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"This King's control is not strict. My people were invited thousands of miles away to be ambushed, but This King is unable to seek justice for my people. I can't even place my people's soldiers near the palace. This King is truly ashamed! " Inside a side hall in the low and fresh palace, Yue Yang hurriedly toasted to Gongsun Xu with bottle of wine and repeatedly expressed his apology.

Other than Zhao Yun and Er Yu, there was also Mo Bingmei who was standing behind Gongsun Xu dressed as a soldier. Just like before, as long as the two girls looked at each other, it would surely arouse a wave of sword lights and sword shadows.

"Please!" Gongsun Xu also finished it in one gulp.

"General Zhao, please!" The maid poured a full cup of wine and then raised the bottle of wine towards Zhao Yun.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

He Lian had already found out that Mo Bingmei was a woman long ago, but it wasn't good for him to ask if Gongsun Xu didn't want to, so he pretended not to see when he was trying to persuade him to drink.

Mo Bingmei could not help but let out a cold snort when she saw He Lian ignoring him. She felt that since she was the sage Mo Zhai and also the son of the Mo family, a mere Great King of Xianbei dared to ignore her! But before she could react, since Gongsun Xu had not introduced her to He Lian since she was wearing the uniform of a small soldier, how could He Lian know her true identity?

Er Yu sneered, then suddenly stood up and bowed towards He Lian: "Great King, the person behind General Gongsun seems to be a woman. "I've long heard that Chinese women have many talents, and this little girl is not talented. She wants to perform on the same stage as her and help her enjoy the wine."

"Humph!" Mo Bingmei snorted coldly, she walked to the front of the hall and shouted: "Since you want to make a fool of yourself in public, I will grant your wish!"

"Hehe" He Lian laughed and looked at Er Yu and Mo Bingmei with interest for a round. Then he asked Gongsun Xu: "What do you think?"

"This …" Gongsun Xu had a headache, at the moment, the two girls were staring at him, they did not dare say half a word of no, and could only helplessly nod their heads, after thinking for a moment, they warned him: "You are not allowed to use force!"

Zhao Yun quickly lowered his head, afraid that he would be discovered smiling at them in schadenfreude.

Mo Bingmei looked at Er Yu, and laughed disdainfully: "You can choose whatever you want!"

Er Yu turned a blind eye to Mo Bingmei's contempt. She walked to the opposite side of and stood, then smiled: "I will compete with you in music! What instruments are you good at? "

Mo Bingmei did not reply. Instead, she took out a dark green cave flute from her back and waved it.

"Bring the lute!" Er Yu frowned, then called out to the servants by his side. The flute was one of the simpler instruments, but it was extremely difficult for one to reach a certain realm in it. Since Mo Bingmei dared to casually take out a flute to compete with, it was obvious that she had deep knowledge of it.

The servant ran to the back of the hall, and after a while, she returned to Er Yu with a lute in her arms. The lute had three strings, and its entire body was a goose-yellow. Its long handle was actually made from top-quality white jade. It was obviously quite expensive.

The pipa first appeared in the Qin Dynasty, it was a kind of stringed instrument which played horizontally. When playing, it would bounce forward to call "reprimand", then it would be picked back to call "reprimand", so it was called "reprimand". Later on, in order to be unified with Qin, Se and other musical instruments in writing, they were renamed 'Pipa'. As for the four strings, the upright lute, it would only appear in the Southern and Northern Dynasties a few hundred years ago.

When Mo Bingmei saw the lute, her indifferent expression changed slightly. The three strings of a lute was extremely hard to learn. This barbarian girl actually dared to use this kind of instrument.

"How do we compete?" She put away her contempt and asked indifferently.

Er Yu hugged his lute, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and he said respectfully: "I will play a song, if you agree, anyone who makes a mistake first will lose!"

"Alright!" Mo Bingmei proudly accepted, and slowly brought the cave flute to her lips.

'Blowing. "Xiao!" Gongsun Xu looked at the dark green cave flute and bright red lips.

"Hehe" He looked at Mo Bingmei and his eyes lit up. Laughing lightly, he said: "Your son can be considered fortunate. Er Yu's lute is extremely beautiful, but it's a pity that he rarely plays it."

Gongsun Xu laughed awkwardly: "Since the King said so, I think Lady Er Yu's skills are very good. "It's just that I'm a rude and reckless person, I don't know anything about music."

"Oh? Haha, This King actually only knows how to be a commoner.

Gongsun Xu lifted the bottle of wine, and smiled: "King, please!"

Zheng! At this time, Er Yu strummed the strings of her pipa, releasing a clear and beautiful long sound.

Er Yu nodded towards Mo Bingmei, and the fingers on his right hand suddenly moved swiftly.

Mo Bingmei slightly parted her red lips, and also began to blow her flute.

In the blink of an eye, the sonorous sound of the lute and the melodious and elegant flute resonated through the great hall.

"Ambush in all directions? Great! "Haha …" He Lian started laughing out loud.

Gongsun Xu laughed along, thinking that this was the arrangement of the ambush. He was indeed completely clueless about music, and could only hear Er Yu's lute growing louder and louder, as if war drums were sounding and horns were sounding together. But no matter how Er Yu tried to raise the volume, Mo Bingmei's faint sounds of a flute could always follow closely behind him, and it even carried a sense of gentleness, causing the killing intent in Er Yu's lute to be reduced by a lot.

"Awesome!" He clapped his hands with his eyes closed in admiration.

Gongsun Xu and Zhao Yun looked at each other, completely unaware of what was good.

At this time, whether it was Er Yu or Mo Bingmei, both of them had cold sweat on their foreheads. They knew that they had met a strong opponent in the music industry, so they could only focus on dealing with it, not daring to make the slightest of mistakes.

The sound of the lute suddenly gradually weakened, and the cave flute also began to slow down like a wailing ghost at night. The two women had originally played until the sixth part of "Ambush", which was the calm before the storm. Gongsun Xu did not know this, he had thought that the song was about to end, but just at this moment, the sound of the pipa and Xiao Dong suddenly rose up again. At this time, even an amateur like him could hear the battle cries coming from the pipa.

'A long history and famous melodies are indeed extraordinary! ' Gongsun Xu looked at the two women who were seriously playing and he could not help but praise them in his heart.

He Lian suddenly asked, "What do you think of this' Ambush With Ten Faces'?"

"As expected of a masterpiece!" Gongsun Xu sighed: "The murderous aura is everywhere, I can't help but think back to the war that year!"

He Lian nodded his head and asked softly, "Before I left, did Marquis Jin say anything?"

Gongsun Xu leaned forward and answered in a small voice, "My father once said that no matter what the King needs, I will give it my all."

"Will the Marquis Jin really not come?" He Lian frowned, although the White Horse Camp's fighting strength was astonishing, but it would be very difficult for them to accomplish anything with just these three thousand people.

"My father cannot come!" Gongsun Xu shook his head. Under He Lian's somewhat disappointed gaze, he suddenly laughed: "However, if the King needs anything, the twenty thousand elite riders will arrive late at night!"

He Lian was surprised and happy at the same time. If twenty thousand elite cavalry were to suddenly attack, how could Kebineng and Bu Dugen resist? He quickly asked, "Where are the twenty thousand people now?"

Gongsun Xu looked through the window at the sky outside, and muttered: "If nothing unexpected happens, then right now, General Sui Zheng has already brought the army to the Wuhuan of Liaodong's camp. They only need to send a letter and they will reach Tanhan Shan in half a day! "

"Very good! Very good! " He Lian slapped the table in great joy and said smilingly: "With this Elite Armament here, I can let go of it! Son, what does the Marquis Jin want? "

Gongsun Xu carried the bottle of wine and pretended to toast as he walked to He Lian's side and whispered: "My father has three conditions. Firstly, the King provides ten thousand high grade war horses from Youzhou each year, paying according to the market price; secondly, the King needs to make a promise. Without the permission of the Youzhou Army, no cavalry of Xianbei is allowed to step past the southern part of the Great Wall; If the King agrees to these three conditions, I and the Solitary General will allow the King to command us! "

He Lian frowned and started to ponder. Ten thousand war horses was not a big deal, and splitting half of Gongsun Zanfuzi's and Bu Dugen's population was also not a big deal. The key was the second method! If the Xianbei People was not allowed to go south, then he would not be able to get the tea leaves and salt iron he needed the most.

Gongsun Xu took the wine jug from the maid's hands, and after filling it up for He Lian, he said with a smile: "My father also said that if the King agrees, after the matter is settled, he will open the borders of Shang Gu County and exchange goods with the King."

"Good!" "It's a deal!" He Lian nodded resolutely and agreed, extending his right palm towards Gongsun Xu. With Gongsun Zan's promise, at most, they would just use more animals to exchange for more things.

"It's a deal!" Gongsun Xu also reached out his right hand and gave He three ruthless punches.

He immediately retracted his hand and laughed out loud. When Gongsun Xu returned to his seat, he said seriously: "From today onwards, the two families are allies. This King has a suggestion, I wonder if your subject is interested?"

"Please speak, my lord."

He Lian pointed at Er Yu and laughed, "Er Yu is actually this king's niece. This king wants to betroth her to my people.

Clang clang Er Yu was in the middle of playing the last part of the song, when she heard this, her heart suddenly became chaotic, the sound of the lute also became chaotic.

The melodious cave sound of the flute suddenly shot into the clouds, instantly suppressing the sound of Er Yu's lute. It was clearly a battle on the Gold Steel Horse, but hearing it gave people a strange feeling as if they were walking on the battlefield.

Er Yu's hands slightly paused, and just as she was about to use her strength to chase after him, suddenly, a 'bang' sound rang out, and the second string actually snapped from the middle, slicing a hole in her right index finger.

Er Yu caressed the zither string in pain. After a while, he raised his head and looked at Mo Bingmei, and sighed: "You win!"

"Victory is unfair!" It should be considered a draw! " Mo Bingmei arrogantly threw out her next sentence, turned around and walked behind Gongsun Xu, his eyes staring intently at the back of the head, wanting to know how he would respond to this suggestion.

Er Yu turned around and sat down with the lute in his hands, his head lowered in silence, as if he was not interested in the lute at all.

"What do you think?" He Lian laughed and asked Gongsun Xu again.