Fan Li returned to the house, suddenly heard the sound of someone gasping in the dark, shook his body, hid by the door, drew his sword with a "bang", and shouted in a low voice: "Who?" ”

He smiled lowly: "It's me, Zimei." ”

Fan Li breathed a sigh of relief: "It's Zimei, it scares me." Why did you run into my house? ”

Zimei said: "I saw that you didn't sleep well, so I slipped out quietly, and I didn't know what happened, so I came to your house and waited for you." ”

Fan Li said: "Why don't you light the lamp?" "As he spoke, he was going to light the light.

Zimei said: "Let's just smear and speak." When they saw us outside, they thought we were sleeping. ”

Fan Li said: "It's okay, let's talk in the dark." ”

Fan Li groped his way forward a few steps, came to the bedside, reached out and touched Zimei, then sat down beside her, and reached out to wrap his arms around her waist.

The unique fragrance of the girl's body wafted faintly, and Fan Li felt warm and sweet in her heart. I couldn't help but exert force in my hands, and hugged Zimei tightly.

Zimei silently leaned on Fan Li, clearly sensing the strength of the arm that was holding him. Fan Li's sturdy and well-proportioned body is full of temptation. She felt her heart beat faster and her breathing became rapid.

Neither of them spoke, so they sat silently, and after a long time, Zimei broke the silence and said, "Fan Jun, what did you see when you went out just now?" ”

Fan Li said: "I saw Xiong Fei sneaking out of the mansion, I followed him for a while, and found that he entered the palace of the Marquis of Qi and came back. ”

Palace, in the Spring and Autumn Period, means house. And regardless of whether it is a prince or a nobleman or a common person, their house can be called a palace.

After the Qin and Han dynasties, the palace became a special title for the office of the emperor's residence, and only the emperor's residence was called the palace: "Imperial Palace." "Even if the emperor is a courtier of the king, the residence can only be called the palace.

For the sake of narrative convenience, this book calls the residence and office place of the princes and kings of each princely state the palace, and the king is the palace, and the country name is added in front of the marquis, such as the palace of the marquis of Qi.

Explain it.

Zimei said: "This guy doesn't sleep at night, what is he doing in the palace?" ”

Fan Li analyzed: "He must have gotten some important news, or encountered something, and felt that he had to report to Qi Hou overnight, so he entered the palace overnight." ”

Zimei nodded lightly and said, "That makes sense." So what's important? ”

Fan Li said: "What is the most important thing in Qi at the moment? ”

Zimei said: "Of course, the most important thing is whether to start an army to fight Lu. Because fighting a war is not a trivial matter, and it is related to the life and death of the country. ”

Fan Li said: "That's right, he entered the palace overnight just for this." He must have discovered a new situation to rush into the palace to report like this. ”

Zimei said: "It should be like this, but he has been with us for half a day, what new situation can he discover?" ”

Fan Li said: "I guess he got this new situation from our conversation. ”

Zimei was a little confused: "When we speak, we are introducing the mission of this association, and he understands some of the things that have happened here recently." ”

Fan Li smiled and gently patted Zimei's back in the dark: "Zimeijun, there is also a strategy in speaking, the same thing, different people tell it, there will be different emphasis, what to emphasize, what to emphasize, will be different." ”

Zimei said: "It turns out that there are so many Taos here. So what did you emphasize when you talked to Xiong Fei? ”

Fan Li couldn't help but be a little proud, and said: "I know from Xiong Fei's conversation that Qi still has different opinions on whether to raise an army and attack Lu. And our purpose is to attack the state of Qi and then drag the state of Wu into the war. Now that the Qi State is hesitating, we must dispel their concerns and make them decide to raise an army to defeat Lu. ”

Zimei said: "That's good, we should do this, but I don't see any mystery hidden in your conversation." ”

Fan Li smiled lightly: "We know that the State of Qi did not dare to send troops because we were afraid that the State of Wu would send troops to help Lu. Therefore, in my conversation, I emphasized one important point: Wu has exhausted its national strength because of the construction of Gusutai and the digging of ditches, and now it is afraid of war, so in order not to get involved in the war, it has specially sent us to mediate in an attempt to stop Lu from attacking Yi. This is all new information. As long as they are sure that Wu has no will or ability to get involved in this war, then they will make up their minds to crusade against Lu. Isn't this battle just going on? ”

Zimei arched into Fan Li's arms, and said with a "giggle" smile: "I can't see that Fan Jun has a lot of bad intentions." ”

Fan Li lowered his head and sniffed Zimei's fragrance, and said with a smile: "Don't say it so ugly, this is called strategy." ”

Zimei said: "Okay, strategy! I have some sympathy for Brother Xiong Fei, so unconsciously fell into your trap? ”

Fan Li said: "Xiong Fei is very loyal, and his friendship with us is real. It's good to us, but he's also loyal to Qi Hou. These are rare good qualities, but he doesn't have enough brains, and there is no way to do it. ”

Zimei said: "When he saw Qi Hou and reported these situations, how would Qi Hou react?" ”

Fan Li said: "I estimate that Qi Hou will summon us tomorrow to implement these situations, and then he will make up his mind." ”

Zimei said, "Shall we see Qi Hou?" ”

Fan Li said: "Of course you see it, why don't you see it?" ”

Zimei said: "What did we say when we met Qi Hou? ”

Fan Li said: "Pretend to be stupid." ”

"Playing stupid? What do you mean? Zimei looked at Fan Li suspiciously.

Fan Li said: "When the time comes, you will know." ”

Fan Li let go of Zimei, stood up, and said, "Let's go out and see, has Xiong Fei come back?" ”

The two went out, the stars were shining outside, and the evening breeze sent bursts of flowers. There are no lights in this mansion anymore, and everyone has fallen asleep. A few housekeepers walked around the yard and were on duty at night.

Zimei suddenly smiled "poof", hugged Fan Li's arm, and shook it a few times.

Fan Li said: "Zimei, what funny thing do you think of again?" ”

Zimei said: "I found that no matter where Fan Jun goes, he will be left with a love debt. ”

Fan Li said: "What do you mean by this? ”

Zimei said: "Didn't you notice at all that Xiong Fei's wife Lu Ji looked at you differently?" ”

Fan Li said: "What's wrong with her? ”

Zimei smiled: "As soon as we met, he was fascinated by you!" ”

Fan Li said: "What are you talking nonsense? It's okay to be fooled by you. ”

Zimei said: "What I said is true, maybe this Zi Lu Ji is tossing and turning and can't sleep?" ”

Fan Li couldn't help but laugh: "Your imagination is really rich enough." ”

Zimei said mischievously: "Why don't I arrange it and let you meet her?" ”

Fan Li said: "Pull it down, let's not talk about this, you are an immortal, in this matter, you have to play a little role." ”

Zimei said: "I can only pretend to be a ghost, and I can't do anything else." ”

Fan Li said: "That's right, it's just pretending to be a ghost, and what people say, Qi Hou refuses to listen, so let the ghost say it to him." ”

Zimei lowered her head and muttered for a while and said, "I have a way." Let's go to the Qihou Palace now. ”。

Fan Li said: "What are you going to do?" ”

Zimei said: "Let's go, you'll know when you go." ”