When Zhang Shixing and Arutai heard this, they were both shocked and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Storm Zhao said: "In the past three years, the imperial court has provided hundreds of thousands of military rations and salaries all year round, and the treasury has long been empty. Although the Yan thieves won several times and robbed a lot of military funds, they only occupied the three prefectures of Beiping, Yongping, and Baoding, and it was difficult to last for more than 200,000 troops to be supplied. Therefore, there will be a decisive battle between the two sides, and the winner will be the king and the loser will be the loser. ”

Arutai then asked, "So where is the better chance of winning?" ”

Tyrant Zhao glanced at Arutai and said, "If you King Zhongning send troops to help, the court will win." ”

Arutai smiled slyly and said, "What if we help King Yan?" ”

Storm Zhao said: "That wins and loses two points." ”

Arutai nodded and said, "That's the court that has a bigger chance of winning." ”

"That's nature. The swallow thief resists a country with a corner, and is naturally at a disadvantage. To be able to fight to the point where it is today can be regarded as outstanding. Do you know that there has never been a precedent for a successful rebellion by a vassal king in the past dynasties. Therefore, I ask you to tell King Zhongning that he should recognize the situation clearly and not go against the trend. ”

Arutai arched his hand and said, "I must tell you about my humble duties." ”

The three of them drank for a while, and Arutai arranged for Bang Zhao and the others to stay in the wing.

Zhang Shixing originally drank a lot, but he didn't drink much today, but he felt a splitting headache, probably because he was more sad and worried, as for why, he himself couldn't say clearly, he just wanted to escape from here, too many joys and sorrows, love and hatred entangled him, making him breathless.

When he returned to the room, he fell asleep upside down, and slept until the time of the lamp, when he was suddenly awakened by a rapid knock on the door, he got up and opened the door, only to see Arutai carrying a lantern, standing at the door, with a smile on his face: "Commander Zhang, my prince is invited." ”

Zhang Shixing said with sleepy eyes: "What's the matter?" ”

Arutai said: "Ask Commander Zhang to go to the dinner to fulfill the friendship of the landlord." ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Okay, wait a while." He didn't bother to light the lamp, but by the light of the Arutai lantern, he went back to the house, washed his face, tidied up his clothes, and followed him to the backyard.

Came to a big house, the lights were on inside, Arutai made a gesture of please, Zhang Shixing stepped inside, Arutai gently closed the door, Zhang Shixing looked up, only to see a table of eight immortals in the center of the room, the table was full of dishes, and there was a person sitting next to the table, with a smiling face and a silky eye, it was Tana.

Zhang Shixing was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Is there no one else?" ”

Tana smiled, "Who do you want to bring over?" ”

Zhang Shixing turned around and was about to leave, Tana's willow eyebrows were upside down, her apricot eyes were wide, she slapped the table, and said angrily: "If you dare to leave, I will immediately send troops to Liaodong, and I will do what I say." ”

Zhang Shixing had no choice but to turn around, kneel down and salute: "The lowly Pingshan Wei commander Zhang Shixing will see the Queen Mother Zhongning." ”

Tana stepped forward and held him up, and Qiu Bo said, "Let you kneel in public and salute today, are you unhappy?" There are only two people in the room, so don't be so angry. ”

Zhang Shixing broke free of her hands, took a step back, stood with his hands down, and said, "Queen Mother, if you have any orders, just say it." In the middle of the night, lonely men and widows damaged the name of the Queen Mother. ”

Tana said sadly: "You have really been in the Han pile for a long time, and you are full of sour and rotten gas. We Mongolia are cowardly, in and out of the palace tent, there is no evasion, I am not afraid, what are you afraid of? Come and sit down. ”

With that, Tana returned to her seat, pointed to the chair next to her, and ordered Zhang Shixing to sit down and reply.

Seeing her awe-inspiring expression, Zhang Shixing didn't dare to disobey, so he had to sit down next to her.

Tana gave him a bowl of soup, handed it to him, and said, "This is ginseng soup, mixed with honey water, which is the most hangover cure, you drink it." ”

Zhang Shixing took the bowl and said, "Thank you for the reward of the Queen Mother." ”

Tana said softly, "There are no outsiders here, so you and I don't have to be polite." I think that we were captured and imprisoned together, eating at the same table, sleeping together, life and death depend on each other, and the past is vivid, as if it was yesterday. Now it's so restrained, why? ”

Zhang Shixing drank a few sips of soup, the ginseng soup was really sweet and sober, which made him sober up a lot, he put down the soup bowl, stared at Tana's eyes, and said: "Now you and I have very different identities, you are the queen mother of Zhongning, I am the official of the imperial court, we can never go back to the past." ”

Tana leaned forward and said, "Battle, as long as you stay by my side, we are kings and ministers in front of people, and we are family after people." Do you think it's good? ”

With that, her eyes glowed with a blazing light, as if she wanted to melt the man in front of her.

Zhang Shixing didn't dare to look at her, lowered his head, and muttered to himself: "Queen Mother, I am already engaged." Forgive me for not being able to serve left and right. ”

When Tana heard this, she was stunned on the spot as if she had been struck by lightning, and it took a while to come back to her senses, and she smiled sadly and said, "Yes, you are close to the age and have set up a family." I don't know which woman is so blessed? ”

Zhang Shixing said: "It's the daughter of Song Dudu." ”

Tana sighed: "It turned out to be this Song Zhong's daughter, who fought against me during his lifetime and was not alive after his death. ”

Zhang Shixing was a little angry and said: "Song Dudu is my uncle, and his daughter is gentle and virtuous, and she is indeed a good match." ”

Tana nodded and said: "I, the queen mother, are vicious and ruthless, but I don't have the gentle and virtuous lady of your family, so you don't want to stay by my side, you know, I did this to save your life." ”

Zhang Shixing said proudly: "My life has already promised the country, and life and death have their own destiny." ”

Tana said, "Don't you care about the life of your wife who didn't pass through the door?" ”

Zhang Shixing said: "When I was besieging the city of Jinan, I had already written a letter to her, and if I unfortunately died, I asked her to remarry." If I am lucky enough not to die, after the Yan Rebellion is calmed down, I will definitely return to the field and marry her. ”

Tana giggled, in the dead of night, she heard the harshness, she pointed at Zhang Shixing and said: "You are really a complete fool, you have fought with King Yan for so many years, who wins and who loses, even I, an outsider, can see clearly, you are a general in vain, but you delusionally think that you can calm the Yan chaos, isn't it ridiculous." ”

Zhang Shixing was unconvinced and said: "Although King Yan has won a lot of battles in recent days and is invincible in the field, his attack is insufficient, as evidenced by the fiasco under the city of Jinan. The tyrannical book said that the imperial court was ready to besiege Beiping with several large armies, and if the king of Zhongning could go south from Kaiping and Daning and encircle Beiping, then Yan Chao could be peaceful. ”

Tana snorted and said, "Tyrant Zhao said that, but he was deceiving himself. He thought that we would fight with King Yan, and it would be best to lose both, so that the court would be a fisherman's profit, and he thought it was beautiful. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "How are you staying?" ”

Tana said coldly: "I'll give him a way to treat his people in the same way, and sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!" ”

Zhang Shixing sighed and said, "Then there is nothing to say between you and me." With that, he got up and left.

Tana hurriedly said behind him, "Don't you want to know who can take the world?" ”

Zhang Shixing didn't reply: "This is the will of heaven, and it is not humanly possible." ”

Tana paused and said, "You are a flock of sheep, and the king of Yan is a tiger, and you will be eaten by him sooner or later." ”

Zhang Shixing said in his heart: "Aren't you a wolf?" If my sheep stays here, sooner or later it will be eaten by you. ”

Early the next morning, Tyrant Zhao led Zhang Shixing and others to bid farewell to King Zhongning, and repeated what he said to Arutai yesterday. Moreover, there is also a shortage of horses, weapons, food, and other things, since the war between the north and the south began, the field was closed, and everything was not in order, especially the lack of iron weapons, so how could we go on horses to fight? ”

Storm Zhao came empty-handed this time, and did not bring any gifts, even the Daming treasure banknotes made of paper were nothing, he knew that Tana was repeating the old trick, and after asking for money and food, he coped with the matter, so he tempted: "Queen Mother, that Beiping Mansion is the nest of swallow thieves, and has a lot of savings, if the Queen Mother can send troops to attack Beiping, then after the city is broken, all the property will belong to the King of Zhongning, and the court army will not take a penny." ”

When King Zhongning heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Tyrannical Shangshu, is this true?" ”

Storm Zhao pointed to the sky and swore: "If there is half a lie, the sky will thunder." ”

Tana smiled and said, "Since ancient times, generals have been outside, and the king's order has not been affected. Sheng Yong, Ping'an, and Yang Wen each have more than 100,000 strong soldiers, if they break through Beiping and they occupy the treasury, can I still snatch it from them? What the tyrannical book said is just an empty word. ”

Storm Zhao said with a sneer: "The queen mother is serious, as long as the king of Zhongning is willing to send troops, after I return to the capital, I will order the emperor to give you a holy decree, and the property of Beiping Mansion will be taken by you, and the court will borrow troops from you, such as returning to the story of Chang'an." ”

Tana said, "This is very good, we will wait here for good news, and when the holy decree arrives, we will immediately send troops south." ”

Seeing that the words had come to this, it was useless to say more, so he got up with Zhang Shixing and others to say goodbye.

Tana, Little Battle, Arutai and the others sent them out of the mansion before turning around and returning to the main hall.

At this time, behind the screen, two people suddenly turned out, one was a young girl, and the other was a white-haired old monk, this combination looked very weird.

When Tana saw the two of them, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Sister Miaojin and Master Daoyan, you have all heard it, the imperial court has promised me all the Beiping Mansion." ”

Monk Daoyan clasped his hands together and said to Tana and the others: "Amitabha, the Queen Mother should listen to that violent nonsense. Now the person in charge of the court is Fang Xiaoru, this person is the most important etiquette, how can he learn from Tang Suzong to borrow troops to return to the court, leaving a reputation for eternity? It's just a whisper, and the Queen Mother must not be fooled. ”

Tana took Little Battle to the high platform, sat down, sat down for Dao Yan and Xu Miaojin, served tea, and asked: "In any case, the conditions offered by Tyrant Zhao are not low, if you want me to continue to send troops to Liaodong, what are the plans of King Yan?" ”

Dao Yan waved his big hand and said: "If King Yan wins the world, all the guards outside the fortress will retreat inward, and let the king gallop." The land where the horse arrived was owned by the king of Zhongning. ”

Tana smiled: "King Yan has a good calculation and is generous to others. Kaiping Wei was originally the location of the Zhongning King's feudal domain, needless to mention, that Da Ningwei was the Ning Wang's feudal domain, and now it is occupied by me, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not come to ask for it in the future, at that time I can't beat it, and there is nowhere to say the reason, how is it good? ”

Dao Yan waved his hand and said: "Please rest assured that the Queen Mother will never return to Daning after King Ning enters the customs, the Queen Mother is a smart person, how can King Yan let others follow in his footsteps?" ”

Tana said, "That's right. What about Yan Sanwei? ”

Dao Yan hesitated. Tana quickly turned her gaze to Xu Miaojin and asked her, "The old monk is too cunning, or is Miaojin sister honest, do you say that Duoyan Sanwei will return to Daning in the future?" You can't marry two daughters. ”

Xu Miaojin smiled slightly and said: "When I was leaving, the princess once said to me that the prince had promised the ten thousand hectares of fertile land outside Beiping Mansion to Duoyan Sanwei, so that they could be used as a place for horse grazing, and I don't think they should return to the bitter cold land outside the Saiwai." ”

Tana smiled: "It's still Miaojin girl who listens to what she says." Well, I'll believe you once. ”

Dao Yan said: "Queen Mother, after the Liaodong soldiers enter the customs, you can send troops to take Beizhen directly, and the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains outside the pass can be owned by you." Even if Beiyuan is alive, it is difficult to show such glory. ”

Tana was overjoyed when she heard this, Huo De stood up and said to Dao Yan and the others: "Okay, a word is a certainty." ”