Yun Ce is as meticulous as a hair.
Seeing Chen Tang hesitate and feel awkward, he guessed what she was worried about: "My lord, you are worried but don't know how to tell General Zhao?"
Chen Tang was discouraged: "What can I say about this?"
She was always thick-skinned, but this was the first time she felt embarrassed. She only hated herself for not being hard-hearted, otherwise she wouldn't be so embarrassed. She looked at Yun Ce, ready to push the task onto him, but changed her mind. No one else could say this, as it would be more serious if she said it herself. Thinking of this, Chen Tang grabbed a handful of hair in annoyance: "Forget it, let's eat first!"
Even if the sky falls, you must eat first!
Yun Ce: “…”
Shen Tang felt like he was chewing wax during this meal.
This is the first time I want to give a bad review to the kitchen staff.
Yun Ce returned in time, so Chen Tang arranged him to the left wing of the army, and took the time to get familiar with the soldiers, so as not to make mistakes in the battle. Yun Ce did not expect that Chen Tang would allow him to lead the troops just after he surrendered, so he was grateful, and his usually cold face also added a bit of youthful enthusiasm.
Chen Tang hated wasting food the most. Even though she had no mood or appetite and eating was like torture, she would still clean up the food on the table without wasting a single bit. While she was preparing her speech, Cui Xiao came over with food and shared the table with Chen Tang.
"I just saw Yun Yuanmou coming back."
Cui Xiao naturally knew why Yun Ce left.
But he was not familiar with Yun Ce, and the latter's mission was entrusted by the lord himself. Cui Xiao was not convenient to ask the result directly, so he could only ask the lord in a roundabout way. Chen Tang was distracted so much that he was startled when he heard his voice, and his almond eyes widened even wider.
There was a flash of fear in her eyes, and at that moment her eyes were like those of a deer, clear, innocent, and harmless. But Cui Xiao knew very well that this lord's appearance was deceiving, and in reality, she could make people's heads explode with a slap.
Chen Tang Hanhu responded: "Yeah."
Cui Xiao tried to inquire again: "Did his trip go smoothly?"
Suddenly, the air fell into an eerie silence.
Chen Tang's almond eyes were filled with mixed emotions: "We'll talk about this after we meet Dayi and Gongsu. Be mentally prepared."
The knife that Cui Xiao stretched out stopped in mid-air.
He kept his eyelids open for a long time, so long that his eyeballs began to swell, trying to read the answer on Chen Tang's face, but unfortunately, he was not like Jiang Sheng who could not tell good or bad luck, nor was he like Gu Chi who could not hear people's hearts. He only knew that the answer was bad news.
As for how bad the news is...
He couldn't guess!
Chen Tang sat and waited for Cui Xiao to finish his meal. The two of them were silent, and one after the other put the tableware into the unified recycling bin.
Cui Xiao clenched the handle of the knife fan in his hand
"When will the lord go to meet Dayi and the others?"
"Tonight, but I won't go to meet them. Shanxiao will have to go in person to pick up Gongsu and Dayi." It's not that Chen Tang didn't want to go in person, but he was worried that they would be upset by the bad news, especially Zhao Feng - as a brave warrior, he would lose control of his emotions and his martial energy would explode, which would cause a big commotion and would definitely attract Wu Xian's inquiries.
At this juncture, it would be fine if the conflict between the two sides escalated, but the fear was that she would be dragged into it. She broke up with Wu Xian, and Huang Lie and Zhang He would wake up laughing in their dreams in the middle of the night.
To be on the safe side, meet in a secluded place.
Cui Xiao had no objection to Chen Tang's arrangement.
But it was Zhao Feng, this rough guy, who asked questions all over the place.
"Old Cui, don't try to harm me. Are you sure it was Mr. Shen who arranged the meeting here? There is no bird shitting here, no chickens laying eggs, only mosquitoes galore. I'm afraid there is an ambush!" Zhao Feng kept muttering, and Cui Xiao was so annoyed that he wanted to silence him.
Zhao Feng's words were half a joke and half a test.
It's no wonder he suspected his old friend. It was because it was too abnormal. Something must be wrong when things are abnormal! Cui Xiao suddenly led them to such a remote and desolate valley. Zhao Feng's mind flashed through countless ambush scenes. There were hundreds of swordsmen and axemen hiding in the dark!
Cui Xiao: "If there is really an ambush, can they stop you?"
Zhao Feng enjoyed Cui Xiao's disguised praise and said with a smile: "Old Cui, what you said is quite pleasant to hear. You know how to judge people and have good vision!"
Cui Xiao’s eyes were about to roll up to his head.
Under the night sky, the moonlight shines brightly.
The three of them walked to the valley and stopped at a bare boulder, but there was no trace of Chen Tang, only the three of them and their shadows on the ground. Cui Xiao said, "We are here too early."
What Zhao Feng wanted to say was blocked.
He muttered, "It's a trick, it's a trick."
He turned his head to ask Qin Li to say something fair, but he saw that he had already sat down on the stone, sitting leisurely, with his left hand supporting the ground, his right leg bent, and inhaling the familiar pipe in his right hand. Zhao Feng was dumbfounded: "What time is it?"
He wanted to say something, but the shadow cast by the moonlight covered the coldness between Qin Li's eyebrows, and his dark eyes were filled with rare murderous intent. Zhao Feng's heart skipped a beat and he became alert secretly. He said that tonight was strange, but it turned out to be a murderous trap
But who set up this trap
Is it Mr. Shen or Mr. Wu
The former doesn't make sense, after all, they are planning to surrender to each other; the latter has a motive, but Shanxiao never turns back. It is impossible for him to work for the other party after giving up Wu Gong! What role does Shanxiao play in leading them out
It can't be that Mr. Shen and Mr. Wu are working together to set up this scheme, right
Is it to eliminate destabilizing factors
The more Zhao Feng thought about it, the gloomier he felt. He bit his cheek tightly.
No matter what, Gong Su’s safety must be ensured today!
In a flash, Zhao Feng relied on his active brain movement to come up with conspiracy theories and preset one, two, three, four, and five response plans. Qin Li was smoking, Zhao Feng was brainstorming, and Cui Xiao was having sex...
There are so many mosquitoes in this place!
Cui Xiaoren could no longer bear it: "Gong Su, how many years have you kept these tobacco leaves? The taste has changed, and it attracts mosquitoes!"
Qin Li's eyes moved upwards and glanced at him.
After a long pause, he said, "Something happened, right?"
Qin Li had some vague guesses when he brought them here to see Chen Tang.
He didn't think Chen Tang would take the initiative to harm them. Even if they were not that important to Chen Tang now, who would refuse to add icing on the cake? He also didn't think it was Wu Xian who set up the trap. With Cui Shanxiao's pride, if he was willing to go back to her, he wouldn't have been treated coldly by Wu Xian for all these years with an attitude of "If you have no intention, I'll give up." It was even more absurd to say that they were setting up the trap together.
How can there be two tigers in one mountain
Even if they are a male and a female, they cannot tolerate each other.
After eliminating many possibilities, only the answer remains.
Choi Hyo sighed, “It’s bad news.”
Among the three, only Zhao Feng was still in a state of shock.
Just as he was about to ask for clarification, Mr. Shen had already stepped on the moon and landed lightly: "Long wait, it took some time to set up."
Zhao Feng was at a loss: "Arrange? Arrange what?"
He looked at Chen Tang, and Chen Tang looked at Qin Li, or more precisely, at the pipe in his hand, his little face seemed a little confused.
Qin Li asked, "Mr. Shen, is there anything wrong?"
Chen Tang smiled awkwardly: "No, there's nothing wrong with it, but I didn't expect Gong Su to like this, the contrast is quite big."
Although she didn't have much contact with Qin Li, she had met him many times over the years. She labeled Qin Li as conservative, stubborn, and law-abiding... In short, he was a typical gentleman raised in a large family that exuded a decadent atmosphere.
His personality is as conservative as the layers of clothes he wears. He even uses the most light-hearted incense. How could he be contaminated by cigarettes
Qin Li lowered his eyes and looked at the pipe, smiling: "Not as good as Qi Yuanliang, he taught me this back then..."
Chen Tang: “…???”
Qi Yuanliang, you are corrupting the children!
When he mentioned the word "back then", he remembered that the Chen Jun in front of him was much younger than he was back then, so he turned the cigarette pipe upside down, extinguished it and put it away. It's better for children not to touch these things: "Chen Jun can tell you now, what bad news."
While puffing on the cigarette, he kept recalling everything he hated most in his life and prepared himself mentally.
Chen Tang looked at the three people one by one.
He sighed and said, "We sent Yuanmou to Tianhai to rescue that family. Well, the good news is that the mission was successful, but the bad news is that only one person survived. When Yuanmou rushed over, he only had time to save them on the seventh day of their death, and was unable to save them..."
boom-
The only thing left in Zhao Feng's mind was "only one person survived". These four words were like an evil curse that entangled him and completely isolated him from the sounds of the outside world. As expected, the martial energy in the Dan Mansion erupted.
The powerful wind surged in all directions with him as the center, causing the cliffs in the valley to tremble, and small pieces of gravel kept rolling down from the heights. However, when the wind wave spread to a certain distance, it was suppressed by another force, and it could not spread out at all.
Qin Li almost crushed the pipe.
He asked in a deep voice: "Who assassinated them?"
Chen Tang shook his head: "It was not assassination, it was suicide."
She glanced at the red-eyed Zhao Feng who had woken up because of Qin Li's voice. Even from a distance of ten feet, she could sense the murderous intent around him. "Da Yi's cousin died of dystocia. The family couldn't find a doctor or a midwife. The other mother and son felt guilty about the Zhao family and thought that they had offended the powerful and were surrounded by heavy troops. After making arrangements for their funeral, they both committed suicide."
The air at this moment was so stagnant that it was suffocating.
Zhao Feng asked in a hoarse voice, "Who is the one who survived?"
Chen Tang said, "It's the only bloodline of that family. According to Yuan Mou, your sister was frightened and the fetus was in an abnormal position. The baby's feet were facing downwards during delivery and she couldn't be born. Seeing that both mother and child were going to die, she begged your wife to perform a caesarean section to take the baby away, and the child survived."
Why do pregnant women get frightened
Why can’t we find a doctor or a midwife
Why did the mother and son commit suicide
The sources all point to the same answer!
Qin Li and Cui Xiao figured out the key points in an instant, but they were more rational. Even if they had countless hatreds in their hearts, they could only suppress them and use this calm skin to disguise their true feelings. However, Zhao Feng did not have to worry about so much and went crazy on the spot.
In the valley, an earth dragon turned over and it seemed like a wild beast was roaring!
When Zhao Feng's eyes were red and he was breathing heavily to calm down, the surrounding valley had been razed to the ground and piled with rubble. At the moment when he went crazy, Chen Tang took Qin Li and the other two out of the area with one hand each to avoid being affected.
Chen Tang looked at the yellow dust and mist that was gradually dissipating.
Fortunately, he said, "The arrangement is in use."
If this scene happened in a military camp, the entire camp would be demolished, and it would be hard for Wu Xian to not know what was going on.
Qin Li then realized what the "arrangement" that Chen Tang had mentioned at the beginning was, in order to let Zhao Feng vent his anger. His emotions were somewhat complicated, and he explained for Zhao Feng: "Mr. Chen does not have to do this. If it were in the main camp, Dayi would have restrained himself."
Zhao Feng is not a hot-tempered person.
Such a person cannot be the commander of an army.
For a general or a commander, the most taboo thing is to act on impulse.
But Chen Tang's brain circuits were not on the same channel as his: "Why should you restrain yourself? If you feel pain and anger, just let it out. It's harmful to your body if you keep holding it in. If you get so angry that your brain blood vessels burst, wouldn't it be a waste of your life? Taking a step back, it's too cruel to let people who have lost their loved ones suppress their grief."
Qin Li was briefly surprised again when he heard this.
Question: "What if Dayi wants to turn against Mr. Wu now?"
Chen Tang said without hesitation: "Then let's rebel."
Qin Li: "Will this not ruin the overall situation for Lord Shen?"
Chen Tang smiled and said, “It’s okay.”
How can a person who achieves great things not have an emergency plan
Qin Li knew that Chen Tang was not being hypocritical.
She really didn't intend to use "considering the overall situation" as an excuse to ask Zhao Fengren to be patient. Her choice was different from Wu Gong's.
"...Qi Yuanliang actually told the truth?"
Qin Li's voice overlapped with the explosion, so Chen Tang didn't hear it clearly.
"What did Gong Su just say?"
"nothing."
At this moment, he seemed to understand why Qi Yuanliang was so determined to choose the person in front of him, and why he was reluctant to let him follow the footsteps of the seven masters before him. Because Chen Tang was really the saint that Qi Shan wanted to find. He was strong and resolute, but his instinctive gentleness was as dazzling as a white horse in the sky, and as gentle as the moon.
Before Qishan revealed his true identity, Qin Li thought he was simple, innocent and harmless because of his standards for choosing a master.
For many years afterwards, he believed that Qishan was lying. Now, looking back, this was actually the only truth that Qishan had ever said.
He didn't understand why Qishan was so obsessed.
The other party should be aware that with this kind of character, it would be difficult for them to even protect themselves in troubled times, let alone build up a force.
If Chen Tang had Gu Chi's way of writing, perhaps he could give him the answer - mercy is reserved for her own people, and enemies are only worthy of being beaten by her big pen! It's just that in the chaos and oppression of the times, too many people are forced to be distorted, cruel to the outside world and mean to the inside.
After a long time, a figure walked out from the ruins.
It was Zhao Feng, who was in a miserable state, like a lone wolf.
He stood a few steps in front of Chen Tang and clasped his fists: "On behalf of my family, I would like to thank you for saving my life."
Zhao Feng changed his address at this moment, which frightened Shen Tang.
She said, "It's just a small favor, no need to thank me."
Zhao Feng was stubborn and kept bowing.
Zhao Feng was clear about gratitude and resentment throughout his life.
Repay kindness with kindness and repay hatred with hatred.
Chen Tang was willing to do this for him, how could he not know what was good for him? After thanking him, he looked at Qin Li calmly.
Said: "Go back."
Chen Tang asked worriedly, "Are you going back like this?"
Zhao Feng nodded: "Yes."
Chen Tang: "Don't you need any other help?"
For example, asking her to confront Wu Xian and seek justice
Not to mention getting the principal back, at least some interest should be collected.
Zhao Feng understood what she meant and said calmly, "Let's wait until this war is over. Even if we start a fight now, it may bring temporary satisfaction, but it will affect the overall situation. In the end, it will be the innocent people who will be wronged. If there is anything else, wait until Huang Xiguang is beheaded!"
He murmured something in a low voice, as if apologizing to someone.
He felt guilty for not being able to avenge his brother's family immediately.
But if he is given another chance, he will still make the same choice.
There is guilt, but no regrets.