Seeing that this woman's vigilance was so high, Lu Li felt that this was not a place to stay for a long time, so he pulled Xiao Man down the mountain first.

On the way back, Lu Li's expression began to become solemn again. I didn't expect that Ah Yue's master was actually the royal family of the previous dynasty, and her purpose must be to defeat the Donglan Kingdom from within.

Xiao Man nodded: "I didn't expect that there were still descendants left in the world in the previous dynasty, and Ah Yue's master is so capable, I'm afraid that even if you make a move, Lu Li, do you think that if you compare with her master, who will have a better chance of winning?" ”

Lu Li was silent at this time, if you want to talk about Master Ah Yue's plan, it is naturally very human; In terms of force, judging from the strength of the stone she fired just now, she knew that her martial arts must not be ordinary, but she cut off her legs for the current royal family of Donglan Kingdom, otherwise Lu Li might not really be his opponent.

"Her kung fu throwing stones can be described as a hundred shots, and the strength is balanced and the aim is accurate, if I hadn't pulled you away in time just now, if you were hit by the stones on your key acupuncture points, you would have died immediately."

Hearing Lu Li say this, Xiao Man was a little afraid, he didn't expect that the national teacher would actually recruit so many talents, Ah Yue was already difficult enough to deal with, plus a strong martial arts master Ah Yue, it seems that the fate of Donglan Kingdom is really uncertain.

"Now that the situation is so complicated, what do you say we should do?"

Lu Li brushed his hand on the table and said, "If it's not the emperor, how can you support them?" Now there is still a good chance of winning against Ah Yue's gang, but in this situation, I don't know what the specific situation will be, so I can only take one step at a time. ”

After knowing that Ah Yue's master was the royal family of the previous dynasty, Lu Li and Xiaoman had been worried about this time, for fear that one day his master would make some kind of ghost name to plunge Donglan Kingdom into chaos.

But fortunately, his master is also a far-sighted person, and at this moment, he is slowly casting a big net in Donglan Kingdom, taking care of his own life, and has no intention of closing the net for a while. It gave Lu Li and Xiaoman time to breathe.

At the time of the spring equinox, the envoys of the various vassal countries will come to the capital to congratulate them, which naturally makes Saria excited, because it can meet their envoys from the Western Regions.

When the envoys set off, she kept chattering with Xiao Man: "Xiao Man, what interesting things do you say the envoy from the Western Regions will bring me this time?" ”

Xiao Man smiled and pressed Saria to her seat, telling him to eat well, don't be so unruly.

"Saria, what are you anxious about, the envoys of the Western Regions still have more than half a month to arrive in Shangjing, you wait for them to come, and ask them directly?"

Although she heard Xiaoman say this, Salia still couldn't hold back her eagerness, after all, she had been away from her hometown for so long, and this was the first time she saw people from her hometown come to Beijing, and the homesickness in her heart suddenly came up.

Since the various vassal countries have done a lot of tribute in Beijing, King Ning will naturally not be idle, he and his cousin are ready to unite the forces of the Western Regions, this is naturally the best time, after learning that the envoys of the Western Regions have just set off, King Ning and Sister Tang began to arrange,

"I don't know who came up from the Western Regions this time?"

The cousin took out a small flying pigeon handbook, which was the latest secret report she received, and naturally reported it to King Ning as soon as possible.

"His Royal Highness King Ning, I heard that the envoy who came this time is none other than Salia's own brother Meng Buqi."

Hearing his cousin say this, King Ning was immediately relieved. After all, Meng Buqi is Saria's own brother, and with Salia in the middle, communication is much easier. If you encounter a dead brain like Lu Li, I'm afraid it will take a lot more trouble

Half a month later, the envoys of the vassal countries came to Shangjing.

The emperor naturally entertained them warmly, and this banquet naturally invited Lu Li, Xiaoman and Saria.

Salia didn't know what to say when she saw King Ning sitting across from her, since the last time King Ning had to show off in front of King Shan, Salia hadn't spoken to him, but the child in her belly reminded him all the time that there was indeed a constant affection between him and King Ning.

At this time, King Ning was separated by a long corridor, and he was constantly looking at her. This made Saria blush, if it weren't for the inconvenience of talking here, I am afraid that she would want to sit directly next to King Ning and tell him how she was feeling in the past few days.

After a few singing and dancing performances, the envoys of the Western Regions actually presented the gifts they had brought.

I only saw a few strange flowers and plants on them, all of which were unique to the Western Regions. Seeing these familiar flowers and plants, Saria's whole person is now like a flower, and when she smells the fragrance of these flowers and plants, it is as if she has returned to the past in a dream.

The emperor has been accustomed to seeing these rare treasures in the court since he was a child, and when he saw that Salia was so interested, he waved his hand: "Since Princess Salia is from the Western Regions, let's give these things to Princess Saria." ”

When Salia heard the emperor say this, she was simply flattered, thinking that although the emperor usually didn't do good things, he would follow his own wishes at this time, so she hurriedly got up and thanked her.

After the emperor asked Salia to sit down, Meng Buqi then congratulated Lu Li: "General, I heard that my sister is already pregnant with General Lu's child?" Meng Buqi gave a gift to express his congratulations to the general. ”

Lu Li hurriedly stopped him, firstly, he didn't like these false courtesies, and secondly, he really couldn't afford this courtesy. You must know that the child in Salia's belly is not his, but King Ning's. But this kind of relationship is clearly not to be said at the banquet, if I accept this gift, I am afraid that I will really lose my life

After being full of wine and food, Meng Buqi was naturally about to return to the embassy hall, but he didn't expect a little eunuch to come next to him, and whispered to him: "My lord, our King Ning has an invitation." ”

This Meng Buqi raised his eyebrows, King Ning has always been weak and sickly, and he rarely appears on such occasions. Today, he was excited enough to see King Ning, but he didn't expect to invite himself to the mansion, and he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in his stomach. But since he has invited himself, if he doesn't go, he will lose face after all.

So Meng Buqi followed the eunuch to the door of King Ning's mansion. Before he arrived, Meng Buqi saw that King Ning had been waiting for him with a folding fan for a long time.

"I'm really sorry that General Meng called you to my mansion so late."

Meng Buqi looked at King Ning's unfathomable eyes, and already understood King Ning's intention to come to him.

After the two men entered the door, they instructed the maid outside: "Show me the door, I don't command, no one is allowed to come in." ”

The two maids dutifully stood guard at the door, and no one could come near.

After Meng Buqi sat down, his cousin walked out from behind the screen. She has always been secretive, and she doesn't want people to know that she is the strategist of King Ning's mansion, so it is best to make people think that King Ning is fighting alone above the court, so that no one will be suspicious of him, and no one can guess their ambition to seize the throne.

Meng Buqi looked at Tang Jian, and then at King Ning, these two people really came prepared. But he is a native of the Western Regions, and he doesn't like to go around the bend with them, the royal mother-in-law and mother of the Central Plains, so he said directly: "Your Royal Highness King Ning, you should come to me to do some transactions with our Western Regions?" ”

King Ning said with a smile: "General Meng is really a fast talker, I have always heard that he is very brave on the battlefield, but I didn't expect that this tongue is also fast talking, and it is really extraordinary when I see it today." General Meng, I used to be frail and sick, and I didn't ask about the government, but recently, our Donglan Kingdom has really been worse every year. ”

"Oh? I don't think that Donglan Country is not as good as a year, and I ask King Ning to make it clear. ”

King Ning fanned his fan, and found that this general was not as brave and resourceless as he seemed on the surface, and Meng Buqi threw the problem back to himself in a few words, so that he could admit his ambition to compete for the throne.

"Donglan Country has recently added a Tongtian Sect Master, and it is the National Teacher Doctor who controls the government in the court, and the general said that such a person controls the imperial court, can Donglan Country not be chaotic?"

Meng Buqi took a sip of the tea in front of him, although he was far away in the Western Regions, he had long known about these chaos in Donglan, and the spies had already reported everything to him.

Every time he heard these news, he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, you must know that the Western Regions have always been a vassal state of the Southeast, but since the Southeast has been corrupted to this point, why not replace it in the Western Regions.

It just so happened that King Ning wanted to do this business with him again, so he could pretend to cooperate with him, and wait until he got rid of the Emperor of the Central Plains, and then take the opportunity to turn against the water, so isn't the land of this Donglan Kingdom all from their Western Regions?

"I don't know much about these things in the Western Regions."

King Ning looked at Meng Buqi's eyes, his eyebrows were full of irrepressible joy, obviously he knew these things in Donglan's country at all, and he was just pretending to be a heartfelt chess piece.

"General Meng doesn't need to be like this, since I found General Meng this time, in order to express my sincerity, I will tell the general my plan directly."

"Since His Royal Highness King Ning already has a plan, then please tell me."

"I want to borrow all your troops in the Western Regions."

At this point, the conspiracy of the two finally surfaced.

Meng Buqi shook the teacup, but there was some hesitation on his face, to say that the king of the Western Regions is not himself now, and if he wants to mobilize all the troops of the Western Regions, he must have his father's approval.

However, my father has always been a conservative person, and he easily refused to start a war with the Central Plains, and if he rashly borrowed troops, maybe he would bring trouble to the Western Regions.