A layer of gloom appeared in Zhao Mengqing's eyes: "The money seized in the case of Gao Li Greedy Mo is indeed huge, but His Royal Highness should also understand a word. ”

"Which word?"

Xu was very uncomfortable with this incident, he looked out the window, his eyes fell on the sea and tried to find a bright place, and he was silent for a long time before he said, "The so-called 'sitting on the mountain and eating the sky', with the squandering speed of her and her henchmen day and night, these money will turn into a virtual shadow after two or three years. I even reminded her that if the money was used for the soldiers, repairing the fortifications, and for the reduction of the levy and recuperation, she could sit on the throne for a longer time, but she felt that I had blatantly cursed her for the imperial power for a long time, and that I would be put on death row on charges of disobedience. I really don't understand, this Emperor Xuanyi was also a royal princess, and he was also literate, read books, and memorized articles, why didn't he understand the truth of the long stream? Does she not want to be an emperor at all, so she tosses so wantonly? ”

"No, Meng Qing, you're wrong." I said.

He looked back and wondered, "What was wrong with me?" ”

"You misunderstand Cheng Yu, it's not that she doesn't want to sit on the emperor's throne, and it's not that she doesn't understand the truth of the long stream, she tosses like this, I'm afraid it's because she wants to dominate the throne for a long time."

"Then why did she do that?"

I stroked the treasure placed in my heart, met Zhao Mengqing's puzzled gaze, lowered my voice and asked, "You answer me a question first, after I fell into the river, did Cheng Yu send someone to salvage my body in the Changlan River?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Mengqing's brows in front of him jumped clearly, and he reacted in an instant: "At first, I thought that she had an unbroken love for you, so she took great pains to find your corpse from the Changlan River, you may not know that dozens of sailors died just to salvage you." It turns out that her real purpose is this. ”

"The last time she saw me, the two of us had no need to guard against each other, her intentions for the throne were clear, and her covetousness for Immortal Cong was clear, but she still could not take it from me. So when I die, she will definitely send someone to search for my body, but as you said, so many people have died and still haven't found my body, so she will have two guesses. ”

"One is that she thinks that you are dead, and the whereabouts of Immortal Cong are unknown, she is disheartened, and feels that she will die sooner or later anyway, and the throne will not be able to sit for long, so she simply squandered and went to faint." Zhao Mengqing said.

I nodded, and continued, "The other is that she thinks I'm not dead, but hiding somewhere. So she used this method to disturb Dajin, make my people unrestful, and force me to come out. Thinking of this, a wry smile overflowed my throat, "Cheng Yu She really grasped my sore spot, the peace of the people of Li is my last bottom line, if I was really in a place where I could see what she was doing, I am afraid that I would have appeared with Immortal Cong." ”

Zhao Mengqing in front of him let out a light sigh, and looked at me from the coarse cloth clothes to the rattan shoes, his face was full of regret and sympathy: "So where did His Highness go this year, and how did he become what he is now?" ”

I poured a sip of wine, intending to swallow the hardships of the year, and then chuckled and said truthfully: "I didn't die when I fell into the Changlan River, the river washed me into a small mountain village. ”

"The mountain village that can trap His Highness for a year must not be described by the word 'remote'." Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration, looked at me with half-squinted eyes and smiled, "Should you be entangled by a girl who is injured by the mountain, and you want to stay and be the princess of the village?" ”

I almost wanted to kneel down for Zhao Mengqing: "Lord Zhao is really smart, but it's not the girl who trapped me, it's indeed the geographical location." This place is in Dongqiguo, Dafengshan Prefecture, Changyunshan County, Zhujiagou Village, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is isolated from the world, and every household has no money, I worked hard for a year to save enough from Zhujiagou Village to Dafeng Prefecture. ”

"Labor?" Since I was a child, I have been pampered and pampered, and I have never worried about pocket money, and Lord Zhao raised his eyebrows and looked at me.

I firmly held in my heart the idea that there is no distinction between high and low labor, and explained to him very calmly: "Raising pigs, planting vegetables, picking dung, chopping wood," paused, looking at the blue sea outside the window as if seeing my own broad mind, added, "There is also food." ”

A low chuckle came from his ears, and he said sarcastically: "Your Highness is very good, and you will do this." ”

I smiled dryly, and missed Zhu Xiaoliu a little: "Thanks to a big brother who taught me, he was also my life-saving benefactor, teaching me farming, providing me with food and clothing, but he didn't want to go with me, and sent me home after sending me to the county seat." ”

Zhao Mengqing put away the smile on his face and said solemnly: "I didn't expect that there are such warm-hearted people in such a difficult place, this brother is really chivalrous." ”

"But you said, why did you go to the East Qi Kingdom?" Thinking of the incident he had just said, he couldn't help but say nervously, "What hurt have you suffered?" ”

Zhao Mengqing shook his head, picked up the wine bowl and took a sip quite confidently, "Your Highness should know that I haven't been to the court much since the emperor was in power, and I also found someone to throw it into the palace, she did send someone to my mansion to arrest me, but I'm not stupid, can I wait to be arrested and taken to the prison?" ”

"Cheng Yu is not the kind of person who is forgiving and forgiving, how did you hide from it?"

He said leisurely: "I have been covered with domineering organs and deadly poison since the gate of the mansion, and whoever comes will die." The adults in the court are not stupid, they are also life-sparing. ”

The question then comes back to why he appeared on this big ship: "If you can save yourself, why do you come to the East to start the country?" ”

Zhao Mengqing's eyes dimmed instantly: "Because the tens of millions of people in Dajin can't protect themselves, and the millions of people in Nanguo Mansion can't protect themselves either." ”

I suddenly understood the purpose of his coming to Dongqi Kingdom, and my heart immediately tightened: "You went to Dongqi to borrow troops?" ”

Dongqi began to build large ships and naval divisions 16 years ago, and its naval combat capabilities were more than 100 times stronger than those of our Central Plains countries. And the world-famous princess Xingran in the country of Dongqi is a master of making gunpowder cannons, these gunpowder cannons have played a great role in several naval battles with the Japanese thieves, and in the past ten years, the Dongqi Kingdom and the Japanese have fought seven naval battles, all of which have won a great victory.

Just as I admitted that I raised pigs and vegetables in Zhujiagou Village, picked up dung and chopped firewood, Zhao Mengqing, who has always been elegant and never grovelled, also admitted very calmly that he did go to Dongqi to borrow troops.

But borrowing troops from one country and another country is far from being as simple as Wei Qi at the head of the village borrowing the head of the nest from Zhu Liu in the village - I have no hatred or grudge against Zhu Xiaoliu and no past relationship, but the relationship between Jinguo and Dongqi is not simply described by the word "adjacent".

If I remember correctly, sixteen years ago, the Wa Kingdom invaded the southeast sea, and the Dongqi Kingdom had not yet built a sailor and a big ship, and was unable to resist the invasion of the Japanese thieves, the Dongqi Emperor brought his most precious daughter Princess Xingran to Dajin, hoping to borrow 200,000 soldiers from Dajin to help Dongqi resist the Japanese thieves by marriage. But at that time, it was the time when my father had been planning for a long time and preparing to act against the southern kingdom, and he did not lend these 200,000 soldiers to Dongqi in the end.

I believe that Princess Xingran has not forgotten this incident, and Dongqiguo has not forgotten it.

So I guessed that when Zhao Mengqing went to Dongqi to borrow troops, he was so nervous.

"Is Your Highness wondering why I want to go to a country that already has a holiday with us to borrow troops?" His fingers tapped on the table, and there was a slow sound in the fall, "Your Highness, do you remember what Princess Xingran said to us when she was leaving?" ”

At that time, the southern kingdom had not yet been destroyed, and Princess Xingran, who was only thirteen years old, said goodbye to us at the Zhong Qi Palace, and what she said made everyone embarrassed-

"Listed as a palace noble, minister, sitting in such a high position, it is natural to see it more long-term than ordinary people, the success or failure of the country, the rise and fall of the rise and fall of the rise and fall of the country fall on your shoulders, the weight of this burden is not light. The emperor wants to expand the territory and win the rich land of the southern country, which is also for the future of the Jin country, and Xing Ran and his father can realize it. But the southern country is still different from the Jin country, and the Japanese country is still different from the east and the east, and where is the difference? Probably because of the difference in language, the difference in nationality. Since my father and emperor couldn't persuade the Jin Kingdom to send troops to help us defend against the thieves, then Xing Ran dared to persuade the Jin Emperor when he said goodbye - our seven kingdoms are originally of the same origin, the same language and the same script, so when you deal with the southern country, you must be merciful. ”