Since the victory of Yuechi City, the literary army was divided into three routes, Yao Ruoyu in the middle successfully captured Guang'an City in half a day, and the army on the north and south roads was slower.

Because they had to take a detour from the vicinity of Guang'an to get to these two cities, they all had to delay for some time.

On the second day after the Dark Night Dragoon captured Guang'an, the two armies successively received news that they had captured Huaying and Qianfeng City, and were already gathering troops to go to Linshui City.

At the same time, Bai Junru and others had arranged for dozens of civilian officials to rush to Yuechi City under the escort of the reserve army, and after knowing the movements of the literary and artistic army, Bai Qiuyu, led by Bai Qiuyu, left several civilian officials to take over Yuechi and Wusheng, and he continued to take other officials on the road and rushed to Guang'an City.

When Bai Qiuyu finally arrived in Guang'an City, Yao Ruoyu was invited by Chen Chang'an to meet with the patriarchs of several major families in Guang'an City in the largest restaurant in the city.

Different from the meeting after the first occupation of the city, in addition to the patriarchs of the various clans, there were also the masters of the Five Realms of their families, or the elders of the clan, or the guest Qing who was hired with heavy remuneration, just facing Yao Ruoyu, whether it was the lord of those clans or the generals of the Five Realms, they all looked respectful, and did not have the detached attitude towards the ordinary four realms in the past.

Knowing that Bai Qiuyu had arrived, Yao Ruoyu suddenly smiled and said, "My minister of the Ministry of Literature and Household has arrived, if you don't mind, I will let him come here directly." ”

Naturally, everyone didn't dare to say anything, and nodded their heads in agreement.

After a while, Bai Qiuyu, who was slightly dirty, and several household officials came to the restaurant, and saw Yao Ruoyu singing and dancing here, Bai Qiuyu couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, and stepped forward to say, "Weichen has seen the prince." ”

"Brother Bai doesn't need to be polite, let's sit down first. Yao Ruoyu picked up the wine glass and smiled, and after Bai Qiuyu sat down, he introduced the other people in the room to Bai Qiuyu.

Knowing that these people were the patriarchs of all ethnic groups in Guang'an City, Bai Qiuyu did not dare to slack off, and immediately made a gesture, and everyone also greeted them warmly, at first glance, it seemed that the two sides had known each other for a long time.

After chatting a few more words, Yao Ruoyu put down the wine glass, his expression was also indifferent, and seeing his demeanor, everyone immediately stopped talking and looked at it together.

"As I said that day, although you have been under the rule of Jin for more than ten years, you are still Song people in your bones after all, and this time you did not stop my Wenbang from occupying Guang'an, which can be regarded as sincere. ”

After a few polite words, Yao Ruoyu's words suddenly sharpened: "Now that the Jin State and the Great Song Dynasty are at war, since my Wenbang is involved in this war, it will definitely not stop in a short time, and the scale of the national war is huge, and the consumption may not be small, so I hope you can help one or two." ”

This is asking for benefits, and everyone was prepared when they came, Chen Changan smiled, and said: "Lord Wang, my Chen family is not large, but I am willing to send nine four realms and a thousand private soldiers, as for the old man himself, he has already served as the guest secretary of the palace, if necessary, he will naturally do everything." ”

The head of the Zhao family glared at him fiercely, and then said: "My Zhao family is willing to send two thousand private soldiers, and there are two elders of the Five Realms in my clan, both of whom are willing to enter the Wen Palace. ”

Seeing that the two of them spoke one after another, the patriarchs of other families spoke one after another, some were willing to provide private soldiers, some were providing armor, and some were pills, although there were not many, but when they came together, it was a big gain.

Yao Ruoyu naturally accepted this, thought about it, and suddenly said: "The country can't be without a king for a day, and the city can't be without an owner for a day. ”

Speaking of this, the expressions of everyone in the house suddenly became complicated, the family strength is not strong, naturally they do not expect to be able to serve as the city lord, and the family strength is stronger such as the Zhao family and the Chen family, they are nervous, waiting for Yao Ruoyu to finally announce the ownership of the city lord's throne

Looking around, Yao Ruoyu suddenly smiled and said, "I have heard for a long time that there is a young handsome man in the Li family, who once made a master book for Wanyan, why haven't you seen it today?"

There are three major families in Guang'an City, except for the Chen family and the Zhao family, which is the Li family that Yao Ruoyu said at this moment. Li Baizhu, the young master of the Li family, had a reputation as a genius when he was young, and the reason why Guang'an City was able to barely maintain a prosperous situation under the roar of Wanyan was that Li Baizhu contributed a lot.

Hearing Yao Ruoyu ask about his son, the head of the Li family's face suddenly turned pale, hesitated for a while, got up and said: "Lord Wang, Xiao'er knew that he was working under the command of the gold thief a few years ago, and his sin was unforgivable, and he was confessing to the ancestors of the Li family in the ancestral hall of the family, so he didn't come, but my Li family has three hundred-year-old purple gold bamboos, which are the top materials for forging spiritual weapons, if the prince does not give up, ......."

Before he finished speaking, Yao Ruoyu had already waved his hand, and said with a smile: "The head of the Li family probably misunderstood something, this king has never had the intention of pursuing it, these days this king has also secretly visited the city for a period of time, knowing that Brother Li is his person, and he said that he was just hoping to invite him out of the mountain to serve as the lord of Guang'an." ”

Hearing this, the faces of the people who were secretly sneering before suddenly froze, and the head of the Li family was stunned for a moment, and only after a while did he say incredulously: "Doesn't the prince blame Xiao'er for doing things for Wanyan?"

Yao Ruoyu smiled and said lightly: "Yesterday is only related to yesterday, as long as Brother Li is loyal in the future, and governs Guang'an City for my Wenbang, what can I blame him?"

Only then did the head of the Li family react, and he hurriedly lay himself on the ground, and said excitedly: "The prince is benevolent, my Li family will definitely follow him to the death in the future! If there is a rebellion, it will definitely destroy the entire Li family, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!"

I didn't expect Yao Ruoyu to arrange Li Baizhu as the city lord, and the Zhao family head and other people who are qualified to compete for the city lord's throne all have different expressions.

Without waiting for everyone's mood to calm down, Yao Ruoyu continued: "In addition, I have heard for a long time that the Chen family has the ability to build a city out of thin air, and I think that I must have a strong ability to defend the city, so the matter of city defense will bother the Chen family master. ”

Chen Chang'an had obviously been informed by Yao Ruoyu, and his expression was already flat before, but at this moment, he also stood up and said respectfully: "Thank you Lord Wang, my Chen family will definitely defend Guang'an City to the death." ”

After arranging the two positions of the city lord and the city defense commander, the main task of the reception was over, and after a while, everyone said goodbye and left, leaving only Yao Ruoyu, Bai Qiuyu, Chen Chang'an, and Li Ge, the head of the Li family.

The four of them talked for a while about the rest of the meal, and Li Baizhu, the young master of the Li family, also got the news from his father and hurried over.

The kind words appeased Li Baizhu for a moment, Yao Ruoyu signaled that a few people could leave, and after they left, Bai Qiuyu took a long breath and said with a smile: "The autumn rain is a dusty road, but the prince is leisurely, singing and dancing here, drunk and drunk." ”

Yao Ruoyu and Bai Qiuyu have been friends for a long time, and they don't pretend politely, they lean lazily on the back of the chair behind them, and said with a smile: "Since Qiuyu has become the head of this household, why not work hard? Could it be that the one in your family won't let you go to bed?"

As early as half a year ago, I couldn't bear Bai Junru's urging, Bai Qiuyu won a civilian woman from Hezhou City as a concubine, but this woman was spicy, and Bai Qiuyu, who was originally a free and easy head of the household, was so angry that he didn't even dare to go out to drink with his colleagues during his weekday break.

After laughing a few words, Bai Qiuyu asked: "Lord Wang, forgive me for asking, now that Guang'an has been occupied, do you want to continue to cut gold next?" If necessary, then Qiuyu needs to send a message back as soon as possible, so that my father can arrange for someone to come over. ”

"Naturally," Yao Ruoyu nodded to the table and said with a smile, "Guang'an is broken, and the next one is Suining, but this matter is still urgent, although most of the Jin Kingdom's troops are now involved in the Song Dynasty, but there are still many troops in Sichuan, and they still need to be considered in the long run." ”

Bai Qiuyu also knew the stakes, and immediately nodded silently.

Seeing that his expression was a little strange, Yao Ruo was stupid and puzzled: "If Brother Bai has something to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

Bai Qiuyu groaned slightly, and said with his head bowed: "Lord Yu, before Qiuyu set off, there was a rumor from the north, saying that the Yanggu army had penetrated deep into Sichuan, and it seemed that it had been ambushed in Dazhou and had been besieged for a day. ”

"What?" Yao Ruoyu frowned when he heard this, and said suspiciously, "You have been besieged for a day when you set off, so wait for you to come...... It's been at least four days, so how come there is no news at all?"

"That's why it's a rumor," Bai Qiuyu took a bite of side dishes and muttered, "Besides, with the strength of the Yanggu army, how can it be besieged by the Sichuan soldiers, besides, there is still the king of Chu......"

"The King of Chu won't make a move," Yao Ruoyu, who knew the Eight Realms Convention, shook his head silently, thought for a long time, got up and said, "Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, you have to go to investigate first, you have a hard time, go to the City Lord's Mansion to rest first, and tomorrow you will take over the affairs of Guang'an City with Li Baizhu first." ”

Li Qiuyu hurriedly wiped his mouth and got up to agree.

Yao Ruoyu nodded slightly, then turned his head to look around, as if he knew what he meant, Wanyan Fuchan suddenly emerged from the shadows behind him, and said lightly: "I will send someone over to investigate." ”

"It's hard work, don't you eat a little?" Yao Ruoyu smiled, but unfortunately before he finished speaking, the beauty opposite had already rolled her eyes and said coldly: "Go and eat with the eldest lady of the Chen family." With that, she had re-disappeared into the shadows.

Seeing Bai Qiuyu secretly holding back a smile, Yao Ruoyu scratched his cheeks in embarrassment, then turned straight and snorted: "What are you laughing at? The one in your family seems to be more powerful than this king and princess, right? At least this king can still come out to drink and talk about things with others." ”

Bai Qiuyu's smile suddenly froze, and then he looked at him with some grievances.

Yao Ruoyu pretended not to see it, but turned his head to look out the window in the east, and his eyes were a little complicated.

According to the intelligence, the Yanggu Army was divided into two, Chu Madyi, Chu Madzheng led the army and the Tiger Army of Yuhu Hou attacked Shaanxi, and Chu Madman attacked Sichuan alone, of course, it was not a lonely army, after all, there was still a literary army on the side.

It's just that it has been four days now, if Chu Maomaomou was really besieged by Sichuan soldiers all the way, why couldn't there be any news at all, Chu Maomaomou has always been famous for his intelligence in China, and Chu Zheng, one of the five sons of the Chu family, is also very wise, could it be that the two of them will join forces and fall into such a desperate situation where they can't even get the news out?