"I have something to ask of you." Zhao Yuanting did not shy away from it, and used a word in his words.

"Oh?" Huerhe glanced back at Zhao Yuanting, and was also a little surprised by the word in his words, Zhao Yuanting was conceited, and he could say this word, which showed that he was really in dire straits now.

"Let's make a truce, now that the thieves in Dakang are in turmoil, I want to go back to the imperial city to quell the thieves." Zhao Yuanting sat up, looked into the distance, and said in a deep voice.

Huerhe also sat down, and Zhao Yuanting's words were almost as little as he guessed.

"First of all, you have to return Gu'er to me." Huerhe didn't hide what he thought in his heart, and he was straightforward.

"No, my stepchild is my child, and no one wants to take him away." Zhao Yuanting immediately refused.

Hmph, Huerhe sneered, but he didn't want to argue with Zhao Yuanting about this issue, Zhao Yuanting was a little crazy now, he had lost too many things, and Gu Er was his last spiritual support.

"Then there is nothing to talk about, you have so much civil strife now, what can you give him if you keep Gu Erqiang by your side?" Huerhe asked coldly.

"I can give my stepson a lot of things, and I can give him this country, this right." Zhao Yuanting looked at Huerhe, and stubborn fire appeared in his eyes.

"You can't protect yourself now, don't dream so far." Huerhe sneered and stood up.

Zhao Yuanting looked up at Huerhe, silent, making a difficult decision in his heart.

"If Gu'er doesn't return it, everything will not be discussed." Huerhe's tone left no room for authenticity.

Zhao Yuanting was speechless, looked at Huerhe, Huerhe also looked at Zhao Yuanting, looked at each other for a long time, Huerhe was no longer patient, and turned to leave.

Zhao Yuanting looked at Huerhe's back, and didn't call him, he couldn't make a decision for a while about returning Gu Er to such a big thing.

***

Huerhe returned to the barracks and sat in the military tent for a long time, he didn't know if Zhao Yuanting would compromise and return Gu'er. In fact, the attitude of King Beihu is not clear now, and I don't know whether he wants to continue to attack Dakang or negotiate peace with Dakang.

King Beihu also discussed several times in the court, if he took the opportunity to bite Dakang at this time, would Dakang be captured?

But the result of the discussion is impossible, the war consumes a huge amount, with the financial resources of Beihu, the military salary and materials for half a year have made Beihu's treasury very tight, and after Huerhe captured the city, it has also largely solved some material problems by itself, if you put in energy to attack again, I am afraid that there will be insufficient food and grass.

Although there is civil strife in Dakang, if it really involves the dispute over the country, Zhao Yuanting will not stand idly by, so it is not easy to capture Dakang.

So the question now is whether Beihu should recognize the new imperial power or the imperial power of Zhao Yuanting.

The answer to this question is very simple, all the courtiers think that it is natural to recognize the new imperial power, and a yellow-mouthed child is naturally much easier to deal with than Zhao Yuanting.

Therefore, the king of Beihu repaired the book overnight, asked Huerhe to intensify the attack on Zhao Yuanting, and sent more than 10,000 city guards from Yuanjing to support.

When the city guard set off, Huerhe didn't know about it in the barracks, and after he met with Zhao Yuanting, he finally told Xia Muyao about it.

Xia Muyao was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It is estimated that Zhao Yuanting will come to you again." ”

"It should be, he is in a dilemma now, and he is very critical." Huerkh nodded.

"Then why did you take the opportunity to annihilate his army in one fell swoop?" Xia Muyao said busily.

"Not yet, Zhao Yuanting's army still has combat effectiveness, if you want to defeat him, unless it takes a few more days, when Dakang cuts off the supply to the army, it will be easy to deal with." After Huerhe finished speaking, he frowned and thought about it, "But Zhao Yuanting is not a fool, he should have been thinking about how to raise grain and grass at this moment." ”

"What about raising food and grass? If Dakang wants to kill him, and Beihu wants to destroy him, then wouldn't he have no way out? Xia Muyao frowned slightly and said.

"So Zhao Yuanting wanted me to let him go, and when he was trying his best to deal with the Dakang New Dynasty, he expected me not to take advantage of his danger, but I asked him to hand over Gu'er, but he refused," Huerhe said in a deep voice.

When Xia Muyao heard this, she couldn't help sighing, she didn't understand, Gu Er was obviously her and Huerhe's child, so why did Zhao Yuanting cherish it so much, so much so that he could even put aside the matter of repairing the country for a while.

"If he insists on refusing to hand over Gu'er, what will happen?" Xia Muyao looked at Huerhe.

"Then he is doomed." Huerkh squinted his eyes and pondered.

"Zhao Yuanting is not a person who is willing to give up his rights, he will definitely come to you for help." Xia Muyao knew Zhao Yuanting, if he wasn't a man who was greedy for power, then he would have stayed with her a long time ago, how could there be a later Huerhe?

"I just need Gu'er to come back, as for whether I can help Zhao Yuanting, it's hard to say, in case the king of Beihu wants to continue to attack Zhao Yuanting, I can't disobey as a general." Huerhe told Xia Muyao the deep meaning.

"Zhao Yuanting is not a gentleman, you don't have to treat him with the heart of a gentleman, anyway, on the road of power struggle, there is never right or wrong, only victory and defeat." Xia Muyao said, her eyes revealing a hint of ruthlessness.

Hearing Xia Muyao say this, Huerhe couldn't help but smile, Xia Muyao's unusual insight has always been appreciated by him.

"Anyway, no matter what, Gu'er will return to us soon." Huerhe said, holding Xia Muyao in his arms, he had been waiting for this day for too long.

Xia Muyao took a deep breath in Huerhe's arms to soothe her somewhat fluctuating emotions, "Gu'er, will he accept us?" ”

"Yes," Huerhe hurriedly said comfortingly: "We are Gu'er's Abba and Aunt, and he and we have a family relationship that is thicker than water, so he will naturally get close to us soon." ”

Xia Muyao heard this and nodded hurriedly.

Then she fell into Huerhe's arms, silent. Now, although Gu Er's hope is getting bigger and bigger, Gu Er has not returned for a day, and her heart has not been able to settle down for a day.

***

Two days later, Huerhe received a secret letter from Zhao Yuanting, still asking Huerhe to see him in the old place.

After reading the secret letter, Huerhe breathed a long sigh of relief, he was already eighty percent sure that Zhao Yuanting was willing to return Gu Er. Because if Zhao Yuanting insisted on refusing to return Gu'er, then there would be no need for him to talk to him.

At lunch, Huerhe told Xia Muyao about it, and Xia Muyao was also happy.

"I also want to go with you, I want to see Gu'er." Xia Muyao said to Huerhe.

Huerhe thought for a while and shook his head, "This time, Zhao Yuanting may not bring Gu Er, wait for us to negotiate, and then take you with us after the agreed time." ”

Huerhe comforted like this, but in fact, only he understood in his heart that he was afraid that Zhao Yuanting would see Xia Muyao and tell him about the despicable things he had done at the beginning.

Xia Muyao nodded obediently, "Then be careful when you go to the appointment later, Zhao Yuanting is a scheming person, don't think of any other ideas." ”

Huerhe answered, and then left the big tent and went to the military tent, although he went to the appointment alone, but a few hundred meters away, he still had to have his own elite soldiers waiting, in case of accidents.

This time, it was still Zhao Yuanting who went early, and when he heard the sound of Huerhe coming, he turned around and looked at him quietly.

"I have figured it out, my stepchild is my only trump card, I can't give him to you, I will send him to a safe place until you help through this difficult time, I will naturally return my stepchild to you." Zhao Yuanting said in a deep voice with an expressionless face.

Huerhe gritted his teeth, "Your calculation is loud, in case I help you regain the throne, but you regret it, who should I go to?" ”

"You can only trust me, can't you?" Zhao Yuanting smiled, he expected that Huerhe would never joke with Gu Er's life for Xia Muyao's sake.

"Of course not, didn't you keep saying that Gu'er was your child? Isn't it ridiculous that you are threatening me with your child? Huerhe smiled indifferently.

Zhao Yuanting raised his eyebrows, "But he is Peshuo's child, if you say this about him, aren't you afraid that Peshuo will know?" ”

"Although Yao'er is Gu Er's biological mother, but because of the sins you created, Gu Er left her in her lifetime, do you know that you are more than your biological relatives, do you really think that we have to look back on our children?" Huerhe had already made up his mind and said that Gu'er's weight in their hearts was the closest.

Zhao Yuanting stared at Huerhe, not knowing how true his words were, but the Beihu people were more indifferent than the Dakang people, and he knew this, so Zhao Yuanting couldn't help but be silent.

"That's it for today, if it weren't for the decision to return Gu'er in the future, there would be no need to meet me here in secret letters." Huerhe said, and without even getting off the horse, he beat the horse and left.

Zhao Yuanting stood in place, really a thousand thoughts came to his heart, he couldn't help but close his eyes, raised his head and sighed, he is now like a trapped beast, he has no capital to negotiate conditions with people at all, and at present, he only believes that Huerhe is a downright person, as long as Huerhe does not take advantage of the danger to attack him behind him, then he has a great chance of returning to the imperial city and regaining the imperial power.

As for Gu Er, judging from his current stormy situation, he really can't give him a better life, so it's better to wait for him to calm down the rebellion in the imperial city, and then go to Huerhe to review. He wasn't afraid that Huerhe would not give it to him, otherwise he would tell her what he did to Xia Muyao that day, and see if Huerhe felt sorry for Gu Er, or did he feel sorry for Xia Muyao?

Thinking of this, Zhao Yuanting let out a long breath, and had already made the decision to return Gu'er to Xia Muyao, anyway, he had no other choice at this moment, he could only trust Huerhe.

***

Zhao Yuanting, who returned to the barracks, quickly wrote a secret letter and sent a messenger to Beihu Daying again, in which Zhao Yuanting made it clear that he was willing to hand over Gu'er to Huerhe, and the time was set for the next morning.

When Huerhe received this secret letter, he couldn't help but smile with relief after not being happy for a long time, and then he took this secret letter back to the big tent and told Xia Muyao the good news.