The brazier in the room was burning vigorously, and the water in the copper kettle next to it was boiling and white gas was steaming up. On the edge of the brazier, a woman sits at a table, skillfully cooking kung fu tea.

The woman did not wear a hairpin ring, nor did she paint red, but she was wearing an ordinary green dress, but between her expectations, her beautiful appearance made this ordinary house seem to exude light.

Her name is Dai Shu, the former queen mother of the Great Liang Dynasty. Now, it has quietly appeared in the city of Guangzhou.

The door slammed, and after a moment, Sheng Zhonghuai pushed the door open and walked in.

As the plenipotentiary representative of Zhu Youzhen, the king of Liang, this time Sheng Zhonghuai really traveled a long distance and went through countless hardships and hardships to appear in Guangzhou City.

Zhu Youzhen was not very interested in this gathering, and she was even more reluctant for such an important person as Sheng Zhonghuai to leave Yizhou, and spent months before and after, just to come to Guangzhou City to talk about a negotiation that was destined to be fruitless.

But Sheng Zhonghuai insisted on coming.

First, Sheng Zhonghuai never thought that Yizhou could withstand the attack of the Northern Tang army on his own, even though Yizhou had natural dangers in hand.

Second, Sheng Zhonghuai has more important things to do. That is to send Dai-sook and her children away.

For the latter point, Dai Shu and Sheng Zhonghuai had already reached an agreement with Zhu Youzhen, Dai Shu and Sheng Zhonghuai helped Zhu Youzhen take Yizhou, Sheng Zhonghuai worked for Zhu Youzhen, and Zhu Youzhen wanted to allow Dai Shu and her children to leave Yizhou safely and find their own way out.

Although it is said that if Zhu Youzhen repents now, Dai Shu will have nothing to do, but it is obvious that Zhu Youzhen does not want to do this, in his eyes, ten Dai Shu is not as important as one Sheng Zhonghuai, as long as Sheng Zhonghuai can be made to work for himself with all his heart, what if Dai Shu is gone?

Seeing Sheng Zhonghuai sitting opposite, Dai Shu pushed the divided tea in front of him: "How do you feel when you see those people today?" ”

Sheng Zhonghuai smiled, picked up the cup, poured it into his mouth, and turned it back and forth a few times, before swallowing it with a grunt, and said, "Each has a ghost, is it strange that such an alliance can become a big thing?" ”

"It seems that the third child is right, you can't count on them, you have to run for nothing." Dai Shu shook her head while drinking tea.

"The main purpose of coming here is to send you and the children away, to see them, it's just a matter of incident, it doesn't matter if it can be the best or not." Sheng Zhonghuai said.

Dai Shu's eyelids drooped slightly, and she said after a while: "I'm really tired of you." ”

Sheng Zhonghuai shook his head, but did not speak.

After being silent for a while, Dai Shu spoke: "Since these people can't succeed, can Yizhou persevere?" ”

"Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven!" Sheng Zhonghuai said: "To be honest, now Li Ze's mind is no longer on such things as military conquest, in his opinion, we are all grasshoppers after the autumn, and we can't jump for a few days." ”

"It's just that you have won half of the country, are you so arrogant?"

"He's really not arrogant!" Sheng Zhonghuai sighed and said: "I read every issue of Datang Weekly. Since Li Ze became the ruler of Chang'an, what he has done is really unprecedented, and there is no one to come. If this person's series of ideas can really succeed, he will definitely become the first emperor of the ages since the beginning of the world. ”

"You think so highly of him?" Dai Shu was taken aback.

"It's not unusual for a man to get power, but after getting the greatest power, he can still divide the power, but it's really not simple." Sheng Zhonghuai shook his head and sighed: "This person's mind is really immeasurable, and this person's thoughts are also unpredictable by ordinary people like me. ”

"Do you regret that you can't work for someone like that?" Dai Shu asked.

Sheng Zhonghuai nodded: "A little." It's a pity that the first person I met was not this person. If you miss it, you miss it, and you can't do it again. ”

"I think that now Yizhou is under your governance, a thriving state, above the military, the third child is also working hard, pushing clothes and clothes to the soldiers, pushing food and food, and now the Liang army, and vaguely let me see what we looked like when we were the strongest."

"It's getting better. It's a pity that with the power of one place, it will never be able to fight the world. Sheng Zhonghuai shook his head and said: "I still have a little hope when I come here this time, if the Southern Alliance can really unite and twist into a rope, we can work together, maybe we can postpone the defeat as much as possible." With a long time, there may be an opportunity, but now it seems that there is not much of a chance. ”

Dai Shu looked at the man opposite, and said faintly: "Since it is destined to be something that does not have a good result, then why do you have to do it?" Why don't you just leave it and go with me! ”

Sheng Zhonghuai's body trembled slightly, and Dai Shu's proposal was not the biggest temptation for him? It took a lot of effort for him to restrain his somewhat agitated mood, lowered his head and didn't look at Dai Shu's eyes, and said in a low voice: "King Liang trusts me a lot, knowing that if I send you out this time, you may never return, but he still allows me to leave, and Sheng will finally repay this trust." People treat me like a countryman, and I can't abandon them as if they were a shoe, which will make me feel uneasy. The heart is restless, no matter where you go, you will not be happy. ”

Dai Shu nodded, poured a cup of tea, and drank it slowly. But in his eyes, there was a disappointment that could not be concealed.

"Second, I am a man, a man who wants to level the world and rule the world, and has ambitions." Sheng Zhonghuai continued: "To be able to fight with a generation of strange people like Li Ze is an irresistible temptation for me. Win or lose, I always want to give it a try. Even if you lose nothing in the end, you always can't help but want to try. ”

"I know what you're thinking!" Dai Shu sighed and said: "I only ask you, at the last moment, when there is nothing to be done, you must not go to the dead end, you must think of leaving, with your wisdom and wisdom, it is definitely not difficult to leave." Don't forget, on that island surrounded by sea water, there is a woman waiting for it. ”

"Of course." Sheng Zhonghuai said: "I will arrange everything, if there is really a day when I can't hold on, I will leave." ”

"When are you leaving?" Dai Shu didn't say anything more, and asked directly.

"Three days later!" Sheng Zhonghuai said: "Three days later, there will be a sea ship docked at the port of Guangzhou, and when you return to the ship, you will get on the ship, and you will be accompanied by five hundred armor soldiers." This force, on that small island, is enough for you to run amok and build your own home. ”

"Is that ship safe? Now on the sea, but the world of the Northern Tang Dynasty Naval Division! Dai Shu was a little worried.

Sheng Zhonghuai smiled and said: "This ship was originally from the Northern Tang Dynasty, and it was said to be smuggling goods, but it actually has an inseparable relationship with the Northern Tang Dynasty. I spent 100,000 silver dollars to hire this boat to take you to your destination. As soon as this ship leaves the port, the flag of the Northern Tang Dynasty will be raised, and the Northern Tang Navy Division will not harass them. ”

"In this way, won't we be able to hide the eyes of the Northern Tang people from this trip?" Dai Shu asked in surprise. Her identity is extremely special, if the people of the Northern Tang Dynasty knew that it was Dai Shu on the boat and had a bad heart, I am afraid that there would be it.

"Don't worry, I've arranged it!" Sheng Zhonghuai said: "They just thought that you were a family member of a wealthy family, and now they see that the situation is not right, so they go overseas to open up a back road, in fact, it is not uncommon for such a thing to happen now." This boat company specializes in this kind of business. will not lose their reputation. ”

Dai Shu nodded, she always had a blind confidence in Sheng Zhonghuai.

"Moreover, with Li Ze's mind, even if he knows that it is you, he may not necessarily come to embarrass you women and children!" Sheng Zhonghuai said.

"I hope so!" Dai Shudao.

"The island spans more than 100 miles from east to west, and more than 20 miles from north to south, and the climate is suitable, so you can plant two crops a year." Sheng Zhonghuai said: "It is said that there are two small tribes on the island, probably thousands of people, but they are all slash-and-burn. Zhu Guangguang has already gone to the island with the first batch of people, and the safe area has been cleared, you are also a heroine among women, where you go, you naturally know what to do. ”

"First give it power, and then give it virtue, and try to attract the local people as much as possible." Dai Shudao.

Sheng Zhonghuai nodded.

"A three-day voyage from that island, there is a bigger island, where the merchants of the Northern Tang Dynasty grow sugar cane."

"Will they trouble us?" Dai Shu was slightly surprised: "The three-day voyage is not far. ”

"Don't worry!" Sheng Zhonghuai said: "When I went overseas, everyone who could speak Tang was an ally to them. You're on your feet, and you can trade with them. They don't care who you are, as long as you have interests, they won't conflict with each other unless they have to. ”

Dai Shu nodded silently.

"Will there be pirates?"

"Now in that sea area, the merchants of Datang occupy a lot of places and have great interests, so the sailors of Datang have already cleaned up the pirates there. Even if there are some small stocks, they don't dare to mess with the Tang people. Once the Tang people are killed, the Tang people's revenge is extremely cruel. As far as I know, there was once a small island where the natives killed a Tang person, and the result was that the island was slaughtered by the Tang people. ”

"The Tang army still does such a thing?"

"It's not the Datang Sailor, it's the Datang merchants who joined forces to do it." Sheng Zhonghuai said: "You went there, and there is a powerful force beside you, they will only win you over." After all, there are still a lot of places out there that they want to get involved in. For every additional place, they gain more. The current Tang people are overseas, like a fierce beast with fangs bared. ”