Chapter 37: Persuasion

Xia Man came out of the imperial dining room and met Liu Wuwu head-on, and now he has not sealed the harem, so he has to be respectfully called, "See Liu Niangniang." ”

Liu Wuwu saw the food plate in Xia Man's hand, and her heart was clear, but she was a little jealous, but she still smiled and said: "Now, the name of the harem is undecided, but you can see the emperor from time to time." ”

Hearing this, Xia Man was shocked, his intuition was not good, and he hurriedly said respectfully: "Niangniang said that she laughed, the slave maid is a maid, and it is her duty to sprinkle and sweep and serve." ”

"Really?" Liu Wuwu looked around, then took out a piece of paper from his cuff and put it in the gap between the food plates, smiled proudly, and then slowly left.

Xia Man was confused, and she didn't know what medicine she was selling in her gourd, but she still unfolded the paper, on which she drew her own immortal crane jade pendant, and the annotation next to it was: Miss Qin's things, adjustable daughter, rain.

After reading the content on the paper, Xia Man crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the lotus pond next to him, and his heart suddenly ignited with anger, but he felt aggrieved for a moment, his eyes moistened, he forcibly held back his tears, took a deep breath, and then pulled out a smile and tried to return to the Xuanlin Hall calmly, and Xiao Mo, who was devoted to military affairs, naturally did not find Xia Man's abnormality.

The trip was approaching, and Qianying was waiting outside the palace early, and Xia Man cleaned up a little and went straight to Fancheng with Qianying.

Fancheng is located in the north of the city, fast horses, day and night, but two days to arrive, the two of them did not have time to rest and did not have time to eat a hot meal, casually gnawed a little steamed bun and came to the city, bluntly said that he wanted to see King Qi, but he didn't want to, but was blocked by Mu Hanyan.

"Seeing that the soldiers are coming to the city, Xiao Mo didn't come himself, but sent you." Mu Hanyan stood on the city tower, his eyes full of pride and arrogance.

Xia Man was not stunned, and said bluntly: "What? Is King Qi afraid to see us?"

"Hmph, it's up to you to see him." Mu Hanyan raised his hand, and countless bows and arrows roared from the city tower, each with a murderous aura, seeing this, Qianying didn't care about the difference between men and women, grabbed Xia Man's waist, toe a little, and avoided the rain of arrows on the back of the horse, and fled in the direction when he came and went.

It wasn't until the bow and arrow behind him disappeared that Xia Man took a breath, and he didn't realize that his forehead was already covered with fine sweat, "Thanks to your good martial arts, otherwise we would both have to be shot into hedgehogs." ”

Chikage let go of her hand and smiled, "You are also afraid." ”

Xia Man glanced at him, "Don't talk nonsense, think of a way first, how to meet King Qi." ”

"That's not easy." Qianying took out a white porcelain bottle from his cuff and said, "When the night is thick, sneak into the city and pour the medicine to the guards, won't you see it?"

Xia Man nodded, "That's all there is to it." ”

At night, there are soldiers patrolling the streets of Fancheng from time to time, Qianying takes Xia Man, the cat is on the eaves, carefully observing the houses around, suddenly, Qianying leans against Xia Man, points to a house not far away, and softly says: "That's it." ”

"How do you know?" Xia Man followed Qianying's finger and saw that there was nothing special about this house, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"Ordinary people don't have yellow lights hanging in front of their homes, let's go." Qianying and Xia Man touched the outer wall of the house from the eaves, and jumped into the courtyard while the soldiers were changing guards, and entered the inner courtyard with a dodge, Qianying opened the porcelain vase and fascinated the people in the inner room, and the two hurried in.

Entering the inner room, there were Xiao Xun and Mu Hanyan lying on the ground, as well as a few maids, Qianying stabbed Xiao Xun's wrist with a silver needle, Xiao Xun slowly woke up, and Xia Man tied Mu Hanyan aside.

Xiao Xun was dazed, opened his eyes and saw the two of them, his eyes were shocked for a moment, and he regained his calm in an instant, pressed his forehead, coughed, and said, "You guys came really fast." ”

"I remember that your mother and concubine came to the Southern Dynasty after being bullied by the powerful people of the Northern Dynasty, and now you are in cahoots with them, but you still remember who you are." Qianying reprimanded Xiao Xun mercilessly, but was scolded by Xiao Xun with red eyes: "You are not worthy of mentioning my mother." ”

Xia Man pulled Qianying, signaled him to calm down, turned his head to look at Xiao Xun again, and said: "Your mother concubine killed King Heng's mother, for many years, she has been a green lamp ancient Buddha, and she has been repenting, but now she has died by touching the table, I don't know if it is not a relief." ”

"What did you say?" Xiao Xun clenched his fists, his eyes were scarlet, approaching Xia Man, and Qianying stepped forward and protected Xia Man behind him, vigilant.

Xia Man was not afraid, shook his head at Qianying, motioned for him to step back, and said directly to Xiao Xun: "Come to think of it, the person who reported the news didn't tell you this." ”

"The mother's reputation is clear all her life, how can you be tarnished." Xiao Xun suddenly became excited, his chest continued to rise and fall, and the whole person became restless.

"Why did your mother set up a Buddhist hall after the death of the imperial concubine, at that time, she was quite favored, even if she didn't think about herself, didn't she think about your future?" Xia Man's words were like a nail, nailed to Xiao Xun's heart, making him tremble.

Xia Man saw that Xiao Xun was not as excited as he was just now, and then said: "The queen took this opportunity to separate your two brothers, the brothers were on the wall, and the Northern Dynasty took the opportunity to enter, and the war was together, you are ashamed of the ancestors of the Xiao family, and you owe the people of Limin, how can you live in peace?"

Xiao Xun's lips trembled, and finally he didn't say a word, and sat down on the ground heavily, hiding his face and crying.

Seeing this, Xia Man stepped forward and patted Xiao Xun's back, and said softly: "Go back, your third brother is still waiting for you." ”

Xiao Xun grabbed his chest, his face was slightly painful, and he spoke half-loudly before he spoke: "How should I face him." ”

"You are brothers, and you should trust him."

Xia Man knew that after this incident, the brothers could no longer have no suspicion as before, but this kind of suspicion was mostly guilty and uneasy, and they still needed to resolve it for a long time, and at present, it was important to persuade Xiao Xun to come back first.

Xiao Xun quietly wiped his tears, looked at Mu Hanyan, and said, "She's okay." ”

"It's fine." Qianying stepped forward, and according to the technique just now, he also woke up Mu Hanyan.

"Tomorrow, I will return to Yecheng, and you will also bring back the army of the Northern Dynasty." Xiao Xun slowly walked towards Mu Hanyan, every step was heavy.

Mu Hanyan stared at Xiao Xun incredulously and asked, "You have the guts to do this?"

Xiao Xun untied the rope on Mu Hanyan's body, helped her up, and said a little indifferently: "I am the prince of the Southern Dynasty." ”

Mu Hanyan no longer looked at Xiao Xun, but just turned his head to the side and smiled to himself.

"I'll go gather some troops and go back immediately." As soon as Xiao Xun's words fell, he heard a noisy sound outside the door, and then Mu Hanchuan's voice came, "If you want to leave, I'm afraid it's not easy." ”

The door of the room was kicked open, and countless soldiers in the courtyard, mostly holding bows, arrows and spears, supported Mu Hanchuan, and approached the people in the room step by step.

Seeing this, Xia Man gave Qianying a look, and the two quickly moved to Mu Hanyan's side, Qianying controlled her, and Xia Man casually pulled off the sharp hairpin on her head and put it against her neck, looked at Mu Hanchuan with a fierce look, and threatened: "Let us go, otherwise everyone will die and the net will be broken." ”

"Big brother, leave me alone......" Mu Hanyan was interrupted by Xia Man as soon as he spoke: "Shut up!" As he spoke, he increased the force on his hand, and the sharp hairpin drew a red mark on Mu Hanyan's white neck.

As soon as Mu Hanchuan raised his hand, the soldiers beside him pulled up their bows and arrows, and they were all ready to go, "Just the two of you, I'm afraid it won't work." ”

When Xia Man saw Mu Hanchuan's eyes, he knew that he was a king who dared to take risks, thought for a while, and said, "Let's talk about a condition." ”

"Oh." Mu Hanchuan looked at Xia Man, smiled, and said, "Let's hear it." ”

Xia Man took out the immortal crane jade pendant and said: "This jade can be adjusted to the Qin family's three thousand gold shop, if you return to the Northern Dynasty, I will give it." ”

"Hahahaha." Mu Hanchuan was a little disdainful and said, "The Qin family? There is no shortage of money in my Northern Dynasty. ”

"It's going to be cold soon, the Northern Dynasty will enter a fallow period, and more than half of the grain in the territory is from the Qin family, if the Qin family raises grain prices and reduces grain stores, what will happen to the Northern Dynasty?" Xia Man paused, glanced at Mu Hanchuan, and sure enough, his expression changed, and then said: "And I will start border affairs after the emperor solves the internal affairs, and when the time comes, there will be hunger inside and an army outside, can you deal with it." ”

"Sure enough, it's the people next to Xiao Mo." Mu Hanchuan asked the archer to put away his bow and arrows, and said, "I agree to what you said, but I have one more condition. ”

"You say." Xia Man was relieved, so it was half the battle.

"You have to go back to the Northern Dynasty with me." Mu Hanchuan looked at Xia Man, with no clear meaning in his eyes.

"Don't think!" Qianying protected Xia Man behind him, took out the abacus in his arms, and was about to make a move.

Xia Man grabbed Qianying, thought for a moment, and then made up his mind, and whispered in Qianying's ear: "You go back first, I will find a way to come back." As he spoke, he let go of Mu Han's cigarette and said, "Deal." ”

"Release the people and return to the Northern Dynasty." Mu Hanchuan was in a very good mood, and took Mu Hanyan and Xia Man back to his home, while Qianying and Xiao Xun returned to the Southern Dynasty.

The army withdrew, Fancheng returned to calm, and an imminent war subsided.