The General's Mansion in the West.

In the study room.

Two months later, Jia Xu, Li Xuan and Li Ru gathered in the study again to discuss the matters of the Western Expedition with Li Li.

"Has the lord been stranding in the martial arts lecture hall recently and has not returned to Meiwu to take a look?" Li Xuan asked with a smile when he entered the study.

"Uh?" Li Li took a sip of tea, was shocked and asked with confusion, "Why did Yuanzhong say this? Is there anything wrong with it?"

Li Xuan looked at Li Li with a strange expression and explained: "When his subordinates returned to Meiwu yesterday to allocate the food and grass for the Western Expedition, the eldest lady took several other ladies to find the subordinates and asked his lord's recent whereabouts in person. The subordinates wanted to hide it, but found that the ladies looked different and suddenly felt that the situation was not good, so they had to tell the truth."

"Oh, so that's it." Li Li responded casually, shook his head helplessly, and then said, "Yuanzhong, there are no outsiders here. Isn't the eldest lady your sister Li Xin? There is no need to be a taboo, just call her name. I've been too busy recently. I'm so busy all day long that I don't have time to go back to visit them. Xin'er and the others are pregnant and have a changeable temperament. Don't make things difficult for you, right?"

"Hahaha!" Jia Xu and Li Ru laughed at the news, each of them sat down, picked up teacups and had tea.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "The Lord is so serious. Xin'er is my sister. How could they make things difficult for me? But the ladies seem to know that Nancheng has recently opened a Huayue Building, which is extremely large in scale. Everyone has famous ladies from all counties, singing, dancing, and beautiful wine, which is fascinating. Has the lord visited some private places recently? I have no other intentions. The ladies of the lord already know about this?????????"

"Cough, cough, stop!" Li Li coughed lightly, stared at Li Xuan with bright eyes, and said in a deep voice: "How can Xin'er and the others know that I have been to Huayue Tower? Yuanzhong, you are not honest! In my guess, you must be because you can't resist their interrogation and took the initiative to reveal my whereabouts. Isn't it?"

"Uh! This,,,,,,,,," Li Xuan looked at Li Li in surprise. He stammered and didn't know how to answer. Then he smiled and said, "Hehehe! The lord is wise. My subordinate was busy with official duties at that time, so in order to get out as soon as possible, he could only make this bad decision. However, my subordinate explained to the wives that the lord went to Huayue Tower not to drink flower wine, but to find out the truth of Huayue Tower."

Li Li smiled bitterly when he heard this, waved his hand to signal Li Xuan to sit down, shook his head and said, "Yuan Zhong. Are you really my brother-in-law? You see, you are doing a good thing. Xin'er and the others must have only heard of several brothels in Chang'an City that asked you about this. As a result, you, such a smart person, can't stand cross-examination, and you gave me a few words. You have caused me a lot! I'm sure that Wuxia will definitely come to see me at noon today at the latest."

"Hahaha!" Li Li said something so hard that Jia Xu, Li Xuan and Li Ru couldn't help laughing, and laughed.

While laughing, Jia Xu suddenly looked stunned and pondered: "When it comes to Huayue Tower, my subordinates have also paid attention to it recently. Huayue Tower spends no time to hire beautiful women from various prefectures and counties to take charge. The attic covers a wide area and has hundreds of houses. What a great move!"

As Jia Xu finished speaking, the laughter of Li Xuan and Li Ru suddenly stopped. Li Xuan immediately asked, "What's wrong with Wenhe's words? "

Jia Xu nodded slightly, but shook his head again and said, "I can't explain clearly where the specific problem lies. However, I feel that a brothel is just for making money. Why do you have to be so extravagant? Its real intention is obviously inconsistent with other brothels."

Li Li nodded slightly when he heard this, and immediately looked at Li Ru, signaling him to explain the doubts raised by Jia Xu.

Seeing Li Li's gesture, Li Ru said in a deep voice: "Wenhe is right. Huayue Tower is indeed not an ordinary brothel. It was invested by Liu Fan, the eldest son of the Yizhou Muslim Liu Yan, and Liu Dan. However, the two brothers did not come forward easily and rarely visited Huayue Tower, deliberately covering people's eyes and ears, so it is not easy to be noticed. Huayue Tower has just opened. It is still in the beginning of losing money and gaining publicity, and their true intentions will be revealed in the future."

Jia Xu glanced slightly and said, "According to detailed investigations, the governor of Yizhou, Liu Yan, seems to be unjust, and has been ready to move. He has dominated the forty-one counties of Yizhou, and is like an independent small kingdom. However, Liu Yan was also smart and was mistaken for his cleverness. When he entered Sichuan, he fell in love with Zhang Lu's mother Bo, and then relied on Zhang Lu and ordered him to attack Hanzhong with other Sima Zhang Xiu. However, after conquering Hanzhong, Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu, occupied Hanzhong alone, and became enemies with Liu Yan. Now Liu Yan is old and has been ill for many years. His three sons are hostages in Chang'an. The eldest son Liu Fan is currently the Left Central Army General, the second son Liu Dan is the censor of the Secretariat, and the youngest son Liu Zhang spends all day long, preferring to dance, write and draw pictures of ladies.

It seems that Liu Fan and Liu Dan wanted to do something, wanting to make Liu Yan look at them with admiration, so as to win Liu Yan's attention and save their brothers back to Yizhou."

When Li Li heard the name of "Liu Zhang", a thick and strange look suddenly appeared in his eyes, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After Jia Xu finished speaking, Li Li smiled and said, "Yizhou is a good place. The mountains are dangerous and obstructed and difficult to attack. Shu is fertile and has a thousand miles of fertile land, and the population and money are extremely abundant. Such a good place is the strategic depth that our Xiliang army needs most. After pacifying Xiliang, we must keep a close eye on Yizhou.

At present, we must firmly watch Liu Yan's three sons. This matter is handled by Wen You with full authority. We must not let them escape back to Yizhou, especially Liu Zhang. Liu Fan and Liu Dan both have official positions, so it is not that easy to escape, but Liu Zhang is different. He is not an official and is light and leaves whenever he wants to leave, which makes people unable to guard against. Wen You, once the three brothers have any abnormal movements, they will catch the handle and kill them directly.

It is said that the reason why Liu Yan submitted a memorial to Emperor Ling to restore the state patriarchy was to serve as the governor of Yizhou, because Yizhou had the imperial spirit and was expected to achieve imperial hegemony. But Liu Yan is now a fairy. If I kill his three sons again, I wonder if his great cause of emperor can be realized? Hahaha!"

Speaking of this, Li Li paused his tone and waved his hand and said, "Okay, now our army is about to expedition to the west, let's put aside these things for the time being. I wonder what Wenhe's military counselor has in this western expedition?"

Jia Xu said respectfully: "Report to the lord, according to the report of the Ma Lai, after Ma Teng Youfufeng learned that Ma Teng was in charge of Chang'an and took over the Xiliang army, he was frightened. He withdrew from Huaili County, Youfufeng and retreated to Longxi County to garrison. Now our army's hundreds of thousands of troops are waiting for the battle, and the troops are in full swing. Ma Teng led his army to retreat hundreds of miles to Longxi garrison, just to join forces with Jincheng Han Sui to fight our army again. However, since Jincheng Han Sui was injured in the city of Xiu Ma, he has not healed his injuries and has been bedridden. Currently, Jincheng's troops are in the hands of his son-in-law Yan Yan.

According to his subordinates, Han Sui was unable to get out of bed after being sick for so long, but he was afraid that he would be hopeless to recover and his life would not be long. If Han Sui died, Jincheng would be fine, and it would be difficult to resist our army's attack. Although Yan Yan was brave in Jincheng, his courage was not worthy of the truth for our army. Yan Yan had shallow qualifications, his prestige in Liangzhou and his relationship with the Qiang tribe were far less profound than Han Sui's background, and it was difficult to win the trust of the Qiang leader. Without the Qiang people to send troops to help, Jincheng's troops would be fine and could be destroyed every day.

In comparison, the real opponent our army will face this time is Ma Teng's 50,000 infantry and cavalry. As long as Ma Teng is wiped out, the three auxiliary places in Chang'an and the entire territory of Liangzhou can be declared, and the lord's unification of Xiliang is just around the corner.

Therefore, this Western Expedition is ready for everything. As long as the lord gives the order, our army can sweep across Liangzhou!"

"Hahaha!" Jia Xu's analysis made Li Li, Li Xuan and Li Ru nodded, and then laughed happily.

While laughing, Li Li laughed and ordered: "Since that's the case, Ma Teng and Han Sui had their troops to establish themselves, forcing and plundering, and forcing Liangzhou to suffer the disaster. He asked the emperor to issue an edict to capture Han Sui and Ma Teng to question the crime. He ordered the battalions to reorganize their arms and prepare for war. Three days later, the main battle camps stationed in Chang'an gathered in Meiwu and swore to march to the west!"

"Okay, I will accept the order!" Jia Xu and the other two stood up and bowed to respond.

Li Li nodded slightly, raised his hand to signal Jia Xu and others to get up, and said in a harmonious voice: "This time, Wenhe will go to war with me; Wenyou will be in charge of Chang'an, in charge of the government affairs of the imperial palace and the court, and always pay attention to the mobilization of the soldiers and horses of the princes of Guandong. Yuanzhong takes over the military and political affairs of the general's office, temporarily lives in Meiwu, and is in charge of money, grain, and armies and government affairs of various counties. Cui Yan, Hua Xin, Bing Yuan, Guan Ning and Guoyuan are all talented. Yuanzhong must be good at calling, and people will give full play to their talents and let them manage the farming and farming of the counties and counties. In addition, civil and military officials at all levels who stay in Chang'an must obey my uncle's orders in addition to the defense of the passes in various places, and must not shirk responsibility and resist orders."

"Subordinates accept the order!" Li Xuan, Li Ru and Jia Xu bowed and responded.

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After arranging the matter of staying in Chang'an, Li Li left the city in the afternoon and took Li Zhi, Huang Zhong and other personal soldiers to Meiwu.

Because of the incident with Huayue Tower, there seemed to be a fire in the backyard, so Li Li did not wait for Dian Wuxia to come to Chang'an, so he returned to Meiwu as soon as possible to appease his family.

Li Xin, Chen Yu and Dong Wan have been pregnant for more than three months, and now Cai Yan has it. A group of pregnant women stay together all day long and think about it. In addition, Dian Wuxia and Ren Hongchang feel resentful. Not only did they not dissuade them, but they instead contributed to the fire. So, they took advantage of the incident in Huayuelou, and the crowd was excited! Li Li's offspring is all due to them, and they can't afford to offend them!

In this way, before Dian Wuxia came to Chang'an to "please go back to his house", Li Li had to correct his attitude and headed straight for Qiwu happily, "carrying the thorns and apologizing."

No wonder Li Xin and others were jealous and angry about this matter. Who made Li Li have a criminal record? When he first entered Chang'an, he took a concubine, Tang Ji, the queen of the late Hongnong King Liu Bian. Before he had communicated with several pregnant women in his family, he directly made a rice and cooked a mature meal. Then he simply sent Tang Ji to Meiwu and handed it over to Li Xin for resettlement.

Nowadays, Chang'an City is developing rapidly, and Yingying Yanyan's brothels have emerged. Li Li was quite curious about brothels in the late Han Dynasty, so he took Li Zhi and others to Huayue Tower to see the freshness. Unexpectedly, he went to the brothel the day before, but he was "betrayed" by Li Xuan the next day.

The "tigress" at home uses this to show his power, and Li Li is in trouble!—————— (To be continued)
Chapter completed!