"Abandon the city?" Liang Cuirong sat closer to him and asked, "Why did you abandon the city?"
Fang Jinshi smiled and said: "When you ask for advice from me, you have to kowtow to me and become a disciple. Even if I am your husband, you cannot avoid this ceremony."
Liang Cuirong rolled her eyes at him and said, "Even if I kowtow to you, do you dare to accept this gift?"
Fang Jinshi hurriedly said: "Don't dare, I'm very timid."
Liang Cuirong straightened her face, slapped the table and shouted, "Why don't you tell me quickly?"
Fang Jinshi hurriedly poured her a cup of tea with a smiling face, and then said: "Standing on the isolated city and robbing the weakest Xixia city, Chizhou County, in my opinion, is really a bad idea. What is the biggest difficulty in Yunneizhou? Isolated and helpless, it is like a lonely boat in the sea. Even if it has prepared enough food and fresh water, it has experienced some small winds and waves, but if this boat floats in the sea, it will inevitably sink and break one day. Without external help, the people on the boat will There is no way for people to survive. Your father also robbed Xixia's city. Xixia will definitely be angry. If the Jin army invades the country again, those states and counties will only cause a little trouble for the Jin soldiers. It will not help the overall situation and is really a bad policy. "
Liang Cuirong said: "What do you think?"
Fang Jinshi said: "Now that everything has been robbed, if it were me, it would be better to find a backer. Xixia is too weak, and it has robbed other people's territory. Your father will definitely not be willing to pay the money, so the only choice is to surrender to the Song Dynasty and find a way. Retaking Ningren County, driving the Jin soldiers back to the other side of the Yellow River, and inviting the Song Dynasty's northwest army to garrison them together is a no-brainer."
Liang Cuirong said: "You are from Song Dynasty, so you naturally think about Song Dynasty. My father will definitely not be willing to do so."
Fang Jinshi said: "The only way is to abandon the city. This is the best way at present. Yunnei Prefecture is surrounded by Jin in the east, Xixia in the west, and Song Dynasty in the south. It is impossible to have both sides. It is like an iron barrel on all sides. Yunnei Prefecture is caught in the middle. Rather than like this, it is better to find another way to survive. It is better to abandon the city and lead people all the way north, hiding far away until the Gobi grassland. It is vast and vast, and life may be harder, but fortunately it can If you can't fight, just run away, and you can echo Yelu Dashi's Liao army. Wouldn't it be better to wait until the Song, Jin and Xixia wars started, and then look for opportunities to profit from the situation and make a comeback?"
Liang Cuirong thought for a while and said: "My father has been in business for half his life. Yunnei Prefecture is the foundation of the Liu family. He must not be willing to give up. Moreover, he ran away without a fight. My father's lifelong fame has been ruined." ?¡±
Fang Jinshi said: "False fame can harm people. If your life is gone, why do you need more vain fame?"
Liang Cuirong said: "That's what you think. In some people's hearts, reputation is more important than life."
Fang Jinshi shook his head and sighed: "That's it, so in the eyes of your Liu family, I am the worst son-in-law. I have no ambitions. I am just a philistine businessman who has fallen in the eyes of money and smells like copper."
Liang Cuirong said: "Who said that? I didn't say it."
Fang Jinshi said: "My little sister-in-law said it every day, haven't you heard it?" He immediately regretted it after saying this, because he really didn't want to take the initiative to get Liu Huanqing in advance before Liang Cuirong.
Liang Cuirong didn't pay attention to his words. She took a long breath and said: "I had a dream last night. I dreamed that we were back in the northwest, back to Yunnei Prefecture. I dreamed that we were in the river. While walking, suddenly thousands of arrows were fired from the reeds. Many people around were injured by the arrows. You quickly ran ahead and left me alone. I called you desperately but you ignored me. My feet were tangled in water plants. I stopped, I kept trying to solve it but I couldn¡¯t solve it, and I watched you gradually disappear.¡±
Fang Jinshi asked with concern: "What then?"
Liang Cuirong said: "I cried and shouted, and then I woke up crying, but it turned out it was just a dream."
Although what she was talking about was just a dream, Fang Jinshi felt compassion for her. He reached out to hold her hand, held it in his palm with both hands, and said softly: "Don't worry, we are married and we were born in the same year." We will share the same cave after we die together. Why would I ignore you if you called me? If I ignore you, I will be alone in a cold tomb after death. It will be boring and lonely. If you were with me at that time It becomes much more lively when you scold me in your ears to care about me."
Liang Cuirong said: "I was also dead at that time. I would just lie quietly next to you. Why would I still scold you?"
Fang Jinshi said: "Yes, after listening to your scoldings all my life, maybe only at that time will my ears finally become clear."
Liang Cuirong felt soft and said, "I am too strong. You have listened to my nagging all your life. How can you, a man, endure it? I will definitely have something to say in the future, and try to keep your mouth shut if I blame you."
Fang Jinshi said hurriedly: "I don't want it. You don't care if you scold me because it's for my own good. They say you teach your husband behind his back. You can't be lazy."
 Liang Cuirong said: "I teach my husband behind my back and my children in front of me. If I can't bear children for the Fang family, I will use the name of the principal wife for nothing. When I see the ancestors of the Fang family after my death, I don't know how to answer them."
Fang Jinshi comforted her and said, "You are overthinking. How could the two of us be unable to have a child? Maybe our sons are too smart, and they will choose a good birthday before they are willing to fall into your belly."
Liang Cuirong heard what he said was interesting, her brows relaxed a little, and Fang Jinshi said again: "We also need to be prepared."
Liang Cuirong said: "Thiswhat else do we need to prepare for?"
Fang Jinshi said: "This is very knowledgeable. In short, you listen to me. From today on, you should write down in detail every time you have your menstrual period and show it to me. After two or three months, I will ask you not to No longer envious of golden cotton."
Liang Cuirong asked with some disbelief: "Really? Do you understand this?"
Fang Jinshi sat down next to her, put his arm around her shoulders and said, "I know far more than you think. You have found a treasure. You don't know how powerful I am, but I also need you to give birth to a child." Cooperate and go to bed, otherwise it will be useless no matter how much I know." As he spoke, he went to kiss Liang Cuirong's cheek. Liang Cuirong smiled low, kissed him quickly on the mouth several times, and then said: "You go and lie down first. Come on, I'll be here in a minute."
Fang Jinshi said: "Why did you take a while to come? I'll carry you over."
Liang Cuirong said: "Let me write a letter first. I want to tell my father the strategy you just mentioned and let him read it in detail. Don't tell me that after a long time, I will forget what you said."
Fang Jinshi said: "What I said is all nonsense. It was just chatting between the two of us. I'm afraid your father will say nonsense three times after seeing it. We have been away from the northwest for a long time, and we are all guessing about the situation out of thin air. We can't be accurate. of."
Liang Cuirong said: "Why do I think what you said makes sense? This is just a strategy for reference. We can't help, so giving an idea can be considered as a sign of filial piety."
Fang Jinshi had no choice but to say: "You think I am right, just because I am your husband. Well, you can write it if you want."
Liang Cuirong cleared the table, spread out the paper and quickly wrote a letter. After reading it, Fang Jinshi said: "I hope my father-in-law will not blame me for talking nonsense and coming up with random ideas after reading it."
Liang Cuirong sealed the credit envelope and said: "How could it be possible? I want Xiao Bu to take this letter back. Hey my little sister has been away from Yunneizhou for a long time, and her father often misses her. Now the situation is relatively stable. I want Xiao Bu to take it back." Bu and the others took their little sister back for a look, but they were worried that the road would be unsafe."
Fang Jinshi said: "Mr. Xiao is steady and upright in his work. The people traveling with him this time are all trustworthy friends. There should be no problem with safety. My little sister's behavior and words are a little on the wrong path. You are a sister and not a parent. You must be strict." If she doesn¡¯t listen, I might as well let her go back to live with her father for a while.¡±
Liang Cuirong walked up to him, hugged his neck with both hands, stared into his eyes and said, "Are you willing to let her go?"
Fang Jinshi said: "There's nothing you can't bear to do, as long as you can bear it."
Liang Cuirong said: "Okay, let me ask her in the air. If she is willing, let Master Xiao take her back to Yunnei Prefecture. If she is not willing, forget it."
Fang Jinshi breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and said to Liang Cuirong: "Okay, now I can carry you to bed."
Liang Cuirong lowered her head and said with a smile: "No." She buried her head in his chest. Fang Jinshi hugged her and put her on the bed. Liang Cuirong signaled to him that the door outside was not closed yet. Fang Jinshi walked to the outer room, closed the door, and turned around. He seemed to hear a cat meowing in the yard. Fang Jinshi's heart moved. He opened the door again and looked at the yard. He couldn't see anything in the darkness.
He closed the door again, stood at the door and listened for a while, but there was no movement. Then Fang Jinshi returned to the back room and blew out the candle.