Chen Xing suddenly had mixed feelings in his heart, and the rest of the people raised their glasses to drink. Xiang Shu said after drinking, "I also toast everyone."
Everyone: "???"
Hearing the words, Murong Chong drank it, and everyone followed suit. Finally, Murong Chong said, "I'll toast one more cup. After toasting everyone, feel free to do as you please."
Murong Chong drank the last cup, obviously not thinking about the dinner, got up to plead guilty and left the table, as if he was looking for Tuoba Yan. Leaving the envoys of Jin and Helian Shuang to chat on the spot, Xie An had to give up. Everyone ate something casually, and Xie An couldn't help but wink at Xiang Shu, indicating that he should try to contact Murong Chong, but Xiang Shu just pretended to be invisible. When the second watch came, Helian Shuang sent someone to send them back to the inn.
"What happened to him?" Chen Xing said, "Tuoba Yan is so seriously ill?"
Xiang Shu sat on the couch with one foot on the case table. Without answering, Chen Xing said, "I don't know what Brother Feng has investigated. Why hasn't Xiao Shan come back?"
After Xie An returned to the inn, he simply cleaned up and came to see the two of them, saying, "What is the origin of that sick and weak young man today?"
Chen Xing talked about how he met Tuoba Yan, and Xie An said thoughtfully: "Since this is the case, it is good news to think about it. In Luoyang, you may be able to turn to this Sanqi regular attendant."
"Well," Xiang Shu said lightly, "he chased Chen Xing for thousands of miles, from Chang'an to Chilechuan."
Chen Xing: "You... Xiang Shu, are you going to quarrel at this time?"
As he was talking, the window behind the inn rang three times, and Xiang Shu picked up his chess pieces and slammed open the window.
Feng Qianjun said, "I got in touch with Murong Chong and walked over the secret passage. He wants to talk to you."
"Don't go," said Xiang, "please close the window for me."
"Go!" Xie An and Chen Xing said in unison.
Chen Xing: "It's a hard-won opportunity, how can you not go?!"
Xie An: "I'll change into night clothes immediately, you guys wait a moment."
Xiang Shu: "If you want to go, go by yourself."
Chen Xing simply faced Xiang Shu: "What opinion do you have on Tuoba Yan?"
Xiang Shu said, "I have no opinion. Murong Chong didn't come by himself and asked me to see him? Did he eat the gall of a leopard? What am I
"Hey!" Feng Qianjun said, "Can you guys stop being jealous at this time? My subordinates are waiting."
Xiang Shu replied, "How much monthly salary do you give him? I'll pay double and let him wait."
Chen Xing: "…"
Feng Qianjun: "Xing Xing, he is definitely happy, you can discuss it slowly."
Chen Xing: "If you don't move, Senior Brother Xie will come over later after changing into night clothes. Are you sure you want to carry him over the eaves and walk over the wall? I bet you have to go later. If you don't go, I will went."
"I'm here already." Xie An was dark, hiding in the night, and said with a smile, "Look? Does this night suit work really well?"
Feng Qianjun said helplessly: "Mr. Xie, do you think you can be an assassin after changing your clothes?"
Xiang Shu remained motionless, and Chen Xing ignored him, straightened his clothes and went out. After a while, he saw Xiang Shu carrying the epee on his back and following him out with a irritable expression. Chen Xing knew that he was going, but he didn't understand what was going on in Xiang Shu's mind. He clearly said it well before he came, and found a chance to have a secret conversation with Murong Chong. But it caught fire again.
Is he jealous? Suddenly Chen Xing remembered the past and found that Xiang Shu seemed to be eating Tuoba Yan's vinegar.
"Hello," Chen Xing asked Xiang Shu tentatively, and said, "Protector."
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Xiang Shu frowned and glanced at Chen Xing. Chen Xing had never noticed it before, but since that night, many of Xiang Shu's actions seemed understandable. He was eating Tuoba Yan's vinegar!
"You... don't like Tuoba Yan because..." Chen Xing said tentatively.
Feng Qianjun said casually: "Obviously because of jealousy?"
Xiang Shu suddenly shot, Chen Xing shouted, but Xiang Shu grabbed Feng Qianjun by the collar and dragged him over. Feng Qianjun was about the same height as Xiang Shu, and Xiang Shu made a lightning strike, and he was almost powerless to fight back. .
"That..." Xie An said, "Guardian, look at my face, no, look at your majesty's face, I'm doing the right thing, let it go first, if you have any grievances, we will settle the account when you come back."
Xiang Shu let go of Feng Qianjun, the four suddenly stopped talking, and the atmosphere was extremely embarrassing.
Chen Xing wanted to say something to calm down, but he always felt that the description was getting darker and darker, so he had to give up. Fortunately, the savior appeared at this moment. In front of the waterway outside the palace, an assassin in black stood, whistled at them, and began to lead the way, along the secret road into the Luoyang Palace.
Feng's family raised many disciples, and his home was raided by Fu Jian once in Chang'an, so people in the rivers and lakes fled in all directions, and after moving to Luoyang, they still kept in touch with the Murong family. After Feng Qianjun returned to Luoyang, he restarted his eyeliner and immediately contacted Murong Chong. Murong Chong didn't say a word, and after the banquet, he asked Xiang Shu and Chen Xing to enter the palace.
In the deep palace, the light was still on at the third watch in the secluded hall. Xiao Shan sat in the hall and served dinner provided by Murong Chong. Tuoba Yan sat by the side and cooked a fire, talking to Xiao Shan from time to time. Murong Chong was standing in the hall. Waiting outside the door, when he saw Xiang Shu, Gu Jing Wubo's expression changed a little.
"Those who want to take revenge, let the enemy come to the door in person?" Xiang Shu said solemnly, "What do you think you are?"
Murong Chong took a deep breath and said, "All grievances are written off."
Xiang Shu said lightly: "Okay, then I'll go."
"Da Chanyu, listen to me!" Murong Chong said immediately, "Stay behind!"
Chen Xing said: "In terms of being so good-looking, let's listen to what he has to say?"
Murong Chong: "..."
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Tuoba Yan said: "Tianchi? Long time no see."
Chen Xing turned around, looked at Tuoba Yan in the hall, and then looked at Xiang Shu. Xiang Shu finally gave up and followed into the hall. Murong Chong did not leave the guards in the hall, Feng Qianjun turned around and closed the door.
Murong Chong sighed and said, "I've roughly checked the cause of my sister's death." Looking at Xiang Shu, he said, "You already know the details of Prince Ye, why didn't you tell me?"
Xiang Shu said: "I said, you will believe it? The hatred of the country and the family has already blinded Murong's judgment. The lonely king reminded her more than once."
Murong Chong said sharply, "But given the situation at the time, you wouldn't have killed her!"
Xiang Shu replied, "If you don't kill her, Chen Xing will die."
Murong Chong remembered the past, and couldn't help but get excited again, and said, "So you don't even give my sister the last chance to survive for a Han Chinese!"
"Want to take revenge?!" Xiang Shuzheng was irritable and shouted angrily, "The Lone King accompanies you to draw pictures!"
The hall suddenly became quiet, Xie An sat down and saw Xiao Shan was eating cakes, he picked up a piece and said, "If there is any deep hatred between the two of you, I'd better let it go for the time being. Strange... Why am I always on the way? Say this."
Murong Chong let out a long sigh and sat down beside the couch. After a few seconds of silence, Xiang Shu glanced at Tuoba Yan.
When Chen Xing met at the banquet, he was puzzled and asked, "What happened to you?"
Tuoba Yan shook his head, Murong Chong said: "He was injured, and the injury will not heal for a long time, Wang Ziye gave him medicine, so that he would not turn into a scorpion, Wang Ziye was killed by me, and no one will dispense medicine for him. I will Bring Tuoba Yan to Luoyang, away from Chang'an."
"Let me take a look?" Chen Xing said, "Where is the injury?"
Tuoba Yan replied: "It's okay, after stopping the medicine, I feel much better."
Xie An said: "Prefect Murong, although we are far away in Jiankang, we know some of your recent situation..."
Xiang Shu just stood and suddenly asked, "Xiao Shan, what were you talking about before I came?"
Xiao Shan: "?"
Xie An was suddenly interrupted and coughed, but Tuoba Yan said, "I didn't talk about anything, just ask where you all went along the way. There has been no news of Tianchi for a year."
"It has something to do with you?" Xiang Shu said solemnly, with a threat.
"Xiang Shu!" Chen Xing shouted angrily.
Everyone was quiet again, and Xie An had to say: "Well... what kind of grievances do you have? Well... Forget it, anyway, everyone understands what I mean. Why am I so long-winded? People really like to be long-winded when they are old, forgive me, forgive me."
Murong Chong said: "Fu Jian released my military power, listened to my sister's words, and raised hundreds of thousands of living dead at the foot of Longmen Mountain... Go back and tell your majesty, just run for your life."
Feng Qianjun frowned and said solemnly, "Your sister is really still alive?"
Murong Chong said, "I don't know if she is dead or alive. Now she has become a monster."
Tuoba Yan said, "Fortunately, Wang Ziye is dead."
"Prince Yeruo is dead," Xiang Shu said solemnly, "What was the monster we encountered in Jiangnan?"
In an instant, Murong Chong sensed danger and murmured, "He's not dead?"
A month ago, such a big change occurred in the Jiangnan Sui Festival, and it spread all over the country in an instant. Murong Chong didn't know it now. He must have been placed under house arrest in the palace, and he couldn't get all the news from the outside world.
"What should I do?" Tuoba Yan was honest and asked Murong Chong.
Chen Xing didn't answer, just held up the heart lamp and pressed it on Tuoba Yan's forehead.
Tuoba Yan originally pressed his arm to prevent Chen Xing from looking at his wound, but Chen Xing directly injected the heart lamp into his heart, which was very painful.
It's very similar to what happened when Cha Luofeng was dying... Chen Xing can almost confirm that Tuoba Yan was injected with demon blood by Prince Ye, but maybe he mixed other medicines to suppress the onset of demon blood, which caused him to be more than a year old and has not been transformed so far.
Tuoba Yan endured the restraining effect of the heart lamp on the blood of the devil in the meridians, and sweat appeared on his forehead. When Murong Chong saw the heart lamp, he knew he had found the right person and asked, "How is he?"
"You will be fine." Chen Xingchao said to Tuobayan.
Tuoba Yan gasped for a moment, closed his eyes, and as soon as his heart light was withdrawn, he fainted.
Chen Xing let him lie down and told the truth to everyone: "In his body, vitality is fighting against the blood of the devil. Fortunately, the dose is not high, so maybe he can survive. These days, try to let him rest as much as possible, I don't know if he can survive. You have to plan for the worst.”
"To live is to suffer," Murong Chong understood. The people he cared about one after another, parents, sisters, cousins, relatives, almost all died in this chaotic world, and some died in the hands of Qin people. Some died at the hands of the Han people, "Death is also a relief, he asked me to take him to Luoyang, just so that one day, if he is out of control, he wants me to kill him with my own hands, and I don't want to be killed. Fu Jian urged."
Xiang Shu rarely agreed with Murong Chong once, walked to the side and sat down: "That's right."
Xiang Shu's family, An Da, and the people he once cared about were almost dead. At this point, he and Murong Chong seemed to be able to understand each other.
Feng Qianjun was silent, even for him.
Not to mention Chen Xing.
Xie An then said: "So, in my humble opinion, everyone must be on the same side."
Murong Chong said, "Yes, are you Xie Anshi?"
Xie An smiled happily, not only did not deny it, but nodded generously and said, "The future generations are terrifying."
Murong Chong said solemnly, "As an important official of a country, you are involved in such a dangerous situation. If I take you as a hostage in Luoyang, have you ever thought about the consequences?"
"The children of Jiangnan have been strong for more than a thousand years," Xie An said with a smile, "Never because of someone's strength, in other words, even if His Majesty dies, we will still fight against Fu Jian. But Lord Murong, think about the north again. In this situation, if Fu Jian is gone overnight, what will be the consequences? This is the difference between us."
Everyone stopped talking for a while. Although Xie An's tone was light, what he said was very important. Now that Fu Jian was about to be crushed by the army, he showed strong confidence.
"Let's discuss and discuss carefully," Xie An said, "how to break Wang Ziye's plan, after all, this matter is what our Majesty is most concerned about, and we can solve his army first, and then we can decide the outcome in a fair battle. "
Murong Chong said, "I thought you were really here to negotiate peace."
"It is best to negotiate peace," Xie An said. "People have destiny, and so does China. This matter cannot be forced."
Murong Chong let out a long sigh. Fu Jian was about to start the battle. He had obeyed Wang Ziye's words before, but now that Wang Ziye is not dead, he will return to Chang'an soon, and the situation will only become more dangerous.
Murong Chong pondered for a long time and said, "Yes, since my sister is dead, I want her to return to the dust and not be used by Wang Ziye, and then get rid of him and the army to avenge my sister."
Xiang Shu said indifferently again: "By the way, start a war with Fujian and restore your Great Yan Kingdom?"
Murong Chong looked at Xiang Shu, and in a short moment, both of them understood. Xiang Shu suspected that Murong Chong's real purpose was to take over the military power and use it as an aid to attack the Qin army. If Murong Chong did not express his position clearly, the two sides would never be able to reach a reconciliation.
"What do you think of me?" Murong Chong said.
Xiang Shu said casually: "Okay, remember what you said."
Murong Chong asked Xie An, "How many of you are there?"
Xie An spread his hands and smiled: "There are less than twenty people in the group."
Murong Chong: "..."
Murong Chong asked how much troops Xie An would provide on behalf of Sima Yao, but Xie An did not want to answer his question directly.
Feng Qianjun said, "Count me in. After the disciples raised by the Feng family are reconvened, there will be 3,000 soldiers and horses."
Xiang Shu said, "What about you, Murong Chong? Let's talk about it first, what else can you offer?"
Murong Chong was now trapped in the deep palace, alone, he paced a few steps anxiously, and replied: "My silver cavalry guards are still stationed in Pingyang, and there are still 20,000 people who can call them, but once they are transferred, it will be a strategy to break the boat and sink the boat. Fu Jian will not let me go, the children of my Murong family who were left as hostages in Chang'an will definitely be slaughtered."
Xie An thought for a while and said, "As long as Wang Ziye is successfully shoveled out and Fu Jian regains consciousness, I don't think there will be such a problem. The king must thank you for helping Qin."
"It's easier said than done?" Murong Chong said grimly, "He seems to have changed a person now, and the last bit of humanity has been completely lost..."
"You don't have to worry about it," Xie An laughed. "We have a heart lamp, and we should help Tianwang regain his sobriety."
Chen Xing wanted to say that the heart lamp is not used in this way, but was stopped by Xiang Shu's serious eyes, and suddenly realized that everyone present seemed to have their own abacus. If Wang Ziye was successfully removed and Fu Jian was trapped, Jiangnan would never let him go back to Chang'an so easily, otherwise wouldn't he just cause trouble for himself
Murong Chong naturally knew that Xie An was just trying to push him to form an alliance.
"There are three thousand people in the Feng family," Murong Chong turned to Xiang Shu and said, "What about you? Shu Lvkong, you are no longer a danyu."
Xiang Shu replied casually, "I have only myself."
Xie An immediately said: "We still have an exorcist, he has magic weapons, and he has several pieces."
Murong Chong looked at Chen Xing suspiciously, and Chen Xing said as a matter of course: "As long as Wang Ziye shows up at the right time, the rest can be left to us."
Murong Chong said, "So, we only have 20,000 people plus 3,000 people from the Feng family. Do you really think that we can fight the 300,000-strong army with only this number?"
"300,000?!" Chen Xing didn't expect there to be so many. Where did Wang Ziye get so many dead people? !
"Remind me again," Xiang Shu said, "you forgot me again, it's 23,000."
"When necessary," Xie An said, "the Beifu soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River will provide assistance, but we can only contain Fu Jian for you, and cannot directly fight the army."
Jiangnan was already afraid of the plague, and Xie An did not dare to take this risk.
Murong Chong was silent for a long time, still deliberating, Xiang Shu knew that he was unwilling to make a decision, just because it was related to the survival of the entire Murong clan in Xianbei, and even once Chao Fujian raised the banner of rebellion, it would inevitably lead to the death of Guan Nei Wu. Hu's team will involve more people at that time.
"Take your time and think about it." Xiang Shu said, "Let's say goodbye first."
"Wait," Murong Chong replied, "I've decided."
Murong Chong knew that the timing was fleeting, the Jin people represented by Xie An were far south of the Yangtze River, and the fact that far water could not save the near fire was second, but Xiang Shu was what really prompted him to make a decision. Since the day Shulukong took over as the chief clerk of the Chile Ancient League, after becoming famous in the Chuanzhong hunting ground at the age of sixteen, he has never suffered a defeat in his life. Hu people all admired martial artists, and Xiang Shu seemed to have a plan for many things, and there were rumors outside the Great Wall that as long as he nodded, he would definitely do it and never break his promise.
Standing on his side may be the right choice.
Murong Chong lifted the pot, poured five glasses of wine, then took out the dagger, cut his arm, and dripped blood into the wine.
Chen Xing thought to himself, no, no, no, no, no, do you want to make an alliance with blood? It looks so painful!
Feng Qianjun and Xie An did the same, Chen Xing's expression twitched, and when he was about to pick up the dagger, Xiang Shu didn't let him bleed, and said, "I'll count as an exorcist together."
Speaking of the blood dripping from Xiang Shuchao's cup, Murong Chong said, "Chilechuan and Yinshan Mountains are the witnesses of the dragon gods in the northern land, with the blood of Xianbei people."
"Han blood." Xie An was clearly aware of this ceremony.
"The blood of the Han people, the blood of the Tiele people." Xiang Shu finally admitted that he was half Han and said, then glanced at Xiao Shan, raised his hand to give up on the wine glass, "and north of the Great Wall, he once concluded a contract with the Shulu clan. The blood of the Xiongnu people, the blood of the Gaoche people, the blood of the Rouran people...the blood of the sixteen Hus, the blood of the Goguryeo people.”
Chen Xing: "!!!"
Chen Xing remembered, although Xiang Shu is no longer a big danyu, but in the past, when he was an alliance with blood in the Chilechuan, he drank all the blood wine! That means making an alliance with him, that is, making an alliance with all those who have a covenant with Xiangshu.
Murong Chong added: "South of the Great Wall, the blood of Di people, Jie people, Xiongnu people, and Qiang people who have formed blood alliances with the Xianbei people, all blood is an alliance to resist the violent Qin, if you violate this alliance, the heaven and the people will be destroyed. Punish together."
The four of them drank the wine in one go, but when Chen Xing was about to get his cup, Xiang Shu drank his cup as well, and turned it over and put it on the case.
"Xie An will figure out the specific plan, and I will inform you later." Xiang Shu glanced at Murong Chong, then motioned to Chen Xing and left.
After the oath was fulfilled, Murong Chong seemed to have lost all of his strength and took the most difficult step in his life. He sat exhausted on the couch, accompanied by the unconscious Tuoba Yan.
Chen Xing glanced at Tuoba Yan again and said, "When I have free time these days, I will come to see him, and take the medicine I prescribed first, and stop taking the medicine prescribed by Wang Ziye."
Murong Chong's expression couldn't be seen clearly, he smiled bitterly in the darkness that couldn't be illuminated by the lights, and nodded.