lonely king

It rained heavily that day, and Sai Jian left in anger. He packed his luggage that day and left Dajiang overnight.Even though it was raining heavily, Sai Jian insisted on leaving, he refused to stay overnight, and he didn't even want to see Baili Nian for the last time.Baili Nian has been staying in Shuyue Pavilion and has never been out. Hearing the news of Sai Jian's departure, he lowered his eyes with a gloomy expression.

His wrist bone was indeed broken, and when Yi Cheng set him the bone, he didn't say a word, and his expression didn't change, as if he was playing the piano instead of setting the bone.It was the first time for Yicheng to meet such a calm person, so of course he would not understand Baili Nian's mood at this time.At this moment, Baili Nian really seemed to be dead, and there was no trace of life in his heart.

Seeing Mo Yan coming in, Baili Nian raised his head, "Has he left?"

"People... people have already left the royal city and headed straight for Taoyang City." Mo Yan was also a little depressed.This time he failed to kill Sai Jian, but instead angered him, Mo Yan was filled with self-blame and anger, but he couldn't say anything.

"It's fine to leave." Baili Nian murmured, his eyes lowered, and he didn't mention it anymore.

Mo Yan knelt down again, "This time, not only did he not help the master to kill Sai Jian, but it made him return home in anger. This subordinate... this subordinate has an unforgivable crime."

Baili Nian didn't speak, his expression was still lukewarm, he sat on the soft couch and let the doctor set his bones.

While Baili Nian didn't speak, Mo Yan naturally didn't dare to speak, and knelt on the ground without saying a word.Not to mention kneeling for a while, even if Baili Nian asked him to kneel here for three days and three nights, he would not say a word, he would just kneel like this.

After a while, Baili opened his mouth, but asked another question, "You brought the pot of wine, how did Sai Jian find out that the wine was poisonous?"

The poison prepared by Baili Nian is colorless, odorless and highly toxic.Based on Baili Nian's understanding of Sai Jian, if his people brought wine over, he would drink it without even thinking about it.Although Baili Nian was also glad that Sai Jian did not drink the poisoned wine, but he knew that Sai Jian would never find out the poisoned wine himself.

Mo Yan thought for a while, then suddenly remembered something, "Going back to the king, Zhong Yan was there when the subordinates delivered the wine. The subordinates thought that if Sai Jian died, they would definitely not keep him, so they kept quiet and let They drank this jug of wine together..."

"It turned out to be Zhong Yan." Baili Nian pursed his thin lips, "He has a bodyguard Fang Yu who is very skilled in medicine. This person can cure my poison, so he can naturally detect my poison."

Mo Yan didn't expect this level, and he was still a little annoyed at the moment, without Baili Nian's meticulous planning, even if Mo Yan was a sharp knife, it would not be able to use the blade.And he naturally didn't understand how lucky Baili Nian was, how lucky he was with a sharp knife that couldn't cut anyone.

"Okay, you go out first. Also pay attention to the situation in Taoyang City, Sai Jian...he won't just let it go." At the end, Baili Nian felt a little bitter, and felt that he deserved it.

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In the hottest dog days, a drop of water can turn into a fire.The whole land was scorched, and the sun seemed to be suffocated for a long time, and the prisoner who was finally released was shining continuously like a child.Baili Nian fell ill, and stayed in the Shuyue Pavilion without going out. Fortunately, Da Jiang was stable in the country, recuperating and recuperating, and nothing happened.

The southern border has also been pacified, Baili Nian did not let Sui Yi come back, and asked him to divide counties in the southern border and rectify government affairs.Of course Sui Yi didn't have these abilities, but that girl Mo Ying was very clever, she understood what Baili Nian meant, that she stayed there to revitalize the southern border.Mo Yan didn't stay in Dajiang, and Baili Nian also sent him to the southern border.

However, instead of letting Mo Yan cross the river to meet Sui Yi Mo Ying, he was sent to Yeling by the Baiji River.Yeling has been abandoned for so many years, it is time to repair it.Mo Yan also has an unspeakable affection for Yeling, so it is perfect for him to go to Yeling.

Baili Nian coughed twice, but the decoction beside the bed did not move.

"Your Majesty, the Yi Cheng said that all these medicines must be drunk."

A crisp female voice came over, this business was a bit unfamiliar to Shuyue Pavilion, but Baili Nian knew who it was.This is the eyeliner he sent to Xizhao and planted beside Yue Zhixin - Bell.After the capture of Xizhao, Baili Nian brought Lingdang back to Dajiang, but she was quiet and never served Baili Nian.Mo Yan and Mo Ying were not in Dajiang, and Mo Ying was in the hands of Taoyang Cheng Saijian, so Baili Nian called the bell over.

Ling Dang is different from Mo Yan and Mo Ying, Mo Yan was originally from Jiang Huan's mansion, but a blood relative, so naturally he is full of Jiang Huan, Baili Nian and Da Jiang in his heart.Mo Ying was originally from the southern region, her parents died under the rule of Gongsun Zhi, and later entered Jiang Huan's residence, she was an orphan and had nothing to worry about.And Ling Dang didn't come out from Jiang Huan's mansion, but Bai Li Nian encountered it by chance when he was in the Southern Forest.

Ling Dang was originally from Xizhao, his father was an official in the court, and his father was clean all his life, but because he offended an important official of the court, he was punished.At that time, when Yue Jian was still the emperor, in order to win over, or to please that favored minister and relieve his anger, Yue Jian could not help but accuse Ling Dang's father of an unwarranted crime, and Ling Dang's father was imprisoned.

Her father had a stubborn temper, and he committed suicide in prison because he couldn't bear the humiliation. Ling Dang's mother also shed tears all day long, but finally a white silk went with her.After Yue Kan learned about this, he concealed his father's death, and even drove his family out of Xizhao, as if he was afraid of something.

It was Yue Jian who killed Ling Dang's family, and the person who was favored by Yue Jian in every possible way was General Qing Ruiqing.

"The person who promised to give it to you has also been brought back to you, and it's in Xiyuan." Baili Nian said.

Ling Dang didn't have any expression on her face, her face was indifferent, but it was somewhat similar to Baili Nian's expression, "I went to see him."

"You don't have to be too—forget it, you can do whatever you want with him." Baili Jian took the pills in her hand, glanced at them, and drank them all.

"What do you think I will do with him, Your Majesty? Kill Qingrui?" Ling Dang chuckled twice, "It's useless to kill him. In the final analysis, this matter is all the fault of the tyrant and has nothing to do with him." related."

"Huh?" Baili Nian was a little puzzled.

Ling Dang raised his eyes, with desolation in his eyes, "I asked him about his father, but he couldn't remember it at all, and he didn't remember it after thinking about it for a long time. It was only after I reminded him that he remembered it. How ridiculous. At that time, Qingrui and my father didn't have many conflicts at all, and the young Qingrui just mentioned it casually in front of Yuejian, and the tyrant insisted on killing my father."

"Actually, whether it's Qingrui or my father, there's nothing wrong with it. It's the king who acted indiscriminately. What's the difference between killing my father and driving away Qingrui, who has made great achievements in the war at that time? The attitude of the king, disregarding the life and death of his subjects and people. It's all his fault!"

Baili Nian slowly narrowed his eyes, as if his heart was touched by something, he bowed his head in silence, and after a long time, he opened his thin lips lightly and said a word. "It has always been a self-righteous king who has always caused disasters, and has always been a king who is obsessed with power."

Seeing Baili Nian's downcast eyes, Ling Dang was slightly taken aback, and then changed into his usual plain look, "Don't be sad, Your Majesty, you are not Yue Jian, and Da Jiang is not Xi Zhao."

Baili Nian knew that she was reassuring herself, so she just smiled and said nothing.

Ling Dang poured a glass of fruit wine for Baili Nian. The fruit wine was sweet and could just dilute the bitterness left in the mouth by the soup.Looking at the fruit wine, Baili Nian suddenly remembered that Sai Jian once begged him for sweet fruit wine when he was in Taoyang City.The fruit wine brewed from plums in early spring is the most sweet and intoxicating.But now the fruit wine falls on the mouth, but it is connected with the bitter soup, without the sweet taste that is so sweet in the heart.

"Is there no action in Taoyang City?" Baili Nian asked Lingdang, he didn't believe that Sai Jian would just let it go.

During the siege of Taoyang City, Sai Jian might still have some warmth, but he would never let the matter of poisoned wine be let go.Sai Jian has never been a person who would allow others to bully him and not fight back. He just doesn't care about trivial matters, and tries not to care about matters that concern him.But if his bottom line is touched, he will not give in again and again.

He finally touched his bottom line, Baili Nian murmured.

"Over there in Taoyang City..." Bell paused, "I'm afraid the situation in Taoyang City is not good. Since Sai Jian returned to Taoyang, he has been rectifying his army and horses. They were all assigned to Qiangzhu, and ordered Xu Jiang, the public servant, to take over Xizhao and turn Xizhao into eight counties under the control of Xu Jiang, and Xu Jiang directly obeyed Sai Jian. Although Sai Jian had not yet entered the southern region However, he has already stationed soldiers and horses at Jiangyuan Pass under the guise of training soldiers and horses."

"Who doesn't know that the terrain of Jiangyuan Pass is so steep that there isn't even a large piece of flat land, so why go there to practice soldiers and horses?" Ling Dang smiled, "It's just a cover."

Baili Nian understood the meaning of the bell, and also understood the meaning of Sai Jian, he said: "Jiangyuanguan is the mouth of Bailiu River, to the north is Dajiang, to the south is the southern border, and the terrain is steep, sparsely populated, originally It’s an inexplicable boundary that cannot be divided since ancient times. He went there to practice soldiers and horses, and to put it bluntly, he just dealt with Da Jiang.”

"He... he also wants to fight for the world." Baili Nian added with complicated eyes.

Ling Dang didn't take it seriously, he didn't understand Baili Nian's depression, "Which king doesn't want the world, so does Sai Jian."

"He's different." Baili Nian interjected, "He's different."

From the Qiangzhu grassland to stepping into the Central Plains, and now only Jiang and Qiangzhu are left facing each other.Baili Nian couldn't understand how Sai Jian got to the present step by step.Sai Jian has always been a soldier who cherishes soldiers and ministers like his life, and never takes their lives to satisfy his desire for power.When he was in the Qiangma Grassland, Baili Nian once said: Saijian is not like a king, but like the head of a family.

"If Sai Jian sent troops to Da Jiang, what would you do?" Ling Dang asked suddenly, intentionally or unintentionally poking at the bottom of Baili Nian's heart.

Baili Nian was still holding the wine glass in his hand, the fruit wine in the glass was sweet and intoxicating, he said slowly: "I'll go beg him."

Ling Dang burst out laughing, she and Baili Nian were both such indifferent people, it was rare for them to laugh like this.Ling Dang smiled and waved his hands, "I know that Da Jiang's situation is not suitable for fighting, and he can't beat Qiang Zhuo. But, you don't have to do this, right? I don't believe that our Lord Da Jiang, who has always been indifferent to everything, can ask for help."

Baili smiled, "My life is coming to an end, there is nothing I can do."

"You're only 24, what's the end?"

Ling Dang didn't take it seriously, she shook her head with a smile, she didn't understand what Baili Nian said, she just took it as a joke.Baili Nian didn't talk much, just looked at the scorching sun outside the window, narrowed his eyes slightly, and murmured: "I used to see such a scorching sun, I always thought of the fire in Yeling, but now I always think of Qiang The sun in the prairie. Sitting on the head of the Wangshu Pavilion, you can see the fiery sun when you look up."

Bell followed his eyes and looked out of the window. The sun outside the window was so strong that it pierced into his eyes and immediately turned into pitch black.When the light is too strong, the eyes will become black.Ling Dang quickly retracted her eyes, while Baili Nian kept looking out of the window.

Qiang Zhu really declared war on Jiang.

The war book was sent all the way from Taoyang City to Dajiang King City. Mo Yan, Mo Ying, and Sui Yi were not in the Wang City. It was Ling Dang who sent the war book to Shuyue Pavilion.When Baili Nian saw the gauntlet, his expression was very calm, as if he had expected this step long ago.He placed the war book on the table, and his body, which had been nestled for two months, was like cotton silk, and he couldn't stand up straight. The bell supported him, and he sat up.

"Ling Dang, help me pack my luggage, I want to go on an envoy to Qiang Zhuo myself."

While supporting Baili Nian, Ling Dang asked puzzledly: "Sai Jian came prepared, even if you go on an envoy to Qiang Zhu, it won't help. Can you still ask him to do it?"

"Well, go beg him." Baili Nian actually laughed, as if he had made a very interesting joke, but Bell, the only one who listened to his joke, couldn't laugh.

"You... you're not serious, are you?"

Baili Nian said casually, "It's serious."

Bell was stunned for a while, and his mind paused for a while, but his hands were not idle.He helped Baili Nian get dressed neatly, and took a white velvet cape to put on Baili Nian.Even in the dog days, Baili Nian was still very cold, and had to wrap himself in a thick cloak when going out.Ling Dang was really worried about whether Baili Nian would be able to survive this summer.

Da Jiang had internal and external troubles, and he was also very sick, and he had to travel long distances to go to Qiang Zhuo as an envoy.Ling Dang frowned, picked up the soup beside the bed and gave it to Baili Nian, "Drink the medicine first, then we can talk."

Baili Nian was always obedient, so he picked up the soup and drank it down, "Ling Dang, you go and pack your bags, prepare another carriage, and find a few people to escort it. You don't need too many people, just three or four servants. Follow me to Qiang Zhuo."

"Are you really going?" Ling Dang still didn't want Baili Nian to go to Taoyang City, but seeing his determination, Ling Dang understood that no one could stop Baili Nian.She sighed, "Mo Yan and the others are not in Dajiang, and I don't know martial arts, so let's arrange more people to accompany me."

"It's up to you." Baili Nian didn't care.