Xu Wei retreated to the tent.

Inside the tent, Di Shuo looked at Qin Yao, who was kneeling on one knee, Qin Yao lowered his head deeply, unable to perceive that Di Shuo's gaze contained those emotions.

After a long time, Di Shuo spoke: "You have something on your mind. ”

Qin Yao, who was still kneeling, heard this, and once again recalled what Wen Bohua said to him, Qin Yao looked up at Di Shuo and found that he still had that cold expression, and he couldn't read any information from it.

"There is indeed something that the general does not understand. ”

Qin Yao replied: "The book of war says that the outside must first be secured, and the Southern Dynasty is weak and Xianbei is strong, and the king is now using the strength of the whole country to conquer Xianbei, and the last general is worried that the rear will be lost." ”

Di Shuo looked at Qin Yao's eyes, and Qin Yao hurriedly lowered his head to avoid Di Shuo's gaze.

"Do you know Liu Yu and Tuoba Hong?" said Di Shuo.

"A little bit ......"

Qin Yao continued to add-

"Liu Yu is the nineteenth king of the Southern Dynasty, he has no intention of political affairs, and he is intoxicated with poetry and songs all day long, and the military and political affairs of the Southern Dynasty mostly depend on the general Li Zhong and the prime minister Wang Quanxu; Tuoba Hong is the first prince of Xianbei, and also the first warrior of Xianbei, and the most likely of the many Xianbei princes to inherit the throne of the Khan......

"That's not right!"

Emperor Shuo coldly interrupted Qin Yao's answer and said, "This king is asking you if you understand the personalities of the two of them?"

"Character?" Qin Yao said suspiciously: "I don't know the general." ”

"Liu Yu is cowardly, a little rich is safe, this king attacks Xianbei, he will hesitate in attacking or not attacking, and finally decides to sit back and watch the success or failure, trying to reap the benefits of the fisherman; Tuoba is strong and strong, can judge the situation, even if this king and Xianbei form an alliance, but after achieving a certain victory in the war between this king and the Southern Dynasty, he will be desperate to tear up the treaty, and unite with the Southern Dynasty to attack our army......"

Di Shuo looked at Qin Yao's concentrated expression as he spoke, and then said-

"Moreover, this king is not the strength of the whole country, the king of the south sent Zhenyuan general Zhang Zhan to lead 80,000 troops to garrison the river defense and widely distribute suspicious soldiers, and Fuyuan general Zhang Dingbian led 30,000 horsemen to patrol, and this king asked the prime minister to stay in the royal capital and manage logistics...... It is precisely in this way that this king will raise a large army to crusade against Xianbei. ”

"The king is far-sighted, and the last general is ashamed of himself", Qin Yao responded: "But the last general is worried, in case it ......"

"There will be no case", Di Shuo looked at the bamboo slip on the handsome case, and said, "This king is convinced." ”

Qin Yao looked at Di Shuo's high-spirited appearance, felt that his face was hot, and hurriedly lowered his head.

Di Shuo stood up, he didn't notice Qin Yao's small abnormality, and walked straight behind him to take out a box.

"Get up", Di Shuo came to Qin Yao's side with a box in his hand, and said slowly.

Qin Yao returned the salute and then got up.

Emperor Shuo opened the box, inside is a short knife, the blade is red gold, it seems to be made of several precious metals fused, the end of the handle is a dragon head, the whole knife presents a dragon style, the handle and scabbard have a total of seven gems, like seven stars in the sky......

It is not known whether this knife is sharp, but in terms of its luxury, it is indeed rare in ancient and modern times.

"Your next task is to serve the king and protect the king, you hold this short knife, when you enter and leave the king's tent at night, the king's secret guard will not attack you. ”

Di Shuo looked at Qin Yao and said lightly.

"Your Majesty, it is the duty of a general to protect the king", Qin Yao looked at the short knife, his apricot eyes widened slightly, and he continued: "But this blade is too precious......

"This king gave you this thing so that you can better protect this king", Di Shuo looked at Qin Yao and seemed to still have concerns, and continued: "If you find it difficult to accept, then I will put it in your hands first, and I will retrieve it later." ”

Seeing this, Qin Yao felt that it would be impolite to shirk too much, so he immediately knelt down on one knee, raised his hands above his head, and took the short knife.

"Stand down. ”

"Wow. Qin Yao got up, raised the short knife flat in front of his chest with both hands, and slowly retreated.

"Qin Yao. Just as Qin Yao was about to withdraw from the big tent, Emperor Shuo called out to stop Qin Yao.

"The last will be", Qin Yao turned around and bowed his head in return.

"I know you still have something on your mind, but I believe you, so I won't ask anymore, and there are ......" After that, Di Shuo continued in an awkward tone that he had never had before: "It's cold in the north...... Remember...... Extra ...... of your clothes"

After hearing this, Qin Yao was stunned at first, then smiled, and said in a rare woman's tone: "Thank you, Di Shuo." ”

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Qin Yao withdrew from the tent, and Xu Wei, who was waiting not far away, saw this, strode towards Qin Yao, and said-

"Sister Qin Yao, the king didn't embarrass you. ”

"It's Brother Xu......"

Qin Yao, who was thinking about it, raised his head, looked at Xu Wei and said-

"Rest assured, the king didn't care about that. After that, Qin Yao remembered that he had called the king by his name before, and he really didn't know what was going on at the time, so he said it directly, and now that he thinks about it, this is a capital crime of killing his head......

"Also, the king is not a narrow-minded man......"

After that, Xu Wei quipped: "But, sister, you are in the same room with the king's lonely men and widows, you shouldn't be **smoked and do anything wrong to the king, hahahaha......"

When Qin Yao heard this, there seemed to be several black lines on his head.

"It's not funny at all. Qin Yao yelled, raising his hand to attack Xu Wei.

Xu Wei jumped back and took a defensive posture, but he happened to see a gorgeous blade hanging from Qin Yao's waist.

"What is this?" Xu Wei asked Qin Yao, pointing to the blade.

"The king gave me a short sword. ”

"Can I take a look?"

"Okay. Hearing this, Qin Yao untied his blade and handed it to Xu Wei.

Xu Wei took the short knife with both hands, and when he saw the seven gems on the scabbard, he was startled at first, and then pulled out the short knife, and the red golden blade was particularly dazzling in the sunlight......

Xu Wei was shocked, then ecstatic, knelt down on one knee, raised the short knife above his head with both hands, and handed it back to Qin Yao.

"Brother Xu, what are you doing?" Qin Yao saw Xu Wei kneeling, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Xu Wei up.

"Please General Qin take the imperial sword first. ”

When Qin Yao heard this, he was stunned at first, and then according to Xu Wei's words, he took the blade with both hands.

Xu Wei got up, and Qin Yao put the knife into the sheath.

"Emperor's Sword...... Does Brother Xu know the origin of this knife?"

"Of course!"

Xu Wei's face was still happy, and he said-

"Legend has it that on the night of the founding of the country, a meteorite in the sky descended on the royal capital, Gaozu ordered people to investigate, and found that there was only a small piece of red gold iron in the huge rock pit, and all the ministers in the court thought that this was the heavens to celebrate the founding of the Northern Dynasties, specially descended this dark iron, when the Western Desert hermit offered seven rare gems, Gaozu invited the world's first craftsman to make this iron into a short blade, and inlaid the seven gems on its scabbard handle......"

"In this way, this knife is indeed precious, but Brother Xu is not happy to be like this. ”

"Sister Qin Yao, I think you are the only one in this Northern Dynasty who doesn't know what this knife represents. ”

After that, Xu Wei continued in Qin Yao's puzzled eyes-

"After this knife was cast, Gaozu named it after the surname of the royal family - Emperor, and because of its unique origin and the seven gems inlaid on it, it was also called the 'Seven Star Emperor Knife'. The Seven Star Emperor Sword is extremely precious, symbolizing the royal power of the Northern Dynasty, so there is an unwritten rule that only members of the royal family can hold it. ”

After listening to Xu Wei's speech, Qin Yao's expression was sluggish.

Xu Wei looked at Qin Yao's expression, felt even more funny, and said-

"The king is giving you this knife now, it must be intentionally to make you the queen, sister, you have finally come to the end of the past few years. With that, Xu Wei patted Qin Yao on the shoulder and turned to leave.

Qin Yao was stunned in place, saw Xu Wei's back, came back to his senses, and shouted: "Wait, the king said that this knife is only temporarily stored in my ......"

Xu Wei waved his hand as he walked and said-

"When did the king get the things he deposited?"

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The sun sets, leaving behind a few patches of red glow.

Xu Wei walked away, Qin Yao stood in place, hugged the imperial sword in front of his chest, and showed a beautiful smile that he had never seen before......

However, this beautiful smile did not last long before it gradually became sickly......