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Chapter 678
The horseshoe stepped across the loess, leaving Fenglingdu's chaos behind.

Zhang Wenjing glanced back at the fire, and pressed her forehead to Li Xia's cheek.

As soon as her ears warmed up, she hurriedly turned around again, thinking to herself: "I'm engaged... I'm engaged..."

Gradually, Li Xia slowed down the horse.

The night wind blowing in front of him became much gentler, and he could still hear the roar of the Yellow River.

After four years, I rode with him again and galloped across the vast land, but the scene of that year is still clear...

"Your riding skills have improved a lot. You didn't know how to save horsepower before."

"I treated you too harshly before, are you angry?"

"Hmph, I don't know who was captured by whom later. By the way, I did something a while ago and saved a little girl."

"I know, Luoyang Yongning Zhang's daughter, I have met her before." Li Xia said, "She likes you very much."

"Huh? Like me?"

"When I mentioned you, I blushed and said you were handsome and handsome."

"Of course." Zhang Wenjing pointed to the other side of the Yellow River, and said, "The situation at that time, she was sitting in a carriage, and the Mongolian wanted to kidnap her, and I came here with a horse and a sword... Do you feel familiar?"

"Ok?"

Zhang Wenjing refused, and put his head on Li Xia's chin.

"I really don't remember?"

"Remember." Li Xia asked: "So, Yongning Zhang fell in love with you because of this scene?"

"I won't talk to you anymore."

Even though she offended Li Xia, Zhang Wenjing still felt happy.

She has many, many things she wants to say that have accumulated over the years, but she is not in a hurry anymore. When she leaves here, she still has a lot of time to speak slowly.

……

Finally, when they reached a gentle place on the river bank, Li Xia reined in the reins.

"It's here."

He got off the horse first, raised his hand, and hugged Zhang Wenjing down.

"I can do it myself."

"Didn't I bring it up for you before?"

"Tch." In the night, she couldn't see her blushing, but she looked up and asked, "Where's the boat?"

"It'll be there in a while." Li Xia reached out to straighten Zhang Wenjing's messy hair.

Zhang Wenjing honestly let him deal with it, turned around and ran away, and went to the carriage to talk to Yuan Yan, unwilling to get close to Li Xia in front of others.

Li Xia smiled and looked around, feeling a little bit reluctant to go to the north bank of the Yellow River.

To be honest, these few days are the most relaxing time of the year. I don't have a lot of official business. I just need to find a way to talk to girls when I wake up every day.

After a while, a big boat sailed across the river and came to this side.

This place is called "bank", and it is not a good ferry, so it can only barely berth.

If you get on the boat, there is a section of the road that needs to be waded.

Li Xia was thinking about carrying Zhang Wenjing over for a while, when Lin Zi shouted on the big boat: "Put down the boat to pick up people."

Doing things too well...

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"It's a nice boat."

Li Xia boarded the boat, settled Zhang Wenjing and the others, and after walking around, stood still at the bow of the boat and gave a compliment.

Lin Zi was quite proud, patted the mast, and said: "The entire Pujin Ferry is the largest ship."

"Is the rest burnt?"

"It's burned. With Lian Xixian's letter, I arranged for the people to load the stone resin on the boats, saying that they were going to save people, and the fire started immediately. The ferry was so crowded that no one could put it out... ...I also arranged for eight masters to steal some soldier talismans and sneak into Jiezhou, and after hiding them for a while, they can deliver the news of Shanxi to the general.”

"well done."

"Master, are you going back now?"

"Wait a minute, Lian Xixian... is here."

The sound of horseshoes came from the west, and after a while, several knights appeared on the shore.

This is what Li Xia and Zhang Yanxiong agreed to send Lian Xixian here while taking advantage of the chaos.Considering that Zhang Yanxiong might kill someone to silence him, he asked Zhang Wenjing to send someone to watch over him, and arranged for two people to be among them.

……

Lian Xixian was no longer as radiant as when he came here. He was wearing mourning clothes, his hands were bound, and he slumped on board the boat, bowing his head in silence.

Li Xia stepped forward to untie the rope on his body, and asked, "Brother Shanfu, has a relative passed away?"

"Jiaci... is gone."

"Condolences."

Li Xia was also surprised and comforted, not knowing what to say.

He had already seen the blood on the corner of Lian Xixian's mouth, and knew that he was vomiting blood in recent days.

In fact, this also disrupted Li Xia's plan.

After a long time, it was Lian Xixian who spoke first, with a gloomy tone and a sad expression.

"Feiyu sent me to the north bank of the Yellow River and brought me back again, killing two birds with one stone... Not only did I receive the girl from Zhang's family, but also ruined my counterattack arrangement... You won."

"Yes, originally, there is another purpose, which is to make you feel disheartened about Kublai Khan."

Lian Xixian raised his head and asked, "How do you plan to recruit me?"

Li Xia asked back: "Say it now? It's better to wait for you to calm down."

"Jiaci left in July, and after two months, my son hasn't returned yet...Let's talk about the immediate matter first."

Having said that, Lian Xixian is still fascinated.

"Alright." Li Xia said, "Brother Shanfu should also see the shortcomings of the Mongolian system during this trip."

"system?"

Li Xia was already prepared to deal with Lian Xixian's eloquent eloquence, but unexpectedly the other party was in such a state at this time, the atmosphere of the conversation became much depressed.

But a prepared statement has to be said.

"Hu has no luck for a hundred years, and the grassland regime is often 'its prosperity is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden'. The characteristics of Mongolia are not much different from those of the Huns and Turks in the past. When fighting, a large-scale detour is interspersed That's all. Genghis Khan only twisted the ropes of the Mongols, allowing them to discover that there is a vast land outside the grassland that can be conquered, so that the Mongols can work together... This is why Mongolia has grown rapidly.

But can such a regime last long?The unity kneaded by the "desire to conquer" will collapse like a thunderbolt.The bloody turmoil between the Mongolian clansmen is not unique in recent years.After Wo Kuotai's death, the Mongols' butcher's knives have already begun to chop on brothers' heads. Brother Shanfu knows this better than me.May I ask if the dispute between Kublai Khan and Brother Ali is the "dispute between the Han system and the old system" that you keep saying?Where is Kublai Khan's kingly spirit? "

Li Xia pointed to the north bank of the Yellow River.

"Look at this land under Mongolian rule. Is there a system of long-term peace and stability? It's just a way for robbers to divide the spoils. The tens of millions of people are just stolen goods. It’s not that I have the ability, and I don’t need it. Here, there are only a bunch of minions and puppets who collect the stolen goods from the robbers, and their minds are only on delivering money to the master and preserving that poor power.

How can such a dirty and rotten system last for so long?Why prosper?How can brother Shanfu achieve his ambition?Xiao He was an official of swords and pens in Qin Dynasty, but in Han Xing, he was the top of all officials and gave voice to later generations, not only because of his ability to govern the world, but also because he assisted Liu Bang. "

Lian Xixian listened silently, and said slowly: "I have always known that the Mongolian system is not prosperous. What I did was to establish a unified system..."

"Even if Brother Shanfu really made it for Kublai Khan to found a country, his country will not last long or prosper, and it is completely different from Brother Shanfu's ambition. There is a lot of resistance, as you have seen, there are very few dynasties in history that have such a state in just three generations." There are so many blood-sucking clan nobles, three generations have no long-term peace and stability, and three generations only know how to kill... Its achievements have long been preordained."

Lian Xixian said: "Your Majesty already intends to change the system, and Prince Zhenjin is indeed..."

"You said that the prerequisite for me to succeed is that everything will go well in the next ten or 20 years. How much pressure from the Mongolian clan did Kublai Khan and Zhenjin face? They are not as determined as I am. You and them before Conflicts of belief are inevitable."

"The commander-in-chief, why don't you talk about the kindness between your majesty and me?"

"You should know how much Kublai Khan trusts you." Li Xia said, "In the first battle of Guanlong, your victory is a great achievement, and your defeat is a great mistake. This time, you have taken refuge in me on this trip to the north." I won’t talk about how he will treat you, you can think for yourself.”

The conversation this time was much more sluggish, but in fact, before Lian Xixian came, there was already a tendency...

He counted the time, and his mother's death was probably at the end of the First World War in Lintao, and the news of Wang Liangchen's ambush had just been sent back to the north. Yanjing covered the news, hoping that he would continue to rule Guanlong.

Afterwards, the news of retreating to Guanlong came back, and Yanjing hoped that he could go back to Ding You.

So decent, decent enough for him, decent enough for the king.He had to suspect that there was something else hidden about this matter.

This hidden secret may not exist...but with suspicion, it is no longer possible for the monarch and his subjects to trust each other as before.

The fact that he surrendered to Li Xia is already conclusive evidence.In addition, Ahema presides over Shanxi.If it falls into the hands of Ahema, he will definitely be stigmatized, and his family's life may be affected.

Ten years of kindness and righteousness...

Sitting on the bow of the boat and thinking like this for a long time, Lian Xixian suddenly asked, "How much trust can Li Shuai give?"

"What kind of trust does Brother Shanfu want?"

"I want to go back to Yanjing to pay homage to my family..."

Lian Xixian stopped talking halfway through.

He didn't fully decide whether to join Li Xia, but his tenacity made him unwilling to die unjustly at the hands of Ahema, and what he wanted to do most at this time... was indeed to go back to the funeral.

"it is good."

Li Xia had already agreed directly, and asked again: "Do you need me to send someone to escort you?"

"No, I have many old friends in the Northland who can help me."

"can."

"Aren't Li Jieshuai worried that I'm going to flee back, get rid of the suspicion, and continue to be your enemy?"

Li Xia pointed to the river bank, and said, "Seeing brother Shanfu wearing mourning clothes, I didn't order the boat to sail... let's go, I believe brother Shanfu will come back."

He didn't say anything more, it was almost impossible for Lian Xixian to gain Kublai Khan's trust.

But if you really want to clear the suspicion, the best way is to pretend to surrender Li Xia, and find a chance to bring his head back... Lian Xixian didn't do this, and he is known as "Lian Mencius".

Lian Mencius, this is exactly what Li Xia needs.

He doesn't need a prince who transports five families of silk for the Mongolian clan every year. This kind of spoilsman just wants to surrender, and it is nothing more than a one-shot beheading.

Only those with similar ambitions are worthy of his recruitment and trust.

Lian Xixian was silent for a moment, and bowed to him.

"Thank you Li Jieshuai for your kindness."

He made the distinction very clearly... Li Xia dealt with him, this was his position.But Li Xia didn't have the position to help him, if he helped, that was kindness.

Li Xia accepted it calmly, and asked Lin Zi to bring two horses.

"Brother Shanfu, please go back early, Guanzhong is full of waste and affairs are complicated, and you still need to let go of your scruples and show your strength."

……

Lian Xixian led the horse to disembark, because of Li Xia's last sentence, he couldn't help but recall the Guanzhong policy arranged in recent days, and those reforms that he wanted to do but couldn't do for many years, and his heart became hot.

This night has passed, and to him, it is already a new chapter...

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"Huh? Gone?"

"Will vote for me again."

"Have this confidence?"

"Have."

As the boat was heading towards the Yellow River, Li Xia was about to turn back to the cabin when Zhang Wenjing came out.

After finally meeting each other, she didn't want to just go to sleep like this, she wished to have more conversations.

Li Xia took a cloak and put it on her, and the two sat on the deck looking east, waiting for the sunrise, chatting casually.

"After today, I will truly take Guanzhong. After defeating Lian Xixian's counterattack plan, I will have him to help me deal with Ahema and Shangting in the future, so that I can let go... At least, I can visit Chang'an City gone."

"If my fifth brother knew that Mr. Lian, who had such a high reputation, had defected to you, his jaw would drop in shock."

"Normally, the situation is like the Yellow River. When it flows, gradually hundreds of rivers will flow in. Of course, more and more people will join me in the future."

"Like sister of the Yuan family? If you didn't become popular, she wouldn't come to you just because of a couple of poems with Mr. Yishan?"

"Smart, I have become powerful, and the small things I did in the past can be meaningful. And I do the right things, and I will gradually win people's hearts in the future."

"But I'm not here for you, I just want to ask you... um... the letter of appointment before Chinese Valentine's Day last year..."

At the end of Zhang Wenjing's words, her voice gradually lowered.

Li Xia said, "Let me show you something first..."

He reached into his arms, took out a piece of colored note, and handed it to her.

Zhang Wenjing caught a glimpse of the word "Lovesickness" on the paper, blushed, and said, "I didn't write it."

"But I want to marry the talented woman who wrote this poem, and I'm afraid her family will not agree."

"Well... if her family has already accepted your betrothal gift, I'm afraid that if she regrets the marriage again, it's just a word... I don't want to talk to you anymore."

"Wait a little longer and watch the sunrise on the Yellow River."

Zhang Wenjing was pretending to leave, but was gently pulled by Li Xia, and when she turned her head, she saw the sunrise in the east, the river rushing, and the sky and the earth widening.

"In this situation, I think of a Tang poem... The Yellow River with nine bends and thousands of miles of sand, the waves sweeping and the wind blowing from the end of the world."

"What about the last two sentences?"

"The last two sentences, forget."

"I don't believe that a talented woman will forget."

"Not a talented woman, but barely a talented woman. If you ask for advice, the last two sentences... I still won't read it to you."

Zhang Wenjing let Li Xia wrap her hand in her palm, recalling the "waves and winds blowing from the end of the world" along the way, and only continued to read the poem in her heart...

Now go straight to the Milky Way, and go to the house of the Morning Glory and Weaver Girl.

(End of this chapter)