??????? Xiao Tao's needlework in the past was good, and when she was still in Yunwan Village, she often helped her mother sew and mend it, and such a hole was not difficult for her at all. But even after the confusion. It's not even good to carry hands and feet. My brain stiffened, and I looked at the hole in front of me. But the hands trembling can't sew the meticulousness I want.

Xiao Tao took the needle and thread and made a gesture, and after wearing it a few times, the beads of sweat on her forehead came out. Zhao Kuangyi looked distressed, but looking at her seriousness and persistence under the oil lamp, a trace of inexplicable happiness spread sweetly from the bottom of his heart. I couldn't bear to interrupt her.

After a long time, Xiao Tao filled the hole in a crumpled manner, the stitches were a little rough, and Xiao Tao embarrassedly handed the cloak to Zhao Kuangyi: "Childe, can't you wear it?" I don't sew well. ”

Zhao Kuangyi didn't take the cloak, but he held Xiao Tao's hand tightly, and his tone was deep: "No, this is the warmest piece of mine, I will always wear it." ”

Xiao Tao's face turned red, how long has this been a feeling? Xiao Tao peeked at Zhao Kuangyi's face. Thin and angular, the eyebrows and eyes are full of perseverance and calmness, Xiao Tao's heart beats fast, but why aren't the eyebrows and eyes narrow? In his memory, Qi Zhengxiu's narrow eyes suddenly scratched in Xiao Tao's mind, and Qi Gongzi's eyebrows and eyes were gentler than him and smiled. But there will be no such affectionate firmness, Xiao Tao subconsciously blurted out: "You are not Qi Gongzi!" ”

Zhao Kuangyi was stunned for a moment and froze in place. Looking at Xiao Tao inquiringly, did she remember? Zhao Kuangyi, who has always been calm, was a little apprehensive, hoping that Xiao Tao would recognize him, but he was afraid that she would flee after recognizing him. Too contradictory and complicated. Do your best.

After Xiao Tao's words came out, he looked at Zhao Kuangyi's white robe and was a little stunned. My head started hurting again. Xiao Tao rubbed her head and got into bed: "Childe, I'll go to sleep first." After saying that, Kazui lay down on the bed and fell asleep in a moment. Xiao Tao now says that she will sleep and sleep, and she doesn't need time to prepare at all.

Zhao Kuangyi hooked his lips and smiled bitterly, sometimes, forgetting is also a kind of happiness. On the contrary, those who can't forget and can't let go live the hardest life. Once this kind of emotion is trapped, no matter what kind of iron-clad hero, it is inevitable that children will grow up.

A few days later, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty received a petition from Li Jing of the Tang Dynasty, imploring him to abdicate and let the crown prince Li Hongji succeed him. Now the succession of the lord of the Tang Dynasty. It also needs to get permission from the Zhou Emperor Chai Rong. This is the sorrow of the vassals.

Chai Rong came to all the important ministers to discuss, some people felt that it didn't matter, Li Jing suffered such a big defeat, and he was deeply ashamed in the court, and he took the initiative to abdicate, and it was logical for the prince to succeed to the throne. There are also people who agree that the crown prince Li Hongji has a shallow foundation, if he ascends to the throne, the Tang Dynasty will definitely be in chaos for a while, and the chaos in the Tang Dynasty is only good and not bad for the Zhou Dynasty.

Looking at Zhao Kuangyi, who had been silent, Chai Rong spoke: "Tingyi, you can talk about it." ”

Zhao Kuangyi frowned slightly and said, "This Li Hongji is a tough one. In the battle of Runzhou that year, he resisted desperately. In the Battle of Haozhou, he used the name of surveying feng shui to line up troops at the vortex and tried to counterattack several times. If it weren't for His Majesty's timely personal conquest, I am afraid that the troops at the mouth of the vortex would also be cleared by them. Therefore, if he becomes the emperor, he is afraid that the war will resume. ”

Someone said: "But then the battle was so fierce that he did not bring out any more troops." And I haven't heard of any iron-fisted remarks from him in the court. ”

Zhao Kuangyin also interjected: "Maybe Li Jing wanted him to succeed to the throne smoothly, and deliberately made it." ”

Zhao Kuangyi nodded and looked at Chai Rong: "Your Majesty, seeing the slight knowledge, from the previous events, it can be seen that Li Hongji is even tougher than Li Jing." If you want to concentrate your forces on the Northern Expedition in the next step, you still need to be cautious. ”

The two words of the Northern Expedition touched Chai Rong's heart, and for the Tang Dynasty, it has come to an end. He didn't want to waste any more time here. After thinking about it, he decided that it would better move the camera first and not respond. turned to look at the ministers and said: "Three days later, King Wu Yue's brother Zhendong Army appeased Qian Hongyi to come. Yingluan Town is located in a simple place, so let's set up a banquet in the Hongbin Building in the town. ”

"Yes." The generals clenched their fists.

The Zhou Dynasty has always admired frugality, coupled with the march and war, although Yingluan Town is a military town, but it is not prosperous, the name of Hongbin Building sounds magnificent, and the scale is still smaller after all. Although Chai Rong had a lot of complaints about Wu Yueguo, out of the diplomacy of the two countries, he still decided to personally set up a banquet to entertain him, which could be regarded as appeasement.

Now that the war has calmed down, he also plans to return to the court. The large battalion of the army was not as heavily fortified as before, and the soldiers began to pack their bags and prepare to return to Kaifeng. Zhao Kuangyi took Xiao Tao and lived in the post house in Yingluan Town. The camp tents have been withdrawn one after another, and when Qian Hongyi, who is doing this, returns, the entire Zhou army will be withdrawn.

Zhao Kuangyi said to Xiao Tao early in the morning that he would go to Hongbin Building for entertainment tonight and come back later. Xiao Tao seemed to understand the word remuneration, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Where is Hongbin Building?" ”

Zhao Kuangyi patiently led Xiao Tao to the door, pointed to the alley and said, "Follow here all the way, and when you get to the place where the red lantern is hung, that's it." ”

Xiao Tao nodded casually, she wouldn't go out, and she hadn't heard of that Hongbin Building. When Zhao Kuangyi went out, Xiao Tao was bored in the post house, looking at the flowers for a while, teasing the insects and fish, and sometimes drawing a few strokes with a brush on a whim, but the word was far worse than before.

In the evening, the sky gradually sank, Xiao Tao suddenly panicked for no reason, and he didn't know what was wrong, so he went back to the bed in the house and lay down. At night, it was quiet a little bit, there were few people in the post house, Xiao Tao was lying there a little inexplicably uneasy, suddenly there was a bang outside the door, Xiao Tao was stunned, jumped up and ran to the door, wanting to see what was going on.

But suddenly there was a shadow in front of her, and there seemed to be something rushing towards her face, and Xiao Tao subconsciously dodged it. When I looked closely, seven or eight figures in dark cyan robes surrounded her, and one of them whispered, "Girl, we are taking the girl back in the name of the prince." ”

Prince? Who is the Prince? Xiao Tao thumped her head and said, "I don't know the prince, I won't leave." ”

Those few people looked at each other, how could there be anyone who didn't want to go back? The task was in the body, and those few didn't have time to think about it, so they waved at Xiao Tao. Xiao Tao shouted and ran towards the jujube tree in the yard. Running and jumping is now Xiao Tao's strength, and he jumped to the top of the tree in a few steps, squatting on the branch and watching the people form a circle under the tree, two of them were quickly stacked, and the third person jumped on the two people below, and quickly jumped up and pounced on Xiao Tao. Little Peach screamed in fright and hurriedly jumped off the tree again.

The soldiers on duty outside the door heard the movement inside, and hurriedly rushed in to fight with the dozen or so people, Xiao Tao's heart was pounding and fluttering in the courtyard, these people were so good at their skills, and they changed their bodies almost in the blink of an eye. Those soldiers were no opponents at all, and seeing the soldiers bleeding to the ground, Xiao Tao became more and more frightened the more she looked in the courtyard.

Suddenly, a dark blue-robed man pounced on Xiao Tao again, Xiao Tao quickly took a few steps back, retreated to the door, and turned around and ran out of the door. Where to? Where can I escape? Xiao Tao suddenly remembered what Zhao Kuangyi said, go forward to the place where there is a red lantern, he is there, Qi Gongzi, help me. Xiao Tao ran towards Hongbin Building.

In the Hongbin Building, the guests of honor are happy, although there is no dancing queen, but there is the music of the silk bamboo pipa, which can be regarded as adding a lot of color to the banquet. Qian Hongyi and Chai Rong greeted each other at the top, and all the soldiers sat on both sides. Today's Qian Hongyi had a romantic face, and he didn't shake the fan. Although it is still a purple brocade robe, with a crown of gold and jade tied on his head, and two brocade bands hanging down, it looks very formal.

Zhao Kuangyi glanced at Qian Hongyi a few times, smiled faintly, and only lowered his head and drank the wine in the cup. Sizhu's voice continued, and halfway through the banquet, the guests and hosts drank a lot, and the atmosphere was more casual than at the beginning. Zhao Kuangyi stayed dull in the house and walked out of the courtyard with a wine glass.

Hongbin Building is divided into three courtyards before and after, the front is the guest hall, the ordinary guests who come on weekdays set up a banquet in the guest hall to eat, the middle is a private room, for the guests with status to enjoy, the backyard is some ponds and water pavilions, pavilions and jade trees. Today is the emperor, and naturally he is heavily guarded inside and out. The guest hall in front of it was also sealed off and no longer operated externally. Fortunately, Chai Rong is still a random person, and he is not a big deal. Therefore, there are only a few more layers of soldiers around Hongbin Tower, and there is no scene where the radius of several miles is divided into forbidden areas and the honor guard is laid out.

Zhao Kuangyi walked to the backyard, found a rockery stone by the pond, sat on it and drank, just took a sip, and a laugh came from his ears: "Why is Lord Zhao drinking here with sullen wine?" ”

Zhao Kuangyi turned his head to see that Qian Hongyi didn't know when he came out with a cup, and was watching him from the side with a slight smile. The moonlight was clear, and Qian Hongyi's face had an indescribable ambiguous smile. Zhao Kuangyi replied coldly: "The moonlight is good. Turned to look at Qian Hongyi and hooked his lips, "Farewell to Kaifeng, don't come unharmed?" ”

Qian Hongyi smiled, and looked at Zhao Kuangyi and smiled softer: "Very good." Very good. At this moment, Qian Hongyi has a very complicated feeling in his heart. Zhao Kuangyi's status in the Zhou Dynasty, he also saw a little bit at the banquet today, Emperor Chai Rong was very important to him, and there was a Zhao Kuangyin to protect him. He is a person who holds grudges, and it is difficult for him to have a good impression of Zhao Kuangyi. Seeing him so powerful in Da Zhou made him even more unhappy. But think about such a person, and where he can't be captive, there are also people who can't protect him. Qian Hongyi wanted to laugh a little when he thought about it.

At this time, there was suddenly some movement at the east side door, there seemed to be a loud scolding of the soldiers on duty, as well as the shouts of women, the sound of weapons, Zhao Kuangyi frowned, and walked in the direction of the sound. Qian Hongyi was left aside, not far from the side door, thought about it, and followed.