Qingzhou trip

Li Jiyan stayed in the guest house until the third night, and finally realized that his trick of impersonating others was too risky: Zhao Yifang did not recognize this marriage, and even made up his mind to stick to Shahai.And his cousin Li Jixin's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses outside the city might not survive the day when the food in Shahai City runs out.If the fubanqi was wrong in that way, it would have been since the chaos in Shahai City was calmed down that night.

Although the situation in Xia Jingli is currently in the hands of their people, if they can't get a better deal than the old coins from the turmoil at the border, people's hearts will definitely fluctuate.

He thought to himself many times what Zhao Yifang's expression and tone should be when he came to the guest house to inquire again. He felt that he would have a chance to win at that time, and his speech was calm.However, since Xie Penglai came that day, no officials from the Hua Dynasty were able to enter the guest house, so that he once wondered whether Li Jixin had never mentioned his identity to Zhao Yifang, and then he denied his wild thoughts.

Because he and this cousin have been friends for life, they are similar in appearance and body, and even their temperament is speculative.The acquaintance of 30 to [-] years made him rest assured that the main force of Jiyingzhai was incorporated into the kite rider and handed over to him to command.What Li Jiyan thinks about is that if the history of future generations is written, his experience of riding lightly into the sea of ​​sand with shocking courage must be worthy of a special book.He was just one step away from getting the power, fame, inheritance and beauties that he had taught him to crave.

But at this step, Zhao Yifang froze.Not only Zhao Yifang, Master Liao and Zou Shiyan seemed to have disappeared as well.Even a seventh-rank county magistrate can come, why don't they come?He sent someone to invite Zhao Yifang, but was stopped by the guards outside the door firmly. The entourage of King Jin looked politely, "His Highness has been ill recently, and is closing the door to thank guests."

After several trials and failed, Li Jiyan was so anxious that he threw a glass in the guest house, "Then wait for the day when Shahai City is broken, and let Zhao Yifang kneel and beg me!" I met this King Jin at the border of Beixia a few months ago His Highness didn't know her identity at the time, but if the timing is right, it would not be difficult to marry another Hua Dynasty merchant woman.After learning that this woman who didn't even lose her identity after being beaten with a stick turned out to be Zhao Yifang, the comfort envoy of the Three States and Jin Wang, Li Jiyan laughed a few times, "Wouldn't it be a pity not to marry?"

After planning step by step until today, Zhao Yifang has become a prey in the urn, the more she struggles, the more Li Jiyan feels that she is worthy of this big show.Since Zhao Yifang knelt down and begged for marriage, he still owed a little heat and patience.Li Jiyan calmed down after losing his temper.

Zhao Yifang's "thank you" was true, and Zou Shiyan and others were anxiously circling outside King Jin's mansion to see him. "I'm sick" is also true, she has suffered from the wind and cold for several days, coupled with her anger, she is still lying on the sick bed at the moment.

The Beixia army outside the city was repeatedly repelled, but the Baosheng army that had relieved the sand sea did not show up again.The female blacksmith who came to report said that they had entered the Zhenrong Army Station for repairs, and one of these people must have got the lion candy that Xie Penglai had been covering her body for several days.Although she hadn't asked, Zhao Yifang guessed seven or eight points from Xie Penglai's eyes.

At the moment of life and death, she shouldn't be so narrow-minded that she can't fit a bag of candy, and she shouldn't be thinking about her personal relationship and lust, but Zhao Yifang just couldn't help thinking about it over and over again.She tossed the book in her hand angrily, and said to Li Mo outside, "No one will be seen! They are in a hurry, but I am not in a hurry!"

Li Mo looked at the suddenly childish Highness, and winked at him helplessly.After entering the house, she was stopped by Zhao Yifang, "Go to sleep if you have nothing to do, it's rare to squint on the tower, aren't you tired?"

Li Mei looked back at the sky outside, "I have slept for several hours, and when the time came, I had to go to the city wall to replace Xie County Magistrate. She was so hard, and she almost didn't go down the city tower for three days in a row."

Picking up the book for Zhao Yifang and putting it on the table, Li Mo refilled her glass of water calmly, "Your Highness is right not to be in a hurry."

After waiting for a few days, there was no sign of the reinforcements, and most of their guesses were confirmed.And Xie Penglai said angrily that he wanted to wipe out the Beixia people in the city, and he hurriedly asked King Jin to make a decision.Before Li Mo objected, she later admitted that she was too careless.It is said that it is the best policy for King Jin to pretend not to know at the moment, and treat him as a horse thief outside the city.After ten days and half a month in this windy and snowy day, he would have a chance of survival if he fought with the Baosheng army outside the city.

King Jin was not in a hurry, but the magistrate Xie, who was usually graceful and calm, bared his fangs in a hurry.But Zhao Yifang was so annoyed by the bag of candy that she didn't react.

King Jin didn't move the chopsticks on Li Mojian's table, she frowned, "I thought the person I was assisting had great ambitions, and Xie Penglai, whom I admired, was also a general's weapon. But two little girls."

Her queen's words are quite straightforward, but King Jin is willing to listen to Shanna.This remark really made Zhao Yifang look up, "Little daughter?" Didn't she just say that she was right?But she immediately felt that what Li Mo said was right, she knew exactly how much she was pretending and how depressed she was.There is indeed a young daughter who is troubled by her heart.

Zhao Yifang picked up the teacup, "Occasionally there is a little bit... I will not miss it. Look at the snow outside for another two days. It's a sea of ​​sand. It's half a foot to the knee. I'll see that Beixia How dare the iron kite get in."

But Li Mei said that she disagreed with the "two youngest daughters", "Master Xie is not the youngest daughter."

Li Mo raised his eyebrows, "She is even more so."

Zhao Yifang couldn't see her cheating, "Is there a little girl who doesn't go down the tower for three days? A little girl who concentrates on governing for several years and doesn't talk about marriage? Is there a little girl like you who is talented and endowed?"

Li Mo shook his head, "That's it. Your Highness also knows who Xie County Magistrate is, and he said that he would offer you the head of the commander of Beixia under the city, and he was so impulsive that he asked you to send troops to destroy the guest house until 'no one is left'? Your Highness, please make a decision on self-reliance. She has always been calm and thoughtful, why did she make such a false statement?"

Zhao Yifang's heart hit her chest violently, her almond eyes widened, and then the corners of her mouth let out a hint of joy, "That's...that's my urgent thank you." Li Mei waved his wrist, "What are you still doing? Aren't you going to the tower to take over?"

"I'm going." Li Mo smiled, "It's just that before leaving, please eat and rest your Highness. The current siege is difficult, and your Highness can't be sick or anxious."

"Understood." Zhao Yifang nodded steadily, picked up the chopsticks and began to eat.As soon as Li Mo left, she put down her chopsticks and walked barefoot to the window, staring at the goose feather snow outside for a moment, thinking about Xie Penglai's gnashing of teeth several times in her heart, and then unconsciously smiled.Calm down, but think deeper.

Xie Penglai, Lu Xiangchun and others patrolled the city wall again, and when they returned to the north turret, they saw Li Mo waiting for them.She smiled and went forward, patting the snowflakes on her shoulders and inviting her into the turret, "The spies came back and said that the enemy army has not moved, and they seem to be looking around and hesitating."

Spreading out the map on the ground, she discussed with Li Mei, "His Royal Highness announced a heavy reward a few days ago, so the defenders are still in a strong momentum. But if no reinforcements arrive, I'm afraid there will be false rumors in the city to confuse people."

At this time, Xie Penglai would not go too far. She pointed earnestly at the various villages on the map, "There must be stone lacquer in the Beixia army. I plan to let Ah Chun lead people to spy at night. I will set it on fire after I see it." They are heavy on food and grass. They don't seek quick victory, but cut their flesh with small knives. Coupled with the cold weather, the morale of the people in Beixia is bit by bit..."

Thinking of Lord Liao and Zou Shiyan in the city, Xie Penglai pondered for a while, "They...wouldn't they also know the real intention of the court? If they knew, there were invaders outside and lobbyists inside, if they joined forces with Li Jiyan in the guest house , Your Highness will be in a dilemma."

"Your Highness is thinking about this, so he doesn't let anyone approach the guest house. I don't see those two adults either." Li Mo thought about the twists and turns of King Jin's journey all these years, and looked at the map more and more deeply.

After a long while, Li Mo pointed to Jibei on the map, "That year the King of Shang passed away. They said that His Highness was still young, and His Majesty and Ying Wang were very close, so they took His Highness back to the capital."

She moved her finger to the capital city further north, "At the foot of the Son of Heaven is also the den of tigers and wolves. The sons and concubines in the clan are trying to force His Highness to be adopted by the King of Shang. And how many people in the Taige asked the Emperor to marry His Highness. How could they have imagined that His Highness would be so determined that he would not wear a wedding dress to fulfill their wish."

Moving his fingertips to the sea of ​​sand, Li Mo raised his head and looked at Xie Penglai, "I thought that while you were here, we would fight together, and wait another three to five years in the sea of ​​sand, so we might not be able to fight in the sea of ​​sand."

Zhao Yifang's ambition was not in the boudoir marriage, and was forced to such a desperate situation, "Xie County Magistrate's 'decision' is really too courageous." Li Mei looked into Xie Penglai's eyes, "It's not good to have this It’s a blessing that the situation is not going to go down, firstly, Xie County magistrate Mingcha Qiuhao acted decisively, secondly, there is Baosheng Army responding outside the city, thirdly, Li Jiyan has a good reputation for being crazy and cunning.”

If the people in the craftsman camp and the outside echoed the incident and the city collapsed, the situation of King Jin at that time would make Li Mo shudder. "Xie County Magistrate's words are exactly what I think." A smile appeared in Li Mu's eyes, "I have been with His Highness for these years, and I really hate those hypocritical and obscene tricks. The temple is so wide that there is no room for a daughter The home is based on exhibition ambitions."

Not only could it not be tolerated, but they were also forced to disperse or marry into a deep house.

"There are so many women and few men, this strange situation that has not been seen in a hundred years, is the god-given opportunity for the king of Shang to be born. Now they can't understand it. They want to hand over the power, confiscate the army, cut the title and give marriage. Because there are so many women nowadays. Unwilling to be the queen, they are afraid that one day women will not want to live at home, and they are afraid that women will love to be officials, generals, soldiers and merchants. So the first one to deal with is His Highness." Li Mei handed Xie Penglai a piece of roast Hot cakes, as if talking about homework, "So I thought, why not take this opportunity to stand in the northwest? Earning a piece of land for the daughters of the world is a piece of land."

Lu Xiangchun, who had already eaten two pieces of cake, said, "You are really not afraid of death. Who dares to say that in the capital?"

"Afraid that if you die, you will fall into the grass with the winning army? Are you afraid that you will come back?" Li Mei raised his eyelids and glanced at her, seeing that Lu Xiangchun seemed to be choked, "Your Highness knows that, if she doesn't speak out, it's just It’s all just selling you some face. Living outside, instead of relying on robbing the business, is it possible to live on the court’s salary?”

Lu Xiangchun smiled, and said in a low voice, "Where...we are both soldiers and farmers, and we can barely make ends meet."

Xie Penglai grabbed the cake and approached the brazier unknowingly, "Your Highness also has the same determination?"

"If she doesn't have such determination, why should she stick to it so hard?" Li Mei looked at this talented woman whom Zhao Yifang had been thinking about for many years, "It's you, you talk nicely, and don't mention this head, that extermination Yunyun. Why even Bao You didn't keep the sugar for His Highness?"

Xie Penglai was tongue-tied for a moment, "Those words were reckless by Xie." As soon as she heard someone directly calling Zhao Yifang's idea, she became impatient.And Zhao Yifang really cared about the bag of candy.She sent someone to retrieve it from home when she was tired from guarding the city, and it happened that she met Li Suyue entering the city.

However, although Li Jixin's head cannot be obtained for a while, it can be completely removed by the crime of Li Jiyan's replacement.If the mediocre officials of the two courts are in charge of Shahai, they must eat and drink to coax the fake tricks, and then seek evidence and seek peace with many parties. After re-signing the peace agreement, they will be released in exchange for a few years of respite.Maybe it can also make a "good story".

Li Jiyan could not be killed, or kept to alienate the Beixia army outside the city, or sent back to Beixia to disrupt the situation.

But Xie Penglai has an energetic and firm reason: those who regard King Jin as their own should be punished and made an example to others.It wasn't just Li Jiyan who was killed, but also the heart of Zhao Nei who planned to frame him.Once this idea sprang up in my heart, it was like a flame bubbling into the air, which was hard to contain.

How would Angelica see it?She must laugh at herself for being childish, not knowing how to compromise and endure, and not knowing how to cooperate.Lu Jinhua would say kill one and lose one, thinking too much and doing too little is fatal.

What did Zhao Yifang think?The cake in Xie Penglai's hand was suddenly taken away, and Zhao Yifang, who arrived quietly, sat by the brazier and tore the cake, "It's burnt here."

"Why doesn't Your Highness rest in the mansion?" Li Mo asked her.

"I got a headache from the quarrel between those two old children. They insisted on breaking in to talk to me about Lao Shizi's plan to arrange envoys and retreat troops." Zhao Yifang sent a piece of dry cake to her mouth and frowned while chewing, "It's really hard. .”

"I'm afraid the reinforcements won't be here. I just came from the city, and someone started talking about the marriage, and I don't know which family is spreading the rumors." Zhao Yifang was handed water in front of her eyes. Seeing that it was Xie Penglai, she He snorted softly and pushed it away, "Master Xie, Li Mo, there is something that I have not discussed with you." Seeing that Xie Penglai was still carrying the water persistently, Zhao Yifang finally took a sip, "My lord has asked Ren Wu directly led the troops to the guest house. Although there is no proof of death, the peace talk of those people in the city will be destroyed."

Xie Penglai and Li Mei were surprised at the same time, "Killed Li Jiyan?"

Zhao Yifang changed her posture and crossed her legs, "Aren't they going to talk, to force, to get married, to ask for wealth and wealth? I will surely seek peace from the court? This king doesn't recognize this, and if they don't know, they will make peace with each other, which is the most vicious A woman's heart."

Seeing that Xie Penglai and Li Mei were speechless for a moment, Zhao Yifang laughed, "It is said that he is the King of the Kingdom of Northern Xia, has the court recognized him? No one has ever heard of it in the letter from the residence. Besides, there are only tens of thousands of soldiers in total. Ma, it means that this group of people has not won the hearts of Beixia. You two, this is a mess. If you kill Li Jiyan, there will be chaos outside the city." Zhao Yifang suppressed her excitement and deliberately said calmly, "Even if they succeed, The imperial court bet on me as a marriage partner. If it doesn’t work out, Zhan Luan will lose my life. The imperial court also bet on Beixia.”

She described her situation so easily, but there was mist in Li Mo's eyes, Xie Penglai's eyes were also red, "Then if Your Highness survives this calamity...what should I do?"

Zhao Yifang looked at them innocently, "How does this king know about this change? I only know that the gift of the year is approaching, and there are horse thieves pretending to be envoys entering the city, which almost caused a catastrophe. So punish them to stop the chaos, and lead soldiers and people to defend the city to resist the thieves for several days I hope that Master Wang can't make it." Her eyes fell on the window of the turret, "Thanks to the help of the rebel army, and the snow fell by the mountain god to retreat from the enemy." When the court settles the final score, she will be an "unknown" crime.If Bei Xia didn't give up on seeking revenge for Jian Guo, the peace talks would have to drag on for a while.

Li Mo half-opened his mouth, then smiled gratifiedly, and said to Xie Penglai, "I should trouble the county magistrate for this booklet."

"Then if one dies, do you want to marry the other?" Lu Xiangchun, who was born in the countryside, spoke bluntly, but expressed Xie Penglai's worries.

Zhao Yifang laughed and shook her shoulders, "Then I have to ask Master Xie, she wants to get the head." After she finished speaking, she glanced at Xie Penglai meaningfully.Li Mo got up, "I'll go to see the defenses, and after I finished speaking, I pulled Lu Xiangchun's sleeve, and you go out too."

"Thank you, master, after this catastrophe, the king will die at the Shahai Pass." Zhao Yifang muttered, "It's one thing for the court to ask for soldiers, money, and food, but we have to find them ourselves. Baizhi no longer , we have to protect this place. Master Xie, are you willing?" She asked seriously.

"How...why do you rely on this?" Xie Penglai was still thinking about "resisting the decree" or "self-reliance", and Zhao Yifang smiled, "It's like this king is facing the teacher, relying on, grinding, and supporting. Thank you Teacher, do you also think that this king is a poisonous woman?" Zhao Yifang showed fatigue at this moment, she wanted to lean on Xie Penglai's shoulder, but she just sat upright again.

The poisonous woman was a word that the Western Liao army scolded the grandmother King Shang, and when it was spread to the court, there were still people applauding.Grandma said, "If they don't like them, the woman is either a poisonous woman or a prostitute, or a temptress and shrew. Ah Fang, what kind of woman are you going to do?"

At that time, Zhao Yifang thought about it, "I can do whatever I want. I can't let other people's mouths and pens."

It turned out that Zhao Yifang still cared about Xie Penglai's mouth and pen, and even felt "resentful" for a moment.

"Your Highness, how can you be troubled by outsiders' words?" Xie Penglai stared at King Jin, her inner confidant swayed with unexplainable pity, "Xie thinks there should be more poisonous women."

She turned her head in embarrassment, "Mang Shahai, Sha Haimang, Shahai's daughter can swallow wolves." After reading the clapper, she stretched her waist, "Xiaguan..." Zhao Yifang pinched the following words into her mouth.

Zhao Yifang's hands became stronger, and she pinched Xie Penglai's thin cheeks tightly with two fingers, "Speak nicely." She was really tired from what poisonous women devoured wolves, what punished chaos and sought revenge.

"Xie... is also willing to stay here." I don't want too many confidants, one or two is enough.Her 13 years of watching have not been in vain, and now there is always hope.

But outside of the confidant, the strands of uncomfortable feelings came out of the heart again.Xie Penglai sighed deep in his belly, his upper eyelashes drooped gently, and the corners of his mouth turned up, "Why don't Xie be that poisonous woman too?"