Chapter 193 Chapter 10 Star River Night Talk

When he returned to the official office, he had just told Teng Yi that Tian Dan had not yet been awarded the title. When the latter's expression changed, Jing Jun came in a hurry and said, "Lu Buwei is going to attack the ranch, and he is mobilizing people." The two of them had no time to think about Tian Dan, they said in shock, "How do you know?" Jing Jun sat down and said: "Just now Xiaotian came to me secretly, saying that he heard his father order a confidant general. He asked him to mobilize 2,000 people from his own soldiers to form a coalition army with the general of the old bandit Lu. Being a horse thief and plundering pastures. You must kill us all, hmph! Unexpectedly, Meng Ao is so stupid, we must not let him go."

Teng Yi said solemnly: "It's not stupid. It's ruthless and hot. If they succeed, with Lu Buwei covering the sky with one hand, who can do anything to them? If even the Cavalry fell to Lu Buwei's hands , Didn’t they let them do whatever they wanted at that time? Fortunately, we have been strengthening the layout and defense of the ranch, and they don’t know our true strength. Recently, they have built more walls, so we are definitely not helpless.” Xiang Shaolong said: "Meng Ao is well versed in the art of war, his men are full of soldiers who are accustomed to fighting, and the Lu family has thousands of generals, if five thousand people are sent here, the force will be exactly twice as strong as ours. If it wasn't for Xiao Tian's tip-off, we might have suffered a big loss if we suddenly got into trouble, but the situation now is of course another matter."

Teng Yi changed his face and said, "Not good, the 2,000 people led by Pu Bu and Liu Chao just set off for the outside of the Great Wall this morning. Now our strength has been greatly reduced, and the situation is very bad." Xiang Shaolong was startled and said, "What? He left so soon." Teng Yi sighed: "This is what Uncle Wu meant. Eldest brother is in urgent need of reinforcements, so after packing up in a hurry, he set out on the road immediately." Jing Jun said: "Why don't you secretly draw out people from the capital cavalry or imperial guards to help!"

Xiang Shaolong said decisively: "It's absolutely impossible, as long as there is a slight change, it will definitely not be concealed from Lu thief's eyes and ears, and our elite army should not be mixed with outsiders, which will reduce the efficiency of the battle. It would be even more inappropriate if it involves Xiao Tian gone." Jing Jun nodded and said: "I almost forgot to say that Xiao Tian just wanted us to run away immediately. He never thought that we would be able to deal with his old man." Teng Yi was full of pride, and said in a deep voice: "I will rush back to the pasture immediately. Evacuate the women and children and arrange them properly. The third brother and Xiaojun will come back in the morning as if nothing happened. Don't disturb anyone, let alone bring the widow to the farm. Go to the ranch. The battle is won only when the enemy thinks they've calculated with their minds and not with their minds, and we counted them back."

Xiang Shaolong calmed down, nodded and said: "I understand, this time we'll let Lu Buwei, Meng Ao, and Guan Zhongxie fight together." ◇◇◇◇◇◇ After Xiang Shaolong returned home, he told his three wives about Tian Dan's undeath and Lu Buwei's instigation of Wang Lu to deal with him, and his plan to attack the ranch. Even Ji Yanran was shocked by it. Zhao Zhi's dream came to nothing.In addition to worrying about Shanrou's safety, she couldn't even eat, so she hid in the room and wept. After persuading her for a while, Xiang Shaolong came out to discuss with Ji Yanran and Wu Tingfang.

Ji Yanran sighed: "Tian Dan's stand-in is too good at acting. And his voice, appearance and demeanor are even more subtle, he has fooled us all." Wu Tingfang smiled wryly and said, "If it wasn't for the fact that it was almost fake, it would be absolutely impossible for this fake Tiandan to deceive so many people during field hunting." Xiang Shaolong felt great hatred in his heart.Compared with treachery, I am indeed inferior to this old thief, but this trick is mainly aimed at Chu people instead of him, so I don't know that I have fallen for this treacherous trick, which shows that God's will is unpredictable.

Ji Yanran managed to pull herself together and said, "Fortunately, Uncle Qing and the others have been making all kinds of weapons invented by Shaolong in the ranch. Today we will try to see if they are effective." Xiang Shaolong thought of those added weapons and armors, and he lifted his spirits.When she was about to speak, Zhou Wei held a scroll of silk pictures, her face was tired, but Xiumu came to see him with excitement. Ji Yanran said happily: "After receiving your order, Xiaowei has been designing fake black dragons day and night. It seems that she has finally achieved success."

Zhou Wei said modestly: "It's all thanks to Madam's suggestion!" Xiang Shaolong took the silk painting, opened it, and saw that it was full of amazing designs. Zhou Wei sat down and explained: "This black dragon is divided into eighteen sections, made of cowhide, and each section hides a person. As long as you pull it with your hands, it can be connected into a black dragon, which floats and sinks on the water. After coming out, it must go through a lot of practice, so that there will be no leaks." He also explained: "There are air bags under the dragon's spine. When they are filled with air, they can float and sink easily on the river. But if the air bags are punctured, they can leave from the bottom of the water."

Xiang Shaolong was overjoyed, and studied with Ji Yanran and Zhou Wei for an entire hour, thought through all possible problems, and made improvements before returning to his room to sleep. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ After waking up the next day, Xiang Shaolong and Jing Jun led the Wu people's bodyguards in Duqi, and took Ji Yanran, Wu Tingfang, Zhao Zhi, Xiang Baoer, Tian's sisters, etc. back to the ranch. Wu Guo is in charge of all riding. Xiang Shaolong took a step ahead and went to pick up Qin Qing with the Eighteen Iron Guards. Qin Qing was waiting in the mansion, seeing him coming, she happily followed him to set off.

This peerless charming woman full of classical beauty, dressed in a snow-white cloak and fur with a veil to block the wind, was so graceful that Jing Shan and the others were stunned. Xiang Shaolong rode alongside her, putting aside Lu Buwei's threat for now.He smiled and said, "Teacher Qin is very beautiful today!" Qin Qing said as if nothing had happened: "Go ahead and say frivolous things to me." Xiang Shaolong said cheerfully: "Teacher Qin puts on the veil, are you afraid that I will see his blushing face?" Qin Qing has been chaste and self-reliant all her life, never before has anyone teased her directly like this, angrily said: "Behave better, otherwise people won't talk to you on the road anymore."

Xiang Shaolong was startled.Quickly swallowed the following words back into his stomach. Qin Qing smiled coquettishly, and said happily: "So Xiang Shaolong's courage is not that great. What did the Empress Dowager ask you to talk about yesterday?" Xiang Shaolong said in astonishment: "It seems that there is really nothing in the palace that can be hidden from you." Qin Qing said indifferently: "After all, the Empress Dowager's time in the palace is still short, and most of the palace is still Mrs. Huayang's old people, so if Xiang Shaolong, you do something wrong, you must hide it from me, Qin Qing, now You barely qualify." Xiang Shaolong smiled spontaneously: "Teacher Qin, don't blame me for speaking offensively. According to me, Taifu Qin is the one who didn't mean what he said. Your heart was actually tied to someone Xiang, but you have a small mouth but you don't know it." Ken admits it. Ha!" Qin Qing was not moved at all and said: "Men always love to be arrogant and arrogant, and Taifu Xiang is no exception. This trip, I just want to accompany Yanran, Tingfang and Zhizhi. I am afraid that Mr. Xiang may have misunderstood you, so I did it." Being so full of nonsense, Qin Qing thought about this, so she didn't care about you, but don't go too far." Xiang Shaolong laughed and said: "It seems that I have to force Fang Cheng." Qin Qing said angrily, "How dare you!" Seeing that the city gate was in sight, Xiang Shaolong felt a gust of wind, speeding up.He laughed loudly and said, "It turns out that flirting with Mrs. Qin is so brilliant, Xiang Shaolong has learned it." After going out of the city, Ji Yanran and others rushed on the road at full speed. At night, they picked a dangerous high ground, settled down to build a meal, and enjoyed the fun of field management. The sky was beautiful that night, under the sky full of stars, the snow field was shining brightly, and the whole world was mysterious and mysterious. Qin Qingxian was in a very good mood, and whispered to Ji Yanran and others, but still sent one or two moving looks from time to time, teaching Xiang Shaolong not to feel left out. After dinner, the two mothers, Wu Tingfang and Zhao Zhi, went to put Xiang Baoer to bed, while Tian Zhen and Tian Feng helped clean up. Xiang Shaolong accompanied Ji Yanran and Qin Qing to a slope and spread out blankets.Sit back and look up at the night sky, completely lost in the unfathomable beauty of the universe. Xiang Shaolong lay down, Ji Yanran was on the left and Qin Qing was on the right.The fragrance fills the nose, and the mind is intoxicated for a while. I only hope that time can stay in this moment forever. After a while, Ji Yanran chatted with Qin Qing through Xiang Shaolong, and the voices of the two women came to his ears like the sound of heaven. Strangely, he had no idea what they were talking about, and he didn't want to listen.Just savoring their moving and melodious voice quietly, just like listening to the graceful music in stereo. The bright moon slowly rose from the treetops, and quietly sprinkled the gentle moonlight on them. From the top of the slope, there were occasional calls of war horses and human voices. Everything is so peaceful and serene. Xiang Shaolong sighed in comfort. Ji Yanran looked down at him affectionately, and said softly, "What is our Master Xiang looking at?" Xiang Shaolong stretched his limbs, intentionally or unintentionally touched Qin Qing's sacred jade legs, although he hurriedly retracted, the latter was panting and trembling, and whispered softly. Ji Yanran pretended not to hear, and said angrily, "I'm talking to you!" Xiang Shaolong's heart almost melted, he stretched out his hand to gently hold Ji Yanran's jade hand, and said longingly: "I was thinking, how about the three of us sleeping here tonight, looking at the endless sky, one by one Count the stars, sleep when you are tired, and see if you can interview the stars in the sky in your dream." Qin Qing said with great interest: "How can the sky be endless?" Xiang Shaolong smiled and said: "If there is an infinity, what is the boundary? If it is a wall, what is behind the wall?" Ji Yanran's beautiful eyes sparkled, she stared at the night sky, and said softly: "My lord's words are thought-provoking, and also confused Yanran. My godfather said that everyone is a star from the sky, and they will come back after death." It’s a beautiful idea to go to heaven.” Xiang Shaolong looked at Qin Qing. This beauty is looking up at the starry sky, her beautiful silhouette seems to be embedded in the sky, her face is as clean and smooth as silk under the moonlight, her heart is hot, she can't help reaching out her other hand, and grasping her slender hand tightly up. Qin Qing's tender body trembled again, she lowered her head and gave him a white look, struggled a few times to withdraw her hand, but then gave up, her whole pretty face was burning like fire. Xiang Shaolong felt that he suddenly had the entire beautiful starry night. Everything came true like a dream. Thinking back to the painful experience in the Warring States Period, being bullied by Zhao Mu and other villains, all thanks to the fighting spirit of self-improvement, not only cultivated Qin Shihuang, but also won the hearts of the most beautiful women in this era, so far in life , what can the husband ask for. For those who knew him in the 21st century, Xiang Shaolong would have died long ago. Who would have guessed that he was actually enjoying another life in the Warring States period more than 2,000 years ago. Is this another form of reincarnation?Or after death, it is just like this that he goes back and forth in time and space, but because of the time machine, he can keep his body and memory intact! Ji Yanran slightly annoyed, "Why don't you two speak?" Qin Qing struggled again, knowing that he could not escape Xiang Shaolong's clutches, and said softly, "I don't know why, but now I am too lazy to say anything." Xiang Shaolong couldn't help but blurt out: "This is the time when no one is whispering in the middle of the night, at this time silence speaks louder!" The two women were startled at the same time, and lowered their heads to look at him. Ji Yanran sighed: "The artistic conception of these two sentences is really beautiful, it fits the current situation very well, there is no more beautiful description." Qin Qing was obviously moved, she grabbed him tightly with her backhand, and said in a low voice: "Can I say a few more sentences for Qin Qing?" Xiang Shaolong knew that the ink in his chest was pitifully low, and what he knew were all learned from Chinese textbooks in middle school, and most of the time he made it up by force, so he smiled wryly: "This can only be something that is obtained by chance, and it needs to be made specially. Your brain will be dull." Qin Qing said with a moved face: "The four characters 'magic hands and occasional acquisition' have exhausted the knack of composing poetry, alas, Xiang Shaolong, how can your head be so different?" Ji Yanran smiled and said: "If Xiang Shaolong is ordinary, Sister Qing would not sit next to him like this, even if he invites you to sleep with him and enjoy the stars, I don't blame him for offending." Qin Qing's jade cheeks burned immediately, and she whispered softly: "Sister Yanran, you are really serious, who agreed to accompany him... let's not talk about it." Ji Yanran urged: "Husband, hurry up and say a few more beautiful love words to Sister Qing, I want to see how her heart is moved by you too!" Xiang Shaolong originally thought of the line "Once the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win but there are countless people in the world". Before Zhao Ya's illness died, he couldn't forget the poem, but his heart was pierced immediately and he couldn't say it. Qin Qing was looking at him carefully, and asked in surprise, "Is Mrs. Xiang not feeling well?" Xiang Shaolong sat up, took a few breaths, suppressed the grief that came from thinking about Zhao Ya, shook his head and said, "Nothing?" Ji Yanran came close to her.She said tenderly, "Now you are not allowed to think about anything other than sister Qing and me." Xiang Shaolong's mind went blank, he looked blankly at the mountains and fields covered with golden moonlight far and near, and nodded. Qin Qing said: "It would be great if Yanran brought that jade flute." Ji Yanran smiled and said, "I just want to hear Xiang Shaolong's charming poems, don't sister Qing want it?" Qin Qing sighed in embarrassment: "Isn't Xiang Shaolong bullying him enough? You, a hateful talented girl, are more than enough." Xiang Shaolong calmed down, and with a flash of inspiration, he chanted: "Where is the tall building without getting drunk? Whose red sleeves don't love each other? How can I, Xiang Shaolong, be able to win the favor of two talented women of the present age? Make such a bold statement.” The two women moved at the same time, and their eyes moved to his face as if attracted by a magnet. At this time, Jing Jun's voice came from behind and said: "We found them!" Then Wu Tingfang and Zhao Zhilai came to find their husbands, and Qin Qing was so frightened that he threw his hands away. That night Xiang Shaolong shared the tent with Tian Zhen and Tian Feng, they just slept in each other's arms.In this moment of crisis, it is not appropriate to be too romantic. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ The next morning, before dawn, Xiang Shaolong woke up, Tian Zhen and his daughter were still sleeping soundly like two cute cats.Xiang Shaolong carefully left Xiang's hot blanket, put on his outer robe, came out in the dark, and slipped into Qin Qing's tent. In the pitch-black tent, there was the sound of Qin Qing's even breathing. But Xiang Shaolong immediately realized something was wrong, it turned out that there was a dagger on his stomach, and Ji Yanran's low voice came from his ear: "Who?" Qin Qing held her breath for a moment, apparently awakened from a start. Xiang Shaolong felt very embarrassed, and said in a low voice, "It's me!" Ji Yanran smiled coquettishly, and put away the dagger.Poured into his arms, panting and laughing: "I'm sorry! Yanran's crime is unforgivable. She actually ruined your husband's feat of stealing incense and jade." Although Qin Qing was silent, Xiang Shaolong wished he could dig a hole in the ground and hide in it forever. At dawn, everyone broke camp and set off. Qin Qing was far away from Xiang Shaolong along the way, Xiang Shaolong also felt guilty, and rushed to the front of the brigade with Jing Jun at full speed. In the afternoon, we finally arrived at the ranch. I saw that all the high places and strategic locations have fortress-style secret posts, which are heavily guarded. Teng Yi was commanding the elite regiment to set up traps and obstacles at various entrances and exits, Xiang Shaolong and Jing Jun joined them, while Ji Yanran and the girls went back to the ranch's house. Teng Yi led the two to inspect the defensive layout of the ranch, riding slowly, and said: "Because the ranch is too big, it is impossible to defend such a long front, so I concentrated my strength on the defense of the courtyard. In the end, since there was no danger to defend, we had to strengthen the strength of the fence, add watchtowers, and set up traps and other obstacles outside the fence, as for the animals, they were driven to other places, leaving only a few hundred for display." At this time, the three of them rode up to the top of a small hill, overlooking the vast pasture. "Yinlong Bieyuan" is located in the courtyard of the ranch. The buildings have been expanded from the first 18 groups to more than 60 groups. They are surrounded by high walls, just like a concrete and small town.But if two thousand men are used to defend this two-mile-long front, it is not enough.The enemy came prepared, and when the time comes, they only need to pick one or two places to attack violently, and Baobao can easily attack in. Xiang Shaolong said what he thought of, and finally suggested: "Today we have to steal the teacher from Mozi's Supplement, so we will give them a trick of 'combining offensive and defensive capital'. If we can deploy surprise troops outside, when things happen, Cooperating with the inside and the outside will surely teach them to be caught off guard." Teng Yi frowned and said: "I have also thought about this possibility, the problem is that if Meng Ao came to attack in person, he is well versed in the art of war, and he would not throw all his soldiers into the attack, but would deploy the main force on high ground, Send people to take turns to attack, then our surprise soldiers outside will become a lone army instead, and the situation will be even more unfavorable." Xiang Shaolong said confidently: "That high ground must be where we stand now." Looking back, pointing to a vast snow forest at the foot of the mountain, he said: "If we can build a tunnel from the forest to here, we can do it with one stroke. Shake the enemy's main force." Jing Jun gasped and said, "If you don't have a month or two, you can't imagine building such a tunnel." Xiang Shaolong secretly blamed himself for being confused, and changed his words: "Then it's better to build a basement where people can hide." Teng Yi smiled wryly and said, "If you only hide ten or so people, it won't be effective at all, and with Meng Ao's shrewdness, maybe he will see through it at a glance." Xiang Shaolong racked his brains, just in time to see the smoke rising from the pasture, he had a flash of inspiration and shouted: "I thought of it!" The two looked at him in astonishment. Xiang Shaolong stared at the smoke, and said spontaneously: "As long as we set up a few hidden pits at the bottom of the hill, and fill them with kerosene sticks and fire-resistant things, it would be better if they can emit a foul smell and release a lot of smoke after being ignited. , some of them will always have the correct wind direction from below to the top of the hill, and when the enemy is panicked, we will cooperate with the surprise attack to ensure that the enemy is in chaos. If you don’t fight, you will be defeated.” Jing Jun and Teng Yi were moved at the same time. Xiang Shaolong thought to himself that this should be regarded as an ancient chemical warfare, and continued: "The enemy should attack at night. As long as our people are careful, we should be able to escape after lighting the fire. At that time, apply a wet towel to the face, Don’t be afraid of the smoke.” Jing Jun excitedly said: "I've seen a kind of tree called 'poison oak' near here, it smells bad when it burns, now I'm going to chop a bunch of his mother's tree right away!" went. Teng Yi said in amazement: "The third brother is really full of clever tricks, we can also set up a few more... hey... a few of these smoke traps at the key points, and we will see which ones should be ignited by the wind. Now I Immediately find someone to design this kind of mechanism, you go back to the other courtyard to rest first!" When eating that night, Teng Yi was still busy outside. Xiang Shaolong and Wu Tingfang went to the main house to accompany Wu Yingyuan and his wife to have dinner, while Qin Qing was accompanied by Ji Zhao's two daughters in the Yinlong Courtyard. When Xiang Shaolong came back, Ji Yanran and Qin Qing were playing the flute together, although he knew very little about the rhythm, he was still fascinated by it. Ji Yanran suddenly proposed that Xiang Shaolong accompany Qin Qing to go around, but unexpectedly, Qin Qing agreed. Xiang Shaolong was overjoyed, knowing that Qin Qing didn't really blame him for "stealing the camp" this morning, he hurriedly accompanied the beautiful woman out of the house.