Drunk House

  Chapter 617 Negotiation (one more)

  Before Su Rong's Flying Eagle Biography was delivered to the Daliang capital, the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, Yan Huisheng, had already received the news of Wei's mobilization of troops against Daliang.

  Yan echoed surprise, "Did the Great Wei mobilize troops?"

   "Yes, Wei has a group of troops that attacked the border town three days ago. Fortunately, the guard of the border town, Zheng Yun, was vigilant and kept on guard against Da Wei, so he didn't let him succeed."

   "How many casualties?"

   "Thousands of soldiers and horses were damaged."

   "Just a sneak attack?" Yan Hui frowned.

   "This time the consequences were very serious. If Zheng Yun hadn't reacted quickly and sent someone to Jibei City to inform Su Xing, Master Su immediately sent reinforcements, and the border town would have fallen by now."

  Yan nodded in echo, thought for a moment, and said, "Prepare the car."

   "Your Highness, are you going to enter the palace?"

   "No, go to the Duke Protector's Mansion."

"yes."

  The servants of the Eastern Palace moved very quickly. After a while, the chariot was ready. Yan Huisheng put on his cloak, left the Eastern Palace, got into the carriage, and drove to the Duke Protector's Mansion.

At the Duke Huguo’s mansion at night, the old Huguogong was listening to Princess Sheng’an’s sighs, one after another, which made the old Huguo irritated, “Oh, ma’am, why are you always sighing? I lost my appetite for tea because of the sighing.” .”

Princess Sheng'an glared at him, "Are you still in the mood to drink tea? How long has it been since Gu Ge'er has heard from you? And Su Rong, she has no news either. What is going on in Nanchu, and are the two of them on good terms?" , whether it goes well or not, we don't know."

   "If there is no news, it is good news, which proves that they are all right." The old Huguo was fair.

"Fart." The eldest princess Sheng'an didn't like this, "There is no news, how can it be good news? I'm afraid it's because I don't have time to send even a message, or the matter is too difficult to spare to send it. "

  The old protector choked, "Swen, you are the eldest princess."

  The eldest princess of Sheng'an was not angry, nor did she look good, "Who told you that the princess can't scold people? Why don't you listen to me scolding you for so many years?"

  The old protector raised his forehead, "I can't say no to you."

   "I'm just worried about them. I always feel uneasy in my heart." Princess Sheng'an was worried, "I took a nap this afternoon and dreamed that Brother Gu was being chased and killed. It was all blood and dead people. My heart..."

   "Dreams are always opposite to reality, so don't scare yourself." The old Huguogong didn't believe this, "You're too old, you just worry too much, and you have dreams before you think about it."

  Princess Sheng'an covered her heart, "No, I can't wait any longer. You send me people to Nanchu now. I want to know their news."

   "A batch has been dispatched." The old Huguo said, "I left yesterday."

"You old bastard, so you are also worried." The eldest princess Sheng'an just left yesterday, and when she would be able to send back the news, she was a little impatient, "Why don't you go to Xie's mansion and ask Mrs. Su's family? Did she hear from Su Rong?"

"No, I sent someone to inquire before yesterday, and the lady of the Su family has no news of them." The old Huguo said: "The lady of the Su family sent me a message, saying that it is thousands of miles away from Southern Chu, and the road is too far away. Well, it’s winter again, it’s snowing heavily, it’s normal for the letter to be delayed on the road, let me take it easy.”

"Hey, can you not be in a hurry? How long has it been? The Chinese New Year is only a few days away, and it will be two months before Su Rong leaves." Princess Sheng An was discouraged, "But Mrs. Su is also right, this heavy snow God, Nanchu is so far away, it's normal for Xin to be delayed on the way."

  The two were talking, when someone outside the door reported that the crown prince had come, the two were startled, and quickly got up to greet them.

  The old Hu Guogong walked to the door and saw snow falling in the sky, he raised his hand to stop Princess Sheng'an, "Stop, I will go to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

   "Why are you staying? Maybe there is some news from Nanchu? I'll be with you." Princess Sheng'an shook her head.

   "Then you should wear more, so as not to catch the wind and cold." The old Huguo was fair.

  Princess Sheng'an thinks about it too. With her old bones, she still needs to take good care of her body. She is waiting to go to Nanchu to see her grandson one day, so she quickly ordered someone to bring her a cloak.

  After Princess Sheng'an added thick clothes, the two came to the front yard. The butler said that His Highness the Crown Prince had been invited to the study, and the two immediately went to the study.

  Yan Huisheng had just entered the study and sat down. Princess Sheng'an and the old Huguogong came together. After seeing the ceremony, the three sat down.

  Princess Sheng An hurriedly asked: "His Royal Highness, but what news came from Nanchu? Is it about Brother Zheng?"

  Yan echoed and shook his head, "Going back to my aunt and grandma is not news from Nanchu."

  Princess Sheng'an was suddenly disappointed, "Then you came so late..."

  Yan echoed: "The Great Wei launched troops on the border and attacked the border towns. Fortunately, the guards have always been on guard, responded quickly, and deployed troops to support them, so the border towns did not fall."

   "What?" The old protector stood up abruptly, "Da Wei is really brave."

  Princess Sheng'an's complexion also changed, "This Wei, why did you suddenly raise troops? Didn't you withdraw your troops earlier?"

Yan echoed: "So, I am also puzzled by Dawei's move to raise troops this time. I am not sure whether Dawei's move is really to move the leader, or to take advantage of the unstable foundation of Southern Chu to take over Southern Chu. .”

   "How to say?" The old protector sat up straight.

"Now that Southern Chu is in turmoil, Su Rong asked me to deploy 200,000 troops to prepare for the battle on the border between Daliang and Southern Chu. If Southern Chu's troops are not enough, we will send reinforcements." Yan echoed: "The Nangong family in Southern Chu is powerful and powerful Zhang Ping's roots are deep. The Great Wei Prince Yuanzhao used Zhang Ping and failed to benefit from Daliang. Regarding the current Southern Chu, he will not let go of the Nangong family and use the Nangong family to take over Southern Chu. Therefore, I feel alone that the Great Wei It is possible that they were attacking east and west, disturbing Daliang, and making Daliang think that Wei was going to really use troops against Daliang, but in fact, the place where Wei was really going to use troops was Southern Chu."

  The old guardian of the country pondered.

"But Gu can't be very sure. Maybe Wei Zhen took advantage of the chaos in Southern Chu. Su Rong didn't have a firm foothold and couldn't help Daliang, so he took away 300,000 soldiers from Daliang and took the opportunity to attack Daliang. Not sure." Yan echoed and looked at the old Duke Hu, "So, I'm here alone to seek an agreement with the old Duke, so as not to lose judgment."

  The old Hu Guogong frowned, pondered for a while, and said: "His Royal Highness, how many soldiers and horses does the Great Wei have? Now you know it well? What is the current situation in Southern Chu? Do you know?"

"As far as I know, the Great Wei raises millions of soldiers and horses." Yan echoed: "Gu's hidden guards sent back news that the situation in Southern Chu is very bad. Even Gu didn't expect that the Nangong family is as powerful as this." However, Mr. Xing Erxie took advantage of the fact that the Nangong family, the capital of Nanchu, went out to chase and kill the king of Nanchu, and killed the head of the family, Nangong Yin. This enmity is irreconcilable and cannot be subdued, Su Rong and Zhou Gu have not sent back any news in Southern Chu, and it is also because of the inability to separate themselves."

  (end of this chapter)