"You're a piece of shit. You did the dirty things yourself and now you're throwing dirty water on us." Wang Chongying looked at Li Xiaochang's receding figure, said "Pooh" loudly, and cursed with gritted teeth.
"Manager Wang, please don't pay attention to this villain. We are helping the young lady of the Wang family out of justice. How can he confuse right and wrong with just his sweet words?" It would be more accurate to say that Tuoba Sigong was clearing himself and clearing his name rather than comforting Wang Chongying.
"Young lady from the Wang family, you are frightened. Don't be afraid of a man like Li Xiaochang. If he dares to provoke you again in the future, I am willing to help you and will definitely protect your safety." Wang Chongying turned his head and didn't even look at the aristocratic families and gentry in Fuping. Instead, he looked at Wang Yueyao with burning eyes and said in a gentle voice.
"Thank you General Wang for your help. Yao'er is very grateful." Wang Yueyao lowered her eyes and responded politely.
"And me. If Li Xiaochang dares to harass me again, I, Tuoba Sigong, will never let him off easily." Tuoba Sigong was unwilling to be outdone and immediately shouted to Wang Yueyao in a heroic manner.
"Thank you, General Tuoba. Yao'er is also very grateful." Wang Yueyao still lowered her head and replied politely.
When the two men saw that the young lady didn't seem to be very interested in them, they felt bored and could only laugh it off, then hurriedly said goodbye with their subordinates.
The local gentry and clans in Fuping also said goodbye to the head of the Wang family. However, the head of the Wang family was polite to those gentry and clans who remained indifferent from beginning to end. However, he was not polite to the gentry who took advantage of the chaos and wanted to snatch Wang Yueyao away, and his expression was wary.
The matter was resolved. Zhu Li called Meng Juehai without saying a word, and was about to return to the camp with his subordinates. Suddenly, a crisp voice called out: "General Zhu, thank you for your help just now. This has prevented our Wang family from adding another evil spirit to the doorstep. Yao'er is here, and would like to salute you." Wang Yueyao raised her head and looked at Zhu Li who turned around after hearing the voice. She bowed and said sincerely.
Zhu Li looked at this beautiful woman with a complicated expression, thinking to himself, adding to the resentful spirit in vain? Isn't this exactly what you want? If you hadn't bewitched them, would these people have fought? Maybe in your heart, you just want them to kill each other and die together in the end. Now you want to thank me, shouldn't you hate me? However, although you are pitiful and worthy of sympathy, I can't ignore the overall situation. It doesn't matter if you hate me. At most, I will save your life when I have the chance in the future.
Thinking of this, Zhu Li said calmly: "My lady, you are too polite. What I did was my duty. I don't ask for others' understanding, I just want to have a clear conscience."
After saying this, without waiting for Wang Yueyao to say anything else, he rode away and headed straight for the military camp.
"Yao'er, what are you doing?" The head of the Wang family looked at Zhu Li who was riding away on his horse thoughtfully, looked at his daughter strangely, and asked in a low voice.
Facing her father's question, Wang Yueyao said calmly, "Ah Lang, don't you think Envoy Zhu is different?"
"Unique, do you really think so? However, he is indeed an amazing general." Patriarch Wang said with emotion, "I have investigated these four people. Zhu Li is no more than 18 years old. Last year, when Shatuo rebelled, he led a few thousand cavalry to stop the army and challenged them to a battle. He killed 13 Shatuo generals in battle. Under the city of Weizhou, he offered advice to break the Shatuo camp and personally captured Fu Wenda, the chief general of the Shatuo East Route."
"In July this year, there was a battle at Weishui, where the horses and horses shot
"He captured the most powerful general of the Grass Army, Meng Juehai, alive. Meng Juehai was the black-faced general following behind him today. In the battle of Weinan, Zhu Wen and Meng Kai plotted to harm him, but he killed six powerful generals of the Grass Army and captured two of them alive. Today, he was the only one who remained awake. With only two horses, he forcibly separated thousands of guardsmen and put an end to this farce, making your plan fail. He is indeed an extraordinary person."
Wang Yueyao's expression became more yearning when she heard this, and she said quietly, "I wonder what kind of woman can win the favor of such a hero?"
"Hahaha, Yao'er, are you tempted? However, as long as you are willing, this kid will definitely not escape from your palm." The head of the Wang family looked at his daughter proudly. Although his daughter looked weak, she was actually strong inside. The most important thing was that she was smart and clever, and had unparalleled wisdom. With just a little trick, she made the three warlords kill each other. How could he not be proud of having such a daughter
Zhu Li returned to the military camp and did not find any extreme reaction from Li Xiaochang. He finally felt relieved. However, he knew that the coalition forces could no longer be as united as before. After all, a crack had appeared. No matter what the reason, it would be difficult to be united as before.
Among the coalition forces, he was undoubtedly the one with the least troops and the weakest power. If he did not have the title of the governor of Hedong, I believe the other three would not even look at him. In troubled times, strength is king, and having many soldiers, generals and territories is the capital for speaking.
Everything seemed to be normal in the military camp, and Zhu Li felt relieved. He did not lead anyone into the military camp, but rode out of the city with more than a thousand close soldiers and headed straight for the gate of the Cao army camp. He wanted to do something, and if he did it well, he could at least get thousands more soldiers out of thin air.
When he was a few hundred meters away from the Cao army camp, he stopped his horse and asked a guard to go forward and shout that he had something important to discuss with Zhu Wen.
In less than half a cup of tea, Zhu Wen and Meng Kai led their generals out in a line, and came directly to a place a hundred meters in front of Zhu Li. Seeing that Zhu Li only had a thousand cavalrymen, Zhu Wen was relieved immediately. He said loudly: "What's the matter, General Zhu, have you thought it through and are you planning to surrender to me?"
"Haha, General Zhu, you are joking. I came here today for the sake of benevolence." Zhu Li laughed loudly, then said solemnly.
"Benevolence?" Zhu Wen and Meng Kai looked at each other, confused.
"If my guess is correct, a plague has already broken out in your army, right?" Zhu Li said bluntly.
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Wen and Meng Kai's expressions suddenly changed. Meng Kai said gloomily, "Could it be that Envoy Zhu is here to gloat over other people's misfortunes?"
This sentence undoubtedly confirmed Zhu Li's guess. As long as the other party admitted it, it would be easy to deal with. Zhu Li said loudly: "General Meng misunderstood. I have said in advance that I came here for the sake of benevolence."
"What is benevolence? Does it have something to do with the plague?" Zhu Wen asked with a suspicious look on his face.
"Yes, I'm not afraid to tell you two that there is also a plague in Yiting City." Zhu Li said calmly. Without waiting for Zhu Wen, Meng Kai and others to show their joy, he continued, "But a miracle doctor has also appeared in the city and has saved all the guards infected with the plague. I think that miracle doctors are hard to find in the world. There may not be miracle doctors in the grass army, so I came here to ask the two generals, for those guards infected with the plague in the grass army, are you willing to treat them?"
"Healing, is it possible that Zhu Shi
Are you willing to send the miracle doctor to our Cao army camp to treat our Cao army patients?" Meng Kai looked at Zhu Li in surprise and asked uncertainly.
"Hahaha." Zhu Li laughed wildly and teased, "General Meng may not have woken up yet. If I ask a miracle doctor to go to the Cao Army camp and heal your patients and solve the biggest problem you are facing now, will you be grateful to me and stop attacking Yiting?"
This is obviously impossible. Not to mention that Zhu Li doesn't believe it, even Zhu Wen and Meng Kai themselves are helpless.
"Besides, since the plague has been discovered, no one can guarantee when someone else will be infected. If I put the miracle doctor in your camp and he cures the patients in your army, will you let him return to Yiting?"
Without waiting for Zhu Wen and Meng Kai to rush to promise, Zhu Li waved his hands and said, "Even if you promise, it's useless. I don't believe you. Don't forget, you once plotted against me. Now you want me to believe in someone who once wanted to kill me. Tell me, would I be so stupid?"
"You can't do this, and you can't do that. How can you talk about benevolence?" Meng Kai shouted impatiently.
"It's very simple. You send the patients to the gate of Yiting City, and I will send people to carry them in, and then ask the miracle doctor to treat them. How do you think?" Zhu Li said, and then his expression became serious, and he continued: "But you must not think of mixing in irrelevant people. I have ways to distinguish those who are infected with the plague from those who are not, unless you deliberately let the uninfected people get infected with the plague and then send them to be treated by the miracle doctor. If that happens, Zhu is willing to accept the loss."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Wen and the other man narrowed their eyes slightly, and their expressions flickered.
After a while, Zhu Wen suddenly thought of something and said directly: "Envoy Zhu, what if you don't send them back after they recover?"
Zhu Li glanced at Zhu Wen indifferently, and said without a trace of emotion: "General Zhu, I came here for benevolence. If you doubt, you don't have to do it. If that's the case, although I feel sorry for not being able to save those patients, I don't feel any guilt."
"If General Zhu can't bear to see his subordinates die, or if he still has feelings for his comrades, you might as well take a gamble and bet on whether I will release them after the miracle doctor cures them." Zhu Li looked at Zhu Wen amusemently. It didn't matter if he didn't promise.
After Zhu Li finished speaking, without waiting for the other party to ask any more questions, he immediately bowed and rode away on his horse without saying a word, heading towards Yiting City. Zhu Li came here deliberately, not so much for benevolence as to create problems for Zhu Wen and Meng Kai.
If the two of them did not send those infected with the plague to Yiting for treatment, how would their subordinates look at them, and how would countless Cao soldiers look at them? You have to know that what Zhu Li said just now was always loud, and it should not be just the group of people who walked out of the Cao Army camp who heard it. If they really did that, the morale of the army would be lost, and even in the future, probably no one would be willing to follow them.
But if they really did what Zhu Li said, would the Cao Army guards sent to Yiting be able to come back even after they recovered
This is like lice on a monk's head, isn't it obvious? Once sent, it will be like throwing meat buns at a dog, nothing will come back. But do they dare not do it? As for aiding the enemy, they are not very worried, and believe that no one dares to say anything, and no one will say too much. The key point is that it will simply add more manpower to Zhu Li, and they are unwilling to do that.