A siege of more than ten days in a row, so that the Zhuge brothers in the city were exhausted, I thought that Meng Yan would be persuaded to surrender in a few days, but now the situation is not only that but the soldiers and horses of Xifu outside the city are like taking medicine every day to attack the city, excited.

"Big brother, there are soldiers over the wall in Nancheng who have defected to the thieves today." Zhuge Xingyu said weakly.

I don't know how many times this is, in addition to more than 30,000 dead and wounded in the 200,000 army, nearly 50,000 people secretly went to Mengyan outside the city, which made Zhuge Xingchen feel that the end was coming.

Zhuge Xingchen's heart has been sticking to it from the beginning, and he is gradually longing for Meng Yan to send someone to discuss the matter of sacrificing the city with him, but Meng Yan doesn't seem to have any ideas, and the hundreds of thousands of troops in Xifu have no movement except for attacking the city.

Seeing that Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, the attitude of the merchants and people in the city towards the Zhuge clan is getting worse and worse, and the prestige of the former Wuhou can no longer cover the anger of the people against the Zhuge clan, Zhuge Xingchen is wondering if he can still hold on until the New Year? Is the Zhuge clan, which has inherited thousands of people, really about to be destroyed in his own hands?

On the hill outside the city, Gu Qingfeng was accompanied by Gu Xifeng to watch the scene of the siege, Gu Xifeng had completely changed, and the hatred in his heart was slowly forgotten.

"Brother, didn't you participate in the bet?" Gu Qingfeng asked softly.

"It's my brother's command today, so I'll come over to accompany you if I don't have anything to do." Gu Xifeng seemed to have something to say, but it was difficult to speak.

"Brother, is there something wrong with you?" Gu Qingfeng knows Gu Xifeng too well, he is not the kind of person who has nothing to do.

"A few days ago, the prince's attitude was very clear, although he didn't show it publicly, but pulling you to show intimacy directly in front of everyone is equivalent to showing his attitude of marrying you."

"Uh," Gu Qingfeng blushed shyly at first, then looked at Gu Xifeng fixedly, and said, "Brother, do you think there's something wrong?" ”

"Yes, my brother and I are naturally supportive, but Ye Shuai and Qing Shuai's reaction is very weak, even Quartz and Yu Geng They don't have too many surprises, except for Su Qing and Jin Qian, who made a clear statement, everyone else is not enthusiastic." Gu Xifeng was worried that his sister would not be recognized by everyone in Xifu.

"This is a matter between me and the prince, it's a family matter, I don't care about their attitude." Gu Qingfeng was rare stubborn.

"Qingfeng, don't lie to yourself, the prince is not an ordinary family, you don't know the meaning of the mistress of the West Mansion, your identity, and the son, it's too complicated." Gu Xifeng said worriedly.

"Brother means that I still need their consent if I want to marry the prince, right?" Gu Qingfeng was unhappy, she did know what the weight of the Xifu Mistress was, and she also understood what these people were thinking, but she just wanted to be with the prince, was there anything wrong with this?

Seeing that Gu Qingfeng was angry, Gu Xifeng was a little embarrassed, hesitated for a moment and said, "I have discussed with my brother, as long as you and the prince are sincere, we can give up the military power." ”

Gu Qingfeng was very sad when he heard the sacrifice of his brothers, he didn't know what to say, giving up the prince, it was impossible, but if the two brothers gave up their military power, it would be equivalent to being difficult to gain a foothold in the West Mansion.

"Lay down the military power, I don't agree!" Meng Yan's voice came from behind, sonorous and powerful.

The two brothers and sisters turned around and saw Meng Yan walking over with the quartz couple, Meng Yan first walked to Gu Qingfeng's side and hugged her shoulders to show comfort, and then squinted his eyes and said: "You are Qingfeng's brother, and I am grateful if you are willing to sacrifice for Qingfeng, but have you thought about it, because Qingfeng wants to marry me, you will give up your power, so how Qingfeng should live in the future, I don't want her to be unhappy." ”

"Lord forgive your sins! Gu's identity is embarrassing, and my brother and I are also worried about our sister. Gu Xifeng said respectfully.

Meng Yan dragged his salute with his hand, and said frankly: "I set up the People's Sentiment Institute in Xifu to tell the people of the world that I am not fighting for power and profit, I just want the people to live and work in peace and contentment, after Haoyue left, Qingfeng is very clear about my affection, Qingfeng is doing things in the Mingjian Division because she has this talent, and Qingfeng will not become a bargaining chip for them to fight for power, understand?" ”

Gu Xifeng was a little ashamed, but there was no way, whether it was the royal family of the previous dynasties or the family, marriage was just an exchange of interests, they were born in a family, and they have been influenced like this since they were children.

"Brother Gu, it is my promise to marry Qingfeng after entering Chengdu, this will not change, as for your desire to give up military power, I don't agree, if your brother insists on doing so, follow the normal process to inform the Military Division." Meng Yan saw Gu Xifeng's concerns, he hated this kind of conversation with interests, and after speaking, he pulled Gu Qingfeng and left.

After Meng Yan left, Su Qing stepped forward and said: "General Gu, the prince has always been clear about public and private, some things are actually not so complicated, do you think Gu's identity is embarrassing, I am from the Zhong family, the assassination of the first princess has nothing to do with me, am I going to die?" The prince once said that the interaction between people is exchanged with heart, not profit. ”

Gu Xifeng was stunned, could it really be his mistake?

"Although I don't want Miss Qingfeng to be our Xifu housewife, but the prince's choice is her, and we won't object, do you think that everyone in Xifu refuses if they don't express their position?" Quartz's words are not good.

"Isn't it?" Gu Xifeng retorted.

"Huh! Then you really think too much, don't you usually read the bulletins everywhere? Or are you picking on the government affairs bulletins of the Mingjian Division and the People's Intelligence Institute? Quartz said mockingly, and was pulled away by Su Qing after speaking, leaving Gu Xifeng alone in the cold wind.

Gu Xifeng really doesn't have the habit of reading government affairs reports, he thinks that military intelligence reports are very important, government affairs reports are redundant, and he is not a local official, so what does government affairs have to do with him?

A burst of golden sounds sounded to pull Gu Xifeng back to reality, watching the army slowly retreat to the camp tent, it seems that today's siege is over.

When Gu Xifeng returned to the camp, he heard Yu Geng's loud voice scolding, it was estimated that he had nothing to gain today, Yu Geng saw Gu Xifeng and said loudly: "I said General Gu, you will hide and be idle, why don't we have a game between the two armies tomorrow?" ”

Gu Xifeng said with a wry smile: "General Yu, siege is not my strong point, and I will not be involved in the matter of giving military flags." ”

"Boring! Boring! It's very boring, you are as boring as Gu Yanfeng. Yu Geng said dissatisfiedly, and then saw Tong Yan behind him, Yu Geng rushed up and didn't know what to say, but looking at Tong Yan's helpless appearance, he knew that it was not a happy thing.

Gu Xifeng walked back to his tent, and saw that Gu Yanfeng's armor had been removed, and it seemed that he had already returned, Gu Yanfeng looked at Gu Xifeng, who looked depressed, and said with a smile: "Have you hit a wall?" It has long been said that Qingfeng will not agree. ”

"No, I was overheard talking to Qingfeng, and I was ridiculed by the quartz couple." Gu Xifeng said while taking off his armor, "Brother, in addition to the military newspaper in our army, where is the political newspaper?" ”

Gu Yanfeng smiled and said, "I asked you to watch you before, how can you be interested now, do you want to leave the army and become an official?" ”

"I can't be an official, but my brother can, Quartz mentioned it, I just want to see it, it's nothing anyway, right?"

"Okay, I know what you want to see," Gu Yanfeng said as he took out a notice from the table and threw it to him, and then said, "Duke Zhuo has already asked people to prepare for the big wedding, do you want to see this?" ”

It was still very embarrassing to be seen in his thoughts, and after reading the report, he said curtly: "It turns out that the prince has already started to arrange." ”

"The matter in Chengdu is also before the year and the New Year, Zhuge Xingchen has already sent an envoy, but the prince did not come forward, it was Ye Shuai who received him, so I didn't object to you telling me before that you wanted to give up military power, and now you understand what kind of place Xifu is?" Gu Yanfeng said with a smile.

"Their attitude is also too calm, I thought our presence would cause trouble for Qingfeng, they are too bad!" Gu Xifeng said dissatisfied.

"That's because you don't understand Xifu, maybe everyone will have a complaint about Qingfeng being the mother of Xifu, but it's just a matter of facts, nothing to do with the entanglement of interests, the real opposition is only Nanfu Yu Gong, and Yu Gong's opposition is indeed related to our identity, but even if Yu Gong is the brother of the prince, Xifu is still that Xifu, understand?"

"I'm all wrong when you say that, but which of you warned me?" Gu Xifeng felt more and more uncomfortable, and was fooled as a joke.

"It's not your fault, and it's not everyone's fault, since you are in Xifu, you still have to put down your figure, and you are integrating into the system of Xifu, but you guessed one thing, I am indeed going to leave the army after entering Chengdu."

"Why?" Gu Xifeng immediately became vigilant.

"You don't have to be nervous, the prince has talked to me, after the Xifu enters Chengdu, it will take root in Chengdu, the military and the political two must be separated, the selection of talents to enrich the Xifu is certain, I have always been reluctant to do the military, the government is what I should do, I am voluntary." Gu Yanfeng said plainly, and there was no trace of dissatisfaction.

"Where are you going?"

"The Xifu system is basically formed, Shangshutai is in charge of government affairs, the metropolitan governor's mansion is in charge of the military, the people are in charge of the people, and the Mingjian Division is in charge, four in one, relying on each other, after entering Chengdu, I will serve as a Shangshu waiter to assist Zhuo Gong." Gu Yanfeng deliberately said it so clearly, just to let Gu Xifeng really integrate into Xifu, otherwise he would be eliminated sooner or later.

"What about Yiling?" Gu Xifeng pays more attention to the military.

"The prince summoned me to discuss these things in the past few days, listening to the prince's intentions, he deliberately dispersed the power of the local governor's office, and the details are still being discussed, I can't tell you too much, but don't worry, your military power will not be deprived."

That's the end of the words, if you continue to talk about it, there will be no nutrition, Gu Xifeng took a sip of water and asked, "Brother, it seems that the prince doesn't want to accept their surrender when he doesn't see the Zhuge clan, right?" ”

Gu Yanfeng looked at Gu Xifeng appreciatively, and then said: "Yes, there is this meaning, Zhuge is a descendant of Wuhou, and has a great influence in the two rivers, if they are surrendered, they must be properly settled, this is a problem, and Zhuge is definitely not a person who is willing to be subordinate, so we all agree that it is the best choice not to surrender." ”

While the two were talking about the situation, they ate and drank until dark, when the guard reported: "General, the prince has summoned you to the big tent to discuss matters. ”

"What's wrong?" Gu Yanfeng was the first to react, and for more than half a month, the prince would hardly discuss matters at night.

The guard shook and said, "The subordinates are not very clear, it seems that something has happened in Chengdu." ”

The two glanced at each other and hurriedly changed their clothes...