Ning Que had lived in the City of Wei for many years and naturally knew the importance of the Xiangwan Plain.
The war in the human world was divided into two sides. The Academy would fight against the Drunkard and the Butcher, and the Sage of Sword Liu Bai and the reclusive sublime beings of Taoism. The rest of the enemies would be wiped out by the Tang cavalry.
The cavalry of the Tang Empire was the strongest cavalry in the world. As long as they adapted to the battlefield, they could directly kill all the cultivators in the Five Regions. What happened in the Verdant Canyon would not happen again, because there was no second Academy in the world, and no one in the Back Mountain of the Academy.
If the Tang Empire really agreed to the conditions of the West-Hill Divine Palace and ceded the Xiangwan Plain to the Golden Tribe Royal Court, it would be equivalent to cutting off its own arms and giving up its most powerful weapon.
No matter what, Ning Que should not have agreed to this condition. But he was clear about the key point of the Divine Halls of West-Hill's negotiation, and even the real purpose of the Drunkard's appearance in Chang 'an was Xiangwan Plain.
The night hall was silent. Everyone, including the Empress, was waiting for him to express his attitude. Because at this time, the attitude of the Academy was equal to the attitude of the Tang Empire.
Ning Que stood up, looked at the ministers and said, "Let's talk to them first. I'll think about it."
No one could make a decision in such a short period of time.
That night, Ning Que returned to the house by the Yanming Lake, but he did not look for Ye Hongyu.
Early in the morning, the sound of chickens and dogs barking could be heard in the streets. Before the steamed bun shop opened its doors, a hot mist seeped out from the cracks in the door. The mist was blown by the morning wind and landed on the street, wetting the stone slabs.
A new day dawned.
The imperial court continued to negotiate with the diplomatic corps of the West-Hill Divine Palace. According to the news from the palace, the Divine Hall seemed to be very tough, which was different from a few days ago, especially when it came to the cession of the Xiangwan Plain.
Ning Que understood where the Divine Hall's confidence came from. He waved his hand to let the official of the Imperial Center Administration leave. He got up and had a bowl of porridge. Then he came to the plum garden, pushed open the door and walked in.
Ye Hongyu liked to take a bath in the morning because she liked to spend every day refreshed.
When Ning Que walked into her room, she had just come out of the shower.
Her wet, black hair fell over her bare shoulders, the ends dripping with water, covering her breasts.
Ye Hongyu glanced at him and walked to the bronze mirror to comb her hair. She asked, "Have you decided?"
As she combed her hair, her black hair was combed from the front to the back, and it could be seen clearly in the mirror.
Ning Que asked, "Decide what?"
Ye Hongyu said, "Sign it."
Ning Que shook his head.
Ye Hongyu saw him shake his head in the mirror and her hand that was holding the comb stiffened. She said, "I thought you had made up your mind, so I was unhappy and wanted to rape me."
Ning Que said, "Although you are very beautiful."
Ye Hongyu said, "Even thinking about it, it's not a good thing."
Ning Que said, "At least I haven't thought about it."
Ye Hongyu said, "I am not wearing any clothes, but you are staring at me. What are you thinking about?"
Ning Que said, "This is my home. Besides, I've already seen you naked in the swamp in the Wasteland. "
Ye Hongyu asked calmly, "I've never asked you before. Does it look good?"
Ning Que thought for a while and said, "Your body is indeed very attractive, but I have no interest in your Gown of Judgment and the money under your skin."
Ye Hongyu got up and put on the blood-colored Robe of Judgment. She began to draw her eyebrows in front of the mirror.
The Robe of Judgment was a combination of holiness and coldness. It looked even more attractive when it covered her delicate white jade-like body. Ning Que knew that there was nothing under the robe.
She did not wear the maidservant dress because she was the Great Divine Priest of Judgment.
"The Tang Empire cannot keep the Xiangwan Plain. The Divine Hall can make concessions in any aspect, but not the Xiangwan Plain. Otherwise, the war against the Tang Empire will be meaningless. "
She said as she drew her eyebrows.
Ning Que looked at the charcoal pencil that was drawing between her eyebrows and said, "Life is not for …"
Before he could finish, Ye Hongyu said, "People in the Academy live for meaning, but more people live for meaning. The Divine Hall has to give an explanation to all the countries in the world."
Ning Que said, "I think the other conditions are enough."
Ye Hongyu put down the eyebrow pencil and took out a piece of red rouge paper from her makeup box. She looked at Ning Que in the mirror and said, "Then how will the Divine Hall explain to itself and Haotian?"
She gently pursed her lips, which were as bright as red plums.
Then she turned around and looked at Ning Que. She tore the rouge paper in her hand into two.
"We all understand that when the Tang Empire and the Academy recover, any agreement will be useless. We can't let the Tang Empire continue to be powerful. Therefore, the Xiangwan Plain must be ours."
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The West-Hill Divine Palace's diplomatic corps was still tough. The officials of the Tang Empire who participated in the negotiation were in a very passive position. Perhaps some hot-blooded young official leaked the news, but the details of the negotiation and the humiliating conditions from the Divine Hall were gradually known by the people of the Tang Empire. In particular, the two conditions of ceding the Xiangwan Plain and Dongshan Commandery made the Tang people extremely angry. The Tang Empire had never been so humiliated in thousands of years.
From the Northern Borderline to Capital Cheng, from the Pamir Mountains to the Vermilion Bird Avenue, countless people from the Tang Empire had died in this war before the situation was finally reversed. They did not lose the war. Why did they have to sign such a humiliating treaty?
For a moment, the whole city was in an uproar. The hawkers were not in the mood. The hot and sour noodle slice soup seemed to have lost some of its flavor. They were not in the mood to do anything. Who could sit at home peacefully? Countless citizens, students, and injured soldiers who had retired from the front line spontaneously came to the square in front of the palace.
No one made any trouble or even made any noise. Thousands of people just stood outside the palace in silence. They stood in the cold spring rain until late at night and still did not disperse.
Thousands of people gathered together, but there was no sound. The silence outside the palace was an indescribable pressure for the people inside. The officials who knew the inside story suddenly aged a lot.
Many people were waiting that night, and some were doing other things. It was not that they did not have the anger of the ordinary Tang people, but because they had to start thinking about the future.
At the back of the mountain of the Academy, Mu You carried a wooden basket and walked among the clouds on the mountainside. Every once in a while, she would take out a small flag from the basket and stick it in the soil or between the mountain rocks.
The tactical array of the Cloud Gate was taught to her by the Headmaster of the Academy. It was an important protective array for the back of the mountain. When she was in the Verdant Canyon, there was no one to control the tactical array. It was broken by the Hierarch of the West-Hill Divine Palace and was severely damaged.
Although the Abbey Dean was seriously injured now, the Drunkard and the Butcher were like new dark clouds hanging over the hearts of the disciples of the Academy. She had to hurry to repair them so that she could be at ease.
The blacksmith house by the stream was still quiet. The Sixth Brother leaned on the iron hammer and looked at the forest at night in a daze. A gentle voice came from the room behind him from time to time.
"One is Limitless, and the other is almost immortal. It seems that no one can kill them as long as they don't enter Chang 'an. But I always remember what the Headmaster said."
The Eldest Brother gently moved his fingers in the yellow sand of the River and Mountain Sandbox and said gently, "Except for Haotian, there is no omniscient and omnipotent person in the world. In this case, they must be killed. So we should start to calculate now. I think it will be a very complicated work."
The Fourth Brother said, "I'd like to discuss it with you."
Yu Lian sat on the edge of the cliff and meditated. Her fingers wrote in the wind from time to time. Tang Xiaotang widened the stone steps on the steep mountain road. The blood-red giant knife in her hand became more and more like a big iron stick.
The Little White Wolf was lying on the stone steps above, bored.
The wind suddenly rose among the cliffs and went straight to the night sky. It blew away the clouds and revealed the bright moon.
The Little White Wolf began to howl at the bright moon. But its voice was still tender without any momentum.
Jun Mo stood by the pool. Zhang San and Li Si welcomed the washing of the waterfall.
He was comprehending the swordsmanship. The big white goose beside him washed its feet in the pool water.
The Little White Wolf's howl came from the cliff.
The big white goose raised its head and looked at the cliff contemptuously. Then it bent its neck and sang to the moon.
"Quack!"
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At this time, Ning Que was standing on the corner tower of the imperial city.
He looked at the bright moon in the night sky and the dense but quiet crowd under the city. He seemed to hear something and then remembered something. He laughed.
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