Chu Dongsheng bowed to the emperor and went out of the palace gate, got into the carriage and went straight to his home.

Chu Dongsheng sat in the center of the carriage and was restless, the matter of attacking Qingzhou this time has been relatively smooth so far, everything is advancing according to plan, but... Chu Dongsheng always felt that something was wrong in his heart.

Chu Dongsheng's carriage happened to pass through South Street at this time, and there was a rather loud noise on the street. Chu Dongsheng frowned, gently lifted the carriage curtain, and looked out, but it was a few young students talking loudly on the side of the road.

Chu Dongsheng suddenly realized that this is the place where Guozi Xue, the first school of Daguang, is located, and it is also the place where Chu Dongsheng studied back then.

Seeing those young students, Chu Dongsheng couldn't help but think of his life when he was studying in Guozi, at that time Chu Dongsheng did not have his current status, he needed to work and study, and he had to be humiliated by others from time to time, until Yang Yi went to Guozi and became his roommate's friend, and he fought with Li Yan, Wang Feijiang and others, Chu Dongsheng really found his dignity.

In a blink of an eye, time has passed, Guozixue is still that Guozixue, the cherry tree is still the cherry blossom tree, but the students inside have changed several batches, which can be said to be a thing.

"If you want fate to be right for yourself, you must first be worthy of fate."

Chu Dongsheng still remembers what Yang Yi said back then, among the four people who lived with him that year, Chu Dongsheng was the only poor student, and this sentence also had the greatest impact on him.

Thinking of Yang Yi, Chu Dongsheng can be described as hating and respecting him. Yang Yi often acts differently than ordinary people, as a prince, he treats a poor student like Chu Dongsheng with sincerity, not only does he not dislike his lowly status, but he also takes more care of him on weekdays, regardless of character and courage, it is enough to convince everyone, so when Yang Yi rose in Shu and everyone was shocked, Chu Dongsheng was not too surprised.

"Nine nerd Yang Yi is very human."

Thinking of this, Chu Dongsheng's heart condensed, and he suddenly scooped up the curtain of the car and said to the groom who was driving: "Change the route and go to the mansion of Lord Cao of the Ministry of War." ”

"Yes, sir." The groom immediately turned his horse's head around and drove the carriage to another street.

Soon, Chu Dongsheng's carriage came to Cao Ying's mansion, the secretary of the military department, and after Cao's subordinates reported, Cao Ying hurriedly greeted him.

"Haha, Lord Chu, what kind of wind blew you to my mansion." Cao Ying laughed and bowed.

Chu Dongsheng bowed his hand and saluted back: "Lord Cao is fine, he has nothing to do, Dongsheng came to ask for a glass of wine." ”

"It's easy to say, Lord Chu came to the cold house, and it was shining." Cao Ying got out of the way and said, "Lord Chu, please come in." ”

Cao Ying and Chu Dongsheng are similar to each other, they are a few years older than Chu Dongsheng, and they have been officials for a longer time than Chu Dongsheng, but Chu Dongsheng is a close confidant of Emperor Yang Jie, and he relies on everything, which is far from being comparable to the remnants of the former emperor like Cao Ying.

Chu Dongsheng and Cao Ying shivered all the way to the main hall of Cao's mansion, and Cao Ying hurriedly ordered his subordinates to make tea and pour water.

There was another shudder, and when the tea was served, the two of them drank each other, and Chu Dongsheng said: "Dongsheng came to the house to disturb today, but in fact, there are some things to ask Lord Cao for advice." ”

Cao Ying put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Lord Chu is serious, what do you need to know, even if asked, Cao Ying will definitely know everything." ”

Chu Dongsheng froze for a moment and asked, "Does Lord Cao know the recent movements in Linjiang and Shuzhong, how is the preparedness of our army?" ”

Cao Ying was stunned for a moment, looked at Chu Dongsheng and said suspiciously: "Lord Chu, but Your Majesty sent you to inquire?" ”

Chu Dongsheng smiled: "Definitely." ”

Cao Ying frowned and glanced at Chu Dongsheng, and said, "Lord Chu..."

The defense situation of the border army is a secret of the military division, and no one has the right to inquire without the emperor's order, even if Chu Dongsheng is Yang Jie's cronies, Cao Ying does not dare to tell it without authorization.

Chu Dongsheng was not surprised, took a sip of tea and said: "Your Majesty asked the lower officials to go to Qingzhou to persuade General Wang Fei. ”

Cao Ying was taken aback, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty asked Lord Chu to go to Qingzhou?" That's dangerous. ”

Cao Ying, as the secretary of the military department of the imperial court, naturally knew something about the war in Qingzhou, which was now a place of right and wrong, and a big war was about to break out.

Chu Dongsheng said: "The emperor's order is difficult to disobey, since Your Majesty wants to let his subordinates go, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, someone in Chu will have to take a move." ”

Cao Ying nodded, and he understood why Chu Dongsheng asked about the border pass army, which was related to his own life and death.

"Lord Chu, without His Majesty's will, His Majesty does not dare to reveal too many details to you, but Li Cen, who has recently come to Linjiang City, has not made any major moves, and the Linjiang Army is still stationed on the south bank of the Linjiang River, and there is no large-scale crossing. As for Yang Yi in Shu, according to the report of the spies, he did not make any big moves, whether it was the tail pass and Jianchong Pass in the Central Plains of Shu, or Qianzhou and Qinzhou in the south, they all maintained a defensive posture, even if Yang Yi wanted to rush to the aid of Wang Feijiang in Qingzhou, I am afraid it was impossible, after all, it was separated by the entire Daguang. ”

Chu Dongsheng nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Lord Cao, what do you think of our army's surprise soldiers leaving Yazhou and entering Qingzhou this time?" ”

Cao Ying thought for a while and said: "This matter is handled by His Majesty himself, although it is extremely dangerous, it is not a bad strategy. At the beginning, Yang Yi in Shu rushed thousands of miles to cross the heavy Que Mountain Range and caught Wu Huan of Qianzhou off guard, and let Li Cen of Linjiang City be a foil for him. ”

Chu Dongsheng was silent, picked up the cup and took another sip of tea.

As Cao Ying said, this time to attack Qingzhou, everything is in place, Jiangnan and Shuzhong have no movement, it seems that Qingzhou is bound to win.

Cao Ying saw that Chu Dongsheng was very worried, and asked, "Is there anything else Lord Chu is worried about?" ”

Chu Dongsheng pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "Perhaps... It's just that I'm too suspicious, no matter what's wrong, now that we're on horseback, we're always coming. ”

Chu Dong ascended out of the Cao Mansion and sat in the carriage with his eyes closed, but his heart was irritable.

For Yang Yi's jealousy, Chu Dongsheng was confused, and he didn't like this feeling very much.

In the past few years, Chu Dong's official position has become higher and higher, and he has almost become an existence above 10,000 people under one person in the capital, but there is always a hurdle in his heart, and this hurdle is naturally Yang Yi.

Yang Yi's affection and righteousness Chu Dongsheng knows very well, he thinks that Wang Fei will be in trouble, and Yang Yi will never be indifferent, but after thinking about it, he can't think of what Yang Yi will do.

Chu Dongsheng couldn't help but think of what Yang Yi told himself when he was in Cangyun Village: "I hope that one day, you and I will meet each other." ”

Chu Dongsheng slowly opened his eyes, sighed and said, "This day, after all, will come..."