The sky was full of stars, Yi Xiaodao was packing up his baggage, after cleaning up, he put the burden on his back, pushed open the courtyard door and looked at the night sky, took a deep breath, and walked towards the back door of the Li Mansion.

"Where are you going?" On the corridor by the pool in the courtyard, Xianglian'er leaned on the railing, supporting her chin with one hand, as if she had been waiting for a long time.

Yi Xiaodao instinctively let go, the burden slid down his back, and the other hand went around behind him, grabbing the burden. If outsiders see it, they will only think that he is strolling around late at night, admiring the moon alone, and then sighing "The knife has not yet slept".

"Do you think I'm a fool?" Xiang Lian'er tilted her head and asked. Yi Xiaodao deliberately lightened his movements so that no one could notice it, but today's Xianglian'er is not an idle person, and she has long noticed Yi Xiaodao's movements.

Yi Xiaodao took out the burden from behind him and put it aside with a smile: "I forgot, you have now inherited the internal strength of Liu Zhiyun's predecessors, and you are no longer the little girl who needed me to carry out of Anhui City." ”

"Why don't you leave without saying a word?"

"I'm embarrassed."

"You Yi Xiaodao also have times when you are embarrassed?" Xiang Lian'er smiled: "But think about it, you just asked the Li family to raise grain and grass for you and the imperial court, but you left without even saying hello... Sorry again? ”

Yi Xiaodao opened his mouth, knowing that he was not reasonable, but he didn't say anything.

"I know you can't let go of Sister Yue'er, and I can't let go either, I'll go with you, just like when the three of us were together, I will definitely help you chase Sister Yue'er back!" Xiang Lian'er said suddenly.

Yi Xiaodao shook his head: "It's my business if you can't let it go, you don't understand my feelings, and you don't know what she thinks, why bother going this way." And I wasn't going there for her, either. I'm also worried about Chu Xiang's affairs, I haven't had much contact with Zhou Ziru, but I think he's very smart, even if he's so smart, he will lose... I can't think of anyone else who can win the rhetoric. ”

"You have no soldiers and no power, what can you do if you go to Chu Xiang? There are soldiers and generals here, but you don't make good use of them, are you still the Yi Xiaodao I know? Xiang Lian'er raised her eyebrows and asked.

"I already owe too much to the Li family, although it is not my fault that the old Nanhuai King and the eldest prince are the same, but it is also something that happened after I came to Nanhuai. If I hadn't come to Nanhuai, there wouldn't have been so many things..."Yi Xiaodao lowered his head and said, he was indeed very guilty in his heart, especially since the old Nanhuai King died in front of his eyes, and he couldn't do anything...

Li Dingxing walked over from one side of the corridor: "If it weren't for you, I might have died by Poyang Lake; may have been caught in the capital and imprisoned in a prison; More perhaps, Nanhuai has become a scorched earth, the capital, Nanhuai is fighting with each other, Donglu Dongfang Zhong has become a force with the Dongwei people, and the king of Chuxiang has entered the capital, there are too many possibilities. ”

"But I think it's your presence that makes this possible. In my heart, I have always been grateful to you. Li Dingxing walked in front of Yi Xiaodao, looked at Yi Xiaodao's eyes and said.

Yi Xiaodao shook his head slowly: "If you have any accidents, I won't forgive myself if I die." ”

"With you, what can we do with it? On the other hand, if something happens to you to Chuxiang alone, we can be at ease again? Isn't it different? "I think it's because of being with Li Dingxing, Xiang Lian'er has become more and more sharp-toothed.

"What Lian'er said is that we are not outsiders, if you do this, you will see the outside. Even if I bring the Nanhuai Army, Yu Gong, is to quell the rebellion of the imperial court, to avenge my own family, what does it have to do with you Yi Xiaodao? And the people from Donglu are still building houses by the sea, and they are all military generals who can fight well, so you can bear to let them be masons all the time? Li Dingxing said in passing.

"I heard that Wang Xuan doesn't read military books anymore, and he takes drawings everywhere to ask people for advice all day long. You can't bear to let such a great talent spend his whole life pondering the drawings of the house? ”

"There is also Qin Xiangqian, who has the strength to pick bricks and carry soil every day. I don't want them to go, but they don't want to eat here for dinner, and they are idle when they say they have nothing to do..."

Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er said a word, and at the same time talked about the recent situation of everyone from Donglu to Nanhuai, Yi Xiaodao was speechless, and said helplessly: "Okay, tomorrow we will add up the total... It's late at night, so rest early. ”

Xiang Lian'er shouted Yi Xiaodao, who went to the room: "Hey, I didn't take the baggage, don't think about playing tricks, you know what kind of crooked brains Li Dingxing knows!" If there's a little move, I know it! ”

Yi Xiaodao smiled bitterly and picked up his baggage, and put away his thoughts: "Okay, let's discuss it tomorrow, and you guys should go back quickly." Wouldn't it be nice to work harder and let me be my uncle earlier? ”

Hearing this, Li Dingxing could barely stand it, but Xiang Lian'er's face turned red all of a sudden...

Early the next morning, as soon as Yi Xiaodao pushed open the door, he saw a few housekeepers outside his door holding their eyelids and swaying under their feet. Someone saw Yi Xiaodao go out, and quickly wiped his saliva and reminded the other companions, and everyone stood up straight.

"Heh, this must be Xiang Lian'er's idea, it turns out that she knows my little movements like this?" Yi Xiaodao shook his head and smiled, took out a few pieces of broken silver from his arms, and handed them to the family members casually: "It's all hard, stand for a night, go back and rest." ”

The family took the broken silver and left with great gratitude. The family didn't leave for a while, Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er came together, presumably the family had reported it.

"You woke up so early? Fought all night, huh? "Yi Xiaodao is good at making fun of the two of them now.

Xiang Lian'er glared at Yi Xiaodao, and Li Dingxing diverted the conversation: "If nothing else, Wang Xuan and they will be able to arrive in Suzhou City in the morning." ”

Yi Xiaodao asked in surprise: "So fast?" Even if I left yesterday, I won't be able to arrive today. ”

Xiang Lian'er smiled proudly: "Who is my family Dingxing?" When you first arrived in Suzhou City, he sent an order for Wang Xuan and them to come over, and waited until yesterday? ”

Yi Xiaodao scratched his head: "Why did you call them over so early?" ”

"You are an idle person, even if there is no such thing as levying grain, you can't stay in Nanhuai. Instead of rushing around at that time, it is better to prepare early. Li Dingxing said.

A few people were still talking, and Chen Guang trotted in from outside the door: "Grandpa, the people from Donglu have arrived, and they are only twenty miles away from Su City." ”

"It seems that they are also in a hurry, let's go, eat first, and eat to welcome them." Li Dingxing helped Xiang Lian'er and shouted at everyone to enter the hall to eat.

A few people entered the hall, and as soon as they served the dishes and chopsticks, they heard a sound of breaking the air, and they still rushed straight here. Yi Xiaodao and Xiang Lian'er's faces changed at the same time, dropped the dishes and chopsticks, and snatched them out of the hall. Chen Guang reacted a little slower, escorted Li Dingxing to follow behind, and looked out.

Yi Xiaodao didn't have the "Siqing" sword in his hand, but he was not afraid, he used his internal force, urged the fire, and was about to take off to catch up. was held down by Xiang Lian'er: "Hey, don't worry, it's Qin Xiangqian." ”

A false alarm.

Yi Xiaodao pressed the fire qi in his body, collected his internal force, and looked into the air, as if a figure had been smashed down from mid-air. As soon as he landed, the floor tiles on the ground were trampled to pieces, and before the figure could stand firmly, he pounced towards Yi Xiaodao.

"Master Yi, are you alright?" Qin Xiangqian pounced in front of Yi Xiaodao and looked up and down.

"When did you refine your internal strength so much? Volleyed in the air, I thought it was an enemy who came to the door..."Yi Xiaodao was quite surprised, stretched out his hand to hold down Qin Xiangqian, and probed his meridians, his internal strength was strong, which was quite different from that day.

Qin Xiangqian felt his body for a moment, and then smiled: "I'm in a hurry, so I'll rush over first, Master Yi, you're fine." Qin Xiangqian heard about Yi Xiaodao and He Yue'er's past on the way, he understood what it was like to lose his beloved, and he was worried that something would happen to Yi Xiaodao, so he patiently arrived near Sioux City and came alone.

"Come, haven't you had breakfast yet? Eat together. Yi Xiaodao pulled Qin Xiangqian into the hall, gave his dishes and chopsticks to Qin Xiangqian, grabbed a bun and nibbled on it.

As soon as everyone had eaten, they heard the porter come to report: "Grandpa, there is a group of people outside the door, led by Wang Xuan, who wants to see Grandpa and Master Yi." ”

"Okay, it's coming. Let's go and welcome in. Li Dingxing picked up the silk cloth and wiped her mouth for Xianglian'er, and wiped it indiscriminately.

Everyone came to the door, welcomed Wang Xuan and others into the living room, and sat down one by one.

Yi Xiaodao glanced away, Wang Xuan, Qin Xiangqian, Fan Jun, Zheng Kang and others looked at them one by one and asked, "Where is Han Shi?" Why don't you see him? ”

"Master Yi doesn't know, my cousin recruited Donglu Zhong's Donglu army in Donglu, and many Donglu troops are very obedient to him, and now they are being an official in Donglu!" Qin Xiangqian's general Han Shi told Yi Xiaodao how to recruit the Donglu army, and Yi Xiaodao was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

"That's great. Han Shi, this kid, has nothing to say about his popularity, just with his mouth, he can get familiar with it anywhere! Hahahaha. ”

Wang Xuan waited for Yi Xiaodao to finish laughing, and said: "Lord Yi, we brought back to the Shangwu camp from Donglu, and there were about 10,000 people in the camp of the wave, and nearly 5,000 people were recruited in this Nanhuai, which were respectively incorporated into the Shangwu camp and the camp of the wave, and now there are more than 15,000 soldiers and horses. ”

"Hey, hey! Recruited all the people on my head? I won't agree to this! Li Dingxing pretended to be anxious and shouted. Everyone knew that Li Dingxing was joking, but they didn't care, and they all laughed happily.

Yi Xiaodao looked at Li Dingxing: "The loyal Nanhuai Army... Can you still send troops? ”

"You can also send 30,000 troops." Li Dingxing stretched out three hands and gestured. After Nanhuai was incorporated into the jurisdiction of the imperial court, the influence of the Li family was only in Sucheng, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses could almost be said to be all of Li Dingxing's belongings.

Yi Xiaodao shook his head and said, "Ten thousand is enough, just in case." ”

Li Dingxing knew that Yi Xiaodao had good intentions, and he didn't argue, and said: "Listen to Lord Yi's orders!" ”

Everyone here knows that the relationship between the two is extraordinary, and they all smile and say nothing. Li Dingxing is not a soldier, and Yi Xiaodao will not say anything; Yi Xiaodao asked Li Dingxing to send 50,000 troops, and Li Dingxing would also go around, so asking and answering questions was purely fun, after all, the two of them were not very old.

Yi Xiaodao was arrogant: "Okay! In this case, this official personally led 25,000 soldiers and horses to the west to crusade against Chu Xiang! ”