Chapter 231: Swords face each other

"Your Highness... Lao Chen can't help anymore, look at my current body, it's very good to be able to stand up..."Pei Yun sighed dejectedly, the previous pride seemed to have dissipated due to this illness, he had been in and out of the phase for many years, and he never thought that he would become the half-crippled person he is today. The disease really wore down his will.

"Pei Xiang is not depressed," Xiao Mocheng said firmly, "Even if Pei Xiang can't enter and leave the court, the Pei family has deep roots, and the Pei family is still a prominent family in the capital!" Xiao Mocheng cheered him up, he knew that Pei Yun was a scheming master, Pei Yun would never be willing to lose power, and he was only depressed because of his poor health.

Pei Yun knew that Xiao Mocheng wanted to cheer himself up, but somehow, since he got sick, he felt excited about doing anything. Of course, Pei Yun didn't know, in fact, he had already been hit by a chronic poison called "Thousand Souls", which was a poison that eliminated a person's will, which was also the reason why Pei Yun had not been able to get better.

Despite this, Pei Yun still held his mind, he knew that Xiao Mocheng must have come to ask for advice, so he didn't want to beat around the bush, so he said bluntly: "Your Highness, now that the Seven Princes are in full swing, pointing directly at Luoyang, we can't stop it and can't stop it!" ”

Pei Yun not only admired Xiao Moheng's combat ability at this time, but also admired his skill in winning people's hearts, not to mention others, Yan Sui, who was originally his confidant, has now been bought by Xiao Moheng and has become the head of his conquest army.

Xiao Mocheng smiled bitterly, with a helpless sigh on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Yes." I really didn't expect that the seventh brother really had a hand, not only defeated the North Crane and recaptured Xiangyang, but now he also killed the North Crane and occupied Guanzhong, that North Crane has been powerful in the Three Kingdoms for decades, known as the invincible military god, but he was caught off guard by the seventh brother, and he was powerless to parry, and finally lost his life! At this moment, Xiao Mocheng can no longer describe his brother as shocked.

"To this day. Does His Royal Highness still think that the Seventh Prince is in danger? Apparently he has been planning for years. The whole war situation was already under his control, and now the imperial court only supports Yuzhou's military salaries, and Xuzhou has only transported a small amount of grain. He must have been ready for it! And we don't know until now. The Seven Princes are the masters behind Jiangzhou Thorn Shi Gaochi! Pei Yun analyzed in one breath. After all that's said. There are some forces that cannot be supported.

Xiao Mocheng hurriedly put a backrest for him to make his body more comfortable.

"Yes, I thought Gao Chi was my father's person. Unexpectedly, now he has become the first general under the command of Seventh Brother! A hint of depth flashed in Xiao Mocheng's eyes, in fact, it was not just Gao Chi... Isn't she also in the Seventh Brother's army......

Thinking of Jiang Mei, Xiao Mocheng's heart was as painful as being cut by a knife, she was the seventh brother's person....she hid herself so hard... But despite this, Xiao Mocheng had to admit that there was a slight pain in his chest, but this pain had nothing to do with hatred, but only from longing... He really misses her... I think about it......

Pei Yun saw that Xiao Mocheng's face suddenly turned pale, and he was a little confused after thinking deeply, so he was surprised: "Your Highness..."

"Oh..."Xiao Mocheng came back to his senses, smiled apologetically, and said with a smile: "Then Pei Xiang, what should I do now?" ”

Xiao Mocheng looked at Pei Yun, who had gray hair, and saw the traces of time on that old face.

Pei Yun's deep pupils shrank, and a bitterness hit his chest, he looked at Xiao Moheng's still handsome and chic face, and was slightly stunned, the reason why he recommended Xiao Moheng as the handsome before was because there was no longer the commander who could resist Beihe, and he didn't think that Xiao Moheng would be Beihe's opponent at all, he originally wanted Xiao Moheng to support him for a while, and then go to face Beihe after his body recovered.

When many ministers in the DPRK and China were overjoyed, he really realized that Xiao Moheng was already a dragon diving into the deep sea, and there was no constraint, since Xiao Moheng dared to drive the soldiers straight to Chang'an, he still thought that Xiao Moheng would not be carried away by the victory, and dared to smash the nest of Beihe, and he also sweated for hundreds of thousands of troops in the Northern Expedition.

But now Xiao Moheng miraculously recovered Chang'an and captured Beihe, at this time, he has almost determined Xiao Moheng's victory, Xiao Moheng has a heavy army, and the fierce generals are like clouds, no matter what happens in the court, he only needs to garrison Shouchun or Jingkou, these forces in Xiao Moheng's hands are simply not enough to compete with his army of hundreds of thousands, Xiao Moheng only needs to send a piece of paper to Jiankang, I believe that Jiankang officials and officials will vote for him one after another, and even he himself can vote, after all, the Pei family can no longer threaten Xiao Moheng's power, And it can also help him stabilize the situation.

It's just that the sincere Nine Emperor Princes in front of him made him hesitate, if he waited and watched the changes of time, after Xiao Moheng ascended the throne, the Pei family would not lose too much, but the door would not be as good as now, if he assisted the Nine Emperor Princes to ascend the throne, the Pei family would be prosperous and rich as usual, but Pei Yun knew that this required a lot of risk, and he was really not sure whether the Nine Emperor Princes would win.

However, Pei Yun suddenly remembered Su Jin, Su Jin has not made any movement so far, which makes Pei Yun very surprised, does Su Jin have a way to win? Thinking about it this way, it seems that he can also gamble, and suddenly fell down from the high-ranking minister, and he was really unwilling.

Xiao Mocheng has been quietly looking at the thoughts churning in Pei Yun's eyes, he knows that Pei Yun is weighing, he is not to blame, because any other person will think left and right, and be cautious, after all, this is gambling with the glory of the clan and even his life.

However, Xiao Mocheng was not completely unprepared, and when Pei Yun was still thinking about it, he said quietly, "Pei Xiang, as far as I know, Jiang Mei served in the army of the Seventh Brother, and Pei Xiang's illness was sudden, and the people in the Pingyang Medical Center have not been able to cure him..."

Hearing this, Pei Yun suddenly breathed heavily, his face stiffened, he stared at Xiao Mocheng with his pupils wide, and suddenly a bloody breath came from his throat, and he suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood...

Xiao Mocheng was shocked, "Pei Xiang...."

Pei Yun's face calmed down instead, he kept panting, trying to calm himself down, Xiao Mocheng was right. If Jiang Mei is the person of the Seven Princes, then the Seven Princes will definitely try to make themselves unable to go to the battlefield in order to lead the troops, so it is very reasonable to let the magic doctor poison himself. Pei Yun seemed to suddenly understand all the causes and consequences.

"Jiang Mei ......," Pei Yun gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

Xiao Mocheng felt a pain in his heart, if she wasn't like this, he wouldn't want to make enemies with her, but only if he made it clear, Pei Yun would help him, Xiao Mocheng closed his eyes helplessly. Hide the pain in your eyes.

"Pei Xiang doesn't just hate Jiang Mei. This must have been instructed by Brother Qi! Xiao Mocheng still had one more word, after all, he was reluctant to let Pei Yun point the finger at Jiang Mei.

Pei Yun smiled contemptuously, he knew what Xiao Mocheng meant, so he didn't say much. At this time, he was not ruthless to Jiang Mei. It can be seen that he is really affectionate to that medical girl.

The two were silent for a moment. Pei Yun finally made up his mind and said: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I, Pei Yun and the Pei family, swear allegiance to Your Highness, and there will be no repentance!" Pei Yun lay on the couch. Leaning forward, his gray eyes filled with extremely firm belief, he couldn't let Xiao Moheng succeed, otherwise the Pei family would be cleaned up by him sooner or later, in fact, Xiao Moheng never showed any concern to Pei Yun from beginning to end, which also showed that he was not ready to win over the Pei family at all, so the Pei family only had one lord, and that was Xiao Mocheng.

Hearing this, Xiao Mocheng immediately got up, made a long gesture towards Pei Yun, and said excitedly: "Mo Cheng bows to Pei Xiang, Mo Cheng swears that as long as I ascend the throne, then the Pei family will always be rich and noble!" ”

Since Xiao Mocheng visited Pei Yun, Pei Yun has also contacted Su Jin privately, as for what strategy the two discussed and what strategy they formulated, no one else knows.

At the same time, Xiao Moheng actively commanded the Northern Expeditionary army to attack Luoyang with all his might, and the Huan troops from all walks of life entered the battle with enthusiasm, however, to Xiao Moheng's surprise and annoyance, half a month later, except for Shi Bing who successfully captured Xiapi, the other armies all stopped, and the army led by Ling Heng was resisted by Wei Ting's death, and Ji Fangzi was the first to attack Deng Rui's troops, but he wanted to turn passive into active.

After Jiang Mei received the information, she hurried to see Xiao Moheng with Mu Bai. Facing Xiao Moheng's iron blue face, Jiang Mei did not hurry and comforted: "Your Highness, don't worry, this is just a small defeat, after the capture of Chang'an, our army has become more and more arrogant, and the soldiers inevitably have the heart of underestimating the enemy, so it is not surprising that the army from all walks of life is slow to march!" ”

Mu Bai paced to Xiao Moheng's side and answered: "That's right, I suggest that Your Highness put some pressure on the forwards and let them regain their morale!" ”

Xiao Moheng, who was standing with his hands in his hands, nodded slightly, turned to Yan Sui who was standing on the side and said, "Lord Yan, you immediately ordered General Ling Heng and General Hao Zhanwei, this king ordered them to break through Tongguan within ten days!" ”

"No!" After Yan Sui received the order, after giving a slight salute, he immediately stepped out of the hall.

After Xiao Moheng pondered for a moment, he said loudly: "Ji Fangzi wants to use offense as defense to block the offensive of our army, it seems that Ji Fangzi is not in vain," and then Xiao Moheng chuckled, "However, even if he has seven heads and six arms, he can't save Luoyang!" ”

"Hehe...."Jiang Mei also smiled and said: "Exactly, Murong Xi and Murong Yuan are still fighting in Luoyang, Dayan is worried about internal and external troubles, and is at the juncture of an existential crisis, as long as Tongguan is broken, what can Ji Fangzi do to defend the south, of course, I believe that General Deng Rui and General Shi Yu will definitely catch him!" There was a confident smile in her eyes, she didn't know Deng Rui, but she transferred Shi Yu over to use him to deal with Ji Fangzi.

"Well, Ji Fangzi and Dian Zhongxiong will be handed over to Shizi and those two generals!" Xiao Moheng shrugged, turned around and said casually. Now that the overall situation has been decided, it is only a matter of time before Luoyang is taken.

Xiao Moheng looked at Jiang Mei while thinking, and saw that she was dressed a little thinly, so he hurriedly walked over, took her hand, and said, "Now that the weather is getting colder, why don't you wear a few more clothes?" Xiao Moheng's tone was actually serious, the early autumn in the north was not as good as in the south, Jiang Mei's health was not good, so he couldn't help but worry.

Jiang Mei smiled wryly, withdrew her hand from his hand rather embarrassed, and said softly: "Today's autumn is crisp, the sun is shining, and I don't feel cold when I go out, so I wear less..."

"It's not cold when you go out, but it's evening now, and your body will inevitably catch a cold," After speaking, Xiao Moheng instructed Qin Xin, who was standing aside, "Qin Xin, go and bring my blue cloak!" ”

Qin Xin nodded, immediately withdrew from the side, and hurriedly took his clothes, his master wanted to show goodwill, how could he not be numb.

Jiang Mei's face stiffened, and it was not appropriate for her to put on the clothes of the lord, so she secretly glanced at Mu Bai, and Mu Bai understood.

At this time, as Xiao Moheng's general, he should retreat with interest, but Mu Bai pretended to be stupid, and interjected faintly: "Your Highness, I brought a green shirt when I came, just put it on for Mei'er later!" ”

When Xiao Moheng heard this, he immediately turned his head and looked at Mu Bai coldly, with a helpless and headache, he had the impression that Mu Bai was a smart person, couldn't he see his own thoughts? Besides, where is he willing to let Jiang Mei put on the clothes of other men.

So Xiao Moheng squeezed out a smile and said: "General Mu, when Miss Jiang was in Jiankang, she was already a strategist under my command, and she has worked hard for me for more than a year, sharing weal and woe with me, although I have known her for as long as you general, but I have long regarded her as a confidant in this life, and it is my responsibility to take care of her!" ”

Although Xiao Moheng said to Mu Bai, his eyes were looking at Jiang Mei, and there was a lingering affection in his clear eyes.

He knew that Mu Bai regarded Jiang Mei as a sister, and his words were tantamount to letting Mu Bai understand his heart for Jiang Mei. He couldn't have been clearer: I'll take care of my people.

Mu Bai couldn't hear the meaning of his words, he smiled slightly bitterly in his heart, he didn't want Jiang Mei to enter the palace as a concubine one day, but he couldn't damage Xiao Moheng's face, he froze on the spot for a while, and didn't know how to reply.

Jiang Mei didn't dare to look at Xiao Moheng, her eyes squinted at the copper furnace next to the bookcase, and she was stunned. Regarding Xiao Moheng's feelings, she could only pretend that she didn't understand and couldn't see it.

Just as Xiao Moheng couldn't help but raise her hand to brush the hair next to her eyes, a guard came in and reported: "Your Highness, Miss Meng asks to see!" ”

A noncoherent sentence broke the silence in the hall.

Jiang Mei suddenly woke up, and hurriedly took two steps back and smiled at Xiao Moheng: "Since Miss Meng is here, then General Mu and I won't bother!" Jiang Mei retires! As if he was running away, he exited the hall with Mu Bai. Jiang Mei was grateful to Meng Huizhi in her heart as she walked, and it was really time.

Of course, the other lord frowned, this Meng Hui came at the right time. He was still waiting for Mu Bai's reply.

When Qin Xin brought the shawl with great interest, he saw Meng Huizhi take out a dark robe embroidered by himself to try it on for his master, looking like a good wife. It was not for Qin Xin to enter, nor was it to retreat, and in the end he had to look at the clothes in his hands in a daze.

When Xiao Moheng noticed Qin Xin, he had to say that it was windy outside, so he asked Meng Huizhi to put on his clothes and go home. So Meng Huizhi finally put on the blue cloak and left Xiao Moheng's mansion with satisfaction. (To be continued......)