"I don't know, general." Xu Mo lowered his head. Now Yi Xiaodao is the Duke of the country, and his status and status are different from those in the past. He is no longer the poor beggar who was chased all over the mountain by him. Xu Mo chose to avoid his edge.
Xu Mo said he didn't know, but Yi Xiaodao didn't believe it. Since he was transferred from Anxi to Dingliao, how could he know nothing about Dingliao? But I can't be too forceful, and I won't be unreasonable if I try hard. Once the conflict between the three kings in the north and the court was provoked, things would get serious.
"Can I go in now?" Yi Xiaodao asked.
Xu Mo lowered his head and replied: "Wu Dinggong does it yourself."
Yi Xiaodao stopped talking to him and turned around to walk towards Prince Dingliao's palace. When he passed by the soldiers who were blocking him, the soldiers gave way in fear. Yi Xiaodao felt a little embarrassed.
I originally wanted to stir up trouble and force Xu Mo to take action, and then I could capture him on the spot, or even kill him on the spot. In terms of martial arts and identity, Xu Mo could not be compared with the current Yi Xiaodao. But Xu Mo chose to be patient, and Yi Xiaodao couldn't use the topic to his advantage.
This soldier was doing his duty by stopping him, but Yi Xiaodao felt that he couldn't help it.
"You did a good job." Yi Xiaodao thought about it and praised him.
"The villain knows his crime, the villain knows his crime, please forgive me!" The soldier was so frightened that his legs softened and he immediately knelt on the ground. He thought that what Yi Xiaodao said was ironic and that he wanted to settle old scores with him!
This made Yi Xiaodao extremely embarrassed, and he couldn't explain it clearly, so he simply walked past him.
The other soldiers did not dare to stop them and gave way one after another. Yi Xiaodao and Bai Xinglong walked into the Dingliao Prince's Mansion unimpeded.
As soon as they entered the palace, they saw dozens of beautiful maids standing on both sides of the road: "Good luck to Mr. Wuding!" It seemed that King Dingliao had also received the news and knew that he was coming.
"Ah? Oh...Okay, good luck and good luck...good luck to everyone." Yi Xiaodao has been traveling all year round and has never seen this battle. Although he also has maids in the palace in the capital, Xiaohong and Xiaolan are all ordinary women who can be hired by ordinary people and can work. How can they compare with these maids? They are all as beautiful as flowers and jade, and Yi Xiaodao's eyes are a little blurry. .
Seeing Yi Xiaodao's embarrassed look, all the maids couldn't help but cover their mouths and smile: "Please, Mr. Wu Ding."
"Okay...Okay, please..." Yi Xiaodao nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
The maids were swaying and walking gracefully in front to lead the way. Yi Xiaodao was behind and when the maids turned around, he immediately put away his infatuation and looked at Bai Xinglong.
Bai Xinglong also knew it well, and had already pushed the sword out of the sheath with his left thumb, just in case of an unexpected incident.
Under the leadership of the maids, Yi Xiaodao and Bai Xinglong walked all the way to the depths of the house. Along the way, Yi Xiaodao became more and more frightened as he walked. Even Bai Xinglong forgot to be on guard and just admired the huge Dingliao Prince's Mansion.
Along the way, there are more than a dozen rockery and fish ponds, and five or six courtyards. There are countless wing rooms, wing rooms, guest rooms, main halls, auxiliary halls, and verandas. Yi Xiaodao even forgot how many levels of Weeping Flower Gate he had entered, so he simply gave up on memorizing the path and followed the maidservant obediently, walking wherever he could find a way.
Every time he passed a turning point or entered an archway, there was a maid waiting by the side, bowing to Yi Xiaodao and guiding him in the direction.
"It is said that Nanhuai is rich, but I have also been to Nanhuai Prince's Mansion. Compared to Dingliao Prince's Mansion, it is really nothing compared to the big one." Yi Xiaodao sighed sincerely.
Most of the mansions of ordinary people have three entrances and three exits, and the richer ones only have five entrances and five exits. A mansion with seven entrances and seven exits is already considered as high as the sky, but in this Ding Liao Prince's Mansion, Yi Xiaodao can go to the southeast, northwest and northwest. I can’t tell clearly, let alone pay attention to how many times it comes in and out.
After walking for half a stick of incense, Yi Xiaodao finally arrived at the last courtyard, which was also the main reception hall of Prince Dingliao's Mansion. A young man stood outside the main hall, waiting quietly.
"Mr. Wu Ding, this is my prince. Please leave, maids and maids." The maids introduced Yi Xiaodao and then filed away one after another.
Yi Xiaodao nodded and watched the maids leave with "reluctance". After the maids left, he turned to look at the young man, Da Qi Ding Liao Wang Tian Muqiu.
The Tian family of King Ding Liao was also one of the nine people who followed Qi Taizu to conquer the world. He had great military exploits and was best at surprise attacks. Many tough battles during the Qi Dynasty and the founding of the country were all thanks to his surprise attacks, catching the enemy by surprise and establishing the victory in several key battles.
Later, at the beginning of the founding of the country, someone advised the Tian family that since they were good at surprise attacks, they should not stay in the Central Plains for fear that the court would be suspicious. Tian Shi deeply believed this and invited himself to go to Dingliao to dispel the wariness inside and outside the court and block the world's mouth. This defense lasted for six hundred years.
"Yi Xiaodao, Duke Wu Ding, pays homage to King Ding Liao." As the Duke of the country, Yi Xiaodao's status is not as high as that of the prince, so he bows to him first.
Tian Muqiu, the king of Dingliao, was unattractive in appearance and could even be said to be slightly ugly. However, he came from a princely family and still had a noble temperament in his bones, with a Hexi smile on his face.
"You don't have to be polite, Duke Wu Ding! Please!" King Ding Liao invited Yi Xiaodao into the main hall.
Entering the main hall, everyone sat down separately. The servants immediately brought fragrant tea and served it in front of Yi Xiaodao and Bai Xinglong.
"It's bitterly cold in Dingliao, and the tea may not be as sweet as in the Central Plains. I hope Duke Wu Ding won't be offended." King Dingliao said politely.
"Where, this tea..." Yi Xiaodao just took a sip and almost spit it out. After enduring it for a long time, he finally used his inner strength to swallow the bitter tea in his mouth.
King Dingliao looked at Yi Xiaodao's embarrassment and said with a smile: "To be honest, I also heard that Duke Wu Dining liked to drink tea, so I sent someone to bring some back from the south, just because I was afraid that Duke Wu Dining would be free to come to Dingliao one day. , and it’s easy to entertain. It seems that I am self-defeating. "
Yi Xiaodao waved his hands repeatedly: "King Dingliao is serious. Tea should not be stored for a long time, especially in a cold place like Dingliao. It cannot be drunk."
King Dingliao clapped his hands, and his servants quickly came up and removed the tea cup. After a while, steaming milk wine was served.
"Wu Dinggong, please." King Dingliao raised his hand.
Yi Xiaodao picked up the wine cup and took a sip: "Yeah! The milk is fragrant and mellow, this is really delicious!"
"Hahahaha, if Wu Dinggong likes it, there is no harm in staying here for a longer time. If we go back to the south, we won't be able to taste this milk wine!" King Dingliao said warmly.
Yi Xiaodao took another sip and put down the wine cup: "Your Majesty, I'll tell you the truth, I have something on my mind. Please help me clear up my doubts."
Tian Muqiu, the king of Dingliao, smiled and said: "It's okay to talk, you can tell me everything you know!"
Yi Xiaodao secretly cursed in his heart: "Hmph, I know everything I know and say it nicely."
"I see soldiers and horses in the city. They all seem to be Anxi soldiers and horses, but they are wearing the armor of the Dingliao army. Why is this?" Yi Xiaodao came up and went straight to the topic.
King Dingliao replied: "Anxi, Beidi and our Dingliao army switched defenses, so the Anxi army appeared in Fengcheng wearing the armor of the Dingliao army."
Yi Xiaodao had already planned a head-to-head confrontation, but he didn't expect that King Ding Liao actually revealed the whole truth, which made him a little at a loss: "This...then why do we need to change defense?"
"The Beiyi troops are outside the fortress, close to Anxi and far away from Dingliao. If we don't change defenses from time to time and let the soldiers rest and recuperate, I'm afraid Anxi will not be able to support it long ago."
Yi Xiaodao nodded slowly. This is true. The three kings are in harmony and united. However, the Beiyi people will not send out troops to attack from three sides, but will only attack one place. The nearest Anxi will naturally bear the brunt and suffer the most. In this way, it makes sense to switch defenses.
"However, the soldiers and horses who changed defenses were patrolling back and forth in the city. Even the few and old people in the city said they had never seen so many soldiers and horses pouring into the city. I dare to ask the prince, why is this?" Yi Xiaodao continued to ask, not He won't give up until things are clear.
Tian Muqiu, King of Dingliao, said slowly: "I am afraid that the people in the city will be in chaos, so I mobilized troops into the city. It happened that the three armies changed their defenses, and the troops were left to control the people and prevent chaos."
Yi Xiaodao was surprised, could this be said casually?
"Your Majesty! Then why do you want to control the people?" Yi Xiaodao felt that he had broken the casserole and asked the truth. He asked too many questions. In the domain of this prince, as long as he didn't do too much, he didn't do any harm. Why do you care so much about things that harm the people?
"There are more than 200 sand cities in the north of the three vassals. We gave up all of them and retreated to the vassal territory. The Northern Yi people are expected to arrive soon, and we are afraid that the people will panic, so we have no choice but to do so."
Yi Xiaodao was stunned by one sentence. This prince really knew everything. Can you tell me such breaking news casually?
"Wu Dinggong still wants to ask why we abandoned the sand city we worked so hard to build and retreated to the vassal territory?" Tian Muqiu asked with a smile.
Yi Xiaodao nodded repeatedly, he wanted to know so much.
"Nanhuai, Donglu, and Chuxiang in the Central Plains were taken back to the imperial court one by one. No matter who was right or wrong or why, we only know that from now on, there will be no such sayings as Nanhuai, Donglu, and Chuxiang. If Now the pattern remains unchanged. A hundred years from now, the world will only know that Daqi has five kings in the town, not eight."
"If we three kings don't want to think of a solution, I'm afraid it will be our turn next. Although our original intention is to protect the people, we can't lose the position of the prince in our own hands, can we?" Tian Muqiu The smile faded a bit.
Yi Xiaodao stared at Tian Muqiu closely: "That's why you abandoned all the sand cities outside the wall and retreated to the vassal territory. With the Beiyi people pressing in front of you, the court did not dare to act rashly... You must respect yourself when raising bandits..." After finishing speaking, Yi Xiaodao I thought this idea was too bold, but also too smart.
Tian Muqiu said: "Yes, this is exactly the truth."
Yi Xiaodao looked at Tian Muqiu and became wary. He asked tentatively: "Aren't you afraid that I will sue the court?"
Tian Muqiu spread his hands: "It doesn't matter if we sue the imperial court. The Beiyi will arrive at the city soon. What else can the imperial court do to us? And recently we have all been worried about how to sue the imperial court about the affairs of the San Francisco Land. Unexpectedly, Wu Dinggong will Came in person.”
Yi Xiaodao felt a little depressed, thinking that he was here to deliver a message to them, so no wonder he kept telling them everything!
