"The second is the forces of the rivers and lakes. ”

"After going to so many places this time, I found that there are also many dark currents surging in the rivers and lakes. The influence of the old sects in the past has declined, and many rapidly rising sects have emerged with many masters. For example, the Qianqiu Sword Society in Jiangnan Province, which was unknown four years ago, is now enough to threaten the status of the Jiangnan Sword Society. Where did Han Qianqiu, the head of the Qianqiu Sword Society, and his disciples come from? Why did they suddenly become famous in the rivers and lakes? There is also the Longmen Sword Society in Jizhou Road, and many masters have also appeared inexplicably, as if mass production, in just a few years, it has been able to catch up with and surpass the Hebei Sword Society, which has been entrenched in Jizhou Road for hundreds of years. With so many young talents, I'm afraid that next year's unicorn tea party will be very lively. ”

Luo Qi also drank all his tea and said: "Yes, in the past few years, young talents have sprung up on the rivers and lakes, not only in number, but also in many masters. The competition in the Tiger List next year is bound to be fierce. However, the imperial court has always been worried about the prohibition of chivalry and martial arts, so it has always suppressed people in the rivers and lakes, but now it seems to encourage them a lot, I can't figure it out, are there any others?"

Nuan Yue thought for a while and said, "Also, I think the real crisis outside Dongyang is not in Yiren." ”

Luo Qi was slightly surprised and asked, "Where is that?"

Nuan Yue didn't answer his question immediately, but explained first: "Dongyang has been founded for more than 300 years, and the Yi people have been fighting for more than 300 years, so it can be said that they know the roots. The generals who defended Yunzhong City were even more familiar with all the tactics of Beiyi, and no matter how the imperial court fought openly and secretly, they were always cautious in the choice of commanders in Yunzhong City, and they used handsome talents that were unique in ten thousand. Although there have been constant conflicts between the two sides over the years, and this time it is a 100,000-strong army attacking, I still think that the result will be a lot of thunder and rain, and there will be no big war between the two sides. ”

"So where is the real threat from Dongyang?"

Nuan Yue pointed to the west and said, "It will be there." ”

Luo Qi was a little moved and said, "You mean the Rakshasa people who have been silent for nearly a hundred years?"

Nuan Yue nodded and said, "Yes, in recent years, there have been various signs that they have made a comeback. ”

"What signs?"

"In the past, the Rakshasa people attacked Dongyang, all of them were hard attacks, but since they suffered a big loss last time, they hurt their roots, so they haven't come for nearly a hundred years. Summarizing all the news this time, it can be found that they have become smarter, no longer attacking directly, but using various strategies to deal with the Central Plains people in the same way as the Central Plains people. ”

"What are they?"

"For example, the assassination, in the past two years, many officials in Dongyang Guoshan South Province and Jiannan Province have died mysteriously, and these people's official positions are not very high, so they have not caused a sensation. But I analyzed the identities of these officials and found that these people have one thing in common, they are all descendants of the officers and soldiers who participated in the massacre of the Rakshasas, so I guess it is very likely that this is the revenge of the Rakshasas. ”

"Is this the case?"

"And spies. On several occasions, our intelligence agencies captured unidentified spies, who were quickly poisoned and killed without giving us a chance to interrogate. However, he still collected some information from them, and then followed the vine, and the final results all pointed to the rakshasas. According to these intelligence analysis, their spies are both male and female, and the men have infiltrated the army, major Jianghu sects and government offices, while most of the women are married into wealthy families, and it is very difficult to find these people. ”

Luo Qi nodded and said, "I've heard a little about this, but I didn't expect the Rakshasa people to penetrate so deeply." It seems that they have been planning for a long time. I just don't know why they suddenly became smart, which is completely different from their ignorance and backwardness before. ”

Nuan Yue shook her head and said, "I don't know about this, could it be that they have also been learning the Central Plains culture for decades?"

Both of them pondered for a while, and they didn't have much of a clue, Luo Qi said: "Don't think about this for now, wait for the situation to develop." By the way, Nuan Yue, you have come into contact with so many children of the family, do you have a heart?"

The calm elegance on Nuan Yue's face disappeared immediately, and she returned to the coquettishness of a child, and said, "Uncle Robert, why are you mentioning this again." ”

Luo Qi, who had a scheming expression, said with a smile: "Originally, one of the purposes of coming to Dongyang this time was to let you get in touch with the young talents of Dongyang and see if there were any worthy of you." Besides, didn't you also say that if there was a man who was an all-round man in civil and military affairs, would you definitely let go of your reserve and take the initiative to pursue it? Why are you shy now?"

"Oh Uncle Robert, I can't help but say it to deal with my father, I can't count," Nuan Yue said shyly.

Luo Qi said with a smile: "Along the way, I have seen so many young people, some of whom are good at writing and have outstanding kung fu, but there is no one who is both civil and military." The young people of this generation of the four major families generally focus on martial arts, and do not pay much attention to literature all the way, and the teenagers of the Jianghu sect are even more obsessed with martial arts and stay away from poetry and songs. And the children of ordinary officials and eunuchs all want to take the road of the imperial examination, and they are devoted to studying the strategies of scripture and history. But this is not bad, and there are many people like the prince of Jin, who are not good at writing and can't do anything, and they have wasted their good backgrounds in vain. ”

Nuan Yue held her cheeks with her hands, lying quietly on the tea table, not speaking, not knowing what was going on in her head.

"Originally, your father was most optimistic about the prince of Jin, and he also had the heart to match the two of you, but when I saw that kid at first glance, I knew that you definitely didn't look down on him, not to mention that this person's behavior was rash and his stomach was empty, just his father of King Jin made people unbearable to approach. ”

"Yes, I didn't expect this father and son to be so wonderful, it seems that even if you receive the Qilin Pavilion civil and military education, you may not be able to become a talent, it depends on your talent. ”

Luo Qi thought of something and said, "By the way, what do you think of that Tian Zhiyu today? This kid definitely has a bright future." ”

"No, no, no," Nuan Yue immediately shook her head and objected, "He can't, absolutely not." ”

"Why not?"

"Although his literary talent is unparalleled in the world, he is too light, no, absolutely not. ”

Luo Qi looked at her with a smile, and seeing that she didn't even dare to look directly at herself, she asked, "Oh, what kind of light method? Could it be that you have contacted him in private?"

"No, how can there be, but after a few conversations at the dinner, his words were frivolous and his behavior was not proper at all, even if his writing was good. ”

Luo Qi shook his head and said with a smile: "Okay, anyway, you're still young, don't worry, look for it slowly." ”

Then while drinking tea, he chanted softly: "The blue clouds, the yellow leaves, the autumn colors are waves, the waves are cold and smoky, the mountains reflect the slanting sun and the sky catches the water, the grass is ruthless, and it is outside the slanting sun." If you look closely, in terms of writing scenes, long and short sentences do seem to be more suitable than poems. The combination of long and short, the change is arbitrary, and it is better in rhythmic beauty. ”

Nuan Yue nodded and said, "Although this person is frivolous, the two lyrics he made are really unparalleled in the world. Writing about the beauty of the scenery to the peak, writing about homesickness is not unconventional, and what is even more amazing is that the broken for a while, the life of a tragic hero is portrayed in just a few crosses, which makes people sad and angry and infinitely sympathetic. ”

She paused, and then said: "But the king of the world, how heroic, won the name before and after his death, how confident, but it is a pity that a pitiful sentence happened, and how many heroic dreams were shattered." ”

"By the way, I suddenly remembered, do you remember what I told you about the game between the Cloudsdale football team and the Jin Wangjia football team a few days ago?"

"Of course I remember, the young hero was born, not only defeated the powerful Jin Wang family team by himself, but also outwitted the Beiyi assassins, what's wrong?"

Luo Qi smiled and said, "Weren't you very curious about that young man at that time? In fact, that young man was Tian Zhiyu. ”

"Huh?" Nuan Yue exclaimed in surprise, "It's him?"

Luo Qi nodded, and said a little narrowly: "In this way, Tian Zhiyu is really a rare talent who is both civil and military." ”

Nuan Yue looked at Luo Qi's ambiguous smile, and immediately understood what he meant, but somehow suddenly remembered that this rogue boy had also said that he wanted to write words for himself, and his heart began to get nervous.

"Oh, what about both civil and military, the character is not good, it is still not good, it is not good, it is not good, it is absolutely not good," Nuan Yue's head shook like a rattle, but she didn't dare to look at Luo Qi directly.

Luo Qi stopped teasing her and ended the topic. At this time, Nuan Yue's somewhat flustered heart began to slowly calm down, and then she remembered what Tian Zhiyu had told her about Ma Bencai, so she told Luo Qi about it.

Luo Qi said: "I see, no wonder Ma Bencai disappeared for a few months and was actually locked up in the prison of Cloud City. He thought for a while and said, "When we leave, I will personally go to Shi Guangying to ask for a favor, I think he should give me a face." ”

"Then Uncle Robert, when are we going to leave Dongyang and go home?"

"What, homesick?"

Nuan Yue nodded and said, "It's a little bit, it's the first time I've been away from home for so long, and I've missed my father and my mother." ”

Luo Qi thought for a while and said, "When the Beiyi people retreat, we will go back." ”

......

In the next two days, Shi Guangying and others climbed the city tower every day to watch every move of the Beiyi people, and the Beiyi army was quietly stationed there, not talking about attacking the city, not retreating, and not giving news to Yunzhong City.

"What are these Beiyi people thinking? Could it be that they also have internal disputes themselves, and they can't decide whether to fight or leave?"

Zhu Xiaoping shook his head and said, "I don't understand it either." It is said that since the negotiation fails, according to Beiyi's previous style, they will inevitably attack, and they have not even carried out daily training in the past two days. With Beiyi's military reserves, their grain and grass should not last long. So I think they'll be doing it soon. ”

Sure enough, this afternoon, before the sun set, I saw a few people coming out of the Beiyi military camp, and they were in the same position and in the same way as the first time, and even the speed of the horses was about the same.

"It's their Jebebesba again, General Shi and General Zhu, be careful," Zhang Bin looked at the man who shot the arrow last time, and bent his bow and arrows again, and immediately stood in front of Shi Guangying and Zhu Xiaoping.

Bespa's arrow was as fast as the wind last time, and it hit the flagpole of the last time without missing a beat, and it was only a dozen centimeters away from the arrow hole last time.

"Sure enough, it's Jebe, such an archery, if you want to target people and sneak attack, how many people can dodge?" Zhang Bin said with emotion.

Wu Xiujing stepped forward and took down the arrow, then took off the cloth on the arrow and handed it to Shi Guangying.

Shi Guangying waved to the pro-soldier who was standing not far away and understood Yiwen, and the pro-soldier immediately stepped forward, took the cloth translation handed to him by Shi Guangying, and said: "I negotiated with your country twice, and I broke up unhappily, and the Great Khan was very disappointed. We came to Dongyang with sincerity, hoping that the two countries would be friendly for generations, but Dongyang was unwilling to be sincere to us, which is not the basis for the long-term friendship between the two countries. However, since our Great Khan is here, we still hope that the two sides can have a good result, otherwise it will be unfavorable to both countries to start a war, and our Great Khan suggests that the third and final negotiations will be held tomorrow, and the time and place are still the old place, and I hope that we will all show the greatest sincerity, and keep peace forever. ”

Shi Guangying smiled after listening to the content of the letter and did not speak.

Zhang Bin couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean by Beiyi people?"

"That's right, one moment to question us, another time to threaten us, and finally hope to negotiate?" Wu Xiujing also spoke.

Shi Guangying looked into the distance and said, "The Beiyi people are obviously more anxious than us, we can consume it, but they can't afford it, so they want the negotiations to go smoothly." Don't look at their tone is still very hard, in fact, they have softened. I'll talk to them tomorrow morning, and I'll ask for the same as last time. ”

Zhang Bin nodded, and then asked, "Last time, Brother Tian said that if it was a negotiation, he could also go, so should you call him?"

Shi Guangying shook his head and said, "No, if he goes, it may cause trouble." Now he doesn't have to show up, Zhang Bin, you can go. ”

"What about Lin Zhaoyang, do you want to notify the second prince?"

"I want to inform you that this play cannot be without the participation of the second prince. ”

While a few people were talking, a captain ran up and said, "General Shi, there is a secret letter from Lord Luo from the pacification envoy. ”

Shi Guangying hurriedly stepped forward, took the secret letter in the captain's hand, opened it with some trepidation, and saw that it was written:

Luo Aiqing read and transferred the commander of Yunzhong City to General Shi, Luo Aiqing's report on Tian Zhiyu I know, I talked with Zhang Xiang, I think that Dongyang has such a talent, should be gratified, can focus on training, thinking that I Dongyang will be the future pillars of the country, must not be given to Beiyi people. Regarding Beiyi's other requests, if they are reasonable, they can be agreed, and if they are unreasonable, they can be refused. The matter of negotiating with Beiyi is the sole responsibility of General Shi. At the end of the secret letter is the Emperor's Imperial Seal.

After reading the content of the letter, Shi Guangying was finally relieved and more confident.

He also read the letter to Zhu Xiaoping and others, Zhu Xiaoping and Zhang Bin were more stable, just laughing and silent, Wu Xiujing couldn't help but said happily: "Now that we have Your Majesty's will, general, we don't have to listen to the words of the second prince and the king of Jin, we can do whatever we want." ”

Zhang Bin immediately stopped him and said, "You can do whatever you want, and you should negotiate according to the most favorable conditions for us Dongyang, which is what General Shi mentioned earlier." ”

Wu Xiujing knew that he was getting carried away, so he immediately stuck out his tongue and shut up.

Shi Guangying smiled and said, "We have completely taken the initiative in this matter, just act according to the plan." ”

Zhang Bin nodded in agreement, and then said, "General, should we release Brother Tian and Wu Lihan together now?"

Shi Guangying thought for a while and said, "Two days ago, we asked Zhi Yu to leave the prison and live in the guest room, he said that he was used to the silence in the prison and could practice martial arts with Wu Lihan, and he was reluctant to leave. Then let him stay for two more days, and when the Beiyi people are gone, let's hold a celebration banquet for him, and let him come out in style. ”

Zhang Bin and Wu Xiujing both nodded.