Chapter 168: Heart-to-heart
"When I first went to Tiantianzi's side, I was arranged by the officials who came to receive me to be at the foreign embassy post. By the side of Tiantianzi, I did not suffer the same humiliation as in Song Zuo, on the contrary, everyone treated me with great respect, and the servants of the subordinates called me at will, and came and went as soon as they were called. I can do anything but the rules laid down in the pact... I can go in and out of the post house at will, I can also go in and out of the east and west cities at will, and I can even enjoy the lanterns when I am in the upper yuan..."Shen Gonglu was obviously caught up in the memory, he stared at the empty square in front of him in a daze, staring at a small finch on the eaves.
Wei didn't answer, just listened quietly.
"But that's not what I'm going to be by the side of the Son of Heaven... I thought that this former best friend would meet me, but in fact, from the time I entered the capital to the time I left, no one summoned me even once. I don't know why he didn't want to see me again, but since he gave me a life that was completely different from other protons, it proves that he still thinks about the old friendship between the two of us... I want to understand that I have written him countless letters of worship, countless letters, countless times and asked someone to take me to him, but he never gave me a chance... The answers he gave me were always refusal. ”
"People, when you are rejected, you are always lost, and I am no exception... Not to mention the endless rejection? I was in a state of confusion, and there weren't many reasons why he didn't see me, so I went for the worst. ”
"I began to gather around my servants and inquire for me about rumors that I wouldn't normally hear... But now that I think about it, I was really stupid at the beginning, those servants were arranged by him, so these rumors of asking me must have been screened layer by layer... As the days passed, his ambitions swelled... Gong Wei, do you remember the incident of the Eastern and Western Wuhuan attacking the northern border and invading the Central Plains Dynasty?" Shen Gonglu asked, looking back at the person in front of him who was silently listening to his story.
"Of course I remember!" Hearing this, he arched his hand and said, "I am on the front line in this matter, why don't I remember?"
"Hahaha, I'm confused... Back then, Gong Wei was the vanguard of the direct attack on the Wuhuan king's tent, and he was a great hero!" Shen Gonglu smiled and continued: "It was that time, the monarch's father borrowed troops to attack Wuhuan in the north beside the son of Xiantian, and the results were amazing at first... The Song Shen allies have been beating the Wuhuan people through the north of Xing'an Mountain, provoking the Wuhuan people to dare not go south again for a while. But the good times did not last long, and the northland suffered a permafrost disaster that did not appear for a hundred years, when the sky was full of ice ballast, thousands of miles of frozen soil, and the snow was waist-thick. Plants, trees, birds, and beasts cannot survive. Daliang farms froze to death, and the entire Northland fell into a panic of lack of food. The northern border was hit by this disaster, and Shen Guo was not spared... Not to mention the Wuhuan people in the north... Even if they are scared by the Han people of our generation, they have to risk death to seek a glimmer of life. So the East and West Wuhuan adults shook hands and made peace, united, gathered thirty-five troops, and decided to go south to attack the Central Plains Dynasty. By that time, things are no longer a matter of one country or another... After receiving accurate information, the monarch sent a letter to the Son of Heaven asking for help. ”
At this time, the fangs of the ambition of the innate son were finally revealed. He personally entered Luo and persuaded the Son of Heaven to find another good opportunity in this battle... It is very likely that the rash sending of troops will be defeated... I don't know how he cleverly said it, but the Son of Heaven really believed his nonsense... So my country, my people, carried it with blood and flesh for more than three months.