Yang Guang's face was gloomy, he stood up and paced a few steps, this shadow has indeed been hanging over his heart, Yuwenshu has been supporting him to the throne, no, it should be said that since he served him when he was the governor of Yangzhou, he has always been non-critical to himself, whether in person or among the courtiers, he is a loyal look that he is eager to go to the soup for himself and break his bones. This made him feel a little unreal, just like Yu Shiji, Pei Yun and others who slapped themselves all day long, although they were very useful at first, but after a long time, they were not as reliable as Wang Shichong's few words of advice from time to time.

As soon as Xiao Meiniang saw Yang Guang like this, she knew that he was a little moved by what she said, and she was overjoyed in her heart, and continued: "Yuwen Shu will never have half a word of objection in front of His Majesty, so it depends on his actions, if he thinks that this battle will be won, he will ask the former army commander to let Yuwen Chengdu be the vanguard, and rely on this military merit to pardon the two sons who are still slaves in his own house." But this time, his battle is not high, and he has no intention of leading the front army, which is obviously that he is not very optimistic about this expedition. ”

Yang Guang's footsteps stopped in place suddenly, turned his head, looked at Xiao Meiniang's eyes with a light like electricity, and said in a deep voice: "Meiniang, what is the reason that makes him not optimistic about this expedition?" I have a million soldiers, advancing by land and water, Goguryeo is only the territory of one or two large states of my Great Sui, and the soldiers are only 200,000, I can fight five to one, what can't I win in one battle? Even when it was in the court and the military, Yu Wenshu didn't say a word against it, I didn't give him a chance to speak! ”

Xiao Meiniang shook her head: "Your Majesty, these military affairs. How can a concubine understand a woman? You want your concubines to see who tells the truth. Let's talk about slippery heads. Maybe the concubine can still rely on some intuition to answer, but the concubine really doesn't understand the matter of marching and fighting. If you really want to ask, it's better to ask Wang Shichong, he is well versed in the art of war and has fought in the south and the north. ”

Yang Guang sneered: "But this Wang Shichong doesn't seem to be too reluctant to go to the front line, just now he clearly said that he was going to solve Zhang Heng's worries for me." But when I said that I wanted him to join the army, he didn't agree so happily, hmph, I'm not blind, how could I not see his reluctance? It's either that he has different intentions, or that he is not optimistic about this battle in his heart. I wondered, why didn't they know how to win? What went wrong? ”

Xiao Meiniang smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't know about this, but maybe Ah Yu knows a little bit, do you want to ask him to discuss it?" ”

Yang Guang nodded: "Very good." Someone came, Xiao Yu, the squire of Xuannei History, immediately entered the palace and played the right. ”

Inside the Baiguan Fang. On Xiao Yu's house, in a side courtyard, Xiao Yu was wearing a white middle coat and a fur coat, and was whispering with a person in a black cloak in the wing, and several strong guards were holding knives and sticks, and guarding the courtyard with lanterns, to ensure that the words of the two would not be heard, and the gusts of night wind blew the fire candles in the wing room for a while, reflecting the shadows of the two on the window paper for a long time, which was very weird.

Xiao Yu's expression was serious: "Wang Shilang, you said you really saw my sister?" ”

Wang Shichong's face emerged from the shadow of the cloak, since he left the palace, he rushed straight here, entered from the side door, holding an emergency token given to him by Xiao Meiniang, and got in touch with Xiao Yu, this Xiao clan, which has been neglected for more than half a year, has become so deserted from the door of a year ago, and there is not even a dog within a hundred steps, which is really emotional, and it also makes Wang Shichong's late-night visit extremely convenient, at least there is no need to go to Pei Shiju's mansion, I have to make a detour and change cars again.

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, this is an emergency contact method that he and Xiao Meiniang agreed before, if you can't connect with Xiao Meiniang directly, you can connect with Xiao Yu with this token, time is pressing, some words must be directly explained to Xiao Yu now, it's too late for people to take Xiao Yu to their own full garden with a token, fortunately, the Xiao family has lost ground, according to Shan Xiongxin's investigation, the internal guards sent to monitor the Xiao Mansion a year ago have all been evacuated, and now the Xiao family is full of their own secret agents within five hundred steps, and there is no need to doubt safety, The only thing that takes a little effort is to open the gap from Xiao Yu.

Wang Shichong nodded: "Yes, when I was playing right, Queen Xiao was summoned by Yang Guang and sat behind the curtain, she took advantage of Yang Guang's unpreparedness, gently opened the curtain and signaled to me, although I didn't talk to her, but looking at her mouth shape, I knew that she wanted me to come to you." So I came late at night to disturb Brother Xiao's dreams, and I really couldn't help it. ”

Xiao Yu sighed: "When, the contact between our Xiao family's sisters and brothers will also be carried out through you, Wang Shichong, the hero in the shadows." My sister was confused for a while and got on your thief ship, but don't think that I, Xiao Yu, will be in the same stream as you, I, Xiao Yu, have read the books of sages since I was a child, and I am loyal and upright, how can I do that rebellious thing with you? ”

Wang Shichong knew that there was still a difference between Xiao Yu and Xiao Meiniang, and he did not agree with her sister's plan against Sui Fuliang, and it was precisely for this reason that Xiao Meiniang could only turn to support the ambitious and uncontrollable Xiao Miao, instead of helping her biological brother. But Wang Shichong is still sure that Xiao Yu will slowly fall to himself, today is the first official showdown between himself and this young talent, at least, it can also allow him to slowly start cooperating with himself unconsciously, and achieve the kind of relationship between Pei Shiju and himself, which is basically his own purpose.

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Xiao Shilang, I know that you are a loyal person, but loyalty and righteousness can't be eaten, and it can't save your Xiao family." A year ago, your Xiao family was infinitely beautiful, so naturally you wouldn't take me in your eyes, but now your Xiao family is in trouble, and what I want to tell you now is the only opportunity to pull your Xiao family out of trouble. If Xiao Shilang is unwilling to cooperate with Wang, then Wang will not be reluctant, and he can leave now. As he spoke, he stood up and walked in the direction of the door.

The firelight shone on Xiao Yu's delicate face, and the muscles on his face were trembling slightly, reflecting his inner ventilation at the moment, and finally, he patted his thigh and said, "Brother Wang, please stay!" ”

An imperceptible smile flashed on Wang Shichong's face, he withdrew his foot that was walking out of the threshold, turned his head, and smiled at Xiao Yu: "Brother Xiao is really an understanding person, and I like to deal with understanding people the most." (To be continued......)