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Chapter 6: Taking the world as a chess piece

Li Ye was sad when he stood in the garden.

Song Jiao left, spat in shame and annoyance before flying away without looking back.

Seeing the dusk falling, Li Ye felt lonely naturally.

The master is lonely.

After so many years of suffering from being teased by Song Jiao, his skills in teasing people have been tempered and become more and more skillful. Now Song Jiao has no advantage in front of him, and often has to hide her face and leave as she is teased like now.

Thinking of the various experiences since time traveling, Li Ye feels that things are different.

When he was still in Chang'an, he faced a treacherous minister Wei Baoheng who was a treacherous Qi training period, so he had to deal with it carefully. At that time, the disciple of Zhongnan Mountain Taoist Sect was so elegant that he fought with Nangong for 300 rounds in the night sky, which was still an existence that he looked up to.

And now, even the Immortal Court can no longer do anything to him.

Now, even Song Jiao, who was peeing and playing with mud when he was a child, could only be bullied by him and could not resist it. Li Ye felt that this world was so boring.

"No one can fight." Li Ye sighed.

Shaking his head, he left the garden and walked towards the depths of the palace.

The lanterns in the royal palace have been lit up long ago, the dusk is getting darker and the lights are getting brighter.

The terrain in the mansion is not flat, with hills, ditches, lakes and flowing water. All kinds of buildings are dense but not crowded. Platforms are built at high places, boats are set up by the lake, pavilions are quiet in quiet places, and lights from far and near are walking like stars, hazy illuminating the scenery of different styles, making the palace at this moment as quiet as a painting, with a unique warmth.

From the secluded path paved with warm goose stones to a secluded yard, Li Ye had already smelled the fragrance of food. When he looked up, there were vague smoke in the chimney. The dim lights in the yard reminded people of the years of a naughty boy returning late in the countryside.

After passing through the hand-written veranda with various fancy lanterns hanging and pushing open the side door of the second entrance to the yard, Li Ye saw the vegetarian girl who was serving dishes on the stone table in the yard. The other person was still wearing an apron around his waist, and the sweat on his pretty face like a lotus flower had not faded. A strand of black hair was pressed against his temples, and his eyes were as clear as water.

Li Ye walked straight to the stone table and sat down on the stone bench.

Seeing Li Ye, Su E's eyebrows slightly raised her face, but she didn't say anything, so she turned around and went to serve the dishes again.

The dishes on the stone table were steaming with a white heat, and the fragrance slid from the nostrils to the stomach, arousing people's appetite from the bottom of their hearts. However, Li Ye did not move his chopsticks immediately, but looked at the various dishes in the dishes and bowls and fell silent. The dishes were too rich, not to mention that one person could not eat them, even three or five people were enough.

Li Ye did not inform Su Emei in advance that he would come today.

In fact, since returning to Qingzhou, Li Ye did not come to Su Emei for dinner. He could count it with one hand. It was a reason for being too busy with government and military affairs, but it was not the most important one.

Su Emei, who appeared again, took off her apron and had a wine pot and a glass of wine in her hand. She came to the stone table to sit down, poured the glass of wine gently and without any rush. When she handed it to Li Ye, her sleeves on her wrist slid down about an inch, revealing her flawless skin, which seemed attractive even under the dim light.

"Your Highness, please." Su Emei smiled as she spoke, and a slap of her neat Miya.

Li Ye took the wine glass and drank it all, and couldn't help but praise: "Good wine! What a Jiannan burning spring!"

Speaking of this, he put down his wine glass and looked at Su Emei who was sitting there with peace. "Since Huang Chao's disaster in Guanzhong, trade routes in various places have been greatly affected. The soju wine from Jiannan West Road has rarely appeared in Guandong. I didn't expect that you can still taste such an authentic Jiannan wine here today."

Su E smiled quietly and said: "I heard from the merchants in Xicheng that after Wang Jian took office as the governor of Xichuan, he attached great importance to commerce and sent envoys to help clear the joints of Guanzhong and Central Plains. In recent days, there has been more sour wine in Shuzhong on the market."

Li Ye nodded suddenly, thinking, "It seems that Wang Jian has never been idle in Shu."

The Xichuan Jiedushi governor was governed by Chengdu, Yizhou, and his full name was the Xichuan Jiedushi of Jiannan Road. At the same time, there was a Dongchuan Jiedushi of Jiannan Road in Shu, which governed Mianzhou, but it has now been annexed by Wang Jian. As a result, the entire Shuzhong is in the hands of Wang Jian.

The so-called Jiannan means taking Jianmen Pass South and Jianshan South.

The big and small Jianshan isolates Hanzhong and Shuzhong, and has always been a natural barrier for Shuzhong to defend against foreign enemies. The Jianmen Pass built here is a powerful pass in the world.

Su Emei didn't respond, but she was not idle in her hand and handed Li Ye the porcelain bowl that had served the rice.

While eating, Li Ye remembered the situation in Shu: "Hanzhong has been a prosperous place since ancient times, and Liu Bang achieved the imperial career based on this. After Wang Jiandi settled the two rivers, he intended to go east. According to the inquiry from the Qingyi Yamen, he had sent many spies out of Jianmen Pass and went to the Xingyuan Mansion in Hanzhong to spy on military defense."

"Xingyuan Prefecture is the location of the governor of Shannan West Road. There are fourteen prefectures in the entire Shannan West Road, and there are many people in the territory. Li Maozhen pacified the river and broke Chang'an. After obtaining Guanzhong, he also intended to capture Shannan West Road. Many people sent to investigate the truth and reality. Now Li Maozhen and Wang Jian should have known the other party's intention to covet Shannan West Road. The spies from both sides may have met each other.

Li Ye drank a glass of wine and continued to think: "Wang Jian had no more than two roads to leave Shu, from the northeast to Jianmen Pass and the Yangtze River from the southeast. If he wanted to participate in the dispute between the Central Plains, he had to go from Jianmen Pass to Hanzhong. Taking a step back, even if Wang Jian did not choose to leave Shu from Jianmen Pass, he had to beware of Li Maozhen's attack on Jianmen Pass and get involved in the two rivers."

"For Li Maozhen, Shuzhong and Hanzhong are all backyards. If he wants to send troops to Central Plains, he must be wary of Hanzhong and Shuzhong. If Li Maozhen sends troops out of Tongguan to Central Plains, but is stolen by Wang Jian or the governor of Shannan West Road, then he will be indescribable."

"After Li Maozhen got Guanzhong, there were only two ways to choose to develop, go out of Tongguan in the east, the Yellow River in the west, Hanzhong in the west, and Shuzhong. Now he and Wang Jian have to plot against Hanzhong, which is my opportunity. If I don't want to compete with Zhu Wen, Li Maozhen will cause me trouble, and choosing to make a fuss from Hanzhong is the best way to choose to make a fuss."

"Speaking of this, I took advantage of the opportunity of conquering Li Keyong in Hedong to quickly conquer the entire Hebei and killed many monks from the Khitan Divine Sect, so that I had no worries and avoided the dilemma of Wang Jian and Li Maozhen. I really benefited rather than reduced."

Thinking of this, Li Ye gradually had a plan in his mind.

Originally, he had sent an envoy to Shuzhong to discuss with Wang Jian about jointly dealing with Li Maozhen. Now, because of a pot of swordsmanship, and combined with the recent information from the Qingyi Yamen, he has gained a lot of inspiration and figured out many joints, and his thinking has suddenly become much more cheerful.

Li Ye was secretly thinking about these so-called major plans of family and country, so he didn't care about Su Emei, and he didn't hear Su Emei's movement. After he had initially sorted out the ideas in his mind and had a roughly feasible plan, when he looked at Su Emei, he saw the other party stretching out his white and tender hands and approaching him.

Li Ye was stunned for a moment and looked at Su Emei in confusion.

Su Emei chuckled and said, "Your Highness, you have finished the meal in your bowl, I'll serve you some."

Li Ye looked down and saw the empty rice bowl. He suddenly realized that he should have been too devoted to the problem and unknowingly finished the rice in the bowl. Su Emei didn't want to disturb his thoughts, so he reached out to take over his rice bowl and serve him quietly.

If Li Ye had not restrained his thoughts because of the problem, he would probably have been served with Su Emei and would not have realized it.

Thinking of this, looking at Su Emei's gentle eyes, Li Ye couldn't help but feel a little moved when he handed over his job.

Unlike the lively and lively Wu You and the charming and seductive Song Jiao, Su Emei has to be much more quiet and peaceful in terms of her temperament and behavior in her daily life, even if she is always quiet by her side.

In Li Ye's impression, she seemed to have nothing special to do except practicing and taking care of her own vegetable garden with only three-point land - at least compared with the busy Song Jiao.

After taking the porcelain bowl full of rice handed over by Su Emei, Li Ye thought to himself: "Maybe it is because there is nothing to be busy with that I have time to cook a table of dishes every day, no matter whether I come or not."

Looking at Su Emei with her eyebrows lowered and her food, Li Ye felt a little enlightened: "Of course she wasn't sure if I would come, but she was able to be sure that when I came over when I was interested, I would definitely have a sumptuous dinner."

To be fair, Li Ye was moved.

However, now is not the time to be moved.
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