In the tenth year of Emperor Yuncheng, the south of the Huai River has been in full bloom, and the sunshine of early spring flows through Wanzhou, the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, like a slow flowing water.

Wanzhou, the temple of meditation

The white fingers touched the sunspot and was silent, and after a long time, he sighed heavily.

"Lonely lost, Gu Qing deserves to be my Southern Tang national player." On the left side of the chessboard, a middle-aged man in a green robe with a fox fur coat put down the sunspot with a smile.

"Although the lord of the country is trapped in a corner, he has the strength to fight, so he admits that he is not like the usual style of the lord of the country" The person on the opposite side of the chessboard looks even older, only thirty years old, with a long figure, wearing only a plain long robe, and the two pieces on his waist and the mountain jade pendant will make a tinkling sound when he moves slightly.

"Lonely has been busy lately, and today is really absent-minded."

The middle-aged man slowly got up and paced to the window, and the young man did not dare to slack off, so he got up and bent down to stand behind the lord of the country. Although the sun was shining outside the window, there was still a gloom in the wide hall, and the lord of the kingdom stood at the junction of light and darkness, just to hide his face.

"Chuan Qing came today, do you know what happened?"

"I think it's the imperial capital that has made the lord uneasy," replied the young courtier, bowing down.

"Qing's expectation is good, recently, the Southern Tang Dynasty and South Vietnam have joined forces to divide Shu so that the imperial capital is afraid of the two families, and Ping'an City has sent an envoy to take responsibility, and the royal family is powerful, and it is not allowed to deal with things alone." Ye Honglie sighed, looked out the window from afar, and his thoughts were fluttering for a while.

The Southern Tang Kingdom is located in the south of the Huai River, is the princes of the Dayun Dynasty when the founding of the country, was originally a side branch of the royal family, the ancestor is the cousin of the founding emperor Yun Taizu, with the Taizu to conquer the world, is a generation of famous generals who are not born. It has a history of 400 years since the founding of the country. In the four hundred years of princes' disputes and turmoil in the royal family, the Southern Tang Dynasty has always been a prince loyal to the royal family, so the royal family has always had a good impression of this distant relative.

Until thirty years ago, Emperor Yunwu Ye Qingyu launched a palace rebellion, slaughtered his six brothers and four younger brothers, and led the royal family of 100,000 troops to fight with the princes in Xiongguan, with more than 50,000 casualties on both sides, and the princes were defeated by Emperor Wu's courage and were forced to surrender. In the following ten years, Emperor Wu split the Yan State to the north, dividing the Yan State into three, divided into the Northern Yan Kingdom, Zheng Weiguo, and Korea, and mastered the political authority of Zheng Weiguo and Korea; Xiang Dong fought with the Chu State, which was known as the first pawn in the world, and won four battles and four victories, Chen soldiers and the capital of the Chu State were Yingdu, and the Chu State was forced to cede land and relatives; To the south, the three kingdoms of Southern Tang, Chen, and Nanyue were intimidated, and the three kingdoms separated from the Yun State by the Baizhang River bowed down to the vassals. At that time, Emperor Wu was only thirty-six years old, and all the princes were worried about whether there would still be a place for vassal states in the huge world ten years later. But God is jealous of talent, Emperor Wu died suddenly ten years later, and the crown prince Ye Shuyun ascended the throne, relying on the prestige left by Emperor Wu to shock the Quartet for ten years now. In the past ten years, although the princes were ready to move, Emperor Wu's courage still made the princes jealous, and they did not dare to openly argue with the royal family.

"Now is indeed not the time to turn against the royal family, but recently the ministers have observed the movements of various countries, Chu has great resentment against the royal family because of the former land and relatives, and various actions recently seem to be to turn the face with the royal family, the lord of the country can repair a letter to the lord of Nanyue, suspend the offensive of the two countries on Shu, and when the time is ripe, our country can take advantage of the situation, and I am afraid that the royal family will not be able to look south." The young courtier slowly played behind him.

"You have already written about this matter, it is indeed the way to seek the country, Gu has already sent the letter of state to South Vietnam, and there is actually another matter in calling Gu Qing here today."

"Respectfully receive the Hadith of the Lord of the Kingdom."

"Lone wants to send Ye Nan to Ping'an City as a hostage." The lord of the kingdom turned his head with a resolute face, as if he had made up his mind with great determination.

"The lord of the country thinks twice, since our country has ceased war, the royal family will never gain an inch, if our country tries to Shu in the future, the royal family takes the prince as a hostage, and our country throws a rat into a taboo, and the dilemma is useless for national affairs. I respectfully ask the lord of the country to think twice, and never put the country in danger by being senseless loyalty. The courtier prostrated himself to the ground, and his speech could not help but be hurried.

"Haha, Gu Qing, please get up, Gu Qing said these heart-wrenching words, if they are spread to the royal family, I am afraid that it will be difficult to save your life even if you are alone. However, this also does show Gu Qing's loyalty. The lord of the country smiled and personally helped Gu Wenzheng up, so that Gu Wenzheng could no longer kneel down.

"How do you not know the danger of going here, but the wealth is in danger, I sent Nan'er to Ping'an City not to let the royal family rest assured of our country, Nan'er is an ambitious person, although gentle and frugal, but the scheming is also deep, this is the night he came to ask me personally, see him talk under the candlelight, his eyes are full of young people's fearlessness and self-confidence, it is really like looking at himself twenty years ago. If he is willing to give up this child, if he hinders national affairs when necessary, then he can only blame himself for his own conceited talent. The lord of the country said slowly, not knowing whether the mood was heavy or relieved, and when he thought about it, it seemed to be full of the courage of a generation of heroes.

"The lord of the country is really a generation of heroes, but his courage is beyond the reach of his subordinates." Gu Wenzheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion, thinking that a father was so cruel to his children, and he didn't hesitate to pay for his authority, he couldn't help but feel a little upset in his heart.

"Gu Qing wants to talk about Xiaoxiong, but Gu Qing is a famous Confucian, and he has never lacked courtesy in front of Lonely, and it is indeed rare to be able to feel such an emotion in front of Lone today. Qing is more than calm, but lacks the talent to change, last night Xie An came to visit, as soon as he heard my intentions, he got up and bowed, feeling that the troubled times are coming, and the Qing family can be compared this time. The preparation of Nan'er's northward journey was entrusted to Gu Qing, "The lord of the country seems to be in a very good mood at the moment, laughing and talking, at this moment, the hero's strength is gone, and there is a Ming lord's style."

After Gu Wenzheng slowly pushed out of the main hall, Ye Honglie slowly paced to the window again, staring at the dark clouds slowly forming in the north for a long time before saying to himself: "It's going to rain, and the troubled times are coming." ”

A few days later, the imperial capital, Ping'an City

Yunguo is located in the north of the Huai River, adjacent to Chu in the east, Yan in the north, was split when Emperor Wu was divided, Korea in the north has actually become the territory of Yunguo, Yunmeng Daze in the west, and Yunmeng Daze and the country across the country. Ping'an City is located in the northern part of the cloud country, and the weather is still slightly cold at this time

The emperor sat in the palace of the emperor and looked at the weather, stunned.

Emperor Ye Shuyun is now in his forties, his face is like a crown of jade, and he is very well maintained, and he is only thirty years old at a glance. Today he wears a purple and gold crown on his head, a long purple and gold satin robe, and a thin fox fur on the outside.

"I don't think that the Southern Tang Dynasty is so loyal, and he actually sent the prince as a hostage, if all the princes in the world have such a heart, why should my royal Ye family sit on pins and needles every day, and train soldiers every day to prepare for war." The Emperor muttered to himself.

"The emperor can't be careless, the Southern Tang Dynasty is nominally loyal to the royal family, but Ye Honglie is gloomy and ruthless, and his heart is deep, I'm afraid this move is not so simple." The old minister behind the emperor bowed and played.

"Elder Yang is too worried, the loyalty of the Southern Tang Dynasty has been since the beginning of the Taizu, if I take precautions against such a first-class loyal minister, wouldn't it make the world laugh and I can't tolerate people's measure, pass on the decree, prepare the honor guard, and welcome the Southern Tang Dynasty prince to the court in a few months." Before the courtiers could play again, the emperor had already gotten up and left.