Luan Yi raised his palm with a smile on his face, and while motioning for Zhang Song to use tea, he asked, "Mr. Zhang is used to living in Jianye, when are you going to return to Chengdu?" ”

Zhang Song gritted his front teeth and smiled, "I don't want to hide it, I don't want to go back to Chengdu anymore."

Zhang Song's answer had already been expected by Luan Yi, otherwise he would not have stayed in Jiangdong for half a year. Although he knew it, Luan Yi still put on a surprised look and said: "At present, the imperial court and the Holy Sect are in an eventful autumn, and when employing people, I wonder if Mr. Zhang is willing to return north with me to serve the imperial court and benefit the people?" ”

"What the King of Qi said is exactly what I want! Loose willing to serve the work of dogs and horses. ”

Luan Yixi smiled, took out a yellow cloth bag from the drawer next to the table, walked off the high platform and handed it to Zhang Song in person, "This is the Luoyang City Order Seal that is about to be completed, Mr. Zhang will give in for the time being." When there is a vacancy in the DPRK in the coming day, he will be promoted. The new city is completed, and everything is complicated, and I hope Mr. Zhang will bother. ”

Holding the heavy seal ribbon, Zhang Song was both surprised and delighted, and he couldn't imagine that he had just been cast under Luan Yi's account, and Luan Yi would assign him the important post of the head of the capital city. He said with sincere fear: "At the beginning of the lintel, the sect leader will be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to take on it without making an inch!" ”

"It's okay!" Luan Yi waved his hand with a big belly, "It's okay to make meritorious service after taking office first." Besides......" He glanced at Zhang Song's ugly face with obvious excitement, and said, "There is a great merit in front of Mr. right now." ”

"Great merit?" Zhang Song is an understanding person, and as soon as he heard this, he immediately realized what Luan Yi meant by credit. "King Qi wants to let him go to Hanzhong to persuade Liu Zhang to surrender?"

"It's easy to talk to smart people." Luan Yi smiled and patted Zhang Song's shoulder, "How is it?" Would you like to help me get there, sir? ”

A trace of bitterness flashed on Zhang Song's face, and he said: "Song is very willing to relieve the worries of King Qi, but Liu Zhang's eyes in Yizhou are narrow, and he doesn't know how thick the sky is. To tell the truth, just last year, Zai had strongly recommended him to surrender to Sun Ce in order to make a living, but he was rejected by this guy without hesitation. Now persuade him to surrender to the king of Qi, I am afraid that he will repeat the mistakes of the past and be rejected by him! In my humble opinion, instead of talking in vain, it is better to serve with the handle of the knife and directly let him crash back to the south wall. ”

Luan Yi smiled and rejected Zhang Song's proposal, "Sun Tzu said: Go to the army to fight, then fight the enemy, and last cut the army." The soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good. The war is against the peace of heaven and is not my will. It is better to treat Liu Zhang mainly by saying that he is surrendering. ”

"But ......" Zhang Song looked embarrassed.

"Sir, don't worry, I have already thought of a way to surrender Liu Zhang, you just need to do what I say, according to what I say, Liu Zhang will take the initiative to surrender nine times out of ten."

"Oh?" Zhang Song was stunned for a moment, "How do you say it?" ”

Luan Yi's thumb and index finger struck each other and snapped his fingers in a dashing manner. Luan Fu, who was guarding aside, then took out a sheepskin from his sleeve and spread it in front of Zhang Song.

"What is this?" Zhang Song looked at it, and the lines on the parchment roll were vertical and horizontal, and it was actually a map, or more accurately, a map of Zhang Yizhou.

The map clearly depicts the major fortresses, checkpoints, cities, and villages in Yizhou, where there are avenues, where there are paths, where are cultivated land, and where are swamps and forests. What's more, there is a dense arc on the map, and Zhang Song didn't know the purpose of the arc at first, so he asked Luan Yi for advice.

Luan Yi told him that this is called the contour line, and the number next to the contour line indicates the altitude of the local location.

Zhang Song asked what is altitude?

Luan Yi patiently explained: "It is the vertical height above sea level. ”

After clarifying the actual role of all the lines on the picture, Zhang Song was speechless. Before he came to Jianye, he dedicated the topographic map of Shuzhong, which had been completed for many years, to Sun Ce, in order to help Sun Ce overcome the difficulties of Shu Road and lead the army to occupy Yizhou as soon as possible.

He originally thought that the topographic map he had spent eight years drawing was detailed and comprehensive, until today he knew that there was a sky outside the sky, there were people outside the people, and there were maps outside the map, compared with the topographic map provided by Luan Yi in front of him, the map of Shuzhong he drew could be described as shallow.

Shocked, Luan Yi pointed to the three red arrows drawn in the map and told Zhang Song, "Mr. Zhang took this map to Liu Zhang and told him that if he refused to surrender, these red arrows would be the route of the future Holy Sect's three-way army to conquer him." Don't think that the Shu Road is difficult, relying on the Sword Pavilion, Jinguan and a few cities can resist the Holy Sect army. Can Sword Pavilion survive Yangping Pass? No matter how strong Zitong is, can it be stronger than Chang'an? With the gunpowder of my Holy Sect in hand, any city pass is nothing more than a pile of clay tiles, which can be reduced to nothing in an instant. If he is stubborn and stubbornly resists, the 200,000 troops of our Holy Sect will attack from the northwest, north, and southeast directions, and he will be defeated in less than three months. Of course...... If he is willing to surrender, I will not do him any wrong. I want to crown him as the king of Wu and live in Jianye. ”

Zhang Song held the map of Yizhou and looked at it repeatedly, and said happily: "This map is in hand, it is enough to scare Liu Zhang, even if he is not rewarded, he will obediently surrender." ”

"So there is Mr. Law."

Then Luan Yi discussed with Zhang Song the specific details of meeting Liu Zhang, and after having lunch together, Zhang Song took the order to say goodbye and went back to the post house to pack up his bags for returning to Yizhou.

On the third day after Zhang Song left, Luan Yi also embarked on the return journey back to Luoyang.

There are two reasons why I am in such a hurry to leave Jiangdong:

On the one hand, the new Luoyang City, which was built since the 11th year of the Shengyuan Dynasty, has begun to take shape after seven years of preparation, foundation laying and mid-term construction, and the remaining projects can be further improved after moving in.

Most of the houses, shops, workshops, factories, markets, and churches have begun to be put into use, and the official offices of the imperial court and the institutions of the church have also moved from Chang'an to Luoyang one after another.

The relocation of the capital of the imperial court is not a trivial matter, and there are many important matters that need to be decided by Luan Yibei during this period. In addition, the Imperial Academy of Arts, the Imperial Yanwu Hall, the Imperial Holy Cross Medical University Hall, and the Imperial College of Technology in the outer city of Luoyang are about to open for enrollment, and Luan Yi needs to personally preside over the opening ceremony to show the importance that the church attaches to education.

On the other hand, Luan Shimeng, as Luan Yi's first child, his eldest daughter, has an irreplaceable position in Luan Yi's heart. Seeing that Shimeng's wedding date is approaching, Luan Yi must rush back to Luoyang. In his new mansion, the Luoyang Sect Master's Mansion, he personally sent his daughter to a sedan chair.

Therefore, in order to speed up the hurry, after returning to Jiangbei, he asked Huang Zhong, Li Dian and others, together with Sun Ce and other Jiangdong Wenwu and 50,000 guards of the Central Army of the Church to go north along the canal by boat, and he took hundreds of personal soldiers and Dian Wei and Hercules to ride fast horses and whips, and traveled hundreds of miles a day to catch up.

At the beginning of October, he finally appeared in front of the reinforced concrete structure and the majestic new Luoyang city gate.

A few days before Shimeng got married, she was as happy as a migratory bird returning from the north, flying around in the yard for a while, and then returning to the nest with her big eyes to watch the embroidery girl sew a wedding dress for her, and sometimes she would run to Luan Yi's study, interrupting Luan Yi and Cai Yan, who were discussing business, was chattering endlessly. The words she said are nothing more than a few things, if she marries into Sima's family, will her in-laws like her? What if you don't like her? How old should she be to have a baby? How many children do you want...... Yunyun.

One question after another came out of her mouth like a cannon, and without waiting for Cai Yan to answer, there was a series of questions, which grinded Luan Yi's ears out of the cocoon.

Although the questions raised by Luan Shimeng are all very similar, every now and then, Luan Yi and Cai Yan will stop what they are doing and quietly become Luan Shimeng's audience.

They knew that the reason why Luan Shimeng was so upside down was because of the high tension before marriage, and this tension was based on excitement.

They are happy that Luan Shimeng can marry the person they like.

So in the face of Luan Shimeng's repeated questions, they will always patiently comfort her.

Cai Yan told her that she was so good, her future in-laws would like her, and she didn't have to worry about this. As for when to have a child, everything depends on the meaning of Our Lady.

Luan Yi put on a condescending posture and said angrily: "Sima Jun (Sima Yi's father, Luan Shimeng's future father-in-law) If you dare not like my daughter, I will make him look good." ”

Whenever she got such an answer, Luan Shimeng would always purse her lips and say to Luan Yi with a resentful face, "Oh, father, you fight and kill too much, why are you so tyrannical." Ignore you. ”

Luan Yi looked up to Cai Yan and laughed, "It is said that girls are extroverted, and their elbows are turned out before they get married!" ”

Shi Meng's eyes rolled when she heard this, and she realized that Luan Yi was joking, so she ran to Luan Yi's side and said, "Oh, father, my daughter was joking just now!" The father loves his daughter so much, how can his daughter turn to others? Be biased, and be biased toward the father. ”

After saying that, the family of three laughed happily.

Only at this moment, Luan Yifang felt that he was not the head of the Protector God Cult and the King of Qi of the Great Han, but the head of the family, a woman's man and another woman's father. The heavy burden was lifted from his shoulders, and he felt relieved that he could carry a mountain.

Half a month before the wedding, although Luan Yi didn't say anything, Cai Yan could see that Luan Yi's joy for marriage was far less than the reluctance to face her daughter leaving home.

Every night, when he returned to his room to rest after his official duties, he did not take a short road, but prefers to go around to the back garden for a long walk. The reason why this is so is because this road can pass by Xiao Shimeng's boudoir.

When passing by Shimeng's boudoir, he didn't knock on the door. He was afraid of disturbing Shimeng's rest.

He just waved the guards away, stood quietly in the courtyard in front of the house, and then looked at the candle-lit glass window by moonlight. There was nothing in the glass window, and the face in Shimeng's eyes did not flash, but through the crystal clear window, Luan Yi saw a lot, and saw Shimeng's childhood, the same year, the flower season and the rainy season...... Everything is as it was yesterday.