And we believed. We chatted with her for a while, and then she said she was tired and went into the inner room to rest. Hua Lanyao's voice lowered: "So, Xiao Yunzi and I said goodbye." ”

"And then?" Ning Shangmo couldn't help but get angry when she heard this, this is simply ironic, she walked on the front foot, and Tuoba Yanling came in with the back foot, and deceived her two good sisters.

"Then, when we went out, the man at the door said, 'You haven't come back yet.' Only then did we know that we had been fooled, and we hurried back, only to find that she was not in your inner room, but left you a letter. As she spoke, Hua Lanyao took out a letter from behind her and handed it to Ning Shangmo with both hands.

After reading it, Ning Shangmo couldn't help but sneer on his face.

Ming couldn't help but ask, "What is written in the letter?" ”

"What else can be written? She said that if I am willing to give you to her, then she will take you back to Beimeng, and she will never trouble me again, if it is not for this, she will never let me have peace. Ning Shangmo sneered: "You are really a disaster, I wonder if I want to pour out your basin of trouble." ”

Ming Qingyan couldn't help but smile when he heard her say this, "Are you willing?" ”

"What's the reluctance? I just don't want to cheapen that wicked woman. After speaking, she handed the letter to Zhuyu and commanded softly: "Burn it." ”

Takeba took the letter and left.

"In the future, we all have to be careful. Tuoba Yanling came today, clearly to give us a warning, not only the Ning Mansion may not even be able to stop her footsteps, she can kill us at any time. Ming said very seriously: "The opponent we are facing is not simple, and we need to go all out to deal with it." ”

"Now let's discuss how to fight back, we can't always wait for her to make trouble for us, we have to find her." Ning Shangmo nodded and replied.

"I think I can use my network to get her out even if she's hiding in a rat hole." Leng Qingrong said loudly.

Ning Shangmo shook his head, "This is too time-consuming, why don't we set a trap for her to fall into the net." ”

"Concrete plans?" Ming asked softly.

"Still thinking." Ning Shangmo responded.

Ming nodded lightly, and everyone fell silent, all thinking of a way.

"I have an idea, you can hear it." Yun Yishu took the lead in breaking the silence and said loudly: "Three days later, it will be the centennial celebration of Ning Ji Pawnshop. This time, we can take out the treasure of the pawnshop town store and sell it for charity, do you say that when the time comes, will Tuoba Yanling fish in troubled waters and make trouble? ”

Ning Shangmo couldn't help but nod when he heard this, Ning Ji Pawnshop would openly sell some dead pawn items every year when the store celebrated, and there was no shortage of rare treasures in these items. Since it is a charity sale, it is natural to sell it at a relatively low price, and then use the funds raised to help the victims of the disaster and help build a village school.

She felt that she should take advantage of this opportunity. In recent years, it has been presided over by her, so if she recuperates at home due to illness this year, Tuoba Yanling will definitely take the opportunity to take advantage of the loophole, and she will not miss this opportunity to make a fortune.

So, he replied loudly: "I agree, tomorrow I will ask the pawnshop shopkeeper to make a list of the charity items for this sale, and then post it at the door of the pawnshop, so that I am not afraid that Tuoba Yanling will not be fooled." ”

Ming Qingyan and others felt that this method was feasible. Tuoba Yanling's activities in the Imperial City naturally require a large amount of money, how could he not be tempted in the face of the valuables that Ning Ji Pawnshop was about to sell?

"It's a good idea." Leng Qingrong couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Yun Yishu and praised: "It is worthy of being my little junior sister." ”

"Senior brother, what is there to boast about, you can praise me again when you can really help Mo'er." Yun Yishu was still a little worried, what if he couldn't catch Tuoba Yanling by then.

"Let's all plan it." Ning Shangmo beckoned to them, so several heads were next to each other, discussing in a low voice.

The next day, sure enough, the emperor issued a holy decree to let Ning Shangmo recuperate at home, not to go out at will, and not to enter the palace during the period of recuperation. If the eunuch who guards the gate puts her into the palace, he will be killed with a rod on the spot. If someone in the palace finds her in the palace, they will immediately report that there is a heavy reward.

As soon as such a decree was promulgated, it immediately aroused the criticism of the ministers of the DPRK and China.

They didn't know the truth, and they all guessed that maybe Ning Shangmo made some serious and unforgivable mistake when he went to Xiliang, so that he would anger the emperor and not let her enter the palace or leave the palace.

As a result, rumors flew all over the capital for a while. There are also those who say anything.

Some people say that Ning Shangmo defected to the enemy and committed treason, some people say that Ning Shangmo lost his body and morality in Xiliang, and so on.

The large and small taverns and teahouses in the Daling Imperial City are basically occupied by this topic.

Ning Shangmo heard Yun Yishu come back to describe the situation outside, and knew in his heart that it must be Tuoba Yanling who played a role in fueling the trouble. If it weren't for the impossibility of making such a fuss, she would clearly want to push her to the opposite side of the people, and then lose the hearts of the people.

However, Ning Shangmo naturally didn't care, the Qing was self-purifying, and besides, she did this to prevent Tuoba Yanling and make the palace safe.

Gossip is like fermentation, once it spreads, it has no intention of stopping.

Two days later, a battle report came from the border pass, and Beimeng united with Xiliang to attack Daling.

The border is in urgent need of reinforcements, if it is not very likely to be lost.

Yan Nanhao raised the matter early, and the ministers were divided into two factions, one faction for the main battle and the other faction for peace.

The main battle faction believed that if Da Ling surrendered, he would become a vassal state of Northern Mongolia, and there would be no chance to raise his head in the future, not only to pay unbearable tribute every year, but also to send beautiful women to the Northern Mongolian Palace, and could not raise troops, only a small number of self-defense troops. In this way, it will be difficult for Da Ling to turn over, and such a shame is resolutely unacceptable. With Da Ling's strength, even if he can't win, he can occupy a powerful terrain and start a tug-of-war with Northern Mongolia and other countries, dragging down their economy. In this way, both sides will lose, and they can only retreat. Besides, who guarantees that Da Ling will not win the battle?

And the Lord and the faction believe that Daling's national strength is not as good as that of Northern Mongolia, and if it starts a war, it will be less than fifty percent of the chance of victory. Once it fails, it is a trivial matter to work the people and lose money, and no one can afford to bear the responsibility for the destruction of the country. Land reparations and tributes are trivial matters, as long as the Taimiao is there, the country is still a country even if there are no soldiers. Otherwise, it is a slave to the country.

The two sides argued, but Yan Nanhao was silent.

It wasn't until they were tired of fighting and stopped talking that Yan Nanhao asked out loud, "Have you decided the winner?" ”

Both factions shook their heads, saying that neither of them could convince anyone.

"So what now?" Yan Nanhao asked helplessly.

"All things are judged by divine will." The ministers saluted back.

Yan Nanhao heard a smile in his eyes, and then said solemnly: "Since you say so, then I will make a decision." I feel that if the Northern Mongolia and Xiliang sent troops to attack, they would be despising my Daling Guowei, and if I didn't resist, wouldn't it show that I Daling was incompetent? Could it be that my Daling is just a paper tiger to be bullied by other countries? What can you do if you find temporary comfort? What can be done about the peace of the temple? Could it be that they are allowed to enter the Taimiao Temple and walk around at will, blaspheming the authority of our Great Ling Emperor? Giving up without fighting is a sign of incompetence, and this is not my Daling's style. Since they dare to come to Fan I Daling, they must be told that there is no return, so that they can understand what is the majesty of the Central Plains power. ”

"Good!"

"Happy!"

"The emperor is wise!"

When the main battle faction heard this, they couldn't help but applaud.

And the Lord and the faction drooped their heads, hiding the unhappiness on their faces.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any objections?" Yan Nanhao asked in a loud voice.

"We don't have any objections." The ministers responded in unison, since the emperor opened Chrysostom, who would dare to refute even if there were objections?

"Then it's decided, you have discussed, who can be the general?" Yan Nanhao asked out loud.

"This ......" the ministers, who opened their mouths, could not utter the words that came out of their mouths.

The Northern Mongolian soldiers are strong and strong, coupled with the United Xiliang, they are even more unstoppable, which is a lot of pressure on Daling. Who can make the general at this time? They don't dare to talk nonsense, or they will die without a place to bury.

Yan Nanhao saw that everyone didn't say anything, so he continued to ask out loud: "Since you don't dare to recommend others, then which of you is willing to recommend yourself?" ”

There was still no answer, and all the ministers bowed their heads, and no one spoke.

Ming Qingyan was very helpless when he saw this, so he could only respond: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to go on the expedition." ”

"You? Ming Qingyan did you know that you are a civilian official, how can you command the three armies to fight against Northern Mongolia? Do you know the art of tactics? Yan Nanhao couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this: "What's the mess with you?" ”

Then he looked at the generals: "Don't any of you dare to lead the troops into battle?" ”

The generals naturally understood that there was a huge disparity between the strength of Da Ling and Beimeng, and no one would lead the troops to the battle, otherwise if the army was defeated, wouldn't they be beheaded? How could they risk this.

Yan Nanhao saw that no one was willing to lead the troops to the battle, and couldn't help but sigh: "Is there no one available in my Daling Dynasty?" ”

Ming Qingyan said again: "It's not that I have no available talents in the Daling Dynasty, but that there is a problem with the system of selecting officials in my Daling, so how many people with lofty ideals have been turned away, and how many people who want to serve the country have no way to serve the country." ”

"What can you do to improve it?" Yan Nanhao asked out loud: "But the top priority is who can send troops and how to solve it?" ”

"The official selection system can be slowly changed in the future, and it is imperative to set up a ring to select capable people, regardless of men, women, old and young, as long as they pass the martial arts examination and literary examination, they can be hired exceptionally, what does the emperor think?" Ming suggested softly.

Yan Nanhao nodded and responded: "Okay, this method is feasible, and this matter will be left to you to prepare." ”

Ming lightly handed over his orders, but he didn't want any ministers next to him to raise objections: "This time, Xiangye and the eldest princess sent an envoy to Xiliang to celebrate the emperor's birthday." Why did the Western Liang Kingdom still join forces with Beimeng to attack my Daling? Shouldn't this responsibility be borne by Xiangye? So, how can he take on such a heavy responsibility? ”