Liu Mingzhi finished paying homage to all the generals of the Central Army who died in this battle, returned home, took a shower and changed clothes, then boiled a pot of wine and drank alone in the pavilion.
The sisters of Qi Yun learned what happened from their aunt Mo Rongrong, and also understood why their husband sat in the pavilion and drank by himself. It all depended on the word "sorrow".
The women discussed it and wanted to step forward to untie their husband, but in the end Qi Ya persuaded her to stop.
Qi Ya knew that what her husband needed most at this time was 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 that they are illuminated by the bright lanterns under the eaves, which is dizzying for the eyes.
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 and 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 courtyards.
Night completely shrouded the earth, with goose-feather-like heavy snow floating in the air. A man, wearing a black cloak, holding on to the hilt of his sword, walked out of the Yingzhou city gate, and slowly walked toward Shanhaiguan 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 Eagle Mouth Rock and walked slowly towards 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 about 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 silenced the Queen, and no more words from the Queen were heard in the cave.
Liu Mingzhi shook off the snow on his body and crawled 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? I won't be happy if I don't say anything!"
The Queen hesitated for a moment, nodded silently, got up and walked towards the entrance of the cave.
"Father, mother, and Yue'er are also going."
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 again. 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 in 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, 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, recalling 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 do not hand over military power can I guarantee that after Dajin dominates the world, they will not do unfair things to the people of Dalong and will not regard them 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 because I was the former King of Dragons?
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 that I feel at ease? Do I feel at ease with a former Great Dragon King? Do I feel at ease with a 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 Manchu Dynasty of the Jin Kingdom.
Can't tolerate it!
Let me ask you again, in the eyes of the people of Dalong, I turned against you and helped you, and I was a traitor who betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy. Once I was in tit-for-tat with the civil and military affairs of the Jin Kingdom and the Manchu 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 just afraid that if Liu Mingzhi is killed by you Jin people, 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 fight 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, you should first think about Rondo.
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, it could easily shake the foundation of the country.
Frankly speaking, Liu Mingzhi has never doubted Wanyan Wanyan's affection for Liu Mingzhi, but he has never underestimated the Queen of Jin's ability to serve the country and the people.
You are completely different from Yun'er and the others!
This is what 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 side by side in front of the palace gate in Yingzhou, Liu Mingzhi looked at Song Qing and others who were galloping in.
"Everyone's here!"
"We have met with 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, may I ask the commander-in-chief to summon tens of thousands of brothers to accompany him?"
"Ten thousand? That would cause turmoil."
"On Qingjun's side, three hundred cavalry are enough."