Chapter Seventy-Three: Love and Ruthlessness

The guard said, "General Xu wait." With that, he ran in.

Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Xu Da came to see him, thinking that he was pleading for Chu Liuyan, and shouted at the guards: "Didn't this commander order you and others to stop anyone who pleads for Chu Liuyan?" ”

The guards bowed and said: "Marshal, General Xu Da said that the second time was not for the Chu military division, but for another important military situation to inform the marshal, and the villain did not dare to slack off, so he came to ask the marshal whether he wanted to meet General Xu." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a long time and said: "Since this is the case, you will wait for the marshal to be promoted, and then invite General Xu Da to come in." Ben Shuai wants to see if General Xu Da has anything important to tell Ben Shuai. ”

The guards waited for Zhu Yuanzhang to raise the account, then retreated and summoned Xu Da to go inside to see Zhu Yuanzhang.

As soon as Xu Da entered the tent, he raised his eyes and saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had already been promoted, sitting high in the position of the coach, with a look of uncertainty on his face, obviously resentful. At first glance, this posture is obviously official and non-negotiable. Xu Da was secretly amused in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang made such a look of rejecting people thousands of miles away, just to make Xu Da not have to open his mouth to intercede for Chu Liuyan. However, even if Zhu Yuanzhang puts on this posture, it is not without room for negotiation.

After making up his mind, Xu Da took a few steps forward, came to Zhu Yuanzhang, saluted Zhu Yuanzhang, and then said: "Marshal Qiyu, the last general has an important military situation that needs to be informed to Marshal." ”

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang heard Xu Da's words, it seemed that he was not here to intercede for Chu Liuyan, his face eased a lot at the moment, and he pointed to the chair on his left and said to Xu Da: "General Xu, please take a seat, General Xu has any important military information to report to this commander, you might as well sit down and slowly talk to this commander." ”

After Xu Da thanked Zhu Yuanzhang for his gesture of sitting, he walked to the chair that Zhu Yuanzhang had just pointed to, sat down slowly, and after sitting down, he did not speak.

Zhu Yuanzhang waited for a long time, and was a little impatient, so he had to ask again: "What is the matter with General Xu, come quickly." ”

When Xu Da saw Zhu Yuanzhang asking, he hurriedly said: "The marshal is strange, but the news has not yet been confirmed, I don't know if it's true or not, so I don't dare to speak suddenly." ”

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was curious, and hurriedly asked: "What General Xu heard must be extremely important news, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"The last general planted the ears and eyes of the flying pigeon in Hanyang City to report that Chen Youliang secretly murdered several of Xu Shouhui's henchmen in Hanyang, and a few days ago he also asked Xu Shouhui to inspect the terrain in the name of peace."

"There is such a thing," Zhu Yuanzhang didn't wait for Xu Da to finish speaking, and immediately intercepted Xu Da's words and said: "It seems that Chen Youliang is going to do something to Xu Shouhui." ”

Xu Da also said with a look of approval: "What the marshal saw was very much, the eyes and ears of the last general said that Chen Youliang had signs of moving troops to Taiping, and he was obviously going to attack Xu Shouhui in Taiping." ”

"Okay," Zhu Yuanzhang patted his thigh and said, "Although Xu Shouhui is not worried, his subordinates are still very loyal to him, and Chen Youliang wants to kill them all, but he has done a great favor." Sure enough, it's good news, in addition to the times, whether there is any other news from the ears and eyes planted by General Xu to report to Ben Shuai. ”

"There is one more thing," Xu Da pondered for a while and said: "According to the report of the spies, the Han army has a new trend, and it has begun to recruit troops everywhere, gather troops, and prepare to advance under Yingtian City by land and water. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked and said: "The thief Chen Youliang is quite fast." ”

Xu Da said: "Marshal, if Chen Youliang comes to attack the city, our army will be helpless." The last general consulted with the generals, and they all thought that the ambush strategy of the Chu army division was the way to win. Therefore, Xu Da asked the marshal to order Miss Chu to sit in the army and counsellor military affairs. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he changed color and said: "Xu Da, you excuse Chu Liuyan in a roundabout way, and you want Ben Shuai not to punish Chu Liuyan, what is your sincerity, and where will Ben Shuai be placed." ”

Xu Da hurriedly defended: "Marshal, Xu Da's meaning is not what the marshal said, Xu Da is a person who sees that the war is about to start, but the army cannot plan, the strategy of the Chu army division is far-reaching, and it is really an indispensable right-hand man in the military array." Therefore, recommending to the marshal does not mean to excuse Miss Chu. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang paused and said, "Okay, okay, Ben Shuai just scolded Miss Chu Liuyan for being grounded and thinking about it, and gave a slight punishment." I didn't expect that there were so many people in the army who pleaded for Miss Chu, Liu Bowen was like this, you were too, and so were many soldiers. Can't Ben Shuai sit a little bit on this matter? This matter will be dealt with by himself, General Xu, please go back for the time being, Ben Shuai is a little tired. ”

Xu Da couldn't, so he had to retreat and return to the camp, but he didn't expect that a speedy guest had been waiting for a long time.

Xu Da hung his head and entered the tent, only to hear a coquettish call: "Tiande, you are back." ”

Xu Da looked up and saw that Xie Cui'e had already stood up with Nana, walked behind him, and reached out to help him untie the robe he was wearing outside.

Xu Da hurriedly jumped away, stretched out his hand to untie the robe he was wearing outside, and said to Xie Cui'e: "Don't dare to bother Miss Xie with such things, Tiande can take care of it himself." ”

Xie Cui'e loves Xu Da very much in her heart, but Xu Da is always lukewarm to her. Xie Cui'e got rid of Chu Liuyan and said that she agreed, but she had not been able to see the effect, Xie Cui'e thought about it, and felt that she had a slight illness, if she wanted to form a good relationship with Xu Tiande for a hundred years, she must make a lot of effort, so that Xu Tiande felt that she was not only pretty, but also gentle and considerate.

Now that she has realized this layer, after Xie Cui'e got up today, she carefully decorated the makeup mirror, and came to Xu Da's tent early.

Mo Dao people walk early, and there are more early pedestrians. To her disappointment, Xu Da was not in her tent, and after asking the servants, Xie Cui'e learned that Xu Da had gone to Zhu Yuanzhang's side.

After waiting for a long time, she didn't see Xu Da come back, she was extremely bored, Xie Cui'e remembered her own level of realization, so she washed Xu Da's clothes, so that after Xu Da came back and found out, she felt that she was virtuous and gentle, which was commendable.

But after the pulp was washed, I waited for a long time, but I still didn't see Xu Da come back. Xie Cui'e was patient, waited until the day was about to get dark, put away the clothes that had been washed and dried, thought about it, found a few pieces of Xu Da's torn clothes, took the front line, lit the candles, and sewed up the secret stitches and threads, while sewing and mending, while supporting his ears and listening to the movement outside.

Suddenly, I heard a heavy and abnormal footsteps outside, and with the curtain of the tent, a person came in, it was Xu Da. Now seeing that Xu Da didn't let him take off his coat and robe, Xie Cui'e couldn't help but feel a little lost in her heart.

But I thought to myself, maybe Xu Da was afraid that he would be too close to him, and he would fall into the eyes of those attendants in the army, which would ruin the innocent reputation of his girl's family, so he would be so unkind. Thinking about it like this, Xie Cui'e felt a lot more relieved.

When Xu Da saw a few pieces of his own clothes under the lamp, and some needles and threads, he already understood in his heart that Xie Cui'e was helping him sew and mend clothes, and he couldn't help but feel a little sorry when he remembered what he had just done. Then he said softly to Xie Cui'e: "Miss Cui'e, thank you for helping to sew and mend clothes, but with Miss Xie's daughter's body, such trivial chores, how dare Tiande bother the girl." In the future, these things will be handed over to the miscellaneous servants in the army, and Miss Cui'e does not have to do it herself. ”

When Xie Cui'e saw Xu Da's attitude towards her suddenly change, her heart was already full of joy, thinking that after sitting in so many things today, she finally had a response. Xie Cui'e shook her head and said: "It's not that Cui'e can't trust the miscellaneous soldiers in the army, it's just that the miscellaneous soldiers in the army are all healthy soldiers, and it is inevitable that they are rough, and the guys who are stitching and sewing are not what they are good at." Even if it's barely sewn up, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. General Xu was busy, and Cui'e was free, so he did it for him. I hope that the general will not blame Cui'e for not asking about the crime of self-infliction. ”