"Strategist, Major General, fresh and hot buns, eat them quickly." Li Ping's thin figure walked through the lively street and came to the place where Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian were sitting.

Looking at this kid's honest smile, Xiao Shilian rarely squeezed out a smile: "You kid really forgot his roots, only a few days after following Brother Shizhong, I, the young general, have been left behind?" ”

Li Ping scratched his head with a smile, and Li Xinchen said with a smile while taking the buns: "Brother Boqing's words are wrong, the attendant is called outside, since he is the host and guest, where is the reason to call the guest first and then call his own master?" ”

"Okay, well, I know I can't talk about you." Xiao Shilian took a bite angrily, nodded and said, "I didn't expect this bun to taste good, if you buy more, ······"

"What's wrong?" Li Xinchen was stunned.

Xiao Shilian stood up, ignoring that the bun had not yet been swallowed, and pointed to the carriage on the street not far away and said, "Come out!" ”

Li Xinchen subconsciously looked back, and the carriages of the Xiao family and the Wu family were coming one after the other. Exhaling lightly, Li Xinchen took a bite of the bun and exclaimed: "The taste is good." ”

Xiao Shilian just wanted to take a step forward, but immediately found that Li Xinchen was eating with relish behind him: "Hey, Daddy and the Metropolitan Governor have come back from the palace, why do you still have the heart to eat steamed buns here?" ”

Facing the two carriages, Li Xinchen said with a smile: "It's because they all came out that someone is in such a good mood!" ”

Although I don't know why the young general walked out of an inconspicuous tea shop on the street, the coachman of the Xiao family still grabbed the reins very quickly - even if he didn't hold on, it was impossible, because Xiao Shilian stood straight and straight in front of the road, looking like he would crash into it if you had the ability.

However, Xiao Maha was not in the carriage, but rode on one side, after all, he was in a good mood today, so naturally he didn't need to take the carriage, but because he was on the other side of the carriage just now, he happened to be blocked by the carriage, so neither Li Xinchen nor Xiao Shilian saw him at first. At that moment, as soon as he pulled the reins of the horse, Xiao Maha raised his horsewhip and shouted:

"Stinky boy, you don't want to die?!"

At this time, Li Ping and the rest of the entourage were also busy leading the war horse over, Xiao Shilian scratched his head with a smile, and said while getting on the horse: "Isn't the child concerned about Daddy's safety, the matter is urgent, Daddy must not be angry." ”

Xiao Maha snorted. And Li Xinchen couldn't help but smile slightly, Xiao Shilian, this guy looked like the second ancestor outside the door, and immediately became respectful and respectful when he entered the house, as if Liu Xia Hui was reborn, making the Xiao family really think that the young general was a good son in the turbid world.

Of course, this kind of disguise is at most for the younger brothers and sisters at home to see what his son is like, Xiao Maha knows it.

"The general entered the palace, what did Your Majesty say?" Li Xinchen suppressed his smile and said in a deep voice, diverting Xiao Maha's attention from cleaning up Xiao Shilian.

Xiao Maha showed a smile: "Your Majesty has agreed." ”

"What do you mean?" Li Xinchen was stunned, and Xiao Shilian also looked at it with the same concern. The two of them waited outside the palace gate early, wasn't it just for such a result?

Looking at the round of golden crows that gradually disappeared behind the layers of houses and the green mountains in the distance, Xiao Maha said solemnly: "Your Majesty agreed, and then hit Xiliang." ”

Xiao Maha's voice fell, and Li Xinchen breathed a long sigh of relief.

Although Chen Ji was stubborn, he finally made a choice.

Nan Chen's next prey has been determined, and the rest ······ It depends on when the time is ripe for hunting.

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"Your Majesty's decision is a bit hasty." Waiting for Xiao Maha and the others to leave, Xu Ling slowly opened his closed eyes, he just looked like he was closing his eyes because of old age and weakness, but everyone knew that this old fox who had been in the officialdom for most of his life, even if his eyes were closed, his ears were still pricked up.

Looking at the boundaries outlined on the map, Chen Ji's eyes were blazing: "Maybe······ But I think it's worth a try! ”

Xu Ling slowly stood up and arched his hand at Chen Ji: "Since Your Majesty has made up your mind, all the old minister can do is to assist Your Majesty with all his strength and make Xiliang my Chinese food!" ”

Chen Ji's fist slowly loosened, put it on the map, and rubbed it gently: "Aiqing, I still have some unwillingness and worry in my heart." ”

Xu Ling raised his head and glanced at Chen Ji, as an old minister who had been by Chen Ji's side for a long time and was already a teacher and friend, even if he didn't figure it out, he could understand seven or eight points of His Majesty's thoughts. His Majesty's unwillingness was mostly due to the defeat of Lu Liang this time.

This time, it directly let the Northern Zhou swallow the Northern Qi in one bite, which can be said to have ruined Chen Xu's idea of dividing the world with the Northern Zhou Dynasty's "east and west" for many years, and Lu Liang's final embarrassed retreat further proved the infeasibility of Chen Xu's strategy of going north to Huaibei, which was a blow to Chen Ji and made him unwilling.

In fact, there is not much unwillingness in Chen Ji's heart after all, the most important thing is worry, what he is worried about is what is behind him.

Today, all of Xiao Maha's strategies are based on the word "wait", what Nan Chen needs is the opportunity, but Chen Ji doesn't know when this opportunity will come, whether he can really seize it, after all, what he heard is only Xiao Maha's words, Xiao Maha's chest patted his chest and assured, it does not mean that Chen Mo will really be completely relieved.

If he can't wait in his lifetime, then what about after······

Thinking about Chen Shubao, who has a somewhat weak personality, and Chen Shuling, who is always lawless, Chen Ji has a headache. How did he give birth to two sons with diametrically opposed personalities, and neither of them was suitable for the character of a king?

Chen Shubao is a slow-tempered, usually unhurried, and lacks the decisiveness to kill as a monarch; On the contrary, Chen Shuling lacks the deep scheming and calm mind that a monarch should have, if the two people can be blended together, then Chen Ji is really thankful. As for the rest of the sons, they are not even as good as Chen Shubao and Chen Shuling.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much about the issue of heirs now, after all, Your Majesty is young, and the princes are still young, and when you get older, you should change." Xu Ling said slowly, "Your Majesty's top priority is not in the princes, but in this war. ”

"But······ The allusion to the Xiao Wall, has Aiqing forgotten, I am worried. Chen Ji's voice was a little low.

Xu Ling squinted his eyes and looked at Chen Ji.

Your Majesty, these four words······ You finally spoke up.

"That's it, it's useless to talk about this matter, I still have to figure it out, let's talk about this year's wealth first." Chen Ji waved his sleeves and sat back on the dragon chair.

Xu Ling was silent for a moment, and solemnly arched his hand, but he muttered a sigh in his heart.

Your Majesty, sometimes avoiding it in every possible way is not necessarily a good way.