Dust-free Palace, Bamboo Forest Annex.

In early summer, the bamboo forest is verdant and shady.

Deep in the bamboo forest, the courtyard is warm. The weeping willows by the lotus pond are luxuriant, blowing lightly with the wind, reflecting the soft dancing posture of the green willows in the water, as well as the upright bamboo forest foil, just like the beautiful woman dancing under the water.

Unconsciously, time passed, time flies, and as of this time, Li Li has stayed in the Dustless Palace for nearly half a year.

For him, it was the calmest and most laid-back time he had spent in many years of fighting, carefree and cozy.

However, happy times are often short-lived. Especially in the troubled times, this kind of leisurely and quiet life is more and more difficult to find and precious.

Just after breakfast, when Li Li and Mengxin, He Ying, Xiao Qiao, Ren Hongchang, Ma Yunluo and other five women walked hand in hand in the bamboo forest, Zhuge Liang, who was in a hurry, entered their sight again, and walked straight towards Li Li.

"It seems that something big is really happening this time, and the husband is afraid that he is leaving." At first glance, seeing Zhuge Liang's figure walking quickly, Meng Xin'e frowned slightly, held Li Li's left arm, and sighed softly.

Ren Hongchang and Xiao Qiao followed the footsteps and looked out, and when they saw Zhuge Liang's figure, they immediately nodded lightly in agreement. At this moment, their pretty faces showed reluctance, looking at the bamboo garden with nostalgia, their eyes were confused, and Huo Ran recalled the bits and pieces of this good time.

During this time, the five sisters got along extremely happily and respected each other. Nothing to talk about, intimate, as close as sisters. And what intoxicated them the most was the intimacy with Li Li day and night. Passion bursts out again and again, life and death again and again, flying into the clouds again and again, and traveling in the sky again and again, like a dream?????? In this huge bamboo garden, it is full of the imprints of their love with their husband Li Li, carrying their best memories. Make them unforgettable.

In the past six months, Ma Yunluo and Xiao Qiao got their wish and conceived a child again. In the previous two months, they had spent the most time sharing a bed with Li Li. And after being pregnant, she had to let Xian. So much so that Mengxin, Ren Hongchang and He Ying, the three daughters, were tired of being together with Li Li all day long, and occasionally made extremely bold and absurd acts, and the three of them served a husband together. The big was slept together. But. But I didn't see the three of them pregnant, presumably they had reached a tacit agreement to take measures (contraception) in private, and they would no longer have children after they had two children.

After hearing Mengxin's words, Li Li noticed the change in their expressions, and immediately smiled helplessly and shook his head, but did not explain. After all, in his current position. Many times it is involuntary and unable to indulge in the gentle countryside for a long time. Unless the world is unified. Otherwise, this temporary parting will be unavoidable and will happen from time to time.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Li smiled at Meng Xin and said, "Listen to the meaning of your words, you already know Kong Ming's intention, so why don't you tell me in advance, so that I can prepare early, so as not to be caught off guard?" At first glance, it may sound like a reproach to Li Li's words, but in fact they are not. The reason why he asked Mengxin in this tone was to divert the attention of the women and bring them out of their sadness.

Mengxin is very intelligent, and when her beautiful eyes turn, she understands Li Li's intentions. Then she said very softly and obediently: "Husband, forgive me, the concubine did not mean to conceal it, but thought that the time had not yet come, so there was no need to rush it." ”

"Oh?" Li Li was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Could it be that you really know what happened and have your own judgment?" ”

Meng Xin nodded slightly and said, "This is nature." Couldn't the husband have forgotten that the Dustless Palace is only more than 200 miles away from Chengdu, and the concubine has been here for more than ten years? ”

After a pause in her voice, Meng Xin smiled and continued: "It is undeniable that Fujun has set up many meticulous works and secret agents in various counties and counties of Yizhou, and the number of them is still higher than the total number of my disciples. However, these meticulous works and secret agents are extremely scattered, almost all the counties and counties in Yizhou, and even if they find out, they cannot transmit the news in the first place. In contrast, the outer disciples of my Wuchen Palace are not limited to the mountain gate, there are outer disciples in Shu County, Yizhou County, Ba County and other surrounding counties, and there are many ladies from official families and wives and concubines of Yizhou officials. Therefore, as long as the concubine body wants to know something in Yizhou, the outer disciples distributed in the counties will send the news back as soon as possible. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Xin's face was full of a confident smile, and she seemed to enjoy the feeling of getting the news one step ahead of Li Li, and she had a sense of accomplishment. And this is the embodiment of her strong nature.

In fact, Mengxin is not complacent, nor is she pretending, but wants her man to know that she is not a "vase" who wins his favor with her beauty alone, but a "virtuous helper" who has the ability to help him and share his worries and labor.

After a slight pause, Meng Xin restrained her smile and said calmly: "According to the secret report of my disciples, five days ago, Yizhou Governor Shi and Zhengdong Zhonglang launched a rebellion against Zhao Wei, and successively gathered 60,000 troops to attack from Bazhong to the southwest. Within a few days, the rebels had conquered most of the cities in Ba County, Guanghan County, Shu County and other counties, and were currently shrinking their forces to attack Shu County. If this situation continues, half of the cities in Shu County should be captured within half a month, and the troops will be under the city of Chengdu.

In view of this, the concubine thought that the rebellion had just begun, and Liu Zhang was mobilizing soldiers and horses from various counties to rush to Shu County to defend against the rebels. Since then, the Yizhou army guarding Shu Road must not have received the order to return to the army to rescue, and the defenders of the passes everywhere are still holding on as usual, and the strength has not changed much. In this case, the husband should not move lightly for the time being, and the army gathered in Hanzhong should not move for the time being, continue to wait for the opportunity, and pay close attention to the movements of the defenders in various passes of Shu Road. Until the defenders were forced to divide their troops back to Chengdu to help, it was not too late for the Hanzhong army to send troops again, so as to avoid forcing the pass and causing many unnecessary casualties.

In addition, the concubine body is also built, and it is necessary for the husband to inform the generals of the army guarding Hanzhong in advance, and after sending the troops, they should mainly focus on sneak attacks, supplemented by strong attacks, but they should not act recklessly and rashly and forcibly attack the key points. The specific measures are: after determining that there is an abnormal movement in the defenders of Yizhou, they should not attack with the whole army, but take the initiative to send a small group of elite soldiers to take the first step, approach the pass in advance, and then suddenly launch an attack, striving to attack and capture the city gate in one fell swoop; This is the best way to go. I don't know what my husband wants? ”

Just when Meng Xin elaborated on her combat strategy, Zhuge Liang had already walked to Li Li's side and quietly listened to Meng Xin's advice. When Ren Hongchang, He Ying and the other four women saw this situation, they looked at each other and knew each other; Immediately, they bowed to Li Li, Mengxin and Zhuge Liang, but they did not interject and quietly left.

The reason why Ren Hongchang and Xiao Qiao left was not that they were not interested in the issues that Mengxin and Li Li were discussing, but that they had to follow the rules left by their ancestors: women were not allowed to interfere in politics. This is an inherent rule formed by the founding of the Han Dynasty for more than 400 years, and it is also a etiquette that must be observed by Han women from generation to generation.

In the past, Gaozu Liu Bang established the Western Han Dynasty, during which Empress Lu interfered in the government without authorization, resulting in increasingly fierce battles in the palace, and then extended to the court and the opposition, so that many ministers who followed Liu Bang to fight the world together were affected, and then they were implicated and died. After the death of Gaozu Liu Bang, Liu Ying ascended the throne, but the power of the court was in the hands of his mother Empress Lü (Lü Pheasant). Since then, Empress Lü has become the first woman to be in the imperial autocracy of the feudal monarchy, which opened the precedent of the dictatorship of foreign relatives in the Han Dynasty, and is also the first person in the dictatorship of the empress dowager in Chinese history.

Although during the reign of Empress Lu, he made remarkable achievements and laid a solid foundation for the later rule of Wenjing, but the dictatorship of his relatives was not recognized by the world, and caused a bloody struggle between the Liu royal group and the foreign relatives group. So much so that after the death of Empress Lu, when the imperial family chooses the heir to the throne, the first thing to consider is her mother, and she must not have a powerful mother's family.

Since the reign of Empress Lu in the dynasty, the ancient precept of "women are not allowed to interfere in politics" has been widely spread among the official eunuchs and the people, and it has been passed down for more than 300 years, until the current troubled times.

Nowadays, Li Li is powerful, and Ren Hongchang and Xiao Qiao, as his wives and concubines, should follow the way of women and not interfere in military and political affairs. Compared with them, Mengxin's identity is extremely special. After all, although Mengxin has followed Li Li for many years and gave birth to a son and a daughter for him, she has never been named, and she has not held any wedding ceremony. So, to put it bluntly, if it weren't for Lilly who saw her as a wife, or left her behind, then she was nothing. Years later, no one would even associate her with Li Li, as if they were strangers and had nothing to do with each other.

It is precisely because of the particularity of her identity that Mengxin can talk about the current situation with Li Li without any scruples, but the four daughters such as Ren Hongchang, He Ying and Xiao Qiao cannot participate in it, otherwise once they are caught in the future, they will definitely cause great trouble. Therefore, they naturally choose to avoid it, even if they are very curious, they will not participate in military and political affairs, and this is not because they are timid and afraid, but a reflection of their intelligence and good heart.

?????? After listening to Mengxin's words, Li Li squinted his eyes and was silent in thought.

At this time, Zhuge Liang, who was standing behind him, said loudly: "What Mrs. Mengxin said is reasonable, and Weichen thinks it is true, and I implore the lord to adopt it." ”

Li Li turned his head when he heard the sound, looked at Zhuge Liang, then bowed his head slightly, and said: "In this case, the virtuous brother quickly passed the order, and ordered the Hanzhong army to act when he saw the opportunity. ”

"No!" Zhuge Liang answered the order and immediately turned around and left. He came here to report the civil unrest in Yizhou and asked Li Li to give orders, but he didn't think that Mengxin had already made the matter clear and put forward a very safe countermeasure. Seeing this, Zhuge Liang was naturally happy to see it come to fruition, and happily accepted the order.

―――――― To be Continued ―――――――――――― (To be Continued......

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