Late Tang

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At the end of the banquet, Li Jing's face was stiff and his body was half drunk because of staying with the Wuhu tribe for too long.

After accepting the farewell of the tribal leaders who hadn't woken up to the bright future, Li Jing had just left the gate of the Crystal Palace when he heard the sound of copper bells on the carriage.Li Keyong's wife, Princess Jin Liu Yuniang, was standing by a side door, ready to board the car.She, who also attended tonight's banquet, didn't have too many guards and maids around her, only herself and six female secret service guards with tired faces. Full Jinwu.

"Madam, we deeply regret what happened to you."

When she found Li Jing and came to him to salute, Li Jing said.

An urgent message has just been sent back from Weizhou that the search team found more than a dozen corpses in a valley near Zhigu Pass.The remaining armor on most of the bones showed that they were the Black Crow Soldiers beside Li Keyong, and another corpse was found to be one-eyed, and the original shape of the owner of the bones matched Li Keyong's figure. Therefore, they judged that maybe Li Keyong, the flying tiger who has been missing for a long time, died here long ago.

"Yanjing City will always be your home, you can stay here forever."

"I'm very happy to hear you say that." Liu Yunniang had long since lost the freedom and joy she had at the banquet just now. Her face was pale and dispirited, and every line of her face was engraved with sadness. "King Qin, I am very tired. If you allow me to retire, I will be very grateful."

Although there was still no news from Li Keyong after half a month of disappearance, Liu Yunniang once thought of the possibility that her husband might be dead.But in the bottom of her heart, she still had a glimmer of hope. Maybe when she woke up one morning, she would hear the news of her husband's return.

Time passed slowly, just when she was gradually hiding this expectation in her heart, when she was about to try to start a new life, she suddenly received such a news.She found that, in fact, she couldn't just let him go like this.

She couldn't even believe that that somewhat ugly, somewhat arrogant, and somewhat domineering man was buried in an unnamed small river valley like this.

"Of course." Li Jing nodded and said, "You really need to grieve alone now, but since death cannot be resurrected, please mourn."

In the morning of the next day, Li Jing spent most of his time discussing with everyone the official ranks and titles given to the leaders of the Wuhu.Basically, the Wuhu tribe has agreed to give up the control of the original tribesmen, choose to settle in several metropolises of the Qin Dynasty, and become the nobles of the Tang Dynasty.However, with so many leaders, what title and official rank each person should confer still needs to be discussed.The four chiefs including Mi Haiwan put forward a request, hoping that they can obtain the title of county king, and the deputy chiefs below them can become state princes, and the tribal leaders below them will be named county princes, and the leaders below them will become county princes. It is the prince of the state, the uncle of the state, etc.

However, this request was rejected by Qin Fang.Qin Fan has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, a population of tens of millions, and three parts of the world.There is only one king, Li Jing, the only county king, and Li Jing's eldest son is the king of Lanling County.In fact, among the many civil and military officials, the highest is the four princes including Cui Yunqing, the nine county princes below, and 36 princes.

Of Li Jing's thirteen disciples, except for the two special disciples at the end, Qian Yu and Yang Xingmi, who were dukes of Yue and Wu, the remaining [-] disciples, from Liu Xun to Li Rang, were all just princes. That's all.

It can be said that the four kingdoms, nine counties, and 36 princes have almost included the most important group of civil and military personnel in the Qin army.

Now that the five Hus have come back, they demanded that the four chiefs be crowned kings in one breath, and the following ones be crowned dukes, dukes, dukes, and dukes, which is simply a lion's mouth.Under Li Rangming's bargaining negotiations, in the end, the four chiefs agreed to accept all the five tribal chiefs, and Li Jing asked the emperor to seal them as the Marquis of Kaiguo. Except for the current four chiefs, the Anqing tribe who was killed in Yunzhou Chief Shi Jingcun's chieftainship will be inherited by his son Shi Cong, who will also inherit the title of Founding Marquis.From the beginning of the five founding marquises, Qin Fang gave the five nobles the titles of two founding uncles, five founding sons, ten founding males, 36 knights, and [-] knights.In addition, the two sides also bargained one by one on the official rank, Yongyetian and other matters, and finally basically reached a preliminary agreement.

Li Jing excused himself from being unwell, so he didn't attend the banquet after the meeting. Instead, he asked the guards to send him to Liu Yuniang's other courtyard after he went out.

Liu's situation seemed to be better than Li Jing expected. She didn't hide in the house and cry, but was teaching her daughter how to write.

"No matter how powerful a woman can be, if there is no man, she is like duckweed without roots. Women are like vines, and they can only climb higher if they rely on towering trees. Use it up, my God It’s also collapsed. Hu Niu is only so young, I hope she will be a great woman who can write poetry and work as a female worker, instead of a barbaric woman like me.” Seeing Li Jing coming, she didn’t express any surprise, but was calm He looked at his daughter and said.

"Is this the child who betrothed the son of Chengde Town Jiedushi Wang Jingchong?" Li Jing asked.

She nodded.

"Wang Jingchong's son, Wang Zhen, is only eight years old at this time. I heard that he is a very smart child, but after all, he is too young, so this is not a good match." Li Jing looked at the very handsome Li Keyong's daughter, and sighed softly. road.Such a pretty girl is called Huniu.Moreover, he was only three years old, yet he had already entered into an marriage relationship with someone who was still an eight-year-old child.Li Jing can imagine the misfortune of this marriage, because the other party is the son of Jieshuai Chengdezhen.Chengde Town, maybe it will be wiped out before Wang Tian.

"You should cancel this marriage. Anyway, it was Li Keyong who made it at the beginning, and the purpose was to form an alliance. Now that Li Keyong has passed away, this marriage has no meaning. Madame, are you right?"

Mrs. Liu was silent, she knew very well what Li Jing meant.Although Chengde Town was once very strong, as the only feudal town standing in front of Li Jingnan, Chengde Town's future will definitely not be good.

"Ke Yong's adopted sons, Siyuan and Sizhao, are each in charge of Shatuo. If they hear the news that Ke Yong is dead, they may start fighting with each other." Liu Yunniang suddenly looked up at Li Jing and said. "I know, you are waiting for this day. There is civil strife in Shatuo, fighting with each other, and in the end you will be the fisherman. When you let Si Zhao and the others go back to Hedong, you didn't have any good intentions. You are waiting for such a day. Si Showa and Yuyuan are two very good young people. If they had been in the army for a few more years, maybe this battle would not have happened. But right now, they are still too young, lack prestige and qualifications, and cannot really control The situation. In this coming torrent, they can only be two waves pushed forward, rushing towards each other involuntarily."

"Why did you tell me this?" Li Jing asked with some doubts, even if Li Keyong really died, Liu would not really hope that Sha Tuo would be destroyed, would he?

"Because I know that whether it is Siyuan or Sizhao, they are still too young for you, even though the age difference between you is not too big. If it is used properly, maybe Shatuo can still maintain his reading ability. But since Ke Yong died, almost all the generals of Shatuo's older generation are dead. The younger generation like Siyuan Sizhao are left. Now that Shatuo has been defeated again and again, with their seniority and prestige, they will definitely not be able to resist you. What's more What's more, I know that once the news of Ke Yong's death spreads, Sha Tuo will definitely experience another internal strife."

"Why are you so sure?"

"Don't forget, I used to be Kehe Dun of Shatuo, and I was their queen. I know that the Shatuo people eat the weak and the strong, and respect the strong. The previous restraint was just missing, so both Siyuan and Sizhao can temporarily rule the whole country. After the news of Ke Keyong's death came out, even if Si Zhao might be willing to support Si Yuan as the new Shatuo King, the generals under Ke Si Zhao would not be reconciled. At that time, neither Si Zhao nor Si Yuan could stop this Everything happens. But in the end, their infighting will only end up taking advantage of you."

Liu Yuniang had a wry smile on her face, as well as a touch of helplessness.Her husband once wanted to lead the Shatuo tribe to establish his own kingdom, and he fought for it. He was knocked down time and time again, and got up tenaciously again and again.Now that he is dead, the Shatuo people will eventually fall into the dust again.

"I tell you this because I hope that after defeating the Shatuo tribe, you can give them the same treatment as the five tribes. You can incorporate and assimilate them, but please don't destroy them." For Liu, the continuation of the Shatuo tribe , perhaps the last proof of her husband Li Keyong's existence in this world.

"If you came forward to write a letter to Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao to mediate, wouldn't it be impossible to avoid the internal strife you mentioned?" Li Jing was still a little surprised that she could talk to him about such an important and serious matter so plainly.

"Have you ever seen a pack of wolves on the grassland?" she replied, "on the grassland, every pack of wolves must have a wolf head. If the head wolf dies, the strongest wolf in the pack will compete for the vacant wolf." The position of the head wolf. To obtain this position, one must go through a fierce gladiatorial fight. Only the strongest can escape and become the new head wolf. The Shatuo tribe is actually a large pack of wolves, and the strong are respected. .”

Li Jing understood Liu's words, the Shatuo people were indeed a pack of wolves, and they were more complicated than the prairie wolves.Li Keyong was the original wolf, and now he is dead.Among the remaining wolves, Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan were the strongest and most likely to inherit the position of head wolf.However, Li Sizhao may be willing to admit and support Li Siyuan's direct succession to the position of chief wolf, but the tens of thousands of people under him are not willing to accept this result.Because none of them supported Li Siyuan when Li Siyuan took the post of Grand Commander, so they are no longer Li Siyuan's people since then.And when Li Sizhao became the Jiedu envoy of the Datong Army, Li Siyuan's group also distrusted the Yizhou Army group even more.

Although Li Sizhao is the leader of Yizhou Shatuo Bing, his qualifications are too young to make a decisive decision on his group.If Li Sizhao refuses to compete with Li Siyuan for the position of the head wolf and strive for greater benefits for everyone, then Li Sizhao will definitely be abandoned in the end, and then they will launch a new head wolf to compete with Li Siyuan for the final head wolf of the entire Shatuo wolf clan Location.

Everything is driven by interests.But obviously, Liu Yuniang, a woman, has clearly seen the essence of the matter.

Even seeing further because of this, Shatuo is bound to have internal strife, and the result of the internal strife is that the Shatuo clan, which is already seriously injured, will be worse, and Li Jing, a fierce tiger, has always been eyeing Shatuo, and he will never let it go. Chance.

Now that Mrs. Liu has said all this, what she is asking for is a hope to continue the last bit of vitality for Shatuo.

Li Jing didn't immediately agree to her.

"Madam, you also know that Shatuo is very dangerous. No matter how weak they are, once they survive the snake attack, they will soon make a comeback. If I promise you to keep them right now, you won't believe me. I can only Said, if the Shatuo people can surrender to me in the end, then I may be able to save them. If they really want to fight me wholeheartedly, then I can't raise tigers as trouble."

Liu Yunniang lowered her head and let out a long sigh.She can't change many things.

"Ma'am, you should think about your future life. You are still young. After a while, when your sorrow has calmed down, you may think about your future plans."

"I'm just a widow who lost her husband, with a broken body." She smiled wearily, and replied: "I am neither from a famous family, nor a lady who can play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Instead, I like to play swords and swords." , and now I have one or two children by my side. But there are many men who are still flocking to her, and I know why."

"Madam, don't you plan to find someone else?" Li Jing was a little embarrassed to be exposed face to face, and he knew the meaning of her words.Those who fell in love with Liu Shi did not care about her character, her appearance, or even her background.What they fancy her is only her identity: the patriarch of Shatuo, the widow of Jin Wang Li Keyong, a strange woman who once commanded thousands of troops.

"I also hope to find a considerate and reliable man to rely on." Liu Yunniang replied, "And then, with my conditions, how many men would really want to marry me? I don't even look up to ordinary men."

"I don't like it too?" Li Jing blurted out suddenly. He himself was a little surprised when the words came out, but the words had already been spoken, and it was hard to stop.He had no choice but to force a smile, pretending to be calm.

"If His Highness really takes a fancy to me, I have nothing against it. To be honest, Your Highness is the dream lover of countless young girls." After Liu Shi was stunned for a moment, her face changed slightly, and a few traces of panic flashed in her eyes. Clenching his hands tightly in his sleeves, he replied with a chuckle.It's just that she didn't notice that her answer, which seemed to be a joke, was a little faster and higher than usual, and even though this sentence seemed like a joke, in terms of their identities, there was no difference between them. It's not appropriate, but speaking out, it seems a bit like adultery.

Li Jing didn't expect Liu Yuniang to reply such a sentence, and looked at her in a daze for a moment.

Two pairs of eyes, facing each other, an embarrassing but ambiguous atmosphere filled the air! (To be continued.)