In the evening, Yan Qixing, who was so busy that he couldn't find a trace, came to see me, and I was busy writing about the battle experience. Yan Qixing watched me busy silently, and drew ghost symbols on the brocade silk -- writing English with a brush.

I didn't look up and said, "Don't be surprised, this is our text over there." Tsk, this damn brush. He shook off a puddle of ink. This brush is in someone else's hand, and it will only create stains on the beautiful cloth when it comes to me.

Putting down the pen, it seems that he will not be able to become a calligrapher in eight lifetimes.

When I looked up, I saw Yan Qixing's thoughtful gaze.

He brushed his mustache and sat on the bed and asked, "Something on your mind?"

Yan Qixing spit out two words: "Too quiet." ”

I know he's referring to Yi Zhixian, this guy is indeed too quiet, so quiet that people have to be suspicious.

"What are you writing about?" he frowned, taking the mess of cloth.

"Campaign summary. "I told him what I thought. He stared at me intently for a long time without speaking.

I was furious when he looked at me: "I, I have flowers on my face and horns on my head?"

He smiled faintly and said, "Yunwen Yunwu, smart and sensitive, righteous and modest, quick and scheming. Are all the women in the Western Regions so talented?"

He's praising me, it's so rare!

Without waiting for me to answer, he said, "There is only one in the world, and there is no semicolon." There was a lot of emotion in the words.

I put away my smile and said seriously: "There are thousands of talented women in the world, but unfortunately they are all drowned out by this patriarchal society. Me, it's just a coincidence. ”

Time and space travel, the coincidence is unparalleled.

"Since Lord Liu thinks she is a talented woman, can you tell this official what Yi Zhixian is thinking?"

I found that whenever I talked to him about topics that had nothing to do with official affairs and private matters, he would pass by before he went into depth, and he seemed to be avoiding something, so the relationship between us was always to the point, and we couldn't have a deep friendship. It's a bit of a shame, but just right.

Regarding Yi Zhixie, I said: "No matter what his idea is, one thing is certain, and he is bound to win the position alone." ”

Yan Qixing said: "I also feel the same way, but why haven't I seen him make a move? If you want to seize the throne now is the right time, when he will have more wings in the day, you will not be able to move him." Yi Zhixian shouldn't be a stupid person, so how can he know the stakes?"

In fact, I'm also thinking about this problem these days, and there are two reasons for it: one is that Yi Zhixian is still weighing (which naturally also has the factor of Princess Nangong), and the other is that he has another conspiracy.

Personally, I am inclined to the latter, for a man like Yi Zhixian, even if he really has feelings for Princess Nangong, the attraction of the throne is certainly greater compared to power. So he must be planning some kind of conspiracy that can be finalized.

After listening to my analysis, Yan Qixing said: "Yi Zhi has always been hostile to my Han Dynasty, if he once became the king, it will definitely be unfavorable to me, and now that our preparations for war have not been successful, it is not appropriate to start a war against Hungary, so we must prevent Yi Zhi Xian, because he sits alone in the position of the order, so at least in the short term, Yu Shan will maintain the surface harmony between Han and Hungary." ”

I was stunned and asked, "What do you mean by that? Can you see that Yudan is not a fuel-efficient lamp?"

"What does a fuel-efficient lamp mean?"

"Well, that means he's not a good thing either. "Alas, it's hard to talk to the ancients.

Yan Qixing nodded: "When Yu Shan was in place, there was an oath, which caused the Hun soldiers to be excited. For this, you have asked me ......"

"Yes, how can he be so inflammatory? But you won't tell me what he said. ”

Yan Qixing sneered and said, "What do the Huns like the most? The beautiful things, strong men, and women of the Han Dynasty, Yu Shan promised them that he would lead them to hunt everything they wanted. ”

I stood up and shouted, "Then you still help him?"

Yan Qixing said: "Afterwards, Yu Shan explained to me privately that the reason why he said those words was all to win people's hearts. But I know very well that this son is ambitious, and he is no less than Yi Zhixi. It's just that because we helped him this time, and because of the princess's affection, it is expected that he will not use troops against my Han in a short time. That's why I decided to continue helping him. ”

I was speechless, "the lesser of two evils", Yan Qixing's decision was naturally for the sake of the overall situation of the Han Dynasty, but somehow, I always thought about the lesson of "The Farmer and the Snake" in my heart, and hoped that Yan Qixing and I were not the unlucky farmer.

Things always take unexpected turns.

The next day, I was much better, and in the evening, out of my tent, I wandered around, and the night sky of the July steppe was full of stars, like many jewels embedded in black gold velvet, shining brightly.

The same starry sky, different time and space, somehow suddenly remembered Xiao Jian, I miss Xiao Jian less and less recently, his portrait is still in my arms, but since I entered the Huns, I haven't taken it out once, this is not a good phenomenon, time is really wearing out my love for him little by little.

Thankfully, there's only one month left. Otherwise......

I felt a little scared in my heart, so I quickly closed my eyes, thinking back to the scenes with Xiao Jian, and I was deflated when I thought about it. It's too deliberate, shouldn't it be "unthinkable and unforgettable"?

I can't think about it, I'm afraid that if I go deeper, I will dig out something in my heart that I dare not think or see.

I forcibly turned my mind to the present reality.

According to Yan Qixing's statement last night, today a Shan Yu edict will be issued by Shan Yu Wang Court and sent to the hands of King Zuogu Li, ordering him to come to the royal court to pay homage to the new Shan Yu, if Yi Zhi is willing to come, he will be called back, if he refuses to come, he will sacrifice to the heavens in three days to crusade. This is ruthless and desperate, how can this be like a seventeen-year-old child?

Looking up, the white royal flag flew not far away. My heart moved, and I remembered that in the vicious battle a few days ago, Yan Qixing captured the banner of the Right Xian King and yelled a few times, and the rebels were immediately defeated and surrendered. Afterwards, I asked Yan Qixing, and he told me that what he shouted in Xiongnu at that time was: "The king's banner has changed banners, the other army has been defeated, and Ande has to fight again?"

In those days, I was feeling unwell due to vomiting, and I didn't have time to think about the reason. Now that I think about it, the flag was the simplest and most intuitive command and communication tool in ancient warfare, and it played a pivotal role on the battlefield. The disappearance of a flag on the battlefield is usually seen as a sign of defeat, and Yan Qixing took advantage of this to deceive the rebels, making them mistakenly believe that they had been defeated, so they surrendered one after another.

In this way, the role of the flag in war is indeed not to be underestimated, well, this issue must be recorded, and perhaps it will be used in the future.

I really didn't expect to participate in a battle, although the scene was cruel and bloody, but I still learned a lot.

Tens of thousands of people died just to learn this?

I was sneering in my heart, and someone called me softly: "Lord Liu?"

Turning around, I saw that one of the two Han soldiers who had been left behind, dressed in the costume of a Hun soldier, with a scorched face under the lamplight, hid in the corner of a tent and beckoned to me, showing that something was wrong.

Before I could get closer, I smelled a smell of wine, frowned, and asked, "What's sneaky?"

The Han soldier looked left and right and said to me, "My lord, let's go to the tent and talk about it." ”

Then I heard a startling news.

It turned out that the right valley king and the left valley king had already colluded, and the two of them made an appointment to attack the royal court together, and the time was set for tomorrow night. A close attendant beside the king of the right valley is a drunken guy, the two Han soldiers who took the initiative to stay with Yan Qixing are good at Xiongnu language, people think they are Huns, these two are also quite scheming, if there is nothing to do, they will be friends with a Hun soldier who is called a brother and a brother, and they will meet friends with this close attendant with wine, and they are very close. Tonight is also providential, the three of them got together to drink again, and they were all a little drunk, and the close attendant was confused, and leaked this important information. Although Liao Liao only said a few words, the two Han soldiers still understood, and in shock, one continued to accompany the wine, and the other flew to report.

It's no wonder that when we put down the rebellion of the Right Xian Wang, Yi Zhixian did not take the opportunity to act, it turned out to be the idea of fighting the inside and the outside to fight the net.

There are at least 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the royal court under the right valley Li Wang, once the action is made and the royal court is defenseless, there is no need to think about the result. I immediately went to Yan Qixing, but Yan Qixing was not in the tent, and thought that maybe he was still in the king's tent to discuss military affairs with Yu Shan, so I went to the king's tent.

Sometimes it's as if some clumsy author had made it up in advance, always setting a big oolong in a pinch, and then turning into a happy or unfortunate turning point.

If the attendant hadn't drunk tonight, if it wasn't our people who had drunk with him, if they had reported Yan Qixing instead of me first, if I had found Yan Qixing right away, if I hadn't gone to Yu Shan's king's tent, then the outcome would have been different.

It's a pity that some things are predestined, and there are no ifs.

When I arrived at the king's tent, a maid came with a supper, and I gestured to her to take the supper, nodded to the guard, and walked into the tent.

There are no Yan Qixing in the king's tent, only Yu Shan and the right day to chase the king, holding oil lamps and turning their backs to me, facing the map hanging on the curtain wall, in Xiongnu and Chinese, talking about the enemy Zuogu Liwang. I heard the voice and looked back, and I probably didn't see who I was in the dim light, so I casually pointed to the case and gave a few orders, and then turned around to continue the discussion.

I didn't understand what he said, but it was clear that I was telling me to put things down.

Yiyan put down the lacquer box, anyway, Yan Qixing was not there, they didn't recognize me, I was a dumb person, I couldn't say hello to them loudly, so I simply left, and it was not too late to decide whether to report to Yu Shan after finding Yan Qixing to figure things out.

As soon as I got out of the tent, I only heard a sentence come clearly, but it was in Chinese.

"After pacifying the king of Zuogu Li, how does Shan Yu plan to deal with those two Han envoys?"

My heart shook and I immediately got hooked.

Yu Dan's answer is in the Xiongnu language, these days I am in the Xiongnu, although I can't speak the Xiongnu, but the simple daily language can still be understood, Yu Dan's words have a word I understand, that is the word "kill".

I recited it silently in my heart, kept this Xiongnu sentence in mind, and ran to find the two Han soldiers. The attendants of the king of Yougu Li, who were already drunk and unconscious, called them out of the tent, and repeated the original words of Yu Dan that had been written down, and after the two of them translated, this sentence should be: "To avenge my father, I will kill him." ”

Sure enough, it's a poisonous snake that repays virtue with resentment!

I broke out in a cold sweat, fortunately they didn't see me just now, and I didn't speak, otherwise how could I know such a big secret, Yan Qixing and I almost became the unlucky farmer.

After the two Han soldiers translated this sentence, they asked me why, but I didn't tell them, and I would report to Yan Qixing about the matter of the Liwang of Yougu who told them, so that they could not say it to anyone again.

I had to think it through first.

When I returned to my bedchamber, my mind was in turmoil, and it took me a long time to calm down and think carefully.

It turned out that Yu Shan didn't believe the explanation of the princess and Yan Qixing, not only thought that I was the enemy who killed my father, but also held a grudge against Yan Qixing. He is so patient and obedient to Princess Nangong's arrangement, he just wants to use us, and when the goal is achieved, he is naturally a cunning rabbit and a dead lackey.

This trick is ruthless and smart enough, after killing us, and then exposing the identity of our Han envoy, so as to not only announce to the Huns that he has avenged his father, but also prove that he has no pro-Han intentions, and no one will question half of his Han blood, and his position is more stable.

But didn't he think that doing so would anger the princess and worsen Han-Hungarian relations?

The answer is: he doesn't care if the princess blames him, let alone the Han-Hungarian relationship. In other words, he had no intention of maintaining the apparent harmony between Han and Hungary, and what he wanted was the same as what he said in his oath to the throne.

Yan Qixing's speculation is wrong, there is no such thing as short-term harmony, as soon as the two of us die, the Han and Hungarian will immediately start a war.

I sat on the edge of my bed, thinking about one thing: What now?

Do you want to tell Yan Qixing about the betrayal of King Lili in the right valley? Do you want to tell Yan Qixing about Yu Shan wanting to kill us?

It stands to reason that he naturally wants to tell him, but what will Yan Qixing do after that?

Just thinking about it, Yan Qixing came and asked softly outside, "Liu Dan, are you resting?"

I stood up and said, "No, come in." ”

Yan Qixing lifted the curtain and came in, and when he saw that my face was not good, he was slightly stunned, and asked with concern: "What else is wrong with my body?"

I stared at him, and my thoughts turned and turned, and I said, "You are not here when I went to the king's tent to look for you just now. ”

Yan Qixing said: "The princess has something to discuss with me......

"Listen to me first......" I didn't let him continue. "I heard Yu Shan talking to the right day to chase the king about us, and Yu Shan said that after getting rid of Yi Zhixian, he would kill us to avenge the military minister Shan Yu. ”

I observed his reaction, and saw that he was stunned at first, then frowned and asked, "Are you sure you heard me wrong?"

I nodded affirmatively, repeating the original Hun words, and his face became ugly when he heard it.

I said, "If he can do it, he will do it, people want our heads, do we need to continue to help him?"

Yan Qixing stood still, lowered his head and thought for a long time, then suddenly raised his head and resolutely said, "Help!"

"Are you crazy?" I yelled in disbelief. "Do you really think that after Yu Shan sits in the position of Yu Dan, he will reconcile with the Han Dynasty?"

Yan Qixing's eyes were firm and said, "Even if Yu Shan can't, Princess Nangong will." ”

I couldn't help but laugh at him: "Don't you know the customs of the Huns? They have always despised the old and the weak and do not value family affection, how much influence does Princess Nangong have on Shan Neng?"

Yan Qixing said stubbornly: "After all, he has half Han blood, and he is also influenced by Han culture, according to the princess, he has been very filial since he was a child, I believe that Princess Nangong will definitely be able to influence his decision-making." ”

I was stunned, he had so much confidence in the princess?

"The princess just called you over and told you this?" I asked him.

Yan Qixing was noncommittal and said: "It's not so much that I believe in Shan as I believe in Princess Nangong, she has this ability." ”

"What about you and me? Yu Shan will definitely kill us. "I'm starting to lose my breath. "Don't forget to promise the emperor that he would take me back to Chang'an safe and sound, and what you are doing now is simply risking the lives of you and me!"

Yan Qixing looked at me, his angular chin twisted slightly, and he exhaled and said, "I have to take this risk...... I will send someone to escort you back to Chang'an immediately. ”

After that, he turned around and left, without the slightest hesitation.

"Stop!" I grabbed him quickly, and the strength was so great that it was beyond my own expectations, Yan Qixing was pulled by this sudden force and lost his center of gravity on his feet, and at the same time he turned around, he staggered and pounced on me. I was defenseless, I couldn't bear his weight, I took a few steps back, "plopped" and sat on the bed, and then I heard a "boom", the simple wooden bed could not bear the weight of two people, and suddenly broke from the middle and collapsed. Yan Qixing and I nose to nose and eye to eye, and fell firmly on the collapsed bed.

It's just a matter of moments!

We both froze, and we didn't react for a while, so you looked at me and I looked at you, staring at each other without blinking.

Then we heard each other's heartbeats, his, fast and powerful, and mine, light and delicate. Both hearts beat fast and breathing began to be disordered.

I tried to gather my reason and reached out to push him, but found that my hand was trapped tightly by his arms, and there was no way to pull it out, so I had to pull the corners of my mouth and barely squeeze out a smile, saying, "Get up." ”

I thought it was loud, but I didn't know that it sounded like a mosquito singing.

Yan Qixing didn't move, just looked at me, and then he did something that most men would do in this situation, and I couldn't have imagined that he would do it -- kiss me. The worst thing is that I also did something that I never dreamed I would do and do to him -- kiss him back.

It wasn't my first kiss, but it was my first time kissing someone else.

We were both very enthusiastic, and gradually we became hot and distracted, and then ......

Then I suddenly came to my senses, and with all my strength I pushed him away, and in hindsight I wondered why I couldn't push him away at first?

Yan Qixing looked at me in amazement, with a little doubt in his eyes, and even more deep disappointment.

I waved my hand indifferently, muttered something I didn't know, and finally said, "I'll go out for a while." He turned and rushed out of the tent.

I must be crazy!

Hiding in the secluded and uninhabited grass, I covered my hot face and felt remorseful. The strange thing is that this remorse does not include the guilt towards Xiao Jian, and I don't even regret the kiss just now, I just regret whether I will hurt Yan Qixing because of this.

His disappointed eyes stung me just now.

I am a person who cannot give hope to anyone.

took out the jade pendant in his arms, and its glow was faintly visible under the starlight. For the first time, this thought came to my mind -- if I could never find this jade pendant...... I don't have to go back.

I swallowed my saliva and swallowed the thought as well.

No, absolutely not, there is Xiao Jian over there, haven't you been in love with him all the time? Aren't you convinced of eternal love? Liu Dan, when did you become a woman in the morning and twilight?

But there is no agreement or commitment between you!

Another voice sounded clearly in my heart.

What you firmly believe in love, is it Xiao Jian, or love?

Xiao Jian, of course!

I stood up and said sternly to myself, the cold evening breeze that blew my blood boiling to calm down.

Liu Dan, even if you are despicable in human nature and emotionally you can't be a despicable person, if you really change your mind, you have to admit it frankly. Any excuse is a blasphemy against Xiao Jian and the pure feelings between us from childhood to adulthood, and at the same time, it is also an insult to Yan Qixing.

I turned to look back, and there was a familiar figure standing under the starry sky, it was Yan Qixing, he stood far away, neither leaving nor approaching, like a stone statue, silently motionless, too far away to touch, but it seemed to be close at hand.

On the night of the royal court, the starlight suddenly dimmed, and everything around him became hazy and unpredictable, but the thoughts in his heart were unusually clear, a little cold and a little hard.

My eyes were a little astringent, my throat was tight, and I said loudly: "I will not return to Chang'an, I will accompany you to fight the last battle." ”

That's all I can do for you......