The original Northern Liang and Southern Liang were still allies, fighting against Houliang and Western Qin together, but Southern Liang basically consumed their national strength in the war against Houliang and Western Qin, while Northern Liang's national strength quickly expanded.

At the beginning, Bei Liang was not the current Bei Liang, among the sixteen countries, the Southern Liang was strong and the Northern Liang Fang was just emerging, no one knew that he was so bold as to attack Gu Zang of the Southern Liang, so Gu Zang fell too quickly, and the bald Tan had no time to organize a defense, nor did he have time to ask for help everywhere, so he could only hurriedly protect his wife and concubines and children, and escaped from the complex tunnels of Changming Palace with many elites and generals.

Both the middle palace and the front palace have tunnels to the East Palace, which is a tunnel built to allow the prince in the palace to get the best protection, and the situation was already very urgent when Bald Tan went to pick up his sons, and he was not sure whether he would be captured by the troops of Frustrated Qu Mengxun on the way, so he hid a few important things in the underground palace to be retrieved when he overcame Gu Zang in the future.

Bald Tan once saved the Tiantai Army's collar Gai Tiantai from Yao Xing's hands and got a Tiantai flag from the latter. The Lu Shuihu people are recognized as the best mercenary army in the world, and Gai Tiantai is the chief of Lu Shuihu Gaibu and Pengbu, and is the leader of 50,000 Lu Shuihu in Qinzhou.

Bald Tan was restrained by Yao Xing of the Later Qin Dynasty all his life, and even had to ask Yao Xing Calcium Chen, Yao Xing called himself "Yao Tianwang", believed in Buddhism, and added murals to the Buddha caves throughout his life, and reshaped the golden body of the Buddha statue I don't know how much gold was consumed.

The local gold and jade produced in Nanliang is the most valuable material needed to make Buddha statues, Yao Xing repeatedly scavenged the gold and jade in Nanliang, so that the bald Tan could not bear it, and finally took the opportunity to transport the gold and jade to be robbed by the "horse thief" to completely break with Hou Qin, and reclaim the title of King Liang.

The amount of gold and jade in that "tribute" was huge, almost a wealth that Nan Liang would have spent years to collect, and it was precisely because Yao Xing's appetite was getting bigger and bigger that he had to use this method to deal with it.

"Horse thief" naturally has, but it is a scene that Lu Shuihu people do with a lot of money, the gold and silver led by the cover of the Tiantai escorted into a Buddhist cave in Dunhuang by the bald royal family, the Buddha cave was sealed by the entire boulder, only a secret door can enter, the key is the key to the secret door entrance.

Gai Tiantai's credibility is well known to the world, and it is said that 300 of his subordinates were captured to force him to tell him who had hired him, but Gai Tiantai was willing to provide for the families of these 300 subordinates for the rest of his life rather than tell the identity of his employer, and eventually let them all die under the enemy's arrows.

But no one resented his decision, and the Lu Shuihu people were more united because of this incident, and not only succeeded in avenging their revenge, but also received huge compensation from their employers, and cared for the families of the three hundred subordinates.

The Lu Shuihu mercenaries who built the Tiantai also became the most relied on mercenaries during the conquest of the Sixteen Kingdoms in the north, and the Lu Shuihu people were active on the battlefield in the north for twenty years, until the Xia State set the capital, and the Xingcheng of Qinzhou was given to the Lu Shuihu people, and the Tiantai slowly collected the Lu Shuihu people, so that the Lu Shuihu people lived a life of half mercenaries and half herdsmen.

A Tiantai flag, a huge fortune, this is the capital of the bald Tan who was ready to recover Guzang, no one thought that he did not destroy the country in the hands of the depressed Qu Mengxun, but when the soldiers went west, his son-in-law copied his hometown, resulting in the destruction of Nanliang.

He took his sons and daughters to surrender to Western Qin, but was killed by his son-in-law with a glass of poisoned wine, and this secret was only known to the queen and the crown prince Hutai from now on.

Before Bald Tiger Tai and Empress Bald conspired to murder the lord of Western Qin, because they were worried that things would not work out, they told the young Bald Poqiang the secret, which was why Yuan Poqiang automatically asked Ying to return to Guzang this time.

What he said to Tuoba Tao was, of course, because there were still many of his father's old ministries outside Guzang City that could be united, but in fact, the three things in the Buddhist hall were what he needed.

The Tiantai Banner, the treasures of the Nanliang royal family, and a blood letter are now all in the hands of Yuan Poqiang.

Of the three, the Blood Covenant is the most precious.

In the early days of the Sixteen Northern Kingdoms, they were united by the tribal system, and the bald tribe was called "Hexi Xianbei Dadutong", and the Xianbei tribes such as Yifu Xianbei were allied by blood, and made a covenant of mutual assistance, and the descendants helped each other from generation to generation, and if they violated their oaths, they would be punished by God.

When the tribes met the alliance, the great shaman of the tribe swore an oath with the blood of everyone, and made the blood alliance book in sheepskin, and since then the people of Nanliang have worked together to establish the country, and the Xianbei of Longxi and Hexi have been attached, and Nanliang began to prosper, and many Xianbei chieftains have to be sealed all over the place, becoming a strong clan in one place.

Just as although more than 20 years have passed, there are still many of the chiefs who made the blood alliance back then, and since they swear by their descendants, even if these chiefs have died back then, their descendants will have to recognize them.

Yuan Poqiang is preparing to take this blood alliance to gather the Xianbei old department, and when the Wei State is waiting for the Wei State to attack the cold, these Xianbei old departments are the best back.

Yuan Poqiang did not have the ambition to become a king and a tyrant, and when his family was ruined and he was wandering away like a wild dog, it was the Wei State that took him in because of the same root and origin, and properly settled him and his half-brother.

The state of Wei gave them dignity and status, the first emperor gave them a place to live and the opportunity to study, and now His Majesty has given him and his brothers titles and his own people.

He was a young son in Nanliang, and if his brother succeeded to the throne, he would be just a king of Anle, and now he is the Marquis of Xiping in Wei, and he is regarded as a homologous clan in Wei, and he can also lead troops to fight, which is no worse than in Nanliang.

What's more, the two emperors, Tuoba and Tuoba Tao, both gave him the status of "Zhiqin", which means that they also have the right to inherit the throne and the throne, and no one has despised him because he is a prince who has broken the country, and he also identifies himself from the bottom of his heart as a native of Wei [,!] ]

The first emperor treated him like a parent, and he, like many Tuoba clans, studied with Tuoba Tao, and it was during that time that he knew that he did not have the ability to become the king of a country.

Governing a huge country is too complicated and requires too much talent, and since he was not cultivated with the position of "being a king" since he was a child, he naturally does not have such a pattern.

Tuoba Tao was a natural king, and he served under such a monarch and did not feel wronged.

But the national revenge still has to be avenged, and the family hatred cannot be unjust. Xiqin has been destroyed by Helianding, his family hatred has been calmed, and now it is Beiliang's turn to taste the taste of breaking the country and destroying the capital.

Yuan Poqiang gritted his teeth and walked in the dim dark passage, with a cold expression in the tunnel, sealed the entrance to the tunnel with two guards, and quickly returned before the sky was dark, without attracting anyone's attention.

The humiliation of his father's death, the humiliation of his brother and sister's death, his half-brother all day long thinking only about how to restore his former glory, only he gritted his teeth and persisted.

Only by truly realizing their own value can they leave a name in history.

Only if he leaves a name in history, those family members who died in dark corners can be remembered by the history books.

What has sustained him to this day is just this pursuit of fame and fortune.

If you are not a good general, you must be a famous minister.

There can be no stain on his life!

Of course, He Mulan didn't know what Yuan Poqiang had done that night, but before it was dark, the right Sima of the Tiger Ben Army suddenly visited his residence.

Although the rest time last night was not long, and the envoys of Wei got up very early for the morning of today's Liang Kingdom, the appearance of Yuan Poqiang's tired face and blood-red eyes still frightened He Mulan.

I saw that the general, who often showed a smile, rubbed his already dry eyes, and spit out a sentence to He Mulan:

"General Hua, Fuqu Muqian has returned, and he is in the East Palace."

"Hey, how does General Yuan know......"

He Mullan was surprised.

"There are people from the old palace in Nanliang in Changming Palace, and I sneaked out to find out the news without sleeping all night last night." Yuan Poqiang didn't mention the authentic thing, but said lightly: "The situation in Beiliang is very complicated, far more troublesome than I imagined."

"Sure enough, he returned home early. I don't think it's like I'm sick at all, either Li Shun lied about the news, or I'm frustrated that Muqian has deceived everyone."

He Mullan had a very bad impression of the frustrated herd and sneered.

"He sneaked back, and the plan must be huge, but I don't know if I know it."

"I think I probably know that Fuqu Mengxun's youngest son, Fuqu Bodhi, is probably an abandoned son, and Fuqu Mengxun is probably going to pass the throne to Fuqu Muqian."

Yuan Poqiang remembered that a few members of the family were actually in the residence of the eldest sister-in-law and daughter-in-law, and there was a surging meaning in his throat, "Frustrated Qu Mengxun and his daughter-in-law Da Li fornicated/adultered, and stayed in the East Palace all night, Princess Xingping was not innocent, and had an affair with her second brother-in-law, Peng Xuan, the captain of the horse......"

"What?"

He Mulan remembered the princess who was covered in a light veil yesterday, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Are you sure? This is a major matter related to the diplomacy of the two countries, and it cannot be said in vain! "

"The news that I came to me nine times in my life, and even the death of a subordinate of the East Palace who took care of me back then, do you think I will talk nonsense?" Yuan Poqiang had hatred in his eyes when he thought of this, "Princess Xingping is dissolute by nature, and there will be no rumors in the palace and Guzang, you send some Lu Shuihu people who are proficient in various languages to investigate carefully, and you will definitely be able to get some news."

He expected that Princess Xingping's "boldness", or the "boldness" of the entire Beiliang royal family, would not be a day or two, and there would definitely be a lot of rumors outside.

"Do you remember the gossip about the legend of Pingcheng before we left Beijing?"

"You mean the Master of Tan Wu Yu thing? His Majesty said that he had just presented some Tianzhu classics from Liangguo, one of which was the Tianzhu Secret Book that taught the husband and wife Dunlun." He Mulan also felt strange when he remembered that incident, it was on the eve of their mission that the city was suddenly full of storms, and if it weren't for the promotion of the powerful forces in Pingcheng, it would definitely not have been possible to spread so quickly.

"It is impossible for a book to have such a big impact that it would make the whole royal family lewd. I think it's probably because they have listened to some crooked and evil rumors, and they think that they can become Buddhas and live forever, otherwise with their frustrated body, dwelling on beauty is almost equivalent to suicide."

Yuan Poqiang knows that there are many Buddhism and other religions that are preached in Beiliang, and there are all kinds of strange ones, including this kind of tantric Buddhism that treats diseases with "double cultivation".

Princess Xingping, an unmarried princess, can live such a chaotic life, but she is not restrained, I am afraid that there is no clean princess in the entire royal family.

"It's just that all concubines must be checked by special palace people before entering the palace, and His Majesty is not a hairy boy who doesn't know anything, how can they think they can hide it?"

He Mulan looked at Yuan Poqiang suspiciously, "Could it be that you are mistaken?"

"Who knows what they do! Since it is such a royal family, it is not necessary to have any means." Yuan Poqiang replied calmly.

"Since we are here to welcome our relatives, there is no loss in asking more."

"If Princess Xingping's virtue is at a loss, then she must inquire carefully, and she can't let Her Majesty get this insult."

When He Mulan thought of Tuobatao, he was probably also kept in the dark, and he was still dreaming of a peerless beauty and a double victory in the Northern Liang River. [,！ ], I couldn't help but feel a wave of resentment in my heart.

You said that if you can't beat it, it's okay to delay your beauty for a few years, after all, all countries do this......

But if you really send a princess who has lost her virginity and is promiscuous, once it is found out, it will be a slap in the face, can Wei not raise troops for this?

If you don't die, you won't die.

"I didn't sleep all night last night, and I must not be able to stay up when I go to the Hall of Light today, General Lao Hua will cover up for me." Yuan Poqiang rubbed his eyes again.

Yesterday he was on the road all day, drinking and feasting from afternoon to night, and he went up and down the trees and drilled the tunnels all night, and Yuan Poqiang was really sleepy to death, and even a red robe could not hide his tiredness.

"If it really doesn't work, you can report to the hospital and rest for a while." He Mulan persuaded with good words, "You are the deputy envoy, I'm afraid you can't hide it."

"It's okay, I'm sick at this time, I'm afraid it will arouse the suspicion of Frustration Mengxun." Yuan Poqiang shook his head, "I heard that Beiliang is in trouble in the country because of the establishment of the reserve, and it is best for the general to ask about the whereabouts of Fuqu Muqian in the court. He left on his own in the territory of Wei, which can be regarded as a big mistake of ignoring the envoys of the kingdom, not to mention the rumors that Meng Xun was seriously ill, which is all a crime of deception."

Yuan Poqiang was afraid that He Mulan did not understand politics, so he specially reminded him, "Now that Northern Liang is weak and Wei is strong, it is time to do everything in his power to suppress and weaken them. If the frustrated Muggan really disappears, then the courtiers who support him must turn to the frustrated Bodhi, and if the frustrated Muxun is unwilling to give up this son, they must announce that he has returned."

"I see, teachable."

He Mullan showed a look of understanding.

"There are still many people in Beiliang who don't know the news that Fuqu Mujian has a strange disease, after all, his illness was in the Wei State, and if the king of a country is weak, it is a very strict thing, and this can also increase the chances of victory for Fuqu Bodhi to compete for the storage position."

Yuan Poqiang then explained: "Fuqu Bodhi is now young and ignorant, and it is much more advantageous for him to ascend to the throne than the cunning and endurable Fuqu Muqian."

"Master Tan Wuyu once said that Fuqu Muqian has the help of Buddhism, and there are many strange monks around him, I am afraid that he is in a hurry to return to Beiliang just to solve his physical ills, if he attacks him with this, maybe he will fall into his scheme."

He Mulan thought for a while, "If only I could know the current situation of the frustrated Muqian, he was so weak when he walked, he even had to be tied to the back of the horse when he rode a horse, and he was panting ......when he walked."

"Yes, how can such a waste body be happy with the Great Li family as soon as he comes back, and the water room that is still tired changes the water every day, and it must have been healed by those monks' thoughts."

Yuan Poqiang thought of the ruthlessness of Frustrated Muqian last night, and said to He Mulan very approvingly: "Your guess is right, I'm afraid I underestimated him, he should be fine."

He Mulan knew that he had his own channels of information, and she was too close to asking, so she only asked him a few things about Fuqu Mengxun and Princess Xingping and sent him away.

There were no advisors around Hemulan, so everyone was used to working together, and as soon as Yuan Poqiang was sent away, everyone was gathered.

Only except the Master of Compassion.

Master Cixin is an outsider, and he is not an official of the Wei State, so he will never be invited for this kind of thing.

Today is the early court, and the master of compassion has already submitted a letter to Fuqu Mengxun at the dinner last night, he was originally to go to Beiliang to "learn scriptures" through the protection of the Wei delegation, and by the way to visit the monks here, now he has arrived in Guzang, and he can't wait to visit the monks all over the place.

When Zheng Zong and Yuan Fang were called, they thought that even He Mulan was so mad that he didn't forget to let them practice martial arts and run laps today, both of them had a bitter gourd face, and they almost didn't get out of the door.

Fortunately, He Mulan opened his mouth and said not "running twenty laps", but-

"Fuqu Muqian has returned, Yuan Fang, what do you think?"

"Where did the lord get the news?" Yuan Fang automatically entered the strategy mode, "Is the news reliable?"

The dawn of the north is earlier than that of Pingcheng, and the time of the last dynasty is also early, and the first thing of the dynasty must be to discuss the matter of welcoming relatives, so He Mulan does not have much time, and the long story is short to explain the news that Yuan Poqiang inquired about.

Whether it is Luo Hun or Chen Jie, even the most obscene Zheng Zong, he is full of respect and worship for Tuoba Tao, and when he heard that Bei Liang was actually a princess and a relative with such a character, he was immediately furious, and he couldn't wait to tear up the frustrated Meng Xun.

As for the scandals of the Beiliang royal family, they are not that important.

"Let's find out about this." After listening to this, Gai Wu nodded calmly, "Guzang has a lot of old Tiantai Army departments, and the Fuqu Department belongs to Lu Shuihu with us, so it is much easier to find out the news. Since I have a name and a surname, I'll go find someone to check Peng Xuan first."

"You have to be careful."

He Mullan was not worried about this disciple at all.

"There are a few caravans who have dealt with the royal family, Yuan Fang, since you are going to get rid of the goods these days, you might as well inquire among the merchants for a little information."

Yuan Fang suddenly patted his head with realization.

"Yes, the merchant is the most well-informed!"

They are not qualified to go to the court, Na Luo Hun, Chen Jie, Mangu and Zheng Zong all have official positions, and today and He Mulan must be inseparable from an inch, Gai Wu and Yuan Fang One is a disciple of He Mulan, and the other is just a master of managing logistics, and temporarily leaving the regiment will not attract many people's attention.

Rao is like this, He Mulan is still worried about Yuan Fang's safety, and personally allocated him a hundred elite Tiger Ben Army as guards, so he can rest assured.

After some arrangement, . [,！ He Mulan led the envoys of Wei State, and under the mighty welcome of the Beiliang officials, he went all the way to the "Hall of Light" of the Beiliang Palace.

Although Li Shun is the mastermind, he can't actually be the master. Before coming to Beiliang, Wei and Beiliang had exchanged national letters through guò Fuqu Muqian, and set the bride price and dowry for marriage, and after arriving in Beiliang, Fuqu Mengxun added another third, making Princess Xingping's net worth richer.

Cui Hao and Gu Bi had already told the envoys a lot of things they needed to know, as well as some ways to deal with them, and He Mulan didn't dare to fully believe Yuan Poqiang until he found out about Princess Xingping.

Everyone knows that Nan Liang, who was born in Yuan Poqiang, is almost equivalent to being destroyed in the hands of North Liang, if he deliberately wants to provoke Wei and Liang to start a war, it is also possible to frame or provoke.

Since the Kumoti incident, Hermulan has learned not to fully evaluate a person from the parts of his expression, and some people have secrets in their hearts that will not be written on their faces.

It was for this reason that He Mulan did not rashly reveal the matter of Fuqu Muqian and Princess Xingping to any of the envoys in the mission, but waited to enter the Hall of Light without knowing anything.

And Yuan Poqiang probably expected that He Mullan would not trust him completely, or he was too tired to ask, and from the beginning he leaned on a wall to seize the time to make up for his energy, and did not have too many words and expressions with He Mulan.

"What's going on with General Yuan? Why are you so sleepy?"

An envoy whispered.

"It's said that 'when I go back to my homeland, I have so many thoughts that I can't sleep.' An envoy patted his colleague sympathetically and motioned for him to say no more.

"Give him some rest."

The officials of Beiliang knew who Yuan Poqiang was, and they didn't dare to say anything about it, but they inevitably talked about it in private, worried that his attitude would have a bad impact on the diplomacy between the two countries.

Fortunately, Bei Liang did not dare to let the Wei officials wait too long, and after a while, there were praisers and ceremonial officials who came out to greet them, and all the envoys of Wei entered the Hall of Light, and stood on top of the court hall with He Mulan as the one.

At this time, the last dynasty did not have the later generations, especially the Qing Dynasty TV dramas, where everyone knelt and bowed, Tuoba Tao and the ministers sat together in the court is a common thing, and the court will be too long and give people time to pee and rest, drink saliva and come again.

Although it is now the Northern Liang Dynasty, the courtiers are also divided into civil and military kneeling and sitting on both sides, because He Mulan came with a festival, from the king of Liang to the ministers, but to salute the officials of the Wei State.

After the etiquette was exhausted, the praisers of the Wei envoys began to introduce the names and positions of the ministers in Lu Shuihu, and explained by the way why Li Shun could not come.

After reading out the list of Wei's envoys, the praiser took out a long gift slip and began to recite the gifts that Wei had brought with him this time, as well as Tuoba Tao's greetings to Princess Mengxun and Princess Xingping.

Frustrated Meng Xun naturally accepted the gift list and greetings, and then also sent praisers to recite the good horses, jewelry, honor guards and so on of Princess Xingping's marriage.

In addition to gold, silver and jewelry, there are thousands of people in the wedding procession, and most of these thousand people will not return to Liang, but become the dowry of Princess Xingping to marry to Wei State.

He Mulan didn't understand Lu Shuihu's language, and he relied on Zheng Zong next to him to whisper what he was talking about, and when he heard that at least six hundred people were left in Pingcheng as slaves and dowries, He Mulan couldn't help but slander in his heart.

Because of Tuoba Tao's harem, there may not be any palace room that can accommodate so many Lu Shuihu people.

Tuoba Tao doesn't necessarily want so many Lu Shuihu people who don't know the details to pour into the palace.

After all, the two countries have already agreed on this matter, and there are only some details left to be discussed, and these details are not something to be said in the court.

Just when the discussion between the two countries had come to an end, and both sides were extremely satisfied, Hermulan, who was holding a scepter, suddenly stepped forward and asked:

"Since the time of welcoming the relatives has been determined, has the candidate for the kiss been determined by King Liang?"

Frustrated Meng Xun didn't expect that He Mulan, who had been silent like a background board, would suddenly be difficult, but after all, he was the head of a country, and he would not change his expression because of this little thing, but replied to her very calmly: "It has not been determined for the time being, and Prime Minister Song Miao can be a candidate."

"I don't think Song Jae is suitable, can I recommend someone?"

He Mullan asked without humility or arrogance.

Frustrated Meng Xun already had a bad premonition in his heart, and his expression became stern when he looked at He Mulan: "I didn't expect that General Huwei was very familiar with my courtiers in Beiliang, and he could actually promote talents......"

"Don't dare, in fact, I don't know the ministers of your country, but there is just a candidate, I am not only familiar with him, but also think that he is the most suitable person, so I have the courage to recommend it, King Liang might as well listen to it."

He Mullan smiled and pushed back Frustrated Mengxun's words.

He Mulan and Fuqu Mengxun asked questions and answers back and forth in Xianbei dialect, and many Beiliang officials in the palace didn't know what the two of them were talking about, and then there were officials who knew Xianbei language in private, and for a while the hall was buzzing, and there was no solemnity before.

And the name of the prime minister Song Xuan, whether it is Xianbei or Lu Shuihu, is the same, so the ministers knew that he was mentioned by the envoy of the Wei State, and for a while, Song Miao was stared at a little embarrassed, and had to stand up to answer for his lord.

"I don't know if there's anything inappropriate, please make it clear to you."

He Mulan was waiting for someone to answer, but he was depressed and silent, as soon as Song Miao spoke, He Mulan said loudly: "Although Prime Minister Song is loyal, but... Princess Xingping is raised in the deep palace, but Your Excellency is a foreign minister, and there is always inconvenience in coming and going, so she is not the most suitable person."

"This ......"

Song Miao was dumbfounded.

He is now over fifty years old, Mulan doesn't think he will have an affair with Princess Xingping, right?

Or did Mulan hear something?

Outsiders don't know about the filth/chaos of Beiliang's internal strength, but many of these ministers have heard of Princess Xingping's behavior, and they also know that Fuqu Mengxun ordered Gu Zang to prohibit talking about Princess Xingping before the Wei envoy came, but there is always something unnatural in his attitude.

Even the frustrated Meng Xun was a little weak-hearted, changed his silent posture just now, leaned forward slightly and asked:

"Then with the meaning of General Hua, who is more suitable to choose as the person to marry?"

Right in the middle!

"The most suitable is naturally the brother of Princess Xingping, who once sent an envoy to the ...... of Wei"

She looked at the corners of her mouth and laughed a little gloatingly.

"His Royal Highness the Third Prince!"