Coming out of the palace, Chen Shu couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Why did the Dongfang Ying brothers and sisters appear in the Xixia Palace? What purpose did they have, and what kind of variables would they have if they got involved in the current situation?

However, the lack of information and speculation alone made it completely impossible to come up with anything, and I kept returning to the mansion and still at a loss in my heart.

Several girls were playing in Wang Yuyan's room, Ah Jiu and Li Qinglu were playing Go, and the latter was down, holding his chin and thinking hard. Huang Rong pointed and smiled: "Stinky chess basket, learn a few tricks from your nephew who is very good at chess." ”

Li Qinglu waved her hand and said angrily: "Shut up! Don't make noise!"

Seeing Chen Shu walking in with a ghostly look, several people stood up, Li Qinglu took the opportunity to mess up the chess pieces, and greeted him and said, "What's the matter? What did my father tell you?"

Chen Shu glanced at her and said casually: "He said that if you don't go back to the palace, he will send guards to arrest you back." ”

Li Qinglu's face turned red, she had gone back to the palace to live for a few days, but she thought the palace was too stuffy and deserted, so she secretly ran over again. This is also a few days of lively life for her, and she is not used to living for more than ten years.

She thought that what Chen Shu said was true, so she couldn't help frowning, and when she saw his funny appearance, she knew that he was joking, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Are you sick? What are you talking about?"

Chen Shu thought to himself, how can you tell you that having such a father is enough for you. He shook his head and said with a smile: "Since your father didn't let you go with him, it must be a secret between our men, what are you asking nonsense?"

Li Qinglu glared at him, snorted a few times, and stopped asking. The little dragon girl sitting next to her was the most careful, but she saw that Chen Shu's expression was wrong, and said softly: "Is something wrong?"

Several girls looked at him, Chen Shu thought about it, it was useless to tell them about this kind of thing, so he said: "It's nothing, I'm thinking, Yingying should go to Luoyang, right?"

Huang Rong calculated: "I'll see, if nothing happens, it should be about the same." But I think no matter how good she is, it will take a few days to pull people together, so I feel so nervous about the time. ”

Chen Shu said: "Her team, if it can be sent to the field, it is best to cooperate with Brother Cui Qiushan and them to attack the rear of the Jin people." I don't know what happened to Huihui, I knew that Second Uncle Geng was coming to me, so we should have sent someone earlier. ”

The people he sent to Xiao Zhonghui basically set off with Ren Yingying, and according to the distance, it was much farther than Ren Yingying, and they should arrive later.

Huang Rong said with a smile: "No one knew earlier that you would be a colt here, alas, we are now holding on to our feet like this, and I don't know how much strength we can muster together." The more reliable is still the serious army of Western Xia. ”

Chen Shu nodded and said, "Yes, so tomorrow is very critical." ”

Because of the appointment with the Mongols, the battle dragged on for a whole month, and at first it felt quite comfortable, but now it feels more and more that a month is still too little.

Because the traffic at this time is too inconvenient, especially during the war between Western Xia and Jin, it is extremely troublesome and dangerous to come and go. From Xingqing to Luoyang, and then to Taihang Mountain, thousands of miles away, they can't communicate with each other, and they directly waste countless time.

Chen Shu pondered for a while, sat down and said slowly: "I want to establish an intelligence agency, you all give me a reference." The first is to collect all kinds of intelligence and clues, which is undoubtedly important, and I think Western Xia should also have such an organization. ”

Li Qinglu heard the new word "institution" a little awkwardly, shook her head and said: "I don't know this, I didn't care about this before." ”

Chen Shu nodded and said: "Second, it is used to contact and deliver news, and the lack of information will delay things too much." For example, you can set up several strongholds between Xingqing and Luoyang, and you can quickly communicate with horses, and even fly pigeons to pass books. ”

Ah Jiu was at a loss when he heard this, and said to Huang Rong: "Can the pigeon send a letter?"

Huang Rong didn't understand, Wang Yuyan said: "Come and think, it's written, and the people of the Tang Dynasty will use pigeons to deliver letters." ”

Li Qinglu said with a smile: "You are really lonely and unheard, hum, when it comes to sending letters with pigeons, our Western Xia Kingdom is an expert in this regard." Decades ago, we used pigeons to deliver messages and won a big battle. We are specialized in this...... When I was younger, I went to see pigeons. ”

She looked triumphant, but Chen Shu was overjoyed when she heard it, and hurriedly said: "That's easy, Qinglu, then Yipintang will take care of this." ”

He had already planned that the previous Yipintang was used by Western Xia to recruit martial arts masters, and he planned to reorganize into a well-organized and efficient intelligence agency. Now that there is both an official background and a large sum of silver taels sent by Jiang Hongying, the biggest problem is the lack of talents in this area.

After a few people studied for a while, Huang Rong said, "Don't talk about this yet, big brother, what are you going to do with that silver tael?"

Chen Shu was silent, and Huang Rong said: "This is not a small amount, there are more than 100,000 taels." Big brother, I think we have to have a plan, and every amount of money must be spent in a meaningful place, after all, we are still starting a business, and we must be cautious in everything. In fact, it is a lot of money, but in fact, if you really want to raise an army, you will inevitably be stretched. Therefore, you can't sit back and eat, you have to have a regular income. ”

Chen Shu nodded, now that the Western Xia Kingdom has been defeated repeatedly, he is poor and white, not to mention that there are taxes that do not belong to him. And Ren Yingying and Xiao Zhonghui's people, the Western Xia Kingdom is not obliged to help him raise them, and he has to rely on himself.

He thought about it, knocked on the table, and said, "Then Rong'er, you can manage it, and save some use for the time being." In fact, Brother Jiang, even if they don't send this money, we will have to get through it, so it feels like a windfall. ”

They discussed this kind of thing, and the other girls were inevitably a little lacking in interest, Wang Yuyan stroked the kitten in her arms and smiled: "Rong'er is the most suitable, she is simply a natural housekeeper." ”

Huang Rong glared at her angrily, the night was deep at this time, and after laughing for a while, they went to sleep, except for Wang Yuyan, who was an owl this night.

The next day, he made an appointment to meet with several generals of the Western Xia military, and the reason why he put them for two days was that Chen Shu was touching the details of these people from other aspects. After all, knowing oneself and knowing the other side can win all battles.

But the result was a little disappointing for him, none of these people he could see. Although they can be regarded as veterans who have fought for many years in terms of qualifications, none of them have any conspicuous achievements, and two of them have followed Temujin to the south in that year, but the result is the biggest defeat among the Hu people, and they have become the laughing stock of all countries.

The final formal meeting did not surprise him either, and the few people all looked flattering, nodding and flattering, without the iron and hard spirit that a soldier should have.

He was extremely disappointed in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and said with a smile: "According to what you say, what happened that day was a misunderstanding?"

Those people nodded again and again, and said: "It's really a misunderstanding, we don't dare to mess around like this at the feet of the Son of Heaven if we die!"

Chen Shu smiled and said nothing, thinking that it would be easy not to admit it, as long as he found out, he would be able to take you down justifiably at that time.

The biggest question is who will take over the military power after taking these people. This candidate is too difficult, first of all, he must have enough prestige, not only to be able to suppress the court, but also to have no complaints in the army, so he will be swept away. Secondly, you must have extraordinary ability, and then you have to be able to use it for him, where can you find such a person?

Chen Shu sighed at this time, no wonder from ancient times to the present, it is said that talents are rare.

However, even if there is solid evidence, it will take some time to move these heavy generals.

Li Qinglu soothed them softly according to what had been discussed before, and when they relaxed a little, she warned them that no such incidents would happen again, which scared several people.

After they left, Huang Rong smiled and said, "Her Royal Highness the prestige of the princess is about to be established." ”

Li Qinglu held her cheeks and said in distress: "But is it useful? I see that none of these bastards look like good things, maybe they will mess around behind our backs." ”

Chen Shu said: "This is also a matter of no way, we are still shallow in our foundation now, and how many eyes are staring." Stretching your hand into the army now will inevitably attract criticism, and your father will probably be unhappy. ”

Li Qinglu sighed, stretched out her finger and poked her face and groaned, "Then what should I do, we are so short of time." ”

From all sides, it feels like time is getting tighter and tighter, and it is at the beginning of the business, it seems that countless things are scrambling to drill out, and the date of the decisive battle is approaching day by day.

A few days later, the Mongolian side sent a reply and determined the candidate for the battle, and sure enough, as Li Qiushui expected, it was the Mongolian national teacher Jinlun Dharma King.

After getting the news, Chen Shu silently recalled this person in the original book, and felt that his martial arts should be similar to Ouyang Feng and others, and if he used his sword, he should at least not lose to him.

Although he had a lot of affairs during this time, after all, he had this decisive battle on his shoulders, and he still squeezed out time to practice martial arts every day. The Tianshan Six Yang Palms and the Folding Plum Hands have already made them quite proficient, of course, the subtle changes in them are still too far away, and they have not comprehended anything at all.

At this time, he completely put down the affairs at hand, handed them over to Huang Rong and Li Qinglu, and retreated in the backyard by himself, after all, this is the most important thing now.

Late that night, everything was silent, and the entire Xingqing City seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. Chen Shu began to practice internal strength according to the habit he had always cultivated.

The true qi ran half a circle, and suddenly his heart moved, and he hurriedly forcibly collected his strength, opened his eyes, and looked up.

He heard that there were people on the roof, and the matter of the Dongfang brothers and sisters had been pressing on his heart for the past few days, which was a knot. At this time, I heard someone in the house, and immediately thought that it would have something to do with it.

Silently, he rolled out of bed, pushed open the door and walked out. There was some moonlight outside the door, but it was not very bright, and he stood quietly under the eaves, and it was not long before he saw two figures sweeping in through the courtyard wall.

Counting the previous house, there should have been three people.

I heard one of them whisper, "What's wrong?"

After a while, the man on the roof whispered, "It's not moving, this kid is still asleep." ”

Chen Shu couldn't help but smile secretly, and felt a lot more relieved in his heart, the other party didn't notice his movement at all, which showed that his martial arts were much worse than him.

The first man said impatiently: "Then what are we waiting for here? Wake him up quickly, and go back after talking about things!"

The other two were a little hesitant, and Chen Shu was a little suspicious, not knowing who was looking for him to do. After thinking about it, he walked out and said in a deep voice, "What do you think? Why are you so sneaky in the middle of the night?"

The three of them were startled and looked at each other for a long time, and one of them smiled dryly, "This...... Excellency...... But Chen Shu Chen Gongzi?"

Chen Shu smiled and said, "It's down here, who are you?"

The man smiled and said: "The master doesn't dare to be, I wait for this bit of Taoism to be really not worth mentioning in the eyes of Chen Gongzi, hey, it's not worth mentioning." However, there are some things we are looking for Chen Gongzi, although it is not a big deal, but it is also considered secret, and it is not good to visit openly. ”

Chen Shu secretly wondered, smiled and said, "Since that's the case, please come into the house." ”

He lit the lights and invited a few people into the house. But I saw that these people were all thirty or forty years old, and there was nothing unusual about their descriptions. One of them was a bit of a thief, and as soon as he entered the door, he looked around and made a lot of noise. In fact, the furnishings in this room are extremely shabby, and I don't know what he was stinging, whether it was mockery or whatever.

The other man with a cyan fetal spot on his face saw that he was rude, so he hurriedly glanced at him and said with a smile: "Chen Gongzi, I am really presumptuous to offend when I wait for a late night to disturb." ”

Chen Shu smiled and said, "It's okay, if there's anything, please tell me directly." ”

The man nodded and praised: "Childe is a happy person, okay, let's talk straight." We came from the south. ”

Chen Shu was stunned when he heard this, and said strangely: "South? Your Excellency means ......"

The man said solemnly: "We are from the Great Song Dynasty!"

Chen Shu couldn't help but be quite surprised, looked at the three of them carefully for a while, and nodded: "Disrespectful, what are you doing looking for me?"

The three of them glanced at each other, and the thief-eyed man smiled and said, "Chen Gongzi, everyone knows that you are also a Han person, and now that the whole world in Jiangbei is occupied by the Hu people, you must be very angry, right?"

Chen Shu smiled and said nothing, he was not a three-year-old child, how could he say this to a few people he didn't know.

The face with a green fetus arched his hand and said: "Chen Gongzi, under the surname Lu, these two are surnamed Zeng and surnamed Li, we are not secret, we are the subordinates of the Great Song Dynasty Qin Xiangye." ”

Chen Shu was stunned when he heard this, and only said after a while: "You are Qin Hui's people?"

The thief-eyed figure surnamed Zeng frowned, obviously dissatisfied with his calling Xiangye's name, and the man surnamed Lu said: "Exactly." ”

Chen Shu was secretly surprised in his heart, Qin Hui was the most famous traitor in ancient China, Chen Shu had no good impression of him, but he didn't know what he was doing when he came to him.

Then he smiled and looked at a few people for a while, his skills were profound, and several people were quite uncomfortable, the surnamed Lu coughed, and suddenly said straight to the ground: "Chen Gongzi, if you are willing to take refuge in Qin Xiangye, there are three great benefits for you." (To be continued.) )