Daily life of captives

After lunch at Wei's restaurant, Changsun Boyi and Li Shao went back to Tiance Admiral's Mansion, but Changsun Boyi who entered the east wing was always a little restless, hesitated for a while, and went into the palace, ordering people to go The prisoner brought the man Li Shao had caught, and on the other hand, asked someone to invite Yongning and Ding Changzhi into the palace. He briefly explained Li Shao's intentions to the two, and Changsun Boyi immediately brought him to the palace. They went to the official post and found Shangguan Qi.

At that time, Shangguan Qi was in the official post discussing with a small country in the East China Sea how to cause a murder at the enthronement ceremony.

As soon as the grandson Boyi went out, Wei Ze reported a letter to Li Shao.

"Young master, didn't you tell the general to go to Shangguan Qi after the enthronement ceremony? Then the general will go now, will there be any problems?"

Li Shao sat on the bed with a calm smile: "It's okay, if Boyi is in a hurry to act, he must have noticed something... Where is Shangguan Ying? After we left the West Forbidden Garden, where did Shangguan Ying go?"

Wei Feng replied: "She has been staying in the West Forbidden Garden since then, and she hasn't come out until now."

After thinking about it carefully, Li Shao said again: "Arrange someone to keep an eye on Shangguan Ying, and report back immediately if anything happens."

"Yes." Wei Feng immediately made arrangements.

In the afternoon of that day, Changsun Boyi, Yong Ning, Ding Changzhi, Shangguan Qi, and several officials from Xizhi State had a secret conversation in the official post all afternoon. Their faces were pale, and Changsun Boyi and the others did not show their pride in the success of the matter, and left the official post very low-key.

That night, something happened in the official post. Shangguan Qi, the eldest prince of Xizhi Kingdom, died on the spot. All the evidence points to a small country in the East China Sea. I don't find it convincing at all.

No one knows how this unexpected incident happened. Later Chu just sent the Habayashi Army to surround the official post, and then sent an official from Dali Temple to investigate the case in the official post. No one else was there. show up.

On the second day, the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor of Hou Chu was held as planned. The eldest prince of Xizhi country died unexpectedly, but their princess provoked the leader and led Xiezhi's mission to the hall to congratulate, but they used the funeral as an excuse , declined the banquet in Linde Hall.That small country in the East China Sea followed Linde Hall all the time, but it seemed that it was just to avoid Shangguan Ying.

The eldest prince of Xizhi died in the official post of Houchu, and it was not good to leave it alone, so when the banquet was held in Linde Hall, Yongning only drank a few cups, and then he was overwhelmed with alcohol. He backed out for some reason, and went to the official post instead. On the way, he made a detour to General Tiance's Mansion to pick up Li Shao.

The official station, which had been busy for several days, was particularly deserted at this moment. Except for the mission of Xizhi country and an official from the small country in the East China Sea, the rest of the people living in the official station were all in the Linde hall at this time.

"Princess Shangguan, my condolences." Walking into the room and stopping in front of Shangguan Ying, Li Shao and Yong Ning bowed together.

Shangguan Ying, who was sitting upright in his seat, looked up at the two men in front of him, and said calmly, "You all step back."

"Huh?" The rest of Xizhi Kingdom were startled when they heard the words, and looked at Shang Guanying with disapproval, "But the princess..."

"Get out!"

Shangguanying glanced over coldly, and the officials of Xizhi Kingdom immediately shut up. Despite their reluctance, they still left the door one after another, and closed the door behind them.

Although the princess is usually very strong, but because she has been suppressed and bullied by the eldest prince with stronger means, she can't see anything, but after the death of the eldest prince, they feel that the princess and the eldest prince are worthy of being brothers and sisters. It's so resembling.

When everyone retreated, Li Shao no longer showed that sad expression, and looked at Shangguan Ying with a light smile: "I didn't expect the princess to make such a quick move, isn't the princess able to do this?"

Shangguanying looked at Li Shao expressionlessly, and asked, "No matter how fast you are, have I caught up?"

She decided to take the risk of killing Shangguan Qi, just because she didn't want Hou Chu to get the five fortresses. She knew that if Changsun Boyi brought her people to negotiate with Shangguan Qi, Shangguan Qi would not be able to win. Only by killing Shangguan Qi could he keep it. She herself and the five fortresses, but she only heard from the people below this morning that Changsun Boyi had already brought people here yesterday afternoon.

Li Shao shook his head regretfully, and said: "Bo Yi asked me to tell you that when Shangguan Qi signed the document, it was stamped with the official seal of Xizhi State, and Boyi didn't let him use a private seal."

Shangguan Qi likes to use a private seal to sign official documents. His private seal has the same effect as the official seal in Xizhi, but if the person is dead, then the private seal is useless. It is easy for Xizhi to renege on his debts. Probably because he was worried that Shangguan Qi would have an accident, so he came to Shangguan Qi in a hurry to ask for the five fortresses. I can't afford this account anymore.

Hearing this, Shangguan Ying picked up the teacup in hand and threw it out, trembling with anger.

Still lost, she still lost those five cities...

"Didn't you say that you will come to Shangguan Qi after the enthronement ceremony of your new emperor is over? That's also a lie to me?"

"When we said that, we did plan that way," Li Shao shrugged, "But Boyi seemed to have noticed something and changed his mind temporarily. He didn't even have time to tell me when he went out. When I knew, the five The city is already in hand."

Shangguan Ying glared at Li Shao viciously, gritted his teeth and said, "Sure enough, birds of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups. You are all the same. You, Wu Ninghe, Shangguan Qi, Changsun Boyi, you are all fucking worthless things!"

"Then congratulations, you will join us from today on." Li Shao looked at Shangguan Ying with a smile, but his kind appearance made Shangguan Ying even more angry.

"Don't put on that hypocritical look again, I won't be fooled by you again!" It was because of such a smile that she thought Li Shao was a good person, but it turned out that Li Shao was the worst in the world!

"En..." Li Shao frowned, as if he was a little distressed, "This is a bit difficult, I was born so kind, follow my mother and concubine."

The corner of Shangguan Ying's eyes twitched, his eyes were burning with anger.

Li Shao's tepid appearance is the most annoying!

Li Shao smiled, and said again: "It's not easy for the princess, and she must be walking on thin ice in the future. If she is a little careless, she will be lost forever. Seeing the friendship between you and me in the past and the princess's decisiveness today, I will give the princess a promise. I will not take the initiative to send troops to Xizhi within this year, so the princess can probably handle domestic affairs with peace of mind."

Shangguanying frowned, and turned to look at Yongning: "Is it convenient for you to give me this kind of promise in front of your empress Chu Shangshuling?"

With the death of Shangguan Qi, the political situation in Xizhi Kingdom will inevitably be in turmoil, and the brothers in the royal family will fight each other until a new ruler appears. After the new ruler is replaced, her fate will still be in the hands of others However, she might be in a worse life than before, so she might as well follow the example of Empress Jiuhuang and get into this chaos and fight her way out, then she still has a chance of survival.

It would be best if Hou Chu could leave them alone at this time, otherwise, once Hou Chu sent troops, it would be almost a certainty to disintegrate and destroy the country.

Yong Ning smiled nonchalantly: "If possible, I hope that our two countries can enjoy good relations forever."

Li Shao is in Mongolia again, why did he promise not to take the initiative to send troops within five years, their country has just been established, the court has just been established, domestic affairs are too busy, how can there be empty recruits to find fault?Isn't it a matter of course not to take the initiative to send troops?Li Shao's words can only be said to deceive people like Princess Shangguan who are not familiar with the government.

Seeing that Li Shao and Yong Ning were smiling as friendly as they could be, Shangguan Ying was wary in her heart, but she still couldn't.

"Okay, if you can keep your promise, then I, Shangguan Ying, owe you a favor." Shangguan Ying stared at Li Shao and said, "But Li Shao, don't be complacent, I will come to ask you for the five cities sooner or later !"

"I am waiting for you at any time," Li Shao bowed to Shangguan Ying again, and then asked, "Can Princess Shangguan take care of the matters in the official post?"

"Yes," Shangguan Ying said with widened eyes, "Even if I can't, I don't need you!"

"That's good," Li Shao smiled nonchalantly, "Then the two of us will take our leave first, Princess Shangguan, please rest well."

After finishing speaking, Li Shao and Yong Ning turned around and left together.

Looking at the backs of the two people leaving resolutely, Shangguan was so angry that he smashed another cup.

"Does this bastard Li Shao want to help?! Bastard, bastard! There is nothing good about this group of men!"

After leaving the official post and getting into the carriage, Yongning ordered to go directly to the palace.

The carriage drove halfway, when Yong Ning asked, "My lord, if Shangguan Ying takes power in Xi Zhi Guo, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to deal with in the future."

The royal family of Xizhi Kingdom has always had only one Shangguan Qi. Now that Shangguan Qi is dead, the rest of them are nothing to be afraid of. On the contrary, Shangguan Ying, who has endured humiliation for many years, is originally very smart. Baptized, she'll be tougher than her brothers.

Li Shao laughed and said: "It's difficult to deal with. Xizhi Kingdom is different from Ding Ling Kingdom. To the north of Ding Ling Kingdom is a vast snowfield. Except for those beasts that grow on the snowy land, there are no other enemies. Ding Ling Kingdom is strong, so we will ally with them. Ding Ling Kingdom is weak. We will break through in one fell swoop, we can do anything, but there are still people in the west of Xizhi country."

Yong Ning was startled, and recalled carefully for a while before he remembered what the "person" in Li Shao's mouth was referring to: "My lord is talking about the land in the far west that the Taifu once mentioned?"

"It's that place," Li Shao nodded, "Back then, Sejong wanted to swallow Xizhi in order to expand the territory of Li, so the Taifu mentioned the land in the far west. With ancient books as evidence, Sejong did not dare to act rashly. , but he was unwilling, so he sent two teams to bypass Xizhi country to go to the extreme west, but in the end they lost contact. None of the people in the two teams came back, and the two teams In the last confidential letter sent back, a town was mentioned.

Where there are cities and towns, there must be people. Although I don’t know what kind of people they are, Sejong thought about it and decided to keep Xizhi. country shield.Sejong was cautious back then, but now we can only be more cautious than Sejong.

Moreover, compared to other members of the Xizhi royal family, Shangguanying is still affectionate and righteous. The relationship between us is a little complicated, but it is still helpful for the alliance and cooperation between the two countries. "

Xizhi State is only half the size of Hou Chu. Because it is located in the desolate northwest area, the population is not very large. Xizhi State does not have a fearsome white wolf army like Ding Ling State. In fact, I am not afraid.But now the treasury of Hou Chu is empty, and the granary is also empty. It is the time when there is an urgent need to save money, so this battle can be fought or not.

Yong Ning directly brought Li Shao to the Linde Hall. After entering the hall through the side door, Li Shao quietly walked behind the eldest grandson Boyi. Changsun Boyi squatted down behind him.

But before Li Shao opened his mouth to scare the elder Sun Boyi, the elder Sun Boyi turned his head and looked at Li Shao with a smile on his face: "The incense you use is specially prepared and has a unique taste. As soon as you walk over, you will be surrounded by incense. Your taste."

Li Shao curled his lips, and sat down next to his grandson Boyi: "It's really boring."

The eldest grandson Boyi poured Li Shao a glass of wine and handed it over, and asked in a low voice, "What did Shangguanying say?"

"She said she would definitely take those five cities back." Li Shao took a sip of wine to moisten his throat.

Changsun Boyi smiled and said, "She should save her life first."

Li Shao sized up his grandson Boyi's flushed face again, frowned and asked, "How much wine did you drink?"

It hasn't been long since the banquet started, right?

"It's all started by Wu Ning and He!" At the beginning of Wu Ning and this, the foreign missions became dishonest, one after another came up to toast, it was really hard to complete the round.

Hearing this, Li Shao turned his head to look at Wu Ninghe who was sitting quite far away, but Wu Ninghe had already noticed Li Shao who had sneaked in. When their eyes met, Wu Ninghe raised his glass to Li Shao.

Li Shao chuckled and said, "It seems that Wu Ninghe quite likes you."

"I don't need him to like me!"

I don't know if it's because he is not satisfied with the content of the agreement, Wu Ninghe has been stumbling him all the time recently, although it doesn't get in the way of business, but it's too annoying!It's not his fault that the agreement was made like that. It's only because the officials of Ding Lingguo are not as eloquent as their Houchu officials. Besides, Yongning and the others dug a lot of holes when formulating the terms of the agreement. In the end, only two Isn't it good to successfully trap Ding Linguo?Wu Ninghe is really stingy!

Li Shao smiled, raised his hand and stroked Sun Boyi's head: "Be good, get along well."

After drinking for three rounds, the officials of Hou Chu noticed that there was another person beside Changsun Boyi, and when they saw that the person was Li Shao, no one said anything, as if they hadn't seen it, they should eat and drink drink.

Continue to be lively for a while, and some people can't sit still.

"Reporting to His Majesty Hou Chu, His Majesty Ba has specially prepared a congratulatory gift for His Majesty Hou Chu. I hope His Majesty will like it."

As soon as the words fell, the envoy of the Ba Kingdom clapped their hands, and immediately the followers of the Ba Kingdom left the Linde Hall quickly, and after a while, a group of young girls dressed in the costumes of the Ba Kingdom came in from outside the hall, each with a slim figure.

Liu Ce had been in a trance for a long time, now he was happy when he heard that someone was giving gifts, and he was even happier when he saw a group of women coming in.

"Congratulations? Okay, okay, what do you want to give me?"

The envoy of Naba State immediately explained: "This is the beauty of Ba State specially selected by His Majesty for His Majesty Hou Chu. To celebrate His Majesty Hou Chu's enthronement, they also specially prepared a performance. Would His Majesty Hou Chu want to take a look?"

"Look! Hehehe, quickly let them act for me!" Liu Ce squinted at a group of women, his eyes sparkling.

"What a shame..." Xie Jun raised his forehead.

Yong Ning, who was sitting next to Jie Jun, chuckled lightly, and said, "Be patient, he won't even have to come for the morning court after a while."

Xie Jun shook his head and sighed: "Why do you think you can't teach him? Before entering the palace, no matter what he was taught, he could learn [-]% of it, but after entering the palace, he really can't learn anything!"

Yong Ning turned his head and glanced at Liu Ce whose eyes were glued to the beauty, and said in a low voice, "Maybe it's because I know it's useless if I learn it, and it will be a burden if I learn too much."

Xie Jun was taken aback, and Fox asked, "Is he that smart?"

Yong Ning said: "Yue Feng told me that the courtiers who entered the palace for an audience, he only saw you, and the people around him didn't even see Tao Wujing and the others. When he arrived at the Xuanzheng Hall, he would throw all the questions to the eldest grandson. Never asked anyone else."

"From what you said, it seems to be the case." Xie Jun stroked his chin, "Could it be that this is really a smart person?"

"No matter what, you can't be careless." Yong Ning glanced at Liu Ce again, "When we keep him in the harem, we must strengthen the guard."

Xie Jun also took a look at Liu Ce, and replied solemnly: "Understood."

Ba girls danced a cheerful dance with bright smiles and graceful movements. The bells tied to their ankles jingled every time they beat, which was pleasant to the ear and made people feel happy.

Jumping and dancing, it seems to be a routine, there must always be a person who looks like a lead dancer floating out of the dance group, spinning from one table to another, and then continuing to move forward, turning around Then, the girl turned to Changsun Boyi and Li Shao.

The girl's eyes drifted to Changsun Boyi's body before she could reach her. Li Shao's brows trembled, and he glanced at Changsun Boyi, then held the wine glass and looked at the girl in front of him with a gentle smile.

Changsun Boyi originally thought that the girl should leave after standing in front of the table for a while, but he didn't expect that the sound of the bell lingered in his ears for a long time, but there was no sign of going away. When Changsun Boyi looked up, he saw the girl was They twisted vigorously at the table, their eyeballs almost fell out and stuck to Li Shao's body.

Changsun Boyi turned his head to look at Li Shao again, and immediately knew why the girl refused to leave.

The eldest grandson Boyi leaned close to Li Shao's ear, and gently blew into Li Shao's ear: "He's revived."

Li Shao just watched it, why did he still laugh?

Li Shao, who had been staring at the girl without moving, suddenly turned his head, and pecked Changsun Boyi's mouth very quickly: "Well, the soul has returned to its place."

It was just a matter of turning around, except for the girl who was standing in front of Changsun Boyi and Li Shao who was froze in shock when she saw this sudden scene, no one noticed.

While the elder Sun Boyi was still in a daze, Li Shao moved his neck and complained, "Why are you reacting so slowly? If I look at it for a while, my neck should break."

The eldest grandson Boyi returned to his senses, raised his eyebrows lightly: "If you want to kiss me, just say so, that's enough."

Li Shao's movements paused, and he turned to look at Zhang Sun Boyi: "Are you serious?"

"It's true."

Li Shao smiled ambiguously, stood up suddenly, turned around and walked towards the side door of Linde Hall.

Grandson Boyi was startled slightly.

Li Shao is in such a hurry?

After downing a glass of wine, Changsun Boyi also followed out.

The girl who froze at the table was about to cry immediately.

Her mission after coming here this time is to find a way to get into General Tiance's mansion, but that day, General Tiance didn't even look at her from the beginning to the end, and now he's still following his man. Qingqing, my, my, it's so obvious what she's going to do now, what is she going to do?

But the eldest grandson Boyi, who chased his man away, came out of the gate of Linde Hall but didn't see Li Shao's person. After looking around for a while, he saw Li Shao's back at the north of Linde Hall. With a frown, he raised his foot and chased after him. He chased to the front of Chang'an Palace, but lost track again.

Looking around, Changsun Boyi entered Chang'an Hall.

"Li Shao? Where are you, Li Shao?" Changsun Boyi walked softly in the Chang'an Hall, cautiously guarding against it.

"Li Shao, you..."

With a bang, someone kicked open a door next to him, and a figure leaped out of the room, slashing at the back of Changsun Boyi's neck.

Changsun Boyi rolled his eyes to the sky, without turning his head, he clasped the man's wrist with his backhand, and directly pulled the man to his body to hug him.

"I haven't beat you before, but you haven't practiced for ten years, and you still want to attack me?"

Li Shao pouted, dissatisfied: "You know I haven't practiced for ten years, you won't let me?"

Changsun Boyi hugged Li Shao and entered the next room: "What are you trying to do by knocking me out?"

"En..." Li Shao turned his head to look at the elder Sun Boyi, "I molested you."

Changsun Boyi said solemnly: "Don't be stunned, I am very obedient."

Li Shao smiled, turned around and asked for a kiss.

The eldest grandson Boyi hugged Li Shao's waist, took half a step back and leaned on the table behind him.

"What's the matter today?" Changsun Boyi asked out of breath during the gap between them.

Li Shao licked his lips and said, "I knew this dress was suitable for you the first time I saw it, but I didn't expect it to be so suitable."

"Then there will be a way to seduce you if you want to seduce you." Then, Changsun Boyi pecked lightly on Li Shao's mouth again.

Li Shaoxie smiled and said, "It's better if you take off your clothes."

"It's so straightforward," Changsun Boyi looked at Li Shao with a smile on his eyes, "Enough is enough, is it enough?"

"Not enough, come again."