lonely king

Baili Nian woke up from the bed again, it was already the morning of the second day, and he returned to his usual cool appearance, as if the weak, strong man who yelled at Sai Jian yesterday never existed.He changed his clothes, and he still looked like a fairy in white.

As soon as he went out, he heard the news that Sai Jian had returned to Taoyang City. He was so angry yesterday, so he naturally wouldn't stay any longer.Baili Nian didn't ask any further questions, and ordered Mo Yan and Sui Yi to pack up and march, and return to Dajiang immediately.

Sui Yi seemed to be absent-minded, and kept looking in the direction of Taoyang City, thoughtful.

Baili Nian took a look at Sui Yi, and he knew it clearly.Zhongyan was in the Qiangma army, Sui Yi should have seen him before, he was the king of Beiyan, and Sui Yi's former master, so he would naturally have different feelings.

Sure enough, Sui Yi asked Baili Nian, "My lord, at the end of yesterday, the general found a Mr. Zhong in the Qiangma army, and... and the late Wang Shang, no, how similar is the late Beiyan King?" Very much alike."

"What do you want to say?" Baili Nian asked straight to the point.

Sui Yi showed doubts on his face, and he said: "The final general saw Yu Wenyang hurt King Beiyan with his own eyes, and then saw King Beiyan's corpse with his own eyes, it couldn't be...it couldn't be him?"

When Zhongyan's body disappeared, Baili Nian ordered people to cover it. Later, Jiang Fuli buried the empty coffin again. Sui Yi thought Zhongyan was dead from the beginning to the end. He didn't know that Zhongyan returned to the north, and Baili Nian Killed Zhongyan, let alone knowing that this person came back again.Zhongyan is really fate, and he can't die again and again.

It's just that Sui Yi and other former generals of Beiyan may not recognize his identity suddenly, so Zhong Yan wisely did not indicate his identity.

Seeing Baili Nian's silence, Sui Yi thought that he had offended the Lord, and immediately expressed his loyalty, "Your Majesty, the general has no other intentions. Before that, the general had been following General Yuwenyang, and he had never met King Beiyan a few times. Now that the northern border is stable, this is what the last general wants, nothing else."

This is Sui Yi's sincere words. He is not a brave and top-notch general like Yu Wenyang, and he has no idea of ​​galloping the world.Sui Yi is the most ordinary person, like tens of thousands of soldiers, he doesn't like wars and chaos, he just wants to live in peace and stability, not rich and powerful, but peace.

Baili Nian understood what he meant, "Understood, you don't need to explain, I understand. You just rectify the army and horses, and go back to the northern border with the lonely king."

Sui Yi: "Yes, the last general will go here."

……

Saijian returned to Taoyang City, and Baili Nian also returned to Dajiang, but the matter of Xizhao was not resolved.

The royal family of Xizhao has died, and Xizhao has a vast territory, and there is no one who can control it. Only Qiang Zhu and Da Jiang each sent two troops to station in the original city of Xizhao.However, there is no leader in the land, and there will inevitably be chaos, not to mention the territory of the original Nanming, there will always be a local tyrant.

How to deal with the vast land of Xizhao has become a difficult problem between Qiang Zhu and Da Jiang.And the rulers of the two countries will sit down sooner or later to discuss this matter.

Since Sai Jian returned to Taoyang City, he didn't talk to Baili Nian again.He didn't say that he would send troops to avenge the siege of Tao Yang, nor did he say he would make friends with Da Jiang, so he just procrastinated.There are only two big countries left in the world, Qiang, Jiang and Jiang, and the relationship between these two countries is delicate. I don't know what the future will be, and the small princes don't dare to be reckless, so they can only make friends with each other.

In the end, it was Baili Nian who spoke first, and he wrote a letter to Sai Jian, hoping that he could come to Dajiang to discuss the matter of Xizhao.

Facing this letter inviting the king to enter the urn, Qiang Zhu's courtiers have their own opinions, and they don't agree with Sai Jian going to Dajiang in person, especially Liu Jing, the eldest concubine, is very firm about it.

Liu Jing said: "Your Majesty, at this juncture, Jiang Nian invited you to Dajiang, and his heart is really unpredictable. Dajiang is Jiang Nian's place, once the king leaves Qiangzhu and steps into Dajiang, the whole body Safety cannot be guaranteed. No one can guarantee that Jiang Nian has no intention of killing you, if this situation is intentional, Wang Shang must not step in!"

Xu Jiang immediately seconded his opinion: "I feel that the words of the elders are reasonable, and I hope that the king will never agree."

Wei Yu stood between Liu Jing and Xu Jiang. After he returned to Qiangma, he was made a general and an important minister.He originally wanted to say a few words, but seeing Sai Jian's complicated expression, he finally suppressed the words.Wei Yu couldn't figure out what Baili Nian meant, and it was inconvenient for him to say more.

But Zhong Yan, who was standing behind Wei Yu, said, "Master Dajiang just invited the king to discuss the matter of Xizhao. With Dajiang's current national strength, Jiang Nian should not dare to lay hands on the king. After all, Xizhao fought. Qiang Zhuo has helped Da Jiang a lot, how could he repay his kindness with revenge?"

After the Siege of Taoyang and the Battle of Xizhao, Zhong Yan was regarded as a guest minister by Sai Jian and stayed in Qiangmao.

"Hmph! But he is a villain who repays kindness and revenge!" Xu Jiang did not hide his anger at all. He had long looked down on Baili Nian, and after Tao Yang was besieged, he was even more angry with him.

Liu Jing sighed, "Although Jiang Nian's power is not as strong as Qiang Zhu's, and Jiang Nian and the king are old friends, but this person's behavior is too cunning, and his nature is cold. I don't know what the purpose of inviting the king this time is. The best thing to do is be careful."

There are different opinions in the court, each has its own truth, and each has its own inappropriateness.All in all, don't worry about Baili Nian.This person acted treacherously, and he had plotted against many people. Bei Yan, Nan Ming, and Xi Zhao were all plotted by him to ruin the country.People will not remember why he stirred up the situation, and they will not remember the chaos in Yeling nine years ago, they will only remember what he did, and those who are in opposition to him demonize him.

Sai Jian held the letter in his hand, and he spoke after a long time, "Reply to Da Jiang, and this king will go there in person to discuss the matter of Xi Zhao with the Lord Da Jiang."

"Kings!"

"Kings!"

Liu Jing and Xu Jiang frowned at the same time, speaking in unison.Ke Saijian seemed a little annoyed, he waved his hand to signal that they don't need to persuade them any more, he must be going on this trip.

Wei Yu sighed softly, but Zhong Yan behind him sneered and said in his heart: "The benevolence of a woman is what happens to me."

Before the letter of credence sent to the northern border arrived, Sai Jian had already set off.He has been to the northern border many times. He had been to the northern border when Baili Nian lived in Yuwen Yang's mansion.It's just that I have been there so many times, only this time I went to the north in the name of two intersections.

Sai Jian was a little bit emotional. He and Baili Nian had known each other for three or four years. From the initial curiosity about this world-famous magical machine, to stepping into the Central Plains and getting involved in the muddy waters of the Central Plains, he has now become the strongest in the Central Plains. country.In a daze, Sai Jian even forgot what he had done. His simple yearning for the scenery of the Central Plains was buried by the wars one after another.

The once rough man in the grassland has also been contaminated with the atmosphere of the Central Plains, and has become less pure than before.

Wei Yu rushed up to walk with Sai Jian, "Your Majesty, are you really at ease on this trip?"

If it was before, Sai Jian would definitely answer "definitely", but now he can't figure it out.He still remembers what Baili Nian said when he was in the remnant city of Xizhao, he said: If you fall into my hands, I will not be like killing Yue Keng, killing Gongsun Zhi, killing Zhang You and killing Yu Wenyang, Kill you without hesitation.

Is he angry or sincere?After the siege of Tao Yang, he was uncertain.

"This king's skills can naturally protect himself, and with you on this trip, Dajiang is only Mo Yan and Sui Yi, not you and me. Even if Baili Nian really wants to kill, he won't succeed."

"So, Your Majesty also thinks that Baili Nian will..." Kill him?

Wei Yu didn't continue.He has seen every detail between Sai Jian and Baili Nian, if Baili Nian really killed Sai Jian, then he is really cold-blooded and heartless.

"Whether he will kill or not, we will know if he goes." Sai Jian pursed his lips, as if he had made a gamble with himself, and the winner or loser was entirely in the hands of that person.He hoped that he would not, but there was no guarantee that he would not. If he would, what would Sai Jian do?

Sai Jian didn't think about it himself.It was with this complicated mood that he set foot on this trip.

Two people followed by one person.Sai Jian didn't want to take Zhong Yan with him, but Zhong Yan kept claiming that he missed the old country and wanted to go home and take a look. How could Sai Jian refuse?

When the news of Qiang Zhu going to Dajiang reached Baili Nian's ears, a group of people had already entered the territory of Dajiang, heading towards the royal city.Baili Nian tidied up a courtyard pavilion in the palace, next to Shuyue Pavilion where he lived, and left it for Sai Jian to live in.In addition, another courtyard was arranged, on the westernmost side of the palace, a little far away from Shuyue Pavilion, almost out of the palace, and that place was reserved for Qiang Zhu's entourage.

When Sai Jian entered the Great Jiang City, Baili Nian personally came to greet him at the gate of the city. The battle was so big that Qiang Zhu had enough face, and also saw Baili Nian's respect.It's just that Sai Jian sneered and didn't show a good face.After seeing the white figure standing at the gate of the city, his hands in his sleeves clenched slightly, with a complicated expression.

"King Qiang Zhuo has worked hard all the way." Baili Nian walked up to Sai Jian's horse and said with a faint smile.

And Sai Jian looked at this person who gave him countless entanglements and pains, but couldn't laugh, and just said bluntly, "It's not hard."

"The place to live has already been cleaned up, so let's invite King Qiang Zhuo to rest first."

Baili Nian didn't exchange too many pleasantries, and asked Mo Yan to take Wei Yu and others to the West Garden of the Palace, while he took Sai Jian to Shuyue Pavilion.Sai Jian didn't seem to want to go with him, he was far away, and the person who loved to talk the most didn't say a word at this time.

This obvious estrangement, Baili Nian could see it, he looked back at Sai Jian, and stopped walking.

"King Gu still has some things to go to the front hall, Mo Ying, you can take King Qiangzhu to go." After Baili Nian instructed Mo Ying, he looked at Sai Jian again, "If you don't take good care of him, you still look at Haihan."

Sai Jian waved his hand, "No problem." He followed Mo Ying, as if he really didn't want to talk to Baili Nian.

Baili Nian looked at Sai Jian's figure, lowered his eyes slightly, and a trace of loss flashed in the bottom of his eyes.

Mo Ying took her to settle down, and when they passed Shuyue Pavilion, Sai Jian was stunned for two minutes.He knew Shuyue Pavilion, and knew that this was Baili Nian's bedroom, and he had lived here before.Sai Jian was in a daze, and subconsciously asked, "Do I live here?"

Mo Ying didn't understand the deep meaning of Sai Jian, she shook her head in a regular manner, pointed to the palace in front of her and said, "Go back to King Qiangzhu, this is my king's bedroom, your place is in front, it's a place chosen by my king himself .”

Looking forward, one can see a majestic Dunhuang palace, indeed no more solemn than Shuyue Pavilion, even more solemn.Relatively speaking, Shu Yuge is more elegant and suitable for Baili Nian's temperament.

"Oh." Sai Jian should be absent-minded, didn't ask any more questions, and followed Mo Ying to the footing.

This side is tepid, but the other side is not the case.Wei Yu, Zhong Yan and others followed Mo Yan to the West Garden of the palace.This palace is still the old palace of Beiyan, every place is the familiar scenery of Zhongyan, but the people have changed into new faces.Baili Nian didn't keep a single person in the old Beiyan Palace, the palace was different from Chao Gang, it was the place where Baili Nian lived, so naturally he wouldn't keep anyone.

There was a strange desolation in Zhong Yan's heart. Although he returned to the palace, he could only use the name of Mr. Zhong, a guest of the Qiang Dynasty.At this time, he can only rely on Sai Jian, and it is useless to reveal his identity.No one would be interested in an old master who has no power or soldiers. If he is interested, it will be ridiculed and ridiculed, or he will kill him.

Zhong Yan raised his head and glanced to the east, walking east along this path, he would arrive at Zangshu Pavilion.That was the place Zhongyan was most familiar with. He grew up in Zangshuge, and after inheriting the throne, he would occasionally go to Zangshuge when he was depressed. It was also the place where he often summoned Yu Wenyang.

"Are there still people living in Cangshu Pavilion?" Zhong Yan asked Mo Yan.

Although Mo Yan didn't like his question, he still answered it. "After my king became the lord, he ordered people to seal the Zangshu Pavilion, and now the Zangshu Pavilion is a forbidden place."

"The forbidden area is uninhabited and overgrown with weeds." Zhong Yan murmured.

"Young Master Zhong used to live in the Library Pavilion?"

As soon as Wei Yu finished asking, he felt that he had made a slip of the tongue. He knew Zhong Yan's identity, and knew that he was the former master of Beiyan.It was just a question subconsciously out of curiosity, but the old master revisited the country, and his heart was naturally heavy. Wei Yu's question was really embarrassing.But the person who was asked was not so embarrassed, but smiled and nodded, and said calmly: "Yes, I have lived in the Library Pavilion since I was a child, and my father likes princes who have read poetry and books, so I live here every day." Only after being nurtured, can I have such a poetic and bookish atmosphere."

Zhongyan has a kind of poetic gentleness in him, he was more gentle in the past, but now this kindness is mixed with some unknown coldness, is he different from before.Mo Yan said nothing, Wei Yu sighed lightly.

Baili Nian was once the king of subjugation, but why not Zhongyan?

What's the point in this world where you fight for my chase?

Seeing that the atmosphere was gloomy, Mo Yan didn't want to get entangled in this matter, so he said: "Everyone, follow me, and we will arrive at Xiyuan soon. Xiyuan has prepared tea and cakes. You all have a long journey, go and rest first."

Wei Yu and Zhong Yan nodded, and followed Mo Yan into Xiyuan.

On the first night when Qiang Zhuo and his party entered Dajiang, everything was safe and quiet.

In the early morning of the next day, Baili Nian brought food and delivered it to Sai Jian's residence in person.It was rare for Sai Jian to get up late, and when Baili Nian arrived, he was coming out of the inner room, neatly dressed, and he had lost the casual look he had in Taoyang City.Baili Nian raised his eyes and glanced at him, thoughtful, but did not mention it.

Sai Jian glanced at the food box on the table, and said first, "You came to see me this morning to prepare these?"

Baili Nian paused, "We always have breakfast."

"That's right," Sai Jian replied belatedly, "Before, I did everything I could to find your favorite food and eagerly delivered it to you. I didn't expect it to be the other way around."

The dishes on the table are all Sai Jian's favorites. Two or three dishes, together with a bowl of lean meat porridge, is not too luxurious for breakfast, but it is also dedicated.No matter how reckless Sai Jian was, he also understood that Baili Nian put his heart into it and prepared it specially.

Baili Nian pretended not to understand the teasing meaning in his words, and sat aside after the meal was set.There was no expression on his face, and he was very casual. When Baili Nian was at Gao Mingtai, he had breakfast with Sai Jian like this, and it was like this this morning.

Sai Jian deliberately made things difficult for him, "What do you mean? My king eats breakfast, why did you sit down? This time, something is wrong, right?"

Baili Nian was about to serve the porridge, when he heard Sai Jian's words, he withdrew his hand, and without changing his face, he sent back the second bowl that the palace man took out.Said: "I have eaten breakfast, you can eat."

Sai Jian laughed, he is not stupid, so he could see that Baili Nian wanted to have breakfast with him. Hearing such nonsense, he didn't know whether it was funny or helpless, so he subconsciously said: "If you don't eat, you can sit down." Is it down? Are you so anxious to show your favor?"

Hearing this ridicule, Baili Nian paused, and stood up, "Have dinner first, I'll wait for you in the gazebo in front of Shuyue Pavilion."

"Baili Nian!" Seeing that people were about to leave, Sai Jian pulled his face down instead, waved his hand to let the palace servants who were serving meals go out, and said angrily: "If you have anything to say, just say it, you don't need to come early in the morning You don't have to shake your face for being courteous."

Baili Nian thought for a while, then turned around and sat down again, his expression remained unchanged from the beginning to the end.On the other hand, Sai Jian, who sneered for a while and sulked for a while, walked in from Baili Nian, unable to bear this changeable expression.

"Do you have anything to say here?" Sai Jian asked again.

Baili Nian: "It's midsummer now, and it's been more than two months since Xizhao was captured. Xizhao has a vast territory, so we should start managing it. You can't just leave two teams of soldiers and horses stationed, or there will be violence|chaos."

"You came to me early in the morning just to talk about this?" Sai Jian was a little disappointed.

Baili Nian raised his head, "Otherwise what does your majesty think?"

"Heh," Sai Jian suddenly laughed, "That's right, how can I expect you to say nice things."

After the siege of Taoyang, Sai Jian wanted to hear Baili Nian's explanation, but what did this person say?After capturing Xizhao, Sai Jian wanted to hear him say thank you, but what did this man say?He can't say nice words, let alone apologize, that's just the way he is.Sai Jian suddenly thought of what Baili Nian had said when he was in the ruined city of Xizhao. He said that he himself was such a cold-blooded and ruthless person.

Now, Sai Jian agreed.

Baili Nian didn't seem to have heard Sai Jian's words, and he continued: "The south of the Baiji River used to be Nanming's place. After Yue Jie took Nanming, they didn't control it well, and now it's full of local tyrants. I want to take advantage of the opportunity to rise up and become the king. If we don't arrange it as soon as possible, this rich and good land south of the river will not be brought back."

"En." Sai Jian responded perfunctorily, as if he didn't want to talk more.

Baili twisted his head and looked at Sai Jian, "Is your majesty not interested in the south of the river?"

"Don't you think it's boring to talk about this early in the morning?" Sai Jian threw the teacup on the table with annoyed expression on his face.

Baili Nian opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything about the southern border.He stood up, "I was in a hurry. The king has only been here for two days. He is not in a hurry to discuss the matter of Xizhao. Let's have breakfast first, and I will deal with government affairs."

Baili Nian left as soon as he said that, and Sai Jian stood up, but he didn't say anything.After all, it is not the same as before, no matter how broad-minded Sai Jian is, with Tao Yang's siege on his chest, he can't do what he did before, coaxing Baili Nian and letting Baili Nian go.

Kicking down the table in front of him violently, and scattered the good food all over the floor, Sai Jian became more irritable than before.

As soon as Baili Nian went out, he bumped into Zhong Yan head-on.He should have come to look for Sai Jian, but he came by coincidence and ran into Baili Nian who was going out.Baili Nian lowered his head, it was Zhong Yan who spotted him first.

"Mr. Baili is in a hurry, what are you doing?" Zhong Yan asked.

Looking up and seeing that it was Zhong Yan, Baili Nian's eyes became even more gloomy, "Young Master Zhong should call the lonely king your lord."

"Yeah, why did I forget. I met the king." Zhong Yan saluted with a smile, showing no displeasure at all.Starting from the remnant city of Xizhao, he clearly knew that Baili Nian was the Lord of Great Jiang, but he still called him Mr. Baili.Baili Nian didn't care about it at that time, but it doesn't mean he came to the Great Jiang Palace, he didn't care about it.

Baili Nian looked at Zhong Yan, with a hint of sternness on his indifferent face, "I know what you are going to do, you are taking care of Sai Jian if you don't move now, you can't do anything. There are no soldiers and horses, nothing to use A confidant, a sovereign alone, is nothing."

"Yeah, it's nothing." Zhongyan echoed, with sadness in his eyes, and gradually became indifferent, "When you first entered the northern border, weren't you alone? Since you can restore Da Jiang , become a monarch again, why can't I?"

"..." Baili Nian didn't speak.Is he different from Zhong Yan?no different.Is it the same?Not the same.

"you can not."

Baili Nian left these words expressionlessly, and stopped entangled with Zhongyan, walked forward, and headed straight for Shuyue Pavilion.

"I can't?" Zhong Yan read this sentence, looked at the background of Baili Nian's departure and sneered again, "How do you know I can't!"