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Chapter 79 76

When Xie Qing wrapped himself in the quilt in despair, he was still sulking.He was angry at Zhao Yanzhi for belittling himself, and even more angry at Zhao Yanzhi for losing his status as a ruler.Feeling sleepy when he was out of breath, when he was hugged by someone in a trance, Xie Qing rubbed that person's chest in a friendly way as he was used to.

After a while, Xie Qing woke up in a daze, only to realize that he and that person were no longer what they used to be, and his body stiffened involuntarily.

Zhao Yanzhi felt his stiffness, but didn't move, just closed his eyes and muttered: "Isn't it already asleep, go to sleep."

Xie Qing remained in the posture of burying his head in Zhao Yanzhi's chest uncomfortably, puzzled and uneasy.As if knowing what he was thinking, Zhao Yan only opened his eyes, loosened the restraint a little, and said with a sneer, "Don't worry, I won't be interested in this, and you probably don't want it in your heart, either? My three thousand harem can take whatever they want, and it won't be too late. A person who warms the bed. If you don’t want to, it’s meaningless to do it. Besides, Qing is old, and I’m already tired of this body.” After thinking about it, I added another sentence: “But don’t worry, Qing. Jiuding, I promised you that I would think about it, so I won’t break my promise. Go to sleep.”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yan only hugged Xie Qing's arm tightly, and closed his eyes.

The scalding temperature came in from the outside of the thin obscene clothes, and Xie Qing felt mixed feelings.He thought he would be sleepless all night, but after a while, he fell asleep in Zhao Yanzhi's arms very heartlessly.The slightly hot kiss fell on the forehead, as gentle as before, it must be his illusion.

It is probably ten years of embracing and sleeping that made each other's bodies too accustomed to this posture. Xie Qing felt that he had never slept so well in more than a year.The thunder and rain outside the door made noise all night, but Xie Qing didn't wake up even once.

When Xie Xingxing woke up the next day, the rain had passed and the sky cleared, and Zhao Yanzhi had long since disappeared.Xin Wan came in to help Xie Qing wash up, and Xie Qing was overjoyed when he saw her: "Ah Wan? It's really not bad to be cleaned up."

Xin Wan laughed heartlessly and gave Xie Qing a look, and said angrily, "My lord, you can take care of your mouth."

Xie Qing thought she was referring to the sentence just now, so she smiled and did not reply, and Xin Wan did not continue.

Xin Wan tied Xie Qing's hair skillfully, and suddenly felt her eyes were a little hot, and her movements with her hands became lighter.She said sadly: "Master, why do you have gray hair at such a young age?"

Xie Qing deliberately made a fuss and shouted: "What white hair? Come on, Ah Wan, pull it out!"

Xin Wan sighed and did not move, thinking, how can I pull out so many white hairs?

After Xie Qing left, Xin Wan went to report to Zhao Yanzhi.Zhao Yanzhi listened to Xin Wan sighing three times and talking about Xie Qing's white hair, and only said lightly: "I have seen it a long time ago." After speaking, he smiled briefly, and said to himself: "He is old. , so what?"

Xin Wan was at a loss for words when she heard Zhao Yanzhi order: "Go and find out about Huaiqing, who is gossiping in front of him." Just as Xin Wan promised to leave the hall, Zhao Yanzhi waved his hand and sighed. : "Forget it, there's no need to check, anyway, I don't want to part with it."

After returning home, Xie Qing anxiously waited for the result of Zhao Yanzhi's consideration, and didn't want to look at the mountains, rivers, pines and cypresses anymore.Now he can't see through Zhao Yanzhi's thoughts more and more, and he really doesn't know what effect his pleading will have.

Three days later, the emperor appointed Xie Zhengqing, Xie Yuan's daughter-in-law, as the crown prince, and Huaiqing's marriage was temporarily silent.

It is said that Empress Xie was not satisfied with Ah Sui's marriage, but marrying a wife is different from marrying a daughter, so Empress Xie reluctantly endured it.

In the summer and May of the fifth year of Chengguang, Zhou Jichuan, the Marquis of Chengyang, died, and Zhou Jichuanzi, Zhou Changliu, attacked the title of Marquis of Chengyang.

Behind Zhou Jichuan, the Zhou family seemed to have lost its backbone. His sons and a few older offshoots went their separate ways, and quickly became a mess.Zhou Changliu is as reckless and irritable as his father, but his ability is far inferior to Zhou Jichuan.Soon, the Zhou family only had a bit of superficial glory left, and it was no longer the situation where the power was all over the world, and the emperor had to be afraid of it.Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Zhou's Building will collapse, just around the corner.

In June of the fifth year of Chengguang, King Ying of Minyue rebelled against him.The Minyue people did not dare to directly make enemies of Zhou, but instead attacked Nanshu, which was also a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty.Meng Shixin, the king of Southern Shu, asked Zhao Yanzhi for help in three memorials. Zhao Yanzhi mentioned this matter at the court meeting, and the crowd was excited.Da Sima Xie Yuan immediately asked for his order, willing to share his worries.

The small land of Fujian and Vietnam does not need to work for Da Sima to go to the front line in person, he only needs to sit in command; but the general who leads the army gave him a real headache.Xie Qing's former ministries all evaded: Du Zheng said he was ill and would not go to court; In the hot climate, going to the Shuyue area will definitely not acclimatize.

Zhao Yanzhi directly called this group of people happy.But the joy will return, and the battle still has to be fought, so Zhao Yanzhi ordered Wei Zhi, who was the most unskilled in lying, to bring [-] Zhou troops south to Fujian and Vietnam.

Also going with Wei Zhi was Xu Changling, the Grand Order.Zhao Yan only sent Xu Changling to try to persuade Ying Shan, but no one expected Ying Shan to listen; Xu Changling followed him around to enjoy the scenery of the southern country, and the job was very comfortable.

But no one thought that Wei Zhi really wasn't lying, he was really not acclimatized; not only he himself was not acclimatized, but even many soldiers were like him, vomiting and diarrhea.Before Minyue arrived, the combat power was reduced by one-third.Xu Changling couldn't laugh or cry, he usually looks like a strong man, why did he fall ill first as a civil servant?

Xu Changling went to see Ying Shan on a festival, and conveyed Zhao Yanzhi's meaning to him.Ying Shan is a tough old man in his fifties, and he looks very difficult to get along with.Sure enough, Ying Shan patiently listened to Xu Changling's words, hummed heavily, and said, "Please tell the emissary to tell the emperor that the grievances between Minyue and Nanshu will be resolved, and there is no need for Shangguo to intervene."

In fact, Xu Changling really didn't want to cause more disputes, so he persuaded Ying Shan a few more words, but he was kicked out of the Minyue Palace in embarrassment.

At this point in the matter, a fight is definitely necessary.But at this time, the [-] Zhou army has [-] sick, so it is really not a good time to start a war.After weighing it, Wei Zhi quickly asked Xie Yuan for instructions; after thinking about it, he was not at ease, and asked someone to secretly send a letter to Xie Qing.

Xie Yuan soon heard back.He first reprimanded Wei Zhi for being greedy for life, afraid of death, and insulting the country's prestige. Minyue, a small country that "can be flattened by 1 horses", frightened him away; then he forced Zhou Jun to attack.Wei Zhi was so angry by this layman's military order that he started to sweat, and when he sweated, his body became weaker.But no matter how uninitiated, military orders are still military orders, and military orders are like mountains. Wei Zhi still held on to his sick body, and took 2 people who were not sick and 1 people who were not seriously ill and could walk to attack Minyue.

As a result, it is conceivable that the Minyue people took advantage of the time and place, and waited for work with ease, and the Zhou army was soon defeated.

This time it really insulted the country's prestige, Wei Zhi thought.

Wei Zhi, who was almost reduced to a bare-handed commander, had no choice but to take the [-] Zhou troops who were too sick to walk for a few days, and then retreated back to the court; at this time, Xie Qing's reply letter finally arrived, Wei Zhi looked at the words "Don't enter rashly" on it, and felt very unhappy.

But Ying Shan really wasn't ready to tear up his face with Da Zhou.After Wei Zhi withdrew his troops, he released the captured Zhou army not long after, and even Xu Changling, who was caught because he ran slowly, was also properly sent back.

The main general Wei Zhi who returned after a big defeat was naturally punished by cutting his title and fine, and the great Sima Xie Yuan who rashly ordered the attack was also to blame.As soon as Xu Changling returned to Chang'an, he immediately wrote a letter to impeach Xie Yuan. Zhao Yanzhi also suddenly raised an embarrassment and accepted the Da Sima Hu Fu during the Great Dynasty.

Defeat is an irrefutable fact. Fortunately, the national power of the Great Zhou is strong, and it is not a problem to suffer one or two such small defeats.Zhao Yanzhi was satisfied with accepting the tiger talisman, and after the end of the Great Dynasty, he summoned several important ministers to discuss how to save the defeat.

After all, Minyue Wang Yingshan's behavior of obviously not paying attention to Da Zhou is definitely not to be tolerated.

The ministers immediately fell into a heated discussion.Some said that they had to fight immediately, and some said that they would fight again after a while. The public said that the public is right, and the woman said that the woman was right. Although there were not many people present, it was better than one who was more eloquent than the other. Zhao Yanzhi had a headache from the quarrel.

At this moment, as if weighing for a long time, Xie Qing hesitated and said: "There is no need to send troops."

The officials were silent, and most of them looked at Xie Qing suspiciously; but because Xie Qing had never failed in several conquests against the Huns, he was good at taking the edge of the sword and counting the perfect strategy, so when he opened his mouth, even though what he said was somewhat contrary to everyone, the court The famous thorns in the hall did not question him on the spot like they questioned Xie Yuan.

The hall suddenly became quiet, but Zhao Yanzhi felt that his head hurt even more.But all the officials were waiting for the next sentence, even he couldn't interrupt Xie Qing; and Xie Yuan was not there, so Zhao Yanzhi pressed his temple and listened to him continue.

Xie Qing said calmly: "My lords, please listen to my servant. The king of Minyue is brave, and the people of Minyue are aggressive and occupy the best geographical advantage. This is their advantage; however, most of our soldiers were born in the north, so it is really difficult for them to adapt to the conditions of Shuyue. The climate is hot and humid, this is our disadvantage. And Minyue King Ying Shan is brave and intrepid, not good at governing the country, as far as I know, his half brother Ying Chuan has been angry with him for a long time."

"We just need to wait for an opportunity to send envoys to mediate in a legitimate way, and at the same time secretly contact Ying Chuan and form an alliance with him. With the internal fighting between Min and Yue, Ying Shan will have no time to attack Nan Shu again. The danger of Nan Shu can be solved "The people of Shu are loyal but they will retaliate. If Yingshan and Yingchuan win or lose this time, Minyue will be caught in internal and external troubles, and there will be no time to plot rebellion."

"Your Majesty only needs to wait for an opportunity, and then send a smart and reliable envoy." Xie Qing's eyes flashed eagerly, "There is really no need to let my generals of the Zhou Dynasty die in vain."

Zhao Yanzhi agreed with Xie Qing's statement in his heart, but as soon as he saw Xie Qing's eyes glowing, he knew what he was planning.Zhao Yanzhi silently said to Xie Qing, don't even think about it, with a smile on his face: "Good, then I will play according to Qing. As for the choice of the envoy, I have already made a decision."

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