Once people meet their material needs, they will pursue higher-level spiritual needs, especially for these frontier officials stationed on the border and those high-ranking disciples who come to gild.
If the people above have needs, there will naturally be people below to support them.
Therefore, it is logical that some places that are pronounced as "outposts" but are actually manors and mansions were built on some beautiful places near Houting County.
The interior facilities are luxurious, and there are countless beauties and handsome men.
Next to Guangzhen County, one of the three border towns, there is a land called Wanfang Garden.
Just because of the barbarian invasion from the south, all the once luxurious waterside pavilions and pavilions here were reduced to ashes. Only an elegant pavilion on the top of the mountain stood alone.
At this moment, under the snowy sky, two figures stood in the elegant pavilion.
One male and one female.
The man's sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes are extraordinary in martial arts.
The woman has strong muscles and bones, half wrapped in a fur coat, revealing her flawless shoulders.
The man held a langhao ink pen in his hand, and the handwriting that penetrated the back of the paper was rendered on the rice paper.
The pen stays,
Nan Jinxi stretched out her hand and picked up the rice paper with a smile. With a little surprise in her beautiful eyes, she looked back and said with a smile:
"Zhao Yuan, I only knew that you were good at playing the piano, but I didn't expect that your handwriting is like a wandering dragon~"
"You are a fox demon, but you also know calligraphy?"
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Putting down the wolf-hair ink pen in his hand, Li Zhaoyuan chuckled and said:
"Everyone in the world regards music, chess, calligraphy and painting as their elegance, and poetry, writing, and music as their talent. I only learn these things to suit their interests."
Nan Jinxi pulled the plush brocade fur from his elbow up to his shoulder and hummed softly:
"To do what he likes, just to deceive the little girl?"
Li Zhaoyuan looked back with calm eyes:
"Coaxing a little girl? If I could be so leisurely, it would be a pleasure. But unfortunately not, the gap between me and the imperial brother is too big, so I can only make some trivial compensation for these details. This is considered A lot of old guys have fallen in love with this king’s famous post.”
Nan Jinxi looked away and curled his lips slightly:
"But that little girl from the Secret Investigation Department."
"Compared to a woman who is a confidant, I prefer Xu Mengxi, a scholar, to die for a confidant."
Li Zhaoyuan calmly stared at the emotion in Nan Jinxi's eyes and said softly: "Your jealousy is very boring."
"Ah"
Nan Jinxi took a deep breath and said calmly: "Okay, what did you mean when you said they started to doubt you? Isn't there any danger?"
Li Zhaoyuan waved his hand very relaxedly:
"No, they don't have any evidence, they are just speculation based on common sense."
"Speculation?" Nan Jinxi frowned.
Looking at her concerned eyes, Li Zhaoyuan glanced leisurely sideways in the direction of Guangzhen County:
"If my father is in good health, I still have enough time to arrange and make arrangements to make up for the gap with my brother. But it is a pity that my father is already dead. With the current situation, I want to win. That imperial brother has only two ways to go, one is to cooperate with Xu Gong and the other is to make peace with the sect."
Nan Jinxi asked abruptly:
"So...you really chose the second path?"
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no answer.
Li Zhaoyuan's starry eyes were indifferent but did not deny it.
in silence,
Nan Jinxi sighed, his voice softened a little, and he said softly:
"You are still like you always do. You know that I will not betray you Li Zhaoyuan. Just tell me what you want me to do for you."
Li Zhaoyuan slowly raised his eyes to look at Guangzhen County, which was looming in the wind and snow, and whispered:
"Mr. Zong and my imperial sister are preparing to go south. Houting County should have started to pull out camp today."
After hearing this, Nan Jinxi gathered up her skirt and sat on the stone chair in the pavilion, saying:
"You have basically taken over all the defeated troops fleeing north from Zongmen. Zong Qingsheng and Wu Yuan don't have any need to hold them back."
Li Zhaoyuan shook his head:
"But no news has come from Marquis Wucheng yet. There is enough food and grass now. To be on the safe side, I should wait for Marquis Wucheng."
Nan Jinxi leaned back slightly, his exposed jade back leaning against the icy guardrail regardless of the cold:
"Didn't they not allow you to participate in the military meeting? Could it be that you were deceived?"
Li Zhaoyuan whispered softly:
"I have some eyes and ears in Houting County. If Marquis Wu Cheng arrives in the area of Houting County, with a hundred thousand soldiers, I will definitely receive the news. If Marquis Wu Cheng rushes south without waiting, they must have other plans. Some plans."
Hearing this, Nan Jinxi sat up slightly and frowned slightly:
"Now that the 300,000 elite members of the northern sect have been lost, with the appetites of your father and Xu Yinhe, they will not miss this opportunity. Wucheng Hou will not take a detour south like the barbarians, right?"
Li Zhaoyuan raised his eyebrows with a smile in his eyes:
"You mean that my father and the others will take this opportunity to directly start a war against the sect?"
"Your father may not want to, but Xu Xiangguo will definitely do it if he has the chance." Nan Jinxi whispered.
Li Zhaoyuan smiled slightly and nodded without concealment:
"Indeed."
Nan Jinxi's slender knuckles clenched suddenly:
"Are you guys, the Great Yan Imperial Court going to declare war on the internal sects?"
Li Zhaoyuan shook his head gently and said with a sigh:
"No, of course not. When the 300,000 elite members of the Northern Sect were destroyed, they were already abandoned."
Nan Jinxi's voice was filled with incredulity:
"Who told you? The sects in other places would just sit back and watch the northern sects be destroyed by your court?"
Li Zhaoyuan narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded:
"How I know is not important, but it is."
"How can this be?!"
Nan Jinxi blurted out, his clear voice rising slightly: "Once the barbarians are eliminated and the sects in the north are destroyed again, the sects in the world will no longer have the upper hand over your court."
"Nanxi, the court is divided into the Royal Family and the Prime Minister's Palace."
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The vast world, the wind and snow are silent.
Li Zhaoyuan tapped his fingertips lightly on the stone table inside the pavilion:
"If it were another time, the sects would definitely attack in groups, but not now, because the father is already dead. The barbarians were exterminated, the northern sects were destroyed, the sects' strength was greatly reduced, and the Prime Minister's Mansion naturally became me. The royal family’s greatest enemy.”
Saying,
Li Zhaoyuan sighed softly:
"Old friends who have been together for the same goal for most of their lives have turned against each other at the end of their lives. Oh, the imperial power is supreme."
After finishing his words and taking a quiet breath, Li Zhaoyuan calmed down his expression and whispered:
"Well, none of this is important to us now. What is important is that Marquis Wu Cheng is not in the army. This is convenient for what I want to ask you to do."
When Nan Jinxi heard this, he realized what Li Zhaoyuan wanted to do and asked softly:
"You want me to kill someone?"
"Um."
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Nan Jinxi had a complicated look in her charming fox eyes, bit her lip, and chuckled:
"You know I won't refuse you. Tell me, who to kill?"
Li Zhaoyuan opened his thin lips lightly, and spoke the names of the two people in a gentle voice without any fluctuation.
Silence suddenly fell.
Nan Jinxi lowered his eyes:
"Why?"
"what why?"
"What good will it do you to kill them both?"
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Li Zhaoyuan slowly stood up and looked at the endless flying snow in front of him:
"The former cannot be used by me, and I am my eldest brother's biological brother and sister. If she sided with him, I would never be able to turn around in this life. As for the latter, even if I stand on the shoulders of my fathers, being able to single-handedly plan the current situation is considered a blessing. He is already a character, and Dayan will not allow a second Xu Yinhe, even if it is just possible."
Nan Jinxi was quiet for a long time and suddenly asked:
"But have you thought about the consequences?"
"as a result of?"
Li Zhaoyuan chuckled and turned his eyes: "What are the consequences?"
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Nan Jinxi suddenly fell silent.
No one knew the relationship between the two of them, and with her identity, the blame would only fall on Gu Yuan's head.
Looking at the familiar face of the man in front of her, her voice was slightly hoarse:
"Okay, I'll go, but Li Qingyan is too strong in the military formation, so I can only try to kill Xu Changtian."
Li Zhaoyuan raised his hand in his sleeve, as if he wanted to caress the woman's face, but he held it back and just said softly:
"Even if your Snow Spirit Fox's accompanying talent can successfully sneak into the army, it is impossible to kill any of them, so I am not asking you to kill them by force."
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Nan Jinxi’s eyes were filled with confusion:
"You want me to tell those sect generals that their sect will be destroyed?"
As long as the news spreads, the northern sect will inevitably counterattack on the verge of death. At that time, it will not be difficult to let Li Qingyan and Xu Changtian die in the chaos with the help of the barbarians.
Li Zhaoyuan frowned slightly:
"Although there is a chance to act like this, it will do a lot of harm to me, Great Yan, and not a single benefit."
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Nan Jinxi pursed her lips and stared at Li Zhaoyuan, waiting for his next words.
Li Zhaoyuan raised his fingertips, and an ancient bronze mirror appeared in his palm, and said softly:
"This ancient bronze mirror is a rare treasure that I obtained when I traveled around the world. I used it to kill Xu Changtian and Li Qingyan with the help of barbarians."
Nan Jinxi reached out to take the bronze mirror in confusion, but the next moment her pupils shrank slightly.
spatial fluctuations
At this moment, Li Zhaoyuan gently grabbed her hand and warned her word for word:
"Remember, you must wait until the barbarians are about to collapse before using this thing. Only in this way can you have a chance to escape during the chaos."
Nan Jinxi lowered her eyes and glanced at his big hand, and suddenly asked coldly:
"If I die during this trip, will you be sad?"
Li Zhaoyuan's fingers trembled slightly, and he let go of his hand, his long hair swaying lightly in the snowy wind:
"If it really happens, I shouldn't have the right to be sad for you, Jinxi."
Nan Jinxi slowly stood up from the pavilion and glanced at the man coldly with a pair of fox eyes:
"If you want to deceive me with your affection, then do it more thoroughly. If you want to use me as a chess piece, then be more cold-blooded. Li Zhaoyuan, your appearance now really disappoints me."
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Li Zhaoyuan remained silent and did not speak.
Nan Jinxi bit her lip hard, but whatever she wanted to say ended up being a sigh, and her slim figure turned into flying snow and disappeared into the sky.
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(End of chapter)
