It was getting colder and colder. In the Nanyang Palace, Huangfu Jinheng's personal servant Yuan Fu came out of Yongheng Palace, holding a brocade quilt in one hand and rushing out with a food box in the other.At the gate of the palace, the guards were accustomed to Yuan Fu's constant going out of the palace to wait for things in recent days, they just checked his badge routinely, and let him go out after a brief glance.

Yuan Fu got into the carriage prepared outside the palace, and ordered the driver to drive to the prison.Not long after, Yuan Fu arrived at the sky prison, and the guards of the sky prison saw that he did not stop him, so they waved his hands and let him in.

"Fifth Master, Fifth Master, the slave should die, it's late, you must be starving." Yuan Fu said while running inside.

At this moment, Huangfu Jinyu was sleeping on a brocade-covered stone bed with her hands as pillows and her legs crossed. Hearing Yuan Fu's call, she lazily got up, "What are you arguing about? Disturbing my sleep." Huangfu Jin Heng said dissatisfiedly, and signaled the guard outside the cell to open the door to let Yuan Fu in.He has been locked in this cell for almost ten days, but it is not so much that he is in prison, it is better to say that he is here for leisure and enjoyment, not only the food and clothing are the same as in the palace, even the guards in the cell You have to follow his orders.

"Fifth Master, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Yuan Fu nodded in apology, and placed the quilt on his shoulders on the stone bed, then quickly opened the food box, took out all the food inside and put it in the prison cell, which was specially added for Huangfu Jinheng On the sandalwood table, it was a five-layer food box, and the delicious food could fill the entire table.

"You came half an hour later than usual at noon today!" Huangfu Jinheng asked after taking the wine handed over by Yuan Fu. What's the problem? For example, the mother concubine gave the door guards to stop it.However, Yuan Fu's answer dispelled his doubts.

"The slave was thinking that it was getting colder this day, and he was afraid that the fifth master would be frozen, so he went back and brought a quilt."

Hearing this, Huangfu Jinheng breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and said, "Your boy is quite considerate, but I'm not as weak as you think."

"Yes, yes, Master Wu is strong and strong, so what's this coldness?" Yuan Fu quickly echoed, "It's just that this cell is no better than the palace, and the guards in this cell are also clumsy. I am afraid that they will be ignorant and feel wronged." Five masters."

"Yes, yes, you are the most sensible." Huangfu Jinheng tapped Yuan Fu's head and continued to eat, "It's just, Yuan Fu, don't bring me any more things next time, and don't bring such things with you again." Many dishes are here." Huangfu Jinheng said, and glanced around the cell, floor-to-ceiling wardrobes, sandalwood bookshelves, sandalwood tables, nanmu chairs, four treasures of the study, Xuanzhou vases, and daily necessities of all sizes. Even his bow and arrow, his sword, Yuan Fu brought him here, he shook his head, Yuan Fu is too considerate, his cell has become like this, who would believe that he is in prison? .

"But fifth master, the slave is just afraid that you will not get used to life."

"Is there anything I'm not used to? I, Huangfu Jinheng, am a member of the army, so I'm not so delicate." Huangfu Jinheng said, noticing that Yuan Fu drooped his head in frustration, and said, "Okay, your kindness I appreciate it. Have you eaten yet? Let's eat together. You bring so many dishes, I can't finish them."

After listening to Huangfu Jinheng's consolation, Yuan Fu regained his composure, and said: "The slave has already eaten, and the slave serves the fifth master to eat." As he spoke, he started to help Huangfu Jinheng pick up the food.

Hearing this, Huangfu Jinheng smiled lightly, he did not believe that Yuan Fu had already eaten, but since Yuan Fu abided by the rules and dared not sit at the same table with him, then he would not force it.

After the meal, Yuan Fu, who was clearing the plates, asked, "Fifth Master, you have been imprisoned for so long, why hasn't the concubine let you out?"

"How would I know? Maybe my mother and concubine have forgotten me." Huangfu Jinheng said dissatisfiedly, every time he mentioned the concubine, he felt angry.

"Ah!" Yuan Fu exclaimed, in this case, Lord Wu would not be kept here forever.

"However, there is nothing wrong with being here. The four lieutenant generals of the barracks are handling the matter of the barracks. I don't have to worry about it. I don't agree to transfer troops and my concubine can't do anything to me. Besides, I'm here Eat well and dress well, and you don't have to go out to face the ugly face of the concubine mother, what's so bad about it?"

"It's just that the servant still feels uneasy. By the way, Fifth Master, the servant overheard the maid of Yihe Palace saying that the concubine is going to withdraw your position as a general, can it be true?" Yuan Fu was nervous. said.

Seeing Yuan Fu's terrified face, Huangfu Jinheng laughed suddenly, and said: "If my concubine can withdraw from my position as a general, he won't be sure to be locked up here." Seeing Yuan Fu's puzzled expression, In appearance, Huangfu Jinheng added, "My position of great general was given by the third brother, and only the third brother can take it away." Well, she would not do anything that would damage the third brother's majesty, even if she was terribly angry.

"Oh!" Yuan Fu looked suddenly enlightened.

"Hey, I'm not worried about myself at all now, I'm just afraid that the third brother won't be able to deal with it!" Huangfu Jinheng thought of Huangfu Jinyu who had not returned from far away, and couldn't help sighing worriedly.

Seeing this, Yuan Fu was also silent.

After a moment of silence, the silence in the cell was broken. Yi and the palace servant Yuan Shou quickly ran towards Huangfu Jinheng's cell. After saluting, they said, "General, the concubine is here to invite you."

"Why is she looking for me? If it's still the original matter, go back to him. Even if I, Huangfu Jinheng, stay in the cell all my life, I won't agree." Huangfu Jinheng replied angrily.

"No, Li Xiang has something important to report, and the concubine asked you to negotiate."

"Li Xiang? Could it be that the third brother and Sihan are coming back?" Huangfu Jinheng couldn't help feeling excited when he thought about this, he quickly got up, and said to Yuan Fu and Yuan Shou, "Let's go!" Then he strode out of the cell.

Huangfu Jinheng was so excited, he galloped out of the cell, dismounted in front of the palace, and galloped all the way, so anxious that Yuan Fu shouted from behind.When Huangfu Jinyu ran to Yihe Palace, his clothes were already messy. However, his heart was full of Huangfu Jinyu and Sihan, and he had no time to take care of it, so he strode towards Yihe Palace, but when he entered the palace, he unexpectedly found that the concubine was There is one more person in the palace.Prime Minister Li Yuanning was standing in front of a map unfolded by two servants at the moment, talking to the concubine with a serious expression, while Concubine Longyi listened, nodding slightly from time to time, with the same serious expression.

Huangfu Jinheng felt puzzled for a while, and the pace of rushing in slowed down, he stopped, and bowed his hands politely, "I have seen the concubine mother!"

Concubine Longyi slowly turned her head when she heard Huangfu Jinheng's voice behind her. She was already bored, but seeing Huangfu Jinheng barging in with a disheveled appearance, she became even more angry. Then he scolded: "How decent is your disheveled appearance!"

Nurse Yun who was standing by was keenly aware of the concubine's anger, and she also knew Huangfu Jinheng's temper, so she hurried forward to hold Huangfu Jinheng who was about to explode, and wiped his forehead with the white silk in her hand Sweat on the bed, and said: "Hey, look at the sweat on your head, fifth master, you must have rushed over after hearing the concubine's call. Look at your clothes are all messed up." She spoke for Huangfu Jin Heng straightened his skirt.

Huangfu Jinheng knew that Nanny Yun was kind and intended to give both parties a chance to go down the stairs, but he just couldn't get over the nausea in his heart, so he waved his hand lightly to block Nanny Yun, and then stepped forward, not to be outdone He replied, "My son has been in prison for ten days. How can his clothes and appearance be any better?"

"So, is Aijia to blame for this?"

"Don't blame you, who do you blame?" Huangfu Jinheng was a rebellious boy in front of Concubine Longyi, outspoken and contradictory, without any fear, the two glared at each other, relatively silent, and the atmosphere in the palace was extremely tense for a moment.This shocked Li Yuanning and Nanny Yun on the side into a cold sweat. Nanny Yun quickly gave Li Yuanning a wink, and then quickly stepped forward to hold the concubine, "Taufei, calm down, you have something important to do today. Negotiated."

And Li Yuanning also grasped Huangfu Jinheng knowingly, and hastily handed him the letter in his hand, "Fifth Master, this is a secret letter from the dog from the south, please read it."

"Siming? What's wrong with the southern border?" Huangfu Jinheng nervously took the letter in Li Yuanning's hand and read it. He first frowned, boldly, Bai Liguo dared to invade my southern border, but he felt relieved when he saw the back , and finally concealed his belief with a relaxed smile, isn't this the same situation as he and the third brother expected before?

"Fifth Master, what countermeasures are there?" Li Yuanning asked upon seeing this, but Concubine Longyi remained silent, obviously embarrassed to ask, because not long ago she was thinking of transferring some of the troops stationed in the southern border to attack the Northern Court?

Huangfu Jinheng closed the letter, walked straight to the map opened by the servant, pointed to the three red dots on the map and said: "Bai Liguo wants to attack my Nanyang, it is nothing more than from these three places, Hukou Pass, Jia Xingling, Yongyu City." He paused as he spoke, and looked at Li Yuanning, seeing that Li Yuanning was obviously horrified.Because in Li Yuanning's expectation, if Bai Liguo only attacked Hukou Pass, the troops stationed at Hukou Pass would be able to cope with it, but what he was worried about was that if Bai Liguo divided his troops to attack Jiayingling and Hukou Pass at the southern gateway, It is inevitable that there will be difficulties in the control of troops in Nanyang. Now that Huangfu Jinheng said that there are three places, he can't help but be frightened. There are still worries about being overwhelmed by two places. What if there are three places?

Concubine Longyi didn't know the situation at first, but seeing Li Yuanning's terrified expression, she couldn't help becoming nervous, and asked Huangfu Jinheng, "Then how should we deal with it?"

When Huangfu Jinheng heard this, he couldn't help but sneered in his heart, weren't you so anxious to send troops from the south to attack north?Why are you still nervous about the safety of the southern border?Huangfu Jinheng ignored the concubine, but turned his head to Li Yuanning, and said: "Jiaying Ridge and Hukou Pass are the gateways to the southern border, if Bai Liguo wants to take Nanyang directly, he will march from here, and then come here." Huangfu Jinheng As he spoke, his fingers moved on the map, drawing out Bai Liguo's possible attack route.

Following the direction pointed by Huangfu Jinheng's finger, Li Yuanning noticed Yongyu City, which was located behind Jiaying Ridge and Hukou Pass, "Yongyu City? Fifth Master, you mean that Bai Liguo might attack from a long distance?"

"Yes, this possibility is not ruled out. Although the distance to go directly to Jiaying Ridge and Hukou Pass will be short, Jiaying Ridge has a natural barrier and Hukou Pass is heavily guarded. It will not be easy for Bai Liguo to conquer it. And Yong Yucheng is different. He is located at the rear and has insufficient military reserves. If Baili really came forward without anyone noticing, the current strength of Yongyucheng would be broken soon. If I were the Lord Baili , I will abandon the two strong bones of Jiaying Ridge and Hukou Pass, and go straight to the weakness of Yongyu City."

"In this way, Yongyu City needs to strengthen its military defense, but Jiayingling and Hukou Pass cannot be ignored." Li Yuanning said thoughtfully. He came from the crisis of Nanyang's destruction many years ago. , He still has lingering fears about the feeling of being attacked, unaccompanied, and at a loss.

"That's right, although it is very likely that Bai Liguo will go far and near to attack Yongyu City, there is no guarantee that they will have three-handed preparations. After being repulsed by their father, Bailiguo has been recuperating for more than ten years. This force should be quite strong. enough."

Hearing this, Concubine Longyi understood. It turned out that for many years, they only focused on attacking in the north and neglected the defense of the southern border, so that they were unable to divide the troops. But she was unwilling to transfer the troops from the north to the southern border. Feeling a little overwhelmed for a moment, she couldn't help but look at Huangfu Jinheng.

"However, my third brother and I have anticipated all this." Huangfu Jinheng said, his soft words were extremely effective in calming Wang Xiang Li Yuanning's panicked heart. Li Yuanning couldn't help but lean forward, looking forward to Huangfu Jinheng's arrival In the following words, Huangfu Jinheng continued: "The northern army that conquered Huai City last year and surrendered them has been incorporated into the Chiyu Army. It is not enough for these people to use them to attack the Northern Court, but it is necessary to transfer some of them to Yongyu City is enough."

"There are enough soldiers, but this is the general?" Li Yuanning asked a very practical question in Nanyang. A large part of the soldiers in Nanyang are recruited from the Northern Court, but the generals in Nanyang can only be local generals in Nanyang. Some native-born generals are scarce, not to mention the great general Huangfu Jinyan who died in the line of duty last year, the hussars general Li Sihui, and the loss of many young generals in the battle of Huaicheng. Calculated in this way, there are generals who can be used in Nanyang now Really very few.

"Well!" Huangfu Jinheng said with a sly smile, "Actually, it's not a problem anymore. Since the reorganization of the military system last year, and now after a year of promotion, training, and assessment, there have been many newcomers in the Nanyang Army who can be independent Young generals, it is more than enough to send them to garrison the southern border." Huangfu Jinheng said, with a smug smile on his face, he has also completed the task entrusted to him by the third brother, and it is not a waste of his nearly a year. They are all staying in the barracks.

"It's best not to fight Baili, but if we fight, I, Nanyang, may not lose." Huangfu Jinyu said confidently, and then he pointed to three small dots on the map, discussing the method of battle and the deployment of troops , The marching route was seriously talked about.Li Yuanning listened, nodding his head from time to time to express his approval, and clapping his hands excitedly from time to time to express his admiration, while the concubine listened quietly from the sidelines. On the one hand, she really didn't understand marching and fighting; She didn't realize the importance and the outstanding ability of Huangfu Jinheng, a son who had been neglected by him, in marching and fighting. She didn't want to admit that she had made a wrong idea, and she didn't want to admit that she had misjudged people.

After Huangfu Jinheng finished speaking, Li Yuanning couldn't help but applauded and praised. Huangfu Jinheng smiled lightly, scratched his head, showing the shyness of a little boy, and said embarrassedly: "Actually, many of these were taught by the third brother."

"Fifth Lord, you are too modest." Li Yuanning said, although it is true that Huangfu Jinyu taught Huangfu Jinheng a lot, but he knows that the strategy of marching and fighting cannot be taught by hand, Huangfu Jinheng has great opinions in this regard, It was obvious that he had put in a lot of effort, Li Yuanning couldn't help but look at Huangfu Jinheng with admiration when he thought about it, that impetuous boy had obviously grown a lot during the absence of King Nanyang.

"However, it's strange. I heard that the new master of Baili Kingdom was originally a little-known and extremely unfavored bastard, but for some reason he became the master of Baili Kingdom." I heard that he was cruel and violent by nature."

"Where did you hear so much?" The concubine, who had been quietly on the sidelines, finally opened her mouth in displeasure, because what Huangfu Jinheng heard was something she had never heard of before, and she couldn't accept her training. There are so many hidden guards, but they still lose to Huangfu Jinheng on this point, even if he is his own son, he can't do it.

"Mother concubine has the way of mother concubine, son has his own way of son." Huangfu Jinheng replied coldly.Yun Yun, who had been serving the concubine by the side, couldn't help but have a headache again when she heard this, the mother and son really don't get along!

"Okay, you brothers have done a lot of things without telling me this year." Toffee said sourly.

Hearing this, Huangfu Jinheng really wanted to go back to the concubine and say, "Anyway, you don't know anything about military affairs, so what's the use of telling you?" The elder brother was reprimanded by the concubine mother, so he replied, "The son really wants to talk to the concubine mother, and the third elder brother also specifically asked me to consult the concubine mother, but the concubine mother doesn't seem to take the son seriously."

Now the atmosphere became tense again. Seeing this, Nanny Yun hurriedly grabbed the concubine before she got angry, and said, "Concubine tong, the time has come, should you take a rest?"

Li Yuanning also echoed the words, "If that's the case, then I will retire first. It's just that I still don't know anything, and I want to invite the general to come over to discuss it."

"Everyone go down, go down." The concubine said displeasedly, and waved her hand to signal the people in the hall to leave, and then she walked into the inner hall to rest with the support of Yun Nai.

Huangfu Jinheng and Li Yuanning walked out of Yihe Palace side by side, "Li Xiang, what do you not understand?" Huangfu Jinheng asked.

Li Yuanning smiled when he heard the words, and said, "Actually, I'm just talking."

Huangfu Jinheng was taken aback for a moment, but quickly realized that Li Xiang took the opportunity to take him away to avoid the conflict between him and the concubine. Huangfu Jinheng was grateful, but still said: "Actually, Li Xiang doesn't need to be like this. , we're both used to this relationship, if we are really kind, I'm afraid we really won't get used to it." Huangfu Jinheng said with a wry smile.

Li Yuanning could hear the sadness in Huangfu Jinheng's words, which child would like to live with his mother like an enemy? "Hey..." He wanted to say something to comfort Huangfu Jinheng, but in the end he didn't. The way of heaven is ruthless, and the way of emperor has no relatives. It is inevitable that such a fate will be born into a royal family. Doesn't Huangfu Jinheng know better than himself? "The minister is resigning." Li Yuanning cupped his hands towards Huangfu Jinheng.

"Well, Li Xiang, go slowly!" Huangfu Jinheng said, but Li Yuanning didn't go very far, Huangfu Jinheng ran up, "Li Xiang, that..." Huangfu Jinheng struggled for a long time, and suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Li Yuanning was suddenly puzzled, but he guessed that what Huangfu Jinheng wanted to ask was about the southern border, so he said, "Don't worry, fifth master, I will order the dog to take care of the southern border." Li Yuanning was talking about Li Siming, since the last time in Shacheng After the flood control was completed, Li Siming was transferred by a secret letter from Huangfu Jinyu to patrol the southern border, and he is still in the southern border. Judging by the current trend of Bai Liguo's intention to attack the southern border, Li Siming will not be able to return to Los Angeles for a while.But in the eyes of the Li family, it doesn't matter, because Li Siming is a soldier, and guarding the border is his bounden duty.

"Uh... I don't want to ask this, I want to ask... Si... Uh, Miss Li... how is she doing?" Huangfu Jinheng said intermittently, he could feel the unprecedented heat on his face, my God , he was so shy and nervous.

Hearing this, Li Yuanning almost burst out laughing, but he restrained himself and replied politely: "The little girl is fine, please worry about Fifth Master."

"Oh! Then...then did she say when she will come back?"

"I haven't heard her mention this yet."

"Oh!" Huangfu Jinheng suddenly felt disappointed, and he said to himself, "Third brother didn't tell me when he would come back."

"Is there anything else fifth master?"

"Nothing."

"The minister has retired."

Huangfu Jinheng watched Li Yuanning go away. In Li Xiang's slow steps, Huangfu Jinheng suddenly realized that the strong Li Xiang was also getting old unconsciously. He felt sore and ran up quickly, holding Li Yuanning by the arm. and said, "Li Xiang, let me take you out of the palace."

"Don't bother Fifth Master, I can go by myself."

"It's okay, anyway, I'm fine now, so I'll walk with Li Xiang for a while, and advise Dang to relax."

"Alright."

As Li Yuanning said, the two walked up and chatted gradually, "Hey, this body really changes every year. Now that winter comes, the feeling is different. Hey, I'm really old, old."

"Li Xiang is growing stronger and stronger!" Huangfu Jinheng replied, but he still felt uncomfortable in his heart, a feeling of vicissitudes of time hit his heart.

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