"Qianqian, I have passed another ten years since I sent you the last time. I think you have reached the date of birth. I am very worried and deeply feel that I have too much to let you down in this life. The carriages and horses in this life are slow, and I have never received your reply. I am always at ease. I don't believe in gods and Buddhas. Recently, I can only pray that the Buddha will bless you and your son. Now there is a big trouble. I am afraid that Zheng Yuanhua intends to destroy the Yellow River to flood Shandong. For the sake of this, I hope you can send a powerful force to go east to Tongguan and attack Zhengzhou and Kaifeng. But it is possible that your troops will be exposed and released when you get the news. Therefore, you must wait until I move the people of Shandong. We will see how to coordinate this matter..."

Having written this, Wang Xiao stopped the pen in his hand and sat silently in front of the desk and pondered for a long time.

“It’s impossible to coordinate.”

He murmured, and finally he put the letter on the candlelight and burned it.

Watching the wisp of green smoke floating in his hands and ashes scattered throughout the table. Wang Xiao waved his hand and picked up a new piece of paper again.

Re-written.

"I'm very good here. Don't worry, remember to take care of myself. There is another thing that requires your help. Please lend me two thousand elites to my heart and leave Tongguan, lurk near Longtan Canyon, and wait for my signal to dispatch."

I only wrote this short sentence after thinking about it.

Wang Xiao gently touched the letter paper with his hand, sat alone for a long time, and then folded it and put it on the hot paint himself.

"Let me come in."

After a while, Xiao Chaihe personally led two ordinary Jinyiwei into the hall.

Wang Xiao looked around the faces of the two men for a long time before speaking: "Send this letter to Xi'an, go from Haozhou and Xuchang, and the road is not in our control. Be careful on the road. I also want you to send it as fast as possible."

"yes."

"Don't ride a horse when leaving Xuzhou, so as not to be noticed by those who are interested. Buy horses when you arrive at the territory of Haozhou... Don't go to Tongguan, climb over the forest, and don't relax after you arrive at the territory of Ruichao. Remember, the letter can only be handed over to the Seventh Prince of Ruichao or a beloved person named Huazhi, and no one else can handle it."

"Yes! A low position means death, and you will never let the letter fall into the hands of others."

Wang Xiao nodded and asked again: "What are your names?"

"Huizhi Yu Toyota."

"The humble official Liu Laishui."

Wang Xiao handed the letter out, nodded and said, "I've written it down."

Yu Toyota and Liu Laishui's heart trembled and excited. He wished he could go from Xuzhou to Xi'an, and the long-term water of the two thousand miles of mountains was steadily crossed.

"I will never let down the Duke's trust!"

...

Xiao Chaihe said: "Don't worry, the family of these two people is in Jinan, which is absolutely reliable."

Wang Xiao buried his head in front of the case and wrote it in front of the case, explaining Xiao Chaihe while writing.

Because I have not considered many things thoroughly, I am no longer as short and powerful as before when I ordered them, and it seems a bit scattered. Sometimes I will repeat a few times when I go back and forth.

"I can't leave Xuzhou. Only when I am here can I stabilize Zheng Yuanhua. You and my cousin wait for me for two more days. I will sort out all the orders and take you back to Jinan. At that time, all the things in Shandong will be asked. Then you go to the battlefield in Cangzhou and tell Qin Shanhe to give up his plan to regain Cangzhou..."

"Yes. Duke, you haven't been asleep all night, go and take a break first."

"There is no time left. Zheng Yuanhua retreated too quickly. Maybe he had noticed something."

"Then you should eat this meal first, it's cold..."

"Go and read the information from Nanjing again to see if there is anything missing. If not, you go and rest, you will have to rush back to Jinan tomorrow."

Wang Xiao waved his hand and drove Xiao Chaihe down.

He raised his head from the table again. It was already night. He suddenly saw Qin Xiaozhu squatting far away in the courtyard outside, looking at him pitifully...

"Why don't you come in?"

Qin Xiaozhu said: "I came in and lit the candlelight for you just now. You didn't even realize it was me. What's wrong? You ignored me."

"Nothing, I encountered a little bit of something."

"Then let's have a meal, I didn't eat either, I'm waiting to eat with you."

"Okay." Wang Xiao nodded and said, "Go to the front hall to have a meal."

The food was set up in the front hall, and officials, servants and maids were sent to each other from time to time. Qin Xiaozhu turned around and looked. Wang Xiao's face had returned to calm, and he could still smile with a faint smile. It seemed that he had just encountered a small matter that had been solved.

"I heard a story yesterday, saying that Li Shidao listened to the advice of two concubines and sent someone to assassinate the prime minister. It was very interesting..."

Qin Xiaozhu wanted to share the interesting stories he heard with Wang Xiaoting, but it was dry from her mouth, so she had to add this sentence later to make the story... forcefully interesting.

After hearing this, Wang Xiao fell into deep thought again and said softly: "Are you assassinating the Prime Minister?"

"Well, Sister Pu and Yuan Qiniang offer advice. They are so stupid. What's the use of assassination in the world?"

"Yes, Qin Shisanniang, who is not as smart as me."

Qin Xiaozhu said angrily: "Bah, who is your Qin Shisanniang... Also, you didn't sleep yesterday. If you don't sleep today, I won't sleep either."

"In two days, my cousin and his friends returned to Jinan, and I have to make some things right first."

"Oh, then don't be too late, I'll wait for you."

The yard is full of bright lights, and occasionally a slave passes by. He turns to catch a glimpse of the two of them talking. The way they eat is as fine as usual, and it is calm and unpredictable...

At night, Qin Xiaozhu went to Dong Xiaowan's place to listen to the story for a while. When it was midnight, she heard Akita Yuko say that the Duke had returned to the house, so she happily returned to the house.

After turning off the light, Qin Xiaozhu hugged Wang Xiao, thinking that he could persuade him to eat and sleep, and he was also satisfied.

Wang Xiao lay there, sleepiness rising up and was exhausted, but his mind was surging and he could not fall asleep. After hearing Qin Xiaozhu's breathing became even, he gently took her away and wrapped his hands around him, put on his clothes and stood up.

Yuko Akita who was outside woke up and hurriedly looked at it. She saw Wang Xiao walking out with a candlelight.

"Duke..."

"Shh, don't talk to Xiao Zhu."

"Hi, wow."

If Wang Xiao is in a good mood, he would occasionally reply to her a few simple words like "Airbus" when talking, which is a rare local accent that she can hear.

But today I didn't say it, and Yuko Akita was a little disappointed.

On the other side, Wang Xiao returned to the study with a candlelight, spread out the drawings again, and marked them upward along the Yellow River from Xuzhou...

That night, on the horse-drawn stage, he stood with his hands behind his back, looking north, showing contemplation.

"Brother Fang turned out to be here, which made me easy to find." Hou Fangyu walked out of the mountain gate, holding a pot of wine in his hand, and said with a smile: "The traitor has fallen, and you and I haven't drunk it yet."

Fang Yizhi said: "Look."

"What?"

"The fire over there is a fire? A quick horse has left the city." Fang Yizhi said: "Tonight, several more fast horses will return to Shandong."

"Xuzhou and Shandong have frequent official documents, which is a normal thing. Don't think about it too much... Brother Chen is drunk, but Brother Fang is still not drinking a cup."

"Chaozong, do you think Wang Xiao intends to use troops against Jiangnan?"

Hou Fangyu shook his head and said, "Impossible. How long has it been since Dorgon retreated? I heard that the Shandong army has not yet captured Cangzhou, and this year he has no spare energy to use troops to Jiangnan."

"I also know it's unlikely, but I always feel uneasy..."

After a while, Fang Yizhi sighed: "The Duke of the State asked Brother Chen to pass on a message, saying that we are not good at intrigues. What do you think?"

"Ha, just deliberately suppress us." Hou Fangyu drank a sip of wine, letting the wind blow, and his clothes flew.

"How many seniors in Fushe were excluded by treacherous parties, and their ambitions were hard to fulfill and returned home. Only you and I, Lianheng, will eliminate treacherous parties in one fell swoop. Brother Fang, one day, the world will revive before our eyes and return to the prosperous situation."

Fang Yizhi shook his head and said, "Don't forget, Chen Cifu's letter said that Nanjing rumored that Zheng Yuanhua was scared away by the Duke of Guo. With a broken poem, Zheng Shaofu escaped from Beijing in the middle of the night."

"If you hadn't contacted Meng Shiwei to receive the imperial edict, how could Chen Cifu have the momentum of today? How could Zheng Yuanhua retreat easily?"

Hou Fangyu said, wanting to ridicule Liu Lanshan for a few more words, but he still took it back when he said. He just smiled and said, "It's okay, as long as the situation can improve, it's enough."

"But if we cannot work together to drive away Zheng Yuanhua? Today, the Duke of the State still refuses to see us, I am afraid that he will not go to Nanjing."

Fang Yizhi said, took the wine pot and drank it, and said, "I and Shangshu Qian also appeared on the horse theater stage together, and he wrote a poem."

"Xiongtai once played horses, abandoned swords and used troops. The destruction of Chu was not a crime of war, but it was not for the people."

"I think of Xiang Yu's sword when he was 'one enemy is not enough to learn, but ten thousand enemies are not enough to learn, and he abandoned the sword and used troops. Now, looking at Wang Xiao, the remnant poem scares Zheng Yuanhua away, how can he not be overbearing... But no matter how domineering he is, how can he not know that fighting will perish? Why don't he be willing to give in to the people of Jiangnan?

Hou Fangyu asked, "What do you think of him?"

"Are they don't believe in Chen Cifu, or they have a deep affection with Princess Chunning and are unwilling to give up the King of Qi and support the emperor. But can't he tell who is more important?"

Hou Fangyu looked up at Xingchen and said, "I have a plan."

"I have a plan, too."

"Haha, why not write it down separately and see if you and I have the same views..."

The two smiled, each dipped in wine and wrote words on the ground.

However, when we looked at each other, Hou Fangyu wrote the word "jian", while Fang Yizhi wrote the word "min".

"Chaozong said it first."

Hou Fangyu was silent and said, "Since King Qi is in Xuzhou, I have a plan to make him and Wang Xiao feel free... I am Xiaodao, what about Brother Fang's plan?"

He seemed to have accidentally wiped off the word "子" on the ground.

Fang Yizhi said: "We cannot persuade him, and maybe let the people persuade him. Since the Zheng Party has fallen, we can spread the news of welcoming Duke Guo to Nanjing to assist in the administration... Last time you saw that the people of Xuzhou have already received the benefits of the new policy and will definitely be willing to see him go further. Once the matter is completed, the court will have spare energy to govern the Yellow River and reopen the canal. As long as we explain to the people well, he may be able to agree."

Hou Fangyu nodded and said, "Yes, the Yellow River has always been a big trouble in Xuzhou, and the canal is the livelihood of Xuzhou. If this matter can be spread, Xuzhou will definitely respond. Since Brother Fang has a brilliant plan, why bother to sit here? Let's go to the Yu family to discuss..."
To be continued...