Back in the backyard, Yuanhang took a short rest and drank tea, then changed into plain clothes, went to the front house to shout Ah Jin and Wuying, and walked towards the east city gate.

On the city tower, Qin Chao was supervising the construction there, and when he saw the arrival of the voyage, he stepped forward to salute and said: "My lord came just in time, please see if the suspension bridge installation is satisfactory." ”

Yuanhang nodded, and looked around the tower. Seeing that everything was built according to his orders, he was very happy and said to the Qin Dynasty: "Yes, General Qin is tired. ”

"Don't dare, it's all adults who guide you well." Qin Chao Shili said.

Yuanhang smiled and patted him on the shoulder and asked, "How is the battle ahead?" ”

"Lord Hui, Marshal Situ is attacking Guyu County. Guzhou has sent troops after receiving the news, and the two sides are currently facing off in Guyu County. Not much progress has been made yet. Qin Chao said with a gloomy face.

"Oh." Yuanhang nodded his head and said, "It seems that it will not be easy to capture Guzhou." ”

"Yes, Xiao Liang has already lost Yizhou, and if Guzhou loses again, it will definitely be defeated. Therefore, they will defend Guzhou to the death, and several princes have nearly 300,000 troops in their hands, how can they sit still and wait to be killed. I'm afraid ......," Qin Chao even said with some concern.

"You're saying that Marshal Situ may be defeated, right?" Yuanhang asked, looking into the distance.

"The last general will not dare." Qin Chao hurriedly bent over and said.

"It doesn't matter, if you don't have a long-term concern, you must have near-term worries." Yuanhang turned his head to look at the Qin Dynasty and said, "You are a good general, we are currently going to strengthen Yizhou, once the front is defeated, we will use Yizhou to block them." ”

"Yes, sir." The Qin Dynasty responded.

Yuanhang suddenly felt that what Qin Chao said was very reasonable, and he always thought that Situ Hao would definitely win, but what if the army was defeated, he had never considered it.

Yuanhang walked to the inside of the city gate, looked down, beckoned Qin Chao to come over, and said, "The defense of Yizhou City is still not strong enough, and another gate needs to be configured." ”

"Gate?" Qin Chao looked at the voyage and said in his heart: What kind of new thing is this, how can you know that Lord Zhou knows so much.

"Cut a slipway into the walls on each side of the city gate, and then open a gap in the castle tower and hang it on the castle tower with thickened iron plates. Once the gates are broken, the ropes are cut so that the gates fall down and the gates are completely blocked. Since both sides of the gate were within the city walls, even thousands of troops could not break through. ”

Qin Chao understood the meaning of the voyage, and nodded again and again: "How can the lord be the commander, if he is the captain, he will definitely be able to gallop to the killing field." ”

Yuanhang said with a smile: "General Qin has won the award, but I just said that I am not as thoughtful as you at the moment." ”

The Qin Dynasty bowed his hand to Yuanhang and said: "The adults are resourceful, the Qin Dynasty is deeply admired, if one day you can listen to the orders under the adult's account, the Qin Dynasty will repay you with death." ”

"Hehe, yes, as long as we work together, nothing can stop us." Yuanhang nodded and said, "Go ahead, hurry up and build the gate." ”

"Yes, sir." The Qin Dynasty led the order and turned around and went down the city tower.

Yuanhang looked into the distance, and secretly prayed in his heart: Uncle, you must return triumphantly.

Yuanhang took no shadow, Ah Jin returned to the house, and suddenly thought that Tang Yuanwai and Chen Lai's father had not been to visit Yizhou yet, after all, he gave his daughter to himself, and he was also an old man, so he called Tang Ling to take him to visit the second elder.

Tang Ling came to the West Courtyard with Yuanhang, and Yuanhang asked, "Does Tang Yuanwai live in the West Courtyard?" ”

"Yes, young master." Tang Ling said as he walked.

"Then why didn't you see it yesterday?" Yuanhang asked curiously.

"I heard that the person rewarded by the emperor lived in the West Courtyard, and they didn't dare to leave the house for a day except for Tang Yuan." Tang Ling replied with a smile.

"Hehe, then you will also place Yilan in the West Courtyard." Yuanhang also smiled.

"If you don't settle here, where will you be placed, there are young grandmothers in the east and south courtyards, if I place them in, if any young grandmother is to blame, they will not be able to clean me up." Tang Ling stuck out his tongue and said.

Yuanhang shook his head with a smile and followed Tang Ling into the courtyard.

"Don't have to, come with me another plate." When I entered the hospital, I heard Tang Yuanwai's voice.

"If you don't come, I won't, why should you be difficult for me." Father Chen waved his hand again and again and said.

"Let's take the last game, you see that the two of us are idle, and the last game is good?" Tang Yuanwai pleaded.

"Hehe, what are the two old men doing?" Yuanhang walked over with a smile.

"The voyage is coming." As if seeing a savior, Father Chen got up and pulled the voyage and said, "No, he has to let me play chess with him." He's so good, I've never played it. He won't give up after losing every time. ”

Tang Yuanwai smiled and said, "Kill time, is it possible that the two of us are only sitting with big eyes and staring at each other." ”

Yuan Hang saw a game of Go on the table, and there were not a few sunspots left on the entire chessboard. also laughed out loud and said, "Daddy Chen, your defeat is too miserable." ”

Father Chen smiled awkwardly and said, "This is not what I am good at, if he is not convinced, let's go fishing and see who catches more." ”

Yuanhang watched the second elder and the child arguing, and felt so funny. Interrupted them and said, "Okay, I'll teach you a new way to play, and you won't." In this way, if you try again, you will only have to blame yourself for losing. ”

"What's the way to play?" Tang Yuanwai leaned over and asked.

"It's called chess." Yuanhang instructed Tang Ling to fetch some wooden blocks of the same size, and found pen and ink to write on the wooden blocks. A chessboard was drawn on the ground. When everything was ready, Yuanhang pointed to the chess and said, "Play this first, and in a moment I will instruct the carpenter to make a good game for you." ”

Tang Yuanwai and Father Chen stared at the small wooden block on the ground and said, "How to play this?" ”

Yuanhang picked up the 'general' and said: "This is like a general, whoever dies first will be defeated." ”

He picked up the 'shi' again and said: "This is like a guard, you can't leave this palace, you have to protect the general well." ”

Picked up the 'car' and said: "This is the most powerful pioneer, you can go at will, and you can't lose it easily." ”

After introducing them one by one, Yuanhang squatted on the ground and played a few games with them. The two elders are getting better and having fun. This time, they all won and lost, and Daddy Chen was also interested. Seeing that they were only playing chess, and completely ignoring that they were still squatting aside, Yuanhang quietly retreated and told Tang Ling to find a carpenter. I went to the East Courtyard.

Wanyue and Yilan were talking in the house, and Yuanhang came in and said to them with a smile: "I went to the West Courtyard just now, and the master and Father Chen are playing chess, not letting each other go, and it is extremely intense. ”

Wanyo pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "No, I've been to see it too." ”

Yilan got up and said, "Sister is saying that I have something to look for you, you talk, I'll go back to the house first." ”

Yuanhang nodded to Yilan, turned around and sat opposite Wanyue, and asked, "Are you looking for me?" ”

Wanyue pulled her hair in a bun and said softly: "Xianggong, my father wants to go back to Jingzhou to continue the cloth business. ”

Yuanhang looked at Wanyue in a daze and asked, "Why?" We've got a lot of silver now. ”

"Of course it's not a matter of silver, it's my father's hard work, and now it's uncomfortable to be idle." Wanyue glanced at Yuanhang, and said: "My father knows that officials can't do business, and Yizhou is inconvenient, so I want to go back to Jingzhou." ”

"It doesn't matter, it's not me who goes into business. You tell the master to stay for a few days, and I'll go find a shop. Yuanhang picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, glanced at it and said gracefully, "Do you also feel idle?" ”

Wanyu looked at the voyage and nodded slightly.

Yuanhang took a sip of tea, pondered for a while, and said: "You are not as good as the master, if you do business in Yizhou, I am afraid that it will cause trouble." Unless you leave Yizhou. ”

"I know, I'll be there for you. It's just a matter of talking to a few sisters in your spare time. Wanyu didn't want to embarrass the voyage, and she wouldn't leave him.

"Don't worry, give me a few days, I'll figure it out." Yuanhang smiled at Wanyu.

"Young master, young master. The carpenter is in the antechamber. Tang Ling shouted outside the courtyard.

Yuanhang turned his head and shouted, "Got it." ”

Turning around, he said to Wanyo: "I'm going to make something for the master, and they can kill time with this." After speaking, he got up and walked out of the courtyard and walked to the front hall with Tang Ling.

When I came to the front room, I saw two people sitting in the front room. When he saw Yuanhang coming in, he hurriedly got up and bent down to salute.

"Young master, I saw that there were still words on the object, so I found a carving guy." Tang Ling pointed to the slightly younger one and said.

Yuanhang nodded and praised: "Very good, just what I want." ”

He took a pen and paper, and set sail to draw the chess pieces and write the words that needed to be carved. It happened that there was a piece of wood in the warehouse in the house, and Tang Ling was instructed to find it. When the carpenter looked at it, he found that it was actually a fine pear wood. Spread out the tools and dry in the antechamber. Make a chess piece and hand it to the carving man, and the man will carve it according to the font of the voyage. When the first good chess piece was handed over to Yuanhang, Yuanhang was very satisfied. I also went to find a wooden board and made a chessboard.

When all the pieces were ready, it was past noon. Yuanhang asked Tang Ling to pay his wages, looked at a table of chess pieces happily, and kept stroking them with his hands.

"Young Master, what is this thing for?" Tang Ling scratched his head and asked curiously.

"If you develop your intellect, I'll teach you when you have time." Yuanhang suddenly found that there was something wrong with chess, and it took a long time to find that it was not dyed. After dividing the chess pieces, he instructed Tang Ling and said, "Take it to the dyeing room, this side is dyed red, and this side is dyed black." ”

Tang Ling responded and went out to dye the chess pieces, and Yuanhang stayed in the front hall to continue making the chessboard. Wuying walked in, bowed down and said, "My lord, Xie Housheng has died by spilling out in prison. ”

Yuanhang stopped what he was doing, looked at Wuying, and said: "Find a place to bury it, set up a monument, and you can find it when Xie Laohan goes out." ”

"My lord, do you want to send a notice...... "Shadowless asked after a moment of silence.

"Well, that's fine. Let everyone know, you can do it. Yuanhang nodded.

"Yes, my subordinates will go." Shadowless retreated.

As soon as Wuying went out, Ah Jin hurriedly walked in and said, "My lord, the general of the Qin Dynasty is here, saying that there is an urgent military report to your lordship. ”

"Oh, where?" Yuanhang asked, putting down the chessboard.

"I'm waiting in the living room, I seem to be in a hurry." Ah Kim said hurriedly.

"Let's go." Yuanhang dropped the chessboard and hurried to the living room, where Ah Kim hurriedly followed.

In the living room, Qin Chao was anxiously pacing back and forth, and when he saw Yuanhang coming in three steps and making two steps, he walked over, and said, "My lord, it's not good." ”

Yuanhang hurriedly asked, "Don't worry, what's wrong?" ”

Qin Chao calmed his breath and said, "Lord Situ besieged Guyu County, and Xiao Liang couldn't defend it. Late yesterday night, he suddenly went out of the city and attacked the camp. Our army carelessly did not take precautions, and the captain ...... said here and suddenly paused.

"What's wrong, my lord?" Yuan Hang was startled, a little sweat oozed from his palms, and he hurriedly asked.

"Lord Siwei hurriedly met the battle, without armor, he was shot by an arrow by the enemy, he was seriously wounded, and his life and death are currently unknown." Qin Chao said in a heavy voice.

"Ahh Yuanhang cried out and sat down in a chair.