Jiro helped her take care of the strap of the hanging arm.

Ruyi felt a little embarrassed and got up and went out. On the other hand, he said, "I just received a letter from Yizhou, and I have something to tell you." Drink tea? ”

Erlang stepped forward, preemptively poured water for her, and helped her to the front of the seat.

Ruyi smiled, and didn't fight with him. Seeing that the letter was resting next to the letterbox, he knew that he had read it in private, but he didn't think he had read it either. She picked up the letter and gave it to him again. said, "Chu Shiying is the third-in-command in the rudder, who has been in and out of Yizhou all the year round to do business, and has some friendships with officials large and small in Yizhou. ”

Erlang didn't hide that he had read the letter, and turned directly to the second page and swept it at a glance.

The letter said that it was a big deal, but it was not a big deal.

-- Some officials in Yizhou persuaded Xiao Ke, the assassin of Yizhou and the king of Baling, to be the emperor. I think I'm ready to be the emperor.

After reading the letter, Erlang only chuckled lightly and said, "Uncle is really anxious. ”

Xiao Ke is the fourth brother of the Son of Heaven, and he has been sealed to Yizhou for seventeen or eighteen years. Yizhou has been rich and stable over the years, and the trade routes extend in all directions, which can be regarded as his meritorious governance.

Li Hu's rebellion has changed too many things, and under the troubled times, all living beings have surfaced. In comparison, his uncle's actions are actually straightforward.

Erlang only said, "Let him go." The most important thing at the moment is to crusade against Li Hu. ”

Of course, he was also unhappy. Although he is now surrounded by strong enemies, he can't let the enemy go and fight with his relatives first. But since Xiao Ke has the ambition to become emperor, he must have the intention of murdering him - after all, after Weimo, he is the logical heir. You have to kill him first before it is Xiao Ke's turn to get the crowd.

Ruyi saw that he was angry, so he only suppressed it and didn't have a seizure, so he said, "Yizhou is not without people of insight, you might as well secretly send someone to lobby Yizhou scholars and ask them to persuade the fourth uncle." If not, make another decision. ”

Erlang said, "The car and the crown suit have been made, when the dream is in full swing, where can I still listen to persuasion?" I'm afraid that if I annoy him, he will kill him instead. He knew Ruyi's concerns, so he comforted her, "Don't worry, I can tell the difference." Yizhou is easy to defend itself, but it is not so easy to send troops. Let the fourth uncle guard Bashu for me first, so as not to let the thieves and Western Wei take advantage of the situation. As for the rest of the accounts, I will settle them with him when I finish taking care of them. ”

If he really understands the opinion, he will not say anything more. She only secretly thought that she should choose some people to lobby in Yizhou - it may not necessarily prevent Xiao Ke from becoming emperor, but she must win over the scholars of Shu County. As long as these people have their hearts towards Erlang, when Yizhou is recovered, they will be able to save a lot of conquest and war.

So, how to win over these scholars from Shu County?

She thought to herself.

The long eyelashes are low, and the sun is softly sprinkled all over the body, moist and clear like a jade.

Jiro looked at her, and for a moment felt as if the turmoil in his mind had been emptied. There may be no one in this world who can make him so relieved and attached, he couldn't help but think.

After a while, Ruyi realized that the room was very quiet, so he looked at Erlang suspiciously.

Erlang said, "I'll borrow your people for a while." ”

Ruyi was slightly puzzled.

Erlang said, "It's He Manduo and Li Dui." He said, "Since Taicheng was besieged, Gu Changzhou has not been heard from for nearly four months. It was unusual for the messengers sent to see him all the time. I would like to send others to Jiangzhou to inquire about the news -- if it is to inquire about the news, they are much easier to use than others. ”

Ruyi came to his senses, and said with a smile, "They have been following you for four months, and you haven't even pulled them over?" ”

Jiro was not as arrogant and embarrassed as she expected, his face was clearly dark, "They are much more loyal to you than to me." Before, I was just at your assignment and let it be used by me. If it is transferred too far, they may not be willing. ”

Although his tone was flat, there was also a hint of childish unwillingness. But Ruyi couldn't laugh when he heard it. She looked at Erlang, and after a long time, she realized that the fingertips on her ankles were cold at some point. It felt like she didn't have often, but it wasn't strange. She was only in a trance—the feeling that seeped into her heart like an ice and snow version with Erlang's words seemed to be wary and fearful?

She was stunned for a while, and then wondered what was going on.

Jiro's face was as usual, and he seemed to be a little puzzled by her silence.

Ruyi also put the so-called intuition behind him, and patiently explained, "Boss He and Li Dui are indeed used to wandering around in the market, and they don't know what the order prohibits them. However, there are indeed people in the caravan who are interested in high-ranking officials, but they are not willing. There are also those who love money and are hired to do so. They all have a skill. You just have to recruit, and if you can get them to your heart, someone will be willing to follow you. He added, "You said you would borrow from me, but in fact you couldn't send them, and I did, and they remembered their previous friendship at most, and barely made it difficult for them once -- the way the caravan operated on my side was different from that in your shogunate." ”

Erlang was surprised, "You don't mind if I go to your command to recruit people?" ”

Even if Ruyi is just a girl, who dares to say that what she does is not a meritorious deed? She ran the caravan for many years, eventually creating an extraordinary team. Maybe Ruyi doesn't realize it, but the more things Erlang does and the more people he comes into contact with, the more he knows how rare it is to have a staff team with so many talents, but almost never been consumed by competition, and who cooperate seamlessly with each other, and can also make her like a finger.

Don't Ruyi understand that allowing him to recruit people is actually allowing him to dismember the team and cut the fattest ingredients according to his own needs?

Or did she think that he was really just a few people who were temporarily transferred and didn't care about him?

- He didn't really want to see Ruyi holding such a force that he couldn't control.

Even if he didn't want to admit it, he knew very well that since he knew that Ruyi and him were not related by blood, his desire to control Ruyi had been out of control.

The reason why he can control it now is entirely because of the habit he has developed since he was a child-he respects and loves Ruyi. He knew what he would do to hurt her, which Cheng dù would be forgiven, and which Cheng dù would provoke a counterattack...... But he doesn't know what kind of Cheng dù will make Ruyi unable to forgive him, so he won't try lightly.

But Ruyi suddenly drew a line for him, a line that he thought would at least anger her, but in fact she was able to accept it calmly.

If she is on the battlefield, her words are not intended to be a huge mistake, and they are tantamount to giving people a handle.

But Ruyi listened to his question, and only lowered his eyes and smiled, "Of course, I still hope that you can be merciful." She seemed to have some nostalgia and sighs, she clearly expected the possible consequences, and was mentally prepared for the disbandment of the caravan, "It's just that the matter is imminent, if there is enough for you to visit the people, you won't borrow someone from me." I don't want to give you ......."

But now Erlang is the red banner in the world, and for the sake of big things, of course she has to use Erlang first.

What's more, when the caravan was formed that day, they had already said, "Outside the law, come and go freely." If Erlang can give them more favorable conditions, she has no reason to stop these people from choosing branches to perch. She has her own charm that is different from Jiro, and there will definitely be people in this world who are attracted to her instead of Jiro. If she can build this caravan once, she can form it a second time.

She quickly picked herself up and laughed, "But who told me to be two years older than you?" ”

Her smile was so clean and calm that it was a little dazzling, and Erlang couldn't force her to look, so he avoided his eyes and pressed her head casually, "...... Those don't count. ”

They weren't related by blood at all, so no matter how old she was, she wasn't his sister.

As the envoys sent by Erlang to deliver the edict to the princes of the Quartet gradually returned to Beijing, the situation in the world gradually spread out in front of him.

The situation was more complicated than he thought.

Li Hu adjusted his strategy. In the name of the new king, he issued an edict to the princes of the four directions, so that they should occupy their original positions and each of them in their own place. Then he threw out his bait -- to depose Lu Chen, the assassin of Yingzhou, to abolish Yingzhou, and to divide the counties of Yingzhou into Jing, Hunan and Jiangzhou. Xuzhou was ceded to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and Yuzhou was ceded to the Western Wei Dynasty.

And he himself concentrated his forces to the east, attacking and receiving the counties of Yangzhou that refused to submit to him.

-- This cunning Hu man, who has changed hands three times and has only relied on 8,000 cavalry to disrupt the entire Jiangnan, knows very well how to use small and broad skills.

In the blink of an eye, Jing and Hunan were eyeing Yingzhou. The defense of Xuzhou and Yuzhou, which Xu Mao controlled, was also under double pressure. Not only did Erlang fail to form an alliance, but even he himself became a piece of fat that everyone could cut off in the eyes of the princes of the world.

And he can't play like Li Hu, because the world is someone else's world for Li Hu, and it doesn't matter if he plays badly.

He can only be like the Son of Heaven. Obviously, the biggest enemy is in front of him, and he only needs to fight hard to kill the thief, but he has to be entangled in internal friction to consume a lot of energy.

But if he's stumbling up, he's just that.

In March of the sixth year of Tianhe, Xiao Huaishuo, the king of Jingzhou and Linchuan, sent troops to attack Niuzhu.

And Gu Huai's news reached Nanling at this time.

It was not the messenger who came back from Jiangzhou who brought back the news, but Zhang Guang, the assassin of Yongzhou who fled back from Yongzhou.

-- Gu Huai's edict was overbearing, and the army forcibly occupied Yongzhou Mansion.