lonely king

Light snow fell in the night sky again, and it was always endless.

In Chaoming Courtyard, Baili Nian was sitting by the stove drinking, the strongest burning wine, burning sore throat, but Baili Nian didn't say a word.Ever since Yu Wenyang left Chaoming Courtyard with the Yuhan Golden Sword, he sat here and drank until Haishi, when the moon was shining brightly and the snowflakes were wanton.

There was a slight sound at the door, and Baili Nian knew it was Mo Yan without looking up. Mo Yan was dressed in black and was about to go out. He wanted to avoid Baili Nian before going out, but he really couldn't wait.

"At this moment you went to get that sword, what's the use?" Baili Nian's voice was cold.

Baili Nian knew without asking, that Mo Yan went out late at night in black clothes, it must be because of the Yuhan golden sword, he wanted to get it.

Mo Yan pursed his lips tightly, with a hint of stubbornness, "The Yuhan Golden Sword belongs to my uncle, and no one deserves it except my uncle! Especially Yu Wenyang! I don't understand the Yuhan Golden Sword, but I still hold it in my hand!"

Baili Nian slightly raised his cold eyes, and said in a cautiously cold tone, "Then you should kill Yu Wenyang directly. The one who destroyed the Jiang army seven years ago was a part of the Yuwen army. I am afraid that Yu Wenyang was also in the army at that time." .”

"Lord!"

Mo Yan turned his head and knelt down with a bang, tears in his eyes, and he held back tightly to prevent them from dripping, "This Yuhan golden sword was given to my uncle by the Lord, and my uncle held the Yuhan golden sword in his hand to fight on the battlefield to defend his family and the country. I have never left my body, and the master of friendship can't understand it all too well, now that this sword has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and is being played with so wantonly, this subordinate... this subordinate really cannot bear it!"

Mo Yan lowered his head, tears fell on the ground, Yu Wenyang took the Yuhan golden sword as an ordinary thing, but in Mo Yan's eyes, this Yuhan golden sword is indeed a sacred object that no one can violate, and it is the tip of his uncle Jiang Huan's heart.

Baili Nian raised his eyes, his eyes were cold, "The Yuhan Golden Sword was forged by me and Da Jiang's ingenious master. When I ascended the throne, I gave this sword to Uncle Wang, and Uncle Wang gave me the Vermilion Bird Pen. I am like Yu Han's golden sword and Uncle Wang."

He lowered his eyes and glanced at the corner of the table. There was a Zhuque jade pen on the brocade box at the corner of the table. Not at this time."

"If you're in a hurry, just go, and you don't have to come back after you go." Baili Nian glanced at Mo Yan with a cold tone.

"Lord!"

Mo Yan crawled up in front of Baili Nian, knelt on the ground and held on to Baili Nian's trousers tightly, tears streaming down his face, not daring to raise his head for Baili Nian to see, and he was willing to speak after a long time.

"Subordinates...the subordinates dare not disobey the holy words, it is the subordinates who are wrong..."

Baili Nian looked down at Mo Yan. Mo Yan was the same age as him, only 23. He had experienced much more than he did. His friendship with Uncle Wang was no less than his own. Although he was strong in martial arts, his emotions were easy Although Baili Nian understands fluctuations, the current situation cannot allow one to act on one's will.

"Okay, let's call it a day." Baili Nian lowered his eyes, "Can you keep an eye on the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Mo Yan wiped the corners of his eyes, and when he looked up again, the sadness had disappeared, "Our people are watching the prime minister's mansion, including the mansion of the prime minister's party, Xu Changshi and others, and the subordinates have sent people to watch alright."

"Well," Baili Nian nodded, his eyes darkened slightly, "What about the funeral at the Prime Minister's Mansion today?"

"According to the Lord's arrangement, the news was released before the funeral. At today's funeral, all the civil servants in the prime minister's party were present. During the period when rumors were all over the world, none of them dared not to be present, for fear of being suspected of themselves, and internal divisions. There are several small camps, although on the surface they are mourning the deceased prime minister, but they are spying on each other and suspecting each other, and the prime minister's party is not peaceful."

Speaking of this, Mo Yan sneered, a few rumors, without any effort, have already made a party suspicious of each other, no matter how united the parties are, there will be suspicions in their hearts, not to mention the fact that the Prime Minister and the party are not peaceful. In this way, sooner or later it will fall apart.

Baili Nian held the wine glass, "King Beiyan is now also suspicious of the prime minister's one party. He suspects that it is an internal dispute among officials. Although Zhongyan will not do anything at this time, he will definitely alienate Xu Changshi and others. How much, the attitude of the king is the attitude of the courtiers, and the king's suspicion of the courtiers is even more suspicious. If we put more pressure on them and tighten their emotions, there will be an explosion."

Mo Yan nodded half-understanding, he looked at Baili Nian, "Then, what do you need to do, my lord?"

"Continue to release the news, saying that the king and the general will make big moves in the next year, and the positions of courtiers will also be transferred, which will change the current court system." Baili Nian lightly raised his eyes, deep in the bottom of his eyes, "Most of these civil servants are in their hometowns. Quite ambitious, he was promoted to the royal city. If he was relegated, he might be relegated to somewhere. This is the most fatal thing for a civil servant with ambition. In order not to be relegated, he must work hard Solve the numbers, when people panic, they might say what they did."

Baililian looked out of the window, it was bone-chillingly cold tonight, although the snow was not as turbulent as in the daytime, but the coldness permeated into the bone marrow bit by bit, it was much more painful than the sudden cold, the moon outside the window was still bright, the moonlight On the road surface, it seems that the stone is illuminated with white light, and it is hard and cold.

"The end of the year is always sad." Baili Nian murmured.

Mo Yan followed Baili Nian's eyes and looked out the window, he thought of the winter night in Yeling, which was not so dry and cold.

"The end of the year is always sad." Mo Yan pursed his lips and said, his eyes were full of sadness.

……

Taoyang City is also extremely dry and cold, the moon seems to be a bit bigger than Beiyan King City, the pure moonlight is scattered on Gaomingtai, and the snowflakes are also drifting, but Gaomingtai did not close the window, Sai Jian stood at the north window Down, frowning, looking north.

"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Your Majesty really won't go back to Qiangma King City, but will you stay in Taoyang City?" Wei Yu looked at Sai Jian standing under the window and asked with a frown. This is the first year Sai Jian came out. Cangyu Mountain, I didn't go back after I left.

Sai Jian turned his head to look at Wei Yu, "What happened to the two small countries to the north of Cangyu Mountain?"

Wei Yu shook his head, "It's already the end of the year, and the two small countries should have done nothing during the period of time around. We have two troops stationed beside Cangyu Mountain, always watching."

Sai Jian frowned, "My lord, keep a close eye on these two small countries! The small countries on the east side of Cangyu Mountain have already been captured, but these two small countries are forming a group, always sneaking up on our Qiangzhu army, and deliberately moving closer Beiyan Kingdom, instead of going to war with this king, has been using roundabout tactics, if this king leaves Taoyang City, they don't know what's going on!"

"This Taoyang City, no one wants to touch it! This king wants to use it as his capital!"

Sai Jian clenched his fists, and from Taoyang City to the west to Cangyu Mountain, all of them belonged to Qiang Zhuo. Only the Cangyu Mountain side and northwards, two small countries were still tied to Sai Jian's heart. Thousands of miles inside and outside Cangyu Mountain are full of Qiangma territory. As long as the official roads of Cangyu Mountain are expanded, the barrier between Qiangma and the Central Plains will be broken.

"Taoyang is the capital?" Wei Yu frowned. He had lived in Cangyu Mountain for so many years, and he never thought of going to the Central Plains, let alone Sai Jian moving his capital to Taoyang City one day. "At the end of this year, should the king discuss the matter of moving the capital with the chief minister?"

Sai Jianxiong stared slightly, "I will discuss the matter of moving the capital with the elders, and I also know it well. If the two small countries in the north are not captured, the transfer of the capital will not be practical, so the inside and outside of Cangyu Mountain will not be settled for a day. I can't return to Qiangzhu for a day, and I must wait until Taoyang City is firmly in my hands before moving the capital."

Although Sai Jian was arrogant, he still had a sense of reason, and he didn't lose his reason because of Taoyang City, but he was no longer a boy who just came out of Cangyu Mountain, and there was a little more melancholy on his brows.

"What happened to the north?" Sai Jian suddenly asked Wei Yu.

As soon as the north was mentioned, Wei Yu's eyes darkened a bit, "Beiyan Kingdom is now strong and prosperous, but it is in harmony, but I heard that something happened to Beiyan's court, Beiyan's prime minister is at home The banquet was killed, because the death of the prime minister caused some ripples, and there is no explanation yet."

"Prime Minister Beiyan?" Sai Jian frowned, "Isn't Baili Nian in the prime minister's residence?"

Wei Yu raised his eyes, looked at the worry in Sai Jian's eyes, and said helplessly, "Mr. Baili is in the General's Mansion, not the Prime Minister's Mansion. This matter has nothing to do with the General's Mansion. The Prime Minister is still Yu Wenyang's deadly enemy." , Mr. Baili will not be affected, don't worry, Your Majesty!"

Sai Jian didn't listen to this, but felt relieved, but when he relaxed, he found that Wei Yu was actually making fun of himself, he turned his head and stared at Wei Yu, "You dare to be as old as the king now! There are no rules!"

Sai Jian just raised his leg, and was kicked more times. Wei Yu also learned to avoid it. He looked at Sai Jian with aggrieved face, "Your Majesty, didn't you hate etiquette the most before? This subordinate I obey you."

"Go away!" Sai Jian glared at him, "I didn't learn well when I left Cangyu Mountain, but I learned a lot of tricks from the oil-skinned people in Taoyang City!"

After leaving Cangyu Mountain, Wei Yu made quite a few playmates in Taoyang City, and he also learned to be a little naughty in order to inquire about Sai Jian.

Wei Yu smiled and didn't dare to provoke Sai Jian. After Baili Nian left, he was calm and irritable, not as playful as before.

Wei Yu suddenly remembered something, and his face showed embarrassment, "By the way, my lord, what will Princess Xizhao do if she doesn't return to Qiangma King City at the end of the year? Xizhao has already sent many letters of credence to welcome the princess back to the country. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, if we don't give an explanation, do we really want to leave the princess in Qiangzhu Palace?"

When this matter was mentioned, Sai Jian's face became even more ugly. This matter caused him the most headache and he did not want to deal with it. Sai Jian waved his hand, "Let's delay this beforehand, and we will talk about it later in the year."

"But the envoys sent by King Xizhao have already gone to the city of King Qiangzhao. King Xizhao insists on taking the princess back to Xizhao. If the king does not return to the city, is it possible that Princess Xizhao will just run away? Princess Xizhao is as clever and calculating as Mr. Baili , There are many clever tricks."

Sai Jian glanced at Wei Yu coldly, "How can Yue Zhixin compare with Nian'er!"

Sai Jian doesn't like the analogy of Wei Yu, Yue Zhixin is just Yue Zhixin, at most it is Xi Zhao's eldest princess or a counselor next to Yue Wei, but Nian'er is not, Nian'er is the bright moon of Wangshu Pavilion.

Wei Yu was somewhat afraid. He had been with Sai Jian for many years. Even if he was not clever, Wei Yu knew when Sai Jian was really angry and when he was not angry. At this time, he said something that made Sai Jian really angry, but Fortunately, Sai Jian didn't want to blame him.

"Then...about Princess Xizhao, what does the king want? Send it back...or keep it?" Wei Yu was a little cautious.

Send it back or stay?

Sai Jian frowned, the matter of Yue Zhixin had always given him a headache, it was too difficult to deal with.

"Send it back or stay?" Sai Jian murmured, "Xi Zhao is now friendly with Qiang Zhuo on the surface, if you send Yue Zhixin back at this time, Yue Zhixin might send troops to snatch it from the king right away." Taoyang City, he had already made up his mind on Taoyang City, but because Yue Zhixin is still in this king's hands, this king is not stupid!"

"Then...can you stay?" Wei Yu frowned, it was not easy to stay.

"If you can't stay, you have to stay! Before the king moved the capital to Taoyang City, he became more and more concerned that he couldn't return to Xizhao. He couldn't let her go back until the king secured Taoyang City." Sai Jian's eyes turned cold, "This Taoyang city must be in the hands of this king!"

"Xizhao's envoys have entered the city of King Qiangma, so what should we do?" Wei Yu looked worried.

Sai Jian supported his forehead, and raised his eyes after a long while, "Leave this matter to the chief minister, and pass on the king's order for the chief minister to return to the city of King Qiangma immediately, bring two teams of soldiers and horses back to Qiangmao, and send the envoys of Xizhao Let this king hold them together! If you can't be soft, come hard, as long as Yue Zhixin is still in this king's hands, this king will not believe that Yue Zhi dares to act rashly!"

Sai Jian has always been unreasonable, but now he is a little more intelligent and less reckless. Wei Yu looked at Sai Jian, and the king changed a lot after leaving Cangyu Mountain, and he didn't know whether the change was good or bad.

Wei Yu: "This subordinate will go to the Da Shu Chang's mansion."

Yue Zhixin probably would not have thought that she would become a proton when she came to Qiang Zhuo, let alone that Sai Jian was far more difficult to deal with than she imagined.After all, Sai Jian took Taoyang City first.

Sai Jian never imagined that one day he would care so much about Taoyang City, stepping into the Central Plains and never returning.

Sai Jian waved his hand and asked Wei Yu to go out. He turned his eyes and looked out the window. Outside the window, the bright moon hung in the vast and empty night sky, which was extraordinarily bright and desolate.

"I don't know if the bright moon in the north is bright or not?"

Sai Jian raised his head, looked at the bright moon, and muttered to himself.