Chapter Seventy-One: A Midnight Invitation

It's late autumn now, and the deeper the night, the cooler it gets. Jiang Mei, accompanied by Jiuzhu, rushed to a small attic in Changganli. Jiang Mei sat in the attic with her body crooked, she had always been afraid of the cold, so she put on a cloak, she tightened the cloak with her hands, and seemed to feel a little cold.

Jiangzhou....Jingzhou will be in the future....She secretly made up her mind in her heart that she must not miss.

She waited for a while, and finally heard footsteps entering the house.

Jiang Mei supported the desk and hurriedly got up, but saw Xiao Moheng wearing a dark cloak, looking at herself with a light smile. At the next glance, Dongfang Zhan looked like a lupine scarf again, appearing on Xiao Moheng's side.

Jiang Mei bowed to Xiao Moheng and smiled: "I'm really embarrassed, let His Highness come in the dust, Xiaomei is really guilty!" ”

"The girl is polite, it seems that there must be something important." Xiao Moheng unraveled the cloak and placed it on one side.

Jiang Mei suddenly smelled a fragrance, she had tried and smelled medicine for many years, and she had developed a sharp nose. The fragrance on Xiao Moheng's body obviously did not belong to him.

She chuckled lightly and couldn't help but quip: "Your Highness just returned home today, and she was urgently invited by Xiaomei, it seems that Xiaomei is actually too beautiful!" ”

Xiao Moheng was stunned when he heard this, when had he ever seen her joking since he met Jiang Mei, and when he saw her making fun of himself today, he felt a little funny. I don't know why, at dinner, when I learned that Jiang Mei asked him to discuss matters at night, he was happy and looking forward to it. So she left the two shy beauties in the house to meet her, and she was actually teased by her. Xiao Moheng suddenly felt a little angry again......

Dongfang Zhan understood what Jiang Mei meant as soon as he heard it, and turned his head to look at Xiao Moheng's crying and laughing expression, and couldn't help but chuckle.

Jiang Mei couldn't help it, so she laughed too. Seeing this, Xiao Moheng looked at this and that, his face was slightly red. No one has been so presumptuous in front of him since he was born.

Thinking that when Xiao Moheng was not in the capital, Jiang Mei and Dongfang Zhan discussed things, and the two became acquainted with each other.

"The two military advisors who dare to love the king are teaming up today to make fun of the king?" Xiao Moheng pretended to be angry, but looking at the happy appearance of the two of them, he didn't mind.

"Don't dare, don't dare, drink yourself a cup as punishment!" Dongfang Zhan drank a glass of wine and hurried to round the field.

Jiang Mei also apologized: "It's Xiaomei who is presumptuous, Your Highness is not strange!" ”

Xiao Moheng blames her, now that it is eventful, it is rare to see her smile so casually, and she is also happy.

"Alright, let's get down to business! During my absence, what changes have happened to Jingzhou and the capital? Xiao Moheng asked out loud and sat down as he spoke.

Seeing him sternly up, Jiang Mei also replied: "The reason why I am in a hurry to see His Highness tonight is actually two important news. ”

Xiao Moheng couldn't help but be stunned, looked at her fixedly, and waited for her next step, Dongfang Zhan also listened attentively.

"First, I have learned the news that Mrs. Pei of Xiakou is seriously ill; Second, when Xiaomei traveled to Dayan, she met a few friends, and they brought an urgent letter to me, informing me that Dayan was already reorganizing its troops and horses, and it would go south in a few days, and the first to bear the brunt was Xuzhou! Jiang Meilang raised her eyebrows and looked at Xiao Moheng.

I really didn't expect that the exiled army in Jingkou would be tested so soon, Jiang Mei sighed in her heart.

Although Jiang Mei only modestly said that it was her friend who told her the news, Xiao Moheng knew very well in her heart that Jiang Mei had her own source of intelligence in Dayan, otherwise how could she know such confidential news. Thinking again, Xiaoyue Tower also has a dock in Dayan, which is not surprising.

"I thought that Dayan would take advantage of the civil strife in Jingzhou and go south to take Jingling to obtain the entire Xiangyang. Or go straight down to Yuzhou and cut off the Yangtze River. I didn't expect them to start from Xuzhou! It's incredible. Dongfang Zhan frowned slightly, as if he couldn't understand Dayan's moves.

"The reason why Dayan didn't take Jingling was because Pei Yun and Yuan Kai were both in Xiakou, once Dayan went south, it was difficult to guarantee that the two would not work together to the outside world, and the two of them were also Dahuan's generals and prime ministers. Instead of taking risks, let them fight to the death first, and then go south when the troops are exhausted! Xiao Moheng analyzed.

"Your Highness's analysis is correct, as for why you attacked Xuzhou..."Jiang Mei chuckled, "Dayan is actually not much better than Da Huan, the Da Huan clan is in civil strife, they are the three princes for the throne, they are deceitful and deceitful, life and death, and the court situation is quite turbulent." Now the eldest prince is so happy, I'm afraid that he wants to take advantage of the opportunity of Dahuan's civil strife to get involved in military power and establish meritorious deeds! ”

Dongfang Zhan nodded, and continued: "Dayan is not a young man, now the third prince is the crown prince, temporarily living in the storage position, and the second prince has the assistance of Mr. Beihe, who has a very high prestige in Dayan, and has made great achievements in Chang'an and Xiangyang, only this big prince has also received the support of many courtiers, but what he urgently needs most is military power!" ”

"Good! In this case, then I will ask my father to ask for help, and I will meet this great prince for a while! Xiao Moheng's eyes shot a bright light, it was the brilliance of the sword out of the sheath.

Jiang Mei glanced at him deeply, and said quite embarrassedly: "Your Highness, I'm afraid I don't need your help!" ”

Xiao Moheng frowned and asked puzzledly, "Why?" ”

Jiang Mei didn't answer, but Dongfang Zhan replied with a smile: "Your Highness, this Xuzhou can still be handed over to General Shi Bing, I guess that Dayan will not let Xiangyang go, and when Pei Xiang and Yuan Kai have a duel, Beihe will wave his army to the south, this Xuzhou is a piece of cake, but we must not give it to people in Xiangyang!" When Dongfang Zhan said the last few words, the firmness and confidence in his tone made Xiao Moheng feel some strange looks.

When Dongfang Zhan spoke, his eyes looked at Jiang Mei from time to time, Jiang Mei just lowered her eyes and looked a little pale, as if she was contemplative, but in fact, the qi and blood in her chest swelled:

Kitazuru! I've been waiting for this day for a long time, and I've spent so much effort and planning just to lure you in!

After Dongfang Zhan's analysis, Xiao Moheng also understood the power, he lowered his head and drank a glass of wine, feeling a little self-blame in his heart, blaming himself for just wanting to try the sharpness of the Jingkou army, but he ignored the overall situation, and was a little anxious for quick success.

"Miss Jiang, you just said that Mrs. Pei is seriously ill?" Xiao Moheng suddenly remembered this matter, raised his head and asked.

"Exactly!" What Jiang Mei is really worried about is not that Dayan has violated the realm, but that this powerful and respected Pei Taifu is about to die. Yun Lingbo fought under him back then, when Yun Lingbo died in Xiangyang, this Pei Taifu was in Xiakou, what was the situation at that time, he should be the one who knows! For so many years, she has asked the meticulous workers in Pei Mansion to investigate carefully, but there has been no valuable information. If possible, she might need to make a trip to Xiakou herself.

Jiang Mei sighed slowly, and then said: "Taifu Pei is old and frail, and now he is being persecuted by Yuan Kai, his condition has worsened, I'm afraid time is running out!" ”

PS: Push it next week, hehe, Xiao He is very happy, the plot will also make great progress, Xiao Jiang is going to Jingzhou to quell the rebellion