Bai Yuxuan knelt heavily in front of Ning Zeqing, causing the princes who had not yet left the table to be puzzled.

Ning Zeqing was startled, and hurriedly got up to ask him to get up.

"What do you mean, eldest prince, hurry up."

Bai Yuxuan was still kneeling, no matter how Ning Zeqing asked, he couldn't afford it: "General Ning will know that he can afford it when he hears what I say." ”

Ning Zeqing listened to his words and thought for a moment.

"Even if you have something to discuss, just say it. I can't afford such a big gift. ”

After speaking, he pulled Bai Yuxuan up.

Bai Yuxuan's face was full of chagrin, lowered his posture, and said to Ning Zeqing: "This matter originally had nothing to do with Zi Xi and General Ning, but now that my father has gone, there is no one in charge in the country, and there is a shortage of soldiers and horses, so I rushed to the hospital and dared to ask General Ning for help." ”

"What, this has something to do with the army?"

Bai Yuxuan's face was embarrassed: "I can't hide it, a few days ago, the surrounding small countries took advantage of our country's national mourning and were unable to separate, and they actually harassed our borders, disturbing the lives of the people on our border. But our country of Lian already has few soldiers and horses, and recently there is no way to help, I don't want them to intensify and occupy a piece of land on our border. In desperation, he could only ask the general for help. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, even those sons didn't seem to know about it.

Ning Zeqing said strangely: "I've been in the palace these days, why have I never heard of this?" ”

"You are a guest from afar, how can you bother you with these things? Because we failed to fulfill the friendship of the landlord in this matter, we are ashamed, and I hope that General Ning will forgive us for our rudeness. ”

Ning Zeqing nodded and said, "It turns out that there have been a lot of exchanges between the generals in the palace in the past few days, and it is because of this matter. ”

Bai Yuxuan looked remorseful: "Blame me for this matter, my father was seriously ill, and the state affairs were delayed a lot, and he was unable to deliver the message to various countries. Recently, the state affairs have been troubled, so I didn't take this matter to heart, and it became more and more intense, and I remembered it, but I couldn't stop it. The general also knew that the country of Lian was only a country of gold and jade, with a treasure in the empty land, but not many troops, and the people lived in peace and work, and there were few worries. The small country of Youfeng on the border saw the opportunity to extort money and goods and occupy land in the name of invading. I don't want it to get worse, and today I have the courage to ask the general for help at the national funeral, and I hope that the general will take pity on my deceased father and borrow the strength of the army of the hundred tribes to counterattack. ”

The fat boy of Lian Kingdom on the side had not left the table, and when he heard him, he stood up and wanted to say something, but was stopped by another son with kidney deficiency, and this small action happened to be seen by Qu Mingli.

Qu Ming was suspicious, but because he was threatened by Bai Yuxuan's identity, he didn't dare to stand up and question something, so he could only wait and see.

"Do you want to use the strength of the Hundred Tribes Army to fight against Youguo?"

"Exactly."

Ning Zeqing thought for a moment and made a slight difficulty: "The Hundred Ethnic Army originally aimed to resolve the disputes between various ethnic groups, and it is said that this matter should not be shirked. But what you need is to use your strength to fight, and I can't call the shots, so I can only wait until the king has made a decision. ”

"This matter is convenient," Bai Yuxuan said with a smile, "It's better for me to immediately repair a letter of the country and pass it on to King Ming with the fastest foot strength." You will rest here for a few days, and if the king of Ming answers the letter, he will bother General Lao to teach me a lesson to that shameless little country. ”

Ning Zeqing thought about it, but still had concerns.

Bai Yuxuan seemed to understand what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "The matter of repairing the book can be postponed. However, the people on the border have suffered for many days, and General Ning has led the army in a good way and has a lot of experience, so Yu Xuan wants to ask General Ning to go to the disturbed place to appease the people, and arrange troops for us a little, so as to resist for a while. ”

Ning Zeqing nodded in agreement.

The rest of the sons still looked weird, and they still didn't seem to understand the situation at this table.

"Come on, bring my treasured grass dew wine, thank General Guoning." Bai Yuxuan waved his hand and said to the maid.

The maid went away at the call, and in a short time brought the wine.

The son, who had not yet left the table, was overjoyed to see Bai Yuxuan bring out the treasured wines of other countries, so he simply stayed and drank a few more glasses.

Bai Yuxuan pulled Ning Zeqing and talked for a long time before slowly dispersing.

When everyone saluted and retreated, Bai Yuxuan walked a step behind Qu Mingli and said in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them: "I hope that the princess will keep my Lian Kingdom safe." ”

Qu Mingli glanced at him and followed Ning Zeqing away.

On the way back to the house, Ning Zeqing asked the two lieutenants: "What do you think of today's incident?" ”

Ban Fei frowned, with a questioning expression: "The situation in this Lian country is really difficult to understand, first the lord of the country died, and it shows that the affairs of the spies in the army were the eyes of the lord of the country, and now the border is being invaded by other countries and borrowing troops from us." So many things happened when we were here. General, are we too unlucky? ”

Ban Fei was a little frustrated, and was glanced at by Ning Zeqing, and immediately bowed his head and said nothing.

The last general believes that the top priority is to find out whether the border is really being disturbed by Youfeng. If it is true, then repair the book with the king. Whether or not we can borrow troops with him after that is not up to us to decide. ”

"So, you believed him?" Ning Zeqing asked him.

Qu Ming only got Bai Yuxuan's hint from Fang Fang, so he could only answer stiffly: "The last general doesn't believe him. It's just that when King Qianlian was seriously ill, we all saw him terminally ill, and we couldn't fake it. The list of spies in the army was also handed over to us, and it should be a sincere act of repentance. Although the disturbance of the border has not been confirmed, the changes in the palace a few days ago can also be circumstantial. Since the general has agreed to go to the border to pacify the people and arrange troops, we can also take this opportunity to investigate and clarify the truth of this matter. ”

If Ning Zeqing didn't have that conversation in the courtyard, Qu Mingli would naturally believe it, but at this time, even if the clear evidence proved that this was indeed the case, Qu Mingli also had some doubts.

Ning Zeqing snorted lightly: "Perhaps, he used this reason to let us go to investigate." Well, since that's the case, let's go check it out and make a plan. ”

On the second day, Ning Zeqing took two deputy generals and some soldiers of the Hundred Tribes Army to the disturbed border of Nalian State.

Shidi is the farthest border from the capital of Lianguo, although it is not as prosperous as the national capital, but it is also more wealthy than the ordinary areas of other countries because of the convenience of commerce and trade.

But in the city, it was not like this.

The ruins of the city's broken walls and broken old roads are all newly damaged by manpower, and there are occasionally some dark places, presumably traces left by fire. There are few people walking around the streets, and even the busiest vegetable market is full of ragged people, like beggars and prisoners. What a depressing sight.

Some people in military uniforms were patrolling around, but judging by their posture, they were not very warlike people.

Ning Zeqing sent someone to ask one or two, and he confirmed the words of Youfeng invading the border.

Ning Zeqing sighed, and began to train the only soldiers a little, so that they could resist a little if they attacked again.

Qu Mingli also had a lot of doubts, and when he saw this situation, he couldn't help but believe Bai Yuxuan's words.

Could it be that his intention was really to borrow soldiers?

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