The sky was full of stars, and Yi Xiaodao was packing his baggage. After packing it, he put the baggage on his back, opened the door to the courtyard, looked at the night sky, took a deep breath, and walked towards the back door of Li Mansion.
"Where are you going?" On the corridor beside the pool in the courtyard, Xiang Lian'er leaned on the railing, supporting her chin with one hand, as if she had been waiting for a long time.
Yi Xiaodao instinctively let go, and the bundle slid down his back. His other hand went around behind him and grabbed the bundle. This movement was so smooth that if an outsider saw it, they would just think that he was strolling in the courtyard late at night, admiring the moon alone, and then sighed, "The knife is not asleep yet."
"Do you still think I'm easy to fool?" Xiang Lian'er asked, tilting her head. Yi Xiaodao deliberately made his movements gentle so as not to be noticed, but now Xiang Lian'er was no ordinary person and had long noticed Yi Xiaodao's movements.
Yi Xiaodao took out the baggage from behind and put it aside with a smile: "I forgot that you have inherited the internal strength of Senior Liu Zhiyun, and you are no longer the little girl who needed me to carry it out of Wancheng."
"Why are you leaving without saying anything?"
"Sorry."
"You, Yi Xiaodao, are sometimes embarrassed?" Xiang Lian'er said with a smile: "But think about it, you just asked the Li family to collect food and grass for you and the court, but you just left without even saying hello... again Are you sorry?"
Yi Xiaodao opened his mouth, knowing that he was being unreasonable, but didn't say anything.
"I know you can't let go of Sister Yue'er, and I can't let go either. I'll go with you. Just like when the three of us were together, we will definitely help you get Sister Yue'er back!" Xiang Lian'er suddenly said.
Yi Xiaodao shook his head: "It's my fault that I can't let go. You don't understand my feelings or her thoughts, so why bother taking this trip? And I'm not going here entirely for her. Chu Xiang I am also very worried about Zhou Ziru, I have not had much contact with Zhou Ziru, but I think he is very smart, if even he is so smart and defeated... I can't think of anyone else who can win Ge Cifeng."
"You have no soldiers and no power. What can you do if you go to Chuxiang? There are soldiers and generals here, but you don't make good use of them. Are you still the Yi Xiaodao I know?" Xiang Lian'er asked with raised eyebrows.
"I already owe the Li family too much. Although the old Nanhuai King and the eldest son are not my fault, they only happened after I came to Nanhuai. If I had not come to Nanhuai, so many things would not have happened..." Yi Xiaodao lowered his head and said, he felt really guilty, especially since the old King of Nanhuai died in front of his eyes, but he couldn't do anything...
Li Dingxing walked over from one side of the corridor: "If it weren't for you, I might have died by Poyang Lake; or I might have been caught in the capital and imprisoned in a prison; or even more, Nanhuai might have turned into a scorched earth, and the capital, Nanhuai is at war with itself, Donglu Dongfangzhong has become powerful with the Eastern Japanese, and King Xiang of Chu has taken control of the capital. There are too many possibilities."
"But I think it was your appearance that prevented this from happening. In my heart, I have always been very grateful to you." Li Dingxing walked up to Yi Xiaodao and looked into Yi Xiaodao's eyes.
Yi Xiaodao shook his head slowly: "If anything happens to you again, I will never forgive myself."
"With you here, what accident can happen to us? On the other hand, if something happens to you when you go to Chuxiang alone, how can we feel at ease? Is it different?" Thinking it was because of being with Li Dingxing, Xiang Lian'er became more and more sharp-tongued.
"What Lian'er said is that we are not outsiders. If you say this, you are an outsider. Even if I bring the Nanhuai Army, for the public, it is to suppress the rebellion for the court, for private, it is to avenge my family, and What does Yi Xiaodao have to do with you? And those people from Donglu are still building houses on the beach. They are all generals who are good at fighting. How can you bear to let them continue to be bricklayers?" Li Dingxing said.
"I heard that Wang Xuan no longer reads military books. He goes around asking people for advice all day long with blueprints. Do you have the heart to let such a great talent spend his whole life pondering the blueprints for building a house?"
"There is also Qin Qianqian, who has all the strength to carry bricks and earth every day. I have the intention not to let them go, but they don't want to eat free food here. They say they have nothing to do and are busy..."
Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er talked to each other, and at the same time talked about the current situation of everyone from Donglu to Nanhuai. Yi Xiaodao was speechless and said helplessly: "Okay, let's do the summing up tomorrow... It's late at night , you should rest early."
Xiang Lian'er called to Yi Xiaodao who was going to the room: "Hey, I haven't taken the baggage yet, so don't try to do any tricks. Li Dingxing will know all your tricks! If there are any tricks, I will know them too!"
Yi Xiaodao smiled bitterly, picked up his baggage, and put away his thoughts: "Okay, okay, let's discuss it tomorrow, and you should go back as soon as possible. Wouldn't it be better if you work harder and let me be your uncle earlier?"
Hearing this, Li Dingxing could barely hold on, but Xiang Lian'er's face turned red all of a sudden...
Early the next morning, as soon as Yi Xiaodao opened the door, he saw several servants holding their eyelids open and swaying unsteadily on their feet outside his door. Someone saw Yi Xiaodao going out and quickly wiped his saliva, alerting other companions, and everyone stood up straight.
"Ha, this must be Xiang Lian'er's idea. So that's how she knew about my little tricks?" Yi Xiaodao shook his head and smiled. He took out a few pieces of silver from his arms and handed them to the servants: "Thank you for all your hard work." Alright, I’ve been standing here all night, go back and have a rest.”
The servants took the broken silver and left with great gratitude. The servants had not left for a while when Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er came together. They must have been informed by the servants.
"You guys woke up so early? Did you fight all night long?" Yi Xiaodao could tease the two of them with this now.
Xiang Lian'er glared at Yi Xiaodao, and Li Dingxing changed his subject: "If nothing else happens, Wang Xuan and the others will be able to arrive in Su City in the morning."
Yi Xiaodao asked in surprise: "So fast? Even if we set out yesterday, we wouldn't be able to arrive today."
Xiang Lian'er smiled proudly and said, "Who is my Dingxing? When you first arrived in Su City, he sent an order to Wang Xuan and the others to come over. Why did you wait until yesterday?"
Yi Xiaodao scratched his head: "Why did you call them here so early?"
"You are a restless person. Even if there is no such thing as food collection, you will not be able to stay here in Nanhuai. Rather than being in a hurry when the time comes, it is better to prepare in advance." Li Dingxing said.
While several people were still talking, Chen Guang trotted in from outside the door: "Master, the Donglu people have arrived, and they are only twenty miles away from Su City."
"It seems they are too anxious. Let's go and eat first. After we have eaten, we can welcome them." Li Dingxing supported Xiang Lian'er and shouted to everyone to enter the hall to eat.
Several people entered the hall, and as soon as they brought the dishes and chopsticks, they heard a sound of breaking through the air, and they rushed straight here. Yi Xiaodao and Xiang Lian'er's expressions changed at the same time, they dropped their bowls and chopsticks and rushed out of the hall. Chen Guang reacted a little slower, followed behind Li Dingxing, and looked out.
Yi Xiaodao didn't have the "Siqing" sword in his hand, but he was not afraid. He mobilized his inner strength and activated his fire energy, and was about to rise into the air to meet him. But she was held down by Xiang Lian'er: "Hey, don't worry, it's Qin Changqian."
A false alarm.
Yi Xiaodao suppressed the fire in his body, collected his internal strength, and looked into the air. A figure seemed to have been smashed down from mid-air. As soon as he landed on the ground, the floor tiles on the ground were trampled to pieces. Before the figure could stand still, he rushed towards Yi Xiaodao.
"Master Yi, are you okay?" Qin Changqian rushed to Yi Xiaodao and looked up and down.
"When did your internal energy improve so much? When you came from the sky, I thought some enemy came to your door..." Yi Xiaodao was quite pleasantly surprised. He stretched out his hand to hold Qin Changqian down and explored his meridians. He found that his internal energy was strong. , which is quite different from that of that day.
Qin Xiangqian felt his body, and then smiled and said: "I was in a hurry, so I rushed over first. Master Yi, just be fine." Qin Xiangqian heard about the past events of Yi Xiaodao and He Yuer on the way, He knew what it was like to lose a loved one, and he was worried about what would happen to Yi Xiaodao, so he patiently arrived near Su City before coming alone.
"Come on, haven't you had breakfast yet? Let's eat together." Yi Xiaodao pulled Qin Xiangqian into the hall, gave his bowl and chopsticks to Qin Xiangqian, and grabbed a bun and started to eat it.
Everyone had just finished eating when they heard the concierge coming to report: "Master, there is a group of people outside the door. The leader calls himself Wang Xuan and wants to see the master and Master Yi."
"Okay, we're here. Come on, let's go and welcome him in." Li Dingxing picked up the silk cloth and wiped Xiang Lian'er's mouth, then wiped it on himself.
Everyone came to the door, welcomed Wang Xuan and others into the living room, and sat down one by one.
Yi Xiaodao glanced away. Wang Xuan, Qin Changqian, Fan Jun, Zheng Kang and others looked at each other one by one and asked: "Where is Han Shi? Why don't you see him?"
"Lord Yi doesn't know something. My cousin surrendered the Donglu Army of Dongfang Zhong in Donglu. Many Donglu troops obeyed him and are now serving as officials in Donglu!" How did Han Shi, the general of Qin Dynasty, recruit and surrender Donglu? Jun said this to Yi Xiaodao, and Yi Xiaodao couldn't close his mouth with joy.
"That's great. Han Shi, this guy, is so popular. Just with his mouth, he can get to know each other everywhere! Hahahaha."
Wang Xuan waited for Yi Xiaodao to finish laughing and said: "Master Yi, we brought back Shangwu camp from Donglu and commanded about 10,000 people in the camp. We also recruited nearly 5,000 people in Nanhuai and organized them into Shangwu camp. The camp and the command camp now total more than 15,000 soldiers and horses."
"Hey! Is it all my fault for recruiting people? I won't agree to this!" Li Dingxing pretended to be anxious and shouted. Everyone knew that Li Dingxing was joking and didn't care. They all laughed happily.
Yi Xiaodao looked at Li Dingxing: "Dong Zhongyi's Nanhuai Army...will they still send troops?"
"An additional 30,000 troops can be sent." Li Dingxing pointed out with three fingers. After Nanhuai was merged into the jurisdiction of the imperial court, the Li family's influence was only in Su City. Thirty thousand soldiers and horses could almost be said to be Li Dingxing's entire property.
Yi Xiaodao shook his head and said, "Ten thousand is enough, just in case something unexpected happens."
Li Dingxing knew that Yi Xiaodao had good intentions, so he did not force an argument and said, "Everyone listens to Master Yi's orders!"
Everyone here knew that the relationship between the two was unusual, and they all smiled and said nothing. Even if Li Dingxing didn't send any troops, Yi Xiaodao wouldn't say anything; even if Yi Xiaodao asked Li Dingxing to send 50,000 troops, Li Dingxing would also spread his troops. Such questions and answers were purely for fun, after all, they were both still young. .
Yi Xiaodao said proudly: "Okay! In that case, I will personally lead 25,000 soldiers and horses to march west to attack Chu Xiang!"
