At this point, I saw Chu Yuanlang groaning slightly, and then said: "Master Hou, have you ever thought about how these barbarians got into our rear?" ”

The military advisor glanced at Chu Yuanlang meaningfully, then retracted his gaze thoughtfully.

saw Mu Ao's solemn face: "In this regard, I also thought twice about it, but I never thought about the cause and effect. ”

Seeing this, Chu Yuanlang nodded and said, "Then has the Hou Ye heard that there is already a flood of illusions in Daliang Jingzhong now?" ”

Hearing this, Mu Ao's face condensed slightly, and after a while, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and then he said, "What do you mean......"

Chu Yuanlang put down the teacup in his hand and stood up, his face was a little complicated, "Before, my sister found that Qinghe was infiltrating the Daliang Imperial Court little by little, but my sister couldn't stop it, until a few days ago, I was arrested by the master of Qinghe Hall, and I met Qinghe's branch hall master in Daliang for the first time. ”

Chu Yuanlang thought about it and said: "That Qinghe Hall Master is not a bad person, but when my sister went to rescue me, the Qinghe Hall Master was unwilling to let go, and even imprisoned my sister. ”

At least in Chu Yuanlang's eyes, it seems that without the containment of the Wushuang County Lord, the Wang family in charge of the Queen Mother seems to have a trend of developing towards the peak before the appearance of the Wushuang County Lord, which is not a good sign, let's just say that the reinforcements can come to the border to support now, but it is only because of the prince's dark box operation, as well as the unity of the royal family, if the unity of the royal family is dissolved, the consequences will ...... When it is back to the situation in the past, the entire Daliang Dynasty was controlled by the court.

Now Chu Yuanlang still doesn't know Hu Tongzhi's attitude, although he also knows that Hu Tongzhi is a poor person who was brutalized by the Wang family, but Chu Yuanlang still feels that Hu Tongzhi will retaliate against the Daliang court because of this matter.

It's one thing to have a good chat, it's another thing to have a hostile relationship, and now Qinghe's control over the court has not been withdrawn, so it is said that the Huainan King's subordinates still have a few Qinghe's subordinates.

Now I have encountered illusion again at the border...... Chu Yuanlang raised his eyes and glanced at the military advisor, and the military advisor told Mu Ao what they had seen at the border pass, and after Mu Ao heard it, his face suddenly turned gloomy.

"Are you saying that it was originally Shen Duan who colluded with the barbarians in order to suppress my Mu family's army, and the barbarians colluded with Qinghe to force my Mu family's army to retreat?"

Chu Yuanlang nodded slightly, and saw Mu Ao's face was heavy: "This is troublesome, I can send 50,000 enemy troops to use illusion techniques to send behind my Mu family's army, compared to Qinghe, he has also used a lot of means here, not to mention that he will give up easily." ”

Chu Yuanlang took a deep breath and nodded: "What we have to think about now is, if the next time the enemy army comes to attack or use illusions, our side is all ordinary soldiers, how should we defend ourselves?" ”

Seeing that Mu Ao was silent for a moment, he said: "Military advisor, send an order, and the cities and towns on the border must seal the city gates and not let anyone enter or leave." ”

"Don't ......" the military advisor looked embarrassed: "Master Hou, our pass is the only channel to communicate with Western Chu, and many merchants from Western Chu and my merchants from Daliang also go to Western Chu from here, if we close this pass, I am afraid that the trade in Daliang will also have some impact, and then the trouble will be even greater." ”

As soon as these words came out, the old and the young in the room suddenly fell silent, and at this stall, a soldier suddenly came in from outside the door, carrying a letter in his hand: "Report, two marquis, this is a letter sent by the hussar general." ”

"Hussar general? Chen Mo? ”

Mu Ao frowned: "That bastard boy is not guarding the northwest, what kind of letter will he send us at this time?" ”

Chu Yuanlang on the side looked a little surprised, seeing that Mu Ao was about to open the letter after taking it, he also stepped forward curiously, and saw Mu Ao frowning and reading the letter, and after a while, Mu Ao half-lowered his head and said with a complicated face: "This bastard boy...... How did he know so much. ”

Chu Yuanlang was looking at Mu Ao curiously at the moment: "Master Hou, who is this hussar general?" ”

Mu Ao frowned, turned his eyes to Chu Yuanlang and smiled kindly, before he said, "You don't know him?" ”

Chu Yuanlang pondered for a while, shook his head lightly, and said, "I only heard that this general is young and promising, but he is the only grandson of Lord Chen, and he can be literary and martial......"

Mu Ao laughed: "You are also young and promising, but compared to him, it is still a little bit worse, speaking of which, this kid is the cousin of the unequaled county lord, a granddaughter and a grandson of the Chen family, all have such achievements, and Lord Chen can be regarded as a capable person." ”

At this moment, Chu Yuanlang was not surprised, and it was not the time to pay attention to this now, so he turned his eyes to look at the letter and said, "What does the letter say?" What does the general know? ”

Mu Ao pondered for a while before carrying the letter and said: "This kid said that he had long expected that the barbarians would have illusionists involved, so he had already thought of a solution, and asked us to send a letter to the court, telling the world that if all merchants were to go to Western Chu, they would have to bypass through the pass on his side." ”

As he spoke, Mu Ao paused before continuing: "He guards the northwest, and there is a public area in the northwest, which does not belong to Western Chu or barbarians, nor does it belong to the territory of Daliang, there is no grass in that place, and the road is a little difficult, but if there is an army to protect him, he can pass it." ”

Hearing this, Chu Yuanlang thought for a while: "This method is a good method...... But what about Xichu's side? If we unilaterally close the trade lanes......"

"It's easy to do." Mu Ao slapped his thigh: "I'll negotiate, I'm at the Xichu border, and I still have an acquaintance ......."

Chu Yuanlang glanced at Mu Ao's slightly reddened old face, and only then did he remember that Mrs. Mu was still a pure Western Chu person, so he had no choice but to shake his head helplessly and said: "Then I can only trouble Master Hou, I only brought reinforcements over, but I failed to do anything." ”

Hearing this, Mu Ao suddenly lowered his eyes, and the originally bloody man looked at it with a little soft color at the moment, and a little sentimental and melancholy: "The young marquis can come and save the last root of my Mu family's army, and my Mu family's army is already grateful." ”

……

Soon, the court received an urgent letter from the border pass, the emperor read the letter, and handed over the matter to the crown prince Ming Xiu to deal with, the court learned that the people of the Wang family had the intention to stop, but the notice posted quickly reached the entire Great Liang, and then received the news that the border pass Mu Ao had finished negotiations with Western Chu, just waiting for the Great Liang to implement the change of trade routes.

The matter was finally resolved, and upon receiving the letter from the crown prince, Mu Ao ordered that all the gates of the five cities at the border were sealed and no one was allowed to enter.

Without worries, the morale of the soldiers at the border pass was greatly boosted, and when Chu Yuanlang and Mu Ao were preparing for battle, another group of men and horses also arrived.

Looking at the mighty team with 90,000 soldiers and horses in front of him, Mu Ao was surging with new trends, but he was also puzzled, glanced at Liu Qi sideways, and saw that Liu Qi was just frowning but did not react, Mu Ao took advantage of his inattention, turned his eyes to look at Chu Yuanlang, and whispered: "Didn't you say that your sister was imprisoned by the people of Qinghe?" Why did you send so many soldiers and horses? ”

Chu Yuanlang smiled meaningfully, and then said, "Master Hou, you just have to rest assured." ”

Although Mu Ao still has doubts in his heart, he can't stand so many soldiers and horses Once they are integrated into the military camp, then this war will have a few more layers of protection, and at this time, I received a message from Tingchuan, saying that Tingchuan will always support the grain and grass at the border, and now, no matter how those people in the court make a hindrance, no one can stop their soldiers, horses, and grain and grass.

Mu Ao was so happy that he hummed a little tune almost every day, and everything seemed to be developing in a good direction, but no one knew that there was a storm brewing in Beijing.

Chu family.

At this moment, there is only one woman left in the Chu family, and it is precisely because there is no one in the family to support them that the people of the Chu family dare not swagger, and even the old lady is honestly squinting at the house, and he does not dare to take a step out of the door.

Xiao Chen has been the head of the family since she came out of that deserted house, and she enjoyed the respect for the old lady and her subordinates very much, but she didn't forget to get down to business, and the first time was to find a good family for Chu Yuan and Chu Er.

However, compared with the big families that Chu Yuan and Chu Er expected before, this time Xiao Chen's family was looking for a few wealthy merchants far away from the capital, and within a few days, Chu Yuan and Chu Er took the dowry that Xiao Chen's family had scavenged in the Chu family in the past few days and was married.

After the great joy, the entire Chu family became more and more deserted.

At night, Xiao Chen sat at the table in a daze, and everyone was sent out by her, and others said that Xiao Chen had been alone for a long time, so he liked to be alone more and more, and at night, Xiao Chen's courtyard was the most deserted, and no one dared to take a step closer, after all, the temper of this lady in their family has become more and more strange recently.

There was a breeze blowing beside the bed, and Xiao Chen's figure, which was originally sitting in place, moved suddenly, and after a while, she said in a voice with a bit of fatigue: "Why are you here again, now it's different from the past, if someone finds you coming...... I'm afraid I'll come out in vain. ”

But a hoarse voice sounded: "Who is Madame waiting for?" ”

Hearing this unfamiliar voice, Xiao Chen suddenly bounced up, and saw a dazzling silver figure in the darkness, Xiao Chen's heart jumped suddenly, and he quickly said respectfully: "I don't know that the deputy national teacher is coming, and I miss the welcome." ”

Dark Rin smiled, looked at Xiao Chen's old face that seemed to be a little red, and raised his eyebrows: "Madame hasn't answered my question yet." ”

Xiao Chen's face froze, and after a while, she turned her head as if she was hiding her heart, and her hand was full of teacups, and then she said: "It's a friend of the courtier, because the courtier's status is embarrassing in the Chu family now, so when he comes, he always comes to visit the courtiers when there is no one." ”

The person in the dark place smiled, and Dark Rin took a few steps forward, took the teacup handed over by Xiao Chen, and immediately sat down on the other side unceremoniously, before saying, "It turns out that Madame also has friends?" I thought that Madame only knew the wives of those official families. ”

Xiao Chen seemed a little embarrassed, she stood in place at a loss, and after a while, she gradually calmed down, and then looked directly at the dark rin and said, "What is the important matter for the Deputy National Teacher to come today?" ”

Darkly put down the teacup calmly, and then looked at Xiao Chen meaningfully and said: "I came today to pass on the message for the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother said, if you use such an unpopular means next time, I am afraid that you will not be able to achieve the Queen Mother's order in this life." ”