84. The wind rises
The trip to Yucheng can be described as a heavy loss, there are only about a dozen people left in the three hundred ghost army, and Yunwei has also suffered more than half of the casualties, even Yunshan and Yunwen have been injured, if it weren't for Tong Mo and the people from the Mingyan Division who came in time, the consequences would be unimaginable. But the Ming Yan Division didn't get a good deal, and An Yi took over the people left by Prince Wei, and thousands of elites surrounded the Xiangwang Mansion tightly, and finally it was all thanks to Tong Mo playing the Tianyin Qin, and everyone was able to break out of the encirclement.
As for why Tong Mo appeared in Yucheng, Yan Xu knew very well in his heart that King Rui was determined to find ten strategies, and when he learned that Fuxi Gossip and Ye Xuan were in the hands of An Yi, he naturally would not stand idly by. Since King Rui married Hua Yuan, there has been an undercurrent between father and son, on the surface it is still father and son, but secretly they wrestle with each other.
Yan Xu took Ye Xuan back to Yicheng and lived in the Rui Wang's Mansion together, for the Rui King, as long as the alien blood did not fall into the hands of outsiders, he didn't mind temporarily following his son's wishes and letting her live a good life before the day of extreme yin. Now what makes him sleepless is the whereabouts of Fuxi's gossip unknown.
After the battle of Yucheng that night, Yunzhu did not return the Fuxi gossip to Yan Xu as agreed in advance - she was missing. At first, King Rui thought that Yan Xu deliberately concealed it, and Yan Xu also thought that it was someone from the Ming Yan Division who had plotted against Yunzhu and took away the gossip, but when both sides found out that the other party was secretly investigating Yunzhu's whereabouts, they learned that Yunzhu disappeared after sending out the signal that night, and she neither joined Yunwei nor stayed in Yucheng, as if she had evaporated from the world.
So secretly preventing the whereabouts of Yunzhu and recovering the Fuxi gossip has become the top priority of Yunwei and Mingyan Division at present, but although the two sides are safe on the surface, they are secretly more energetic.
King Rui knows very well that Yan Xu has been completely confused by the alien blood, which can be seen from his visit to Yucheng and the rescue at any cost. He actually dared to brazenly tell him that he planned to marry this woman. King Rui was very angry, this woman is simply a disaster, for this woman, he first gave birth to the idea of giving up the ten strategies, and for this woman, he calculated that he married Hua Yuan, so that the father and son were estranged.
If a man is greedy for gentleness, he will only lose his will, how can he be expected to have the ambition to dominate the world and guide the country?
Later, Tong Mo hit the nail on the head, and now it is not a bad thing to know that the person the prince really loves is a foreign-blooded person, because Gu Xiyue, who was originally a sacrifice, has already been let go by Yan Xu, and the foreign-blooded person just replaced this vacancy, she is not only the living key to open the ten directions, but also the sacrifice to Emperor Fuxi, which kills two birds with one stone.
King Rui was relieved, now only by finding Fuxi gossip as much as possible, only with Fuxi gossip in his hands, can he take the initiative, and when it comes to the day of extreme yin, he has his own way to force him to comply.
Yan Xu naturally knew King Rui's thoughts, but at the moment he couldn't stop him from looking for the idea of ten directions, the only thing he could do was to retrieve Fuxi gossip one step ahead of him. But at the same time, he was not idle, and the direction of the wind in the court has been implemented step by step according to his deployment.
Yan Min's new emperor ascended the throne, and he wanted to do something, but the three divisions and six departments all had people who Yan Xu installed in his early years, but all major events in the country, the government decree was not issued, and the edict was not reached, and only some harmless things were followed. Yan Min himself is not a person with ambitions, after a few tosses, the enthusiasm that he finally accumulated was quickly exhausted, and he became more and more reluctant to go to court, unwilling to be a director, and hid in the dormitory all day to ponder his wood.
In the blink of an eye, the weather gradually became hotter, and a torrential rain flooded the entire city without warning, and the road surface that could have scalded eggs splashed with a burst of fishy heat, and passers-by took refuge.
Just when the rain did not weaken in the slightest, but became heavier and heavier, a fast horse galloped from the south gate, and immediately the post man was soaked, regardless of whether there were pedestrians blocking the road, while whipping fiercely, while shouting at the top of his voice: "Eight hundred miles urgent!" Eight hundred miles expedited! Those who resist die, and those who oppose die! Get out of the way! ”
Soon, an urgent report of military intelligence exploded in the court - Wei and Qi formed an alliance and joined forces to attack the Jin State, and the 50,000 troops of the Wei State were the advance and had been marched towards the Jin State five days ago.
The military situation is urgent, Yan Min, the lazy emperor, has no excuse to be lazy, sitting on the dragon chair and looking at the passionate and generous courtiers below, but what he thinks in his heart is that no one pays attention to what I say in normal times, and something big will happen, but he pushed me out to get an idea, and I know what to take, but it's just an ornament.
On this day, Yan Xu did not go to court, and wanted to take Ye Xuan to the suburbs to enjoy the lotus, but he didn't expect the rainstorm to come, so he had to give up, but it was rare to be idle in the house. In fact, there are lotus flowers in Rui Wang's Mansion, Yan Xu simply ordered someone to put a few cases in the Huxin Pavilion, a pot of fragrant tea, a few plates of melon and fruit snacks, and the two of them watched the rain and enjoyed the lotus in the mansion.
The rain is weakening, the smoke on the lake is vast, and the lotus flowers that have been beaten by the rain are even more delicate than before the rain. In a moment's interest, Yan Xu asked people to send the piano and played a song of ten miles of lotus. In the past, except for the song Yun Zhuyue, he rarely played other tunes, and Ye Xuan was fascinated for a while.
Yan Xu knew what she was accomplished in piano music, and when she saw her distracted, she couldn't help asking, "What did you hear?" So distracted? ”
In fact, Ye Xuan really couldn't tell if he played well or not, she just secretly sighed, he finally put down the past. She put her hands on his shoulders, pressed her chin against him, and said, "Everything you play is good, don't force me to learn." ”
Yan Xu snorted dissatisfiedly, "If you don't learn, you can't do anything." After a pause, he said apologetically: "These days, I have gone out early and returned late, and I have snubbed you." I wanted to take you out for a walk today, but I didn't expect God to open his eyes. ”
She said indifferently: "Why don't you open your eyes?" I am now a personal favorite of fragrant bait, everyone on the rivers and lakes is eager to rush to it, maybe as soon as I leave the palace, I will be snatched away, and it will be too late for you to regret it. Instead of going out in fear, it is better to stay in the house and feel at ease. ”
He smiled: "I do regret it, I said a long time ago that I shouldn't have given you the antidote to thousands of mountains and rivers." After a pause, he said again: "Xuan'er, you should be patient, give me some more time, as long as the day of extreme yin has passed, it will be fine." ”
She meekly responded, although it rained, the day in June was still hot, his cold body was simply a good thing to cool off, she couldn't help but get closer to him, sighed: "In winter, you make me love and hate, and stay away, it's better to stay in summer, stick to you all day long, and even save ice." ”
He smiled and took her into his arms, "yes, wouldn't that be cooler?" ”
He deliberately made it bad, kissed her on the cheek, and bit her earlobe, which was the most sensitive place for her, and her heart raced and her face reddened.
The two were frolicking, and someone came over to report that King Rui had something urgent and asked him to go to the study quickly. Yan Xu reluctantly let go of her and came to King Rui's study.
As soon as they met, King Rui got straight to the point, "The 50,000 army of Wei, do you know who led the army?" ”
Now that the father and son are talking, there is very little nonsense, they all go straight to the topic, and they disperse after speaking, and Yan Xu does not go around in circles, "Wei State went out in the name of avenging the prince's hatred, and the commander is nominally General Li Lu, but Li Lu is Prince Wei's person, before Prince Wei died, he handed over all the old troops to An Yi, so Xiang Wang An Yi is the behind-the-scenes manipulator of Wei State's troops." ”
King Rui's face sank, the matter of Wei sending troops, the court only got the news today, he just asked, but he wanted to find out how much he knew, and sure enough, as he expected, he actually knew about it early in the morning, but he deliberately didn't even go to the court.
He said calmly: "Prince Wei's death was an incident that you single-handedly provoked, and now people are carrying the banner of revenge to send troops and are famous, what are your plans as the perpetrator?" ”
Yan Xu half-lowered his eyes, and his voice did not have a trace of waves, "The child has no plan, what should I do, I will obey His Majesty's instructions." ”
King Rui choked, this bastard thing, he was still sloppy with him at this time, he knew everything about the court, about half an hour later, who said anything in the court today, Yan Min coughed a few times and frowned a few times, he knew it all clearly, would he have no plan?
But he didn't want to say it, and he couldn't force him to speak, so he only said: "The matter of sending troops is related to the national system, I know that you must have a plan in your heart, and in extraordinary times, you must focus on the national honor." ”
No matter what Yan Xu thinks in his heart, he will do enough on the surface, he respectfully agreed, and then withdrew from the study. After turning a corner, Hua Yuan slowly walked out from under the corridor, I don't know if it was such a coincidence, or if she deliberately waited there.