Who says sleep is not spiritual practice?

Chapter 220 Another engagement?
That night, Mengren and Jiang Qingyu chatted a lot.

In addition to some things that happened in the territory of Chu State recently, Hei Wuchang Xie Wen also mentioned a lot of information that Hei Wuchang Xie Wen pried out from the mouth of the high priest of the Hill tribe.

According to him, High Priest Hill joined an organization called "Nine Five" very early on, code-named Nine Three!
And the leader of this organization, Nine Five, is none other than the Emperor of Chu, Jing Hong!
20 years ago, the old leader of the Hill family died. In order to drive away Xier Xia, who was also at the peak of the Bright Moon Realm, and hold the Hill family in his own hands, the high priest of Xie spread rumors, claiming that Xier Xia colluded with the Chu people Intending to usurp the throne, this attracted the intervention of other tribes!
That time, even though he succeeded in planning to drive away Xier Xia, the Xier family also fell out of the top three tribes in Beidi!

Therefore, instead of being rewarded by Jing Hong, High Priest Hill was reprimanded.

And the identities of several other people in the organization are also extraordinary.

Nine Fourth was Utuobu, who established Beidi Royal Court with the support of Jiang Qingyu, Nine One was the high priest Tuoba who kept his secrets hidden, and Nine Two was originally Utuo High Priest, but he later fell for unknown reasons and was Jing Hong sent an eagle and dog to replace him, but he was also betrayed and killed by Wu Tuobu.

In other words, although Jiang Qingyu subdued Beidi, the Tuoba clan, the most powerful among the eight tribes, and the Utuo clan, the highest-ranking royal tribe, are firmly in Jing Hong's hands!

On this point, Jiang Qingyu had already guessed.

With Jinghong's suspicious temperament, how could he just sit back and watch Beidi be controlled by outsiders?
Especially the Jubei Palace, which already occupies the three northern states!

Holding Beidi in his hand, together with the five states of the Central Plains, sandwiching the three states of the Northern Territory, so that the King of the North would not dare to make any changes, this is in line with his usual style!
After knowing this, Jiang Qingyu did not act rashly. With his strength, he could crush Wu Tuobu and High Priest Tuoba to death at any time.

It's the same even if the two of them are lucky enough to enter the Luminous Sun Realm.

All he wanted right now were two things.

One is to take the biological mother and eldest brother back to the palace, and the other is to raise the strength to the fifth innate level.

As long as Jing Yang is defeated or even killed, all problems can be easily solved!

but……

Even though he became the abbot of Nanshan Temple, received a steady stream of incense and vows, and his strength improved immeasurably, Jiang Qingyu still felt that there was an insurmountable gap between him and the fifth innate level.

He guessed that only when the "Dream Sutra" enters the middle stage of Yinshen, or if he wins more incense and vows, can he compete with those who have just entered the fifth rank of congenital.

And Jing Yangjin has been in the dragon raising realm for hundreds of years, and it is very likely that he has entered the middle or even late stage of this realm!

Therefore, in order to have a comparable strength as soon as possible, Jiang Qingyu plans to practice the "Dream Sutra" with all his strength in the next period of time, and let the dreamer pay attention to whether there is any disaster in the territory of Chu, so that he can go to suppress it as the sixth patriarch The disaster made the people believe in Nanshan Temple even more.

……

A few days passed in a flash.

On the third day of February, Jiang Qingyu held a grand celebration banquet at Qifeng Residence.

In addition to the soldiers under his command, he also invited many people from the rivers and lakes, as well as Jiang Qingjian, Jiang Qingzhu and their soldiers.

In addition, he also ordered Shen Qianjin to send food and wine to the Anbei Army soldiers stationed in various pass cities.

Although it was not as good as the wine trip a month ago, it was still not a small expense, which made Shen Qianjin feel distressed for several days, and his flesh grew by two catties.

The fifth floor of Qifeng Residence.

After a hasty appearance of the couple, King of the North and Jiang Jing, they handed over the stage to today's protagonist, Jiang Qingyu.

Jiang Qingyu didn't say much, just let everyone eat and drink well, and then dragged Xiaoman, Luqi, and Duyou to sit at the table where Duoji, Yu An, Tan Qi, Qin Che and others were.

In addition to the above four people, there were two other people on the table, Zhao Lu and Li Mulan with complicated expressions.

This time in the Winter Hunting Competition, Zhao Lu originally wanted to make a great contribution, taking advantage of the lack of successors in the Li family, to replace the old general Li Han to guard Mulan City, but he didn't want to kill a talented Li Mulan halfway.

Yesterday, King Jubei had already talked with him. Although the royal family will order to gradually reduce the size of the Anbei Army and abandon some unnecessary pass camps after conquering Beidi, but in order to prevent Beidi from rebelling, he will not give up on Mulan. The guards of the two cities of Yangcheng and Yangguan.

Therefore, one person has to be chosen as the head coach of Mulan City.

What surprised Zhao Lu was that Li Mulan was originally intended to be the candidate of King Rejecting the North, but she rejected it due to lack of ability, and instead personally recommended Zhao Lu.

It is said that this is also what General Li Han meant.

The rest of the military department had no objections either.

Therefore, after this meal of wine, Zhao Lu will take up his post and go to Mulan City as the coach.

"His Royal Highness, I offer you a toast!"

Zhao Lu got up to toast.

He knew in his heart that the reason why Old General Li Han asked Li Mulan to recommend him was to show his favor to His Royal Highness.

And no one in the army dared to compete with him for the position, and it was precisely because of this winter hunting competition that he and Jiang Qingyu got very close.

Jiang Qingyu finished drinking the wine in the glass with a smile:

"Congratulations to General Zhao for his promotion!"

"By the way, why didn't General Zhao bring his sister-in-law and nephew along?"

Zhao Lu smiled:
"Their mothers are afraid of life and dare not come."

"If the prince wants to meet you, you can visit Mulan City some other day. The wine there may not be as good as the Xinfeng wine in Qifengju, but the mountain delicacies are not inferior to the dishes here!"

Jiang Qingyu smiled and nodded:

"I will definitely go."

After finishing speaking, he cast his eyes on Li Mulan again.

This woman is still wearing a red armor today, but she took off her helmet, revealing her charming face, attracting the attention of people around her.

To be honest, Jiang Qingyu really didn't understand why the other party was sitting at this table, after all...

There seems to be no acquaintances at this table?
But he still offered a courtesy toast:

"General Li, this time you showed bravery in Beidi. You killed 56 enemies, including one from the Fate Star Realm. It's really admirable!"

"I toast you!"

"..."

Li Mulan looked helpless:
"No matter how brave you are, you can't compare to the son of the world. To subdue Beidi and add another state to the territory of Chu State, such an incomparable achievement is far better than killing thousands of people and changing your name in history!"

Jiang Qingyu said modestly:

"Just a fluke."

Li Mulan shook her head:
"Don't be humble, I'm not flattering you when I praise you, but..."

"I am sitting at this table today, and I do have something to ask you for."

Jiang Qingyu said unexpectedly:

"What's the matter?"

With the other party's status, no one dares to bully him in Bingzhou, so what can he ask of himself?
I saw a slight embarrassment on Li Mulan's face, and said in a low voice:

"I, I want to accompany you to the capital!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was dumbfounded.

Even Jiang Qingyu froze in place, suspecting that there was something wrong with her ears.

what's the situation?
"General Li, don't you have a crush on my young master?"

Xiaoman blinked, looking wary.

There are already two more women in Ziyan Courtyard, if there is another one, there will be no room for Sister Lichun when she comes back!

"..."

Li Mulan remained silent, as if she had something to hide, and also seemed to acquiesce to the matter.

At this moment, Jiang Qingyu felt a little more suspicious.

He didn't think that his charm was great enough to make a self-important woman fall in love with him after only a few meetings, so...

Did Li Mulan go to the capital for another purpose?
"It doesn't matter if General Li wants to go to Beijing together, but you must obey my orders along the way, and don't act rashly."

Li Mulan was slightly taken aback:
"You, you agree?"

"Don't you ask me why I want to go with you?"

Jiang Qingyu shook her head and said:

"No, I believe you."

"I also believe in every Anbei Army general."

Li Mulan was stunned for a moment, then stood up and drank a large glass of wine with her head raised.

However, this woman seemed to be overwhelmed by alcohol, and soon her face was slightly drunk and flushed.

In the next moment, through her drunkenness, she said amazingly:

"My grandfather said, I have a marriage contract with you!"

"That's why I want to accompany you to the capital, and observe what kind of person you are on the way. If I don't like it, I will hide in the capital and never come back!"

"Now, do you still want to promise me to go with you?"

"..."

Jiang Qingyu was stunned.

Another engagement?

Damn, how many marriages did the King of the North find for himself!
"General Li, if you don't want to marry, we can void the engagement. There's no need to make such a bad move and hide in the capital for the rest of your life!"

"Old General Li Han is old. You should spend more time with him. You chose to go to the capital to hide from him. If the old general fell ill with anger, wouldn't you have to spend the rest of your life blaming yourself?"

Jiang Qingyu tried to persuade her.

But Li Mulan said drunkenly:

"I can tell, you don't want me to go to the capital!"

"You want to marry me!"

"Do not……"

Jiang Qingyu just wanted to explain, but was interrupted by the other party:

"Why, you don't want to? You don't like me?"

"..."

Jiang Qingyu couldn't argue with her words.

"Let me accompany you to Beijing, and that's it!"

Li Mulan poured another glass of wine for herself, raised her head and drank it, and left the table alone.

Looking at his leaving back, Jiang Qingyu was speechless for a long time.

He always felt that things were not that simple.

On the side, Xiao Man was amazed:

"Young master, General Li looks good, doesn't he?"

"Well, it's beautiful."

Jiang Qingyu replied subconsciously.

Li Mulan was already outstanding in appearance, and her face was a little bit drunk, which added a bit of charming beauty.

But the next moment, he immediately realized something was wrong.

So I added another sentence:
"But no matter how beautiful it is, it can't compare to my Xiaoman!"

"Is it?"

With a smile on his face, Xiaoman gently put down the knife in his hand that was used for cutting meat.

……

After Li Mulan was gone, the rest of the people at the table began to feel free and enjoy drinking.

It is worth mentioning that after the celebration banquet, Yu An fulfilled his bet and led a group of soldiers to the next happy place——

The general is drunk.

At that time, Dorji seemed to be terrified and chose to pretend to be drunk, but he still did not escape and was carried downstairs by a group of strong men with smiles.

"General Duoji, don't pretend, the general is a drunk woman with superb skills, even if you are drunk and unconscious, she can serve you comfortably!"

"Don't worry, this money will definitely not be wasted!"

"Hey, do you think General Dorji is still a baby?"

"fart!"

Hearing the word "chu'er", Duoji immediately stopped pretending to be drunk, and jumped to the ground angrily:

"Today, I want to let you all know what it means to be strong!"

……

at the same time.

Jiang Qingyu returned to the palace with the three daughters.

But the moment they stepped into the Ziyan Courtyard, they found two men drinking each other in the courtyard.

One was the King of Rejecting the North, who was dressed in a deep purple python robe.

The other was dressed in blood-red armor, with his back to the courtyard gate, making his face hard to see.

But Jiang Qingyu still recognized his identity at a glance——

Reject the adopted son of the Northern King, Jiang Langya.

(End of this chapter)