In the Qijing Imperial Palace, on the square outside the court hall, there was a long line of gifts pulled by carts and horses, all of which were betrothal gifts sent by the Huyan family.
The emperor and empress appeared together and walked around the long ceremonial car. Hao Yuntu had a smile on his face, and it was obvious that he was very happy and satisfied.
The Queen frowned slightly after reading the gift list in her hand, "Your Majesty, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."
"If you want to say it, just say it. If you don't want to say it, don't force it." Hao Yuntu reached out and patted the box on a carriage.
But the queen still said, "The Huyan family is a little rude."
Bu Xun, who was accompanying her, couldn't help but look up at her.
Hao Yuntu was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked, "How?"
The queen held up the gift list and said, "It's not that I think this gift is too light. It's just that our daughter is the eldest princess after all, and she is marrying into their Huyan family. But after taking a closer look at this gift list, I think it seems like a lot of things. In fact, It’s nothing valuable, probably not as good as the betrothal gifts from some wealthy families. I’m not greedy for money, but don’t the Huyan family even want to show off? Could it be that they feel they have wronged their family?”
"You're overthinking. The Huyan family's family background is better understood than yours. It's really not as good as that of ordinary wealthy families." Hao Yuntu said, but he still reached out and took the gift list and came over to take a look. Just because he knew that Huyan's family The family has good family background, so I want to see the sincerity of the Huyan family.
His eyes moved across the list of gifts, and he paused for a moment on the inconspicuous last item. He nodded slightly, pointed and asked, "Queen, do you know the origin of this knife?"
The queen raised her head to look at it, "Chaoyang Sword? Isn't it a ceremonial sword that comes with military commanders' families? Is there something else that can't be said?"
"A woman's opinion! How can this sword compare to the betrothal gift of a wealthy family in your eyes?" Hao Yuntu waved his hand and pointed at the palace, "This sword is worth the entire palace for me!"
"..." The queen was surprised.
Haoyuntu: "Bu Xun, here comes the sword!"
"Yes!" Bu Xun turned around and left.
Soon, two eunuchs brought a long knife. There were numerous scratches on the knife. The long knife looked inconspicuous. The red silk flowers tied on it proved that it was indeed a betrothal gift!
Hao Yuntu grabbed the knife with one hand, boom! The tail of the sword was stuck on the ground, and he reached out to touch the marks on the sword, and said slowly: "Back then, Huyan Wuhen was just a young general in the frontier army leading 3,000 troops. It happened that the Jin State suddenly invaded and attacked across the sea, and the frontier army was in a hurry. , the reinforcements from the country were unable to arrive in time. Huyan Wuhen used a trick to lure out most of the guarding monks around the enemy commander, and then dug up a river to flood the enemy army with a flood, and then took advantage of the enemy army to retreat. With the cooperation of some monks, he personally led a thousand cavalry in pursuit for dozens of miles, rushed into the enemy's tens of thousands of exhausted remnants, and personally beheaded the enemy's leader, General Tian Zixin of the Jin Kingdom! In this battle, a small number defeated a large number of enemies. , to enhance our country’s prestige, and the collapse of Jin’s 300,000-strong army also severely damaged Jin’s vitality, making it unable to do it again for many years!”
With a swipe of the long knife, the blade was placed in front of the queen. The queen was frightened and took a few steps back.
"It was this sword that beheaded Tian Zixin! Huyan Wuhen became famous in one battle. The late emperor personally summoned him and took the sword from his hand. He danced it in front of hundreds of thousands of troops and praised him. This is The treasured sword that governs the country! He also decreed a heavy reward on the spot, and ordered Hu Yanwuhen to form the Valiant Cavalry Army. This is how today's Valiant Cavalry Army came about! Queen, the treasured sword that charges into the battle for our great Qi, blocks foreign enemies, and kills enemy chiefs, isn't it like those treasured swords? Can the betrothal gift from a wealthy family be compared? Without this knife, how many wealthy families would be ruined? Even the betrothal gifts from ten thousand wealthy families cannot be compared! This is the heirloom of the Huyan family. Even the heirlooms were used as betrothal gifts. Only then It’s true sincerity, but you still think it’s too rude?”
The Queen did not know the details for a moment, and she suddenly said awkwardly: "Your Majesty is saying that I am short-sighted!"
Standing in front of the sword, looking at the big sword in front of him, Hao Yuntu asked: "Bu Xun, how can the general be without a sword?"
Bu Xun was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he meant or how to reply. He waited for his words.
Hao Yuntu glanced at him sideways and said, "The general has given me the sword to conquer the country as a betrothal gift. I should give you a gift in return! We have summoned skilled craftsmen, and I will make a sword that is the best in the world and give it to the general. The king and his ministers will never be indebted to each other!"
"Yes!" Bu Xun agreed, took the big knife handed to him, and handed it to the eunuch behind him to put it away.
When leaving the betrothal convoy, the queen asked again: "Your Majesty, you'd better take the time to visit Qingqing. The commotion is so serious that I can't persuade you!"
Hao Yuntu: "Then continue to persuade me. I have even accepted the betrothal gift from the Huyan family and will not repent. There are some things that can allow her to fool around, and there are some things that she cannot do without reason. I don't want any jokes to happen on the wedding day! Queen, you In charge of the harem, you must do your best. To enjoy the blessing of the queen, you must bear the responsibilities and obligations of the queen. If you are unwilling to bear this responsibility, you can tell me! "
This understatement made the queen tremble in her heart, and she said with a forced smile: "I know this, and I will not let your majesty down."
"Okay, I still have something to do. Let's discuss the details of the marriage with Bu Xun." Hao Yuntu dropped his words and left.
Bu Xun bowed to the queen and left.
On the way, a burly eunuch appeared waiting at a certain intersection. He was the eunuch who arrested Linghuqiu.
Bu Xun stopped for a while, listened to his low-pitched report for a while, and replied with a few words of advice before leaving. He quickly caught up with Hao Yuntu again and followed him to report: "Your Majesty, Niu Youdao did not return to the capital as ordered. , but ran away, and should have left Qi State now."
Hao Yuntu was startled, stopped, turned around, and asked, "What's going on?"
Bu Xun smiled bitterly: "At one point in the west pasture, the people from the school affairs desk stopped Niu Youdao. He was fine at first, but as soon as it got dark, he suddenly burned down the pasture. The chaos slipped away overnight and its destination is unknown.”
The corner of Hao Yuntu's mouth twitched. Niu Youdao running away was a trivial matter. He had promised Mr. Yucang that the matter was not done well, which was a bit embarrassing, although the other party may not pursue anything. But he was still a little strange and said: "You ran away with the war horse?"
Here I gave Niu Youdao an order, and I knew it was unreasonable to call a foreign monk here and there. I also relied on something to let him come back. Niu Youdao came here to charge the war horse. As long as Niu Youdao is held captive A war horse of the Tao, an ox with the Tao will naturally have to be obedient.
Bu Xun was also a little surprised: "He doesn't seem to have paid much attention to the war horses at all. There hasn't been a large loss of horses in pastures in various places recently that are not under control."
Hao Yuntu: "Didn't he come for the war horse?"
Bu Xun: "Logically speaking, it should be for the war horses. From the current situation, there are only two possibilities. Either he has secretly prepared a batch of war horses long ago, but such a large number of war horses can be reserved during the period. It is difficult to hide the feeding from the spies in various places in the school affairs office. Thousands of horses cannot be managed by a small piece of grass and require a large area to graze. If a large amount of fodder is secretly stockpiled, unless he has been preparing for it long ago, he will suddenly stock up. It’s hard not to be noticed. There is another possibility, that is, he is hiding, not leaving at all, and is still preparing for the war horse."
Hao Yuntu: "Why is he running?"
Bu Xun: "His recent behavior is a bit strange. Contact Linghuqiu Xiaoyuege's identity. I wonder if it has something to do with Xiaoyuege? What's the point of Linghuqiu, a person from Xiaoyuege, staying with Niu Youdao? Intention? Linghuqiu should know something, but Linghuqiu refuses to speak until he sees Niu Youdao, so the old slave is considering whether to use his own Bitter God Pill on him."
Speaking of Xiaoyue Pavilion, Hao Yuntu asked: "Do you have any clues about the murdered disciples of the three major sects?"
Bu Xun: "It's still the same. Only corpses and relics were found, and all were silenced. Even the accompanying Golden Wings were not spared. No one knows what happened specifically. Fifteen disciples did not say anything, and only three birds died suddenly. , the three major factions will suffer a lot of losses!”
Under the starry sky and the sea at night, the ships are forging ahead in the waves.
Guan Fangyi opened Niu Youdao's guest room and went inside. Niu Youdao stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hands and looked at the sea. On the couch beside him, Black Peony's body was still lying there quietly.
Guan Fangyi didn't know whether to say something or not, but after a few days, she decided to remind her.
"Master Dao!" Guan Fangyi teased playfully. She rarely addressed him as Master Dao in a serious manner.
Niu Youdao didn't look back and asked, "What's the matter? Tell me!"
Standing in front of the body and looking at it, Guan Fangyi sighed: "Master, I know you are very sad about Miss Peony..."
Niu Youdao interrupted, "Why am I sad?"
Guan Fangyi: "Aren't you sad? Everyone has seven emotions and six desires, as well as joy, anger, sorrow and joy. If you say you are sad, no one will laugh at you."
Niu Youdao shook his head: "It doesn't matter whether it's wind or rain. I've seen so many things about life, separation and death, I've long been used to it. I'm not sad. There's no point in being sad. If I have to say sad, maybe I'm sad. "
"Okay, let's not discuss the issue of whether it's difficult or not. It's just that the journey back to Qingshan County is too far. I don't know how long it will be at sea. It's not an option for Miss Peony to leave her like this."
"What do you want to say?"
"Miss Peony also said before she died that it would be nice to float on the sea. She also liked it very much. Could you please consider fulfilling her wish? It might not be a bad thing to consider the blue sea as your destination."
She said this more euphemistically. In fact, she asked Niu Youdao to bury Black Peony at sea. Some things have to be faced with reality. At such a long distance, the corpse will be like that. It will be disgusting. To put it bluntly, it will not sound good. .
Niu Youdao turned around, walked to the couch, stared at Black Mudan's quiet face, and said calmly: "You are wrong, she didn't like floating on the sea. She has been floating almost all her life. After she followed me , finally found a home, Qingshan County is her home! She was floating in life, how can she be allowed to float after death? I want to take her home, no one can stop me, no one can stop me , I want to take her back, take her home!"
Guan Fangyi stared at him and bit her lip. When the other person's words reached this point, she was unable to say anything more. She couldn't say a word.
Finally, he bowed his head and left in a muffled voice.
Niu Youdao sat next to the couch and gently pressed Black Mudan's chest with one palm. Under the Qiankun Jue, there was a hint of frost on the cheeks of Black Mudan's remains, but he was still peaceful, maintaining the serenity he had when he left. face…
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