Ru Zhongbai thought for a while, smiled and said, "Mr. Xiao insisted on deciding by martial arts competition, and I had nothing to say. However, it is rare that the Prime Minister loves Master Xiao. According to my opinion, Master Xiao might as well follow him and rush to the training ground to meet him. Maybe by then, Lord Xiao may change his original intention?"

"After the Prime Minister's love, the Lord is grateful. However, as his Majesty's close guard, as a minister, he obeys the emperor's orders. Your Majesty asked the Lord to seize the Han vanguard in a competition. How could the Lord be the Lord's rule? Besides, the position of the Han vanguard is of great importance. The Lord's opinion is that he is not talented and knowledgeable and difficult to be competent. If he misses the Prime Minister's plan to suppress bandits, wouldn't it affect the Prime Minister?"

Ru Zhongbai smiled and said, "Mr. Xiao is loyal to Your Majesty. I will not judge him. But if Mr. Xiao is worried that he will not be able to take on the position of vanguard and affects the Prime Minister's plan to suppress bandits, it would be a big mistake. To be honest, the Prime Minister's army is different from the past. He has a million troops. With advanced firearms, sufficient food and grass, and his prestige, in terms of Lord Xiao, can a mere Zhang Shicheng resist my million Yuan army?"

Xiao Yun was shocked and thought to himself: "Advanced firearms, this thing is not a joke. It seems that Tutuo is really ready to act seriously this time!" He learned from the history of later generations that Tutuo's dispatch of troops was indeed extraordinary. He only came from the words recorded by Zhang Shicheng in later generations. After receiving the appointment of Emperor Hui of Yuan, Tutuo recruited the main troops of provinces across the country and transferred a large number of troops from the Western Regions, totaling 400,000 troops, known as "millions", and rushed to Gaoyou in a vast way. Along the way, "the flags were thriving thousands of miles, and the golden drums shook the field. There was no one who had ever passed the army."

Faced with the crazy attack of the regular Yuan Dynasty army, Zhang Shicheng's uprising army suffered an unprecedented heavy blow. He failed to send troops to block the attacks several times, and had to retreat to Gaoyou City. Tutuo's Yuan army took the opportunity to surround Gaoyou. In order to prevent the nearby uprising army from rescuing Gaoyou, Tutuo sent troops to capture Liuhe, Yancheng and Xinghua. If there were no dramatic scenes later, how could Zhang Shicheng be there?"

"Since that's the case, why did the Prime Minister choose a lower-ranking official?"

Ru Zhongbai coughed twice, looked a little embarrassed, pondered for a moment, and said, "To be honest, this time the Prime Minister will choose Master Xiao, in addition to Lord Xiao's helplessness in the court, I believe that with Lord Xiao's intelligence, you can guess it is almost the same?"

Xiao Yun nodded and said yes. In fact, even if you don’t say it, Xiao Yun could see clearly that Tuotuo chose him was not because of his outstanding qualities. To put it bluntly, he was deeply trusted by Emperor Hui of Yuan and had nothing to do with the powerful and powerful of the court. He was innocent. Even if he went to the battlefield, he would not have a second heart because of his backstage. What the generals who fought were most afraid of was that their subordinates had a second heart, which was even more terrible than the enemy. Xiao Yun could guess a little. In February, the Yuan Dynasty appointed the Pingzhang Zhengshi Gouer, the political affairs affairs of Huguang Province, as Pingzhang Zhengshi of Huainan Province, and led troops to attack Gaoyou. In June of the same year, he sent Dashitiemuer to attack Zhang Shicheng; then ordered the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces to jointly attack Zhang Shicheng with Dashitiemuer. Zhang Shicheng led the uprising soldiers and civilians to resist.

The local siege army of the Yuan Dynasty ended in failure. Zhang Shicheng took advantage of the victory to pursue the territory of the Salt Minister Army in Jiangsu, firmly controlled the canal, and cut off the passage of the Yuan Dynasty's grain and tax transportation to the north transport capital. Now autumn is about to come. If Tutuo cannot win the victory of attacking Zhang Shicheng before the autumn grain, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the court to take the opportunity to provoke. With Xiao Yun, the vanguard of Lujiabao, Lujiabao cannot sit idly by. Although Lu Zhanpeng is a Han Chinese, his power in the court should not be underestimated, especially because he was ordered to raise horses, and his wealth is very large. Even if Tutuo has not yet captured Gaodi Mansion before the autumn grain arrives, and with Lujiabao as a backer, he can hold on for a while. Based on the above reasons, Xiao Yun can be said to be the best candidate for the Han vanguard this time!

"Mr. Xiao, it's getting late, so you and I should go as soon as possible?" Before Xiao Yun took the conversation, Ru Zhongbai had already stood up. He and Xiao Yun were separated by a tea table. Regardless of whether Xiao Yun agreed or not, they stretched out their right hand on Xiao Yun's Confucian uniform, pulled it gently, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xiao, let's go?"

Xiao Yun was pulled by him and was a little amused. Damn, isn't this a deadly pull? Is there any freedom in life? Can I not go? "Although my stomach cursed secretly, I couldn't help but stand up. OK, okay, Lord Zuo Si let go, and I'll go?"

"Yes, is that okay? Come on, go on, go on!" Ru Zhongbai kept urging, and Xiao Yun was afraid that he would come over again, so he hurriedly walked out of Zhonghe Palace first.

Ru Zhongbai smiled and followed him out.

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In late spring, the grass grows in the south of the Yangtze River, the peanut trees and the orioles fly around.

In the back garden of the Seventh Prince's mansion, a beautiful woman in white clothes was more snow-capped, standing by the pool on one side of the garden. Behind the pool were rows of orchids, and the pale yellow orchid stamens exuded a faint fragrance.

The girl carefully carried a silver kettle, gently lifted the hem of the white group clothes, slowly bent down, and then stretched out her small hand like a lotus root. She grabbed the silver kettle from beside her and threw it into the water with difficulty. The small hand, paired with the thick line of the silver kettle, gently shook it twice. The silver kettle floated on the water surface as quiet as a lake, and suddenly made two "punch...punch..." sounds, and sank into the pool. A hint of blush appeared on the girl's snow-white face. In the soft sunlight, it looked delicate and beautiful. She slowly let out a breath from her little mouth. The long breath slowly spread out with her red face. The girl smiled knowingly, then pulled her sleeves, took a light breath, and exerted force on her wrist.

“Wow…”

The calm water surface was broken by the silver kettle in the girl's hand. Clear water droplets fell down the water surface along the silver kettle. The sound of water was like a rhythmic piano music.

"call……?"

The girl gritted her teeth hard, and her snow-white little face turned red due to excessive force. Her small hands tightly pulled a thick and soft deep lock.

The sound of water "was clattering non-stop."

"Hey, why is it so heavy? Oh...oh...Is there anyone? Come and help?" The girl shouted intermittently, exhalingly.

No one answered the huge back garden, and the girl's silver bell-like voice was circulating back and forth in the garden.

"Ah... so heavy..." The girl frowned and her snow-white little hand pulled the rope tied to one end of the silver kettle with force, as if she was too hard. There was a red rope mark on the girl's white and tender little hand.

"Dong"

"Ah, I'm so tired? No, no, no, really no?" The girl pulled for a while and finally gave up. The silver-white kettle fell into the pool again, making a rustling sound that broke the water surface.

The girl gently tied the soft rope tied to one end of the silver kettle, and sat on a smooth jade-like boulder in the pool. The girl gasped for a while and pulled her breath with too much force. Then she looked up at the silver kettle that sank into the pool, but for a long time it was still motionless.

The silver kettle broke the tranquility and slowly spread out. When the ripples on the water surface slowly dissipated, the water surface returned to calm again, like a big mirror.

The girl reflected her face into the water, as if she thought of something, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. The smile was extremely sweet, as if she thought of something happy, the girl in the mirror turned red.

"If only he was there, his wrists were so thick and his body was so strong, and he had the strength to pull the kettle up..." The girl looked at the calm water surface and seemed to be talking to herself, and seemed to be talking to someone.

"Hey, why didn't Brother Xiao come to see him? It's been a whole day, why didn't Brother Xiao move at all? Does he like him or is he not pretty?" The girl sighed quietly, and reflected her face again into the water. Her beautiful appearance instantly reflected on the clear water surface.

The windy bun reveals its hair, the eyebrows and eyes are light and spring, the skin is as fine as warm jade, the soft light is as greasy as the cherry mouth is not red, and it is as delicate as dripping. The two strands of hair on the cheeks gently brush with the wind to add a bit of seductive charm, and the flexibly rotating eyes turn sly, with a bit of naughty and naughty, wearing a white long skirt, with a waist not full, so beautiful that it is so flawless and so unbearable.

"I'm still pretty good-looking? Brother Xiao will definitely like someone else? He didn't say that he might have delayed it. Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow he will come back to see someone else..." The girl thought about it and felt her face a little hot. But her embarrassed blush climbed up on her face.

At this moment, a rapid sound of footsteps came quickly from the back garden. The girl immediately became alert. She held her breath, pricked her ears, listened carefully for a moment, and suddenly, she leaned her head to look deep in the garden. But under the sunlight, a figure flashed by the rockery in the depths of the garden. The girl was shocked and was about to ask, but suddenly remembered something, and the sound that almost shouted made her swallowed it back. She stared at her eyes in surprise and looked again. Under the soft sunlight, she saw the fragrance of flowers and birds singing, and there was a half-person figure there.
Chapter completed!