Chapter 36: The Price of Temptation
Lauris seemed to remember something when she heard the old man's words, and a trace of fear flashed in her eyes, but after the fear, there was a strong sense of resentment. Although he was very dissatisfied with the old man mentioning the fear and shame of the past, but the old man was the Duke of Bing Proud Country, a real nobleman, and the etiquette he should have must have, he put his right hand on his chest and bowed slightly to the old man and said: "Dear Duke Charles, you are right, that rude emperor has seriously hurt me, I will remember this matter!" As an emperor, he was an extremely uncultured barbarian! ”
Hearing this, Duke Charles shook his head and said, "Dear child, I am very glad that you said these words in this Vansell Palace today, if you say these words in front of the emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty, I dare to guarantee that you will definitely not see the sun tomorrow!" ”
Muse had been quietly listening to Duke Charles's words and did not interrupt, she still had great respect for this old man who was almost seventy years old. Hearing the curiosity in Muse's eyes at this moment, he couldn't help but ask, "Dear Duke Charles, are you saying that the little emperor dared to kill the envoy I sent?" How is this possible? You must know that even his father would not dare to be so rude to Bing Aoguo! ”
Charles listened to Muse's words and smiled bitterly and said, "My esteemed majesty, your father and the founding emperor of Daqian lived in a different era from ours. Li Shanhe, the founding emperor of Daqian, knew that what he needed most at that time was the stability of the country, and a stable country could accumulate strength. He doesn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble, he just wants to make his country stronger! But now it was different, and the vast empire of the East, governed by two emperors, had accumulated enough wealth and power that they seemed to have nothing to fear. After thinking about it, Charles added: "Well, I think it has a lot to do with a person's personality. Now the master of the Great Qian Empire obviously cares a lot about his dignity, he is not a weak person! ”
Hearing this, Muse tilted his head and thought for a while, and smiled: "Hearing you say this, I am becoming more and more interested in that little emperor, Duke Charles, what do you think of me inviting the little emperor of Daqian to be a guest?" I personally wrote to invite him! When Muse said this, her eyes were full of enthusiasm, as if it was an extremely interesting thing, and she seemed to be a little unable to wait, got up and walked down the steps with her long skirt and said, "I'm going to write this letter now!" As he spoke, he ran through the side door of the palace.
Seeing this, Charles's brows furrowed and he muttered to himself, "There may be trouble now." ”
Paul disagreed, walked up to Charles and smiled: "You are right, whether the emperor of Daqian comes or not, it will be a big trouble for Daqian." Don't you think our queen is a very clever man, Lord Duke? With that, Paul walked out of the hall first, looking at his back, a trace of disdain flashed in Charles's eyes.
Qianchang Palace, Qinzheng Palace.
Looking at the music in his hand, Li Yunqing's brows couldn't help frowning, Zhao Bingyan put a bowl of white fungus soup on the table and asked, "The brows are furrowed so tightly, who is going to rebel again?" ”
Li Yunqing said with a wry smile when he heard this: "There is no rebellion, it is just that the Eagle Department on the grassland in the north is doing things again, two days ago, a team of 500 cavalry harassed our border city Huangyuan, broke into the city and robbed many things, including women!" ”
Zhao Bingyan was not too surprised when she heard this, she handed the bowl of white fungus soup to Li Yunqing and said: "Hei Ge has never been a peaceful person, his ambition is not small, and his courage is not small. I don't believe he hasn't received the news that you have quelled the rebellion in Hongzhou, and now that the sound of the fighting has died down, and the wolf smoke has not yet dissipated, he dares to commit crimes against the wind, which is really not simple. ”
When Li Yunqing heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly: "I know that the wild man in Heige is testing my bottom line, since this is the case, I will let him know that I know my bottom line!" I have written a holy decree and sent him another thousand cavalry! ”
The people of the Eagle Tribe were immersed in the joy of harvest at the moment, and everyone was excited to see the cartloads of loot in the tribe. They don't care who these things used to be, they just know that they are now owned by themselves. Hei Ge stood in front of his big tent, looking at the joyful smiles on the faces of his clansmen, and his heart was very satisfied. A strong man beside him bared his teeth and said to Hei Ge with a smile: "King, we have a bumper harvest this time, it's really good." Although the Nanren are not very physical, there are a lot of good things, and their women are also very good, very white, and really fragrant. ”
The other person frowned at the moment and asked Hei Ge: "Wang, why did you send people to raid Huangyuan City, I heard that the emperor has just put down the rebellion of Li Mingyuan in Hongzhou, and the army is flourishing at this moment, aren't you afraid of the emperor's wrath?" ”
When Hei Ge heard this, he turned his head to look at the man who spoke and smiled: "Toto, the reason why I did this is to see how endurance the Great Qian Emperor is, according to his father and his brother's traditional strategy of gentleness on the grassland, I don't think he will make any big moves, at most he will give a holy decree to reprimand." As long as I say that I was careless and neglected to discipline my subordinates for a while, and said something that the emperor likes to hear, I will probably be fine. Speaking of this, Hei Ge showed a bright smile on his face, patted Toto's shoulder and said, "Also, Toto, you have to remember one thing. That little kid is not the master of our steppe, not our emperor, at least not the emperor of my Eagle Tribe, you must remember that the wolves on the steppe will not submit to anyone. ”
Seeing the killing intent in Hei Ge's eyes, Toto's heart jumped violently, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "King, Toto will remember your words, that child is not our emperor, not the master of the grassland!" ”
Two days later, when a thousand cavalry appeared twenty miles away from the Eagle Tribe, the men in the Eagle Department shouted one by one to cut off the heads of the southerners. Seeing this scene, Hei Ge's brows couldn't help frowning, and before he could think about it carefully, a great cadre soldier appeared in his big tent, saying that he had brought the holy decree of Emperor Longwu.
The soldier said in a loud voice: "The holy decree has arrived, and the black song of the Eagle Department has received the decree." ”
Hearing this, Hei Ge's face twitched twice, and after hesitating for a moment, he still stepped out of his seat, knelt on one knee in front of the soldiers, gritted his teeth, and said, "Eagle Patriarch Hei Ge, welcome the holy decree of His Majesty the Great Emperor." ”
A sneer appeared on the corner of the soldier's mouth, and he spread out the holy decree and read it aloud: "Feng, the emperor of heaven carries it, summons, and said: Recently, I heard that the Eagle Department of the Prairie was disturbing Huang Yuan, and I was very worried. The grassland is the land of our great cadres, and the people are also the people of our great cadres, and we must not act recklessly. Remembering its rough nature, I am forgiving. 500 cavalry killed him, and the rest of the people were not held responsible. ”
When Hei Ge heard this, his fist creaked, and the green tendons on his forehead also jumped, panting, eager to slash to death this soldier who read the holy decree. The soldier was a little dissatisfied when he saw that Hei Ge had not received the decree for a long time, so he closed the holy decree and asked Hei Ge: "Hei Ge, is it not clear that His Majesty's decree of the Emperor will be read?" Why don't you take the order quickly?! ”
When Hei Ge heard this, two cold lights shot out of his eyes, and at this moment, anger had burned to his throat and eyes, and he was about to attack in an instant.
"Ahem!" But at this point, Toto coughed twice, and Heige turned his head to look at Toto, who shook his head at him.
Hei Ge closed his eyes, his cheeks trembled with anger, except for General Daqian and his entourage in the big tent, the hearts of the others were also raised, although many of them didn't put Daqian in their eyes at all, in their opinion, Daqian was a sheep, and sheep were born to be the prey of wolves. However, the sheep is too huge for the wolves to eat.
Hei Ge smiled at this time and said to the general: "General, I think most of this is a misunderstanding. Our people on the grassland have always respected His Majesty the Sun-like Emperor Daqian, so how could they deliberately provoke? Most of the 500 cavalry had to drink too much to do such a stupid thing. Emperor Daqian's holy decree also said that we grassland people have not been kings for a long time, and we are somewhat barbaric. His Majesty the Emperor is as open-minded as the sea, and he should not care about us. ”
The more Hei Ge spoke, the smile on his face became brighter, many of his subordinates were already sweating, they naturally knew Hei Ge, and the brighter his Wang smiled, the more angry his heart became.