This night, destined not to be peaceful, the clouds are surging in all directions, and the undercurrent is also surging with it, like a huge black cloud sinking down, oppressing people's hearts, at this time, in Yancheng, the officers and soldiers everywhere are under martial law, and they must not relax in the slightest, the people of every household close their doors, and on the quiet streets, only the footsteps of the officers and soldiers on patrol keep echoing.

In the palace, Nangong Ling kept walking around in the imperial study, he was upset, and Mu An's words kept circling in his mind, Nangong Yu came to Lingnan City this time, he came prepared, led an army of 800,000 and a lore iron horseman, an army of 800,000, what is the concept?

The cities and county guards captured by Nangong Yu are all heavily guarded places, and when these places are recovered, the military strength will naturally increase.

Thinking that he is now recruiting troops everywhere, he can only get together with an army of 400,000, plus the 70,000 soldiers of the Black Dragon Iron Cavalry, he can't catch up with Nangong Yu no matter what.

"Nangong Yu", Nangong Ling's black eyes flashed with a thick ruthless color, gritted his teeth and squeezed out three words, he clenched his fists and slammed on the dragon book case, the mountain of twists and turns on the dragon book case fell to the ground with a bang, Xiao Lingzi stood on the side of the dragon book case, and hurriedly knelt down to pick up those folds when he saw this scene.

"You don't need to pick it up, you have time to pick up these things, you might as well help me come up with more ideas", Nangong Ling swept towards Xiao Lingzi with cold eyes, and roared angrily.

Xiao Lingzi put down the fold in his hand, stood up, and walked in front of Nangong Ling with his head slightly down, but his sharp voice was strange at this time, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Mu's words are actually not unreasonable."

"Huh"? Nangong Ling gave a strange sigh, "What do you want to say?"

"The slave wants to say that instead of having a hard time with Nangong Yu at this time, it is better to find a reason to delay the war first, so that the emperor can have time to expand his forces."

As soon as Xiao Lingzi's voice fell, he only heard Nangong Ling snort softly, obviously disdainful, "You said it lightly, looking for a reason?" That also requires Nangong Yu, a traitor, to be willing, if he can't wait to attack, I'm afraid that Yancheng will be captured by him sooner or later."

"The slave heard that every time Nangong Yu captures a city, he will never kill, but treat the people in the city well, Huaigu City and Yancheng are no exception, the slave has an idea here, the terrible emperor is afraid that the emperor will be angry", suddenly, Xiao Lingzi knelt on the ground, looking terrified.

Nangong Ling frowned and looked at Xiao Lingzi, waved his hand and said, "You get up, I forgive you for your innocence, in the current situation, it is okay to have an idea for me to refer to, you don't have to be so alarmed", after that, he turned around and sat on the dragon chair.

Although the emperor opened Chrysostom, he would not blame him, but Nangong Ling's temperament and temperament, it is not impossible to go back on his word, so he still cautiously said: "Your Majesty, this idea of the slave is to use Nangong Yu's kindness to make a fuss, but the emperor and Nangong Yu need to meet first."

"Smack", Nangong Ling suddenly slapped his palm at the dragon book case when he heard this, and the huge sound made Xiao Lingzi's whole body tremble, his shoulders shrunk, and his head buried lower.

"You useless thing, how dare you come up with such a bad idea to see Nangong Yu? Do you want me to send sheep into the tiger's mouth? He's worried that he can't kill me now, but you're good, I wish I was dead, didn't you?"

"Smack", Nangong Ling grabbed a piece of music and threw it on Xiao Lingzi's head, and he used his internal force to slap Xiao Lingzi and sit on the ground.

"If you hadn't followed me for many years, I would have immediately asked people to split your five horses, useless things, get out", Nangong Ling roared with a dark face, and Xiao Lingzi did not move, but continued to speak.

"The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry, first listen to the slave finish speaking, and wait for the slave to finish speaking, even if the emperor kills the slave, the slave will never complain, and the slave will kill the emperor happily."

Nangong Ling was just about to get angry, when something suddenly flashed in his mind, but when he wanted to catch it, it had already disappeared, he stared at Xiao Lingzi for a long time, and said coldly: "Say."

"Yes, the emperor", Xiao Lingzi thanked him for his grace first, and then said: "The emperor went to see Nangong Yu, the location can be chosen by the emperor, as long as the emperor invites him to peace talks, he will definitely come to see the emperor, the emperor has a lot of Nangong Yu's weakness in his hands, with his kind heart to the people, he will never refuse, when the time comes, as long as the peace talks are successful, time will be won, war, as long as the emperor wants to launch, when will it be launched, if you can hit Nangong Yu by surprise, wouldn't it be better"?

Nangong Ling's face darkened, he resisted the urge to kill Xiao Lingzi, and said coldly: "This is indeed a method, but there are too many loopholes, a little careless, not to mention me, it is the entire dynasty, it will become Nangong Yu's bag, Xiao Lingzi, how many years have you been with me, don't you even have this brain"?

"Your Majesty, there are many loopholes to have a chance of winning, if it is too perfect a plan, it will make Nangong Yu suspicious, as soon as this method comes out, Nangong Yu will definitely not be able to get the emperor's heart, if he can mess up the battle first, it will be more beneficial to the emperor."

Nangong Ling was silent for a moment, although Xiao Lingzi's method was too hasty, but there was one thing he had to admit, that is, a plan that was too perfect would make people suspicious, and this method would make Nangong Yu unsure of his idea, and he couldn't guess what he was thinking, if it was really like this, wouldn't it be better?

It's just that Nangong Yu has been fighting in the north for many years, and he is thoughtful, can he take the bait?

At this moment, the eunuch outside the door preached: "Emperor Qi, Prime Minister Mu asks to see."

Nangong Ling raised his eyebrows when he heard this, waved his hand at Xiao Lingzi and said, "You go down first", he didn't mention Xiao Lingzi's method just now, so he asked him to withdraw, because when Prime Minister Mu Cheng negotiated with him, he never left anyone around.

"Yes, Your Majesty", Xiao Lingzi stood up with his head down, and slowly retreated towards the palace door, as soon as the palace door opened, Prime Minister Mu glanced at Xiao Lingzi, and walked into the imperial study without speaking.

The queen mother's bedroom, Hui Guifei dragged a heavy body to say goodbye, morning and evening, has become a habit, at this time, the queen mother has not slept peacefully, and when she asks for good night, she will be supported to leave.

When she just walked into the glass hall, her eyes suddenly narrowed, a touch of coldness flashed, and she instructed the palace maid beside her: "You guys go out first, this palace wants to stay alone for a while."

The palace maids beside her were carefully selected by her, and they were intimate people, seeing her say this, there must be something important, and the palace maids didn't dare to ask more, so they answered and exited the palace door.

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