My companion is a bit fierce

How to deal with yourself?

Qi Lan asked back, what impact would it have on him whether Rong Jue returned to Mobei or not.

Emperor Tongxi asked again, Mobei is very powerful, allowing the king's son to return to Mobei is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain. What's more, seeing that the war in Mobei is starting again, if they need it, they can't afford it, and they will be held hostage again. , how does he solve it?

"How could Prince Rong use this as a threat? This is what it should be—" Qi Lan said strangely, just as he was about to make a long speech, Emperor Tong Xi waved his hand to stop him.

"Do you know how many troops there are in Mobei? How many generals? How many advisers? What do the people of Mobei think?"

"Do you know how many I have in my hand?"

Qi Lan couldn't answer.

Mobei's military strength is said to be [-], but it has always been in the hands of King Rong. I am afraid that only Rong Xu knows how many there are.

"There are Xiongnu in the north, barbarian gold in the west, nine passes, and only one hundred thousand troops, which is far from enough." Emperor Tongxi said, he took out a map, which described the territory of Daqi in detail, and greeted him. Qi Lan came over and pointed out one by one on the map.When he was young, he also had lofty sentiments. He was dissatisfied with the control of the Rong Palace in Mobei, and intended to strengthen the control of Mobei, so he also collected a lot of information secretly.

Ningguan to the west and Yunguan to the north are the two largest passes.The rest are seven smaller passes scattered across the border.

But in fact, at the junction of the border, for the convenience of communication, the common people will open some small gates privately in order to exchange barter.These are all private dealings. Prince Rong's Mansion has always turned a blind eye to it, just pretending that they can't see it. They don't care about it on weekdays. When the years are difficult, they will ask their subordinates to strengthen inspections and no longer allow them to come in and out.

Ningguan is backed by Juxialing, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and keeps Manjin out.However, there is a distance between Yunguan and Longxue Mountain. There is a flat river ahead of Longxue Mountain, which is suitable for planting and living. The snow water flowing down from Longxue Mountain is the best water.It can be said that there is no difference between inside and outside Yunguan. A city wall is the boundary between Daqi and Huns.

Therefore, every year the patrols have to pass through Yunguan, and the troops are also the largest here.

At the end, Emperor Tongxi simply said: "If it wasn't for the south of Lingjiang River, I wouldn't want to give out food and grass at all!" He threw out the note written by Xie Liu for Rong Xu, "Look for yourself, this wording, his Rong Xu is serious. King Rong of Daqi instead of King Rong of Mobei?!"

Qi Lan had already experienced Xie Liu's skills, and his words were thorny, making people speechless.I never expected that he wrote the memorial in the same way.

Looking at the respectful one, it actually hinted at what would happen if Emperor Tongxi didn't lend money.

——If he doesn't borrow, if the Huns break through Mobei, he will be finished!

"Let me ask you, if Mobei really rebelled, who would you send to fight?"

Seeing Qi Lan hang his head in silence, Emperor Tong Xi sneered: "Could it be the Feng family?"

Qi Lan said in a deep voice: "Mobei will not rebel."

"You promise? How do you guarantee? Take your own crown prince, or your life? If there is a real fight, the so-called real dragon emperor is not as good as a commoner."

Emperor Tongxi turned his back: "You have always thought that the relationship between Mobei and the Central Plains is cold and bitter, but Mobei really thinks so?"

Mobei is bitterly cold, and the Central Plains is warm, so why should King Rong stay there for generations?What's more, Emperor Daqi didn't have many troops, and he didn't have any good generals. If it was really going to be reversed, maybe the country would change masters.

===

The New Year has come so quietly.

When the first golden light came out from the end of heaven and earth, thousands of firecrackers in Ding capital exploded in unison.One after another, the silver snakes pierced through the darkness and swam vigorously to the sky, leaving behind trails of white smoke.They exploded together in the sky, and the celestial maidens scattered flowers in full bloom in the air. The sparks flowed around and disappeared, and then new ones filled up again.

Qi Lan stood with the Queen, watching the fireworks in the sky silently, and the sound of firecrackers made the year go away.

He is another year older.

After watching it for a while, Queen Wang couldn't take it anymore. She stayed up all night and was already exhausted. She was only able to get up when the palace servants called her up just now.

She told Qi Lan a few times to wake her up after dawn. She and Emperor Tong Xi had to accept the concubine's New Year's greetings, and then Qi Bo's birthday banquet.

With so many firecrackers and fireworks, even the imperial palace was submerged in the vast smoke.There is a vast expanse of whiteness, and the chi kiss on the roof of the palace seems to be flying away.

Qi Lan suddenly seemed to hear a long cry.It's very familiar, it seems to be the voice of Rong Jue's Xiaobai.

Is it an illusion?

Qi Lan smiled casually, Rong Jue should be with Rong Xu and the others now, and Xiao Bai would also be mumbling around him asking for food.

I couldn't see anything, and my eyes were so uncomfortable from the smoke that I wanted to cry.

Fireworks come and go, he has watched them for so many years, that's all he has seen.Instead of watching the fireworks, he turned around and walked back.

A piece of white feather fell from the smoke, Xiaobai let out a long howl, and landed firmly on Qi Lan's shoulder.If he hadn't been dressed thickly, Xiao Bai would have scratched his clothes right now, exposing his shoulders.

"Xiaobai!" Qi Lan's eyes showed joy, and he carefully reached out his hand to caress it, "What are you doing here?"

Xiaobai tilted his head to avoid his hand, grunted, and stretched out a foot.

In the past few years, Xiaobai has grown in stature, so it feels heavy to just fall on his shoulders.Seeing that there was no one around, Qi Lan opened the bamboo tube on Xiaobai's feet and took out the letter inside.

What would Rong Jue write to him?

Qi Lan unfolded the letter excitedly, and the three large characters inside filled the whole paper: Happy Chinese New Year.

"Happy Chinese New Year." Qi Lan said once in a low voice, and when he turned around, he saw Xiaobai looking at him with wide-open black eyes.

Such a simple three words made Qi Lan very happy.

Rong Jue did not enter the palace, but brought him such a letter.

What should I give Rong Jue in return?

Qi Lan thought about it for a long time but still didn't think it was suitable. He first wrote the same three characters as Rong Jue, and then he felt that it was simpler and couldn't show his thoughts, so he wrote a lot of blessings.

"It still doesn't work." Qi Lan crumpled the paper and wrote the three words "Happy Chinese New Year" again.

If he wrote too much, he was afraid that Rong Jue would be too busy to finish reading it, or because he felt bored and didn't want to finish it, and if he wrote too little, he felt that it was not enough.

When Qi Lan was writing, Xiao Bai was bouncing around, watching from east to west.

It waited for a long time, Qi Lan hadn't finished writing, and saw someone coming from a distance, it flew away with a whiz.

Before Qi Lan could react, he saw Queen Wang coming with a large number of palace attendants.

——I have to go to Concubine Feng.

It's like this every year, Emperor Tong Xi will hold Qi Bo's birthday banquet together with the palace banquet.

Empress Dowager Li, the birth mother of Emperor Tongxi, went early, and Empress Wang had to help preside over it.

In such a short period of time, a lot of papers had been thrown at Qi Lan's table. Queen Wang saw it and asked, "Why didn't anyone come to clean it up?"

Xiaobai left, Qi Lan couldn't deliver the letter.

All the mental strength seemed to be vented at this moment, Qi Lan lost interest, casually said a few perfunctory words, and then left with the queen.

The table was still a mess, but he didn't want to ask someone to clean it up.

===

Rong Jue took a deep breath, the air-conditioning smelled like smoke, it was really unpleasant.

He endured it, but refused to enter the house.

"I said, son, aren't you sleepy after getting up so early today?" Xie Liu yawned and walked past him, "What are you doing standing here?"

Rong Jue didn't answer, just looked into the distance silently.

Xie Liu: "How much money would it cost to set off so many fireworks overnight in the capital?"

Dingjing is like this every year, the whole New Year's Eve is full of music and music, the stars bridge is full of fire and trees, and the night is full of red lotuses and ten thousand pistils, which is full of joy.

Behind this is silver like flowing water.

"He has money, so we don't care how we spend it as we like." Rong Jue yawned, why Xiaobai didn't come back yet.

"What are you waiting for, son? You can survive the night of New Year's Eve?"

If you can't bear it, you will have to endure it, and Rong Jue can't sleep until Qi Lan's reply.After saying a few words casually, the two fell silent.

Xie Liu followed for a while, then suddenly asked, "Where did Xiaobai go?"

Logically speaking, with such a loud noise, Xiaobai should find a quiet place to stay.

Rong Jue yawned again: "Probably go out and play."

"is it?"

Xie Liu stared at Rong Jue's black eyes for a while: "Then wait for it to come back, send it here, the prince wants to send a letter back."

A white shadow flashed across the hazy sky.After Xie Liu left, Xiao Bai fell down.

"He didn't reply?"

Xiaobai shook his head.

"Go to my father, he wants you to send a letter to Mobei." Rong Jue caressed Xiao Bai, said a few words in a low voice, and went to catch up on sleep dejectedly.

He sat up all night last night, and only at dawn did he think about using Xiaobai to send a message to Qi Lan for New Year greetings.

After everyone dispersed, he waited here for a long time, but he didn't get a reply.

I was so disappointed in my heart, I rolled around on the bed but I couldn't close my eyes, as soon as I closed my eyes, Qi Lan's voice emerged.

What's wrong with me?

Rong Jue sat up on the bed, looking up blankly.

After sitting for an unknown amount of time, his stomach throbbed.

At this time, many people who watched the year last night had gone to sleep, there were not many servants in the Rong Palace, Rong Jue was in excruciating pain, and his voice was too low, unexpectedly he couldn't call for anyone for a long time.

He leaned over on the bed, his face was pale, and beads of sweat dripped down little by little.

"Come on..."

It was quiet all around.

Even with martial arts, this little abdominal pain can't be cured.Rong Jue was in a trance, and he didn't know how long he had been in pain. Drowsiness hit him, his eyes went dark, and he lost consciousness.

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I actually set the wrong time orz sorry I just found out