Let Me Pursue You

Yuan Cixian felt guilty, and couldn't bear to drive Xu Shan away like this, so she hurriedly stopped him: "Where is it, sir, since you are here, I will sit down for a while, I definitely don't mean to blame you, I just lament that I have nothing to do with Lu Shilang. "

Destiny? Can she say something auspicious!

Lu Shiqing was choked with anger, and asked calmly and tentatively, "What does the county lord say?"

It wasn't the first time Yuan Cixian chatted with Xu Shan about Lu Shiqing, and there was nothing unnatural about it, and this time she really had something on her mind, not like the last time she pretended to be drunk.

She said seriously: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I think I was abandoned by Lu Shilang."

"..." He has no conscience.

Lu Shiqing seemed to think about it for a while, and then said: "According to what Xu knows, Minister Lu doesn't seem to be the kind of person who waits to see things differently and changes his mind."

Yuan Cixian looked uncomfortable: "But my father has already gone to Beijing, why doesn't he come to propose marriage? He must be afraid of my father and dare not come."

"Lu Shilang should not be that kind of cowardly person."

Yuan Cixian looked strange, and glanced at him: "Sir, you seem to appreciate him?"

Appreciate, of course he appreciates, he has admired himself for more than 20 years.

He said seriously: "Xu is just telling the truth."

"Okay." Yuan Cixian sighed, "Actually, he can't be blamed. He is even afraid of dogs. My father must be more fierce than dogs."

Lu Shiqing couldn't help but said patiently: "The county magistrate, don't be discouraged, there may be some misunderstanding here. Listening to your words, it seems that the king of southern Dian does not quite approve of your marriage with Lu Shilang. It's hard to guarantee that there will be no alienation."

Yuan Cixian felt reasonable now, and was encouraged by his words: "Sir, what you said is right, I shouldn't listen to father's one-sided words, but I have to ask Lu Shilang face to face." After speaking, he comforted himself, "Even if he really doesn't want to marry me, I'll just work harder..."

Lu Shiqing originally wanted to guide her to the truth slowly, but he changed his mind when he heard the phrase "work harder". In other words, if he pretends that he doesn't want to marry her, maybe he can still be seduced by her a few times?

He continued to encourage calmly: "As long as the skill is deep and the iron pestle is ground into a needle, the county master is right to think so."

Yuan Cixian thought for a while, and sighed: "Although I have said that, I have tried my best, and now I am really at the end of my rope." She propped her head, and asked in silence for a while, "Mr. must be very good at trying to figure out people's hearts, but Is there a clever way to support me, telling me to take another dose of strong medicine?"

Lu Shiqing seemed to smile a little: "The methods of winning people's hearts in the world are all invariable and invariable. In the final analysis, they are just four words of 'following what one likes'."

Do what you like? Yuan Cixian went through these four words in her heart. She didn't seem to have really started from here.

Lu Shiqing saw that his words were jerky, and was afraid that she would not understand, so he suggested: "The county lord may wish to think about it, has Lu Shilang revealed his preferences in front of you. In fact, he is a man of the world..." He seemed a bit a bit confused when he said this. It was hard to say, but he continued awkwardly, "Nine out of ten people have the same preference."

When Yuan Cixian heard it, he thought about it in combination with his tone, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Oh, Lu Shiqing's tent...

She asked a little embarrassedly: "Does sir mean... that?"

Yes, that one, that one.

Seeing her as if enlightened, Lu Shiqing breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he felt guilty for destroying the upright image of the teacher. He didn't dare to look directly at Yuan Cixian, so he turned his head and casually cast his eyes on her room On the bookshelf, he said with a lack of confidence: "Exactly."

Seeing this, Yuan Cixian was taken aback. What is Xu Shan doing looking at her bookshelf?

She followed his gaze, seeing him staring at a volume of poems and essays, and suddenly felt ashamed. It turned out that the so-called "likes" in his mouth were poetry, but she misunderstood it and went all over the world, thinking of such a shameless thing.

Yuan Cixian lowered her head guiltily.

Lu Shiqing turned around and saw that she had been burned alive into a shrimp, and the face behind the mask suddenly became a little excited.

She didn't blush when she kissed him, but now she looked like this, presumably she was preparing to go to a higher realm.

He glanced away at the bleak winter moon outside the window. Spring is probably coming early.

Lu Shiqing restrained his footsteps that were about to fly, and bid farewell to Yuan Cixian, not wanting to play Xu Shan any more for a moment. When he arrived at the private house in Yongxingfang, he was about to return home from the secret road, but he saw Cao An coming with a solemn expression. With a sigh of relief, he said, "Mr. Lang, the saint hastened to call you into the palace. If you don't come, the villain will go to Shengyefang to look for you."

He restrained his joy, took off his mask and asked, "What's the matter?"

Cao An shook his head: "The villain doesn't know, but it's not just you, all important officials in the court have been proclaimed into the palace."

Lu Shiqing frowned slightly: "After the King of Southern Yunnan?"

Cao An slightly nodded: "What do you mean?"

"Something happened in southern Yunnan." After he finished speaking, he walked quickly to the secret road, and halfway he turned around and told him, "You go back to the mansion and wait. If Yuan Cixian comes, don't say that I was called into the palace in a hurry, just tell me Just go out."

"Yes, sir."

When Lu Shiqing arrived at the Xuanzheng Hall, a crowd of people had already gathered inside. In the middle of Zhang Zhixian's fight with several courtiers, his face was flushed, and Yuan Yi stood in front of him silently. Going up, Emperor Huining obviously disappeared. He was patient, and when he saw him coming, he seemed to be holding the key, and before he could ask why he was late, he quickly waved for him to come forward, and then asked the **** to show him an urgent military report from eight hundred miles away.

A group of courtiers turned their heads one after another. Yuan Yi turned slightly to one side, and also took a look at him.

Lu Shiqing stepped forward quickly, took the military newspaper, read it silently at a glance, and presented it back with a calm expression.

According to the military newspaper, two days ago, Nanzhao and Tubo combined 150,000 soldiers and attacked Jiannan in three ways, breaking through the western border one way, breaking through the southern border all the way, cleverly avoiding Yaozhou and going northward all the way, and the soldiers pointed directly at Yizhou.

Emperor Huining knew that he was thinking about countermeasures, so he didn't ask him first, but looked at Zhang Zhixian: "Have Zhang Pushe and others discussed countermeasures?"

Zhang Zhixian cupped his hands and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I have some doubts." He glanced at Yuan Yizhi, "I want to ask the king of southern Yunnan, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of people guarding the border, and Yaozhou is a military center in southern Yunnan. , it has always been easy to defend and not easy to attack, so how could it be 'cleverly' avoided by a mere rapid march all the way?"

Yuan Yi looked at him directly and remained silent. Emperor Huining's face was difficult to look at first, and he scolded: "Zhang Pushe, what I just asked seems to be a countermeasure?"

Zhang Zhixian nodded in fear, not daring to speak again.

Lu Shiqing blinked lightly.

The answer to this question is simple. Because Emperor Huining was afraid of Yuan Yizhi, he secretly sent several confidant generals to Yaozhou to guard southern Yunnan with him, apparently as assistants, but actually as surveillance. But now, Yuan Yi went directly to Beijing and left Yaozhou. When the remaining generals saw the enemy coming, they naturally rushed to point fingers. As a result, a few idiots pointed the enemy into the hinterland of Jiannan.

Zhang Zhixian thought that this was the fault of Yuan Yizhi's negligent arrangement, but he didn't know that he was stepping on the saint's painful foot.

He hurriedly made amends and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The ministers and others have just discussed one or two countermeasures. The minister thinks that the King of Southern Dian has been busy traveling north and is exhausted. This trip is not suitable for going south to fight. Your Majesty may appoint other princes or generals in the court. Join forces with the local defenders to stop the enemy. As for the candidates, just now Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of War recommended the second prince, and the minister recommended Wei Dudu."

Arguments soon ensued.

"The minister agrees that the second prince will lead the army. The second prince has always been brave and good at fighting. In the early years, he joined forces with the Uighurs to defeat the Turks. Now, although he has been imprisoned in the mansion for half a year, why not let him pay off his achievements?"

"The minister agrees that Wei Dudu will go south to fight."

"I believe that no one is more suitable for fighting against Nanzhao than the King of Southern Dian."

Emperor Hui Ning felt his brain ache when he heard that, he made a gesture to stop them, and then said: "Mr. Lu," beckoning him to speak.

Lu Shiqing took a step forward, cupped his hands, and asked the courtiers, "Why do you all have to fight? There will be natural disasters before this eve of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there will be disasters later. Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve. It is time to fight at this time. Under the turmoil of war, it is easy to win the hearts of the people." There will be turmoil, and the crowd will be noisy. At that time, there will be strong enemies from outside and troubles from inside, how many second princes and Wei Dudu do you plan to send to suppress it?"

Zhang Zhixian choked when he said that, and then snorted coldly: "It seems that Lu Shilang means that he is going to hand over the whole of Jiannan to others."

Lu Shiqing twitched at the corner of his mouth and looked at Emperor Huining: "What I mean is that it is the best plan to surrender without fighting."

The entire Xuanzheng Hall was silent, and then someone laughed: "Nanzhao and Tubo join forces, and no one is easy to talk to. Isn't Lu Shilang joking with us?"

Lu Shiqing smiled lightly: "Nanzhao is not easy to talk, and Tubo is not easy to talk, but it is easy to talk when Nanzhao joins forces with Tubo."

Everyone seemed to realize something in shock, Emperor Huining also stared at him and said, "Do you have a clever plan?"

Lu Shiqing lifted the corner of his robe and knelt down on his knees: "I invite you to go south to meet the enemy, and vow to reach a peace talk with Nanzhao Tubo."

Emperor Huining pointed at him: "How sure?"

He raised his head slightly, his thin lips curved slightly: "Ten percent."

It was already dusk when Lu Shiqing returned to the mansion, and he hadn't informed Xuan Shi about going to southern Yunnan the next day, so he first asked the servant Yuan Cixian if he had been here, and when he heard no, he couldn't say he was easily lost, so he hurried back to the yard, unexpectedly just stepped into the At the courtyard gate, I saw Cao An and Zhao Shu jumping desperately up under a dead tree, as if they wanted to pick a paper kite hanging from the tree.

Lu Shiqing choked immediately. When did these two lose their childlike innocence? It's freezing cold, use the northwest wind to release paper kites?

From a distance, he saw Cao An stepped on Zhao Shu's shoulder and took down the blue paper kite. After looking carefully for a while, he said pleasantly, "This seems to be the handwriting of Lancang County Lord."

Lu Shiqing was taken aback for a moment, before anyone arrived, he said, "Bring it."

Cao An looked back, hurriedly stepped forward and handed him the paper kite, and explained: "Mr. Lang, the paper kite flew from somewhere, and it happened to hang on your tree. The villain looked at it, and it seemed to be the princess of Lancang County. handwriting."

Lu Shiqing looked down and saw that it was Yuan Cixian's handwriting, and drew a doggerel on the paper kite: insist that Qingqing will not relax, and the roots are originally in the broken rock. Thousands of blows are still strong, let the wind from east to west, north and south.

He was suffocated for a moment, and his heart seemed to be hit by a huge object, hitting a very soft place.

He suddenly raised his head and asked Zhao Shu: "The last time I was in front of the mansion, what did Princess Diannan call her?"

Zhao Shu thought about it for a while and replied: "The villain sounds like a baby name, called 'Yaoyao'."

Lu Shiqing lowered his head again, staring at the sentence "Definitely Qingqing will not relax" and smiled: "Oh, bite."