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Chapter 690: The Conditions of Loyalty

The Bazhou Quotation, which had been prosperous for many years, was still in ruins during the abduction of the Northern Yan soldiers dressed up as merchant groups on this day, but it was still a mess. Other merchant groups in the Northern Yan were expelled by Zhu Hanqing, who attacked, and the people from the Wu merchant groups were placed under house arrest by Liu Jingxuan, and even the defenders were disarmed by Qiqi, so they seemed even more deserted.

At this moment, Xiao Jingxian was accompanying Qingfeng Nian, and while walking leisurely, he would check out some goods that had not had time to move out of the stalls from time to time, and seemed to be very interested in the transactions in the Deok-shop. However, what he talked to Qingyu Nian had nothing to do with the Deok-shop, because what Xiao Jingxian asked about was the gossip between Qingfeng Nian and Ling Zhu'er and his brother and sister.

Qingfeng Nian was already thin-skinned, and on weekdays he was not as lively and active as a little monkey, so he was flirting with people in person. In the past, there were some little girls like Song Jianjia, but as they gradually became familiar with Ling Zhu'er, they became close friends. At least at most, they pointed and whispered to them behind their backs, and the expenses in person were much less.

So, at this moment, he seemed very embarrassed under Xiao Jingxian's step-by-step questioning.

Especially Xiao Jingxian's questions are all extremely simple and direct. For example, when to get a wedding, when to have a child, how many children are planned to have... God knows that he cherishes the hard-earned time to get along with him now, so how dare he think about such a long time?

Just when Senior Brother Qing, who was so heavy in the eyes of others, was almost swelling into pig liver, Xiao Jingxian suddenly laughed and said, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. Really, don't you know how shameless you are when you learn from Qianqiu?"

While I was relieved to celebrate the prosperity, I heard a familiar voice coming from behind: "Qianqiu's cheeky skin is not something that everyone can learn."

Identifying that it was Zhou Jiyue's voice, Qing Fengnian thought that no wonder he didn't notice anyone approaching. He quickly turned around and said hello, and then Zhou Jiyue nodded to him with a smile: "It's really a bit difficult to ask Junior Brother Qing, you, like a honest man, to accompany the King of Jin to visit the Bazhou Quotation. You go to the general's place, I'll stay here."

Qingfengnian was eager to make such an arrangement, but after all, Liu Jingxuan ordered him before, so he hesitated for a moment. Seeing that Zhou Jiyue's expression had no intention of joking, he could not resist the exhaustion he had just dealt with Xiao Jingxian, and immediately bowed and said, "Then I'll go back and report first!"

Seeing that Qing Fengnian ran away quickly, Xiao Jingxian stared at the back of a man for a long time, and then he said with a smile: "Jiyue, even if there is no disciple or disciple of your sect around you, you are still full of momentum. Sometimes I really can't help but wonder, when Qianqiu picked you up from the street, was it just a momentary kindness or a wise eye to recognize the pearl?"

Zhou Jiyue smiled and didn't answer Xiao Jingxian's topic at all. When she got close, she had already checked the situation around her and confirmed that there were no outsiders at this time. She asked bluntly: "The King of Jin is very interested in the court?"

"It's not about the situation, but about Liu Jingxuan." Xiao Jingxian also went straight in. Seeing Zhou Jiyue's eyes suddenly turned sharply, he smiled and shook his hand, "Jiyue, don't show such a murderous look. I didn't say what to do to Liu Jingxuan. He is the lord of Bazhou. Now, I am just a bare prince. I can't even curry favor with him. What can I do with him?"

"Where Your Highness King Jin goes, there will be unstoppable storms. This has always been like this. What's more, Qianqiu has always had a high opinion of you, so why should you belittle yourself?" Otherwise, the emperor and the old master Yue would not specifically ask her to be optimistic about Xiao Jingxian.

Xiao Jingxian narrowed his eyes and asked, "What does Qianqiu say about me?"

"He said you are a monster." Zhou Jiyue smiled and revealed Yue Qianqiu's original words directly. But the next moment, Xiao Jingxian laughed loudly, and the laughter was unscrupulous, as if he was not afraid of revealing his identity, nor was he afraid of attracting outsiders. Faced with such unexpected situation, Zhou Jiyue couldn't help but regret angering this difficult man, but it was too late.

"Qianqiu is a monster himself, so why are you embarrassed to say to me?" Xiao Jingxian laughed as if tears were coming out. Then he teased Yue Qianqiu in a good mood, and then said lightly, "For Qianqiu's comment, if I don't make trouble, wouldn't I be sorry for his monster's comment? Jiyue, I ask you, what do you think of Liu Jingxuan?"

Faced with such a sudden problem, Zhou Jiyue frowned slightly, and then said frankly: "General Liu is Qianqiu's uncle. I once heard that he was guarding the frontier and had great military achievements, but he was always hated by the top of the peak and suppressed his merits. Later, he was plotted against by the two brothers of Gao Ze and surrendered to Beiyan after being captured..."

"Okay, you don't need to say anything later, because I know much more than you!" Xiao Jing interrupted Zhou Jiyue first, and then said with a smile, "After all, during the years Liu Jingxuan was in Beiyan, probably a small number of people knew what was going on. After he and Dai Jinglan finally surrendered because their family was betrayed, they were placed in Shangjing."

"They are disciples of Xuandao Temple. Although Xuandao Temple had been removed from the list at that time, they were once powerful generals. Even after surrendering, they accepted the house rewarded by my brother-in-law and took over the family members who were betrayed to Beiyan. However, they did not use a maid and had a simple meal every day. The expenses were not based on their salary, but on their own farming and vegetables, and the female family mentored the girl's red."

This was the first time Zhou Jiyue knew that the Liu Dai family lived this kind of life in Beiyan. However, she keenly felt that Xiao Jingxian was going to say more than that. Sure enough, the next moment, Xiao Jingxian suddenly changed his mind.

"Later, Liu Dai and his two biological sons, Nan Gui, contacted Da Wu, and through Qianqiu's master, the old prime minister Yue and the eldest princess of Dongyang behind him, they successfully turned over the iron case that year, prompting the Emperor of Da Wu to make up for the re-revision of the martial arts record. If, through this result alone, they lived in the enemy camp for many years and were steadfast and unyielding. Have you ever thought about the so-called loyalty that is so absolute? Will people still think about their homeland after suffering such unjust injustice and great humiliation?"

Zhou Jiyue, who suddenly changed his expression, couldn't help but retort: ​​"Does the King of Jin feel that the two generals Liu Dai should not be concerned about their homeland at that time, but should surrender to the enemy?"

"Li Ling, who was a general in the family of three generations, did not come to the Han Dynasty. Although he planned to surrender the Xiongnu because the reinforcements were not coming, but because Emperor Wu of Han killed his three clans, he eventually surrendered to the real surrender. But wasn't it because everyone from grandfather, father, and then to himself, they all encountered unfair treatment? And Liu Jingxuan, who was born in the grassroots and learned art in Xuandao Hall, was directly betrayed by the dog officials in the court and even his family to Beiyan. Why do you think that people would be willing to run back at the risk of the family being destroyed?"

Before Zhou Jiyue could refute again, Xiao Jingxian said meaningfully: "You probably think that Liu Jingxuan and Dai Jinglan have always been put on the decorations there in Beiyan? But have you seen Xu Houcong, the former leader of the Shengong Sect? Even Xu Houcong, who has never been on the battlefield, is my brother-in-law very willing to use it, let alone Liu Jingxuan and Dai Jinglan, who are the powerful generals on the battlefield?"

"Do you think it's really because Qianqiu was jumping up and down in Beiyan last year, and because I also took advantage of the troubled waters, Xu Houcong was valued? If you think that way, you're wrong, because my brother-in-law killed countless people, but he lacked talents, and as long as the person he liked would definitely use it indiscriminately. And he once planned to give Liu Jingxuan a position to Dai Jinglan..."

Xiao Jingxian paused suddenly, and then his lips curled upwards: "It's not a general like the left, center and right of the imperial guards, but it sounds nice, but it's just a watchdog character. My brother-in-law didn't mean to force Liu Jingxuan and Dai Jinglan to fight with his homeland, but planned to give them a brand new world. He planned to put people on the eastern border of Northern Yan and fight against the Jurchens."

Hearing this, even though Zhou Jiyue had been warning herself not to listen to Xiao Jingxian's bewitching and never be successfully sowed by others, she still couldn't help but sneer: "I want someone to fight for her life. How dare I ask what kind of high-ranking official and generous salary the Emperor of Northern Yan offered?"

"Once military merit is established, you will be granted the title of Prince. There is no need to change your surname, because some of the Northern Yan are kings of different surnames!"

Even if Zhou Jiyue was determined, she still took a breath when she heard such unexpected Gao Jue. When Xiao Jingxian treasoned Nantou as the noble of the Northern Yan Kingdom, the Emperor of Dawu was dissatisfied with the public opinion and still named him King of Jin. This had caused an uproar in Dawu. However, Xiao Jingxian had a different identity in Beiyan after all, but Liu Jingxuan and Dai Jinglan were just ordinary border generals in Dawu.

For such two generals who were captured and surrendered after being helplessly, could the Northern Yan Emperor pay such a high price?

Zhou Jiyue told herself in her heart that she would never be lured into the trap by Xiao Jingxian, but rationally told her that what Xiao Jingxian said was not impossible. Because Yue Qianqiu had complained to her more than once about the whim of Emperor Beiyan, and it was unpredictable that such a monarch would probably do that kind of thing.

What's more, Yue Qianqiu's adoptive father, the Yue Xiaosi, who married Princess Beiyan, isn't he also a prince?

Seeing that Zhou Jiyue didn't say anything, Xiao Jingxian said slowly: "So, Liu Jingxuan and Dai Jinglan did not agree at that time, and they were only willing to take a free position in Shangjing Qu, and my brother-in-law had no objection. I was surprised. After all, as we all know, Emperor Beiyan was a generous person, but also a very decisive person. If you don't want to use it for him, then you will die. This is his purpose."

After hearing this, Zhou Jiyue finally confirmed that Xiao Jingxian was indeed hinting, or even saying that he was having problems with Liu Jingxuan and Dai Jinglan. Although it was difficult for her to accept such a conclusion from the perspective of love, after all, she and Liu Fangyuan and Dai Zhanning didn't know each other when they were young, and now they have been together for two years and are close to each other. In addition, Liu Dai is a senior of Xuan Daotang, so she doesn't want to believe this at all, but she has to think about the consequences if there are any consequences.

Her heart was turbulent, and she seemed very calm on her face: "The King of Jin did not say anything before, why did he point out this matter when he arrived in Bazhou now?"

"How did Liu Jingxuan have nothing to do with me in the past, but now... he is in Bazhou and has his crown prince with him. Don't you think if you are surprised, it is a major event that shocks the world?" Xiao Jingxian looked at Zhou Jiyue with a smile, and then said lightly, "But I just remind you, but I didn't determine whether Liu Dai and the other two really have anything to do with Beiyan. You might as well discuss it with Qianqiu."

Seeing Xiao Jingxian turn around and leave, Zhou Jiyue felt upset and once again deeply realized that Yue Qianqiu's evaluation of Xiao Jingxian's evil spirit was correct at all. He aroused her doubts in just a few words, and most importantly, she couldn't prove it yet!

She even doubted whether Old Master Yue and Princess Dongyang knew about this. If they knew, what kind of thoughts were they with agreed to the emperor to send Prince Wu to Bazhou.

She had experienced the darkest years of the warrior, and what she least wanted was the change in the current situation. Moreover, because of Liu Jingxuan and Dai Jinglan's sensitive background and experience, once they really had any problems, it would be a pain that everyone could not bear!

The irritable Zhou Jiyue finally returned to the gate of the Yishishi in the market, but saw Liu Ling personally guarding there with a few personal soldiers. Thinking that Liu Jingxuan had left most of his personal soldiers in Bazhou City before, most of the people on this trip were from Bazhou Army, but just saw that their attitude towards the officials and soldiers in the market clearly shared the same hatred for the enemy. She felt in her heart that Liu Jingxuan would indeed lead the troops, and then she strode forward.

When Liu Ling saw Zhou Jiyue coming, he hurriedly went forward. Knowing that Yue Qianqiu and Zhou Jiyue were the commanders of the crown prince, he was definitely the confidant of His Royal Highness, so he did not dare to despise him because she was a woman. Hearing Zhou Jiyue asked if there was any news on Zhu Hanqing, the scouts found whether there were Northern Yan soldiers around the site, and he explained in detail.

"General Zhu's fireworks message has not been returned, but the scout has already reported it. There is nothing unusual within three miles around the quarantine. Please rest assured, Lord Zhou, you must know that General Zhu has obtained the true teachings of General Zhu, and there will be no problems with such a small formation."

Zhou Jiyue nodded slightly, then asked Liu Jingxuan was still talking to Feng Zhen, and Yue Qianqiu and others had not come out, so she was not in a hurry to go in, so she stood at the door and chatted with Liu Ling.

She served as the leader of the Bailian Sect for many years. She was majestic when she was majestic, but she could make people feel like spring breeze when she was kind. In addition, she did not have the reputation of cheating people like Yue Qianqiu, and she asked about trivial matters in life. Therefore, Liu Ling was not very cautious about her, and her voice gradually became a little relaxed. When she asked about Liu Jingxuan's daily life at home, he was even less prepared.

After a while, Zhou Jiyue learned that in addition to Liu Fangyuan who had been left in Jinling, Liu Jingxuan's wife also lived in Bazhou City with a son and two daughters. She lived a simple life and lived in a quiet place. She did not participate in the social interactions between officials and gentry in the city in the past. She would occasionally send things to the Dai family on the border. It is said that she once agreed to marry each other.

Just when Zhou Jiyue wanted to continue asking which young man and lady the marriage was, she suddenly noticed something inside. When she looked up, Yue Qianqiu ran out excitedly, and then pulled her in without saying a word.

After leaving Liu Ling far away and making sure that there was no one around, Yue Qianqiu let go of his hand and grinned at Zhou Jiyue.
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