Fu Nanyin's reaction was so strange that the servant couldn't help stretching out his head again to take a closer look at Li Peizai who was not far away.
Although he was only wearing very ordinary clothes and bowed his head, he did not look like the servant he was used to in Mobei, but he felt a little uncomfortable.
like...
oppression.
The servant raised his eyes to look at Fu Nanyin, and couldn't help feeling a little doubtful in his heart - if the national teacher brought back from the Central Plains wasn't a servant, then what kind of identity could it be?
When the waiter showed that thoughtful look on his face, Li Pei had already walked in the direction of the two of them.Although he was only a few steps away, he still vaguely heard what the servant said to Fu Nanyin.
His complexion didn't change much, and he even smiled indifferently when he met Shang Fu Nanyin's worried eyes.
It seems that I didn't understand, Funanyin thought.After all, when Li Pei was only asked to say "begging" in the carriage, he would have to "revenge" like that, not to mention that the servant dared to call him those two words, Li Pei would be in a hurry.
After all, the two of them spoke Mughal, so it was normal for them not to understand.
Besides, Li Pei speaks Chinese, and his identity is extremely sensitive. It is too dangerous to take him to meet King Mobei...
"He doesn't..." Fu Nanyin was about to turn down his face and turn down the servant, but Li Pei finished the sentence before him.
"Let me go."
Funanyin looked at him in surprise.
The servant also looked at him in surprise.
It was a very brief and short sentence. Li Pei said it in an unprofessional mumbled language, but everyone present could understand it.
His voice was very low and he spoke quickly, concealing the rustiness in it.Although the servant felt a little strange hearing it, he couldn't think of anything for a while, and looked at Li Pei for a while, then bowed to Fu Nanyin who was obviously looking worried, and said:
"The national teacher, let's go?"
Li Pei was not included in Funanyin's original plan. Even though the latter followed the imperial guards for two days and got into his carriage, Funanyin thought it would be good if he was among the imperial guards in the Central Plains; In Wangcheng, Funanyin thought that it would be easy to hide a person in such a large palace with secret guards; but at this time Li Pei was on the way to follow him into the palace...
Funanyin did not sit in the sedan chair brought by the servant, nor did she ride a horse, but walked towards the palace gate step by step.
No matter how fast or slow Fu Nanyin walked, Li Pei behind him always walked three steps behind him.
The two of them didn't speak a word along the way, and a depressive silence lay between the three steps.
Funanyin frowned, she had never been so irritable as at this moment, repelling and walking into the palace gate in front of her that he had walked through countless times.On the other hand, Li Pei's face was calm, and his eyes were always on the back of the person in front of him, so that no one could see anything abnormal.
With the holy decree, the servant went all the way unimpeded.
The guards guarding the palace gate raised their long spears and lowered their heads to welcome the powerful minister who covered the sky with his hands into the palace. It seemed that everything was a familiar scene, but it was different.
With a foot in front of the door, Fu Nanyin suddenly turned around - Li Pei was unaware that he could barely regain his senses in half a step in front of him, and his eyes flickered for a moment.
"You go back to the house now, there is still time."
Funanyin spoke at a volume that only the two of them could hear, and said words that only the two of them could understand.
Li Pei lowered his head, and suddenly raised the corners of his lips.
"Since the king of Mobei wants to see me, let him see him. It would be suspicious to hide."
Funanyin frowned, but after hearing Li Pei's words, her heart suddenly became dull.I heard that when he first arrived in Chang'an, the Emperor of the Central Plains issued an imperial decree announcing him to enter the palace, and it was Li Pei who resisted the decree for him, so that he had the opportunity to spend those two months safely in the Proton Mansion.
Li Pei can do it, but now he can't live in another place?
"But your identity..."
Li Pei knew about Funanyin's concerns, but he didn't let him continue: "Don't worry, that's who they think I am."
Funanyin was stunned, he didn't know what expression was on his face at this moment, surprise, absurdity, worry, self-blame...
"You are crazy."
After a while, he slowly let out a breath from his chest.
The servant in front is urging again.
Turning around again and walking towards the palace gate, hearing the moderate footsteps behind her, Fu Nanyin slowly let go of the hands clenched in her sleeves. At some point, a layer of sweat oozed from her palms, blown by the wind. , was freezing cold.
……
The King of Mobei was obviously anxious to wait, fidgeting and pacing repeatedly in the bedroom.
The puppet that he personally helped to become the national teacher half a year ago finally broke free from his shackles, and almost caused him to destroy Mobei's foundation.It was hard... It was hard to send him to the Central Plains Crown Prince in exchange for a peace agreement. Less than three months later, why did Funanyin come back? !
How could he come back?
Could it be... escaped?
If this is the case, then the peace agreement...
"My lord, the national teacher has arrived."
As soon as King Mobei turned around, the familiar figure caught his eyes.He approached the door little by little, and his face and expression gradually became clearer. He still looked calm and unwavering, and he hadn't changed a bit for so many years, but... it seemed to be different.
He fixed his eyes on the approaching person, looked at the face lowered, saluted him as usual, and said calmly:
"Your Majesty."
A sudden voice rang out, pulling King Mobei out of his stupor, and at the same time shattering the dream he had worked so hard for the past two months and the last bit of luck in his heart.
Funanyin, his national teacher, really came back.
It was just that the moment Funanyin saluted, a strange figure suddenly appeared behind him—perhaps not a stranger.King Mobei instinctively felt that he had seen this face before, but he just thought about it for a while, but he didn't find a result in his mind.
The people behind him naturally also noticed his inquiring eyes, and the corners of his mouth curved into a smile that was not a smile, imitating the appearance of Fu Nanyin, and saluted.
The strange feeling in King Mobei's heart was even worse.
It's just that at this moment, he obviously has more important things on his mind, and he has no time to be distracted by a strange servant.Quickly retracting his gaze, King Mobei sat back on his throne, but instead of bestowing a seat on Funanyin as usual, he asked directly:
"If my king remembers correctly, the national teacher said here a few months ago..."
His clenched fists trembled slightly, not sure if it was from anger or nervousness.
"I want to repay this king's life-saving grace, and say that I will take your life in exchange for the safety of the Mobei royal family, and there will be no regrets in dying."
Funanyin straightened up, finally there was some fluctuation in those bird eyes, but she smiled unconsciously,
"I did say so, it's just that... the Central Plains people don't seem to be satisfied with my life."
When Fu Nanyin's expression fell into his eyes, King Mobei was stunned suddenly, and even let go of his hands.
He finally knew the difference between Funanyin and before.
He even forgot the first time he saw Fu Nanyin. At that time, when that young boy took over the position of the national teacher according to his own will, he would still be apprehensive, and he would smile respectfully at himself.Later, the power in Funanyin's hands gradually increased, and she also had her own influence. She was no longer satisfied with being an obedient puppet. Even though she was still respectful in front of him, her eyes were always alienated and wary.Later, when he was brought back to Mobei, his indifference and hard heart towards everyone could no longer be concealed.
Then, Funanyin turned into a nightmare that the emperor loathed and feared.
But now...
He has never seen the softness in those indifferent eyes, and the inadvertent smile is like a cheetah putting away its deadly minions, and there are some more complicated things in it, making a person who has always been doing things People without a trace of emotion actually have more warmth and... style.
King Mobei suddenly forgot what he was going to say, and asked dumbly: "Did the Central Plains people make things difficult for you? That prince..."
Fu Nanyin has been waiting for King Mobei's questioning. He prepared the draft early in the morning, and he is confident that with his understanding of the latter, he will be able to convince people with his words.
But he never expected that what King Mobei asked was actually this sentence.
The surprise lasted only for a moment. Although she didn't know why the person on the throne asked this question, Fu Nanyin put away the smile on her lips and said lightly:
"Everything is as your Majesty wished, and the life of my minister as a hostage in Chang'an is...very interesting."
From the moment she stepped into this palace gate, Fu Nanyin was always worried about Li Pei behind him, afraid that he would not know Mobei's rules and easily attract the attention of the king of Mobei, afraid that he would do impulsive things, afraid that he would not listen Knowing Mongolian language shows off...
But it wasn't until King Mobei mentioned Li Pei that the people behind him didn't respond, and Fu Nanyin suddenly felt lucky that Li Pei couldn't understand the conversation between him and King Mobei.
"Your Majesty knew the relationship between the minister and the Crown Prince of the Central Plains very early on. Rather than using your life to gamble on the peace of Mobei, it is not to say that you are betting on how much the minister is worth to the Crown Prince of the Central Plains."
Listening to Fu Nanyin's indifferent tone as usual, King Mobei's mind with countless weird thoughts was finally cooled down, and gradually returned to reason.
It's just that when he mentioned the prince of the Central Plains, for some reason, the servant behind him who had been lowering his head suddenly glanced over, with a hint of danger.
King Mobei frowned again, the man's gaze made him uncomfortable, and Fu Nanyin's tone made him even more anxious.He couldn't understand why "living in Chang'an was very interesting", so he asked directly:
"So according to what you mean, is it the Crown Prince of Central Plains who let you back? Or did you forget the oath you swore to this king, and fled back in vain to care about the life and death of the Mobei royal family and the people?"
After speaking, King Mobei's voice trembled slightly because of nervousness.
That was the question he had thought over and over a hundred times since he learned that Fu Nanyin had returned to Wangcheng, and for him, there was only one acceptable answer.
The [-] Central Plains Army that swept in a few months ago was like a black cloud that could not be dispelled, pressing down on this dying empire for a long time.The court is chaotic, there are soldiers but no generals, cities are lost one by one...
He knew that the peace bought by Funanyin would not last long, so he had been reorganizing the Mobei soldiers in the territory in recent months, and promoted many generals who could lead the army. Far from enough.
But all of this is thanks to Fu Nanyin...
Thinking of this, King Mobei's angry and hateful eyes suddenly pounced on the opposite person like a poisonous snake.
Fu Nanyin wanted to ask back what if he really fled from Chang'an all the way back to Mobei, but when he met the eyes of Shang Mobei King, he suddenly dispelled the thought of provoking him again, even the mockery on his face that he hadn't had time to show in the future They were all cleaned up.
Silence and wait.
It was that respectful and distant look again, and there was no other superfluous look.King Mobei had no way of guessing what he said next, and this unknown made people uneasy.
"The person who released his ministers and returned is the emperor of the Central Plains."
Finally, Funanyin spoke.
At the same time, King Mobei's raised heart returned to his place, and his clenched fists were completely loosened.
"The prince of the Central Plains doesn't know."
The tone of the latter sentence was not the same as before, but King Mobei instinctively sensed something strange.The relaxed emperor was now in the mood to really look at this man whom he hadn't seen for more than two months, his former...favorite.
Even in the bedroom where the temperature is not low, Funanyin is still wearing a thick fox fur, which is tightly wrapped except for her hands and neck.The king of Mobei never knew that he was so afraid of the cold, or...he began to guess how interesting this always arrogant and cunning master of the state was living in Chang'an as a hostage. Is there some invisible tricks on him?
I heard that the guards and interrogators under the emperor of the Central Plains were very skilled.
And if there was a quarrel between father and son that day because of an enemy country's national teacher...
"Come on, give me a seat."
Fu Nanyin didn't seem to care about Mobei Wang's expression that changed a few times just now, but Li Pei had a panoramic view of it from the corner of his eye, and was quite admiring his ability. Just a few words can control people's emotions So far, even the king of Mobei has not noticed it himself - if you make him worry, you will be worried, if you make him afraid, you will be afraid, and now it is even easier to let him be paralyzed and think some thoughts that should not be moved.
The servant quickly lifted a high chair up, and everything seemed to be the same as it was when Fu Nanyin was in power.It's just that at this time, Funanyin showed a bit of stupefaction and surprise at the right time, and this expression deeply pleased King Mobei who was leaning over to look at him.
Waiting for Funanyin to sit down, King Mobei said:
"Let the national teacher return to Mobei secretly, what is the condition of the emperor of the Central Plains?"
It finally started.
Funanyin said slowly: "The peace negotiation is abolished, and the Central Plains army has made a comeback."
King Mobei tightened his hand holding the wine bottle. The three words "Central Plains Army" were like a gleaming knife hanging above his head, and every time Funanyin mentioned it, it seemed to tear a bit of the rope hanging from the knife.
Uncontrollably, some cold sweat broke out on his back.After thinking about it, he thought that Fu Nanyin did not carry the letter of war from the Emperor of the Central Plains, nor did he receive any news.
After a while, he swallowed his wine, "What else?"
Funanyin raised her head, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, she had no intention of hiding it, but King Mobei felt his scalp go numb.
"Hand over the king's seal, and Mobei will surrender to the Central Plains."
After saying this, not only King Mobei, but also Li Pei behind him understood, and looked at him in surprise, as if he didn't expect Fu Nanyin to throw this final choice to Mobei so early king.
At this moment, the time is wrong, the place is wrong; the individual is wrong, and the person is wrong.
King Mobei's resentful eyes pierced over, and the strength in his hand was about to crush the wine bottle, and the dark red liquid spilled out along the shaking of the wine bottle, which was very eye-catching.
"Don't worry, my lord, there is one more..." This time, Fu Nanyin didn't wait for the king of Mobei to calm down his anger, and opened his mouth, but he didn't know if he caught wind just now on the road, his chest trembled, and here There was a sudden coughing sound.
Almost subconsciously, Li Pei squatted down and patted his back lightly, waiting for Fu Nanyin's cough to subside and calm down slowly.
The king of Mobei could clearly see some unusual eye contact between the two people, and then looked at the face of that person who seemed to have seen it before, and always felt that things were strange, like...
Just now when Fu Nanyin was coughing, he asked the waiter to bring in a bowl of warm water. Now that it was delivered, he was taken by the man naturally, as if he wanted to feed him, but Fu Nanyin turned his head to avoid it.
King Mobei frowned more and more tightly, who is that person?Why did he show such an expression to Fu Nanyin?When he felt that he was about to come up with an answer, a very low voice came out of the mouth, because it was far away, King Mobei faintly heard what he said——
"Drink slowly...Master."
But after he finished the last two words, Fu Nanyin's chest, which had already calmed down, suddenly heaved violently again, and his coughing was even harder than before.
Seeing the man's serious and submissive appearance in front of Fu Nanyin, King Mobei's doubts dissipated little by little.
Hearing that Funanyin brought someone back from the Central Plains, he was a bit on guard at first, but now it seems that he may really be just a servant.If it was really someone important, with that person's cautious temperament, how could he be brought to the palace for him to see?
Owner……
drink slowly...
I don't know if it's because of choking on the water or something, Fu Nanyin's face flushed red, and a layer of mist appeared in Que's eyes, and under this layer of mist, there was confusion, shock, and something inexplicable Just when Li Pei imitated Yao Guang's tone and said those two words to him, there seemed to be a string in Funanyin's mind, which broke with a "boom".
My mind went blank.
He never thought that what Li Pei said to him at the gate of the palace actually meant this-what identity do they think I have, and what identity I am...
"National Division?"
Funanyin didn't know that King Mobei had already called him several times, and when he came back to his senses again, the people in the seat had already sullen faces because of their impatience.
He hastily put the water bowl in his hand aside, got up and apologized: "I lost my composure, Your Majesty forgive me."
King Mobei waved his hand, "Tell me, what else did the Emperor of the Central Plains say."
Funanyin exhaled softly, and brought out the weird emotions just now, "There is still a way to choose, and send it to a proton who is satisfied with the emperor of Central Plains, but as for who..."
He looked at King Mobei who seemed to be relieved, and said, "It still needs to be decided by the king himself."
Don't send troops to invade, don't want Wang Yinhe to surrender, just exchange a hostage...
King Mobei obviously had a choice in his heart, and Funanyin looked at him quietly, feeling a bit of regret for the first time.If he chooses the second option, obediently hand over the king's seal, and write a letter of descent, maybe the road for both of them will be much easier.But until now, King Mobei still had unrealistic fantasies in his heart.
"I heard that the king is preparing his troops."
An untimely voice sounded, King Mobei narrowed his eyes, and turned to Fu Nanyin with a dangerous gleam in his eyes.He didn't ask how the latter got the news in Chang'an, because his thoughts were not completely separated from the three conditions of the Central Plains emperor just now, King Mobei seemed to ask instinctively:
"Why, after meeting Li Pei's Central Plains Army, do you feel that this king is overthinking himself?"
Funanyin was taken aback for a moment, then laughed.
"I dare not, I just want to tell the king a good news."
Another smile like that...
King Mobei suddenly felt that the throne under him was a bit hard, he stood up in a strange way, walked up to Fu Nanyin, met his smile that would surprise anyone who saw him, and asked condescendingly:
"What good news does the national teacher want to tell the king?"
But just as he was standing beside Fu Nanyin's chair, the person who had been obediently standing behind Fu Nanyin suddenly stood in front of him, and his agility was so swift that people couldn't see clearly, bringing out a sharp wind.
King Mobei couldn't help but took half a step back, looking at Li Pei with a gloomy expression.
"The emperor of the Central Plains recalled his sixth son, King Linzi, and he and the Crown Prince Li Pei are likely to fight against each other. Even if the Central Plains army sends troops again, the person who leads the army may...not be the Central Plains Crown Prince anymore."
As if unable to see the undercurrent between the two around her, Funanyin raised her hand and lightly rested on Li Pei's body, imperceptibly making a gesture of resistance.He stood up, looked at King Mobei at the same level, and said something that was almost bewitching, and planted a seed in the vigilant heart of the person.
"In the past, Mobei fought against the Central Plains for several years and never lost the wind. Half a year ago, when the Central Plains army invaded, the government and the people were in turmoil..." Funanyin paused at this point, and his tone seemed a bit ashamed.
At the beginning, he beheaded several famous generals in Mobei, leading to a disastrous defeat in the war, which was known to almost everyone in the court.Everyone knows how important a stable political situation is to war.
So soon, he continued: "But now the court of the Central Plains is fighting fiercely for the heir, where God's favor falls, and what kind of opportunity this is, Your Majesty should understand."
As expected, King Mobei's face changed again, he pursed his lips, his eyes seemed to be on Fu Nanyin all the time, and he seemed to be in a trance.
In the huge palace, no one spoke for a long time.
Fu Nanyin knew that this was the end of her words today, and was about to bow and bow to leave, but she heard people hesitate and asked in a calm voice:
"That year, does the national teacher still remember the oath he swore to the king?"
At that time, Funanyin had already turned around, facing the closed palace door, no one saw a strange and ironic smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Of course I remember."
The servant opened the gate of the palace for someone, and a beam of dazzling sunlight entered the eyes immediately.Funanyin stood in the light and shadow, and felt a little dazed when he heard the voice behind him.
"The national teacher has been wronged for Mobei, this king will give you enough rewards as compensation..."
It's just that King Mobei wants to take back the authority that Fu Nanyin once took away.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely... keep my duty in the Royal City in the future."
Just as he was stepping out of the dormitory, he bumped into another familiar figure head-on.Prime Minister Right didn't know how long he had been waiting outside this door. When he saw Fu Nanyin coming out, his long-standing fear of that person made him instinctively salute, but the former's "keep his duty" continued to echo in his mind , constantly reminding him that the days of being intimidated and coerced by Fu Nanyin are over.
In the future, he will be the most trusted subject of King Mobei.
So with such thoughts in mind, Prime Minister Right finally straightened his waist again, and even showed a provocative smile on his face.
However, Fu Nanyin didn't intend to stop because of it. He nodded to him flatly and briefly, and then walked out with the people behind him, walking steadily and steadily as usual, and gradually walked away. ...
There was a flash of astonishment in the right minister's eyes, followed by a sneer of undisguised disgust.
Fu Nanyin.
Since the fall of Prime Minister Zuo, he joined this national teacher, and everyone in the court laughed at him as Fu Nanyin's running dog.
Now that things are turning around, he wants to let people see who is the "running dog".
……
There was no servant to lead the way out of the palace, but Funanyin's pace seemed to be a little faster than when she entered the palace, making people feel like she was trying to get rid of someone.
There was a helpless smile on the corner of Li Pei's mouth, knowing that they had left the palace gate, and the two of them were walking one after the other on a deserted street, Li Pei's lazy voice sounded again.
"What are you doing so fast, Master?"
Funanyin's footsteps stopped suddenly, and even the hands tucked into the sleeves couldn't help shaking.
He originally thought that Li Pei yelling those two words in Mongolian language imitating Yao Guang's tone was scary enough, but he didn't expect that listening to him speaking in the most familiar Chinese at this time, it would be so...
stimulate.
Funanyin took a deep breath, turned around with a half-frozen body.Li Pei saw that his face was blushing, and his words were a bit incoherent.
"His Royal Highness, what tricks are you playing?"
Follow him into the palace, confront King Mobei, call him master... Is there any one thing that a dignified prince should do?
Li Pei lowered his head and laughed, "It's not like I got nothing."
He approached Fu Nanyin, wanting to touch this overly red face with his hand, but he didn't move because of the crowds on the street, instead he suddenly asked:
"What did the national teacher swear to King Mobei back then?"
Funanyin was startled suddenly, it seemed that he did not expect Li Peilian to understand this sentence, let alone how much he understood just now in the palace.While hesitating, he still answered truthfully,
"In this life... never betray Mo Bei."
Just seeing the smile on the corner of Li Pei's mouth gradually faded, he said hastily, "It was just a stopgap measure to save his life back then."
After all, Li Pei's raised hand didn't land on the man's face, but lightly patted him on the shoulder, and said indifferently:
"I know, I believe you."
After a while, when the two continued to walk towards the National Teacher's Mansion, Li Peina's sighing voice sounded again. It was very soft and quickly dissipated in the spring breeze in Mobei, making it too late for people to hear clearly.
"I just saw the real and fake methods of the national teacher today, and they are really superb."
Manipulating and playing with people's hearts, making everyone think that they are the one to be loyal to.
But the truth, who knows...
Although he was only wearing very ordinary clothes and bowed his head, he did not look like the servant he was used to in Mobei, but he felt a little uncomfortable.
like...
oppression.
The servant raised his eyes to look at Fu Nanyin, and couldn't help feeling a little doubtful in his heart - if the national teacher brought back from the Central Plains wasn't a servant, then what kind of identity could it be?
When the waiter showed that thoughtful look on his face, Li Pei had already walked in the direction of the two of them.Although he was only a few steps away, he still vaguely heard what the servant said to Fu Nanyin.
His complexion didn't change much, and he even smiled indifferently when he met Shang Fu Nanyin's worried eyes.
It seems that I didn't understand, Funanyin thought.After all, when Li Pei was only asked to say "begging" in the carriage, he would have to "revenge" like that, not to mention that the servant dared to call him those two words, Li Pei would be in a hurry.
After all, the two of them spoke Mughal, so it was normal for them not to understand.
Besides, Li Pei speaks Chinese, and his identity is extremely sensitive. It is too dangerous to take him to meet King Mobei...
"He doesn't..." Fu Nanyin was about to turn down his face and turn down the servant, but Li Pei finished the sentence before him.
"Let me go."
Funanyin looked at him in surprise.
The servant also looked at him in surprise.
It was a very brief and short sentence. Li Pei said it in an unprofessional mumbled language, but everyone present could understand it.
His voice was very low and he spoke quickly, concealing the rustiness in it.Although the servant felt a little strange hearing it, he couldn't think of anything for a while, and looked at Li Pei for a while, then bowed to Fu Nanyin who was obviously looking worried, and said:
"The national teacher, let's go?"
Li Pei was not included in Funanyin's original plan. Even though the latter followed the imperial guards for two days and got into his carriage, Funanyin thought it would be good if he was among the imperial guards in the Central Plains; In Wangcheng, Funanyin thought that it would be easy to hide a person in such a large palace with secret guards; but at this time Li Pei was on the way to follow him into the palace...
Funanyin did not sit in the sedan chair brought by the servant, nor did she ride a horse, but walked towards the palace gate step by step.
No matter how fast or slow Fu Nanyin walked, Li Pei behind him always walked three steps behind him.
The two of them didn't speak a word along the way, and a depressive silence lay between the three steps.
Funanyin frowned, she had never been so irritable as at this moment, repelling and walking into the palace gate in front of her that he had walked through countless times.On the other hand, Li Pei's face was calm, and his eyes were always on the back of the person in front of him, so that no one could see anything abnormal.
With the holy decree, the servant went all the way unimpeded.
The guards guarding the palace gate raised their long spears and lowered their heads to welcome the powerful minister who covered the sky with his hands into the palace. It seemed that everything was a familiar scene, but it was different.
With a foot in front of the door, Fu Nanyin suddenly turned around - Li Pei was unaware that he could barely regain his senses in half a step in front of him, and his eyes flickered for a moment.
"You go back to the house now, there is still time."
Funanyin spoke at a volume that only the two of them could hear, and said words that only the two of them could understand.
Li Pei lowered his head, and suddenly raised the corners of his lips.
"Since the king of Mobei wants to see me, let him see him. It would be suspicious to hide."
Funanyin frowned, but after hearing Li Pei's words, her heart suddenly became dull.I heard that when he first arrived in Chang'an, the Emperor of the Central Plains issued an imperial decree announcing him to enter the palace, and it was Li Pei who resisted the decree for him, so that he had the opportunity to spend those two months safely in the Proton Mansion.
Li Pei can do it, but now he can't live in another place?
"But your identity..."
Li Pei knew about Funanyin's concerns, but he didn't let him continue: "Don't worry, that's who they think I am."
Funanyin was stunned, he didn't know what expression was on his face at this moment, surprise, absurdity, worry, self-blame...
"You are crazy."
After a while, he slowly let out a breath from his chest.
The servant in front is urging again.
Turning around again and walking towards the palace gate, hearing the moderate footsteps behind her, Fu Nanyin slowly let go of the hands clenched in her sleeves. At some point, a layer of sweat oozed from her palms, blown by the wind. , was freezing cold.
……
The King of Mobei was obviously anxious to wait, fidgeting and pacing repeatedly in the bedroom.
The puppet that he personally helped to become the national teacher half a year ago finally broke free from his shackles, and almost caused him to destroy Mobei's foundation.It was hard... It was hard to send him to the Central Plains Crown Prince in exchange for a peace agreement. Less than three months later, why did Funanyin come back? !
How could he come back?
Could it be... escaped?
If this is the case, then the peace agreement...
"My lord, the national teacher has arrived."
As soon as King Mobei turned around, the familiar figure caught his eyes.He approached the door little by little, and his face and expression gradually became clearer. He still looked calm and unwavering, and he hadn't changed a bit for so many years, but... it seemed to be different.
He fixed his eyes on the approaching person, looked at the face lowered, saluted him as usual, and said calmly:
"Your Majesty."
A sudden voice rang out, pulling King Mobei out of his stupor, and at the same time shattering the dream he had worked so hard for the past two months and the last bit of luck in his heart.
Funanyin, his national teacher, really came back.
It was just that the moment Funanyin saluted, a strange figure suddenly appeared behind him—perhaps not a stranger.King Mobei instinctively felt that he had seen this face before, but he just thought about it for a while, but he didn't find a result in his mind.
The people behind him naturally also noticed his inquiring eyes, and the corners of his mouth curved into a smile that was not a smile, imitating the appearance of Fu Nanyin, and saluted.
The strange feeling in King Mobei's heart was even worse.
It's just that at this moment, he obviously has more important things on his mind, and he has no time to be distracted by a strange servant.Quickly retracting his gaze, King Mobei sat back on his throne, but instead of bestowing a seat on Funanyin as usual, he asked directly:
"If my king remembers correctly, the national teacher said here a few months ago..."
His clenched fists trembled slightly, not sure if it was from anger or nervousness.
"I want to repay this king's life-saving grace, and say that I will take your life in exchange for the safety of the Mobei royal family, and there will be no regrets in dying."
Funanyin straightened up, finally there was some fluctuation in those bird eyes, but she smiled unconsciously,
"I did say so, it's just that... the Central Plains people don't seem to be satisfied with my life."
When Fu Nanyin's expression fell into his eyes, King Mobei was stunned suddenly, and even let go of his hands.
He finally knew the difference between Funanyin and before.
He even forgot the first time he saw Fu Nanyin. At that time, when that young boy took over the position of the national teacher according to his own will, he would still be apprehensive, and he would smile respectfully at himself.Later, the power in Funanyin's hands gradually increased, and she also had her own influence. She was no longer satisfied with being an obedient puppet. Even though she was still respectful in front of him, her eyes were always alienated and wary.Later, when he was brought back to Mobei, his indifference and hard heart towards everyone could no longer be concealed.
Then, Funanyin turned into a nightmare that the emperor loathed and feared.
But now...
He has never seen the softness in those indifferent eyes, and the inadvertent smile is like a cheetah putting away its deadly minions, and there are some more complicated things in it, making a person who has always been doing things People without a trace of emotion actually have more warmth and... style.
King Mobei suddenly forgot what he was going to say, and asked dumbly: "Did the Central Plains people make things difficult for you? That prince..."
Fu Nanyin has been waiting for King Mobei's questioning. He prepared the draft early in the morning, and he is confident that with his understanding of the latter, he will be able to convince people with his words.
But he never expected that what King Mobei asked was actually this sentence.
The surprise lasted only for a moment. Although she didn't know why the person on the throne asked this question, Fu Nanyin put away the smile on her lips and said lightly:
"Everything is as your Majesty wished, and the life of my minister as a hostage in Chang'an is...very interesting."
From the moment she stepped into this palace gate, Fu Nanyin was always worried about Li Pei behind him, afraid that he would not know Mobei's rules and easily attract the attention of the king of Mobei, afraid that he would do impulsive things, afraid that he would not listen Knowing Mongolian language shows off...
But it wasn't until King Mobei mentioned Li Pei that the people behind him didn't respond, and Fu Nanyin suddenly felt lucky that Li Pei couldn't understand the conversation between him and King Mobei.
"Your Majesty knew the relationship between the minister and the Crown Prince of the Central Plains very early on. Rather than using your life to gamble on the peace of Mobei, it is not to say that you are betting on how much the minister is worth to the Crown Prince of the Central Plains."
Listening to Fu Nanyin's indifferent tone as usual, King Mobei's mind with countless weird thoughts was finally cooled down, and gradually returned to reason.
It's just that when he mentioned the prince of the Central Plains, for some reason, the servant behind him who had been lowering his head suddenly glanced over, with a hint of danger.
King Mobei frowned again, the man's gaze made him uncomfortable, and Fu Nanyin's tone made him even more anxious.He couldn't understand why "living in Chang'an was very interesting", so he asked directly:
"So according to what you mean, is it the Crown Prince of Central Plains who let you back? Or did you forget the oath you swore to this king, and fled back in vain to care about the life and death of the Mobei royal family and the people?"
After speaking, King Mobei's voice trembled slightly because of nervousness.
That was the question he had thought over and over a hundred times since he learned that Fu Nanyin had returned to Wangcheng, and for him, there was only one acceptable answer.
The [-] Central Plains Army that swept in a few months ago was like a black cloud that could not be dispelled, pressing down on this dying empire for a long time.The court is chaotic, there are soldiers but no generals, cities are lost one by one...
He knew that the peace bought by Funanyin would not last long, so he had been reorganizing the Mobei soldiers in the territory in recent months, and promoted many generals who could lead the army. Far from enough.
But all of this is thanks to Fu Nanyin...
Thinking of this, King Mobei's angry and hateful eyes suddenly pounced on the opposite person like a poisonous snake.
Fu Nanyin wanted to ask back what if he really fled from Chang'an all the way back to Mobei, but when he met the eyes of Shang Mobei King, he suddenly dispelled the thought of provoking him again, even the mockery on his face that he hadn't had time to show in the future They were all cleaned up.
Silence and wait.
It was that respectful and distant look again, and there was no other superfluous look.King Mobei had no way of guessing what he said next, and this unknown made people uneasy.
"The person who released his ministers and returned is the emperor of the Central Plains."
Finally, Funanyin spoke.
At the same time, King Mobei's raised heart returned to his place, and his clenched fists were completely loosened.
"The prince of the Central Plains doesn't know."
The tone of the latter sentence was not the same as before, but King Mobei instinctively sensed something strange.The relaxed emperor was now in the mood to really look at this man whom he hadn't seen for more than two months, his former...favorite.
Even in the bedroom where the temperature is not low, Funanyin is still wearing a thick fox fur, which is tightly wrapped except for her hands and neck.The king of Mobei never knew that he was so afraid of the cold, or...he began to guess how interesting this always arrogant and cunning master of the state was living in Chang'an as a hostage. Is there some invisible tricks on him?
I heard that the guards and interrogators under the emperor of the Central Plains were very skilled.
And if there was a quarrel between father and son that day because of an enemy country's national teacher...
"Come on, give me a seat."
Fu Nanyin didn't seem to care about Mobei Wang's expression that changed a few times just now, but Li Pei had a panoramic view of it from the corner of his eye, and was quite admiring his ability. Just a few words can control people's emotions So far, even the king of Mobei has not noticed it himself - if you make him worry, you will be worried, if you make him afraid, you will be afraid, and now it is even easier to let him be paralyzed and think some thoughts that should not be moved.
The servant quickly lifted a high chair up, and everything seemed to be the same as it was when Fu Nanyin was in power.It's just that at this time, Funanyin showed a bit of stupefaction and surprise at the right time, and this expression deeply pleased King Mobei who was leaning over to look at him.
Waiting for Funanyin to sit down, King Mobei said:
"Let the national teacher return to Mobei secretly, what is the condition of the emperor of the Central Plains?"
It finally started.
Funanyin said slowly: "The peace negotiation is abolished, and the Central Plains army has made a comeback."
King Mobei tightened his hand holding the wine bottle. The three words "Central Plains Army" were like a gleaming knife hanging above his head, and every time Funanyin mentioned it, it seemed to tear a bit of the rope hanging from the knife.
Uncontrollably, some cold sweat broke out on his back.After thinking about it, he thought that Fu Nanyin did not carry the letter of war from the Emperor of the Central Plains, nor did he receive any news.
After a while, he swallowed his wine, "What else?"
Funanyin raised her head, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, she had no intention of hiding it, but King Mobei felt his scalp go numb.
"Hand over the king's seal, and Mobei will surrender to the Central Plains."
After saying this, not only King Mobei, but also Li Pei behind him understood, and looked at him in surprise, as if he didn't expect Fu Nanyin to throw this final choice to Mobei so early king.
At this moment, the time is wrong, the place is wrong; the individual is wrong, and the person is wrong.
King Mobei's resentful eyes pierced over, and the strength in his hand was about to crush the wine bottle, and the dark red liquid spilled out along the shaking of the wine bottle, which was very eye-catching.
"Don't worry, my lord, there is one more..." This time, Fu Nanyin didn't wait for the king of Mobei to calm down his anger, and opened his mouth, but he didn't know if he caught wind just now on the road, his chest trembled, and here There was a sudden coughing sound.
Almost subconsciously, Li Pei squatted down and patted his back lightly, waiting for Fu Nanyin's cough to subside and calm down slowly.
The king of Mobei could clearly see some unusual eye contact between the two people, and then looked at the face of that person who seemed to have seen it before, and always felt that things were strange, like...
Just now when Fu Nanyin was coughing, he asked the waiter to bring in a bowl of warm water. Now that it was delivered, he was taken by the man naturally, as if he wanted to feed him, but Fu Nanyin turned his head to avoid it.
King Mobei frowned more and more tightly, who is that person?Why did he show such an expression to Fu Nanyin?When he felt that he was about to come up with an answer, a very low voice came out of the mouth, because it was far away, King Mobei faintly heard what he said——
"Drink slowly...Master."
But after he finished the last two words, Fu Nanyin's chest, which had already calmed down, suddenly heaved violently again, and his coughing was even harder than before.
Seeing the man's serious and submissive appearance in front of Fu Nanyin, King Mobei's doubts dissipated little by little.
Hearing that Funanyin brought someone back from the Central Plains, he was a bit on guard at first, but now it seems that he may really be just a servant.If it was really someone important, with that person's cautious temperament, how could he be brought to the palace for him to see?
Owner……
drink slowly...
I don't know if it's because of choking on the water or something, Fu Nanyin's face flushed red, and a layer of mist appeared in Que's eyes, and under this layer of mist, there was confusion, shock, and something inexplicable Just when Li Pei imitated Yao Guang's tone and said those two words to him, there seemed to be a string in Funanyin's mind, which broke with a "boom".
My mind went blank.
He never thought that what Li Pei said to him at the gate of the palace actually meant this-what identity do they think I have, and what identity I am...
"National Division?"
Funanyin didn't know that King Mobei had already called him several times, and when he came back to his senses again, the people in the seat had already sullen faces because of their impatience.
He hastily put the water bowl in his hand aside, got up and apologized: "I lost my composure, Your Majesty forgive me."
King Mobei waved his hand, "Tell me, what else did the Emperor of the Central Plains say."
Funanyin exhaled softly, and brought out the weird emotions just now, "There is still a way to choose, and send it to a proton who is satisfied with the emperor of Central Plains, but as for who..."
He looked at King Mobei who seemed to be relieved, and said, "It still needs to be decided by the king himself."
Don't send troops to invade, don't want Wang Yinhe to surrender, just exchange a hostage...
King Mobei obviously had a choice in his heart, and Funanyin looked at him quietly, feeling a bit of regret for the first time.If he chooses the second option, obediently hand over the king's seal, and write a letter of descent, maybe the road for both of them will be much easier.But until now, King Mobei still had unrealistic fantasies in his heart.
"I heard that the king is preparing his troops."
An untimely voice sounded, King Mobei narrowed his eyes, and turned to Fu Nanyin with a dangerous gleam in his eyes.He didn't ask how the latter got the news in Chang'an, because his thoughts were not completely separated from the three conditions of the Central Plains emperor just now, King Mobei seemed to ask instinctively:
"Why, after meeting Li Pei's Central Plains Army, do you feel that this king is overthinking himself?"
Funanyin was taken aback for a moment, then laughed.
"I dare not, I just want to tell the king a good news."
Another smile like that...
King Mobei suddenly felt that the throne under him was a bit hard, he stood up in a strange way, walked up to Fu Nanyin, met his smile that would surprise anyone who saw him, and asked condescendingly:
"What good news does the national teacher want to tell the king?"
But just as he was standing beside Fu Nanyin's chair, the person who had been obediently standing behind Fu Nanyin suddenly stood in front of him, and his agility was so swift that people couldn't see clearly, bringing out a sharp wind.
King Mobei couldn't help but took half a step back, looking at Li Pei with a gloomy expression.
"The emperor of the Central Plains recalled his sixth son, King Linzi, and he and the Crown Prince Li Pei are likely to fight against each other. Even if the Central Plains army sends troops again, the person who leads the army may...not be the Central Plains Crown Prince anymore."
As if unable to see the undercurrent between the two around her, Funanyin raised her hand and lightly rested on Li Pei's body, imperceptibly making a gesture of resistance.He stood up, looked at King Mobei at the same level, and said something that was almost bewitching, and planted a seed in the vigilant heart of the person.
"In the past, Mobei fought against the Central Plains for several years and never lost the wind. Half a year ago, when the Central Plains army invaded, the government and the people were in turmoil..." Funanyin paused at this point, and his tone seemed a bit ashamed.
At the beginning, he beheaded several famous generals in Mobei, leading to a disastrous defeat in the war, which was known to almost everyone in the court.Everyone knows how important a stable political situation is to war.
So soon, he continued: "But now the court of the Central Plains is fighting fiercely for the heir, where God's favor falls, and what kind of opportunity this is, Your Majesty should understand."
As expected, King Mobei's face changed again, he pursed his lips, his eyes seemed to be on Fu Nanyin all the time, and he seemed to be in a trance.
In the huge palace, no one spoke for a long time.
Fu Nanyin knew that this was the end of her words today, and was about to bow and bow to leave, but she heard people hesitate and asked in a calm voice:
"That year, does the national teacher still remember the oath he swore to the king?"
At that time, Funanyin had already turned around, facing the closed palace door, no one saw a strange and ironic smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Of course I remember."
The servant opened the gate of the palace for someone, and a beam of dazzling sunlight entered the eyes immediately.Funanyin stood in the light and shadow, and felt a little dazed when he heard the voice behind him.
"The national teacher has been wronged for Mobei, this king will give you enough rewards as compensation..."
It's just that King Mobei wants to take back the authority that Fu Nanyin once took away.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely... keep my duty in the Royal City in the future."
Just as he was stepping out of the dormitory, he bumped into another familiar figure head-on.Prime Minister Right didn't know how long he had been waiting outside this door. When he saw Fu Nanyin coming out, his long-standing fear of that person made him instinctively salute, but the former's "keep his duty" continued to echo in his mind , constantly reminding him that the days of being intimidated and coerced by Fu Nanyin are over.
In the future, he will be the most trusted subject of King Mobei.
So with such thoughts in mind, Prime Minister Right finally straightened his waist again, and even showed a provocative smile on his face.
However, Fu Nanyin didn't intend to stop because of it. He nodded to him flatly and briefly, and then walked out with the people behind him, walking steadily and steadily as usual, and gradually walked away. ...
There was a flash of astonishment in the right minister's eyes, followed by a sneer of undisguised disgust.
Fu Nanyin.
Since the fall of Prime Minister Zuo, he joined this national teacher, and everyone in the court laughed at him as Fu Nanyin's running dog.
Now that things are turning around, he wants to let people see who is the "running dog".
……
There was no servant to lead the way out of the palace, but Funanyin's pace seemed to be a little faster than when she entered the palace, making people feel like she was trying to get rid of someone.
There was a helpless smile on the corner of Li Pei's mouth, knowing that they had left the palace gate, and the two of them were walking one after the other on a deserted street, Li Pei's lazy voice sounded again.
"What are you doing so fast, Master?"
Funanyin's footsteps stopped suddenly, and even the hands tucked into the sleeves couldn't help shaking.
He originally thought that Li Pei yelling those two words in Mongolian language imitating Yao Guang's tone was scary enough, but he didn't expect that listening to him speaking in the most familiar Chinese at this time, it would be so...
stimulate.
Funanyin took a deep breath, turned around with a half-frozen body.Li Pei saw that his face was blushing, and his words were a bit incoherent.
"His Royal Highness, what tricks are you playing?"
Follow him into the palace, confront King Mobei, call him master... Is there any one thing that a dignified prince should do?
Li Pei lowered his head and laughed, "It's not like I got nothing."
He approached Fu Nanyin, wanting to touch this overly red face with his hand, but he didn't move because of the crowds on the street, instead he suddenly asked:
"What did the national teacher swear to King Mobei back then?"
Funanyin was startled suddenly, it seemed that he did not expect Li Peilian to understand this sentence, let alone how much he understood just now in the palace.While hesitating, he still answered truthfully,
"In this life... never betray Mo Bei."
Just seeing the smile on the corner of Li Pei's mouth gradually faded, he said hastily, "It was just a stopgap measure to save his life back then."
After all, Li Pei's raised hand didn't land on the man's face, but lightly patted him on the shoulder, and said indifferently:
"I know, I believe you."
After a while, when the two continued to walk towards the National Teacher's Mansion, Li Peina's sighing voice sounded again. It was very soft and quickly dissipated in the spring breeze in Mobei, making it too late for people to hear clearly.
"I just saw the real and fake methods of the national teacher today, and they are really superb."
Manipulating and playing with people's hearts, making everyone think that they are the one to be loyal to.
But the truth, who knows...
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