I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 206 Didn't We Eat Together Before?

In a blink of an eye, it is already April.

Jing'an Mansion on the north side of Jiannan Road ushered in a spring rain.

The fine rain fell from the sky and fell on Bai Qi's body.

He stood straight on the spot, looking at the city wall in the distance with his deep eyes, his whole body was like a sculpture, motionless.

aside.

A partial general sighed, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that Shan Xin intends to defend Jing'an Mansion to the death."

Shan Xin was the Zhennan General of the Zhou State, and was appointed by the Emperor Zhou as the chief general of an army of 20 troops to lead the troops to suppress the rebellion.

Another general scolded unhappily: "Sitting on an army of 20, and still fighting so conservatively, what a coward."

The voice fell.

The crowd fell silent.

They don't say it with their mouths, but they understand everything in their hearts.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Shan Xin's approach is precisely the most troublesome.

Sitting on an army of 20, it sticks to the high-walled Jing'an Fucheng.

They hoarded supplies in the city and built catapults that could threaten artillery.

Not to mention that Bai Qi only has 5 people, even if there are 50 people, he will not be able to attack in a short time.

Jing'an Mansion is the throat connecting Jiannan Road and Jianbei Road. If it cannot be attacked, it means that it cannot move forward. The army led by Bai Qi was dragged here.

If that's the case, it's not unacceptable.

After all, conquering the state of Zhou did not happen overnight.

Rest for a period of time, slowly manage Jiannan Road, and drag this war into a stalemate.

The first to worry must be Zhou Huang!

The problem is, according to the information of the first village, Zhou Huang sent envoys to lobby Yan Huang not long ago.

If Emperor Yan agrees to send troops, Bai Qi and his 5 men will fall into the situation of being attacked by enemies without fortifications!

The consequences could be disastrous!

Therefore, at present, there are only two choices before Bai Qi.

One is to lead the army back to Jiannan Road, defend the city, and wait for the opponent to attack.

The second is to leave some people behind and use the advantages of weapons to restrain Shanxin's 20 troops.

Bai Qi led another group of people to bypass Jing'an Mansion and continue to attack the city and land.

There is no doubt that the second option is extremely risky.

Not to mention that the state capitals of Jianbei Road have already begun to fortify their walls and clear the country, and it is difficult to capture the city when the troops are divided.

Let's say Shan Xin has 20 soldiers under his command!
No matter how weak their fighting will is, they will still go out of the city to test if they find that there are fewer enemy troops outside the city.

If Bai Qi only keeps 2 or [-] people, he may not be able to involve them.

If there are 4 to [-] people left, the remaining army will not be enough to attack cities and land.

In addition, there is another problem, that is, once Yan's army is involved, Bai Qi will undoubtedly lose.

No matter from which point of view, for Bai Qi, returning to Jiannan Road is the best choice.

but.

These generals followed Bai Qi, and discovered a long time ago: General Bai led troops to fight, unlike ordinary people, he often made some unexpected decisions and achieved good results.

Therefore, they did not think that returning to Jiannan Road was a certainty.

They all looked at the straight figure standing in the front, and guessed in their hearts what General Bai would do.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The drizzle gradually stopped, and a ray of sunlight pierced through the dark clouds and shone on Bai Qi's shoulders.

At the same time, a deep voice sounded slowly, only two words.

"withdraw troops."

When the generals heard Bai Qi's order, they were slightly taken aback, wondering why General Bai behaved this time.

After thinking about it, I felt that it made sense. After all, Shan Xin had an army of 20 and was hiding behind a high wall. They had no other choice but to withdraw their troops, so they bowed their hands and saluted:
"Yes! General!"

In the yamen of Jing'an City.

A soldier rushed to a middle-aged man with hurried steps, and said a little excitedly: "General! Bai Qi has retreated!"

The middle-aged man was wearing an official robe, standing at the table, drawing with a pen, and hearing the report from the soldiers, the expression on his face did not change at all, and the movements of his hands did not stop, he just said lightly: "Got it."

When the soldiers saw this, they felt that they were worthy of being a general Shan. He was not arrogant in victory and not discouraged in defeat. He could not learn such a skill of nourishing qi even in ten years.

Shan Xin dipped his pen in the ink, glanced at the soldiers, and said calmly, "Is there anything else?"

The soldiers hurriedly said: "Several generals want to ask if they want to take advantage of the enemy's withdrawal and go out of the city to harass."

Shan Xin said indifferently: "No need."

After speaking, take the brush and continue to paint.

With just a few strokes, a beautiful landscape painting is outlined.

Seeing this, the soldier opened his mouth, wanting to say something else.

Shan Xin put down his pen, his tone getting colder.

"Go back and tell them that without the order of this general, no one is allowed to act without authorization, otherwise... beheaded!"

There was a murderous intent in these words, which made the soldiers stunned.

He swallowed what he wanted to say in an instant, and hurriedly saluted:
"Yes! General!"

Chang'an, Prime Minister's Mansion.

Fang Xiu came back from the suburbs, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw Shangguan Haitang standing there in white, holding a folding fan in his hand as always, and fanning it gently.

"What's the matter?"

Fang Xiu walked up and asked.

He knew that the war in the north was in a state of anxiety, the first village and the east factory were coming and going, and a lot of information had to be verified by Shangguan Haitang herself. If it wasn't something urgent, she wouldn't be able to spare time to find him.

"Emperor Zhou sent envoys to persuade Emperor Yan to cede Yongzhou as a condition, hoping that Yan State would send troops to attack Bai Qi."

Shangguan Haitang replied.

Hearing this, Fang Xiu thought to himself, didn't he agree to use Yongzhou as Li Yaoyue's dowry, why did he give it up to Yan Kingdom again, Zhou Huang is not moral.

"anything else?"

As Fang Xiu asked, he picked up the teapot, poured two cups of tea, and handed Shangguan Haitang a cup.

After Shangguan Haitang reached out to take it, he continued: "The State of Yue reached an agreement with the State of Wu, and the State of Wu ceded sixteen cities in the south. From now on, the State of Yue will pay tribute to the State of Yue."

This news was a bit unexpected for Fang Xiu.

"Didn't you say that the two countries, Wu and Yue, will be in a stalemate for at least two years before the winner can be determined?"

Shangguan Haitang was silent for a moment, and replied: "The inferior position is a judgment based on the strength of the two countries, but Wu Huang is eager to end this war, and signed an armistice agreement during the stalemate."

It is something the emperor of Wu can do.

Fang Xiu nodded, recalling the battle reports he had read a few days ago, and asked, "Shan Xin's 20 troops are still huddled in Jing'an Mansion?"

Shangguan Haitang nodded and said, "Yes."

Fang Xiu was a little speechless, fell into silence, and said after a while: "Reply to Bai Qi, just say what he thinks, and I agree with him. It's nothing more than spending more money. Even if it doesn't work, it's still an attempt. If it drags on like this, it will be a bit troublesome for Yan to join the war."

Shangguan Haitang saluted and said: "Yes."

"Any thing else?"

Fang Xiu asked.

Shangguan Haitang shook her head.

Fang Xiu waved his hand and said, "Then step back."

"Retire from humble office."

Shangguan Haitang saluted, turned and left.

In an instant, Fang Xiu was the only one left in the room.

He was sitting on a chair, sipping tea, looking at the books in his hand, thinking about how to promote the bank after its establishment.

After a while, I was done reading, slowly closed the book, opened the door, and walked out.

As far as the household department is concerned, although there are books on banking as a reference, after all, it is the first contact, and many aspects are still unknown.

It is always a bit uneasy to entrust the bank's affairs to them.

Therefore.

Fang Xiu wanted to go to the household department to see where the bank's planning had come.

After stepping out of the yard, he didn't take two steps, when he suddenly heard the voice of a woman talking from the side.

"Is it okay to pinch it like this?"

“It seems a bit big”

"how about this?"

"It's a little small. This kind of thing is not big or small, so it's attractive."

This is Li Yaoyue and Tao'er?

What are they talking about?
Fang Xiu frowned slightly, stopped in his tracks, and looked at the courtyard beside him with strange eyes with his deep eyes.

During the period after Li Yaoyue lost her memory, Fang Xiu only visited her once.

I don't know how she recovered or if she remembered something again.

In the past, Fang Xiu would not have cared about whether she had amnesia or not.

As long as you stay in Xiangguo Mansion with peace of mind, it doesn't matter whether you have amnesia or not.

but.

Things are different now.

Shangguan Haitang invested a certain amount of manpower in Kunlun Mountain, but did not gain any useful information.

Even the legend told by Li Yaoyue has not been confirmed so far.

Although Fang Xiu didn't care what was hidden behind that door, everyone was curious, and always wanted to explore if they didn't know.

At present, only Li Yaoyue knows the location of that door. If she loses this part of her memory, that door may only exist in legends forever.

"Look at her, it's not a big deal."

With this in mind, Fang Xiu no longer hesitated, and walked into the yard.

yard.

Li Yaoyue and Tao'er sat on the stone bench, with their backs to Fang Xiu, talking in low voices while their hands kept moving.

Obviously, at this moment, both of them were focusing on the movements of their hands, so focused that they didn't even notice that there was an extra person behind them, and they were still going on.

Fang Xiu strode forward, walked behind the two, looked up, and saw various porcelain bowls in front of the two.

There are all kinds of seasonings in the porcelain bowl, sugar, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, everything that one expects to find.

There are all kinds of dried petals in the porcelain bowl on the other side, and a breeze blows by, exuding a faint fragrance.

Besides.

There are also two tubs.

One was filled with flour or glutinous rice flour, but Fang Xiu couldn't tell the difference.

The other is filled with clean water.

Both of them were holding various shapes of dough or glutinous rice balls in their hands, which looked a little strange.

Fang Xiu stood aside and watched for a while.

The two of them were still concentrating on kneading the dough without even noticing it.

After a while, Fang Xiu finally couldn't help but speak:
"What are you doing?"

now.

Li Yaoyue and Tao'er were concentrating on making pastries, when they suddenly heard a man's voice behind them, they were all startled.

Li Yaoyue was fine, except for her heartbeat speeding up, she didn't do anything.

Tao'er jumped up in fright, and jumped aside, her face pale.

"Old, sir"

After a while, Tao'er came back to her senses, with a look of lingering fear, she patted her chest and let out a soft cry.

Li Yaoyue turned her head and saw that it was Fang Xiu, her heartbeat that was speeding up gradually slowed down.

She opened her mouth, wanting to call "husband" softly like Tao'er.

But the shyness in his heart prevented him from opening his mouth, and finally he just said softly: "Here you are."

Fang Xiu glanced at her and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak. He just looked at Tao'er and repeated the question.

Tao'er hastily replied: "This servant is teaching Madam how to make sweet-scented osmanthus cake."

Fang Xiu was startled by this answer, he didn't know that Li Yaoyue liked to eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake, which was somewhat similar to the little empress.

After a moment of silence, he looked at Tao'er and said calmly: "Whatever Madam wants to eat, let the kitchen do it, it doesn't have to be the same as before."

Put it before.

It's all about what the back kitchen does and what Li Yaoyue eats.

Because she never takes the initiative to mention something to eat, or to do something.

Therefore, in Fang Xiu's impression, Li Yaoyue was as cold as a non-human being. There was nothing in the world that she liked to eat or do.

But now, after amnesia, Li Yaoyue seems to have changed in this regard.

In other words, this Li Yaoyue is her original appearance.

Fang Xiu thought so, and heard Tao'er whisper: "Madam doesn't want to eat osmanthus cake, but just wants to make osmanthus cake."

Don't want to eat, just want to cook?
Fang Xiu was stunned again, and couldn't help but look at Li Yaoyue more. The things Li Yaoyue liked to do when she was a young girl seemed to be no different from ordinary girls.

aside.

Seeing Fang Xiu's expression, Tao'er instantly understood that the master thought that his wife made osmanthus cakes just because he likes to make osmanthus cakes.

But in fact, the lady made the sweet-scented osmanthus cake because the master loves to eat it!

At this point, she opened her mouth and wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, it might not be a bad thing for the master to have such a misunderstanding.

After a while, Madam learned how to make sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, and then sent the cakes she made by herself to Master. Wouldn't it better reflect Madam's love for Master, and it could also be regarded as a surprise.

So, she didn't explain, just kept silent.

the other side.

Li Yaoyue's beautiful phoenix eyes met Fang Xiu's eyes, blinked lightly, and asked curiously, "What was it like before?"

Before Fang Xiu could speak, Tao'er next to him explained: "In the past, Madam didn't have anything she liked to eat. Madam just ate whatever the back kitchen did."

Li Yaoyue was slightly taken aback, thinking of something, her long eyelashes trembling slightly.

After being silent for a while, she still looked at Fang Xiu, with a firm look in her eyes, and asked softly, "Didn't we have dinner together before?"

Tao'er obviously didn't expect his wife to ask such a question, her heart trembled, she subconsciously looked at Fang Xiu, and prayed secretly...

Master must not say anything to irritate Madam, otherwise with Madam's personality, the relationship with Master will definitely return to the past.

When Fang Xiu heard this question, he wanted to answer it truthfully, but when he saw Li Yaoyue's hesitant look in his eyes, for some reason, the words he wanted to say got stuck in his throat, and he couldn't spit them out no matter what.

After a while, he said slowly:

"The truth is busy."

(End of this chapter)