Chapter XXXVIII

Suddenly, Wen Renjing found that there were several strangers in the courtyard, which frightened her to the point of discoloration. She was about to scream. Xiao Che took the first step to cover her mouth. If she screams at you, she's afraid she'll alarm the others.

"Is it you?" At this time, Xiao Che suddenly recognized that Wen Renjing was the previous girl Wen Jing.

"Don't make a sound. Then he leaned into Wen Renjing's ear and said, and then took down the hand that was covering Wen Renjing's mouth. At this time, Wen Renjing also recognized that this person was Xiao Che.

At this time, Wen Renlie also came out of the back room. When he saw Murong Qing, he let down his previous defense.

"Grandpa. Murong Qing's name to Wen Renlie made everyone startled. Especially Wen Renjing, with wide eyes, the expression is even more exaggerated.

Xiao Che and the others didn't expect that Murong Qing would be the granddaughter of the old family owner. No wonder Hades let them hide in the Wenren family. It turns out that they have such a relationship.

Wen Renjing also knew for the first time that she had such a cousin. This made her very curious.

Soon, Wen Renlie brought the four of them into the house.

Murong Qing told Wen Renlie about the encounter with Hades and Hei Yan.

After listening to her tell what happened, she couldn't help but sigh.

In this world, no one knows Hades better than him. After so many years, his heart has always been on Murong Qing's side.

In this way, this is a good thing, Murong Qing and Murong Ming sisters and brothers have the help of their own family and the king of Hades, and the certainty of success has increased a lot.

Coupled with Murong Ming's previous victory on the battlefield, it will make more families waver. Even leaning towards oneself. In recent years, under Emperor Yu's high-pressure policy, these families have not had a good life. However, none of the patriarchs of these big families are not old foxes. Until everything is clear, they will not have any promises at all, and even if they do, they will not be trusted.

In the end, it depends on the Murong Qing sisters and brothers.

After an agreement, several people temporarily lived in Wenren's Mansion. After all, it's huge, and there aren't too many minions. It's still easy to hide a few people. They won't stay long, though. According to Wen Renlie's intentions, they found a way to go north, detour through the Great Treaty Country, and return to the million-strong army of the Wen Ren family.

After a few days of getting along, Xiao Che and Wen Renjing are becoming more and more familiar, and the quirky personality of the little girl is very cute. Wen Renjing especially likes Zi Wouji. In her opinion, Zi Wou-Ki is not only handsome, but also cool. Both of them have black-bellied and funny personalities. Soon, the relationship between the two quickly warmed up.

Under the deliberate arrangement of the king of Hades, Heiyan did not find any trace of the four people for a long time, which caused Emperor Yu to be furious. But he didn't suspect Hades. Heiyan's loyalty to the emperor has been a tradition since the founding of the Northern Yan. It is the most trusted force of the emperors of all generations.

It's a pity that Emperor Yu doesn't know the relationship between King Hades and the Murong Qing family at all. Otherwise, he would have been suspicious.

Soon Wen Renlie found a reason to go north. The Great Covenant sent an envoy to Beiyan to negotiate the alliance between the two countries. Emperor Yudi attaches great importance to this. According to the usual practice, Northern Yan should also send envoys of equal status to envoy to the Great Deed, but the Xiangguo of Northern Yan has no time to separate now.

Upon learning of this, Wen Renlie volunteered and asked for an envoy. Emperor Yu saw that Renlie took the initiative to send an envoy, although he was also a little puzzled, but he did not suspect anything. After all, Wen Renlie's meaning is very clear, the reason why he returned to Yandu is because he is old, and he wants to spend a few days of leisure and then go around. When Wen Renlie was young, he traveled to various countries as a ranger. These emperors are clear.

At present, Xiangguo is inseparable, and most of the covenants with the Grand Deed are commercial matters, and it is reasonable to go as the Duke of Wenrenlie. And in fact, the national strength of the Great Contract is much worse than that of Northern Yan, and Wen Renlie is the first of the ten dukes. The actual status is higher than that of the prime minister of the Grand Treaty.

In this way, Emperor Yu also approved this matter.

At the beginning of the founding of the Northern Yan Empire, many kings with different surnames were sealed, but with the development of thousands of years, kings with different surnames no longer existed. All of them are members of the royal family of the Murong family. As a result, a tradition was formed that non-royal families were not allowed to be crowned kings. The ten major families have a prominent status, and in order to show their status, the Northern Yan Empire followed the example of the Western Empire and made a title of Grand Duke. And there are only ten. Therefore, the duke has become the exclusive title of the ten major families.

Others, such as Xiangguo, generals and other courtiers who have made great contributions to the Northern Yan Empire, are only marquises.

The envoy who made the grand deed with the position of duke was more conducive to the friendship between the two countries. As for the more specialized matters of the Covenant, it was only necessary to send two special envoys to settle the matter.

In this way, Wen Renlie set off for the Great Deed in the name of the envoy, and the four of them disguised themselves as the entourage of the Wen Ren Mansion and set off together.

Murong Ming, who had just finished a big war, used this to recruit more Northern Yan heroes. Mingtang is growing day by day. Although the other halls are not as powerful as Mingtang, they are also much stronger than before. The name of the Xuan Gang also resounded all over the world because of this battle. Several other halls also followed the example of the Ming Hall and trained their soldiers and horses in the manner of the army. Dongfang Ye and the others did not return to Qingxuan.

The Xuan Gang was on the list of anti-thieves of the Northern Yan Empire. However, these did not have much impact on the Xuan Gang. After all, Lu Yanyan secretly supported Dongfang Ye, and also prepared many retreats between countries.

Soldiers, do not think about victory, first think about the defeat wins.

Soon, Xiao Che and others followed Wen Renlie and successfully entered the big contract.

The Great Covenant, located in the north of Qingxuan, the east of Northern Yan, and Qingxuan only a very small part of the junction, the Great Covenant people are naturally warlike, although the overall national strength is not as good as the Northern Yan, but the combat power of the Great Covenant Army is famous all over the world. The main reason why the Great Deeds are relatively weak is that the population is too small. Excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, women and children, and dementia, on the premise of not affecting the people's livelihood, only one million people can join the army. Even with the addition of the retired reserve army, it is only a look at the army of two million people.

Population is the most important shackle to the development of Grand Contract.

For the arrival of Wen Renlie, the monarch of the Great Deed gave the greatest enthusiasm. Xiao Che and others also followed Wen Renlie to the banquet and met the rumored King of the Great Deed.

In many people's minds, the King of Grand Deeds is a rough man with a beard, but this is not the case. The King of Deeds was a middle-aged man of good manners. Dressed plainly, he was not as graceful and luxurious as other emperors. His complexion was gentle, and he was not as imposing as the emperors of the northern countries. If you look at it intuitively, he looks like an ordinary middle-aged uncle.

It's just that the majesty in the bones looms between the gestures.

At the banquet, the guests of honor exchanged and were very enthusiastic. The happiest thing is to smell the silence. It was the first time she had eaten the most authentic Daqi food. Although Beiyan also has a restaurant opened by the Daqi people, how can it compare to the deliciousness of the Daqi state banquet.

Xiao Che is completely eating Daqi's food for the first time. The food of Daqi is like the character of Daqi people, heroic and rough with delicacy. A chie goat the size of a whole cow is gutted, cleaned and filled with a special seasoning. It is roasted on the fire by the whole frame, with condiments, the meat is delicious, oily but not greasy, and when roasting, it is poured with clear lotus juice, which is confused with the meat quality, and it is rich in aroma, which makes people smell the index finger and move.

Before you know it, everyone has eaten a lot. This made the Grand Covenant King even happier. There is a famous saying of the Daqi people: being eaten by friends to the point of leftover food is the greatest praise for the Daqi people.

During the banquet, the king of the Great Covenant and Wen Renlie had a very happy conversation. The king of the Great Covenant admired Wen Renlie very much. Listening to the king of the Great Covenant say that when he was a child, he heard the story of Wen Renlie's travels to various countries and led his troops to battle, which made everyone laugh when they heard it.

Wen Renlie knew it very well in his heart. This scholarly king is a very ambitious careerist. For the sake of the strength of the Great Contract, he took the initiative to make an alliance with Beiyan. In order to form an offensive and defensive alliance with Beiyan. So that when he marched into the Northern Qi in the east of the Great Qi and the ancient Hun in the north, he had no worries.

The territory of the Great Covenant is surrounded on all sides, the east of the Great Covenant is the Northern Qi, the west is the Northern Yan, the south is the Qingxuan, and the north is the ancient Hungary. The Grand Covenant and the Gu-Hungarian feud can be described as a feud. The battle never stopped. In the past, Qingxuan's expansion was focused on the south and east. The western part of Qingxuan is a vast desert and the vast Han Sea, which is no longer able to expand, and the southern part of Qingxuan is about to border another superpower, the Oga Empire. It can be regarded as a halt to expansion. Although there are many countries in the east of Qingxuan, they are extremely chaotic. It is extremely complex and extremely difficult to conquer.

Now, according to reliable sources, the Qingxuan Empire has set its sights on the northern countries.

At present, the alliance between Northern Qi and Gu-Hun has made the king of Daqi extremely uneasy. Therefore, after careful consideration, he decided to form an alliance with Beiyan.

In this way, they can not only jointly resist the attack of the possible Qingxuan, but also make Gu Hun have more scruples. After all, although Guhun was allied with the Northern Qi, he was a neighbor with the Northern Yan and the Great Qi. Once the war began, Guhun would have to face the simultaneous attack of Northern Yan and Daqi. Caught in a two-front battle. Although the Great Seal will also be caught in the two-front war between the ancient Huns and the Northern Qi. Judging from the strength of Northern Yan and Northern Qi, the probability of Guhun losing first is much greater than that of Daqi.

Once Gu Hun was first attacked by the Northern Yan, then in the face of the Northern Yan and the Great Qi joining forces, the Northern Qi would not be able to escape defeat. What's more, there is a big country in the east of Northern Qi, Emon. If the Northern Qi is weak, Emon will definitely raise troops to attack. Neither the ancient nor the Northern Qi dared to take this risk.

What's more, there is one of the most terrifying Qingxuan Empires in the south of them. Thus, the countries of the North have maintained a fragile and stable situation. However, the recent fiasco of the Northern Yan Empire has made the northern countries feel a little uneasy.

The strength of the 600,000 troops that can annihilate the Northern Yan Empire is definitely not to be underestimated. Although Murong Ming did not occupy any land. But no one can ignore such a powerful force entrenched at the junction of various countries. Just imagine, if he is fighting externally and Murong Ming leads the army to attack suddenly, I am afraid that except for Qingxuan, no one can withstand it, and neither can Beiyan.

This also made the northern countries attach great importance to Murong Ming.

The Qingxuan Empire was divided into two factions for Murong Ming. One faction thinks that it should be reconciled, and the other faction believes that it should be ignored. No matter how he chooses, Murong Ming's existence is extremely beneficial to Qing Xuan. Emperor Qingxuan made a decision in his heart. Support Murong Ming, but must not let him become the Emperor of Northern Yan.

In other words, Qing Xuan hoped that Murong Ming would contain the power of Northern Yan, but he would never be allowed to inherit the throne of Northern Yan. If Murong Ming became the Emperor of Northern Yan, with his ability, it would only bring greater obstacles to the Qingxuan Empire's attack on the northern countries.

And it is precisely this point that is contrary to the wishes of Xiao Che and others. It also laid the groundwork for a series of great changes in the Qingxuan Empire later.

When he met the King of the Great Covenant, Xiao Che suddenly had an idea. and discussed with Wen Renlie and Murong Qing overnight. After a night of discussion, a feasible plan was formulated, so he hurriedly passed this plan to Dongfang Ye and Murong Ming through the Xuan Gang's unique flying eagle.

Therefore, a few people were not in a hurry to leave the deed.

The news soon spread to Dongfang Ye and Murong Ming. Seeing that the plan stated in the message was indeed feasible, they quickly took action.

Not long after, a mysterious person came to the Grand Treaty. This person soon met the king of the Great Covenant under Xiao Che's secret arrangement.

"Who are you, and what is the matter of this king?" said the king of the Great Deeds, seeing the young man.

"Under Murong Ming. The mysterious man immediately gave his name.

"Are you Murong Ming?" The Great Covenant King was also surprised when he heard this name, but his face did not change color.

"I came secretly this time to sign a secret covenant with the king. Murong Ming directly stated his purpose. This is also the judgment that Xiao Che and they have made after analyzing the character of the Great Deed King. For the king of the Grand Contract, it is best to directly explain the intention.

"Murong Gongzi, please take a seat. "At that moment, the king of the Great Deed asked Murong Ming to serve a pot of good wine.

"King Xie Daqi. Murong Ming drank it all without the slightest hesitation.

This made the King of Great Deeds more recognized Murong Ming even more.

Since Murong Ming dared to come here alone, he was naturally not unprepared, and he was not afraid that the Great Deed King would do something unfavorable to him.

After a period of getting along and secretly investigating, Xiao Che also has an accurate judgment of the Grand Covenant King. The king of the Great Covenant is a hero, what he wants is the strength of the Great Covenant Country, as long as it is beneficial to the Great Covenant Country, he will never refuse. It is precisely the mentality of the king of the Great Covenant. Xiao Che dared to let Murong Ming come here alone.

"What does Murong Gongzi plan to use to cooperate with my Great Covenant Country?" the Great Covenant King asked directly, without beating around the bush.

"I will help the king contain the Northern Qi, how about the king concentrate on dealing with Gu Hun?" Murong Ming threw out the first condition.

"Oh, Murong Gongzi is now making enemies of my ally Emperor Yu, if I hand over Gongzi to Emperor Yu, wouldn't I be able to get more benefits? What's more, Gongzi's strength is still reluctant to deal with Emperor Yu, if he can deal with Northern Qi at the same time, I'm afraid it will be exaggerated, right?" Hearing Murong Ming's words, although the Great Qi King was moved, he was not a fool, so he directly pointed out Murong Ming's weaknesses.

"If the king can hand me over to Emperor Yu, I'm afraid he will arrest me when he enters the door. They will never listen to me. Presumably, the king can't believe that the emperor is a person. The king knew in his heart that it was impossible for Emperor Yu to see that the king could be so big as to threaten the Northern Yan Empire. So he just used the king to contain the Northern Qi and the ancient Huns. After speaking, Murong Ming took a big sip of wine.

"Murong Gongzi really lives up to his reputation. "The more the King of Great Deeds looks at Murong Ming, the more pleasing it becomes.

"As for me saying that I can contain Northern Qi, the king will see it soon. Besides, I'm only in secret alliance with the King. It will never be known to outsiders. My goal is to overthrow Emperor Yu and replace him. The king's goal is to increase the power of the Grand Covenant nation, and the two are not in conflict. And in the process of my struggle with Emperor Yu, Beiyan's national strength is bound to decline. Don't say that I won't meddle in the king's affairs, even if I have the heart, I'm afraid Beiyan at that time didn't have the strength. What's more, with me here, the king doesn't have to worry about Emperor Yu stabbing the king in the back. This is good for the king. Murong Ming continued after drinking.

The Great Deed King had been thinking about Murong Ming's words. Although he formed an alliance with Beiyan, he was extremely wary of Emperor Yu in his heart. He knew very well that Emperor Yu was by no means trustworthy. Moreover, just like Murong Ming said, Emperor Yu would never watch the Great Treaty Country become big.

And as Murong Ming said, the secret alliance with it will not have much impact on the Grand Treaty State. After careful weighing, the king of the Great Covenant made a decision in his heart. However, he was not in a hurry to agree to anything, but entertained Murong Ming with a good meal of wine and food, and let Murong Ming go to rest first.

Murong Ming also knew that this matter was urgent, everything that should have been said had already been said, and it would be no good to continue to talk about it, it would only cause the disgust of the king of the Great Covenant, so he left the palace of the Great Covenant and went to the post house to rest.

That night, Murong Ming quietly sneaked into the place where Wen Renlie and Xiao Che and others lived. I met my sister and grandfather. Everyone was very happy.

Murong Ming told everyone the results of meeting the Great Covenant King. Xiao Che told him not to worry. The Grand Covenant King will soon make a decision.

Sure enough, the next day, the King of the Great Covenant summoned Murong Ming again. However, before summoning Murong Ming, he met Wen Renlie first, and also asked him what he thought of Murong Ming. The king of the Great Deed did not know the relationship between Murong Ming and Wen Renlie.

Wen Renlie's praise for Murong Ming surprised the King of Daqi. Originally, he thought that Murong Ming and Emperor Yu were mortal enemies. And Wen Renlie, who represents Emperor Yu, will speak to Emperor Yu. I didn't expect him to praise Murong Ming. Wen Renlie said that he represented the Northern Yan Empire, not Emperor Yu. This made the Grand Covenant King hear something unusual.

Seeing Murong Ming today, the two didn't waste too much time, and they successfully formed a secret alliance. From this moment on, the Xuan Gang had allies in the true sense of the word, and it was a powerful country. This caused the development of the Xuan Gang to deviate from its original trajectory and begin to move towards a more ambitious and thorny path.

After signing the covenant, Murong Ming informed the king of the details about the inside of the Northern Qi Dynasty that had been investigated by the Northern Qi Hall. Some are secrets that even the Grand Covenant King does not know. These messages were very useful to the Grand Contract. It also proves from the side that Murong Ming's strength and what he said about containing Northern Qi are not false.

Murong Ming set off first, and soon Wen Renlie and others also bid farewell to the king of the Great Covenant. Soon he joined Murong Ming. Wen Renlie shook off the mission and asked the two deputy envoys to go back and tell Emperor Yu that he wanted to go to another country and not return to Yandu first, and the two deputy envoys had no choice but to go back and report to Emperor Yu.

In this way, Wen Renlie took Wen Renjing and retreated to the Wen Ren family. Only then did Emperor Yu react, and he was slammed by the people. This made him extremely annoyed. He didn't know that if it weren't for Murong Qing and the others to leave Beiyan safely, Wen Renlie wouldn't have returned to the army so soon.