It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Feixue glared at Ling Xiao and said, "Girl, you can't spoil him like this anymore. There are differences between men and women."

"He's not a kid now."

Lu Xingchen looked at Ling Xiao and reached out to pinch his cheek.

"In my eyes he is just a kid."

"Girl, I'm not a child anymore, I've grown up." Ling Xiao was stimulated by the sentence that he was a child, and said to Lu Xingchen with a serious face.

"Okay, our brother Xiao has grown up." Lu Xingchen patted Ling Xiao's shoulder and comforted him with a smile.

The boy had an angry expression on his face.

"I am already an adult."

Lu Xingchen sat down and looked at Ling Xiao, "You are already an adult, isn't it time to find you a partner?"

"Zhang Fan said he wanted to marry the daughter of a local squire."

"That girl is literate and has been taught to be frugal and manage the household since she was a child."

"Do you want me to find one for you, too?"

"I don't want to." Ling Xiao snorted.

Lu Xingchen pursed his lips and chuckled, "Didn't you just say that you've grown up? When a man grows up, he should marry and have children."

"Even if I get married and have children, I will marry the one I like, not the one who is offered to me by others." Ling Xiao pouted, with an unhappy expression on his face.

"Oh, so you want to marry the one you love." Lu Xingchen smiled faintly and glanced at Feixue.

Feixue's face turned red, her eyes moved around, and she had a shy expression.

"Then who do you like? Tell me, I want to see if the girl likes you." Lu Xingchen asked with a smile.

"Relationships are a matter between two people, you can't just be wishful thinking."

"No, no one." Ling Xiao glanced at Lu Xingchen and quickly lowered his head.

"Girl, I'll go out first. I have something else to deal with." Feixue said as he stood up and walked out the door.

She thought Ling Xiao was embarrassed to say it because she was here.

Feixue stood up and went out, but did not go far. Instead, she stood at the door and listened to the noise inside.

Lu Xingchen naturally understood Feixue’s thoughts. This girl’s love for Ling Xiao was written all over her face.

"Do you like flying snow?" Lu Xingchen asked.

Ling Xiao looked at Lu Xingchen with wide eyes and a surprised expression. "Who likes her? She is so rude. She beats me when she sees me, or scolds me. Who dares to marry her? She is a vicious woman."

Lu Xingchen,...

She is matching people up at random.

"You are a villain, Ling Xiao, and you are a crazy woman for talking bad about people behind their backs." Feixue rushed in, pointed at Ling Xiao angrily, her eyes red.

It's really miserable to be spoken so badly by the person you like.

Lu Xingchen wanted to comfort Feixue, but Feixue had already turned and ran away.

Ling Xiao disagreed and said, "Girl, do you think she is a crazy woman?"

"Not only is he crazy, but he's also learned to eavesdrop."

Lu Xingchen hesitated to speak, looked at Ling Xiao, and thought, this guy is a typical straight man, he won’t end up alone in the future, right?

"Okay, you are still young and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. What do you want to talk to me about?" Lu Xingchen asked.

She is not that fond of acting as a matchmaker for others.

She thought Ling Xiao and Fei Xue grew up together and loved each other, but she didn't expect that Fei Xue just had a one-sided love for her.

This girl is going to suffer.

Let them solve their own problems.

"Oh, nothing. I met Zhang Fan. He was going to ask the girl if she would come over to watch their training tomorrow. I said I would come over, and he asked me to ask." Ling Xiao said casually.

"If everything is fine tomorrow, I will go over and let them practice according to their own procedures." Lu Xingchen said.

Ling Xiao nodded, stood up, and left Lu Xingchen's room.

However, Ling Xiao was destined not to have time to watch Zhang Fan and the others practice the next day.

Because Murong Nan had already arrived outside Yuzhou City with two thousand soldiers.

Lu Xingchen heard Feixue's report when he was about to go to bed.

"Are you sure it's Murong Nan?" Lu Xingchen looked puzzled.

The food and fodder promised to Murong Feihe had already been delivered to him, so why did Murong Nan come in person? Was he here to attack Yuzhou?

"Let them prepare to defend the city." Lu Xingchen said as he stood up, dressed, and went up to the city wall.

At this time, Wei Hu, Zhang Fan and others had already arrived.

"General, I said that Murong Feihe has a pretty face and doesn't look like a good guy." Zhang Fan said gritting his teeth.

"He didn't contribute at all during the siege, but he learned a lot of skills secretly, and finally took our food and grass."

"How can he be so shameless? He is so shameless."

"Now he is even more shameless. He actually brought troops with him after returning. He even asked his father to come in person. He is unwilling to give up until he takes over Yuzhou."

"You should say less. Things may not be like that." Wei Hu said.

"Could there be any other reason?" Zhang Fan snorted.

Murong Nan set up camp five miles outside Yuzhou city. In fact, one could not see anything from the top of Yuzhou city. The reason they knew Murong Nan was coming was because the scouts reported it.

"Let's wait and see. Make all preparations." Lu Xingchen looked into the distance leisurely.

It was already night, and it was pitch black ahead, and I couldn't see anything.

The sky full of stars hang down, as if the Milky Way is in your hands.

"We have never fought a battle to defend a city, so this can be considered an opportunity for training," said Lu Xingchen.

All the soldiers agreed in unison.

The rolling logs, stones, bows and arrows for defending the city were all ready.

They had always been fighting siege battles. Their drills were all about how to attack a city. But it was a bit uncomfortable for them to defend the city at this time.

However, half an hour later, soldiers from below the city shouted upwards.

Then an arrow carrying a letter flew up from the bottom of the city.

Lu Xingchen reached out and grabbed the arrow feather, then took down the letter on it.

"General, what did you write?" Zhang Fan asked impatiently.

"A challenge?"

"Send me a challenge and I will lead my troops out of the city to fight tomorrow. I will definitely chop off the head of that kid Murong Feihe."

Lu Xingchen shook his head. "Murong Nan will come to visit us tomorrow. He said that he got a lot of help from us this time and learned a lot, so he came to express his gratitude."

Everyone smiled at each other with a puzzled look.

"General, this is Yibin's plan to make us let down our guard. Don't believe it."

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly, "So we must be more alert tonight and be alert. Don't let the other party take advantage of us."

However, Lu Xingchen felt that Murong Nan would not lie.

The specific situation can only wait until tomorrow.

The next morning, Lu Xingchen arrived at the city tower.

Soon, Murong Nan brought a group of people to the front of Yuzhou City.

However, he only brought his personal guards, which totaled no more than a hundred people.

It is obvious that the other party is not trying to attack the city.

And these people also brought gifts, more than a dozen boxes of various sizes.

"Open the city gate, I will welcome you personally." Lu Xingchen said.

The city gate slowly opened, and Lu Xingchen, Wei Hu, Lu Feng and others rode out of the city on horseback to welcome Murong Nan.

Murong Nan had already learned what Lu Xingchen looked like from Murong Feihe, but when Lu Xingchen appeared in front of him, he was still shocked.