Li Xiaoqi was tired for a day, and his sleep was a little unstable, and when the next day was about to dawn, he slept in a daze for nearly an hour before getting up, bathed, washed, changed into plain clothes, ate breakfast, ordered to prepare the car, and prepared to go to the Tang Mansion to have a look.

As soon as he arrived at the second gate, Su Zicheng was dressed in a silver-white Suluo robe, and greeted him from the other side and said with a smile: "Why did you get up so early?" Li Xiaoqi stopped his steps, saw the salute and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, I'll go to the Tang Mansion first, yesterday I saw that Mrs. Gu had stabilized her mind and came back without staying overnight." ”

"I'll go with you." Su Zicheng looked at the car waiting at the second gate and said with a smile: "It's so close, it's cool this morning, let's go over." Li Xiaoqi nodded, the two of them went over to give Master Tang incense, and Li Xiaoqi carefully asked Mrs. Gu and a few children about their diet and daily life, and saw that Mrs. Shi Yu and Mrs. Gu were familiar with each other, and they were busy with various details, so they came back with confidence.

Busy until the evening, Li Xiaoqi ordered someone to put the meal in the pavilion under the thick shade of the garden, and Su Zicheng ate with the cool wind, and was not in a hurry to go back, made tea and drank slowly, Su Zicheng leaned comfortably on the chair, retreated from everyone, looked at Li Xiaoqi and said in a low voice: "There is still no movement in Taiping Mansion and Chizhou Mansion, but the war between the two families has stopped, and they have retreated for more than ten miles to confront each other. Li Xiaoqi nodded approvingly and asked, "What about the prince's plan?" ”

"Take advantage of their hesitation, take the south of Yangzhou in one go, the sooner the better, I want to take people south early tomorrow morning, what do you see?" Su Zicheng looked at Li Xiaoqi and asked, Li Xiaoqi nodded, looked at Su Zicheng and suddenly asked, "Mr. Liang is still in South Vietnam?" ”

"Well, let him stay for an extra year, maybe he will need it." Su Zicheng replied, Li Xiaoqi nodded and didn't speak again, only holding the cup, rocking the chair leisurely, looking at the distance, Su Zicheng looked at her attentively, the sound of petals falling to the ground could be heard quietly in the pavilion, and after a long while, Li Xiaoqi exhaled a long breath, put the cup on the table, stood up and stretched his arms and said, "Go back, won't the prince be ready to leave tomorrow?" ”

"Hmm." Su Zicheng stood up slowly, followed Li Xiaoqi through the flower path, walked a few steps, and lightly tapped Li Xiaoqi with a folding fan and said with a smile: "Today's moonlight is clear, the garden under this moon has a unique view, let's go to the garden, I turned around during the day, and the scenery of this garden is excellent." Li Xiaoqi stopped his steps, looked up at the half-round moon in the air, walked under the moon to enjoy the flowers, he was elegant, Li Xiaoqi raised his eyebrows slightly, smiled and fell, flashed half a step to the side, signaled Su Zicheng to go forward, followed by himself, and went all the way to the back garden.

There is a pond of two or three acres at the back of the garden, at this time, the insects are chirping and the frogs are calling, and there is a hustle and bustle in the quiet, Li Xiaoqi walked with his hands behind his back, leisurely and leisurely walking side by side with Su Zicheng on the bluestone road where the flowers and trees are sparse, while turning his head to look at the surrounding scenery, he said with a smile: "This garden is full of flowers and trees, and it seems that it has taken a lot of thought, and it is the industry of the Wu family." ”

"Well, many of the decorations here are used by the famous noble families of Taiping Mansion, at first glance, I thought it was Taiping Mansion." Su Zicheng turned his head to look around and said with a smile, Li Xiaoqi pointed to a pavilion in front of him and said with a smile: "Like that pavilion, even the wine shops in Taiping Mansion are almost every family. Su Zicheng looked at the pavilion and laughed: "The scenery of Taiping Mansion can't be said to be bad, it's just too ingenious, our other courtyard on Xuefeng Mountain, the law is natural, and it is much stronger than this." Li Xiaoqi pursed his lips and smiled and did not answer, but it is not the law that is natural, it is simply a mountain and a few houses, and it is also natural for Xuefeng Mountain to be born.

The two talked about pavilions and pavilions, rockery flowers and plants, walked to the lake, stood on the lakeside plank road, the lotus flowers in the lake are in full bloom, under the moonlight, the lotus tea leaves are swaying with the breeze, there is a charm, the two smelled the fragrance of the lotus, listened to the frogs, stood quietly for a long time, Su Zicheng breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction, and said in a low voice: "Wait for me to level Huainan Road, let's live here until the end of the year and then go back." ”

"That's not going to work!" Li Xiaoqi shook his head with a smile and said, "I still want to go back to see the excitement of Brother Shuisheng's marriage, and I have to rush to Kaiping Mansion before mid-October." Su Zicheng looked down at Li Xiaoyi, and asked in a low voice after a while: "If you don't have these brothers, •••••• you?"

"How can I be without my brothers?" Li Xiaoqi cut off Su Zicheng's words and smiled: "I am already a dead man, the eldest brother said that I still have heat in my chest, Brother Shui Sheng and Erhuai they carried me all the way, in the cold weather of midwinter, there was a bite to feed me, and all the clothes were wrapped around me, and then ••••••" Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at Su Zicheng and joked: "The Bodhisattva must not be able to bear it, so he sent me over." Su Zicheng stared at Li Xiaomi, and suddenly raised his hand to brush Li Xiaomi's sideburns, Li Xiaomi's subconsciously flashed, Su Zicheng hurriedly put his hand behind his back, and coughed a few times: "I don't know which Bodhisattva sent the mercy, I really want to thank him." ”

Li Xiaoqi tilted his head and glanced at Su Zicheng, turned his head and didn't answer, Su Zicheng shook off the folding fan and shook it for a while and said, "Then let's go back after the Double Ninth Festival, and we can be more calm on the road, and I will accompany you to play around." Li Xiaoqi laughed, nodding while laughing, he played with her, what would he play? If Lu Feng was about the same, she would be about the same as playing with him. Su Zicheng was a little embarrassed by Li Xiaoyi's laughter, and folded the fan and said, "It's not easy to play?" Could it be that there are still people who don't know how to play? Li Xiaoqi smiled and asked, "Then tell me about the prince, what will the prince play?" Su Zicheng glared at Li Xiaoqi and said, "Hunting!" After saying the word hunting, his fingers were curled and he stayed in the air for a long time, and he couldn't say it anymore, Li Xiaoqi smiled so much that his eyes were bent into a line, and he only spoke after a while: "Then hunting, you should also fight, right?" Alas, in fact, you might as well say that you can play war, how good is this, this way to play, you can afford to play! Su Zicheng's face was slightly red when Li Xiaoqi said, he shook off the folding fan and put it away, Li Xiaoqi tapped his folding fan with his fingers and smiled: "This play is really playing impermanence, at this time, let's enjoy the lotus and talk about the wind here, isn't it just playing?" Looking for a good place to drink tea and drink, isn't it also fun? If the war can make you relaxed and happy, then the war is fun for you, like me doing business, it is easy to do it, that is also play. ”

"You always think differently than others, and there is some truth to that." Su Zicheng thought about it and smiled,

"What does it mean to make some sense, it's obviously completely reasonable." Li Xiaoqi corrected while laughing: "But this is fun, there are fun, there are bad fun, for example, my play, it's fun, you play, it's not good, you are happy, so ••••••"

"It turns out that yours is good, and mine is all bad!" Su Zicheng interrupted Li Xiaoyi's words and shouted, seeing Li Xiaoqi nodding seriously, he sighed and said: "I know this, in fact, I don't like to fight, I just can't stop fighting, besides, it's better to fight than to deal with government affairs." ”

"Well, that's right, a mistake in government affairs is the same as mourning, the so-called murder does not see blood, and the handling of government affairs must be more cautious and walk on thin ice." Li Xiaoqi sighed in agreement, and Su Zicheng sighed with emotion: "What you said is the same as what the eldest brother said, as a monarch, you must always tremble and walk on thin ice, which is the law of Chang'an for a long time." Li Xiaoqi was stunned, turned his head to look at Su Zicheng, Su Zicheng looked at the graceful lotus flowers in the lake with a smile, Li Xiaoqi lowered his eyes, the two of them blew the wind quietly for a while, and the drums came from afar, Li Xiaoqi looked up at the gentle moon and said, "It's late, go back and rest." Su Zicheng nodded, the two turned around and went back to the front yard, Su Zicheng sent Li Xiaoqi to the gate of the courtyard, watched her enter the courtyard, and went back for a long time with his hands behind his back.

In the evening of the next day, the Beiping army began to advance to the south of Yangzhou, lost Yangzhou, the Taiping Mansion and the Chizhou Mansion were silent and did not reflect half a point, the Huainan Road was already scattered with the official heart, the military heart, and the people's heart, this time it was even more defeated all the way, the Beiping Army advanced smoothly and abnormally, even if there was resistance, it was also a defeat, Su Zicheng ordered to release the Wu soldiers who gave up their weapons and armor, regarded them as civilians, and let them flee and flee back to their hometowns.

Runzhou City is such a battle and defeat, although it is not as complete as Yangzhou, but it is much better than Chuzhou, Li Xiaoqi rushed to Runzhou City for seven or eight days, selected Runzhou Zhizhou to come out, looked at the handling of government affairs for two days, saw that everything was in order, and set off to rush back to Yangzhou, Su Zicheng took people around to check on the spot, arrange arming and other things, take down Runzhou, Huainan Road has no big city, those counties and villages, there is no big threat, now the biggest threat, in the west of Wudi, in Taipingfu, in Chizhou Mansion, in this regard, Su Zicheng didn't dare to take it lightly, he could fight, and he had to be able to defend it.

Li Xiaoqi's days in Yangzhou City were much more comfortable than before, and this comfortable day quickly slipped into the end of June, Zhang Gouzi, Zhao Wuge and others and the merchants of Yuanfeng Society finally rushed to Yangzhou City.

Zhang Gouzi and Fifth Brother Zhao rushed to the Wu Family Courtyard on the same day to see Li Xiaoyi, and received the instructions, Zhang Gouzi and Chen Da rushed to the villages in the countryside to collect silk, Fifth Brother Zhao euphemistically said to President Qian what Li Xiaoqi meant, you came from afar, you have never done any business with Huainan Road before, this trip came, first, you have to know the other first, second, and wait for peace of mind. Chairman Qian smiled and thanked Fifth Brother Zhao, discussed with a dozen or so people who came with him, and walked around Yangzhou while waiting for Xin'er.