As soon as General Xiang Yuanchao's words came out, several people were suddenly silent, and they lost the interest in drinking and eating, but they could only sit down with a smile. Old General Xiang sat on the main seat, and his left and right heads sat Yun Hua and Zhuo Ran respectively, and directly opposite was Xiang Kang. Jin Shu sat on Zhuo Ran's side, and the two children sat between Yunhua and Xiang Kang. After sitting still, Mother Wang, the housekeeper of the Xiang Mansion, led a dozen little maids with double mustaches, and brought more than a dozen plates of delicacies with seven cold and eight hot dishes like flowing water, and quickly placed the delicacies of the mountains and seas on the big table of Huanghuali wood in turn. A few little maids stepped forward to put the dishes and chopsticks on the guest of honor, opened the two jars of wine, and prepared to pour it into the Jun porcelain cup in front of the person.

Xiang Kang stretched out his hand to stop the little maid and said to Wang's mother: "Father drinks wine with a cup, and gives us four bowls." When Mother Wang heard this, she personally took the wine jar from the little maid's hand, and said with a smile: "Why don't you use a bowl and drink happily." General Xiang smiled heartily: "Well, if Mrs. is not here today, I will be lively with the children." With that, he lifted the bowl in front of him and said, "Full!" Hearing this, Yunhua got up and said to Wang's mother, "I'll come." Then he took over the wine jar and steadily poured the wine called Qin Huaichun into General Xiang's bowl without spilling a drop, General Xiang looked at Yunhua affectionately, nodded his head, and appreciated his talent in civil and military affairs since he was a child.

Ou Jinshu took the opportunity to quietly ask Xiang Kang: "Where did the old lady go?" Xiang Kang said softly: "I went to Lingyin Temple with the old lady of the Cheng family to burn incense." Their exchange of words attracted the attention of General Xiang, and he asked, "Shu'er, is your father in good health?" When Ou Jinshu talked to people, she always had a sense of joy, she heard the words and smiled: "Thanks to the master's memory, my father is in good health, and I took my mother back to my hometown in Luyang last month, and I will come back in March or May." "General Xiang Lao knows that Ou Yuanwai has always raised his only daughter as a boy and set up Luyang Academy, and part of the reason is that he wants to find a place for Ou Jinshu to study and practice martial arts, meet talents, and broaden his knowledge. He nodded and said with a smile: When the old man returns to the field, he will also take his wife back to Qingyuan, and hand over the general's mansion to Kang'er and them to take care of. ”

After that, he picked up the wine in the bowl and said, "Come, everyone, today's first bowl of wine, first of all, the Holy Body of the Holy Body and Health." Everyone drank the wine together, Li Zhuoran ate a few bites of food, and suddenly said: "Old general, the younger generation has one thing, I want to ask the general's opinion, now that the Mongols have forced Jin Aizong to Caizhou, why don't they take advantage of the victory to pursue and destroy the child Zhen clan." General Xiang smiled slightly, did not answer, only asked Xiang Kang: "Kang'er, what do you think of this matter?" Xiang Kang said: "The Jin State has invaded the territory of Liao and the Northern Song Dynasty, the territory of the north and south is vast, and the capital is Yanjing, so the Jurchens are a little out of reach of the territory of the old Liao State in the north. Mongolia is located in the Hetao area, adjacent to the old Liao, and takes the land north of Yanjing, which has the geographical advantages and convenience. But if you want to drive straight into Caizhou, you will inevitably have to travel a long distance, thousands of miles down the Yellow River, people are tired, and there is probably no chance of winning. ”

Qiuqiu was laboriously picking the fish bones with chopsticks, and when she heard Xiang Kang's words, she thought to herself: In the eyes of the people of the Song Dynasty, Mongolia was such a strong foreign country, and they would never have imagined that in a few years, the 400,000 iron cavalry of Temujin and his descendants would be able to expand to a vast territory from Japan in the east, to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, across Siberia in the north, and to the Persian Gulf in the south, becoming the largest empire in the world. In the past, the people of the Song Dynasty were suddenly seized by the Jin State, and suffered countless losses in large and small battles, so they only regarded the Jin State as a strong enemy, and despised the ability of the rising star of the Mongols: their geographical environment determined that they were extremely good at riding and archery, brave and good at war, their horses ate grass, and people ate meat, so they did not need to run around with military food; No matter where they go, as long as there are people and livestock, the fierce Mongols can immediately use this place as a supply station and a killing field, and snatch it into the map of Mongolia.

Yunhua noticed that Qiuqiu was distracted, so he sandwiched a steamed drunken crab with osmanthus to her, Qiuqiu looked at Yunhua, and suddenly felt a little sad in her heart, after the Mongols destroyed Jin, the next target was the Southern Song Dynasty, if the Southern Song Dynasty was gone, where would Master Yunhua go, and where would these people go. She had been in this world for so long, and it was the first time she thought about these issues, and she felt that maybe she should make a contribution, at least so that they could have a clear understanding of Mongolia. Thinking of this, Qiuqiu organized the language in her mind and said to Xiang Kang: "Uncle Xiang, Qiu'er has an idea. The people at the table all looked at Qiuqiu curiously when they heard this, and Xiang Kang smiled: "Xiaoqiu, it's okay to say it." ”

When Qiuqiu sat on the chair, because she was short, only her head was above the table, and she stood up at this time, wanting to make herself look taller: "The land of the Jin State was encroached upon, although there were reasons for the vast territory and insufficient defense, but most of the reason was that the Jin State had been peaceful for a long time, and corruption was rampant in the country, and civil strife continued, so the Mongols took advantage of it. It has now retreated to the north and south of the Huai River, almost relying on the New Year's coins of the Great Song Dynasty to maintain its fate. ”

Xiang Kang glanced at Yunhua with some surprise, nodded at Qiuqiu, and expressed approval. Qiuqiu realized that what she said just now was too similar to Sun Xiaowen, so she tried to continue in a childlike tone: "So Qiu'er thinks that the people of the Jin Kingdom will not pose too much threat to us, at least not now, but will still rely on our New Year's coins. But the Mongols destroyed the Western Xia before and after, defeated the Jin State, and their ambitions continued to expand, and they were the most terrible bad guys. Keeping the Jin country here, we can still stay here to drink wine and eat meat, the Jin country is gone, we may be the next Jin country. ”

Everyone was amazed to hear these words from the mouth of an eight-year-old child. Ou Jinshu asked, "Brother Yunhua, did you teach Qiuqiu this?" Yunhua shook his head, he looked at Qiuqiu, but he couldn't see the expression on his face. Only Ximen March quietly pulled Qiuqiu's hand and whispered: "Xiaoqiu'er, you are so powerful." At this time, General Xiang put down the chopsticks in his hand that had not been moved for a long time, and asked Qiuqiu: "According to your words, the Mongols intend to encompass the four seas, so why didn't they come to Caizhou?" ”

Qiuqiu saw that General Xiang was a little serious, and he was a little afraid in his heart, but he still replied: If the Mongols fight Caizhou, the people of the Jin State will inevitably flee south to us, and if we send troops to fight against the Jin State at that time, the Mongols will benefit from it; If you don't send troops, you will be beaten by both the Jin State and the Mongol State, so at that time, the Jin State may also join forces with the Southern Song Dynasty to fight against the Mongols. In any case, it will pull the Mongolian front to the east and bring it to the Yangtze River, so the old Western Xia and Western Liao in the west are very likely to take advantage of Mongolia. Therefore, the Mongols needed to completely pacify their rule in the west before taking the gold and destroying the Song dynasty. ”

There was a sudden thunder in the sky, and General Xiang was shocked and angry, shocked that the girl who was about the same height as the table could tell the situation in the world like this, and she was angry that she took "seizing gold and destroying the Song Dynasty" so seriously, so without hesitation, as if history would really evolve like this. Such words cursing the fortunes of the Southern Song Dynasty made Xiang Yuanchao's heart a veteran in his chest, and he couldn't help but be frightened and painful. He seemed to see the tragic images of the country breaking and the city falling, and snorted and said: "Huangkou Xiaoer is talking about soldiers on paper, is he going to bury the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains of the Southern Song Dynasty in your mouth?" Hearing this, Xiang Kang hurriedly got up and persuaded: "Father's anger, it's just the child's nonsense." ”

Yunhua hurriedly stretched out his hand and pressed Qiuqiu on the seat, and said to her: "These are just your conjectures, if the enemy of Mongolia is only the Jin State, then what you just said will not be tenable." Qiuqiu whispered: "This is impossible, doesn't the master know what Candle Zhiwu said, the truth of the death of Zheng to accompany his neighbors?" Why did Mongolia help the Southern Song Dynasty clear the debts at their doorstep? And does Master really believe that the Mongols are only willing to destroy the Western Liao and Western Xia of the Jin Kingdom, but leave the Southern Song Dynasty alone? Qiuqiu said, and suddenly saw Li Zhuoran on the opposite side put his left index finger on the palm of his right hand, and quietly made a silent gesture to her, so he stopped knowingly.

Xiang Yuanchao asked Xiang Kang with a sinking face: "What is the origin of this child?" Xiang Kang saw that his father was angry, and knew that he couldn't fool himself by making it up casually, so he had to bow his head and say, "This... She is the daughter of the prince and the prince. This sentence made the expression on General Xiang's face cloudy, and he glanced at everyone present, and suddenly smiled. Everyone was up and down in their hearts, not knowing what to say, and they also smirked, but suddenly heard the old general pat the case and say: "You are all so bold!" How dare you hide the daughter of the King of Sins! ”