“My lord…” Jiang Sheng called out softly, interrupting Shen Tang’s embarrassing attempt to test the authenticity of the item by biting a gold lump.
"what?"
"We are not violent people."
"That's natural." Shen Tang looked confused, "Then?"
"My lord, what you said, 'kill people and set fires for a golden belt', is a little inappropriate." Although they are not a righteous army, they will not attack people just for these vulgar things like gold and silver.
Otherwise, what’s the difference between them and the likes of Shiwu
After Jiang Sheng finished speaking, Shen Tang understood, smiled awkwardly, and rubbed the gold lump on his waist.
"What Xiandeng said makes sense."
Jiang Sheng: “…”
Reputation is important.
But the image of the lord is more important.
He spoke up purely to stop his lord from doing such a shameful act of gangsterism...
His eyes hinted at Gu Chi, but this guy just lowered his head and played with stacking gold nuggets. He just looked up at the sky and the ground but never at his eyes.
Jiang Sheng: “…”
The gold and silver objects looted from the tribe, except for a few with Shiwu style, nearly 70% are incompatible with the local culture of Shiwu. Some are obviously old, and it is unknown whether they were obtained through business or hunting.
There was half a box of broken silver and gold that had been cut with a scale.
All of these were melted down, and the other culturally valuable items were left alone for the time being. They were sorted and put into boxes, as they would be military pay in the future. Lin Feng, like his teacher Chu Yao, registered all the items overnight and sealed them.
Of course, rewards for the soldiers are also indispensable.
A pay raise is the driving force behind a company's work!
Not long after, Xian Yujian brought back a message.
The destruction of the tribe has been discovered.
As for how I discovered it—
It is related to the garrison system of the Ten Crows Royal Court.
Shen Tang was relieved when he heard this: "Fortunately we acted quickly, otherwise we would have run into their trap. It's also our fault that we didn't have a comprehensive understanding of the information from the Ten Crows. Next time we take action, we must find out the information clearly..."
God may favor you once, but he will not favor you a second time.
The fact that they have a defense map does not mean they can completely avoid the enemy. If they are unlucky, they may run into them.
When they heard that the graves they had dug with great effort were dug up by the garrison troops who came to investigate, and the bodies were thrown back without being buried, the corners of their mouths twitched. For a moment, they didn't know what to say. The operation of Shiwu... was quite confusing.
Jiang Sheng asked: "Did they find anything about us?"
Xian Yujian said: "No."
After all, they were all dead, so how could the murderer be dead? But in order to catch the murderer, Shiwu would probably intensify the search in the nearby area. Shen Tang pondered for a while and said, "So, let's rest for half a day and then set off."
Go deep behind enemy lines and move to another location after each shot.
Xian Yujian clasped his fists and said, "Yes."
In order to hide the army's tracks, they rested during the day to recover their strength and started marching after dusk.
Under the cover of night, they moved closer to their next target. At the same time, the news of the annihilation of the tribe was also being passed on to the upper levels.
Su Shiyilu was the first to know about it.
"Destroyed?"
Although it is not uncommon for the Ten Wu tribes to fight against each other, it is very rare for them to exterminate an entire tribe. Apart from other things, the women of the defeated tribe are the most precious treasures, and their value is comparable to gold, silver and food. How could they bear to kill them
He asked again: "When did it happen?"
The messenger looked at his gloomy face and the fierce aura that had not yet dissipated, and his voice could not help but lower. He answered truthfully, and Su Shiyilu searched for the location of the tribe in his mind, and his anger grew even stronger.
The massacre occurred not long after the marriage team was attacked, and the two incidents were not far apart. Combined with the intelligence handed over - this group of thugs was small in scale, and each person was very strong, and it was not something that ordinary garrisons could resist.
Who would believe if I said there is no connection between the two
Su Shiyilu was really angry.
He was so angry that even the wound that was about to heal broke again, and the bandage was soaked with blood. The doctor beside him hurried forward to treat him. Seeing this, his confidant hurriedly changed the subject.
"General, the two patterns have been found out."
Su Shiyilu took a deep breath and endured it.
"explain!"
The confidant said, "It's the fifth and seventh princes."
Su Shiyilu frowned: "These two?"
The results of the investigation were beyond his expectations.
You have to know that the armed forces of the marriage team at that time were not low. If you want to take them down, you must be the elite of the elite, not to mention that they are led by Su Shiyilu. If you come here with weak strength, you will die. Cultivating such an elite force is not a money-shredding machine, but a money-eating beast. The fifth and seventh princes have the weakest maternal power among all the princes and are the least competitive.
Because their mother was a beautiful horse-breeding slave.
What kind of help can you provide
Even if the two brothers intervened in the royal court after they grew up and gained a lot of benefits, it would be difficult for them to afford such elite troops.
"Isn't this a frame-up?"
The confidant shook his head and said, "I don't know about that."
Su Shiyilu was more inclined to believe that the two brothers were set up and used as pawns, otherwise it would not make sense logically.
As for the tribes that were destroyed...
"Does that tribe belong to anyone?"
The confidant said, "He is close to the Third Prince."
Because the King of the Royal Court believed that only a powerful alpha wolf could lead the Ten Crows south and conquer the vast continent, he devoted all his efforts to training his sons, did not hesitate to let them get involved in government affairs, and indulged them in using their own charm to conquer the tribes.
These princes needed tribute from those tribes, and those tribes also needed a protective umbrella, so the two sides hit it off.
The tribe destroyed by Shen Tang worshipped the Third Prince's wharf. Su Shiyilu frowned and tapped the table with his fingers.
The adult prince's network of relationships quickly emerged in his mind.
Trying to find out the culprit.
After thinking about it, it seems that everyone is a suspect.
The confidant whispered, "In my opinion, no matter which prince they are, they are all stumbling blocks standing in the way of the twelfth prince. It would be fine if they were content, but now they are stretching their hands so far, not only destroying the marriage, but also trying to harm the general... To put it bluntly, if the general had died on the spot that day, the twelfth prince would have had both arms cut off. How could he, who had just come of age, be a match for those jackals, tigers and leopards?"
The twelfth prince is the queen's beloved son.
He is also Su Shiyilu's beloved nephew.
Su Shiyilu didn't like his son even one tenth as much as he liked the twelfth prince, which shows how much he likes the latter.
"What do you mean?" He frowned.
The confidant said: "The stumbling block should be removed."
After saying that, he made a neck-scratching motion.
Su Shiyilu: "... He is a prince after all..."
He wanted revenge but not their lives.
The confidant advised: "Alas, the general should know better than anyone that a dog that has eaten bloody flesh will no longer be able to control its wildness. How can these princes obey the twelfth prince obediently? I'm afraid they will not stop until they die... If any of them goes up, the queen, the general, and the twelfth prince will all die. Dead people are the least threatening..."
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