Chapter 40: The Covenant of Gentlemen I

Cao Ran turned his head, there was no longer Zhu Xuan at the door, it was just a meal, I didn't expect him to be so careful. The little prince looked at her pitifully with a distressed look in his eyes for help, scratched his big little nose, and comforted: "Don't worry, it's worthless to sell you, even if you are sold, it will be me." The little prince's face just wanted to smile froze, her comfort was always a little wrong, but with his weak head and didn't think of anything wrong, the result after careful thinking was that because no one wanted to be around him, he didn't have to worry about being trafficked, even if this theory was true, it didn't seem to be very happy!

It wasn't until night that Cao Ran saw Zhu Xuan again, he knocked on the door and asked her with a gloomy face, "Where did the little baby come from?" ”

"Picked it up on the street." She replied.

He breathed a sigh of relief, glanced into the room, and saw the sleeping little boy lying on the bed, "Are you going to sleep with him?" ”

Cao Ran also glanced at the little prince with his eyes, nodded and mummed, not thinking that there was anything wrong.

Zhu Xuan pushed the door and walked straight to the bed to pick up the little prince, and walked out of the door, Cao Ran stopped at the door, and said urgently: "What are you going to do?" You don't really want to sell him. ”

He ignored her questioning, and said lightly: "It's better for him to live with me first, you quickly find his family and send him back, I hate children." ”

Cao Ran looked at his departing figure in confusion, and said secretly: "I don't like children, why do I have to carry them to my room." Cut, it is said that rich people have some quirks, is it possible to ......" shook his head vigorously, shaking off the filthy imagination in his mind, he is still a child, what are he thinking about!

Closed the door and fell asleep, until the sun rose, and then the little prince's angry voice came from outside the door, "Sister, that bad brother said that I ran to his room by myself last night and fell asleep, is that so?" He must have lied to me, I remember being in my sister's room all the time. The little prince pursed his lips, looking very cute.

Cao Ran put down the comb in her hand, combed half of her hair and put it on her ear obediently, and said with a chuckle: "Brother Xuan didn't lie to you, you have to live with Brother Xuan before sending you home." She had no intention of sweeping to Zhu Xuan, who was standing quietly in front of the door and looking at her, and lowered her head and asked softly, "How did you sleep with Brother Xuan last night?" ”

The little prince nodded with a gloomy expression. He slept very deeply, and it wasn't until he woke up that he found this bad brother lying next to him, and he didn't know if he could sleep well the rest of the night.

According to the arrangement, Zhu Xuan pretended to be Li Guang's attendant, and Li Guang's carriage and horse stopped outside the gate of King Xuan's temporary residence. Li Guang instructed the others to wait outside with only Zhu Xuan, and said to the guards who conveyed: "Li Guang, Marquis of Yuling, came to discuss important matters with King Xuan on the order of Emperor Yan, please ask your envoy to convey it." ”

Li Guang's demeanor was extremely cautious, and the guards also replied respectfully: "King Xuan is already waiting in the mansion, please come with me." ”

At the entrance, Yu Wenhua was waving a pen in front of the court to depict a pair of ink, seeing the two coming, raised his hand to ask for a word, and took the two into a side room, the side room is not big but very soundproof, and the chirping of sparrows outside the window can not be heard at all. Li Guang didn't say much after bowing, and retreated to other rooms.

didn't serve tea and didn't give up his seat, Yu Wenhua only sat down, didn't like it or was angry, and asked first: "I heard that the eldest son of the emperor of Daliang is not favored by Emperor Liang, but he sent you to marry the most favored princess of our Jin Kingdom. ”

Zhu Xuan smiled and bowed his hand to the level, and said fearfully: "The beloved son may not inherit a great cause, since they are both princes and princesses, what is the insincerity?" ”

Yu Wenhua sneered and said: "It's not sincere, but it's not good to prepare to marry the princess in the palace, and come to this Yandi to cause trouble." ”

It seems that this Xuan King is dissatisfied with the harmony between Da Liang and the Jin Kingdom, Zhu Xuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "Xiao Wang came here this time to form an alliance with King Xuan, I need your soldiers and horses, and you will also need my support." ”

Yu Wenhua laughed loudly and said, "It's a pity that your calculation is wrong, I don't need anyone's support." ”

"Don't you want to settle the disputes between Daliang and the Jin Kingdom for a hundred years? You never thought that you would have the support of the Great Liang and have the position of Emperor Jin that should have belonged to you a long time ago? Zhu Xuan's words were sonorous and powerful, as if every sentence could poke Yu Wenhua's heart. He was gambling, betting that no one in this world would fight just for the sake of fighting, and that King Xuan's ambition would never be below him.

Yu Wenhua's expression gradually became serious, and he said with a little interest: "Oh? Tell me, how do you plan to get the Great Liang to follow your instructions and stop fighting with the Jin Land, and still fully support my army? ”

"Order your southern soldiers and horses to help me as Emperor Liang, and I guarantee that there will never be war on the border between Great Liang and the Jin Kingdom. In return, I will do my best to help you as Emperor Jin, and if you want to set foot in Qiongdu, I will be at your disposal with the power of one country. Zhu Xuan's sincere tone seemed a little excited, he didn't lie, if he could sit on the position of Emperor Liang, he would definitely take the lead in stopping the war with the Jin State, and Emperor Jin would probably not be willing to let the provocation for many years just end like this, and would continue to force each other to cause war. And King Xuan is a person who grew up in the war in the south, he longs for peace there more than anyone else, and only when King Xuan ascends the throne can the war in the south be stopped.

Yu Wenhua's plain eyes did not flash a trace of waves, although the corners of his mouth smiled, it still made people feel profound and arrogant. Yu Wenhua said with a smile: "The idea is very good, but you are about to be the only concubine of the Jin Kingdom, as long as you can successfully marry the ninth princess back to Daliang, the Jin Kingdom will inevitably become your backer, why should you put me, a prince who can only fight, in your eyes." ”

Zhu Xuan also echoed and chuckled: "If marrying the princess of the Jin Kingdom is to win over the backer of the Jin Kingdom, then even if I am the eldest son, such a good thing will not be my turn as a down-and-out prince." This peace with the Jin State is just a victim of the ultimate war, King Xuan and Da Liang have been confronted for so many years, presumably they already know very well about the army of the Great Liang and the thoughts of my father, annexing the Jin State and ending this hundred-year entanglement is his lifelong wish. ”

Daliang and Jin have been fighting on the border for a hundred years, and in recent years, the Jin State has been sitting in the south, and Daliang has lost more and won less. In order to give these soldiers who had no intention of fighting again, Emperor Liang gave these soldiers who had no intention of fighting again a determination to fight to the death, Shache Kingdom, the leader of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Western Regions, offered a plan to Emperor Liang, wanting to attack Jin under the pretext of making peace with the Jin State, taking advantage of the fact that the Jin State was not united with the Western Regions countries to attack the Jin State. At that time, he hijacked the only princess of the Jin State and disturbed the heart of the Jin army, in case there was a big deal to kill the princess of the Jin State, the Jin State would have a fierce battle with the Great Liang, and the soldiers of the Great Liang had to fight to the death, plus the strength of the Western Regions countries would have most of the chances of destroying the Jin State in one fell swoop.