Disciple Continuation 14
Although Yanhao didn't say his purpose of coming to Lei Yuan at first, Tao Yuan already guessed that he must be retreating.
If Yanhao wanted to retreat, he had to have Lei Yuan's consent, otherwise, he would have to stay here until Lei Yuan announced his withdrawal. Because it was agreed a long time ago that the two kings of Wu can expand their sphere of influence in Beiliangguan by virtue of their strength, but they also have their own spheres of responsibility. Both parties have written a letter of commitment and handed it over to Emperor Wen.
Now that Yanhao suddenly wants to retreat, he must let Lei Yuan take over the area he is in charge of, but taking over his area does not do much good for Lei Yuan, and as long as he does not agree to take over, Yanhao will always Deplete troops and strength. So for Lei Yuan to agree, Yanhao had to pay some price.
Last time he lent grain and grass and road to Yan Hao, Yan Hao agreed to double the amount of grain and grass to Lei Yuan, and gave up part of the rights to Lei Yuan. Now that he came to beg Lei Yuan again, he would naturally have to pay more than before.
In fact, Yan Hao's retreat did not mean returning to the capital, and it would be too embarrassing for him to return to the capital like this. He wanted to go to Bei'an City in his heart, but Lei Yuan couldn't agree, even if it was the surrounding cities of Bei'an City, Lei Yuan couldn't let him go. Therefore, after Yanhao retreated, he could only retreat to a place several cities away from Bei'an City.
Yanhao retreated this time and handed over a lot of power to Lei Yuan. If it is said that he really gave up fighting for power with Lei Yuan, it is absolutely impossible, and no one would believe it. The reason why Yanhao retreated was to preserve his strength and wait for the opportunity. And he didn't go back to the capital, not only because it would be too embarrassing to go back like this, but also to let his soldiers fully adapt to life in the north.
It is impossible for Lei Yuan not to know what he was thinking, but Lei Yuan agreed to let him retreat because he could get a lot of power from Yanhao before moving the capital, and because he had enough confidence in himself to deliberately give He has a chance to breathe, but he will never let his ideas succeed.
After confirming with Yanhao that he was really going to retreat, Qu Feng cried happily for a long time. Even if he didn't want to go back to the capital, as long as he didn't continue to live in fear, he would be extremely grateful.
Yan Hao looked at Qu Feng's appearance, his face and heart were full of disgust, and when he thought of Tao Yuan's face, he felt that he had been bewitched by something. this person. If Yan Hao hadn't still remembered the affection from his previous life, Yan Hao would have thrown Qu Feng away long ago, letting him fend for himself, and he might still be with him now.
Because Miaochen is coming soon, Tao Yuan wants Lei Yuan to send him back to Hancheng to wait for Miaochen in advance.
A few days later, Tao Yuan got a report, knowing that Miaochen had finally arrived, and immediately went out to greet him.
"Father!" Tao Yuan didn't see Miaochen for several months, and ran towards him happily.
"A Yun." Miao Chen just got out of the carriage, smiling at Tao Yuan who was walking towards him.
"Father, where is my brother?" Tao Yuan asked excitedly.
"Sleeping inside." Miaochen turned his head to look at the carriage, and his attendant was coming out with the child in his arms.
"Give me a hug." Tao Yuan immediately walked over and took the child from the attendant.
Tao Yuan looked at the white and tender child in his arms and said, "Xiao Quli, do you know me? I'm your brother."
"He doesn't know how to recognize people, not to mention he is still asleep, so he can hear you." Li Miao said with a smile.
"Let's go daddy, let's go in and say, I'll let the cook cook your favorite dishes, and take a good rest when you're full." Tao Yuan hugged his younger brother and walked in with Miaochen.
Because Tao Yuan just ate in the morning and was still not hungry, he hugged his younger brother and talked to Miaochen while watching Miaochen eat.
"Before I came, I went to the palace to see Xiao'er, and he has grown up a lot, but his face is still so round." Miao Chen said.
Tao Yuan couldn't help laughing, "The king has always said that his face is too round. I thought that the face of a newborn child is round, and it will definitely not be round when it grows up. But when I heard Dad say that, I also Start worrying if he grows up with a round face."
"There's nothing to worry about. It's because you're fat now, so your face is round. It was the same when you were a child. When you grow older, your face will not be round."
Tao Yuan smiled, looked down at Qu Li in his arms, and missed Lei Xiao even more in his heart.
"There is one thing that you may not know yet." The smile on Miao Chen's face suddenly disappeared.
"What's the matter?" Tao Yuan looked at Miaochen and suddenly became serious.
"Your second uncle is dead." Miaochen said.
"Second uncle died? How did he die?" Tao Yuan was puzzled, how could a good person die suddenly.
"He led troops to exterminate the water bandits, but was killed by the water bandits."
"He leads troops? What ability does he have to lead troops?" Tao Yuan felt a little ridiculous, "It's too ridiculous for a person who doesn't even know martial arts and has never suffered a little bit to lead troops to exterminate water bandits? "
"Actually, he's not the chief general, but just following along to make up the numbers and earn some credit. Because Qu Feng is the only side king who followed Yan Wu King to Beiliangguan, and he is also the side king who is most likely to give birth to Yan Wu King's eldest son. One group of people wanted to please him, so they..."
Tao Yuan smiled, he didn't care whether the original owner's second uncle was dead or alive, there were so many people dying every day in this world, the original owner's second uncle was the same as those insignificant people to him. And he was a little gloating, because the second uncle of the original owner died, and the saddest person must be the old lady Qu who loves her son dearly.
Before this little son, Mrs. Qu was so cruel that she could harm Qu Cang. Now that the little son is dead, she must be heartbroken. Tao Yuan feels happy just thinking about it. He doesn't need to do it himself. It started to self-destruct and self-destroy. This is called evil will be rewarded with evil.
Although the second uncle of the original owner has two sons, they are all pampered, and it is a blessing not to cause trouble, and they will not be great at all.
Mrs. Qu, the white-haired man who gave off the black-haired man, was indeed heartbroken and bedridden. She never thought that the only son in her heart would actually walk in front of her. She couldn't stop her sadness, so she fell ill.
Miaochen rested in Hancheng for two days, and then went to Qucang's military camp. Tao Yuan left Qu Li behind and let him take care of him.
Miao Chen left Hancheng, and Tao Yuan also took Qu Li to Lei Yuan's barracks.
Tao Yuan hugged Qu Li, watched him play with his eyes open and spitting bubbles, thought it was very cute, and looked at him with a smile all the way.
After entering the barracks, Tao Yuan hugged Qu Li and got out of the carriage with the support of Jiangshuang and Rain.
Just as Tao Yuan stood still on the ground and was about to go to the camp, suddenly a white thing rushed out, and it was as fast as lightning, and directly rushed towards Qu Li in Tao Yuan's arms. Tao Yuan was startled, he didn't have time to see what it was, and immediately activated a lot of spiritual power, and bounced the thing out, even the people next to him were bounced away by Tao Yuan's spiritual power.
Tao Yuan had lingering fears, and couldn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly checked whether Qu Li in his arms was injured. Qu Li was frightened and cried loudly, Tao Yuan carefully confirmed that he was not hurt, but just frightened, so he hugged him and patted him.
Jiang Shuang and Rain Rain were the first to get up on their stomachs. Enduring the pain, Jiang Shuang picked up the white thing, mentioned it in front of Tao Yuan and said, "My lord, it's a spirit fox."
"Where did the spirit fox come from?" Tao Yuan frowned, and said unhappily, "The spirit fox is extremely wild and can hurt people the most. Why is no one guarding it specially, and let this beast mess around!"
Because the spirit fox almost hurt Qu Li, Tao Yuan was very angry. If he hadn't reacted quickly just now, Qu Li would have been seriously injured by the spirit fox. If such a young child was injured by a spirit fox, he might even die.
The spirit fox was injured by Tao Yuan's spiritual power, bleeding from the corner of its mouth and convulsing, but it was not dead yet.
Fang Ce happened to pass by with his soldiers, and when he saw Tao Yuan, he immediately came over to salute Tao Yuan, "My lord."
"Commander Fang, this spirit fox..."
"Xue Ji!"
Before Tao Yuan finished speaking, he was interrupted by a yell. Tao Yuan turned his head to look, and saw a handsome brother with a face like white jade, running towards this side quickly, and behind this brother, there were still A person who looks exactly the same.
Tao Yuan thought to himself, twins
"Xue Ji! Give Xue Ji back to me!" The brother ran over and wanted to snatch Linghu away, but Jiang Shuang avoided him. Because there was no Tao Yuan's order, this Linghu who almost hurt Qu Li, Jiang Shuang Can't give it back to him.
Qu Li cried and twitched, Tao Yuan was very distressed, and didn't want to spare the fox lightly.
"Ben Wangqing asked you to return Xue Ji to me, did you hear that?!" Sang Wen scolded Jiang Shuang angrily.
"Awen, calm down." Sang Yun grabbed Sang Wen and persuaded him.
"Brother, they hurt Xue Ji, how do you tell me to calm down?!"
"They are..." Tao Yuan looked at Fang Ce and asked.
"Reporting to my lord, these two are Wang Qing of the Sang Kingdom, and the crown prince of the Sang Kingdom brought them here," Fang Ce said.
"Is this your spirit fox?" Tao Yuan looked at Sang Wen and asked.
"How about my spirit fox? Hurry up and return Xue Ji to me. If something happens to my Xue Ji, I want you to bury it with her!" Sang Wen stared at Tao Yuan and said loudly.
"Presumptuous!" Fang Ce yelled at Sang Wen, "Dare to let our king be buried with an animal. Do you, Sang Country, want to start a war with our Donglai Country?"
Sang Wen and Sang Yun were stunned immediately. They didn't expect Tao Yuan to be the king of Lei Wu. Sang Wen was too excited just now, and Sang Yun was in a hurry to persuade Sang Wen, so they didn't hear Fang Ce calling Tao Yuan the king.
"It turned out to be His Royal Highness, we were the ones who were rude, and I hope you don't care about the large number of Lord Wang Jun." Sang Yun bowed slightly to Tao Yuan, and then pulled La Sangwen's sleeve, signaling him to apologize quickly.
Sang Wen glanced at Linghu with heartache, and then quickly bowed unwillingly.
Tao Yuan took a look at them, and walked directly to the tent with Qu Li in his arms.
Jiang Shuang was still holding the half-dead and half-alive spirit fox in his hand. He asked his attendants to find a cage, put the spirit fox in it, and then walked into the camp with the cage.
"Xue Ji..." Sang Wen wanted to follow up to get Linghu back, but was held back by Sang Yun.
"Awen, don't forget the purpose of our coming here, let alone what the emperor told us before coming here. The emperor said that King Lei Wu loves his lord very much. If we offend him now, He gave King Lei Wu a pillow, and our marriage to King Lei Wu may not be possible."
"But Xue Ji was given to me by my father. I have raised her for so many years. Do I just watch her die like this?!"
"Is Xue Ji important, or the happiness of the two of us in the future? Didn't you say that after meeting King Lei Wu, you made up your mind to marry him?" Sang Yun looked at him and said earnestly, "I married King Lei Wu a long time ago." I told you that you usually pampered Xue Ji too much, if Xue Ji really hurt the child in his arms today, it would be a catastrophe."
"Could it be, do you really want to abandon Xue Ji?" Sang Wen had raised Xue Ji for so many years, and he already had feelings in his heart, so he couldn't bear it.
"Let's say it's just one Xue Ji, even ten Xue Ji, I have to give up today. If you can't help it, I'll tell the emperor to send you back and let the father find you a suitable husband-in-law in the court." , I will stay alone and marry King Lei Wu."
"No!" Sang Wen's eyes widened, and he said excitedly, "It's agreed that we will marry King Lei Wu together. This is the original plan. The two of us look exactly the same. It will be easier to seduce Lei Wu together." , how could you be the only one to marry him?!"
"If you don't want to be sent back, follow me later to apologize to that prince, and follow my instructions, understand?"
"Got it, I'll just listen to you." Although Sang Wen has a spoiled and domineering temper, he is not a completely brainless person, and he knows very well that Sang Yun is smarter and calmer than him, listen to his affirmation Can't go wrong.