Chapter 365 Unsure War

Although he has a dung beneer and unruly backbone, Qin Mubai rarely acts absurdly and does not do very extraordinary and uncertain things. In his previous life, as the second generation of officials and the second generation of rich people, he occasionally made frivolous actions but never went beyond the system. He knew that no matter how strong a person was, he could not beat the state machine. In this life, he became the son of Qin Shubao, and now he has become a popular figure standing on the cusp of the storm. He is still well aware of this.

No one can block the wheels of history - before you become the driver of this broken car in history.

But now, Qin Mubai has to fight an uncertain war, blindfolded to guess the trajectory of history and the future direction, throw the life of the family and the rise and fall of the family, and gamble!

For two days, he stayed at home, and the door was closed and did not leave home. Originally, he wanted to brazenly and visit Cheng Zhijie, Yu Chi Jingde and Duan Zhixuan in turn. But he resisted.

Li Jing told Su Dingfang what he said to him, which gave him a sense of great enlightenment.

Instead of such a business network running around, it is better to wait and see what happens.

Imagine, if Qin Mubai, Li Xun and Li Daozong, still can't change the set ending, plus Cheng Zhijie, Yu Chi Jingde, Duan Zhixuan and others, what's the use? As anxious as an ant on a hot pot, he rushed to the doctor to find help. First of all, he lost his square inch and temperament. Secondly, it is the most important time at present. I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at Qin Mubai. If the news of him running around and lobbying spreads into the palace, he can't get rid of the suspicion of pulling the mountain, raising the flag and raising the party.

This is undoubtedly the biggest taboo now!

Li Jing said that everything is natural and normal. In addition to persuading Qin Mubai not to act in a hurry, this may also have another meaning - he probably wants to say that right and wrong have their own public opinion. Such major things are related to the future of the dynasty and the century-old plan. It is impossible for the emperor to ignore it, and it must have been planned for a long time.

Therefore, whether it is Changsun Wuji or Qin Mubai, no matter how to toss the business, it is in vain!

It's like a group of people gathered around to gamble on dice, no matter how fierce and noisy they are, the points covered in the dice cup have long been doomed. All the gamblers have to do is to make a bet and wait for the moment when the dice cup opens.

Except for Li Shimin, who is the one who shakes the dice cup, the rest of them are gamblers. No matter how extravagant the gambler is, how amazing your chips are, and they can't change the ending. Even if you are just the most inconspicuous gambler who only bet a coin and just bet points, you are also the biggest winner.

At present, it is such a gamble in front of Qin Mubai.

What we are facing is an uncertain war.

Perhaps, in the overall situation, only Li Shimin is watching these people's performance with cold eyes. He is like the old-fashioned banker who controls everything with a dice cup on the gambling table. He can easily change the points of the dice. Looking at the big or small bets placed by the gamblers, he sneered in his face.

At noon, the Hongwen Museum sent a bachelor's degree to inform Qin Mubai that after the early morning of the next day, please go to the Hongwen Museum to attend the cabinet meeting.

Hearing the news, Qin Mubai, whose face was as heavy as water, had a layer of cold sweat in the palm of his heart.

Well, at the end of tomorrow, the dice cup will be opened. It can be seen who will kill the deer.

Qin Mubai raised his head and looked at the top of Zhongnan Mountain. The prototype of the demon was under construction. He took a deep breath and said to himself, "Demon, maybe it is because of your death that this battle, which was lurking underwater, has been stimulated to the table. Tomorrow, life and death will be sentenced. If I win, a grand blueprint will be placed at my feet. From now on, I will take your ashes to draw this blueprint in the Southern Expedition and Northern War. Maybe I will not be in Chang'an all year round. I will take you to listen to the wind in the Western Regions, as well as the hissing of the horses and the roar of the battlefield. If I fail, I will abandon the official and hide in the Zhongnan Mountain. Whether it is the spring breeze or the frost and cold mountains and rivers, I will play the lute and accompany you. In tomorrow's battle, although there will be no swords and staves, it will not lose to a battle of 100,000 troops. If you have a spirit in heaven, bless me to be triumphant!"

Boiling a pot of tea and burning a furnace of incense, Qin Mubai sat in the stream pavilion in the backyard, holding the Jade Book in his hand and watching.

None of my family came to disturb me.

In the face of the war, it sinks like water and is as quiet as a mountain. This is what Li Jing said, for the demeanor that generals should have.

Two hours have passed, and the sky is approaching evening, and the clouds are in the west.

Qin Mubai poured out the last cup of bright moon in the teapot and found that the charcoal fire in the stove was cold. Just as I was about to get up and leave, I found two familiar figures outside the garden gate.

Wu Mei Niang and Princess Gao Yang.

The two women stood side by side without saying a word, standing in the distance and quietly looking at Qin Mubai.

Qin Mubai couldn't help smiling, got up and walked towards them, and said, "When did you come here, and you didn't call me?"

Wu Mei Niang smiled and said, "Look at you quietly tasting books. I don't want to disturb you."

Princess Gaoyang's rare expression was quiet and peaceful, and she said with a smile, "Mei Niang is right."

Qin Mubai looked at the two of them and couldn't help smiling and said, "It's rare for you two to have such a tacit understanding. Come on, sit down and have tea with me."

"Good."

Return to the gazebo, add a fire and buy new tea, three people sit opposite each other.

"Mu Bai, are you still studying the Jade Book? Haven't you been familiar with this military book for a long time? Wu Mei Niang picked up the military book and turned over two pages. When she saw the dense annotations on it, she said.

"The art of war is not something that can be understood by remembering, nor can be used flexibly after understanding. Otherwise, it will be too worthless, and it won't be a pharmacist in a thousand years. Qin Mubai smiled while pouring tea.

Princess Gaoyang said, "I don't know the art of war. I've only heard one sentence, which is a common thing to win or lose soldiers. Don't worry too much."

"Ha ha, Linger, are you trying to persuade me to relax?" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm in a good mood now. First of all, I am ready for defeat; then, I will try my best to win when I go to the battlefield.

"Do your best to prepare for the worst. Yes, that's how it should be. It seems that we are too worried." Wu Mei Niang said, "Mu Bai, since you entered the official position, it has always been smooth sailing. Although there are occasional small setbacks, they are all solved. But this time, even we know that you are facing a war that is uncertain and unbearable. Your opponent... is so powerful!"

"Is that so?" Qin Mubai smiled speciously and said, "You mean Changsun Wuji?"

"Isn't it?" Princess Gaoyang said, "I just talked a lot with Mei Niang. Although we don't know everything about the things in the court, the more outsiders are, the more we can see it. Just a long-term grandson Wuji is no longer the opponent you can deal with. And in fact, Changsun Wuji represents my father. If my father has made any decision and you want to disobey, isn't this a mayfly shaking a tree? Mu Bai, don't tell me that you didn't expect that your opponent this time may be my father?"

Qin Mubai's hand holding the teacup paused for a moment, frowned and thought, and then said, "To be honest, I have thought of it, but I don't want to think about it. What I am most reluctant to do is to go against your father's will. If the opponent I face this time is the emperor, then it proves that... it was the emperor who betrayed me, and he repented.

Princess Gaoyang's expression has been difficult to see to a certain extent. She said worriedly, "Mubai, since you know, why do you want to..."

"Linger, this is just a guess." Qin Mubai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Now, maybe even the emperor is uncertain. We are all gambling, and we can't give up until we see the end. Admittedly, your father is a banker, and he can decide whether we win or lose. But this gambling has begun. How can I retreat halfway?

Princess Gaoyang bit her lip and nodded gently: "I understand."

"What do you understand?" Qin Mubai asked.

"I'm going to see my father and let him... allow you to win!" Princess Gaoyang suddenly said.

"No." Qin Mubai's face changed and suddenly said harshly, "You can't decide the winner of this gamble by relying on your father and daughter's affection, otherwise, you don't have to make such a big deal. Linger, you just be a bystander. If I win, everything will be fine; if I lose, I don't care what you do if you ask your father again.

"Mu Bai, tell me the truth... If you lose, will you risk your life?" Princess Gaoyang said worriedly.

Qin Mubai frowned slightly and shook his head: "I don't know. Fortunately, I can still stay in Chang'an and be a glorious but doless son-in-law. I'm not lucky enough. Maybe the prince and Hou Junji are my role models. If luck is a little worse..."

"Oc, you don't have to say it." Princess Gaoyang suddenly raised her hand to interrupt Qin Mubai's words, and said firmly, "The last situation will never appear!" If Changsun Wuji really dares to cut the grass and eradicate it, I dare to kill him with a sword, and then let my father kill me!"

Qin Mubai's expression stagnated for a moment and wanted to persuade Princess Gaoyang to say a few words. In the end, he put up with it and nodded and said, "Don't worry, it won't happen."

Wu Mei Niang sighed and said, "Mu Bai, princess, maybe things are not as heavy and complicated as we think. Relax, as the saying goes, don't be afraid of no firewood. Even if you are defeated this time, you don't have to report and abandon yourself. Without experiencing several ups and downs and not trying to fail several times, how can you be full of fighting spirit and domineering? Only when you can afford to lose can you win!"

Qin Mubai couldn't help smiling and said, "Mei Niang, have you met my eldest brother and second brother?"

Wu Mei Niang was stunned: "How do you know?"

"That sounds familiar! As my two brothers said, I want to use the life and death of dozens of people in the Qin family to support me to be domineering. Qin Mubai smiled and said, "What, are you two still pasted now?"

"What do you think?" The two women spoke in one voice, and then tacitly looked at each other and smiled.

Qin Mubai squinted his eyes and looked at the two most important women in his life. He smiled and said, "This war, even if I lose, I have already won!"

"We can even see that you are not sure. Why do you still say that?" Wu Mei Niang asked.

"No why." Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said, "You're right. You can only win when you can afford to lose. Just for this sentence, I said to Linger that I wanted to cut Changsun Wuji with my sword, and I would have won!"

At dawn the next day, it was still dark in the bedroom. Qin Mubai opened his eyes and woke up.

When he was about to get up, a pink arm next to him hugged his neck, and Princess Gaoyang muttered in her ear without any sleepiness: "Mu Bai, can you hug me and leave?"

"You haven't slept all night?"

"Hmm..."

Qin Mubai held her tightly in his arms, caressed her back, kissed her on the forehead and said, "Silly girl, didn't you sleep the best with me in the past, especially after Wen Cun?"

"I don't know..." Princess Gaoyang was not in the mood to joke and whispered, "I'm so worried. I've been thinking, if you really lose this time, there is no war in Lanzhou, and you will marry Tubo and the League, what kind of foothold will you have in the future? And your father will probably be transferred back from Lanzhou and take back the military power and be idle at home again.

"What's wrong with that? At worst, you can't die from the beginning. Qin Mubai patted her on the back and smiled easily.

"Mu Bai, don't deceive yourself." Princess Gaoyang whispered, "Your heart is higher than the sky, and you absolutely can't stand that kind of idle and boring life; not to mention your father, how can you stand such a blow with arrogance? I really can't imagine how dull and depressed your father and son will be when they are at home at the same time!"

"You're too worried, Linger." Qin Mubai smiled easily and said, "Mei Niang's words are good. Only when you can afford to lose can you win. If you don't even have this little mind, how can you achieve great things? Well, it's time for the morning. I have to get up.

"Okay, you go!" Princess Gaoyang let go of her arm, squeezed her red lips and thought for a moment, and said, "I'll just lie here waiting for you to come back and hug me up."

Qin Mubai couldn't help laughing and said, "Isn't that too lazy? You are now the daughter-in-law of the Qin family. I'm not at home. As a daughter-in-law, you have to do your duty until morning and evening. Get up and go to Lao Qin's house early to greet my mother!"

"Yes, my husband, hee hee!" Princess Gaoyang immediately got out of the quilt and jumped on Qin Mubai's body and wrapped him like a tree. She smiled and said, "Hold him for a while, just a while... Ah! Don't pinch my ass!"

Putting on the rarely worn court uniform, Qin Mubai rode a horse and went out until the door of the imperial city rosefinch.

Here, the civilian general disaped from the horse and walked into the palace in turn. Although Qin Mubai has been in office for several years, he previously served as a Baiqi in the harem, and then went out to Xiangyang and Lanzhou as a local official. He rarely officially participated in the imperial meeting like this. The civil and military officials looked at him with a trace of surprise in their eyes.

The bells of the bell and drum tower of Taiji Palace rang, and the civil and military officials came out of the east and west court, lined up in two lines and walked to the dragon tail road and went to the early morning.

Just now in the general hall of the Western Dynasty Hall, Qin Mubai saw Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie and others, but they only met each other and nodded as a greeting, and did not talk. When he walked out of the Western Court, Qin Mubai saw Li Tai, the king of Wei, and Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, in the civilian column, but he did not see Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling, nor Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang.

The civil and military officials entered the main hall of Wude Hall and stood up. Qin Mubai saw Changsun Wuji, Li Zhi, the king of Jin, and Chu Suiliang, and entered through the side door of the court. Li Zhi sat on the dragon chair that was very inconsistent with his body. On the left, the first assistant prime minister Sun Wuji, and Chu Suiliang in the note room of Chaobing on the right, like two teachers and two bodyguards.

Compared with when he just sat on the dragon chair a few days ago, Li Zhi had obviously calmed down a lot, and his eyes were even a little indifferent. He habitually glanced at the court, and suddenly there was surprise and blazing in his eyes, because he saw Qin Mubai.

Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang followed Li Zhi's unnatural eyes and also looked at Qin Mubai, with a seemingly faint smile on their faces. Changsun Wuji said, "Today's morning meeting, there is a morning play, no return to the court."

Chu Suiliang added, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin occasionally feels cold and uncomfortable."

All the ministers heard a little bit of the wind. They knew that there would be an important cabinet meeting to be held later, and the thoughts of Changsun Wuji and others had not been in the court for a long time. No one will take out some trivial things at this time and delay the time.

So, the voice of "I have nothing to play" sounded.

"Well, then retreat!"

Wen Wubai officials just walked into the main hall of Wude and immediately retreated. However, many people who received the notice of the meeting tacitly stayed in the waiting hall of the East-West Dynasty and did not leave.

In the waiting hall of the generals of the Western Dynasty, in addition to Qin Shubao and others who led the troops on the front line, more than half of the generals of the 16th Guards and generals and above three grades came, and dozens of people came. Duan Zhixuan, Li Junxian and other people gathered together to discuss and mutter in a low voice. Yu Chi Jingde and Cheng Zhijie talked about the past of the army. Only Qin Mubai sat alone in the corner and drank tea quietly.

In terms of grades and ranks, any one here is Qin Mubai's officers and predecessors. However, all the generals looked at Qin Mubai intentionally or unintentionally, paying attention to his every move.

But after watching for a long time, Qin Mubai had no extra action except for occasionally picking up the tea cup and drinking two sips of tea, and even his eyes were not messy.

The generals were secretly surprised: Good boy, Mount Tai is about to be overwhelmed, and you can still be so calm!

At this time, a young official of the Hongwen Hall came into the waiting hall of the Western Chaotang and bent down to the generals: "Please go to the lobby of the Hongwen Pavilion!"

"Okay, let's go!" Yu Chi Jingde roared like thunder and stood up as if it were a war. He rushed out first.

Cheng Zhijie smiled and said, "Lao Hei, why are you in a hurry? The protagonist hasn't left yet!"

Yu Chi Jingde turned his head and looked at Qin Mubai sitting next to him. The tiger's eyes stared and came forward to pull him: "Silly boy, are you scared? Get up and go to the Hongwen Hall!"

Qin Mubai got up with a smile, dusted his wrinkled clothes, and said, "You are all subordinates and seniors. How can you be rude before you? Generals, please!"

"Haha!" Cheng Zhijie laughed and said, "Don't panic in front of the battle, don't be confused, Mu Bai, you have a real biography between you and Li Jing!"

Yu Chi Jingde looked up and down at Qin Mubai a few times, and nodded rarely seriously: "Silly boy, you have a little general demeanor - today, my old black wants you Qin Mubai to lead first. Why don't you give me face?"

All the generals laughed. Yu Chi Jingde has such a nature, and they are used to it.

"In this way, it's better to obey the obedience of the younger generation than to obey!" Qin Mubai was not pretentious. He bowed to everyone and said loudly, "Please!"

"General Qin, please!"

The officials of the Hongwen Museum who came to send the message couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. They looked at the generals above the sixteenth and third grade, followed Qin Mubai, the general of the fourth grade, and walked out of the West Court in turn and went to the Hongwen Hall.

On the other hand, in the civil servants waiting hall of the Eastern Court, Li Tai took the lead, and a group of civil servants also came to the Hongwen Hall one after another.

Qin Mubai saw that Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, who never participated in such meetings and participated in the deliberations of the cabinet, was an example!

In the Hongwen Hall, Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang stood side by side by a window, watching dozens of people from the two teams coming, looked at each other and were silent.

"Situ, looking at this situation, how do we feel that they are here to fight?" Chu Suiliang said.

Changsun Wuji smiled, twisted his beard and said, "Even if we come to war, we are bound to win this battle. What are you afraid of?"

Chu Suiliang frowned slightly and didn't say anything. He turned his head and looked up in surprise and said, "Situ, please look - who will be the sedan chair over there?"

Changsun Wuji looked at him and suddenly showed a trace of surprise: "Is it Wei Zheng? Is he really here?"

Chu Suiliang smiled and said meaningfully, " Even Li Daozong, who has never attended such a meeting, has come. How can he not come?"

Changsun Wuji blinked his eyes, looked at Chu Suiliang thoughtfully, and asked, "Then do you think... Wei Zheng, is it an enemy or a friend?"

Chu Suiliang shook his head: "Who knows? Most of the time, even His Majesty the Emperor doesn't know whether Wei Zheng is an enemy or a friend... He has always been right and not a person.

Changsun Wuji pondered for a moment, nodded plausally and said, "Well, even if he is the enemy... In the past, even the emperor's will can be reversed; but this time, even ten Wei Zheng can't change anything!"

"Is that right? ..." Chu Suiliang answered gently, as if smiling.