"In short." Zheng Yan said, "This is the current situation. The next thing is the information of Wuluohoumu."
Several people were silent for a while before Lang Junxia said: "This time, the means of Yuanren, according to my guess, will be both soft and hard. As for the specific method, I am still inquiring."
"Use both soft and hard?" Wu Du said coldly, "If you can't be soft, you can still be hard? What means can be used to coerce a prince of a country, I would like to see."
Only Wu Du, Lang Junxia, and Duan Ling understood this. Wu Du said this very cleverly. Lang Junxia still cannot be sure whether Wu Du knew about Cai Yanjiu occupying the magpie's nest. Naturally, Lang Junxia couldn't say in front of everyone that Hardanbat|er wanted to use his identity as a fake prince to blackmail him and let him contribute to the alliance between the two countries.
"What do you think of Mu Xiang?" Zheng Yan asked.
"I don't know that." Changliu Jun replied, "I can only ask Wang Shan."
"I don't even know." Duan Ling replied, "She didn't say anything."
Lord Changliu said, "I really don't want to form an alliance. It's up to His Majesty and His Highness to have the final say. Send Hardanbat Er and Amugu out as soon as possible, isn't it over?"
Zheng Yan replied: "That's why the trouble is here, everyone doesn't make a decision, and even His Highness is reluctant to come forward to drive people away. In fact, it is most appropriate for him to speak."
Although it is said that the two countries have formed an alliance, the envoys should be treated with courtesy, and there is no saying that people will be directly driven away, but the Yuan envoy is nominally here to give gifts to the prince on his birthday, and as long as Cai Yan sends a letter, he can be sent away.
"I don't think so." Duan Ling said, "Amugu doesn't want to leave, so he can always find a reason to stay. Moreover, the ministers in the DPRK have a wrong understanding of Yuan Ren. Although Yuan Ren has a straightforward temper, he is not stupid at all. They It's different from what we thought, and he knows how to take advantage of other people's weaknesses. The reason why Wo Kuotai invaded Shangjing was because he saw the gap between Yelu Dashi and the Han family. You should know the pros and cons."
Lang Junxia paused for a while, Zheng Yan knew that "Wangshan" was performing in Tongguan, and Changliujun often listened to Changpin and Mu Kuangda's evaluation of this kid, so it was not surprising.
"Then what should I do according to you?" Zheng Yan said slowly.
"Does Your Majesty want to form this alliance?" Duan Ling asked Wu Du first.
"I don't want to." Wu Du shook his head and said, "Otherwise, he wouldn't have told me to find the sword."
"Does the prince want to form this alliance?" Duan Ling continued to ask.
Several people looked at Lang Junxia, but Lang Junxia did not answer.
Of course Cai Yan didn't want to. First, he speculated that Li Yanqiu was unwilling to form an alliance. Second, he was coerced and lured by the Yuan people's messengers. If it could be done, Cai Yan should have thought about killing these people together, but it's a pity. Lang Junxia doesn't have this ability.
"Changliu-kun, do you want to form this alliance?" Duan Ling asked.
After Changliu-jun finished eating the noodles, he put on a mask and said, "You won't ask him yourself? You are being favored in front of him, and he won't hide it from you."
"Since he won't hide it from me, you say the same." Duan Ling replied.
"Su Clan of the Ministry of Household, Wu Zun, a cabinet scholar, the commander of the Jiangzhou Heijia Army, and the General of Zhen Guoda Xie You." Changliujun said, "These people support the alliance." He also said to Lang Junxia and Zheng Yan: "In other words, in today's pavilion, except for the minister, almost all of them support the alliance with the Yuan people. As for what the minister thinks, I don't dare to speculate."
There are pros and cons to forming an alliance with Yuan, and Duan Ling knows their reasons for supporting the alliance. Once this peace treaty is signed and abided by, there will be no war on the border for at least ten years, and the Yuan people will start to let go of their hands and feet to rectify the Liao Kingdom. Da Chen might be able to attack Liao's back and take advantage of it.
If there is no war, the Jiangnan area will also be able to obtain sufficient development opportunities, and lightly reluctant to pay, so that Dachen, who is south of the Yangtze River, can be freed from the decades-long military struggle and recuperate after the invasion of the Liao emperor.
"Does Yaohou want to form an alliance?" Duan Ling asked again.
"I guess he doesn't want to." Zheng Yan replied confidently.
"Then, let's assume it's the same guess." Duan Ling said, "Uluohou Mu first find out what will happen to them once they come hard, it is best to put an end to this hidden danger. Zheng Yan faked Yaohou's order and went to visit Ha Danbat|Er, show goodwill to them, promise that the alliance can be discussed again, and I will contribute to it, and take their words, and ask if Zhenshanhe is really in the hands of Yuanren."
"These two guys came with the purpose of forming an alliance." Duan Ling added, "implying that they took money to bribe and get through the court officials, and let the ministers speak for the Yuan people in front of the prince, but Zheng Yan, don't accept bribes yourself. "
"Changliu-kun also went to visit them." Duan Ling said, "It is implied that the minister is trying to facilitate this alliance, but the opinion of the prince in the court is mainly based on the prince's attitude, and the prince's attitude is unclear. Most of the time, he listens to several ministers. "
"Wu Du asked His Majesty for a hand letter, and after they start bribing, we will find out who is taking bribes.
"Mr. Changliu handed the information to the minister, and the minister came forward to find out the evidence, and then handed it over to Wu Du." Duan Ling said, "When Wu Du presented it to His Majesty again, he just expelled the envoy, and at the same time, the matter of bribery was handled by Wu Du. The shepherd and the prince are in their hands, and they can cure the crimes of the Su and Wu families at any time. Whether they accept it or not depends on their lives. As for Xie You, I know that he should not accept bribes, but he is just thinking of the country. "
As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent, Zheng Yan laughed and said, "It's really right to come here tonight, let's go, everyone will prepare separately first."
Behind the screen next door, the three of them stopped talking, got up and left, and they came and went quickly. There was one screen and two people left. Wu Du's bowl of noodles hadn't moved yet, and Duan Ling's bowl was already empty.
Duan Ling thought and left like this? But yes, everyone's time is precious.
"Where did you just say?" Duan Ling said suddenly.
Wu Du: "..."
The two looked at each other, Duan Ling really wanted to hear Wu Du say a few more words, saying that he would take him to see the snow, see the sea and see the beautiful scenery, and would do this and that for him, but Wu Du did not say anything.
"It's cold and dark at night." Wu Du said, "Go back and rest when you're done eating."
Duan Ling had no choice but to get up and glanced at the cold wontons on the table. A few fine snowflakes floated in from the window and landed in the bowl. During the return trip, Ling still rode together with Wu Du, who wrapped him in a cloak to block his face. Duan Ling heard Wu Du's heartbeat, and that night, he remembered too many things.
He remembered the night in Shangzi, the street beat the old man selling wontons; he remembered that Lang Junxia was chased and killed by Wu Du all the way, fled from Huchangcheng to Shangjing, and hugged him like this and rode home.
In a trance, Duan Ling's mind returned to that night - he sneaked out of the room and walked along the corridor in the sound of singing. Covered by the shadow of the lamp, he stood on tiptoe and looked into the pane, which was a colorful kaleidoscope. Countless dreams gathered and dispersed, as if seeing a new heaven and new earth.
"Is it cold?" Wu Du felt Duan Ling raised his head, so he looked down at him and felt that Duan Ling was holding him tighter. He raised his hand and squeezed his arm, comforting him, "I'll be home soon."
"No..." Duan Ling thought to find something to say, but was very overwhelmed in this dream. When he got home, Wu Du lit the lamp, and the outside of the courtyard lit up. The location of the prime minister's mansion was originally the residence of a big salt merchant in Jiangzhou in the former dynasty, but the side courtyard had a concubine. Let the concubine live more comfortably, so it also benefits Duan Ling's life.
Wu Du sorted out his clothes, put them to dry, and put away the light sword that he used today. Duan Ling's eyes flickered along with him. He had never thought that he was so handsome and unrestrained before, and Duan Ling's heart was pounding with every gesture.
"What's wrong?" Wu Du felt that something was wrong with Duan Ling tonight.
"No." Duan Ling sat on the low couch beside him, thinking that Wu Du would come and sit with him after he was done, so he could lean against him as usual. However, Wu Du just asked: "Aren't you full? Let someone cook you something to eat?"
"I'm full." Duan Ling said hurriedly, seeing Wu Du open the medicine drawer and take out some herbs.
"What are you going to do?" Duan Ling asked curiously.
Wu Du replied: "With a single medicine, I suddenly thought from your words earlier... Don't come down, it's cold. Can't you just sit on the couch?"
Duan Ling insisted on sitting at the table and watching Wu Du dispense the medicine. Wu Du held the knife with his slender fingers and played a few circles, using the back of the knife to grind the seeds into powder, and then scraping them into a small copper mortar.
The fingers are so pretty, Duan Ling thought to himself.
"Poisonous." Wu Du said, "Don't touch it." Then he put on a silk glove on his right hand, and found a butterfly wing covered with phosphorescence, and scraped off the powder with a knife.
"Are you ready?" Duan Ling asked.
Wu Du glanced at Duan Ling and replied, "It's been a long time."
Duan Ling took Wu Du's hand, looked at the place where he was injured before, took the sword, and left a ditch after the palm of his hand healed.
"There is an extra peach blossom line." Wu Du joked.
"Where's your right hand?" Duan Ling wanted to look at Wu Du's right hand again.
"No right hand." Wu Du replied, "Poisonous! Don't touch it!"
Duan Ling was lying on the table, looking sideways at Wu Du, looking at the bridge of his nose and lips, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, a thought came to his heart - he wanted to lean in and kiss his lips, but he didn't have the guts. Wu Duze concentrated on developing his poison, and noticed that Duan Ling had been staring at him, and his face was a little red.
"Don't sneeze." Wu Du warned Duan Ling, "Otherwise..."
"Dead." Duan Ling said with a smile. Wu Du didn't remind him, he didn't want to sneeze, his nose itch when he mentioned it.
"Do you know what is so powerful about this medicine, Master?" Wu Du raised his brows and said to Duan Ling.
Duan Ling shook his head, still looking at Wu Du intently, and said, "Oh."
"Sleepy?" Wu Du saw that Duan Ling was a little absent-minded. Unlike usual, he didn't make a move when teasing him. Thinking that Duan Ling was still thinking about Li Yanqiu, he took off his gloves and washed his hands first. It was found that Duan Ling had already gone to bed.
When Wu Du lay down, it was no different from every night, but only this night, Duan Ling's breathing became rapid, Wu Du habitually stretched out his arm to put him on the pillow, and Duan Ling moved nervously over.
"Why is my heart beating so fast?" Wu Du asked strangely.
"No." Duan Ling hurriedly denied.
Wu Du touched Duan Ling's chest and then his head. He didn't have a fever. He put his hand into his unlined clothes again. When he touched Duan Ling's bare skin, Duan Ling felt very comfortable, but hurriedly said: "do not!"
Wu Du had no choice but to stop touching him. The two were lying down and sleeping. Duan Ling wanted to hug him several times, but he didn't dare. He didn't know what he was afraid of.
"Wu Du." Duan Ling saw that Wu Du stopped talking, but wanted to hear his voice and asked, "What does the medicine do?"
Wu Du casually said, "The poison I gave to Amugu and Hardanbat|Er made those two barbarians unaccustomed and tossed slowly."
Duan Ling asked, "Are there any laxatives or something?"
Duan Ling often imagined that martial arts masters like Changliujun, Wudu, Zheng Yan, and Lang Junxia would have a stomachache during a duel. Wu Du laughed and said, "Give them a laxative?"