Hearing the footsteps, Jiang Ning felt relieved and took a deep breath. There were already large beads of sweat on his forehead.

Lu Yutong helped Jiang Ning lie down on the bed again, and was quite worried in her heart. Fortunately, the people who came today were from the Nangong family. If it had been Manichaean soldiers, there would have been another bloody battle today.

Song Wan saw off the Nangong family and gave him a sigh of relief. If he had to break in, the knife on his waist would have been drawn out.

Qiangzi brought back a canvas from outside, and the portraits of Jiang Ning and Lu Yutong were printed on it. As a result, the two could only stay in the blacksmith shop temporarily, waiting for the limelight to pass before making plans.

Song Wan wandered around the ordinary alleys every day, collecting all kinds of news. Jiang Ning immediately sent Song Wan to the alley to get back the box left behind, and took out one hundred gold from the two hundred and forty gold inside.

For the purpose of activities and gathering information, if possible, let people who leave the city pass the information to the outside world, especially to the court.

On March 12th, Jiang Ning could just get out of bed, so he took a walk with Lu Yutong in the small courtyard. In the spring of March in Jinling, he had taken off his cotton-padded clothes and put on green shirts, and hundreds of flowers were blooming in the small courtyard.

, there is quite a spring atmosphere, the willow trees above the head have begun to sprout, and the orioles are chirping. It would be a good scene if not for the sound of quarrels and weapons being heard from time to time.

"I heard from my sister that the Nangong family sent a daughter to the palace to serve Fang La. This woman was also quite scheming. She had been running the Nangong family by herself before, but her brother failed to live up to expectations. The Nangong family wanted her to

Just stay at home and take care of the business, then..." Lu Yutong supported Jiang Ning as she spoke, as if she realized something, she paused in the middle.

Jiang Ning smiled and said in a weak voice: "I see, this happened a few days ago?"

"Well, why, you know?" Lu Yutong looked at Jiang Ning and said.

"Do you still remember that I said I came to Jinling to celebrate my birthday, but do you know who I was celebrating my birthday for?" Jiang Ning said with a smile.

"I remember it seems..." Lu Yutong couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Nangong's family?"

"That's right..." Jiang Ning explained the friendship between the Wang family and the Nangong family, and then talked about Bai Yiyi risking his life to save her. After hearing this, Lu Yutong was shocked. But now, it seems that the Nangong family and Mani

There has been collusion among the teachings for a long time, and the major families also know this.

Otherwise, they would not have decided to escape in the first place. They were like fish on a chopping board in Aurous Hill, ready to be slaughtered by others. There were rumors before that these Manichaeans committed crimes by burning, killing, and looting wherever they went.

The wealthy gentry and landlords were frightened when they heard this.

"The Nangong family is really too decisive, leaving no escape route. If Manichaeism were defeated, wouldn't it be suspected of causing rebellion?" Lu Yutong frowned.

Jiang Ning said: "This is the brilliance of Nangong Jing."

"Brilliant? Where is the brilliance?" Lu Yutong asked.

Jiang Ning said: "The incident started from Nangong Mansion, but Nangong Mansion was also the first place to be attacked by Manichaeism. Everyone saw this. It is said that many servants died. The news brought back by Song Wan

, the night after Lu Qinghou and others entered Jinling, they sent troops to guard Nangong Mansion. In this way,

It is tantamount to directly taking over the Nangong Mansion. Now Nangong Wan has been taken to the palace. In other words, it is not an exaggeration to say that Fang La is bullying the women of the people. In this way, it is not difficult for the Nangong Mansion to clear its name.

Furthermore, Nangong Mansion is not short of money. Even if the Great Xia Dynasty takes over Jinling City, how much money will the imperial court allocate?"

"Since the Nangong family has a lot of money, they can just use the money to buy their lives. If those fleeing families didn't leave, they might be able to get a share of the pie, but they escaped. At best, they were escaping for their lives, and at worst, they were abandoning the city.

, but it is not impossible for the Nangong family to confuse right and wrong with just one mouth. Nangong Jing may not go out for more than ten days. How can we know what he is thinking and doing? "

"Then according to what you say, the Nangong family not only has no fault, but has made meritorious deeds?" Lu Yutong said displeased.

Jiang Ning laughed: "I didn't say that all this will be decided in the future, but not now."

Jiang Ning thought that Nangong Wan could enter the palace and be said to be a saint, and then thought about the letters of separation and separation in the box, it was not surprising that He Shili became a victim of politics.

At this moment, Nangong Wan was sitting on Fang La's lap in the palace, watching the battle report ahead with him.

"Well, go and invite the military officer. I have important matters to discuss with him, as well as Marshal Deng." Fang La pinched Nangong Wan's butt and said to the maid next to him.

The palace maid kowtowed and left in a hurry.

Nangong Wan sat on Fang La's lap and could naturally clearly see the content written on the two battle reports.

The first letter came from Gaoyou, Chuzhou. It was signed by a man named Sixingfang. He said that he had received the military order seven days ago. Now the army has marched towards Chuzhou and will soon be able to capture Chuzhou and march towards Chuzhou.

Fang La asked for instructions on his further actions after capturing Chuzhou, whether to continue the attack and march towards Haizhou, or to station troops in Chuzhou and prepare for defense. Another possibility was to go directly along the Huainan road and approach Yingtian Mansion.

From Si Xingfang's point of view, with the 100,000 troops in his hands, it was a sure thing to capture Chuzhou. After all, according to the intelligence report, Chuzhou's troops only had 15,000 troops, and they were all from the government and the Ministry of War, so their combat effectiveness was not very high.

powerful.

The second letter was sent from Chaohu. It was signed Shi Bao. The main title was almost the same as what Si Xingfang said. He was determined to win the battle of Luzhou. Luzhou is connected in all directions. Going west is Shouzhou, Liu'an and other places.

Take it

Shouzhou can then march into the Central Plains. Going north is Haozhou. The land of Suzhou can be connected with Chuzhou. These are all feasible strategies. The defenders of Luzhou are only ten thousand. According to Shi Bao, attack the city with all your strength and it will take two days.

Can be taken.

Nangong Wan stood up and was about to leave, but she heard Fang La say: "You don't have to go, you are a saint, and you are here to assist me. I have talked with you in the past few days, and some of your opinions are quite pertinent. You should also listen to it. No need to

Just tell them and tell me."

Nangong Wan hurriedly knelt on the ground, bowed her head and said: "Shenggong, please spare your life. My daughter only wants to be with Shenggong all the time to relieve his fatigue and military affairs. Even if I have great courage, I don't dare to say more.

Now is the time for the great cause of the Holy Duke. We must also beware of the words of villains. If you say that I am a monster and deceive the public and deceive the Holy Duke, wouldn't it be against the virtue of the Holy Duke?"

"Hmph, whoever dares to scream, I will cut out his tongue and cut his body into pieces." Fang La slammed the table, and the two rows of maids below him knelt down.

"Haha." Fang La immediately smiled again, stood up and walked to Nangong Wan: "Wan'er, please get up, haha, I know you have my best interests at heart. If I, Yongle, are all Wan'er's thoughts, why worry about big things happening?

,The world is uncertain?”

"You go behind the tent, listen to what they say, and think about what is the best choice. This is a serious matter, and we have to take it seriously." Fang La helped Nangong Wan up.

Nangong Wan stood up, said with a slight smile: "Thank you, Holy Duke." Then she walked towards the back of the tent and hid behind the bedside tent.

Fang La changed his clothes and sat in the middle hall. Half an hour later, Deng Yuanjue and Lu Qinghou entered the middle hall. After saluting, Fang La let them read the battle report from the front line.

The two looked at each other, and Fang La knew what he meant. He stepped back and said, "You can tell me what you have to say now."

Deng Yuanjue said: "There is something that I just learned about. I was about to come with Brother Lu to report to His Majesty, but His Majesty happened to summon him, so I hurried over."

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his sleeve and placed it on Fang La's dragon case himself.
Chapter completed!