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"Although the Baili family has a foreign surname, they are indeed married to the eldest princess. Didn't Bailiqing often mention "the emperor's cousin"?" Mu Tai's face gradually became gloomy: "Blood relationship is something that is difficult in our west. Liang seems to have been diluted, but in the Central Plains, there are always some similarities between relatives in some places-and Baili Qingzhi's face doesn't look very like Gu Jixiu?"

Hong Jiluo was shocked, he had already reacted just now, but he didn't forget to think about it.If others didn't mention it, it's fine, but after a little bit from Mu Tai, they can really understand - Qingzhi and Gu Jixiu are indeed [-]% alike.It's just that Gu Jixiu always has a straight face, and there is a big difference between the two in terms of expression.

"Gu Zhen hates that face—" Mu Tai curled his fingers slightly, "When he thinks of that face, he can get everything without working hard, and Gu... has been under the pressure of life and death since he was a child, If you don't pay attention, only Gu will die. Father's distrust, Mengda's conspiracy, even the gods have abandoned Gu, and given Gu's body,..." Xu was angry and dragged to the wound, Mu Tai Clutching his chest, in the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month, beads of sweat broke out unexpectedly.

Hong Ji hurriedly took out a small white jade porcelain bottle from his pocket, poured out a pill tremblingly, and fed Mu Tai to eat it.

After a long while, Mu Tai slowly opened his eyes, with a forced smile on his pale face: "Thank you, Second Brother."

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Hong Ji didn't know what to say.

Every maharaja in Xiliang, no, should have eaten the heart-eating pills sent by Daxing Dynasty since he was confirmed as the crown prince.

This Heart-Chewing Pill is a poison specially developed by the Daxing Dynasty for Xiliang's physique. It is said that after taking it, if you don't take the medicine on time every day to suppress the volatilization of the poison, the person who swallows it will soon be devoured by the poison from the inside out. do.

"Even if you take the antidote on time every day, it's not a long-term solution." Mu Tai said slowly: "It's three-point poison, don't say that this medicine is to suppress the toxicity of Biting Heart Pill, then it Wouldn't the toxicity contained in it be even greater? Since the Xing Dynasty accepted Xiliang as a county, but worried that Xiliang is located in the Northland, it is difficult to control. On the surface, they treat it sincerely, but in fact, they secretly force everyone Every king of Xiliang will swallow the Heart-Chewing Pill in order to control it."

There was also a hint of anger in Hong Ji's eyes.

"Second brother, Gu...can't live to be 25 years old." Mu Tai sighed again. This sentence has been held in his heart for decades. From the moment he was sentenced to life, he has been holding it in his heart. Nobody said anything. "On the seventh day after it was confirmed that I was the next Queen of Xiliang, an envoy came from Chang'an, and under Gu's unknown circumstances, he forcibly administered a heart-biting pill. As you know, Gu was born with asthma. That day Ingesting the Heart-Chewing Pill happened to trigger the attack of asthma, and the root cause of the disease has since fallen. Your mother told Gu, Gu... The toxicity of the Heart-Chewing Pill is eroding Gu's five internal organs little by little, and because of the asthma, every time the attack , will be like ten thousand ants candle their hearts, life would be worse than death, and - there is no cure."

"Tama... has been pregnant for one month—after Ruogu dies, the child in her womb will naturally become the next king of Xiliang, but Gu is unwilling to let such a thing happen again! Gu will not let his own child , suffer such pain again! I want my orphaned heir to live a long life!"

This is a secret known to the Maharaja of Xiliang, the Crown Prince, and the wizard. Mu Tai only told him about it after he returned to take over the post of wizard from his dead mother.Only then did he know why every maharaja of Xiliang passed away early in his prime, why Mu Tai's body was not good when he was young, and why every month an envoy from Chang'an would suddenly appear in Xiliang to visit the maharaja.Why did Mu Tai show a gleam of joy after defeating Meng Da's plot and becoming the Great Lord of Xiliang, but the sadness on his brow deepened.In the end, in spite of everyone's opposition, he pointed his sword at the Central Plains, determined to break away from Daxing's control and re-establish Xiliang!

It turned out to be because of this.

"...It's not good, his pulse is too weak." Hong Ji turned Qingzhi over, saw that his face had turned from white to purple, and cried out inwardly: "He didn't have any serious injuries at all, it's just that he was injured all the way. Being exposed to the cold wind and freezing, and not taking good care of it, it is troublesome now!"

Mu Na was even more anxious when she was beside him: "Second brother, then you should quickly find a way to save him!"

Just as Hong Ji said hello, he was about to reach into his bag to find some pills to suppress his body temperature first.But as soon as his hand touched the pill, he retracted again like an electric shock.

Looking at it from such a close distance, Baili Qing's is really as tall as Gu Ji's slenderness.

If it weren't for Gu Jixiu, the majesty would not have to endure such pain, and if it weren't for the Daxing Dynasty, his father would not have passed away early, and besides-the existence of Baili Qingzhi is a threat in itself.

Although the majesty has said that Baili Qingzhi is not a big threat, Hong Ji still has some uneasiness in his heart.Especially after seeing Qingzhi, this feeling of uneasiness became stronger.

"Second brother!" Seeing Hong Ji squatting in a daze, Mu Na stomped her feet: "Second brother, what's wrong with you?"

Hong Ji quickly regained consciousness, not knowing what to do now.

Should we let Baili Qingzhi go on like this, or save him first?

Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly heard flustered footsteps coming from outside the tent, the door curtain was lifted, and it was Mu Na's maid, Zhu'er.

"Princess, Master Wizard, it's not good! Daxing, Daxing seems to be calling!"

"what?!"

The two got up at the same time, Hong Ji ran out without even thinking, "Mu Na, quickly go back to your tent and stay there, don't run around!"

Naturally, Mu Na would not be obedient, but said to Zhu'er: "Zhu'er, you stay here to take care of Baili Qingzhi, here are some medicines and buns, you feed him, don't let him fall asleep again!"

"Princess, where are you going?!" Zhu'er was worried, and was about to go with Muna, but she gave her a stare: "This is an order!"

As soon as Mu Na stepped out of the tent, she saw the chaos outside, and she could still see the flames in the distance, so she randomly picked someone up and asked if she saw the Maharaja.

"My lord, my lord just rode towards the city gate together with my lord wizard!" The man pointed at the fire with trembling fingers, and Mu Na got on her horse and chased after him without even thinking about it.

At this time they were in the Xiliang King City, which was said to be the King City, but in fact it was just a palace city built on the grasslands, without mountains and canals as dangerous barriers to resist foreign enemies, and the city walls were not as tall as those in the Central Plains, only about five feet high.A yurt inside is built one by one. If one stands outside the wall and rises above, one can see the bottom at a glance.

Xiliang is originally a grassland terrain, easy to attack and difficult to defend. When Mutai decided to instigate rebellion that day, he also made plans to prevent Daxing Dynasty from getting the upper hand.Their only advantage was to preemptively strike, using cavalry as a charge, they first captured Yanmen Pass, which is the closest to Xiliang, and then used Yanmen Pass as a blocking point to advance southward one by one.

He also made calculations, Gu Jixiu definitely didn't want to go to war at this time, and he wouldn't preemptively strike. It can be seen from his resignation and allowing Bailiqing to go forward.As long as he can capture Yanmen Pass, there is hope for this battle.

Moreover, at this time, most of the troops and energy of the Daxing Dynasty were devoted to fighting the chaos in Lingnan. How could the army be rectified in a short period of time, and even advance to the grassland in this cold winter?

The Xiliang army followed Mutai out of the city wall, and saw him standing on the horse, the cold wind blowing the cloak behind him, holding the binoculars in his hands, but he could only see a red light ahead and hear a noise, and what was ahead? How many people there are, and whether they are Daxing's army or not, it is impossible to see clearly.

"Why hasn't the person sent out to explore the army come back?!" Can't help but angrily said.

The people at the side answered bravely: "Back to the majesty, the subordinates have already sent many people to investigate, maybe—maybe I will be back in a while."

Hong Ji felt a little uneasy in his heart, and when he couldn't speak, he suddenly felt a chill on the tip of his nose, and when he looked up, there was a little snow falling in the dark night sky.

"..."

Feeling the commotion behind him, Hong Ji didn't move at all, just followed Mu Tai's side.

"Second brother——" Mu Tai called him softly, Hong Ji nodded, and then heard him continue: "Is it the meaning of the gods? It snowed heavily before the war, and the gods thought it was Gu's fault. Are you alone?"

There have been legends in Xiliang since ancient times that auspicious snow is a good omen, but if it snows during a turbulent period, it is a bad omen.

Hong Ji didn't know how to answer him. Although he was the son of a wizard, he didn't like the so-called witchcraft when he urinated. If it wasn't for Mu Tai, he wouldn't be such a poor wizard, so how could he answer? ?

I set up the binoculars again, and went to see nothing clearly because of the thick fog——

What's ahead?Is it Daxing's army?Why is there only fire, but no charge?If you start a war at this time, what are your chances of winning?

……Four percent……

No, maybe not even forty percent.

He knew very well in his heart that even if he bought a lot of weapons from the old man of the Song family privately, it would definitely not be enough to fight Daxing with these.The hope he had at that time was to delay the time. After all, it was winter in the Northland at this time, and the Xiliang King City was further north. For the soldiers of the Daxing Dynasty, they must not be able to adapt to such a cold.