The low city wall is covered with mottled marks, and a little bit of moss grows stubbornly on the bluestone city wall, like a little bit of psoriasis growing on the city wall. £¤f. Under the city wall, there are endless tents. Groups of barbarian troops wearing armor and animal skins have surrounded this small city. Not even a fly can fly out, and they are leaving Rong. The area nearly ten miles away from the city is also closely monitored by these forest barbarians. After all, although this place is remote, there are still outsiders coming here. People inside can't get out, and outsiders find it nearby. The situation here, their affairs will also be revealed. This situation is absolutely not allowed to happen, because they are still very fragile and unable to compete head-on with the imperial army. In the exquisite small wooden house in the center of these tents, Li Chengzong was concentrating on carving a picture. They were now completely hostile to the Tang Dynasty. In the past, although their existence had also made the Tang Dynasty I felt a headache, but it did not really threaten the dominance of the Tang Dynasty. It was just a scabies disease, but now it has become a thorn in my back. If the Tang Dynasty court knew that these people really jumped out to fight against the Tang Dynasty. , then tens of thousands of troops will definitely be dispatched to suppress it as soon as possible. Therefore, what Li Chengzong has to do now is to prepare for a rainy day. First, map the area they can control and draw a map. Only then can they formulate the most reasonable combat plan, so that the army can exert its strongest combat effectiveness and plan the best plan. retreat. When Rongzhou City on the southwest border was besieged, several Qingqi were galloping across the land of the Tang Dynasty, chasing the stars and the moon, carrying a guard from each major family, and heading towards the Tang Dynasty in all directions. These people What they brought back was bad news one after another, and it also determined that it was time for the current aristocratic families in Datang to decide to take sides. Li Chengzong was thoughtful. Not only did he send these informants to the major families, but he also sent a secret message to Chang'an City, the highest administrative center of the Tang Dynasty, through wind and rain. This guy was so bold as to give Li Er a memorial, if the news was known to those big families. He would definitely scold this guy for being unfaithful, and at the same time admire his wit, because if this memorial really appeared in front of Li Er, then all these big families would stand on the side of the Tang Empire. The opposite. This move is completely unreasonable and leaves no trace behind. Qinghe County, time passed day by day, Li Kuan still stayed outside Qinghe, they did not enter the city, because now Li Kuan came to propose marriage. If he wants to enter the city, there is only one thing to do, and that is to take Cui Yufei from the Cui family of Qinghe, the most suitable person for him in this era. Li Kuan didn't think much of this woman over the years, but when Empress Changsun forced him to get married, this woman was the first thing that popped up in his mind, because in this strange era, no one would care about them. Both of them are ancients and strangers. Even Li Kuan's most beloved sister, Princess Li Lizhi of Changle, and Yu Zhang. Gao Yang, Si Zi and other people, no matter how close they were to Li Kuan, could not make the passer-by of this era completely open their hearts and tell all their secrets. So in this era, the two of them are the same. They are both the kind of people who hide a huge secret deep in their hearts. This heavy sense of oppression is enough to make anyone collapse directly. Under this situation , both of them are lonely people who are independent from the world. The endless loneliness in the heart that needs people to comfort each other, the kind of loneliness that needs people to relieve it, this is something that no one can replace. Even if Li Kuan risked his life, he had already made up his mind. If the Qinghe Cui family was really determined to hinder this marriage, then he would definitely break into the Cui family's door and snatch the woman out. But his idea, after galloping into Qinghe City with the fatigue-prone war horses foaming at the mouth, is about to reach its final result. This is why Cui Jing has been delaying these times. Because the Cui family of Qinghe now has two opportunities to ease the tension between the royal family and their family. One is to directly and completely finalize this marriage. Then the Cui family of Qinghe can be regarded as a relative of the emperor, and then they can marry the royal family. The conflict between them will definitely be resolved, but it is inevitable that they will completely stand on the court's warship, and they will have to withstand the counterattack of other aristocratic families together with the royal family Li. Even the reputation of the Cui family of Qinghe the year before last will be ruined because of this. The second route is the team that hopes to go to the endless mountains and forests in the southwest borderland to find the real Chuanguo Jade Seal. If it is confirmed that the Chuanguo Jade Seal there is real, this will give them these The bargaining chip of the aristocratic family can make the emperor give up his plan to attack the aristocratic family, because the imperial seal, which symbolizes the orthodox status of the royal family, is in their hands and can contain Li Er. But now this guard came to report that all the elite troops sent by the family were wiped out and none of them came back. This made Cui Jing completely panicked. What happened? For ?Cui Jing could only get a few words about what happened in southern Xinjiang from the soldier who came back to report, and he could not speculate on what exactly happened at that time. And because of the long journey, this loyal guy of the Cui family had to work hard all the way. In addition, he had been hit by anesthesia before, and the numbness had not faded from his body. In order to return to the family as early as possible, he did not care whether his body could bear it or not. After galloping back all the way, when they arrived at the gate of Cui's family in Qinghe, the guard had already breathed his last breath. When he told the news, he breathed it out completely, and then this The guy who ran thousands of miles in five days for the Cui family in Qinghe completely completed his mission and lived for so many years in this life. But if he knew the words he left behind: "The entire army was wiped out the Wang family" These words horrified the patriarch of the family he was loyal to, and he would probably crawl out from under the Nine Springs and die again. . The original intention of this guard was to wipe out the whole army. Not only the Cui family, the Wang family, the Lu family, the Zheng family, the Pei family, etc., most of the Tang Dynasty families were defeated. But because the soldier died immediately after saying only half of the sentence, the result was that Cui Jing's inference was completely misled. "It's difficult The whole army was wiped out, and only one person returned, but he died immediately after delivering the news! And that thing probably fell into the hands of the Wang family, which has a blood feud with our family! "Cui Jing's eyebrows were wrinkled, but he still couldn't figure out what happened. Could it be that all the dozens of people Cui sent out were dead? Is this guy who came back to report the news the last survivor? So what are you going to do back? We might as well die outside together! At least it won't make him so entangled now. Even if he refuses outright, he can use it as a bargaining chip in the showdown to exchange some conditions with the boy opposite. But now there is no room for such maneuvers, because if Wang really gets that thing, and also gives it to the person sitting at the top of the branch, eating the most delicious fruit, and holding a stick in his hand In the hands of others, the Cui family of Qinghe is completely finished, and the thousand-year inheritance will be destroyed in one day. This is definitely not something Cui of Qinghe can afford. So the reason why this guy was able to escape was probably because he turned around and ran away when the situation was bad! Cui Jing's speculation completely turned a warrior who had made great contributions to the family into a deserter who was greedy for life and feared death, and he took action: "Come here! Drag this guy out to feed the dogs! He escaped from the battle, thinking that It's a joke to make up a decent excuse!" Cui Jing gave the order, and all the dogs raised by the Cui family in Qinghe had a feast that night, which was regarded as a reward for finding Li a few days ago. Wide trails pay off. "Let's gocome with me to meet His Royal Highness the King of Chu in the city. Our Qinghe Cui family has agreed to this marriage!" Cui Jing's face showed indescribable fatigue, but he finally agreed to the marriage under pressure. This is simply a loud slap directly on the face of the Cui family of Qinghe, which directly swollen the face of the head of the family, but it is not okay to disagree now. For the thousand-year inheritance of the Cui family of Qinghe, this level must be Gotta get by. Cui Jing will never allow the inheritance of Cui family in Qinghe to be interrupted in his hands. This is also a knot in his heart, a creed that he must always put his life first. "Haha What a rare visitor! Mr. Cui actually went out of the city to talk to Xiao Wang in person. Xiao Wang is very honored! Come here, bring out a jar of the 60-year-old Jiu Xian wine that I specially brought this time!" Li Kuan saw Cui Jing, who was standing at the door of his tent, immediately laughed and asked someone to bring him wine. This is not an army. Although the conditions of living now are really not far different from those of troops who are on an expedition, there is no prohibition on alcohol here, so you can still drink. of. "It's okay to drink. The reason why I came here this time is the marriage between His Royal Highness the King of Chu and my daughter. I'm really sorry that I haven't got a clear answer for so long. Because my daughter is naughty and has been spoiled by Zhuo Jing!" Cui Cui! The embarrassed look on Jing's face flashed away. As an old man who has been in the court for decades, he has become immune to these ridicules, and now it is this boy who comes to propose marriage, not himself who is in a hurry to get married. Female, so when the time came, he was only a little panicked at the beginning, and he completely covered it up after adjusting his mentality a little. "Okay! Mr. Cui's good intentions, Xiao Wang is deeply impressed, so from now on, every man in the Tang Dynasty who wants to marry a girl from another family must go to the woman's house to show sincerity and impress the woman's family before they can get married. ! What do you think, Mr. Cui?" Li Kuan said in a nonchalant manner. "His Royal Highness King Chu, please stop teasing me. This is also the ancestral teaching. I, the Cui family of Qinghe, have been passed down for thousands of years and can be said to be one of the most noble families in the world. I can only respect the family motto. The reason why I agree now "It was because His Highness the King of Chu showed his true feelings here and did not do anything out of the ordinary, that moved an old senior of our Cui family's ancestors and decided to do it," Cui Jing explained. "Haha what a Cui family, really extraordinary! "The flames in Li Kuan's heart also shot straight into the sky. This guy is still acting like a good boy. It's simply hypocritical! What kind of ancestral teaching? What kind of ancestor deliberately allowed it, but it's all lies. Where does the Cui family have any ancestors? Ah! Something must have happened to Qinghe Cui! (To be continued.)