It wasn't until Xiaohei led Qingyu back and forth on the river embankment for half an hour, and patiently explained some things to her, that the look on Qingyu's face became increasingly cold.
Xiao Hei was leaving, this was something she had known for a long time.
After all, at the end of this great battle, even she would have to leave and be handed over to the command of the general from the imperial city.
The current general is still collecting food and more troops in the imperial city.
Xiao Hei looked at the thousand acres of fertile land in front of him and said calmly: "I will help you one more time before I leave, but after that, you have to make your own decision."
After saying that, he walked down the river embankment. Seeing that it was getting late, he wanted to go back to the city to buy soy sauce beef at the market to bring to his two sisters.
Qingyu followed him and asked softly: "Is it necessary to be like this?"
Xiao Hei shook his head: "Don't ask me about this. You should know the stakes here better than me."
"This is probably not your idea. Tell me who taught you this?"
Qingyu didn't believe that Xiao Hei could think so carefully and be so cold. In her opinion, even the Queen couldn't be so cold.
Xiao Hei replied calmly: "When I was at home, my brother would tell me some past things and let me learn more skills..."
It was only now that Xiao Hei realized that his brother had indeed suffered a lot, otherwise he would not have gone through so many things.
But at that time, he followed Xiaobai and his master to the Shenlong Continent.
Riding on his horse, Xiao Hei looked at her and smiled: "The old monk used to scold me for not studying well, but I was not convinced. It was only after I went to Northern Qi that I understood his painstaking efforts."
After saying that, he waved his whip and headed towards Dingzhou City like lightning.
"Wait for me!"
Seeing Xiao Hei running away, Qingyu had no choice but to follow with two guards and ride back to the city.
But in my heart, I was thinking about writing a letter to my queen who was far away in the imperial city.
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Back at the City Lord's Mansion, the old shopkeeper had just cooked lunch. Seeing Xiao Hei coming back, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why don't you come back again?"
These two little guys are going to find you. "
Xiao Hei put the sauced beef he bought on the table, looked at the two people who came running after hearing the sound and asked: "Have you finished your homework today?"
Qingqing nodded: "Yan'er wants to eat meat, so she must write obediently."
Xiao Hei touched Yan'er's head and smiled bitterly: "Sister, if your brother sees you, you will definitely scold me."
Yan'er was stunned, tilted her head and said with a smile: "Brother, why do you want to scold Yan'er?"
Xiao Hei smiled bitterly and said: "Brother will scold me for teaching you bad things, eating only meat and no vegetables!"
Qingqing couldn't help but giggle when she heard this. She ran to the side and took the old shopkeeper's hand and said, "Grandpa, do you think my brother and sister look like two idiots?"
At the moment, Qingqing still doesn't know the meaning of the word "idiot".
I just heard my brother talk too much and would use it from time to time.
The old shopkeeper laughed: "He does look like an idiot!"
Xiao Hei picked up a piece of soy beef with his chopsticks and stuffed it into Qingqing's mouth, and said with a smile: "You are also a little idiot."
Yan'er was so anxious that she shouted from the side: "Yan'er also wants to eat meat!"
Just then Qingyu entered the yard, looked at the three of them from a distance and said with a smile: "There is delicious food, but I don't know what sister is waiting for."
Yan'er was anxious, looked at her and smiled: "Sister Qingyu, my brother said you are an idiot."
When Qingqing heard this, she couldn't help but giggle and said, "Sister, you are really bad at it when you are with your brother."
After eating two bowls of rice and drinking two glasses of spiritual wine, Xiao Hei felt that all the bones in his body were aching.
He waved his hand and asked Qingqing to take Yan'er to bed, and he also leaned on the recliner to rest.
The old shopkeeper looked at him and frowned and asked, "Are you okay? Do you want to try boiling two more bowls of elixir?"
"Need not."
Xiao Hei waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Even if I have to take the elixir, I have to wait until I return to the imperial city and ask my brother to prepare the medicine for me, so that he can be rejuvenated."
The old shopkeeper yawned, looked at Qingyu and smiled: "You two chat slowly, I'm going to take a rest."
Qingyu lit the small stove on the table and boiled water while looking at Xiaohei and asked: "Would you like to chat?"
Xiao Hei weakly replied: "What do you want to talk about?"
"Talk about the temple?" Qingyu asked carefully: "Why do those monks in Northern Qi always have trouble with you? Is it possible that you are born with different horoscopes?"
Qingyu thought of the monk they met at the foot of Hanshan Temple, and later heard from her junior sister that Xiao Hei was on the way back, and Xiao Hei almost died in the hands of the Hanshan Temple monk.
Later, Qingqing and Yan'er told her some things on their way back from Northern Qi.
Fortunately, in the end, Xiao Hei and the monk from Jinxiang Temple had a draw. This was probably the first time that Xiao Hei let his opponent go without killing him.
As for the scene on the river embankment today, Xiao Hei obviously didn't like what Hongfu Temple in Dingzhou City was doing.
So she had to understand the truth so that one day she could meet the Queen and give her some advice.
When Xiao Hei heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "It's a long story, and it starts when I left the Imperial City."
So, Xiao Hei spent some time recounting what he saw and heard in the Baiyu Temple outside Liangzhou City, as well as his grievances with the Baiyu Temple.
"Think about it, when a temple has monks and soldiers who respect themselves, and there are thousands of acres of fertile land for temples and they don't pay taxes to the dynasty, what do they want to do?"
Xiao Hei said seriously: "Is it possible that they want to establish a Buddhist kingdom?"
Qingyu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and after thinking for a while he replied: "Is it possible that because of this problem in Dazhou, the emperor has been worrying about food and reinforcements?"
Xiao Hei replied calmly: "Even if the empress is here, I will definitely tell her to demolish all the monasteries, recruit all the monks and soldiers, and take all those ten thousand acres of fertile land as national property."
Qingyu's heart moved, but she wrote down Xiaohei's words.
She was originally not interested in this, but when she and Xiao Hei went up the river embankment today and saw that the thousands of acres of fertile land were owned by a temple, she couldn't help but get interested.
It seemed that she had to quickly write a secret letter to the Queen and tell her what was happening on the front line.
He even gave her some advice. If he really did as Xiao Hei said, the emperor would not have to worry about military rations and army sources.
How could Xiao Hei know what she was thinking? He was just looking forward to the early arrival of reinforcements from the Northern Qi army.
Looking forward to the first heavy rain of summer, so as to repay Northern Qi with an arrow.
Qingyu sighed and asked casually: "Just because you can't stand what they do, those monks want to cause trouble for you?"
"no!"
Xiao Hei shook his head and said solemnly: "When we were at Baiyu Temple, the elder of the Arhat Hall called Yan'er a monster just because she cried a few times in front of the Buddha..."
The two sisters are Xiao Hei's inverse scales and cannot be touched by anyone. Qing Yu heard this from the old shopkeeper.
She also didn't expect that a monk who was a monk would call Yan'er, who was kneeling in front of the Buddha, a monster.
I thought that if I compared myself to Xiao Hei, I'm afraid I would also want to hit someone, right?
Xiao Hei shook his head and said with a wry smile: "You have experienced it yourself at the foot of Hanshan Temple. When did we offend those monks? We just wanted to pass by."
When Qingyu heard this, she was finally speechless.
Xiao Hei's words brought her back to the foot of Hanshan Temple.
At that time, Xiao Hei's legs were broken, and all this was because of her talkativeness in Nanda Temple.
Thinking of the hateful appearance of the Hanshan Temple monks, Qingyu couldn't help but sigh: "Is it possible that there are also monks in Hongfu Temple?"
Xiao Hei chuckled: "You have to ask the City Lord about this."
Thinking that something was wrong, he added: "If there are five thousand monk soldiers in Hongfu Temple, Sister Qingyu might as well recruit them all. If anyone resists, then the temple will be sealed."
Qingyu was shocked when he heard this, looked at him and asked, "Is this okay?"
Xiao Hei closed his eyes to calm down and replied softly: "The national crisis is approaching. If the city of Dingzhou is destroyed, do you think they can protect themselves? Those thousand acres of fertile land will eventually become Northern Qi's army."
This sound was like a wake-up call, instantly making Qingyu wake up.
If there is no skin left, how can the hair be attached to it? How can the eggs be found under the nest?
This is a battle of blood and fire between the two countries, a war in which you die or I die, rather than a competition between Xiao Hei and the Taoist monk outside the city that day.
The two of them can just decide who wins or lose, or they can cherish each other and become friends after the fight.
But it is absolutely impossible for Northern Qi and Dazhou to have such a thing happen.
Now that the war has begun, one side must fall at the feet of the opponent. This is a war of conquest.
Qingyu saw that Xiaohei was already snoring and no longer thought about making tea.
She clapped her hands, stood up and walked out of the courtyard. She wanted to ask the city lord what kind of place Hongfu was in Dingzhou City?
If it was true that Xiao Hei said that there were five thousand monk soldiers in Hongfu Temple, it was impossible to say, so she could only report the truth to the Queen.
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After eight hundred miles of haste, Li, who was far away in the imperial city, finally received Qingyu's secret letter.
??????????????????Looking at the pride between the lines and the worries at the end of the letter, even the Queen Li couldn't help but sigh heavily. .
While asking the emperor to come to Weiyang Palace, he read the letter twice.
Even though she thought about it again and again, she never expected that Xiao Hei would come back from Beiqi at this critical moment.
In this way, Qingyu had one more helper, otherwise in her opinion, Dingzhou City might not be able to hold on for long before it would be captured by the Northern Qi army.
Not only that, the two of them actually dug out all the spies hidden in Dingzhou City in the Northern Qi Dynasty. This was what made her feel incredible.
Xiaohei in Li's heart is still the young man who escaped from the palace with Qingyu on his back.
I didn’t expect that only a few years have passed?
Xiao Hei first helped Da Zhou repel the Northern Qi Da Zhou outside Danzhou City, and then helped him repel several enemy attacks outside Dingzhou City.
It seems that even if Feng Xiaohei is a general, there will be no problem.
While he was thinking about it, the voice of the maid came from outside the palace, but it was Emperor Wu who rushed over after hearing the news.
Looking at the anxious emperor, Li handed over the secret letter on the table.
He said quietly: "One piece of good news and one piece of bad news. Your Majesty will read it first, and then we will discuss it."
Emperor Wu was startled, reached out and picked up the secret letter and read it carefully twice. He was not surprised by the bad news, but was amazed by the unexpected good news.
He laughed and said: "The sky will not stop my great Zhou. This time the Northern Qi army finally suffered a big loss in Dingzhou City."
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Li Shi sighed and said quietly: "According to my opinion, Xiaohei must be made a general. Who knows that Qingyu said that he will return to the imperial city soon..."
In her opinion, who in the world doesn't want to be successful, achieve a career, and become famous all over the world?
Fortunately for Xiao Hei, he didn't want to become an official in the court at all, and he was about to come back to see his brother.
Emperor Wu looked at Qingyu's letter, thought about it and smiled bitterly: "Everyone has his own ambitions. Queen, don't force him. If you scare him away, Qingyu won't even have a friend in the future."
Li curled her lips and said with a wry smile: "When we solve that problem, even Qingyu will leave me and follow his master to practice."
Emperor Wu did not express his opinion this time. Perhaps in his opinion, Qingyu should practice with the senior Taoist priests.
In his opinion, if his brother hadn't passed the throne to him, he might have gone up the mountain to find a master to cultivate immortality.
Mrs. Li sighed and asked quietly: "What should I do about Hongfu Temple in Dingzhou City?"
