"You're not telling the truth."

Walking a hundred miles away from Yonghe City, the two of them rested at the foot of a small hill, slowing down their horsepower a little, Gongye Ziyi looked at Ning He and pouted.

The Taoist temple where they grew up is no more, no less, exactly 300 miles away from Bac Ninh City.

Ning He was born with a pair of iron feet, and she could go back and forth once a day, and often secretly went back to the city to bring them food, drink, and toys, which were often cleaned up by her master.

Now don't say that there are good horse mounts, even if there is none, with Ning He's speed, he is not afraid of not being able to catch up with Ying'an County.

Therefore, Gongye Ziyi is determined that Ning He will not enter Yonghe City, there must be another reason.

"I'm not going to get tired." Ning Hezi knew what she meant, and retorted with his hands.

Gongye Ziyi glanced at him, "I want my aunt and grandmother to believe your nonsense, in the next life!" ”

"Okay, whatever you want." Ning He shrugged and ignored her.

He really didn't tell the truth, but it was boring to talk about, and it only made me feel depressed.

Since the founding of the country, Daqin has been sealed with four kings, although in addition to the city of the fiefdom, there is no right to govern the land, and there is only an army of more than 20,000 government guards available in peacetime, which does not seem to be a big threat.

But in addition, the four kings each have jurisdiction over the four government armies, and if the border affairs are urgent, they can gather the four government armies on their own without a holy decree, and even take over the military and government of the four governments, and have full power to mobilize the military and civilian officials of the four governments in order to deal with foreign enemies.

This was originally an emergency policy set for the war because the territory of Daqin was too vast, and it was also a compensation for the righteous act of the ancestors of the four kings who were willing to strike the army and work together to build the Taiping of Daqin.

However, time has changed, although the four kings have not rebelled in the past dynasties, but their prestige in the Sixteen Foreign Mansions, whether in the army or among the people, has hidden the momentum of overshadowing the imperial court, and is also suspected and feared by later generations of monarchs and ministers.

The accumulation has been so far, since the current Emperor Qintai and Emperor ascended the throne, it has intensified.

Especially seven years ago, after the prince of Ning, one of the four princes who was studying the prince in Beijing, accidentally fell off his horse and died violently, Emperor Taihe was afraid that King Ning would be in turmoil, so he wantonly mobilized the military and government of the four prefectures of Beining, Beijiang, Beiyuan, and Jibei, and even did not care about the military situation, and started to settle in the Zhenbei army, in order to clamp down on the power of King Ning during the period.

provoked the hearts of the four kings, and the other three kings also used their own excuses to ask for the recall of the sons of each family, so that the conflict was on the verge of breaking out.

coincided with Rin Chao Koubian, so he turned to the foreign enemy and gave up for the time being.

And Mu Bai entered Beijing to take the exam that year, and had a very close relationship with the prince of Yongwang in the capital, although he was awarded the second class and was not affected by any shady scenes, but he was also 'Jane in the emperor's heart'.

What he didn't tell his master that day was that the reason why Mu Bai was pressed to the border for more than ten years and couldn't move was that the culprit was Emperor Taihe.

The children of the Han family were originally the best candidates for the emperor to restrain and balance the children of the noble family, but this talented and popular official openly befriended the biggest magnate in Daqin, which was intolerable to Emperor Taihe.

In fact, they are not afraid of killer assassins on this trip, but they are afraid of not.

In the Taihe Dynasty, the members of Beijing were headed by four people, each of whom formed a faction.

One of them is the father of Pei Shijia, who was reported by Mu Bai, and shot Pei Qing when the left servant of Shangshu.

He himself was hereditary as the Duke of Yanguo, crowned the Shangzhu State, and served as the position of six Shangshu within 20 years, so the officials were all over the six departments.

His younger brother Pei Yuan was awarded the title of Golden Purple Guanglu Doctor, and he is currently the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and his protégés are widely spread all over the country.

His eldest son, Pei Shiyan, was awarded the title of champion general, and served as one of the nine guards of the forbidden army, the general of the leopard cavalry, who was deeply loved by Emperor Taihe and regarded him as a sibling.

There are three people in one family, all of whom are high and powerful, and they can be called the most powerful people in the dynasty.

The momentum of the court, comparable to it, is the head of the clear stream, when the imperial master Zeng Xian, the old minister of the three dynasties, the current emperor, the prestige is very high.

As for the other two factions, they are respectively headed by Wang Gongmao, the Zhongshu Ling, and Li Jiyuan, the son of the Hanmen Confucian Guozi, who holds real power in one hand, and the other is the leader of the Hanmen, but they are both slightly inferior.

The case of Chu Ping, no matter what it is, is a good time for the other three factions to besiege the Pei family father and son, although the case has been decided, it does not necessarily mean the end.

And the father and son of the Pei family, who are really in the emperor's heart, after that, hate Shang Mubai secondly, and it is the main thing to keep his face and status.

Killing the king and cutting the domain, the emperor's mind is undoubtedly an excellent choice.

They can take the opportunity to use Mu Bai as an excuse to conduct wind and rain in Yonghe City, and start a chess game for Tai and Emperor in Yonghe City.

Mu Bai died in Yonghe City, which means that the prince of Yongwang is not very good to this friend, and King Yong's governance of the city is not very good.

If the son of King Yong dies to protect Mubai, it will be even better, his Pei family is the pawn of Emperor Taihe, no matter whether he succeeds or fails, he can stir up the Yonghe storm, and the same credit is not small.

And although Ning He is just a small county lieutenant, an inconspicuous little miscellaneous hair.

But at that time, it was the wolf cavalry general who kept him, and even the general of Zhenbei and others.

Including Senior Brother Qin Yu, these people are all crucial figures in the Taihe Emperor's chess game in the north, and they are also people who are crucial to the safety of the north.

Among them, Qin Yu was born in the Marquis of Wuyang, who was a minister of King Ning's mansion, and Qin Yu and now the son of King Xinning have been friends since childhood.

The current Marquis of Wuyang, that is, Qin Yu's father, has now been transferred to Beijing.

Qin Yu himself was appointed as the first general of the Zhenbei Army by Emperor Taihe, and with the current situation, he was placed opposite the Ning Wangfu, and the situation was extremely embarrassing.

As for the general of Zhenbei, the general of the wolf cavalry and others, because of the many battles in the north, they have a friendship with King Ning and the top and bottom of King Ning's mansion, but they also bear the emperor's order, which is also a dilemma.

It can even be said that if it weren't for the fact that they were still neutral and only guarded the border passes, the Ning Wangfu would have been surrounded by the north and the south, and the north would have been in chaos a long time ago.

In this case, he walked with Mu Bai, and it can be said that because of personal friendship, he did go on the same road.

But once he enters Yonghe City and is suspected of befriending and clinging to the Yongwang Mansion, not only will he be unlucky, but those who protect him in the Zhenbei Army will also be affected.

It's not that he thinks too highly of himself, but because he is inconspicuous and has a low official position, but he is easy to start and get his hands on, and people don't have to work hard when they really want to knead it.

And what he thinks is not all based on imagination and speculation, although there are conjectures, but not all.

It's just because there is no shortage of indiscriminate ministers in all dynasties, who only care about flattering and licking the lord, so they are powerful.

And the father and son of the Pei family happen to be one of them.

It is no secret that he fell from the middle of the family road, and was almost stripped of the hereditary title, to the bottomless flattery to cater to the Taihe Emperor during the prince period, and even the current experience of leaning towards the government and the opposition.

Therefore, Ning He was respectful of Yonghe City, and honestly went to Ying'an to put it bad.

……

Yonghe City, Yongwang Mansion.

In the huge Yonghe city with a length of 19 miles and a width of 17 miles, only the Yongwang Mansion occupies about one-fifth of this Xiongcheng that accommodates more than 700,000 people.

This is not counting the protruding city in the north of the city, and the additional encirclement of the more extensive palace garden.

It can be described as the ultimate luxury.

At that moment, Mu Bai, who entered Yonghe City, was taken to this palace garden.

There is Li Xu Qinghu in the annex garden, the lakeside pavilions and pavilions are complete, all are carved beams and painted buildings, gold ornaments and jade tiles, extraordinarily gorgeous.

Li Yan, the son of King Yong, was waiting for a small ferry by the lake, and a light boat without a canopy was quietly parked on the side, because the water surface was clear, as if hanging there.

"Brother Qingshan, I haven't seen you for many years, and my brother is indeed a lot of vicissitudes." Seeing that Mu Bai was attracted from afar, Li Yan walked forward quickly and greeted him with a smile.

"The wind and cold in the north have also added a bit of manliness to Bai, and it is not a loss." Mu Bai also smiled in response.

The two hugged each other, walked to the boat, held the boat to the center of the lake, boiled wine and fished, as in the painting.

"It's a pity that the son of the world is not a beauty, and I am not a red face, and I lack the artistic conception of a fairy couple, it's a pity! Pity! ”

In the painting, a sip of wine entered his throat, Mu Bai shook his head and said.

Li Yan threw the fishing rod directly, and his mood was completely lost, "Mu Qingshan, you are in your thirties, why do you still look out of tune." ”

Mu Bai sneered, "You don't come, if you are a serious person, can you go with me?" ”

As he spoke, he shook his hand to catch a fat fish, and then threw it into the fish basket under the show.

"I thought you came back in fear and drank some wine with you to suppress the shock, but now it seems that you are making yourself amorous." Li Yan snorted lightly, directly took the fish basket and scooped it down, and directly brought two fat fish up.

"My fish has been fed since childhood, and it eats when it sees it, and it is not afraid of people at all, and there is a proud fart."

Mu Bai chuckled: "I'm not just a stupid fish who was put back, there is a fart to be afraid of." ”

Li Yan fell silent, and said: "Enter the palace to serve, I can always protect you." ”

Mu Bai shook his head, "I have been governing the county for more than ten years, I am very tired, I don't want to play anymore, I have a good meal and drink here with you, go home to be a teacher, and live a leisurely life." ”

Li Yan was silent again, not knowing what to say.

Mu Bai said: "Why should the son of the world be like this, I was originally a rural villager, and after ten years of hard study, in the end I was just a grass carp that couldn't get on the stage." The chopping board is there, the knife is there, how can you struggle? ”

"How can the Yongwang Mansion be afraid of those flies and dogs!" Li Yan snorted coldly in dissatisfaction.

"I'm not afraid, it's just not necessary." Mu Bai shook his head with a smile, "Li and Hao dynasties, people's heads have been beaten into dog heads, although the county lord of Jinhua is dead, but her son is still there, if the Li Dynasty can't support it, it is inevitable to ask your uncle and his grandfather for help, there will be a storm at that time, why waste your energy here as an idler." ”

Then he said: "The north is chaotic enough, and there will be another big war in the near future, and the southwest can't be chaotic now." They don't care, but we have to care, otherwise we won't have the face to go down to see our ancestors, the sun and the moon shine, where the mountains and rivers are, have never been the world of a family. ”

Li Yan clenched his fists, his eyes showed a fierce light, and then he sighed.

He naturally knew this truth, if it weren't for this truth, how could his ancestors happily merge into Daqin after a gambling war and become the king of Yong.

But they want peace in this world, but it doesn't mean that others can let them enjoy this peace.

If he was already King Yong, he would have turned against the sky, then there would be so much.

Seeing this, Mu Bai smiled slyly and said, "Peace of mind." I haven't lived enough, I won't find death by myself, you get me a good place, let's also learn from the sages, come to live in a settlement, open an altar to teach, and educate widely, I see who can do under the eyes of everyone. ”

Li Yan's eyes widened, "You are really daring, you are not afraid of being scolded to death by the corporal of the world!?" ”

Mu Bai raised his eyebrows, "The more people who come, the better, I'm afraid there will be fewer people!" When you get to find someone to spread the word, although it is exaggerated, whether I can live or not depends on this. ”

"Haha! That's a great plan! It's a shame that you think about it. Li Yan suddenly laughed out loud, stood up sharply, and almost overturned the boat.

It's easy to find a place to open the altar, just find a place where there are many people.

As long as Mu Bai is not afraid of being drowned by the spitting stars, no matter whether the scholars who heard the news later are stronger than him or inferior to him, this momentum can be regarded as a build.

And with Mu Bai's talent, there are not many people who can really easily win in the world, but they can achieve their fame and make people more and more jealous.

At that time, it will not be the Yongwang Mansion that will protect him, but the people of Yonghe, and even the people of the world.

It's just that this matter needs to be quick to catch people off guard.

It was Li Yan who immediately said: "Today's Qingshan and live in the palace, tomorrow we will open the altar to give lectures, just after more than a month, it is the birthday of the mother's concubine, I will write to various places overnight, in the name of celebrating the birthday, invite the great Confucian celebrities from all over the world to enter the Yonghe opening talk meeting, then there will be a place for you to show your talents, see how they treat!" ”

Mu Bai said: "It's not enough to talk clearly, I also have to annotate the scriptures and commentaries, and see how strong those famous scholars and Confucians are better than me!" ”

At this time, Mu Bai was full of spirit, and he had a great attitude of scolding Fang Xuan.

Li Yan smiled loudly and clasped his palms, "Okay!" I'll accompany you to this scene, let's set up an array first, and we will go to the army! ”