Xu Quan: “…”
Seeing that he seemed to have something to say, Chu Yao patiently waited for him to finish thinking about the content. Xu Quan could only take a deep breath and utter his true feelings: "Quan thinks that the lord may not be able to bear it."
Chu Yao: “…”
Xu Quan said: "My lord seems to be a little protective..."
In fact, the word "seems" can be deleted.
My lord is very protective of his own people.
Chu Yao's smile at this moment was much more sincere than before, and even his eyes were filled with a faint smile. He said: "It is Yao's honor to be valued by the lord. However, this matter is Yao's private matter after all. Yao will go and persuade the lord..."
The lord will not do anything that will embarrass him.
Chu Yao is still confident about this.
"Is this all Wen Shi wants to ask?"
Xu Quan was suddenly called by Chu Yao, and he became nervous. He said a little uncomfortably: "It should be... only these."
"Don't want to ask about the national seal?"
Chu Yao hit a straight ball.
Xu Quan was almost stunned by this oncoming ball, and said in panic: "Well... it's not easy to ask."
In fact, he had already been feeling anxious.
But I couldn't find the right time to ask.
If you ask too many questions, you'll be suspected of being sneaky.
Chu Yao didn't have so many concerns. He admitted openly, "When I was in Chu State, I encountered an unpleasant incident, which led to Wen Xin being abandoned and falling into Xin State. Today's Wen Xin has indeed recovered thanks to the lord. The lord has a national treasure that all warlords and powerful people in the world dream of - the national seal!"
Xu Quan's heart trembled even more violently.
"This matter...are many or few people aware of it?"
Chu Yao looked at the border barrier hidden in the mountains and mists: "If many people know about it, is it still a secret? Only a few confidants know about this matter, and now you are one of them... As for Yu Zhubu and General Chu, there is no need to worry about them..."
Xu Quan is not a fool either.
Naturally, he could hear the deeper meaning of Chu Yao's words—he was not worried about Master Yu and General Chu, but he was worried about him.
Xu Quan said: "I will not tell my cousin."
That's his guarantee.
He may be naughty, but when it comes to such sensitive matters as loyalty, he knows very well what he can say, what he should say, and what he should keep to himself. Is Mr. Chu worried that he will make a mistake, so he is giving him a warning
Chu Yao laughed.
"Isn't it?" Xu Quan was puzzled.
Chu Yao's eyes curved slightly, and instead of answering, he asked, "Guess how General Chu determined that the lord had the national seal in his hand?"
Xu Quan: "Because the master has regained his literary spirit."
But what does this have to do with the front
It’s a huge deal.
Chu Yao said, "As long as someone knows my identity and that I have lost my literary mind, it will not be difficult to find the national seal. Those who are a little slow may misunderstand that the lord is loyal to Zheng Qiao, and I am also loyal to Zheng Qiao. But if you look deeper, you will know who has the national seal. With your cousin's connections, it is only a matter of time before he guesses this."
Xu Quan: “…will it?”
He bet his cousin was completely unaware.
if-
What would happen if my cousin knew about this
Xu Quan was unsure, but he knew his cousin always put the family's interests first. Chu Yao gave him the answer.
"If Wen Zhu had guessed this, he would definitely keep it a secret. Telling Wu Xian would do more harm than good and would only arouse suspicion. It's also right for you not to tell him. The less you know, the safer your situation will be. Let him guess it slowly..."
Not telling Xu Jie is to protect Xu Jie.
Xu Quan's mind was in turmoil.
Finally, he nodded heavily with a firm expression.
Chu Yao smiled faintly as he led Xu Quan down the city wall and walked back to the tent. It was completely dark now, and the brazier outside the tent was lit. The orange flames swayed in the wind and snow, and the snow fluttered like a light butterfly.
Chu Yao raised his hand to brush off the snow on his shoulders. As soon as Xu Quan stepped into the tent, his nerves tensed up and his fighting spirit surged: "Who is it?"
Chu Yao stopped him and said, “Don’t be nervous.”
The figure in the tent was very familiar to him.
Question: "Come here to cause trouble?"
Who else could Chu Yao despise like this except his former childhood friend? Xu Quan said angrily, "Why, you're still not at ease with detaining people, and you're bothering the commander of the first level to personally monitor and guard them? How can we be so worthy of such treatment..."
Chu Yao skipped all the small talk and went straight to the point.
He asked, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
The commander said, "I came here to ask you for advice."
Chu Yao: "... Ask for advice?"
Seeing his former childhood friend's serious face, Chu Yao also paid more attention to what he asked him to teach. The commander took out a few sheepskins, which had only simple lines on them, representing mountains and rivers, as well as a dozen simple tents and cattle and sheep...
He guessed a little bit as soon as he saw it.
"Ten Crows?"
The commander said, "Yes."
Chu Yao looked at the other party calmly, waiting for what to say next.
The commander asked in a low voice: "If you have these maps, can you find the corresponding tribes and lead people to annihilate them?"
Chu Yao looked at the newness and wear of the parchment and put it aside. "The Shiwu tribe has the custom of living near water, and their habits are completely different from those of the common people in the Central Plains of the mainland. Each of these drawings you gave me is old, and how could the tribes marked on them stay in the same place? I'm afraid I'll be disappointed if I follow the map - but these river tributaries are of some use."
But the drawing is rough.
There is no hope for accuracy.
Xu Quan on the side felt something was wrong the more he listened.
"You want Mr. Chu to help you lead the troops to attack the Shiwu tribe?"
This guy must be dreaming, thinking so beautifully
The commander said nothing. Chu Yao frowned and thought deeply.
He is not the young man Xu Quan.
Based on his understanding of his former childhood friend, he would find it difficult to shirk responsibility in this matter - because this was not about the gang leader attacking the Shiwu tribe, but about helping his own lord establish his prestige!
Just as the commander said before, the army's heart cannot be bought with 2,000 shi of baggage and food, especially these elite soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles, it is even more difficult to win them over! If you want to impress them, you don't need any fancy means! Only strength!
You can't show your weakness in this matter.
Chu Yao carefully rolled up several sheepskin maps.
Ask calmly, "How much do you want?"
At this time, Xu Quan had a lot of question marks on his forehead.
What "how much do you want"
What conversation did they have that I didn't hear
Then the commander replied, "Not many, thirty thousand!"
Chu Yao nodded: "Only 30,000? That's not much, but this matter is of great importance, and I can't make the decision alone. Let's wait for the lord to arrive in two days and then discuss it. What do you think?"
The commander nodded, then stood up and said goodbye.
It came without warning and left without explanation.
Xu Quan scratched his head and was almost tortured to death by curiosity. He looked at Chu Yao eagerly, hoping for an explanation.
Chu Yao looked at the map and said with a sigh: "It's not easy."
Xu Quan: “???”
What do you mean by “not easy”? Can’t you just tell him directly
Chu Yao is not like Gu Chi and Qi Shan who like to keep people in suspense, nor does he have such a bad taste. He revealed the answer without hesitation and frowned solemnly, "The commander of Yonggu Pass wants the heads of 30,000 people from the Shiwu tribe! These maps are the clues."
Thirty thousand... Ten black skulls
Xu Quan took a breath of cold air.
"Sir... Isn't this embarrassing?"
Chu Yao relaxed his brows and eyes, and suddenly smiled: "This is the dilemma. Do you think it's easy to get the military power in other people's hands? They don't care about food and money. They can rob the Shiwu. If they are ruthless, they can even rob the common people in Longwu or Longwu's neighboring counties to raise military funds for them to defend the city. If they insist on not handing it over, we can't do anything to them..."
Xu Quan snorted: "Then fight?"
Chu Yao knew that he was acting on impulse.
He said with a smile: "In the end, the Shiwu tribe got the upper hand? Not to mention whether we can fight or not, even if we do, our army only has more than 10,000 soldiers, while Yonggu Pass has more than 20,000 elite soldiers and has the advantage of being a pass. This place is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it cannot be taken by force."
Xu Quan pursed his lips.
Chu Yao pointed out the key point: "This should not be his idea alone, most likely it is the result of unanimous discussion among his subordinates. If he can't even achieve this, how can he convince the others? How can he not take the heads of only 30,000 people from the Shiwu tribe?"
Xu Quan was worried.
On the other side, Lu Jue traveled day and night and returned to Ruyao as quickly as possible to report the news. It took only one day and one night. Seeing that he was the only one back, Shen Tang had a bad feeling in his heart.
When asked again, the angry scolding almost blew the roof off.
"Fuck! Who is detained?"
Shen Tang was so angry that he smashed the table with his palm.
She said that Wuhui's old arms and legs were not suitable for long-distance business trips. Now he has been detained, and she doesn't know what kind of torture and cruel abuse he will face.
Shen Tang seemed to see Chu Yao dying.
Lu Jue ignored his tiredness and almost exhausted martial energy, and forced himself to reply what he had seen and heard. He followed the principle of seeking truth from facts, without any exaggeration, and described the scene as it was, which still made Shen Tang look solemn.
It was so gloomy that a bucket of water could almost drip from it.
Finally, she said, "Okay, I'll go and meet you for a while!"
Gu Chi and others heard the news and rushed over.
He quickly stopped her: "My lord, please don't be reckless."
Shen Tang: "I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen": "I'm not reckless! He was so arrogant that he squatted on my roof and took a shit!"
The one who held her captive
Do you think her Shen Tang is dead
She tried to negotiate peacefully with the other party in a nice way, but the other party turned his face against her, took her 2,000-stone military pay and detained her confidant. If Shen Tang could endure this, how would she survive in the future? If this got out, how would outsiders view her
Doesn't she have any face
How long can Wuhui last at his age
Gu Chi: “…”
Although he wanted to say that the matter was not that serious, Lu Jue rushed back all the way and there were no signs of fighting on his body, which showed that the situation was not tense at the time. Chu Yao was not a kind person who would suffer a loss, and he must have considered being detained honestly.
My Lord thought he was so miserable and weak...
Oh, a little jealous.
Apart from the gray hair, how does Chu Yao look like an old man
"Even if you want to go, you have to bring everyone with you. Otherwise, even the lord is detained, what should we do then?" As a mind-reading expert, Gu Chi naturally had to speak in the lord's favor, but he couldn't show it too obviously and be targeted by his colleagues. He suggested, "Why not let Chi and Xiandeng follow the lord, and select a thousand more people to go?"
Why him and Jiang Sheng
He can read minds, and Jiang Sheng has Wen Palace.
You can negotiate if you advance, or fight if you retreat.
Yuan Liang, Ji Shou and a few others stayed behind to look after the house.
Shen Tang made the final decision: "Okay, let's do it!"
The two of them sang in unison, leaving no room for Qi Shan to interrupt or stop them. The latter's face turned pale, and he wanted to stare at Gu Chi to death. As a newcomer, Jiang Sheng always adhered to the principle of watching more, doing more, and talking less, so he did not have an advantage in speaking.
Qishan was "isolated and helpless" in public opinion and had no choice but to agree, but he had only one request!
Shen Tang said: "Yuanliang, you say!"
Under Jiang Sheng's puzzled gaze, Qi Shan put out three jars of strong liquor and said, "Take them!"
Jiang Sheng: “???”
Is this a farewell drink
Gu Chi: “…”
My Lord is really going to drink...
That's really going to fight.
Shen Tang: “…”
Without any hesitation, she packed up the wine, gathered a thousand people, and took Yu Zi, who Chu Yao had specifically asked to take with him, and set off without stopping. To be on the safe side, she also took Xian Yujian with her, and Lu Jue stayed behind to look after the house since he was tired from the journey.
Yu Zi didn't know what this matter had to do with her.
But he rode silently to catch up.
In the wilderness, more than a thousand men and horses galloped under the starry sky, their hooves crossing the overgrown weeds without stopping for a moment.
Except for a few war horses which were real living horses (live mules), the rest were all transformed from Xian Yujian's martial energy.
With two more scholars at his side, he was not worried about running out of energy. He rode his horse as fast as the wind, and it took him less time than Lu Jue to get back. As he rode fast, Jiang Sheng felt like his thighs were no longer his, and his old waist was sore from the bumps.
There is only one thing left in my mind that I can't figure out.
What is the use of Qi Yuanliang’s wine
Gu Chi: “…”
The advisers he thought of were conspiracy, conspiracy, conspiracy!
Real-life counselors: enemies, enemies, enemies…
(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
Finally, we arrived before sunset the next day.
Shen Tang looked at the alert watchtower with a murderous look on his face. He bit the seal of the wine bag with his side, tilted his head back and poured all the fishy and spicy liquor into his mouth. He choked because he drank too fast.
Jiang Sheng did not miss this detail, but—
He only saw his lord heroically throwing the wine bag back and looking at the watchtower with sharp eyes and a grim expression.
Then
Then it was gone, this wine really gives people courage!
Yonggu Pass stands at the end of your sight.
Soon patrol soldiers came out to greet them.
Shen Tang said: "Lead the way!"
The soldiers were a little surprised to see that the person giving the orders was a young boy, but they didn't dare to say much.
At the foot of Yonggu Pass.
The commander and others have received the news.
"So fast?"
The commander was slightly surprised. According to his and Yu Zhubu's estimates, it should take more than a day to walk. He did not expect the enemy to arrive early. He asked again, "How many people did the enemy bring?"
The soldier said, "We estimate there are about a thousand people."
The commander laughed and said, "A thousand men? A thousand men dare to come and break in?"
But he soon stopped laughing.
Because Chu Yao heard that his lord was coming, he quickly closed the net and killed his dragon, and the outcome of the chessboard was no longer in suspense.
With a look of joy on his face, he said, "Wenshi, follow me to welcome the lord."
"only."
He couldn't wait to get up.
In the blink of an eye, the two figures disappeared.
The commander looked at the chessboard and sighed.
"Let's go! Let's go and see Mr. Shen. He is so handsome that he can make the 'Three Heroes of Chu State' completely devoted to him."
The commander's curiosity was also aroused.
He rode out on horseback with Yu Zhubu and several others to greet them.
He knew Shen Tang was young, but he didn't know how young he was until he saw him. He was riding a silly mule and dismounted to meet Chu Yao. This should have been a touching picture of "the king and his subjects getting along well", but Shen Tang grabbed Chu Yao's wrist and led him behind him. He met the commander's gaze without fear, his eyes were cold, and the civil energy in his hand surged and turned into a sharp sword.
The tip of the sword was pointed at the commander-in-chief, and he began to question.
"You're the one holding me hostage?"
And Chu Yao—
He smelled a strong aroma of alcohol.
Chu Yao: “???”