Yun Niang's heart trembled, the voice that had made her extremely familiar drilled into her ears like a dream, she raised her head suddenly, when her eyes met, the empty heart was filled in an instant, she froze, stood in place, couldn't move, nine months, she thought about it for nine months, she experienced too many lives and deaths in these nine months, and that unforgettable longing has been destroying her in these nine months.

Yun Niang's body was trembling, her thin shoulders were rising and falling, and tears were dazzling, she hurriedly reached out to cover her mouth, so as not to cry out loud.

Wang Lanping rushed over quickly, picked her up by the waist, and laughed and spun in place.

"I'm back, my Yun Niang is back"

This joy was not able to be experienced, Wang Lanping looked at it, and tried his best to indulge the bitterness in his heart, in the chaos of war, there can be a day to see Yun Niang again, this is a gift from God.

Yun Niang, who was in turmoil, lay on his strong shoulders, crying without scruples, at this moment, she let go of all her defenses, not afraid, that real sense of security was by her side.

Wang Lanping hugged her and stopped, pushing her in front of her, everything has not changed, she is still the Yun Niang who has accompanied her since she was a child, she is still so delicate and shy, and she is still so gentle and moving.

"Yun Niang, you have suffered" Wang Lanping breathed heavily.

Yun Niang's face was flushed, tears wet her cheeks, green silk was on her lips, she patted Wang Lanping's shoulder hard, "Where have you been, why don't you come to me, I hate you, I hate you, you will be nine months away, I thought I would never see you again, my family is gone, my father and mother are dead." I have nothing left."

Yun Niang is venting the hardships and pains along the way, during this time, she has experienced too much, nine months seems to be longer than a lifetime, she counts the days day by day, and lives like years. Now that her heart was completely open, she didn't have to worry about never seeing him again.

Wang Lanping thrashed weakly on her body with her little fist, "I'm sorry, I didn't get you back earlier, it's all my fault, let's fight, hit hard"

Yun Niang threw herself into his arms, crying like a child who had been greatly wronged and found support, tears soaking his chest. She hugged his waist tightly, afraid of losing it all again.

In the era of war, a pair of childhood sweethearts and women can reunite again, that kind of joy is enough to infect everyone standing beside them, Fang Ling really empathizes, she used to be adrift in the war, the sky should be used as a bed, and she has to hide from the rebels and embankments. It wasn't until she entered the Prime Minister's Mansion that she settled down. There is no need to live that kind of frightened day, at this moment, she can really experience Yun Niang's excitement like being reborn.

Fang Ling walked over with red eyes and said softly, "Xiangye, Sister Yun." Let's go back to the house, it's windy outside."

Yun Niang twitched and raised her head, only then did she suddenly realize why so many people were looking at her around her, she shrank in Brother Lan Ping's arms, and her face turned red. The girl's shyness made her hurriedly take a step back, brushing her messy hair behind her ears, blinking, lowering her head, pulling at the corners of her clothes with both hands, her figure still trembling slightly.

Wang Lanping couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and took Yun Niang's hand, "Don't be afraid, you are safe from now on, no one dares to bully you anymore, she is Fang Ling, these people are all from my house, don't be afraid"

Fang Ling was happy for Yun Niang on the one hand, but there was something faint in her heart, she could feel that Yun Niang's position in Xiang Ye's heart was irreplaceable.

"Sister Yun" Fang Ling squatted down to see the salute.

Yun Niang was a little scared, the woman in front of her was dressed in gorgeous clothes, beautiful, generous, look at herself again, her clothes were torn, and she still had the musty smell of corruption stained in the Daqing Mountain Stone Cave, but she could soon feel one, with a woman's unique intuition, the relationship between this woman and Brother Lan Ping was not ordinary.

Yun Niang lowered her head a little stiffly, but Fang Ling could still observe the words, stepped forward and kindly held Yun Niang's arm, smiled sweetly, and said softly, "I have heard Xiang Ye talk about you a long time ago, now it's okay, Xiang Ye is finally relieved, go, I'll take you to wash and change clothes."

Yun Niang Mu Na looked at the strange woman in front of her, and then looked at Wang Lanping.

Wang Lanping nodded, "Go ahead, look at your kitten face, don't be afraid, I will always guard you outside, and I won't lose you again"

Yun Niang suddenly remembered something at this time, knelt on the ground, and pulled Wang Lanping's arm, "Brother Lan Ping, Yun Niang can't stand you, you can't bring your aunt back, Yun Niang didn't take good care of her, Brother Lan Ping, you, go and rescue your aunt"

Wang Lanping's mind, which had just been overwhelmed by joy, was once again pulled to the bottom, holding Yun Niang, he would not blame her, he was a son who did not fulfill his filial piety, how could he blame a weak woman in this troubled world.

"It's okay, I don't blame you, it's all my fault, get up" Wang Lanping and Fang Ling helped her up.

"Auntie left herself in Chengdu in order to let me run, you must find a way to save her back"

Wang Lanping nodded and motioned for Fang Ling to help her in.

"Come on, Sister Yun, I'll take you over, Xiangye will take care of it, don't worry"

Wang Lanping was stunned in place, Chengdu? Mother is in Chengdu, isn't it in the hands of Zhang Xianzhong, in the hands of the demon who kills people without blinking, Wang Lanping's eyes are full of anger, and his fists are clenched.

Song Xian, who was on the side, also interjected at this time, "Xiangye, please be relieved, the old lady will definitely return safely."

Wang Lanping sighed, mother, my son is useless, let your old man suffer.

"Song Xian, why is Yun Niang the only one coming back, and there are still people?"

Song Xiandao, "Back to Xiangye, Daqingshan has been surrounded by the official corps, the leader of the bandits is a woman, but his subordinates did not see it, Hu Damao, the second leader on the mountain, saw the arrival of the imperial army, so he took the initiative to surrender, first released Miss Yun and Li Dingguo, and said that only when he got the emperor's ****, he dared to go down the mountain and put other people, Li Dingguo asked his subordinates to tell Xiangye, he couldn't save Miss Du's family, he would never come back"

Li Dingguo is a man, but he didn't expect that the stupid boy he inadvertently saved would be so loyal.

"A bandit actually wants to get the holy decree, is he dreaming" Wang Lanping gritted his teeth.

Song Xian said, "The situation on the mountain is unknown, and the last general will not dare to rashly move troops, Xiangye." That Hu Damao also confessed one thing, Xiangye, please see" Song Xian took out the poem written by Zhu Yan that satirized the defeat of the champion army in Yangzhou.

After Wang Lanping took it, the expression on his face also became extremely annoying, it is not good to insult anyone, you bandit is also qualified to insult the tens of thousands of heroic souls who died in Yangzhou.

The paper was clucking as he held it in his hand, but the poem also said one thing. Not all of the bandits are outlaws.

Song Xian said again, "Xiangye, that Hu Damao said that he will never let people go without a holy decree."

"Then give it to him, remember, after saving people, you act when you have the opportunity, don't leave anyone who should be killed, and bring me back the woman who wrote this poem"

The Holy Decree is not a difficult thing for Wang Lanping. The real and the fake are all things that are caught by hand, and besides, where can the true holy decree be used to fool a group of dying people.

With a false holy decree, Song Xian immediately set off to return to Daqingshan.

Wang Lanping also ordered people to call Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the military department, and Ma Xianglin, the Sichuan propaganda envoy who was stranded in Nanjing, to the yamen.

Zhang Huangyan was about to say goodbye to the prime minister and go south, and after meeting with Ma Xianglin, he came to the prime minister's official office together.

When the three of them met, Wang Lanping got straight to the point and said to Ma Xianglin, "Haven't you been urging the imperial court to send troops to Sichuan." Now I promise you, the first day of June. The Great Army Goes West"

Zhang Huangyan was a little surprised, didn't he say that he should first settle the situation in Nanjing before discussing it? Why was the time suddenly set, now that the beginning of June was less than five months away, there was no time to prepare for such a large-scale expedition.

Ma Xianglin was overjoyed, "The prime minister is wise, and the next official is the prime minister for the people of Sichuan"

Wang Lanping said. "But I said last time, the imperial court has a dark eye on the current Sichuan, I want you to return to Sichuan immediately, first, to collect intelligence for the army to enter Sichuan, you are a local. Familiar with the environment there, I want a map of the distribution of the garrison of the Western Thieves, and I also want to know every trail into the river, you have to rush back in mid-April, can you do it? ”

Ma Xianglin can't wait to send troops now, "the lower officials must live up to the trust of the prime minister"

Wang Lanping said again, "This is one of them, and there is another thing, it is my private matter, but I believe in you, my mother is now trapped in Chengdu, but no one knows her identity yet, there is a fourth prince's mansion in Chengdu, which is the mansion of Zhang Xianzhong to his son Li Dingguo, my wife used to be there, and now I don't know what the situation is, you go and help me investigate, don't make a noise, can you do it?" ”

When Zhang Huangyan heard this, he realized that it was the prime minister's mother who was in danger.

Ma Xianglin said, "Go to the soup and fight the fire, and never disgrace the mission"

Wang Lanping nodded and said, "Okay, I thank you in advance, after the army pacifies Sichuan in the future, you don't have to be a famous and powerless consolation envoy, I will guarantee to the emperor that you are the governor of Sichuan, a feudal official with real power, the current premise is that you are qualified for this position."

"Prime Minister Xie, although the lower officials are full of liver and brains, they can't repay the prime minister's kindness"

Ma Xianglin left happily and strode out of the door, he was now ready to leave for Sichuan.

Wang Lanping said to Zhang Huang again, "Lord Zhang, are you ready to go south?" ”

Zhang Huang said, "I was about to say goodbye to the prime minister"

"Okay, go quickly, remember, you must pull the Zheng family over, the sooner the marriage, the better, you just heard it, I will send troops to Sichuan on the first day of June, time is running out, I can't appease the southeast Zheng family, I don't dare to rest assured that the westward expedition, if Zheng Zhilong can agree to this family business, you immediately send someone to report quickly, I will let the emperor decree marriage, remember one thing, I don't want the daughter of the Zheng family, I want the southeast Dading"

Zhang Huangyan arched his hand and said, "I will do my best"

"No, it must be done, as soon as you leave, I will make a big splash in Nanjing, the prime minister will choose a wife, maybe this news will arrive in Fujian earlier than you, as long as Zheng Zhilong has this idea, you go to add fire, he will agree, if he agrees, don't rush back, as soon as the emperor's decree for marriage arrives, you will put forward a condition to Zheng Zhilong"

"Prime Minister, please speak"

"First, I want a dowry, so that he will immediately go north with half of the strength of the Fujian Navy Division and join the Yangtze River defense line, after my westward expedition, this is an important force to defend Nanjing, and in addition, I will have five million taels of silver and ten thousand pairs of battle armor."

Zhang Huangyan was stunned when he heard this, this dowry has never been seen before, will Zheng Zhilong be mad when he hears it.

"This, can he agree to this?"

Wang Lanping said with a smile, "He will, when he goes south with the holy decree, the emperor will also crown Zheng Zhilong as the governor of the three provinces of Fujian and Guangdong, and be promoted to the king of Yanping County, he will become the first living king with a different surname since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, do you think he will disagree?" ”

The conditions of this exchange are also quite reasonable, take tens of thousands of sailors and some things outside the body in exchange for a king with a different surname, this is a bargain, many people dream of it, although this is the first dowry of Tianzi.

The Zheng family has a lot of money Wang Lanping doesn't know, but from some aspects can also get a glimpse of one or two, first, to maintain a 3,000 warships, 100,000 sailors and soldiers such a huge sailor division, the annual consumption of silver should be about 10 million taels, the military expenditure of the navy division is completely supported by the Zheng family's private property, in addition to nearly 100,000 foot cavalry, the annual military expenditure should also be about two million taels, second, Zheng Sen used to study in Nanjing, just as a student of the same prison, But when Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, he was able to recruit an army of thousands of people in a blink of an eye, which means that Zheng Sen had tens of thousands of taels of pocket money with him at any time.

When the prime minister took a year, he didn't dare to challenge Zheng Zhilong's pocket money, which shows that this amount of money is a drop in the bucket for the famous Zheng Zhilong.

But Zhang Huangyan was not too relieved, "But has the prime minister ever thought that once the Zheng family's sailors enter the Yangtze River defense line, aren't you worried that he will take advantage of your westward expedition to plot against you?" ”

This Wang Lanping has already thought about it, but it is completely inconsiderate, because he has no ability to build a sailor that can match the Zheng family's sailors in a short period of time, not to mention that it is impossible in a short period of time, it is impossible in ten years, the Zheng clan's sailors have taken decades to have today's scale, if you want to defeat him, it is at least possible to far surpass him in terms of the scale of the warship, and Wang Lanping does not have so much time to spend on him.

Therefore, if you can't find it comfortable to fight with the Zheng family, you can't fight, so you can only pull the cage or find another good strategy.

Wang Lanping pretended to smile mysteriously, took out an envelope from the drawer of the desk, and handed it to Zhang Huangyan, "If you give him this thing, he won't plot against it, at least not until I return from my expedition to the west."

Zhang Huangyan stretched out his hand to take it, and at the same time asked, "Oh? It's so important, it's a great gift."

But Wang Lanping put the envelope back and said with a smile, "This is top secret, before it is confirmed that Zheng Zhilong will marry me, this thing cannot be shown, otherwise I will be stinking for 10,000 years."

As soon as he said this, Zhang Huangyan was a little afraid to take it, "You can rest assured that you will hand over such an important thing to me?" ”

Wang Lanping laughed and said, "Don't use suspicious people, don't be suspicious of employing people, take it"

"What's inside?" Zhang Huangyan asked.

"Top secret, I don't want to hide it from you, but for the sake of your name, you just need to transfer him to Zheng Zhilong"

Early the next morning, Zhang Huang said goodbye to the prime minister, and wanted to go to inform the emperor, but found that he couldn't even enter the Forbidden City, a scholar level official, so he bowed to the palace three times. (To be continued.) )