Everyone has selfish intentions, Kou Qianzhi is no exception, He Mulan does not think that Kou Qianzhi is an unconditional living immortal, the Kou Tianshi in the previous life and the Kou Tianshi in this world will help her so persistently, I am afraid there are many unknown reasons.

In three lives and three lives, He Mulan has already obtained many things that even Hua Mulan has never gotten, and if she wants to sacrifice the future of Wei in exchange for her own life, then her previous long life and death and perseverance have become a joke.

The same is true of yin and yang. There is no difference between sex and brutes without love, He Mulan thinks that he has some moral cleanliness, and if he really chooses to find a man he doesn't know for his life, it is better to die.

At least when you think back to your past life, you don't want to die again with disgust.

The cooperation between Buddhism and Taoism is unlikely in Hermulan's opinion, whether it is Tan Wuyu or Kou Qianzhi, Hermulan believes that they are both great virtues who can accept cooperation, but the problem is that many times, they not only represent themselves, water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, how do they get respected, and after compromise, they will be spurned in the same way.

"I think like I'm going to die......" Hermulan shook his head, reinvigorating himself. It's still important to get down to business first. ”

Because of He Mulan's advice, the Tiger Benjun seems to be resting and relaxing these days, but in fact, it is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and he does not dare to slack off every day. Every morning, He Mulan would take Chen Jie and Na Luohun to inspect the military camp of the Tiger Ben Army, and then return to the city to report the day's situation like the prince in the palace.

This is no different from the previous life in Heicheng, the difference is that it has changed from reporting to Tuoba Tao to Tuoba Huang.

The five-year-old prince does not express his opinions many times, whether it is in the court or listening to the government, he is quiet, but he has his own thinking, and attaches great importance to the opinions of every minister who asks for advice, especially Hanchen.

Tuoba Huang's respect for the Han people and his interest in Han culture had already excited the scholars led by Cui Hao. For the Xianbei people, Tuoba Huang, who is only five years old, can already ride a horse and shoot arrows, although the strength is not very good, but the roots of not forgetting their ancestors also make them very satisfied.

When He Mulan entered the East Palace, Tuoba Huang was practicing swords with a famous swordsman in the palace, who was responsible for enlightening the princes, and taught Tuoba Tao, Tuobati, Tuoba Fan and many other princes, who were almost fifty years old and were very respected by the royal family.

Little Tuoba Huang carried a wooden sword and practiced basic moves such as "chopping, slashing, and stabbing" under his teaching, and other boys would have already run away when they encountered such a boring thing, but Tuoba Huang kept repeating it, even if he was sweating, he continued to insist.

"Keep your back straight, inhale with your dantian, and don't gasp!"

After the old swordsman used the scabbard in his hand to pick out Tuoba Huang's wooden sword, he couldn't help but sigh: "Your Highness should switch to a knife, swordsmanship is a test of people's root talent and understanding, Your Highness will kill the enemy in the battle array in the future, it is better to use a sword than to use a sword......"

He didn't say that Tuoba Huang really didn't have any talent in martial arts, not only did he not have Tuoba Tao's sturdy physique and keen reaction speed, but he was afraid that even Tuoba Tao's nephews couldn't reach it.

Swordsmanship is difficult to learn and master, and it is not as fast as swordsmanship.

"The sword is the king of a hundred soldiers, and as a prince, I naturally have to start learning from the sword." The little Tuoba shook his face and looked at the wooden sword in his hand.

"A knife is a murderous weapon, how can it be compared to a sword?"

"Swords are just weapons of killing, there is no difference."

He Mulan was originally standing at the door waiting for the East Palace Lodge to pass it on, but she was too good at hearing, and when she heard the conversation between Tuoba Huang and the old swordsman, she couldn't help but open her mouth, which alarmed the prince inside.

"General Flower!"

Tuoba Huang heard Hemulan's voice coming from behind the wall, and saw the people of the East Palace approaching in a hurry, and immediately waved his hand without twisting.

"Don't inform me of anything, next time General Hua enters the palace, let him come in directly!"

Before the people of the East Palace could say anything, they were replied by the prince, so they could only run back with envy and hatred in their hearts, and respectfully invited He Mulan to enter the school field of the East Palace.

Although the swordsman was the "worship" in the palace, he did not have an official position, and when he saw He Mulan, he immediately saluted, and He Mulan first saluted Tuoba Huang as a courtier, and then picked up the old swordsman.

This is a true swordsman, a sword unsheathed just by standing. His beard is white, although he is old, but he is not old, and the sharpness in his eyes is hidden under respect, like a famous sword hidden in the sword box, just waiting for the day when someone opens the box and takes the sword.

It was the second time that He Mulan felt the "sword aura" in a person's body, the first time was in the sand field, when he was entangled by the swordsman's powerlessness, and finally killed him with Na Luo Hun.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the Wei Palace is true.

Knowing that there must be something wrong with He Mulan entering the palace to find him, Tuoba Huang invited him back after communicating with the old swordsman for a few words, and sent someone to invite Cui Hao and Gao Yun, the Taifu of the East Palace, to come.

Cui Hao was ordered to assist the crown prince in supervising the country, and spent most of the day in the palace to deal with government affairs, so he came quickly, and Gao Yun lived in the East Palace, which was faster than Cui Hao.

He Mulan had only heard the name of this Zhongshu squire before, but he had never seen him in person, and after Gao Yun came, he couldn't help but take a look.

Gao Yun is already in his forties, and in this era, he can be Tuoba Huang's grandfather. He looks older, his eyes are a little sunken, and the deep nasolabial folds on his face show that he is an unsmiling person, and his temperament is like that of Hermulan's former teaching director, so he is quite uncomfortable.

Gao Yun and He Mulan are both introverted people, and after looking at each other, they arched their hands to each other and didn't talk much.

After Tuoba Huang moved into the East Palace, Tuoba Tao selected several officials from the East Palace for Tuoba Huang to teach him knowledge and assist him. Although Cui Hao is the crown prince, he is in a high position, and he does not have much time to personally teach the way of Emperor Tuoba Huang, and the academic teaching is handed over to Gao Yun, a Chinese scholar, and You Ya, a doctor of Chinese books.

You Ya teaches knowledge, but does not live in the East Palace, and Gao Yun is the head of the East Palace appointed by Tuoba Tao, who lives in the East Palace every day, and only has to rest once every five days.

Gao Yun has a good personality and is even above Gu Bi, he was once promoted by Tuoba Tao's uncle Du Chao, the king of Yangping, who is good at the law, has a rigorous personality, and treats his duties without favoritism, Tuoba Tao trusts him very much, so he is responsible for correcting Tuoba Huang's words and deeds.

Mo said that Tuoba Huang was only five years old, and even if he became the prince of the year, very few people liked officials like the "chief of the inner chamberlain". The chief of the chamberlain is responsible for mentioning the words and deeds of the prince, if there is anything inappropriate, but also to report to the emperor, usually more duty to advise, many of the chief of the chamberlain in the East Palace after the prince ascended the throne have no good end, because everyone is afraid of the tiger, unwilling to serve.

Gao Yun was also distressed after learning that he was named the chief waiter and the crown prince. His personality is not kind, and he looks very strict, and his nephews and nephews still run away when they see him, so it's strange that the prince can have a good impression of him.

But the strange thing, there may really be such a thing as "falling in love" in this world, as soon as Gao Yun entered the East Palace, Tuoba Huang respected him very much, regarded himself as a junior, and took care of Gao Yun's clothing, food, housing and transportation in the East Palace in an orderly manner. Gao Yun is a native of Bohai and likes to eat pickled food, and Tuoba Huang even arranged a cook for him to specialize in pickled fish, bacon and other things.

For these, Gao Yun always thought that it was arranged by the Empress Dowager Dou, after all, this Empress Dowager Bao has never been inappropriate and well-informed, but once he met the cook, only to know that he was specially ordered by Tuoba Huang to be transferred from the imperial food Cao, and his heart was suddenly ironed.

In addition, Tuoba Huang has a very well-behaved personality, neither rampant nor maverick, many things that worried Gao Yun did not happen, and teaching him to learn is also to draw inferences from one another, which makes Gao Yun think that this prince is the person of destiny who descended from heaven to make Wei more powerful, and he is simply assisting him from the bottom of his heart.

A monarch and a minister, the two sides respect and love each other, and soon have a tacit understanding, Tuoba Huang will not hide everything from him, and will call him to ask for advice if there is a problem, and even Tuoba Tao's disappearance and the things that Rouran people are about to move.

Even Cui Hao and Empress Dowager Dou didn't expect that the prince would trust Gao Yun so much, because Gao Yun is a famous family, his father is the prime minister who joined the army Gao Tao, and he is also the friend of Tuoba Tao's uncle Du Chao.

In contrast, You Ya is more like a teacher than a minister of the East Palace.

"General Hua, but what news does you have from Lubi?" Cui Hao asked He Mulan straight to the point: "When are the Rouran people going to start an incident?" ”

He Mullan shook his head.

Lu Bi knew very little, Rou Ran had contacted him before, and he was worried that being involved with them would cause trouble, so he didn't pay attention to them at all. And although they cooperated this time, the other party didn't trust him, and just told him a few words, promising the benefits of Rouran Zuo Xianwang......"

She took out a piece of paper from her arms: "This is the name of the general that Lu Bi asked me to bring back, and there has been a change in the old ministers of Rouran." It is said that he was contacted by Wu Ti's cousin Qi Liegui, who tried to restore the kingdom in the western border of Rouran and was supported by Beiliang. I'm worried that the battle situation in Beiliang will be affected by these Rouran people right now. ”

Cui Hao took the paper and asked He Mulan what he had seen and heard in the Lubi Mansion, and a sad look appeared on his face.

"If Bei Liang had any covenant with Rouran, he should have acted a long time ago, just like Goryeo rescued Dragon City, why hasn't he moved until now?"

Gao Yun was even more worried than Cui Hao.

"How many people are there in the vicinity of Heijo? I'm afraid there are hundreds of thousands, right? ”

Cui Hao was in charge of Tian Fu and immediately reported it: "There are 80,000 Rouran households in Tuntian around Pingcheng, about 300,000 people. This does not include the ...... grazing around the six towns and in the south of the desert."

He thought about it for a while, and added: "However, most of these ordinary households live together, and there are local 'adults' to supervise, so it's not that simple." I'm afraid that there are bad people hiding in it, and that's the big problem. ”

"In addition to the tens of thousands of horses in Mu Shou's hands, the 3,000 men and horses of the Tiger Army, and the more than 7,000 city guards guarding Pingcheng......" Tuoba Huang calculated the men and horses that could be used in his hands, "There are 5,000 people and horses in the military hall, and they only listen to the dispatch of the Tiger Fu, even if the guards in the palace use them, it will be less than 40,000." ”

Once there is really turmoil, the Rouran people near Pingcheng are likely to follow the incident, and a large number of people will be needed to suppress it at that time, but there are really not many regular troops that Pingcheng can use.

"Forty thousand, ......"

Gao Yun and Cui Hao were silent.

Although it sounds like a lot, Pingcheng is too big, and there are many places that need to be defended, plus there are many places to worry about the Rouran people taking advantage of the chaos to flee north, and they also need to send people to do a good job of "stability maintenance", and there is not enough manpower at all.

"You're missing one place." He Mulan's voice came calmly: "You have forgotten the high-wheel workshop north of Pingcheng. There is now a lot of iron, coal, and weapons being made, and if the Rouran people go south, they may pass through the hunting grounds where the Gaocha people are located. Now it is necessary to send someone to transfer the blast furnace and all the weapons first, otherwise the people of Rouran will get a large number of sharp weapons. ”

As soon as He Mulan's words came out, Cui Hao immediately let out an "ah", and nodded with a heavy face: "That's true, we all forgot about that place!" ”

Tuoba Huang was in charge of supervising the country, and all the seals were in the East Palace, and when he heard the words, he immediately prepared to write an edict. Cui Hao personally wrote on the side, Gao Yun sharpened the ink, and wanted to mobilize the people and horses of the Pingcheng Military Palace to protect the craftsman workshop of the Gaoche people.

He Mulan lowered his eyes and thought about something he hadn't thought of, but suddenly heard a horn suddenly blow in the palace, and he suddenly trembled.

A trumpet from the north!

Cui Hao was writing the last sentence, when he heard the voice, he hurriedly stopped his pen and raised his head, Gao Yun was so shocked that the hand holding his sleeve trembled, and the sleeve fell into the inkstone, and he immediately sucked up the ink, making him frown.

Tuoba Huang didn't care about stamping it, he didn't even open the seal box and took it back into the warehouse, and he raised his steps and ran to the Taiji Hall on weekdays, Cui Hao and Gao Yun were also average.

Tuoba walked a few steps, and found that he couldn't run fast because of his short calves, so he shouted directly to He Mulan: "General Hua, pick me up!" You take me with you! ”

Gao Yun and Cui Hao are both Wenchen, of course, this matter is He Mulan's responsibility, and she is not verbose, bent down to pick up Tuobahuang, and strode towards the Taiji Palace.

The last time I listened to the horn, it was the Beiyan Kumoti who was trapped and the Beiliang mission disappeared, and this time it was the north, is it Beiyan, or Rouran?

Only a small number of people know about Tuoba Tao's disappearance in Beiyan, and even fewer people know about Rouran's affairs, no matter which of these two things is exposed, the world will be in chaos!

As if it wasn't bad enough, after the horns from the military hall in the north, the military hall in the north lit up wolf smoke again, and the black wolf smoke rose to the sky, pressing the entire north as if a storm was coming, and the faces of Cui Hao and the others were also blackened, and they almost didn't scold.

The most worrying thing happened at the same time!

***

From the wolf smoke in the north, the sound of horns, to the arrival of civil and military officials in the Taiji Palace, it was only a matter of less than half an hour, but every official who stepped into the Taiji Hall had an ugly face.

Some of them came from outside the palace, and some came from the city, so they naturally knew how panicked the people of Pingcheng were. The families of some military generals and magnates are fine, because there are private soldiers and family generals, they are just guarding the door, and some ordinary people have begun to run to the inner city like crazy.

The last time there was a lot of wolf smoke in the north, it was the death of the first emperor Tuoba heir, and the Rouran Khan Datan led an army of 60,000 to the south, and slaughtered the city in the clouds for three days before approaching Pingcheng.

That time was even more chaotic than this time, most of the people in Pingcheng fled, and Tuoba Tao was not yet fifteen years old when he ascended the throne, seeing that the people did not believe in him so much, he simply led all the troops he could use, and personally led his troops north to resist Rouran's attack, and the whole country fought against the water.

In the battle of the clouds, the Rouran people killed and plundered the people, captured the former capital of the Wei State, Shengle, and lived in the Shengle Palace, surrounded Tuoba Tao and the department who rushed to resist, and finally retreated because Rouran was shot by Tuoba Tao and his morale plummeted.

More than 400,000 people died in the battle of Yunzhong, eight times that of the Rouran people, most of them were old and weak women and children and military families who died defending the city.

From that time on, Tuoba Tao began to attack instead of defend, and whenever there was a war in various places, he had already led the army to meet him before the army approached Pingcheng, and kept the enemy out of the country, all because the population of Wei was too small, the land was barren, and he was willing to die the army and the people could not die.

Once the people have suffered heavy casualties, famine is not far off.

But this also led to the fact that once the war began, the people near Pingcheng began to flee south, and Pingcheng was too close to Rouran and Xia Guodu, and they were used to fleeing to the hinterland of the Central Plains first, waiting for their majesty to calm down the war and then move back.

In order to preserve his strength, Tuoba Tao also allowed various places to move to each other, and even in Wei there was no such thing as a "road guide", just to facilitate the collection of displaced people from other countries who were separated by war into Wei to settle in Wei.

The horn sounded, and I don't know how many people began to pack up. The battle in the clouds has only been ten years, and the shadow at that time is still hanging over the hearts of many people, like a cup bow and snake shadow, even if the Wei State has been invincible in the past ten years, it can't make them feel at ease.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived! Empress Dowager Bao has arrived! ”

The ceremonial officer announced loudly, and all the civil and military officials immediately stopped talking and stepped into the position where they were standing.

The monk Mu Shou ordered Liu Jie to be in charge of guarding the city, standing at the front of the main hall, and the military newspaper had been transmitted to Su Hejun's deputy through his own channels, and as soon as he waited for the prince and the queen to take their seats, he immediately read the military newspaper in his hand with a stern face.

"The urgent report of King Leping of Yan Guo, Beiyan built an embankment to store water, flooded Changli City, coincided with His Majesty crossing the bridge into the city, was washed into the moat, and his whereabouts are unknown. King Leping searched in the north for half a month but to no avail, Goryeo has entered the dragon city, King Leping is afraid that the search will continue to delay the fighter, and asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give an order to ......"

The egret officer's face struggled.

"King Leping wants to ask, whether to withdraw the army, or continue to besiege the city......"

Longcheng is now plus the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Goryeo, and it will not be a problem to defend it for another year, but it is about to enter the deep winter, and the place in the north is so cold that the nose can fall off, if you continue to defend the city, all places must prepare winter clothes that can allow tens of thousands of troops to survive the winter, otherwise there is no need to surround it again, and the freeze will freeze people to death.

The defenders of the city could be roasted on fire, wrapped in thick robes, and eat hot food, while the army outside the city would have to endure cold and starvation, and perhaps even plague.

No wonder King Leping is willing to poke out the matter of Tuoba Tao's disappearance and also give a clear instruction from Beijing, if these tens of thousands of troops are folded in Beiyan, King Leping will not be able to pay the responsibility at all, maybe even Tuoba Tao's disappearance will be regarded as his ineffective protection.

When the time comes, his team will be completely defeated.

Of course, Empress Dowager Dou understood why King Leping did this, and most of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could guess King Leping's thoughts, so she couldn't help but secretly go to see Tuoba Huang.

Hearing the news of Tuobatao's disappearance, the prince just gritted his teeth and trembled all over, it was much better than crying or panicking on the spot, and many old ministers couldn't help but nod.

No matter what, even if His Majesty really has a case, there is such a prince, after a good assistance, he may not be a Ming Jun.

It's just a British lord like His Majesty......

Many ministers' feelings for Tuoba Tao have really been experienced from life and death, and some of them are full of feelings, and they wiped their tears on the spot.

"Cry what cry! His Majesty is the Son of Heaven, the Great Khan of the Xianbei people, and with the protection of the heavens, there will be no incident! Seeing one or two of them or frustrated, sad or angry, Empress Dowager Dou couldn't help but scold: "The army is still in Beiyan now, whether to fight or return, there must always be an idea!" ”

She patted the wooden case in front of her again and again, which showed that she was already impatient.

"Where's the wolf smoke? What's the deal with wolf smoke? ”

Sikong Chief Sun Daosheng straightened up and asked Tuoba Huang directly.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, where did the war start?"

Tuoba Huang clenched his fists and said hatefully:

"The eldest grandson Sikong, the Rouran people are reversed again!"

"Reverse? Is it the Heirou family near the Six Towns or? ”

The eldest grandson Daosheng's face was solemn.

"The news from Wuchuan, the attacking men and horses are fighting the royal banner of the worm king's tent, there are only 40,000 people and horses, but they have collected a lot of Rouran slaves and civilians along the road, and they have already passed Wuchuan and are almost to Tuqi Mountain."

It was the Empress Dowager Dou who spoke, and she was more convincing than Tuoba Huang.

"I don't know if the worm that was gathered was coerced, or if he had already wanted to rebel."

"What?"

"I knew only these brazen creeps could do such a thing!"

"I knew that I would kill them all in Mobei, and Your Majesty is too generous!"

A group of generals who had a grudge against the worm scolded, and there were many Rouran people who had been obedient during the first emperor's time, and there were also old ministers like Lu Bi, who looked angry after hearing these foul words, and some of them had a violent temper and had already begun to move!

This is also Tuoba Huang and Empress Dowager Dou in prison, if Tuoba Tao is here, most people don't even dare to fart, so they are in a hurry to ask for war.

Tuoba Huang's small body knelt behind the desk, almost blocked by the dragon case, he trembled angrily on the seat next to the throne, and saw a Rouran general and Xianbei Hao Chief scuffling each other without any image, and couldn't help jumping up and shouting:

"Where is Mulan! Throw them all out of here! ”

He Mulan originally felt that it was too embarrassing to fight like this, but the two of them were both high-powered big people, and the two of them had friction before, so they could only stand behind the head of the He Lai family and worry, when they heard Tuoba's shrill children's voice suddenly sounded, they immediately reflexively took a few steps forward and stretched out their hands to block the two of them.

"Bang!"

"Boom!"

The fists of Chief Hao and General Rouran were separated by He Mulan's arm, and they immediately glared at He Mullan in unison.

She pursed her lips and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I acted on orders, and I was offended!" ”

At that moment, he lifted the smaller Rouran man first, dragged his body all the way out of the hall, and threw him "gently" outside.

"The general should be quiet outside first, your position is very awkward now, and it may be better outside."

After she whispered to her ear, she arched her hand again, and when she saw that the other party was thoughtful, she breathed a sigh of relief and entered the hall.

Seeing that the old rival was "lost" by He Mulan, the Xianbei Hao chief was greatly relieved, and when he saw He Mulan again, he was about to stretch out his hand, and hurriedly straightened his clothes and shouted: "Don't drag me!" I'll go on my own! ”

He Mulan was stunned, and the chief of Nahao immediately raised his head and stepped out like a victorious general, until outside the hall he could still hear the sound of him laughing at the other party being thrown out like a chicken.

Tuoba Huang was angry, Hua Mulan made a move, and then the rich chief with many people came out of the palace by himself, although he didn't make a big move, but he already made people understand that the little doll sitting on the throne was not a clay figure with no temper at all......

His body was bleeding His Majesty's blood!

He Mulan finished his work as a thug, and just wanted to return to the column, he saw that Tuoba Huang had already stood up, no longer kneeling behind the desk, and stepped step by step on the royal steps, his face was indescribably solemn.

Taken by such solemnity, the ministers all fell silent.

Shang Shu ordered Liu Jie to stand in the forefront, seeing that this little prince already had the character of an adult, there was a trace of darkness in his eyes, and some of the other clans were pleased, and some frowned, not knowing what they were thinking.

"Mulan, you stand in front of me."

Tuoba Huang's crisp children's voice echoed in the hall more clearly than adults.

"The last will obey."

He Mulan felt a little uneasy in his heart, but this was definitely not the time to give Tuoba Huang a face, so he strode under the imperial steps.

"Now that the situation is urgent, all Aiqing should work together, that kind of thing is definitely not the scene my father wants to see."

Tuoba Huang faintly threatened those gaffe ministers, the subtext was "I will really sue", and then looked at His Highness He Mullan, and continued:

"I'm short and I'm afraid of noise, from now on, who wants to be noisy anymore......"

He smiled like an ignorant child.

"I'll order General Hua to throw him out!"