When he heard the news of Li Yuntian's return to Xiaohe Town, Cai Fu, who was gambling with several rebel generals, was taken aback, he originally thought that this big battle between the rebels and the Ming army would be inevitable after Li Yuntian left, but he never expected Li Yuntian to return halfway.

So, Cai Fu hurriedly found an excuse and slipped back to his residence, wanting to find Li Yuntian to ask what happened, could it be that Li Li sent someone to chase Li Yuntian back?

Li Yuntian was waiting for Cai Fu in the hall in the front yard, and asked Cai Fu to help him pass the word to Li Li, and he held a banquet here in the evening and invited Li Li to come to participate.

Since Li Yuntian didn't tell Cai Fu what happened, and Cai Fu couldn't ask, he rushed to see Li Li in a daze.

In fact, as soon as Li Yuntian came back, Li Li received the news, and he knew that Li Yuntian had to return, once the rebels attacked Anliang County, then the situation of the Ming army in Jiaozhi would take a sharp turn for the worse, destroying General Dingnan's overall plan in Jiaozhi, and this responsibility was not something that Li Yuntian could bear.

Regarding Li Yuntian's invitation, Li Li refused without even thinking about it, saying that he was busy with official business now and had no time to go to the banquet, so he deliberately hung Li Yuntian.

At the same time, Li Li began to mobilize troops in Xiaohe Town with great fanfare, putting on a posture of preparing to attack Anliang County, deliberately putting pressure on Li Yuntian.

According to the countermeasures discussed by Li Li and Ruan Yan, the two wanted to deliberately create a tense atmosphere to force Li Yuntian to retreat in the negotiations, so as to gain benefits in the negotiations.

In Ruan Yan's view, since Li Yuntian came to negotiate with Li Li, then General Dingnan must have granted him a lot of authority, and at the same time, he also told Li Yuntian the bottom line of the negotiation, and the two of them wanted to force General Dingnan's bottom line from Li Yuntian, and then force Li Yuntian to make concessions step by step, so as to achieve their own goals.

For three days in a row, Li Yuntian wanted to see Li Li but was rejected by Li Li, and the atmosphere of preparing for war in Xiaohe Town became more and more intense, and the cavalry in a hurry could often be seen speeding through the streets.

Faced with this scene in front of him, Li Yuntian's temper became more and more irritable, and he even scolded a maid for the tea he served him too hot, which frightened the sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl to cry.

Wu Qian saw that Li Yuntian's mood was getting worse day by day, and she was very curious, she wanted to know what happened to make Li Yuntian so uneasy.

Li Yuntian's words and deeds will be reported to Ruan Yan every day, Ruan Yan is very satisfied with Li Yuntian's reaction at this time, it seems that Li Yuntian's current square inch has been messed up, and this is what he needs.

"Brother Fan, no matter what happens, you can't skip eating, where is the strength to do that?" On the evening of the fourth day, when Li Yuntian was fidgeting in the bedroom, Wu Qian let several subordinates enter the room with wine and food, and said to him with a smile.

After returning to Xiaohe Town, because Li Li deliberately avoided Li Yuntian, this made it difficult for Li Yuntian to sleep and eat, and he ate a little bit in the past few days, and the whole person looked a lot haggard.

"Miss Lao Wu is bothered, and I really don't have an appetite for it." Li Yuntian didn't expect Wu Qian to come, but after thinking about it, he was relieved, no matter how he saved Wu Qian in Fengmu Town, it was natural for Wu Qian to show his concern at this time, so he smiled at her, his smile was full of bitterness.

"Brother Fan, if there is anything you need to help, just ask, you will do your best." Although Wu Qian couldn't guess why Li Yuntian seemed so depressed, there was no doubt that it was a big deal, so she walked to the table, picked up the wine jug, poured two glasses of wine, picked up one and handed it to Li Yuntian.

"Miss Wu's kindness is understood, and Miss Wu can't help in this matter." Li Yuntian smiled after taking the wine glass, raised it at Wu Qian, and drank all the wine in the glass.

"Brother Fan, there is no threshold in the world that cannot be passed, I believe you will be able to survive." Wu Qian also drank the liquor in her glass, then sat at the dining table, and said to Li Yuntian with a smile, "If Brother Fan doesn't dislike it, I'll accompany you to have a few drinks." ”

Since Wu Qian was so enthusiastic, Li Yuntian couldn't refuse, so he sat down in the seat opposite her, and the two chatted and drank wine, and the atmosphere seemed a little dull and depressing

Maybe it was because of the bad mood, Li Yuntian drank the stuffy wine cup after cup, Wu Qian couldn't help but be secretly happy when she saw this, as long as she could get Li Yuntian drunk, then she could take the opportunity to ask Li Yuntian's identity.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Yuntian was already drunk and red, full of drunkenness, and talked more, complaining to Wu Qian about the bitterness of life, and even howling and crying when he talked about the excitement.

Wu Qian looked at Li Yuntian who was crying with a complicated expression, her eyes were full of sympathy and pity, it was the first time she met a dignified seven-foot man crying like a child in front of her, and her heart was suddenly touched, feeling that Li Yuntian was now under tremendous psychological pressure, and her appearance at this time was just catharsis.

After crying, Li Yuntian seemed to be overwhelmed by the strength of alcohol, and fell asleep on the table.

"Brother Fan, Brother Fan?" Seeing this, Wu Qian stepped forward and tentatively pushed Li Yuntian a few times.

"Don't bother me, I want to sleep!" Li Yuntian snorted twice, muttered a sentence in his mouth, and then changed his position and continued to fall asleep.

Wu Qian was taken aback when she heard this, it was not that there was anything wrong with what Li Yuntian said, but that what Li Yuntian used just now was not Jiaozhi dialect, and it was an authentic and pure Daming official dialect, that is, the dialect spoken by the people of Daming Jingshi.

"Who the hell are you?" Soon, Wu Qian came back to her senses from her shock, and looked at Li Yuntian who was sleeping in surprise, feeling shocked in her heart.

Even now, she only suspected that Li Yuntian was a child of a wealthy family in the north of Jiaozhi, and wanted to take advantage of this battle between the Ming army and the rebels, but she never imagined that Li Yuntian could speak pure Ming official dialect, which means that Li Yuntian is probably not from Jiaozhi.

"Brother Fan, what did you just say?" Then, Wu Qian suppressed the shock in her heart and pushed Li Yuntian a few times again, deliberately pretending not to understand and asked.

"I'm going to sleep." Li Yuntian's body moved, and he replied in a muttered voice.

"Brother Fan, how are you doing? Need help? Wu Qian hesitated when she heard this, stepped forward and asked softly.

"I'm going to sleep." Li Yuntian didn't answer Wu Qian, but turned his back to her with some impatience, and said in a slurred voice.

"Brother Fan, go to bed." Wu Qian's eyes showed a look of disappointment when she heard this, she didn't dare to test it anymore so as not to alarm Li Yuntian, after thinking about it, she put Li Yuntian's arm on her shoulder, and stumbled towards the bed.

Li Yuntian is burly, and Wu Qian's size is only up to his chin, because Li Yuntian's feet are so soft that he has no strength after being drunk, his whole body is pressed on Wu Qian's shoulders, which makes Wu Qian look very difficult when he helps Li Yuntian walk.

Fortunately, the bed was only five or six meters away from the table, so Wu Qian quickly helped Li Yuntian to the side of the bed, put him on the bed, took off his boots and covered him with a quilt.

"Hey, Fan Gongzi slept?" Just as Wu Qian was sorting out the cup on Li Yuntian's body, a domestic servant led a middle-aged man wearing a rebel costume and hurriedly walked in, and saw Li Yuntian lying on the bed and falling asleep.

"What's the matter?" Wu Qian felt as if the two of them had something important to see Li Yuntian, otherwise they would not have come in the middle of the night, so she asked quietly.

"Miss Wu, this adult has something to find Fan Gongzi." Hearing this, the servant hurriedly introduced her to the identity of the middle-aged man on the side, and then left with interest.

Wu Qian looked at the middle-aged man silently, wondering why he came to Li Yuntian so late.

"Miss Wu, tomorrow at noon, our prince will hold a banquet at the place last time, and invite Master Mu to the banquet." Because of witnessing the scene where Wu Qian covered Li Yuntian with a quilt, the middle-aged man obviously misunderstood the relationship between the two, so he bowed his hand to her and said in a deep voice.

"Lord Wang! Lord Mu? Wu Qian was suddenly taken aback in her heart, there is only one person who can be called the prince in Xiaohe Town, that is, Li Li, the leader of the rebels, and it seems that Li Yuntian should be surnamed "Mu", Fan Yong is just a pseudonym to cover people's ears, could it be that Li Yuntian came to Xiaohe Town to see Li Li?

The middle-aged man was just in charge of delivering the word, and didn't say anything, and then bowed his hand to Wu Qian, turned around and walked out of the room.

"Who the hell are you?" After the middle-aged man left, Wu Qian stood for a while, looked at Li Yuntian who was sleeping on the bed with a complicated expression, frowned slightly, and muttered to herself.

At this moment, Li Yuntian, who was lying on the bed and pretending to be asleep, let out a long breath in his heart, Li Li and Ruan Yan were finally going to see him, and the two sides had reached the critical moment of the showdown.

Then, Li Yuntian felt lonely in his heart.

If he is not mistaken, tonight is the Chinese New Year's Eve of the third year of Xuande, since serving as the magistrate of Hukou County, this is the first time he has not been able to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with his family, and he can't help but miss his wife and children who are far away in the capital, and there is an irrepressible concern in his heart.

The next morning, Li Yuntian slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up.

"Brother Fan, someone came to you yesterday, and since you fell asleep, he asked me to tell you something." After Li Yuntian finished freshening up, Wu Qian walked into the room and said to him with a smile.

"Oh! What's the matter? Li Yuntian pretended not to know, and then bowed his hand to Wu Qian with some embarrassment, "I made a fool of myself last night, please forgive Miss Wu." ”

"The prince asked you to go to the place where the banquet was held last time at noon today." Wu Qian smiled slightly and looked at him quietly, "Brother Fan, since you can take the line of the prince, you will have to take good care of the business in the future." ”

"The prince is going to see me?" Li Yuntian couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then he became a little excited, and said to Wu Qian in a continuous voice, "Miss Wu, as long as the next things are done, the medicinal material business of Taiyuan Mansion and Xuanhua Mansion is up to you." ”

"Thank you, Brother Fan." Wu Qian smiled and arched her hand to Li Yuntian, her eyes flashed with a hint of cunning, from Li Yuntian's reaction, she had been able to confirm that Li Yuntian was the person sent by the Ming army to Xiaohe Town to see Li Li, there must be some unknown secret between the two sides.