"You're just ...... Murderous intent appeared in his eyes. ”

Mi Jiang stared at Zhao Hongrun intently, with that expression, as if he wanted him to explain.

Zhao Hongrun looked at her for a moment, and did not hide his intentions: "As a Wei person, this king will not sit idly by and watch any possibility that will make the enemy country develop into a problem for my Great Wei's henchmen......"

"You're going to kill Panda-sama?" Mi Jiang asked in surprise.

"......" Zhao Hongrun does not admit it, nor does he deny it.

Apparently, he acquiesced.

Mi Jiang opened his mouth slightly, and asked with some surprise: "My father's suggestion is worthy of being like you?" ”

Zhao Hongrun didn't want to answer, but for some reason, there was a strange feeling in his heart that he didn't want to deceive the other party, which prompted him to truthfully express his true thoughts about Mi Jiang: "Although the process is very difficult, if the Chu State really uses this strategy to successfully innovate and eradicate the rights of the old aristocratic forces, it is by no means a ...... for my Great Wei."

Mi Jiang was slightly stunned, and asked puzzledly: "Won't it disintegrate the entire Chu State because of this?" …… Someone once said to his father that the clan, the royal family, the princes, and the nobles supported the entire country, and once it collapsed, it would collapse the entire Great Chu. ”

"One-sided." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said in a deep voice: "If the old aristocratic forces are defeated, new aristocratic forces will be born, so it is impractical to eradicate the aristocratic forces. But...... During this period of repetition of the power of the old and new aristocracy, as the king of a country, after defeating the power of the old nobility, he can take back part of his authority, strengthen the royal power, and use it to promote the reform of the country......"

Mi Jiang looked at Zhao Hongrun, who was talking in surprise, and said with a complicated look in his eyes: "I also understand, why did you show that kind of killing intent when you mentioned Lord Xiong Tuo just now...... Just as I feel at the moment, as a Chu person. I also don't want people like you in the foreign kingdom of Wei...... You give me the same feeling as my father, Xiong Sheng Gongzi, and Xiong Tuo......"

Zhao Hongrun was slightly stunned, and then realized that his life could be pinched in the hands of the witch in front of him.

Of course, if the legend is true, the other party's life is also in his hands.

"Are you going to kill me?" Zhao Hongrun asked in a deep voice.

"I don't know." Mi Jiang sat up slowly. Covering the wound on his right chest, he looked at Zhao Hongrun, and said in an inexplicable tone: "What will happen to the entire Great Chu in the future, and what will happen to the Great King, to be honest, I don't care." …… After all, it was the Xiong nobles of Chudong who forced his father to death, even if the king was the father of Lord Xiong Tuo, I didn't have a good impression of him. I only hope that there will be no war in this land that my father once ruled. ”

"Humph!" Zhao Hongrun sneered when he heard this. Sneered: "Don't want a war? Master Xiong Tuo in your mouth, he has been attacking my Great Wei every year for the past ten years! ”

"Lord Xiong Tuo needs battle merits." Mi Jiang was silent for a moment, and said calmly: "He needs outstanding military exploits to gain the support of the nobles of the Chudong Xiong clan, as well as the support of the king, so as to sit in the position of the king." …… Besides, the cause of this incident is not entirely in Master Xiong Tuo, right? ”

『……』

Zhao Hongrun was speechless.

After all, his father, Emperor Wei Tianzi. Once when he attacked the Song Kingdom with his original ally Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, he did play a not very glorious role. deceived Xiong Tuo, the original ally, so that all the territory of the Song State was pocketed by his Wei State, and Xiong Tuo, who suffered huge losses, did not get any fart.

If you think about it, no one can accept this result calmly.

Of course, from Zhao Hongrun's standpoint. He didn't think there was anything to shame about his father's approach, after all, there was already a lot of deceit between countries, not to mention that his father didn't send an attack on his allies at the beginning, but Xiong Tuo's own logistics had problems, and Xiong Tuo himself didn't think it through. About his Zhao Hongrun's father, about his Wei country?

Who stipulated that if you are my temporary ally, I must send you military rations free of charge?

The territory of the Song Kingdom that you can't afford to occupy, I can take it on your behalf.

Of course, although this kind of rhetoric is not to cause criticism, it is not enough to talk about much confidence.

"So, did your two sisters return to Chu from Ba this time to help Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng?"

"Hmm." Mi Jiang did not hide it, nodded and said: "When Lord Xiong Tuo was in the Yanshui area of your Wei State and was blocked by your troops, my sister and I learned the news, so we tried every means to return to Chu State, as you said, I want to help Lord Xiong Tuo, after all, he is the successor of my sister's father." It's a pity ......" Speaking of this, she glanced at Zhao Hongrun with some surprise and continued: "It's a pity that after my two sisters returned to the Chu Kingdom, I heard that you not only defeated Lord Xiong Tuo, but also occupied the eighteen cities of my Great Chu, and even Runan was broken by you. ”

Zhao Hongrun was relieved when he heard this: "Runan is the former ruler of your sister's father, Runan Jun, so you want to recapture this city and return it to Xiong Tuo, right?" ”

"......" Mi Jiang was silent, obviously acquiescing.

"And what are you going to do now?" Zhao Hongrun asked.

It can be seen that Mi Jiang is obviously a little at a loss for this, but then again, Zhao Hongrun is also a little embarrassed.

Although for the sake of future consideration, he is inclined to get rid of the dangerous future disaster of Xiong Tuo, the Jun of Xuancheng, as early as possible, but the problem is that even if the factor of Mi Jiang is removed, the "Wei Chu Armistice Zhengyang Peace Treaty" also restricts Zhao Hongrun from attacking Xiong Tuo again.

After all, if he attacks Xiong Tuo at this time, whether he can successfully get rid of Xiong Tuo is still secondary, and the credibility of his Wei State will be greatly affected, and this harm is far greater than Xiong Tuo.

The two sat on either side of the carriage, both silent, as if they were both thinking about the problem.

In all fairness, although Xiong Tuo may pose a threat to the Wei State, but after careful consideration, his ambition is not easy to realize, after all, the old aristocratic power of the Chu State is too deep-rooted, and it is not necessarily possible for a single Xiong Tuo to completely change the national situation of the entire Chu State, in contrast, Zhao Hongrun still cares more about the so-called Qing Gu.

He didn't believe that a small evil thing could have such a great effect, exaggerated to the point of obeying Mi Jiang's words or something, but there was such a seeping insect in his body, and he finally felt uncomfortable.

Even, the more he looked into it, it was as if he could really feel a worm crawling inside him. Makes him creepy.

"Hey, Qing Gu...... Can't really figure it out? ”

"Aren't you dead yet?" Mi Jiang glanced up at him and said lightly: "Since you are so afraid, why didn't you listen to that person and dig out my heart?" ”

"Because you saved my life...... Do you think I'm going to say that? Zhao Hongrun replied with a smile.

Originally, after listening to the first half of Zhao Hongrun's sentence, Mi Jiang couldn't help but sneer a little while being slightly moved. But when she heard the second half of Zhao Hongrun's words, she couldn't help but be stunned.

"It's because I don't believe in that kind of absurd solution. …… Since that Gu was fed by your blood, how could it die in an instant because of the blood in your heart? ”

Mi Jiang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and said strangely: "What you said makes sense, but according to legend, the only way to solve the frog Gu is indeed like this." ”

"So, is there a precedent for success?"

"This ......" Mi Jiang hesitated for a moment and shook his head slowly: "I've never heard of it." ”

"That's it." Zhao Hongrun pursed his lips and said, "It must be a rumor from a certain ill-intentioned witch." Do you think I'm going to believe such absurd rumors? …… Even, I suspect that the so-called frog Gu is just a rumor, a little worm can make me fall in love with you? ”

"......" Mi Jiang's cheeks were slightly red when she heard this, but if she should be reminded, she still had to say: "There are indeed many precedents for this matter. …… Legend has it that a man who betrayed the shrine maiden. and the witch, in the end, both died tragically. You. Want to try it? ”

Looking at her calm gaze, Zhao Hongrun was a little weak-hearted.

Although he was quite sure that there would be no such evil thing in this world, what if there were?

After thinking about it again and again, Zhao Hongrun finally felt that it was better not to act rashly for the time being, and first go back to Daliang to check the relevant information. After all, as far as he could hear. The clan of their Ji clan also retains many ancient documents from the past, which should record clues about the Bachu witch raising Gu, and from those documents, it may be possible to study a solution to the Gu.

After all, according to the stupid girl of the Mi family, the frog Gu is not a deadly Gu worm. It was very slow, so slow that it was difficult for a man in the Gu to detect that it was gradually changing his views and feelings towards the witch under the Gu name.

Although he scoffed at the second half of the sentence, Zhao Hongrun also learned the information he wanted to see from it: Qing Gu seemed to change people quite slowly.

This is the only thing that Zhao Hongrun feels fortunate about at the moment.

"I'm going to go back to Zhengyang County first, what about you?"

"......" When Mi Jiang heard this, he looked at Zhao Hongrun's eyes as indifferent as ever: "I won't die because of this small injury, you can leave with confidence." ”

"Hmm, wrong answer." Zhao Hongrun wrapped him in a futon under Mi Jiang's surprised gaze, and immediately tied a few ropes outside the futon: "You, now you are my captive." Until I manage to disarm that frog, you'd better stay in my sight! …… Looking at your stupid sister, I really can't expect much from you. ”

After that, Zhao Hongrun carried Mi Jiang out of the carriage, put his back on his back, covered each other with thick cloaks, and walked in the direction of Zhengyang County in the snow.

Mi Jiang's eyes flickered, obviously struggling with something in her heart, but in the end, she didn't do anything, just let Zhao Hongrun carry her to Zhengyang County.

After a long time, she whispered to Zhao Hongrun: "Feet...... Cold. ”

Zhao Hongrun glanced down when he heard this, only to find that Mi Jiang's feet had been dragging on the snow, and during this period, some snow fell on her boots from time to time, no wonder she said it was cold.

Zhao Hongrun blushed slightly, took a deep breath, and moved the ginger behind her back up a few more points, so that her feet could leave the snow.

But he showed no mercy: "You asked for it!" …… If your two sisters hadn't held me hostage, you and I wouldn't have encountered this situation right now! ”

Hearing this, a trace of anger flashed in Qi Jiang's eyes, and he snorted lightly in his heart, leaned into Zhao Hongrun's ear, and said in a deliberately flat tone: "Why don't you mention that it's because you're short?" ”

"Prisoner self-respect!"

Zhao Hongrun shouted angrily. (To be continued.) )