"No, no, no! Not what you think! Xiaoxin was so frightened that she waved her hand again and again, and hurriedly explained: "Your Highness has the grace of regeneration and the grace of knowing the slave maid, and the slave and maid have absolutely no thoughts about Your Highness." The slave still has this bit of self-knowledge, and when you see Your Highness's heart for you, it is difficult for others not to give up! ”

She hurriedly finished saying these words in one breath, seeing that Wei Nong didn't have any reaction, she hurriedly continued: "Really, really! The slave maid was poor when she was young, and after entering the palace, she wanted to get ahead, and she had no idea of love at all. The wish of the slave maid in this life is to be a female official and win a place with her own mind and ability, not by her complexion. ”

Wei Nong looked at Xiaoxin calmly, and saw that her eyes were sincere, not like a lie, so he said: "The love of kings is too impermanent, and often the color is not faded and the love has been relaxed. You're right, and I admire you. ”

"But," Wei Nong paused, "you also said that your wish in this life is to 'get ahead', so it is impossible for you to travel around with me." Go ahead! How did Nie Xingji promise you? ”

This is the second time Xiaoxin has been slightly thickly talked, and the first time is in the tunnels of Longqian Palace. She bit her lip a little discouraged, and had to tell the truth: "Your Highness said that birds are tired of knowing that they are still tired, and people are tired of returning home." You've been wandering around for a long time, and you're going to come back...... Whether it's five, ten, or twenty years, as soon as you come back to him, he's ......"

Xiaoxin looked at Wei Nong again and again, seeing that the latter's expression was calm, but his eyes were sharp, and he didn't dare to deceive him anymore, so he had to continue: "Your Highness also said that as long as you return to him, the slave maid will be a first-class female official of the Yan Palace...... The position in the palace is up to the slave maid to choose. ”

"So you stay with me, in the name of serving, but in fact you want to persuade me to go back?" Slightly self-deprecatingly smiled, I don't know if it was lonely or what, turned his eyes to look at the silhouette on the window, his eyes were gloomy: "I thought he was really willing to let go......"

"Miss, an infatuated person like Your Highness, are you really ruthless?" Xiaoxin gritted her teeth and simply matched to the end: "How Your Highness treats you, the slave and maid really see it in their eyes." If he can do this, even if you have any grudges against him, you should resolve them! Could it be true that you want to hate him for the rest of your life? ”

"You won't understand." Wei Nong really couldn't understand it, the love and injury, love and hate she had suffered from Nie Xingji were so complicated that even she couldn't figure it out to herself.

But she will always remember Chu Li's death. To this day, Chu Guo has been dead for three years, and she still clearly remembers the past with her relatives, every detail of getting along with Chu Li, his appearance, and his voice. For this one thing, she would never forgive Nie Xingji!

Xiaoxin didn't know these internal information, but still continued to persuade with painstaking words: "According to the slave maid, you are also affectionate to Your Highness, why do you bother yourself?" Isn't it good to start over? ”

Resume? Wei Nong smiled again, raised his hand to play with the carvings on the table, and said softly: "I have heard a common saying before, although it is very vulgar, the truth is not vulgar - 'good horses don't eat back grass', have you heard it?" ”

When Xiaoxin heard this, she didn't know how to answer, so she had to sigh: "You are so determined now, you may change your mind in the future." In another ten or twenty years, the hatred will fade, the love will fade, and maybe you will want to go back. ”

"I'll be light, and so will he." The slightly thick long eyelashes drooped slightly, covering the glittering luster in his eyes: "Slow down for ten or twenty years, in another five years, he will not be able to hold on." Maybe there are a group of wives and concubines, maybe there are children in the house, and he has his own happiness. ”

"No, it won't! Your Highness is not that kind of person! Xiaoxin hurriedly interceded for Nie Xingji: "His Royal Highness is a persistent person, and he is also very affectionate. ”

"'Persistence' stems from 'not getting'. Nie Xingji is too strong, and he must get his hands on what he likes. That's all. "Slightly dense export evaluation.

Xiaoxin wanted to say a few more words for Nie Xingchen, but she raised her hand to stop her: "Xiaoxin, I thank you for your help in the past three years." Now I have said this to you, and I have not considered you a subordinate......"

Wei Nong turned his eyes to look at the half-contained soles on the table, and said frankly: "If you follow me, you won't get any benefits." Now that my poison has been cured, you can go back to Yan Kingdom with Jian Feng and them tomorrow! ”

"Miss...... Don't talk to death. Xiaoxin was really a little anxious: "You are a woman traveling alone, there is always something inconvenient. In case you really get stuck and homesick......"

"Who says women can't go it alone? Who says a woman always asks a man for help when she is in trouble? Wei Nong pulled up the hair hanging from his ears and asked sharply: "Just as you don't want to be in the harem to compete for favor, and I don't want to live by Nie Xingji, what's the difference between us?" ”

"There are rules that are made by mediocre people and followed by mediocre people. Since you can't, don't try to convince me. Wei Nong's last few words choked Xiaoxin to death, so that she no longer had the power to refute.

Wei Nong didn't allow her to put her beak at all, so she took out a letter directly from her sleeve and pushed it over: "You give this letter to Nie Xingji, after he reads it, not only will he not punish you, but he will reward you." ”

"Miss......" Xiaoxin was so anxious that she almost shed tears.

Wei Nong didn't look at her again, and stood up with a firm expression: "It's too late, needlework hurts your eyes, you pack your bags and rest early." ”

*****

Xiaoxin still followed Jian Feng in the end. Wei Nong knew that Xiaoxin also wanted to go back in her private heart, she just said what she thought, and it happened to give her an excuse to leave.

But before she left, she left something behind - it was Chu Li's Amazing Sword.

"Your Highness said, after you detoxify, let the slave return this sword to you." Xiaoxin's words were a little choked.

Wei Nong looked at the Shocking Sword in surprise, was silent for a moment, and asked, "What else did he say?" ”

Xiaoxin shook her head: "No." ”

Wei Nong did not deny that when he took over the sword, all kinds of feelings came to his heart. This was the only relic Chu Li left her, and now that it was lost, she felt that she should rejoice. But when she thought that Nie Xingji took the initiative to return it to her, she had an indescribable emotion.

From now on, Nie Xingji will really have to be completely stripped from her life! She looked at the backs of Xiaoxin and the others who were drifting away, and thought so in her heart.

"What are your plans for the future?" Lian Kuo and Wei Nong came to see her off together, and they couldn't help but care about her whereabouts.

Wei Nong thought for a while and replied, "I want to visit Queen Jiang, I don't know if it's convenient?" ”

Lian Kuo pondered for a moment and shook his head: "It may not be very convenient." Now that the king is lingering on the sickbed, the queen is in charge, and she is implementing the 'change of banner', and she has no time to take care of it. ”

"Yi Zhi?" Wei Nong was a little puzzled.

"You've been detoxifying and recuperating for the past few months, and it's normal that you haven't heard of it. We, Jiang Guo, are about to start implementing the change of banner. Even when he said this, his face also glowed with a hint of brilliance, which shows that this so-called change of banner is very popular.

"What is 'Yizhi'?" Wei asked curiously.

"It's a long story." Lian Kuo explained: "You also know that we Jiang people have a low status and have been despised by the other three countries for hundreds of years. The new policy of the queen is aimed at improving the status of Jiang Guoren and allowing us to be treated more fairly. ”

When Lian Kuo said this, his expression was a little worried: "Now that the Chu State has been destroyed for three years, Yanning and Ningxia each have four states, and their strength is evenly matched. The queen mother analyzed that within five years or twenty years, there will definitely be a war in Yanning. And Jiang Guo is sandwiched between the two countries, whether Yan Guo goes north, or Ning Guo goes south, they have to pass through our 100,000 mountains. If we don't change the status quo, sooner or later we will be divided and annexed by the two countries. ”

"Your queen is right." Wei Nong listened to these words, and admired Queen Jiang Chu Yao even more. Others don't say it, Nie Xingjian is the best she knows, this man is ambitious, and after sitting firmly in the Yan Kingdom, he will definitely continue to expand his territory. What's more, he was originally born in a horse and is the best at war.

"Yes! We all know that the crisis is imminent. In the land of Jiang Guo's projectiles, except for being good at Gu, the people of the country have almost no power to protect themselves. And it takes time to go down to Gu, if you really encounter a war, it is no problem to insist on March and May, in the long run, we are not Yan Ning's opponent at all, and it is very likely that we will suffer from the enemy on our backs. Lian Kuo sighed: "So the queen chose to support Ning Guo." ”

"Support Ning Guo?" At first glance, it was surprising, but when you think about it, you can understand it. Just looking at how Yan Guo dealt with Chu State, I am afraid that Queen Jiang will keep it in mind, she is Chu Li's sister in the end, the eldest princess of Chu State, naturally she will not be inclined to Yan Guo.

Moreover, Wei Nong has also heard that the prince of Ningguo is seriously ill and difficult to treat, and the dispute between the domestic princes is intensifying. It is precisely for this reason that when Nie Xingyi ascended the throne last year, Ning Guo couldn't even send a clansman, so he still let Yan Lang ...... No, it was Shen Jue who came to congratulate.

The current monarch of Ningguo is already sixty years old, and no matter how hard he tries to govern the country, he is diligent in government and loves the people, and he is half of his body in the ground. And Nie Xingji is still very young. If Ning Guo didn't have a strong heir, he wouldn't be able to fight Nie Xingji at all. In this case, Jiang Guo took the initiative to come up, both public and private, and it was impossible for King Ning to refuse.

"Then you are planning to form an alliance with Ning Guo by implementing the 'Change of Banner'?" Wei Nong asked further.

"No, the 'alliance' is too insecure. Yan Chu also formed an alliance in the past, but didn't he turn his face like that later? Lian Kuo did not hide it, and said frankly: "We are integrating the army into the Ning Army, maintaining autonomy on weekdays, and integrating the military and politics. Ningguo also issued a decree to eliminate discrimination against us, allowing us to go to Ningguo to be officials and do business, and abolishing the slavery of the Jiang people. ”

Wei Nong understood that Queen Jiang was attached to Ning Guo in disguise. It's just that she retains her autonomy and still claims to be the king to the outside world, and Jiang still seems to be an independent country, but the military power has been ceded to King Ning.

And if a country has no military power, what is left? Can the waist bar still stand straight?

But in other words, Queen Jiang also won an opportunity for the people of Jiang State. At least from now on, five states will no longer discriminate against the Jiang people, and will free their slavery and trade. They are no longer inferior, and they can also be officials in the same dynasty as the people of Ningguo.

I have to say, the conditions are really tempting. Jiang Guo's education is backward, and his future as an official is not great, but it is different when he goes to Ningguo. There are four states in Ningguo, and the terroir and culture have precipitated the weight of history after thousands of years of accumulation. As an official in Ningguo, your vision and future will be very different.

And Ning Guo also took advantage of this to control Chanzhou, and he could gather Jiang Guo's talents into his own court, and in the future, he would also leave a benevolent stroke to abolish discrimination in the history books! Looking at it from a distance, for Ning Guo, this is a bargain that can't be more cost-effective!

Wei Nong suddenly began to worry about Yan Guo. Ning Jiang joined forces, Queen Jiang has such a brain, Nie Xingji may be able to defeat it? Especially the first battle of Yan Chu consumed a lot of national strength, and Yan Guo must recuperate in the short term.

In case the two countries of Ning and Jiang take advantage of the situation...... Wei Nong didn't dare to think about it anymore, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Lian told me such an important matter, aren't you afraid that I will secretly send the news back to Yan Kingdom?" ”

Lian Kuo laughed: "You still don't know, the news of our Jiang Guo's 'change of flag' has been made public to the world two months ago!" ”

I see! That Nie Xingji must have been prepared. Wei Nong couldn't help but breathe a sigh and sighed: "Let's not talk about whether this move is good or bad for Jiang Guo, Queen Jiang has such courage to break the kettle, it is really admirable." ”

"This plan was not conceived by the queen alone." Lian Kuoru said truthfully: "It is the idea of our Jiang country's national warrior, Lord Yunchen Yun. This time, he was able to reach a change of banner with Ning Guo, which was also facilitated by him. ”

"O countryman!" Wei Nong sincerely admired: "Then this Lord Yun is really bold enough to dare to ask for meat from King Ning's mouth." ”

Lian Kuo also laughed: "It is precisely because Lord Yun is so powerful that even King Ning has fallen in love with him." This time to negotiate with Ning Guo, King Ning put forward conditions to invite Lord Yun to enter the court as an official. In order for 'Yi Zhi' to succeed, the queen mother can only endure the pain and cut her love. ”

"There are such powerful people in your country? Why haven't you heard of it before? Wei Nong was skeptical of that Yun-sama's ability.

"Oh, Master Yun is a master of the world, and he only came out at the end of last year." Lian Kuo said, with a hint of respect on his face: "It was the queen who came to the door three times in a month before she invited him out." ”

"Isn't it a pity that such a talent is given to King Ning?" Slightly thick smiled and teased.

Lian Kuo also smiled: "It's a pity, but it's not a pity." Master Yun is an official in Ningguo, and he will definitely be able to win more benefits for Jiang Guo, which is also a good thing. ”

Wei Nong nodded in agreement: "That's true." ”

The two talked for a long time, and Lian Kuocai turned back to the original topic: "What about you?" What do you plan to do in the future? ”

"Let's take one step at a time!" Wei Nong looked very open-minded: "After holding back in the palace for so long, I want to walk around and find my master's whereabouts by the way." ”

"You're so carefree." Lian Kuoyan seemed to think of something, paused and said, "Since you don't plan to live here for a long time, I can sell the house for you." After all, you will need to travel to Kyushu for a journey. ”

"Great idea!" Wei Nong couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this: "Then I bother Mr. Lian." ”

Lian Kuo's actions were fast, but it took ten days to sell the house. When Bai Huahua's silver ticket was delivered to Wei Nong, she counted it, if she saved a little, it would be enough for her to eat and wear for 20 years. And it is the silver ticket of the "Chase Bank", which is spread all over Kyushu.

Wei Nong knew that the house would not sell for so much money, and she knew where the extra money came from, but she decided to pretend that she didn't know. She bought herself a good horse, took some silver coins to accompany herself, and repeatedly thanked Lian Kuo's master and apprentice for saving her life, and then took the sword and went on the road lightly.

She told herself in her heart: The night is slightly thick, you have to live freely from now on!