"Now King Xia is full of doubts, and there is collusion between Beiyang and Yan Rong. There is Jing Zheng in it, who is suspected of being bought by Yan Rong's envoys. Gu Zi'an's slender fingers played with the black and white pieces on the chessboard.

Zhang Ji lowered his eyes: "King Xia is a smart person, he knows the trade-off, and it is an indisputable fact that Queen Zhao of Beiyang united with Yan Rong." And you were chased and killed by Yan Rong twice, according to common sense, you should have regarded Yan Rong as an enemy. Let you go back to succeed to the throne, of course, it will be more beneficial to Great Xia than the son of Queen Zhao. If someone slanders you and wants to detain you in Beiyang forever as a proton, then he will be suspicious. ”

"Teacher," Gu Zi'an called softly.

Zhang Ji knew what he wanted to say: "The only thing we have to do is for him to give us enough troops to fight back to Beiyang." A fierce battle awaits us. ”

Meng Yining clasped his hands, stood quietly by the window, and took stock of the available generals in his heart: Xiao Zimu, Wei Yong, Zhang Ji...... plus himself and Le Yi, but there are only five people.

That's enough.

Meng Yining didn't know where she got her confidence, maybe it was because she was happy when her goal was set, and her whole person looked light.

She stood on the railing of the attic, her long hair fluttering in the wind, and her eyes caught sight of the crows perched on the branches. Meng Yining has the habit of feeding crows, others don't like it, but she likes these dark feathers very much, thinking that they are like the sun in the night. Meng Yining took out a few grains of cooked corn from his pocket, spread out the palm of his hand, and stretched it out into the distance.

When the crow saw this, he flew over as if he was not afraid.

Le Yi saw Meng Yining's silhouette from the window, and his eyes seemed to be thrown into the water, setting off a little wave.

The next day, the Beiyang delegation entered the summer palace for a banquet.

The palace is resplendent with gold, and the glazed tiles are carved with auspicious cloud lotus patterns to decorate the layers of the palace.

Gu Zi'an was still dressed in white, and the silver filaments in the sun looked like a sparkling lake. Standing calmly in His Royal Highness, his eyes were gentle and his expression was indifferent. Meng Yining was far away from him, with a faint aqua green skirt and a butterfly hairpin sent by Jing Chi, and the sapphires on it were shining.

The banquet has already been filmed in the hall, and the wine, food, fruits and vegetables have been purchased. The princes and ministers of Great Xia, Prime Minister Zhang Ji of Beiyang, General Xiao Zimu and Yan Rong envoys stood on the main hall to greet each other. Suddenly, I heard Si Li shouting: "King Xia has arrived-". I saw the guard of honor lined up, and King Xia sat in the dragon chair dignified and majestic. Everyone saluted, and Jing Cheng descended to a flat body.

"Ji Lao, I haven't seen you for a few years." Jing Cheng smiled and watched everyone take their seats.

Zhang Ji saluted with a smile on his face: "King Xia is above, Zhang Ji is polite." It's been really for many years, and I miss King Xia very much. ”

At that time, Zhang Ji was responsible for commercial and trade alliances with various countries with the mission when he was young. At that time, Xia Wang was young and vigorous, and he was rich in products, and he did not have a lot of enthusiasm to open up business with Beiyang at first. Zhang Ji's remarks made Daxia see a new business. The silk and fruits of Daxia continued to enter Beiyang, and the housewives of Daxia also used better iron pots, and more spices were added to the dishes. Although there is friction between them, trade has not been interrupted. The prosperity of life in Daxia today is quite related to Zhang Ji's visit at the beginning.

Jing Cheng cordially recalled the past with Zhang Ji, and his face was ruddy. King Xia also instructed his subordinates to add more bowls of black chicken, honey dates and lotus root soup suitable for Zhang Ji's body.

Jing Cheng asked Gu Zi'an again if he had a good time in Daxia over the years.

Gu Zi'an saluted upwards and said, "Thanks to Your Majesty's care, the rare medicinal materials given by Your Majesty last time have cured all the symptoms of these years. ”

Jing Cheng smiled gently, and looked at Gu Zi'an steadily. In his heart, he had already decided to put Gu Zi'an back in Beiyang to reduce the joint threat of Beiyang and Yan Rong to Great Xia.

His gaze swept over everyone present. Rui Wang Jingchi sat calmly in the banquet, and Lian Wang Jingzheng also showed a light and breezy face. Fu Guifei squinted her eyes and looked at her son with a light smile, and Fu Guifei's father, Zhou Shangshu, looked ahead with a solemn face.

Just laughing and talking, Meng Yining saw that the corners of his mouth twitched slightly under Yan Rong's envoy's calm expression, although he didn't frown, but the cheeks on both sides seemed to be asymmetrical, one high and one low. From the conversation at the banquet, it is enough to see that the relationship between King Xia and Teacher Gu Zi'an is active and friendly, and he is also kind to Gu Zi'an. It seems to have the intention of recommendation. And the day before yesterday, the matter of Gu Zi'an, the king of Xia, who was revealed to the king of Xia about martial arts, not only did not estranged the relationship between King Xia and Gu Zi'an, but inexplicably increased King Xia's suspicion of the collusion between Yan Rong and the insiders of Great Xia.

Meng Yining saw it in her eyes, but she was very happy.

After everyone sat down, the palace maid poured a full wine, and everyone drank it all.

The pearls and jade brought by the Beiyang mission were presented together, and the dazzling treasures such as copper hunting pattern beans, black lacquer painted gold pine flower plates, red sandalwood treasure boxes, and colored yellow dilan stone picture bowls were dizzying.

Singing and dancing are leveled, and the atmosphere is harmonious.

The beauties of Beiyang are different from the slender physique of Daxia, and they appear more bold and hot, probably due to the ethnic minority blood in the extreme north mixed into Beiyang. The unique bird dance of the Beiyang ethnic group also opened everyone's eyes, the beauties wore half-mink and half-silk skirts, and stood crested larks and large-flowered snipes from the grassland on their shoulders. Wild birds fluttered, their wings as long as an arm, and the golden ink on the ends of their feathers shone faintly in the sunlight. The sound of birds is like that of a singer, and it seems to be the most beautiful sound in the world.

King Xia was overjoyed and rewarded a hundred taels of gold on the spot.

The singing and dancing stopped, and Zhang Ji stepped forward to kowtow: "A month ago, Gu Zhang, the king of Beiyang, died, and now the agreed deadline has arrived, and according to the music, the prince Gu Zi'an should also return to China to preside over the national funeral." ”

Gu Zi'an stepped forward and still kowtowed: "Thank you for Your Majesty's kindness, Gu Zi'an has not fulfilled his filial piety during his father's lifetime, and I hope Your Majesty can fulfill it." ”

All the words Jing Cheng had expected, and said indifferently: "The widow cares about the relationship between the first king of Beiyang and your father and son, and it is normal for people to return to China to mourn. Permit! ”

The last word, the tone is extraordinarily heavy.

Meng Yining breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Jingchi.

Discovering Jingchi, I was also watching her.

Zhang Ji said again: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking care of you for eight years. In order to express gratitude, in addition to the gold, silver and jewelry offerings, Beiyang is willing to give up the three cities and dedicate them to Great Xia. ”

Jing Cheng was overjoyed.

It's just that this word fell into the ears of Yan Rong's envoy, and it didn't seem to be so pleasant.

However, King Xia understood that these two cities could not be exchanged for letting people go for no reason. Although Gu Zi'an has the position of the prince, compared to the queen of Beiyang Zhao who is now exercising power, his words are just promises and not reality. Although some people are willing to give him advice, for the Zhao family, which has been saving for a long time, Gu Zi'an is indeed weak. If he does not send troops, it is very likely that Beiyang will lose both sides in the internal fight, or one party will take the position, and other countries will take advantage of the weakness to carve up Beiyang. Compared with Great Xia, Yan Rong has more in-depth knowledge of Beiyang. If Beiyang falls into its hands, then Yanrong's unification of the Central Plains is just around the corner.

Jing Cheng is silent, but his inner abacus has been laid.

Sending troops to Beiyang can not only destroy the prestige of Queen Zhao and Yan Rong, but also make Gu Zi'an grateful to Dade and leave his own people there.

The layout of the banquet started early, and now we meet only to give a happy ending.