Chapter 270 Moonlight

Li Xiaoyao was tired for a day and slept a little unsteadily. The next day, when it was about dawn, he slept in a daze for nearly an hour before getting up. He bathed, washed, changed his plain clothes, had breakfast, ordered to prepare a car, and was ready to go to Tangfu to have a look.

As soon as he arrived at the second door, Su Zicheng, dressed in a silver-white Suluo long gown, greeted him from the other side and smiled, "Why did you get up so early?" Li Xiaoyao stopped and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, good morning. I'll go to the Tang Mansion first. Yesterday, I saw that Mrs. Gu had stabilized her mind and came back without staying overnight."

"I'll go with you." Su Zicheng looked at the car waiting at the second door and smiled, "It's so close. It's cool this morning. Let's walk there." Li Xiaoyao nodded, and the two went to give incense to Lord Tang. Li Xiaoyao carefully asked Mrs. Gu and several children about the diet and living. Seeing that Mrs. Shi Yu and Mrs. Gu were familiar with each other and busy with various details, he came back at ease.

In the evening, Li Xiaoyao ordered people to put the rice in the pavilion under the shade of the garden. With the cool weather, he ate with Su Zicheng and was not in a hurry to go back. He made tea and drank slowly. Su Zicheng leaned comfortably on the chair, screened the crowd, looked at Li Xiaoyao and whispered, "There is still no movement in Taiping Prefecture and Chizhou Prefecture, but The two families stopped fighting and retreated for more than ten miles to confront each other. I think they are afraid that in case they can't get away from us, they will be occuped by the interests of their families. Li Xiaoyao nodded with approval and asked, "What is the prince's plan?"

"While they are doubtful, they will take down the south of Yangzhou as soon as possible. I want to take people south early tomorrow morning. What do you think?" Su Zicheng looked at Li Xiaoyao for inquiry. Li Xiaoyao nodded and suddenly asked, "Is Mr. Liang still in South Vietnam?"

"Well, it may be useful to let him stay for another year." Su Zicheng replied that Li Xiaoyao nodded and did not say anything more. He only held the cup, shook the chair leisurely, and looked at her in the distance. Su Zicheng looked at her distractedly. The pavilion quietly heard the sound of petals falling to the ground. After a long time, Li Xiaoyao took a long breath, put the cup on the table, stood up and stretched out. He said, "Go back. Don't you have to prepare for departure tomorrow?"

"Hmm." Su Zicheng stood up slowly, followed Li Xiaoyao through the flower path, took a few steps, and gently clicked Li Xiaoyao with a folding fan and smiled, "Today, the moonlight is clear. There is a unique scenery in the garden under this month. Let's walk around the garden. I walked around during the day. The scenery of this garden is excellent." Li Xiaoyao stopped and looked up at the half-circular moon. He strolled under the moon to enjoy the flowers. He got up elegantly. Li Xiaoyao raised his eyebrows slightly and fell down with a smile. He flashed half a step aside, signaling Su Zicheng to go forward and followed him all the way to the back garden.

There is a two or three mu-sized pond behind the garden. At this time, insects and frogs are singing, and there is noise in the quiet. Li Xiaoyao walks leisurely with Su Zicheng leisurely on the bluestone road side by side with Su Zicheng. While turning his head to look at the surrounding scenery, he smiled and said, "This garden is full of flowers and trees. It seems to be flowers. If you think too much, it's the Wu family's industry after all.

"Well, many of the layouts here are commonly used by the famous aristocratic families of Taiping Mansion. At first glance, I thought it was Taiping Mansion." Su Zicheng turned around and smiled. Li Xiaoyao pointed to a pavilion in front of him and smiled, "Just like that pavilion, even the restaurants in Taiping Mansion are almost everywhere." Su Zicheng looked at the pavilion and laughed: "The scenery of Taiping Mansion can't be said to be bad, but it's too ingenious. The other courtyard on Xuefeng Mountain is natural and much better than this." Li Xiaoyao squeezed his mouth and smiled and didn't answer. It's not natural. He simply circled a mountain and built a few houses. At best, Xuefeng Mountain is naturally good.

The two talked about pavilions, rockery and plants all the way, walked to the lake and stood on the lakeside plank road. The lotus flowers were blooming in the lake. Under the moonlight, the lotus tea swayed with the breeze. There was a unique charm. The two smelled the fragrance of the lotus, listened to the frogs, and stood quietly for a long time. Su Zicheng breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "When I flatten Huainan Road, we will live here until the end of the year."

"That won't work!" Li Xiaoyao shook his head with a smile and said, "I still want to go back to see the excitement of Shuisheng's marriage. I have to go to Kaiping Mansion before mid-October." Su Zicheng looked down at Li Xiaoyao and asked in a low voice for a long time, "If it hadn't been for these brothers, you..."

"How can I be without my brothers?" Li Xiaoyao cut off Su Zicheng's words and laughed and said, "I'm already a dead man. The eldest brother said that my chest was still hot. Brother Shuisheng and Erhuai carried me all the way. In the cold winter, a bite of food was fed to me, and all the clothes were wrapped on me. Later,..." Li Xiaoyao turned his head and looked at Su Zicheng and joked, " The Bodhisattva must have couldn't bear it, so he sent me here. Su Zicheng stared at Li Xiaoyao and suddenly raised his hand to brush Li Xiaoyao's temples. Li Xiaoyao subconsciously flashed. Su Zicheng quickly put his hand behind his back and coughed a few times and said, "I don't know which Bodhisattva's mercy. I really want to thank him."

Li Xiaoyao tilted his head and glanced at Su Zicheng. He turned around and didn't answer. Su Zicheng shook his folding fan for a while and said, "Then let's go back after the Double Ninth Festival. We can also take it easy on the way. I'll play with you everywhere." Li Xiaoyao smiled and nodded while laughing. He played with her. What would he play? If Lu Feng is still about the same, she will play with him. Su Zicheng was embarrassed by Li Xiaoyao's smile and said, "Isn't it easy to play? Is there anyone who won't play?" Li Xiaoyao asked with a smile, "Then the prince said, what will the prince play?" Su Zicheng stared at Li Xiaoyao and said, "Hunting!" After saying the word hunting, his fingers bent in the air for a long time, but he couldn't say it. Li Xiaoyao's eyes bent into a line with a smile and said for a long time: "Then hunting, are you also a war, right? Alas, in fact, you might as well play war. How good it is. You can afford this gameplay!" Su Zicheng's face turned slightly red by what Li Xiaoyao said, shook the folding fan and put it away. Li Xiaoyao tapped his folding fan with his finger and smiled, "This is really a way to play impermanence. At this time, let's enjoy the lotus and gossip here, isn't it just for fun? Looking for a good place to drink tea and drink, isn't it also fun? Things that can make you relaxed and happy are all fun. If a war can make you happy, then war is a game for you. Like me, it's fun to be happy when I do business.

"You are always different from what others think, which makes some sense." Su Zicheng thought for a moment and smiled,

"What does it mean? It's completely reasonable." Li Xiaoyao corrected while laughing: "But is this fun? There are fun and bad games. For example, it's fun for me to play. It's not good for you to play that. You're happy, so..."

"It turns out that yours are all good, and mine is bad!" Su Zicheng interrupted Li Xiaoyao's words and shouted. Seeing Li Xiaoyao nodded seriously, he sighed, "I know that in fact, I don't like to fight, but I can't fight. Besides, it's better to fight than to deal with government affairs."

"Well, that's a mistake in government affairs, which is also full of mourning. The so-called killing without blood, and dealing with government affairs is more carefully, like walking on thin ice." Li Xiaoyao sighed in favor, and Su Zicheng sighed with emotion: "Your words are the same as what the eldest brother said. For you, you should always be trembling and trembling as walking on thin ice, which is the method of Chang'an's long-term governance." Li Xiaoyao was stunned and turned his head to look at Su Zicheng. Su Zicheng looked sadly at the charming lotus flowers in the lake. Li Xiaoyao lowered his eyes. The two blew quietly for a while, and the wind came from afar. Li Xiaoyao looked up at the gentle and bright moon and said, "It's late. Go back and rest." Su Zicheng nodded, and the two turned around and went back to the front yard. Su Zicheng sent Li Xiaoyao to the gate of the courtyard and watched her enter the yard.

The next evening, the Peiping Army began to advance south of Yangzhou and lost Yangzhou. Taiping Prefecture and Chizhou Prefecture were silent without any response. Huainan Road's official hearts, military hearts and people's hearts were scattered all the way. The Beiping Army advanced smoothly and abnormally. Even if there was resistance, it was also collapsed one after another. Su Zicheng ordered the release of Wu soldiers who gave up their weapons and armor, regarded them as civilians, and let them escape and return to their hometown.

Runzhou City was defeated in such a battle. Although it was not as complete as Yangzhou, it was much better than Chuzhou. Li Xiaoyao rushed to Runzhou City for seven or eight days and chose Runzhou Zhizhou to come out. After two days of handling government affairs, he saw that everything was right, so he set out to go back to Yangzhou. Su Zicheng took people around to check, An Arrangement and other things, take down Runzhou, and there will be no big cities on Huainan Road. Those counties and villages are no longer a big threat. Now the biggest threat is in Wudi in the west, Taiping Prefecture, and Chizhou Prefecture. Su Zicheng dares not take it lightly at all. He can fight it and has to be able to defend it.

Li Xiaoyao's days in Yangzhou City are much more comfortable than before. With this comfort, the days slipped quickly into the end of June. Zhang Gouzi, Zhao Wuge and others and Yuanfeng finally rushed to Yangzhou City.

Zhang Gouzi and Zhao Wuge rushed to the Wu's courtyard to meet Li Xiaoyao and received the order. Zhang Gouzi and Chen Da rushed to the villages in the countryside to collect silk. Zhao Wuge gently told Chairman Qian what Li Xiaoyao meant. Everyone came from afar and had not done any business with Huainan Road before. This trip, one of them knew that they had first. Second, you should know him, and wait at ease. Chairman Qian smiled and thanked Brother Zhao. He discussed it with more than ten people. While waiting for the letter, he wandered all over Yangzhou.