Bright moon out of Tianshan

Xiao Jian said: "Okay then, let's go to Jinling City and go now."

He went back to the room, packed up his things, bought two horses with Xiumei, left the gate of Liting's villa, and came to Jinling.As soon as they entered Jinling City, they heard a lot of discussion. It turned out that the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Qi Dynasty wanted to suppress the remaining opposition forces in the territory of Zhao, and at the same time, they wanted to divide their troops to prevent the Northern Yan from making a comeback. Therefore, this time, they planned to mobilize the forbidden troops near the capital to go to the border to fight against the enemy. .

The two first arrived at Ding Shangshu's mansion familiarly, but only Xiao Yao was at home. Ding Wuxia is now working in the Ministry of War. The father and son are very busy these days.Xiao Jian heard the words and didn't care to talk to his sister, and rushed all the way to the Ministry of War.When Ding Wuxia saw him, he was taken aback, and said, "Why are you here? Are you well? Are your joints still hurting?"

Xiao Jian said: "It doesn't hurt anymore, it's okay, everything's fine! No time, I heard that I'm going to fight at the border, and I want to go too. Go help me and tell Ding Shangshu to restore my official position and let me go out with the army Alright."

Ding Wuxia was at a loss for words immediately: "You... this... I'm afraid it's useless for me to say it, so don't embarrass me. You'd better not go, I think you haven't managed to speak clearly yet."

Xiao Jian went up to grab his arm, shook him and said, "Who said that! Who said I'm not good enough! Do you believe me, I'll let you go right now!" He flirted with his brother-in-law, Ding Wuxia was always at a loss and had no way to deal with it, so he had no choice but to say: "Okay, okay, let's talk to my father."

As a result, Ding Yun flatly refused: "That's impossible. You know the reason yourself, so don't make it harder for me."

Xiao Jian's face changed, and he glanced sideways at Ding Wuxia. Ding Wuxia smiled wryly at him and spread his hands.Seeing his frustrating expression, he pulled him aside and said in a low voice: "Tiantian, I know you want to go, and I am willing to help you realize your childhood dream. But now you can only get the consent of His Majesty the Emperor." , otherwise no army would dare to accept you. And even if you resume your official position, you will only be a small sixth-rank military position. Even if you are in the army, due to your status, there is very little room for you to speak out!"

Xiao Jianfan came to his senses and muttered: "I was born and died, why am I still a rank-[-] military rank? It's not fair! I want to get back everything that belongs to me."

That night, both he and Xiumei stayed in Ding's residence, and Xiao Jian asked to live in the study room, occupying Ding Wuxia's usual reading and writing desk.Ding Wuxia and Xiumei accompanied him, and watched him draw a few maps very carefully, circled and marked various symbols on them, and did it all night.In the early morning of the second day, Ding Wuxia and Ding Yun went to court, Xiao Jian picked up his own map, and took Xiumei to the outside of the palace, just in time to retire.He stopped Ding Wuxia and asked him to call Meng Xin out. When Meng Xin heard Xiao Jian was coming, he rushed out in a panic and said, "Young Master, why don't you come here to recuperate well?"

Xiao remonstrated: "I want to see the emperor, please pass the news to me, brother."

Meng Xin was very excited, and managed to maintain his composure, and said: "Your Majesty is in the imperial study now, and has invited Prime Minister Yun, General Xie and others to discuss the plan to go out of the Great Wall this time, and wait for me to go in and report, you sit here and wait Come on." He gestured to the guards under him, and immediately someone moved a top chair, he pressed Xiao Jian inside, and hurried away by himself.

Hearing Meng Xin's report, Gao Huai was pleasantly surprised at first, but then suddenly remembered something, restrained his joy: "Tell him, I don't want to see him, let him go back to Liting Bieye."

Meng Xin whispered: "Your Majesty, this is..." Gao Huai glanced at him: "Go and tell."

Seeing that his attitude was firm and tough, Meng Xin had to leave the Imperial Study Room.When Gao Huai's original words were passed on to Xiao Jian, Xiao Jian sneered, "Don't you see me? Then I'll wait here forever." So Lai stayed here and didn't leave.Meng Xin had no choice but to accompany him to the side.

Seeing that the sun was about to reach the sky, Meng Xin said: "Master, it's time to eat, why don't you come with me to eat? My brother invites you."

Xiao Jian said: "Take Xiu Mei to eat, I won't eat." Meng Xin couldn't go by himself, Xiu Mei was flustered with hunger, but seeing Xiao Jian's stubborn face, he could only bear it.

After going on like this for more than an hour, Meng Xin quietly went to report to Gao Huai, Gao Huai pondered for a moment, sighed, and had to follow him out of the imperial study.

Xiao Jian stood up when he saw the two people coming.Gao Huai had just recovered from his serious injury and had been busy for so long, his face was exhausted and pale.When he saw Xiao Jian, he smiled softly at him, came over and took his hand, and said, "Why are you losing your temper again, and you don't even eat? Come with me."

Xiao Jianwei was a little embarrassed, but now that he wanted something from others, he had to bow his head for the time being.He didn't take out his hand, turned his head and told Xiumei: "You can go to eat with Brother Mengxin."

Gao Huai dragged him all the way around the back of the imperial study, and entered the inner room where he lived occasionally, and ordered the palace servant to come in, Xiao Jian said: "I have other things to do."

Gao Huai said, "I know."

Xiao Jian said: "I want to go outside the Great Wall with the troops on this expedition."

Gao Huai said, "I know."

Xiao Jian raised his eyebrows and said, "You know, that's why you didn't see me on purpose. I went to the Ministry of War to find someone, but no one dared to take me in! It's all because of you, right?"

Gao Huai looked at his thick eyebrows twitching, and there was a faint flash of anger in his eyes. He stretched out his hand to hold down the hand he was about to hit the table, and smiled: "I have never explained anything about you to the Ministry of War. They themselves I dare not accept you, what does it matter to me? If you don’t believe me, Mr. Ding will be ahead, and you can ask him later. However, the wild land outside the Great Wall is windy and sandy, and the weather is not good. You can’t bear the cold now, It's not suitable to go. I want you to take Che'er with you when you are fully recovered."

Xiao Jian said: "Che'er has a grand tutor and a Xianma, so I'm useless here. Besides, I'm all healed, and I'm sure there will be no problem in going to battle to kill the enemy." Are you ready? I don't understand this, and I really can't figure out what is good or bad from the pulse. Let me ask Hall Master Lin."

Xiao remonstrated: "Hall Master Lin is not in Jinling, where do you go to ask him?"

Gao Huai said: "Then when did he come to Jinling, I'll ask him again." His words were full of perfunctory evasion, Xiao Jian became angry, and shook his hand away, saying: "These countries outside the Great Wall used to be with each other. The state of Zhao borders, and our Eastern Qi has never been involved in disputes with them. I once talked to Ari Silan about their situation, and I also read many records about them. I roughly checked the terrain in that area, and I know them better. And I can contact Ari Silan to help me find out the enemy's situation, so it is most suitable for me to go. Besides, everyone who came back from Zhao with you has been promoted to rank, and even Han Lin has been promoted to the fourth-rank military position. Why don't you have my share? You have to make it up to me!"

Gao Huai hurriedly said: "Do you want an official position? Well, when you recover, all the forbidden troops in the capital will be brought to you. Then outside the Great Wall, you still don't want to go. My troops have already been dispatched, so you don't need to worry about it."

Xiao Jian slapped the table and yelled angrily: "Gao Huai! You are fooling me, what is there for the imperial guards in the capital to bring! Everyone can carry it!" It was a rosewood table, the wood was hard, and he accidentally pushed It was so big that my hands hurt from being slapped, and I couldn't help but clenched my fists and blew gently on my lips twice.

Gao Huai held back his distress and looked at him calmly.Xiao Jian had no choice but to continue: "Look, I also brought topographic maps of Mobei and the countries of the Western Regions." After saying this, he took out the topographical distribution maps of Saibei and the countries of the Western Regions that he drove out overnight and displayed them on the case: "I drew it overnight last night. I have planned where to set up checkpoints, where to arrange heavy troops, and where to attack in a roundabout way. Good horses from Mobei and the Western Regions will be necessary for the unification of the Eastern Qi Dynasty in the future. things. Why don't we take this opportunity to take them down in one fell swoop?"

Gao Huai rested his jaw on his hand and looked at him ecstatically. He saw that he instantly swept away the lifelessness of a few months ago, and became full of energy. It also followed Yuyu's brilliance, and it was very vivid.

So His Majesty the Emperor was dumbfounded.

Xiao Jian suddenly sensed his unusual gaze, slowly lowered his face, and said, "Did you hear what I just said?"

Gao Huai said: "I heard." Seeing that the palace eunuch brought up the meal, he said: "You eat first. After eating, I will take you to the imperial study in front, and you tell General Xie and Master Ding to listen to them. Listen to them. opinion."

His tone seemed to loosen, Xiao Jian listened to his ears, and was finally satisfied, sat down and took a few mouthfuls of rice, swallowed half a bowl of chicken soup in a hurry, and then urged Gao Huai to go forward.Gao Huai took him there as promised, all the ministers had been waiting for a long time, they were slightly surprised to see Gao Huai brought Xiao Jian in.Gao Huai met everyone's surprised eyes and said, "Xiaojian once went to the grasslands in Mobei. He came to me just now and said that he had come up with a strategy for this war. I can't make up my own mind on this matter, so Please follow along, let’s talk about it first. Xiao Jian, just talk about it.”

Xiao Jian nodded in agreement, spread out the topographic map he had drawn on the dragon case, and began to talk freely.This talk about strategies for dealing with enemy countries outside the Great Wall went straight from the afternoon to the sunset.Since he was a child, he dreamed of sweeping the world for the Eastern Qi Dynasty, and he had a deep and detailed understanding of these surrounding foreign countries a few years ago.This time with a well-thought-out plan, everyone listened silently.Finally, Xie Zhaoran stared at him for a moment, then nodded slightly.Xiao Jian saw it, and smiled at him, feeling a little shy.

Xie Zhaoran responded with a smile, and said slowly: "Don't be embarrassed, I think what you said is very good, you are a formidable young man. If you can really go out with the army, you will be able to show your talents at the border. Your Majesty..." General Long Xiang Xie Zhaoran is now the highest official among the military generals of the Eastern Qi State, he easily disapproves of others, but now that he speaks, everyone is moved, and they all look at Gao Huai.

Gao Huai was staring at Xiao Jian in a daze, openly committing a nympho in public.Xie Zhaoran called out for the third time before he came back to his senses, lowered his eyelids and thought for a while, and said: "It's very important, let me think about it. Xiaojian, you leave your picture and let Mengxin take you first." Go find Che'er, and I'll go find you after we've reached an agreement."

Xiao Jian said: "Okay." He said goodbye to all the ministers and followed Meng Xin out.He ran all the way to the palace where Gao Che lived, which was next door to Gao Huai's bedroom.While playing with Gao Che, he waited for news.When it was completely dark, they had another dinner.Then Gao Che fell asleep, but Gao Huai hadn't come over yet.Xiao Jian was in a hurry when a palace official came over to deliver a message: "The emperor said that the discussion in the study has not been completed yet, please ask the young master of the Xiao family to sleep in the emperor's younger brother's bedroom tonight, and we will talk about it tomorrow."

Xiao Jian said: "That won't work, I can't live in the palace, it's against etiquette. Please tell your majesty, father-in-law, I'll leave right now, come back tomorrow and wait for news." After saying that, he turned around and left, and no one dared to stop him , had to send him out respectfully.

Xiu Mei has been waiting outside the palace, Xiao Jian called him and said: "Come on, elder brother will show you the world today, let's live in Cuixiu Academy!"

In Mingying Hall, when the girls of Cuixiu Academy saw Xiao Jian coming, they rushed forward and surrounded him.Xiao Jian looked over one by one, he hadn't seen each other for two years, but his eyes were still beautiful.He was sincerely excited: "Girls, I'm back! Young master, it's not easy for me to escape from the dead! Tonight I want to listen to singing and watch dancing! Liyue, pour tea for us, Lily, Qingyan, come here first Beat my leg!"

He found a soft couch and slept in it comfortably, and the girls came up to take care of him.Hearing the news, Wei Young rushed over to see him, and said by the way: "Master Lin Er has sent a message, and he will come back in two days to check on your condition. If you live in Cuixiu Academy, I will send a message to him, no Let him go to Liting Bieye."

Xiao Jian said with a smile: "Sister, I'm not going back to Bieye. Maybe in a few days, I will go out with the army, this time to go outside the Mobei Great Wall. The autumn wind iron horses, the vast sea eagles, what a yearning What happened!" Wei Young scolded: "You have no conscience, thanks to my sister who is looking forward to your return every day, and you are half dead when you come back. It's only been a few days, and you're crazy about going out again!"

But the next day, the situation was not as smooth as Xiao Jian thought.He waited in Gao Che's palace for a day, but still did not see Gao Huai coming to see him.I asked someone to ask about it a few times, and when he came back, he said that His Majesty the Emperor was very busy and had no time to see him.

Xiao Jian had no choice but to wait for three consecutive days. Seeing that Dong Qi's soldiers and horses were ready to go, he only had to kill three animals to sacrifice the flag. He finally felt something was wrong, and at dusk on the third day, he broke into Went to the imperial study room.

Gao Huai was discussing matters with Nie Shihuan and other generals, when he saw Xiao Jian rushing in aggressively, Gao Huai smiled and said: "Zhuqing, let's go back and prepare." Everyone winked and hurriedly retreated.

Xiao Jian stood aside, watching everyone leave without saying a word, Fang turned his head and looked at Gao Huai bitterly, and said, "What do you mean? You still won't let me go, right?"

Gao Huai sat behind the dragon table, was silent for a moment, stood up, and came out from behind the table, his face looked soft and handsome in the hazy evening light.He approached Xiao Jian slowly, and said: "Yes, I am reluctant to let you go. You were angry with me a while ago, and I can't keep looking for you. I haven't seen you for three months, and I miss you very much. I want to come If you make a mistake when you go abroad, I really don't know how to live the rest of my life. So I think about it, but I still can't give up on you. Of course, if you don't want to see me, that's your own business, and it has nothing to do with me .”

Xiao Jian let him choke, and was speechless for a while, before he said for a long time: "You have to understand, everything I do is for your Eastern Qi Dynasty, to open up territory for Che'er. Because of this, I I gave up everything, but you use this kind of reason to stop me, is it reasonable?"

Gao Huai said: "Xiao Jian, when it comes to this matter, I'm not being polite to you. Don't say what you gave up, feel wronged, what you gave up is something you shouldn't have, in your own heart I understand, otherwise you are a person like you, would you give up easily? Besides, you also know that I am a selfish person. Your Brother Shuhua left me and left. I have experienced this pain once, and I cannot experience it again. The second time, so you can't leave me again. During this period, the ministers said that I was making a fuss, and asked me to fill the harem. I endured the accusation and waited for you to change your mind, but I didn't expect that you planned to abandon me. That's really impossible. "

He turned his eyes around Xiao Jian's body a few times, and suddenly smiled and said: "If you forcefully insist on leaving, I will endure the nausea, establish a queen, accept concubines, and give birth to ten or eight princes. You understand the consequences."

Everyone knows the consequences. If Gao Huai has a prince, it will directly affect Gao Che's status, and even endanger his life. Looking at the previous dynasty, there are too many such things, and they can be found everywhere.

Xiao Jian's eyes went dark, and a basin of cold water was poured down his pocket, making his whole body icy cold, and he was extremely disappointed.He clenched his fists to suppress his anger, and said in a trembling voice, "Then give me back my picture!"

Gao Huai said lightly: "I gave the picture to General Nie, and he said it was very useful, and he will take it to the border. You have made military achievements, and you can stay in Jinling with peace of mind. I will give you an official position later, and help me Train the rest of the imperial guards in the capital."

He calmly and slowly said, with a determined expression and a resolute attitude, Xiao Jian couldn't bear it anymore, and finally broke out completely, threw himself in front of Gao Huai, grabbed his shoulder and shook wildly, roaring: "No! You If you don’t let me go, return the picture to me! I won’t let you use it! I won’t let you use it!!”

Gao Huai secretly moved his internal energy and remained motionless.Xiao Jiankong was angry with himself, but there was nothing he could do about him, he yelled for a while, and became exhausted.Gao Huai stretched out his hand to hold the hand he was holding on his shoulder, and said softly: "Think about how we used to be very understanding, but now it has reached this point, no matter whose fault it is, we don't want to do it again." Care about. Look at the way you are arguing with me alive and well, I think it’s good to be sick, so don’t leave tonight and try to accept me again, okay?”