Chen Yu entered the room, the female child withdrew with a sigh, Fang Su's expression sank, turned around and looked away, Chen Zifang did not make a face, and his eyes were slightly indifferent.

Xu Ruyu saw him enter the door and said about Baishi, but he also felt abrupt, glanced at Chen Ang, and didn't know how to answer his mouth.

Chen Ang stood up and said, "Well, since Zi Pre is here, let you discuss it here." He walked straight out.

Chen foresaw that his iron-hearted disregard for the Chen clan would inevitably be gloomy, and he was afraid that Fang Su and Chen Zifang would also leave with their hands.

Fang Su snorted coldly when he saw Chen coming over, but he didn't stand up.

Xu Ruyu said: "The matter of peace is between Xu Tingyi and Mei Liting, and my father has been martyred in Bayang City for ten years, and I will go to Bayang to pay respects." ”

"The matter of resting troops in the realm can be discussed by Xu Mei and Yixing, but the matter of joint attack on Baishi requires a decision made by Ru Yu himself." Chen Yu said again, "Since it is a ten-year festival, I have to go and worship." ”

Xu Ruyu shook his head and said, "It's better for me to go alone." The matter of Baishi, Tokai thinks the time has come? ”

Of course, Chen Yu would not believe that Xu Ruyu went to Bayang alone only for ten years of sacrifice, and seeing that he was somewhat relaxed about Baishi, he had no time to think about anything else, and said: "The Jiangjin Yi clan and the Qinghe Li clan are behind the back, so that I can't capture Baishi in the East China Sea for several years, which is a pity. However, in the first battle of Yuzhang, Nanping destroyed the 60,000 elites of the Huo family, shocking the world and changing the situation in Yongning and Jingjun. It was only a matter of time before the 40,000 remnants of the Huo family withdrew from the Jingbei region, and at that time, Yongning would have to directly face the forces of the old clan in Nanping. Everyone in the world knows the relationship between Xu Bodang, Gongliang Youqin and Nanping, and Yi Fengchen is only afraid that he is more anxious than anyone else to kill Xu Bodang. ”

Fang Su said coldly: "Since the second uncle sees that Yi Fengchen is anxious about this matter, he should send an envoy to Jiangjin." ”

"The Yi family will work with Yue Jun to block the old clan of Nanping, and Yi Fengchen will be more willing to join forces with Ru Yu."

Xu Ruyu chuckled lightly and said: "Yuejun is not only my family, not to mention that our department is only connected to the Jingbei region in the corner of Fengling, and in real terms, the defense line is still less than ten miles, so I don't need to worry." ”

"General Wei Zhang Xu personally led the Qing Guards to guard Fengling and garrison the ten-mile defense line, is it possible that he wants to peep into Jingbei?"

"The strategic focus of Nanping is not in the east, and I want to get a piece of the pie from Jingbei, which is not inappropriate."

Chen Yu looked at Xu Ruyu intently, and couldn't distinguish the truth in his words for a while.

Fang Su secretly wondered: Chen Yu is a fan of the authorities, and Ru Yu is already a generation of heroes, how can he easily tell what he thinks and discusses in his heart? Judging by his words and deeds, he intended to join forces with Donghai and Jiangjin to share Baishi, but he was afraid that Wan Rong's departure last year was still blocked in his heart. said: "Although Longyou belongs to the East China Sea, Wan Rongqi's voice is not small, and he has a heavy army between the East China Sea and Yongyang, and the two realms will not be able to do anything." You have such scruples in your heart, right? ”

Xu Ruyu glanced at Fang Su with a little surprise, saw the smile in his eyes, and said knowingly: "Wan Rong carried me and attached himself to the East China Sea last year, and stabbed me Yongyang in the back and abdomen, making me like a stalk in my throat, I don't want to hurt the harmony of the two families, so I have endured it so far." It is also my wish to join forces to attack Baishi, but after Wan Rong peeps at my side, I can't feel at ease, as Zisu said, it is okay to rest troops in other realms, and in the Guangling area, I will put heavy troops in case of Wan Rong. ”

Chen Yu said: "Although Wan Rong is attached to my Chen clan, it is not easy to transfer him away. ”

"Thinking about it for more than a year, Wan Rong can't sleep and eat, and the Chen family will exchange a city for his dragon tour, he may not agree." Xu Ruyu looked at the doubts in Chen Yu's eyes, and said with a smile: "Although Wan Rong is attached to the Chen clan, Jiang Ning regards him as a rebel general, he will stay in Longyou, and Mei Tierui and Shen Deqian will grit their teeth endlessly. The anger is deepening, and I can't stop it, not to mention that you also know that Jiang Ning's decree is not from me alone. ”

Chen Yu heard the coercion in his words, and was slightly angry in his heart, thinking: Donghai can't capture Baishi for several years, and the Jiangjin Yi family secretly restrains it, so why didn't Yongyang secretly help Baishi under your instructions? But the matter of Baishi was inseparable from Jiang Ning's participation, so he had to hold back and remain silent, but his face sank.

Chen Zifang carefully observed the expressions of the three of them, and thought: There is only this time to attack Baishi, as long as the 40,000 remnants of the Huo family leave the Jingbei area, the sailors of Nanping will be able to go to Baishi, and the Jiangjin Yi people are forced by the frontal pressure of Nanping, and it is impossible to send troops to besiege Baishi together, and it will be extremely difficult to attack Baishi again at that time. Xu Ruyu sent Mei Liting and Xu Tingyi to envoy Wanling, and he must have wanted to attack Baishi very much. It's just strange in my heart, why is Xu Ruyu entangled in the matter of Wanrong, and Fang Su is also helping Xu Ruyu in this matter?

There was silence for a while, and after a while, Chen Yu got up and said, "Big brother has never left me to eat in the grass hall, so I won't leave it at that." ”

Xu Ruyu smiled faintly and said: "It's inconvenient to keep my godfather, the matter of the boundary can be found to set up a pavilion, and the pavilion is easy to discuss, I will go to Bayang tomorrow, and I hope not to publicize it." ”

Xu Ruyu was not afraid that Chen Yu would publicize his whereabouts, and the news of Xu Ruyu's appearance in Wanling would only arouse the vigilance of Nanping and Baishi.

After Chen Yu left, Fang Su smiled and said, "You are calm and calm, and you are really generous." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The Chen people are blocked in Qingzhou, and they can't go south to expand the land, so they can only go west. The inner court will be tilted, the princes are seeking to establish a country, can Chen Zhuyan not be moved? However, the Chen clan expanded the soil along both sides of the Huaishui, and there was no natural danger on both sides, so Chen was anxious to expand the land to the north. ”

"With Ru Yu and the Yi clan blocking Nanping for him, Baishi has become his only worries."

Xu Ruyu nodded gloomily and said: "No matter what the considerations, I will try my best to hope that the Chen clan's troops will be deployed on the northern front, and Chen Yu has also seen the disaster of Hulan, but he sees it as an opportunity in the East China Sea." To solve Baishi's worries, he will deploy his troops in the Suining area, so that he can control the tributary water system of Qinghe, Nanyang and other Zhongzhou ancient counties into Huaishui, if the Li family in Qingjiang and the Fu family in Nanyang are threatened by Hulan, they will have to rescue and rely on the Chen clan in the East China Sea. ”

Fang Su sighed and said, "This may also be a glass of wine." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "You guessed that Wan Rong made a bad move. ”

"Evil or not is in the hearts of the people, even if you know that it is a glass of wine, you can't help but drink it, and it is caused by greed."

Chen Zifang said: "After all, we are the children of the Chen family, can we not say anything to remind us when we know the danger? ”

Fang Su snorted coldly and said, "The danger is in Chen Yu's heart, how can you and I give a warning?" ”

Chen Zifang thought to himself: Scheming is difficult to prevent, you helped Ruyu to set up this scheming, glanced at Xu Ruyu, and some words were finally unspeakable. Silently withdrew.

Looking at Chen Zifang Xiaosuo's back, Xu Ruyu sighed: "Zisu, are you here to help me?" ”

Fang Su smiled sadly and said, "Zi Fang said that I am a child of the Chen clan after all. He sighed again, "The family and the country are all over the world, the family and the country are all over the world, and this family has always been greater than the country and the world." If you can fulfill my wish, I will die in this cottage. ”

Xu Ru said indignantly: "Zisu has a mind, how can I not know? The country in the world is also in turmoil, and the princes are not guilty of internal strife. I will enter Zhongzhou to observe the situation, Zisu is willing to go along? ”

Luochuan, Henan, Nanyang, Qinghe, Bianzhou are the homeland of Zhongzhou, the ancestors established the country in Zhongzhou, and then expanded the fifteen counties.

"Thou knowest you?"

"The overthrow of the inner court, the establishment of the princes, the restoration of Nanping, and the invasion of Hulan will most likely erupt within a year. Although I don't know the details, I feel caught off guard, so I have to get out of Jiangning and go to Zhongzhou to observe the situation.

"A year?" Fang Suran asked, "Why did you think you would be in such a hurry?" ”

"All that has happened in the past two years has traces of someone taking the world as a game, and the people who lay out the layout only wait for a certain wedge, and the whole world will be overturned, including the shadow of the old Nanping clan, and the shadow of the Hulan alien race, the Xun family, and the Gu family."

Fang Su knew that Xu Ruyu had a basis for saying this, and said: "That's true, it's not a small plan." I don't have anything to do in the cottage, so I might as well go out for a walk. If you let Nanping and Hulan know your whereabouts, those masters who have been hidden in the snow for a long time won't flock here? In order to avoid harming the pond fish, we still split into two ways. ”

Xu Ruyu laughed and said: "In addition to his father, the remaining five of the six juns are Shao Haitang, Yi Guanyuan, Ling Fengjing, Li Sixun, Kou Zichan, Ling Fengjing is the governor of Nanping Water Division, according to legend, Li Sixun is the lord of Yaoguang Palace, Mr. Kou and Mr. Yi made an appointment to go to Qingjiang this autumn, and so far I have not seen his whereabouts, Zisu is secretly paying attention. ”

Fang Su said: "I have also heard of Mr. Kou's name, he has been drinking ice and snow in Hulan for decades, and he must be very familiar with foreign affairs, and Master Chu may not let him go south. ”

"Ten years ago, when he met with his father, he revealed that he had a plan to write "The Secret History of Hulan", the secret history is full of exotic scenery, and the southern invasion of Hulan is imminent, if the manuscript can be transmitted to the Central Plains, it should be of great use."

Fang Su thought for a moment and said, "In the eyes of some people, this manuscript is their dividing assets. ”

"The Battle of Southern Fujian in the autumn has just ended, and I have taken Jiangning City for the first time, and everything is like silk binding me to Jiangning, and I can't spare people to go north. Mr. Kou's affairs, the major forces know more or less, and the others are okay, but how can forces like Nanping, Xun family, and Gu family who want to divide the world from Hulan not move when they don't smell the blood? I have sent a message to the Northland Division to publish the manuscript of the book to the world whenever I meet Mr. Kou. But my strength in the north is still weak, and my trip also has the intention of making amends. ”

"Cai Jiadang has news, I will go to Fanyang first, but then find a place to meet you, what do you think?"

Xu Ruyu knew that he was thinking for his own people, so he nodded and agreed: "That's fine, if you have any news, you can go to Wuyang, I will set up a new department of the five northern counties in Jiangning, and there will be our secretary in Wuyang." He remembered something again and said: "Among the sons who escaped from Bayang, there are still three children who have never met, I remember Zhang Xuanji, the daughter of Zhang Boyang, a famous man in Baishi, and the other two should be her village neighbors." ”

Fang Su said: "Master was afraid that there would be a lot of people in the grass hall and leak your whereabouts, so he sent Xuanji and them out early in the morning. He also said, "The other two sons are named Ge Jing and Zi Zhongnan's military strategy and martial arts, but they are not as good as Xuanji, I can't see a few years, and I can't catch up with that girl, but Zifang has cultivated his surname in Yongyang in the past few years, and his martial arts are considerable. ”

Chen Zifang rested in Yongyang to raise his surname, but Xu Ruyu did it intentionally, and when he heard it, his face turned red, but he shouldn't speak.

Fang Su continued: "Among the five sons, Tian Wenguang and Chu Wenchang were the first to go out of the school, but that time they went to Jiangjin with their sons to visit Yi Fengchen, and went to sacrifice your clothes and tombs for the master, and went to Yongyang along the river, but let the Mei clan detain them for half a year, and then the two of them were under you as generals, and you should know your temper and surname, after being transferred to Suining as a general, the two of them acted more extremely, and the master was also very unhappy, Ge Jing and Zi Zhongnan asked to go to the Suining army many times, but the master has not allowed it, this time I am afraid that I will lead them out. ”

Xuanji is only ten ** years old, Ge Jing and Zi Zhongnan are younger, Xu Ruyu doesn't have much impression of them, can't see the two, and has no regrets. Fang Su's words implied that they had no impression of themselves, and they didn't see them, so as not to embarrass each other.

When the twilight fell, the full moon was in the sky, and the snow scene of the four fields was reflected coldly and abnormally, Chen Ang and Xu Ruyu, Mei Yingxue, Chen Zifang, Fang Su and others found a snow place to make tea and discuss.

It was almost midnight, Chen Yu came to visit again, and Mei Liting, Xu Tingyi, and Zeng Yixing also accompanied them to the Houshan Thatched Cottage.

The back mountain is in the north of the city, so it is called the back mountain, not very high, there are only more than 1,000 steps around, about 40 zhang high, but it is the place of the ancestral hall of the Chen family. If it weren't for the urgency, Chen Yu would definitely not take Xu Tingyi and Mei Liting into the back mountain.

Xu Tingyi and Mei Liting gave Xu Ruyu a courtesy, and they met Chen Ang and others respectively.

Xu Ruyu smiled at Xu Tingyi and said, "Pingcheng Autumn Luze Lake Crab, it's a pity that Tingyi missed the season. Although there are regrets when I go back this time, it will be up to you to make Wanling in the autumn next year. ”

Chen foresaw that Xu Ruyu intended to delay the matter of peace negotiations until after the autumn of next year, and said: "Isn't the Zhenning area west of the Qingjiang Estuary what Ruyu wants? ”

Xu Ruyu said slightly, and said: "The Qingjiang Waterway divides Liyang Mansion into two places, and obtains the Zhenning area west of the Qingjiang Estuary, and our department can control the middle reaches of the Qingjiang River and the two nodes of the Qingjiang Estuary, so that our troops and horses can rush to any place in Liyang Mansion, and the Zhu clan simply does not have enough troops to deploy in every part of Liyang, and the Zhu clan shrinks the defense line in Liyang, which is to expand the reins for me." His tone softened slightly, and he said, "If you want to take Zhenning, I don't necessarily need the help of others." However, the confidence in his tone is unquestionable.

"Do you really just want Wan Rong to leave Longyou?"

"Seriously." Xu Ruyu did not avoid Chen Zhuhu's suspicious gaze, and said calmly, "Seven or eight out of ten of the people of Longyou return to Guangling, Longyou is just a single city, if it is not for everyone's request, why should I bother with it?" ”

After Wan Rong rebelled, Xu Ruyu ordered Jiang Lingtian and Xu Daofu to build a city in the south of Longyou to attract the people of Longyou to cultivate the fields. Wan Rong was not good at government affairs, and he did not dare to send troops to suppress it, and seven or eight out of ten of the people of Longyou returned to Guangling, and Longyou gradually became an isolated city.

Chen foresaw that Xu Ruyu was so resolute, and if Baishi did not fall, the troops drowned on the southern front would not be able to be mobilized, so he sighed: "Since Ruyu is so insistent, let's use this as a basis to discuss the matter of peace." ”

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