Bai Qingyan nodded. Ayu was extremely considerate. At this time... it should be the time for Ayu to return to Rongdi to prepare.
On that day, Xiao Rongyan left from the Dadu Palace and returned to the inn. The Ninth Prince of Yan State and the Yan envoy packed up their luggage and returned to the country.
The Yan State, who came to propose marriage, returned in a desperate situation, which made more people in Yan State more afraid of the Ninth Prince Murong Yan, and they thought peacefully... It should be that the Ninth Prince did not allow the new Emperor Murong Li of the Great Yan to get the Great Zhou's support made the marriage apart.
On the sixth day of the ninth lunar month of the early Yuanhe year, Bai Jintong arrived at the capital.
Bai Jintong rushed back day and night, and there was no time to send someone to deliver the letter in advance.
She held the token given to her by Bai Qingqi and entered the palace smoothly...
Bai Qingyan was with Taiwei Lu, Chen Sikong, Dong Situ, and six ministers of the Ministry of Justice for lunch while discussing the government affairs, and saw Wei Zhong coming in a hurry.
Wei Zhong walked to Bai Qingyan in a few steps, covered his lips and said in a low voice to Bai Qingyan: "The third girl is back and is outside the hall."
Bai Qingyan tightened his hand holding the chopsticks, hurriedly put down the bowls and chopsticks, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said to several adults: "Discuss you first, I'll go back."
Taiwei Lu hurriedly brought several important officials to the courtesy of Bai Qing.
Seeing Bai Qingyan leaving in a hurry, Dong Qingping felt nervous: "What's wrong?"
"You are Your Majesty's uncle. If you don't know, we will have no way to know." Chen Sikong said with a smile.
"We have a meal first, and after using it, we will discuss and come up with a few countermeasures, and then we will give His Majesty a choice later..." Grand Marshal Lu said as he sat down first, picked up the dishes and chopsticks to have a meal.
Now the Minister of War Zhang Duanning held the bowls and chopsticks and couldn't help but sigh: "We are really unconventional. This is the first time I have encountered such a way of discussing state affairs with the court officials, and discussing while having a meal."
It was not dissatisfied with Zhang Duanning, but he felt it was strange. The Minister of Justice Lu Jin said: "Your Majesty went on a war with his elders when he was young. Time was tight on the battlefield, and fighting was a physical job. The King, Duke and the Generals were like this. , while discussing the plan to fight! Our Majesty is not arrogant and eats with us court officials. This is because His Majesty has not forgotten his original intention."
Zhang Duanning nodded: "When my cousin was still there, whenever I heard my cousin mention His Majesty, he would praise him and admire him."
Bai Jintong was in the side hall with a serious expression and was unable to sit and stood there. She had never had time to wash up. She was covered in dust and came to meet her elder sister in men's clothing.
Seeing the elder sister stepping into the side hall, Bai Jintong suddenly turned red in her eyes and she quickly walked towards the elder sister: "Sister!"
Bai Qingyan also took two steps forward and saw that Bai Jintong's eyes were blue and thin, and her eyes and cheeks were so thin that they were sunken. She felt very distressed and hugged Bai Jintong into her arms with force.
Chuntao followed him and was frightened, afraid that Bai Qingyan would make any mistakes. After all, Bai Qingyan is now both bodies.
"Sister..." Bai Jintong hugged her elder sister tightly and said strong nasal voice. She almost thought she would never see her elder sister again in her life.
"I've made you suffer! It's good to come back! It's good to come back!" Bai Qingyan gently stroked Bai Jintong's back and comforted her softly.
"Three Miss!" Chuntao smiled with tears in her eyes and also saluted Bai Jintong.
Bai Jintong smiled and nodded to Chuntao: "Chuntao... Your cousin asked me to bring you a letter back. The third brother told your cousin to do something extremely important, so he was unable to come back with me this time."
Chun Tao's ears turned red and she hurriedly said, "It is my cousin who should share the life of the third girl and the third young master. Chun Tao knows the importance of it!"
Bai Jintong nodded.
"Sister, I'm in southern Xinjiang... I've seen them, they're still alive... Our Bai family's sons are still alive!" Bai Jintong's tears were like beads with broken threads.
Bai Qingyan let go of Bai Jintong, held her hand and walked to the soft couch, and then ordered Chuntao to get hot tea and snacks for Bai Jintong: "Have you ever seen Aunt Third?"
"I haven't seen my mother yet! I'm in a hurry to come back, there's something important..." Bai Jintong thought of the serious business and hurriedly wiped away her tears and said, "Sister, when I came back, the Empress of Xiliang had sent someone to Tianfeng Kingdom for help.
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Bai Qingyan signaled Bai Jintong to sit down. She had heard about the Tianfeng Kingdom from Bai Jintong's letter before, and later she made a special trip to find a map.
There are many things in Tianfeng Kingdom that interest Bai Qingyan very much, such as toner that can make weapons sharper, tougher and invincible.
"I remember you said in the letter... Tianfeng Kingdom was behind the snow-capped mountain that Rongdi and Xiliang were connected and no one could cross?"
Chuntao came up with the tea, and after serving the tea, he took people out of the side hall and waited outside.
Bai Jintong nodded, dipped his fingers in the tea, and roughly drew the location of Rongdi, Xiliang, the snow-capped mountains, and the Tianfeng Kingdom on the small table of agarwood.
"The Tianfeng Kingdom is here, and its location is unique. In the past, the snow-capped mountains are isolated... For the people of Xiliang and Rongdi, the snow-capped mountains are sacred and inviolable. I deeply feel that the snow-capped mountains are the end of the sky! And the Tianfeng Kingdom on the other end of the snow-capped mountains
I also thought so, and I didn’t know that there would be other countries behind the snow-capped mountains!”
Bai Jintong circled another location next to the snow-capped mountain and pointed it with her finger: "The desert is at the end of the snow-capped mountain to the south, right in Xiliang, and no one dared to go next to the desert! I was lucky... I discovered a road,
You can travel between Tianfeng Kingdom and Xiliang, and then travel from Xiliang to Tianfeng Kingdom, you can deliver the goods from Tianfeng Kingdom to Dazhou and Dayan, as well as the previous Dawei and Daliang! Therefore, you make a lot of profits, but... bad
It was when I was in Xiliang, in order to obtain the support of the eight major families in Xiliang as soon as possible, I had to inform them of this road. The road was steep but not cold, so people were not unable to pass."
Bai Qingyan suddenly became alert: "Tell me carefully about this Tianfeng Kingdom."
"When I first arrived at Tianfeng Kingdom, I thought many things were incredible. Giant animals like this are rare in Liang Kingdom, but the elephant of Tianfeng Kingdom... is everywhere, and the size is larger than that of Daliang.
Even more huge, Tianfeng Kingdom called Xiang a big guest and a big beast. The population of this country is not as large as that of Da Zhou and Da Yan. Therefore, their army is not large, but they can use Xiang as their army."
"They trained the large and huge elephant into an elephant army, just like our cavalry, compared to the cavalry... The elephant army traveled through mountains and rivers like walking on the plains, with elephant body fitting with iron armor. The soldiers rode on the elephant's back to command the battle, and on the way... the elephant...
The army can also serve as a means of transporting food, grass and supplies. I have been to Tianfeng Kingdom for too short, and I have not seen the honor of seeing the Xiang army joining the war, but in Tianfeng Kingdom every day... the people's lives are also inseparable from Xiang.