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Imperial Palace, inside Zhengde Hall.

Xue Yi was called over urgently, and when he arrived, he found that Wen Changning was also there. He is now the commander of the imperial army, and he is basically in the palace. However, today is a holiday after all, and it should be the deputy commander who took his place. Unexpectedly, he also came .

Seeing him coming, the emperor said, "I wanted to call the teacher, but calling him would make things serious, so I had to call you."

"Are you all right?"

Xue Yixin said, I have something to do, I really want to go to the hot spring.

He cupped his hands silently, and complained: "I was going to take my family to Ziquan Mountain to soak in the hot spring today."

The emperor laughed out loud, feeling very balanced in his heart, "Come on, don't go."

Xue Yi: "..."

"Let's get down to business." After the emperor laughed, he said seriously, "The spies have come to report that a group of South Vietnamese and Yu Lixin's mission have come to the capital together."

"They will probably arrive in a month's time. I have ordered people to continue spying on their exact numbers and intentions, but we still need to make preparations early."

"With the Yuli mission?" Xue Yi was taken aback, "So blatantly, it seems that he didn't intend to hide anything."

Wen Changning also said: "It looks like this at the moment, but I still don't know why they are so confident."

The amount of information was too small for Xue Yi to speculate for a while. After thinking about it, he asked, "Just to be on the safe side, His Majesty can order Xu Guogong to order him to be more vigilant, and to find out if something happened in South Vietnam recently."

"You mean, their changes may be related to their domestic affairs?"

"Just a guess."

The emperor pondered for a moment, then sighed: "Nanyue suddenly carried out a cleanup three months ago, and our spies broke a lot, and now it is more and more difficult to find out the news."

"They move frequently, and I have never been idle. The teacher has been hoarding supplies in secret. It seems that this battle is inevitable."

"In short, you Honglu Temple, get ready and see what tricks the South Vietnamese mission wants to play."

Xue Yidao: "I understand."

Next, the emperor discussed with Wen Changning about the spies for a while, and kept them for dinner before letting them go back.

When Xue Yi returned home, the house was empty, and it was too late to leave the city.He simply went to Honglu Temple to work overtime, and even called the two young ministers together.

It is better to suffer alone than to suffer alone.

The next day at court, Xue Yicai finally saw Wen Yumu again, hugged him and rubbed against him, and said aggrievedly: "Mumu, I can't sleep without you, so I have to go to Honglu Temple to light up the lights and fight at night."

Wen Yumu said with a smile: "Didn't you call the two young ministers to accompany you?"

Xue Yi curled his lips and raised his voice, "How can they compare with you?"

"Okay, it's just for one night." Wen Yumu comforted, "Why is Your Majesty calling you into the palace in such a hurry?"

"Another incident occurred in Nanyue, and they even sent a team of people into our Daqi territory together with Yu Li's mission. I don't know what they intend to do."

Xue Yi said coldly, guarded and annoyed in his eyes, "When people hear about this, they feel uneasy, and the emperor is not at ease, so he called me and senior brother over."

"In fact, we couldn't solve the problem in the past. A group of spies were pulled out. We have too little news."

Wen Yumu said: "Now that they have entered the territory of Daqi, it will be much easier to inquire about the news."

Xue Yi nodded, "Senior brother has already sent additional manpower, I think there will be news soon."

After they said these words, within a few days, there was indeed news.

However, it was not Wen Changning who sent out the spies, but the eight hundred miles in the frontier.

It is called [-] miles, but it is actually [-] miles. Several horses ran and died along the way, and the soldiers who carried the message almost collapsed.

Even so, it took three days for this urgent secret letter to arrive in the capital from the frontier.

A thin book, but it brought a shocking news: "Xu Maoling, the commander of the Huben Army stationed at the southern border, was assassinated and killed during a patrol. Shibumian, known as the Great Sword Saint."

Xu Lingfeng, the son of Xu's parents who went out with his father, did not panic in the face of danger, temporarily stabilized the situation, and sent a quick report to the capital.

The emperor was furious.Empress Xu fainted on the spot when she heard the news.

There were two kinds of voices above the court, one advocated the war, thinking that Nanyue was simply deceiving people too much, that no war would not be enough to strengthen the country, no war would not be enough to anger the people,

There is another kind, which thinks that Xu Guogong underestimated the enemy and was careless, but was assassinated in his own territory, humiliating the Huben army, and it is not shameful enough to say it. Xu Lingfeng should be recalled urgently for accountability, and at the same time, peace talks with Nanyue.

The emperor naturally refused to agree with the latter, he was too cowardly.

Furthermore, recalling Xu Lingfeng, what should the southern border defense do?It is to send someone to hand over, if Nanyue sees the right time, what if the new marshal raises troops when the handover is just completed and the foothold is not stable?

It's just nonsense, he's out of his mind to make such a decision.

Not to mention that Xu Guogong's family has been stationed at the border for generations, devoted their loyalty to the country, and made great contributions. How could he chill the hearts of the heroes?

And Xu Guogong is still his father-in-law!Xu Lingfeng is his brother-in-law!

The first official who proposed this idea was scolded by him on the spot. He took off his official hat and went to prison.

A few days ago, King Qi rebelled, and the emperor got a blessing in disguise and cleared up a group of officials. Now that his authority is growing, he is merciless in sending out disobedient officials.

After this incident, the voice of the Lord Peace faction was suppressed.

However, some people from the main combat faction also danced too fiercely. People with discerning eyes, such as Xue Yi, Wen Ruhui, etc., looked at them coldly and knew that they were not really for Xu Guogong or Da Qi, but because their political views were in line with His Majesty's. Mind, just take the opportunity to flatter me.

However, the timing of the assassination coincided with the time when the South Vietnamese mission entered Daqi.

It seems that their assassination of Xu Guogong was also planned for a long time, and they did not know how to plan behind it.

The court here was chattering endlessly, and the people in Beijing also heard the news, and their hearts fluttered for a while.

The wind has blown, how can we avoid it?

On the other side, the spies reported that the South Vietnamese mission suddenly accelerated, and it was estimated that they would arrive in the capital in half a month.

Not only that, but they also showed their flags and called out the name of the mission, instead of hiding it as before.

Everyone in the DPRK was waiting for the battle, especially Honglu Temple was the first to bear the brunt.

On the day the mission arrived, Xue Yi personally brought people to receive them and placed them in the embassy.

The leader was a young aristocrat named Souza, dressed in splendid clothes and with the air of a gentleman.

As soon as they moved in, they pulled Xue Yi and asked them when they could meet with Emperor Qi.

Xue Yi only said: "Tomorrow's court, His Majesty will summon him."

The emperor also wanted to see what their intentions were, so he summoned them the next day.

Suza entered the hall dressed in the South Vietnam court dress, and answered a few words with a smile, explaining his purpose of coming.

"Your Majesty also knows that the king of our Yue Kingdom is about the same age as you, but he has not yet married a wife. Now, my king intends to make friends with the Qi Kingdom, and wants to marry Princess Qinran as the queen."

"At the same time, please Your Majesty to undo the trade blockade on the border. Our country is willing to offer 20 taels of gold. With such sincerity, I wonder if Your Majesty can agree?"

The emperor sneered, "Your country wants me to marry the princess? Could it be that I, Da Qi, have already lost the battle?"

Suza smiled and said: "No, it's not a marriage, but a good relationship between the two countries."

There are no iron mines in South Vietnam, and they have been trying every means to smuggle ironware from Daqi. Daqi has also been deliberately blocking it. On the border, the two countries have been playing games for a long time.

Therefore, during this trip to Nanyue, marrying a princess is false, but opening a business route is true.With the opening of trade routes, even if the trading of ironware is prohibited, it will be much easier for them to smuggle.

But Daqi Junchen's brains were not kicked by the donkey, so how could he agree?

Even the peace faction who previously advocated peace talks have shut up.

The emperor drew his sword in court, pointed at him and said, "Da Qi Zuxun, there can only be kings who die in battle, not princesses who marry. Go back and tell your kings that you have died of this heart!"

As for the matter of opening a business route, they didn't even mention it, and their attitude was obvious.

Suza also seemed to have known this result, not surprised, but said: "My king had expected that His Majesty would not want to, he said, would Your Majesty dare to make a bet with him?"

The emperor frowned slightly, and asked in a deep voice, "What bet?"

Suza said: "I, Wang Shangwu, studied under the great sword sage. I heard that there are many talents in Daqi, and the annual martial arts are held in full swing, so I sent me to bring some masters from our country to compete with your majesty. .”

"The gamble is to hold a ring match in front of the people of your capital. Our masters will defend the ring, and your masters will attack the ring. If our people succeed in defending the ring three days later, Your Majesty will marry Princess Qinran." In the past, and opened a trade route as a dowry."

"Of course, in order to avoid wheel wars, you can challenge up to ten times a day."

Suza smiled purely, "Your Majesty, you don't dare?"

The emperor secretly resented, for three full days, one attack and one defense, defending the ring is a disadvantage, if they still win, the hearts of the people in Beijing will be greatly frustrated.

But Da Qi just lost the number one master, Tu Renying, and the imperial army also lost several masters that night, all of them were killed by Tu Renying. They didn't have enough manpower to guarantee the winning rate.

If you don't agree, you will appear timid and lose face.

But the face is not worth a lot of money, the emperor thought for a while, and felt that benefits are the most important, and said: "I, Daqi, is a state of etiquette, and fighting and killing is not the way to treat guests. You should change the game." .”

Suza was a little surprised, and then became vigilant, this little emperor of Daqi was indeed a character, so calm and thick-skinned at such a young age.

He took a step back temporarily, but he didn't give up.

The mission stayed for half a month. Half a month later, the Lantern Festival, the emperor and the empress had a big banquet for the ministers to have fun with the people. The missions of Yu Li and Nanyue were also invited.

Last year's Lantern Festival banquet, Xue Yi was not qualified to attend, but this year, he was already able to sit in the front row.

Since the empress would also be present, the ministers also brought their family members, and Wen Yumu sat on Xue Yi's right.

The director of the Jiaofang carefully prepared the song and dance, and when the song was over, Suza suddenly stood up, walked to the center of the hall, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, what's the point of soft singing and dancing? I suggest that it's better to have a martial arts competition."

"The guard behind me is the third expert in my country of Yue, and I want to ask Commander Wen for advice."

The author has something to say: In the next chapter, I will go to South Vietnam. After defeating South Vietnam, this book will end~