After the farce, the banquet was held as usual.

The atmosphere is quite different.

In the middle of the night, the banquet dispersed, and the folk lantern festival continued.

The officials dispersed separately, some would go to see the lantern festival in the street market, and some would go home directly to rest.

Xue Yi and Wen Yumu walked around the lantern festival for a while, and they suddenly went back to yesterday while walking.

Wen Yumu walked to the stone sill by the river and sat down, looked down at the lotus lanterns winding by in the river, and sighed slowly: "The wind in this capital city is really strong, since I came here, a wave There is a wave of unrest, and right and wrong have never stopped."

Xue Yi sat down beside him, and the two snuggled together, the night wind ruffled the long and thin fur around the edge of the cloak.

He carefully combed Wen Yumu's wind-torn long hair with his fingertips, and placed a soft and warm kiss on his forehead.

"Mumu, I'll go wherever you go," he said.

Wen Yumu smiled silently, and couldn't help cuddling even tighter.

They all know that after today, trouble is coming.

This place is away from the main street, few people come here, only an old man not far away is selling lotus lanterns.Wen Yumu has good eyesight and can clearly see the rough lines on his hands.

"Ah Yi, let's go and buy all the old man's lamps, let him go home and rest as soon as possible," he said softly.

The Lantern Festival is a kind of joy for the tourists, but for the old man who sells the lanterns, it is just a hard job to make a living.

Xue Yi looked over, nodded and said, "Okay, you wait here, I'll go buy it."

He walked over, talked to the old man, paid the silver, and bought all the lotus lanterns.

The old man is very grateful, he directly gave a piece of silver, which is enough to buy several times the lanterns here.

Xue Yi declined his proposal to find money for him, and only told him to go back and rest earlier.The old man collected his own things and left them the lantern, an old pen and a jar of ink.

"Mu Mu, I counted, there are twenty lotus lanterns here, let's make a wish." Xue Yi ran over with a smile, holding the broken pen in his hand.

Wen Yumu also smiled and nodded, "Okay."

They take turns to write down their wishes, fold them into a small sheet and stuff them under the candlestick in the center of the lotus lantern. When the candle burns to the bottom, they will burn up the paper with the wishes written on it, and turn it into light smoke and lead to the sky.

Seeing the lotus lantern carrying the wishes gradually go away, Xue Yi put on the cloak for Wen Yumu, and said with a smile: "Let's go back."

"Ah."

They walked back hand in hand, Xue Yi called him, "Mu Mu."

"Huh?" Wen Yumu responded lightly, turning his head to look at him.

"What did you wish for?" he asked.

Wen Yumu's eyes were bent, and he said slyly: "You speak first."

Xue Yidao: "I make a wish to grow old together with you and have two children, one like you and one like me."

Wen Yumu was surprised, "Do you want a child?"

"It's not that urgent, it's just an expectation for the future."

Wen Yumu nodded. In fact, he still felt weird about the matter of a man giving birth to a child, and he was somewhat resistant.

He said: "I make a wish to be with you forever, forever and ever."

It would be best if it could be as stated in the marriage letter, as the sun rises and the moon lasts.

Xue Yi was moved and grabbed his hand tightly.

"Yes, we will be together forever, we will live together and die together."

Wen Yumu said silently, it would be even better if he didn't have to die.

……

The next day.

The emperor and Wen Changning came to visit together.

Wen Yumu and Xue Yi had just finished their breakfast, and they laughed after the interrogation: "Sure enough, trouble is coming."

The emperor's posture was extremely sincere, as soon as they met, he first thanked Wen Yumu for saving his life.

To be honest, Wen Yumu was not used to it, and he didn't like it very much.

Fortunately, the emperor was a person who was very good at observing words and expressions. Seeing that he was not happy, he quickly returned to normal, but in the end he still put forward his intention for coming.

"I came here to ask Mr. Wen to come out of the mountain and serve as a vanguard general to support the border of South Vietnam."

He said: "I don't talk about those falsehoods. The war between Nanyue and Daqi is imminent. They have a great sword master who can assassinate the commander among the three armies. If we don't have a master, let him come and go. Ziroom, assassinate the general, how can we win this battle?"

"Even, not only can't win, but the army's morale may be in turmoil, and it will be taken down by soldiers without bloodshed."

He cupped his hands and gave a long bow, "So I implore sir, for the sake of the soldiers who fought on the South Vietnamese border, and for the people of Daqi, take up this heavy responsibility."

"Don't worry, Mr. This defeat has nothing to do with Mr. This victory, I would like to reward Mr. Wu with the title of Marquis of Wu."

Although Wen Yumu knew that there would be trouble, he had to lament the emperor's determination and sincerity.

Sure enough, what Ah Yi said was true, this sage had the best temperament to give away as soon as he gave it away.

It's not that he didn't want to go to the front line, but he was reluctant to part with Xue Yi, so he hesitated for a while.

Xue Yi was also reluctant to part with him, and asked for orders on the spot: "Your Majesty, please go out together."

Wen Yumu looked at him, his eyes were full of reluctance.

When the emperor saw it, he immediately understood, and said directly: "In this way, I will appoint Xue Qing as the supervisor of the army, who will be responsible for supervising the three armies and supervising logistics, so that you can watch and help each other."

He did such a good job, Wen Yumu didn't have anything to say, and he didn't bother to make excuses with Qiao, so he just nodded and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Wen Changning originally came with him as a lobbyist, but he didn't expect that the matter would be settled quickly without him talking.

He couldn't help laughing and said: "Junior Brother Xue and Junior Brother Wen are both patriots with family and country in mind, but it's me and Your Majesty who have the hearts of villains."

Wen Yu Mu Wenyan said with a smile: "Brother is too modest, if you are a villain, there will be no gentleman in this world."

Seeing that his arms were tightly bandaged and immobilized, Xue Yi also saw that his face was pale, so he asked with concern: "Senior brother, is there a serious injury?"

Wen Changning said: "It's nothing, it's just that the bone is cracked, so it will be fine after giving birth."

Things went smoothly unexpectedly, the emperor felt relieved, and his attitude returned to the previous one. He waved his hand casually, "One matter is another matter. At the beginning, I always wanted to thank Junior Brother Wen for saving my life, but it was hard to find the trace. Now that I know, I will It is to make up."

The servant following behind carried a tray covered with a yellow cloth.

The emperor stretched out his hand and opened it, revealing a few thin sheets of paper inside, "I don't talk about those fake ones, here is a gold ticket of 10 taels, and the land deed of King Qi's Cui Wei Pavilion, and five houses in each of the two cities in the east and west. The deed of the shop, be careful, the younger brother will definitely accept it."

What a small care, these things add up to almost 200 million taels of silver!

The accumulation of several generations of a medium-sized Zhongming Dingshi family is nothing more than that.

These things, together with the rewards that Xue Yi had received before, made the Xue family's wealth suddenly comparable to that of a veteran nobleman.

Although it is short-handed, but it has been determined to contribute, and the money will not be hot.

He accepted it safely, so that the emperor could feel at ease.

Wen Yumu thanked him again, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Okay!" The emperor laughed loudly, "Sharp!"

After confirming this matter, Xue Yi and Wen Yumu invited the emperor and Wen Changning in as guests, and they readily accepted.

During the dinner, Wen Yumu personally made tea for them.

The tea soup brewed with the water with spirit dew is fragrant and clear, and it is enjoyable to smell it.

The emperor took a deep breath and sighed comfortably, "It's really good tea, it would be even better if there are some desserts to go with it."

In fact, he couldn't figure out why Wen Yumu, with such martial arts skills, could be at ease in the inner house as a wife who didn't even head the house.

But at this time, he was very envious of Xue Yi, and this luck was too good.

Wen Yu Mu heard the words, opened the door and asked Xiao Shu to prepare some sweets.

"My girl's cooking skills were taught by me personally, so let her prepare for His Majesty, and please don't dislike her."

"Enough is enough." The emperor said with a smile.

Halfway through the tea, the emperor brought up the last important matter of the day, "I plan to replace Xu Guogong as the coach with old general Huang Qian. He should set off with you at that time. You should take care of each other on the way."

"The old general has 300 personal guards. After discussing with the seniors, 2000 people were selected from the soldiers and horses of the five cities to serve as the personal guards of Junior Brother Wen, and another [-] people were drawn from the civilian soldiers to serve as the logistics army. , Transport a team of food and armor to the border for supplies.”

"These people will be dispatched by Xue Qing."

The arrangement was very reasonable, and Wen Yumu only had one question, "What is the temperament of that old general Huang?"

Don't be self-willed, or conceited.

Wen Changning said: "Don't worry, Old General Huang loves soldiers like his son, he has a generous and cheerful disposition, he has great prestige in the army, he is not someone who relies on the old and sells the old."

Wen Yumu nodded, that's right.

The emperor also said: "I have also considered carefully. Although General Huang is a bit old, his loyalty and character are beyond doubt. Only when he takes over Xu Guogong's position can he convince the public the fastest."

It's true, this battle cannot be ignored, how can the selection of the coach be sloppy.

"Your Majesty is considerate." He gave a small compliment.

At this point, let's make a verbal agreement for the time being, and when it is brought to the court for formal discussion, when the troops and supplies are prepared, and the official departure, five days have passed.

This five days, the progress is still not hindered by anyone in the court.The emperor couldn't help but rejoice again, fortunately, the two hidden dangers of King Qi and Li Ke were resolved before that.

The 22th of the first month.

The emperor took his ministers and bid farewell to the marching team on the city wall.

The sound of solemn drums echoed, and the people in the capital spontaneously walked out of the city gate to see off the soldiers who went to the front line.

Mother Xue and Mrs. Lu took their two children and bid farewell to Yiyi in front of the city gate, tears could not be stopped.

Light snow fell from the sky, and the willows beside the long pavilion outside the city hadn't sprouted yet, and the dry branches swayed in the snow, which only added to the sadness.

The meandering team finally walked away slowly.

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