It seemed that Fang Ling's homesickness had also been forgotten, so Wang Lanping helped her to stand up, put his hands on her crisp shoulders, and said seriously, "Ling girl, remember, don't call me Ye in the future, I like to hear you call me a general, otherwise, you also call me Brother Lanping?" ”

Master, coming out of the mouth of a little girl, no matter what, it makes Wang Lanping feel a bit like the gentleman on the street, the general, how tall and full of the feeling of a conqueror.

Fang Ling slowly turned her head at this time, "She, did she call you that too?" ”

I'll go! Wang Lanping was quick for a while, and even used a 'also', this girl reacted too quickly, are women so sensitive?

"She, who is she?" Wang Lanping pretended to be confused, he was really hard to explain, holding her in his arms, but he was talking about other women, it was difficult to speak.

Fang Ling's voice was so small that she couldn't even hear herself, "When I was injured that night, you hugged me so tightly, but you called another name, is this how Yun Niang called you?" ”

Yun Niang, yes, Yun Niang, if you don't mention it, I don't want to think of her, she is a person who is more miserable than you, she has never worn a dress without patches in her life, she has never eaten a decent meal, and even the only Luhua chicken in her family is stewed for herself, she is like her own relatives in the years when she went out to study to take care of her mother, all aspects, but she never asked for anything in return, thinking that back then, the first headdress in her life was made by him with a few wild flowers, hey, You don't have to mention what she does.

Wang Lanping's face fell into calm, looking up at the clouds in the sky, and he didn't know which cloud Yun Niang was floating under at this moment.

This can startle Fang Ling, she doesn't want to be jealous, it's just a little bit of a woman's careful thinking is making trouble, and no woman wants to share a man's care with other women. But she also understands her identity, she was bought by the general from the door, although the general never thought she was bought, but that is the truth, the whole city knows, she is just a subordinate.

Fang Ling bit her lip. Leaving a row of shallow tooth marks, as if admitting a mistake, he said, "General, I, I was wrong, I'm sorry, I'm not good, I shouldn't ask, I was wrong"

Wang Lanping turned back to his thoughts. What's wrong with her, that's right, it's herself who is wrong, she shouldn't have left Yun Niang and Lao Niang in the first place.

"Silly girl, you're right, yes, her name is Yun Niang, she used to live next door to my house"

"Childhood sweetheart?" Fang Ling's eyes flashed. As soon as the words came out, I regretted it.

Wang Lanping was angry, crumbling the tip of her little nose. "Do you want to listen to the story, yes, it's a childhood sweetheart, she's the same as you, maybe more bitter than your life, when she was a child, she always cried and ran to me when she was bullied by the young master of the rich man's family. Every time I would beat that Young Master Li and roll on the ground, but the result was that my mother punished me and knelt on the threshold, Yun Niang asked my mother to intercede, my mother liked her very much, and she spoke. I don't have anything, but now that I'm older, I can't protect her, I don't even know where she is, and I want to hear someone call me 'Brother Lan Ping'" now."

The autumn wind was bleak, and the dead leaves swirled on the ground, and then scattered in all directions.

Fang Ling's eyes were red, and he stretched out his slender hand and crossed the corner of his eye, "Brother Lan Ping, you, you're crying"

Wang Lan couldn't help but feel peaceful, hurriedly sniffed, and smiled casually, "Cry, where am I crying, I am the general of the enemy of ten thousand people, you, what do you call me?" Suddenly, his eyes widened.

"Brother Lan Ping, Fang Ling knows that Yun Niang has always been your heart disease, as long as you are willing in the future, I will call you every day, listen to you tell you the story of you and her, the girl is only a good listener, okay?"

Wang Lanping understood what she meant, she was showing her heart, and she knew that she couldn't compete for Yun Niang's position in her heart.

"You, goblin, don't worry, even if she can appear here one day, I won't let you leave me"

With that, he leaned over and kissed her red lips, which still had tooth marks.

Soft, moist, sweet, everything is so wonderful, Fang Ling didn't dare to move, her eyes narrowed slightly, her face was like the sun, it seemed that this pleasure made her forget the pain in her waist.

"Xiangye, Lord Zhang, the secretary of the military department, is coming to visit, and he is waiting in the front hall" But at this moment, a voice came from the moon gate.

Fang Ling was still a girl, and when she was nervous, she was busy glaring and gently patted Wang Lanping's shoulder and said, "General, general"

The method outside the door was lifted to see, and immediately said: Oh, what's the situation, how can the sister and Xiangye......

But then he lowered his head, and in silence, flashed to the side of the moon gate.

Wang Lanping left unsatisfied.

Method waited for Xiangye to go away, then he dared to flash into the courtyard, Fang Ling was bumped into by his brother because of the scene just now, turned around and wanted to run into the house, but due to back pain, he walked very slowly, and he was pulled by the method in three or two steps.

The method said, "Little sister, you and Xiangye?" No wonder I often hear people on the street talking, saying, "You, you won't really be happy, right?" ”

He stammered for a long time before he made it clear, and he was very surprised to look at his little sister's belly.

Fang Ling's face was still ruddy, and he hurriedly explained, "Don't listen to people's nonsense, I have nothing to do with Xiangye, my sister is innocent, and it's not because Xiangye wants to save you that you talk nonsense, you still take it seriously."

He said, "What nonsense, I, I saw it just now, you, this, and like this, stained" He looked indescribable.

Fang Ling pushed him shyly, "Brother, you, you're okay, don't bully me like this, don't keep asking about me."

The method immediately took out a kind of frame in which parents are not in the eldest brother as the father, "I'm your brother, whether I'm your brother or not, I don't care if you're wrong, tell you, a person of Xiangye's status is not something that people like us can climb, what kind of person is he, women grab a handful, how many ladies from high-ranking officials and noble families are staring at it, you really want to trap yourself in, don't blame my brother for not reminding you when the time comes"

Fang Ling hurriedly pushed him out, and said with a smile on his face, "Okay, it's more verbose than my mother, and it looks like my sister is going to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, besides, if you don't have a sister on this errand, can you stand next to Xiangye, let's go, let's go to the front and busy you."

As soon as I heard the method, I was immediately upset. pulled his face and said sternly, refusing to fight, "Little sister, what do you mean by this, what Xiangye appreciates is my kung fu, and I eat with my ability." Now there is no chance, if I have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, I will definitely be able to fight for a military merit and come back, then, you see"

said that he also wanted to make a few gestures at the moment to show that he didn't rely on his sister's relationship.

Fang Ling begged for mercy, "You go quickly, you're amazing."

**

The antechamber of the Prime Minister's House.

Wang Lanping walked in, and Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, hurriedly smiled and said. "Xiangye, I'm disturbed"

There was another person standing behind Zhang Huangyan, about Chinese New Year's Eve years old, but he looked weathered and had a sad face, he knelt down and saluted when he saw Wang Lanping, "Sichuan Xuanyu makes Ma Xianglin pay a visit to Xiangye"

"Who? Sichuan Propaganda Envoy? Wang Lanping came to the main hall and motioned for the two to sit without courtesy. Didn't the whole territory of Sichuan fall a long time ago, and there were still consolation envoys? "Yes, yes. Come to think of it, you're the Han Fubo general, after Ma Yuan."

"Exactly"

There is a maid serving tea.

Wang Lanping didn't know much about Sichuan, the situation there was too complicated, only that after the western thief Zhang Xianzhong occupied Xichuan, he extended his power to Huguang and Jiangxi, and it is said that Xichuan no longer has the power of the imperial court.

"Yes. After the famous general, your Ma family seems to have been hereditary Sichuan Propaganda Envoy, by the way, Mrs. Gaotang Qin is like thunder, a heroine. The only female general in the Ming Dynasty, a tiger general"

Ma Xianglin got up and knelt down, and said with a crying voice, "Xiangye, save Xichuan, save my mother."

Wang Lanping hurriedly left his seat to help him up, turned his face to look at Zhang Huangyan, "This is the matter, come, you get up first, say something slowly, don't worry"

Zhang Huang said, "Xiangye, that's the case, the Ma family has been guarding southern Sichuan for generations, since last year, the imperial court has received a report from Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong troubled Xichuan, soon, Chen Shiqi was defeated, and the main force of officers and soldiers also fled, Chen Shiqi fled to Nanjing, and was executed by the emperor's decree for the crime of losing the city and land, Sichuan patrol Liu Zhibo and the general soldier Qin Liangyu, had to retreat to Shiyan, and then most of Sichuan fell into the hands of Zhang thief, Liu Xun died in battle, and now only the old lady Qin in the whole Sichuan is supporting the crisis alone, the day is not safe, as early as the beginning of June, Master Ma left Sichuan and came to Nanjing to face the saint."

Wang Lanping nodded and said, "Oh, the old lady is loyal and brave, why did you only come to report now, why don't I know any news at all?"

Ma Xianglin said, "Back to Xiangye, in fact, I have been in Beijing for more than four months, but the emperor has not summoned me, and I have repeatedly asked Lord Zhang to introduce me, but Ma Shiying stopped him, the court did not send troops to the west for a day, and the lower officials had no face to go back to see their mother, so they have been staying in Beijing.

Wang Lanping really doesn't know anything about Sichuan, the news is too closed, and what is even more rare is that there is still an army from the imperial court that is insisting on resisting, but it's been half a year, and I don't know if that army is still there.

Ma Xianglin knelt down again, willing to beg, "Xiangye, the matter of Sichuan is urgent, please send troops to recruit and suppress as soon as possible, the people of Sichuan have been waiting for Wang Shi for too long."

Sichuan, since ancient times, there is a saying, the world is not determined Shu first, the world is not chaotic Shu first chaos, the country of abundance, rich in products, and isolated from the world, surrounded by lofty mountains and mountains, if someone occupies there, block the pass out of Sichuan, that is an independent small kingdom.

Since Zhang Xianzhong fled there, the imperial court has lost contact with Sichuan, and it can be said that it knows nothing, let alone that there are still Ming troops resisting inside.

Zhang Huang said, "It's been a year since the thieves poisoned Sichuan and the surrounding areas, and the imperial court should think of some way, and it will be unimaginable in the long run."

Wang Lanping turned around and walked in the hall, it was not that he didn't want to be requisitioned, but in the current situation, what to fight, his foundation is not stable, and the place he can control now is Nanjing City and some small mansions around it, and a bunch of foreign governors are all against the imperial court, not to mention that he has a good face for this prime minister's mansion, and at this time, he has no chance of winning at all.

"Suppression is definitely going to be suppressed, Master Ma, don't worry, as far as I know, General Qin has a very high reputation in the local area, and the local people support her, she can hold out for half a year, presumably she can hold out for a while, when will the court send troops, can you let me think twice, you can rest assured, the court will never ignore Sichuan"

Zhang Huangyan hurriedly helped Ma Xianglin up, and said with a smile, "Look at you, I said that if you come to find Xiangye, you must do it, get up, sending troops to Sichuan is a big deal, and you have to think about it in the long run."

The three sat down.

Wang Lanping couldn't make a decision for a while, so he said, "That's it, now that the Spring Festival is approaching, Master Ma will spend the New Year in Nanjing first, and the first thing after the year is to solve this Sichuan matter, by the way, where do you live now?" ”

"Inn"

"It's the New Year, you must have no relatives and no reason in Nanjing, so let's do it, if you don't dislike it, you will live in my house first, the post house is too cold"

Ma Xianglin arched his hand and said, "Don't dare to bother, Xia Guan has lived there for three months, I'm used to it, thank you."

"That's okay, whatever you want, all your expenses will be paid by the household department, don't worry, it won't be long before I let you personally take Wang Shi to pacify Sichuan"

Ma Xianglin knelt down again and said gratefully, "The lower officials thank Xiangye for the people of Sichuan."

After Ma Xianglin left, Zhang Huangyan did not leave, the two talked behind closed doors, and now Zhang Huangyan no longer cares whether he is loyal to the imperial power or the relative power, the stability of the world is the main thing, obviously the current Son of Heaven does not have this ability.

Zhang Huangyan said uneasily, "Xiangye, do you really want to conquer Sichuan?" ”

Wang Lanping sipped the tea and said, "Of course, what, you seem to have something to say?" ”

Of course, Zhang Huangyan has something to say, at present, on the surface, Wang Lanping's Xiangfu is a single branch of the dynasty, and the garrison of the Xiangfu around Nanjing has also reached 100,000 people, but there is the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north, and the Dashun Li clan in the middle reaches of the river is also rising rapidly, and the Zheng clan in the southeast, as well as so many nobles inside and outside the court are eyeing the tiger, the road to the west, thousands of miles away, once the army goes, even if it can be successfully pacified, the time required is as short as seven or eight months, and as long as three or five years, then can Nanjing come back, and as soon as the army leaves, the emperor will definitely fight back, It was another bloody storm, and for the Ming Dynasty, it could no longer withstand such a toss.

Zhang Huangyan is not easy to say clearly, because he is still a person who is subject to the Confucian set of loyal monarch ideas in his heart, and he wants to speak again, but he still says it.

"Xiangye, I won't tell you the truth, I don't agree with the expedition to the west at this time, at least not for a year"

Wang Lanping is not stupid, he knows better than anyone how many catties and taels he has, and he is not empty because of his status today.

"Oh? Why? ”

Zhang Huang said, "Sichuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Zhang Thief has been in business for a long time, once the war starts, it will be protracted, for the sake of the imperial court, but also for the Xiangye, it is too risky to send troops at this time."

Wang Lanping didn't plan to send troops in the near future, and if he wanted to go, he had to consolidate his position before he started, but it was rare that Zhang Huangyan could still say this, but he only said half of it, and there must be more to come. (To be continued.) )