lonely king

Taoyang City, Gaoming Terrace.

Sai Jian ruthlessly threw a letter sealed with red wax oil on the ground. The handwriting of the letter was delicate and timeless, and every word was extremely beautiful. The surface of this letter was dyed into the ultimate beauty, it was just a letter, but it was also portrayed as a treasure of calligraphy.And the red ink seal is the Great Jiang Guoyin.

"What does he mean by that!?" Sai Jian's tone revealed an undisguised irritability. He was very angry at this moment, very angry, and he was so angry that he wished to extend his hand to the Great Jiang Country, thousands of miles away, and drag that person away. Come to me.

Dashu Changliu actually picked up the letter on the ground, glanced at it hastily, and frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

This letter of credence was sent from Da Jiang, and it was not directly sent to Gao Mingtai secretly. Instead, it was as if the letters of credence from various countries were first sent to the elder Dashu. But Liu saw that it was a gift from Baili Nian, so he didn't open it, and sent it directly to Gaomingtai.

He didn't expect that his well-intentioned actions would make Sai Jian furious, and he didn't expect that what was said in the letter would be such absurd things. Liu Jing frowned tightly. Shu.

Sai Shu, who was usually not even thought of by anyone in Qiang Zhuo, has become the person everyone is looking for in marriage.Although Sai Shu is the daughter of Uncle Sai Jian, she is Sai Jian's younger sister, but her temperament is exactly the same as Sai Jian's, and only Sai Jian's irascibility and rudeness remain, and she doesn't even talk about manners, which makes Uncle Wang a headache .

Liu Jing sighed, "I don't even know what the Great Jiang Lord means."

Sai Jian held his forehead, feeling depressed, "Nian'er just has the ability to make this king feel unbearable headaches!"

Whether he was in Qiangzhu before, went to Beiyan Yuwenyang's sect, or became the Great Jiang King, he could always do good things that made him wonder what to do.

"Your Majesty, no matter what, this letter is a letter of state, and it is sent with the seal of Jiang Dajiang. Regardless of whether the King agrees or not, you must express it and return the gift, and..."

"And what?" Sai Jian looked at Liu Jing, with inexplicable uneasiness in his expression, and a bad feeling in his heart.

Liu Jing also had a headache, but had no choice but to speak, "Along with the letter of credence, Da Jiang also sent a generous gift of red paper to protect the palace. Originally, I didn't know what it was, but now it seems that it should be a betrothal gift."

"Betrothal gift!" Sai Jian's tiger eyes widened. His eyes, which were already staring because of anger, now even stared at the corners of his brows. He was still holding a red pen for annotations, which was folded in half in the palm of his hand. "What is he trying to do? Is it for that!"

"It should be because of the marriage." Liu Jing said what Sai Jian couldn't say, his brows were frowned, and he was entangled in this matter.

Both of them actually understood that Baili Nian's news was always the fastest, and they must have known about the marriage between Qiang Zhu and Xi Zhao, so they handed over this letter of credence.Sai Jian thought that after he knew about this matter, it was just that Sai Jian thought of thousands of ways to do it, but he never thought that Baili Nian would be like this.

Liu Jing sighed, "The envoys who came to deliver the betrothal gifts are still there. No matter what, the king must respond, and he must not lose the national ceremony. Denying it would not be a joke to the world."

"Then according to what the elder said, how should the king respond?" Sai Jian said with resentment, he was not very polite to Liu Jing, and threw the broken pen on the ground irritably.

Why doesn't Liu Jing have a headache? He sighed a few times in his heart, but he couldn't say anything. Baili Nian did too much and carefully, and even sent the betrothal gift, which went all the way to Tao Yangcheng also has no intention of attracting people's attention. Presumably everyone in the world knows about Da Jiang's begging for marriage with Qiang Zhu, so he can't reply casually, he must give an explanation.

Sai Jian was full of irritability, but when he saw that Liu was silent, he sarcastically said, "Master Da Shu usually has a lot of ideas and words, doesn't he? Why is he speechless now?"

Liu Jing paused for a while, and could only speak, "There is only one Princess Saishu, so naturally she can only marry one country, not the ruler of two countries."

"Nonsense, doesn't this king know about this?" Sai Jian held his breath, "This king is asking you how to do it!"

Liu Jing thought for a while, "Da Jiang's proposal to marry Princess Sai Shu is to destroy the marriage between Xi Zhao and Qiang Zhu, and his heart is self-evident, so Princess Sai Shu must marry Yue Yi, and definitely cannot marry Jiang Yu. Nian, the trouble now is how to reject Jiang Nian, without hurting the face of the two countries, without causing disputes between the two countries, and making Jiang Nian accept it calmly, which is not easy."

Sai Jian supported his forehead, and after listening to Liu Jing's words for a long time, he didn't seem to have listened to him. He raised his head and looked at Liu Jing, his drooping eyes filled with resentment, "What you said is equivalent to nonsense, how could this king Let Shu'er marry... Marry Nian'er! The king's headache now is how to return the letter of credence and how to appease Da Jiang. This king has absolutely no intention of starting a dispute with Da Jiang. This matter is inevitable. It is to be suppressed!"

Sai Jian stood up and approached Liu Jing in two steps, "Let's not talk about the friendship between my king and Nian'er, just talk about Jiang. Jiang used to be the lord of the world, and I, Qiang Zhu, just stepped into the Central Plains for the first time. How can we be enemies? Dajiang and Xizhao are not the same. Back then, the king refused Xizhao to marry him. Even if he felt resentful, he had no choice but to take the king. In the situation of the world at that time, it was impossible for him to marry him. How about Qiang Zhu. But it’s different now, and Da Jiang is also different.”

"Now Dajiang, Xizhao, and Qiangju are three-legged, and no one can claim to be stronger than the other. If Qiangzhu and Dajiang start fighting, it must be that kid Xizhaoyue, so Qiangzhu and Dajiang must not fight, even You have to be peaceful on the surface. Both countries want to marry Princess Qiangzhu at the same time, whoever will make the other unwilling, and the world doesn't know how to discuss it."

What Sai Jian said was the truth, even though the whole world is ruled by its own kings and does not interfere with each other, but if there is an accident in one country, the situation of the world will change drastically.What a clever and thoughtful person Baili Nian is, of course I won't say it, and Yue Nian is not that self-righteous fool of Gongsun Zhi, there is no simple person, they are all people who can use their brains to plan and will not let them go, and they all put their minds on him. How can Sai Jian not have a headache.

And Liu Jing looked at Sai Jian, with an irritable expression on his face, but there was a hint of relief, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, "Your Majesty is so worried about Qiang Zhu, this old minister is very pleased."

Sai Jian glanced at Liu Jing, and said angrily, "At this moment, you should always focus on the business! This king knows how much he owns, so don't praise him."

The smile lines on the corners of Liu Jing's mouth became heavier instead. Since Sai Jian came to the throne, he knew that this is not a fatuous lord. Maybe he doesn't respect him enough if he likes to play games, but when it comes to state affairs, he will listen to him even if he doesn't want to. He's a little bit, and he won't mess around.But now Sai Jian is much more stable than before, analyzing the world's major events in a logical manner, how could Liu not be happy.

But Sai Jian didn't share the same joy with Liu Jing, his heart was already irritated and thunderous because of Jiang's letter of credence.

The candlelight on the Gao Mingtai never fell, as if it was also infected with troubles, the candle swayed with the wind, reflecting Sai Jian and Liu Jing who were suffering from headaches in the front hall. Marriage is not a trivial matter, let alone mixed with personal affairs.When Wei Yu ran into the main hall, he saw his king and the chief minister sitting side by side on the steps, both with melancholy and irritable faces. Wei Yu didn't expect the king and the chief minister to be so "working together" when.

Wei Yu ran up to Sai Jian and handed him a letter, but looked at Liu Jing, "The eldest son is here too."

Liu Jing raised his head and glanced at Wei Yu, "Is there something important to deliver a letter at such a late hour?"

In the past, if it is an ordinary letter, it will be sent to Gao Mingtai on the second day, and most of the letters sent by Wei Yu are private letters. The letter of credence will be sent to the National Supervision Institute in charge of Liu Jing first, and will be handed over after screening. Entering Gaomingtai, there are also private messages directly passed to Wei Yu, and Wei Yu passed them in. It's just that Sai Jian rarely interacts with others. Unlike Baili Nian, he also has no specially controlled informants. The letter that came in made Liu unexpectedly somewhat interested.

Whose letter was in such a hurry, and it was delivered to Gao Mingtai at such a late hour.

In fact, Wei Yu wanted to avoid Liu Jing with this letter, but then he thought about the loyalty of the elder to Qiang Zhu, and there was no need to avoid him with this person's letter. Wei Yu immediately said, "It is a letter from the northern border. It was delivered directly to me, and I thought it must be something important, so I quickly sent it to the king."

"A letter from the Northern Territory?" Liu Jing raised his eyes slightly, and he already understood it in his heart. He asked Wei Yu again, "Who is the sender?"

"The messenger..." Wei Yu hesitated for a moment, "The messenger covered his face and only said that it was a letter sent from the northern border, and he wanted to hand it to the king. This subordinate...the subordinate doesn't know who it is."

Just listening to him hesitate for a while, Liu Jing knew that he had lied, and there was only a hint of curiosity in his heart, but he didn't expose it. First, it is not a big deal to conceal the sender, and second, Wei Yu must have no infidelity. Xin, since he chose to hide it, he has his own reasons, Liu Jing has always been kind-hearted, so naturally he will not make things difficult for Wei Yu.

And does Wei Yu really not know who the messenger is?Just looking at the long sword in his hand, Wei Yu knew it was Mo Yan, he didn't even change the spike of sword that he gave him, did he pretend that he didn't know if he covered his face?It's just that Wei Yu pretended not to know, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to deliver this letter to him.

After all, he said that he had said that love, righteousness and kindness were broken, so how could he make another trip to Gao Mingtai for him.

However, Wei Yu didn't know that he thought he was helping Mo Yan, but with Mo Yan's martial arts, it would not be difficult for him to directly enter Gao Mingtai. .

The letter from the northern border, Sai Jian naturally knew that it was delivered by Baili Nian, but Baili Nian sent the letter of credence in front of him, and sent a private letter to himself in the back?What is he trying to do?Sai Jian pursed his lips and opened the letter immediately.The handwriting of the letter was exactly the same as that of Dajiang Guoshu, even more meaningful and beautiful, but this rare good handwriting made Sai Jian's face turn ugly, until the palm of his hand held the letter tightly.

Liu Jing saw the clue, and asked with concern: "Your Majesty, what happened again?"

Wei Yu also saw the ugly expression on Sai Jian's face, he was worried, wondering if there was something wrong with Baili Nian again?

Sai Jian had a complicated expression, "Nian'er is coming to Taoyang, and will arrive tomorrow."

"What did he come to Taoyang for?" Wei Yu blurted out, obviously a little wary of Baili Nian coming to Taoyang City.

There was an indescribable meaning in Sai Jian's eyes, some suppressed anger, but also some meaning, Wei Yu even saw helplessness in his eyes, Sai Jian took a long breath before speaking.

"Nian'er wants to come to Taoyang City in person to ask to marry Princess Qiangma, and is willing to marry Qiangma."

The complexions of Liu Jing and Wei Yu changed, and they pursed their lips in silence.

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It is the etiquette between countries, and it is Da Jiang's attitude.The private letter was handed over by Wei Yu to Sai Jian, it was the friendship between Baili Nian and Sai Jian, and it was a gift of visiting.Yu Guo is selfish, all things are in accordance with etiquette, and everything is done without leaking, Jiang Saijian has nothing to say, only the grievance in his heart, he can't express it, like a blister that is about to burst, but it can't be broken no matter what Lose.

Baili Nian's carriage entered Taoyang City in such a dignified way, without any intention of avoiding the eyeliners of all parties, it seemed to announce to the world that he, Great Jiang Guojun, entered Taoyang City in person.And Baili Nian did not sit in the carriage, but rode in front of him on horseback. He was dressed in white and did not wear a veiled hat. His face fell before the eyes of thousands of people. to hundreds of miles away.Within a few days, the world knew that Baili Nian had personally entered Taoyang to beg Princess Qiangzhu.

As soon as Baili Nian's troops entered Taoyang City, the news spread to Gao Mingtai. The teacup in Sai Jian's hand was immediately crushed and turned into powder.In fact, Sai Jian was rarely angry, and Baili Nian was rarely angry, but this time he seemed really angry.

According to national etiquette, Sai Jian should send someone to greet him. As a king, he should hold a banquet in the palace. When he got to Gaomingtai, he didn't change his crown uniform, let alone national ceremony, he hurried to the gate of the city in plain clothes.

Fortunately, Baili Nian was afraid that he would do something rude, so he quickened his pace and rushed to the gate of the palace. He just got off his horse and saw the angry Sai Jian. He walked towards Gao Mingtai with his hands, leaving only the people next to him looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

Baili Nian gave Mo Yan a wink, and he took everyone around him away knowingly. Wei Yu also followed and settled them down together with Mo Yan. After all, Baili Nian came to Taoyang City to uphold the national etiquette Therefore, the rules and etiquette should not be sloppy.

But Wei Yu didn't give Mo Yan a good look, he glanced at him, "You guys from Da Jiang are really capable of torturing people."

Mo Yan was wronged at first, and at this time he was a little embarrassed and inconvenient to speak, so he just smiled awkwardly, but was met with even harsher ridicule by Wei Yu, Wei Yu said coldly, "You must have no good intentions when you come to Taoyang City Right? Otherwise, why would you come to Tao Yang at this time."

"I..." Mo Yan opened his mouth, and he didn't know what to say because of his stupid mouth, "I brought you a long sword. Didn't you say that you want the cold sword from the northern kingdom? I went to the northern border specially. It was built by a small country, can you see if it is easy to use?"

Mo Yan took out a high-quality cold sword from a pile of national gifts, and handed it to Wei Yu. Mo Yan had long wanted to ease the relationship with Wei Yu, but his stinky mouth would offend people the most. So I changed the strategy, and giving gifts with a smiling face can't make a cold face.

When Wei Yu saw Mo Yan's smiling face that he tried hard to push out, he didn't feel relieved at all.Mo Yan was born with a cold face, his smile really didn't suit him, it was uglier than crying, and he tried his best to squeeze his smiling face.

Wei Yu raised his eyes, glanced at the cold sword, suddenly became interested, deliberately smiled and said, "Although this cold sword is good, I don't like it."

"Then what do you like?" Mo Yan hurriedly asked, as if I would give you whatever you like.

Wei Yu took a few steps forward, looked at Mo Yan with great interest, and stretched out his hand across Mo Yan's arm. While Mo Yan was in shock, he grabbed the long sword in Mo Yan's hand and held it Come over, "I heard that Yu Han's golden sword belongs to your great Jiang. It fell into Yu Wenyang's hands later, and now it is in your hands again. This sword cuts iron like mud. If you really want to, why don't you use this sword?" Send it to me?"

Wei Yu raised his brows on purpose. In fact, he doesn't really like this sword, but I heard that Mo Yan attaches great importance to this sword. Because it is an old item of Jiang, it was obtained from Yu Wenyang's hands. Wei Yu just wanted this sword. See if Mo Yan will give it or not.

Mo Yan really showed embarrassment, this is his uncle's property, he definitely can't give it to others, but he didn't want Wei Yu to be disappointed, he didn't know what to do after weighing it, so he asked Wei Yu, "Can you change it to another one?" ? I can give you everything except the Yuhan Golden Sword."

"Okay," Wei Yu frowned, but he didn't make things difficult for him, but he changed the subject, "Then I don't want the Yuhan Golden Sword, I want this thing."

Wei Yu casually took out a delicate sandalwood box from the state gifts sent by Da Jiang. In fact, he didn't know what was inside, but just picked it up casually. He shook the sandalwood box in his hand towards Mo Yan , and asked him if he could take it away.

Mo Yan's face was about to turn red-purple, his brows were drawn into one, and a man of eight feet perplexed and at a loss said, "This...this is the marriage gift between my king Xian and King Qiangzhu, no...it can't be ..."

"You can't give it to me, right?" Wei Yu spoke for Mo Yan, and then he threw the sandalwood box into the pile of gifts, the smile on his face completely disappeared, "Look, you can't give away what you love, other things You can't give it away. You are afraid of this and that. Some are helpless as the personal bodyguard of Jiang Guojun. Obviously you have so many rules and regulations, and you can't have friends who can confide in them, but you still want me to be sincere with you Wait, to be your friend, don't you think you want a little too much?"

The so-called good friends are things that cannot be said to others, but can be talked about to friends, and things that cannot be handed over to others can be enjoyed by friends.If this close friend is treated like others, then what kind of friend is this?

Before Wei Yu treated Mo Yan like no one else, he shared everything with him, but Mo Yan treated Wei Yu no differently from ordinary friends.Although there is a saying in the world that a gentleman's conversation is like water, Wei Yu never regards himself as a gentleman, he is a friend who wants to be different from him.

Mo Yan was speechless for a while, but Wei Yu smiled, "Actually, you and I have different positions, so it's useless to say these things. Do you think the world will be peaceful forever?"

Wei Yu lowered his eyes, "Maybe you and I will face each other on the battlefield in the future. What I said today is just nonsense."

"Wei Yu..."

Mo Yan wanted to say something else, but he couldn't refute, he couldn't say anything that could persuade Wei Yu, and he didn't know what to do. He could only hold the cold sword he had forged, and watched Wei Yu leave step by step.

"I... I will give you the Yuhan Golden Sword!" Mo Yan suddenly shouted at Wei Yu's back.

Wei Yu was stunned for a moment, his heart fluttered suddenly, but he looked back at Mo Yan, shook his head with a smile, and walked out of the room without stopping.

Wei Yu looked at the clouds drifting in the sky, his eyes were cold, and he muttered to himself, "Why can't I see it through, the world will not be peaceful, and Qiang Ju and Da Jiang will not coexist."