That night, the two talked and talked until late at night, Wang Yuan was going to leave Yaozhou the next day, Li Mi wanted to lead the soldiers and horses to personally accompany him to protect, because he was a little worried when he saw that Wang Yuan only planned to lead hundreds of personal guards into Nanzhao to announce the decree. Wang Yuan smiled and rejected his offer. Wang Yuan understands that true peace does not depend on force, but on sincerity in action. Although taking a large army to Nanzhao can show off its might, and its safety can also be guaranteed, but the shadow brought by the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses to the Nanzhao barbarians is not small, and seeing a large number of soldiers and horses arrive, it will have the opposite effect. And it is also a manifestation of lack of confidence and distrust of the other party, the more soldiers and horses, the more petty they seem.

On the morning of the next day, Wang Yuan led 300 guards to continue southward, entering the peaks of Cangshan Mountain, passing by the flat land between the peaks, watching the scene of wild flowers everywhere with green grass, and recalling the situation when he led the army south to crusade against Nanzhao a few months ago, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional. The scenery is still the same, but the mood is very different. At the beginning, due to the time limit, it can be said that there were many dangers along the way, but now it is a different relaxed state of mind to revisit the old place.

After resting for the night, he turned east the next day, and did not hurry until June 12 before he arrived at the land west of the city where he had fought a few months earlier. Ge Luofeng, who had been notified in advance, also led the crowd to welcome Wang Yuan's arrival in Yanghe Baa City.

I haven't seen him for a few months, Ge Luofeng has changed a lot, his face is dark and haggard, but his spirit is vibrant, giving people a sense of rebirth. The Nanzhao Kingdom was retained, and a peace agreement was reached with the Tang Dynasty, and Wang Yuan also agreed on a private treaty, all of which were good things for Ge Luofeng. After this big battle with Datang, he has also matured a lot, and many unrealistic ideas have long been thrown out of the clouds and become much more pragmatic.

Soldiers and horses were walking in the city of sheep and baa, and Wang Yuan saw that the city that had been destroyed by himself was being actively rebuilt. Thousands of barbarians are building new houses, building new streets, and a busy scene. After a few months, the devastated landscape of the city was also covered with greenery, and nature with its unstoppable power grew flowers and trees and weeds from the ruins, erasing the scars of war little by little, and giving the city a new life.

Under Ge Luofeng's arrangement, everyone went to the shore of Erhai Lake on the way from Yangjiba City to Taihe City to see the merit monument erected by Ge Luofeng for the dead soldiers of the previous war, which was also part of the peace discussion. Obviously, Ge Luofeng erected this merit monument in full accordance with the requirements. Interestingly, Ge Luofeng erected two monuments, one for the Tang Dynasty memorials, and the other for the barbarian memorials. The two monuments stand side by side on the shore of Erhai Lake, surrounded by pine and cypress trees, which is very elegant and solemn.

The bluestone in front of the two monuments is engraved with an inscription, which was written by Ge Luofeng himself, summarizing the war between Nanzhao and the Tang Dynasty as a war caused by treacherous people. It is said that Nanzhao was originally a loyal subject of the Tang Dynasty, and the reason why it would fight against the Tang Dynasty was completely due to the ulterior motives of a few treacherous people. The so-called 'I have nothing to do, God can learn from it.' The nine-fold son of heaven is difficult to bear; Thousands of miles of loyal ministers, how can they be treacherous? That's what it means.

Although this inscription is suspected of shirking responsibility, Wang Yuan knew that Ge Luofeng had great ambitions for the Tang Dynasty to use troops, but Wang Yuan didn't want to expose Ge Luofeng's forehead at this time. After all, the whole inscription is still positive, expressing regret for this war, regret and mourning for the fallen soldiers on both sides, and expressing the position that the two countries will be friendly to each other and never offend each other in the future.

Wang Yuan also wrote a memorial to the fallen soldiers on both sides, read it himself, burned it and worshipped. At this point, the war of a few months ago can finally be said to have ended with mutual understanding and understanding.

In the evening, Ge Luofeng and Wang Yuan arrived in Taihe City, and after entering the Dragon Shouguan, they went straight to the palace hall. Wang Yuan officially promulgated the holy decree of His Majesty the Tang Emperor to Luo Feng, the lord of the Nanzhao Kingdom, on the main hall of the palace of Taihe City.

Xuanzong also gave Ge Luofeng enough face, and praised Ge Luofeng greatly in the holy decree, saying that he was 'Ying Lingjie Xiu, Han Zhang Tingsheng, Sun Angle Biaoqi, Longwen Table', and did not say a word about the war between the two sides a few months ago. The holy decree canonized Ge Luofeng as the king of Yunnan, and Enkai Fuyi was the same as the three divisions. Posthumously the late old lord Pi Luo Ge was the king of Erhai County, and he was given the title of Taishi. The division of the county king is unique to the royal family, and Xuanzong is tantamount to telling Ge Luofeng that he regards Pi Luo Ge as a brother, so he has the posthumous title of the county king. In addition, the title of Taishi is also the best official position in the Tang Dynasty, which is the supreme honor. Even the right prime minister like Li Linfu, who is a very popular minister, is just an official position from the second grade.

Ge Luofeng thanked him for receiving the decree, and then Wang Yuan took out the text of the peace agreement signed by the imperial court, and exchanged peace treaties with Ge Luofeng on the spot, and each of them kept them as a note, and the peace agreement was officially reached. However, Ge Luofeng still needs to go to the capital to thank him in person, this is also a gesture, if Ge Luofeng does not dare to go, it is obvious that he still has an idea in his heart, and he will be suspicious of the imperial court, so Ge Luofeng must go.

After these tedious things were completed, Wang Yuan congratulated him: "Congratulations to the lord of the country, congratulations to the lord of the country, since then, there will be no more disputes between Nanzhao and my Datang." I have a saying in the Tang Dynasty that if you don't fight, you don't know each other, aren't the lord and I a portrayal of this sentence? From now on, you and I will be friends, and I don't want to bring soldiers and horses to fight with you again. ”

Ge Luofeng said with a smile: "I should say this sentence, I don't want to fight with anyone, you are too powerful, my Nanzhao is almost destroyed in your hands." ”

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said: "I won't mention the previous things, and the previous masters are also helpless." Now that we are one master, we should be brothers and help each other. ”

Ge Luofeng laughed and said: "With your words, it will be done, my Nanzhao really needs a lot of help, and I will have to talk to you about these things in the future." When I return from going to the capital, I will pass through Chengdu and talk to you about these things, but I won't talk about it today, so as not to spoil the scenery. Today is a big day for my Nanzhao country, don't say anything, drink and talk, and carnival until dawn is the right reason. ”

So Ge Luofeng took Wang Yuan's hand into the table, and a banquet was held in the palace hall, and the delicacies unique to Nanzhao were placed. Sweet fruit wine, delicious mountain delicacies, diligent hosts, melodious silk bamboo, flying dancing girls. The main hall became a sea of joy. Wang Yuan and Ge Luofeng drank happily, laughing and laughing, and were extremely happy.

After drinking several jars of fruit wine, although the wine of Nanzhao Kingdom was sweet and silky, Wang Yuan still had the meaning of scenting. Among the melodious silk and bamboo before the banquet, the Nanzhao dancer in a colorful skirt danced in a long skirt, and Wang Yuan recognized it as the famous peacock dance of the Nanzhao Kingdom in his drunken eyes. Dozens of dancing girls fluttered and rose and fell, and they were extremely beautiful, just like dozens of elegant peacocks stumbling in front of the table, which was simply beautiful.

But seeing the group of women dancing peacocks in front of him, Wang Yuan suddenly remembered something. A few months ago, in the cave house of Yangji Baa City, Ruan Luozhu, the princess of Erhai in Nanzhao Kingdom, used to dance a peacock dance in front of her. Although he was teasing at that time, he deliberately asked Ruan Luozhu to wear a small dress and show her arms and legs to dance a peacock dance for herself, which was very funny, but the scene in front of him still reminded Wang Yuan of the shadow of this Princess Aluo.

But the strange thing is that she didn't see the shadow of Princess A Luo all day, it stands to reason that she, as the princess of Nanzhao Kingdom and the sister of Ge Luofeng, should also accompany her and attend tonight's banquet. The worst should show her face, at least she and she are acquaintances. Could it be that this Princess Aluo hates herself to the core, and she doesn't plan to see herself at all?

Thinking of this, Wang Yuan couldn't hide his curiosity, and said to Ge Luofeng, who was drinking red-faced, "Lord of the country, why haven't you seen Princess Lingmei Erhai?" I just found out that I hadn't seen her for a day today. ”

Ge Luofeng was stunned, sighed and said, "Don't mention it, don't mention it." ”

Wang Yuan was surprised: "What's the matter?" Could it be that something happened to Ling Mei? ”

Ge Luofeng took the wine glass and drank it all, looked at Wang Yuan and said, "Are you really ignorant or pretending to be confused?" You don't know about Arlo? ”

Wang Yuan spread his hands and said, "Where do you start with this?" How do I know about Sister Ling? ”

Ge Luofeng frowned and looked at Wang Yuan for a long time, sighed and said: "It seems that you really don't know, Ah Mei doesn't live in the city, she lives on the mountainside lake of Zhonghe Peak in the east of the city." For months, she refused to go back to the city. Her garden in the palace had been empty for months, and she would not come back, preferring to live in the mountains and suffer. ”

Wang Yuan was puzzled: "Why is that?" ”

Ge Luofeng smacked his lips and said, "You still ask why?" Isn't it because of you? ”

Wang Yuan was stunned for a moment, pointed to his nose and said, "Because of me?" ”