Meng Shanming was quite helpless: "The soldiers don't know the generals, the generals don't know the soldiers, what's the use of me going? Defending the country is rich, and the soldiers can't suffer much, and they don't have the foundation to fight to the death. Self-destruction of the foundation, the morale of the army has been lost to such a point, they all want to protect themselves, in the face of the Jin offensive, the defense of the country is over. Now that the Qin army is desperately blocked by Yin Except at Xiping Pass, the rest can only look at the Qi country's side, and the only one who has the ability to turn the tide is Huyan Wuxi!"

"The biggest problem now is that there are too many people who surrender to defend themselves, and these surrendered generals refuse to fight to the death for the defense of the country, but are instead used by the Jin State to fight to the death for the Jin State with a knife on their necks. The more people who descended, the more people enthusiastically provided the grain and grass of the Jin Kingdom. With such a momentum, the Jin State is getting stronger and stronger, and with the fierce style of the Jin people, once they get enough food and grass, it is very likely that the whole country will be armed, and the pressure of Huyan without hatred is very great!"

"If the Qi army can repel the Jin army, after the war, the Qi State will not dare to take advantage of the fire to rob the Wei Guo too much, and dare not disperse the troops too much, and the Wei Guo may still be able to be protected!"

Shang Chaozong stared at the map, "If the Qin army can't break through Xiping Pass and send troops smoothly, I'm afraid that the defense of the country will not be able to keep it." Now the Jin army's offensive is too fierce, and the Wei is devouring the momentum, so defeated, the morale of the Wei army is becoming more and more demoralized, and it is difficult to resist. If the Qin army does not break through Xiping Pass in time, once the Jin army captures the territory and fights with Xiping Pass, all supplies can keep up, and it will become more and more impossible for the Qin army to capture Xiping Pass. ”

"If it really comes to this point, the country will die, and the only thing left is for the Qi State and the Jin State to fight to the death!"

Meng Shanming pointed to Xiping Pass, "Tian Zhengyang is incompetent, the main general of the Qin army should have been replaced a long time ago, if the first battle is attacked by Luo Zhao, with Luo Zhao's ability, taking advantage of Xiaoyue Pavilion's heavenly opportunity to break the arrow, he may have taken Xiping Pass in one go, and now it is too late to regret it!"

Shang Chaozong sneered: "How can such a big credit be given to Luo Zhao." The generals are all Tian Zhengyang and Ma Changan, these two disagree, and Yucang can't help it. Now it is indeed too late to regret it, and it is estimated that the Qin State is also anxious. ”

Meng Shanming: "A group of flies and dogs, once the general trend goes, it will be too late for Luo Zhao to play!"

At this moment, Lan Ruoting came, and after bowing to the two, he said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, Meng Shuai, the matchmaker has sent a message that the people from the Maolu Courtyard will arrive in Nanzhou Mansion in half a day, let us prepare for receiving it!"

There was a sudden silence in the room, and Shang Chaozong suddenly sighed: "I thought it was just a transit through Nanzhou... Could it be that Dao Ye didn't confess to them before his death?"

Niu Youdao's death has been known here, and there is nothing to be done, what can I do?

As for the big worries, there are not as many worries as outsiders here, because Niu Youdao had already told them before his death, if he can't come back, let Nanzhou directly join the Zijin Cave, this is also a way to do it, there can be fewer ups and downs.

According to what Niu Youdao said, the people in the thatched house should be looking for another place, and now that they are coming here, and letting them prepare for receiving them will only make this side in an embarrassing situation.

Naturally, if you take refuge in Zijin Cave, you have to dissociate yourself from the people in the thatched house, and if you continue to be unclear with the people who have a way with Niu, how can you rest assured that Zijin Cave can rest assured?

Once the Zijin Cave is provoked to clear these people, what will Nanzhou do here? Sit back and ignore it or stand on the side of the thatched house to fight against the Zijin Cave?

If you don't help, don't talk about anything else, Niu Youdao's long-term accumulated prestige in Nanzhou is too great, if he Shang Chaozong sits idly by, how will Nanzhou think of him?

Meng Shanming groaned: "To greet or to greet, the bones of the Taoist master are not cold, and it is too mean to say it." Let's take a look at the situation first, maybe it's just a transit, maybe we think too much about it. ”

Lan Ruoting reminded again, "The summons said, let's get ready to receive it." ”

Meng Shanming: "Then what should I do? Stop them outside the city and refuse to let them in? If you really want to do this, have you ever imagined how much waves it will set off in Nanzhou? How can the prince be so infamous when he walks on the royal road?"

Shang Chaozong waved his hand, "Don't care so much about it first, order people to prepare, and this king will personally go out of the city thirty miles to greet him!"

"Lord Wang!" Lan Ruoting stretched out his hand and grabbed his arm, "Have you ever thought about how the county lord will explain? As soon as these people come, the county lord is afraid that he will not be able to hide it?"

Hearing this, Shang Chaozong and Meng Shanming both frowned.

As soon as the news of Niu Youdao's death came, Shang Chaozong immediately secretly ordered it, everyone knew about it, and only Shang Shuqing was hidden from the top and bottom, and Shang Shuqing still didn't know that Niu Youdao was dead.

For nothing else, Shang Shuqing's current situation is already talking about marriage, and he has finally come to this point, once he knows the death of Niu Youdao, he doesn't know what will happen.

I also know that some things can't be hidden for a lifetime, I just want to wait until Shang Shuqing gets married smoothly, and some things will naturally pass.

The matter of children's affection is the most troublesome, and it cannot be solved by common sense.

Shang Chaozong said silently: "Don't let Qing'er know that the people from the thatched house are coming, lest she also go with her to greet her, and when this king sees the matchmaker first, he will mention it first." ”

It can only be done like this, after leaving the Yingwu Hall, Shang Chaozong immediately found the princess Feng Ruonan and informed him.

Feng Ruonan understood, and quickly went to find Shang Shuqing, played with Shang Shuqing, and entangled Shang Shuqing, not letting her know about the wind and movements outside.

After a little preparation on the side of the Assassin's Mansion, Shang Chaozong traveled, escorted the army out of the city, and waited thirty miles outside the city......

The group came from afar in a hurry, and saw the banner of the exhibition, and the word "business" was eye-catching.

Out of the city so far to greet him, Yuan Gang stared, Guan Fangyi smiled faintly, and seemed to inadvertently turn around and look at Niu Youdao's reaction in the crowd.

Greet the centaurs, arrive at the centaurs, and finally meet.

The morale of the greeting people was high, and the momentum of the arriving people was a little sluggish, and both sides of the meeting were overwhelmed with emotion, and Niu Youdao's death had a great impact on everyone.

Si people have passed away, the two sides are difficult to chat, polite words do not know what to say, no one mentioned the matter of Niu Youdao, Shang Chaozong stretched out his hand to invite into the city.

The two sides converged, Guan Fangyi and Yuan Gang were around Shang Chaozong, and the three of them rode in front and returned to Nanzhou together.

The welcoming guesthouse, Meng Shanming and Lan Ruoting also showed up and waited here in advance.

After meeting again politely, Shang Chaozong temporarily invited Guan Fangyi aside, looking a little hesitant.

Guan Fangyi said with a smile: "If the prince has anything to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

Shang Chaozong smiled bitterly, "Qing'er didn't know that you were here, I deliberately hid it from her." ”

Guan Fangyi was about to say something unsympathetic, but he didn't expect this, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Why?"

Shang Chaozong was a little embarrassed, but finally said it, "Matchmaker, now that the Taoist master is gone, there is no need to hide some things." For a long time, Qing'er is afraid that she has some thoughts about Daoye, I wonder if you can understand what this king means?"

Guan Fangyi couldn't help laughing, "What's so hard to understand about this, I also came from my daughter's family, I understand my daughter's thoughts, and I also know a little bit about the county lord's thoughts, so I don't have to say anything." ”

Shang Chaozong breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I will have something to say." We also know that Qing'er is ugly and not worthy of Daoye, so we don't dare to say anything in front of Daoye, and we really don't dare to climb high. Matchmaker, your news should not be closed, you should know that Qing'er is already talking about marriage. We concealed the news of Daoye's death because we didn't want Qing'er to have any more accidents. As you know, it is not easy for Qing'er to marry, and it is even more difficult to marry the right person, and this king hopes that everything will go smoothly. You are here, she will come to see her after hearing the news, and we are not good at preventing her from coming to see, if you stop it, it will become easier and easier for her to be suspicious. ”

Guan Fangyi bowed her head: "I understand what the prince meant, don't worry, I will explain it, no one here will mention the news of Daoye's death to the county lord." ”

"That's good, thank you very much. After Shang Chaozong thanked him, he said goodbye with Meng Shanming and Lan Ruoting, and turned back to prepare to set up a dinner party.

"Don't worry!" Guan Fangyi invited the three of them, "The three of them are just right to be there, Dao Ye left relics before his death, and I need the three of you to witness them together, which is also the purpose of my waiting." ”

The three of them looked at each other, and there were relics for the three of them to witness together?

Guan Fangyi turned around and signaled, and Yuan Gang immediately brought people in and was responsible for cleaning up a proper place where they could meet and talk.

After confirming that there was no problem, Yuan Gang came over to say hello, and Guan Fangyi invited the three of them to go together.

After arriving at the place, he didn't let the guards of the Zijin Cave accompany him, and the people of the Zijin Cave immediately stopped, but Shang Chaozong stopped it in his voice, "It's okay!"

After the people of Zijin Cave hesitated, they had no choice but to give up, and it was not yet time to completely restrict the freedom of the Shang Dynasty.

The surrounding area of the meeting house was already guarded, and Yun Ji sat in the courtyard, vigilant around.

When a few people entered, there was already a person in the house, who seemed to be a cleaner.

After Guan Fangyi and Yuan Gang, who were separated from the left and right inside, invited guests in, they moved left and right and closed the door.

Shang Chaozong, Meng Shanming, and Lan Ruoting all looked back and were slightly surprised.

Guan Fangyi smiled, raised her chin slightly towards the people in the house, and the three of them looked back again, only to see that the person cleaning in the house had already thrown down the rag casually, raised his hand to tear off the disguise on his face, revealed his true face, and stared at the three of them with a faint smile.

This person is naturally a cow.

"......" The three of them widened their eyes and were dumbfounded, like ghosts, and their faces were full of disbelief.

Niu Youdao smiled, turned around, walked slowly to the right position, and slowly sat down, "Three, it's been a long time!"

"Dao... Dao Ye... This..."Shang Chaozong stumbled, looked back at Guan Fangyi, and seemed to confirm the authenticity.

Guan Fangyi smiled and nodded, pointed to herself, and then pointed to Yuanfang, which means that with us, it can't be fake.

PS: Thank you for "Eason driving in the opposite direction" and an anonymous friend's little red flower each for their support.