In front of the main hall, a gorgeous felt tent is set up, with a golden carpet on the floor, the curtain is lightly raised, and the snow-white gold flags are hunting in the wind.
The civil and military officials were dressed in fancy clothes, standing in front of the steps, watching Moviduo, who was wearing armor, rode into the palace. Behind him, the prince of Beirong, headed by Jinbo, held the surrender book, treasures and maps, and entered the tent to meet Tanmaraga.
After the ceremony and music, Jin Bo presented the book of surrender, and the officials of the ceremony accepted the gift and read out the edict that canonized them as kings.
The front hall was full of laughter and drums.
The ministers chatted and laughed happily around the generals who were from nobles. Mobido didn't talk to them speculatively, drank a few glasses of wine, and walked to the inner hall under the guidance of his personal soldiers.
The inner hall was lit with water and agarwood, and wisps of green smoke floated.
Bi Su and Yuanjue stood in front of the hall.
Moviduo chatted with them a few words, walked into the inner hall, and knelt down on one knee to salute.
Tamara sat in front of the hall, without looking up, he picked up a pen to write an edict, dressed in a cassock, with a graceful aura.
Moviduo held his breath and did not dare to make a sound.
Afterwards, Bi Suo and Yuanjue, who entered the hall, stood quietly and didn't dare to make a sound.
With a soft sound, Tan Moraga put down the pen, raised her eyes, and indicated her sense of fate.
Yuanjue rushed forward, picked up the edict he had just written, and handed it to Moviduo.
After Mobido read the contents of the edict, his eyes widened and he couldn't hide his surprise.
Tamara looked at him: "Can you take on this important task?"
Moviduo raised his chest and said loudly, "Yes!"
"Okay." Tan Mo Luojia nodded slightly, and his deep blue eyes looked down at him, "From today onwards, you will be promoted to General Jiedu Ya and lead Sazhou from afar."
Mobido's blood surged up, and he kowtowed: "The minister must do his duty faithfully and will not betray the king's trust!"
He is from the Ujiri tribe, not from a noble family, and does not believe in Buddhism. According to the rules, he cannot enter the Jiedu Ya, nor can he stay in the holy city for a long time. He is always just a prince of a foreign tribe. He led his army to victory, and his fellow nobles were flattered by officials along the way, while he was snubbed. Now that the king has promoted him exceptionally, he can stay in the holy city in the future!
Bi Suo and Yuanjue looked at each other and smiled, congratulating Moviduo, he stood up, smiled gracefully, his eyes sparkled.
Tamaroga lowered her eyes and continued to read the playbook.
Several people came out, Mobido scratched his head suddenly, turned to enter the hall, and whispered: "King, I have a private matter to report."
"Say."
Mo Biduo said: "The minister asked to marry Princess Wenzhao before, and asked the king for permission... Princess Wenzhao has already rejected the minister."
Tamara's eyes lifted.
Mobido continued: "On the second day when the minister asked for marriage, Princess Wenzhao wrote a letter to reject the invitation, but the minister did not receive the letter at that time, and the next day the minister went to Gaochang, the princess explained the reason to the minister. , the princess already has her own heart, and cannot accept the minister's wishes."
Tamara clenched the playbook tightly.
When she left the holy city with Li Zhongqian, she also rejected Moviduo at the same time.
After Mobido finished speaking, he withdrew.
Tamaroka sat for a while and went out of his way.
After a while, Bi Su entered the hall and said, "The king appointed Mobido as the general of Jiedu Ya, which may attract criticism."
Tanmaraka said lightly: "No breaking, no standing. Mobido is not from a noble family, not a son of an aristocratic family, and the military needs someone like him. You are the grandson of the princess and have too much involvement with the aristocratic family. Mobido joins the army and you lead The Guards, one bright and one dark, one inside and one outside."
"In troubled times, use the method of troubled times. At that time, at this time, Beirong has been destroyed, and only Haidu Aling is left. It is time to plan for the future."
Bi Suo's heart is awe-inspiring, and she should be respectful.
At the beginning, Tan Mo Luojia was young and was imprisoned by the family, and Bei Rong was staring at him. He had to use his identity as a Buddhist son to suppress the family, and then use the ruthless means of Sultan Gu to deter the ministers. Now Bei Rong surrenders, the biggest threat. It has been removed, and you really have to plan for the future.
After all, no one knows how many years Tanmaraka will live... He has been secretly preparing to ensure that his power can be changed smoothly after his death, so as not to cause turmoil and foreign enemies to take advantage of it.
The footsteps in front of the hall thumped, and Yuanjue flew into the hall.
"Wang, Princess Wenzhao's personal soldiers came and said that today the princess has something to do and won't come back."
Tamara asked, "Where has the princess gone?"
"The princess went to the inn. The soldiers said that the princess and Duke Wei are going to discuss matters. If they don't go back to the courtyard tonight, they may not be able to come back tomorrow."
Tamara frowned.
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In the inn, Li Zhongqian was all burned and restless.
The doctor applied medicine to Yaoying's eyes, wrapped a cloth strip, and warned, "Change the medicine every two hours, and don't eat greasy and dirty things for a month."
Li Zhongqian sent the doctor out, turned around, and looked at Yaoying, whose eyes were covered with cloth strips, her face was gloomy.
Yaoying couldn't see anything and felt a little uneasy. She reached out and touched the edge of the couch: "Brother?"
Li Zhongqian clenched his fists, took a deep breath, pressed down his belly full of anger, and held her hand, "Does your eyes still hurt?"
Yaoying said: "I wiped the medicine, it's better..."
Li Zhongqian raised his voice: "Do you know that if Li Xuanzhen and I stopped a little slower, you might even die? What are you doing here?"
Yaoying raised her head and whispered, "Brother, Li Xuanzhen is the crown prince, you can't kill him in the royal court..."
"He doesn't care about human relations, and he has such nasty thoughts on you!"
Li Zhongqian couldn't bear it any longer and roared, "I can't let him live in this world!"
As long as he thought of what Li Xuanzhen was thinking every time he looked at Yaoying, his hair stood on end with anger, and he wished he could tear Li Xuanzhen to pieces. Li Xuanzhen has the face to chase after the royal court!
Yaoying breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Li Xuanzhen would rather be misunderstood by Li Zhongqian than to reveal her background.
Her letter should not have been delivered to Du Sinan. She didn't want Li Zhongqian to know about it until she received Du Sinan's reply and confirmed her identity.
"Brother, he doesn't dare to do anything to me, and Li De doesn't dare either. Send him back first, out of sight."
Li Zhongqian clenched the corner of the table, his face became darker and darker, and his phoenix eyes were red, as if they were about to burn.
Yaoying couldn't see the expression on his face, grabbed his arm and shook it: "Brother... You kill him, the risk is too great, Li De is the one we have to beware of... There are many conflicts between Li De and Li Xuanzhen, It's not a bad thing for us that Li Xuanzhen is alive..."
Li Zhongqian regained his senses, looked at the cloth covering her face, and closed his eyes, "Okay, I won't kill him now."
Yaoying breathed a sigh of relief.
She can't tell Li Zhongqian the whole truth yet. Li Zhongqian originally had the idea of dying together with Li De and his son. If he knew about the entanglement between her and Li Xuanzhen, he would definitely sacrifice himself without hesitation.
After comforting Li Zhongqian, Yaoying asked the soldier, "How is the injury of the prince?"
The personal soldier replied: "The doctor has just bandaged His Highness the Prince, and the trauma left before is almost healed. Today, Alang beat the Prince and added some new injuries, but it didn't hurt the vital part."
Yaoying nodded, "Bring him here."
After a while, there were light footsteps in the house, and the personal soldiers led Li Xuanzhen into the house.
Yaoying raised her hand to let the soldiers retreat to the corner and asked, "What have you done? How can my brother know what you're thinking?"
Li Xuanzhen was silent for a while.
"Do your eyes hurt?"
His nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he couldn't even see his facial features. He limped in front of her, looked at the cloth strip on her face, and asked.
Yaoying couldn't see anyone, so she sat still, and said coldly, "It's none of your business."
Li Xuanzhen smiled bitterly, why is it none of his business? He and Li Zhongqian had an argument, and she came to stop it, and the eyes were hurt.
He leaned over and took her hand.
Yaoying swayed subconsciously, Li Xuanzhen's face twitched in pain, her heart was bitter, she held back her hand tightly, "Don't move, I'll show you something."
He took out something from his sleeve and stuffed it into Yaoying's palm.
Yaoying frowned, groping for the thing in her palm, but she couldn't guess what it was: "What is this?"
Li Xuanzhen didn't speak for a while.
All kinds of things from the past appeared in his mind one by one. He once deliberately forgot the past, but the memory was always firmly embedded in his heart. Even if he slashed with a knife and dredged his heart with blood, it could not be erased. The memories of acquaintance with her can only be buried deep in my heart and filled with hatred.
He later found out that he actually remembered nothing.
"It's a clay figurine..." Li Xuanzhen said softly, "your clay figurine."
He was locked up to recover from his injuries, and he pinched a few clay figurines, all of which looked like her. Li Zhongqian understood everything when he saw the clay figurine that looked exactly like her.
Yao Ying didn't have a trace of waves on her face, she casually put the clay figurine on one side of the fleece blanket, and said, "I will send someone to take you back to Gaochang immediately. Your subordinates should also come here, you can do it yourself."
Li Xuanzhen closed his eyes for a moment.
She doesn't remember the clay figurines.
Or, she remembers, but she doesn't care.
He used up all her expectations, and now she doesn't care what he does.
"Why..." He clenched his hands into fists, the pain on his body was far worse than the pain in his heart, "Qiniang, why did you stop Li Zhongqian from killing me?"
Yaoying said lightly, "Because I don't want anything to happen to my brother."
The corners of Li Xuanzhen's lips twitched, and she laughed at herself.
The expected answer, he had to ask the exit. Knowing that he was humiliating himself, he still held out a little hope, hoping that she could not bear him in the bottom of her heart.
Just a little is enough.
"Qiniang, you don't have to worry about Li Zhongqian discovering your background..." Li Xuanzhen turned around and limped out, "I won't leak it until you decide to tell him the truth."
His voice sounded calm, even slightly brisk.
Even if he was misunderstood by Li Zhongqian and her personal soldiers, even if he was ridiculed by the world, what would he do
He doesn't care.
Yaoying was worried that Ye Chang had a lot of dreams, and urged her personal soldiers to set off quickly. That evening, the personal soldiers escorted Li Xuanzhen out of the holy city.
She stayed in the inn to watch Li Zhongqian, and asked him to change her medicine in person, in case he secretly went out of the city to hunt down Li Xuanzhen.
As soon as he saw her blindfolded appearance, Li Zhongqian's anger dissipated, and he did not mention the words that he wanted to kill Li Xuanzhen immediately.
Yaoying sent her own soldiers to see Bi Suo at the Wang Temple, "If there is an emergency at the Wang Temple, you must come to report it."
The personal soldiers came back and replied: "General Ashina said that everything is fine, the princess does not need to worry, if he has anything to do, he will definitely come to invite the princess."
Yao Ying felt relieved, packed up and fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, Yaoying had a nightmare and shuddered.
A hand gently caressed her forehead, and the fingertips were slightly cold.
Yaoying was half awake, smelled a familiar smell, hugged her hand and rubbed it, and murmured, "Mage..."
The voice was long, delicate and soft.
The figure beside the couch froze slightly.
Yaoying turned sideways, curled up into a ball, and leaned against the figure.
The sound of chanting came from his ears, and the tone turned cold.
Yaoying clutched her sleeves tightly, and when she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly woke up and grabbed her hands.
Empty, holding nothing.
She sat up, there was no sound in the room, it was quiet, the sound of chanting just now seemed to be her illusion.
Yaoying's face was still covered with strips of cloth, so she couldn't see anything. She reached out and touched the edge of the couch, but there was no wrinkle on the edge of the brocade blanket.
The corners of her mouth lifted slightly: "Mage?"
no respond.
"I know you're here." Yaoying said firmly, "How did you get here? Are you feeling better?"
She waited for a while when there was a slight rustling sound on the edge of the couch.
A figure sat down beside her, slender fingers brushed her cheeks, and untied the cloth strips on her face.
Yaoying sat obediently, motionless, completely trusting.
Tanmaraga leaned closer, looked into her eyes, and frowned.
Yaoying whispered: "Master, don't worry, I just can't see clearly for a while, it will be fine in a few days. I pretended to be in pain today to scare my brother and let him calm down."
She also deliberately fell softly to the ground, causing doctors to exaggerate her injuries.
Tamara was silent.
She asked her personal soldiers to conceal the news, and after he sent personal guards to inquire, she found out that her eyes were injured, so she could not go back.
She lied to him.
Knowing the moment she was injured, he could hardly hold back, and wanted to come over and arrest her in person... The attachment in his heart deepened.
Tan Mo Luojia picked up the cloth strip and tied it to Yao Ying again, moving gently, "Don't hide it from me in the future."
The tone sounded extremely stern.
Yaoying nodded: "I'm fine, but I have to stay in the inn for the past two days, so my brother can rest assured... Master, go back quickly, don't delay the business."
Saying that, she frowned.
"Are you out of luck?"
The new prescription brought by Munda Deva worked, and he had to stick to the medication and could no longer exercise.
Tanmaraga lowered her eyes and helped her lie down, "I didn't get lucky. Go to sleep, I'll go right now."
He has a lot of things to do, she doesn't know, those things are his responsibility, he wants nothing, and she is his only selfishness outside of his responsibility.
And he could only see her quietly in the middle of the night.
Yaoying lay back on the pillow.
Tamara sat on the edge of the couch, she tugged at his sleeve, "Master, what scripture did you read just now?"
"The Buddha Speaks of the Hundred Buddha Sutras... Therefore, by reciting this Buddha's name, you will often see good dreams, stay away from all difficulties, and attain the unsurpassed Bodhi..."
He had just read in Sanskrit, knowing that she couldn't understand it, so he changed it to Chinese, and the tone was still cold, like jade, noble and elegant.
Yaoying couldn't see what he looked like. Listening to him reciting the scriptures one by one, she felt extremely calm, relaxed and fell asleep slowly.
Like Yin Yuehua, who came into the room through the stained window, she slept on her side, her face was bathed in a hazy halo, her eyes were covered with cloth strips, her lips were moist, and the buds were fresh, as if waiting for someone to taste it.
Tamaroka leaned over, brushed her hair from her temples with her fingers, and approached her little by little, her fingertips gently brushing her face.
creak.
A dark shadow flashed outside the window.
Tan Mo Luojia woke up, covered Yaoying with a quilt, got up and walked out of the house.
A tall figure stood in the depths of the courtyard, turned to glance at him, a pair of phoenix eyes reflected the cold moonlight, and his eyes were gloomy.
"What's your relationship with Mingyue slave?"
Li Zhongqian asked.
He was worried about Yaoying at night, came to see her, saw a man sitting beside her couch, and immediately drew a knife, but she smiled and spoke to him in a soft tone, obviously very close to him.
Tamaroka was silent, and took off his face towel. Under the moonlight, there was a face covered with scars.
Li Zhongqian frowned, "Sultan Gu?"
This person is good in everything else, just a scarred face... Yaoying was born well herself, and doesn't care about other people's looks, but she shouldn't find someone so ugly... After getting married, how can I take them out to meet people
And Sultan's enemies are getting crazier one by one, and Yaoying has to be worried all the time when he is with him.
Thinking of this, Li Zhongqian snorted coldly: "Appearing in my daughter's boudoir in the middle of the night in the middle of the night, sneaking and not following the rules, who do you think my sister is? She is the leader of the Western Army, and there is no shortage of people who love her."
Tan Mo Luojia said solemnly: "What Duke Wei said... I am sensitive, and the princess has been wronged."
"I come late at night so that she can rest in peace."
Li Zhongqian narrowed his eyes, feeling that the tone of the person in front of him was somewhat familiar.
Tan Mo Luojia raised his hand, "Duke Wei, my people are outside the inn, please go with them to a place."
Li Zhongqian raised his eyes and glanced at the place he was pointing to. In the distance, the stars were shining brightly.
"Where?"
Tamara said: "Go and catch up with Li Xuanzhen."
There was a little flame in Li Zhongqian's eyes, and he looked at Tanmaraga with admiration in his eyes.
"And you?"
"I'm injured, so it's inconvenient to travel." Tan Mo Luojia stood in front of the porch with a condensed aura, "Don't worry, Duke Wei, my people should catch up with Li Xuanzhen soon. This is what I did alone, and Duke Wei. It doesn't matter."
Li Zhongqian gave him a deep look, smiled, put his knife in the sheath, turned and walked out of the corridor.
A group of personal guards in narrow-sleeved shirts and longbows on their shoulders waited outside the inn with torches in their hands, leading horses for him.
The wind was howling, and more than an hour later, Li Zhongqian and his party quietly left the city from the back mountain, catching up with Li Xuanzhen who was blocked in the valley. A few personal guards in advance blocked their way.
Li Zhongqian put on a mask and stopped his horse on the hillside.
The personal guards drew the strings and set up arrows, whizzing several times in the dark night, under the rain of arrows, all shot at Li Xuanzhen, Li Xuanzhen's personal guards quickly helped raise the knife to block.
Yaoying's personal soldiers were confused and did not understand why they were stopped, so they rushed forward and took out the bronze talisman: "I will wait for General Ashina's secret order."
"I am waiting for the regent's warrant to ask the prince of the Wei Dynasty to bring a message to the emperor of the Wei Dynasty! Don't blame me for waiting."
The guard replied loudly.
Several soldiers looked at each other.
After the guards finished speaking, they drew their knives one after another and kicked the horse's belly fiercely. More than a dozen riders ran towards Li Xuanzhen with thunderous hoofs. They rushed to Li Xuanzhen and raised their long knives.
Under the moonlight, the light of the sword flashed, and more than a dozen horses marched forward in a neat pace, with a chilling momentum. Li Xuanzhen's guards turned pale in shock and drove their horses to surround Li Xuanzhen. Wang Ting's guards grinned, and the long sword fell.
The horse neighed and screamed, and several people fell off the horse.
Several long knives slashed at Li Xuanzhen from different directions.
"Your Highness!"
The guards were splitting.
In the next instant, the hair on Li Xuanzhen's temples fell.
Wang Ting's personal guard picked up his hair, put it in a brocade box, and handed it to Li Xuanzhen's personal guard: "Please pass it on to the Emperor of Wei Dynasty on behalf of the regent, Princess Wen Zhao is a distinguished guest of the royal court, and when Princess Wen Zhao is in one day, the covenant will be signed. The people in the Central Plains said that the body and skin were received by their parents, and these bundles of hair belonged to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and should be handed over to the Emperor of the Wei Dynasty."
Li Xuanzhen's personal guard had lingering fears, sweating profusely, and took the brocade box.
They are in the royal court, if the few knives just now really slashed at the prince's neck...
Wang Ting's personal guard looked at Li Xuanzhen and smiled: "His Royal Highness, Princess Wenzhao doesn't want to see you again. For the sake of friendship between the two countries, it is better for you not to set foot in the royal court in the future. The royal court is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, so we should be at peace with each other. ."
Li Xuanzhen's nose was bruised and her face was swollen, and she couldn't see any expression. She looked back at the direction of the holy city, her eyes were cold.
She is for the Sultan Kulai Royal Court. Sultan Gu caught Li De's weakness. He had never been to the Central Plains, yet he knew so much about the Wei Dynasty.
Trembling, the guard climbed onto the horse's back, grabbed the reins of his mount, and escorted him away.
Not far away, Li Zhongqian watched Li Xuanzhen and his party disappear into the darkness, and patted the saber on his waist.
Sultan Gu is at least better than Du Sinan and Zheng Jing.
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