Chapter 126: Family and Country.

It turns out that there is a reason why the little princess of the Northern Barbarians is so angry at the Western Hu State Master.

Throughout history, the Western Hu were originally a loose group, but they rose rapidly in a short period of time. Not only did they integrate the forces of all sizes in the country, but they also annexed many tribes in the Snowy Northern Barbarian Kingdom to strengthen themselves. Not only did they invade the powerful country of Nanqing several times, but they also resisted Nanqing's counterattacks and the two sides fought back and forth.

When Qing was still a small country, Xihu was a wild land with small tribes that could not even be considered a country. In addition to the fierce folk customs, there were frequent conflicts between tribes. At this time, Xihu posed no threat to Nanqing.

The Qing State was poor, and the Xihu was also poor, so the two sides did not interfere with each other and lived in harmony.

Later, with the help of Ye Qingmei, Emperor Qing rose to power and made Xihu unable to raise his head. As a last resort, the high-level power of Xihu was reshuffled, and they turned to invade the north and further west to accumulate strength.

This situation has continued until now when Yelu Xuan was promoted to Grandmaster.

Therefore, these changes brought disaster to the Northern Barbarians.

Now, the little princess is going to Northern Qi to seek a political marriage. The best result is to marry the Northern Qi emperor in exchange for the support of Northern Qi, and join forces to attack the Western Hu and curb their development. But what Xiang Gejina didn't expect was that after she met the Northern Qi emperor and just handed in the letter of credence, he rejected her without hesitation.

The reason given was also inexplicable - His Majesty the Emperor did not want to marry in recent years.

This is really confusing.

If Northern Qi was too busy resisting Southern Qing, shouldn't it have cooperated with the Northern Barbarian Kingdom through marriage? If they were worried that the Western Hu would side with Southern Qing, they wouldn't have to worry. The Western Hu and Qing were sworn enemies, and with the Qing Emperor's ambitions, how could the two countries work together?
This is why the little princess, feeling disheartened, fell in love with Li An and wanted to go all the way and kidnap him back to Beiman to be her consort.

"How come you are here, sir?"

Li An asked doubtfully.

Yelu Xuan just said to cooperate with others and stopped talking. Instead, he asked Li An: "Can't you figure it out?"

There was doubt in the words.

Hearing this, Li An's heart trembled, thinking that he was careless. The mind of a master is firm, and he is also the national teacher of a country. His wisdom and thoughts are so strange. Just by asking this question, his character image has failed.

He couldn't help but start divination again.

After a moment, he sorted out his thoughts: it should be that the Northern Barbarians wanted to unite with Northern Qi to fight against the Western Hu; the Western Hu wanted to unite with Northern Qi to fight against the Qing Kingdom, and then destroy the Northern Barbarians by the way.

Judging from Yelu Xuan's intention, he should have reached a certain cooperation with the forces behind Hongxiu Tower after failing to get a reply from Zhan Doudou, just like the little princess. That's why he rescued people today.

Thinking of this, Li An nodded in understanding, and the temperament of a charlatan returned to him.

Seeing that Li An seemed to have gained something, as if he had understood everything, Yelu Xuan could not help but be greatly surprised. Could the rumors be true?

"Are you here to find me?"

Li An suddenly asked.

"That's right!" Only then did Yelu Xuan look at Li An squarely. "Now you are also the Imperial Master of Northern Qi, and you are valued by the King of Northern Qi. If I have your help, half of the matter will be accomplished. That's why I showed up to see you now."

"Then how did you know that I would come to Hongxiu Tower?"

Yelu Xuan shook his head and said helplessly: "In fact, I didn't know you would come here, I just tried my luck. I was thinking that if I couldn't see you today, I would go to that damn Shuanglou Courtesan Competition to look for you tomorrow. I think you should go to such a grand event, after all, you are so young."

"I have only been in Shangjing for a short time and I am short of manpower. I don't even know where you live."

What he meant was that he wanted to abandon the people behind the Red Sleeve Tower and cooperate with Li An. Naturally, he would not use their manpower to help him find Li An's address.

Li An could even think of the bargaining chips for Yelu Xuan's cooperation with the people behind the Red Sleeve Tower. It was nothing more than the latter helping the former to send troops, taking over Nanqing and dividing the two countries equally, and then Yelu Xuan helping the latter to seize the throne. As expected, the housekeeper changed his face as soon as Yelu Xuan finished speaking. It was just that due to the prestige of the two masters, he did not interrupt for the time being.

"Let's talk about cooperation later. It's not a question of whether it's good or bad. The truth is that I don't have that much power. You should go find Ku He."

"Besides, now is not the right time yet."

"By the way, I will go to Qingshan where Ku He is to pay my respects. If you want to go, you can come with me."

After saying that, Li An asked his disciples to pack up the silver bills that Hong Xiangyu brought in and the silver on the gambling table, and wanted to leave.

Seeing that Li An was about to leave, the little princess Xiangge Gina hurriedly asked, "Handsome young master, are you leaving now?" Amid the coughing of the guard, she changed her words and continued, "I wonder where you live, young master. Gina can visit you someday and ask you for advice."

The little princess loved the culture of the Central Plains. Although she was born rich and was at a playful age, she had read some books that were passed to the Northern Barbarians and some poems by Li An and Fan Xian. Not only that, she also had some small ideas. After finding out where Li An lived, she would do the same as the Western Hu State Master and seek cooperation.

As for what Li An said before, that he did not have the power to influence the decision of the Northern Qi royal family, the little princess did not believe a word of it.

The most important thing is that she still wants Li An to be her consort! If she promises herself to him, Li An should help the Northern Barbarians, right? ?

Li An coughed, explained the address to the strange looks from Wang Shisanlang and others, and then walked out.

At this time, Yelu Xuan's voice came from behind.

"There are hundreds of millions of people in this world, but there are very few wise men and most fools. Those who are truly qualified to be called wise are even rarer!"

"You are still so young, you have the time and energy to do what you want. This endless curiosity will make you pursue things that are greater and more passionate than those of fools! Whether it is martial arts, medicine, divination, chess, calligraphy, poetry, or even wealth and power, they will all be within your grasp!"

"One day, you will understand that only I, a fellow Grandmaster and Imperial Master, can be your friend and best partner!"

As Yelu Xuan spoke more and more anxiously, the figures of Li An and others disappeared in the field.

Only one playful word came out:

"maybe!"

When the four of them set out on their way back home, they all began to think uncontrollably about the words of Master Xihu.

Except Hong Kaijia who still feels sorry for those young ladies
After a long while, Li An looked around and said, "I think this Xihu State Master was also a romantic, self-admiring, world-traveling, unrestrained, and lonely person in his youth, right? "

Seeing that none of the three responded to him, he couldn't help but sigh. Such a talented person, without any guidance of martial arts, without any adventure, could actually reach the level of a master by himself, which was really admirable.

Even though Yelu Xuan was promoted to Grandmaster at such an old age, perhaps his talent is higher than Ye Liuyun?

But such a person was born in Xihu and had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of his country.

Will I be like this one day?

Li An asked himself in his heart.

After that, there was silence all the way.
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