Wei XIV shook his head.

The two returned to the hall of the old house, and Wei 14 told Bai Ling about the conversation between Guan Shan and a group of cabinet ministers in the Taihe Hall a few days ago.

Bai Ling finally understood, no wonder the emperor didn't ask Fourteen about what he had done in the palace and outside the palace during this time, compared to the north, her facts were not enough to worry about - not to mention that the self-presentation of the prince had dispelled the doubts of Emperor Jianxi's most remembered Zuo Wei Ying.

However, Bai Ling's face gradually sank.

She had heard the news that the northern border was not very peaceful not long ago, but when they were presented in front of her so concretely, Bai Ling still felt a little unspeakably depressed.

She happened to be born during the longest period of global peace ever seen by mankind, when technological progress brought material abundance and universal prosperity extended across civilizations.

In his lifetime, Boling had never experienced war head-on. For her, it was a living hell that existed only in history textbooks, oral accounts of older generations, international news and memoirs.

Now that the four northern states of the Great Zhou Dynasty are in turmoil, the war seems to be imminent, and the fate of the whole country does not know where it will go, and the future of the individual is even more insignificant......

"The map that Lord Guan brought back roughly marks the strength of the Jin people, is there anything here in the fourteenth?"

"No," Wei XIV said softly, "but if I need to, I can bring it tomorrow." ”

"If that requires you to take an adventure, then you don't." Bai Ling added, and she sighed, "I just want to see how powerful the Jin people really are......"

Wei Fourteen heard the worry in Bai Ling's tone, he frowned and thought for a while, and asked with some uncertainty, "...... Are you afraid that they will hit Pingjing? ”

Bai Ling's hand tightened his sleeve, "...... This kind of thing has not happened in history. ”

“…… When? Wei Fourteen was a little strange, "I have the impression that no alien race has ever been able to penetrate deep into the hinterland of my Central Plains. ”

Boling did not answer.

She knew that such a thing could happen, but it had not yet happened in this world line.

Think about the monks of Donglin Temple, think about the imperial doctors of Wang Jihang and Zhang Yousheng...... It was as if she had seen countless silverfish inhabit every joint of the empire, turning her errand into a business.

Pingjing is still like this, and how far the local officials will eat and take cards, Bai Ling doesn't want to think about it, but with such internal and external troubles, the picture of a big rout involuntarily appeared in front of her......

Bai Ling lowered his eyes and said after a while, "What the emperor asked you to do in the past few days is also related to the northern border?" ”

"Hmm."

"Inconvenient to say?"

“…… Well. ”

Bai Ling guessed that this was the answer, and she didn't speak for a moment, her elbows against the table, and she just held her chin and looked at Fourteen.

Wei Fourteen also looked at Bai Ling cautiously, "It's not that I don't want to say it, it's just that leaking the secret violates the holy decree." Your inquiry is dangerous to you. ”

"I know." Bai Ling raised his head and replied with a smile, "Although you are the secret guard of the Queen Mother, you can't ignore the emperor's words...... But if one day in the future, the Queen Mother and the Emperor give you opposite instructions, what will you do? ”

Wei Fourteen was stunned for a moment—Bai Ling seemed to be very keen on this kind of assumption that embarrassed him lately.

He smiled dumbly, "You're here again." ”

Bai Ling didn't defend anything.

This question is very important, because at the moment she is still thinking about her escape plan without a single word.

However, she could also understand why it was difficult for Fourteen to answer this question directly.

Bai Ling waited quietly—if Fourteen didn't want to say, she wasn't going to ask.

After a long time, after some serious and difficult thinking, Wei Shixi finally replied in a low voice, "...... I do not know. ”

Bai Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and in a way, this answer was enough.

Wei Shishi thought back to that night in Chuxiu Palace, and secretly rejoiced that the worst thing had not happened.

If Emperor Jianxi had murderous intentions towards Bai Ling at that time......

"Maybe only when you really get to that point will you know your choice." Wei Fourteen said softly.

……

Seeing that on the west bank of Anhu Lake, there was a square table on a small boat with slender reeds, and each side of the square table was originally enough for two people, but at this moment, only Zeng Jiuyan and Bai Yi were sitting opposite each other.

He never expected that just a few days ago, after the prince specially greeted him and said that it was inconvenient to go out and have fun during this time, Li Fengyu and Zhang Jingzhen also concocted the same method.

Early this morning, Zeng Jiuyan was about to go out, when he met the two little guys who came to the door invariably, and the news they brought was the same - their sons-in-law were "very unlucky, and they occasionally felt cold and not suitable to go out".

In the stern of the boat were jars of wine and fruit—the portion that had been intended for four or five men, and now it seemed evidently much more prepared.

Especially after getting on the boat today, Bai Yi said that he never drank alcohol.

This really made Zeng Jiuyan a little depressed, after all, in his understanding, wine is such a thing, drinking is fun, and drinking alone is like drinking stuffy wine.

"This flock of pigeons!" Zeng Jiuyan was still a little indignant, he sat there with his hands in his arms, "Chen Yicong has been strictly controlled by the family recently, Li Fengyu and Zhang Jingzhen are not coming, and I have spent all my money, master!" ”

Bai Yi smiled, "Maybe they are also strict at home." ”

"Yan fart," Zeng Jiuyan frowned, "they are just afraid of running into the county lord of Yining on the west side of the lake." I said it last time, let's just drink and talk in the lake, and don't go ashore, this lake is so open, even if Yining comes out by boat today, we just run away when we see it from afar. ”

Bai Yi looked at Zeng Jiuyan with some concern, "Aren't you going ashore today?" ”

Zeng Jiuyan was stunned for a moment, "...... Do you want to go ashore? ”

"There are quite a lot of medicine fields in this generation, and I originally wanted to stop by to see them," Bai Yi replied, "If not, forget it." ”

Zeng Jiuyan pondered for a while.

“…… In fact, if you really want to go, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman. ”

Looking at the solemn appearance of the young man in front of him, Bai Yi was a little surprised, "...... Uh, I've heard someone say before that there are two county lords in the Taoist temple in this mountain forest who live and practice for a long time, is the 'Yining' you are talking about, is it one of these two people? ”

"Yes." Zeng Jiuyan nodded, "You may not know much about her, but anyway, several of us have suffered her losses." She doesn't go down the mountain often, and usually only enters the palace to see her during the New Year's Festival. Every year, the emperor asked her to preach the scriptures to us during the New Year's Festival, which was seven days, and every day from the time of Mao to the evening of the unitary time, during which she had to fast...... This old woman is really ruthless. ”

"Wait a minute," Bai Yi frowned, "How old is this 'Yining' county lord this year?" ”

"Thirty-seven." Zeng Jiuyan replied, "Otherwise? ”

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