The fifth day of the sixth month is a big day when the Emperor of Jin led his envoys to visit in person. As early as the first day, Honglu Siqing, who was ordered to preside over the greeting matters, had already instructed people to draw the route of the welcome, and personally took people to take them along, making sure that everything along the way was properly arranged, and the arrangement could not only show the style of the great country, but also not lose etiquette, which was considered to be relieved.

Who would have thought that the sky would not be beautiful, there were a few dark clouds that weighed heavily on the top of the head when the sky was not bright today, and it rained heavily at dawn, when the emperor and the envoys of the Jin Kingdom arrived, although the rain weakened, where could the yellow sand on the street be left? The quiet streets washed by the rain, with their whitewashed walls and gray tiles, also look particularly cool and desolate.

Wen Da Jiahui was dressed in a dark dragon robe, sitting on a black horse with a horsewhip in his hand, and the clothes soaked in the summer rain were attached to his body, outlining a strong and sturdy silhouette, and the black-clothed guards beside him were the same as him, no one cared about the rain on the horse, and put the dragon chariot at the end of the hundred guards, which showed the iron and blood of the men of the Jin Kingdom.

In contrast, the little emperor, accompanied by Honglu Siqing, hid in a luxurious carriage and took a carved hand stove the size of an apple, like a girl in a boudoir.

When Wen Dajiahui rode his horse to the front, the chamberlain lifted the soft curtains of the carriage on both sides, helped the emperor get out of the carriage, and stepped on the soaked red felt carpet.

Between the movements, Wen Dajiahui was seen turning over and jumping off the horse, casually holding a horsewhip and dressing up.

Wen Dajia Hunsheng's face is masculine and majestic, especially a pair of sharp eagle eyes, which adds a bit of the calmness of a veteran on the battlefield and the courage of a monarch. The rain slid down his face and into the neckline, not making people feel wolf, but adding to his manhood.

The little emperor looked at the cumbersome preparations behind him. Immediately, I felt like I was being compared. Push away the rain canopy held high by Jing Tong. Throw the small hand stove to the little green beside him, and go forward.

When all the accompanying ministers saw that the emperor was like this, where they dared to use rain gear, they also lined up in the rain.

After the two parties met the ceremony, Wen Dajiahui said in golden language: "I have already had the heart to come, but I am busy with state affairs, so I have free time." If you come to visit rashly, the emperor of Yan Kingdom will not mind! ”

Because Jin Guo is a neighbor of Yan State. The little emperor has been learning the golden language in his curriculum since he was a child, and in recent years, Huo Shijiu has also asked him to step up his study, although he is not fluent now, he can roughly understand the words of daily life.

The little emperor said in Yan Guohua: "There are friends who come from afar and don't talk about it, and it's today." Heaven is not beautiful, this heavy rain Jin Guo Xià drenched all the way, and be careful not to catch a cold, I will arrange for the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat you later. ”

"Then thank you Emperor Yan. However, I have been practicing martial arts all year round and my body is strong, and I have also experienced it in the Jinzhou border in the early years, and I have it when I sleep on straw for three or nine days. I don't care about the rain in this big summer, but the emperor of Yan Kingdom. Be careful. ”

In this way, although the words are concerned, there is a sarcasm for the little emperor who is too weak.

The little emperor was angry in his heart. But it's not easy to attack, after all, the current disparity in strength between the two countries, the Jin country is strong and strong, the country is rich and the people are strong, and there are internal and external troubles. Yan Guo is glamorous on the surface, but in fact he is ruined, he really doesn't have the ability to break his face right now. If Huo Nineteen was by his side, he would definitely speak for him. It's a pity that Huo Shijiu didn't come when he said he was sick today. The rest of the ministers did not have the courage to speak up during the small talk between the two emperors.

Fortunately, the little emperor is also witty. After greeting each other, he ordered someone to ask Wen Da Jiahui and the guards to move to the "Welcome Pavilion" of the annex prepared this time. As for the hundred soldiers and horses that followed, they went to camp not far outside the city.

The location of the welcome pavilion is very close to the annex before the emperor returns to the palace.

It is used to welcome VIPs, the scenery is naturally good, and the furnishings are selected to be both exquisite and atmospheric.

Wenda Jiahui bathed and changed clothes, wearing a royal blue Nine Dragons beaded brocade robe, with a sapphire buckle on his waist and a purple and gold crown on his head.

"Your Majesty, look at the houses of the Yan country, compared with the palace of our Jin country, the atmosphere is indeed insufficient."

"The atmosphere is insufficient, but it is graceful and chic. Yan people also like to make a fuss about these superficial skills, but they have good feng shui here, and they can raise such beautiful people. ”

Namu, who was accompanying him, smiled: "Your Majesty is talking about Mrs. Huo." ”

"yes." Wen Dajiahui sat down and said, "I didn't see Huo Ying in the welcoming crowd just now. ”

"When something like that happened, Huo Ying really couldn't stand it. How to repay virtue with virtue? ”

Wen Dajiahui said: "Don't look at Huo Yingsheng's handsomeness, I think he looks like a girl, but in fact, I admire him as a real hero." He has his own way of dealing with things, and there are few things I can look down on in my life, and he is one of them. If he felt that Huo Shijiu couldn't assign Jiang Yu to half of it, he would have coerced and enticed the Emperor of Yan to give Jiang Yu to him.

"What His Majesty said is, it's just that this 'good man' is also a little tired, and he is unlucky not to have a good master." Namu laughed.

"That's right, but it's true that you don't care if you are bitter, don't let women suffer." Wen Dajiahui said helplessly: "It's good for him, so that his temperament doesn't come and doesn't matter, and Jiang Yu can't come." I haven't seen her for so many days, and I don't know how she is. ”

Namu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, Mrs. Jinning Hou is not an ordinary boudoir woman, and Huo Ying must have a way to protect her." It's just that Huo Ying can't do it, isn't there still a majesty. ”

"Are you in the shadows? Now that I have come to the capital of Yan Kingdom, I can no longer have too much contact with Jiang Yu, so that people can see that Pingbai is causing her trouble. Her man is now roasted on a fire, and they are not having a good time. Wen Dajiahui thought for a while and said, "You go to the Huo family secretly, and come back to me with two greetings." ”

As long as it is about Jiang Yu, Wen Dajiahui is as if he is more than ten years younger all of a sudden, Namu is happy to see the iron-blooded emperor with such a side, it seems that his whole person is alive, and he also feels that people with such feelings are humane.

Namu led the order to retreat, secretly went to see Jiang Yu, and came to the Welcome Pavilion to reply after a few greetings.

The rain continued throughout the day, and by evening the rain had cleared, but it was not until nightfall. There was some cold air in the humid air.

However, the main hall in the palace is very lively. The little emperor arranged a grand dinner. Wen Da Jiahui had already sat down with his subordinates and guards and the emperor to eat a few cups.

The sound of silk and bamboo was in his ears, the dancing girl was graceful, and in the midst of singing and dancing, the little emperor saw that Wenda Jiahui was concentrating on dancing, so he asked Jing Tong beside him in a low voice, "Did you go to invite?" ”

"Back to the emperor, I have called Xiao Lu."

Only then did the little emperor suppress his anger and nodded.

What a big deal is the visit of the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, who would have thought that Huo Shijiu would not show up at all today. It was ten points to the dinner. He ordered someone to invite him once, but he still said that he was sick and couldn't come, so would he be asked to fight alone to face the people of the Jin Kingdom?

On the one hand, there is anger, and on the other hand, there is worry.

Ever since the British Duke rushed to say something when he went to Huo's house that day, the little emperor has always been worried. sent people to monitor the British Mansion and the Marquis of Jinning Mansion openly and secretly, for fear that the British Duke would tell Huo Nineteen the news that he had killed the Huo family. Because he knew that if Huo Nineteen was rebelled, he would really be isolated. At that time, there is no need to care about being isolated, and it is better to hang yourself directly than to fall into the hands of the British duke.

Because he has always had such worries, he may have been inappropriate when he faced Huo Nineteen in recent days. Maybe it's the lack of heart that creates a barrier. always feels that the relationship between the two is getting farther and farther apart.

But at the critical moment, he still relied on Huo Nineteen. A person with a strong aura like today's face of Wenda Jiahui. The British Duke was present again, and he really didn't know the bottom of his heart.

At this time, the bustling palace and the splendid silk bamboo only made him feel lonely. It turns out that Huo Shijiu is not only his relative, but also his confidence.

The little emperor regretted that he had made such a decision even more. Pick up the wine cup and raise your head to drink it all, the spicy and bitter slid down the throat into the abdomen, and the bitterness entered the heart.

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In the attic on the second floor of the Baoxiang Pavilion of the Hou Mansion, Huo Shijiu was sitting on the black lacquer cloud echo pattern arhat bed near the window, leaning on the official green brocade feather pillow and holding the book "Zhuangzi" in a daze, and the fingers of the other hand unconsciously wrapped around Jiang Wei's long hair scattered on his knees.

Jiang Wei pillowed his thighs, covering his robe a little drowsy, but she didn't forget to worry, and said in a low and lazy voice: "The emperor invites you, you shouldn't do it a few times, he will definitely be angry." Carefully Da Ying is gone, and he will find an excuse to punish you. ”

Huo Jiu shook his head with a smile, put down the "Zhuangzi" and looked at her intently, "You don't have to worry, although the emperor is impulsive, he is not a stupid person, the British prince has not fallen, what can he do to me?" ”

"He can't do anything to you, but what if the English Duke is defeated? I don't know him as well as you do, but it's not impossible for me to watch him act and be ruthless. ”

"yes. Turning his face and ...... ruthlessly, Huo Shijiu knew that if she didn't explain it to Jiang Yan, she didn't know how long she would have to worry, so she said, "I didn't go today." It's not just to be angry with the emperor, the main thing is that I'm not there, so Da Ying can do things. ”

"What to do?" Jiang Wei half-propped herself up in confusion, and her long crow blue hair slid down her shoulders and behind her.

Huo Jiujiu loved her so delicate appearance very much, and touched her head lovingly, and then said: "There are no mice, and there is no need to raise cats, my role is not just to deal with a British male." Dayan didn't just have an enemy of the British. ”

Jiang Yu suddenly said: "You mean ......?"

"Master Hou." Outside the door, Sixi replied: "There is a father-in-law in the palace, and he is anxious to see you." ”

Jiang Yu retracted her gaze looking at the porch and said, "If you return to the law like this, it won't be Jingtong." Eighty percent is the little green you have beaten. ”

"It must be him." Huo Jiudao: "That person's eyes are disliked, and he is a stream of harboring evil intentions. ”

Straightening up, Huo Nineteen said: "Sixi, just say that I am sick, I have taken medicine and fallen asleep, but I am gone." ”

Sixi expected that Huo Nineteen would say this, and immediately bowed and retreated.

Jiang Yu continued the topic of Fang Cai and said, "You said that it is convenient for Daying to do things, what is the matter?" ”

"It's a good trip, if you don't pump the abundance, it won't be like the style of the people of Jinguo."

"Then you're not in a hurry?" Jiang Wei frowned and said: "A-Ying, although we are lost, we are also cold to the emperor, in the end, you and I are both from Yan Kingdom, and we can't watch our country suffer." ”

In his previous life, he followed Dashuai's side, although he did some hidden assassination and espionage activities, but the most killed were the invaders, and his patriotism was also cultivated at that time.

Huo Jiujiu looked at Jiang Yu deeply, his eyes intertwined with her. The surprise was followed by a deep admiration: "I knew you weren't like an ordinary woman." You can persuade me to put the country first. It's really good. He held her cheeks with both hands. He kissed her on the cool lips.

Jiang Yu was very uncomfortable, her long eyelashes flashed, and she said, "Then you say, what will Da Ying do?" ”

"It's just asking too much." Huo Jiu rubbed his thumb against her smooth cheek and said, "Don't underestimate him, although he is a little hot-headed and emotional when he sees you, but he is a wise monarch with thunderous means on weekdays." He also has his own ideas on major matters, and what to do is naturally beneficial to the Jin country. By the way, it can help you and me. ”

Speaking of this, Huo Jiuwan said: "That's why I have a sense of crisis, my concubine is so likable, and the other party is still the king of a country...... Hiss, how do you pinch people. ”

Jiang Yan pinched the flesh on his arm, and was reluctant to exert herself, so she only twisted it and said, "If you say this kind of thing again, I'm really angry." ”

"Alright, alright. My concubine is just mine. No one else is allowed to think about it, okay? Huo Nineteen smiled and hugged Jiang Yu and shook it.

"Master Hou." Outside the door, Sixi said: "The little green father-in-law has gone back." ”

"Hmm. Got it. Huo Nineteen responded, leaning back on the soft pillow. said in a low voice: "Girl, do you think he will really leave?" ”

"Definitely not." Jiang Yu squinted. There was a kind of aura on that little green's body, she was sure that he was the same person as her in her previous life, and for people like them, the most important thing was what the master ordered, and he would rather sacrifice his life to complete it, and he would never be ambiguous.

Xiao Lu was ordered to invite Huo Nineteen, and he had a personal grudge with the Marquis of Jinning, so he stayed at an opportunity, where could he not take advantage of it?

Jiang Yu was about to get up: "I'll take a look, if he dares to come to probe secretly, I'll make him look good!" ”

Who knew that before she could sit up straight, she was pulled into her arms by Huo Shijiu, "You forgot again?" ”

Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that she was pregnant now and it was difficult to move. It's easy to have a chance to do it, but she can't do it, and she feels very frustrated at the moment.

Huo Jiu changed his robe to cover her and said with a smile: "Are you sleepy?" When we're sleepy, we'll go back to our bedrooms. ”

"I was sleepy, but I'm not sleepy at all. And it's not the same where we both are. ”

"yes." Huo Jiujiu was a little stunned, "In the past, my father and mother and Ah Ming were all there, how good it was that the house was lively." Now, except for the subordinates in the entire mansion, only the father-in-law, the second uncle and Mo Ran are left to accompany us. ”

"This is also to blame the house given by the emperor for being bigger. If it was like the small courtyard we lived in Maocheng before, we didn't need so many subordinates to serve it, and the family would be lively. ”

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When the two were chatting, Jiang Yu heard a strange noise outside, and leaned her ears to listen, but it was Cao Yu who started to do it.

She immediately couldn't sit still, so she wanted to go out to watch the excitement, but it was Huo Shijiu's worry and sadness that stopped her thoughts.

After a while, Cao Yu arrived at the bottom of the corridor: "Master." ”

"Ink Dye, come in."

Jiang Yu and Huo Shijiu both sat up straight, and Huo Shijiu went to the outside world.

Cao Yu said: "...... It was Xiao Lu who came in the spirit of hugging the incense pavilion, it seems that he is in the next life, I ordered someone to let him in first, and then took him down and tied him up. ”

"Hmm. Then let him be put in jail, and he should be locked up for one night. When the sky dawns tomorrow, I will personally go and return the person to the emperor. ”

Cao Yu bowed his head and said: "Master Hou, if you say that you are sick and don't enter the palace today, the emperor Xu has already taken it to heart, if you take Xiaolu again, I am afraid that there will be estrangement." ”

"The gap has been there for a long time. When I don't think there is, he already has zài. Huo Jiu sighed: "I used to be only for the emperor, and I would rather sacrifice my own life. But now, I want to help the emperor become a British prince, and I will leave, and not doing anything to be sorry for the emperor is already my limit. ”

Looking at Cao Yu, Huo Shijiu found worry and sympathy in Cao Yu's eyes, and smiled bitterly: "Mo Ran, do you think I have really become a traitor?" ”

"Ye just broke my heart. If it were my temperament, I would have immediately thrown my hand away and ignored this mess. Can the master tolerate such a process, where is the traitor? It's clear that he's loyal to the extreme. ”

"However, the king's ministers died, and the ministers had to die. Shouldn't I, as a courtier, have such a heart? I was still chilled by the emperor's assassination......"

"Ye originally cared about this." Cao Yu not only laughed, "A smart person like Ye also has a time when he is on the tip of the bull's horns." Have you forgotten what you said before? ”

"What?"

"The big husband acts. Pitching is worthy of heaven and earth. Worthy of the heart. Even if everyone in the world misunderstands you and scolds you, you only do what you think is right, have you forgotten? ”

When Huo Shijiu heard this, it was really like an initiation.

Whether he is loyal or treacherous, his descendants have commented that he acts according to his nature and is worthy of his heart. Even if it's a traitor, what's the matter? He never cared about fame.

Huo Shijiu smiled with relief. said: "Mo Dye, I've worked hard for you again today." ”

"Where the words. If it's all right, I'll go out first. Cao Yu bowed his hand to Huo Nineteen, and then turned to leave.

Huo Jiu returned to the inner room, but saw Jiang Wei sitting with a soft pillow and legs, her long hair was slightly messy behind her back, but it was a little naughty, coupled with the cunning and teasing in her eyes, Huo Jiujiu couldn't help laughing when she saw it: "What's wrong?" Look at me like this. ”

"So you're thinking about this, and you don't tell me anything about the reason you're in a bad mood. If you are prejudiced against ink dyeing, you have something to say, it seems that your brothers have a good relationship. ”

"You little flim. Why do you eat this vinegar too? Huo Jiu smiled heartily. Holding Jiang Wei in his arms and scratching her itch, Jiang Wei begged for mercy while retreating.

This is the first time in recent days that Huo Shijiu has let go of his mind like this, and the big stone hanging in Jiang Yan's heart has finally fallen.

Looking up at Jiang Xuewen upstairs in the Baoxiang attic, he could vaguely hear the laughter in the room, and sighed with relief and bitterness.

Cao Yu asked in a low voice, "Master Jiang, do you still want to go upstairs to persuade Hou Ye to face the saint?" ”

Jiang Xuewen didn't answer and asked, "Lord Cao, the Huo family really sent someone by the emperor to kill them, right?" ”

Cao Yu smiled but did not speak.

Jiang Xuewen sighed: "Intellectually, I also know that even if the emperor kills my whole family, I should be loyal to the emperor, but emotionally, if I am an uncle, I may not be able to be as open-minded as him, after all, he can only stay in Maocheng and not come back." That's it, I don't care about this matter, as long as he doesn't do anything that endangers the court......"

Cao Yu saw that Jiang Xuewen pushed the wheelchair away by himself, and the back was a little depressed, and he couldn't bear it, so he walked up quickly to help him push the wheelchair, and the two quickly disappeared at the moon gate on the side.

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The banquet was going on to a happy time, after three rounds of wine, everyone was rising, and Wenda Jiahui was also half drunk. Unlike the light-hearted joy of everyone, the little emperor seemed absent-minded.

Xiao Lu has been gone for an hour, why hasn't he come back? What's going on in the Hou Mansion?

Just thinking about it, I heard Wen Da Jiahui smile a little drunken and said: "Yan Kingdom is really a big land, rich in resources, guarding such a big treasure house, if it is good to run it, it will definitely be peaceful forever!" ”

The little emperor smiled and said, "What His Majesty Jin Guo said is that he really thinks so." ”

"Well, there's no need to be in such a hurry." Wenda Jiahui stood up and walked towards the little emperor step by step with the wine cup, he was really half drunk and drunk, and most of the wine in the wine cup had been spilled between walking, "I won't rob you, what determination do you have." However, with such a trip, the Emperor of Yan State can't be stingy. ”

The little emperor's heart sank, and he smiled and coped: "Entertaining friends, feasts are naturally indispensable, if Your Majesty Jin Guo likes it, I can hold such a banquet every day during your time in Yan Kingdom." ”

"Haha! Then thank you Emperor Yan, but that's not what I want. I've got a list to be drawn up, and I'll bring it to you later. Just follow the order and do it. Wen Da Jiahui said and drank the rest of the wine cup in one sip, shook back to his seat, and did not look at the face of the little emperor Tie Qing, but said: "I am drunk, I am going to sleep." ”

The voice fell, and he really fell asleep on the table. The cups, plates and dishes were pushed to the ground between the movements, and the sound of broken porcelain suddenly came, and the frightened hall was silent.

The little emperor was extremely irritable, and he wanted to suppress his temperament, "That's it, since the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom is tired, let's disperse." With a wave of his sleeves, he turned and left.

The palace people went to send Wenda Jiahui.

Walking on the long road, the little emperor's face was uncertain, and he asked Jing Tong, who was carrying a lantern beside him: "Xiao Lu hasn't come back yet?" “

"Back to the emperor, no."

"At the critical moment, one or two of them are played by me, and it is useless! Each one is useless! ”

"The emperor is angry." Jing Tong said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what is there in the Mansion of the Marquis of Jinning?" Don't be anxious first, a barbarian is also drunk today, so where is the list, isn't it cheap for you to tell Jinninghou to think about it at that time? (To be continued......)