Lord Huanyan couldn't help but laugh, "The imperial court is in turmoil, and if any party attacks the door, the Zhang family has to give everything to protect itself, but you ask me to let King Liang go?" Alas, I don't know whether to be happy or sad, you are like advising a hungry man to eat less and not hold on. ”

"I don't think you will do nothing in Yuyang during these days."

"I did do what I could, hoping to have some room to maneuver, but—what would I do if it were you?"

"First of all, we must reconcile with the Sheng family."

"Reconciled, after the princess married to Huaizhou, the Sheng family sent a daughter as a concubine, and I personally came forward and swore with the Sheng family: each other is a feudal screen, and we will prosper together. But it was useless, after perceiving the movements of the Liang army, the court frequently asked the Sheng family for help, and even asked Concubine Sheng to write a letter to her father for help, but the Sheng family insisted that the Liang army went north was just a feint, and the real intention was to fight Huaizhou with King Ning, but asked the court to borrow troops from Shan Yu. ”

"King Jin has lofty ambitions, and he will never be truly obedient to Shan Yu."

"I thought about it, and I also sent someone to contact it, but King Jin's ambition is too 'lofty', and he is still hypocritical to Shan Yu, and he doesn't even have the intention of disguising the Tiancheng court, and the envoy I sent didn't even dare to say it too clearly, for fear that King Jin would report it to Shan Yu if he turned his head."

"Tiancheng has reconciled with the Descendant Army, and Princess Fangde has gone there again, so she can be a strong reinforcement."

Lord Huanyan smiled: "I might as well tell you the truth, Princess Fangde was sent by me, and I asked her to pretend to be a man, and Tian Jiang and others claimed to be the envoys of the Liaodong Huangfu family, and made a detour to Qinzhou." I did have hope for the Descendant Army there, but Shan Yu suddenly turned westward, and the Descendant Army suffered a crushing defeat at Xijing, and the remnants went north to take refuge, farther away from Yuyang, which did not help Jizhou much. ”

"Lord Yin Fu Yin led a group of Jizhou soldiers to join the Descendant Army and contact Yuyang, right?"

"Lord Yin is still loyal to the imperial court, but lack of food and grass, unable to rush back to Jizhou, he is trying to persuade the Yang family in Liangzhou to help, but the Yang family is not down-to-earth now, not only dare not offend He Rongbu, but also face the attack of the Qiang people, and lack of skills. Lord Yin sent someone to deliver a letter half a month ago, saying that he was preparing to fight a battle with the foreign tribes, but there was no news after that, and he was afraid that it would be more than lucky. ”

"King Jiangdong Ning is growing, Lord Fei Fei has gone to negotiate peace before, what is the result?"

"Lord Fei and Lou Ji went south together, Lou Ji stayed there, and Lord Fei returned alone. King Ning claimed that he was going to attack Huaizhou and send the Empress Dowager to Yuyang, but it was only a claim, and in the end he led his troops west into Jingzhou, and he didn't even say hello to Yuyang, and the envoy I sent was not summoned. ”

Xu Ji was silent.

Lord Huanyan sighed lightly, "Thank you for your high opinion, but I really don't have the ability to turn things around, King Liang wants to marry me, so I have to obey my fate, nothing more than to make a few more requests." ”

"What requirements?" Xu Ji said blankly, still thinking about other things in his heart.

"I am the lord of the county, I can't say that I will remarry, King Liang wants to find out Lou Ji, if it is a dead person, the matter is simple, if it is a living person, I have to ask Lou Ji to write a letter of renunciation."

"King Liang will definitely choose the 'easy' path."

"I don't care, I can't marry someone else without breaking the contract."

"What else?"

"In the current situation, if King Liang is defeated, Yuyang may still obtain Shan Yu's forgiveness, if I marry him, there is no way out, he must first occupy the entire state, and when he can compete with He Rongren, he can officially marry me."

"King Liang is not in a hurry, he admires you very much, and hopes to get your help to restore Liang together, and he also said that he is willing to retain the name of Emperor Tiancheng and give it to the three counties to establish a country."

"Zhang, I thought you were an old pedant, and then I thought you were a scholar with an open heart, and it wasn't until after the assassination that I realized that you had more conspiracies hidden in your heart than anyone else."

"My guess isn't accurate at all?"

"Born from the heart, your conspiracy is only in your own heart."

"If, I mean, if my guess is a little bit accurate, I hope you can do it sooner, and the old will die, and the new will pop up, but there will be more and more casualties. If you want to recreate nature, you can only use normal means, and there is no way to take a shortcut. ”

Lord Huanyan's face was slightly gloomy, "I have used normal means, in Yecheng, I tried to 'use the people with time', what is the result?" When foreign enemies attacked, the people I protected did not protect the court, but were recruited by outsiders to attack the city and plunder the land. Of course, there will be more and more casualties, only in this way, the world will miss Tiancheng, although the Tiancheng Dynasty is short, and the emperor of all things is not sympathetic to the people, but compared with today's troubled times, those twenty years will become a peaceful and prosperous era in everyone's memory. ”

Lord Huanyan exhaled lightly, and his expression returned to normal, "Tiancheng may really be able to come back to life." ”

"So, I'm not wrong about what I guessed?"

The county lord of Huanyan sneered, "What if it's all right?" Do you want another assassination? It's better to do it now, I'll just sit here, kill me, and all the conspiracy will disappear. ”

"You know, I'm not going to do that again, especially not to you."

"Are you worried that after my death, no one will announce the handle, and the eldest wife will not kill her husband, and no one in the Central Plains will be the opponent of He Rong's army, right?"

Xu Ji was silent for a moment and said: "If there is an accident, there will be fewer deaths, but Kyushu will eventually rely on its strength to repel foreign enemies, without any conspiracy." ”

Lord Huanyan smiled: "You use your method, I use my method, maybe one day we will have a confrontation, that would be interesting." ”

"King Liang ......"

"Nobody needs you to worry about it." Lord Huanyan was a little stern, "If King Liang needs you to protect, then he will die at the hands of others sooner or later, if King Liang is the hero of the world and can calm the world, who can move him?" I would also love to marry such a person. ”

Since the lord of Huanyan County took power, he has always been happy and angry, and today is an exception, but she felt that it was enough, and said calmly: "Go and invite King Liang back, tell him that I agree to this marriage, and it will be announced later, but don't say who it is, just say that King Liang will marry the daughter of the clan, and after he disposes of Louji, he can make a marriage, and when he occupies the state and can compete with Shan Yu, he will talk about marriage." Those who have great ambitions do not love their own bodies, although I am a woman, I also understand this truth. I don't love myself, and of course I don't love others, please Xu Gongzi give up the last bit of selfishness in your heart, use your own methods to calm the world, and don't care about anyone. ”

Xu Ji got up and bowed his hands deeply, "I will defend Xiangyang to the death." ”

Lord Huanyan smiled slightly, "I will defend Tiancheng to the death." ”