[Zhili] stick to this one heart and never leave

There is little rain in Liuli, the sun is good, and it gets warm very quickly once spring begins, Murong Li is lazily lying in his garden.

"Murong!"

Murongli opened his eyes and looked at Zidui, "What's the matter with the lord?"

After that, Zidui disappeared for three days, and Murongli also cultivated quietly for three days, but he never forgot his purpose of coming to Liuli, "Is the lord here for state affairs? Courtiers, Chun Mu, or something else?" ?”

Zi Dui laughed, "No, this king..."

Murongli nodded and interrupted him, "What else does the King need from me?"

"..." Zidui was stunned before he could react, paused in embarrassment, and said straightforwardly, "Master Murong, this king has gone too far in this matter, and Wu Yi has already taught me a lesson."

Zidui also seemed to be quite distressed, completely gone from the arrogance of the previous few days, Murongli said flatly, "Compared to Ziyu's life, this is nothing. I just want to finish what I promised you as soon as possible. "

Mentioning Zi Yu's matter, Zi Dui's mood also sank, turned his face away slightly, and Zi Dui sighed, "One thing is one matter, if the king is wrong, it is wrong." He cupped his hands, "Please forgive me."

Murong Li was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said, "The king's words are serious."

Zidui glanced at him, thought for a while, and said, "The Liuli that Ziyu wants is also what the people of Liuli have always expected."

"Back then, the young ruler of the country succeeded to the throne, but he refused to accept the title of the king, and he bullied the young ruler so that he dared to set up his own family, so Liuli split." Murongli analyzed, "Although Liuli is powerful now, the other two clans have not been idle all these years. Isn't Tu just making a lot of money through the horse business?"

Zidui looked at Murongli in surprise, he couldn't imagine that this person could talk so calmly after suffering all kinds of sufferings along the way, when Murongli suddenly turned around, he saw Zidui staring at him, wondered , "But what did I say wrong?"

Zidui was startled, looked away and smiled, "No, Lord Murong knows me Liuli so well, it seems that he came prepared!"

Murongli didn't hide it either, looked straight into Zidui's eyes and said, "If you don't have full confidence, how dare you bargain with the king."

Although the person in front of him was calm and calm, there was a domineering aura of a born king in his words, his eyes met, Zidui smiled, and looked at Murongli very puzzled, "You see Liuli very clearly, since that's the case, How can you not think of a way to repel Liuli? Even if the whole Tianquan ignores this point, you will know that Dantu and Zhai Ling will be very happy to cooperate with the country of the Western Regions to break the queen's way." Zidui moved closer Murong Li whispered in his ear.

"Since you know there is such a hidden danger, why do you want to jump into the flames?" Murong Li looked at Zi Dui forcefully, "Zi Yu only has you as an elder brother, why do you let him be at peace?"

Zidui was speechless for a while, he wanted to express his anger for Ziyu, but...would Ziyu feel uneasy like this?

He suddenly thought of those letters, and thought of his younger brother who had never been the one to take revenge.

"It's useless for you to be so smart all your life." Murong Li approached Zi Dui, looking straight into his eyes, "Who are you in the Tianquan court?"

Zi Dui's pupils shrank suddenly, stared at Murongli firmly, and smiled lightly after a while, "You care so much about Zhiming?"

Murong Li stepped back a few steps and said with a smile, "Of course."

He spoke so firmly and frankly that Fan Jiaozidui couldn't refute, so he just nodded and said, "Do you really think three years is enough to unify Liuli?"

"If you continue to let Dantu and Zhai Ling go, it will become a serious disaster. Besides, I promised Zhiming that I must go back in three years. I have no choice, and neither do you." Murongli suddenly softened his gaze.

Zidui took a deep breath, closed his eyes, "Then I will wait and see, but I don't know where Lord Murong plans to start?"

"Grassland." Murongli said firmly, "Whether it is the terrain or habits of the Western Regions, horses are good at fighting, so let's start with the grassland."

Zidui nodded, and raised the corners of his lips, but there was a cold storm in his eyes, which he had endured for many years, and it was time to return.

Tianquan.

Prime Minister Lu has already returned to the court, and all the officials are doing things carefully with their heads up. The emperor sitting in the high hall is becoming more and more unfathomable. Murongli actually left by himself, and then went to court for three days. After that, everything returned to normal, as calm as if nothing had happened.

Oh, it’s not that there is no change, the change is that Tianquan’s Shangshutai is busier, and the memorials handed over to Zhiming will be sent back to Shangshutai within a day, and Zhu’s approval of the money is leak-proof, and the suddenly accelerated operation efficiency hits the mark. Shang Shutai, who was accustomed to rest for many years, was caught off guard, and stayed with Zhiming for several days and nights. Not to mention a group of officials got sick, and a few more people were sent to other positions due to lack of professional ability.

All the courtiers dared not neglect more and more, and the newly promoted officials were even more energetic and ready to show their skills.

"Report to Your Majesty!" Shang Shuling reported, "A few days ago, the envoys who stayed here to pay tribute have arrived, and now they are waiting outside the hall for an audience. They insist on presenting the tribute to His Majesty in person, and please show Your Majesty."

The courtiers whispered for a while, after Xunsu left Zhongyuan, he had no contact with Tianquan. Nearly a month ago, Tianxuan County suddenly submitted a memorial and attached Xunsu's letter of state, to the effect that Xunsu would send envoys to Tianquan, Offer something to Zhiming.

That's strange, Yu Xiao wanted to give him a gift.

At that time, Zhiming was worried about Liuli and Chen Bing's border affairs, and he was not interested in messing around with him, so he called him back, but the attitude of the envoy was unexpectedly good. .When Murong Li left, Su Su's attitude suddenly became stronger. It is a miracle in the world to send a gift to this place. Zhi Ming simply agreed, and asked Shang Shutai to issue a letter of credence for them to come if they wanted to come. Get out of here quickly, don't mess with him, of course the second half meant that all the civil servants at Shangshutai politely pinched him off.

Sitting on the throne, Zhiming looked coldly at the three envoys who had been sitting there for a while, the leader one was holding a long thing wrapped in brocade cloth, and bowed to Zhiming, saying respectfully, "This is what my king presents to His Majesty."

"What?" General Meng suddenly laughed, "That's all? Nothing else?"

The envoy of Xun Su didn't change his face, and said calmly, "It's exactly this thing."

"I said you guys didn't come here to find fault, did you? You have sent seven or eight letters of credence back and forth, just for such a crap?" General Meng said disdainfully, "Could it be that you have other plans?"

"General Meng!" Master Lu said in a deep voice, "Don't slip up."

General Meng snorted, his eyes slanted at the old envoy, and he stopped talking.

Mr. Lu actually didn't understand, although General Meng was impulsive, he was telling the truth, not to mention that there was no need for Xun Su to offer a tribute to Tianquan, since it was a tribute, why would it be strange that someone would take this little thing? Rare treasure?It can be said that there is no friendship between the two countries that needs to be sacrificed!

The envoy of Xunsu didn't say much to refute the contempt of the courtiers of Tianquan. He just held the brocade box, glanced around from the corner of his eyes, and said loudly, "I am not a country under Tianquan, nor have I made a covenant. This thing It's not a tribute, I'm just returning something that belongs to His Majesty to His Majesty!"

The words were neither humble nor overbearing, Zhi Ming raised his eyebrows slightly, his cold and harsh voice echoed in the hall, and immediately suppressed a whisper, "Submit it."

Hearing this, the envoy of Su Su immediately took out a letter from his bosom, and handed it to Aqiong who came to pick up the painting, "This is a letter written by my king, and my king has something to say that His Majesty will definitely write."

Arjun took the painting and letter, and carefully held them to Zhiming. Zhiming took the thing wrapped in brocade cloth. The brocade cloth was silky to the touch, and the embroidery was complicated. Zhi Ming was really curious which play Yu Xiao was singing in.

Zhi Ming spread out a layer of fabric, and there was another layer inside. The exquisite and luxurious fabric was carefully wrapped in three layers, and there was actually a long square brocade box inside.I don't know what kind of material the brocade box is made of, but it has a unique fragrance.

The courtiers who were close could smell it, and Mo Lan worried, "Your Majesty!"

Zhi Ming frowned slightly, he knew that Mo Lan was worried about the strange scent.The envoy of Xunsu explained calmly, "This incense is harmless to the human body, but it is used to prevent insects, because my king is worried that the things in the box will be eaten by insects before smoking this incense."

Although Zhi Ming didn't like Yu Xiao, he didn't think he would use such despicable methods as poisoning, so he opened the box. When the box was opened, Zhi Ming was stunned, and there was only a scroll in it.

Zhiming glanced at the old envoy, changed his mind for a while, and suddenly said, "Retreat, envoy, please go to the Dian Ke Office to rest."

In the study room, Zhi Ming slowly unfolded the scroll, and there was a picture framed on the scroll, the person in the picture was holding Yu Qiong, smiling at the corner of his lips, and his black pupils were full of tenderness.

Mo Lan sighed from the side, "There is nothing more like this."

Zhiming looked at the same eyebrows and eyes that were identical to his own, and couldn't help but see in front of his eyes, that person was far away, sitting on the porch, looking at the distant clear sky, clearly saying "the return date is not in sight", but all he was thinking about was him, the Tibetan area That's great, did Ah Li commit to him at that time?It was him who was stupid to hurt him time and time again.

Zhi Ming closed his eyes, his eyebrows furrowed deeply.

Mo Lan said distressedly, "Your Majesty, don't worry too much." Although he knew it was impossible, Mo Lan quickly turned around and asked, "Your Majesty, isn't there a letter from the King of Susu? The letter said What?"

Zhiming smiled faintly, "Yu Xiao...he scolded the widow."

"What?" Mo Lan picked up the letter in surprise, read it hastily, and said angrily, "He doesn't know the reason at all, how can he speak so arbitrarily and lightly."

Zhi Ming suddenly raised his head, cast a sidelong glance at Mo Lan, and said quietly, "Did he say something wrong?"

Mo Lan was taken aback.

Zhi Ming took the letter paper, folded it, put it aside the desk, and laughed at himself, "Isn't it because I can't even protect the one I love."

"Your Majesty!" Mo Lan considers himself to be clever, and he could always make Zhi Ming happy before, but now he has never been so frustrated.

Zhi Ming looked at the painting, and said, "A few days ago, I was in a daze, thinking about it, Ah Li is so smart, maybe he can't think of a way to repel Liu Li, Ah Li will go... for the sake of the widow, Liu Li hates it It's A Li, why didn't you challenge Yaoguang, you must bring Tianquan? On the surface, it's because Yaoguang is separated from Tianquan, and more because of the widow..." Suddenly realizing this, Zhi Ming didn't know it was Happy or sad, he said with a wry smile, "The widow is his weakness! Only when the widow is in a difficult situation, can Ah Li be caught without a fight."

The hands clenched into fists, the knuckles turned white, and the joints creaked, Zhi Ming said with difficulty, "A Li is going to pay off the debt for the king."

"Your Majesty..." Mo Lan's nose soured, but she couldn't persuade her with a few words. How can she persuade her... The love is so deep that only the sea and stones cannot be described, and any words are pale.

"Forget it, you can step back." Zhi Ming rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Let the Dian Ke Department treat the envoys well and send them back in a few days."

"Yes." Mo Lan bowed and bowed, and looked at Zhiming again, but it was hard to say.

Zhi Ming picked up the painting, walked to the bedroom, looked at the painting on the bedside, the man had picturesque eyes, a smile that was not a smile on his lips, but very gentle, he remembered the scene of bringing this painting back to Tianquan.

At that time, he had just captured Yaoguang, Murongli was seriously injured and unconscious, he was upset, he didn't have the heart to pay attention to the whole Yaoguang palace, he went to Murongli's bedroom alone, saw this painting was stained with water, Paintings hanging on the table.

Fang Ye told him that Murong Li cherished this painting very much, and he lost his mind and knocked over the teacup when he heard that he was leading troops to attack, so that the painting was soaked in water.

"What's so good about being widowed, it's worth it?" Zhi Ming pressed his forehead against the forehead of the person in the painting, and gently closed his eyes, as if the person was beside him, calling his name softly.

"Ali."

In April of the second year of Mingzheng, Liuli promulgated the "Rotation Grazing Order", ordering all localities to count and organize all grasslands in the country, implement a rotation grazing system, and give the land a chance to recuperate.In June, Zhao Su, the gatekeeper of Tianquan Yuzhao, returned home, Luo Heng, the gatekeeper of Tianmen, was transferred to Yuzhao, and Sun Yan was promoted to the gatekeeper of Tianmen.In August, Dong Chang was impeached by officials for accepting bribes, dismissed from office and investigated, and his father Dong Yu returned home.In October, there was a bumper harvest in Linyang, Tianshu County, full of warehouses, and the people were happy, so Ding Yuan moved to Linyang Order of Tianshu County.In December, the Lord and the people had fun together, rested for more than ten days, went to Yaoguang, and returned on the sixteenth day of the first month of the following year.

In January of the third year of Mingzheng, Liuli sacrificed to the witch god, got the oracle, cut down Wudao, and attacked Zhai Ling.In May of the same year, King Liuli entered the hinterland of Zhai Ling and was trapped. Murongli led troops to rescue him. The morale of the Liuli army was greatly boosted.King Liuli ordered to reward the whole army, and then returned to the court in a hurry. All the ministers proposed to take advantage of the situation to attack Dantu, but King Liuli refused.In the same month, Liuli bought medicinal materials from Yueshu with five hundred horses.Tianquan sent the imperial merchants into Yueshu to inquire. In June, they failed and returned to Tianquan.In the first ten days of September of the same year, Liujue, the marquis of Tianxuan County, went to the fiefdom, and in the second ten days of the year, he returned to the imperial capital, and He Ji temporarily guarded Tianxuan County.In October, Linyang, Tianshu County, was full of grain, and the grain was solid and the people were happy. Ding Yuan discussed the strategy of agriculture and commerce, and the emperor liked it and praised it highly.In November, Ding Yuan moved to the prefect of Tianshu County.At the end of the same month, Yan Jin, a Chinese doctor, impeached the general Meng Hui, but the courtiers refuted it. The emperor reprimanded Yan Jin, and Yan Jin returned to Shangshu.In December, the Lord and the people had fun together, rested for more than ten days, went to Yaoguang, and returned on the sixteenth day of the first month of the following year.

In January of the fourth year of Mingzheng, Liuli issued a "horse ban order", prohibiting merchants from selling horses.In February of the same year, Sun Yan and Yan Jin impeached the general Meng Hui, and courtiers such as Xianqu Gong and Gu Liangxun seconded the proposal. The emperor banned Meng from the mansion and ordered a thorough investigation.In the middle of February, Zhong Yu, the deputy general, was imprisoned in the sky prison, and the military commander He urged him to flee.In March, He Ji arrested He Yusu at the border. In the middle of the year, He Cui went to Beijing for trial. When the confession was made, the emperor was furious and beheaded Meng, He, and Zhong.In April, Luo Min was promoted to general, Sun Yan was promoted to commander of the imperial army, Yan Jin was promoted to doctor, and He Ji was promoted to governor of Tianxuan County.In June, Liuli attacked Dantu.In December, Liuli won, King Dantu committed suicide, Zidui unified Liuli, and the whole country celebrated.At the end of the month, Dili went to Yaoguang, Guiqiu raided Yueshu, Yueshu was defeated, and asked for help from Tianquan.

Liuli has been celebrating for seven consecutive days, but the excitement remains unabated.

The Western Regions were no different than Zhongyuan, the royal family was much closer to the people, Zidui sang and danced with the courtiers and people in front of the city gate for most of the night, and finally he was able to get away and hurried back to the palace.

Although Liuli's spring and summer warm quickly, its winter is much colder than that of Tianquan, and water splashes as large as goose feathers are the norm.It was the same today, Murongli stood alone under the eaves, looking at the falling sky, thinking that there would be no moon tonight.There was the sound of snow-covered footsteps on the porch, Murongli leaned over and saw a person coming with snow, his hair dyed white.

Dazed, Murongli suddenly remembered that a long time ago, he was lying on the porch of Xunyou Terrace, waiting for Zhiming to come back for dinner, and when he came back from the rain, he gently embraced him in his arms.

Murong Li smiled dazedly.

"Murong!" The man looked up at him and shouted at him, "Why are you standing on the porch, what should you do if you catch a cold?"

Murong Li was startled, it wasn't him...

Zidui walked to the corridor, before Murongli could speak, he asked anxiously, "It's snowing so heavily, what are you doing here?"

"Appreciate the snow." Murong Li responded.

"Murong likes snow?" Zi Dui nodded knowingly, as a scholar of Zhongyuan, enjoying the snow around the stove is commonplace, "Murong likes snow, so you should order someone to cook in a stove."

Murong Li smiled, "It's okay."

Zi Dui looked at him, and said, "It's fine." Seeing that Murong Li seemed to be much softer than usual, it was really rare, so he couldn't help asking, "Murong seems to be in a good mood today."

Murongli pursed his lips, and stretched out his hand to catch a snowflake. The cold feeling warmed up in his palm, just like his heart, "Does the Lord know what day it is?"

Zidui smiled heartily, of course the king knew, "Today is Zhongyuan's New Year's Eve."

Liuli never celebrated New Year's Eve, but made the first day of each year as the Chuyuan Festival, and worshiped the witch gods on this day to pray for good luck for the year.But Zidui stayed with Murongli for three years, knowing that every year on this day he would stand on the porch and look at Zhongyuan, which he obviously couldn't see.

"Is Murong homesick?" Zi Dui asked.

Murongli sighed softly, and it was rare that he was not very disappointed, "After tonight, it will be Mingzheng five years."

Zidui was startled, Mingzheng five years, Mingzheng two years Murongli arrived in Liuli, now there are only two months left?

"The lord? The lord?" Seeing that Zidui was in a daze, Murong Li asked with a smile, "Aren't you going to have fun with the people tonight? Why are you here?"

Subconsciously, Zidui raised his hand and scratched his head, only to hear a jingle in his hand, a pair of various pendants swinging back and forth, he slapped his forehead, "Almost forgot, these are given to you by the common people."

Murong Li was surprised, "Give it to me?"

"Yes, tomorrow is Liuli's Chuyuan Festival. They made these blessings and I must give them to you." Zi Dui laughed.

Murong Li took the pile of colorful ornaments and stroked them lightly, "The common people are interested, thank them for me."

"Everyone knows that it was your strategy that helped Liuli unify, and they all want to see you, but unfortunately you don't like excitement." Zi Dui regretted.

"I was just doing what I should do. The people are lucky. They have a good king." Murong Li looked at Zi Dui and said seriously, "You are a good king."

Zidui was a little embarrassed, looking at the sky, "If you say you are a good monarch, then Ziyu might not be better than me."

Murongli looked at Zidui with questioning eyes, Zidui smiled lightly, sighed, then suddenly turned his head and pulled Murongli over, "Murong will follow me to see something."

The author has something to say:

Although this chapter is concise, it contains a lot of information, everyone should read it as a history book, Li Li is going back to China.