after being kidnapped by the general

The fragrance of tea curls up, and the white mist slowly floats up from the spout.

The autumn wind blows in through the door, taking away the dullness in the room.

Zhang Liangdong stroked his beard, with worry hidden between his brows, "The Son of Heaven is really in a difficult situation, if Li Li continues to be arrogant, I'm afraid it will be bad."

Xiang Hongyun thought for a moment, and realized, "You want the lord to get rid of Li Li?"

Zhang Liangdong nodded slightly.

Xiang Hongyun understood.

He picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea and put it in front of Zhang Liangdong: "What you really want to say is the sentence 'we as ministers should try our best to solve the emperor's worries and problems', right? The emperor's biggest worry now is probably Li Li gone."

Zhang Liangdong didn't say right or wrong, he just said: "Good boy, you can guess later."

Xiang Hongyun smiled lightly, "Everyone in the world can be hungry, but the emperor cannot be hungry. But if everyone is hungry today, isn't it Li Li's fault? If the lord really sends the food you sent to Luoyang, see Seeing so much food, Li Li must be very greedy, and will ask Youzhou for food one after another, and the general has a kin-killing feud with Li Li, so he must not be able to bear this matter, and there will be a battle between the two sides."

The more he talked, the more he understood Zhang Liangdong's purpose. Xiang Hongyun paused, and continued: "If the lord did not send your food to Luoyang, your words also hinted at the lord, telling the lord that it is time to share with you. Li Li has started the war. After all, Li Li personally sent up an excellent excuse to punish him. The princes of the world have been dissatisfied with Li Li for a long time. If the lord and the general take the lead at this time, the princes of the world will respond in one fell swoop to punish the thieves. .”

"That's right," Zhang Liangdong looked at Xiang Hongyun with relief, "I really want to use the hands of Yuan Lejun and Chu Hechao to get rid of Li Li. But it's not just that, I also want Yuan Lejun and Chu Ciye Take advantage of this."

He sighed, with a trace of regret on his face, "Li Li is a thief known to everyone in the world. As long as he can kill this thief, his reputation will be raised to a level that other people can't match. Don't look at the fact that reputation is illusory. But the old man has lived his whole life and knows how important prestige is. As long as Yuan Lejun and Chu Ciye can kill Li Li, they will be famous and loyal people in the world. , There will be countless people of insight who defect to them, and they will be deeply recorded in the annals of history, high-ranking officials and marquises are nothing to worry about... These are invisible but intangible benefits that can actually be brought."

After saying that, Zhang Liangdong smiled wryly and said: "If I want to believe that all the princes in the world are loyal ministers, this is too stupid. Among the princes I know, Lord Yuan Le and Chu Ciye are the rare ones who are truly loyal. The two people who think about the country for the people are also one of the few loyal ministers who are dedicated to the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the emperor. If they kill Li Li and welcome the saint to Youzhou, I feel relieved. If other princes take this opportunity, it is impossible to guarantee that It will become like Li Li, coercing the emperor to make the princes."

That's why Zhang Liangdong wanted to urge Yuanli and Chu Hechao to take the credit for killing Li Li first.At that time, Yuanli will be established as the third prince, and Chu Hechao will be the head of the generals. With Wen and Wu assisting the emperor, the Northern Zhou Dynasty will be more and more stable.

Xiang Hongyun nodded slightly.

But there was one thing he didn't say, and he would never say it to Zhang Liangdong.

Yuanli and Chu Hechao... are not people that this young emperor can control.

Yuan Li also guessed Zhang Liangdong's meaning. If he hadn't thought too much, Zhang Liangdong might want them to use the excuse of "Li Li persecuted the emperor and made the emperor starve" to raise troops.

But in fact, regardless of whether Zhang Liangdong hinted or not, Yuanli and Chu Hechao have already decided to attack Li Li next year.

Now before Yuan Li's eyes was the issue of Chu Hechao's filial piety.

Now is the time when the autumn is high and the air is crisp, the grains are ripe, and the people are busy with the autumn harvest.The smell of grain is wafting from the field, and the child is picking up ears of rice on the path with a bamboo basket on his back, and he can pick up half a bamboo basket in a day.

The captives were also busy harvesting grain, digging potatoes, and picking cotton.

The weather in late autumn can be said to be changeable. It is so hot at noon that people can soak their clothes, and it is so cold at night that they have to cover up with a quilt.The ginkgo tree in front of Yuanli's window has also turned golden yellow, and the leaves are falling down one after another every day, accumulating a thick layer on the window sill.

Chu Hechao grabbed Yuanli and took Yuanli to climb the mountain to pick peaches.

The peaches in Youzhou in autumn are very sweet, and there is a mountain of peaches in the countryside.Chu Hechao took Yuanli to Taoshan early in the morning and arrived at noon.

The sun is hot, and the lips are dry.

The two drank some water and rested for a while at the bottom of the mountain, and began to climb up the mountain.

The peach trees at the foot of the mountain have all been picked and are bare.After walking inside for a while, it got better. The bright red peaches were hanging on the fruit tree, one by one, which made people feel happy.

Carrying a bamboo basket and wearing a mat hat to protect against the scorching sun, Yuanli reached out and picked an autumn peach.

The autumn peaches were very ripe, and the sticky juice was squeezed out with a little force. Yuan Li sniffed lightly, and the sweet smell burst into his nose. He put the peaches in the bamboo basket contentedly.

Yuan Li was afraid that the peach hair would stick to his body and make it itchy, so he wrapped him tightly from his hair to his feet, the itching was gone, and his face was covered with sweat due to the heat.

After Chu Hechao finished picking a basket of peaches, he thought it was almost done, so he took Yuanli to find Xiaoxi nearby, and asked him to wash his face to cool off.

Yuan Li took off the mat hat, his hair was disheveled, and he couldn't wait to wash his face twice with the stream in his hands, and heaved a sigh of relief, "It's October, and it's still so hot."

Chu Hechao washed the peaches beside him, rubbed the hairs of the peaches and handed them to Yuanli, "It will be cold in a few days."

Yuanli looked at the weather forecast and had to say that the man was right, in four days, the weather in Youzhou would drop a lot.

He took a bite of the peach, and the sweet and moist flesh immediately turned into juice, moistening his thirsty throat.Yuan Li's eyes lit up, "This peach is so sweet."

After he finished eating, Chu Hechao washed him another one.After eating three or four peaches in a row, Yuan Li shook his head, "I don't want to eat it."

Chu Hechao washed another peach and swallowed it in two or three bites.After quenching his thirst, Chu Hechao got up with Yuanli, "Let's go. I'll take you to a good place."

Yuan Li followed curiously, "What good place?"

Chu Hechao: "Xishuitou. The water there is sweet, and the peaches are even sweeter."

Yuanli: "Is it far?"

"Fortunately."

Chu Hechao hid himself and Yuanli's bamboo basket under a tree, covered the two baskets of peaches with dead leaves on the ground, and walked lightly with Yuanli to the head of the stream.

Yuan Li took off the scarf around his neck, wiped his neck with some water, and thought he was climbing a mountain with Chu Hechao.

Taoshan is not high. For the two of them who are physically strong, it took less than half an hour to climb to the head of the stream.

Chu Hechao was not lying. The peaches at Xishuitou were sweeter, the water was clearer, and they looked a lot bigger than those on the mountainside.

Yuan Li was not willing to pick too many, fearing that he would not finish eating, so he picked a dozen or so, turned to Chu Hechao and said, "Take off your outer robe to me."

Chu Hechao was puzzled, and took off his robe to him, "What are you doing?"

Yuan Li wrapped Tao Zi around with his outer robe, "Pretend Tao Zi."

Chu Hechao: "..."

He looked at the robe covered in peach hair, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Can this still be worn?

The two of them turned around, and they were not in a hurry to go down the mountain.Turning around, they heard the sound of someone talking from the east.

Yuan Li and Chu Hechao looked at each other and walked slowly over.In the clearing in the woods, two people, a man and a woman, were picking each other's clothes.The robes, shoes and socks were thrown all over the floor, and the voice made people blush with embarrassment.

In less than a few seconds, the woman yelled loudly, and the man also said "mother-in-law, enemy".

Yuan Li didn't expect to see this scene, his eyelids twitched, and he wanted to leave.

The man standing behind him suddenly reached out and hugged him, his fingers wrapped around his waist, his arms were getting harder and his breathing was a little rough.

Yuan Li turned his head and saw that Chu Hechao was staring at those two people with a focused expression.

Yuan Li said: "Looks good?"

"It's not good-looking," Chu Hechao said in his mouth, "Learn a lesson, and I will do the same with you later."

Yuan Li almost didn't say a word, he shook his arm and said, "Go back, don't look at evil."

The two left quietly.Go to the place where the peaches are buried, pick up the bamboo basket and walk to the foot of the mountain.

Yuanli felt that Chu Hechao was looking at him with increasingly bold and dangerous eyes. He coughed, trying to wash the man's head full of yellow straw, "Isn't this Taoshan yours?"

Chu Hechao lazily grabbed a piece of grass and held it in his mouth. When the grass root flickered, he said vaguely, "Where do I have the money to grow peaches?"

"That's right," Yuan Li nodded in agreement, agreeing with Chu Hechao's poverty, "Then do all the peaches here grow by themselves? It's strange, a mountain of peaches grows after a long time."

"No," Chu Hechao said calmly, "This is someone else's mountain of peaches. I brought you in because I stole the peaches."

Yuanli: "..."

His expression twisted slightly.

A lord governor of Liangzhou and a general of the king of Chu came to steal peaches from other people's mountains?

It's not ashamed to say it out.

Yuan Li covered his face and moaned, "Chu Hechao, you are really..."

He wiped his face and urged Chu Hechao to leave quickly.When going down the mountain, Yuanli looked around guiltily, for fear of being caught by the master, and planned to ask Lin Tian to send some money to the family after returning.

When the two came, they rode two horses. When they returned, they let one of them carry two baskets of peaches, and the two of them shared one horse.

Yuanli is in the front, Chu Hechao is in the back.

The horse swayed, and the two men pressed their chests against their backs.

Yuan Li's face turned red and blue, and he said helplessly, "Chu Hechao, in broad daylight, can you control your stick?"

Chu Hechao raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said with a low voice, "But the stick wants to stab you."

Yuanli blocked his mouth.

I am worried.

The man chuckled a few times and stopped talking annoyingly.

After returning to Chu Palace, the two baskets of peaches were eaten within a few days, and when the peaches were finished, Chu Hechao finally came out of the filial piety period.