At this time, it was summer rì. In this part of the northwest, the midsummer night is less hot and more dry and cool.

After all, it is a bitter cold land in the northwest, and even in the middle of summer, there are no exotic grasses to see in the garden.

In the garden, there are the most blooming flowers at this moment, but it is the thorn flower that is most suitable for growing in the bitter cold land. Above those thorns, the small flowers that are slightly yellowed, under the night, grow strong and tenacious.

Madame Liszt walked in front of Du Wei, her slender hand, gently caressing the flowers, and the red figure like a blooming rose, walking through the flowers, it was quite difficult to distinguish who was a person and which was a flower.

Du Wei walked slowly behind Madame Liszt, his eyes always fixed on the back of this stunning beauty, but his heart was not necessarily relaxed.

When the moon was in the sky, Mrs. Liszt suddenly stood beside a cluster of flowers, raised her head, stared at the bright moon with a pair of eyes, and sighed faintly: "I can't remember how many people haven't seen such a bright moon." ”

Du Wei smiled and stood with his hands in his hands: "It's windy in the northwest. At night, there are no clouds in the sky. The moon is always bright. ”

"It's not because of heaven and earth, it's because of people's hearts. Mrs. Liszt shook her head, above her beautiful face. There was a flash of sorrow.

How smart Du Wei is. Ponder for a moment. I immediately understood what the other party meant. A faint smile: "Not bad." Indeed, the earth is not in heaven. in the hearts of people. ”

Mrs. Liszt turned slowly. Bright red ground under the evening dress. Set her off like a red flower among the flowers. The bright eyes, under the moon. It's even more and more breathtakingly beautiful. His lips twitched: "You...... After all, you still refuse to accept my kindness?"

Du Wei frowned slightly: "I'm not more than fifteen years old. The experience is not too general. Although now there is a duke position. But across the Northwest situation. Our troops are inferior to the steppe people and the Northwest Army. The foundation is inferior to that of Governor Bohan. I want to stand firm in the future. It's not necessarily a sure thing. The Marquise thinks so highly of me. Aren't you afraid of making the wrong bet?"

Mrs. Liszt did not answer directly, but first whispered: "You...... Not at a banquet right now. It's not a formal occasion either. Will you not call me by my name?"

There was a pause. Only then did he sigh: "With your cleverness, why do you come up with these excuses." I admit that I am bent on forming an alliance between the two families, and I have selfish intentions, but I am not really purely interested in profit...... After all. I'm also a woman. ”

Du Wei was silent. Mrs. Liszt slowly stretched out her palm. Trying to climb a flower leaf. It's just that the brambles are covered with barbs. As soon as she stretched out her hand, her fingertips were pricked softly. He let out a low cry of pain. Originally, it was like a jade carving. A drop of blood congealed out. The fingers were so slender and beautiful that even Du Wei couldn't help but be stunned.

Mrs. Liszt seemed pleased with Du Wei's reaction, and a blush flashed across her face. Then he whispered, "I married my husband when I was young. Although he was old when I married him. But after all, he was the first man I met who really treated me...... I can't forget it now. The night of the wedding. He was willing to be a marquis. Jumped straight off the windowsill upstairs - because I said it unintentionally. A flower blooming beautifully in the garden under the windowsill. He would jump down and pluck it for me. ”

Speaking of which. She slowly slipped the punctured finger into her mouth and gently sucked away the blood. Whispered, "I'm a woman." Since I was thirteen years old. I listened to the praise of I don't know how many men. How many men have endured aggressive eyes. I don't know how many guys I've seen who are courteous under my skirt...... But these people are in my heart. but they are not as good as my husband. He died early, though. But it gave me the most peaceful and happiest years. In those years, he was already old. But every morning he accompanied me to collect dew, and at night he accompanied me to build a stove and enjoy the moon...... Even the sound of his cough in his sleep. It all seemed to bring me peace. ”

She told it so eloquently. Coupled with her originally soft and waxy voice, it is even more **. But Du Wei's heart sank, and he looked at the woman in front of him with a sad grief, although he listened to her talk of admiration for another man. But strangely enough...... It made Du Wei feel disgusted with this Liszt lady. But it has faded a lot invisibly.

Well...... It seems that she is not a woman who only knows how to exchange interests.

Mrs. Liszt smiled at Du Wei. Softly said, "I...... If I said such a thing in front of you, will you be annoyed?"

Du Wei shook his head and said sincerely: "You're right...... You're also a woman after all. Even if she is a strong woman in the world, the head of the richest business family in the mainland, she is not a wooden man. Then he smiled: "I didn't expect you to say this to me." ”

"It's just a whim. Mrs. Liszt sighed faintly, but slowly walked to Du Wei's side, unconsciously, her body was close to Du Wei, and the two were almost face to face, Mrs. Liszt's breath like an orchid, as if Du Wei could clearly feel that under the moonlight, she only felt that this beautiful woman was particularly attractive, and she endured and endured, and finally suppressed the urge to reach out and take her into her arms.

"Actually...... In all these years since his death, I have not had a proper view of the moon...... Nor did it really take easy. Mrs. Liszt shook her head and said in a low voice: "Perhaps everyone knows that I always strive to make my family business bigger, but I have always looked forward to having someone to rely on. ”

She raised her head and looked directly at Du Wei with moonlight-like eyes: "Women are like vines. No matter how strong you are, you always have to find a big tree to live in. And I've been all these years. But he struggled to support it, and none of them were truly happy. ”

Du Wei was silent, and then he heard Madame Liszt whisper, "I...... It's been a long time since I've received a flower from someone else. ”

This is the scene at this moment. Du Wei suddenly didn't know where the impulse came from. Haha laughed. Reach out and grab it among the flowers. and ignore the thorns of the piercing ground. A handful of yellow thorn flowers were torn off. He handed it to Madame Liszt and said with a smile: "Flowers for the beauty, although the thorn flowers in this area are really not enough to compare with one ten-thousandth of your beauty." ”

"Flowers are not in the class. It's about looking at the people who send the flowers. Madame Liszt smiled. Infinite Beauty: "If it's the Duke, you can send the land." Even if it's just a bunch of hay. My heart is also rejoicing. ”

There was a pause. A hint of pleading appeared on her face, and she said softly, "You...... Just won't you call my name?"

In front of such a peerless stunner who is so beautiful that the country and the people are in calamity, Du Wei is also a man after all, and his head is hot. I couldn't help but whisper: "Hmm...... Miss Lan. ”

"Hmm...... You, you call me that. I'm happy in my heart. Madame Liszt's face flushed. Hang your face down.

Just hung his head shyly. This is a sè place of elegance. It almost made Du Wei's heart fail. I exclaimed again and again in my heart: Awesome!

There is a knife on the head of the word sè, no wonder the ancients in the previous life had "a ride on the red dust concubine laughed." No one knows that it is lychee". "A rage is a red face". "Beacon Opera Princes".

This woman, if she is beautiful to a certain extent. The lethality is indeed immeasurable.

"In my thirty years of life. You're the first man I've ever met and the most crush you to. The Marquise said so "boldly". Du Wei couldn't help but open his mouth.

"Don't get me wrong. Mrs. Liszt laughed, "Although you are a little younger. But you always have a temperament that seems to be born to be superior, no matter how much you hide it. Even if you're hiding in a crowd. You can also be seen at a glance. In my life. I've never seen such a strange man as you. I'm not in love with you yet, but no matter what I think. I think you're really the best person for me to choose a husband. In my life. I admire the kind of man who is extremely smart and strong. Now that I know that I am a vine, I naturally have to look for the strongest tree. ”

Du Wei appropriately interjected: "It's a pity that my tree is still just a sapling." ”

The Marquise smiled suddenly. sighed. He glanced at Du Wei deeply: "Do you really want me to give you the entire Liszt family?" Will you accept me?"

Du Wei was silent.

"You...... How can you marry me?"

Mrs. Liszt asked so bluntly. He put aside all the hypocrisy without any care. Such a question made Du Wei embarrassed.

He groaned for a while. Du Wei said leisurely: "Madam, you are absolutely beautiful. The elegance is peerless, and I am afraid that there is no man in the world who will not be tempted by you. I...... Of course, it is no exception. Frankly. It's hard for me not to have a reverie about you. Merely...... I'm a stubborn person, and I don't want my marriage to be an exchange, even if it's an exchange in any situation! You'll find it ridiculous. But I might as well tell you, I didn't take anything to heart about the hegemony of the Northwest, or the peak of power. Since I came into this world, since I was sensible, I have been pursuing nothing more than a simple -zìyóu-! ideal, which you may think is ridiculous, but I still insist on it. To this day, everything I do, everything I do, is working for this ideal of my land. Of course, I am not willing to be controlled by others! If even my own marriage has to follow the cliché exchange of interests, then my so-called zìyóu-, will not it become a joke?"

Mrs. Liszt's eyes widened and she looked at Dewey in surprise.

Du Wei said slowly: "It's not that you are not beautiful enough, or that the conditions of the Liszt family are not attractive enough to me. It's just that...... I'm stupid, but that's not what I hope is. ”

Mrs. Liszt savored the word "zìyóu" as Dewey spoke, and was speechless for a long time.

Du Wei's thinking gradually became clear at this moment, and he slowly regained his sober mind from the charm of Madame Liszt: "I invite you to dinner tonight, for two purposes, the first is to thank you for the suggestion you said through the mouth of Dardanelles. And the second ......"

Glancing at Mrs. Liszt, seeing that the other party did not look resistant, Du Wei continued: "Miss Lan...... What worries you about it is nothing more than the future prosperity of the Liszt family. Always find a big tree to sustenance. Merely. Although I don't want to be this big tree, I am willing to find one for you! You and I don't have to do it. ”

"What do you mean?" said Madame Liszt, Demy, with a frown.

"I have a younger brother. His name is Gabry. Du Wei said slowly: "I have the same father and mother." Now only differently. It's that he still has the surname Rollin. And I changed my surname to Rudolph. However, my younger brother is only ten years old, but he is gifted and intelligent, and with my current position in the empire - although the Rollin family has fallen, as long as I am guided by my heart, it will not be twenty years. He's going to get ahead. When the time comes. Don't say it's high. An earldom title. It doesn't have to be difficult. In addition, he is also a disciple of the Blue Ocean Sect, so of course, there is no need to talk about his character qualifications. Such a character must not insult Miss Liszt. ”

Mrs. Liszt's eyes widened, and she looked at Du Wei: "You...... You mean...... What do you mean? Let your brother marry our family?...... But my little sister Angel is fifteen years old, and ......"

"Fifteen years old is only five years behind Gabby. Dewey glanced at Mrs. Liszt. The meaning is clear: you are more than ten years older than me. Don't you still don't care?

"But. Angel would never say yes. This girl is still for you...... If I don't marry you, forget it. If you want her to marry your brother...... She would never agree. ”

Mrs. Liszt said resolutely.

Du Wei smiled: "Angel is only fifteen years old, and it is a matter of men and women. What does she know? She's ...... me now. Well. Have a crush on me. It's just that I've heard too many of those legendary stories, and the girl is just a chūn. I'm with her. Time of contact. Full of money. It doesn't add up to more than three days. There are not 300 sentences in total. Wait for her youthful age to pass. Naturally, you will understand that this kind of girlish feeling is not really love. My brother is smart. dìdū is famous. Definitely a good match for Miss Liszt. ”

"Alright!" Mrs. Liszt suddenly showed a faint sense of loss, and glanced at Du Wei deeply: "Even if you reject me." You don't have to come up with such an idea!"

Suddenly, she leaned towards Du Wei. The original soft and fragrant body was almost in Du Weidi's arms, and he looked up at Du Wei's eyes: "What are you doing to marry me?"

"Unless I'm in love with you......" Du Wei replied categorically.

"Good!!" Mrs. Liszt suddenly said in a tone of absolute certainty, word by word, "Dewey, I will definitely find a way to make you fall in love with me!"

After finishing speaking, the woman stared deeply at Du Wei for a while, and the absoluteness in her eyes made Du Wei feel palpitations in her heart.

Watching Mrs. Liszt turn away, Du Wei gently stroked the flowers, and suddenly his fingers shrank, and the fingertips had been hooked by barbs, Du Wei looked down and said with a wry smile: "The thorny flower is really powerful." ”

The moon was bright and the stars were scarce, and Du Wei was standing alone in the garden, and the departure of Madame Liszt made him feel quite emotional.

"You...... Isn't the method too ruthless? In the back of my head, Semele's voice rang out.

"How?"

"That little girl of the Liszt family, can you bear to put this kind of political marriage on such a poor and lovely girl? and, you know it...... She's still obsessed with you, at least for now. ”

Du Wei was silent for a while, and suddenly a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth: "Semele...... My dear Semel...... Do you know, I recently read "The General History of the Mainland", and there is a sentence in it that makes me feel very emotional. ”

“...... What?"

Du Wei took a deep breath, his face was cold and solemn, and he said lightly: "Many times, you proudly think that you have controlled your destiny, but in fact, all along, you are still controlled by destiny!"

Semel was silent in the back of his mind.

"Do you know who said this?" Du Wei smiled indifferently: "It's Aragorn; Roland!"

“...... But this woman named Liszt, she said she would make you fall in love with her. ”

Du Wei shrugged his shoulders, leaned over to a bush of thorn flowers, sniffed lightly, and said lightly: "Let's talk about it when I really fall in love with her that day!"

The second rì, the patience of the steppe messenger Hanmuye, has finally come to an end. Du Wei finally met with the prince of the steppe.

Although he slept in a tent for several days in a row, ate "takeout" for a few days, and worries at night, the prince of the steppe lost some weight. But it seems that his jīng god is still good.

Dewey took the advice that Madame Liszt had given through the mouth of Dardanelles. did not blindly wait for the other party to give in, but first hinted at his own conditions.

Sure enough, when Du Wei hinted that the empire could remove the 20,000 cavalry stationed on the steppe, this proposal immediately aroused Hanmuyer's strong interest.

"No matter what...... Du Wei made his position very clear: "This clause must not be written on the National Credentials Contract! Even if you write it, I will not admit that this is a condition we pay!"

Du Wei's biggest concession was that he promised that after the peace talks between the two sides were over, in the name of the imperial command, he would order the 20,000 cavalry to train for a long distance and come to the province of Dessa, and then find a few excuses to keep this cavalry forever.

Hanmuyer was very interested in this tempting proposal, and he did not care about Du Wei's neglect.

And Du Wei finally "generously" invited the grassland envoy to a dinner. There is no longer a way for this messenger to continue to dig out of his own pocket to buy "takeout".

The first meeting between the two was a friendly and good atmosphere. After the talks, Du Wei immediately called his staff Philip and asked him to negotiate and draft a letter to the prince and the imperial command.

"Proposal on Applying for the Removal of Cavalry Divisions Left Behind in the Grassland"

Looking at the letterhead, Philip objected. After all, the word cut-off is too sensitive. This kind of just after being beaten into the house by the steppe people, not only did the empire not fight back, but also to reduce the garrison in the other party's territory, it is really a show of weakness, I am afraid that those hot-blooded public opinion will also scold Duke Tulip as a traitor because of the word "retrenchment"!

"It is better to replace the word - to abolish - ...... Integration, or expansion. Philip smiled: "In this way, although the substance is the same, at least it sounds better." ”

"Yes, you can draft the document, how best to write it, and you will be responsible for considering these issues. Dewey simply threw the question at Philip.

At this moment, Philip suddenly asked a new question: "That's right...... About the treatment of this steppe messenger Hanmuye. My lord...... I had an idea that came to me, even if it sounded a bit of a nonsense. However, it may work wonders. ”

"What?"

Philip said: "The Great Snow Mountain! The people on the grassland regard the Great Snow Mountain as a god-like existence! We may be able to use the Great Snow Mountain to make a fuss!"

Du Wei pursed his lips tightly and glanced at Philip carefully, as if he wanted to see something special from the face and eyes of this young staffer!

Snowy Mountains......

Du Wei thought to himself: Rodriguez had already told me that Lan Hai was also a disciple of the Great Snow Mountain! Then this Blue Ocean University scholar actually sent eighty disciples to the northwest with me, and asked me to abide by the experiment and try my best to prevent the steppe people from invading the empire.

Obviously, it is not simply "patriotic"! It must still have a profound meaning!

These days, although Du Wei knows about the relationship between Blue Ocean and Daxue Mountain, he doesn't say a word about Daxue Mountain for these disciples handed over by Blue Ocean. This Philip, although he has grown rapidly, is also a talent that Du Wei is optimistic about...... However, Du Wei was still a little uncertain in his heart!

Philip, the young man, was completely true to himself...... Or is it loyal to the blue ocean...... Or is it the Great Snow Mountain?!

Or, as a disciple of the blue ocean, this Philip is a simple citizen of the empire...... Still is......

Did he already know some inside information about the Great Snow Mountain, but he had been hiding himself?