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"Capture Qingshan County?" Niu Youdao raised an eyebrow. Although he didn't know and had never seen what kind of method they used to siege cities and seize land, the methods of Shang Chaozong were getting more and more radical. He took over Canglu County, and now he is threatening to swallow up Qingshan County directly. It is a good thing to have that appetite, but you have to have that amount, otherwise you will die. He raised the corners of his lips and smiled lightly: "Even Feng Lingbo would not dare to say such words easily. The prince just borrowed Feng Lingbo's thousands of troops. Is this calculation too big?"
Lan Ruoting smiled mysteriously, stepped back a few steps, and pointed at Zhao Guo next door, "Zhao Guo! The Queen Mother Shang Youlan is Prince Ning's biological aunt."
"Oh! Is there such a thing?" Niu Youdao clicked his tongue and said: "The emperor's relatives are really the emperor's relatives wherever they go. Princess Yan became the Queen Mother of Zhao. Could it be that she also got married in the early years?"
Shang Chaozong sighed at the side, "It's just a shame. When my great-grandfather just ascended the throne, the situation was a bit unstable, so he married his daughter and got married. At that time, no one thought that my aunt would eventually become the Queen of Zhao, and now the Queen Mother! In fact, long ago before the collapse of the Wu Dynasty, the Shang family married many princesses to appease the princes. Speaking of which, the royal families of various countries now have more or less the blood of merchants. Shang Youlan is not a special case, but others are not. It’s just a matter of reaching her status.”
Niu Youdao nodded. He had to do that job in his previous life, and he was a person who was familiar with history books. He could understand similar situations. Because he was familiar with similar situations, he expressed doubts: "If Shang Youlan got married in the early years, he would have thought Motherland, I agree. But now Shang Youlan is the empress dowager of a country, and the current emperor of Zhao is her son. I'm afraid she thinks more about her son's country and protecting the country of her descendants, rather than As far as the Yan State is concerned, the Zhao State is her real home now. Otherwise, she might not be able to become the Empress Dowager of the Zhao State today. She shouldn't be able to ask the Zhao State to send troops to help the prince, right? To say the least, the Yan State Court is her natal family. There’s no need for her to go against the Yan Kingdom’s court for the prince’s sake, right?”
Lan Ruoting waved his hand, "Master Dao is right. Shang Youlan is at the top of the Zhao State, so naturally he will not do anything that harms the interests of the Zhao State. [oM] However, the national power of each country waxes and wanes. At that time, when the Zhao State was weak, the Zhao State Emperor, Shang Youlan's husband, sent a son and a daughter to the Yan State as hostages. These children were both sons of Shang Youlan, and the son was the current Zhao State Emperor Hai Wuji. , the daughter’s name was Hai Ruyue. Hai Ruyue was not very old at that time. When she was a hostage in Yan State, she had a good relationship with King Ning at that time, and was well cared for by King Ning in the capital of Yan State. After Hai Ruyue returned to Zhao State , and has always been in contact with King Ning. However, there are situations in various countries that support their own troops and respect themselves. Xiao Huang, the governor of Jinzhou of Zhao State, is one of the princes. In order to appease Xiao Huang, the emperor of Zhao State at that time married Hai Ruyue. It was given to Xiao Huang's frail and sick son Xiaobieshan. After Xiao Huang passed away, Xiaobieshan naturally inherited his father's business. When Hai Wuji ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Zhao Kingdom, he was bent on strengthening himself and wanted to attack the princes in the Zhao Kingdom. The situation in Xiaobie Mountain was critical, and at this time, King Ning was at the height of his military power and was powerful in the world. Faced with the persecution of his brother, Hai Ruyue contacted King Ning, hoping that King Ning would help him out of old friendship. The Yan State also did not want to see Hai Wuji completely control the Zhao State. A unified Zhao State was too great a threat to the Yan State, so King Ning complied with Hai Ruyue's request and suppressed the Zhao State army, forcing Hai Wuji to withdraw. Strength defense allowed Xiaobieshan and Hai Ruyue to successfully overcome the difficulties." He turned back and pointed at Jinzhou opposite Qingshan County.
Niu Youdao thought thoughtfully and said, "Does the prince want to borrow Jinzhou men and horses to capture Qingshan County?"
Shang Chaozong nodded: "Back then, Hai Ruyue swore that she would repay her father, and she would not hesitate to ask for anything within her power. I have a blood letter written by Hai Ruyue here. If she breaks her promise, she has to consider whether I will disclose the blood letter to her. Reputation is affected. I just hope that she can put on an offensive posture and cooperate with me. It doesn’t require her to put in much effort. She will not refuse. I guess Zhao Guo will not object. Why doesn’t Zhao Guo not want to see Yan? The country is torn apart. As long as her troops put pressure on Nanzhou, Nanzhou will definitely concentrate its troops to deal with it. This is a great opportunity for me to seize Qingshan County. As long as I occupy Qingshan County, Hai Ruyue will show a cooperative posture and let The State of Yan understands that as long as the imperial court dares to attack me, Hai Ruyue will send troops to help, and the imperial court will naturally use the enemy's weapon. And the Tianyu Sect has seen my influence on Hai Ruyue. Only I can occupy the territory of Qingshan County. Tianyu How can the door not support me!"
Niu Youdao asked suspiciously: "Does Hai Ruyue have that much influence in Jinzhou?"
Lan Ruoting said with a smile: "Master Dao may not know something. Xiaobieshan was frail and sick since he was a child. He did not live long and died of illness seven or eight years ago. Xiaobieshan's son Xiao Tianzhen is still underage, and the current real power in Jinzhou is In fact, in the hands of Hai Ruyue, the prince has sent someone to contact you secretly, and it is estimated that there will be a reply soon."
Niu Youdao expressed doubts: "Do you really think that having a blood letter will definitely make Hai Ruyue agree to help? I think it would be more practical to ask for something more practical, such as money and food, and it might be easier for her to agree. " At least he expressed doubts. In such troubled times of the Warring States Period, life and death, promises between countries can be broken at any time, let alone blood letters, even blood alliances may not be reliable.
Lan Ruoting: "It's okay to try. If she really refuses to cooperate, then we can only give up the plan to annex Qingshan County. As Master Dao said, it would be more practical to exchange the blood book with her for some money and food."
Niu Youdao and Yuan Gang looked at each other. If the other party confided such secrets to them, it could be regarded as having a heart-to-heart relationship with them.
Since the other party has already made a plan, this is a good thing, and Niu Youdao is happy to see it come to fruition.
Niu Youdao also felt a little emotional about this. No matter whether the other party's plan could come true or not, no matter how downcast the Shang Chaozong was, his background would still be there. With a card like the sea like the moon, it would be difficult for ordinary people to match even if they were not downtrodden. on these resources.
"I'm afraid Feng Lingbo and Tianyumen will urge us to find that thing, so we have to be prepared to deal with delays." Niu Youdao still reminded him.
Lan Ruoting said: "The reason why Tianyumen acquiesced to our occupation of Canglu County was because we gave them an excuse to completely control Canglu County so that we can find it easily. In this way, the minimum order to rectify Canglu County is to Yes, it should be no problem to delay the rectification for about three months. No matter what happens in Jinzhou, there should be results."
This counselor was not a vegetarian either. The chain had already been prepared. Niu Youdao realized that he had been worrying too much. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Your Majesty, Monkey and I may have to leave for a while."
As soon as these words came out, the three people of Shang Chaozong looked at each other in astonishment. I have just revealed my heart and told you this secret, and you are leaving
Shang Chaozong hurriedly asked: "But what is there about this king that is negligent?"
Niu Youdao knew that the other party had misunderstood what he meant, and thought he was leaving, so he waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty, I have misunderstood. I have some problems in my cultivation, and I need to find an absolutely safe place to practice in seclusion. After all, other forces have settled here and are seclusion on me." There is some risk. I told the prince that I hope he can find a suitable opportunity to cover my departure and avoid being targeted."
It was not a lie, he had already reached the peak of the Qi refining realm, and he could feel it on the way. The collision of inner energy was getting more and more severe, and he had already reached the stage of breaking through the foundation building stage. He no longer dared to refine the Dharma-transmitting amulet in his body, fearing that I couldn't restrain myself, so I had to find a safe place to retreat, and I also vented my anger with Yuan Gang.
Yuan Gang knew that this was a major event and was very important to the Taoist master, so he naturally wanted to follow the protector.
After he said this, what could a few people say, but they were still somewhat worried that this person would never come back. Yuan Gang said, everyone here can see that Niu Youdao is an extremely rational person. This kind of person is not easily influenced and has never been willing to have a heart-to-heart relationship with him.
After some exchanges, the few people left the basement and went to different places. However, Shang Shuqing came to the small courtyard where Niu Youdao lived not long after and personally delivered a pot of tea.
A small table was set up in the courtyard, and the three of them sat facing the moon. While Shang Shuqing was pouring tea, she asked, "Master Tao, we have selected some appropriate manpower here, and the stitches and stitches for treatment will be available tomorrow." Can you please invite Mr. Yuan..."
Niu Youdao casually pointed to Yuan Gang beside him, "It's his business to teach or not, don't ask me."
Shang Shuqing tried again: "My sister-in-law is also interested in this and wants to send some people to learn it, maybe even come to learn it in person. Isn't that convenient?"
Niu Youdao poked his thumb at Yuan Gang again and said, "It's none of my business. Talk to him." After saying that, he took the tea cup and drank it himself.
Shang Shuqing looked at Yuan Gang. Yuan Gang nodded and agreed. He stood up and left without drinking tea. In fact, Yuan Gang has a habit of being wary of food that others bring to his door. Once Tao Ye eats it, he won't be in a hurry to touch it. The same is true for tea. It must take a while before he can eat it. edible.
It wasn't that Niu Youdao was allowed to test the poison, or that he didn't trust Shang Shuqing, but if there was any problem, both of them would fall down, and there would be no one to deal with it.
Under the moon, between the two of them, Shang Shuqing hesitated several times. In fact, she really wanted to ask Niu Youdao where he was going to retreat to practice, but in the end he didn't ask. Instead, he stared at Niu Youdao's casually tied ponytail and asked. , "Why doesn't Mr. Tao tie his hair?"
Niu Youdao chuckled: "I haven't tied it before, so I can't do it, so I don't bother to tie it."
Shang Shuqing said oh, said nothing more, sat for a while and then left.
That night, Yuan Gang came to Niu Youdao's house and reminded Niu Youdao, who was sitting cross-legged and meditating, "Feng Ruonan went to Shang Chaozong's room to spend the night. Some daily necessities were also moved there. It seems that they officially live together."
Niu Youdao opened his eyes and exclaimed, "This Lan Ruoting is so shameless, he actually did this." He shook his head and said, "Let's get up early tomorrow morning!"