Chapter 280: Winter Hunting (6)
"What the eldest brother said is extremely true! After the younger brother returns to the palace, I will announce the world as soon as possible and give this mine to the eldest brother! ”
Children are children, and they are really much easier to fool than adults.
Seeing that Liu Xie agreed to himself so quickly, Hua Xing smiled secretly.
But it is certainly not enough to just say yes.
Soon, I saw that Huaxing had people send pen, ink, paper, inkstone and a square table, and placed them in front of Liu Xie.
"Brother, it's not that my brother doesn't trust you, I'm afraid that you will be busy after you return to the palace and forget about it. So, you'd better start by writing a statement now. If you forget to announce it in the future, I will make this manuscript available to the world. ”
Under Huaxing's "coercion", Liu Xie had no choice, so he could only lie on the table obediently and honestly write a "seal announcement".
Because he didn't bring a seal when he went out hunting, Huaxing asked Liu Xie to press a few handprints on it on the spot.
After everything was completed, Huaxing's face finally showed a satisfied smile.
"Big brother, your requirements have been met, isn't it, can you let us go?" As soon as the soldiers went out, Liu Xie couldn't wait to ask.
"Uh, not yet!"
Hua Xing grinned and shook his head and replied:
"There's one more thing, we have to make it clear today!"
As soon as these words came out, Liu Xie wrinkled his brows and said with a little disappointment: "Still, what's the matter?" ”
"In order to prevent a similar situation from happening in the future, I would like to sign a non-aggression pact with my brother."
Although the vein dispute has been resolved, who can guarantee that similar incidents will not happen again in the future?
Huaxing remembers very well that 9647 clearly said in the letter that there are "enemies" in Luoyang City.
Although he did not know the identity of this person, and he could not prove that the ore vein was related to the "enemy", Hua Xing's intuition told him that the first battle in the suburbs was most likely the work of this person!
If this is the case, it means that the "enemy" hidden in Luoyang is either in a high position or very close to the royal family, and if the loophole is not plugged as soon as possible, it is likely that there will be a second and third "suburban war" in the future.
So after thinking about it for a long time, Huaxing finally came up with a way: to sign a "mutual non-aggression" agreement with the imperial court.
Although this method will not solve the problem at the root, it will at least make the "enemy" have some scruples, and he can no longer blatantly instruct other forces to attack him as before, which can be regarded as an additional obstacle to the other party's sending troops.
This strategy had actually been thought out a few days ago, and it was one of the goals that Huaxing had to achieve today.
"Non-aggression pact?" After hearing this, Liu Xie repeated it with a little confusion.
"That's right! This means that in the future, no matter what the reason, you and I can no longer trouble each other. Let's sit down and talk about anything, but we can't meet each other! ”
After listening to this explanation, Liu Xie nodded suddenly in understanding:
"Oh, I see, is that what it means to be an alliance?"
"Almost! But the alliance is even more advanced in comparison. In addition to mutual non-aggression, it also includes mutual assistance and defense. A non-aggression agreement does not require assistance. Of course, if the elder brother wants to sign the alliance agreement, the eldest brother is also willing to accompany him! ”
"Oh, that's what I mean......"
After nodding his head in understanding, Liu Xie quickly fell into deep thought, but a look of embarrassment flashed unconsciously in his eyes.
Although he is a son of heaven, he is still young after all.
On weekdays, major military aircraft events like this to sign agreements are all negotiated between Lord Fu and several generals, and Liu Xie has never participated in them.
So he is well aware that this matter is beyond his "sphere of power".
Even if he agrees to the other party now, it is likely that he will not be recognized by the imperial court.
But if he didn't agree, he was afraid that Hua Xing would cut himself off in a fit of anger, so his face was full of hesitation.
"That, that...... Brother Hua, there is something I want to ask first. If I don't agree, or maybe I do, but the court doesn't admit it...... Will you kill me for that? ”
Hearing Liu Xie say this, Huaxing immediately guessed the other party's hardship.
Soon, I heard him laugh, and patted Liu Xie's shoulder while saying:
"Hehe, Brother Liu is really worried! Even if you don't agree, I won't hurt your life. ”
"Really?"
"Of course it's true!" Hua Xing said with a certain face:
"You're not going to forget what I just said so quickly, are you? We're a family! As an elder brother, how could he hurt his younger brother because of this? You can rest assured, even if this doesn't work out, I won't do you any harm! ”
As soon as these words came out, Liu Xie, who was sitting opposite, breathed a long sigh of relief, and a grateful smile welled up on his face.
After listening to it for so long, he felt for the first time that the so-called "family" was not all bad!
At critical moments, it can still play a life-saving role.
"Thank you so much, big brother! To tell you the truth, I personally have no objection to the non-aggression agreement, but it is really difficult to predict how the ministers of the DPRK and China will view it. Even if I insist on it alone, I may not be able to achieve it. So, it's really hard for the younger brother to reply now. ”
From Liu Xie's tone, Huaxing could indeed feel the embarrassment of the other party, and guessed that this matter was likely to exceed Liu Xie's "authority", so he turned around and asked:
"What if Lord Fu agrees?"
"If he could agree, it would be much easier! However, judging from the current identity of the eldest brother, I am afraid it will not be easy to get Lord Fu to agree to this matter......"
"Hehe, it's not easy, just talk about it. Okay, I'll go and meet Master Fu for a while, and I'll come to see you tomorrow after I have wronged my brother to stay here for one night. By the way, I also prepared a gift for you before I came......"
Speaking of this, I saw Hua Xing take out a "comic book" of about 30 pages from his arms and hand it to Liu Xie:
"This is a storybook that I specially asked someone to draw for you, called "Gourd Baby". It tells the touching story of seven magical children who fight monsters and rescue their grandfather. These children have all their skills, some have infinite strength, some have copper heads and iron arms, and some can spit fire and spray water...... This is the first episode, you can see if you like it first, if you like it, I'll bring you the second episode tomorrow......"
Before in Yuanyuan Village, Huaxing found 20 painting masters who were busy for more than ten days, in order to make this set of "Gourd Baby".
There are a total of seven copies of this set of "Gourd Baby", all of which are typeset and designed by Huaxing himself.
Each page is dominated by drawings, supplemented by characters, in a much more modern comic book form.
The one that Hua Xing just gave to Liu Xie is the first volume of the whole set of books - the first edge.