Cao Huachun got up, hugged Qin Shuhuai, and said in a low voice, "Our family, thank you Master Hou for Changting, his last wish." ”

Qin Shuhuai returned the salute to Cao Huachun and said, "Brother Changting is loyal to the country and is a well-known man. Cao Dugong, mourn!"

Cao Huachun smiled sadly, "My son of Dongchang can be loyal to the emperor, and he is the best destination, so why mourn." Mourning, honoring, fortunate. Thank you for your concern. ”

Qin Shuhuai arched his hand at Li Daliang, Wei Chao and the others again, thinking that this place should be left to them in the East Factory, so he said, "You must have some private things to discuss, Qin Mou will leave first." If you need to, just send someone to me. ”

was about to go out, but he heard Cao Huachun say, "If Master Hou is not in a hurry to sleep, can you talk to our family?"

Qin Shuhuai made up his mind, and then said, "The governor is serious, and Qin should accompany him." ”

Cao Huachun opened the door, made a gesture to go out, and said, "Master Hou, please." ”

Qin Shuhuai followed him to Cao Huachun's room.

Closing the door, Qin Shuhuai said, "If the governor has any advice, please say it, Qin will listen to you." ”

Cao Huachun said, "Master Hou is polite, I don't dare to give advice." Our family just can't sleep in the dead of night, and we talk to Hou Ye for a while. ”

"Governor, please. ”

"Master Hou, tomorrow the army will be launched, and we will go to the north to fight the Tartars, right?"

"That's right, the situation in Jizhen is not optimistic right now. Qin Shuhuai said with a worried face, "According to reliable sources, Huang Taiji brought 100,000 elites this time, and the Mongolian tribes also brought a lot of elite soldiers to support him, and there were 10,000 people from the Duoyan Department alone, and most of them were cavalry. In the Mongolian department of Chahatai, it is estimated that there are also 20,000 or 30,000 people, so this time there may be 150,000 troops going south, plus the soldiers, I am afraid that it will be more than 200,000. ”

Cao Huachun listened, sighed, and said, "Yuan Chonghuan also has more than 200,000 horses in his hands, but he can only fight 70,000 or 80,000. Let him defend Jizhen, it is also difficult for him. ”

Qin Shuhuai said, "Yes. Therefore, he can only hold on to the three fortified cities of Jizhou, Santunying and Zunhua. It is not easy to persist until now that a city has not been broken. ”

Cao Huachun paused and said, "Whether it's a Tartar or a Demon Sect, our family thinks that Hou Ye will always have a way to calm down." ”

Qin Shuhuai was very surprised, because with Cao Huachun's city government, he should not say such a very ingenious and absolute word.

Then he chuckled and said, "Oh, why is the Duke so sure? To be honest, in my heart, I am not very sure. ”

Cao Huachun smiled faintly and said, "Hou Ye Qin holds the entire martial arts in his hands, is there a better source of soldiers in the world than this? Not only martial arts, but also the entire Ming Dynasty's military source Marquis can be recruited. If nothing else, let's just say that among these three sides, as long as Hou Ye raises his arms, there will be at least 100,000 male soldiers who can follow Hou Ye. ”

Qin Shuhuai felt that Cao Huachun had something to say, so he deliberately didn't answer to see what he wanted to say.

Cao Huachun paused, and then said, "Master Hou, I heard that the Demon Sect is not fighting?"

Qin Shuhuai thought to himself, Cao Huachun should have known about Yan Chengzhi's coming to find him, and it seemed that Dongchang was still staring at his every move. However, he said that the Demon Sect would not fight, and it should be speculated that he did not help Li Zicheng defend the city in combination with the Demon Sect.

What did Cao Huachun mean by telling himself so obviously that he was still staring at him? He thought that his Dongchang still had a deterrent effect on him?

Qin Shuhuai groaned and said, "The Demon Sect's rebellion this time is not unanimously agreed upon by all the sect members. Now they have suffered a series of defeats, occupying most of Gansu, and the current official army is unable to fight back, but they themselves have no intention of fighting, so at this time the Lord and faction have the upper hand. Therefore, a few days ago, a demon cultist came to me and offered to withdraw his troops, but I couldn't ask for it. ”

Cao Huachun smiled, "Presumably, the one who came to find Hou Ye Qin is an old acquaintance who helped Hou Ye fight Tartar in the past, right?"

Qin Shuhuai said quietly, "That's true, does the Duke have anything to say?"

At this time, he was already unhappy in his heart, because Cao Huachun obviously had thorns in his speech. What do you mean by old acquaintances? Could it be that Cao Huachun still wants to mention that he colluded with the Demon Sect?

However, Cao Huachun did not stop there, but continued, "So, the Demon Sect also wants to cooperate with Hou Ye? Now Hou Ye holds the entire martial arts, and is in charge of the White Lotus Sect, which is ubiquitous in the world, and he responds to every call among the officials and soldiers, if even the Demon Sect intends to help Hou Ye, then if the little Tartar wants to block Hou Ye's hegemony, I am afraid that the mantis arm will be used as a car." ”

As soon as Qin Shuhuai heard the words "Thousand Autumns Hegemony", his heart suddenly became nameless.

He didn't think he wanted to rebel, because everyone would think so. But Huo Cao Huachun dared to say that he rebelled in front of him, isn't this blatant contempt?

But when I calm down and think about it, Cao Huachun's city is so deep, even if he thinks so in his heart, it is impossible to say it so bluntly, right?

Thinking of this, he smiled slightly and said, "I don't know what Cao Dugong means by this? If you want to talk about this thousand-year hegemony, isn't it the emperor's thousand-autumn hegemony?"

Cao Huachun smiled bitterly and said, "Master Hou, our family will talk to you about yourself. Our family is already a waste, and after returning to Beijing, we will return to our hometown. ”

As he spoke, he sighed, "Changting is dead, Zhang Jin is dead, and Wei Huaizong is also dead! These old guys are all met by our family when they were in trouble, hehe, although we are masters and servants, but in the eyes of our family, they are all old buddies of our family!"

Cao Huachun's always cold eyes had a warm look for the first time.

"They're all good men!" he looked at the ceiling and sighed, "but this providence is really not something that we ordinary people can change." If there is really someone who can decide what this Lang Lang Qiankun's surname will be in the future, then it is only Marquis Qin!"

Qin Shuhuai finally understood that Cao Huachun was already disheartened and was ready to withdraw from the court and go back to retire - just as he did in history. It's just that it's ahead of schedule again.

That's why he wanted to ask Qin Shuhuai the truth, although he definitely couldn't get this truth, he still wanted to ask. It's like a person who wants to satisfy his last curiosity before he dies.

You Qin Shuhuai, will you seek to usurp the throne?

Qin Shuhuai felt that if this was the case, then his opportunity might come.

The opportunity to complete one of the main tasks of the system and become the governor of the East Factory has come.

After a deep groan, he said bluntly, "What the Governor said is right, the belonging of this world may be in the mind of Benhou. ”.