He Xiaoduo nodded slightly, picked up the wooden bowl in the wooden tray, gently scooped up the ginseng soup with a wooden spoon, and drank it slowly.

The soup is thick and somewhat bitter, but after drinking it, there is a strange aroma lingering between the lips and teeth.

She loves wood, so much so that many everyday utensils are made of wood.

After drinking the soup, she did not immediately put down the bowl, but raised it slightly and looked at it carefully.

The wooden bowl is the size of a palm, but it is not lightweight, and beneath the dark red surface has a gorgeous natural texture. The candle flame shines brightly, giving off a faint warm sheen.

If I am not mistaken, this should be a gift from Mu Buqi, which he spent three days carving by hand from the core material of the thousand-year-old Huanghuali tree.

The thousand-year-old yellow pear is only produced in a small amount in Aoki country, and the wood is delicate and hard, with a light fragrance, which is extremely rare. What's more, this is made by the prince of Aoki Province himself, which adds to its preciousness.

But He Xiaoduo likes wood, which is a kind of natural closeness, and it has nothing to do with wood.

Wood is calming.

Wood makes people forget their worries.

Wood is intoxicating.

Wood makes you feel the temperature of your breath.

She gently stroked the textured texture on the wooden bowl, and thought: "It would be great if Long Yuandong could be like wood, gentle, mellow, and stupid." Unfortunately, this is not possible. ”

He was stunned for a while, and suddenly asked, "Zi Yan, when you were with Long Yuandong, did he bully you?"

Zi Yan shook her head in amazement and said, "How could he bully me?"

The corners of He Xiaoduo's mouth hooked up a good-looking arc, and she smiled: "You know I don't mean this." ”

Zi Yan was stunned, suddenly his face turned red, and he lowered his head and said, "He is very busy every day, and he doesn't say a few words, how can he pay attention to me?"

He Xiaoduo only looked at her expression, and understood that Long Yuandong had not done anything, and thought: "There is only one person in his heart." Don't talk about Ziyan, even in his eyes, I'm just a top boss. Somewhere in my heart, a tingling swelled up inexplicably.

There are always some things in the world, small and subtle, secret and obscure, obviously unobtainable and ungraspable, but they are so loved, so attached to, and so dependent.

"County Lord, do you still drink ginseng soup, I'll go serve another bowl!" Zi Yan saw that He Xiaoduo's mind did not belong, and he reminded him with words.

He Xiaoduo put the wooden bowl back on the tray, shook her head and said, "No need." You take it. ”

As soon as the purple goose left with her front feet, another personal girl, Cui Die, walked into the big tent.

He Xiaoduo got up and said, "Are you back?" Have you been in touch with the Black Spider Guard? Is there any news from Long Yuandong?"

Cui Die gave a hasty salute and replied, "I got in touch." However, I didn't hear from General Long. ”

"Hmm!" He Xiaoduo took two steps and said thoughtfully: "There is no news, maybe it is good news." At least it means he's safe. ”

When she said this, Long Yuandong was going west along the Broken Dragon Gorge, and had not yet reached Sleepy Dragon Bay. And the information from the spies usually lags behind the actual one or two days, a day or two ago, the Long He Army was still wandering in the mountains, and even he didn't know where it was, how could the Black Spider Guards know?

So I didn't receive the news, and it was a matter of course.

Cui Die orally reported some other aspects to He Xiaoduo, and He Xiaoduo listened absentmindedly.

Seeing that she was not in a good state, Cui Die took out a small volume of documents from her sleeve, put it on the table, and said, "It's late at night, the county lord should rest early." The slave maid has gathered the main information of the past two days here, and when the county lord is free, he can take a closer look. ”

He Xiaoduo nodded and said, "You've worked hard these days! Go back early." ”

Cui Die hurriedly said: "It's all my business. ”

With a slight bow, he bowed out of the tent.

"Wait!" He Xiaoduo said suddenly: "You help me go and invite Uncle Wen over, I have something to discuss." ”

"County Lord, the old minister has been waiting outside for a long time. A familiar voice sounded outside the tent, it was Wen Yanxin.

"You go!" He Xiaoduo let go of Cuidie, and said loudly: "Uncle Wen, please come in!"

A few years have passed, Wen Yanxin is still elegant and chic, thin and elegant, except that his soul power cultivation has broken through to the eighth order intermediate level, there is almost no change.

He saluted casually and went straight to the point: "County Lord, Jin Fengcheng is well defended, and we have sent troops in a hurry, so I am afraid that we will not be able to defeat it in three or two days." However, saving soldiers is like fighting fire, and the danger of the Longhe army cannot be delayed for a day. The old minister thought about it and felt that it was the best policy for us to divide the army into two ways. ”

He Xiaoduo's eyes lit up and said, "Uncle Wen, talk quickly!"

Wen Yanxin walked to the marching map, and gestured with his finger: "To Qingyang County, there is not only the road of Jin Fengcheng. In order to stop our footsteps, most of the enemy's forces were concentrated in Jinbongseong, and the other counties along the way from Jinbongcheng to Qingyang-gun were relatively weakly defended. Therefore, we can leave the main force here to contain the enemy army, and send another elite division to bypass Jin Fengcheng and go straight to Qingyang County. We did not attack the city enough, but it was more than enough to contain the enemy. I'm not afraid that they will turn around and hit our partial division. ”

He Xiaoduo praised: "This is a good idea. Or Uncle Wen has a way. ”

He asked: "But how many people should be sent? Who will be the partial generals? If there are too many people, the action will not be fast, and if there are fewer people, it will not be of much use." ”

Wen Yanxin said with a smile: "The soldiers are not too expensive, I think three thousand people are enough." The candidate for the general is naturally the representative of the general. It may not be possible to suppress bandits with 3,000 elite soldiers, but it should not be a problem to save a few people. With the ability of the general, he can kill a few back and forth among the 100,000 enemy troops, and he can also be unscathed. ”

He Xiaoduo pondered for a moment, and said decisively: "Just according to what Uncle Wen said! Please ask the acting general to personally select the generals immediately, prepare to pack, and set off before dawn!"

Wen Yanxin smiled and said, "Okay!" but did not leave.

He Xiaoduo was surprised: "Uncle Wen has something else?"

"Please forgive the county lord. Wen Yanxin bowed his head leisurely and said, "The idea of sending another partial division, in fact, I have already discussed it with General Dai, and he is preparing." ”

He Xiaoduo raised her eyebrows and said, "This is good." What's the sin?"

Wen Yanxin pointed to the map with his finger and continued: "According to the minister's opinion, the Five Elements Sect must have set up a powerful ambush somewhere when leading the Longhe army to go deeper. Looking at the terrain of Qingyang County, there are only two places in Shenglong Valley and Broken Dragon Gorge that can deploy tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to set up ambushes without attracting the detection of the Longhe army. If the general is not blocked by the enemy, and everything else goes well, it will take two to two and a half days to reach the destination. I'm worried that before I can catch up, the Longhe army will be ambushed. ”

"What can I do? It's better than doing nothing!"

"Don't worry, the county lord. Although General Dai couldn't catch up, another army might already be near the Longhe army, enough time to go over to support. ”