Qin Baichuan didn't want to speak anymore, and sat down with his back to the eldest princess, holding his head in his hands and a little distracted. He had already drunk all the wine he had brought with him, otherwise he would have gotten drunk. I don't know how long it took, the eldest princess had already dressed, sat next to Qin Baichuan, took out a water bladder with her, and handed it to Qin Baichuan.

"Wine?" Qin Baichuan took a sip and felt happy: "Thank you." ”

"Thank you, aren't you afraid that I will poison the wine, kill you first, and then seize the command of the Elysian Army?" The eldest princess shook her wet hair and smiled.

"You're smart, you won't." Qin Baichuan took another sip and said seriously: "What I said just now didn't mean to joke, in fact, I formed the Bliss Army completely out of self-preservation. You've probably heard that I've never been clear on which side I'm on because I'm not sure who can give me the life I want. ”

"Why should others give you the life you want, isn't it good to fight for it yourself?" The eldest princess looked at Qin Baichuan puzzled: "Actually, I shouldn't say this, but if I were you, I would stand on the side of the snake, and after getting the support of the silver, I would vigorously make firearms, and then beat him upside down, and change this country according to my own ideas, isn't it?" ”

"And then?" Qin Baichuan's eyes were blank, and he said lightly: "I'll tell you a story, probably saying that there used to be a fisherman who was lying on the edge of the pond while fishing and basking in the sun, and a shopkeeper passed by and sneered at him and told him that you should cheer up and fish seriously." The fisherman asked, "What are you doing?" The shopkeeper said that if you catch more fish, you can sell it for money. The fisherman asked again, and then. The shopkeeper said impatiently, you can open a store when you make money, start with a small shop, and it won't take a few years to become bigger, and then make more money. The fisherman still asked, and then, the shopkeeper said that you can enjoy happiness if you have money, and when the sun is shining, you can fish while basking in the sun, that is life! The fisherman laughed and asked the shopkeeper, "Look, what am I doing now?" ”

The eldest princess was stunned for a moment, Qin Baichuan's story is very short, but it gives people infinite space for reverie. Qin Baichuan also laughed: "If I were that fisherman, and you would be like that shopkeeper." ”

"Maybe you're right." The eldest princess also had a blank look in her eyes, and said with a wry smile: "Perhaps...... My master was wrong. ”

"Your master?" Qin Baichuan turned his head: "Leopard King Wu hate? ”

"Hmm." It may be that it is late and the defense line in people's hearts has declined, or it may be that Qin Baichuan opened his heart first, and the eldest princess did not have so many scruples, but said some of her secrets: "One Confucian, one monk and one leopard...... Decades ago, they were the four legendary figures of Da Song, and they all had a very high reputation in the hearts of the people, but the people, even my father and emperor, did not know that the leopard king Wu Hate, that is, my master was actually not a Da Song person at all. ”

"Oh?" Qin Baichuan was a little surprised.

"Speaking of which...... Oh, this is my master's hometown, and the quicksand tribe you are going to is actually the tribe where my master is located. The eldest princess looked bitter: "You are really stupid, I told you, the horse-taming skills of the quicksand tribe are unparalleled in the world, and you don't want to think about it, my master can even domesticate a leopard, let alone a war horse?" ”

"It's not that we're stupid, it's that we don't think about it at all." Qin Baichuan felt a chill in his heart, and pretended to be calm: "You want to act as a guide, take us to the quicksand tribe, and then destroy us there?" It's a perfect plan, but why are you telling me that? ”

"A lot of times you're too self-righteous." The eldest princess asked rhetorically, "When did I say that I would destroy you?" If I'm really going to destroy you, I need to use that much effort? Look there......" The eldest princess pointed to a forest in the distance, and said, "There is a plant called Yingguo, which is delicious but extremely poisonous. Toxicity usually occurs at twelve hours, and if I do a little trick and let your firehead army pick it up and put it in the pot, you'll be a pile of dead corpses by this time tomorrow, believe it or not? ”

"Half faith." Qin Baichuan was even more vigilant in his heart.

"Half-believed?" The eldest princess pursed her lips and took out a bamboo flute from her body: "Do you know this thing?" Let's go ten miles further east, there are many snake nests densely distributed, as long as I sound the flute, countless poisonous snakes will rush out, do you think that if you are defenseless, your Elysium will suffer heavy losses? ”

"Yes." Qin Baichuan suddenly realized why the leopard king Wu Hate was so terrifying, this kind of method was simply overshadowed by thousands of troops under the right terrain.

"The reason why I didn't do it was because we already had an agreement. As I said, I don't like people to lie to me, and the same is true in Dasanguan, if you tell me honestly about the ins and outs, I will definitely spare no effort to help you. The eldest princess snorted unhappily, and then continued: "As for why I told you that the master is not from Da Song...... It's because of your story. ”

"The area originally controlled by the quicksand tribe was extremely large, but with the rise of Dazhen, almost all of the tribe where the master belonged was encroached. Therefore, when Dazhenguo went to fight Da Song, the master went to help, in order to fight the arrogance of Dazhenguo and not lead the troubled water to the quicksand tribe. The eldest princess didn't intend to hide it, and confessed: "But later, my master found out that Da Song, or I said that my father is not the kind of master who works hard, so he gave birth to the heart of retreat." But my father did everything he could to keep him, and he had another plan. ”

"Taking you hostage?" Qin Baichuan asked.

"Sort of." The eldest princess said: "My master wants to take me as an apprentice, and also let my father and emperor garrison troops at least thirty miles away from Dasanguan, on the surface he wants to seize this fiefdom, but in fact, he wants to control this portal, and at the right time, let his quicksand tribe drive straight into and take the capital of Dasong." ”

"How do you know that?" Qin Baichuan was puzzled, if the leopard king Wu Ha really had these thoughts, why did he tell the eldest princess, he was not afraid that she would leak secrets?

"When a man is about to die, his words are good." The eldest princess sighed heavily: "The year before last, the Great Silver Kingdom and the Great True Kingdom launched an attack on the quicksand tribe, and my master was unfortunately killed in battle, but when he was dying, he told me all these things...... Far from it. I tell you this because my master's lifelong ambition is to let his people not be bullied, to be happy to graze and tame animals, so he wants to seize Da Song and give his people the life they want after taking power. But then again, although the current living environment of the quicksand tribe is extremely harsh, aren't the tribesmen also herding and taming animals? It's similar to your story, so I said, the master was wrong from the beginning. ”

"Maybe there is no right or wrong, and the position is different." No matter how you say that the leopard king Wu Hate is also a strange person, he is dead, and Qin Baichuan is not good to comment too much.

"Perhaps." The eldest princess sighed deeply: "Above the court, many people think that I, the eldest princess, control the border troops, and they are all very wrong, but in fact, my real reliance is on the quicksand tribe." ”

"Then I don't understand." Qin Baichuan frowned and said: "Da Song has internal and external troubles, you said that you can control the quicksand tribe, so why don't you take the quicksand tribe to make a union with Da Song?" In this way, we can always help each other and complement each other, right? ”

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't do it." The eldest princess pondered: "There is no doubt about the combat strength of the quicksand tribe, but the number is too small, and there are only five or six thousand knights who can fight well. These five or six thousand people are useless to Da Song, once my father and emperor take them in, how can the Great True Kingdom and the Great Silver Kingdom give up? From the point of view of the quicksand tribe, they think that Da Song is weak, and they are not willing to unite with my father. ”

"I kind of got it this time." Qin Baichuan suddenly laughed and said, "So you insist on taking us to the quicksand tribe to show the power of firearms, so that this tribe can change their opinion of Da Song and then reach a cooperative relationship?" ”

"You're half right." A gleam flashed in the eldest princess's eyes: "I want the Bliss Army to join the battle, not only to make the quicksand tribe surrender, but also to break the barbarians!" Without external troubles, is my father's internal worries still a problem? Your wish to stay with your lady will also be easier to come true, right? ”