Xie Rongjing knew that the "third uncle" in Xiao Tingxiu's mouth was Xiao Yu, Xiaojiu's father-in-law.

Xiao Yu has often gone overseas to do business in the Western Regions and other places over the years, and the wealth he has accumulated has become more and more amazing, and he has long surpassed the Xie family.

As for the Cao Gang, it used to be a gang under Xiao Tingchen, but somehow it got mixed up with Xiao Yu......

Su Runmo suddenly opened.

His eyes lit up, "Dog Emperor—oh no, Your Majesty, did you anticipate the Emperor's strategy early on, so let Xiao Tingxiu lead the Cao Gang to leave Jinling to find Xiao Yu in advance?" Xiao Yu's wealth is amazing, and he will definitely be able to purchase enough grain and grass elsewhere, and then use the thousands of ships of the Cao Gang to transport them back to Jinling to solve our urgent needs! ”

As soon as he spoke, Xie Rongjing understood.

Danfeng's eyes shining at Xiao Tingchen, "It turns out that you have a strategy to break the enemy early on?!" As long as we have food and grass, we will have time to breathe, and the morale of the army and the people will be able to settle down! Worthy of being the Dog Emperor - oh no, worthy of being a wise and martial saint, I Xie Rongjing is impressed with you! ”

Xiao Tingchen: "......"

The demon's handsome face was distorted for a moment.

Dog Emperor?!

The two of them had just scolded him for being the Dog Emperor, and he could hear it clearly!

Xiao Tingxiu said coldly: "All the way through the starry night, Wei Chen feels tired, and wants to retire first, and hopes for the Dog Emperor - oh no, I still hope for the emperor's approval." ”

Xiao Tingchen: "......"

The two of them just shouted, why did he, the eldest brother who has always been cold and self-controlled, also shout along?!

Is they poisonous or is he toxic?!

Where's the dog again?!

Peach Blossom's eyes were surging with murderous intent, and he didn't smile, "Aiqing, all stand down, I want to grill fish for you with my own hands, and come to Mingde Yuan to enjoy it at dinner, it will be so delicious that I will send you to the Western Heaven Elysium one by one." ”

The three of them waved their hands at the same time: "No...... No need! ”

……

Xiao Tingchen made strange moves, and even Sikong Chen didn't expect it.

His army of 500,000 had arrived outside Jinling and was stationed at the foot of the open mountain.

The old man sat alone in the big tent, still wearing a wide snow-white Confucian robe, looking like a fairy wind and a crane.

There was a game of chess on the table in front of him, he picked up one, and slowly landed on the chess grid, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "It is worthy of being an apprentice trained by the old man himself, and he is really smart." ”

The sentry who came to report was a little confused, "Master Emperor, are you praising Xiao Tingchen?" ”

The old man laughed a few times, "This kind of game is interesting, isn't it?" If he was still as weak as he was when the palace changed, wouldn't the old man be bored going south this time? It's good to be strong, and only when you are strong can you have the qualifications to play against the old man......"

The sentry couldn't understand what he was saying, and left the tent with a bow.

Sikong Chen dropped the chess pieces, and his old eyes were full of interest.

Back then, the wild cub was becoming stronger step by step, and he teased it, which was much more interesting than when he was a child.

I just don't know, how powerful will he be?

It's early summer.

Xiao Yu handed over the grain and grass to Xiao Tingchen, which solved his urgent need.

Su Runmo finally regained his former calmness and began to deploy in an attempt to recapture the grain route, and it took ten days to finally reoccupy that important grain route.

Solving the worries, Xiao Tingchen concentrated all his forces to fight against Daqi.

He sat firmly in Jinling City and personally watched his army clash with Sikong Chen's army.

In successive battles, his side was defeated.

Although the losses are not very heavy, after all, the defeat will shake the hearts of the army no matter what.

The man squinted his peach blossom eyes, sat on the chair in the circle of the city tower, and casually played with the walnut blossoms.

I always felt that something was wrong......

In these battles, although his side went all out, the other party seemed to be just perfunctory.

Because the other side neither cut down the besieging army nor pursued it with victory, but only withdrew its troops after victory.

It's a bad feeling.

It was as if he, Xiao Tingchen, was being played by Sikong Chen, as if the old man wanted him to see clearly how far the difference in strength between them was.

But Xiao Tingchen has never admitted defeat.

After losing again, he returned to the Mingde Courtyard in Wuyi Lane with a cold face, and began to sit by the pond again and fish.

Xie Rongjing and Ju'er squatted on the wall, watching him curiously.

The two of them don't know each other, and their attitude towards Xiao Tingchen is surprisingly unified.

Juan Er played with the peony flowers that were folded out of nowhere, and his deep and beautiful little face hooked a shallow smile, "You see that he has lost every time, it can be seen that the apprentice can't do the teacher in the end." So the old god is sitting on the ground, and he can't think of a way to break the enemy, right? I think he deliberately showed such an unfathomable appearance, so that we could worship him and respect him. ”

Xie Rongjing nodded seriously, "The hero sees the same thing. Let me tell you, Xiao Tingchen liked to pretend when he was a child, he had no food when he was young, I kindly gave him buns, he refused to ask for them with a cold face, but I saw him running outside to grab buns with dogs to eat...... What do you say he is trying to do? ”

Xiao Tingchen: "......"

His forehead was bruised, and he held it back so that he didn't get mad.

Can the two of them talk about it from a distance?!

also deliberately lowered his voice, he obviously heard it clearly!

Doesn't he want to lose face?!

Secretly annoyed, Wu Song stepped into Mingde Courtyard.

The fair-skinned and handsome palm-printed eunuch stood behind Xiao Tingchen with a solemn face, "I have nothing to do in the past few days, and the slave has dug up the secrets under the thatched house together with Su Guoshi and Mo Shisan. ”

He is good at controlling all kinds of poisons, Mo Thirteen is good at manipulating all kinds of tricks, and Su Runmo knows all kinds of ancient characters and ancient murals from ancient times to the present, so the three of them are the best partners to dig the palace under the thatched ground together.

Xiao Tingchen was careless, "But what did you find?" ”

"As the emperor expected, there is a long and winding secret passage hidden under the emperor's thatched house. The dark passage is complicated and there is no end in sight, and I haven't seen the end after exploring for two hours, so I didn't dare to go deeper, and temporarily retreated. ”

Xiao Tingchen raised his eyebrows.

After a moment of silence, he asked, "Do you know which direction that dark passage leads?" ”

"Although the dark passage is twisted and winding, if the minion guesses correctly, the general direction is the ...... in Jinling City" Wu Song hesitated, "According to Su Runmo's judgment, it is very likely to be Wuyi Lane." ”

Xiao Tingchen's hand holding the fishing rod quietly tightened.

If that secret passage leads straight to Wuyi Lane......

He didn't dare to imagine what kind of secrets the emperor had buried in the past so many years.

He got up, "I'm going to take a trip to the dark passage myself." ”

He wanted to see what was hidden at the end of the tunnel.

"No, you can't. There are still many traps in the secret passage that have not been eliminated, and it is very dangerous for the emperor to go down rashly, so it is not too late for me to wait until I find out. Wu Song said in a deep voice, "In addition, there is news from the east that the Xichan Nuguo and the army led by Lu Guogong have fought three major battles and ten small battles. ”

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Regarding the recovery of Xiaojiu's memory, it will probably wait until the emperor is written