Yezhao Sandbar

"Ye, don't leave when you come back this time, okay?" Sima Qing snuggled into Ah Xi's arms, tightly clutching his arm as she did when she was a child.

"I don't belong here." A Xi said indifferently: "If they knew that Grandma gave birth to the two of us, your throne would be lost, and you might even lose your life."

"Can……"

Ah Xi interrupted him, "It's not that you don't know the curse on the Yue family's twins. In order to keep both of us alive, Grandma never competed for favor or even provoked that old thing on purpose, just to live alone away from those people. Watch out." Gently pushed Sima Qing away, and supported his shoulders, "You are the king of Yueshi, it was doomed at birth, it was decided by grandma and I was looking forward to it, so I just obeyed grandma's will life to help you."

"After going out for five years, I traveled around the desert with my master and went to many places. Only then did I realize that our Yue clan is not as powerful as you and I saw. Many people have no houses or homes, and those who died of freezing died of thirst and starved to death. Innumerable Yuezhi people died in the desert on the ancient Moxi road. Horse thieves robbed merchants' business brigades. Every year in Guansai, soldiers pretended to be bandits and killed ethnic groups close to the border. Occupied by them, one step away is the land of our Yuezhi."

"Now that Suzhou has been established as a feudal town, there are wolves in the front, back, left, and right. If we are not strong, then sooner or later we will be gnawed to the bone, and our Yuezhi people will lose their living land. At that time, only any Mermaid flesh, be someone else's slave."

Sima Qing frowned and said, "Didn't the imperial court abolish slavery ten years ago?"

"That sounds good. In order to curb the strength of the tribes, the population must be controlled. Otherwise, there will be no soldiers pretending to be bandits to kill the tribes. The Western Fan is far away from the Central Plains. They robbed the captives and sold them as slaves. Even if the Central Plains Emperor knows It won't stop it, as long as things don't make a big fuss."

"Aren't you dangerous by Duan Qianmo's side?"

When Duan Qianmo was mentioned, Ah Xi's eyes flickered slightly, she closed her eyes, and said: "At present, it seems that he is not a cruel person, maybe we can rely on him."

Sima Qing had a very bad impression of Duan Qianmo, but he firmly believed in A Xi's words. Although he was not happy that A Xi continued to follow him, he couldn't say anything else.

The two came out of the bath and dried themselves off. The bedroom has already been tidied up. The two brothers slept together for the first time in five years. I didn't push myself away, and gradually let go of my heart. Although I felt drowsy, I cherished the rare tenderness, insisted on not falling asleep, and meditated on the past time. There were nightmares and happiness.

Ah Xi wanted to push Sima Qing away. He felt that as a king, relying on other people's arms is already unqualified, but after all, they have been separated for five years, and he also needs such family affection. Thinking of Sima Qing's despair when she jumped off the roof just now He felt pain in his heart, and he said hurtful things in anger at that time, and now thinking about it, he feels even more pain in his heart. The younger brother he cared for wholeheartedly lived such a life. In the past five years, more than 2000 days and nights, he Facing those wolves, tigers, and leopards alone in the royal court, how did he struggle to survive? Every time we met for a short time, he always said that he was doing well, but he never shed even a drop of tears of sadness and grievance in front of him. .

The two brothers just lay on the couch with all their clothes on, each with their own thoughts, and they also thought about each other.

After this night, what will be ushered in will be a game for kingship.

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Duan Qianmo walked all the way, and took the guards to stay overnight with the guards on the first day. It seemed that he had no purpose, but in fact the goal was obvious.

When they arrived in Dunhuang City, it was already the whole night when Bi Axi came.

Thousands of people gathered in front of the spacious iron gate of the royal court. Duan Qianmo knew that this was only a reserve army, and there were probably quite a few people brought into the royal court by the patriarchs.

"Who are you, you are also the one who wandered around in the Yuezhi Royal Court? Get lost!"

The soldier guarding the gate had big arms and a round waist, with a long knife slanted on his shoulders, his face trembling, like an executioner, more like a pig butcher.

Duan Qianmo hates talking to this kind of person. He doesn't understand when he's being polite, and loses his identity when he's shouting. "My lord is here to catch the fugitive slave, what, you're going to fuck me!?" The last word deliberately spit out and bit the wrong word.

The soldier was stunned for a while, blinking his eyes and stammering: "Wang Wang Wang... Lord?"

The people brought by the chiefs of various tribes came to watch the excitement, and the crowd in front of the gate was tight.

Wu Fu choked his neck and took out the gilded waist card, shaking it in front of everyone's eyes, "Did you see clearly? The king of Xifan is coming, why don't you hurry up and ask your king to come out to greet him!"

"The main hall is discussing important matters. The Lord can't leave now. You can go in and report first!" The soldier saw the waist card clearly and spoke more politely.

"Isn't waiting for you to report the news?" Wu Fu refused, "The fugitive slave has a very good relationship with your master, let's go in by ourselves and get out of the way!"

Without waiting for his soldiers to react, Wu Fu led ten people to open a door, and Duan Qianmo swaggered into the royal court, leaving thousands of people outside to look at each other. What's the trouble?

The main hall is easy to find, and there is a hustle and bustle when you don't enter the door.

Duan Qianmo was concerned about Sima Qing, and stepped into the main hall at a faster pace. His arrival did not attract the attention of most people. In the center of the hall, there were two iron cages the height of two people connected together, and there was a locked iron gate in the middle. Inside the cage lay a leopard, with golden and shiny fur all over its body, dotted with black spots, lying lazily halfway in the cage, it seemed that it was a pet brought by some patriarch.

Sima Qing was the same as usual, dressed in a Hu suit, with chestnut hair tied up high, and a feminine face that was terribly handsome. Among dozens of people, he was the most conspicuous. Even though he was standing behind the iron cage, Duan Qianmo could spot him at a glance. he.

Not seeing each other is only occasionally remembered, and seeing him again, Duan Qianmo felt that he missed him so much. It was ridiculous to say that he had only met a few times, but when he stepped into the hall and saw that person, the throbbing in his heart was a little inexplicable. It is also impossible to deceive people.

"How about it? Have you thought about it?" A man sitting on the right leaned lazily on the back of the chair, crossed his legs, and looked at Sima Qing with disdain. We are fearless and brave, and you—King Yuezhi, if you want to convince the crowd, you must show your strength, otherwise our eight tribe chiefs will elect someone more suitable to replace you!"

"This is a cheetah, it can eat people." The elder's cunning eyes rolled back and forth, not knowing whether he wanted to scare Sima Qing or help him. If Sima Qing didn't accept the challenge, she would be dead today, and it would be a breeze to teach that Ah Xi a lesson after he stepped down from the stage.

Everyone laughed, Duan Qianmo understood the situation, took two steps forward, and Wufu's tenor voice sounded: "The king of Xifan has arrived——Wang Yueshi quickly came to pick him up!"

This caused an uproar in the hall, Sima Qing was the quietest person in the hall before, and he saw it from the moment Duan Qianmo stepped into the hall. The appearance of this man made him take a long time to escape. Seeing him chasing him all the way, he was calm Ripples inevitably appeared in the heart, and the breath was a little uncomfortable.

When the two met, Duan Qianmo was sensitive to discover that Sima Qing today was a little different from last time. Although his attitude towards him was abiding by etiquette and seemed alienated, the eyes he looked at him did not have the deep hatred of last time. Duan Qianmo was relieved by this discovery, and it was even more determined that Sima Qing's difficulty was resolved by him.

Hearing that it was the great Buddha of the King of the West, several people had already stood up, trying to greet with shy faces, Duan Qianmo met the ceremony politely and distantly, and explained the purpose of coming, those people heard that it was a trivial matter of catching escaped slaves, Of course I don't believe it, but it's obvious that they are making an excuse, and the fool will point it out.

The superior seat was given to him, several elders were in charge of greeting this distinguished guest, and the shrewdest Esong answered Duan Qianmo's questions in a low voice.

While talking here, the patriarchs over there were already getting annoyed, urging Sima Qing to make a quick decision.

Duan Qianmo stood up and said: "It's a coincidence that the king came today. It happened that the Yue clan elected a new king. I don't know who the new king is nominated by the patriarchs and elders?"

Everyone is dumb. If there is really no one to choose the new king, most of the people here are going to follow the big team. Mark the territory.

Esong laughed dryly: "It's not about electing a new king, it's just a test for our Yuezhi king."

"Oh?" Duan Qianmo laughed, "Is this a test? Could it be that the king misunderstood that the cage is a cat without claws, and isn't it a cheetah that ten people can't subdue?"

Seeing the unhappy faces of the people and holding back their silence, Duan Qianmo looked at him as if scolding him for meddling in his own business, Duan Qianmo said again: "The Yue family is submitting to our emperor, so the important matter of changing the new king is a big deal. Do I, the emperor, have the right to know the details? The supply of food and medicine to the Yuezhi has never been cut off every year. When you arrive at the various gateways of the Western Regions, you collect no less silver tax than me. For the Yue clan, should all major and minor matters be reported in this book, instead of you doing it arbitrarily in private?"

No one spoke, but everyone's faces were green and red, so exciting.

Until now, the doubts in everyone's minds have been solved. The excuse of the king of Xifan is to chase the fugitive slaves, but he is actually here to help Sima Qing.

Sima Qing, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "My lord's words are very true. The little king was careless, but it is true that my Yueshi advocates perseverance, bravery and fearlessness. As the Yueshi king, it is also my responsibility to accept the challenge and convince everyone. I refuse to refuse." I have no intention of rejecting it.”

Duan Qianmo didn't turn his head, but looked straight at Sima Qing, if it wasn't for the public, he would have caught this guy and beat his ass hard, he didn't appreciate the painstaking effort! ?

Why does Sima Qing not know what is being said in his flaming eyes? To be honest, he is not good at words and is not good at maneuvering in the strange situation. No matter how disgusted he is with these people, he must hold his chest and pretend to be the city. Tell yourself that they are ruthless and he must be more ruthless.

But Duan Qianmo came suddenly without a trace of warning. In this hall, he was given the support of self-assertion, with only his eyes in his eyes.

The little flames in his eyes were obviously kindly regarded as the anger of the road, but they were very warm, like a small light source. When he thought that the road ahead and the road behind were all dark, it gave him the light to guide the way, and let him feel the light of the road for the first time. A foresight, maybe the road ahead is not smooth, but you can see your toes clearly.