Chapter 523 Disguise (2)

Just as Lu Fang was thinking about it, the disguised woman in the hall was also looking at Lu Fang up and down. This woman was Zhong Yuancui who came with Chen Xiang. Although she had already made up her mind to fight for her own happiness, she also wanted to get reinforcements from Zhenhai Army to save the foundation left by her father. But who in the world, who in the world, could anyone hear that her future husband was in the outside world and could not help but look at the truth? But with her current identity, whether it is from etiquette or law.

The interests were not suitable to meet the other party in her original identity, so she tied her breasts with silk cloth, and found a civil servant with a similar figure to her to change her clothes, disguised herself as a young civil servant, claiming to be Chen Xiang's subordinate, and came to see Lu Fang. Zhong Yuancui thought she was a plan, but she didn't know how experienced Lu Fang's vision was. When the two met, the other party saw the flaws. However, Lu Fang had never grasped the overall situation, and was still calm and pretended to be unaware of it.

The two of them were thinking about each other's trump card, and when they were only hearing footsteps outside, they turned their heads and saw Chen Xiang running wildly in disheveled clothes. When Chen Xiang came in, she didn't care about the tilting head on her head and was not dressed in disheveled clothes, so she bowed to the front of Lu and said, "The king has come, and the foreign ministers have never met you. I hope he can forgive me if you are rude!"

Lu Fang smiled and pointed at Zhong Yuancui behind Chen Xiang and said, "Chen Zhangshu, please come up. Although you are not here, your husband, is not rude. I have heard that the King of Nanping has been governing Jiangxi for twenty years. He has recruited talents and opened a vocational school to recruit talents. He has gathered talents. He has met today. It is indeed a famous scholar!"

Chen Xiang looked back with Lu Fang's fingers in a daze, and then she saw Zhong Yuancui dressed in men's clothes sitting behind, looking proud, and couldn't help but feel scared. He couldn't have imagined that this aunt would jump out like this, and he didn't know how much things the old fox Lu Fang had put out of her mouth, but he was afraid that the other party would already know the purpose of the trip. Thinking of this, Chen Xiang couldn't help but feel more depressed. The smile on Lu Fang's face seemed to him more and more like an old fox who wished the little hen's New Year - with bad intentions.

"This is just a matter of humble duties, how can I be praised by the king!" Lu Fang's praise sounded a different kind of feeling in Zhong Yuancui's ears. She stood up, bowed her hand, and tried her best to pretend to be a young civil servant. Unfortunately, her delicate voice and slightly artificial movements betrayed her, which made Chen Xiang kneel on the ground even more like a *** who wanted to hit her head and die on the pillar in front of her.

Lu Fang looked at the woman in front of him with interest, as if he had seen him for the first time. The noon sunlight shot through the window on the right, just shining on Zhong Yuancui's face. Her fair skin was almost translucent under the sunlight. Lu Fang could clearly see the faint blue veins under the skin, and the thin hairs on her neck were rising and falling with the other person's breathing. For some reason, Lu Fang suddenly felt inexplicably happy, as if he had suddenly become ten years younger.

Chen Xiang stood up in depression. He knew in his heart how difficult the man in front of him was to deal with. If such a person was allowed to learn the other party's trump card before negotiation, Lu Fang would keep tightening his hands like a walnut until he pressed the other party into countless pieces. But no matter how bad the situation in front of him was, life would always continue. Chen Xiang tried his best to clean up his mood and searched the dry intestines in his belly to persuade Lu Fang to agree to marry the Zhong family and form an alliance to deal with Huainan. Suddenly, Chen Xiang noticed Lu Fang's gaze as Lu Fang looked at Zhong Yuancui behind him. There seemed to be something special in this gaze. His mood suddenly improved.

"Maybe the situation in front of you is not as bad as you imagined!" Chen Xiang thought to himself, with a smile of interest on his face.

"You should step down first. I have important matters to discuss with Mr. Lu!" Chen Xiang turned around and ordered Zhong Yuancui. Zhong Yuancui hesitated for a moment. Obviously, she was quite interested in what she was going to discuss next, but she quickly obeyed Chen Xiang's order, saluted with her hands and stepped back.

At this time, only Lu Fang, Gao Fengtian and Chen Xiang were left in the room, and they suddenly became quiet. The three of them looked at each other with a smile, and no one was willing to speak first. After a while, Chen Xiang finally couldn't hold back anymore, coughed, and said with a forced smile: "The foreign minister came to Hangzhou this time for a good thing!"

"Oh!" Lu Fang nodded slightly, as if everything was as expected, but he didn't agree. Seeing this, Chen Xiang had to bite the bullet and say: "I have been staying in my family for a long time and I have long admired you. I want to make a love between Qin and Jin with you, and the two families will join forces to fight against the Wu thieves!"

"How good is Qin and Jin?" Lu Fang opened his eyes wide in surprise. He also guessed the purpose of the other party's trip. According to the rules of the enemy's enemy being a friend in troubled times, it is not impossible for Zhenhai Army to use a small amount of force to pull Huainan's hind legs. Of course, Zhong Kuangshi must come up with corresponding benefits, which is also the meaning of the question. However, Lu Fang never expected that Zhong Kuangshi would have such a "benefit".

Gao Fengtian saw the lord frowning and thought, and the atmosphere in the venue became cold for a moment, so he stepped forward and smiled: "It turns out that Chen Zhanshu was a job as an ice man, but he didn't know which noble man he was?"

"The noble man is the King of Nanping, the legitimate sister of my family, and his identity is also commensurate with King of Wu and Yue, which is a perfect match!" Chen Xiang tried his best to smile on his face, but his eyes were nailed to Lu Fang's face. The other party just frowned and thought, but was silent. He could not guess what Lu Fang was thinking at this time, and he couldn't help but beat the drums in his heart.

"Is it the woman just now?" Lu Fang thought to himself. If the marriage partner was really Zhong Kuangshi's legitimate sister, with the other party's precious identity, how could he have sent him here for the first time, let alone disguised himself as a strange man. After all, this is the real Tang Dynasty, not the romance novel written by Aunt Qiong Yao. Thinking of this, Lu Fang couldn't help but shake his head. Seeing this, Chen Xiang, who was standing beside him, thought it was the other party's refusal, and couldn't help but say in a hurry: "Why is the king like this? The Wu thief is the common enemy of the two families, and the marriage is beneficial but not harmful!"

"Chen Zhanshu is bad!" Seeing that the other party misunderstood, Lu Fang explained with a smile: "A certain family is not refusing to marry, but a certain family already has a wife and a concubine, and both children. If a noble daughter comes here, wouldn't she want to be a concubine? Isn't this against the etiquette?"

Chen Xiang then breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "The king is such a bad word. How could you not have accepted a wife at your age? My family later told me that with the achievements of King Wu and Yue, they would sooner or later be granted a marquis. At that time, it was a good match for my sister. If this happened, the king would not have to worry too much."

After hearing Chen Xiang's words, Lu Fang became more and more suspicious. Obviously Zhong Kuangshi had a very urgent request for marriage. Could it be that the situation in Hongzhou is now extremely urgent, which forced him to ask for marriage? Although subjectively speaking, Lu Fang was very willing to send troops to support Zhong Kuangshi, the timing of sending reinforcements was a very knowledgeable thing. It would be too early to send. If the two families had not yet fought and the battle situation was unclear, the reinforcements of Zhenhai Army would easily be treated by Zhong Kuangshi.

It would be difficult for Lu Fang to get corresponding benefits from the results after the war if he was used as cannon fodder and wasted in vain. It would not be possible to send it too late, because if Zhong Kuangshi had been defeated and the situation was settled, the reinforcements of Zhenhai Army would only be given the right to the enemy, which would lead to the invasion of the Huainan Army. Only when Zhong Kuangshi greatly consumed the strength of the Huainan Army and had not been defeated, the reinforcements invested by Lu Fang could get the greatest benefit, but to achieve this, accurate and timely information would be necessary.

Thinking of this, Lu Fang smiled and said, "The marriage matter is of great importance. I cannot give you a reply today. I thank you for your stay here first. However, when Zhangshu came from Hongzhou this time, I hope to give me some advice!"

Hearing this expected question, Chen Xiang calmed down. Before going to Hangzhou, he thought that the other party would ask about the situation in Jiangxi, and Chen Xiang repeatedly considered how to answer. First of all, deceiving is not enough. After all, Lu Fang must have more than one information channel. Even if he can deceive the other party for the time being, he will soon be discovered by the other party. Then, in the current uncertain future in his camp, offending a person like Lu Fang is definitely not a wise choice; but to be honest, it is not

OK, if Lu Fang knew everything, he would no longer have value in the eyes of the other party, but instead cut off his future retreat. Only by telling the truth as little as possible is the way to survive in this chaotic world. Thinking of this, Chen Xiang carefully replied: "Report to the king, when I left Hongzhou, Zhong Yangui had already surrendered to the Wu bandits and gave Jiangzhou City. Our army suffered a slight upset, but Yuan, Xin, Fu, Ji, Rao and other prefectures and counties all expressed their support for the retention of the post. Hongzhou had tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and the grain could be spent for ten years."

"What about Hukou? Are you still under control after staying?"

Chen Xiang looked embarrassed and replied, "It has fallen into the hands of the thief of Wu!"

"Then the situation is not good!" Lu Fang sighed. Most of the Hongzhou, which Zhong Yangui himself had and other prefectures and counties in Jiangxi, were by the Poyang Lake, or there were waterways connected to the lake. Once the lake mouth fell into the hands of the Huainan Army, the Huainan Navy could enter Poyang Lake from it and attack any prefecture and county at will. The Zhennan Army was in a dilemma of division of troops to defend, which was very unfavorable to Zhong Kuangshi, who had already lacked control over other prefectures and counties.
Chapter completed!