lonely king

Sai Jian's figure had already left, and after Baili Nian had settled down, he followed the little eunuch to the front hall of Gao Mingtai, only Baili Nian was left in the attic of the bedroom.Before Sai Jian left, he had already closed the window, fearing that there would be an autumn wind blowing all over the place. At this moment, the bedroom was brightly lit with candles, but it was extremely quiet, and he could hear the wind blowing by the window.

The sound of the wind suddenly became heavier, and after a while, it returned to normal, but the candle light beside the bed flickered twice, and the person on the bed opened his eyes.

Baili Nian looked to the side, "But is there any news?"

Mo Yan was kneeling beside the bed, and it was Mo Yan who came in from outside, "Return to the Lord, I just got the news that Yu Wenyang from the southern border suddenly attacked and attacked the three cities of Xizhao at night."

Baili Nian sat up, his complexion was not very good, "I already know about this."

A look of surprise flashed across Mo Yan's eyes. He didn't know how Baili Nian got the news, but it wasn't important. The important thing was that his news was late, and his own news network was actually a step behind others. This was the first time suffer.

Baili Nian also knew that the news network of his subordinates was a step slower. Although it was only half an hour slower than Da Shuzhang, the eyeliner in Baili Nian's hands was all over the world, and it was actually later than Da Shuzhang. This was enough for him to be vigilant , Baili Nian lowered his eyes.

"I've been feeling unwell these days. Have the people under my command been slacking off? Tell the people below that if someone delays the news, they will give you poison directly. And if you..." Baili Yan glanced at Mo Yan, "If you have another The matter of procrastination will be settled directly, and there is no need to appear in front of me again."

Mo Yan knelt down with a solemn expression, "Your subordinate obeys!"

Mo Yan has really relaxed these few days, Sai Jian stopped him, forbidding him to pass on news to Baili Nian, and Wei Yu pestered him like a monkey, he was already eating, drinking and having fun in Taoyang City with Wei Yu For several days, he was inseparably responsible for the stagnation of news.

Baili Nian raised his eyes, "I was blocked by Sai Jian in the past few days, and you haven't been able to pass on the news. I don't blame you at all. It's just that this situation should not happen again. You spread the news from all over the world these few days. Tell me all the news."

"Yes! Your lord." Mo Yan raised his head, "After your lord left Yeling, Sui Yi sent people from the southern border to Qiang Zhu to look for him, but they were discovered by King Qiang's people and drove him out of Taoyang City. On the other side of the southern border, Yu Wenyang dispatched troops strangely, but he has not been able to find out the exact news of the dispatch of troops, and only said that it was because of the loss of the jade seal."

"Yuxi?" Baili Nian frowned thoughtfully, "But Nanming Yuxi?"

Mo Yan: "Yes, after defeating Nanming, Yu Wenyang didn't care about the jade seal at all. He just wanted to find the Nanming jade seal on a sudden whim, but he searched the entire Nanming palace and couldn't find it. It's also strange. The jade seal is gone no matter what."

"Where did Zhang You go?" Baili Nian asked suddenly, with a serious expression on his face. He already guessed in his heart that Zhang You took the jade seal. Gongsun Zhi's cronies are no more than Zhang You. It must be Zhang You.

"This subordinate almost forgot about this." Mo Yan stood up, took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Baili Nian, "Zhang You went to Xizhao, and the person we placed in Xizhao came to write a letter, Zhang You You appeared in Xizhao Palace and was honored by King Xizhao. It has been a few days since Zhang You went to Xizhao. Originally, this news had already been delivered, but the Lord was still recovering from his injuries, so King Qiangzhu couldn't send it in. "

Baili Nian's expression was complicated. He took the letter and read it. The letter said that it was Xi Zhao's situation. Zhang You brought a person from Nanming Palace into the city of King Xi Zhao, and King Xi Zhao personally welcomed him into the palace. Living in the palace, King Xizhao was very close to him and trusted him in every possible way, and the two even went to worship the old King Xizhao together.

"Worship to the old King Xizhao?" Originally, this sentence was just a few strokes, but Baili Nian saw the heresy, "There is no year or festival, no important event, but you take Zhang You...to pay homage to the old King Xizhao? "

"The subordinates also think this is a bit strange, but maybe it's because King Xizhao suddenly missed his father, so he went to pay homage to him, and it shouldn't be a problem." Mo Yan responded casually, thinking that it was nothing to do just to pay homage to his father. event.

But Baili Nian shook his head, his eyes lowered, showing a chill, "No, the world is at a time when swords are on the verge of breaking out, and Xi Zhaodu sent Yue Zhixin to win over Qiang Zhu, which shows that Yue Zhi is very upset. Anxious about the matter of Nanming, how could he feel sad to worship his father at such a time, and bring Zhang You with him? Yue Ming is not such a indecisive person, it can only explain what happened to the old King Xizhao , Zhang You was also involved in this matter, so I took him to pay homage to the old King Xizhao."

"What could connect Zhang You and old King Xi Zhao?" Baili Nian muttered to himself.

"poison!"

"poison!"

Baili Nian and Mo Yan said in unison, Baili Nian's eyes became extremely cold, "It should be that the poison that was poisoned in the Hengyuan was discovered, and Zhang You told Yue Ming about it, and Yue Ming also believed him. If that’s the case, that’s why I went to pay respects to the old King Xizhao.”

"Then will Zhang You and Yue Ming find out the identity of the Lord?" Mo Yan frowned. If it is true what Baili Nian said, Zhang You and Yue Ming found out the truth about the old King Xizhao being poisoned by Hengyuan, wouldn't it be true? It is not good for the master's plan, Zhang You is not a person who can deal with it casually.

Baili Nian couldn't be 100% sure, he rubbed his fingers back and forth, "It's hard to make a conclusion, you tell the people at Xizhao's side, they must work hard and fix Xizhao's situation."

"Yes! This subordinate understands." Mo Yan bit his lip, a little remorseful, "Actually... When the Lord stopped Zhang You at the Xizhao border, he should have been killed."

If he was poisonous enough to kill Zhang You, there would be no such disasters. For a person like Baili Nian who is up and down in troubled times, a thought of benevolence will kill his life. Benevolence, righteousness and chivalry belong to those heroes who have fallen, not to him. A person who deserves to die but survives in this world is a sinner.

Baili Nian lowered his eyes and did not speak.

……

Yu Wenyang really sent troops to Xizhao because of Nanming Yuxi. He received the news that Yuxi appeared in Xizhao, so he sent troops to Xizhao in the name of Xizhao's wanton contempt for Beiyan. In fact, his reason is really absurd, but now Yuwenyang is like a mad dog , Bite indiscriminately, if he insists on sending troops, there is no reason.

But Baili Nian understood that he didn't want to attack Xizhao, he just didn't want to go back to Beiyan.He didn't want to go back to Beiyan, facing the empty Beiyan Palace.The reason for sending troops is not important anymore. After all, Yu Wenyang has led Beiyan's army to attack Xizhao, and has already won three cities in Xizhao.The most pressing task at the moment is how to deal with this matter, how Xi Zhao should deal with it, and how Qiang Zhu should deal with it.

Yue Wei's reaction was extremely fast. He had always been worried about Yu Wenyang's sending troops to Xizhao. The soldiers, horses, food and grass had already been equipped and equipped, and he couldn't cope with the night of the raid. The three forced cities fought for three days and three nights. Although they failed to regain the three lost cities, they also stopped Yu Wenyang from moving forward.

This battle was Yu Wenyang's most difficult one. It can be seen that Xizhao's strength is far superior to Nanming's, so he is not easy to deal with.

After reading the battle report, Baili Nian's eyes darkened, and the finger holding the teacup lightly tapped the rim, wondering what he was thinking about.He glanced at the door, Sai Jian hadn't come back for a day and night, he should have discussed the war in the southern border with the chief minister and other officials, and Qiang Hao had to make a corresponding decision when Bei Yan attacked Xi Zhao.

"Mo Yan, is Your Majesty still in the front hall?" Baili Nian asked Mo Yan.

Mo Yan nodded, "When this subordinate came over, he passed the front hall, and King Qiang Zhuo was still inside."

"Is there a conclusion in the front palace?" Baili Nian asked again.

Mo Yan said: "Not yet, there are a lot of quarrels in the front hall, the officials have different opinions on whether to send troops to aid Xizhao, the combatants and the conservatives are arguing endlessly, and there should be no result yet. "

"Where is the elder, is he fighting or conservative?" Baili Nian raised his eyes, although Sai Jian usually complained in every possible way when talking about the elder, but Baili knew that Sai Jian respected this old minister very much. Most of his proposals will be carefully considered, and the attitude of the elders will affect Sai Jian.

Mo Yan thought for a while, recalled the scene he had glimpsed just now, and said: "The main battle, although Da Shuchang is rare today, he is standing next to the general who is leading the battle. He has never been close to the general. He should have quarreled with the general if he didn't take the fight."

Baili Nian's fingers were still rubbing the rim of the cup, his expression was a bit complicated, he didn't seem to agree with Mo Yan's words.

Mo Yan sensed Baili Nian's disapproval, "The Lord thinks that Da Shu is conservative?"

Baili Nian pursed his lips slightly, neither nodded nor shook his head, as if he hadn't figured out why yet.Mo Yan watched his master fall into deep thought, and didn't dare to interrupt, and retreated silently.

But Saijian has already left the gate of the palace over there, and after discussing with Da Shuzhang and others, he can only postpone it. This is different from the last time the Three Kingdoms besieged Nanming. Xi Zhao, the opposite is Bei Yan, not Nan Ming's embroidered pillow.

Sai Jian entered the bedroom while frowning, and there was a faint fragrance of tea. When he looked up, he saw Baili Nian cooking tea. He was wearing a white singlet, and he was holding the teapot with his white and bony fingers. He heard a sound coming from the door. Then, slowly raised his eyes to meet Sai Jian's eyes, his eyes were like a clear pool.

Sai Jian walked over a few steps, "Is Nian'er making tea? It smells so good."

While pouring a cup of tea, Baili Nian answered his words, "It's the Ye Han tea that the king drank before, it's nothing unusual."

"It's not unusual," Sai Jian raised his eyes and smiled, and the troubled mood just disappeared in an instant. "The tea that Nian'er cooks is all rare."

Baili Nian smiled, Sai Jian has always been like this, from time to time he said some inconspicuous words, he was still a bit displeased before, but after a long time, he not only calmed down, but also accepted it with pleasure.Unhurriedly, he handed a cup of tea to Sai Jian, "Is the matter of Xi Zhao still undecided?"

Speaking of Xi Zhao, the smile on Sai Jian's face disappeared by two points, and he waved his hands a little irritably, "The old boys insisted on their own opinions, arguing endlessly, and the boss who is positive in everything doesn't know what happened this time. What happened, he actually remained neutral, is this a matter of maintaining neutrality? Da Shuchang's brain is flooded!"

"Neutral?" Baili Nian also looked sideways. It's true that Da Shuzhang rarely has an opinion, which is really not in line with his usual behavior.

"Yeah, I really don't know what he's thinking. I'm usually nagging about everything, but now I'm letting this king make up his own mind?" Sai Jian said with annoyed expression on his face, "If you send troops, you will definitely kill me!" The generals are ordered to fight, if there is no army, Xizhao will be destroyed, and Beiyan's family is the only one, how can I let Qiang and I ignore it, it will be a disaster in the future."

Sai Jian was full of complaints, and his brows were tightly frowned when he spoke. He said these words and listened to Baili Nian. He is the king of Qiang Zhu, and he can't say such words, but Baili Nian didn't seem to listen to him. He held the teacup thoughtfully, even Sai Jian, who was talking to himself, noticed his absence, took away the teacup in his hand, and took his hand.

"What is Nian'er thinking about? Thinking so ecstatically?" Sai Jian asked.

Baili Nian withdrew her thoughts, raised her eyes to look at Sai Jian, "It's nothing."

Sai Jian didn't care about his absent-mindedness, but asked him instead, "Then Nian'er, do you think this king should send troops or not?"

send troops?Or not to send troops?

Baili pursed his lips, and suddenly understood the meaning of Da Shuchang. It turned out that the old man had made his own idea. If he didn't give Sai Jian any advice, he expected Sai Jian to ask himself. I just want to hear my own opinion, but it's not easy to come to Gao Mingtai.

Baili pursed his lips and sneered, "I don't know, the king should go up and ask the elder."

"Nian'er, why are you like this!" Sai Jian frowned dissatisfiedly, not knowing what was going on today, Sai Jian was disgusted everywhere.

"Yeah?" Baili Nian raised his eyes, and looked at Sai Jian with interest, "Who still lives like this? Is the elder?"

Not to mention that Sai Jian is short-sighted, even if he has a heart, he would not show it in front of Baili Nian. When Baili Nian asked him, he handed over everything and nodded without thinking, "Yes. Ah, the great concubine said that there is a military adviser in the king's house, let me ask the military adviser, the king knows that he thinks that the king let Nian live here, and the king can't say anything about him, but Nian, what are you doing? ? My king's head is going to grow bigger!"

Sai Jian said with his hands on his forehead, he didn't like to think about these things, but let him think about them.If you follow Sai Jian, you have to lead the troops back to Cangyu Mountain now, and don't care about Beiyan Xizhao.

Baili Nian smiled, and deliberately asked, "Then the king thinks you can speak well of me?"

Sai Jian was stunned, and immediately apologized, "Nian'er, this king is wrong, what can I say about Nian'er, Nian'er is what she says."

Baili Nian was just joking, and didn't want to say anything about Sai Jian, but now seeing his anxious appearance, there were some rippling in his heart, and then he said, "Your Majesty's tea is cold, let me add it to you. .”

Seeing that Baili Nian didn't mean to be angry, Sai Jian grinned. He always took Baili Nian at this time as when he was still in Wangshuge, but in fact, Nian was not the same as before, and he was gentle to him. A lot, perhaps because of the cold faces in the past, but now looking at Nian'er's spring-like smiling face, there is an unreal feeling, as if the person in front of him will disappear at the touch of a button.

"Will Nian'er stay with me in the future?" Sai Jian asked suddenly, his tone and expression were extremely serious.

Baili Nian was taken aback for a moment, a strangeness flashed in his eyes, then he looked away, not looking at Sai Jian's eyes, "Why would your majesty ask such a question?"

"Nian'er still has the nerve to ask this king." Sai Jian was full of grievances in his heart, "You said that after you left Qiangzhu, it was Beiyan and Nanming, no trace, no fixed point, this king always feels that you don't want to stay here either. Tao Yang, I don’t know where you are going tomorrow, Nian’er, will you stay with me in the future?” Sai Jian looked at Baili Nian again, repeating the question just now.

Baili Nian smiled lightly, his face was still so amazing, his every move was like a fairy, "The tea is getting cold, I'll pour the tea for the king, won't the king drink it?"

"Drink! Of course drink!" How dare Sai Jian not drink.Baili Nian didn't answer his words, although he was depressed, why would he not drink the tea from Nian'er? He picked up the teacup and drank it down in one gulp, while holding Baili Nian's hand in his palm with the other hand, very tightly.

Feeling the calluses left by Sai Jian's long years of sword practice, his white jade-like fingers hurt a little, but Baili Nian didn't withdraw his hand, but a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes.