After Liu Mingzhi paid homage to all the generals of the Central Army who died in this battle, he returned home to take a bath and change clothes, then boiled a pot of wine and drank alone in the pavilion.
The sisters Qi Yun learned what happened from their aunt Mo Rongrong, and also understood why their husband sat in the pavilion and poured himself a drink, all because of the word "sorrow".
The girls discussed it and wanted to step forward to untie their husband, but in the end Qi Ya persuaded her to stop.
Qi Ya knows that what her husband needs most at this time is not the sisters' relief, but peace.
Only by calming down can the husband thoroughly recall what happened during this period. The death of his sisters will not relieve the husband's heart, but will only increase the pressure in his heart.
The sky became completely dark.
No one expected that the heavy snow had just stopped, and when night fell, crystal snowflakes began to fall from the sky again.
The snowflakes falling in the palace are so beautiful and illuminated by the bright lanterns under the eaves that it is dizzying to see.
Liu Mingzhi quietly looked at the snowflakes falling again and drank the last glass of wine in one gulp.
Putting down the wine glass in his hand, Liu Mingzhi picked up the Heavenly Sword beside him, put it on his waist, put on his own cloak, and walked towards the outside of the house. The girls who had been paying attention to her husband were about to catch up when they saw this.
Qi Ya smiled lightly and shook her head, reaching out to stop the sisters.
"Let your husband go and relax, we can't help him or anything."
The girls nodded hesitantly, said goodbye to Qi Ya, sighed, picked up the lanterns and walked towards their courtyard.
Night completely shrouded the earth, and heavy goose feather-like snow drifted in the air. A man was wearing a black cloak, holding the hilt of his sword as he walked out of the gate of Yingzhou City, and slowly walked toward Shanhaiguan Pass outside the city in the face of the flying snow.
It was Young Master Liu who had just left the house after drinking.
After a few sticks of incense, Liu Mingzhi stopped on Yingzui Rock and looked around.
In the dim night, a bright light came from under the cliff cave in the northwest of Yingzui Rock, which was reflected extremely clearly by the crystal snowflakes and was visible to the eye.
Liu Mingzhi walked down the Yingzui Rock and walked slowly toward the firelight. He had already recognized the location of the firelight as the place where he and the Queen rested the night before their bet.
In this case, the only people lighting the bonfire in the cave were the queen and her daughter.
Liu Mingzhi slowly approached the cave and could already hear the little cutie complaining.
"It's been a day, why hasn't dad come yet? Has he forgotten Yue'er?"
As soon as the little cutie finished speaking, the queen's light voice came next.
"It's the one thousand one hundred and twenty times. Yue'er, if you don't bother my mother, I'm tired of hearing it. You've said this so many times. Do you care so much whether your father comes or not?"
"If mother didn't care, how could she remember so clearly? Yue'er has said this sentence one thousand one hundred and twenty times."
The little cutie's rhetorical question made the Queen fall silent, and no more Queen's voice came from the cave.
Liu Mingzhi shook off the snow on his body and got into the hole.
"Yue'er, please speak politely!"
"Dad, you are finally here!"
The Queen looked at Liu Mingzhi who had entered the cave, with a flash of excitement in her bright eyes, and finally retreated.
"Come here, Yue'er insists on waiting for you, otherwise, I would have returned home long ago."
Liu Mingzhi nodded silently: "Can we come out and have a chat? There are some things that I don't want to talk about!"
The Queen hesitated for a moment, nodded silently, got up and walked towards the entrance of the cave.
"Dad, mother, and Yue'er are going too."
Liu Mingzhi took out a piece of oil paper from his arms and threw it to the little cutie: "Yue'er, daddy and mom have something to talk about. This is the soy sauce beef daddy brought for you. Eat it while it's hot."
The little cutie looked at the fragrant sauced beef in her hand, nodded reluctantly, and sat down in front of the bonfire. Looking at the backs of her father and mother, she picked up the sliced sauced beef and started to bite into it, venting her anger. Dad’s dissatisfaction.
The night was dark, and I don’t know how long it had been. Liu Mingzhi and the two of them got into the hole with calm expressions. They looked at the little cutie who was sleeping on the expensive carpet holding the beef with soy sauce and was startled for a moment. Only then did he realize that he had said for such a long time.
Liu Mingzhi looked at the drool flowing out of the corner of the little cutie's mouth, smiled fondly, walked towards the cutie, and added some dry firewood to the bonfire. Liu Mingzhi lay down with his clothes on, and took the little cutie into his arms to rest. got up.
The Queen didn't say anything when she saw this. She sat aside, hugging her knees and staring at the bonfire in a daze. She recalled in her mind the conversation she had just had with Liu Mingzhi on Eagle Mouth Rock.
To put it bluntly, if I help the Jin Kingdom unify the world, if I don't hand over my military power, can you tolerate me?
Wanyan can tolerate you, but Wanyan wants to know why?
Only if I don't hand over military power can I guarantee that after Dajin dominates the world, I will not do unfair things to my Dalong people, and I will not regard my Dalong people as lower than you, the Jin people.
If I don't have soldiers and horses in my hands, how can I guarantee that after the world is unified, will the people of the Jin Kingdom, except you and Yue'er, treat me, the people of Dalong, as brothers?
Once a fight breaks out, how can I guarantee that my Dalong people will have equal rights with the Jin people?
Based on my relationship with you? Based on my relationship with Yue'er? Or is it because I am the former Great Dragon Side by Side King?
I understand politely.
Liu Mingzhi asked again, if I don't surrender military power, can you tolerate me? Can the civil and military officials of the Jin Kingdom and the Manchu Dynasty tolerate me?
The queen was silent, thinking about Liu Mingzhi's question over and over in her mind. If Liu Mingzhi helped her unify the world and had the power of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, she could tolerate him, but would the civil and military dynasty of the Jin Kingdom tolerate him?
Should I say I feel relieved? Do you trust a former dragon king? Do you trust a side-by-side king with hundreds of thousands of troops?
Liu Mingzhi was never from the Jin Kingdom. A surrendered minister who was not from the Jin Kingdom had hundreds of thousands of proud soldiers, but he could not hand over the military power in his hands. I am afraid that no courtier of the Jin Kingdom would not care.
They will think about Liu Mingzhi's reasons for not fighting.
Not to mention the distance, just his imperial uncle would not be able to pass this test.
Then, the final result is the internal struggle after the unification of the world, the internal struggle between Liu Mingzhi and the civil and military forces of the Jin Dynasty.
It can't be tolerated!
Let me ask you again, in the eyes of Dalong people, I am a traitor who has betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy. In the eyes of the people of Dalong, if I am in tit-for-tat with the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty of the Jin Dynasty because of military power, you said that once war breaks out, the people of Dalong will still Do the people support me?
I'm afraid that if Liu Mingzhi is slaughtered by you Jin people if you don't say anything about helping me, the people will applaud him instead.
Because I am a rebellious traitor who has betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy.
Let me ask you again, once my battle with the Jin court officials fails, can you protect me from the civil and military hands of the Jin Dynasty?
Most importantly, can you really tolerate someone who is beyond your control?
Don't rush to answer me!
Before answering this question, think about Rondo first.
Because after unifying the world, you will not only be the mother of Wanyuan and Yue'er, but also the emperor of the Jin Kingdom.
Dalong's hundreds of thousands of proud soldiers who worked together in the past were such an unstable factor. Once something happened, they could easily shake the foundation of the country.
Frankly speaking, Liu Mingzhi has never doubted Wanyan Wanyan's feelings for Liu Mingzhi, but he has never underestimated the Queen of Jin's methods of serving the country and the people.
You are completely different from Yun'er and the others!
That’s all Liu Mingzhi said, think about it carefully!
You are not only the mother of Wanyan and Yue'er, but also the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin.
You are not only the mother of Wanyan and Yue'er, but also the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin.
You are not only the mother of Wanyan and Yue'er, but also the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin.
"I am still the emperor!"
"well........"
The night is over and the sky is bright.
"Dad, can Yue'er still go to Dalong to find you?"
"You can come anytime, daddy is waiting for you!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the little cutie staring at him reluctantly, waved gently, turned around and rushed towards Yingzhou City.
Standing in front of the palace gate of Yingzhou, Liu Mingzhi looked at Song Qing and others who were galloping in.
"Everyone's here!"
"We are seeing the Commander-in-Chief. I wonder what the Commander-in-Chief ordered us to do?"
"Go back to Beijing!"
Song Qing and others were stunned and looked at each other subconsciously.
"Going back to Beijing now? The snow hasn't stopped yet!"
"If you don't stop, don't stop. You will follow my commander Feng Xue into the capital!"
"We have received the order. Dare you ask the commander to summon tens of thousands of brothers to accompany you?"
"Tens of thousands? That would cause turmoil."
"On Qingjun's side, three hundred cavalry are enough."
