Chapter 162: Welcoming the King
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As soon as Xu Ji returned to the city, he came to see Ning Baoguan, and the guards told him that King Ning had already slept, and he had confessed before, asking King Wu to come back the next morning.
Ning Baoguan was so calm, Xu Ji was a little surprised, and soon he understood what was going on.
Cao Shenxi sent someone to invite King Wu to go, and after meeting, he arched his hand and said: "You can find someone else to govern the Eastern Capital, I can't do it." ”
"What's going on?"
"An hour ago, King Ning led people to break into the palace and meet the Queen Mother, and afterwards claimed that he would ...... the day after tomorrow Marrying the Queen Mother, alas. Just by saying this, Cao Shenxi felt ashamed and angry, "He also asked the palace to gather all the palace maids and distribute them as a reward to every soldier who entered the city. ”
"King Ning...... What did you do to the Queen Mother? ”
"Trespassing into the Queen Mother's bedroom in the middle of the night, isn't this nothing?"
"I will persuade King Ning and ask General Cao to continue to govern the Eastern Capital."
Cao Shenxi shook his head, "No, what I am doing now is enough to ruin my reputation, if King Ning really marries the Queen Mother, even if I can't stop it, I must not participate in it, and I can't participate in it at all, otherwise, outsiders will say that I forced the Queen Mother to remarry." ”
"If General Cao leaves it alone, I can only hand over the Eastern Capital to the soldiers of the Righteous Army, and things will be even more uncontrollable at that time."
Cao Shenxi sighed, "One wrong step, every wrong step, I shouldn't have listened to you in the first place." Alas, Madame is also stubborn, and everyone else has fled from the Eastern Capital, why doesn't she leave? ”
"Madame is waiting for General Cao to come home."
"Well, I'm going home, but...... Can you really convince King Ning to change his mind? ”
"Give it a try."
"There are still more than 3,000 palace maids in the eastern capital, if you add officials and maids, there are at least 8,000 people, and they can all be handed over, many of them are stunning, Ning Baoguan can choose at will, but you can't touch the queen mother, and you can't go to see the queen mother again. If you can't, alas, our husband and wife have lived long enough, and our children and grandchildren are all outside, so let's die, there is nothing to be nostalgic about. ”
"Please General Cao wait for my news."
Xu Ji first went back to the camp and slept for a while, so that the guards would wake him up early in the morning and go to the city tower to see Ning Baoguan.
Ning Baoguan didn't sleep for long, but there was no tiredness on his face, and he looked gloomy as usual, always looking like he was on guard against something, and when he saw Xu Ji, he asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"There is no problem with the King of Jin and the King of Liang, and the King of Shu intends to watch from the wall."
"Hey, I guess that's the same."
"But he won't tell the incarnation."
"Of course not, among the kings, Gan Zhao hates the king the most, but he hides it well, not to mention that once the king dies, many soldiers have no owner, and he benefits the most. Ganzhao is too fond of taking advantage of this person, and he wants to be a bystander and get benefits, but that's not good...... What kind of eyes are you? ”
"I thought King Ning was a real hero, but now it seems that I have lost my eyes."
Ning Baoguan's eyes showed anger, and he quickly controlled it, "You heard?" ”
"Hmm. Why did King Ning do such a thing? It is not beneficial to oneself or to others. ”
"Everyone is tired these days, each person rewards a palace maid, everyone is happy, and they are more loyal to me, how can it be called no benefit?"
"What if someone rewards two palace maids? Or did someone turn all the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the eastern capital into slaves and reward all the armies? ”
"The East is mine, who can ......"
"King Koning's behavior is as if Dongdu belongs to someone else, and he is in a hurry to give it away, and he has no intention of cherishing it."
Ning hugged and stepped forward, "I expected you to say some nonsense, let me tell you, I just want to marry the queen mother, I want to reward the palace maid, why?" Because that's what everyone is rebelling for. You can't always bully everyone with the benefits of a few years or decades from now, everyone is born and dies, there is no tomorrow today, you have to see something in front of you before you are willing to fight for you. You don't understand this kind of thing, I do, because I think the same thing as everybody else. ”
Xu Ji arched his hand and said: "If King Ning is just an ordinary person, it is useless for me to stay, please allow me to retire, and I will take Wu Bing back to Jiangdong later." ”
"Jiangdong is what I promised you, if you don't do things for me, where did Jiangdong come from?" Ning Baoguan said coldly.
A smile appeared on Xu Ji's face, "It's hard to say whether King Ning can keep the eastern capital, so don't let others Jiangdong mess around." ”
Ning Baoguan laughed angrily, "Just because I married the queen mother and the palace maid, I can't keep the eastern capital?" ”
"The reason why I and King Jin and King Liang are willing to join forces with King Ning, instead of throwing themselves into the world, is not to admire King Ning as a person, let alone to have a deep friendship, but to value King Ning's ambition and ability to endure what ordinary people can't bear, thinking that King Ning will not see small profits and forget the righteousness."
"Didn't you say okay? Luo and Jing belong to me, and of course the Queen Mother also belongs to me. ”
"After the matter is completed, King Ning can say such things, now that the kings have not yet entered the city, no one knows whether the king of the world has taken precautions. The life and death of the kings are all in today's situation, and King Ning does not think about big plans, but is eager to enjoy the benefits, how can he win the trust of the kings? When the news spreads, how can the incarnate king not be angry? How not to be suspicious? ”
Xu Ji didn't want to persuade tactfully, he went straight to the point, and it was completely a lesson.
Ning Baoguan showed obvious anger at the beginning, but gradually his expression softened, and he was silent for a long time, and then said: "King Wu is right, but the words have already been spoken, what can I do?" ”
"King Ning knows that he can change his mistakes, and he is very good, as for what to do, King Ning has his own way, and he doesn't need me to talk more." Xu Ji also became polite.
"No, no, if it is something else, I have my own way, this matter will not work, I still want King Wu to give me an idea."
Xu Ji thought for a while, "The palace maids and officials are all people who are enslaved by the Zhang family, and since King Ning is a breakthrough, he should do the opposite, and he can give an order to let everyone out of the palace, or go back to his own house, or choose a good person." ”
"All out?"
"Quanfang, there are not many young men in the city, and the family members of the palace maids are not all in the Eastern Capital, they will choose to marry the soldiers of the righteous army, and they don't need King Ning's reward."
"Well, that's a good idea."
"As for the Queen Mother, King Ning can't marry, not beforehand or after."
"Why not afterwards?" Ning Baoguan showed an angry face again.
"Emperor Tiancheng abandoned his mother and fled, and his unfilial piety was known all over the world, and King Ning could use this as an excuse to crusade against the faint king. If the queen mother remarries, the woman's virtue is lost, and she is blamed, how can she blame Emperor Tiancheng? ”
"What about when I conquer the world?"
"If King Ning wants to be stable for a long time, he still needs to introspect and self-control from time to time, if he doesn't care about the title of Mingjun, he can be a little arbitrary."
"Is marrying the former queen mother 'slightly' arbitrary, or 'excessive'?"
Xu Ji sighed, "It's 'slightly' arbitrary." ”
"Okay, that's enough."
Xu Ji felt strange, "King Ning's wife and children are still there, no matter what the Queen Mother is, she is just a woman, why does King Ning have to marry her?" ”
"You always tell me 'the world', but I haven't figured out what 'the world' is?" What are the benefits of the world'? It wasn't until I saw the Queen Mother that I really saw the true face of 'the world'. ”
Xu Ji was stunned, thinking that Ning Baoguan just valued the identity of the queen mother, so he had to marry her to humiliate the Tiancheng court, but he didn't expect him to be a little sincere.
Ke Ning Baoguan doesn't look like this kind of person at all.
Ning Baoguan understood Xu Ji's doubts, and laughed, "Don't make a mistake about King Wu, I'm not greedy for the Queen Mother's beauty, of course, she is a beauty, King Wu has seen ......"
"I haven't seen it, it's just a conversation through the curtain."
"In short, I am not a person who covets beauty, I just want to prove that I am more worthy of the Queen Mother than the Emperor of All Things."
Xu Ji was still incredulous, but he didn't want to entangle, "King Ning can have this heart, it can be regarded as close to 'having the world in his heart', but to compete for the crown, it depends on his soldiers and heroes from all directions, King Ning cares too much about a woman, and it will disappoint everyone." ”
Ning Baoguan pondered for a long time, "I won't marry the Queen Mother for the time being, and I won't give her to anyone, just let her stay in the palace first, and wait for me to win the world." ”
The guards came in, "King Ning, King Wu, the incarnation king is about to arrive." ”
King Ning nodded and said to Xu Ji, "It's all arranged?" ”
"It's arranged."
"Then let's go down and meet us. Today's words, you know what I know......"
"Words come in my ears, but they don't come out of my mouth."
Ning Baoguan smiled, "The King of the Incarnation is a womanizer, I'm not, King Wu don't laugh at me, there must be a few real things in the 'world' to be worth fighting for, right?" ”
"King Ning has a point." Xu Ji's goal has been achieved, and he doesn't want to argue anymore.
The two came to the city gate, waiting for the arrival of the kings, and the soldiers lined up on both sides, all dressed in new armor, very neat, but with a smile on their faces, not as serious as the officers and soldiers.
The kings did not come together, the first to come was the king of Shu Ganzhao, brought less than three thousand people, and most of them were the old department of King Ning, his own people were only three or five hundred, dismounted, and smiled at King Ning and King Wu: "A few days ago, I said goodbye, and I actually met in the eastern capital, which is not only the will of heaven, but also the courage of the two kings." ”
When Ning Baoguan saw his subordinates, he was more satisfied with the King of Shu, pulled him aside to talk, and watched the soldiers enter the city one after another.
Shen Tan, the king of Jin, and Ma Wei, the king of Liang, arrived at the same time, and also brought the subordinates of King Ning and King Wu, and exchanged them at the gate of the city.
The incarnation king had a big shelf, and first several leaders led troops to arrive, lined up from the city gate to the meeting place, and drove the soldiers of King Ning away.
After waiting for a long time, noon had passed, and the incarnation king Xue Liujia was late, and he said that he would only bring 3,000 people per person, but he blatantly violated it, and there were 3,000 people in the forerunner, and he brought 3,000 people himself, and he didn't explain when he saw the kings, and the kings saluted him, and he didn't get off his horse, and nodded his head in return.
"This is the Eastern Capital? Well, the walls are quite thick and quite high. Ning Bao'er, you can take such a big city for me. ”
"King Wu has more credit." Ning Baoguan said coldly, returning to his usual appearance.
"Since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth, and King Wu is a big hero. The credit for both of you is equal to each other, and I will reward you all later. What, I can't let the meritorious man feast me, I should be the one who has meritorious. You don't have to pick a place, it's in the palace, I brought all the wine and meat. ”
The King of the Coming into the World really came prepared, the five kings did not object, and they didn't even dare to look at each other, Ning hugged Guan and said: "King Wu is ready, but the wine and meat rewarded by the King of the Birth must be more immortal." ”
"Haha, that's for sure." The incarnation king leaned over on his horse and leaned his arm on the saddle, "Ning Bang'er, congratulations, I heard that you are going to get married tomorrow." Why do you have to be tomorrow? Today is a good day, after we enter the palace, one is to celebrate, and the other is to drink your wedding wine. Call out the new daughter-in-law, and let everyone take a look, the wife of the Emperor of All Things, there is always something outstanding, right? Ha ha. ”
Ning Baoguan entered the palace last night, and the news was like having grown wings and flew over the city wall, and even the Descendant King, who was the farthest away from the camp, knew about it.
"Okay." Ning Baoguan's expression became even colder.
When the kings entered the city, after Shen Tanju lived, he grabbed Xu Ji and whispered: "I thought he was a character, but it turned out to be nothing more than that." ”
Xu Ji laughed, and also felt that Ning Baoguan was disappointing, but when he saw the triumphant background of the Descending King, he suddenly had some doubts, were he and the kings deceived?