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Chapter 606 Discussion [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 41k more]

The last hour of the night (around 9pm)

royal palace,

On the palace wall,
Lanterns were hung under the eaves of the tall gatehouse, and under the lanterns stood the palace guards on duty, wearing armor and holding spears and swords.

"Squeak."

The wooden door under the gatehouse was opened.

Rong Xian, who was wearing an officer's armor and whose helmet was a little tilted, walked out while stretching lazily.

"Praise!"

There came the sound of fairly orderly footsteps.

Just then, a team of palace guards happened to be patrolling by with lanterns in hand.

"Meet the commander."

The leading sergeant bowed to Rong Xian as he walked.

Rong Xian nodded, then walked down the brick stairs towards the palace with his personal soldiers carrying lanterns.

Arriving at the gate under the palace wall,
"what!"

"drive!"

The sound of whipping horses came from the palace.

quickly,

The sound of horse hooves approaching,
Looking at the cavalrymen riding their horses and galloping through the palace gate, Rong Xian yawned calmly as if he was used to it. He turned to look at the guard on the side and asked, "Which batch is this leaving the palace?"

The lieutenant of the Imperial Guards bowed and said, "Reporting to the commander, this is the seventh batch."

Rong Xian smacked his lips and said, "It looks like something big is happening!"

The lieutenant of the imperial guards standing by looked at Rong Xian with some admiration in his eyes.

Rong Xian looked at his subordinates in the candlelight and asked in confusion, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Commander, look at your expression. Aren't you nervous when you see this situation?"

"It was fine for me to see the first batch of cavalry leaving the palace, but the more I see the ones behind, the more frightened I am. Could it be that the North and Northern Liao are fighting?"

Rong Xian waved his hand: "It's not your fault. After all, you have only been here for the past two months. You are a little surprised."

"Cousin-in-law, from what you said, there were even bigger scenes in the past?" the lieutenant of the imperial guards continued to ask.

Rong Xian glanced at the lieutenant and said, "Hey! You are on duty. Please tell me your position."

"Yes, yes, Command!"

Rong Xian looked towards the inner court of the imperial palace and said:

"When my best friend and buddy Xu Jiawulang went to Beizhou with Gu Tingye, the scene was much more dramatic than this."

"During those days, at this time, more than a dozen groups of cavalry were released."

The Imperial Guard lieutenant said in surprise, "Oh my God, more than a dozen batches."

Rong Xian nodded somewhat complacently.

"Commander, do you know what happened today?"

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After a moment of silence, Rong Xian glared and said, "Don't ask about important military matters!"

Turn around,

After it gets dark,
There were many carriages and horses running in the streets and alleys of Bianjing.

They were the important officials of the court who had been busy in the palace all night last night, and most of them had returned to their respective residences at this time.

After getting the emperor's approval, families in the capital began to communicate with each other.

Jiying Lane,
Sheng family,

In the school,
Master Zhuang sat on the Arhat chair in front of the screen, frowning as he looked at Sheng Changbai, the student closest to him.

At this moment, Changbai was looking at the book in his hand, but from his eyes, one could tell that his mind was somewhere else.

Taking his eyes off Changbai, Master Zhuang looked at the other people in the school, especially Zai Zhang and Xu Zai Jing.

When Zhuang Xuejiu was about to speak,
Outside the school,
The Sheng family's doorman walked over quickly.

After standing at the door, the servant bowed and said, "Greetings, scholar! There is a man at the door who claims to be the steward of the household of Mr. Gu, the prefect of Kaifeng, who is here to visit."

Feeling the gazes of everyone in the school, the Sheng family servant didn't dare to look back, but just lowered his head deeper and deeper.

"Please come in."

"Yes, scholar!" After the servant of the Sheng family replied, he walked out quickly.

Zhuang Xuejiu stood up, unfolded his folding fan, and said, "Everyone, please read a book first."

As he spoke, he walked out from behind the table and headed outside.

As soon as Master Zhuang left the school, Gu Tingye, Qi Heng and others started talking to each other.

"Yuan Ruo, when will your servant come back?"

Qi Heng shook his head: "Uncle, he went to my grandparents' home when I came to the Sheng family. He should be back by now."

Chang Feng behind Qi Heng interrupted, "Young Master, can Buwei really find out what happened in Bei Liao?"

Qi Heng nodded, turned around from his left side, glanced at Minglan, and said, "As long as grandpa knows, he will definitely tell Buwei."

Gu Tingye on the side smiled and nodded: "That's good!"

As he spoke, Gu Tingye looked outside and said, "I don't know why the steward of Lord Gu's family is looking for Master Zhuang."

Changbai, who was at the front, turned around to look at Zhuang Xuejiu's back, then turned back to look at his brother-in-law Zai Zhang.

Looking at Zai Zhang's expression, Chang Bai looked at Xu Zai Jing thoughtfully again.

Then, Changbai turned around, looked at the books on the table, and nodded slightly as if he had made a decision.

After a while,

There were footsteps.
When everyone looked outside,
It was Qi Heng's servant Buwei, who was walking towards him from outside the yard with his head slightly bowed.

Seeing is not doing,

Gu Tingye and Chang Feng's eyes lit up.

When Buwei entered the school, everyone only asked him two questions.

"cough."

A light cough was heard outside the school. Master Zhuang, who was frowning, walked back to the school with his hands behind his back, his face serious and a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Gu Tingye and others also quickly stopped talking and looked at Zhuang Xuejiu.

Looking at Zhuang Xuejiu's expression, Gu Tingye turned around and exchanged glances with Xu Zaijing, his eyes full of the meaning of 'Brother Jing, nothing serious will happen, right?'

Xu Zaijing shook his head slightly, not sure whether it meant 'I don't know' or 'no'.

After walking to the Arhat chair and sitting down, Master Zhuang looked at everyone in the hall. His eyes swept over Bu Wei at the back, and he relaxed his brows a little. He said, "Everyone, I believe you already know that a big thing happened in Bei Liao recently."

Xu Zaijing and others nodded.

"Well, does anyone know the specific reason?" asked Zhuang Xuejiu.

Gu Tingye and the others all shook their heads, but Xu Zaijing and Zai Zhang just looked at Zhuang Xuejiu. "Just now, my good friend sent someone to tell me the reason for the incident in Bei Liao."

When Master Zhuang said this, everyone in the school looked over.

Changbai stood up straight, as if listening attentively.

Gu Tingye, Qi Heng and Chang Feng looked at Zhuang Xuejiu with disbelief in their eyes.

The look of "Scholar, please speak quickly" was almost shouting out from his eyes.

Zhuang Xuejiao waved his folding fan, signaling everyone to calm down, then looked at Buwei behind him and said, "That's Yuan Ruo's personal servant."

"The scholar, his name is Buwei." Qi Heng shouted.

"Yes! Buwei, I just heard Yuan Ruo say that you went to Xiangyang Marquis's Mansion. Do you know the whole story?"

Buwei stood up, bowed and saluted: "Replying to the scholar, the old marquis talked to me a little."

Zhuang Xuejiu nodded and said, "Okay, tell me what you know first."

"Yes, academic."

Buwei bowed in response, then bowed to Xu Zaijing and others, and said: "The old marquis said that the Zhao family of Northern Liao and the Mongolian tribes..."

Listening to Buwei's narration, everyone in the school, except the Xu brothers, looked surprised.

After Buwei finished speaking, Zhuang Xuejiao waved his folding fan to signal Buwei to sit down, and said, "What he said is very good. This is also what I know."

"Scholar, this is too bizarre! The Zhao family of Lulong was commissioned by the Northern Liao royal family to negotiate with the Jin Kingdom. By doing this, don't the Mongolian tribes take the Northern Liao royal family into consideration?"

Before Master Zhuang could ask any questions, Gu Tingye was the first to speak.

While speaking, Gu Tingye looked at Xu Zaijing with eyes full of inquiry and agreement.

It was just a matter of looking at each other, but Gu Tingye looked at Xu Zaijing's expression and said hesitantly: "Brother Jing, you didn't know it a long time ago, did you?"

Xu Zaijing nodded slightly with an apologetic look in his eyes: "I knew it a little earlier than you, Erlang. This is a confidential matter, and I can't say more without the permission of the palace."

Gu Tingye nodded helplessly, then turned around and looked at Zhuang Xuejiu.

Zhuang Xuejiao put down the folding fan in his hand, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said, "If you have anything to say about this matter, please feel free to speak freely."

Qi Heng frowned and said, "Scholar, I think that the Mongolian tribes dared to do this, they simply treated the nobles and generals of Northern Liao as nothing!"

Gu Tingye shook his head and said, "Yuan Ruo, I heard that before the Mongolian tribes sent out their troops, Northern Liao and Jin fought with more people against fewer, but they were defeated over and over again! The old emperor of Northern Liao was even chased and killed by the Jin army, so it is reasonable that they don't take their noble family seriously."

"But what's important is that they don't take the Northern Liao clan seriously."

After the two of them finished talking,
Changbai, who was sitting in the front, said, "Scholar, the incident has already happened. I think we should be more concerned about how the incident will be followed up, and how the Northern Liao royal family will deal with the incident."

Zai Zhang looked at Chang Bai with great appreciation and said, "Scholar, I think what Chang Bai said makes sense."

Chang Feng, who was sitting behind Qi Heng, also joined in: "Scholar, the Zhao family of Lulong is a family of military commanders in Northern Liao. This family was almost wiped out. The other noble families in Northern Liao will inevitably be disappointed! This is a good time to win them over."

Hearing this, Master Zhuang rarely nodded in appreciation towards Chang Feng.

Seeing this scene, Chang Feng smiled.

Zhuang Xuejiu looked at Xu Zaijing behind Gu Tingye and said, "Zaijing, your classmates have all said it, why don't you say anything?"

Xu Zaijing bowed slightly while sitting down and said, "Student, I am thinking about what will happen next as Changbai said."

Zhuang Xuejiu smiled slightly and said, "Oh? Then what did you think of?"

Listening to what Master Zhuang said, everyone in the school looked at Xu Zaijing.

At this time, Minglan could also look at Xu Zaijing openly.

Xu Zaijing said: "Scholar, I am thinking that the peace talks between Northern Liao and Jin failed this time. We in Bianjing all knew about the Zhao family in Lulong. I think Jin knew about it earlier than us."

"Let's negotiate peace. Given the current situation and the Jin army's offensive, I'm sure Northern Liao will be the one to make concessions and give up part of its territory!"

Qi Heng looked at Xu Zaijing and asked with a puzzled look: "Brother Jing, how could you make such a guess?"

Before Xu Zaijing could speak, Gu Tingye said with a smile: "Yuan Ruo, the Kingdom of Jin and our Great Zhou are separated by the sea, and there is no land connection! Hehe, Northern Liao is different!"

Qi Heng suddenly realized something and nodded quickly: "Second uncle is right, I was thinking wrong! Now our Great Zhou has gathered a strong army in the northwest, with strong soldiers and horses. As soon as there is a chance, we will recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!"

Gu Tingye smiled and nodded.

Zhuang Xuejiu took a deep breath with some fantasy in his eyes and drank a sip of tea.

Xu Zaijing also smiled and said, "What Yuan Ruo said is right. As the Jin Kingdom was about to reap the benefits, the Mongolian tribes must have gained nothing after such a commotion."

"The Jin Kingdom was preparing for war and gathering strength. Seeing that Northern Liao and the Mongolian tribes had such a rift, it wanted to bite off a piece of meat from Northern Liao."

"I think the Kingdom of Jin will also do as Chang Feng said and increase its efforts to recruit the military families of Northern Liao."

Zhuang Xuejiao put down his teacup, stroked his beard and said, "Zai Jing, do you think anyone in the Northern Liao Kingdom would defect to the Jin Kingdom?"

Xu Zaijing nodded: "Xuejiu, there will be people who will seek refuge with you, and there will be no shortage of them!"

Gu Tingye's eyes turned, and he clapped his hands and said, "Brother Jing is right! I think there will be families like the Zhao family in Lulong who will participate in the peace talks!"

Xu Zaijing nodded with a smile, glanced at Zhuang Xuejiu, and continued, "Erlang, it's not just these people! Ambitious families or generals in Northern Liao may also be tempted by the Jin Kingdom with benefits."

Qi Heng turned his head to look at Xu Zaijing who was speaking, and nodded his head involuntarily a few times.

Changbai sat up straight with a smile on his face.

"Snapped!"

Gu Tingye clapped his hands and laughed, "Yes! Then, wouldn't the area east of Northern Liao be plunged into a state of decay?"

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded: "The best situation is as you said, Erlang!"

"So, scholar! I think that at this time, our Great Zhou should take advantage of this situation and let the northwest army advance and approach! If Northern Liao does not want to fight on both the east and west fronts, I think..."

Before Gu Tingye could continue to high-five, Xu Zaijing shook his head again and said, "I think our Great Zhou must win a battle first, and the target of the Northern Liao peace talks will be our Great Zhou!"

Gu Tingye and Qi Heng looked at each other and asked in confusion, "Brother Jing, why don't you just negotiate peace with our Great Zhou and then cede Huanzhou to us?"

Xu Zaijing looked at Gu Tingye and said, "Erlang, only after a fight can Northern Liao know whether they can defeat us and whether they should negotiate peace and cede territory."

"Only when they know that if they don't cede territory and negotiate peace, they may face the danger of national destruction, will they discuss this matter with our Great Zhou."

After thinking for a while, Xu Zaijing said: "After all, what you can't get on the battlefield, you won't get at the peace table either!"

Chang Feng nodded repeatedly and said, "Brother Jing is right! We can ally with Jin to destroy Liao, which is a great move!"

Hearing this,

Zhuang Xuejiu, who was sitting in the front, looked at Xu Zaijing's expression and said, "Zaijing, why do you seem to disagree with what Changfeng said?"

Qi Heng, who was also nodding, turned to look at Xu Zaijing in confusion.

Gu Tingye turned around and looked at Xu Zaijing, and said, "Brother Jing, I think what Changfeng said makes some sense!"

Xu Zaijing took a deep breath and said, "We in the Great Zhou can destroy the Liao Dynasty on our own, so why should we pin our hopes on the Jin Dynasty?"

Looking around, Xu Zaijing glanced at Changbai who also turned back, and said to Gu Tingye: "Erlang, when the Jin envoys came to Bianjing before, we saw their skills at the polo field!"

Gu Tingye shook his head and said, "Brother Jing, they are just elite warriors around the nobles of the Jin Kingdom. Not all of them are so powerful!"

Xu Zaijing said: "Erlang, we can't think that the enemy is weak!"

Gu Tingye thought about the Jin warriors he had seen at the polo field before, and nodded, "Brother Jing, what you said makes sense!"

After realizing what was happening, Gu Tingye asked again, "Brother Jing, you said that the Kingdom of Jin is an enemy?"

"Future enemies." Xu Zaijing added.

(End of this chapter)