Chapter 414: A Covenant That Was Ready to Be Broken from the Beginning
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After the Twilight Blood Emperor Cui Yanke appeased the strong man, he signaled everyone to do whatever they wanted, and there was no need to accompany them.
Others can go, but Cui Siju can't, he must personally explain to the emperor about today's events.
Cui Yanke walked along the street without hurry, as if he was personally testing the results of his years of governance, until he came to the Flying Wild Goose Pagoda, one of the most famous buildings in the imperial capital.
The Flying Wild Goose Pagoda is one of the oldest buildings in the imperial city, and has been visited by countless powerful monks and literati. There are many anecdotes about this, and in a sense, the Flying Wild Goose Pagoda itself is a part of history.
Climb the Flying Wild Goose Pagoda and look into the distance, the first thing you see at a glance is the refreshing white clouds and blue sky, which makes people have the illusion of standing in the air. What's special is that it's so quiet and secluded.
Until a call breaks the silence.
"Father. ”
The quiet of the ear is easy to come by, but the peace of the heart is difficult to regain once it is lost. Cui Yanke retracted his gaze abruptly, glanced aside, and all the guards and others turned around and withdrew, leaving the father and son who had a bad relationship.
"Father, why did Xu Ruosu come to ......" Cui Siju's tone was a little abrupt, just like Tan Weiran, he was also full of doubts.
The most important thing is that with the arrival of Xu Ruosu, Cui Siju has some premonitions, and he is keen, and he has already smelled signs from this incident that are not very good and not very reassuring.
Cui Yanke said slowly: "Xu Ruosu is willing to support my Twilight Blood Country ......" He didn't finish speaking, just looked at this son.
Cui Siju's thoughts turned, and after a while, his eyes suddenly widened, and he was shocked and angry to say the two words that the emperor didn't say:
"Going north?"
"She, Xu Ruosu, is talking about chasing after her, what qualifications do you have to say that she supports our Twilight Blood Country's northward advance! The so-called Marquis of Dongwu is just a local prince. It's just a country tyrant, it's a piece of bullshit. Father, we in the Twilight Blood Kingdom should never pay attention to her. ”
If Fang Tiange was there, he would definitely find that Cui Siju's anger at this time was definitely a gaffe that rarely happened. For a person who has always been calm. Such a gaffe is really rare.
fell into the eyes of the emperor, which just proves that Cui Siju has never been a northward faction, but an outright eastward faction.
The wind chimes on the cornices swayed with the wind and made a jingling sound, which couldn't hide Cui Yanke's words when he looked at Cui Siju and gradually became expressionless: "In addition, Xu Ruosu also hopes to form an alliance." ”
"Father, by all means. Cui Siju was impatient and opposed.
Cui Yanke only said one sentence: "Why not." ”
Cui Siju was stunned on the spot. Yes, why not? He is an eastward faction, and the emperor is a northward faction, so why should the emperor obey the eastward strategy.
In a sense, if the Twilight Blood Kingdom were to carry out its strategy of advancing northward, it would indeed be a very shrewd and even necessary strategy to form an alliance with the Tobu Wasteland, which tended to be unified. Otherwise, the Tobu Wasteland wouldn't have to go out in person. As long as the army of other powerful forces is allowed to pass by, it will be the pain of the Twilight Blood Country.
The geographical location of the Tobu Wasteland and the Twilight Blood Country is determined. If you go north, you are the best ally, and if you go east, you will be a mortal enemy.
In the past, when the Tobu Wasteland was not unified, neither Tan Cha nor the Overlord was qualified to come and talk about cooperation and alliance with the huge Twilight Blood Empire. Now that the Marquis of Tobu is barely qualified, he can naturally talk about it.
So, Xu Ruosu came.
It happened to be Cui Siju who talked before he started. The delicate timing of this feud from a business affair to a personal vendetta coincided with the delicate timing when Cui Siju had to explain to the imperial family the mistake of attracting a mysterious and powerful sect to a powerful enemy (Mingkong and Xingtian Sect).
"Father, this matter must not be agreed. Cui Siju exhorted hoarsely.
Cui Yanke turned around and looked at this son, he knew that this son was scheming and wise. It would be a good emperor. He also knew that this son was a very outstanding martial arts genius. But if it's not good, it will definitely win his heart.
If you don't like it, you just don't like it.
"Give me a reason not to say yes, do you have one. Cui Yanke's tone was intriguing: "Two hours ago, you had this reason, but you gave it up personally. ”
Cui Siju was stunned, and suddenly there was a strong desire to vomit blood, and for the first time in his life, he understood what it was to be self-inflicted and not to live.
If two hours ago, he chose to stab and assassinate and choose to go to war, then there would be no basis for cooperation between the Tobu Desolate Realm and the Twilight Blood Country.
It was he who personally discarded that strongest reason.
Cui Yanke turned around, leaving a back: "I have to think about it for seven days, and after seven days, I will agree to form an alliance." ”
............
Thinking that it was Zhilu who told the "conflict", Honglu Temple arranged for Xu Ruosu to stay outside the imperial capital.
Also, it just happened that Tan Weiran had a "friendly exchange" with the Seven Princes. If you really want to arrange Xu Ruosu to stay in the city, it is equivalent to putting foreign guests under the crumbling and dangerous wall, which is too much to comply with the rules.
After talking to his mother Xu Ruosu, he basically understood before talking, and couldn't help opening his mouth in surprise for a long time: "Mother, you ...... it"
Xu Ruosu definitely came prepared.
Tan Weiran and Mingkong have brightened their muscles, and Xu Ruosu came on his heels, precisely because of this as a deterrent, and by the way, he expressed the intention of cooperation and alliance.
Xu Ruosu's intention was to buy time for Tobu Shilu, which was by no means a secret to everyone.
Xu Ruosu came, carrying a radish in one hand, a radish, which is cooperation and alliance, and a stick in the other, and a stick in the other, which is Tan Weiran and Mingkong, as well as the muscles that Xingtian Sect showed.
In the final analysis, Xu Ruosu is Cui Yanke who expressed a meaning: We are not afraid of war in Dongwu, and if we want to fight, then we will go around to the end and see who suffers.
In a sense, Xu Ruosu took advantage of his son and Mingkong, and looked at his son with a wry smile at this time, full of apologies: "Xiao Ran, my mother didn't mean it, it's just that the situation is so ......"
"It's okay, I'll talk to Mingkong Ancestor when I get back. Tan Weiran exhaled, first helplessly, and then couldn't help laughing, what kind of thing is this.
The so-called alliance and support are not all empty words.
As Xu Ruosu said: "If the Twilight Blood Kingdom goes north, we in the Dongwu Desolate Realm will be able to provide support in some aspects, such as food and equipment and other related support for trade. ”
"As for alliances, there are also intangible benefits. Xu Ruosu pondered for a while, and then told the inside story.
The surrounding forces are very jealous of the Twilight Blood Country, and they are also afraid of the re-rise of the Dongwu Desolate Realm in private.
The Tobu Wasteland used to be the center of this area, and even now, it is still an important and important world in this area that cannot be ignored, and it is one of the most influential and powerful worlds in this area. Despite the decline of these years, there is still a heritage and a tradition that can be re-emerged.
Xu Ruosu's clear eyes had a sneer, which turned into a smile and said to his son: "If it weren't for you and Master Ming coming suddenly, I'm afraid that some powerful forces would secretly like to hear about it and fuel the flames to promote the confrontation between us and the Overlord Army." ”
In the past, there was no unified trend and state in the Tobu Wasteland, and the surrounding forces did not matter. Now, after a battle of the Dongjiang River, the faint overall situation has been decided, and there is no doubt that with the growth of Tobu's power, sooner or later it will become a thorn in the side of the surrounding forces again.
"Forming an alliance, there will be the Twilight Blood Nation in front of you, and the pressure will be dispersed. ”
After listening to his mother's thoughts and narration, Tan Weiran frowned secretly. It must be admitted that he is not familiar with the situation in this area, and Xu Ruosu's thinking has taught him a lesson.
Looking at his son's frowning appearance, Xu Ruosu's heart was full of love, in fact, many of these situations are very complicated, and they are by no means clear in a few words.
As she said: "The person who chose Cui Siju to succeed him was not Cui Yanke, but the ...... of the eastward expansion faction in the royal family."
To put it through this secret, it is not difficult to understand the relationship between Cui Yanke and Cui Siju.
In the selection of the crown prince, the emperor and the imperial family have the right to speak.
It must be known that no matter how eloquent Cui Siju was later as a "dying king", but now, he is just a crown prince who is struggling to wait for the succession, without the support of the imperial family's eastward expansion faction, with Cui Yanke's dislike, he is destined to have no qualifications to succeed to the throne.
Eastward and northward expansion is the most important national policy difference in the Twilight Blood Country. The people and things involved, and all kinds of complex reasons, are absolutely impossible to explain for three days and three nights.
In short, asking for an alliance and supporting the Twilight Blood's northward advance is undoubtedly quite a diplomatic strategy. The most important thing is to appease the twilight blood country that is about to move, and the light is to provoke the contradiction between the emperor and Cui Siju, which can be described as a light stroke, which will bring a new wave of disputes to the twilight blood country.
At the juncture when the old and the new are about to be replaced, whether it will lead to a delay in the succession, or even make Cui Yanke take advantage of the situation to ask for a change in the successor candidate, then no one really knows.
When Xu Ruosu talked about this, Tan Weiran shook his head to extinguish his mother's hopes, and asserted: "There will be no change in the position of the crown prince." ”
"The Twilight Blood Country is like the rising sun, and in the rising stage, people's hearts have not yet been occupied by selfish desires. The emperor would not be stupid enough to give up a brilliant prince, even if he didn't like it. ”
As he spoke, he couldn't help but set his eyes on the magnificent imperial capital like a coiling dragon, and said in a deep voice: "Cui Siju, this person is extremely outstanding, he is a martial arts genius, and he has absolutely outstanding imperial qualifications. This person is our greatest enemy in the next five to ten years. ”
With Cui Siju's layout, once he ascends the throne, he will definitely launch a thunder attack first and seize the strategic point of the Tobu Wasteland.
Even if Tan Weiran doesn't know much about military strategy, he can really see it, if the Twilight Blood Country can't take the Dongwu Desolate Realm in one go, once the surrounding forces react, the Twilight Blood Country will immediately fall into embattlement.
It is precisely because of this that Xu Ruosu came to take the initiative to ask for an alliance this time, which has a different meaning. Maybe Xu Ruosu himself doesn't know how significant the Dao is, but it is clear to talk about it.
This time it can be said that the time and place are favorable, and everything is on their own side. Even the momentum and reason, as well as the deterrence of force, are all on their own side.
The only opportunity to destroy the alliance was given up by Cui Siju himself.
This alliance is a sure thing.
Of course, in the next three or five years, the covenant will be torn up,
For Xingtian Sect, three or five years is enough. After the sect is rebuilt, everything will be completely new. (To be continued......)