Murong Xue moved a large pot of steaming stew to the table, and rubbed her hands happily: "Come on, come on!" Bean curd, sauerkraut, a fat chicken, two hooves, plus my mother's ancestral secret sauce. ”

Xu Youchang picked up the wine glass, took a sip of it, and then sighed: "Alas, what kind of situation do you say is this now?" ”

"The situation is indeed quite troublesome," Murong Xue clinked glasses with him: "Xie Guang is very ambitious. Since the death of the young man, this guy has become more and more rampant, especially during this time, there has been a lot of turmoil in the court. Take last month as an example, the military department Shangshu, Jiangnan Province Assassin History, and Guozi Prison Wine, three important ministers of the imperial court were convicted and imprisoned one after another, all of which were written by Xie Guang. made Shangshu make Tan Shiwen almost become an old bachelor. Yesterday, Lord Tan had already asked the emperor for the third time to resign, saying that he was old and wanted to return to his hometown. ”

"Your Majesty is approved?"

"How can that? The emperor is not stupid. Even if Tan Shiwen is not good, he can more or less balance Xie Guang, if he is really driven away, won't the court become the Shangzhu State alone? ”

Xu Youchang shook his head: "Alas, what you are talking about is only the civilian system, and the situation in the army is also not good. Did you know? As soon as the military department changed the new Shangshu, Tiao Chen immediately came up with it, and Ma Xinghe, the deputy commander of the Qilin Legion, was promoted to the protection of the southern capital. ”

"Rising and falling." Murong Xue snorted coldly: "Your old man has the title of commander of the Qilin Army, and he has not asked about military affairs for many years, and he has always been the deputy of Ma who is in charge of the overall situation. Xie Guang saw that he was unhappy, so he secretly stumbled. By the way, grandpa didn't say anything about this? ”

Xu Youchang gnawed on the chicken leg and muttered in his mouth: "The old man is very forbearing." In order not to be transferred, Ma Xinghe ran to my house every day a while ago, and he almost broke the threshold. My father felt sorry for him, maybe he also felt sorry for the threshold, and almost directly invited Deputy Ma to protect him into the house. But even so, grandpa didn't help to speak, only let him calm down and stay calm. Alas, there is no trick! ”

Murong Xue said worriedly: "I think you have to prepare early." The situation is becoming more and more delicate, and if you are not careful, you may be caught up in it. ”

Xu Youchang poured a full glass of wine into his mouth: "What can I prepare?" When a soldier eats food and obeys orders, can I be the master of everything? ”

"If Xie Guang rebelled, would you follow?"

"It's not as serious as you say, is it?!" Xu Youchang's heart tightened. After all, Xie Guang is a famous general of the Holy Tang Dynasty, and his military achievements are impressive, and Xu Youchang still respects him from the bottom of his heart.

Murong Xue sneered: "You people, you just don't want to face the reality!" Let's see, at the beginning of spring, the school military test of the Yanwutang will be held together with the drill of the four armies, and something will definitely happen! ”

Xu Youchang was silent when he heard this, and waited for a long time before he said: "I heard my grandfather say that maybe there are more than the four armies." In addition to Xuanjia, Qilin, Long Knife, and Fierce Blade, the Loyal Army and the Pingnan Army, as well as the government soldiers of the twenty-eight states may also participate. Thousands of troops and horses are gathered in the imperial capital, and it feels like a big head when you think about it. ”

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Qi Ying stood up tremblingly from his seat, knelt down for Xie Guang and said, "Today, thanks to Shangzhuguo's timely rescue, otherwise I would really plan to bite my tongue and commit suicide." ”

Xie Guang waved his hand and said indifferently: "Little things, Brother Qi doesn't have to worry about them. Speaking of which, this Reverse Scale Division is really powerful, and he is secretly eyeing you. ”

Qi Ying was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly explained: "Shangzhu Guo is clearly inspected, and on the way from the western frontier to the imperial capital, he walked extremely carefully, and never showed the slightest flaw!" ”

"Well, don't mention it beforehand." Xie Guang looked at Qi Ying's injuries, frowned and asked, "Did they ask anything from you?" ”

"Nope! Absolutely nothing! Qi Ying was anxious, and suddenly touched the wound, so painful that he bared his teeth and grinned: "Although those rabbit cubs are vicious, Mr. Lao has a life-saving grace for the lowly position, and this matter is related to the great cause of the Shangzhu Kingdom. ”

Xie Guang didn't say anything about it, he only nodded lightly, and continued to ask, "Mr. Lao sent you this time, what is the important news?" ”

Qi Ying hurriedly replied: "The old gentleman asked the humble post to tell Shangzhuguo, and the things discussed before went very smoothly. The big strategy has now been properly deployed, and people from all walks of life have also entered the game one after another. At the moment, everything is in place, and there is only one chance left. ”

"A chance?"

Qi Ying took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "Mr. Lao said that Shangzhu Kingdom can start the star picking operation......

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Half an hour later, Qi Ying left Xie Guang's study in a recliner carried by four big men.

At this time, it was getting late, and the cold wind was mixed with cold snow particles, which felt painful on the face. Qi Ying couldn't help but wrap the cloak on his body, pressed the hood as low as possible, and curled up in a ball on the chair.

After tossing this whole day's work, and now he is covered in wounds, the taste of it is indeed not enough for outsiders.

The group was walking forward, and a figure suddenly appeared in the Yuemen Cave not far away.

Seeing this, the big men who were carrying the chairs all stopped, slowly put Qi Ying down, and then retreated to the side one after another.

The surrounding environment was pitch black, Qi Ying was a little confused for a while, and the figure slowly approached: "I said Brother Qi Ying, today is really hard for you." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be General Di." Qi Ying heard that it was the voice of Sima Xian of the Xuanjia Legion joining the army, and couldn't help but be a little curious: "With such a big snowstorm tonight, what is Brother Di doing standing here?" ”

Di Xian sighed faintly: "Brother, my brother is waiting for you, I have a difficult matter, I want to ask you to help." ”

"Brother Di is polite, if there is anything you ask, the younger brother will do his best."

"Okay, that's all it takes with you." Di Xian said lightly as if chatting about family life: "In order to save you today, Shangzhu Guo was in a hurry, and told the people of Jingzhao Yin Mansion that you are a deserter from our Xuanjia Army, and for this reason, he also made a big move to surround Jingzhao Yin Mansion and injured more than 20 arresters. Alas, the matter is so big, if the emperor asks back, he wants to ask you to go to Dali Temple and ask about the crime of escaping, how should this be good? ”

"This ...... Ah, yes, what should I do? Qi Ying's heart was up and down when he heard this, and he suddenly lost his face.

Di Xian shook his head and sighed: "Alas, brother, you don't know, brother, I was born to work hard. Shangzhu Guoshun said this, in the end, isn't it me who wipes his ass? My brother thought about it, and finally figured out a way, do you want to hear it? ”

Qi Ying nodded again and again: "Brother Di has any clever plan, and I also ask the junior brother." ”

Di Xian smiled: "In my opinion, Brother Qi Ying, you will definitely not be able to avoid this hurdle this time, instead of causing trouble to Shangzhuguo and Mr. Lao, it is better to simply do it, let's take the initiative to die!" ”

"Huh?" Qi Ying was shocked when he heard this, and was about to say something more, when the big man carrying the chair had already come behind him and covered his mouth.

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Shen Lie put down the cinnabar pen in his hand, gently closed the volume, and raised his eyes to look at the four subordinates in front of him: "Can you be sure?" ”

"Go back to the first seat, absolutely sure." One of them replied loudly: "Qi Ying, who was snatched away by Xie Guang today, is Lao Jianhua's eyeliner planted in Western Xinjiang!" ”

When Shen Lie heard the words "Lao Jianhua", his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he immediately sneered: "It seems that our Shangzhu Kingdom is really involved with the labor thief." ”

Another man said in a deep voice: "It's a pity that the Xuanjia Army moved too fast, and before the brothers could interrogate anything, they snatched people away. ”

"It's okay," Shen Lie pouted indifferently: "Lao Jianhua's people, in ten out of ten words, can only believe half of them at most." It doesn't matter if there is a confession or not. ”

He turned his head to look at one of his subordinates on the very edge: "Brother over there in the Western Frontier, are you keeping an eye on Qi Ying's relationship?" ”

The subordinate arched his hand and said, "Keep an eye on it." However, Lao Jianhua is very ghostly and never contacts Qi Ying directly, so the brothers have not gained anything else. ”

Shen Lie pondered silently for a moment: "What level of high-ranking Turkic officials can we contact in Western Xinjiang?" ”

The four of them glanced at each other, and one of them said, "You can reach Utan, the deputy prime minister of the Turkic Empire." ”

"Deputy Prime Minister...... Well, that's pretty much enough. Shen Lie picked up an envelope from the bookcase: "As quickly as possible, try to hand it over to Utan, and then report the other party's reply to me immediately!" ”

The subordinate said "yes" and stepped forward to take the envelope.

Shen Lie then ordered: "Go and invite that princess to me, I have something to say to her." ”

After a hot cup of tea, Inas was escorted by two spies to the signing room of the Reverse Scale Division.

As soon as she saw Shen Lie, Inas immediately raised the iron shackles in her hand and said sarcastically with a smile: "Lord Shen, I am afraid that you treat a princess like this, I am afraid it is against the bearing of the Holy Tang, right?" ”

Shen Lie smiled slightly, signaled his subordinates to unshackle Inas first, and at the same time said in his mouth: "Your Highness, don't blame. Shen has already seen that you have a good martial arts, so there is no harm in being cautious. ”

With that, he made a gesture of please for Inas to sit down next to him.

"Are you still used to living here?"

"If I say I can't get used to it, can I change places?"

"Hehe, if you want to change, you can only change the room, the place is still this place."

"Still. Lord Shen, where is my maid? It would be inconvenient for me not to be there for her. ”

Shen Lie said lightly: "She is also here." It's just that I can't serve the princess yet. ”

Inas raised her eyebrows: "You guys are too much!" actually bullied a weak girl! ”

Shen Lie looked at the other party suspiciously, and immediately replied quietly: "The princess doesn't have to be angry. Although we are sometimes unscrupulous to the enemy, we will not embarrass a little girl. The main reason why you don't let her come back to you is to consider the safety of the princess. ”

Inas heard the meaning of these words, and knew that the other party was afraid of what tricks she would do, so she temporarily isolated Hesjia.

She pretended to be a little annoyed: "Lord Shen, originally I thought that your Holy Tang civilization was a country of humble gentlemen, even if you captured the imperial family of the enemy country, you could treat each other with courtesy, but I never expected that you were really disappointed. ”

Shen Lie was not dissatisfied: "Disappointed or not, it doesn't really matter." You Turks invaded the western frontier, and you don't even care about killing people and setting fires, but you still care about courtesy? But there's no need to worry about it, because you'll be back soon. ”

Inas was stunned when she heard this: "Really? ”

"Shen has never liked to joke," Shen Lie said in a calm tone: "I want to use the princess to exchange someone with the Turkic Great Khan." ”

Inas stared at Shen Lie and said word by word: "Do you want to exchange for Lao Jianhua?" ”

Shen Lie nodded: "The princess is finally willing to admit that she knows this person?" ”

"My father Khan will not agree." Inas ignored Shen Lie's ridicule: "He never makes deals with people, especially humiliating ones. ”

Shen Lie took a long time: "Then it depends on the weight of the princess in the heart of the Great Khan, whether it will be heavier than Lao Jianhua." But I believe that your father, the Emperor, is a man who can judge the situation, and he shouldn't make an unwise choice, right? ”

Inas's heart sank.

She knew very well that for the Great Khan Ashina, the pearl in her hand, Hesijia, was far more important than a foreign strategist. Not to mention exchanging Lao Jianhua, if necessary, the Great Khan is willing to exchange the lives of a city of people for his precious daughter.

But now the fatal problem is that she Inas is not the real Princess Yingyang!