Li Mao heard Zhixia say this, and said with a smile: "This is also human nature, but Miss Zhixia can see it, why is the eldest lady still hesitant now?" ”

As Li Mao said, Wen did hesitate, but the reason was not what he said.

If she hadn't seen war before receiving Yang Wantang's letter, and she hadn't experienced such a dense death of the people around her, she might still have some such thoughts.

But after Tongcheng was reborn over and over again, she understood the truth of doing her best but also doing what she could.

But she doesn't think she's good.

It was only after Li Mao suffered such an unwarranted disaster because of her that she had some hesitation in her heart.

If the fate she bears is something like the Heavenly Dao, then what does this so-called Heavenly Dao want her to do, and what does she allow to do?

She can change her own destiny and the fate of the Liangzhou Army. Can it change more people, and even change the fate of people in the world?

And what is the cost of all this? Could it be that because of her greed, things that were originally within her ability would also encounter unpredictable consequences?

But she didn't dare to say more at this time, and she couldn't get explanations from others, but time was pressing, and she didn't have much opportunity to calm down and think about it carefully, so she had to ask and think about it.

"If you choose a dangerous place, where is it appropriate?"

Li Mao saw that Wen had not made up his mind, and there was still hesitation in his tone.

He didn't know why the eldest lady had suddenly changed, and from his own judgment before, the eldest lady should have made such a decision of the same kind. But since he asked at this time, he also said bluntly: "From the perspective of the seven counties outside Tongcheng, the most suitable is Qianlong County in the east." ”

Qianlong County is located in a mountain valley, with barriers on both sides, and it has not become a bald mountain because of stone mining, but there are still large areas of mountains and forests, which can be both resisted and hidden.

In addition, there is not much land available for cultivation in the area under its jurisdiction, so although the county is relatively large, there is still a large number of vacant areas.

Compared with the other six counties, the location of Qianlong County is also quite awkward, if the army is stationed here, although it is easy to hold on, there is no way out. However, at this time, it is indeed the most suitable to resettle the population of the remaining six counties.

He replied, "How should we behave?" ”

Li Mao thought to himself that when he left Tongcheng that day, the eldest lady knew how to arrange the people of Tongcheng, and how could she not know how to arrange it now, but after thinking about it for a while, she just replied: "Just do the opposite of Tongcheng that day." ”

Li Mao didn't continue, but he didn't say anything. Zhixia didn't think about what the two of them were talking about, but felt that the atmosphere was inappropriate.

At this time, the maidservant girl came to say that the meal was ready, so she asked the two to go to eat.

"Miss, let's eat first."

Wen got up in response, walked to the door, and finally fixed his body and said to Li Mao: "After all, the Dingyi army is also from Southern Chu, will Chuyang Pass drive the people of Southern Chu to attack the city?" ”

Li Mao replied: "What is the current situation of Chuyang Pass, since the eldest lady has made arrangements, she must already be clear. Nan Chu no longer has half a sense of affection for him. ”

"Good. I will never go against heaven when I save people. Wen Gu sighed, "It's not easy for anyone in Tongcheng to do this matter. Since there are mountain bandits outside, let the mountain bandits do it. ”

Li Mao saluted at this time.

Hui Gu said again: "Find someone to inform Uncle Wen and ask him to do this with Commander Zhao." ”

Li Mao hurriedly said: "At the moment of the great enemy, Yu Hou still has to try to take care of the eldest lady in the city, and it is most appropriate for me and Commander Zhao to do this." ”

Wen Gu didn't think so, but Li Mao had just woken up, and let him do things at this time, Wen Gu was always uneasy: "You should still recuperate in the city." ”

Seeing that Wen was about to leave after speaking, Li Mao hurriedly caught up with two steps and said, "I'll bring a medical officer, don't worry." I'm afraid it's not enough to have only Zhou Tong in the city. ”

Seeing Li Mao's firm attitude, he was afraid that if he rejected him again, he would have some misunderstanding, so he had to say: "Be careful when riding a horse." ”

Li Mao was relieved at this time, and he had to go out of the city directly without even eating. So he asked Zhixia to fill the fruit box and bring it to him.

This meal was restless, whether it was the resettlement of the people of the seven counties or the selection of Li Mao Wenliang, in fact, it was not the best arrangement, at most it could be regarded as "only like this".

The best way now is to use the Liangzhou army outside the city to send the people of the seven counties to Qianlong County and Tongcheng one after another on the grounds of war, but once this happens, the news will inevitably leak, how to explain the cause of the war to Chuyangguan? And then how to explain Tang Mingyi's death to the Southern Chu court? I'm afraid that the previous layout will fall through a lot because of this.

So you can only act as a mountain bandit.

However, the two identities of "Tongcheng Army" and "Mountain Bandits" are very different from each other to the people, and it is even more difficult to say what kind of new chaos will be caused now.

After all, it was because she knew very little. Tongcheng is too remote after all, and if she wants to get rid of this "helplessness", she must contact and know more things.

She's going to Lianzhou.

"They're going to Lianzhou!"

In a small courtyard in Anningfang, Tongcheng, Xu Zhongyan, Cheng Wangshu, and Pleiades were sitting in the house.

On the table was the cake that Pleiades had just bought from the cross street of Nanshi, along with the news of Tongcheng Taishou and Bibe Langzhong.

"Why?" Cheng Wangshu asked.

"I can't figure it out, aren't they all all from His Second Highness? It's only been a day since I arrived and I'm going home. His Royal Highness explained things to them so quickly? ”

Persiade replied, seeing that Cheng Wangshu was silent, and said, "Song You won't really let them send horses and weapons, right?" That old man with a dirty mind, it's so simple to do things? ”

Xu Zhongyan saw that the Pleiades had no mouth, but he couldn't speak, so he could only cough twice.

"You hear it, you hear it, cough cough." Pleiades glanced at him, "Don't worry, I'm going to accidentally say something that shouldn't let you know, I'll kill you, and I promise not to leak the secret." ”

Xu Zhongyan had seen the power of the Pleiades, he was ashamed, he didn't dare to refute or scold, she didn't listen to her big truths, she simply buried her head in eating cakes.

Seeing him like this, Zhu Xing didn't chase after him anymore, and said: "In Lingguangjun's letter, he only asked us to inquire about the news of the Second Highness first, but he didn't let us go directly to the Second Highness. This is also strange. Could it be that His Royal Highness is not in Tongcheng? ”

"Not there." Cheng Wangshu replied simply.

From the beginning of entering Tongcheng, Cheng Wangshu first went to various news points to investigate and search, but did not see the Second Highness and his guards. They have not been found in some possible places.

Pleiades said again: "Then how are we going to find it?" I heard today that there is also a Taishou aunt in Tongcheng who is quite famous, she is related to Taishou, why don't we go to her house to investigate? ”

(End of chapter)