and said coldly: "Did Your Highness see this? These are refugees who escaped from the front line. There are some in every city behind him, especially in Jincheng, where the number of refugees there is more than ten times more than here."

The reason why Kim Seung-man said this to him was simply to blame him for this matter. After all, if he hadn't caused a trick, the war between the two countries would have ended long ago, and no matter what the outcome was, at least there would not be so many refugees in Silla.

After hearing this, Li Yan smiled slightly, as if he was not concerned, "You and Ji were not greedy enough. When we conquered Goguryeo, they embezzled part of Goguryeo's territory, which laid the root of this war. If it weren't for your greed, how could the disaster today be?"

Li Yan's rebuttal was also very powerful. The reason why Silla and Ji broke out in conflict was because the newly occupied Goguryeo hometowns of the two countries broke the balance between the two countries. Of course, this situation was deliberately created by the treacherous and sloppy Li Shimin, in order to cause the two countries to have a conflict and thus reduce the pressure on the Anton Protectorate. It seems that the effect is good now.

Jin Shengman couldn't refute Li Yan's words, although she vaguely felt that after occupying Goguryeo's hometown, the Tang Dynasty seemed to have not seen it. This reaction was really strange, but it was useless to say these things now. In general, it was because of their greed at the beginning.

Seeing that Jin Shengman didn't say anything, Li Yan did not shut up, but then asked: "We just walked a few streets, but found that most of the merchants in the city had not opened. What is the reason? Is it because of the war?"

Hearing Lee Yen asks knowingly, Kim Seung-man is angry again, but she also knows that only the hateful guy in front of her can change the miserable situation of Silla, so she has to endure the anger in her heart and tell the reason.

It turned out that as Li Yan had guessed, after nearly a year of war between Silla and Ji, the domestic supplies were already in a very shocking state. The merchants in the city did not want to open their doors, but had nothing to sell, because most of the supplies had been requisitioned, and even if the army could not use them, they could still get Pyongyang or Denzhou for urgently needed food and weapons.

In addition, Kim Seung-man also emphasized that there is a shortage of food in Silla. Not only does the group of refugees in front of you have no food, but most of the ordinary surnames in the city are hungry. In addition, this winter comes very early, so ordinary families have no ability to reserve food for winter. Even in most areas of Silla, people have begun to starve to death, and this is also one of the sources of turmoil in Silla.

When he said this, Jin Shengman suddenly sighed and became a little gentle to Lee Seung's attitude. He even said with a hint of pleading in his tone: "Your Highness, our Silla has really reached the critical moment of life and death. If we allow this situation, a great famine that swept across the country will definitely break out. Thousands of people will die of starvation in this winter. So I ask Your Highness to express mercy and save my Silla's surname!"

Kim Seung-man didn't know what was wrong with him. He actually showed such a weak side in front of Lee Seung, not only expounding the truth in Silla, but even he couldn't help but burst into tears.

In fact, if it weren't for the cousin's impulse before her death, Kim Seung-man would not want to sit on this throne. Moreover, after becoming Silla's second queen, she not only had to deal with the offensive of the Ji army, but also wanted to win over major domestic forces, and at the same time attack those who had ulterior motives about her throne.

Although in the eyes of others, Kim Seung-man did a good job and could even be said to be an excellent national king, don't forget that she is just a woman under twenty years old after all. She has long felt exhausted when dealing with the current situation in Silla. What's more, there is also a Li Yan who is making trouble in secret, making the situation in Silla even more difficult to control.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Kim Seung-man, who had no good impression of Lee Kyung, was even more annoyed by him. However, in order to retain Silla's glimmer of hope, Kim Seung-man still put his personal feelings aside and married Lee Kyung regardless of domestic reactions. At the same time, he also hoped to use Lee Kyung's power to help Silla survive this unprecedented famine.

Originally, with Kim Seung-man's strong personality, although he married Lee Seung, he would never show his weak side in front of the other side, and he would not beg him. However, perhaps it was because of the last time that Lee Seung-man saved her life beyond her expectations, Kim Seung-man's mentality towards Lee Seung-man was slightly changed, so today he showed his weak side so suddenly.

Looking at Kim Seung-man's begging expression, even Er and Hua'er felt a little unbearable. Although they had not known Kim Seung-man for a long time, they also knew that the queen of Silla was a strong person and had never asked anyone else for anything. Even when Lee Seung bullied her, she dared to find a way to repay it. But it was such a strong woman who now gave up her self-esteem and pleaded with Lee Seung on behalf of her own surname, which made them all very sympathetic.
Chapter completed!