Some people are happy and some are sad.
For Li De and his Yuxi City, this battle was a complete victory, but for Yunyang it was a crushing defeat.
Veteran Fei Luoge led five thousand elites but suffered a defeat. Even his own eldest son became a hostage. Losing like this can be said to be completely embarrassing. But life has to go on as usual, the immediate priority is to rescue Li Yi from Yuxi City, otherwise Yunyang will be innumerable troubles over time.
The lord of Yunyang summoned his envoys and explained to them the reason of the incident. Xu Yizhongli hoped that they could go to Yuxi City to negotiate with Lide. Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man, and many members of the envoy group are ready to move, but the consul of the envoy group, Laerte, shook his head, stood up and said to Lord Yunyang:
"My lord, it is inconvenient for us to come forward on this matter. First, we are a territory-level envoy group, and every time we go abroad, we will only negotiate with other lords. It is easy for him to realize that if we come to see the lord of Yuxi City, How important you are to this matter, so the lion opened his mouth and asked for a sky-high price. Second, once we come forward, it means telling the world that you have intervened in the struggle between the children, which will have a great impact on your reputation Third, we have been responsible for the diplomacy of the Yunyang Territory, and we know very little about internal struggles, even if we are allowed to go, we may not be able to achieve the desired results."
Lord Yunyang couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
Laert stroked his beard and persuaded:
"Your lord may wish to find some reliable people from the prince and let them go to Yuxi City to negotiate. This kind of thing still looks like a conflict between the prince and Lide. In my opinion, what the lord of Yuxi City is asking for It's nothing more than money and land. Anyway, the fifth son, Li Ze, is also in his hands now. The big deal is to give him the remaining six cities of Li Ze in a legitimate way, and he will definitely be able to get back the life of the prince. After all, the relationship between Li De and the prince There is no mortal enmity between them, it's just some conflicts, Li De shouldn't be too hard on your lord."
Lord Yunyang sighed and sent him away.
Laerte was considered one of the few retainers under his command who did not get involved in Yunyang's internal strife. Most of the time on weekdays, he led the envoys to various territories. He really didn't seem to know that Lord Yunyang wanted to take Lide as a victim at the beginning, that Li Yi had assassinated his younger brother more than 120 times, and he didn't know the truth behind the scenes when Lide left Yuxi City.
His own envoys could not be used, so Lord Yunyang naturally set his sights on Liyi's envoys.
The envoy group headed by Zipu just came back. This time they represented Liyi to Huayue City to negotiate with Kaiya and Noren, and won three thousand soldiers and countless luggage from those two. It can be seen that Liyi trusts These women are still quite powerful.
Thinking of this, the Lord Yunyang summoned Zipu, the consul of the envoy group, and first gave her a large reward for her outstanding performance in the negotiations in Huayue City, and then when she was smiling, he proposed to ask her to go to the Imperial Palace. Xicheng rescues Liyi.
Unexpectedly, Zipu's expression changed drastically after hearing this incident, and she knelt down in front of the Lord Yunyang in tears, saying that she was not only an envoy of Liyi, but also his lover, and that she had rejected her for him many years ago. Because of Li De's bold show of love, once he went to Yuxi City, Li De would be reminded of that past, which would make the situation worse.
The lord of Yunyang was skeptical, Zipu hurriedly recommended someone to him——Yunye.
"When we were in Huayue City, Yunye was deeply loved by Kaia and Noren. Those two made great efforts to poach Yunye. Although I led the negotiation this time, Yunye She also played a lot of credit in it. The lord might as well send Yun Ye to Yuxi City first. She is a newcomer to the messenger group. She has no grievances or enmity with Li De. She can speak eloquently without arousing Li De's disgust... "
In the end, Lord Yunyang agreed to let Yun Ye take the envoys to have a try.
After Zipu came out from Lord Yunyang, she went to see Yunye immediately, took her hand kindly, stuffed a small cloth bag into her hand, and said:
"Yunye, you are lucky! I reported this work to Lord Yunyang, and he appreciated you very much. He entrusted you with the task of going to Yuxi City to negotiate and redeem the prince. If it is successfully completed, you will be able to enjoy the glory and wealth for a lifetime. By the way, this is the money rewarded by Lord Yunyang. You drank a lot of wine for me in Huayue City last time. Contribute, you deserve it."
Yun Ye took the purse from her hand, her expression was full of gratitude, and she said one after another:
"Thank you Zipu sister, thank you..."
Zipu patted her on the shoulder like a kind big sister, and said to her:
"Aren't you going to open it and have a look?"
Yun Ye opened the purse and looked inside. Inside were several silver coins and some copper coins, the total value of which was about 40% of a gold coin. Yunye showed a silly smile, and thanked her again. Zipu told her the general situation and urged her to leave as soon as possible. Sisters, buy something delicious.
Zipu could only agree, and did not forget to tell:
"Yes, yes, but you must be quick. I will give you two days to deal with your own affairs. Then, pack up and lead the team, and set off for Yuxi City. No matter what the price is, you must rescue the Lord Shizi smoothly. It is the duty of our subordinates."
Yun Ye nodded, carefully held the purse in her arms, and trotted away.
After Yunye ran far away, a member of the envoy group beside Zipu who had a good relationship with her asked:
"Sister Zipu, if she really rescued Mr. Shizi, she can't take your place? Even if you don't want such a great job, you can't take advantage of her, a newcomer."
Zipu shook her head and said indifferently:
"Don't be unbalanced. Why don't you go to Yuxi City when you are Lord Laerte? That place is a quagmire. Whoever goes will die. Others don't know. I have slept with the prince for more than ten or twenty times, but I still don't know what's inside. That's tricky? Last time Liyi drank too much wine, and while vomiting, he told me how he sent someone to assassinate Lide at that time. It’s just bad luck, so why am I still meddling with it? Now that I have the property, I’ll take you to hand in your resignation and leave Lingyun City in two days, so you can live comfortably.”
Saying that, Zipu took out a bag of money from the bag, turned it upside down in his hand, untied the belt and gave it to the member of the envoy to take a look, and there was a bag full of gold coins, at least fifty or sixty.
This is the reward from Lord Yunyang this time. Zipu just casually handed her coin purse to Yunye, and put the gold coins into her pocket.
Zipu had an indifferent smile on her face, as if she was talking about a very normal thing:
"People who have never seen the world are like this. They can be dismissed with a mouthful of soup. When she dies in Yuxi City, no one will care about the whereabouts of the money. People, rely on their brains for food, look at me. Move your mouth, the money is in our hands, but the risk is handed over to others. This is the essence of a political strategist. Laerte dumped this pot on me, and I will dump it on her again. Don’t blame me for being cruel. If you want to blame it, blame her for being so poor and rustic, and she doesn't fit in at all."