Cui Xi was a little surprised, and asked, "Have you been to that village, what is the situation there, let's hear about it,"

Lu Xiao replied: "The cottage of Hukouling is built on the top of the mountain, although the mountain is not the highest, but the terrain is quite steep, and the west and north sides are full of cliffs that go straight up and down. The stockade is divided into two layers inside and outside, layer by layer of the wall, the outer layer is only the east and south two walled gates, the inner layer is divided into four directions, east, west, north and south, there are city gates, some are like the city, I can't imagine that King Liu Yan has such ability, the village is built like this. ”

Chen Nian interjected with a smile: "This is not the ability of King Liu Yan, I have asked someone, the village in Hukouling has been built for many years, but it was not built by King Liu Yan, it is said that it was built by a capable person during the war in the past, which can not only avoid bandits, but also resist soldiers." ”

Cui Xi asked eagerly: "But I have seen it in the village, and there is really a lot of food stored by King Liu Yan,"

Lu Xiao said: "I went to investigate, there is a cellar in the inner village, there is a lot of grain in it, there are new and old, this is like Liu Yan Wang saved." ”

Cui Xi was overjoyed when he heard this, turned his head and asked Chen Nian: "Big boss, what are your calculations?"

Chen Nian said: "I have thought about it carefully, although there are not a few Liu Yan kings in Hukou Ridge, but after all, it is a big village, and there are a few masters in it, and there is a favorable terrain, and it is extremely difficult to take it by storming." The previous cottages that wanted to forcibly seize Hukouling are examples. ”

Cui Xi also muttered: "It's better to outwit than to attack. ”

Chen Nian smiled, "That's what I mean, his village is full of cliffs on both sides of the west and north, and because it is steep and difficult to climb, there is almost no defense, so you can go from there." ”

Cui Xi thought about it for a while, but hesitated and said, "You can climb up there,"

Lu Xiao said lightly: "That's where I went this time." ”

"After Lu Xiao goes up, he will hang the rope for everyone, and the rest of the people can climb up carefully." Chen Nian said, "It's just that the outer village is easy to enter, and the inner village also has high walls, which is not easy to break, so we need to discuss it carefully." ”

Chen Nian and Cui Xi discussed how to break through the inner village, although Cui Xi was young, but after all, he was born in a military family, and he had also learned a lot of military arts, and knew some siege methods. It's just that this cottage is different from the city after all, and he repeatedly said a few tactics learned from books, which will be discussed in detail, but they will not be used.

Lu Xiao has always obeyed Chennian's arrangement, and he does not get involved in these affairs in the village, but this time he has heard a lot, but he can't help but say: "Those people in Hukouling are just mountain bandits, where do you know what to do to defend the city, you think crookedly." In my opinion, choose a few good ones to go first, and open the city gate directly after killing someone. ”

Chen Nian and Cui Xi suddenly realized, and Chen Nian smiled and said: "It's not that we thought wrong, we really used Hukou Ridge as a city to break." ”

At the moment, it seems that it is not difficult for them to break the village. Cui Xi thought for a moment and said: "There is one more thing, that is, how to occupy the village after breaking through the village, we have few people and many people on the other side, even if it is a group of bandits, we can't kill them all, not to mention that there are not all the most vicious people there, and the crime is not to death." ”

Chen Nian smiled: "I have thought of a way, you can hear if it is feasible." ”

She told Cui Xi what she had been thinking about for a while, and Cui Xi thought about it carefully after hearing it, and said, "I think it's feasible,"

The two of them are now the brains of Niutouzhai, and since they have decided on this matter, they will each start to arrange it. Chen Nian looked for Wen Daya and a few other capable subordinates, patiently instructed them, and explained the key points to them in detail, saying: "At this moment, Jiangbei is in chaos, if we only stay here, sooner or later it will be a dead end." It's better to be ruthless and go one step further,"

The rest of the people were all a little excited, but Wen Daya was cautious and hesitated: "Big boss, isn't it too risky?"

Chen Nian said with a smile: "Seeking wealth and danger, although we don't seek wealth, we can seek a way to survive." ”

Xiao Monkey even shouted: "What the big boss said is extremely true, if we were as timid as Brother Wen used to be, we would have starved to death a long time ago." ”

Seeing that everyone agreed, Wen Daya no longer objected, and only said: "This matter has to be done, but it must be carefully calculated." ”

Chen Nian knew Wen Daya's temperament, so he said: "Don't worry, I have a plan, but you still have to support the things in our village these days, whether it is building a house or training those newcomers, you must not be left behind, so as not to let people see the flaws." ”

Wen Daya also likes to do these things, so he is busy. Niutouzhai has the management of Wen Daya, and Chen Nian only wholeheartedly seeks the Hukou Ridge.

Due to the war outside the mountains, more and more displaced people poured into the mountains. I don't know where the news suddenly came out, saying that there were people in Hukou Ridge who distributed grain, and this news spread from mouth to mouth, causing many people who had nowhere to go to rush away. In a few days, hundreds of homeless people gathered at the foot of Hukouling Mountain. Although the people of Hukouling went down the mountain several times to drive them away, there were always people who secretly came here to distribute food to everyone under the name of the second leader of Hukouling, so the number of displaced people did not decrease, but increased day by day.

The big boss of Hukouling was in a hurry, and the second boss was even more aggrieved, but Niutouzhai Wen Daya here was looking at the granary day by day and feeling distressed, and secretly asked Chen Nian several times: "The big boss, you have to send grain there, and then send it, we don't have to eat in winter." ”

Chen Nian smiled and said, "Don't worry, after a few days, I will return you a cellar of grain,"

She is painstakingly calculating Hukouling here, not mentioning it for the time being, and saying that in the world outside the mountain, the situation is also changing rapidly. Compared with the war-torn Jiangbei, although Jiangnan was also lively for a while, with the withdrawal of the army of King Yunxi, it seemed to have returned to the calm of the past.

Soon after Feng Junyang left, the emperor canonized the concubine Feng Shi and held a grand ceremony for her.

After the ceremony, the emperor and the queen were waited by the palace people to change their dresses, and the new queen Feng personally brought a cup of tea to the emperor, and said coquettishly: "The emperor is really, it is enough to have a concubine in his heart, and he has to move the people like this, and those courtiers don't know what to say about the concubine." ”

The emperor smiled and took the tea and put it aside, but reached out and pulled the seal and sat down beside him, and said with a smile: "Whoever likes to say whatever he wants, whatever he wants, they also say that you are a demon queen of the country, and you will die in this country." What the result is, if it weren't for your loyalty, I would have been taken away by those uncles and brothers who were like tigers and wolves. ”

After the seal, he gently leaned on the emperor's arms and said softly: "The emperor is the true dragon son of heaven, and he has his own heavenly protection." Those vassal kings are just shrimp soldiers and crab generals, even if they are powerful for a while, they are just clowns jumping off the beam, how can they be compared with you. ”

The emperor was very happy when he said this, but when he thought of the few vassal kings who were defeated by Feng Jun Yang but still retained their strength, he couldn't help but have a headache, and said: "Your sisters and brothers are too careful, you should ask Jun Yang to stay in the court to help me. ”

After hearing the words, he withdrew from the palace people in the hall, got up and bowed to the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, the world is the world of the Qi family, that is, the important people are auxiliary to the government, and the respected prince surnamed Qi should be invited to enter the court. Besides, although Jun Yang is loyal to the emperor and has no second intentions, if he stays in Shengdu for a long time, he will have some thoughts that he should not have. When the time comes, there are relatives who abuse power inside, and there are vassal kings who are in turmoil, how should the emperor deal with himself?"

In fact, this remark has been said by loyal ministers to the emperor for a long time, and the emperor himself does not know how many times he has tasted it carefully. He never thought that one day he would hear these words from the mouth of the woman in front of him, and he was a little stunned for a while, quietly looking at the queen of the seal, unable to speak.

After the seal, he pursed his rosy lips, and continued: "According to the humble opinion of the concubines, if the emperor wants to choose ministers and auxiliary ministers, it is better to choose a loyal and respected one from the prince surnamed Qi. In this way, it can not only show the emperor's heart, but also block the mouths of the world, so that people can know that the emperor is not unable to tolerate his own uncles and brothers, and the death of King Yue and King Lingnan is all due to his own fault. ”

The emperor was silent for a long time, stretched out his hands to help the queen of the seal, and said movingly: "Although there are many women in the harem, you are the only one who thinks about me wholeheartedly. ”

Behind the seal, he showed a shy look, lowered his eyes and said: "The concubine also has selfish intentions, and I only hope that the sincerity of the concubine can be valued by the emperor, and she will be favored by the monarch for a long time." ”

She was so honest, but the emperor was even more moved, stretched out his arms to take her into his arms, and said in a low voice: "I will treat me with sincerity, and I will not live up to you." ”

After the seal, the woman with a bright smile suddenly flickered in front of her eyes, the queen Xiao who had proudly said to her, "The palace and the emperor have been married at a young age, and they have been in love for more than ten years", and she finally died alone in the cold palace.

Oh, the emperor's love words, the most touching to say, but also the most untrustworthy, after the seal softly fell into the emperor's arms, but the corners of his lips bloomed with a mocking smile.

Thousands of miles away, Feng Junyang led the army back to Yunxi, handed over the military power to the king of Yunxi, and said: "My father's expectation is good, the Qi family's qi is not exhausted, although the vassal kings are defeated, but the strength is still there, if the sons and daughters stay in the prosperous capital, it will only lead them to a joint counterattack." Why don't you take a step back for the time being, first watch the infighting among the kings of the Qi clan, and when their hearts are gone, I Yunxi will take the opportunity to advance. Before, it was Erchen who was anxious. ”

King Yunxi had just arrived in the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, but the people were already running out of oil, but they were hanging by a century-old ginseng, and only then did they wait for Feng Junyang to rush back. He slowly rolled a pair of cloudy eyes, glanced at the talisman, and said in a hoarse voice: "It is rare that you can be so forbearant and restrained, even if your father is dead now, you can close your eyes." ”

Feng Junyang cried bitterly when he heard this, "Father, don't say this, you still want to watch your sons and ministers lay down the world for you and support you to ascend the throne as the emperor." ”

"It's the same if you can take the world." He swallowed with difficulty, "Marry with Taixing to stabilize Jiangbei, first set Jiangnan and then go north." Beware of He Zhen, this person is scheming and should not be underestimated. ”

Feng Jun raised his cry and said "yes".

King Yunxi slowed down for a while before he said with difficulty: "After I die, treat your brothers well, even the third brother will not kill him." Don't blame the father for being biased, it's the father who knows his son too well. You Jiangbei attack, he didn't have the ability to calculate so accurately, there are too many strange things, I don't know who borrowed his hand to act. ”

Feng Jun cried silently, and responded: "Erchen knows and will not worry about him." ”

King Yunxi paused for a moment, and then said: "Don't believe your eldest sister too much, I can't believe the water spilled by my married daughter." ”

Seeing that Feng Junyang hesitated slightly, King Yunxi showed a hint of ridicule on his face, and said, "Do you really think that child she gave up for our Feng family,"