The crown prince Xiao Ju was kneeling in the Shangyuan Palace at the moment, and Xiao Heng had woken up.

"Ju'er, you're back." Xiao Heng stroked Xiao Ju's head dotingly

Xiao Ju hadn't enjoyed his father's care for a long time, and he knelt on the ground meekly at the moment.

"It's hard to fight Sanwu, and my son has worked hard."

"Father, the ministers have already known about the matter." Xiao Ju cried and said.

"My son and the Duke of Guangling already know about the matter of Sanwu, you have grown up, if I can't do it, you have to support each other with the Duke of Guangling. I have figured it out, now that I have lost my Chaohefei, I am satisfied to be able to keep the land south of the Yangtze River. But if you are born, you should never be born in the emperor's family. "Xiao Heng, who was once high-spirited, is really old now. Ambition is not there.

Xiao Ju hurriedly grabbed Xiao Heng's hand and said, "Father, don't say that, Father's dragon body is getting better and healthier. The child is willing to regain the land of Lianghuai for me. ”

Xiao Heng was silent: "I heard that during this march, the housekeeper of the Guangling County Mansion contributed a lot, and you said in your letter to me that this person has the talent to go through the heavens and the earth?" ”

"Exactly, Weber is indeed talented, but his sons have asked him what he means, and he is unwilling to enter the court as an official."

"Silly son, this person is the butler of the county prince, if the county prince of Guangling goes on an expedition, how can he not help the county prince of Guangling to plan." Xiao Heng coughed lightly, then looked at Xiao Ju and said, "This person is back in Jiankang, you let him enter the palace." Now that the matter in Hefei still needs to be dealt with, Lu Cao and Hengzhi have no good plan, and I want to hear his opinion. ”

Xiao Ju wanted to tell Lu Ke about it, but seeing that Xiao Heng was seriously ill, he couldn't bear to mention it again.

When he returned to Xiao Ju in the prince's mansion, he saw that Wei Ran was already waiting in the prince's mansion.

"Why is Wei Di here?" Xiao Ju said a little haggard.

"Wechen has come to ask for sin." Wei Ran looked at Xiao Ju lonely, with shame between his eyebrows.

"What's Weidi's crime?"

Wei Ran told Xiao Ju about Miaoxiang, and Xiao Ju couldn't help but be dumbfounded after hearing it.

Then Xiao Ju and Wei Ran strolled in the backyard, and now that it was winter, the trees were no longer as prosperous as they used to be.

Xiao Ju looked at the big tree in front of him that only had its trunk left, and said, "Brother Wei has a lot of confidants." ”

The winter in Jiankang is not particularly cold, but Xiao Ju feels a strong chill in his heart, looking at Wei Ran, who is red-faced, Xiao Ju is relieved: "My father is seriously ill now, and I don't want to mention it." And Wei Di is right, Hefei has been lost, if Lu Ke is imprisoned again, the southern scholars will take the opportunity to start an incident, and the country will not be a country. ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie is complete," Wei Ran knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Xiao Ju hurriedly helped Wei Ran up, patted Wei Ran on the shoulder, and said gently: "Miss Miaoxiang is also a brother and sister, now that you take it back to the mansion, isn't Miss Li angry?" ”

Thinking of Yuan Shu, Wei Ran said ashamedly: "There must be a little temper, but after hearing about Miaoxiang's everything, there is only sympathy left." ”

"Hey. The father said that he wanted Weber to enter the palace to help with advice, what did Wei Di think? Xiao Ju skipped this topic, and instead talked about what Xiao Heng meant.

Wei Ran frowned slightly, and then said, "When Weber returns to Beijing, I will ask for his opinion." ”

At this time, in the Guangling County Mansion, Yuan Shu looked at the restless Miaoxiang and said, "Sister Wanwan doesn't have to be so restrained, she will be a family in the future." ”

Seeing such a generous Yuan Shu, Miaoxiang was even more ashamed.

Yuan Shu made a pot of tea for Miaoxiang, and then said: "The population of Wei Mansion is now withering, and my sister will also be more public for the county. Think about how prosperous Dingnan Houfu was back then, and now. ”

Miaoxiang blushed even more, and Yuan Shu clasped Miaoxiang's hand and said, "At this time of crisis, let's not make trouble for the county prince." ”

After Wei Ran returned home, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the two people who were like sisters.

The Northern Qin Dynasty is now celebrating with a crown.

"The horses have made great contributions, and the soldiers have taken Hefei without blood." All the ministers in the court asked for credit for Zhao Youzhi.

Yuan Zhi then entered Zhao Youzhi as a hussar general, and supervised the military of Yongliang and Liangzhou.

At this time, Yuan Shan said: "The horse has now taken Hefei, and the southerners only have the Yangtze River, but now there is a problem. There are still 50,000 captured Qi troops outside the city of Hefei, how to deal with these Qi troops? Although some of the Qi troops had surrendered, the remaining Qi troops were either oriented to the Southern Dynasty or were county soldiers transferred from Danyang County by the Southern Dynasty. ”

Yuan Zhi was also in a dilemma after hearing this, and then looked at Zhao Youzhi and said, "What is your opinion?" ”

Zhao Youzhi said: "Now that Princess Zhaoyang is married into the Southern Qi Dynasty, and our army does not have too many warships to cross the Yangtze River to attack Jiankang. The minister suggested sending an envoy to talk to the Southern Dynasty and release the Qi army that was unwilling to surrender back to the Southern Dynasty. ”

"What do you mean by Zhao Yuma, put people back, and turn the gun to attack me in the future?" Taishi Ling Lin Cong asked.

"This is also a helpless move, not to mention killing and surrendering, if we don't kill them, then we have to deal with their food and grass, and over time it will be a burden, if we kill them, everyone in the south will be in danger, I'm afraid that no one will be willing to surrender. He will bring greater resistance to the swallowing of the southern court. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal." At this time, Min Guan also stood up and supported Zhao Youzhi.

Seeing this, Yuan Zhi ordered Zhao Youzhi to send an envoy to Southern Qi to discuss the details.

"Weichen received the order, the Southern Dynasty did not spend a certain price, and did not want to exchange a prisoner from the minister."

Suddenly, there was another burst of laughter under the Northern Qin Dynasty.

Three days later, Webb returned to Jiankang.

Wei Ran expressed Xiao Heng's intention to Weber, and Weber decided to enter the palace without thinking about it.

Wei Ran was very puzzled, and Weber said: "Now that Emperor Qi is seriously ill, the crown prince has repeatedly praised me in front of Emperor Qi. He is the emperor, followed by the father, the young master has already shocked the Southern Dynasty, if he knows that there is a wise tank around him, he can not worry. ”

Wei Ran listened to it and thought so. But he still pulled Webb and said, "Won't Webber be in danger?" ”

Webber looked back at Wei Ran dotingly, and then said with a smile: "Young master, don't worry, you definitely won't." ”

In the Shangyuan Palace in Taicheng, Xiao Heng's improvement improved slightly, and he was playing chess at this time.

"Your Majesty, the housekeeper of the Guangling County Mansion is here."

"Xuan." Xiao Heng said immediately.

When Weber entered the Shangyuan Palace, he did not show the slightest interest in the Shangyuan Palace, walked straight to Xiao Heng, and then bowed: "Grass people Wei Chen, see His Majesty the Emperor." ”

"Sir, please be seated." Xiao Heng asked Webb to sit down, and then looked at Webb carefully.

Webber looked at Xiao Heng quietly, and then said, "Your Majesty is not as good as it was back then. ”

Xiao Heng nodded slowly, then retreated left and right, and said, "Back then, the king of Beiyan Taiyuan was also old. ”

"When Your Majesty first went to Yan Kingdom, it was still received by the old slave. At that time, His Majesty was about the same age as the current crown prince. Weber then shook his head and said: "But it is much more powerful than the current prince, and the old slave thought at that time that if anyone can unify the mountains and rivers, it must be Yuan Jian or Your Majesty." ”

"You were jealous in the Yan Kingdom back then, and after I ascended the throne, you were restrained by the scholars, and you also sympathized with the disease." Xiao Heng said lonely, and then seemed to remember something, and said: "When Wei Xian broke through Pingcheng, I was still very worried about the King of Taiyuan. But I don't understand, why are you willing to be a housekeeper in the enemy's country? ”

"I wanted to commit suicide back then, but Wei Xian couldn't bear to see me die, so he promised to let go of the Yan royal family. I was grateful in my heart, so I volunteered to stay in Wei Xian's house. Power is like a floating cloud to me, at that time, Yan Guoyong was in charge, and it was only a matter of time before the country was broken, but now that His Majesty is wise and the prince is generous, I really can't bear to see your country ruined. So I am willing to enter the palace today. After Webb finished speaking, he took a light sip of tea.

Looking at Xiao Heng's eyes, Weber said: "I know that Your Majesty wants me to enter the palace because I want to see who is giving advice to my son-in-law, and whether it will pose a threat to the prince, right?"

Xiao Heng looked embarrassed, but nodded anyway.

"What does Your Majesty think now?"

"Taiyuan Wang Yi is thin and cloudy, I can naturally trust it."

"My identity is still in your heart, please bury it in your heart."

"That's nature."

"Now that Hefei has fallen, the elite of Huainan is in the hinterland of Sanwu, there are only two choices, the first is to concentrate troops to counterattack Hefei, but most of the relatives of the Huainan army are already in the hands of Northern Qin, and the soldiers will definitely not be able to fight to the death, so they can only swallow this breath for today's plan."

"Now that Hefei has been lost, Xiaoxian is difficult to defend the lonely city, use the remaining Huainan land in exchange for prisoners and the families of the soldiers in Hefei." After Weber finished speaking, he didn't care about Xiao Heng's face, and then continued: "Otherwise, it will be easier to cause a mutiny." Northern Qin did not make any further moves after taking Hefei, and treated the captives preferentially. It shows that they are also in a difficult position to deal with this group of prisoners at present, and they should send envoys to our court to ask our court to exchange gold and silver for prisoners. ”

Xiao Heng pondered for a moment and nodded. Weber said again: "Money, grain, and grass can't be given categorically, and now the land of Huainan will be lost sooner or later, so it's better to give it directly." Leaving the elite of the Huainan Army stationed in Guangling, near Jingkou. ”

"What if Northern Qin doesn't allow it?"

"The Northern Qin Emperor Yuan Zhi is weak and urgently needs military merits to show his strength, and the Northern Qin is a rat-eyed disciple except for Min Guan. Zhao Youzhi can be regarded as half a capable minister. But it doesn't have much of a say. Now that Northern Qin Yuanshan is in charge of political affairs, he will inevitably agree. ”

"In this way, although the land of Huainan was lost, the elite troops were retained. When there are changes in the north, the elite will be exhausted. The land of Huainan is not indestructible. ”

"How does the King of Taiyuan think of the hidden dangers within my dynasty?"

"The power of the Southern Shi clan is too great, unless there is the ability and opportunity to sweep the cave with thunder, otherwise it can't be moved lightly."

"What is an opportunity?"

Hearing this question, Weber changed his previous gentle style, and said coldly with a murderous aura in his mouth: "When someone does not respect the imperial power and intends to make trouble, cut it off in one fell swoop, and the chickens and dogs will not be left." ”