But Xiao Rong was also staring at him, his eyes suspicious and vigilant. It was obvious that he had discovered Qu Yunmie's attitude and was ready to confront him.
Qu Yunmie: “…”
Well, he is a real man and he will not argue with a weak scholar.
Qu Yunmie closed his mouth, his eyes wandering around the Chilong Sword again, still looking a little unwilling, but he endured it and turned to talk about his own weapon: "It is indeed a good weapon, but it may not be as good as my Xueyinchou Spear."
Xiao Rong suspected that he was trying to provoke him into sharpening the sword and then letting him compete, so he didn't agree with him at all. Instead, he asked him: "There is something I have wanted to ask the king for a long time. Why is the king's weapon called the Snow Drinking Clash Spear?"
He knew that Qiu Mao was a kind of weapon, so why did he add "Xueyin" in front of it? You should know that after Qu Yunmie declined, the scholars criticized him. One of the reasons was that he named his weapon "Xueyin", which means that he likes snow and freezing winters. He is anti-human and he deserves to die a bad death.
There are many crimes that are more outrageous than this one. The scholars rushed to convict him, one reason was to please the new power at that time, and the other was to make a name for themselves. Just like Xiao Rong thought at the beginning, to take advantage of the popularity and loudly criticize the once powerful King of Zhenbei. It was also a way for them to quickly come into the sight of King Chenliu, King Dongyang and others.
Qu Yunmie had never heard of this question before. He was stunned for a moment, then answered: "Because the person who forged it lived in Xueyin Hall, the weapons he forged were all called this name, Xueyin Sword, Xueyin Knife, and Xueyin Enemy Spear."
Xiao Rong: “…”
This was truly an answer he had never thought of.
Xiao Rong almost wanted to laugh after hearing this: "Then why have I never heard of the Snow Drinking Sword and the Snow Drinking Knife?"
Qu Yunmie's expression changed slightly, becoming somewhat proud, but as if he was unwilling to show it: "Because the weapon forged by this person is too heavy and difficult to use, even if someone else buys it, they will just take it back and put it in the house as a decoration. Only I can use it every day."
After finishing speaking, Qu Yunmie lowered his eyes and drank tea again, but Xiao Rong clearly saw his eyes move towards him.
This time Xiao Rong really couldn't help laughing, but when he laughed, he just curled his lips slightly, making it difficult to tell why he was laughing.
Qu Yunmie's suspicious nature began to take effect, and he suspected that Xiao Rong was mocking him.
Xiao Rong didn't explain anything. After he finished laughing, he leaned back on the fluffy chicken feather pillow. Qu Yunmie frowned when he saw this. His five senses were sharper than others. Xiao Rong had washed and dried the chicken feathers twice. He thought the smell was very faint and could not be smelled as long as he didn't get close. But Qu Yunmie was sitting so far away from him and still felt that the pillow had a strong smell.
And as a pillow it is very big and square. How can there be such a strange pillow?
Qu Yunmie would act unhappy from time to time, Xiao Rong was too lazy to care about him, he just sat comfortably, and then mentioned something to Qu Yunmie: "If the king has time, can you write a few letters? Regarding the attack on Xianbei, I think that the Zhenbei Army should not be the only one to contribute. Since we are all from the Central Plains, we should work together to attack the Hu people."
Qu Yunmie: “…”
He would not be so selfish even in such a matter. After all, there were a lot of Xianbei people, nearly 200,000 of them. Even if he killed them all in a year, he could not kill them all. So he had no objection to sharing the number with others to take revenge together.
The problem is that even he himself knows that outsiders cannot hate the Xianbei as much as he does, and they are just waiting to take advantage of the situation.
Thinking of this, Qu Yunmie said: "It's useless to write it, they can't come."
Xiao Rong raised his eyebrows: "Why is the king so sure?"
Qu Yunmie didn't know how to explain it, he just knew that this was an obvious thing. But this time his silence was of no use, Xiao Rong kept looking at him, insisting that he explain it.
Qu Yunmie: "...In the eyes of others, I am no different from the Xianbei Emperor."
Letting the two of them consume themselves is what those people would like to see most.
Xiao Rong was stunned. He didn't expect Qu Yunmie to hit the nail on the head, nor did he expect Qu Yunmie to know about this.
He knows it but still does it without hesitation. Should we say he is free and easy or stupid?
Xiao Rong was silent for a while, then he sat up and looked at Qu Yunmie carefully: "Your Majesty, what you said is biased. The Xianbei Emperor is the mortal enemy of all Central Plains people, but Your Majesty is not. Your Majesty is also a Central Plains person, but...Your Majesty is closer to the Xianbei and has more feuds than others, so naturally you end up on this side of the chessboard. If it were Sun Renluan or He Tingzhi, it would be the same. They don't hate Your Majesty, but everyone is calculating for themselves, so they have to abandon those who may threaten them."
Qu Yunmie frowned, not understanding why Xiao Rong told him this.
He doesn't care whether those people hate him or not.
Xiao Rong: "...May I ask, Your Majesty, what kind of person do you think the King's uncle is?"
Qu Yunmie thought about Sun Renluan's face. Although his expression was not very good, he still gave an objective answer: "He still has some backbone."
Xiao Rongmo, his evaluation is actually a bit low. In the eyes of later generations, Sun Renluan can already be regarded as a great hero.
After all, after the Yong Dynasty moved south, Emperor Guangjia quickly fell seriously ill, and the entire Southern Yong court was walking on thin ice. If they were not careful, the country could be destroyed. It was Sun Renluan who integrated the court. It was also Sun Renluan who tried his best to mediate when the entire north was controlled by the Hu people, trying to split the Hu people's alliance, and led the Southern Yong army to defend the Huai River.
The Huai River is not easy to cross, but it also requires the general to be strong. Otherwise, it’s just a river and it will be crossed sooner or later.
It can be said that it was because he held on for these two years that Qu Yunmie had the opportunity to develop rapidly. If he had not had the experience of recuperating in Nanyong, Qu Yunmie might have been directly lost in the long river of history.
However, every person has his strengths and weaknesses. Although Sun Renluan protected Nan Yong, he could not cover up his rebellious behavior. Once the crisis was over, no one believed him. There were always people who openly and secretly mocked the young emperor for his illegitimate access to the throne, and they joined forces with others to bring Sun Renluan down.
Speaking of which, the little emperor's throne was indeed very suspicious, because the little emperor was only a few months old when he ascended the throne. He was the biological son of Empress Dowager Sun, but no one knew whether he was the biological son of Emperor Guangjia.
Emperor Guangjia became seriously ill because he heard that the Xianbei people were attacking, so he ran away in a panic while in his sleep, but he fell and broke his leg. He has been bedridden since then, and his health has been getting worse. He was bedridden when Empress Dowager Sun was pregnant.
This... How could outsiders know so much about royal affairs? Although a broken leg would not prevent him from doing that kind of thing, Emperor Guangjia was in such a bad condition. In addition, Sun Renluan was already in power at that time. He desperately needed his sister to give birth to an heir to consolidate his position.
It doesn’t matter now whether the little emperor is the biological son of Emperor Guangjia. There is no paternity test in this era anyway. The problem now is that many people believe that the little emperor is a bastard.
In other words, Sun Renluan's reputation was also in jeopardy. He hated it most when people mentioned the little emperor's background, so he needed others to help him divert attention. In addition, doing more good things could also make his reputation better.
Xiao Rong told Qu Yunmie these reasons, and Qu Yunmie felt that he was right, but he still didn't think Sun Renluan could send troops to help him.
Never mind, it’s just a matter of writing a letter. Anyway, when Sun Renluan rejects him, Xiao Rong will give up.
Qu Yunmie agreed languidly. He was not a procrastinator and was about to start writing. But Xiao Rong suddenly grabbed his arm and said, "Wait, after your majesty finishes writing, don't send out the other letters yet. Please have someone send out the one to the governor of Jianning as soon as possible."
Qu Yunmie reacted silently for a second, then was shocked: "Why do you still need to write a letter to Huang Yanjiong?"
Xiao Rong looked at him as if it was a matter of course: "Huang Yanjiong is now a wealthy man, he has been suppressing bandits and cultivating land in Ningzhou, and he has also received many refugees. It is obvious that he is very powerful, so naturally we have to invite him."
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