After a series of treacherous clouds, Qingqiu was ill and temporarily took over the position of prime minister of the Bright Empire on behalf of his father.

In many circumstances such as Huangfu Zhang's rarely going to the court, and his sister occasionally feeling cold, even if he is temporary, he is still the most useful person to speak today.

The first decent political matter that Qingqiu had to deal with when he was sick was a captive from Wanghai City, and Qingqiu Youwei, who came to Guangming City to deliver a letter, was let go by Bu Yangfei.

The Iron Throne of the Moyi family is full of menacing barbs and sharp iron teeth, and only a fool would think he can sit comfortably on it. As he ascended the stairs, Aooka had constant cramps in his sickly and stunted legs, and he knew very well what a ridiculous sight it was.

Fortunately, the Iron Throne is commendable for one thing: it is tall.

The guards of the Qingqiu family stood solemnly at one end of the hall, wearing a cyan cloak and a lion-patterned half-helmet. The golden-robed guards of the Iron Maple Forest stood at the other end of the hall, opposite them. The staircase leading to the throne is flanked by Ryugo and Blackstone, his own people.

Courtiers are lined up in the corridor.

Qingqiu is sick and looks down on everyone. It's a good taste. "Qingqiu is promising. He said aloud, and the voice resounded through the hall. That's pretty good, too. It's a pity that no one applauded me.

Qingqiu Youwei did not squint, and walked through the long corridor between the Qing-robed army and the gold-robed army. As he knelt down, Aooka noticed that his cousin's hair was thinning.

"Lord Qingqiu Youwei," Bai Jingting at the table said, "Thank you for bringing us the peaceful conditions of Wanghai City." ”

Wen Shanhe cleared his throat, "The Empress Regent, the Imperial Prime Minister, and the Cabinet Council have carefully considered the terms proposed by the self-proclaimed King of the North. It is a pity that these conditions are unacceptable, and I beg you to convey our reply to the northerners. ”

"Here are our conditions," Qingqiu said, "Bu Yangfei must lay down his arms, swear allegiance, and then return to the Northern Underworld City alone." He must release my brother Qingqiu Youyong unscathed, and put his army under his command in order to defeat the traitor Huangfu Yun. All the princes and nobles who had been loyal to the Buyang family must give a son as a hostage. A childless family can be replaced by a daughter. As long as their fathers no longer gather to rebel, they will be courteous and given high positions by the imperial court. ”

Qingqiu Youwei said with a bitter face, "Lord Prime Minister," he stammered, "Lord Bu Yangfei will never agree to these conditions." ”

"I didn't expect him to say yes at all. Tell him that we have prepared another new army in Qingqiu City, and that we will march soon, and that my father will attack from the east at the same time. Tell him that he is alone and has no allies to count on. Golden City is afraid that it will be difficult to protect itself, and it will be his turn next. As soon as these words were uttered, there was a murmur of joy and consternation in the hall and the corridor.

Qingqiu was sick and continued, "Tell Bu Yangfei that we can exchange four northerners for two people from the Qingqiu family. Anyway, both sides have each other's captives, and they have taken advantage of this change, and it also shows that the people of our Qingqiu family are more valuable. The two members of the Qingqiu family are worth four northerners at any given time. He waited for the laughter to subside, "But he can get his father's bones to show his sincerity." ”

"Lord Bu Yangfei wants his sister back, as well as his father's sword," Aiogaoka reminded his cousin.

Tie Fenglin stood silently in place, the hilt of Bu Yangchen's giant sword emerging from his shoulder. "Regarding the Ice Sword," Qingqiu said sickly, "after a peace agreement is reached, we can return it, but not now." ”

"I see. What about his sisters?"

Qingqiu Youying glanced at Bu Yanglin and felt a burst of heartfelt pity, and he said, "Until he releases my brother Qingqiu Youyong unscathed, they will remain in King's Landing as hostages. How they are treated depends entirely on him. Qingqiu was sick and thought: Bodhisattva bless, I hope I can find Bu Yangnan before I learn the news of Bu Yangnan's disappearance, and I want her alive.

"I'll bring your message, sir. ”

Qingqiu fiddled with a twisted blade sticking out of the handrail. Next is today's focus. "Lord Morrow. He shouted.

"Yes, sir. ”

"It's okay for the people sent by the Bu Yang family to escort Bu Yangchen's bones, but the Qingqiu family is worth a different amount," Qingqiu Youyou announced sickly, "Qingqiu Youwei is the Queen Mother and my cousin, and you are responsible for sending him back to Wanghai City safely, and we can all sit back and relax." ”

"Yes. How many people should I bring?"

"Well, naturally, take everyone with you. Qingqiu said that he was sick.

Morlo suddenly froze in place like a stone man. The national teacher Wen Shanhe stood up, gasped and said, "Prime Minister, this is not good...... These strong men were personally sent to the capital by your father, Lord Qingqiu Lingli, to protect the Queen Mother and her children......"

"These tasks are fully competent, and the Imperial Guards and the Capital Garrison are fully competent. Mollo, may you succeed immediately. ”

At the table, Halder smiled tacitly, Bai Jingting looked bored, and the others opened their mouths wide like fishes, their faces were pale and puzzled.

A little eunuch stepped forward: "The Prime Minister reviewed all the chapters, reported something, and retreated from the court if there was nothing to do." ”

"I have something to say!" a lanky man in black squeezed in.

"Lord Lin Mang!" Qingqiu exclaimed, "Ah, I didn't expect you to go to court! Why didn't you send someone to inform me earlier?"

"You don't fill me with garlic," Lin Mang's Ma Shanpao is really like his name, he is about fifty years old, tall and thin, with a rugged face, sharp eyes, powerful hands, and black hair in the middle. "You avoided me, ignored me, and threw me into the guest room like a lowly servant, and ignored me. ”

"Is there such a thing? Long Wu, this is not right. Lin Mang was an old friend of mine in the penal colony, and we spent some unforgettable years together. ”

"Lord Lin Mang," Halder whispered, "don't be too harsh on us. Now is a turbulent and thorny juncture, how many people have asked to see our Emperor Fu Zhang. ”

"I'm afraid the news I've brought is much trickier than you think, eunuch. ”

"In front of him, you have to call him a eunuch," Bai Jingting said sarcastically.

"Good brother, how can we help you?" said the national teacher, Lord Wen Shanhe, soothingly.

"Lord Yan Beixing has sent me to Jin to see His Majesty the King," Lin Mang replied, "The situation is too serious to be handed over to the servants to deal with." ”

"Oh, at this moment His Majesty is fiddling with his new dragon bone bow," Qingqiu said sickly. It's much easier to send Huang Fu Zhang, all you need is a bulky dark iron dragon bone bow. When he saw it, he immediately ignored it, "What should you do? Either tell us these servants, or you have to keep silent." ”

"Well," said Lin Mang angrily, "I have come here to report to His Majesty that we have found two long-missing Rangers. When they were found, they were dead, but their bodies were brought back to life in the middle of the night after being transported back to the Wall. One of them killed five Guardians, while the other attempted to murder Lord Yan Beixing. ”

Qingqiu was sick and faintly heard people snickering. Could it be that he wanted to mock me with such stupid things? He shifted uneasily, glancing at Halde, Bai Jingting, and Wen Shanhe below, and wondered which of them had done it? For him, a crippled and ugly ghost, the most important thing was that fragile dignity. As soon as the court and the state began to laugh at him, he was finished. It's just that...... It's just that......

Qingqiu was sick and remembered that cold night under the stars, he stood side by side with the boy and a huge white wolf on the top of the Great Wall of Despair, standing at the end of the world, staring at the darkness in the distance. At that time, he felt—something?—— something, some kind of fear, as bitter as the cold wind of the north. Then, the night wolf in the far north wailed, and a shiver flowed through his body.

Don't be stupid, Qingqiu is sick and tells himself that it is just a wolf, a gust of wind, a gloomy forest, and nothing special...... He cared about his former prime minister, Zhu Shihai, who was in exile, and his short time in the Dark City made him like him. "I believe that Lord Yan Beixing and Uncle Hai are safe and sound, right?"

"Yes. ”

"Your brethren put those ...... Belch...... Have all the dead been killed?"

"Yes. ”

"Are you sure the dead man really died this time?" asked Qingqiu gently and sickly. Seeing Long Wu on the side, he couldn't help but laugh, he understood that he should go on like this, "It's really dead?"

"They are long dead!" Lin Mang shouted angrily, "The corpse is pale and cold, and the hands and feet are black. The wild wolf ripped Ma Tie's hand off, and I brought it over. ”

Bai Jingting began to stir up: "Where is this charming souvenir?"

Lin Mang frowned uncomfortably, "It's ...... As I waited for the summons, it silently crumbled to pieces. You've ignored me, and there's nothing to see but bones now. ”

Laughter echoed through the hall. "Lord Bai Jingting," Qingqiu instructed the head of the internal guard when he was sick, "buy a hundred shovels for our heroic Lord Lin Mang, and let him take him back to the penal colony." ”

"Shovel?" Lin Mang narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

"The dead should be buried, so they don't come out in the middle of the night to cause trouble," Qingqiu told him sickly, and everyone in the court burst into laughter, "The shovel can solve your troubles, don't forget, find a few young and strong laborers to use." Lord Bai Jingting, please take this good brother to the dungeon in the city to choose at will. ”

Bai Jingting cooperated with Qingqiu's illness and said, "Obey, Prime Minister." But there was really no one in the cell. ”

"Then catch a few more," Qingqiu told him sickly. "Or be mild, spread the word that there are white-flour steamed buns in the exile, and they should sign up spontaneously. "Anyway, there are too many mouths to be fed in the city, and the Guardian Legion has been understaffed. Qingqiu was sick and made a gesture, and the little eunuch loudly announced the end of the court, and the people left slowly.

But Lin Mang was not so easy to dismiss. After Qingqiu stepped down from the throne when he was sick, he found him waiting at the entrance of the stairs. "Do you think I've come all the way from the East China Sea to make people like you laugh at me?" he angrily blocked his way, "It's not a joke, I've seen it with my own eyes. I tell you, there is indeed a resurrection of the dead. ”

"Then why didn't you let them die sooner?" Qingqiu was sick and squeezed over. Lin Mang tried to grab him by the sleeve, but the Imperial Forest Guard pushed him back, "Don't get close, my lord." ”

Ma Shan's cannon did not dare to provoke the knights of the Imperial Guard. "Prime Minister, what a fool you are!" he shouted at Aogaoka's sick back.

The ugly ghost Qingqiu turned to face him sickly, "What? I'm a fool? Don't you see who everyone laughs at?" he smiled tiredly, "Okay, you're here to ask for manpower, right?"

"The cold wind has blown, and the penal colony must be guarded!"

"The penal colony needs men, and I've given it to you...... Think about it, are your ears worthy only of insults and ridicule, take them, and thank me. Remember, greet Yan Beixing for me...... and Bu Yangying. Long Wu grabbed Lin Mang's arm and dragged him out of the hall.

The national teacher Wenshan River has long slipped away, and only Halder and Bai Jingting can see the end from the beginning. "I admire you all the more, my lord," admitted the chief Ouchi, "and you have appeased his children with the bones of the dusty steps, and at the same time written off Sister Ling's guards with a downplay, and you have provided the Guardian brothers with much-needed manpower, and at the same time removed many of the hungry mouths from the city—all of which you have done mockingly, lest others talk about the dwarfs and fear the eccentric." Oh, it's seamless. ”

Bai Jingting touched his chin, "Qingqiu is sick, do you really plan to send all your guards away?"

"Of course not, I'm going to send all my sister's guards away. ”

"Presumably the Queen Mother will not agree to this. ”

"Oh, I think she would. After all, I'm her brother, if you and I have been friends for a little longer, you will understand that I can do what I say. ”

"Including lies?"

"Especially lies. Lord Bai Jingting, you don't seem to be very satisfied with me. ”

"How is that possible? I love you as always, my lord. I just don't want to be fooled. ”

This is just an exchange of courtesies, Qingqiu thought sickly, and he glanced at the dagger that Bai Jingting hung on his waist. "I apologize for any offense. You all know how much we rely on you, my lord. ”

"You'd better keep in mind. After finishing speaking, Bai Jingting turned around and left.

"Follow me, Halder," said Aoqiuka. They left through the King's Gate behind the throne, the eunuch's slippers rubbing against the stone slabs.

"You know, Lord Bai Jingting is right, the Queen Mother will never allow you to send her guards. Halder said as he walked.

"Of course she would. And it's up to you. ”

A smile slid across Halder's plump lips, "Me?"

"Well, of course. You have to tell her that this is a key part of my big plan to rescue Qingqiu Youyong. ”

Halder stroked Puff Powder's cheek, "Needless to say, it has something to do with the four people that your Long Five has painstakingly found all over the wells of the Bright City: the thief, the poisoner, the dramatist, and a killer. ”

"Let them put on a teal cloak and a lion's helmet, and they will be no different from the other guards. For a while, I had been thinking about it, and I didn't know how to send them into Wanghai City, so I finally decided that it would be better to let them in generously. They will march in on horseback from the main entrance, holding high the banner of the Qingqiu family and escorting the remains of Bu Yangchen. Qingqiu smiled slyly, "Four people alone will definitely arouse suspicion, but four out of a hundred, no one should pay attention." So I have to send the real and fake guards together...... You must dissect these words to my sister. ”

"For the sake of her beloved Qingqiu Youyong, even though the Queen Mother has doubts, she should agree. They walked down an abandoned colonnade. "However, the loss of the blue-robed guard must have upset her. ”

"That's exactly what I wanted," Aooka said.

Qingqiu Youwei set off in the afternoon of the same day, and Mo Luo led a hundred Qingqiu family's green-robed guards to escort him. They joined them outside the King's Gate and embarked on the long journey south.

Aogaoka is sick and finds Blackstone in the barracks, where he is playing dice with his men. "Come to my study at midnight. Blackstone glared at him fiercely, nodding slightly. He was a taciturn man.

That night, he feasted the people of Black Wind Ridge and Savage Valley in the small hall, but this time he didn't drink. He had to make sure he was clear-headed, "Blackstone, how is the moonlight tonight?"

Heishi frowned terrifyingly, "It's black, I can't see anything." ”

"In our city of Qingqiu, this kind of night is called the month of rebellion. Try not to get drunk tonight and sharpen the axe again. ”

"Our axes are always sharp, and Blackstone's is the sharpest. Once I cut off a man's head, and he didn't know it, and waited until he combed his hair before it fell off. ”

"No wonder you never comb your hair!" Qingqiu's sick words caused everyone to howl and stomp their feet, and Kuroshi roared the loudest.

By midnight, the whole castle was dark and quiet. They left the Prime Minister's Palace, and there was no doubt that several golden-robed guards in the city had spotted their whereabouts, but they were silent. After all, he is the former prime minister, and no one dares to meddle in things.

With a loud thunderous thud, the thin wooden door cracked into thousands of fragments, scattered under the blackstone boots. The wood chips also flew inward, and Qingqiu was sick and heard the woman's frightened gasps.

Blackstone picked up his axe, and the three-plate axe slashed the door, then kicked the debris open and walked in. The brothers followed, followed by Aogaoka's illness, and he walked carefully so as not to step on the debris. The fire had become glowing embers, and the dark shadows in the bedroom were longing. Blackstone tore off the thick curtains on the bed, and saw the naked maid raise her head and look at them with wide eyes. "Please, sir," she begged, "don't hurt me. She cowered, shy and afraid, trying her best to stay away from the black stone. She tried her best to cover the reverie-inducing parts of her body, hating that her hands were not enough.

"You go," Aooka told her sickly, "we don't want you." ”

Qingqiu was sick and pulled the soft quilt on the bed away, revealing the national teacher Wenshan River below. "Tell me, does the school allow you to share a bed with a maid, Master Kuni?"

The old man was as naked as a girl, and of course his nudity was far less attractive than a girl. His heavy eyelids were now wide open, "What is this—what is this for? I'm an old man, and I'm your loyal servant......"

Qingqiu jumped into bed when he was sick. "How loyal! I gave you two copies, and you sent one out, and the other did not forget to show my sister. ”

"No—no," Wen Shanhe screamed, "No, it's not the truth, I swear, it's not the news I leaked." Halder, it was Halder, the Sparrow King, I warned you—"

"Is it so bad for people to lie when they're old? I've never mentioned anything to anyone...... This matter is written only in the letter I have entrusted to you from beginning to end.

Wen Shanhe tugged at the corner of the blanket. "Birds get lost, faith is stolen and betrayed...... Halder must have done it, and I have a lot to tell you about this eunuch, keeping it cold for your blood......"

"My women like me with a lot of blood. ”

"Don't be too confident, for for every time the eunuch boasted a secret in your ear, he himself concealed seven. As for Bai Jingting's guy......

"I know Bai Jingting very well, he is as unreliable as you. Blackstone, chop off his lifeblood and feed it to the goats. ”

Blackstone raised his double-edged axe, "Ugly, there are no goats here. ”

"Cut it and talk about it. ”

Blackstone roared and leaped forward. Wen Shanhe screamed, wetted the bed, he desperately crawled out, and the urine was scattered and sprayed. The aborigines grabbed his wavy white beard and cut off three-quarters of it with a swing of an axe.

"Qi Ying, in your opinion, when our friends can't hide behind their beards, will they be more cooperative?" Qingqiu pulled the sheet to wipe the urine from his boots.

"He'll tell the truth soon," Qi Ying's empty eyes darkened, "I can smell his fear." ”

Blackstone hurried the beard in his hand into the straw mat on the floor, then grabbed the rest of his beard. "Don't move, Master Kuni," Qingqiu persuaded him, "if he makes Kuroshi angry, his hands will tremble." ”

"Blackstone's hands never tremble," the giant said angrily, pressing the huge curved blade against Wen Shanhe's trembling chin and sawing off a puff of beard.

"How long have you been a spy for my sister?" asked Aooka sickly.

Wen Shanhe's breathing was short and rapid. "Everything I do is for the Qingqiu family. A layer of shiny sweat covered the old man's broad round forehead, and a few strands of white hair clinged to his wrinkled skin. "It's always been ...... Over the years...... Ask your father, ask him, I have always been his faithful servant...... It was I who made the gates open......"

Ahh "So the fall of the Dark City was your fault?"

"I am for the country! As soon as Mo Yiyan died, the overall situation of the war was decided. But the country needs a king...... I had hoped that your noble father would take care of it, but Huang Fuxiong was too strong at the time, and the Lord of Bu Yang Dust acted quickly......"

"I'm curious, how many people have you betrayed?Wen Shanhe, when did you become like this?" Fortunately, he knew when it would end.

Qingqiu was sick and gagged. "Tie him up and take him away," he ordered, "and throw him into a black cell." ”

They dragged him out of the shattered door. "Qingqiu is sick," he groaned, "everything I do is for the Qingqiu family......"

I had hoped to be able to trust him.

Qingqiu is sick and knows in his heart that Halder and Bai Jingting's abacus is more precise...... They are more elusive and therefore more dangerous.