lonely king

Xizhao Palace, Chess Tea Garden.

Most of the chess and tea gardens are literati and poets from aristocratic families. It is at the southernmost part of the palace. Although it is inside the palace, there is a long wall between them and it leads to the outside of the palace. The more I like to be here with the young masters of similar ages. Playing chess and drinking tea, he also brought Baili Nian here.

It's easier to speak here.

"I'm really young and inexperienced. I didn't know that Mr. Baili is the famous Nanlin magic machine all over the world. I'm really stupid and rude."

On the way back to the palace, Yue Ji asked his men to go down to investigate the Baili Nian. This peerless face was too much for going out. As soon as he talked about his appearance and posture, someone told Yue Ji that Bai Li Nian's identity was a gift to Beiyan Kingdom. Nanlin Shenjizi who has passed the Chiyu Yuxi and counted the national fortune.

"Young master is serious. Caomin is just a quack sorcerer and cannot afford the compliment of young master." Baili Nian nodded slightly, his expression did not change. He looked up at the Xizhao Palace, as if he was admiring the palace's architecture.

"Mr. Baili, do you think my Xizhao Palace is different from Beiyan Nanming?" Yue Ming asked Baili Nian.

Baili Nian's eyes swept across the palace one by one, and finally settled on the hall in front of him.

"Northern Yan Palace is mighty and cool, while Nanming Palace is magnificent and splendid, but the young master's Xizhao Palace is a little less powerful than Beiyan, and a little less magnificent than Nanming, but it has more of the vigorous scenery of Saibei. It has its own advantages and disadvantages with the palaces of the two kingdoms, and it is one of the three great feudal states."

"The vassals are powerful?" Yue Wei smiled helplessly, "This is what I said many years ago. Since the fall of Jiang, there have been no three major vassals. There are only a few cities in the west of the country left, and the scenery of the day before yesterday has long since disappeared."

Talking about the current situation, Yue Ming is full of helplessness.At that time, the three major vassal states joined forces to defeat the Great Jiang Kingdom and settled in Yeling, the city of King Jiang. Zhao besieged Yeling and divided the world.

Although this past event was not experienced by Yue Ming himself, it changed his life and stayed with him throughout his life.

"Young master, don't underestimate yourself. After all, Xizhao's foundation will be strong and immortal." Baili Nian murmured.

Yue Ming nodded, "Compared to the Great Jiang Kingdom that was in charge of the world back then, Xizhao still has a slight chance of surviving."

"In the battle of Yeling, Da Jiang's country was destroyed without leaving a trace of the country, and it was all divided up. Although Xizhao also destroyed the country, he finally kept the royal city. The royal family is still pending, so there is still room for it."

Baili Nian raised his eyes and faced east. If he went straight in this direction, he could reach Yeling. He hadn't been back to Yeling for a long time.The great war six years ago, the fire that burned the King City, should be left with nothing but ruins now.

Yue Ming's eyes were also stained with darkness. He followed Baili Nian's gaze to the east. His father went to Yeling in the east and never returned. Now he is still imprisoned in Nanming by King Nanming. Will not feel bored.

"What's the use of the royal family being undecided! My father is still in Nanming. After the battle of Yeling, I haven't seen my father at all." Yue Ming clenched his fists tightly.

Baili Nian's eyes were slightly deep, and he turned his head to look at Yue Ming, "Caomin once visited Nanming, and was invited by Nanming Prince Sun Zhi to go to the Nanming Palace. What is special is that I once saw a palace named For Yokoin."

"Hengyuan?"

Yue Ming was a little puzzled, the Nanming palace was magnificent and splendid, with countless palaces and gardens, he didn't understand why Baili Nian only mentioned such an unknown Hengyuan.

"I don't know how graceful this Hengyuan is, so that Mr. Baili can't forget it?"

"Never forget..." Baili Nian's face became paler, he pursed his thin lips, and murmured.

"Hengyuan was originally the palace where the princes and grandsons of the Southern Ming Dynasty raised their war horses. After the Battle of Yeling, the North Yan and Southern Ming countries confronted each other for six years. Although they often went to war, they were equal in strength and no one provoked war. The king of Nanming is suspicious by nature, he doesn't like courtiers to be more successful than the master, he has removed many generals and generals in the past few years, and even reused civil servants, his favorite minister Zhang You was selected from among the scholars."

"The Hengyuan, which used to raise war horses, was left idle and became a place to raise cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks. The cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks were fed to the harem, and they were not idle. It's just that there are more and more gluttonous people in Nanming. But there are not many people left."

Hearing Baili Nian's words, Yue Ming lowered his eyes and pondered for a while. Although Baili Nian said it was an ordinary palace, he could also see King Nanming's attitude from this Hengyuan. It was a place to raise war horses, but now it has become a place to raise cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks for later officials. It can be seen that King Nanming did not value force, but civil servants.

"Mr. Baili is right, this Hengyuan is indeed very special."

Baili Nian slightly pursed his thin lips, and smiled slightly, "Nanming Kingdom is no longer Nanming six years ago. General Cao, who fought for Nanming for many years and took down Yeling, is now degraded to a commoner by trumped-up charges, and died in depression. Nanming The court is full of civil servants, and there are few generals."

"Nowadays the world is not stable. How can we stand on the side of the world without generals? If there is a small country that employs military generals and takes advantage of its unpreparedness to attack Nanming, especially if the west of Nanming attacks Nanming, can Nanming resist it?" ? Nanming built a city wall at the border with Beiyan in the north, but there was no defensive wall at the border with Xizhao in the west."

Baili Nian looked at Yue Ming, his eyes were deep and meaningful.

And what he said also showed that he was listening to the young master Xizhao, and if he couldn't understand the meaning of Baili Nian, then he really shouldn't be doing it for the young master Xizhao. He rectified the army and trained the soldiers diligently to prepare for the battle in Nanming.

Yue Ming frowned slightly, he looked at the white-clothed man in front of him with a pure demeanor, what kind of thoughts were hidden under his extremely handsome and cold face, Yue Ming couldn't understand.

"My prince is getting more and more incomprehensible about what Mr. Baili came to Xizhao on this trip." Yue Ming laughed, seemingly speaking casually, but there was no sense of casualness in his eyes.

Baili Nian lowered his eyes, twirling the petals that fell into his hands, very casually, and his complexion did not change at all, but the color of his eyes darkened a little.

"The young master knows that this Hengyuan has another function."

The more confused he became, "I would like to hear the details."

"There is a man very familiar to the young master living in Hengyuan. This man lives with cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks all day long. Although he is alive, he is in great pain. I have seen this old man before. He knew that I would come here. Xijing asked me to bring a word to the young master, he said he was homesick."

Baili Nian looked at Yue Ming with meaningful eyes.

"He said he was homesick..."

Yue Ming read this sentence, and suddenly raised his eyes, "Could it be that Mr. is talking about the father?!"

The person who can make people say these words to Yue Wei is not King Xizhao, who else is, that is to say, the person who is in great pain with cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks is his father, the noble King Xizhao!

"You said that the father is now living in Hengyuan, living with cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks?!"

Yue Yu was very excited, he stepped forward and grabbed Baili Nian's wrist, the young master's calmness disappeared, and he looked like a boy.

Baili Nian gently pushed Yueying's hand away, but said calmly, "It's King Xizhao."

King Xizhao was imprisoned in Hengyuan!Coexist with cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks!When Yue Ming thought of that scene, anger spilled out of the corners of his eyes, and he couldn't help but slapped the jujube tree next to him, and some unripe green dates fell from them.

"The prince is not feeling well. I want to go back to the bedroom to rest for a while. Mr. Baili should stay in the palace first. I will play chess with you tomorrow."

Yue Ming's face was very ugly, which showed that he was very concerned about King Xi Zhao's affairs.Since he was 12 years old, Yue Ming has supported the Xizhao Kingdom by himself. He went to Nanming Kingdom many times to inquire about the news of King Xizhao, but was dismissed by Gongsun Zhi every time. Now that he knows the real situation of King Xizhao, his mood fluctuates extremely , can't hide it.

Baili Nian watched Yue Ji hurrying towards the bedroom, he saluted slightly with a calm expression on his face.

"Young Master Xizhao really cares about King Xizhao." Mo Yan who was standing aside sighed.

Baili Nian didn't change his face, he threw away the petals in his hand, "King Xizhao is not only the father of Yueying, but also the king of Xizhao Kingdom, the most honorable person in Xizhao Kingdom, the king of one country is in another country. The country is humiliated, do you think the more embarrassing you will be, the less excited you will be?"

"My lord is right, but my subordinates feel that this young master Xizhao really cares about his father, and his father and son have a deep bond." Mo Yan sighed.

Baili Nian raised his eyes, looked at the direction Yue Yan was leaving, and did not deny Mo Yan's words.

"The relationship between father and son, coupled with the honor and disgrace of a country, makes the younger ones, of course, very excited, unreasonable excitement."

In front of an outsider, who was visiting Xizhao for the first time, Yue Ming was indeed too excited, and exposed all the emotions in his heart to Baili Nian.

"As a king, don't give your happiness, anger, sorrow, and happiness to anyone."

Baili Nian murmured this sentence, this is a sentence that Uncle Wang once told him, when he became king, Uncle Wang told him this sentence, he was only nine years old at that time, it has been 12 years For a long time, he never forgot.

Baili Nian lowered his eyes, a little sad, if Uncle Wang is still there, if Uncle Wang is humiliated, he might be a little more excited than Yue Ming, Baili Nian suddenly feels helpless, Uncle Wang, if you know about this, you will scold him I don't know the way of being a king, but I still sigh.

He didn't know that Uncle Wang had already been buried in the sea of ​​flames.

Baili Nian raised his head slowly, touched the crescent scar under the corner of his right eye, it was left by the fire, if it wasn't for Uncle Wang's desperate rescue, he should be the one buried in the sea of ​​fire.

Instead of Uncle Wang...

Baili Nian's expression was a little dazed, and he was extremely disappointed. He suddenly turned his head to look at Mo Yan, "Bring me my Zhuque jade brush, and some rice paper."

"The Lord wants to paint here?"

Mo Yan was a little puzzled, it might not be appropriate to take out the Vermillion Bird Jade Pen in the Xizhao Palace, Yue Ji is not a fool like Sai Jian, if he sees that the Vermilion Bird Jade Pen belongs to the Great Jiang Kingdom, it would be bad, Mo Yan was worried.

"Bring it here." Baili Nian insisted.

The Zhuque jade pen was a gift from Uncle Wang, and he is going to see the Zhuque jade pen now.

"Yes, this subordinate will go get it now." Although Mo Yan was puzzled, he would never disobey Baili Nian's words.