Li Xiubai gives people the feeling that he is very approachable, and there is a hint of Jianghu people in his words, after all, the name of the three sons of Beijiang who fought in the sword and rivers and lakes and carried wine in the rivers and lakes when he was not hereditary was not small.

Princess Murong Xiaoxiao was originally the pearl of Murong Chuan, the leader of the Sanjiang Alliance, and met in the rivers and lakes when she and Li Xiubai traveled, although she is now a princess, her bold personality has not changed.

Everyone was seated separately.

There are not many dishes on the table, there is a large pot of charcoal-grilled yam eggs in the middle, Xun Feiyu, Yan Zhen and Li Muran are all accustomed to it, and the thrift of the king is not just talking, especially the yam eggs.

Li Muran picked one up in disgust, took a big bite and almost choked, and quickly stretched his neck, causing everyone to laugh good-naturedly.

Lu Yi and Duanmu Lengyue felt that it was the best, and they also let go of some of the embarrassment of meeting for the first time.

Li Xiubai has actually been paying attention to Lu Yi and the two people, and when he saw the expressions of the two, he felt a little closer in his heart, not deliberately tempting, the hospitality of the Muwang Mansion has always been like this.

Eat without speaking.

After eating, the maid servant stepped forward to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and then served tea.

Li Xiubai was obviously more curious about Nangong Yu's affairs, and beckoned Lu Yi to accompany him, and Princess Murong Xiaoxiao stayed behind to accompany the rest of the people to gossip.

Out of the lobby, the back garden of the palace occupies a huge area, and the arrangement is quite elegant, but it is autumn, and the garden has a faint sense of gloom.

The two of them sat down in a pavilion.

Li Xiubai smiled warmly, and asked softly: "Virtuous nephew, tell me, although your mother has been put down, I, who can barely be regarded as your uncle, are still very curious." ”

Lu Yi thought about it, told some things he knew, and couldn't help but smile gently on his face when he talked about Lujia Village.

As soon as Lu finished speaking, Li Xiubai was silent for a long time.

"I don't seem to be competent as a shepherd, and there are still places in Beijiang that I don't know, but I'm glad that there is such a paradise in the territory. ”

"Lord Wang, you are too humble. ”

Li Xiubai waved his hand and said, "You still call me...... Third uncle, don't be so angry. ”

Lu Yi scratched his head shyly: "Third uncle!"

Li Xiubai said happily: "That's good! Back then, I was only the county guard of Beijiang County, and I couldn't do it, and King Song was also my elder, and I have always been quite sorry for your mother's affairs." ”

Lu Yi shook his head and said softly: "My mother has always known that the third uncle treats her very well. ”

Li Xiubai looked at the young man in front of him, his heart became more and more fond of it, and he asked with a smile: "What do you think of the general trend of the world?"

Lu Yi was slightly stunned, and after pondering for a while, he said: "The younger generation has been traveling for a short time, and they don't dare to talk about state affairs. ”

Li Xiubai frowned: "To tell the truth, there is no need to be restrained here." ”

"I just went to a corner of Yannan Road, and the people everywhere were hungry and miserable, especially when I passed through Qiantang County, I saw a lot of homeless people who sold women. ”

Lu Yi thought about it and told the truth about the mahogany set.

Li Xiubai sighed: "In the world's disputes, the most bitter people are the people. ”

Lu Mian hesitated.

"If you have something to say, what does your mother-in-law look like!"

"The third uncle has a way to govern the army, and Jiangnan Province is rich, and there are many generals and generals, why ......?"

Li Xiubai smiled and waved his hand, interrupting Lu Yi's words.

Lin Wuya's old-timers asked someone to come to deliver the letter, but they didn't say it, in fact, there is a relationship between your mother, and when Sunan sees me later, just come over, don't see outside. ”

Lu Yi stood up and said excitedly: "I want to ask the third uncle to help Liuyun Mountain!"

Li Xiubai laughed, motioned for Lu Yi to sit down, and waved at a maid in the distance.

"Go and invite the two teachers Xun and Yan to the garden to discuss matters. ”

The maid left with a gift, and after a while, Xun Feiyu and Yan Zhen came together.

Seeing the two of them coming, Li Xiubai smiled at Yan Zhen and said, "This time, Mr. Xun is in for a treat!"

Seeing Lu Yi's puzzled expression, Yan Zhen smiled and said, "The three of us made a bet, and the prince and I both said that this time Lu Gongzi came over to ask for help from Liuyun Mountain." ”

Xun Feiyu smiled disapprovingly: "Yes, I admit defeat, I admit defeat!" I invite you to eat and drink tonight, anyway, there is still some silver, and it is also heavy to carry it in your pocket. ”

Nanyan and Beixun two, the former has a stable temperament, and the latter is relatively jumpy, but they are both masters of science, and their respective affairs are not the same.

The four of them were seated again.

Li Xiubai said to Lu Yi: "Liuyun Mountain is located at the junction of the three counties, especially between the Beijiang River and the Central Plains, now this situation looks unremarkable, if Luoyang City is broken, it will be particularly important in terms of geographical location, especially if you want to use troops in our Jiangnan Road, advance and retreat can be defended, it is indeed a place where soldiers must fight." ”

Yan Zhen took out a map from his arms and carefully laid it out on the stone table.

Lu Yi found that there were a lot of circles and dots on the map, and there were a lot of arrows, and after a closer look, it turned out to be the deployment of troops in Jiangnan Province, and just wanted to avoid suspicion, he heard Li Xiubai say:

"But it doesn't hurt to look. ”

Yan Zhen leaned over the map and said seriously: "Then it's up to me to analyze the current situation for Lu Gongzi." ”

"Please advise Mr. Yan. ”

"Liuyun Mountain is bordered by Beijiang in the south, Deqing County in the Central Plains is backed, and Sanhe County of the Song Dynasty is connected to the north, so we have sent additional personnel to Zhenbeiguan and Gu County this year, General Yue Zheng of the Weiwang Cavalry Army, and Fan Qin, the general of the armor-breaking army, have gone to Beijiang to sit in the town, and Ding Sheng, the general of the naval division in Linhai, has also waved his army north in March this year, and at present, only Beijiang County has gathered more than half of the troops in Jiangnan Province, the purpose is to prepare for the crisis after the Luoyang City is broken. ”

"According to the news from Luoyang, His Majesty our Son of Heaven is still trying to negotiate peace, and it just so happens that the rest of the Seven Princes are also arguing about who will be the first to settle in Luoyang, so the war can be eased, and the siege is not attacked. ”

"The first to settle in Luoyang?"

Yan Zhen saw Lu Yi's puzzled expression, and said with a smile: "This is some unwritten rules of the temple, whoever is the first to break through Luoyang, naturally who will be the new emperor." ”

Lu Yi suddenly realized.

"How long does Mr. Yan think Luoyang can hold on?"

Yan Zhen smiled: "About a year, it's hard to say, there are two things they are worried about now, the first is who will inherit the unification, and the second is our attitude." ”

Lu Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "If Luoyang City is broken and the princes of the Seven Roads come to attack Jiangnan Dao, what will it be?"

Xun Feiyu sneered: "If they have the courage, it would be so good! The prince will not take the initiative to participate in the deer chase, but we will not sit idly by when others knock on the door." ”

Li Xiubai sighed: "This is a topic that cannot be escaped, and sooner or later there will be such a day, no matter who ascends the throne, they will definitely not tolerate Jiangnan Dao's transcendence of the world." ”

Lu Yi asked, "Third uncle, who is the strongest among the other princes?"

"I'll answer your question. ”

Yan Zhen straightened up, stretched out his hand and pointed to the westernmost part of the map, and said with a serious expression: "Everyone in the world thinks that King Song is the most likely to ascend the throne and become emperor, but in our eyes, the biggest threat is indeed Li Daozhen, the Tang King of Shunan Province. ”

Li Xiubai nodded: "Although my cousin is the same generation as me, he is twenty years older than me, he is good at strategy, good at using soldiers, and Shunan Dao is located in the country of abundance, rich in products, and the 300,000 crossbowmen under his command can fight well, and in this battle of the Central Plains, he also hides his strength, sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight." ”

Yan Zhen sighed and said: "Tang Wang's army is not under Jiangnan Road, and although the Shu people are short, they are extremely brave, the reason why the crossbow lang is called the crossbow lang is because they are equipped with two crossbows and forty crossbow arrows, and the head-on battle is extremely powerful!"

Xun Feiyu also had a bitter face: "Although crossbow arrows are now the standard configuration of the army, they are much the same, but the Shunan crossbow is famous all over the world, more powerful than our repeater, and has a longer range. ”

Li Xiubai quipped: "Mr. Xun, you not only have to treat you tonight, but also have to drink a few more glasses of fine wine! You should be responsible for obtaining information, so you still need to pay close attention to the matter of the crossbow." ”

Xun Feiyu restrained his joking look and bowed down to say yes.

Yan Zhen continued: "Except for the Tang King, the strength of the other princes is indeed the strongest in the Chiyan army of the Song King, and the territory of Yannan Province is vast, and the total strength should exceed 500,000, which is also inferior to other princes. ”

Lu Yi suddenly thought of Duanmu Lengyue and asked, "What about the King of Qi in Lingnan Dao?"

Yan Zhen thought for a while: "After the hereditary replacement of Li Fu, the king of Qi, he was rampant and violent in Lingnan Road, and his reputation was notorious, but this person is more conceited than the king of Song, and there are many small tricks, so he is not afraid. ”

Lu Yi put his mind at ease, with Yan Zhen's ability, it was naturally impossible not to see the temperament of the princes of all walks of life, and at the same time, he was a little worried about the situation of the two Duanmu Lengyue sisters in the future.

Xun Feiyu coughed and smiled strangely: "Actually, you don't have to worry, King Qi has far underestimated the heritage of the Duanmu family, the people of the 100,000 mountains have always been free, where is it so easy to control? Duanmu Lengyue's travel down the mountain shows that Duanmu Shengnan has regained control of the Leaning Moon Sect, and it is not surprising that now she is leading people to clean up the forces infiltrated by King Qi." ”

Li Xiubai suddenly said to Lu Yi: "If you want to travel to Fengtian Kingdom, I recommend that you go to Liaobei Province to have a look." ”

Hearing the prince mention King Liao, Xun Feiyu and Yan Zhen were silent.

Lu nodded: "I will go, on the way to meet Master Huixin of the Great Compassion Temple, I am fascinated." ”

"Liaobei is a good place, the land is vast, the winter past travel has a different taste, when the snow is all over the sky, it has its own unique customs. ”

Li Xiubai tied his hands behind him, looked at the north, didn't know what he was thinking, and only came back to his senses after a while and smiled apologetically:

"We continued, just got distracted. ”

Yan Zhen said: "So the question of Lu Gongzi is very clear just now, the power is actually the strongest in Tang Wang, followed by King Song, but the one who wants to cap the most must be King Song, it depends on what kind of conditions he is willing to give, this is an extremely difficult thing to balance." ”

Lu Yi hugged his fists and said: "Third uncle, the Eighteen Villages of Liuyun have set up a long knife battalion, and Yun Yi of Yunmeng Mountain Villa has a heart to the south of the Yangtze River, worried that King Song will divide his troops to take Liuyun Mountain first, and has already started to repair Snail Gorge, but the money and food are insufficient, so the little nephew has the courage to come to ask for help." ”

Li Xiubai said with a smile: "Do you really think that the third uncle doesn't know the importance of Liuyun Mountain? And he has always been in contact with Mr. Xun of Yunmeng Villa, Yun Yi is not unreasonable, it just so happens that you are here, and the third uncle will give you this favor together, tell me, what do you want?"

Lu Yi thought for a while: "The main thing is grain and grass, and I want to dare to ask my third uncle to give a batch of bows and crossbows." ”

"Sure enough, I will speak!"

Li Xiubai laughed heartily, turned his head to Yan Zhen and instructed, "You go and arrange it, it is best to ask Mr. Xun to arrange someone to contact Yunmeng Villa." ”

Xun Feiyu and Yan Zhen were ordered to retire.

The matter of Liuyun Mountain had already been discussed by Li Xiubai and the others, and of course Lu Yi's arrival was happy to be a favor.

Li Xiubai waited until Xun Yan and the others were far away before he sighed and said: "The third uncle doesn't want to hide it from you, the reason why the matter of Liuyun Mountain has dragged on until now is because Liuyun Eighteen Villages itself wants not to accept the constraints of any party, if there is no growing Long Knife Battalion, it will naturally be fine, just as they are a group of Jianghu forces, let it go, but with the Long Knife Battalion, many things have changed, do you understand?"

Lu Yi suddenly felt a slight chill down his spine, and just after listening to Yan Zhen's analysis of the princes from all walks of life, he immediately understood what Li Xiubai was referring to, and said worriedly: "That nephew is really abrupt. ”

"Don't think too much, kid. ”

Li Xiubai patted Lu Yi's shoulder, and said with a pleasant face: "It's a troubled time now, you have to use extraordinary means, you can tell Yun Yi what I mean, he is also a smart person, and I owe him a favor for your mother's affairs, let him think more about where to go in the future, Jiangnan Dao will not force him, but no one can protect himself under the general trend!"

After a pause, he continued:

"This is true of him Liuyun Mountain, and the same is true of my Jiangnan Province! Everyone is in a different position in this troubled world, and the weight of the burden on their shoulders is also different. ”

After saying these words, Li Xiubai's expression was a little lonely, his eyes looked at the sky for a while, and finally turned into a long sigh, muttering to himself:

"Others are envious of high and powerful positions, ruling the world, and controlling the life and death of others, but I want to be safe and secure in the country and the people, and fight the sword and the rivers and lakes. ”

"Now Jiangnan Province is even more ready to send arrows, and I can't chill the hearts of millions of people and conscientious soldiers behind me. ”

Lu Yi suddenly saw that Li Xiu's white sideburns seemed to have a white hair, gently fluttering in the autumn wind, which looked particularly eye-catching.

"Third uncle, you have to take good care of your body. ”

Li Xiubai pulled back his thoughts and said with a smile: "Do you think the third uncle is old?"

Lu Yi shook his head.

"Lujia Village is really a good place, and I have the opportunity to take your aunt and uncle to see it there. ”

Lu Yi also showed nostalgia:

"Autumn is coming, chrysanthemum crab fat, it is a good time for fishing. ”

The two of them stood side by side in the garden for a long time.