While the husband and wife were gossiping, they suddenly heard Xiaozhu shouting happily in the courtyard: "Why are you here?!" ”

Then a familiar voice replied, "Come and see you, don't you miss me for a few months?" ”

Su Xiyao in the house raised her eyebrows and said, "It's Xiaolai!" Could it be that the sound is coming? ”

"No, she can't leave anywhere." Although He Ran said this, he was looking forward to a surprise in his heart, and he hurriedly greeted him.

Xiaozhu was happily holding Xiaolai's hand at the moment, looking at the courtyard gate, and asked, "But Sister Yin'er is here?" ”

He Ran, who had just come out, also asked, "Is Madame here?" ”

Xiao Lai looked at He Ran with a little eagerness in his eyes, but said in a dissatisfied tone: "Don't look for it, I'll come by myself and ruin your interest." ”

Xiaozhu pushed her and said angrily: "Why bother to take me with you if you play with him?" What does it mean to sweep 'your' up? I'm glad you're here. ”

Xiaolai hurriedly smiled and said, "Why are you still provoking my courtesy?" I didn't say it in passing. Seeing Su Xiyao coming out of the house, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Su Xiyao smiled: "Don't be polite, you really came alone?" ”

Xiaolai replied eloquently: "Yes, my young lady asked me to ask Mrs. for guilt, saying that she should have come to serve Mrs. in person, but she was too busy to get out of business, please forgive Mrs. Because I am worried that there are not many people around Mrs., so I specially ordered Xiaolai to come and be a rough girl." Zhuyin specially instructed his maids not to call him Mrs. when he mentioned himself in front of several other ladies, only "Miss of my family", Su Xiyao and others also followed her practice to tell their subordinates, which made these maids feel awkward, but fortunately, they got used to it after a long time.

Without waiting for Su Xiyao to speak, Xiaozhu hurriedly quipped: "Your wife is really good at talking, are you a rough girl?" Who would dare? I'll be a rough girl for you, it's almost the same! ”

After entering the house with a smile, Su Xiyao sat down and asked, "Yin'er must have sent you for something, right?" ”

It's all his own family, and Xiaolai is no longer formal, and said with a smile: "The main thing is to serve Mrs., and by the way, I will give him something back." As he spoke, he glanced at He Ran with squinted eyes.

"What's the matter? Go ahead. He Ran was full of joy when he saw Xiaolai, and his words were kind.

It's time to return to the military and political affairs, Xiao Lai smiled first, and said seriously: "Have you heard of Sipu in Huyang, Zhao Guo?" ”

He Ran shook his head.

Xiaolai said: "This person was named the Marquis of Yangyi, commanding the soldiers and horses of the three counties of Huyang, and a few days ago sent envoys to the royal city with a generous gift, his intention was to stand on his own, hoping to get the support of our king, and promised to follow Dongchuan and provide military resources and grass to our army on the North Road." ”

He Ran said happily: "This is a good thing, just promise him." ”

Xiaolai said: "Miss and the ministers also think so, the army on the north road is getting farther and farther, and the supply of grain and grass has become more and more difficult, some officials think that this is a big deal, and it is better to ask the military advisor to decide again, Miss thinks that it should be decided quickly, and I will report to you afterwards, so after discussing with Dazai, the king agreed first, and then sent me to report to you." ”

He Ran saw that she had a smug look on her face, obviously agreeing with Zhuyin's decision-making, and was very disdainful of those timid officials, he didn't want to let the family members in the palace discuss the courtiers, so he said: "Although this is a good thing, but those officials with a cautious point of view are not completely unreasonable, Huyang is located in the rear of the North Route Army, if it is a plate of loose sand, it is not a matter of concern, but it is different if the country is built, it means that a force has been formed that can cut off our back road, and it must be guarded against." ”

Xiaolai was unconvinced: "They clearly want to belong to us, your heart is too heavy, if you think so, don't do anything." ”

He Ran didn't care about him, and said with a smile: "What I am holding in my hand is the lives of thousands of soldiers, how dare I not be careful in case of trouble?" Prudence is cautious, it is enough to have this layer of precaution in your heart, your young lady has done a good job, and I will agree immediately. ”

"That's not it!" Xiaolai saw that he finally agreed with Miss's approach, and smiled with satisfaction.

"You talk first, I'll go out for a while." He Ran got up and walked outside.

Xiaolai said: "What are you doing, I still have something to say." ”

He Ran said perfunctorily: "I'll come when I go, since you are here to be a rough girl, go and sweep the yard first." ”

"Okay you! Look at me and I won't sue you when I go back! Xiao Lai glared and nodded.

Xiaozhu covered his mouth and smiled.

He Ran walked out of the house and walked slowly to the front hall, thinking about the self-reliance of Huyang Sipu while walking, and when he came to the lobby, he ordered to summon his subordinates to come to discuss the matter, and he unfolded the geographical map to look at it, after all the bureaucrats gathered, he asked about Huyang, during which he knew a little about it, and introduced some of the situation of Huyang and Sipu, He Ran ordered him to draw the area under the jurisdiction of Huyang, and the person knew only a little, and roughly circled the scope on the geographical map.

He Ran missed the barrel a little at the moment, and he muttered for a long time to the picture, he called two heralds, first talked about Sipu's desire to establish a country, and then instructed one of them: "Go to the rear army quickly, send an order to General He Heng, and order him to lead the army to move forward to a position where Sipu's movements can be monitored, as for where to station, ask General He to decide for himself, and then draw a geographical map and report it over, after that, his team is only responsible for the response of the Northern Route Army, and there is no need to take care of this side anymore, we must ensure that the Northern Route Army has no worries, well......, If Sipu sent someone to the army to question him, tell him that the king had sent this army to defend his country. Soon, the military clerk drafted the military order, He Ran took the approval and it was correct, and the herald took the sealed military order and retreated.

He Ran said to the military pen: "The book passed on the order, and it said that Huyang Sipu will stand on his own, and I have sent He Heng to march into the ......" Speaking of this, he glanced at the geographical map, "The march to Kuquan Mountain is the strategy of the people and horses on the north road." That's all I have to say. ”

After the military pen officer wrote it, He Ran handed it over to another herald and instructed: "Return to the royal city quickly, pass this letter to the commander, and after receiving the reply, directly hand it over to the military department to open and read, and tell the military department that if there is any suggestion in the decree, immediately send it to General He, and order him to do everything according to the decree, and there is no need to wait for our military order." ”

After the second herald went down, a staff member said: "The lower official knows a little about Sipu and his people, so I think he should not be confused, but we have Dongchuan and Linchuan here to respond, and it is appropriate to transfer General He to the full-time Northern Route Army at this time." ”

He Ran nodded and said, "Even if there is no matter of Sipu, I am thinking about doing it." ”

Another said: "As long as we break through Qulan Pass, we can march north to meet Su Dashuai, and once the two roads converge, there is nothing to fear." ”

He Ran looked in the direction of Qulan Pass, and said without worry: "Even if you take Qulan City, this Qulan Pass is not so easy to fight, and if you can't do it, you can only attack it hard." ”