After seeing off Zheng Zhilong, it was past midnight and the entire capital fell into silence. Chang Yu was so drunk that he felt dizzy but not sleepy at all. He sat in the hall for a while with his eyes closed and remained silent. Li Muchian knew
He was planning something in his mind, so he stayed by his side and made a pot of strong tea for him.
After a while, Chang Yu opened his eyes slightly. A fan brought him water and washed his face: "It's getting late, Taoist priest, let's go to bed early." Then with the help of his bodyguard, he got into the carriage and left the Yamen to go back.
Since he had a home, he rarely slept in the yamen.
Wang Zhengnan carried Chang Yu from the carriage into the yard. Lao Hu followed behind and muttered in a low voice with a concerned look on his face: "Why did you drink so much..." Then he quickly ran to the door of Lianxin room and knocked: "Lianxin,
Go and make some sobering soup for the Governor..."
"Don't bother anymore." Chang Yu, who was lying on Wang Zhengnan's back, waved his hand. He really drank too much today.
Lian Xin still got up and asked her maid to make soup. She then wiped Chang Yu's face with a basin of hot water: "Is there any happy event today?" Chang Yu lay on the bed and let her wipe it. Hearing this, he sighed: "It's so big.
Happy events, and great troubles.”
Lian Xin chuckled: "If you have a big happy event, you will have to drink a few more drinks, but no matter how big your troubles are, they will never be a problem for you."
Chang Yu closed his eyes and smiled bitterly: "I wish I were as innocent as you, maybe I wouldn't have so many worries."
"The Governor is joking, slaves also have worries, and there are quite a lot of them." Lian Xin sighed: "Adults have their own worries, and ordinary people also have their own worries."
Chang Yu sighed: "The way you talk now is different from when we first met."
"Is there any?" Lian Xin opened her eyes wide and pouted: "I don't think there has been any change."
"Yes, when we first met you we were talking to each other, but we were very close to each other casually, and now we are getting more and more serious." Chang Yu said while rubbing his head, Lian Xin glanced outside: "Actually, I am still close to you in my heart, but
Butler Hu said that you must understand the rules, but your senior official is also the senior master of our Changfu."
"Return to the eldest master, my life will be shortened if I call you eldest master at my age." Chang Yu laughed and scolded, Lian Xin chuckled and took the sobering soup brought by the maid and blew it to Chang Yu again and again: "Although you are the governor and you are
Sir, you are about the same age as me and don’t have any airs. Even Guoer and Qingyi have said that they regard you as an adult openly and as a friend in their hearts. But you can’t let outsiders hear this, otherwise it will
Being scolded for not knowing the rules..."
Lian Xin whispered softly while feeding the soup. Chang Yu had a splitting headache and listening to Ke Ren'er's words seemed to relieve him a little: "Lian Xin, are you homesick?"
Lian Xin's hands trembled and she almost spilled the soup in the bowl. How could a teenager who had been away from home for most of his life not miss his home, his parents, and his younger brother? Tears burst down his face, and he quickly put down the bowl to wipe it, holding it back.
The word came out: "Think!"
Chang Yu hummed: "Can you write a letter and go back?"
"I haven't just learned a few words yet. Sister Guo'er helped me write letters, but my parents can't read either... I asked someone to send me some money to go back..." Lian Xin kept wiping her tears, Chang Yu
Sighing: "Get ready and go home to visit relatives in a few days."
Ah! Lian Xin was startled, and then she was overjoyed: "Master Governor, please don't trick me."
"I'm cheating on you. I'm going south in a few days, so I'll take you there with me." Chang Yu scolded him with a smile, and then asked, "Lian Xin, do you have someone you like?"
Lian Xin was stunned again: "There are, there are many, Sister Guo'er, Sister Linglong, Jiang Bashi..." Chang Yu had no choice but to interrupt him: "What I mean is my sweetheart." Lian Xin's face suddenly turned red and she lowered her head.
language.
"If you like someone, I will make an appointment for you. If not, that's all." Chang Yu opened his eyes slightly and looked at the girl who was too embarrassed to lift her head. He sighed in his heart. Lian Xin's appearance was the best he had ever encountered in time.
Among the women, the only one who could compete was the fiancée of King Zhu Shenxuan of the Jin Dynasty, who would be looked down upon in future generations.
It was impossible to say that he was not tempted, but he also felt that his love for Lian Xin was not the kind between men and women, but just as a sister.
Chang Yu is not a saint, he also has the common problem of men's lust, and he also likes to flirt with women, but he is not a lewd person. The so-called gentleman is lustful but not lewd, and he is not the kind of big male dog who wants to fall in love with a beautiful woman when he sees one.
Naturally, he could see that both the Chen family brothers were interested in Lian Xin, or that none of his gang of bachelors were not attracted to her. He didn't mind his subordinates pursuing Lian Xin, as long as Lian Xin was willing.
Lian Xin shook her head: "I'm still young, and I still have to listen to my parents on this matter..."
Chang Yu smiled and said: "You are indeed not very old, but there are many people your age who are married." Then he took a long breath and said: "That's all, our Chang Mansion will not use that kind of talk about parents ordering matchmakers.
, everything depends on what you like, no one will force you."
Lian Xin nodded heavily: "What about Sister Guo'er?"
She? Chang Yu closed his eyes again.
That night, there were many people who had no intention of sleeping, including the preoccupied eunuch of Dongchang, Wang Jiayan who was carrying the banner and leading his troops to suppress bandits for the first time, Zheng Zhilong who was about to face the saint tomorrow, and the man in the palace who heard that a certain
The eunuch is about to get married and the princess hides in bed and sheds tears.
Li Yan, who was thousands of miles away, didn't sleep either. After he returned to Puzhou and inspected the city defense, he sat alone in the courtyard of the Yamen. He had no less things on his mind than Chang Yu. As the frontline coach, he planned a big game.
Every move in chess must be carefully considered, whether it should be cautious or bold, and he must consider every detail.
Dozens of miles away in Dali City, Tian Jianxiu and Gao Yigong couldn't sleep with their eyes red from the heat. The officers and soldiers might launch a second attack at night, so they had to quickly consolidate the city defense and prepare for the battle.
But in the officers and soldiers camp a few miles outside the city, Ma Huabao and the others were closing their eyes and recuperating. Most of the soldiers under his command were also sleeping hard to recharge their batteries. Only a few soldiers on duty rode around the city and kept shouting.
This made the rebels in the city restless, and their nerves were always tense.
What is unexpected is that Wu Weiying actually suffered from insomnia today. He looked at the tent where people were lying on the ground. He walked out of the tent slowly, looked up at the night sky with his hands behind his back, and then turned his eyes towards Dali City for a long time.
at every turn.
At the same time, at the top of Tongguan City, a hundred miles away, Li Guo also had his hands behind his back, looking eastward and northwest. When he heard footsteps, he turned around and asked, "What's going on over there in Dali?"
"Going back to Li Shuai, the latest information is that the Ming army is having trouble attacking the city and has retreated five miles outside the city."
"Have you ever laid siege to the city?"
"The main force is in the east, there are thousands of cavalry in the northwest, and a small group of soldiers and horses are surrounding the city to monitor..." The attendant said with a somewhat unnatural expression on his face, and Li Guo frowned: "Say!"
"The reinforcements at Crouching Tiger Mountain were defeated, and the leader, Ivy Tiger, was captured, and his life and death are unknown."
Depend on!
The veins in Li Guo's fists popped out, and his expression became ferocious: "Useless things!"
After a while, the mood calmed down a little: "Send someone to report to Miyuan urgently..."