Chapter 497 The Li Family Comes to Surrender

The banquet hall in the backyard of Shuofei County Government Office.

Hearing Zuo Lianglun's words, Yue Ruyan's slender eyes flashed with panic, and then she said coldly: "Will the Marquis be willing to take us in?"

"General Yue, please sit down, let's eat and talk." Zuo Lianglun kept it a secret.

Yue Ruyan frowned, and sat down behind the table like a man, with a crisp metallic sound when the armor leaves rubbed against each other.

"The Marquis said that what happened before was a misunderstanding. The Marquis ordered me to apologize on behalf of General Yue. The Marquis also said that General Yue first led the army to resist the seven Western Rong countries, resisted foreign invasions, and defended the dignity of our Song Dynasty. Later, she fought against Jin Xia and vowed to never surrender. She was a strong and brave woman who was as good as a man. She was really a heroine and admirable.

It is my honor to hear that General Yue admires me. Since General Yue is willing to entrust her life to me, I will not let her down in this life. When I return triumphantly, I will marry General Yue in a sedan chair carried by eight people." Zuo Lianglun said on behalf of Chen Mo.

Hearing this, Yue Ruyan's delicate body hidden in the armor trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but hold the wine cup on the table, and her five fingers slightly exerted a little force.

In fact, when she agreed to Zuo Lianglun before, Yue Ruyan still had some luck in her heart, thinking that Zuo Lianglun was acting on his own initiative, and Chen Mo, as a young marquis and the lord of four states, should not "coerce" at this time, and then reject what Zuo Lianglun proposed.

Or Chen Mo would pretend to be polite and refuse, such as "I have already married, how can I wrong General Yue" and so on, and then she would take advantage of Chen Mo's pretense and take it seriously, and solve the matter.

But Chen Mo didn't have any courtesy at all, which completely cut off her luck.

Zuo Lianglun naturally noticed Yue Ruyan's subtle change and deliberately said: "Congratulations to General Yue for making his wish come true."

But Yue Ruyan didn't have any joy at all. Although Chen Mo's name was very loud, his strength and the identity and status he had obtained were extremely enviable, and his reputation in the hearts of the people was not bad, but his personal morality was not good.

Greedy, lustful, treacherous, good wife

Yue Ruyan took a sip of wine and said, "Let's talk about personal matters later. How does Lord Zuo plan to resist the Jinxia army coming from Longyou?"

"This matter is not within my scope of authority. General Yue has to ask General Li. Let's talk about this private matter." Zuo Lianglun smiled.

Huaizhou.

Yi County.

"I was wondering why the King of Huai sent troops to raid Huaizhou, but couldn't take a small Yi County. Li Mingzhong and Li Mingfan, as the relatives of the King of Huai, suddenly turned against him. It turned out that you, the old guy, are here."

After Xiao Jing made preparations, he came to Huaizhou as soon as possible and met Geng Songfu. Under the arrangement of the other party, he came to Yi County.

At that time, Geng Songfu said that he wanted to give him a surprise. He thought it was something.

Unexpectedly, it was Wu Yanqing.

When they were young, they both served as officials in the court and even visited brothels together. They were considered to be in the same boat.

Later, after they inherited the position of the head of the family, they stopped communicating.

The two hadn't seen each other for decades.

Xiao Jing looked at Wu Yanqing for a long time before speaking.

Although Wu Yanqing knew Xiao Jing would come, he was still stunned for a while when they really met, and then laughed and shook Xiao Jing's hand and started talking happily.

After a round of greetings, the two were a little awkward again.

Because their daughters are now the women of the same man.

It was Wu Yanqing who broke the awkwardness in advance and said with a smile: "Brother Xiao, we haven't seen each other for decades, we have to have a good drink today."

"Drink to your heart's content." Xiao Jing also tacitly didn't mention this matter and laughed.

"Come on, serve the wine." Wu Yanqing said loudly.

When the two were drinking one bowl after another, they inevitably talked about Chen Mo.

Xiao Jing wiped the wine on his beard and said, "Brother Wu is really good at judging people. Brother Wu saw the potential dragon in the Taiwei at first sight, and he even broke the tradition that Jiangdong girls don't marry outside and promised his daughter to him."

Wu Yanqing put down the wine bowl. He was reluctant to do this marriage before, but now it seems that this is indeed a good marriage. He smiled and said, "What Jiangdong girls don't marry outside? That's all rumors from outsiders. It's not true. Brother Xiao is the same."

Xiao Jing sighed and said, "I'm different. My daughter is a second marriage, and she is just the Taiwei's concubine."

"Brother Xiao, what you said is wrong. With the current status of the Marquis, there is not much difference between a wife and a concubine. And I think the war in the north is going well. The Marquis will be conferred the title of Duke when he returns this time, so his inner chamber will naturally rise with the tide."

There is naturally a big difference between a wife and a concubine. Wu Yanqing said some flattering words at this time.

"Well, no more talking, let's drink." Xiao Jing poured wine into the bowl, then raised it and said, "Based on this relationship, our two families will have to visit each other more often in the future."

"Come on, drink."

Just as the two people's wine bowls were clinking, Liu Ji walked in with a smile and said, "The two old masters are drinking."

"Who is this?" Xiao Jing has been staying in Jiangnan and has never met Liu Ji.

"Brother Xiao, come, let me introduce you to Liu Ji. The last victory in Yi County was his strategy." Wu Yanqing said with a smile.

"So you are Liu Ji"

Although Xiao Jing has never met Liu Ji, Xiao Quan has met him and told him about this person.

"Old Master Xiao." Liu Ji bowed to Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing nodded.

"Sir, you came at the right time. Brother Xiao just came from Jiangnan today. The three of us will drink together." Wu Yanqing said with a smile.

Liu Ji bowed his hand to Wu Yanqing again: "Master Wu, I have come to report something important."

"Oh." Wu Yanqing became interested.

"The Li family sent someone here," Liu Ji said.

Wu Yanqing was stunned: "Which Li family?"

"It's Li Mingfan's family." Liu Ji said.

Wu Yanqing raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

"The Li family plans to seek refuge with the Marquis and act as his internal correspondent. They also revealed to us that Chu Ce has returned from Longyou and may attack Huaizhou in the near future." Liu Ji said.

"Believable?"

"We can get in touch first."

…

Linzhou.

Xiangyang.

Outside the Pingtinghou Mansion.

A man dressed in ordinary clothes wanted to enter the Hou Mansion, but was stopped by the guards.

"Stop, who is coming?" the Marquis defended.

"I am a relative of your Marquis. I have something to see Your Highness, the Princess," the man said.

"There is no princess in the Marquis Mansion, please leave quickly," the guard said.

"How is it possible that there is no Princess Chu Juan, the daughter of Prince Huai, Princess Chu Juan?" the man asked again.

"So you want to see Madam Ninth." The guard muttered, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly drew his sword and pointed it at the man: "You are from King Huai."

Madam Ninth is the daughter of King Huai. He claims to be a relative of King Huai, but he is not from King Huai.

The guard immediately became alert.