Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 462

Chapter 462 Chiba With Spike
It was ice-cold and snowy, cooking a pot of thick mutton soup over a large fire, and grabbing two sheep fat scones to eat. This was already a supreme enjoyment in Yumen Pass.

After hanging out in the barracks outside the city for a day, Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui were both hungry, so they didn’t care about the New Year’s Eve dinner and had a full meal first. Later, when the two of them arrived at the kitchen, they couldn’t help but laugh. It was said that clever women could not drink without rice. The so-called New Year’s Eve dinner was just pancakes and mutton soup. It was just a few urns of milk wine.

However, Chen Yan had prepared so many things that it was enough for at least twenty people to eat. Qin Mubai asked curiously who she had invited. Chen Yan only smiled at first, but he couldn’t help but ask again and again before answering, “I’ve come a thousand miles to help you a lot. Shouldn’t I treat you to a New Year’s dinner?”

“Oh, the Turkic and Huihe generals, they should, they should.” Qin Mubai nodded and said a few words before walking out of the kitchen.

Chen Yan shook her head and smiled, “Pretend!”

Hearing their conversation, Xue Rengui laughed and said, “Mubai, I want to tell you something.”

“I know what you’re trying to say, about Xue Lian, right?” Qin Mubai smiled carelessly. He sat down next to Xue Rengui and drank a few mouthfuls of hot soup. He smacked his lips and said, “Actually, these past few days, I’ve been thinking about how to deal with this little girl.”

“Deal with?” Xue Rengui was stunned. “She’s not an enemy.”

“It’s not an enemy, but it’s harder to deal with than an enemy.” Qin Mubai knitted his brows and said, “Actually, I understand Xue Lian’s intentions. Through my observation, I have a slight understanding of her character. She is a very upright and innocent girl with a different kind of wild charm. She is enough to attract any man.” From the point of view of men and women, no man would refuse such a woman. But from the perspective of the overall situation, I have no choice but to think about the consequences. ”

“What consequences?” Xue Rengui asked in confusion, “Although Xue Lian is a grassland noble, the Ashner family has long since declined. She only has a bit of noble bloodline in the eyes of the grassland people. Other than that, there is nothing special about her.” She and her sister were recognized as great beauties on the grasslands, and no man didn’t want to pursue them. But they had never opened their hearts. Although Xue Lian practiced martial arts so well and was able to use a bow like a man to charge into a formation, she was actually just an ignorant little girl. “Otherwise, how could I not even see you? Just based on some rumors, I admire you to this extent?”

“You’re absolutely right. Princess Wen Cheng was just like her back then. Women are born for love. Girls who are just beginning to fall in love are even more blind and fanatical in their pursuit of love. This seems unreasonable to us, but in their hearts, it is only natural that they are obsessed and not regretful.” Qin Mubai sighed and said, “I told you, I don’t know much about Xue Lian, I don’t have a good impression of her, I don’t dislike her. I had no choice but to ignore her.”

“Forced? What’s the reason?” Xue Rengui asked.

“Politics.” After Qin Mubai spat out these two words, she drank a few mouthfuls of soup and remained silent for a long time.

Xue Rengui thought to herself, as if she had comprehended something, but she still did not think it through, so she waited quietly for Qin Mubai to follow.

“Rengui, recall your experiences on the grassland.” Qin Mubai reminded, “When you arrived at the grasslands, you discovered that the Ashna Clan had been exterminated by Xue Yantuo, right?”

“Right.” Xue Rengui nodded. “Xue Yantuo’s leader, Yi Nan, is so arrogant that he wants to unify the grasslands to establish the Khaganate. The first one to be eliminated is the noble Ashna tribe of the old Turkic Khaganate. All of Xue Lian’s parents were killed, and the Ashna family was almost wiped out. The Xue Lian sisters survived because they went out to visit their aunt.”

“Their uncle is the leader of Huihe, right?” Qin Mubai said.

“Yes. Xue Lian and Xi Yan are half-sisters. Xue Lian’s mother is a royal princess married by the Tang Dynasty, while Xi Yan’s mother is from Huihe. One of her sisters is married to Tu Mudu.” Xue Rengui said.

“Later on, in the battle of Shocking Erhun, you defeated Xue Yantuo and almost slashed Zhen Zhu Khan in front of you. Immediately after, Li Ji arrived with the Great Tang King Master and began the battle against Xue Yanyi.” Qin Mubai paused for a moment and said, “At that time, the Huihe Great Leader threw up the banner of the Ashner Clan’s descendants, the Xue Lian sisters. In the name of the Great Tang, he gathered the nine Tiele Tribes to form an alliance army to conquer Xue Yantuo. At that time, you were elected Commander-in-Chief of the Alliance Army and married Xue Lian’s younger sister, Xi Yan. Right?”

“That’s right. The main one is still Li Ji.” Xue Rengui said.

Qin Mubai smiled and said, “Ignoring whether the Xue Lian sisters are truly emotionally attracted or not, they were used by her uncle just like that. This Huihe Great Leader is no less obsessed and ambitious than the barbarian man.”

“Oh?” Xue Rengui was slightly shocked. “How could that be? I saw him admitting his enthusiasm and loyally serving the Great Tang as the Sect Master. That’s why he agreed to cooperate with him against Xue Yantuo.”

“You didn’t do anything wrong. In that environment, you had to work together to fight against the enemy. At that time, Vomiting Bewilderment was definitely an alliance of sincerity, because his wish to survive was even more urgent than yours.” Qin Mubai knitted his brows and said, “However, human desires are constantly expanding and escalating. When he sees the overlord of the grasslands, Xue Yantuo, being knocked down, the leaders of every grassland tribe will be thinking about a question-who will be the next overlord of the grasslands? Do you dare to say that Vomiting Addict is thinking about such a question? Will he have no thoughts?”

Xue Rengui nodded with a deep frown and said, “That’s right … At first, I wasn’t very enthusiastic about vomiting fans, because we were just a fleeing defeated army.” Afterwards, after the Battle of Zheng’er Hunhe, his attitude immediately changed, and he began to gather the grassland tribes to form an alliance army very actively. Although I was promoted to be the Alliance Commander at that time, after all, he was the one who summoned the various tribes. Therefore, I am actually just a vanguard in front of the formation. The real person behind the scenes is Vomiting Fantasy. ”

“That’s right. This person is very scheming. Everyone dares to use him.” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “Do you really think he is so generous as to give 40,000 elite cavalry as dowry?” To put it bluntly, he’s spending money to bribe you and me. Just like a businessman, he was making a’pre-investment ‘in order to earn a huge profit. Now that Li Ji was begging for the annihilation of the barbarian man, it was only a matter of time before he was able to deal with Xue Yantuo, who was in a state of turmoil. Once Xue Yantuo was exterminated, the new overlord tribe on the grassland would definitely become stubborn. Without a doubt, the title of overlord would fall on the Huihe tribe, which had the strongest army and had made great contributions to the rebellion. And vomiting fanaticism would also be greatly trusted and rewarded by the Imperial Court, becoming the new uncrowned king of the grasslands. Who can say that after a few years or ten years, he will not become the second Jie Li or Yi Nan? ”

“Indeed it is … In the current Mobei Grassland, all the tribes, big and small, have been annihilated or annexed by Xue Yantuo. Only the Huihe Tribe is left with some strength to contend against them.” Xue Rengui said, “Once Xue Yantuo is destroyed, the Huihe family will be the strongest-but I’m surprised. With the lessons of the Xue Yantuo tribe and the barbarians, do the Huihe people and their puking fans still dare to have ambitions?”

“Haha!” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “Ambition and desire are beyond a person’s control. If you want to tell me the lesson from the past, didn’t Yi Nan have it before? Didn’t Duke Avant-garde just annihilate the Turkic Khaganate a few years ago and capture Jieli Khan alive?”

“That’s true” Xue Rengui sighed and nodded. “Just as you said, this puke is indeed quite scheming and ambitious. He sent out two cheap nieces and 40,000 cavalry to form an alliance in the Great Tang, hoping for a big reward in the future. Maybe one day he will follow the example of the barbarian man and sweat instead, you and I will be quite passive.”

“Just being passive is nothing.” Qin Mubai smiled meaningfully and said, “I’m afraid that he would openly claim that we are his allies, just like the rebellious King of Qi, Li You, a few years ago-you see, we not only married his niece, but also accepted his troops. This is evidence!” Or perhaps, if the Tibetans find out about these things and stir up rumors, we will really jump into the Yellow River and not be able to wash away. “It doesn’t matter if you and I die unjustly. I’m afraid that it will affect the plans of the military kingdom at that time, and that will be very bad!”

Xue Rengui’s expression changed. “Then I’ll immediately write a divorce letter and divorce Xi Yan!”–A man has no wife. Although Xi Yan is a good woman who treats me with deep affection, I’m not greedy for the bigger picture! ”

“Rengui, don’t be nervous. There’s no need to divorce your wife.” Qin Mubai patted Xue Rengui’s shoulder with a smile and said, “Jiang Shan is picturesque. Beauty is like jade. Which man doesn’t like her? Who says she can’t have both fish and bear paws? I have a way!”

“Oh, Mubai already has a plan?” Xue Rengui smiled and said, “No wonder I saw that you had always been confident in your ability to calm down when facing Xue Lian’s arrogance!”

“Actually, it’s not a brilliant idea. At most, it’s just a bad idea.” Qin Mubai raised a finger and smiled mysteriously, “One word-drag!”

“Drag?”

“That’s right. Stall her first.” Qin Mubai smiled. “It’s neither unfamiliar nor hot.” Neither promises nor rejections. No need, but she would leave angrily. It was absolutely impossible! For one thing, a woman with a strong and persistent personality like her, the more she couldn’t obtain it, the more she would hollow out her thoughts and desire to obtain it. On the contrary, if you let her get it easily, she might lose interest soon. “Secondly, among the Huihe generals accompanying her, there are quite a few who are confidants of Vomiting Fanaticism and will always give her the idea of vomiting Fanaticism-therefore, no matter what, Xue Lian will always follow me. Even if I punch and kick her, I won’t let her go back!”

“Haha!” Xue Rengui laughed and shook his head, sighing, “No wonder Su Dingfang said that you are so stunning. It turns out that you have already thought it through inside and outside, and you have also seen through the girl!”

Qin Mubai narrowed his eyes and whispered, “Actually, which man would dislike the number of women around him?” Ashnav Xue Lian was really an outsider Chiba, a different kind of charm. As long as it was a man who saw her and said that he didn’t like her, it would be a lie! However, a woman with a wild and complicated background like her was not something an ordinary man could afford to provoke. “This Chiba has poisonous thorns on her body.”

Xue Rengui laughed, “There are other girls in this world that are harder to offend than Princess Gao Yang?”

Qin Mubai laughed heartily and immediately lowered her voice to prevent Chen Yan from hearing her. “Actually, I can tell that this young girl who has just begun to love me is sincere to me. I have no evil intentions to deceive or play tricks on her,” she said. Love debt is the hardest to repay, I don’t want to be a heartless man. “Therefore, I must think of a perfect plan to make that puke lose both my husband and my men!”

“It’s up to you.” Xue Rengui smiled and said, “This kind of thing, even if I want to break my head, I can’t do it. But you’re good at it.”

“Actually, I already have a preliminary idea in my heart. It is not only to solve Xue Lian’s personal problems, but also to solve the long-term problem of long-term stability in the Mobei grasslands.” Qin Mubai knitted his eyebrows and said, “A few years ago, the Turkic Khaganate was annihilated, and this is Yi Nan’s rebellion again.” Looks like our Great Tang set up the Governor-General’s Mansion’s garrison town to impeach the Hu people, making the self-made policy of “Jing Bian Huai Rou” unworkable. Not only does our Great Tang spend a lot of money every year to feed the garrison, but it won’t take many years for them to revive. ”

Xue Rengui couldn’t help but be stunned. “This is related to our Great Tang’s national policy …”

“That’s right! Such a big matter is not something that a frontier commander like me can decide. Therefore, I have to hold off Xue Lian first. At least wait until I bring her back to Chang’an and see the Emperor.” Qin Mubai paused for a moment, took a sip of hot soup, and smiled, “That’s not only the Great Tang Emperor, but also my Old Mount Taishan! I want to take a concubine, please give him a greeting and give him some face, right?”

“Haha, that’s!”