Although Xiaolan is still young, she has lived in a deep palace for a long time and already knows how to protect herself and can hide her expression well.
So when Zhou Jin walked out of the study, her expression was no different from usual, and she seemed to have forgotten what she had just seen.
Being able to forget something quickly is also a skill, because there are many things she should not know.
But she was still surprised, because she knew that when Her Royal Highness the Princess returned to the palace, she was completely lost, as if she was a flower that was about to wither.
At this time, Her Royal Highness's eyes were gentler than before, her smile was more moving than before, her walk was lighter than before, and her whole body was shining under the bright moonlight.
Xiaolan knew that the reason why Her Royal Highness the Princess had such a big change was entirely because of Mr. Su beside her, and the radiance she exuded was also because of Mr. Su.
What made her even more puzzled was that although Mr. Su was obviously younger than Her Highness the Princess, Mr. Su looked at her with a doting look, and Her Highness the Princess also enjoyed this doting.
Xiaolan is already fifteen years old, and she has gradually begun to understand some things. She also understands what the shyness on Her Royal Highness's face and the charm in her eyes mean.
So she suddenly felt very worried and scared in her heart, because Mr. Su had already made an engagement and was going to get married soon.
But Her Royal Highness seemed to have forgotten this matter.
Xiaolan couldn't help but sigh secretly, because Her Highness the Princess seemed to have almost forgotten her now.
Although from the outside, it seemed that Su Shi was sending His Highness the Princess out of the mansion as a gift, Xiaolan saw the two of them smiling and expressing affection, while Her Highness the Princess seemed to only have Mr. Su in her eyes.
She suddenly felt that the road out of the mansion was very long, so when she stepped out of the gate of the general's mansion, she finally let out a long breath.
But Zhou Jin seemed to think the road was too short, so when she saw her gorgeous carriage, she couldn't help but look disappointed.
But no matter how much reluctance she felt in her heart, no matter how slowly the carriage moved, it eventually disappeared into the night.
Until the carriage disappeared, Su Shi still stood in front of the mansion, looking motionless in the direction where the carriage disappeared.
As long as Su Shi leaves the general's mansion, Lin Mo will definitely be by his side. At this time, Lin Mo's eyes were also full of worry.
He is not blind, and even if he is blind, he can clearly feel that there is an affection between the young master and the princess that should not exist.
When the moon reaches the midday, it is as round as a silver plate.
Su Shi looked at the everlasting full moon and slowly sat down on the stone steps.
Lin Mo could tell that the young master was worried, but he didn't know what the young master was worried about, and even if he knew, he would pretend not to know. Because even if he knew, Lin Mo was helpless. The only thing he could do was to sit with him on the stone steps.
When he just sat down, Su Shi suddenly turned to look at him.
"The foreigner Khan begged for Yuanlu and said that he would raise 300,000 troops to invade the country. Do you think it is possible?"
Lin Mo couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, because he never thought that the young master would actually care about the military, and what he didn't expect even more was that he would ask him about such a major military matter.
Therefore, Lin Mo seemed a little hesitant: "After more than twenty years of recuperation, the Hu people can assemble an army of at least 500,000."
"So many?" Su Shi couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Qi Yuanlu can be regarded as a genius on the grassland." Lin Mo said silently: "The old general once evaluated him, saying that he is ambitious, strategic, deep-minded, and ambitious, and will definitely be a trouble for Daqian."
"Twenty years ago, Qi Yuanlu unified the grassland. However, although he had the intention to get involved in Daqian, he has been holding back for the past twenty years. So the old general was very worried, because he thought that if Qi Yuanlu did not take action, once If we launch a war, it will definitely be a thundering force."
Su Shi couldn't help but frown: "Since my father knew that the situation was so serious, he should have written to the court and made preparations in advance."
Lin Mo smiled bitterly: "The old general has long reported the situation facing the north to the imperial court, but the Hu people have not done anything in the past twenty years, and they are also actively doing business with Daqian, so the ministers of the DPRK think that the old general is Alarmist.”
Su Shi said in confusion: "I once heard you say that the barbarians were burning, killing and looting on the border. Is this also a warning? Can the ministers of the DPRK and Central Government not see it?"
Lin Mo couldn't help but sigh: "This started from five years ago."
"Five years ago?" Su Shi was a little surprised: "What happened five years ago?"
However, Lin Mo seemed a little hesitant at this time, as if he didn't want to tell Su Shi.
Su Shi couldn't help but urge, "Hurry up and tell me."
Lin Mo had no choice but to say: "Five years ago, the old general received a secret report that the Hu people had gathered a thousand troops in the Black Dragon Valley and wanted to go around the city to attack Wannan Town. After the old general got the report, he naturally had to take action first. If we are strong, we will send General Dong Chengdong to lead three thousand elites to raid the Black Dragon Valley."
"When General Dong led three thousand elites to the Black Dragon Valley, there were indeed barbarians gathering there, but they were all old, weak, women and children."
Su Shi smiled and said: "Since they are all old, weak, women and children, it means that the information is wrong, and it just made General Dong's journey in vain."
However, there was no smile on Lin Mo's face. After a long time, he slowly said: "Those old and weak women and children are all from the Qinghao tribe. When General Dong found them, all the more than 800 old and weak women and children had been killed. Killed and left no one alive."
Su Shi stood up suddenly and looked at Lin Mo with a horrified expression.
Lin Mo suddenly sighed and said: "However, at this moment, more than a thousand young men from the Qinghao tribe also appeared in the Black Dragon Valley. They found that their parents, wives and children died tragically, and they rushed towards our army without any explanation."
Having said this, Lin Mo slowly closed his eyes: "It is said that the yellow sand in the Black Dragon Valley was dyed red with blood that night."
"All the 1,183 people from the Qingwu tribe died in the battle, and 876 of the 3,000 elite men led by General Dong left their lives there."
Su Shi looked up at the full moon, which was bright and clear.
However, who would have thought that so many tragic things would happen under this bright moonlight.
Su Shi took a long breath and asked slowly: "Then what?"
Lin Mo was silent for a while, and after a long time he answered: "After this incident, Qi Yuanlu sent an envoy to the capital, saying that the old general massacred the Qinghao tribe for no reason, and at the same time gathered a hundred thousand troops to the city to avenge the Qinghao tribe. .”
"Although the old general explained in every possible way, it is a fact that the Qinghao tribe was massacred, and it is also a fact that General Dong and three thousand elites appeared in the Black Dragon Valley, not to mention that more than a thousand people did die at the hands of the border troops, so the old general's explanation No one believed it either.”
"So how was this matter resolved in the end? In my impression, there seemed to be no fighting at the border five years ago."
