Wen Dun returned to the inn, smiled and nodded with Captain Da Chu who was guarding outside before going in, "The captain looked unfamiliar, and Da Chu changed his defense again?"

"Yes, it was changed shortly after my lord left."

Wen Dun smiled slightly, "Da Chu is cautious."

The generals and soldiers guarding the inn are always changing defenses, and they are often replaced by a new batch of newcomers after they have established a good relationship with those soldiers.

"His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince," Wen Dun couldn't help but stop when he saw the Fifth Prince practicing arrows in the yard. Seeing his gloomy expression, he couldn't help persuading: "Your Highness, don't worry, you will be able to go out in a while."

The fifth prince dropped his bow and arrow, sat down on the steps and said, "Cousin, don't comfort me, you have been in Dachu for almost a month, but Dachu agreed to release me from the prison and bring me here to be imprisoned." In addition, the peace talks have not made any progress, and judging by Da Chu's current aggressive attitude, it is not certain whether we will be able to fully recover."

Wen Dun was silent, waved his servants back, and then sat next to him and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I can feel that Da Chu doesn't want to start a war. Since we have this consensus, our peace talks can always be concluded." .”

"The conditions proposed by Da Chu are so harsh, how sure is cousin that he can convince the country?" The fifth prince looked down at the steps under his feet, his eyes were slightly red, and said: "Brother Wang's throne is not secure yet, if you sign this paper Ministers and generals will definitely have opinions about the peace treaty, and maybe Uncle Wang and Brother Three Wang will take advantage of it."

At that time, compared to Da Chu, I'm afraid that people in the country don't want him to live even more, right?

"Since it is a negotiation, there is naturally an opportunity to bargain. Don't worry, I will try my best to make the peace treaty within the acceptable range of our country. We Tatars will definitely not start a war in the near future," Wen Dun said in a low voice: "Our country has exhausted Great."

The fifth prince was depressed, and after holding it in for a long time, he still didn't hold back and asked, "Cousin, do you think it was arranged by the father?"

Winton was silent.

The fifth prince observed his expression, what else did he not understand?

He couldn't help wiping away his tears, "It is said that the first emperor was cruel to the present, and he almost killed him when he was still the crown prince, but now looking at the father, why is he not cruel?"

"At any rate, the first emperor found a reason to kill his son openly, but he, knowing that I would never come back, still sent me here. He loved me so much when he was in the royal court. Looking back today Are they all fake?"

Wen Dun patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are too extreme. After all, you are the son of the late king. His love for you is definitely not fake, it's just..."

"Isn't it more important to kill the first emperor, mess up the Great Chu court, and take the opportunity to attack the Great Chu?" The fifth prince laughed at himself while touching his tears: "Yes, if the assassination is successful, the emperor and the prince are dead, then we can only The fourth prince inherits the throne. The fourth prince has a handle in their hands, so don’t worry about him disobeying his father. The other princes and ministers of Dachu will definitely not accept the fourth prince’s ascension to the throne. At that time, there will inevitably be fighting and civil strife. When they fight hard, they will go south in one fell swoop , maybe it can be another day."

"Even if it doesn't work, the emperor will be suspicious of the fourth prince and the crown prince, and the battle for succession will be even more serious. Da Chu will also have internal conflicts. Just sacrificing one son, a few warriors can achieve this effect. Father must be very happy, right?"

Winton was silent.

The fifth prince sneered: "It's a pity that the big Chu didn't get into chaos, but our country got into chaos first."

"Your Highness," Wen Dun said, wrapping his arms around his shoulders, "No matter what, Tatar is your motherland. We must unite as one and be vigilant against Great Chu. No matter how bad the former king was, he has already passed away. gone."

Moreover, his death was indirectly caused by the second prince, the current Khan, and if one pays for another, the fifth prince's revenge for being an abandoned son can be regarded as revenge.

The fifth prince also thought of this, and it was precisely because of this that he was even more sad, he said with tears: "Cousin, tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"Do you know that Qin Xinfang has a nephew?"

"I know," the fifth prince straightened his legs and said, "I saw him in the hunting ground at that time. I heard that he was very tall and powerful. But I think his wife is even stronger. My cousin was not in the hunting ground at that time." I don't know, her lightness kung fu is so good, it's even faster than the arrow of a master archer, and she just saved the present under the arrow."

"I've seen it before." Wen Dun thought of the two flying in the lotus today, nodded and said, "Qinggong is really powerful, I want you to make friends with them."

The fifth prince looked at him dumbly and said: "Cousin, are you kidding me? He is the old nephew of Ge now, and I am the prince of the enemy, a prisoner of Da Chu. I can't even walk out the door of the inn. How can I go out?" Befriend them?"

"I have asked people to inquire about their preferences. Although you are imprisoned here, you are free in the inn. You are also a prince. When the time comes, write a message to them and the couple. I think they will not refuse. "

"Cousin, you don't know that Gu Jingyun is very arrogant. I heard that he doesn't like to associate with the powerful people in Beijing. He doesn't read all the posts handed to his house. Except for a few mansions with relatively good relations, he almost communicates with officials. We have no other contacts, how could such a person accept my invitation?"

"Because it's his uncle who is negotiating peace with us now," Wen Dun said with a smile: "Although he is an official in the court, he does not hold real power, and although you are an enemy prince, you are already a prisoner. There are several conditions. , Gu Jingyun doesn't have to shy away from being with you."

"It's not about being shy, but why is he willing to associate with me?"

"Didn't you already say that, because it's his uncle who is negotiating peace with us now. I heard that he grew up with his uncle and loves him like a father and son. It's been almost a month, and the peace talks have not made any progress. I want to be sure in a hurry. Not only us Tatars, Da Chu must be anxious too."

The fifth prince was thoughtful.

Wen Dun smiled with the corner of his mouth upturned, Qin Xinfang was patient, but this is the big capital of Chu, with all the officials in court, he can hold his breath, other officials may not be able to hold his breath.

With so much pressure on Qin Xinfang, he didn't believe that the young Gu Jingyun could sit still.

The person who went to inquire about the news came back at night, "... Except for going to the court, entering the palace and going to the academy, Gu Jingyun has almost no places he likes to go. He mostly stays at home, and occasionally goes shopping with his wife, but it is limited to listening In the scope of Sheng Street, most of the shops are bookstores and other antique shops."

"Mrs. Gu's life needs to be richer. Apart from her family and Qin's residence, she also visits the shop every once in a while. According to the investigation of her subordinates, she seems to be in the cloth business with her teacher, investing a lot of money. Recently, she went to the shop. more time."

"What about their hobbies?"

The subordinates hesitated for a long time and said: "It should be a book. The couple never leave their books every day. They should love reading very much."

Culture is the shortcoming of Tatar. When it comes to books, which place can compare with the books in the Central Plains? What's more, Gu Jingyun was born in the Qin family, so why would he have no books to read?

Wen Dun rubbed his forehead.

The fifth prince's eyes lit up and he said, "Cousin, don't you also love to read books, many of which are collected by Wang Ting, which are all passed down from our ancestors and warriors, and the people who wrote the books are all from my grassland. The people still use our characters, Gu Jingyun must have never seen them before."

Wen Dun's eyes lit up slightly, and he stood up and said, "Then I'll find two unimportant books and send them to him. After a while, you can write a post and send it to the servants, and invite him to come to the house tomorrow, and you don't have to. What to do, just chat and drink tea with him, and build a good relationship."

Wen Dun knew that it was impossible to get any promises and benefits from Gu Jingyun, so he wanted an attitude from him, an attitude that he didn't hate the Tatars and was willing to be friends with them.

In this way, he can find a topic to chat with Qin Xinfang next time when the two countries have peace talks again, at least let him soften his attitude first.

Wen Dun is planning here, enjoying a delicious dinner with Li Baolu, and Gu Jingyun, who is walking back slowly, is also talking about Wen Dun to Li Baolu, "Wendun is very smart, he knows that I am my uncle's nephew, so he definitely wants to find it from me." Breakthrough, I don't want to stay in Beijing, you and I will go out of the city with me tomorrow to Qixia Temple for two days of Qingxiu."

"Aren't you going to the court meeting in the future?"

"Ask for leave, I have nothing to say anyway." Gu Jingyun absented himself from work with confidence, shook the hand he was holding and said, "Don't you dislike the hot weather? The most famous place in Qixia Temple is the three cold springs. Living on the mountain is very cool, we will go to stay for two days, wait for the peace talks to resume, and we will come back after the hottest two days have passed."

"Good idea," Li Baolu asked, "Then what should I pack?"

"You don't need to clean up anything, as long as you follow me," Gu Jingyun said with a light smile, "You must be exhausted today, go back and wash up and go to bed."

Gu Jingyun really didn't ask Li Baolu to clean up, but instead instructed Heart to clean up the two big burdens.

Li Baolu sat on the edge of the bed with disheveled hair and asked, "Only these two bags?"

"Enough is enough. We eat and drink in the Taoist temple, so we don't need to worry about it."

"Doesn't that have hearts?"

"No, just you and me."

Li Baolu nodded when she heard the words, climbed into bed and lay down to sleep. She has been very excited today, but she is indeed sleepy now.

Gu Jingyun waved his heart away, sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her for a while, then covered her stomach with a thin blanket.

There is also an ice basin in the corner of the room, but Gu Jingyun doesn't think it has much effect, it's just that when the wind blows in, the transpiration of water vapor blows it to make it feel cooler.

Fortunately, they all have internal strength, otherwise this summer would be really difficult.

Gu Jingyun turned around to wash up, sat by the window to dry her hair before going to bed and lay down next to Baolu, looking at his wife who was sleeping soundly with her mouth slightly open, Gu Jingyun couldn't help but kissed her on the forehead, turned around and turned off the light and hugged her. Fell asleep in my arms.

Gu Jingyun would not attend eight times out of ten court meetings, and the two times he attended either quarreled with others or raised opinions that made people quarrel, so not many people liked him to attend court meetings.

So he didn't have to come forward to ask for leave in person, he just had to hand over a leave request slip, and the official department readily approved it.

He also said that Gu Jingyun can rest as long as he wants, after all the task of teaching the prince is onerous, he is young and weak, it is normal that he cannot endure it.

For the sake of the country and the people of Dachu, please take care of your health, Mr. Gu.

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