Tuoba Tao has been gloomy since the day the outer city of Tongwan was breached.

If it weren't for Hua Mulan's horizontal horse directly stopping in front of him at that time, he would have rushed into Dongcheng with Invite Yu to kill him! But now he could only sit in the tent and guess what was going on inside her.

After the outer city of Tongwan was breached, due to the large amount of materials captured, the Wei army suspended the siege and sorted out and distributed the spoils.

In Tuobatao's view, the soldiers would definitely have a high morale boost when they got these booty, and then they would capture Dongcheng in one go.

As long as the eastern city is captured, enough grain and grass can be captured, and as long as the western city is besieged to death, Helianchang will have only two options: surrender and starvation.

It was precisely because Tuoba Tao had a good idea that when Qin Zhongzhi asked to see him and ask him to retire, he frowned and looked dissatisfied.

Qin Zhongzhi smiled respectfully, "If Your Majesty forcibly attacks the city at this time, not to mention whether the grain and grass can be supplied in time, how many dead and injured soldiers will be. The city of Tongwan that was forcibly captured was only a ruin. There is no other use. ”

Qin Zhongzhi took out a piece of bamboo slip from his sleeve pocket, held it in both hands and handed it to Tuoba Tao, "Xian Ji means that I have to ask you to accompany her in a play." As long as you pretend to withdraw your troops, at least seven or eight days, or at most half a month, Xian Ji promises to let the Wei army take Tongwan City with minimal casualties. ”

Tuoba Tao took the bamboo slip, and only a line of small characters was simply engraved on it, which could be seen to be Tan Inviteyu's notes.

Tuoba Tao put the bamboo slip into his chest, stared at Qin Zhongzhi and asked, "You tell me first, what do you want to do when Tan invites Yu to enter the Ten Thousand Cities?" ”

Qin Zhongzhi was about to answer with a smile, but Tuoba Tao raised his hand to stop his words, "Don't say anything about Zoroastrianism to me." Rather than ask me to give her a few days, she should open the gates from the inside. When my army has leveled the Tongwan City, can a cult supported by Emperor Xia last long? ”

When Tuoba Tao said this, his body was imposing. He leaned forward slightly, like a fierce beast ready to pounce forward at any moment, his eyes locked on Qin Zhongzhi. It seemed that as long as Qin Zhongzhi dared to tell a lie in front of him, he would be torn apart.

Although Qin Zhongzhi said that he had been a strategist by Tuoba Pojun's side, this was really the first time he had directly dealt with Tuoba Tao.

Thinking that Tuoba Pojun was willing to die for the sake of this young emperor, Qin Zhongzhi didn't have much of a good impression of Tuoba Tao.

It's just that at this time, he somewhat understood the method of Tuoba breaking the army. If it weren't for Tan Yuyu, maybe this Wei Emperor could really have achieved great things, right?

Even under the coercion of Tuobatao's momentum, Qin Zhongzhi still said unhurriedly, "When it comes to fighting, Your Majesty should know better than foreign ministers. The city gates have always been the most heavily guarded place. Even if Xian Ji is superior in force, it is difficult to ensure that the city gate is opened unscathed in the rain of arrows. The minister believed that His Majesty did not want Xian Ji to take risks. ”

When it comes to pinching people's weaknesses, Qin Zhongzhi is one of the best. Even out of the courtesy of the allies, Tuoba Tao couldn't say in front of Qiu Chi's right minister that he didn't care if Tan Zhaoyu was injured or not.

What's more, he really cares.

Tuoba Tao felt that the most regrettable thing he had ever done in his life was to invite Tan to leave Pingcheng for the sake of hegemony.

In fact, not long after Tan Yuyu left, Tuoba Tao began to prepare for the summer. It can be said that every day is so busy that my feet do not touch the ground.

It's just that even so, he still feels that there is an emptiness somewhere in his heart, as if no matter how much government he is, he can't fill this sense of emptiness.

When all countries received the news of the existence of the jade seal, they took action to a greater or lesser extent. Only the Northern Wei Dynasty, just like a deep pool, the stone of jade seal was thrown down, and it didn't even produce many ripples.

Tuoba Tao couldn't figure it out, no matter where Tan Invite Yu appeared, it seemed that something big would happen.

How many believers come and go in the horseshoe temple in Beiliang every day, and the sound of chanting scriptures for meditation every day, it is estimated that the ears of the Buddha have heard the cocoon.

But it just so happened that as soon as Tan invited the rain to go, the Golden Buddha offered treasures? As long as you are a person who understands this matter, if you think about it carefully, it will be strange.

Tuoba Tao knows very well that Tan Invite Yu is not the reincarnation of a celestial man at all, but others believe in Tan Invite Rain, and he is also happy to see it.

Tuoba Tao originally thought of a statement, and once someone in the court mentioned this matter, he would make the matter of Tan inviting the rain hand to cast gold to the public.

Although Tan Zhaoyu is not a Xianbei noblewoman, as long as there are two points, jade seal and reincarnation of heavenly beings, no one can compete with her for the position of queen.

But the strange thing is that there was silence in the court about this matter. Everyone was arguing fiercely about the preparations for the summer season, but the appearance of the jade seal was just a trivial matter that was not worth mentioning.

Even Cui Hao didn't seem to understand Tuoba Tao's several side knocks, and was silent.

Tuoba Tao soon understood that there was no one on the same side as him in the matter of Litan inviting the rain to be the queen.

But so what?

God's favor made Invite Yu go around and return to his control, and this time Tuoba Tao made up his mind to bring Tan Invite Yu back.

Even if he held Qin Zhongzhi and Zhu Rong hostage, he had to let Tan Invite Yu be his queen first.

As for the courtiers, at most they only made a fuss about their tongues for a few days. If they are not convinced, let them find a woman who can help him conquer Rouran and the Xia Dynasty like Tan Zhaoyu.

Tuoba Tao guessed that if Tan Invite Yu knew that he had deceived her, the hand-cast gold man would still be in his bedroom, and he would probably scold him with raised eyebrows and alienate him.

But Tuoba Tao didn't care, he would rather see Tan Yuyu angrily confronting him all day long than not getting her loss and suffering.

"I can promise you to pretend to withdraw my troops," Tuoba Tao said unexpectedly calmly to Qin Zhongzhi, "It's just that I don't just want to unify Wancheng. I heard that Qiu Chi is the right minister, and he knows how to guess people's hearts best. I don't think I'll say it, but you also know what I want most at this time. ”

Tuoba Tao stood up, walked in front of Qin Zhongzhi, and looked at Qin Zhongzhi condescendingly, "As long as you can persuade Tan Zhaoyu to be my queen willingly, I can make Qiu Chi your fiefdom." And Tongwancheng is her dowry. ”

-- The Dividing Line --

After Tan Invite Yu entered the underground palace with Helian Chang, he faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it.

The crescent moon is painted on the ground in the center of the altar, and the walls are fixed with bluestone slabs, just like the entrance to the underground palace. The rest is nothing special.

Since he couldn't see the clues, Invite Yu had no choice but to follow the original plan and let people lead the hounds to search in the altar.

The whole room of the altar was so small that the hounds could barely smell it.

Finding that there were two hounds repeatedly sniffing the same corner, as if they were uncertain, Ying Yu was a little sure in his heart.

She walked slowly. As soon as she moved, she attracted everyone's attention, but before she could ask Yu to walk over and take a closer look, she heard a shout behind her.

"What are you doing?!"

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