across mountains and seas

Raindrops are falling in front of the eaves, and I don't know when the wind and rain will stop.

Black tiles and white walls stand amidst the wind and rain, and the rain curtain is covered with a layer of tulle on the patchwork eaves.

The state capital of Dongfu Prefecture is called [Donglin], and Cao Yang, the son-in-law, has been stationed here for more than three months. He also fought with the foreign troops in the west of Dongfu Prefecture for more than three months, but he didn't recover even an inch of land.

Lidu has criticized Cao Yang, if not for the eldest princess sitting in court, the 14-year-old little emperor would not know how to calm down and panic.

Raindrops float in through the small open window and fall on the white jade pen resting on the pen hill.

Cao Yang frowned, looking at today's new military report, full of anxiety.

"Sigh." Cao Yang picked up the white jade pen, but felt his hand was cold, what else could he reply to the frontline general?The imperial court has no generals who can be used for many years. It is the greatest skill of the frontline generals to ensure that foreign soldiers and horses will no longer capture the city.

[East Front] The door of the main hall of the government office has been kept wide open, just because the battle reports from the front line will be rushed to arrive at any time, and it won't be long before the door is opened to let in the soldiers who deliver the letter.

Sorry for the first time.

Cao Yang shouldn't gamble this time, believe Madam Ye's words, and the coalition forces will attack the three northwest states controlled by the Wei family.

Seeking skins with tigers will eventually lead to disaster.

Not only did they fail to capture Wei's three northwestern states, but they also paid for several small cities in Dongfu Prefecture to enter.

"My son-in-law." The deputy general came to the entrance of the main hall and bowed respectfully to Cao Yang.

Cao Yang knew that there must be another battle report, he put down the white jade pen in a slump, pinched his forehead, and waved tiredly to signal the lieutenant general to bring in the report.

The lieutenant shook his head, "Madame Ye is out to see you."

"She still dares to come?!" Cao Yang was shocked, the front line was fighting, and this woman dared to take risks alone!Cao Yang calmed himself down a bit, sat upright on the seat in the main hall, helped the jade crown on his hair, smoothed the folds of his sleeves, and said: "Bring her up."

"No." The lieutenant stepped back.

Not long after, Mrs. Ye, who was wearing black clothes and a black veil, came in from outside the main hall.

Cao Yang looked at Mrs. Ye coldly. Through the black veil, he could still see that she was in a good mood today, obviously she came prepared.

"My son-in-law, you are safe here." Mrs. Ye chuckled lightly, and greeted her with a small smile.

Cao Yang snorted coldly, "You are quite courageous!"

"Heh." Mrs. Ye shook the raindrops on the corner of her skirt, "Wealth and wealth are sought in danger, and timid people die early." As she said, she raised her eyes and met Cao Yang's eyes solemnly, "My son-in-law Lord, I'm here today, just to ask my son-in-law, is the agreement with our Ye clan back then still count?"

Cao Yang had never seen such a brazen person before, it was clear that Ye Shi broke his promise first, and now he dared to mention this matter, it is too thick-skinned.

Madam Ye had expected Cao Yang's reaction in this way, she smiled lightly and said, "If the son-in-law forgets, I can tell the son-in-law again."

"So what if I say it again?" Cao Yang sneered, "Do you think I will still believe what you say?"

"Believe it or not, it's your business. Since my son-in-law still remembers it, I'll add another one." Mrs. Ye raised her index finger at Cao Yang, "Today I want the royal decree stamped by my son-in-law himself, to seal my brother Ye Chengtian is the governor of Xishen Prefecture."

Cao Yang violently smashed the white jade pen on the desk, and shouted angrily, "What a breath!"

"In two months, it will be winter." Madam Ye said slowly, but she said something else.

This matter is Cao Yang's heart disease.

The imperial court has been punishing the traitors year after year, and the military pay is huge, and the military rations are even more huge.After the beginning of winter, snow fell everywhere in Kyushu, and the court's grain and grass reserves were fundamentally insufficient. If the war continued, there would only be a dead end.

But Mrs. Ye is far away in Xishenzhou, how could she know about this?

"In the past few years, thieves and thieves have been rampant in Xishen Prefecture, and there have been several mountain kings. If the court really has the spare power to take care of it, it will not leave the entire state capital vacant for many years." Mrs. Ye is sure that Cao Yang has no other choice, she Approaching the desk, he took a brush for Cao Yang again, dipped it in ink, and handed it to Cao Yang, "My son-in-law once promised that after you and I take down the three states of the Wei family together, we will help the Ye family get rid of slavery." , so that our people of the Ye family can enter Kyushu and live like ordinary people. Now we only want a state capital that can shelter the people from the wind and rain, and we chose Xishen Prefecture, which the imperial court cannot control. Why are you still hesitating? ?”

Cao Yang didn't go to pick up the brush, "What you want is far more than Xishenzhou."

Madam Ye sighed intentionally, and put down the brush, "The imperial court gave us the West Shenzhou in a legitimate way, and we will naturally not attack the East Fuzhou again. You must understand this ideal."

Cao Yang's face was livid.

Mrs. Ye simply leaned on the case, "We can also return those cities in East Fuzhou to the imperial court to show our sincerity."

"Do you really think I dare not kill you?" Cao Yang asked through gritted teeth.

Madam Ye laughed loudly and said, "Kill! You can kill! Since I dare to come today, I have made all the preparations." She smiled mysteriously and looked sideways at the map of East Fuzhou, "My son-in-law really Do you really think...that stupid general on the front line can stop our Ye clan's troops?" After she finished speaking, she twisted her waist and walked to the map of East Fuzhou, and drew a circle on a military pass on the front line with her fingers. "After taking this place, how many barriers are left in the western region?"

"Oh, I forgot to remind my son-in-law." Mrs. Ye pointed to Wei's three-state jurisdiction, "Liu Su sent a special envoy to talk, saying that after the joint efforts to destroy Daliang, we should be the ones between the two states." land."

Cao Yang looked at what Mrs. Ye was pointing at. Once Liu Su and Mrs. Ye joined hands, the court would be doomed.

"The royal decree needs to be sealed by His Majesty." Cao Yang hurriedly found an excuse.

"Three days! I'll wait for the son-in-law for three days in [East Lin], and when the order is in hand, I will send a message to my brother that the army will withdraw from the territory of Dongfu Prefecture and cease fighting with the imperial court." After Madam Ye finished speaking, she bowed to Cao Yangfu, Without waiting for Cao Yang's approval, he exited the lobby.

Cao Yang watched Madam Ye walk away unwillingly, and beat the case hard——the imperial court is so weak, he faintly felt that there was nothing he could do to recover.

How to turn things around in three days?

Even if Lang Shuai Yu Chijiu is still alive, I am afraid that the current decline cannot be reversed.

"Prince..." The deputy general came out of the lobby again holding the battle report from the front line, only called out half a sound, and held back his words abruptly.

"What's the matter?" Cao Yang's voice was hoarse.

The lieutenant took a deep breath, "There is an urgent report from the front line."

A vein twitched on Cao Yang's forehead. He didn't signal the lieutenant general to come in. He just looked sideways at the map of Dongfuzhou, at the pass Mrs. Ye pointed out just now, "Open the military newspaper and see if the Ye clan's army has stormed Sanshan Pass. ?”

"No!" The deputy general opened the military newspaper, glanced at it hastily, his face was pale, and he said in a trembling voice, "Back... son-in-law... that's true."

Cao Yang clenched his fists, he knew better than anyone else, so what if he gave Ye Shi what he wanted?How could the Ye family let go of the fat meat obtained in Dongfuzhou?

Once East Fuzhou fell, Lidu would lose its barrier.

Winners and losers, how miserable the Da clan was, how miserable it is now for the Chu clan of Daliang.

If Cao Yang is not a son-in-law, he can still judge the situation, but he is already a son-in-law, and he will never survive if the Ye clan captures Lidu.

The line of sight went all the way to the southeast along Lidu, and finally fell on the four characters "Dongjingshi".

Now that the imperial court is at the end of its strength, the Ye clan and the Jing clan have always had old grievances, and the Dongjing clan is the court's last bet.

"Get ready to ride fast." Cao Yang made up his mind, and he didn't dare to hesitate any more.

He drew up a pen to draw up two edicts quickly, and wrote another letter to express his love for the eldest princess Chu Xi, and ordered his personal deputy general to take the edict and letter to Lidu on the same day.

The wind and rain have just stopped, and the fallen leaves in the courtyard are sticking to the ground with moisture.

Water drops dripped from the eaves of Haicheng, hit the small nests of the stone steps, splashed water, and landed on the green grass beside the stone steps.

Liu Xi shook the raindrops on the paper umbrella, and put the paper umbrella aside.She flicked off the raindrops on the corners of her plain skirt, rolled up her sleeves, and before approaching the stove of Zhubingtai, she was stopped by Jing Huan in front of the stove.

"Sister-in-law, your foot injury hasn't healed yet, you'd better go back and rest, I'll watch the fire here, nothing will go wrong."

Although Liu Xi can walk as usual, Jing Huan remembers clearly that Miss Shen said that it is better for Liu Xi to walk less, so as not to suffer from any root cause and become lame when she gets old, and in the past three months, Xiao Wu also specifically ordered the whole family to stare at Liu Xi to recuperate.

It's not that Liu Xi doesn't believe in Jing Huan, it's just that Liu Xi attaches great importance to the mineral water in this stove, and she has to watch it herself to really feel at ease.

"Fourth Uncle, I'm just looking, I won't do anything." Liu Xi replied with a smile.

Jing Huan glanced at Liu Xi's rolled up sleeves, "Sister-in-law, you don't want to do anything, so put down the sleeves, take a look and go back."

Liu Xi simply put down the rolled up sleeves, "Does Fourth Uncle believe me now?"

Jing Huan nodded, "Yes."

Liuxi shook her head helplessly, opened the lid of the mine water and took a look at the iron ore molten water. When the color was not yet at its best, it would take a few more days to cast a good weapon.

Watching Liuxi put the lid back on, Jing Huan smiled and said, "Look, sister-in-law, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Liu Xi smiled with satisfaction, "Fourth Uncle does things properly."

"In ten months, I'll be eighteen!" Jing Huan patted his chest, "I'll be an adult after the crowning ceremony, and I can't act rashly like a child."

Liu Xi smiled lightly, and after being reminded by him, Liu Xi tentatively asked, "Fourth Uncle seems to be seven months older than Ah Lan?"

"Sister-in-law made a mistake." Jing Huan waved his hand, "I'm five, three months and seven days old!"

"Oh, it's true that I remembered it wrong. Fortunately, my fourth uncle reminded me." Liu Xi secretly calculated Jing Lan's birthday.

Liu Xi glanced at the fire thoughtfully, hoping to wrap up her birthday present in time.

"It's okay, I remember everyone's birthday in my family! If my sister-in-law forgets it again, you can ask me quietly." Jing Huan said proudly with his head held high.

"Okay." Liu Xi smiled, bent down and picked up the paper umbrella on the side, just turned around, and saw Jing Lan standing there holding the umbrella under the stone steps of [Casting Soldiers Terrace], her face seemed not very good.

Jing Huan also saw Jing Lan, and quickly waved at Jing Lan, "Xiao Wu, my sister-in-law just came here, and I told her to go back to rest early according to your words."

"Thank you fourth brother." After Jing Lan finished speaking, she turned to look at Liu Xi, "Can't you take good care of her?" Although it was blame, it was more of worry.

Liu Xi didn't answer right away, but when she walked out of the eaves of the [Casting Soldiers Terrace], she realized that there was another drizzle in the sky.

She lowered her head and opened the paper umbrella, but Jing Lan had already walked quickly to her side, and stretched out the paper umbrella to cover the drizzle in the sky.

"I'll send my sister-in-law back to rest." Jing Lan hurriedly dropped a reason, "Let's go."

Liu Xi snickered, but didn't say anything.

"Yes, my lord." As he said, Liu Xi closed the paper umbrella in his hand.

Jing Lan glanced at Liu Xi, "It's raining and the road is slippery, so watch your step."

"Okay." Liu Xi felt warm in his heart, and nodded slightly.

Jing Lan walked very slowly, holding the umbrella handle with her slender knuckles. She knew that Liu Xi was looking sideways at her, but she didn't dare to meet Liu Xi's eyes directly, so she had to cough twice as a reminder.

It was drizzling outside the umbrella, and the distant view of the courtyard was hazy. Today, Jing Lan is as tall as Liu Xi. She is wearing a blue-striped white dress today, which makes her face extraordinarily delicate. Looking from the side, she has a straight nose. The silhouette blends into the distant view, a clean young man as if drawn out.

"There is still more than a year..." Liu Xi suddenly said.

Jing Lan frowned, tightened her fingers holding the handle of the umbrella slightly, and said in a deep voice, "It's been more than two years."

Liu Xi was stunned for a moment, and her smile became wider, "I'm talking about A Lan's crowning ceremony."

"Cough cough." But Jing Lan was talking about Liu Xi's three-year period of filial piety, and she thought she had said something wrong, so she could only cough a few more times, only to feel that the base of her ears felt a little hot.

Liu Xi couldn't help laughing, "Alan."

"What's the matter?" Jing Lan asked.

"My bone injury has really healed, can you stop staring at me so closely?" Liu Xi asked quietly.

"No." Jing Lan replied truthfully, "Unless Miss Shen said you..."

"That's what you said, no!" Liu Xi deliberately didn't let Jing Lan finish her sentence, and she managed to raise her eyebrows at Jing Lan and smiled.

Jing Lan stopped walking, always turning her eyes to look at her, "I clearly mean..."

"What is it?" She smiled sweetly under the umbrella, and the blooming autumn osmanthus behind her also dimmed a bit in an instant.

Her heartbeat suddenly beat faster, Jing Lan hurriedly turned her face away, "If you talk nonsense again..." Liu Xi's smile kept appearing in her mind, Jing Lan suddenly seemed to have tied her tongue, her words choked her throat, and she forgot what she wanted to say later. the words said.

The author has something to say: This volume is really going to be a good governor in Dongfuzhou.