"Why are you looking at me like this?" Xiao Yuanying spread his hands and said, "As the saying goes, things return to their original places, hehe, this king's method is called 'people return to their original places' - in my opinion, where they come from and where they go back, they don't have it." ”

Long Shaoyang and Xiao Di glanced at each other, but they were speechless.

After a long time, Xiao Di stood up, sighed, and said: "Your Highness's idea is so simple! forcibly order him to return, thousands of miles away, what if there is a civil uprising on the way?......? Besides, I'm afraid that I won't be able to go back now. The Northern Wei Dynasty and Xiliang have frequently invaded and looted across the border in recent years...... I'm afraid that it will be a matter of time before they leave their homeland. The disaster since last autumn and winter is just a preface. As he spoke, he walked slowly through the room on crutches, pacing back and forth.

"That being the case, why didn't the imperial court take the initiative to send troops to exterminate this group of small people who crossed the border to loot, and kill their spirit?" Xiao Yuanying asked.

Xiao Di smiled helplessly, and was just about to speak, Long Shaoyang said: "Your Highness, if I am not mistaken, these enemies who have invaded the realm should be some small groups of cavalry, their whereabouts are uncertain, they come and go like the wind, and when the soldiers on the border hear the wind and arrive, they have already fled, and it is not easy to encircle and annihilate them." If I take the initiative to attack, the vast border, aimless, and nowhere to start, will give Hu Lu a chance to sneak attack. ”

Xiao Di nodded and said slowly: "What's more, General Qin's border army is like a tiger in the mountains, which is intended to deter the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Western Liang, so naturally it should not be rash. If the two countries are given the opportunity, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

The old general of Qin in his mouth, surnamed Qin, with a single name and a tiger character, was one of the four pillars of the founding of the country, the general of the Pingxi Dynasty, the first duke, since Emperor Gao, he has been stationed at the border, the northwest of the Ping Domain, and the safety of the Great Qi side. Over the past decades, General Pingxi has fought more than 100 times with Xiliang and Northern Wei, and he has been brave and loyal, and his prestige is far and wide. Although in recent years, the two countries have invaded the border from time to time, but they are always sporadic and accept when they see a good thing, and they are still afraid of this old general who is over the age of sixties, and finally dare not make a big move. It is inside and outside the court, from the emperor's ministers to the people of Lishu, who has great respect for this Pingxi general who has experienced a hundred battles and is the pillar of the country, and everyone calls him "Qin Lao General".

Xiao Yuanying's heart jumped suddenly when she heard this, and she sighed: "From this point of view, this matter is really tricky! Now that this hot potato has fallen into the hands of His Royal Highness the Prince, how easy is it to find a good plan for resettlement within ten days?"

"Within ten days?" Long Shaoyang was shocked when he heard this.

"Not bad. Xiao Di turned around, stared at Long Shaoyang, sighed, and said, "When the government was discussing politics this morning, Your Majesty ordered hundreds of officials to offer advice, and my old Taishan recommended the prince to lead this matter on the grounds that it was a big matter and related to the community, and His Majesty has agreed." ”

In this way, if there is no good plan among the hundred officials within ten days, or His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not find a good plan, then he will inevitably fall into the reputation of being ineffective. Long Shaoyang said.

"Exactly. Xiao Di paced over and said in a deep voice, "Shaoyang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince treats you with deep affection, as the saying goes, a Taoist priest dies for a confidant, at this juncture, you should try your best to help! As he spoke, he patted Long Shaoyang on the shoulder, arched his hand to Xiao Yuanying again, turned around and set up his cane, and walked away.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuanying also got up and said goodbye.

After sending Xiao Yuanying away, Long Shaoyang returned to the room, and when he turned around, he saw a note on the bookcase.

His heart moved, and after looking left and right, he walked to the front of the case and picked it up to take a look, only to see a few lines, and the neat official body wrote: "The case is under the machine, and the silk book is hidden." Self-learning and self-knowledge, or have a spiritual light. ”

Long Shaoyang was surprised and delighted, read these lines word by word, lit the candle in front of the case, burned the white paper, came to the door to look around, and then turned around and closed the door. Bending down and squatting, holding the case with his left hand, groping under the case with his right hand, and touching the bottom right of the bottom of the case, he felt only a circular recess, the size of which was only enough for one finger to be inserted.

He was happy in his heart, stretched out his index finger and touched a ring, pulled it hard, only to hear a soft sound, a six- or seven-inch wooden board in front of the ring suddenly bounced open a gap, looked down, and saw a roll of silk silk and something like that in the middle, at the moment he reached out two fingers to clip the scroll, and with a palm of his hand, there was another soft sound, and the plank was as flat as ever.

Long Shaoyang put the silk silk in his hand on the desk and slowly spread it out, only to see that it was about two feet long and more than one foot wide, and it was as thin as a cicada's wings, and the texture was so thin that it was slightly yellowed.

At the beginning of the upper right corner, it is written: "Yu fifteen joined the army, tried to capture Huma with his bare hands, shot the white-fronted tiger, fought for 3,000 miles alone, and used a sword as a million divisions." They all talked about the experience of Rong Ma, and then said, "Fortunately, God blesses it, and it has been preserved so far." Yu Rong is handsome, his hands are drenched in blood, looking back today, he is both painful and ashamed, but he also feels that the soldiers, the major affairs of the country, and the place of death and life must not be ignored. Yu self-consideration, more than 30 years of military perception, classification and compilation, compiled this martial arts scripture ten treatises, to warn the comers. Don't talk about soldiers easily, take peace as precious, noble and valuable, and don't war. ”

Long Shaoyang only felt that his heart was hot, looked down, and wrote: "The first degree of potential. The way of using soldiers, form and potential two. What is form? Small and big are also. What is potential? Reality and fiction are also. I read the next few chapters, all of which are the essence of marching and arranging, fighting and killing the enemy. When I saw the middle, I saw that the first four words were: "Sixth Tuntian", the content is how to open up the land for self-sufficiency, how to reduce the expenditure of the imperial treasury and many other advantages of Tuntian, and the record is very detailed.

Long Shaoyang suddenly felt a light pass through his mind, stretched out his hand to grab it, but there was no trace, and then he felt like a ball of light cotton wool, everywhere, but he grabbed nothing...... Sometimes he closes his eyes and thinks quietly, and sometimes he uses the pen to draw dots on the desk. After reading it again, I flipped through it from the beginning, indulging in the words.

Outside the window, the gray clouds on the horizon are getting lower and lower. The wind came in the evening, and the snow that had stopped for a day began to drift again.

Long Shaoyang flipped the silk book over and over again and read it several times, crumpled and chewed every word, and tasted it carefully until he was sure that there was no omission, so he rolled the silk silk with some reluctance and carefully put it back in its place. As soon as I turned around, I realized that it was already dark, and by candlelight, I could vaguely see that the snow was still tearing and tearing cotton, and it was like a ...... "Uncle Cheng, where did his old man go? Just when he was puzzled, he heard someone behind him laugh and said, "Young Master Long, you must be hungry!"

"Uncle Cheng, you're finally here!" Long Shaoyang turned around, and saw the old servant Cheng Bo standing in front of the door with a smile, carrying a food box in his hand, and said with a smile, "Why did you come at this hour, my stomach was already growling." ”

Cheng Bo said unhurriedly: "The old slave went to the account room according to the instructions of the eldest young master, paid the two guys two taels of silver, and sent them out of the house. Thinking that the three of you were talking about business, the old slave went around the street, looked at the homeless people, and did not want to delay. As he spoke, he opened the food box and brought out a few delicate dishes, a few steamed buns, and a pot of wine.

When Long Shaoyang saw the wine jug, he asked with a smile: "Uncle Cheng, are you going to get drunk tonight?" If you drink with me, I'm afraid that I will disappoint you with this amount of alcohol!"

Cheng Boying said: "This is what the eldest young master specially instructed the old slave to prepare, saying that the snow night is long and the weather is cold, drink a cup of hot wine to warm up your body." ”

"Is it Brother Xiao? It's hard for him to think so thoughtfully!" After that, Long Shaoyang suddenly turned around and turned back to the front of the case, spread out a piece of paper, took a pen and groaned slightly, wrote a few lines on it, picked it up and blew it, folded it, handed it to Uncle Cheng, and said with a smile, "While the wine is not drunk and the people are not drunk, we will do the business first, so as not to be confused after drinking and going crazy with words." This piece of paper will be handed over to Brother Xiao later, and he will understand when he reads it. After speaking, he pulled Cheng Bo to sit down, and Cheng Bo hurriedly waved his hand to indicate that he had eaten dinner.

Long Shaoyang couldn't force it, so he had to sit down by himself, picked up the wine jug, poured two glasses of wine, smiled and picked up one of the glasses and put it on the side in front of him, and said, "Uncle Cheng, since you have already had dinner, then I won't invite you to dinner tonight, please eat wine!" said and drank the glass in front of him.

Cheng Bo thanked him, picked up the wine glass after taking his seat, and tilted his neck, but there was no trickle left.

"Come, have another drink!" Long Shaoyang said, pouring two more glasses of wine. The two of them clinked their glasses and drank, and then poured two more cups from the jug.

They both took up the third glass of wine and drank it again.

Seeing that he was drinking so quickly, Cheng Bo was puzzled in his heart and asked, "I don't know what happy event the son has today?" Saying it also makes the old slave happy. ”

Long Shaoyang said with a smile: "It's not a happy event yet, but I have some eyebrows, not to mention that even if it's a happy event, it's not my happy event, hehe." ”

Long Shaoyang was not good at drinking, the amount of alcohol was not large, and he drank very quickly today, three glasses of wine in his stomach, he felt a fire rise in his stomach, from the lower abdomen straight up, to the throat, and then he felt a burst of heat in his cheeks. If it were usual, he would probably drink lightly and show a slight gesture, but today he looked at the silk book for an afternoon, sometimes covering the volume and thinking, sometimes closing his eyes and looking at the details, and gradually became an eyebrow in his heart. Before I knew it, it was twilight, and only then did I realize that I was physically and mentally tired and thirsty.

Cheng Bo asked, "Childe, the old slave doesn't understand what you mean. ”

Long Shaoyang burped and said with a smile: "You'll know in a few days." However, at the moment, I have two things to ask Uncle Cheng to help me do. ”

Cheng Bo's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly said: "I don't know what the matter is? ”

Long Shaoyang smiled slightly and said, "The first thing I have already told you is to hand over that piece of paper to Brother Xiao tonight." ”

"Hmm. What about the other one?"

"This second thing is that in the next few days, if someone comes to visit the Zhu House, they will say that I am cold on a snowy night, occasionally feel cold, lie quietly in the couch, and it is not suitable to see people, and I will be annoyed by Cheng Bo to excuse me all. Nobody but you!"

"The old slave understands that everything is wrapped up in the old slave. ”

"Three meals a day have to be taken care of by Uncle Cheng. ”

"Needless to say. ”

"I'm going to do something big in my room these days. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Here, a few more drinks!"

"Childe drank too much today, let's drink it again tomorrow. ”

"Not tomorrow. Long Shaoyang drank all the wine in the cup, stared at the candle flame leisurely, and said slowly: "I can still sleep tonight, but I am afraid that there will be no such blessing in the next few days." After speaking, I felt dizzy, the world flipped over, I couldn't hold on any longer, I threw myself forward, and lay on the table.

Cheng Bo sighed, pulled Long Shaoyang's arm with one hand, supported his waist with the other, helped him to the bed, and covered him with the quilt.

Looking at Long Shaoyang, who was already snoring, Cheng Bo's already reddened eyes flashed with a strange light, and he only heard him mutter: "Son, your alcohol consumption is really bad, I really don't know who it looks like?"