At a manor on a hill in the western part of Annan, Li Li was sitting in a comfortable room, holding a wine glass and celebrating with his subordinates. The room was filled with the smell of wine and meat, and at the same time, the congratulatory message in the Annan dialect was shrouded.

On the table sat the civil and military under Li Li, including Ruan Jian, Ruan Jingyi, etc. The family members of the strategist Ruan recommended were also present, including his younger brother Ruan Qi and his younger sister Ruan Lanfang.

Ruan Lanfang is an elegant and beautiful young lady, born in a scholarly family, with long black hair and white skin; Annan men like such women. Long hair requires patient care and is usually gentle in character; The white skin is because there is no wind and sun to work, and the family must be well-off.

Ruan Jingyi glanced at the beauty from time to time, but he didn't stare rudely. He would pretend to be looking out the window, at the mountains across the manor, and at a rice paddy field in the valley nearer; When he withdrew his gaze, he glanced at Ruan Lanfang with casual eyes.

At this time, someone had already opened the wooden box curiously and inspected what everyone had snatched. Each wooden box contained hay, which was covered with cotton, and in which were placed green jade, red precious stones, and some iron cans.

Ruan Xuan's younger brother pulled out the stopper of an iron can, grabbed a handful of black fine sand powder from it, looked at it for a while, and then put it to his nose and smelled it.

"Don't spill it." Ruan Jian reminded.

His younger brother Ruan Qi looked sideways when he heard this, and asked, "What is this?" ”

Ruan said: "'Mineral silver' has silver, copper, and possibly gold, and other things. It needs to be refined, but we can't refine it. ”

Li Li, who was sitting on the top and observing everything, smiled and said, "Ruan Qing is very knowledgeable. ”

Ruan Jingyi, on the other hand, completely ignored anything else, and was playing with a jade bracelet there, and he looked at the window very carefully, and then put it back in the box. Then he turned his head to look again.

Li Li's voice suddenly said, "General Ruan, like that thing?" ”

"Back to the words of the king of Pingding, the last general has never seen it, and I feel a little strange." Ruan Jingyi hurriedly replied.

Ruan Jian, who is well-read and well-read, said: "Jadeite is only produced on the Tusi territory in Yunnan. The rubies belong to Burma, and may have been taken over by the Yunnan Boatmen, who love to rob other people's things. ”

Li Li said: "General Ruan has taken a fancy to that one, reward you, take it." ”

Ruan Jingyi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "The minister is a martial artist, it is useless to take jewelry." ”

Li Li smiled and said, "It's useful." ”

Ruan Jingyi hurriedly bowed and said, "Minister, Xie Pingding, the king's favor." As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Ruan Lanfang again, and then immediately looked away.

"Hahaha...... Li Li suddenly laughed, "How can a man who doesn't love beauties be called a husband?" ”

Ruan Jingyi said: "King Pingding is the real husband. ”

Li Li sneered: "This king wants Empress Dowager Chen more, she is not just good-looking. The most reminiscent thing is her energy, cold and arrogant, and when she takes off her skirt with grievances and flattery, it must be very interesting...... Just as she had done when she was committed to the Emperor of the Boats. ”

Everyone echoed Li Li, believing that Li Li would one day be able to get his wish.

However, there is only one beauty present at the moment, and that is Ruan Xuan's sister Ruan Lanfang. Lan Fang seemed to have sensed something, and looked at Ruan Jingyi. It happened that Ruan Jingyi was also looking at her, and suddenly noticed her eyes.

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It was a look that made Ruan Jing feel familiar. There was a little inexplicable fear in the disgust, as if I saw a snake wandering in a pile of cow dung. Ruan Jingyi showed a flattering smile and nodded gently to Ruan Lanfang.

Ruan Lanfang immediately shifted her position and reached out to grab her eldest brother Ruan Xuan. A beautiful flower that is only more than ten years old feels a little resistant to Ruan Jingyi, who is black and thin, nearly thirty years old, and who doesn't talk much and is a little gloomy, is really understandable.

At this moment, Ruan Lanfang's second brother Ruan Qi said: "Heroes cannot be disguised, General Ruan was once the young protector of Emperor Chongguang, leading the army to fight against the boats, commanding the wind and clouds, which is admirable." ”

"The general of the defeated army." Ruan Jingyi sighed.

Li Li opened his mouth and said, "General Ruan is just following the wrong person. Emperor Chongguang died and the country was destroyed, and he knew neither how to fight nor use people. ”

Ruan Jingyi hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The grace of the king of pacifying is not to be resigned!" ”

"Okay, okay." Li Li picked up his glass and said, "Everyone, have fun." ”

Everyone raised their glasses and said: "May the king of Pingding recover Dayue as soon as possible and benefit all the people." ”

Ruan Jingyi praised with the group, and then drank. He quietly glanced at the iron can, the black fine sand that Ruan Qi had opened and inspected. Those things can't be used directly, and it's hard to go to villages and towns to exchange them for things needed in the army; To pacify the king's army, it was gold, silver, or copper coins.

When Nguyen Jingyi's family was in Thanh Hoa, they had done business with merchants in Da Nang (or Xinzhou Port), and Nguyen Jingyi knew some people there. As long as you send minerals and silver and other goods to Da Nang, you can definitely exchange it for cash, Da Nang is a famous port known to almost all maritime merchants, and there are many business travels.

Ruan Jing thought about it and didn't take the initiative to ask. He felt that Ruan recommended this strategist and should know about this, and maybe he would recommend it to King Pingding.

During the banquet, Ruan Lanfang said something to her eldest brother, and then got up and left the table, probably to go to the toilet. After a while, Ruan Jingyi also got up and bowed to his position, and then walked out of the door.

He waited in a corridor outside for a while, and sure enough, he saw Ruan Lanfang walking towards him with the hem of her beautiful robe. Ruan Lanfang's face was a little red, and after glancing at Ruan Jingyi, she buried her head and continued to walk forward.

"Miss Ruan." Ruan Jingyi called first.

Ruan Lanfang said: "What is the matter with General Ruan? ”

Ruan Jingyi took out the jade bracelet just now from his arms, and said kindly: "I have seen all the jade in the box, this bracelet is the best one, and only Miss Ruan is worthy of it." Please laugh. ”

Lan Fang hurriedly shook her head: "For no name, I can't accept your things, please General Ruan put them away." ”

Ruan Jingyi usually doesn't talk much, but at this time, he opened his mouth and said: "Miss Ruan, don't worry, I don't think about anything but worry, as long as I see you happy, I will be satisfied." ”

When Ruan Jingyi said these words, he suddenly had a very familiar subtle feeling. He stuffed the bracelet into Lan Fang's hand, and said, "You have to take it well, if it is broken, I am afraid that the king of Pingding will not be happy." ”

Lan Fang subconsciously caught it.

Ruan Jingyi immediately turned around and left, ignoring Lan Fang calling him from behind. The surrounding guards were all watching the scene in the corridor.

At this time, the banquet was nearing the end, and not long after Ruan Jingyi returned to the hall, a man walked in and walked straight to Li Li's side. man

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He bowed his head and whispered something in Liley's ear.

Li Li suddenly stood up: "Everyone, this king is out of company. Ruan Qing went out with this king......" He glanced at Ruan Jingyi again, "General Ruan is also here." ”

Ruan Jian and Ruan Jing stood up and said, "Obey." ”

When the three of them reached another room, they saw a man kneeling in it. Seeing this, Li Li immediately said, "Hurry up and loosen the tie!" ”

"The people of the Champ city." One of the guards reminded in a whisper.

Li Li glanced at the guard. A few people hurried forward to untie the dark-skinned man. Li Li picked up the things confiscated on the table, picked out a booklet, opened it to look at it, and then handed it to Ruan Jian.

When the thing came into the hands of Ruan Jingyi, Ruan Jingyi found that it was actually covered with the seal of the king of Champa "Champa Delai" (Jaya Sangha Vamana V). And Li Li has some things in front of him, which should probably be able to prove the identity of the envoy.

Li Li waved his hand, and everyone except for the two henchmen withdrew from the room.

When the people of Champa opened their mouths, they actually used the Annan language: "My king has a kind intention and made a special trip to give a big gift to the king of Pingding." ”

"Oh?" Li Li asked.

Champa people: "The head of the king of Annam, Chen Zhengyuan. ”

Li Li and the others immediately glanced at each other. The Cham people then said: "My king's fine work has learned an important news, Chen Zhengyuan will go south to Yi'an to inspect and encourage the southern army. We even heard about Chen Zhengyuan's itinerary date. ”

Li Li stared at the man below: "Why does this king believe you? ”

The Cham man asked rhetorically: "When the king of Pingding learned that I was an envoy of the Champa state, he did not inquire in detail, so he ordered someone to loosen the ties. Why? ”

Li Li suddenly laughed: "You can not only speak Annan dialect, but also have a three-inch tongue. ”

The Cham people continued: "There is a hatred between the kingdom of Annam and the kingdom of Champang, and the king of Pingding is also from Annam. But now there is a common enemy between us, that is, Chen Zhengyuan's mother and son.

It was precisely because Empress Dowager Chen took refuge in the Ming Emperor, returned to the Ming Dynasty, and provoked from it, which caused the Ming Kingdom and the Zhancheng State to turn their faces. After receiving the help of the Ming army, once the Annan army successfully enters our country, Chen Zhengyuan's prestige will surely increase greatly and win the support of more people. This kind of situation is not what the king of peace wants to see, right? Kill Chen Zhengyuan, at least thwart his deployment of southern invasion; This is what both our king and the king of pacify would like to see. ”

Li Li nodded and shouted, "Someone, send the guests to settle down." ”

The Cham man bowed to Li Li and walked towards the guards at the door.

Li Li asked, "Do you think the words of the Cham people are credible?" ”

The strategist Ruan Jian said: "The enemy of the Zhancheng State should indeed be the Empress Dowager Chen; And they now have no reason to regard the king of pacification as their main enemy. Killing Chen Zhengyuan is beneficial to the Zhancheng State. The minister believed in the wishes of the king of Champa, but whether this person was the person of the king of Champa or not, the minister was not sure. ”

Ruan Jingyi also said: "Mr. Ruan is reasonable, and the king of Pingding should pay attention to his identity." ”

Li Li nodded yes.

Ruan Jian said again: "We can send two people back with the envoy of the Zhancheng State." If our men can meet the king of Champah, this matter will be certain. ”

Li Li immediately said, "This method is very good. ”

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