The snow fell all night long. The top of the felt tent was covered with a thick layer of edelweiss, and the inside of Situ Yi's marching tent was a little warmer than before.

Qin Nanxi sat quietly behind the simple wooden case, bringing her frozen ten fingers to her lips from time to time, and gently breathing to keep warm. On the case, the Heart Sutra that has been silent for half of the time, quietly scattered on the flat plain paper, although the handwriting has been tried to be neat, but if you look closely, it is still difficult to hide the uneasy ripples in her heart when she picks up the pen.

Wuda's army has been pressed outside Tongguan for more than a month, and the main general of the guard will insist on holding it out, but the new emperor has listened to slander and believes that the main general is afraid of war. In a fit of rage, within two decades, three holy decrees were issued to force the generals guarding the pass to go out of the pass to face the battle. The main general is in a dilemma, and has no choice but to stand by to fight, Wuda outside the pass found out the news, the army is excited, and the whole army is waiting for a fight......

The military situation is like this, even Qin Nanxi can hear that in such a situation, a battle to the death is indeed imminent, but Situ Yi can still study chess games with great interest. Raising his eyes and staring at the chess table, Situ Yi, who was touching his chin and frowning, thinking seriously. Qin Nanxi secretly marveled at his intentions. In the past few days, although he has ordered that every three hours, the meteor horse will report to him the battle situation in Tongguan. But no matter what battle report he heard, he laughed it off, and in the blink of an eye, he went back to reading or playing alone with music.

Just as he was looking at it, the plain note in his hand suddenly flew up, and a more intense cold air swept from the felt curtain, which made Qin Nanxi, who was cowering under the ermine fur, couldn't help but look back at the felt curtain.

It was Liu Qi who came in from outside, and the moonlight on his whole body was wrapped in the snow outside the tent, which made it even more cold to the bones.

Liu Qi slowly paced in, his dark gaze fell on Qin Nanxi, who was saluting, only shallow for a moment before he hurriedly turned away, he bowed slightly and returned the salute, and then turned around and went straight to Situ Yi.

"Is there a reply?" Situ Yi heard his footsteps and asked softly. But his focused gaze still fell on the chessboard, and on his fingertips, a white jade was still rolling back and forth.

Liu Qi said coldly: "Naturally, he has been looking for you for so long in heaven and earth." In such a situation, you suddenly sent a letter to him, and of course he was ecstatic. ”

Situ Yi still didn't look up, he held the white jade between his two fingers, and slowly and steadily landed on the plate, and he didn't ask about the content of the reply, but smiled: "He can lie dormant for ten years, and he is not an ordinary person." There may be joy, but not madness. He knew that the Northern Army was accustomed to fighting against Beidi, and at this time he held the Northern Army in his hands, as long as he commanded it properly, it would not be a problem to resist for some time. ”

Liu Qi stared at the place where Situ Yi had just landed, and while studying it carefully, he said: "Then it also depends on whether he can hold the Northern Army steadily." Most of the soldiers in the northern army are generals from the north, and his method of winning the hearts of the people of the Central Plains may not work among you Yi people. ”

Situ Yi didn't care, he lowered his wrist and picked up the ink jade on the plate one by one, and said with a smile: "It is precisely because of our ignorance and ignorance that we can be pure-minded, and we can also hand over our wealth and lives to one person without distraction. Unlike you Han people, who are too clever and exhaustive, they often make mistakes. Because there are those barbarians in your mouth in the army, I can rest assured. If all the people in the army were Han Chinese, I would never dare to take this risk today, a year later. As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Qi with a smile, and as soon as he threw it away, he threw all the seven or eight black jade seeds in his hand into the wooden box on the side.

Liu Qi snorted coldly and became mean: "You will be repaid!" Liu Qiyi disobeyed the general's ears, and the general was still-for-tat. But I don't know what kind of pure mind the general has to join hands with the person who blinded you and injured you? There is no distraction in this, how should Liu Qi experience it? Please also give the general advice! ”

Situ Yi smiled helplessly, and said lightly: "I'm just talking about things, why did Ruoqing come up with such words?" Although Prince Changping is gloomy and ruthless, but he is holding the banner of King Qin, I appear in Tongguan at this time, if I don't cooperate with him inside and outside, wouldn't it become a rebellion? ”

Liu Qi tried his best to restrain his disappointment, gritted his teeth and said, "For the sake of a loyal monarch? Are you going to join hands with him to protect the Zhou family? ”

Situ Yi shook his head and sighed: "I take the world as my own responsibility, but in Ruoqing's mouth, it has become a reputation for fame!" ”

Liu Qi glanced at Qin Nanxi, who was silent on the side, from a distance, and his yin and yang strange voice suddenly eased a lot: "Hey, speaking of which, in the prosperous world, you haven't made a name for yourself. But in the current chaos, if you hold on to the so-called idea of loyalty to the king, wouldn't it be extremely impermeable? The violent death of the abolished prince Zhou Xie is afraid that it is also related to this Changping prince Zhou Danduo. Although your loyalty to the monarch is pure, if it is paid to a person like Zhou Dan, isn't it in vain? ”

Situ Yi quietly looked at Liu Qi's dark gaze, the light under his deep eyes flowed, and he pursed his lips in silence for a long time before he sighed quietly: "Although I have a loyal heart, I dare not say that his heart is pure. In short, whether it is for the justice of the world or for my own selfishness, at the moment, I can only join hands with Prince Changping. ”

Liu Qi's dark gaze flickered, as if the lonely moon shadow in the quiet deep pool was blown away by the wind, although it was mottled for a while, it was only a short moment, and it was back to normal: "Since Mu Yun can ignore the past suspicions and join hands with him, Liu Qi naturally doesn't have to worry about you." ”

Situ Yi shook his head and said in a low voice: "Ruoqing, you know, I will never ignore my father's lifelong achievements in injustice, nor will I ignore my mother's last thoughts. Although Zhou Danqi is not a good person, he is well versed in the world and knows what to do and what not to do. Based on this alone, he can afford the world better than Zhou Huan. What's more, he is still the biological father of my only nephew, if he is not protected, how can my little nephew be protected? I promised Linlang to take care of the baby for her, and this time, I must not break my trust with her again. Situ Yi's tone was very calm, but he raised his neck slightly, but his Adam's apple choked abruptly due to anger and helplessness.

He knew Prince Changping's personality and his conspiracy, but he could only reluctantly join forces with him. Zhou Dan has been dormant for many years, winning countless reputations in the government and the opposition, and now he is holding high the righteous banner of loyalty to the king and the king of Qin, if he does not join hands with him, Situ Yi will fall into the injustice of his father's life, and he will also fall into the double danger of his sister's deathbed nephew.

When Liu Qi heard him suddenly mention Situ Linlang's orphan, his thin shoulders suddenly fell, and he said in a daze: "Are you actually for that child?" But the child was named the king of the county by Zhou Huan, and was taken to the palace to be raised, and he was clearly a proton, if Zhou Dan dared... Is there a way for the kid to live? You have to protect your nephew, so you shouldn't join forces with Zhou Dan! "He calculated so much that he forgot about the child who was born and disappeared. He never expected that Situ Yi, a fierce general who had conquered countless battles, would join hands with Prince Changping, who had repeatedly murdered him, for the sake of a little baby who had never met before.

Situ Yi nodded and said in a low voice: "Therefore, the choice of timing is very important. ”

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