Late at night, a clear moon is reflected in the clear sky. The moonlight, like water, shines quietly on the windowsill through the rolled up curtains.

A cluster of shadows reflected on the wall outside the dormitory, walking softly.

"Squeak-" With a bang, the door of the dormitory was pushed open, and a pretty woman walked in, holding a bowl of tea in her hand.

A fragrance wrapped in the woman's body fragrance passed into Lu Ji's nose, he raised his head, hurriedly put down the scroll, and asked with a smile: "Luo Chuan, why are you here?"

The pretty woman who met her was Luo Chuan, I saw her put down the tea, walked to Lu Ji's side, and said with a smile: "I saw that Your Majesty was not in the imperial study, and I guessed that you were tired and returned to the palace, so I prepared a cup of tea to nourish your spirits." ”

After speaking, she squatted down gently, stretched out a pair of slender hands, and pressed Lu Ji's legs.

Lu Ji lowered his head and looked at her with mixed eyes.

Luo Chuan raised his head, looked at Lu Ji's hesitant eyes, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty is different today from the past, do you have anything on your mind?

Lu Ji looked at her, he didn't know how to speak, he didn't know what he was hesitating about, he liked this woman who was good to him very much, he wanted to marry her very much, but since he saw Miss Wang, he suddenly didn't think so, he wanted to marry Miss Wang as his wife.

However, after thinking about it, Miss Wang loved her cousin Ning Yu, and there was almost no place for him in her heart, maybe one day she would go to the Jin Kingdom with her cousin, and never get along with him from old age to death.

Thinking of this, he smiled bitterly, reached out and touched Luo Chuan's face, and said, "I plan to make you the queen!"

Luo Chuan was stunned by his words and deeds for a while, and he didn't know what to do, and the hands that beat Lu Ji's legs suddenly had nowhere to place.

Seeing her like this, Lu Ji asked, "You don't want to?"

Luo Chuan's eyes were overflowing with tears, and he nodded excitedly, and said: "The slave is willing, the slave and the maid have His Majesty's mercy, this life is enough!"

Lu Ji pulled her up, shook his head, and said, "This is not pity, it's love! You have affection for me, how can I have no love for you?"

Luo Chuan listened to his words, leaned into Lu Ji's arms, and said: "The slave and maid have affection for Your Majesty, because Your Majesty is kind to the slave and maid, does Your Majesty still remember the young man who saved the slave and maid that the slave and maid said? That person is Your Majesty yourself, maybe Your Majesty has forgotten, but the slave and maid remember!"

Lu Ji sighed and said, "All this may be fate." Lowering his head and looking at Luo Chuan's delicate face, he suddenly had an impulse, turned over and pressed Luo Chuan under him.

He began to peel off her red-trimmed white coat and looked at Luo Chuan with gentle eyes.

Luo Chuan suddenly pressed his hand, Lu Ji looked at her in surprise, and she smiled: "The slave wants to hand it over to Your Majesty in a complete body at the time of the wedding." ”

When Lu Ji heard this, he was also ashamed of his abruptness, and hurriedly turned over and sat up.

Luo Chuan was like a frightened lamb, tidied up his clothes, and whispered, "Slave and maid leave!" and was about to leave.

She was just about to leave, but was grabbed by Lu Ji. She turned her head a little puzzled, and Lu Ji smiled at her: "You should say concubines." ”

"Ahh ”

Lu Ji listened, then let go of her hand, and when he saw her back escaping with a smoke, he shook his head and said with a smile: "This is a woman." ”

As the first rays of dawn broke through the high palace wall and shone on the high platform in front of the Qinglong Palace, the palace resounded with the sound of horns. The Qing people are still martial, and the sound of the horn is a symbol of awakening the blood in the hearts of the Qing people, which has been used by the Qing people in all dynasties.

Lu Ji's bedroom was as usual, and Luo Chuan and a group of palace people were waiting for him to wash and eat.

A soldier came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the prime minister, the emperor, and the imperial historian ask to see you!"

Lu Ji spit out a mouthful of water, frowned, and said to himself, "So early!" Then, he waved his hand and asked the armorer to bring them up.

As soon as the three of them entered the dormitory, they hurriedly bowed.

Xu Yin took the lead and said: "The ministers did not wait for the early dynasty and disturbed Your Majesty's meal, please forgive Your Majesty." ”

Lu Ji waved his hand, asked the palace people to withdraw the breakfast, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xu Yin replied: "Your Majesty said yesterday that he wanted to see the envoys of Qi, and the ministers came to ask for instructions, was it arranged during the court meeting?"

Lu Ji stood up, stretched out his hand, and said, "No, take him to the camp outside the city! ”

Xu Yin asked suspiciously: "Since the past dynasties, the first emperors have received envoys from various countries in the palace, why do they want to go to the camp outside the city today?"

Lu Ji said with a smile: "In all dynasties and dynasties, which time was a foreign envoy who came to ask for help? The meaning of the meeting has changed, and the rules of nature have to be changed!"

Xu Yin had to nod.

Lu Ji said again: "Order the camp outside the city, and all the sergeants will immediately assemble and prepare for the review!"

Xu Yin said with some embarrassment: "The Qing army outside the city is resting at this time, I'm afraid it is not suitable for review." ”

Lu Ji shook his head and said, "You tell Wen Ping that all Qing troops must be assembled immediately, not only to practice, but also to show the morale of my Qing Dynasty!"

Xu Yin nodded, and retreated with Tong Duolun and Wang Ze.

On the north bank of the moat, a carriage was slowly moving forward under the guidance of a group of Qi people and horses, facing the warm wind of late spring and early summer.

With the shouting of the leader of the horse team in front, the whole horse team stopped, and in front of everyone was a huge camp, which was vertical and horizontal for dozens of miles, and the most eye-catching thing was the big flag of "Qing" fluttering in the wind.

Here, you can hear the shouts and kills of the sergeants in the camp, which shocked the horses and felt that their eardrums were about to burst, and there seemed to be an illusion that the heavens and the earth were shaking.

The soldiers in the caravan talked in a few words, and the curtain of the carriage was lifted by the groom, and out came an old man with gray hair, his magnificent costume highlighting his noble status. The old man was on a delicately patterned cane, full of moisture, and his demeanor had the air of a southerner.

The old man looked up at the camp of the Qing army, nodded, and exclaimed: "The sudden change of the wind and clouds, the changes of the Qing people are really shocking and terrifying!"

After a noise came from the camp, I saw a middle-aged man wearing a court uniform, and two young generals behind him, leading a group of soldiers out.

The man walked up quickly, with a smile on his face, and said, "Wang Xiang came from afar, Xu Yin has missed the welcome, forgive your sins!"

The old man waved his hand and said with a smile: "Xu Xiang is polite, your country's military base welcomes guests, but it is unique." ”

Xu Yin bent down and stretched out his hand, and said with a smile: "Our people are still martial, don't be surprised by the king, please-"

As the Qing soldiers walked neatly and neatly, they made way for the horse team.

As he walked, the old man glanced at the sergeant on the side, pointed to the two young generals, and asked with a smile: "People are as fast as the wind, Kang Chao is as fierce as a tiger, these two generals are afraid that they are General Wen and General Kang, right?"

Xu Yin smiled on the side and said nothing, Kang Chao and Wen Ping were dressed in white robes and black armor, and the bun on their heads was wrapped in a black scarf, one left and one right, without a smile on their faces, they hugged their fists at the old man and said, "Xie Wang praised him." ”

Xu Yin led Qi Xiang through the school field, and saw that the school field was magnificent, tens of thousands of iron horsemen moved in array, the battle armor was bright, and the soldiers were neat, forming countless black iron squares. Although it was moving in formation, the phalanx of the iron horsemen was not chaotic at all. The knights were dressed in black iron armor, only the head hat was white, the shield was held in the left hand, the spear was held in the right hand, and the horses sitting down were also covered with iron armor.

With the wave of the flag on the high platform, the Qing army's iron cavalry quickly changed its formation in the neat and powerful shouting of killing, from a phalanx to a triangular formation, like a black sharp blade, about to be inserted into the belly of the invading enemy.

Seeing that Qi Xiang could see it, Xu Yin smiled proudly: "This is just a new army drill, and I haven't been recruited for a few days, and I was negligent in the next moment, and I made a fool of Qi Xiang." ”

Qi Xiang's eyes widened, and even his white beard curled, and he said in surprise: "The new army is already so brave, that veteran can pay back!"

Xu Yin smiled without saying a word, and continued to lead Qi Xiang to the camp, while Qi Xiang still looked back at the Qing army from time to time.

As soon as he entered the camp, Qi Xiang felt a solemn aura rushing towards him, and there were two rows of generals of the Qing army standing on both sides, all of them with cold faces, standing upright, and not saying a word. In the middle sat a young man, although he was dressed in military uniform, but the crown of hair on his head inlaid with the dragon totem and the arrogance on his face had already highlighted his identity.

Xu Yin stepped forward and bowed: "Your Majesty, the envoys of Qi have come to see you." ”

Lu Ji glanced at Qi Xiang, supported his cheek with one hand, knocked on the desk with the other, and asked with a smile: "Is there no one in your Qi country?" Send an old man like you who is about to die, in case there is a hot and cold along the way, but how is it good?"

As soon as Lu Ji finished speaking, the generals below laughed.

When Qi Xiang heard this, he made a gesture and said with a smile: "Your Majesty Xie is concerned, although the old minister is old, but Your Majesty doesn't hear that the old man should be strong? Although my Qi people are old, but they are not old, even when they are about to die, they are willing to be a handful of dry firewood, burn themselves, and illuminate the fortunes of my Qi country!"

The original laughter suddenly stopped, and Lu Ji also restrained his smile and asked, "I heard that your Qi country is besieged, and the national disaster is at the head?"

Qi Xiang nodded and said: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, my Qi country is indeed under siege, and under the orders of my lord, please send troops to drive the north together!"

Lu Ji said with some embarrassment: "The Qing Yan League is good, if my Qing army sends troops to aid Qi, won't it be the unrighteous name of betraying the allies?"

Qi Xiang replied: "The minister has heard of His Majesty's faith for a long time, but Yan Guo is by no means a believer, Your Majesty thinks about it, why did the Yan army attack my Qi country, why did it station 50,000 troops in Jiangcheng and Binjiang, this is obviously to destroy Qi in one fell swoop." The so-called death of lips and teeth has existed since ancient times, and ministers worry about His Majesty. ”

Lu Ji asked again: "Not long after the Great War of my Qing Kingdom, the army and the people are exhausted, and there are all kinds of waste waiting to be rebuilt, I am afraid that I will not be able to support the army?"

Qi Xiang said with a smile: "Your country is unable to provide military supplies, but my Qi country has abundant grain, and all the supplies and baggage of your army can be provided by our country!"

Lu Ji was still a little embarrassed and silent.

Qi Xiang further stepped forward and said: "In addition, in order to show the good of the Qi Alliance, my lord is willing to use all the nine counties of Linjiang as a place for your country to raise troops, and will never take it back on the day of the dynasty!"

There was a heavy laugh on the side: "Qi Yuan, is our army an exiled thief? Do you exchange a mere Linjiang for the life of my Qing sergeant?"

Qi Xiang followed the voice and looked, and an old man wearing a black gauze robe and a white jade crown walked out of the ranks and made a gesture towards him.

Qi Xiang smiled and saluted back: "Your Excellency is Tong Xiang, I heard that Your Excellency, as the emperor, is the backbone of the Qing Dynasty, and I admire it below." I just listened to Your Excellency, do you think that my Linjiang is too small? It is a rich land in the south, and all the wealth of the world comes from it!"

That person was Tong Duolun, and he said with a smile: "In the land of Linjiang projectiles, we want forty-two counties in Nanzhou, and we can't do anything less!"

When Qi Xiang heard this, he was shocked, took a few steps back, widened his eyes, and said, "What?! That's half of my Qi country, and your country is too lion to open your mouth!"

Xu Yin said with a smile: "Qi Xiang, it's not that we are greedy, we really have our own difficulties, my Qing army sent troops, not only to bear infamy, but also to be opposed by the elders in the country, if there is not enough feedback, how to convince them?"

Seeing that Qi Xiang was still indignant, Xu Yin continued: "If you don't agree, then the Yan Kingdom will be a flat river, not to mention that Nanzhou is difficult to protect, I am afraid that the entire Qi Kingdom will fall under the iron hooves of the north, which is more important, please think twice!"

After a long time, Qi Xiang gritted his teeth, sighed heavily, and said, "Okay, my Qi country is willing to cede the forty-two counties of Nanzhou. ”

Xu Yin smiled: "It's not a cession, it's a soldier!" After speaking, he clapped his hands.

Two armorers walked in carrying a long bamboo tube, and one of them unfolded the map inside the bamboo tube and spread it on the ground. Xu Yin handed a brush to Qi Xiang and said with a smile: "Please!"

Qi Xiang looked at Nanzhou on the map, his hands trembled, and he didn't dare to move for a while.

But he heard a broken cry: "What? Wang Xiang is unwilling?" it turned out that Kang Chao shouted on the side. With that, the generals of the Qing army drew their swords together and looked at Qi Xiang.

Qi Xiang was shocked by the general of the Qing army for a while, and then looked at Lu Ji, but he was closing his eyes and recuperating, ignoring the situation in front of him, and knew in his heart that all this was just planned by Lu Ji, so he had to sigh, his heart was horizontal, his eyes were closed, and he trembled and demarcated the land of Nanzhou.

Xu Yin immediately couldn't wait to take the map and present it to Lu Ji.

Lu Ji looked at the map and scolded the generals: "Is this your way of hospitality?

Kang Chao, Wen Ping and other generals immediately put back their swords, bowed their heads and replied, "Huh." And one by one he retreated.