Chapter 116: Alliance of Interests
When Xiu Yi came in, Sisi took his hand bandage, embroidered something with crappy stitches, and there were many embroidery samples and needles on the table in front of him, which did look like a female celebrity connoisseur at first glance.
Xiu Yi knew that she had never touched a female red before, and Yu didn't know anything about needlework, and he guessed when he saw her frowning, even if she forgot the past, she still didn't like female red.
"What's embroidered?" Xiu Yi spoke softly, for fear of startling her, and poked his finger with a needle.
"It's nothing, the sample that Wei Yue found for me, according to the embroidery, only a little embroidery, I can't see what it is." When Sisi saw Xiu Yi coming, he put down his hand bandage and raised a slightly reluctant smile on his face.
"Indeed...... Can't see what. Xiu Yi picked up his hand and looked at it for a long time, and forced a smile, "Why do you want to be a female celebrity?" ”
"There's nothing to do when I'm idle, and when Wei Yue mentioned this, I thought I'd give it a try." Sisi gathered the spread needles and threads on the table, put them back in the embroidery basket, and poured a cup of hot tea for Xiuyi.
"If you don't like it, don't do it, I just saw that your brows were wrinkled, and I guess I don't like it very much." Xiu Yi stretched out his arm, put the hand back into the basket across the table, and grabbed Sisi's slender hand that fell on the teacup as he withdrew his hand.
"Hmm." Sisi nodded, his slender hand slightly stiff.
"Sisi, I'm going to go on a long trip and leave tomorrow." Xiu Yi held Sisi's hand in his palm and rubbed it gently, "You can recuperate at home, and when I come back, we will get married." ”
"Where are you going? When will you be back? Sisi lowered his eyes, his slender hand was half-clenched, and he always refused to shake it with Xiuyi's hand.
"The journey to the east is a long way, the affairs are heavy, and I don't know when I will return. But you're here, and I'm sure I'm going to be back with you as soon as possible. Xiu Yi said, getting up and pulling Sisi into his arms, he slowly tightened his arms, hugging her tighter and tighter.
"I'm ......" Sisi paused, and a thought suddenly came to his head, why not go with him? As long as I can leave the courtyard, even if I can't get free, I can go outside and have a look, "Can I go with you?" I don't want to wait at home anymore, I want to go out and see. ”
"Sisi, this trip is not a tour, I don't have time to accompany you, you still stay at home and wait for me, I will come back as soon as possible." Xiu Yi rubbed his chin against Sisi's forehead to soothe.
Sisi didn't speak, the loss on her face was undoubtedly revealed, and when Xiu Yi looked down at her, he could see her slightly locked eyebrows, and he couldn't bear it for a while.
He didn't want to be separated from her for so long, but with the war in the east, he would definitely not have time to accompany her, let alone protect her as well as he did in Licheng, and Qiu Chulin was also in the east, so he couldn't risk letting her go with him.
"Sisi, be obedient, wait for me to come back, okay?" Xiu Yi cupped Sisi's cheek and imprinted a kiss on her forehead.
"Hmm." Sisi lowered his eyes, but he couldn't avoid Xiuyi's kiss, but he avoided Xiuyi's affectionate eyes.
She didn't know how long she would stay here, how many times she would be drugged, she didn't know where she would go in the future, what was waiting for her in front of her, but she knew that if she stayed here, the future would not be what she longed for.
Xiu Yi stayed with her here for a long time, and only left at night, after he left, Sisi tossed and turned on the bed, until the east revealed the white belly of the fish, and he was not half sleepy.
Jinnan, Fuliucheng.
Xiuyi, who was supposed to appear on the way to the east, was drinking tea in a tea shop outside Fuliu City in the western border of Jinnan at the moment.
The shadow of a man and a horse was stretched by the setting sun, Xiu Yi helped the hat, and glanced at the city gate.
There were not many pedestrians entering and exiting at the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city gate lazily leaned on the city wall and pulled each other's skins.
It was a man in brocade, holding a horse in his hand, who was walking out of the gate of Fuliu City, and he was looking at the tea shop by the city wall, as if he was looking for someone.
The man saw Xiu Yi almost at a glance, so he patted the horse's belly and sped up to walk towards Xiu Yi.
"The king is hard." Xiu Yi got up, looked up and down the horse held by Xuan Nanjun, and said with satisfaction, "To be able to find such a thousand miles of divine horse, I am sorry to bother the prince." ”
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince is polite, I've kept you waiting." Xuan Nanjun tied the reins in his hand to the willow tree in front of the tea shop, and then returned to the tea shop to sit with Xiu Yi.
"The big war is coming, and the king is pressed for time, so I won't be polite, I hope the prince will understand." Xiu Yi looked around, made sure that there were no extra ears, and lowered his voice and said, "Shuo Chu's inscription and Su Yan's handwriting, I believe that His Majesty King Mo has already received it, and he should also know that this big battle is inevitable." ”
"Yes." Xuan Nanjun nodded, and also lowered his voice and said, "Ximo and Jinnan, each has its own difficulties, and the meaning of His Majesty the King of Ximo coincides with His Highness. ”
"The prince is happy, since the two dynasties have decided to become allies, this king will say it directly." Xiu Yi said, "Now Shuo Chu Qiu Chu Lin led the 400,000 southern expedition, and soon I will be in the east of Jinnan, Su Yan sent a handwritten letter, it is only a matter of time before the soldiers go south, and then I will be attacked by the enemy in the south of Jinnan, it is really difficult to resist, only the West Desert will lead the army to attack the west of Suyan and attract the main force of Suyan, and my southern Jin can solve the urgent need." ”
"What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, His Majesty also thought of it, His Majesty has ordered the general in the court, ordered the king to take command, and personally led an army of 200,000 to attack the western border of Suyan to help His Royal Highness the Prince." Xuan Nanjun said, "The general of the court can lead the army to the border pass in less than half a month." At that time, after a day's rest, the king will send troops to attack the fortifications. The West Desert and Su Yan have already been married, thinking that Su Yan will not be wary of the Western Realm, this king will lead a large army to raid, and he will definitely be able to give Su Yan a heavy blow! ”
"This is very good, Xiaoyue City and my Jinnan are in-laws, and they are allies, and if the prince needs it in the future, he can send a message to this king through Xiaoyue City." Xiu Yi drank a cup of tea, threw the water bag in his hand to the owner of the tea shop, got up and said goodbye to Xuan Nanjun, "Lord Yu, this king is in a tight time, and he can't accompany him, so Lord Yu is at his own convenience." ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stays." Xuan Nanjun stopped, "Although the two dynasties have been aligned, they are an alliance of interests, and some words need to be made clear in advance, so I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not strange." ”
The owner of the tea shop had already prepared water for Xiu Yi, Xiu Yi stepped forward to take the water bag, threw over a piece of silver ingot, and waited for the boss to go away, before turning to Xuan Nanjun and saying, "Lord Yu, please speak." ”
"The situation of my Western Desert, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also knows that the desert is expanding, and the people are moving eastward, and what I am most anxious to solve in the Western Desert is the land problem of the country's eastward migration, which is also the reason why my Western Desert participated in the war." Xuan Nanjun paused, "After this battle, I, Ximo, want to divide the territory equally with Jinnan. ”
"Your Majesty King Mo, this is a lion who has opened his mouth." Xiu Yi frowned slightly, but did not show obvious dissatisfaction, "Before this king came, he also discussed this matter with his father and the hundred officials, and the court believes that after this war, the two dynasties can divide the occupied land according to the proportion of the population, so that it is fair." At that time, I, Jinnan, will also cede part of the land and give it to the West Desert to express my gratitude. ”
"His Royal Highness the Prince, it's not that I'm greedy in the Western Desert, but that the national situation is like this, the desert is expanding rapidly, more than half of the land in the Western Desert has been eroded by the desert, and the drought has been severe for many years, and the Western Desert is no longer suitable for habitation." Xuan Nanjun said.
"The king does not know what he says. After all, this king is only the crown prince, and this matter still needs to be discussed with his father, and this king will truthfully convey the meaning of His Majesty King Mo to his father, and ask His Majesty King Mo and the prince to wait patiently for a few days. "Xiu Yi Dao.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince made a special trip to the west to negotiate with this king, doesn't he even have any rights?" Xuan Nanjun's tone was slightly stiff.
"Lord Yu, Jinnan naturally also has Jinnan's rules, if the king is in charge of his own affairs, there is a suspicion of deception, if he responds to the prince today, he does not support it in the court, it is a troublesome thing." Xiu Yi said, picking up the hat from the table and pressing it on top of his head, "Although this king can't reply to the royal prince today, this king can assure the imperial prince that I, Jinnan, will never treat the Western Desert slowly." ”
With the words of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this king is relieved. In this case, the king is waiting for news from His Royal Highness, and the alliance between the two dynasties will be long, so naturally he is not in a hurry. Xuan Nanjun bowed his hand, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince walks slowly, pay attention to safety on the road." ”
"Farewell." After repairing the game and returning the salute, he strode to the willow tree, untied the reins in three or two times, got on his horse and walked away.
Jinnan, Licheng.
Ever since Su Yan's envoys entered the hall, the atmosphere in the hall had become very unnatural.
The envoy sent by Emperor Su Yan was an idle man without an official position, although this idle man had no official title, he could not be despised in any way, just because of the four words that the world had put on him - Traceless Son.
The Traceless Son is appreciated and loved by the world, and is highly respected among the people. Not to mention the unspeakable relationship between him and Emperor Su Yan, and at the same time the relationship that everyone knows, just his identity as the deputy city lord of Xiaoyue City makes Jin Nan unable to move.
Regardless of the relationship between the uncle and nephew between the Traceless Prince and the City Lord of Xiaoyue, as long as he is the deputy city lord of Xiaoyue City, the Jinnan royal family is an in-law, and if he moves, it is equivalent to moving Xiaoyue City.
Even if Emperor Jinnan showed an old face, regardless of Xiaoyue City's attitude, and regardless of the unwritten rule of "the two countries are at war, they will not be killed", but he also has to take care of the all-powerful mouths of the people.
If he really touched the Traceless Son, just the spittle of the people would be able to moisten his grave grass as high as a zhang.
Liu Wuxian is a tricky person he can't shut down, can't kill, and at the same time shrewd, he can't fool.
Therefore, as soon as Liu Wuxian entered the hall, the face of Xiujie, the old emperor of Jinnan, was surprisingly ugly.
And what made him even worse was the skinny, hobbled old man who followed Liu Wuxian with a face like a book jacket.
If his guess is correct, this old man is the medicine king Shiyu who wrote the confession handbook.
The content of that handwritten letter can be described as shocking, using the flesh as a medicinal material, taking human blood as a medicine, and boiling it for 9981 days and nights to become a medicine.
And this blood-stained medicine was actually controlled and refined by his good son, Prince Jinnan, for the treatment of the crown princess.
The contents of this handbook are enough to start a protracted and devastating war.