After Xiao Yu was named the king of Qi, he did not stay in the eastern capital for too long, and on September 15, he took a large number of northwest elites to Qizhou. Lan Yu and Xu Lin, as the second and third figures in the northwest after Xiao Yu, stayed in the eastern capital.

According to Xiao Yu's plan, he planned to use Langya Mansion and Bohai Mansion as the basis to integrate the original naval division left by Xiao Lie, with Yang Bofu as the main general, to train a new naval division, not to compete with the Jiangdu Naval Division on the water, but to cover the army across the river, so that he did his best.

This time, the troops were divided into two routes, one was to force the crossing of the river from the front, and the other was to enter Huzhou from Shuzhou, which was roughly the same as the route of the Northwest Army's first southern expedition, so that the two roads advanced side by side, entered the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, and completed the feat of reunification between the north and the south.

There are two routes to march, one focuses on Qizhou and the other focuses on Shuzhou.

Xiao Yu personally sat in Qizhou, and Shuzhou was in charge of Wei Ban. When Xiao Yu announced this decision at the military aircraft meeting in the East Warm Pavilion of Wanshou Garden, Min Xing's face was gloomy, and everyone understood that if the second southern expedition was successful, in terms of meritorious deeds, Wei Ban would definitely be the next candidate for the governor of the capital after Xu Lin, and with the continuous stabilization of the situation, it was almost a sure thing for the imperial court to gather authority, which meant that the governor of the capital would usher in a peak of power, which made Min Xing, who had always considered himself Xu Lin's successor, not feel disappointed?

In fact, Xiao Yu is considering the candidate to take charge of Shuzhou, and the most favorite is Lan Yu, followed by Xu Lin, but unfortunately the two of them want to join forces to sit in the Eastern Capital, and they can't move lightly. The candidates under these two people are Min Xing, Wei Ban, and Lin Han, especially Lin Han, who once served as the seal officer of the Sword Pavilion Camp, and can be called an understanding of the situation in Shuzhou, but Xiao Yu took into account that Lin Han suppressed the Nanban clan in Shuzhou back then, and the blood flowed like a river, and it was precisely because of this incident that Lin Han got the title of a Shura general, if he was allowed to take charge of Shuzhou again, I was afraid that other variables would be born, so Lin Han was excluded. As for Min Xing, in the final analysis, it is because Xiao Yu has been disappointed in him, whether it is the loss of Shaanxi or the long-term inability of Yuzhou to attack, Xiao Yu's evaluation of Min Xing has been reduced to the minimum, if it is not for Min Xing's qualifications are deep enough, I am afraid that there may not be a place for him in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. On the other hand, Wei Ban, from the initial stealing of Yinping, to the later capture of Qizhou, can be called a failure, as Yang Bofu said, Wei Ban is a great talent in the art of war, and the future is terrifying.

So in the end, Xiao Yu chose Wei Ban instead of Min Xing.

In addition, there are the troika of the Dark Guard Mansion, Qu Cang followed Xiao Yu to Qizhou, Li Rusong stayed in the Eastern Capital, and Tang Chunyu followed Wei Ban to Shuzhou.

This time, Lin Yinping did not accompany her, but stayed in Wanshou Garden, which meant that when Xiao Yuyi had a foothold in the harem, she would go to Qizhou to meet Xiao Yu.

Since this was the case, Xiao Yu couldn't help but think a little carefully, and sent a letter to Qin Mumian, asking her to come to Qizhou to meet. It doesn't necessarily involve men and women, it's just that Xiao Yu is standing too tall and too lonely now, he just wants to find someone to talk to him.

On September 18, Xiao Yu arrived in Qizhou, first met with Yang Bofu and Li Yuting in Jeju Mansion, and after a day of secret talks, he left for Laoshan and re-settled in Taiqing Palace.

Qin Mumian sailed down the sea from Jiangdu and arrived at Laoshan on September 20.

After more than half a year apart, the two met again.

Today's Qin Mumian was dressed in white, and his green silk was simply tied up with a ribbon and put on his chest, which was in stark contrast to Lin Yinping, who had already coiled up his hair and tied it with a hairpin.

These two women are basically in a state where the king does not see the king, in general, Lin Yinping occupies the general trend, with both children and orthodox status, like a person in power who lives in the temple, and Qin Mumian is far away from the rivers and lakes, although he temporarily retreats and cultivates himself, but if the situation changes, he can still make a comeback.

Xiao Yu is the emperor enjoyed, sitting on the side and watching the two beauties fight to the death for themselves, it is a beautiful thing.

After Qin Mumian saw Xiao Yu in a relatively complete side hall, he still didn't have a good face as usual, and he sneered when he opened his mouth, "Xiao Mingguang, it's not easy to finally escape from the Five Fingers Mountain of Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Xiao Yu sat on the main seat, his ten fingers crossed on his lower abdomen, he didn't care about Qin Mumian's mean words, and smiled gently: "Yes, escaping from under the power of the Taiza Tiger is like breaking through the clouds and seeing the moon." ”

Qin Mumian snorted lightly and sat down beside Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu smiled: "I came to you this time just to talk to you and catch up with the past." ”

Qin Mumian's expression was calm, but he didn't speak, as if he was resentful.

Xiao Yu sighed and said: "After entering the Eastern Capital, everything is busy, and I really can't take care of anything else. ”

Qin Mumian was noncommittal, and after a short silence, he suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "Are you so afraid of her?"

Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "It's not that I'm afraid, I just feel ...... Shame on her. ”

This answer did not surprise Qin Mumian, she then asked, "What about me?"

Xiao Yu was silent, silent after silence, and finally speechless.

Qin Mumian sighed faintly and said, "Emperor's grace, I don't believe it. Although you are not an emperor, you are not far away, and I think there should be a break between you and me. ”

Xiao Yu's face stiffened a little after hearing this, he smiled reluctantly, and said, "I was meeting to catch up, why did you talk about these things abruptly?"

Qin Mumian looked at him and said softly: "I didn't want to come, but the reason why I still came here was to explain some things clearly." ”

Xiao Yu pressed the five fingers on the armrest and subconsciously grasped it.

Qin Mumian said in a low voice: "To be honest, since I was a child, I have never lost, and I have never surrendered. Originally, I didn't care about you, but one day, I suddenly found out that you had become another woman, and I felt unhappy in my heart, and I always felt that I had to take it back, but I didn't know that this road was a road of no return, which made me fall deeper and deeper. ”

Xiao Yu did not speak.

Qin Mumian still said to herself: "I have heard about your affairs one after another, that woman is now extremely honorable, she has what she should have, and she shouldn't have her, and I can't see any hope of winning." ”

"Now I'm tired and don't want to fight. ”

Xiao Yu felt a little annoyed, and also a little unspeakably sentimental.

Little by little, he retracted his expression and asked in a deep voice, "How are you going to break it?"

Qin Mumian looked at him and smiled, there was a bit of bleakness in his smile that was deliberately hidden, "Old and dead don't get along, how about it?"

Xiao Yutie's face was blue and he didn't speak for a long time.

Qin Mumian got up from his seat and looked at him calmly, "Don't come to me again in the future, and I won't come to you again." ”

Until the end, Xiao Yu didn't open his mouth to say half a word, he just waved his hand silently.

After Qin Mumian glanced at him deeply, he turned around and left without hesitation.

Qin Mumian sat alone in the hall and slowly closed his eyes.

In a trance, he remembered a lot of past events, including the first time he saw Qiutai, the killing of each other in the rainy street, and many things in the future.

In fact, he could keep it just now, but he couldn't keep it, because it was impossible for him to bypass Lin Yinping to promise Qin Mumian anything, so he was silent and watched Qin Mumian leave in silence.

Some regrets, some embarrassment, some anger, and more and more sentimentality.

The first three are all reactions that a normal man should have, but the last sentimentality is not because of the love of children, but because Xiao Yu feels really lonely.

As he climbed to the top step by step, the most voices around him were the king and His Royal Highness, except for Lin Yinping, how long has it been since anyone shouted the words "Xiao Yu" and "Mingguang"?

Now there is one less.

It's a great place.

Xiao Yu muttered softly: "Actually, in retrospect, the two of us are nothing, inexplicably entangled, in fact, no one has promised anything, it's like a confused account, no matter how you break it, you can't figure it out, now you don't want to continue to be confused, what about me, and I can't give you a sober up, so I have to let this confused account become a bad debt." Okay, I'll take my Yangguan Road, you take your single-plank bridge, and the well water won't interfere with the river water......"

Xiao Yu slowly opened his eyes, his expression as calm as water.