Pingyan City, in the palace, it was late at night, and it was dark outside the window.

"This is a letter entrusted to me by Master Su to His Highness, please take a look." Under the candlelight, next to the table, Yan Zheng smiled and delivered the letter to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu nodded and took the letter, he tore off the seal and asked casually, "What did Master Su say in the letter?" ”

Yan Zheng was about to answer subconsciously, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he saw Tian Xuan beside him cough lightly, leaned forward, and said with a smile:

"Your Highness said with a smile, Lord Su didn't show us the letter when he wrote it, how can we know the content of the letter?"

Liu Xiu raised his head to look at Tian Xuan, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he smiled: "Why is Lord Tian so serious, I'm just joking." ”

Tian Xuan smiled, leaned back, shook his head and smiled: "The subordinates just explained to His Highness casually, and they didn't mean to be 'serious'. ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Yan Zheng, his eyes were cold, and he said coldly: "Isn't it, Lord Yan?" ”

Yan Zheng was afraid of the action just now, and he was a little distracted in a trance, and when he saw Tian Xuan asking him, his heart sank, and he hurriedly cheered up, nodded, laughed dryly, and replied: "Yes, yes, what Lord Tian said is reasonable, what Lord Tian said is reasonable."

Seeing this, Tian Xuan frowned, secretly clenched his palms into fists, and a murderous aura flashed in his eyes, but he still showed a warm smile on his face, turned to Liu Xiu and asked with a smile: "Your Highness, dare to ask what Lord Su said in the letter?" ”

Liu Xiu hastily swept the last few sentences at the end of the letter, put them aside, and after reading the letter, he couldn't see any change on his face, he didn't answer Tian Xuan's question, but turned the conversation around and asked:

"Just now Lord Tian said that 30,000 soldiers and horses had entered the Wei Realm a few days ago, and this king wants to know when the army will set off, and where is it stationed now?"

Tian Xuan hurriedly replied: "Your Highness, the army has set off three days after His Highness sent people to Kangding City, and now 30,000 soldiers and horses have arrived at Yuanshui, a city in the central part of the country, not far from Pingyan City, and are ready to go out at any time. ”

The candlelight flickered, illuminating Liu Xiu's face was a little cloudy, Tian Xuan felt that there was a murderous aura in Liu Xiu's eyes in a trance, but when he looked at it carefully, he saw Liu Xiu nodding to him mildly at this time, and replied: "The soldiers are fast, it seems that Lord Tian knows the art of war." ”

Tian Xuan frowned, lowered his head and excused himself: "Your Highness has a good reputation, every one is the credit of His Highness's envoys, and his subordinates are just messengers who deliver letters." ”

Liu Xiu's face was calm, but his eyes were faintly sharp: "Since this is the case, Lord Tian will take a few more days in Pingyan City to wait for the arrival of the army." ”

Tian Xuan smiled, looked at Liu Xiu and said: "Pingyan City has a lot of people, and every time your subordinates come, they need to be quiet late at night. ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "In that case, when does Lord Tian plan to leave and go to Yuanshui?" ”

Tian Xuan pondered for a while and said, "My subordinates plan to leave early tomorrow morning," he said, and after a pause, he asked, "Does Your Highness have anything else to order?" ”

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, but a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "In this way, I wish Lord Tian a smooth journey." ”

Tian Xuan arched his hand and said solemnly: "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”

Liu Xiu nodded, no one spoke for a while, and the already empty room looked even more dull under the flickering of the dim candlelight.

After a while, Tian Xuan coughed lightly and said, "Your Highness, there is still something that my subordinates forgot to say."

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, nodded, and said, "Lord Tian, please speak." ”

Tian Xuan showed an inexplicable embarrassed smile on his face, and after hesitating for a moment, he said:

"My subordinates don't understand why His Highness wants Lord Wen Wen to come with troops as a special envoy? Although Lord Wen is resolute, decisive, proficient in military affairs, and good at using the art of war, after all, he is a woman, and the soldiers are dissatisfied, and his subordinates are worried that someone will use this as an excuse to induce the soldiers to rebel."

He didn't wait for Liu Xiu to speak, so he solemnly continued: "Of course, Lord Wen is indeed an immortal general, and if he has something extraordinary, his subordinates and others should be loyal and assisted, and there is no second heart!" ”

After speaking, he saluted Liu Xiu and fell silent.

On the side, Yan Zheng hurriedly said yes.

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed after hearing this, and after thinking for a while, he smiled faintly: "Oh? Then may I ask Lord Tian, in your opinion, what should this king do now? Is it to send the generals to the past, or to be re-promoted and appointed from the army? ”

Tian Xuan replied: "Back to Your Highness, my subordinates think that although 30,000 soldiers and horses are not much, after all, they are secretly entering the Wei realm, and if you want not to be detected by the emperor, you must find a general who is familiar with both Han and Wei at the same time," Speaking of this, his eyes flashed, he took a long breath gently, gritted his teeth, and continued: "My subordinates are not talented, they have been in and out of Han and Wei all the year round, and they are quite familiar with the two countries, and I am willing to be the commander of these 30,000 people, so that I will serve His Royal Highness, and I will not give up!" ”

After speaking, his eyes showed a sincere and firm expression, stood up, and bowed to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu didn't answer in a hurry after hearing this, and after thinking for a while, he replied lightly: "This king knows, but the matter is big, and this king needs to consider it before he can give you an answer, how about it?" ”

Tian Xuan hesitated slightly after hearing this, and said: "My subordinates are worried that after a long time in Pingyan, someone will take the opportunity to bewitch the soldiers and lead the people to rebel, and when the time comes, the emperor will find out about this matter, and Your Highness, you will not be able to get out of it."

Before the words fell, he saw Liu Xiu wave his hand to stop him from continuing, with an expression on his face that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, and said, "Oh? Could it be that Lord Tian, you are in the barracks, can you guarantee that no one will rebel? ”

Tian Xuan's eyes froze, and before he could open his mouth to defend himself, he heard Liu Xiu continue: "In this case, Lord Tian, you have been staying in the barracks, wouldn't it be better to only send an envoy here?" ”

After speaking, he looked at Tian Xuan and waited for him to answer.

Tian Xuan took a deep breath after hearing this, his face instantly returned to normal, and he bowed down and smiled:

"The subordinates believe that soon after, the 30,000 army will go to the front line to fight with the enemy, if you don't know the strategic deployment of His Highness, rashly send troops, the army will definitely lose cooperation with the various departments of the guard, and thus fall into the situation of fighting alone, not only far to no avail, and even heavy losses, so the subordinates will come thousands of miles, listen to His Highness's military deployment, and be prepared in their hearts, so that they will not be caught off guard and blindly send troops after hearing the military order."

Liu Xiu nodded after hearing this, and said: "Lord Tian has a heart, the two of you led the troops to come to the rescue, this king is very grateful in his heart, the question asked by Lord Tian just now, after this king thinks about it tonight, how about giving an answer tomorrow?" ”

Tian Xuan hurriedly bowed and thanked him, and after Liu Xiu nodded, he said goodbye with Yan Zheng and turned around and went out.

There was silence in the hall, and in the room surrounded by darkness, only a little light was burning, flashing light, fighting against the darkness, and never dying.

After a while, Liu Xiucai stood up, walked to the window, looked at the window and looked at the darkness outside, stood with his hands in his hands, and looked up at the sky!

Under the sky, there is only the night like ink, and everything else is hidden in the darkness, even if you look far away, you can find nothing.

Only a little light in the dormitory, lighting up the night, stubbornly waiting for the dawn to come.

At this time, it is the darkest time, and I don't know how long it will take to wait until dawn and sunrise.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiu frowned slightly, sighed, and then turned his head and shouted to the attendant outside the door: "Please Fang Zhenyao Lord Fang to see me here." ”

The attendant hurriedly said yes and turned away.

After a while, I only heard the sound of panicked footsteps outside the door, and then I heard Fang Zhenyao push the door in, bowing his head at the door and saying, "Minister, Fang Zhenyao came by order and has seen His Highness!" ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "No need to be polite at such a late hour, get up." ”

After speaking, he pointed to the chair in front of him and said, "Sit down," After Fang Zhenyao sat down, Liu Xiucai spoke lightly and continued:

"You just came here from Dongping, and you should have rested well, but now there are many things that are not going well, so I have to let you come overnight to share your worries and solve problems for this king."

Fang Zhenyao hurriedly replied: "Although Your Highness has orders, your subordinates must do their best to complete the task!" ”

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, and after thinking for a while, the other party Zhenyao said: "You leave tonight overnight, go to Yuanshui, and do something for me." ”

Fang Zhenyao was stunned for a moment and said, "Yuanshui? ”

Liu Xiu nodded, and briefly recounted what Tian Xuan had said after coming here to Fang Zhenyao.

After Fang Zhenyao listened, he frowned and asked: "Even if Su Shunyi is unwell, he will not send Tian Xuan and Yan Zheng as envoys to meet His Highness, and from this point of view, it seems that Su Shunyi also acquiesced to letting Tian Xuan be the commander of 30,000 soldiers and horses?" ”

Liu Xiuyi waved his hand and said lightly: "What you said is good, but although on the surface, Tian Xuan is ambitious and wants to seize military power and become the commander of an army, but in fact, there is the shadow of his father." ”

Fang Zhenyao was shocked when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty?!" ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said: "Yes, I secretly transferred troops from the Han Realm several times in succession, and I think I have been noticed by my father, he asked Tian Xuan to come to Pingyan this time, but he wanted to find out the truth and find out the number of troops secretly transferred by this king." ”

Fang Zhenyao frowned, looked up at Liu Xiu, and saw him standing in the darkness behind the dim candlelight, his face was as calm as water, and he couldn't see any expression.

After pondering for a long time, Fang Zhenyao coughed lightly and said to Liu Xiu: "In this case, how does Your Highness plan to deal with it?" ”

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, and he said coldly: "Once the army of Yan Shuo and Liang Jian goes north from Dingbian and reaches the two cities of Zhongliang and Yaonan, Murong Dan will definitely send troops to the south. ”

After Fang Zhenyao thought for a moment after hearing this, he nodded, he opened his mouth, as if he had something to say, but his eyes flashed, and after hesitating for a while, he lowered his head and did not speak.

Seeing this, Liu Xiu looked at Fang Zhenyao and said lightly: "If you have something to say, you don't need to swallow and spit out." ”

Fang Zhenyao suddenly raised his head, gritted his teeth, and replied: "Yes, Your Highness, my subordinates want to ask, if Your Highness secretly transfers troops from the empire to aid Pingyan, it will definitely cause the empire's strength to be empty. ”

After hearing this, Liu Xiu smiled slightly, looked at the west, his eyes were far-reaching and profound, and replied: "No, when Yanwei started the war, that is, when Shu was in turmoil, then Shu was too busy to take care of itself, how could he have the energy to send troops to attack me?" ”

Fang Zhenyao's eyes flashed, nodded and did not speak.

Outside the window, the darkness was like ink, but in the distance, there was a faint light shining through.

It won't be long before the sky will be bright. R1058