Phoenix Shadow Coming From the Sky: Second, Yunyuan Panfeng 1
Half a month later, news of Meng Cheng's marriage to Bei Hai reached the imperial capital.
Mengcheng and Beihai are both neighboring countries in the northeast. Mengcheng is in the north of Dadong, and Beihai is in the northeast of Dadong. The two countries are bounded by Bailong Mountain. Mengcheng is in the west and Beihai is in the east. The three countries are not friendly neighbors and friends, and there are wars in the border areas every year, but they are just small frictions and never go to war.
Dadong is the largest country among the Three Kingdoms with its vast land and rich resources. However, it suffered a hundred years of turmoil, and the new dynasty has only been established for three years.
Mengcheng is only one-third of Dadong in terms of land, but its domestic fertile fields are the most suitable for farming, and the vast Mengcheng grassland breeds fat cattle, sheep and strong war horses, and the folk customs are sturdy. Has always been a powerful enemy.
The territory of Beihai is smaller than that of Mengcheng, only about half the size of Dadong. To the west is Mengcheng, to the south is Dadong, and to the north and east is the vast sea——Beihai, the name of the country It also comes from this. Its territory is mountainous and the climate is cold. Most of the days of the year are covered with snow. It was originally a small and barren country. The delicious sea fish produced in the North Sea, pearls, corals, etc. are sold to other countries to accumulate wealth. After 20 years of intensive governance, the country is now rich and the people are strong.
Meng Cheng and Bei Hai have always been eyeing the vast and fat meat of Dadong. When the Central Plains was in turmoil, Mengcheng took the opportunity to send troops to invade Nagu Pass and the surrounding six hundred miles of land, but after Dong Shixiu pacified the northern heroes, he sent Huang Ti to send troops to Nagu Pass to kill five generals. To collect the five cities is to drive Mengcheng out of the pass and take back all the land. Because of this, Meng Cheng has always hated Dadong very much, and always wanted to wait for an opportunity to counterattack. But Beihai is coveting the great rivers and mountains of Dadong because of its small and barren land.
Therefore, under such circumstances, when the news of Meng Cheng and Bei Hai's marriage reached Dadong, all the officials were shocked.
During the court meeting that day, Dong Shixiu consulted all officials on the matter.
Hundreds of officials have different opinions, but they can be summarized into three types: one is to choose an alliance or marriage between Mengcheng and Beihai to use Du Gu's power; the other is to preemptively attack Beihai and then attack Mengcheng; The third is neither an alliance nor a northern expedition, but only stationed troops in the border towns just in case.
But all three opinions were refuted by courtiers who disagreed.
Those who opposed the alliance said, "How can a majestic and powerful country in the sky flatter the alliance?" Those who opposed the Northern Expedition said, "The alliance between Mengcheng and Beihai must advance and retreat together. However, when our dynasty was first established, the country is still weak, so how can we resist the enemy on both sides?" ", those who opposed non-alignment and only stationed troops said, "This move is too conservative and shrinking, and it is controlled by others."
The court meeting lasted from early in the morning until noon. The three parties each had their own reasons and fought endlessly. In the end, it was the emperor who opened the golden mouth to quiet down the noisy Golden Palace.
Eastern Shixiu first said, "The world has been settled for the first time, and the most important thing is Taiping." He also said, "It's etiquette for neighbors to congratulate each other." So he decided to send Ning Ningyuan as an envoy to Mengcheng, firstly to congratulate King Mengcheng on his wedding with Princess Beihai, and secondly to show the peace of our dynasty.
As soon as the emperor's jade words came out, those who advocated the alliance were confident and confident, and praised "Your Majesty is wise", so the matter was settled in this way.
At noon on April 26th, Dong Shixiu gave a banquet in Qinghua Palace, with all the officials in the same hall, a farewell party for Ning Ningyuan and the accompanying officials.
At the end of the day, Ning Jingyuan left the palace, carrying precious congratulatory gifts, and led the accompanying officials to set off for Mengcheng. However, Huang Ti, Feng Ji, Bai Yima, Hua Jingtai, Feng Duying, and Nan Pianyue kept sending them out of the city.
After watching Jing Jingyuan's team go away, Hua Jingtai said to the brothers and sisters beside him: "We haven't had a drink together for a long time, let's go have a drink."
"Sure." Nan Pianyue immediately agreed happily.
Huang Ti, Feng Ji and Bai Yima also nodded in agreement.
"Why don't you go to that 'Liu Xie Winery'." Feng Duying suggested.
Nan Pianyue suddenly turned red with a baby face, and stammered, "Seventh...seventh sister...you...what do you want to do?" The wine shop was opened by the woman he liked. .
"I heard people in the imperial capital say that the wine there is very fragrant, which attracts General Nan to go there every day, so I want to go and see what the fragrance is." Feng Duying looked at him with a half-smile.
Hua Jingtai immediately understood: "Okay, let's go there." Turning around and looking at Huangti, Fengji, and Bai Yima, "Second brother, fourth brother, fifth brother, let's go."
Because Fengji was traveling with him, in order not to be seen again on the road, the six of them got into Bai Yima's carriage together and headed for "Liu Xie Winery". After staying, he and Du Kang went back to the mansion first to arrange some things, and after a while they finished drinking and went back to the palace directly, letting them go first.
After driving for a quarter of an hour, the carriage arrived in front of a restaurant.
"Here we are." Nan Pianyue jumped out of the carriage first.
The remaining four people got off the carriage one by one, and saw a woman in her twenties coming out from the building.
The woman is neither tall nor short, with a slender figure, and a pair of beautiful eyes embedded in her fair face.
Thinking that this woman is likely to become the eighth sibling, the four older brothers all looked at her with piercing eyes.
Under the eyes of Ba Dao or majesty or evaluation, the woman looked dignified and generous, her eyes first fell on Nan Pianyue, and when the eyes met, there was a gleam of joy in her eyes, and then she turned to Huang Ti, Feng Ji, Bai Yima, Huajing Terrace greeted Yingying: "Please, please." She obviously knew the identities of several people, but her demeanor and tone were neither too enthusiastic nor deliberately cold, and the pear nest was slightly dewed, like a breeze in the afternoon, bringing just the right amount of comfort .
The four elder brothers glanced at each other, then nodded slightly without showing any signs.
"Xie Zhu, is there a private room upstairs? If there is one, give us one." Nan Pianyue asked the woman.
"Of course there are, please follow me." Xie Zhu replied with a smile, and led the way.
It was not yet noon, so there were only three or five wine-loving regular customers in the store, and they didn't pay much attention to the five people. The five of them followed Xie Zhu quietly through the lobby, went up to the second floor, and then entered a private room facing the street.
"Xie Zhu, delicious wine and delicious food, you can serve them in proportion." Nan Pianyue said again as soon as she sat down.
"Okay." Xie Zhu promised while quickly unlatching the window and pushing the window door to a suitable position, not only preventing the opposite side from peeking into the private room, but also allowing ventilation and bright light to enter.
A clever guy came up from behind with tea.
"Please sit down for a while, the food and drink will be here in a while." Xie Zhu poured tea for several people, took them to the door and left.
When the footsteps were far away, Bai Yima smiled and said: "This girl looks like an IKEA IKEA."
"Yes." Huang Ti nodded.
"It's not bad that this girl described her as generous and bright-eyed." Feng Ji also agreed.
"Besides, the one who runs a restaurant knows how to do business, and my eighth brother will never starve to death after following her." Hua Jingtai was the most thoughtful.
Nan Pianyue, who had always put on a calm look in front of her sweetheart, turned red again: "Sixth Brother, what did you say? What do you mean I followed her?"
"Alas!" Hua Jingtai patted his forehead as if suddenly remembered, and looked sideways at Nan Pianyue, "Little Ba, Sixth Brother has forgotten that you are a big man. Sigh, you always Crying and acting like a child, if you marry her, it means you follow her, she takes you."
"You...you..." Nan Pianyue pursed her mouth, habitually looked at Bai Yima for help, but immediately remembered what Huajingtai said just now, she couldn't cry for a while, and then froze there.
Pianhua Jingtai didn't let him go, and said again: "Xiaoba, this girl looks good to the sixth brother, but you have to tell the sixth brother whether you will marry her or she will marry her." Give it to you? If you marry her, the sixth brother will have to ask her parents for a dowry. If she marries you, then we brothers will have to prepare a dowry."
"Of course I will marry her!" Nan Pianyue slapped the table and stood up, with her head held high, her eyebrows raised and her eyes glaring, showing off her power, "I'm a great general, can't I afford to marry a woman!"
"Tsk tsk!" Hua Jingtai squinted at him, "Brother, you will remember that you are a dignified general now, why can't you remember that you are in your early twenties when you are crying and fussing on weekdays? Already."
The moon in the south is at a loss for words.
"Hahahaha..."
Huang Ti, Feng Ji, and Bai Yi Ma Dun all laughed kindly at the younger brother.
So Nan Pianyue couldn't hold it anymore, her eyebrows drooped, her eyelids lowered, her mouth was still puckered, and she put on a poignant expression: "Second Brother, Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, you all bully me! Hmph, wait, I will do it in the next life Boss, I will definitely bully you all back!"
Bai Yima shook his head amusedly: "Eighth brother, you are going to marry a wife, so don't cry all the time in the future, you should be prudent and sensible." After speaking, he rushed to Hua Jingtai and said, "Okay, Sixth brother, you can stab him less, this is a restaurant, not like a home."
After hearing Bai Yima's words, Nan Pianyue blushed, opened her round eyes, like a fifteen or six-year-old boy shyly and joyfully grabbed Bai Yima's sleeve and asked : "Fifth brother, you mean you like Xie Zhu too?"
"Yes." Bai Yima rubbed Nan Pianyue's head, "Fifth Brother originally thought that the girl who came out of the winery would be insecure, but after seeing it today, Miss Xie is dignified and generous. If you can marry her ..." He paused slightly when he said this, looked at the brothers, and then sighed vaguely, "If the eighth brother married this Miss Xie, his life would be smooth and peaceful. I'm going to envy you."
"Hey...my eyesight is better than yours!" Nan Pianyue's round eyes narrowed into thin slits when she heard her brother's words.
"When the eighth brother gets married, only the fourth brother will be left for you." Huang Ti looked at Fengji, faintly admonishing, "You are not too young, the fourth brother, you should choose a good woman sooner." Hello dear."
"That's right." Bai Yima sighed softly, "It's been so many years... Fourth brother, it's time for you to get married too."
Fengji looked down at the green tea in the teacup quietly, with a slight smile on his face, "How can I be the only one, isn't there still Seventh Sister?"