The Tyrant’s Beloved Empress

After Jixue went down, Xue Wuyi stood alone in front of the window, meditating. +++ Catino Novel Network www.readwn.com

He came to Liangzhou in secret during his trip, because he was expected to be in the Guanguan system of Chang Zaichang and the Northern Warlord, and he would definitely invite the Northern Warlord to come to Liangzhou to help out. He came in person to discuss a deal with Xiao Zhige.

Xiwei has been living in a corner in recent years, and it looks peaceful on the bright side, but since the funeral of the first king, the undercurrent has long been surging.

Although the first king had a thin heir, only one young son remained. However, the Puyang Wang clan of the young son and mother clan is still prosperous, and has always been dissatisfied with his outsider's control of the young lord, secretly teasing the queen mother (gan gan) into the dynasty; and several brothers and heirs of the former king are prosperous, hoping that the young lord will die soon. , You can just ascend to the throne; the parties in the court are clearly divided. Although he has controlled half of them in these years, the remaining half of the officials are their own masters. Driven by interests, his reforms have been delayed.

In the blink of an eye, ten years later, the young lord has grown into a half-year-old, but under the instigation of the Queen Mother and the unsuspecting people, he is increasingly separated from him...

The current situation of Exi dung, if it is allowed to develop, the people of the west dung tribe who have been oppressed for a long time will have serious troubles sooner or later. He was worried in his heart and decided to implement the new law after many weighings. However, the reform law that he negotiated with his confidants was short of money and people, and with the obstruction of various forces, it was delayed in implementing it.

A cool breeze hit, Xue Wuyi pressed his fist to his lips, coughed twice, and then remembered the young man he accidentally met on the market in Liangzhou today.

With his hands behind his back, Xue Wuyi closed his eyes slightly, and compared the face in his mind with the collection of portraits-it was indeed the same, almost exactly the same.

It's just that Anno's face is slightly rounder, and his eyes are more gentle. Although the person in the portrait has the same appearance, his eyes are sharper.

One is like a bright moon, the other is the scorching sun.

Xue Wuyi slowly exhaled, thinking of another exhortation from the ancestor before his death-this is the secret passed down by the ancient Western Dung Kings. It is said to be the decree left by Xue Chang, the first Western Dung King. Xue Chang didn't know where to hide a batch of treasures before his death. No one knows how many treasures there are and where they are hidden. He only gave a picture scroll to his heirs before he died and told them to pass on it from generation to generation. If one day sees the person on the picture scroll, he will give it to him and tell He, Xue Chang owed the debt, repaid.

Xue Wuyi didn't know what was involved, but the ancestor told him solemnly: This is a debt owed by the ancestors of the Xue family, and his descendants must help pay it back.

However, it has been hundreds of years since the founding of the West Dung, even if the debt was to be repaid, the creditor should have passed away long ago and became a loess under the ground.

He was short of money right now, and Xue Wuyi was not of Xue's bloodline at all, and he didn't take the debt repayment seriously. What he liked... was a batch of treasures behind the picture scroll.

It's just that he studied the picture scroll many times, but he didn't find any clues. Originally, he had put aside the matter, but he didn't want this trip to Liangzhou to bring him unexpected joy. It is absolutely impossible for the young man to look so alike with the person in the portrait. Perhaps the clue to the treasure lies in the person in this painting.

With his fingers clasping the window lattice lightly, Xue Wuyi thought, when he finds out the details, maybe he can take the person back and decipher the mystery in the painting.

***

An Changqing took the child back to Chang Zaichang's residence.

The child wrapped his robe indiscriminately, which didn't fit well. The hair is also messy, and the eyes hidden behind him are alert and a little uneasy.

An Changqing thought that he had been soaking in the water for a long time, and while instructing someone to prepare water to take him down to wash, and at the same time instructed the kitchen to prepare **** soup to prevent him from catching a cold.

This child is also good, not noisy, letting An Changqing arrange, and when he washes and cleans up again, he puts on a slightly larger robe, and then follows his servants to pay a visit to An Changqing.

After being neatly dressed, the child became more refined. Even the red (colored) birthmark under the left eye is not so glaring.

An Changqing pulled him in front of him, told him to drink the **** soup first, and asked him what his name was and if he had other relatives. Although this child is young, he is not stupid and clever. An Changqing therefore did not regard him as an ordinary child.

The child honestly said that he was called Yu Gang. Tell me about my own experience.

Said that he originally lived with his father in the mountains, but later his father died of a serious illness. Before his death, he told him to find a friend for refuge. He was young at the time, and he was abducted and sold after he came down the mountain and was unfamiliar with his place.

After the abduction, several patrons moved around, all of whom were disliked because of his pretending to be dumb and stupid. In addition, he had a large birthmark on his face, and gradually no one cared about it before he was bought back by the big man. The man who bought him was originally a monkey play, and he wanted to find an apprentice. It turned out that he was good at teasing water and holding his breath underwater, so he thought of an idea and asked him to act like a shark in a water tank. Because of the freshness of this juggling, it also helped the man to make a lot of money.

When I mentioned this, I was a little angry, and his voice was crisp: "He is not a good person. I always see him going out to gamble, and when he comes back he beats me and his wife."

An Changqing (touched Mo) (touched Mo) his head, and said, "It doesn't matter, he (gan) has something bad, and I will call the officers and soldiers to arrest him tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Yu Gang laughed out a small white tooth.

An Changqing asked him: "Do you have any plans for yourself? If you have nowhere to go, stay by my side and be a kid."

Help people to the end and send Buddha to the west. An Changqing looked at the kid and fell in love with him. In addition, he was really young, so if he was abducted again, he would be in vain. After thinking about it, it doesn't matter how many mouths open in the general's mansion, and the thought of keeping people behind came into being.

Sure enough, Yu Gang's eyes widened when he heard it, and he nodded childishly: "I do!"

After speaking, he reacted again, learning the appearance of the servants of the Changfu, knelt down and bowed to An Changqing, saying, "Yu Gang is willing to serve the son."

An Changqing laughed out loud when he was amused, pulled him up, patted him on the head, and said, "Don't worry about these fake gifts, there will be nothing wrong in the past few days, you can rest first."

After Xiao Zhige discussed the business with Chang Zaichang, when he came back, he saw An Changqing talking to a child gently. Xiao Zhige frowned, stepped forward, and looked down at the small group of Yu Gang: "Where did it come from?"

An Changqing said that she met on the street: "You are still young and have nowhere to go. Just stay by my side and wait."

Then he said to Yu Gang, "This is the Northern Warlord. You can call him the prince."

Yu Gang suddenly saw Xiao Zhige, instinctively a little frightened, but thinking that he had just been left behind and couldn't give the son a share, he became courageous, and said crisply: "Well, see the prince." Nondescript ritual.

Xiao Zhige's expression eased a little and told him to get up, and then went to dinner with An Changqing. Chang Zaichang now feels pain in his eyes seeing the two of them together, (gan Gan) he just found an excuse and slipped out.

...

Early the next morning, Xiao Zhige and Chang Zaichang took people to the border to negotiate with the West Dung.

At the junction of West Dung and Liangzhou, there is a rolling hill. On weekdays, there are few people smoking, and occasionally people of the two countries will take their goods to the border and walk a few times to exchange for some goods on the opposite side to sell them.

But now, before this boundary line, it is the Chen soldiers of the two countries, each setting up camps, and the atmosphere is tense.

Xiao Zhige took the lead and walked alone in front of the battlefield, and said in a deep voice, "Shang leader would you like to talk about it?"

When the words fell, a man carrying a heavy knife stepped out slowly. He wore a very simple black (color) clothes, and his long hair was randomly tied behind his head. Under his high and full forehead, there were eyes that were indifferent and focused like a falcon. Obviously dressed in an inconspicuous dress, but the sharp eyes and heavy swords in the back make no one ignore it.

When he walked to the battlefield, he arched his hands and said in a deep and cold voice: "Shang Que, long admiring the name of the Northern Warlord."

"Long Yang." Xiao Zhige replied with etiquette.

Neither of them were talkative people. After being polite, Xiao Zhige went straight to the subject: "Where to tell?"

Shang Que's eyebrows were cold: "My master wants to see the prince, please come with me."

Without waiting for Xiao Zhige's promise, he walked towards the dwarf camp. Xiao Zhige was not afraid, he took a long leg, Wu Jin's spear was behind him, followed his steps, and entered the West Dung Camp as if he were in an uninhabited state.

In the camp, Xue Wuyi has been waiting for a long time.

Xiao Zhige raised his brow slightly when he saw him, but made no sound.

Xue Wuyi looked at him, took a step forward, and smiled like a spring breeze: "Looking up to the prince's name for a long time, today I finally see the true face, he deserves to be the God of War."

Xiao Zhige is not a polite person. He pointed to the core and said: "There are two jade mines in the mere two, and it is not worth alarming the regent."

Xue Wuyi smiled even more: "The prince is indeed a wise man. I am here to talk to the prince on a business."

As soon as Xiao Zhige's thoughts turned, he wanted to understand Liangzhou's idea. On the face of Xiwei, he was fighting for jadeite mines, but it turned out that the drunkard's intention was not to drink, but he didn't know why he was deliberately brought over.

Xue Wuyi is brilliant and resourceful. He has always been known as the smiling fox. Now that he came to see him in person, he must have been asking for him. Xiao Zhige narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice: "Business can be discussed later. Why not separate the jadeite mine first?"

The two emerald mines, coincidentally, most of them are in the territory of Xihu, and the other half are in the territory of Liangzhou. It's just that they discovered the emerald mine now, so Xiao Zhige will certainly not regress easily.

"Xi Dung is a small country, and it is not rich. Nowadays, we don't do business with Da Ye. I really want to say that this jade has no market in Xi Deng."

Xue Wuyi observed his expression and slowly said, "If the prince wants it, I would like to (chengcheng) the beauty of human beings. Let these two jade mines out."

Xiao Zhige moved his eyebrows and looked at him sharper and sharper: "Conditions?"

Xue Wuyi smiled: "This is the business I want to discuss with the prince."

He glanced at Shang Que, and Shang Que immediately understood and went to the camp gate to guard. Xue Wuyi lowered his voice and continued: "I will use these two emerald mines to exchange a promise for the lord."

"Within two years, if the dungeon does not offend the big Ye, the prince will never send troops to the dungeon."

What are the conditions? Xiao Zhige frowned and couldn't figure out his purpose for a while.

"Not to mention that Daye and Xiou have been in peace for many years. Even if I agree, this Daye is not my decision now." Xiao Zhige reminded.

Xue Wuyi shook his head and said with deep meaning: "Today is not the master, but tomorrow is not the master. When the prince can be the master in the future, just remember this promise."

Xiao Zhige looked at him: "Two jade mines, change me a promise. The master looks too high at this jade mine."

Xue Wuyi smiled bitterly: "It's not a high-level look, it's just a desperate situation. West Dung is a threat to the prince."

"Today is not a threat, but it may not be in the future." Xiao Zhige returned his words to him, and said in a deep voice, "Besides, there is a grandfather in the west. On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly?"

In this way, it is impossible to talk.

Xue Wuyi watched him strode away, his face hidden in the shadows, and his expression could not be clearly seen.

"Why beg him? I can fight him." The voice of Shang Que at the door was solemn, his eyes seemingly sharp.

"It's not that you can't fight, it's that Xixue can't fight." Xue Wuyi narrowed his eyes and waved his hand: "You go out first and ask Ji Xue to come in."

Shang Que stared at him coldly for a while before turning around and going out.

With no one in the tent, Xue Wuyi suddenly bent down and started coughing, his thin back almost protruding from his clothes, like a bow stretched to the extreme.

When Ji Xue came in, Xue Wuyi had wiped (gan) the blood on his lips. Sitting on the main seat, he took a sip of the tea to dilute the **** smell in his mouth: "Did you find it?"

"I found it." Ji Xue handed him a letter.

Xue Wuyi took over and read it, a smile suddenly appeared on his mouth, and he asked, "Is there any news coming from Zaiguo, is there any movement over there?"

"Everything is as expected. The portrait in the mansion is stolen. The Queen Mother secretly sent an envoy to Zaiguo with the portrait and rushed to Yejing."

"What a bunch of idiots." Xue Wuyi's eyes were slightly cold. In order to bring him down, it was foolish to want to trade the treasure map of the ancestor with Daye in vain!

"Do you want to send someone to intercept (kill sha) the envoy?" Ji Xue said.

"No need."

Xue Wuyi smiled, and gently rubbed the secret letter on his hand. This was the origin of Annuo that had just been found out. He never expected that the Anno he met by accident would be the princess of the Northern War.

If you really want to fall asleep, someone will give you a pillow. He lowered his eyes and laughed, and Xue Wuyi said, "Send the news and the portrait to the Northern War King."

The letter said that the Northern Warlord loved the princess very much, and the weight this time was always enough to make him tempted.

Jixue responded, but didn't move. She looked at him worriedly: "My grandfather is coughing up blood again? You haven't taken medicine for a long time."

Xue Wuyi continued to drink tea, as if it was not him: "The medicine is very bitter, and it tastes too much. If the people called Zaiguo knew it, I was afraid that I was going to die immediately. Wouldn't it be called them? heart of?"

Ji Xue's face (color) changed slightly: "Master!"

Xue Wuyi waved his hand indifferently: "Go, I can't die yet."

The author has something to say: Counseling: Why are so many people coveted? (Draw a gun

Treasure here: Huh?