Daily life of captives

Lu Feng will stay in Yunzhou for seven or eight days this time, and his only task is to evaluate Hou Chu's strength, but after three days, Lu Feng dare not make a conclusion.

Three days later, Lu Feng found out that in Houchu, General Tiance Sun Boyi was the one who said nothing. Even King Cangyun had a lower status than Changsun Boyi. The bed never showed up, and Lu Feng didn't know what kind of person the first emperor of Hou Chu was, but if he could get the loyalty and obedience of this grandson Boyi, then he must be a great person. It could only be a puppet emperor.

Lu Feng also found that although the young master belonged to the eldest grandson Boyi, his words were extremely weighty, and could almost influence the elder grandson Boyi's decision, and he could even directly order the civil and military officials of Later Chu.

The strange thing is that even though that young master has such an ability, he hardly uses it. He looks like he is indifferent to the world every day. He is not riding a horse for a ride, or playing with Hou Chu's Marquis Jinyang. He is polite and has a good temper. Even if he will accompany Lu Feng when he is talking about serious business with Changsun Boyi, but [-]% of the time he is in a daze, and the remaining [-]% ​​of the time is filling in for Changsun Boyi. The loopholes in the words really look like a good wife.

What is the structure of the later Chu court?But no matter what, Lu Feng felt that the officials of Hou Chu were much more difficult to deal with than the officials of Li State, especially the few people who stood at the top of the power, almost all of them were going to become elites.

On the fourth day, Ruji finally found out the identity of this son from the officials of Hou Chu. Lu Feng never thought that he was the third prince of the Li family, the third prince who had died of illness in rumors.

In the evening, the Chidi people were preparing a feast in an open space next to their camp. The game and fine wine had been prepared, and a tall firewood pile had already been set up in the middle of the site, just waiting to light the bonfire and enjoy the carnival.

The people of Hou Chu were naturally also invited, so they came to this open space one after another in the evening, gathering in twos and threes to chat.

It was rare for Li Shao not to be with his grandson Boyi, but Yan Xin was beside him. The two sat in a relatively clean place, chatting in a good mood.

Lu Feng stared at Li Shao, but still walked over.

"Knowing that His Royal Highness is still alive, I am very happy, although this matter has nothing to do with me."

"Thank you, King Chidi, for your concern." Li Shao raised his head and smiled at Lu Feng calmly, "If King Chidi is willing to reward you, why don't we sit together?"

He knew that King Chidi would definitely send someone to find out his identity, but his identity was not a secret. Neither he nor Boyi had ever issued a password to the officials of Hou Chu. Why did King Chidi take so long to find out? arrive?

"It is my honor to be able to sit with His Highness the Third Highness who is well-known all over the world." Before he finished speaking, Lu Feng sat down opposite Li Shao and beside Yan Xin.

Glancing at Ru Ji standing behind Lu Feng as a guard, Li Shao chuckled lightly: "Miss Ru Ji, sit down too, you're going to make me restless if you're so on guard. I don't want to do anything to King Chi Di. "

Since the fight in the grove a few days ago, Ru Ji has become more defensive towards him.

Lu Feng also felt that Ruji was too nervous these days. Hearing Li Shao's words, he turned his head and glanced at Ruji, and said in a deep voice, "If your Highness wants you to sit, sit down."

"King Chidi don't call me Third Highness anymore," Li Shao curled his lips, "Now our Majesty's surname is not Li, and we are not related to me. If you always call me like that, I always feel that I have an extra person inexplicably." father."

Lu Feng didn't think about this, so when he heard Li Shao's words, he was stunned, and after thinking about it, he thought it made sense, so he apologized to Li Shao: "I'm sorry, it's because this king didn't think carefully, think about it carefully, It does feel that way.”

"It's okay," Li Shao smiled, "It's just that I didn't expect that even King Chidi knew about me."

"I just heard that my father praised you," Lu Feng recalled. "When I came to the Central Plains with my father a few years ago, I thought I would see you, but when I heard the news of your passing away, I regretted it for a long time."

Yan Xin frowned when she heard the word "died of illness", but she glanced at Li Shao and swallowed her dissatisfaction.

Li Shao does not shy away from these things, he used to hear such ominous or even more vicious words every day, and he has long been used to numbness.

"It's something that can't be helped," Li Shao smiled lightly, "Sometimes you have to die before you can survive."

Lu Feng asked again: "The young master has nothing to do now, so he doesn't want to travel around the world and open his eyes?"

Li Shao looked at Lu Feng and smiled meaningfully: "My heart is settled down, people are the same everywhere."

Hearing Li Shao's implication, Lu Feng said in surprise: "This king thought that only elderly people would say such things."

"Compared to you, am I just an old man?" Li Shao teased.

Lu Feng raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "How old is your son?"

"He's forty." Changsun Boyi stood behind Li Shao, talking nonsense solemnly.

Saburo could really chat with anyone, didn't they let Yan Xin accompany him?Why did he catch up with King Chidi again?It doesn't seem necessary for them to have a good relationship with Chidi, right?What's there to talk about?

Li Shao looked up at his eldest grandson Boyi, and couldn't stop laughing.

Boyi's jealousy is really unbearable, but fortunately, Boyi will show it to him when he is jealous, otherwise it will be troublesome.

Lu Feng was dumbfounded: "Forty? It doesn't look like..."

"Well," Changsun Boyi became more and more slippery when talking nonsense, "he has learned the magic method, so stay away from him."

Ru Ji's eyes twitched and she lowered her head.

How could the general Hou Chu be so jealous when he was jealous?Can't you just say stay away from his man?

Lu Feng also came back to the memory, and suddenly had a feeling that General Tiance of Hou Chu was nothing more than this.

When I was talking about business with Changsun Boyi, I still felt that this man was very generous. Why did I just say a few words to his man? Changsun Boyi is so mean?If you want him to leave, just say it, still bewitching, treat him as a three-year-old child?He won't leave!

"Witchcraft?" Lu Feng suddenly looked at Li Shao with great interest, "This king has always been interested in these strange things, can you teach me, my lord? Is it similar to Chi Di's witchcraft?"

The eldest grandson Boyi had already sat down in the seat vacated by Yan Xin, and when he heard Lu Feng's words, he immediately gave Lu Feng a sharp look.

Is this King Chidi stupid?Can't you tell he's kicking someone out?

Li Shao couldn't help laughing, and picked up Lu Feng's words: "I have never been exposed to Chi Di's witchcraft. Can live forever."

Hearing this, Lu Feng touched his face: "Is it possible to bring me back to my youthful appearance? I still think that I am good-looking at that time."

Ruji didn't pay attention, burst out laughing, and then immediately suppressed the laugh, pretending that nothing happened just now.

In order to pretend to be mature, Wang always had a beard all over his face when he was young. How could he look good?

Lu Feng squinted at Ru Ji: "Ru Ji, do you have any opinion on my king's youthful appearance?"

"No!" Ruji shook her head resolutely, then stood up abruptly, "I'm going to see if Duochen needs any help."

After saying this, Ruji ran away without waiting for Lu Feng's reply.

Lu Feng looked at Ru Ji's back with dissatisfaction: "What is she doing so fast? Can this king eat people?"

Changsun Boyi immediately said, "Won't King Chidi go after him and have a look?"

Lu Feng was taken aback, and said with a smile: "It's okay, she can do better than men."

Li Shao and grandson Boyi looked at each other without saying anything.

Suddenly they heard the sound of horseshoes, and the three of them followed the prestige, and saw a man and a horse galloping from the north. The speed of the horse slowed down, and finally stopped not far from the crowd.

Wei Ze got off his horse and rushed to Li Shao's side before he could breathe calmly.

"Young master, take a step to speak."

With a flash in Li Shao's eyes, he looked at Zhang Sun Boyi again, and then stood up.

"Sorry, I'm sorry." Li Shao bowed to King Chidi, and Li Shao walked aside with Weize.

"What's wrong?" After turning his back, Li Shao's face darkened.

Wei Ze adjusted his disordered breathing, lowered his voice and said in Li Shao's ear: "When I went to Dingling Kingdom, I contacted the Seventh Prince by the way, and got the news from the Seventh Prince that the Extreme West land stormed Xizhi Kingdom, and now it has taken over. Analyzing one-third of the land of the Zhi Kingdom, no one will be left alive wherever it passes. "

"What?!" Li Shao yelled out in shock, which shocked many people.

Looking left and right, Li Shao forced a smile on his face. When his eyes met Changsun Boyi's, Li Shao thought for a while and strode over.

"What happened?" Seeing Li Shao approaching, Changsun Boyi grabbed Li Shao's hand and looked up at Li Shao worriedly.

He had never seen Saburo so panicked.

Li Shao pulled out a smile, pretending to be calm and said: "It's okay, I'll go back to the palace first, I probably won't come out again tonight, I will take Xie Jun and Qingyu away, you can ask Yan Xin and Fifth Uncle if you have anything."

After saying this, Li Shao patted Changsun Boyi's shoulder heavily, not knowing whether he wanted to make Changsun Boyi feel at ease, or to convince himself to be at ease.

Hearing this, Changsun Boyi knew that it must not be a trivial matter, otherwise Li Shao would not have taken people away, but Lu Feng was still by his side, so Changsun Boyi didn't want to ask more questions.

"Okay, you go. Don't panic, wait for me to go back."

Seeing some uneasiness in Li Shao's eyes, Changsun Boyi suddenly regretted that he should stay Liu Ce for a while, at least he should wait until he sees King Chidi before sending Liu Ce away.Although Chidi is only a tribe, they can't tolerate their contempt. No matter what they do, there must be someone with the same status as King Chidi so that they will not be rude.

"Okay." Li Shao nodded, and asked Wei Feng to call Xie Jun and Qing Yu, and the group hurried back to the palace.

Back in the palace, Li Shao went straight to his residence.

"Wei Feng, tell them not to allow anyone to come in."

This "they" refers to the hidden guards hiding in various parts of the courtyard.

"Yes." Wei Feng immediately went out to make arrangements, and after all the arrangements were completed, he returned to the house and closed all the doors and windows with Wei Ze.

Seeing this posture, both Xie Jun and Huan Zhi were startled.

"My lord, what happened? Why did you call Qingyu here?" Qingyu was still young and didn't understand the current situation of the government. What did you call Qingyu for?

Huan Zhi rubbed his nose when he heard the words, raised his eyes and glanced at Li Shao, seeing Li Shao looking at him worriedly, Huan Zhi smiled innocently.

"Young master, it doesn't matter if my sister and brother-in-law find out."

"Sorry." Li Shao rubbed his forehead.

All along, except him, Qingyu has never revealed his true nature in front of anyone, even when facing Xie Jun and his wife, he is well-behaved. He originally wanted Qingyu to find an appropriate time to confess to his family, but... …

Huanzhi said indifferently: "Why should you apologize, young master? This is my own business. But what happened? Judging by the young master's face, it seems to be a rare event."

Li Shao breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head to look at Wei Ze: "Weize, tell me everything you know."

"Yes," Wei Ze sat upright at the side, and said clearly, "I was ordered by my son to escort Liu Ce to Ding Lingguo to settle down. By the way, I contacted the seventh prince of Ding Lingguo. The local people launched a fierce attack on Xizhi country a month ago, and occupied one-third of Xizhi country's land in just one month, and they are still advancing eastward. It is said that there are no survivors wherever they pass.

At the beginning of the war, Princess Shangguan seemed to think that this was a great opportunity to get rid of her brother, so she instigated the minister of Xizhi to send her brother to the front line. Now, none of them survived, and the few princes who were still alive were scared and fled from Xizhi Kingdom, secretly sneaked into Ding Ling, was caught by the White Wolf Army, and told the Seventh Prince about it.Now in Xizhi, only Princess Shangguan supports the overall situation. "

After hearing Wei Ze's words, Xie Jun and Huan Zhi were a little bit overwhelmed, but Li Shao had heard it once and was prepared in his heart. Even so, he was still a little panicked.

"Such a big thing, why didn't anyone send back the news?"

He buried so many people in Xizhi country, isn't it just to let them repay Xizhi country's big and small things?On weekdays, even the prince and the wife of the powerful minister would report back, why did they never mention such a thing?

Thinking of this, Li Shao's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Speaking of which, he hasn't received any news related to Xizhi since three months ago. It's not that there is no news, but it's just that they are all unimportant things...

Wei Ze bowed his head and said: "Everyone buried in Xizhi Kingdom... was pulled out by Princess Shangguan, not even a single hidden stake in Ding Lingguo remained, and the news sent back was all fake news from Princess Shangguan. Seven The prince only recently learned of the news."

Li Shao was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled inappropriately: "The princesses of Xizhi Kingdom are indeed not good-natured."

Huan Zhi's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "The land of the extreme west has occupied one-third of the country of Xizhi in one month. It's... how come so fast?"

Although Xizhi State is not as rich as Hou Chu, its land area is huge. There are large areas of desert Gobi and barren land, which cannot be lived in and is not conducive to marching. At least it will take about half a year, three months...

He had never heard such a gloomy voice from Huan Zhi, nor had he seen such a cold look in Huan Zhi's eyes. Jie Jun, who hadn't recovered from the war in Xizhi Kingdom, was taken aback again.

Li Shao asked Wei Ze in a cold voice, "Is there any news about the Far West?"

Wei Ze shook his head: "Not yet."

Finally, Xie Jun came to his senses and asked Li Shao, "Master, does the eldest grandson know about this?"

Li Shao shook his head and said: "Let him deal with King Chidi with peace of mind first, and it would be best if he can think of a countermeasure before telling him."

But he can't think of anything now...

After pondering for a while, Huanzhi said, "For the present plan, we should form the Three Kingdoms Alliance? We have soldiers from General Changsun in Houchu, Huanjia Army in Jinyang, and White Wolf Army in Dinglingguo. The Xuan Ge army, the strongest in Shangxi, will never lose this battle."

Xie Jun disagreed and said: "It is good to form an alliance of three countries to fight against the enemy together. After all, the Far West now threatens our three countries at the same time, and if we can control the battlefield within the territory of Xizhi, it will be a good thing for us. , but this battle is for the time being only the internal affairs of the Xizhi country, and if the Xizhi country does not ask for help, we cannot intervene."

How did Qingyu know so many things?

"The Seventh Prince also means the same thing." Wei Ze echoed.

After hesitating again and again, Huan Zhi solemnly said to Li Shao: "My lord, let me take the Huan family army to the west to guard. Now there are five fortresses in the west that were taken from Xizhi Kingdom. They should be able to resist for a while. After the Huan family army is gone, the Chu army is registered, and the transfer does not require the permission of the officials, so it is easy to act."

"No!" Without waiting for Li Shao's reply, Xie Jun yelled, "What's the use of the fortress in the west? There are defensive fortresses on the east and west sides of Xizhi Kingdom, but the westernmost one has been breached by the Far West. What is the use of these five seats? Also, what happened to the Huan Family Army? Young Master also knows? Qingyu, what did you do without telling me and your sister?!"

Huan Zhi's expression eased, he touched his nose with a guilty conscience, and said in a low voice, "I've done a lot..."

"My lord!" Jie Jun turned his head and stared at Li Shao again.

Since the son knew that Qing Yu was doing something dangerous, why didn't he tell them?In case something happens to Qingyu, in case...

Huan Zhi hurriedly tugged on Jie Jun's sleeve, and put on his usual simple and honest smile: "Brother-in-law, don't blame the young master. I didn't let the young master tell you. If I told you, you and your sister would definitely be worried."

"Is not this nonsensical?!"

Li Shao lowered his eyes and said calmly: "Jie Jun, Qingyu is your brother-in-law, but he is also Huanzhi, Marquis of Jinyang."

Xie Jun was taken aback for a moment, then hugged his head in frustration: "But he is still a child."

Huanzhi tugged at Jie Jun's sleeve again and shook it: "Brother-in-law, am I well? The young master has been protecting me."

Xie Jun raised his hand to hold Huan Zhi's, and sighed, as if he had a lot to say, but he didn't say anything.

Li Shao said again: "Don't worry, I won't let Qingyu take this risk. Qingyu also remember that the Huan Family Army must not be called easily. They are my last cards and Hou Chu's last cards. You Understand?"

Huan Zhi nodded: "I see."

"I'm only telling you two about this, and don't let others know for the time being. The northern tour is coming to an end. In front of the Chidi people, you have to be steady no matter what. Chidi has always been bullying, if not this time King Chidi was shocked at the meeting, and I don’t know what will happen next year.”

"Don't worry, son."

Li Shao nodded, and told Xie Jun and Huan Zhi to go back, saying that he told Xie Jun and Huan Zhi not to pay too much attention to this matter, and slowly figure out a way, but Li Shao has been thinking about this matter all the time.

The eldest grandson Boyi came back late at night, and when he came back, he saw their yard was pitch black.

The eldest grandson Boyi thought that Li Shao had gone to bed first, but when he opened the door and entered the room, the elder grandson Boyi found Li Shao lying on the couch in the hall.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Li Shao opened his eyes immediately, turned his head to look at the grandson Boyi who walked in, Li Shao got up and sat down, fumbled to the table and lit the candle lamp on the table.

"Why don't you light the lights?"

Li Shao came forward with a faint smile, and sniffed at the eldest grandson Boyi's neck first: "It seems that you haven't drunk much? How could King Chidi let you go?"

With that said, Li Shao took off the coat of eldest Sun Boyi.

"I followed your example and poured out all the wine." It's just that the cuffs of the clothes he wears are always tightened. If the wine is poured somewhere on the clothes, it will be too obvious. They all fell to the ground.

Watching Li Shao take his coat to the side and hang it up, Changsun Boyi smiled and walked briskly to sit on the couch. Seeing Li Shao turned around, he patted his side.

"Come and sit."

Li Shao walked over and sat down beside Changsun Boyi, and immediately leaned against Changsun Boyi as if he had no bones.

"What happened today?" Changsun Boyi asked softly, holding Li Shao's hand.

Thinking of this, Li Shao couldn't help sighing again: "The land in the far west is at war with Xizhi, and judging from the current situation, Xizhi won't last long."

Changsun Boyi was slightly taken aback, but he didn't panic.For Changsun Boyi, war is not unfamiliar, nor is it so terrifying.

"How long can Xi Zhiguo last?" Changsun Boyi put his arms around Li Shao's waist, using his composure to calm Li Shao's panic.

"If you can't think of a way to control the enemy, the shortest will be two months, and the longest will not exceed four months."

Hearing this, Changsun Boyi understood.

No wonder this news made Saburo panic. If he has the ability to capture the entire Xizhi Kingdom within three to five months, then the strength of this army is indeed terrifying.

"Enough," said Zhangsun Boyi in a deep voice, "we still have two to four months to learn about the Far West, and when we know more, it will be easy to think of countermeasures, and isn't there Wu Ninghe? Don't be afraid .”

Li Shao knew that most of what Changsun Boyi said was to comfort him, there was no basis for it, so how could he not be afraid?But this consolation really worked, just leaning on Changsun Boyi like this, listening to his voice and heartbeat without a trace of panic, Li Shaoping's heartbeat that hadn't stabilized all night finally stabilized.

"Okay, let's figure out a countermeasure together."