Zhang Chengye thought about it and praised, "It's better to be a captain, if Fang Wenhou has no choice but to fight us head-on, we have a better chance of winning, because there are many forests around Pukou, which is not conducive to the impact of cavalry, we only need to put down the archers, and we can drive them back to Beishu in less than half a day."

Xu Mingshan smiled slightly and said, "Fang Wenhou will not have a head-on impact if he wants to fight hard, how can Fang Wenhou not be clear about the pros and cons of the Northern Shu Hussar, you know that the outside is not conducive to the impact of the cavalry, Fang Wenhou understands better than you"

Zhang Chengye thought about it, and this is also the truth: "So how does Fang Wenhou want to fight?" ”

Xu Mingshan didn't have any idea in his heart, "I don't know, but we are fully prepared."

At this time, a soldier entered and told that it was a detour team to arrive at the ambush point, and Xu Mingshan said, "Let them stand by, and listen to my orders when to attack"

"Yes," the soldier stepped back and arraigned.

Zhang Chengye was puzzled and asked, "Since the team has arrived at the ambush point, what are we waiting for?" Attack before they are caught off guard."

Xu Mingshan had his own plan and said, "Don't be in a hurry, it's not in a hurry after delaying it for so many days, sometimes the war is like this, people are not as good as heaven, originally I wanted Wu Peng to delay the Huang Gongjun, but I didn't expect a big victory in Wukou, saying that Fang Wenhou's base camp is not in Lianning, and when you really have to make up your mind to attack hard, it is the best time to ambush."

As soon as he talked about this, Zhang Chengye became angry, "This Fang Wenhou is also scheming, after so many days of investigation, we haven't found out where his base camp is, and the spies sent are all for him to kill"

Wu Peng said at this time, "By the way, captain, Fang Wenhou tortured and killed the spies, and the officers and men in the army also knew that the captain had not done anything, and they had a lot of complaints."

Xu Mingshan laughed, "It's best to complain, the more I suppress the soldiers, the more angry they will be day after day, and wait for the army to move for a few days, the soldiers will only be invincible in the battlefield with this anger in their hearts."

Wu Peng didn't expect Xu Mingshan to be a thought, and immediately convinced, "The captain is clever in this plan"

Xu Mingshan sighed bitterly, "It's not Gao Ming, I don't have any way, the two armies must be thoughtful in any direction"

Lu Kai and Hua Mingtong returned to Jingyue, first arranged people in Manyuanchun, Hua Mingtong sat down to eat and drink, Lu Kai said, "Eat first, I'll prepare something"

Since entering the Beishu Hussar, he has not eaten good wine and good food for a long time, and he didn't care about Lu Kai at the moment, he just ate and drank, Lu Kai left with a smile and went to the leather goods store, asking the Anfu shopkeeper to prepare the things he needed, and it didn't take long for Lu Kai to push a box in front of Hua Mingtong, Hua Ming General wiped his mouth with his sleeves, opened the box and quickly closed it.

At this time, he was very friendly to Lu Kai and said with a smile: "It's generous to shoot"

Lu Kai smiled and said, "You can exchange these things for Fang Wenhou Base Camp, it's worth it"

Lu Kai's sincerity is enough, and Huaming Channel "makes people prepare paper and pen"

Lu Kai instructed Xiao Er to bring a pen and paper, Hua Mingtong picked up the pen and wrote the location of the base camp on the paper and said, "I don't have anything."

Didn't tell you."

Zhang Yan saw that Hua Mingtong had written the information, and Lu Kai smiled and said, "You didn't say anything, we haven't met, and I don't know if there will be a chance to meet in the future, so I wish the Hua Mingtong brothers all the best."

The two went out of the restaurant and went their separate ways, Lu Kai wanted to return to Pukou to tell Xu Mingshan the location of Fang Wenhou, but when he just arrived at the city gate, he saw Tao Simin come over and say, "Lu Guard, my father is invited"

Lu Kaiyi, "Tao Gong wants to see me?" ”

Tao Simin said, "Yes, I just knew that you were back in the city, so let me come over immediately."

I don't know what to look for him, Lu Kai said, "Please"

Tao Simin led the landing to the Tao family's new mansion, and Tao Simin introduced that the new mansion has five gardens, and the southeast two gardens are built on the north shore, which can overlook the scenery on both sides of Jinghuai.

The Tao family has a big business, and it is not strange to change to a new mansion, but Lu Kai was a little strange and asked, "Isn't that mansion good?" ”

Tao Simin led Lu Kai through the middle garden, and walked forward to Tao Gong's study, Tao Simin led the way, "Recently, what the Tao family has done has not been very smooth, and I have seen it with the master, so I can change it to a new house."

Of course, Lu Kai understood what Tao Simin meant, and there were many things related to him, so he could only laugh and change the topic, "This house is more than twice as big as the original"

Tao Simin smiled proudly, "My Tao family wants to buy a new house, naturally they want to buy the biggest and best, this new house has more than 200 palace guards and servants," pointing to the three gardens in the south, east, west, and road, "all live over there"

Lu Kai initially estimated that this new house covers an area of at least hundreds of acres, and you can see mountains, rocks, forests, springs, ponds and marshes along the road, and the layout is ingenious and natural.

There was a burst of laughter in front of him, it was three maids laughing, and when he saw Tao Simin coming over, he quickly closed his voice and moved aside, and said in unison in a respectful low voice, "The slave has seen the son"

Lu Kaitao Simin stepped onto the Jiuqu Bridge, and the three maids were waiting for peace on the bridge.

Tao Simin held his head high and didn't take care of them, Lu Kai nodded slightly to them, the three maids quietly peeked at Lu Kai's angular cheeks, the three maids were delicate and delicate, and they were also quite beautiful.

Walking across the Jiuqu Bridge, there are seven or eight men and women in front of them, the men can be seen from the dress to be the children of rich families, the women are Fu Fan Shi Zhu, the skirts are mainly dazzling, Lu Kai asked, "Who are these people?" ”

Tao Simin said, "It's not that I just bought a new house, I invite my friends to come and play"

The war outside is not completely over, these people still have the heart to have fun, Lu Kai and them are like people living in different worlds.

Among them, there is a young lady who is dressed in a red wind, wearing a blue knot and a silk skirt, the head knot is from the bottom to the top, and the bun is reduced layer by layer, and her steps are light and graceful, which is not a rare beauty.

The men on the side competed to please each other, chasing the skirts in a veritable way, and they didn't know what topic they were talking about, the men's faces looked elated, and the women smiled silently.

When some men and women saw Lu Kai, they just glanced at it, and their attention was focused on Tao Simin, Tao Simin walked over to them, and they all came up to greet them warmly, but they put Lu Kai on the side, as if Lu Kai was not even a foil here.

Tao Simin said perfunctorily, "My father has a guest, so I won't accompany you."

As soon as they heard the word guest, those men and women couldn't help but look at Lu Kai again, and those women suddenly became curious about Lu Kai, and they didn't know who Lu Kai was, and he could actually be Tao Gong's guest.

Tao Simin led Lu Kai to pass by everyone, went to Tao Gong's study and said with a smile, "Those young ladies are looking at you, how about it, I can introduce you to it"

Lu Kai joked and said, "Just introduce it, maybe they already have the intention of Tao Gongzi"

Tao Simin smiled and said, "Those are all vulgar fans, how can they be compared with Miss Yanyi" Speaking of Yanyi, Tao Simin sighed and asked, "By the way, do you know where Yanyi went?" I've been to the water pavilion and the bustard's mother said she had left."

Of course, Lu Kai had seen Yan Yi, but he just broke up unhappily, and he didn't plan to say to Tao Simin and laughed, "Is she gone?" I don't know, you also know that there have been a lot of things lately, and I haven't been to the water pavilion for a long time."

Tao Simin thought that Lu Kaihui knew something, but he didn't know anything, so he didn't give up and asked, "Did she say goodbye to you when she left?" ”

Lu Kai smiled and said, "Say goodbye to me?" How can I let Miss Yanyi say goodbye to me? ”

Tao Simin glanced at Lu Kai sideways and said, "What else are you pretending to be in front of me, you are trying to please Miss Yanyi, not to break my face, a broken Zhuang Gongqin has to distinguish the authenticity"

Lu Kai was about to speak, and when he saw that he was outside Tao Gong's study, Tao Simin said at this time, "Wait first, I'll report it"

Yes, Lu Kai could only wait.

After the briefing, Tao Simin came out and said, "Let's go in"

Lu Kai entered and saluted Tao Gong, Tao Gong glanced at Lu Kai, and then smiled slightly, "Sit"

The two of them were seated as the host and guest.

Tao Gong said with a smile, "Lu Huwei not only looks at the piano with a unique eye, but also is very thoughtful in dealing with people.

This matter was Yan Yi at the time, and it had nothing to do with Lu Kai at all, but it was not strange to guess it based on Tao Gong's thoughts.

The other party praised for no reason, Lu Kai smiled bitterly and apologized, "Tao Gong is looking for the next question."

Tao Gong smiled and said, "No, there is something I want to ask you."

"What?"

Tao Gong restrained his smile and said in a deep voice, "I know that you are busy, but you can talk in front of the prince, this matter is up to you, I want to invite you to enter the palace to see the prince immediately."

Tao Gong's expression was solemn, so that Lu Kai immediately paid attention to it and asked, "Do you want me to enter the palace to see the prince?" What happened? ”

Tao Gong said solemnly, "The prince has already made a move against Gong Wen, and the price of salt has dropped, do you understand what this means?" ”