Imperial capital, Flying Frost Palace.

Xiao Zhinan sat on the mandarin duck rich couch in the hall, his elbow rested lightly on the kang table, and he was flipping through a book in his hand, and suddenly said: "The third year of Da Zheng Jianwen, August." Wanyan Beiyue officially held the enthronement ceremony in the later Liang City, the palace remembers that it was the old county king Xiao Shu who concurrently served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, after the enthronement, Wanyan Beiyue directly entered the palace city, first ascended in the middle temple, accepted the congratulations of the hundred officials, and then went to the Tai Temple under the embrace of Yi Jingwei, after reading the edict of the enthronement by the Ministry of Rites in the Tai Temple, he accepted the hundred officials to congratulate him again, and officially ascended to the throne, and then went to the Temple of Heaven outside the city in accordance with the ritual system to carry out the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, first reciting the prayer and blessing, and then toasting to the sky with a three-legged wine bottle, thus ending the entire ceremony of sacrificing to the sky。 ”

"What Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess said is good. Xie Suqing, who was sitting in the starting position, answered: "In the following year, the later construction of the Yuan Huangwu, counting on the fingers, this year is already the fifty-eighth year of the Huangwu of the later construction. ”

Xiao Zhinan closed the note in his hand and said with emotion: "It's almost a mile of time." ”

Xie Suqing nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Xiao Zhinan sighed faintly, I don't know whether he was lamenting the fortune of the country after the country, or lamenting the early death of his father and brother.

Then she slowly got up from the couch, pacing back and forth in the hall, and said softly: "The fight on the chessboard, the national players throughout the ages have said that the golden horn and silver edge grass belly, the falling son is the highest on the corner, the second on the side, and the lowest in the belly. The lower horn can be said to be as precious as gold, because the horn is not only empty, but also easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the first to occupy the side can wait for work, and the side will be secondary, like silver, and the middle belly is even worse, that is, it is as worthless as thatch. Xie Ge is always a good hand at this, and he should know the meaning of this palace. ”

Xie Suqing thought about it a little and said in a deep voice: "If you take the world as a chessboard, the Central Plains is the middle belly, there is nothing to be done, Jiangnan, Northwest, and Northeast are the edges, and the competition is fierce." When it comes to corners, it is nothing more than the Wei State, the Baozhu State, the Houjian State, and the Grassland. ”

Xiao Zhinan stopped, stood on the edge of the mandarin duck rich couch, tapped his index finger lightly on the kang table, made a sound, and sighed: "Yes, these four corners are the most important, fortunately, there are high mountains on the side of Baozhu Country, plus there is continuous civil strife in Baozhu Country, and there is no power to fall." In this way, there are only three corners left, the grassland itself has entered the game, plus the previous disturbance of the southern return, it is not a matter of worry, as for the Wei State, it is difficult to fall is one of them, and it is the second to have entered the game, even if it is forcibly landed, it is just a dojo in a snail shell, and it can't afford to toss the big wind and waves. ”

At this time, on the east wall of the Flying Frost Palace, there was a map of the situation in the world, Xie Suqing subconsciously turned his head to look, his eyes fell on the position north of the three northeastern states, and said softly: "Then there is only one corner left in Houjian." ”

Xiao Zhinan also looked at it, his eyes were deep, "The time of Yijiazi is a corner of peace, this is a blank land, and it can be settled everywhere." ”

Xie Suqing frowned slightly, "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess wants to make some fuss over there in Houjian?" Although the Houjian Founding Lord Wanyan Beiyue is the emperor's son-in-law of my Great Qi, and Houjian and my Great Qi are brothers' alliances, it is difficult to guarantee that there is no wolf ambition, especially when civil strife is rife in my Great Qi, if they are allowed to enter the current chaos, I am afraid it will be easy to invite God to send God." ”

Xiao Zhinan retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice: "That's right, but it's not just us on this chessboard, we don't fall here, I'm afraid that others will fall, the corner is the easiest to defend and difficult to attack, you can wait for work, when the time comes, Jiantie will ride south, threatening my northeast land, and even the first line of Yanzhou, what should happen at that time?"

Xie Suqing's face was solemn, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly asked, "How is the emperor's son-in-law?"

Xiao Zhinan's face remained unchanged, and he said flatly: "I'm still in retreat, but it's only a few days of work to get out of the customs." ”

Xie Suqing asked tentatively: "After the emperor's son-in-law leaves the customs, can I ask the emperor's son-in-law to go to Houjian?" If the emperor's son-in-law personally talks to the lord of Wanyan, there may be other possibilities for a turnaround. ”

Xiao Zhinan was noncommittal, just hummed.

The temple fell silent.

After a while, Xiao Zhinan said softly: "Okay, Xie Ge Lao, you go first." ”

Wechen retired. Xie Suqing respectfully agreed and slowly withdrew from the hall.

Xiao Zhinan sat back on the mandarin duck rich couch, supported his elbows on the kang table, and supported his forehead with his hands.

......

A ray of light swept across the Imperial City Great Array, ignoring the Imperial City Great Array, which made the world's top monks talk about it, and landed straight in front of the Flying Frost Palace.

The eunuch who was guarding in front of the palace immediately bowed to the ground and shouted: "I have seen His Royal Highness the King of the County." ”

The visitor ignored them, walked straight into the hall, and walked on the dark ground of the main hall, where the smooth and bright human figures could be seen, and the big sleeves fluttered, like a fairy among the gods.

If the breeze blows, the curtains on both sides of the hall move with the wind, Xiao Zhinan, who is sitting on the mandarin duck rich couch, raises his head suddenly, and after seeing the person, a gentle smile blooms on his face, and his bright eyes reveal a bit of softness that is difficult for others to see.

She got up from the couch, greeted her, and asked with a smile, "What have you gained from this retreat?"

The person who came was Xu Beiyou, who had just come out of the Meishan Qing landscape, the time of this retreat was so fast, some of his surprises, it was in response to the words of the general law of ten thousand laws, but after ten years of effort, he had already initially integrated the subtleties of the two golden bodies, after all, his injuries lie in the physique, and the recuperation does not have to be too slow, if the Tao is damaged like the autumn leaves, it is the water mill work that has accumulated over time, even if it is the head of the Taoist sect, sitting on the treasure of heaven and earth like a mountain of gold and silver, it is not a short time to recover.

Xu Beiyou simply replied with two words, "It's okay." ”

While speaking, he stretched out his hand to hold Xiao Zhinan's slender hand, and the two of them sat on the couch one left and one right, and then continued: "The physical injuries have been roughly recovered, and even improved, but after all, the golden body of Buddhism is different from the sword path of my Sword Sect, and the so-called different ways do not conspire with each other, and there are still some flaws, but the impact is not great, and you don't have to worry." I thought that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, so I went out of the customs and spent the festival with you and the old man. ”

Xiao Zhinan personally poured him a cup of tea, then picked up another cup of tea, took a sip, and said, "It's okay, I told the imperial chef last night and asked them to make a few mooncakes, let's try them together." ”

Xu Beiyou snorted, but his eyes fell on the map of the general trend of the world, and said softly: "Houjian." ”

Xiao Zhinan sighed in a little surprise.

Xu Beiyou retracted his gaze and said with emotion: "Jiangbei, Jiangnan, Shuzhou, Southern Xinjiang, Northwest, Grassland, Northeast, Wei, there is still one Houjian, and it always has to be walked on." ”