Mei Niang didn't expect Lin Xin to be so polite to her, she hesitated for a moment before asking, "Does the county lord let me go back to the capital?" ”

"My aunt said that everything is done by Miss Mei independently, if you want to go back to the capital, then I will send the girl back to Beijing, and if you want to go somewhere else, you can naturally do it."

Mei Niang was stunned in her heart, lowered her eyes and said, "Then my brother ......"

"My aunt will also arrange it, you are the hero of my Liang, and it will naturally benefit my family."

Mei Niang breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile on her knees: "Thank you, general, then please send me to Suzhou, I heard that Suzhou is an outstanding person, and the concubine also wants to see it." ”

"Okay."

Lin Xin asked people to send Meiniang back to Hongzhou, and from Hongzhou to Suzhou, "My aunt should be in Hongzhou now, maybe you can still see her, and then you have any requirements to mention to her." ”

"Yes, General Dothanks-really."

Mei Niang knew Lin Qingwan, she belonged to the Fourth Highness, and her degree of freedom was very high, but she suddenly received a message in July that she obeyed Lin Qingwan's orders.

Lin Qingwan didn't restrict her actions much, but she always gave a general direction, and she had a lot more purpose in doing things.

If you can go back to the capital, of course, you won't go back to the capital.

Otherwise, she will definitely obey the orders of the eldest princess when she goes back, and it will be a joke to be free at that time.

But outside the capital, it's different, as long as she is free, has a household registration and a road guide, and her brother also picks it up, then they have seen ordinary days.

Mei Niang was escorted back to Hongzhou, but she didn't see Lin Qingwan.

Because Lin Qingwan went to Chudu.

Lu Zhen has besieged the Chu capital for more than a month, and although he still failed to capture the Chu capital, he cut off the grain and grass inside, and the bows and arrows were also exhausted.

Lu Zhen said that he would capture the capital in a few days.

Min Shangshu couldn't bear a talent like Xiang Shan, so he asked Lin Qingwan to come over and take a look, if he could persuade him to surrender, it would be best, if not, Chu Du would also be appeased.

And Lu Zhen will immediately go south to support Zhong Ruying after capturing the city, so naturally he will not stay longer, so Lin Qingwan will take over the affairs of Chudu.

When Lin Qingwan arrived in the Chu capital, Lu Zhen had already led his troops to capture half of the city, and the Chu army was stuck at the southern city gate, refusing to surrender or abandoning the city.

Xiang Shan was exhausted, he leaned slightly against the city gate tower, clenched the sword in his hand, as long as the Liang army broke through this last line of defense, he would commit suicide.

Lin Qingwan looked at him from afar for a while, then turned her head and asked Lu Zhen, "Can I go over?" ”

"Knives and guns have no eyes, you better not take any chances."

"At this time, Xiang Shan will not kill the envoys," Lin Qingwan said: "I still want to try, if I can persuade him, I can kill a lot of soldiers." ”

Lu Zhen lowered his head and thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll send the county lord over." ”

Lu Zhen asked people to suspend the siege and sent Lin Qingwan over.

Only 20,000 remnants of the Chu army were left to guard the southern city gate, and when they saw the Liang army retreating, they all looked at each other in some disbelief.

Lin Qingwan stepped forward separately from the Liang army, looked up at Xiang Shan on the city gate building, and said in a loud voice: "General Xiang, the envoy in the Lower Liao State, I have heard that General Xiang is good at playing, I don't know if you can accompany me to talk about a game?" ”

Xiang Shan squinted at her for a while before saying, "It's the famous Lord Lin, I have a friend who praises you, but unfortunately today is not a good time, I want to live up to your kindness." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "I think the general's strength is not enough, and this war also needs to rest, why don't we take advantage of this break to play a game?" ”

"Is there a color head?"

"Yes," Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "If the general wins, I will let Lu Duhu rest for a long time, how about one night?" ”

This meant that he could buy one more night to keep Lu Zhen from attacking the city.

Xiang Shan pursed his lips and asked, "What if the county lord wins?" ”

"If I propose to let General Xiang submit to my Liang, will the general agree?"

Xiang Shan was silent.

Lin Qingwan smiled, "That is, I won't agree, in this case, I just want the sword in the general's hand." ”

Xiang Shan clenched the sword in his hand and nodded halfway.

Lin Qingwan turned her head slightly to look at Lu Zhen, and Lu Zhen waved his hand and asked the soldiers to retreat and rest.

Lin Qingwan took Yi Han up to the city tower, Xiang Shan stood on it to greet her, glanced at Yi Han behind her and said: "The county lord is really a master of art and bold, he dares to go up to my city tower with only one person." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "Anyway, General Xiang won't kill me, and he won't hold me hostage, will he?" ”

"Xiang is a person who is above board and disdains to do such a thing." Xiang Shan turned around and took Lin Qingwan inside, he didn't go into the building, he directly asked someone to move a small table, and the two of them sat on both sides and started playing chess.

The wounded Chu soldiers were carried down and bandaged, and those who could still move had to come up to continue the fight after being bandaged.

Lin Qingwan's gaze swept over their faces, and she said with admiration: "General Xiang is really a good general, although these soldiers are tired, they are far stronger than the Chinese army of Chu that was defeated before, I heard that they are the elite of Chu State." ”

"Lord Lin came today to humiliate someone?"

"Of course not," Lin Qingwan smiled and helped set up the chessboard, raised her head and said, "If I say that I am here to persuade me to surrender, will the general believe me?" ”

"Believe, but you can't be persuaded."

"I know, Mr. Ji must have persuaded him, he can't persuade him, I hope it's even more slim, but some words are not unpleasant, some are unclear, I always want to talk to General Xiang." Lin Qingwan said: "I'm afraid that if I miss this time, I won't have a chance in the future." ”

Xiang Shan smiled slightly, and pushed the black chess pieces to her, "Lord Lin, please first." ”

Lin Qingwan took it and said with a smile: "Thank you General Xiang, then Lin is welcome." ”

After saying that, he pinched a chess piece and fell, Xiang Shan raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "Who did the county lord learn chess from?" ”

My grandfather.

Lin Qingwan raised her head and smiled, "I learned it with my brother." ”

"I was fortunate enough to play a few games of chess with Brother Ling, and your chess skills are far above Brother Ling."

"General Xiang has won the award," Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "If you want to talk about chess skills, I'm afraid that there are few people in the whole world who can compare to General Xiang and Mr. Ji." ”

Xiang Shan's hand paused and asked, "Mr. Ji is now in Liang Kingdom, right?" ”

"Yes, he is now temporarily living in Suzhou, if General Xiang is willing to surrender to my Daliang, he may be able to go boating on the lake with Mr. Ji in the future and fight a few more games of chess."

Xiang Shan sighed and said: "Why should the county lord speak in vain, I will not lower the beam." ”

"Is it because the general's eldest grandson is by Emperor Chu's side?"

Xiang Shan's face turned cold, "No." ”

"Is that simply because of loyalty?"

"Governing the country with culture and defending the country with martial arts, this is my duty as a military general, even if I die in battle, I will protect the state of Chu until the last moment."

Lin Qingwan dropped the chess pieces on the chessboard with a "snap", and said coldly: "So General Xiang has a lot of Mr. Ji." ”

"In terms of talent, I am far inferior to Mr. Ji......"

"I'm talking about character," Lin Qingwan cut off his words, raised his head and said: "Mr. Ji has ambitions in the world and cares about the people, while General Xiang has only one so-called loyalty in his heart, but he is blind and deaf." ”

Xiang Shan was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "It is worthy of Lin Haoyu's sister, she is eloquent, what, do you want to be sophistry?" ”

Lin Qingwan gave him a look and said, "I never quibbles, saying that you are blind, don't you see these soldiers who are injured and have almost lost half their lives?" Say you're deaf, don't you see the empty streets below, and the people are hiding in their homes, not daring to make a sound? ”

"Liang and Chu have been dealing with each other for a day or two, General Xiang obviously knows my Liang State very well, he should know what kind of person my Liang Emperor is, and what kind of court is in Liang Liang, you ask yourself, my Liang rules Chu State, will the people of Chu State have a worse life?"

"However, the people of Chu are still the people of the lost country."

"According to you, who in this world is not a citizen of the country? There was Tang before Chu Liang, Sui before Tang, two Jin before Sui, and Han and Qin before that, every change of dynasty is a dead country, then not only we are the people of the dead country, our ancestors are also the people of the dead country, but which country are we from? ”

"To put it bluntly, the wars of several countries are all internal strife, and they have nothing to do with external humiliation, even so, the fall of the Chu State has nothing to do with ordinary people, we pulled them in."

General Xiang was confused by her, "According to what you say, if the Chu State destroys the Liang State, you won't seek revenge on my Chu State?" ”

"No," Lin Qingwan said: "If you Chu State has a good emperor and rectifies Qingming, I may still help you, I don't care about the so-called traitor, I just want to unify the world." ”

"General Xiang, countries have been fighting for nearly two hundred years, do you still want this kind of chaotic war to continue?"

Xiang Shan pursed his lips, "It's not something we can choose." ”

"Who's to say no? Isn't the initiative in General Xiang's hands now? Lin Qingwan nodded at the chessboard on the table and said: "This world was originally one, it was divided because of the Tang Chaos, in the past, Chu State, Liang State and Shu State were just a few counties, it was because of the person who called the emperor that they became a country, and now we are just letting a few counties become one country again." Let them not be at war in the future. ”

Xiang Shan pinched the chess pieces and was silent for a while, and finally landed a piece on the chessboard, and said lightly: "The county lord's mouth is good, but I still can't surrender to you." I have to give an explanation to the soldiers. ”

"Confession?" Lin Qingwan sneered, pointed to the wounded soldier who was sitting on the city tower with his stomach covered not far away, and asked, "Is your explanation just to let them accompany you to death?" Just to buy half a day for the Chu Emperor who left the capital and fled south? ”

"Since it's an explanation, did the general ask them what they meant?"

Xiang Shan was silent.

Lin Qingwan got up and beckoned a few soldiers nearby, "General Xiang doesn't mind if I ask them a few questions, right?" ”

Those people also looked at Xiang Shan worriedly, standing still.

Xiang Shan raised his eyebrows, but still nodded, and a few people walked up to Lin Qingwan.

Lin Qingwan looked them up and down, and saw that they were all injured somewhat, so she asked, "Are you hungry?" ”

Several soldiers looked at each other in embarrassment and lowered their heads.

Lin Qingwan smiled, "Don't be nervous, I know you don't have much food and grass, and General Xiang doesn't allow you to disturb the people, you should have been hungry for a long time, right?" Do you want to have enough to eat? ”

Several soldiers thought that Lin Qingwan was tempting them, and immediately said, "We will not return to the Liang Kingdom." ”

"We all listen to the general."