King Xiling stood up at this time, looked at Zhan You and said to him, "Master Zhan, come to my royal study later. I have something to tell you."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhan You also stood up at this time, then nodded.
After King Xiling left, all the ministers stood up and walked out of the palace.
At this time, Fan Xiang and General Chen looked back at Zhan You, then turned and walked outside.
After everyone left, Zhan You also walked out of the hall and walked towards the imperial study.
Fan Xiang and General Chen walked side by side until they reached the palace gate. Fan Xiang stopped and then said to General Chen, "Now that the matter is still a foregone conclusion, I congratulate General Chen on taking the frontier fortress in one fell swoop."
"Don't worry, Mr. Fan, I will go all out." General Chen said to Mr. Fan at this time.
Then Fan Xiang nodded, patted General Chen on the shoulder, and turned around to get on the carriage.
General Chen sighed, got on his horse and ran towards the military camp.
He was going to the frontier fortress tomorrow and he had to go back quickly to make arrangements.
At this time, the imperial study room
At this time, King Xiling asked someone to make tea and asked everyone to leave the imperial study.
He sat aside and waited for Zhan You to come.
Zhan You walked to the door of the royal study at this time. Yan Ze, the guard beside King Xiling, said to Zhan You, "Master Zhan, the emperor is waiting for you inside. Come in."
"Yeah." Zhan You nodded, then opened the door and walked in.
Then he closed the door, walked to King Xiling, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty."
"Master Zhan, there is no need to be polite. Come on, sit down." King Lankuo of Xiling said to him with a smile.
Zhan You nodded at this time, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
With that said Zhan You sat down opposite Lankuo.
After Zhan You sat down, Lankuo looked at Zhan You and asked quickly, "Are those Nightmare Gu people all arranged now?"
"Don't worry, King Xiling, everything has been arranged, and you can go to the frontier with General Chen early tomorrow morning!"
"That's great!" Lan Kuo couldn't help but smile and nodded.
At this moment, Zhan You suddenly coughed violently.
After hearing this, Lan Kuo couldn't help but frown slightly, and then asked nervously, "Gu Master Zhan's health is not recovered yet?"
"It doesn't matter, it's almost done. It's just that the wind blew out just now, so..." Zhan You waved his hand at this time and said to Lankuo.
Unexpectedly, before Zhan You finished speaking, Lan Kuo interrupted him and said, "As long as it's okay, you have to pay more attention to your health these days. You must know that conquering the border fortress depends on Master Zhan to control those nightmare Gu people."
"Don't worry, Prince Xiling, these minor ailments in my body will not delay the attack on the border fortress." Zhan You said with a slight curl of the corner of his mouth at this time.
He knew that King Xiling only wanted to gain benefits from himself, but he was not really concerned about his health. He was clearly afraid that he would be in poor health, unable to control those Nightmare Gu people, and unable to get up early to capture the frontier.
But he didn't care about any of this. As long as King Xiling could help him capture Wu Gu Mountain, it didn't matter to him even if he gave up half his life.
Then Xiling King Lankuo asked Zhan You about the last time the Nightmare Gu people attacked the border fortress.
After listening to Zhan's speech, Lankuo couldn't help but smile. He then slammed the table and said loudly, "Okay, this time the frontier fortress will be fought, I will personally conquer it. I will see with my own eyes how the frontier fortress was taken by us in Xiling." Down!"
"For the safety of King Xiling, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, so it is inevitable that he will be negligent. I think King Xiling is still..." Zhan You frowned slightly after hearing this, and then wanted to dissuade him.
Before he could finish speaking, Lan Kuo continued, "These Nightmare Gu masters raised by Gu Master Zhan are so powerful. According to legend, General Cheng has a man who is so brave that he can't stop ten thousand people, but he was also killed by Master Zhan's Nightmare Gu. The Gu Master was injured, so I just want to go and see how the border fortress was breached by our Xiling!"
As he said this, King Xiling's eyes were full of greed!
On the other hand, no matter which emperor he is, if he possesses these Nightmare Gu people, he will undoubtedly be able to conquer the world.
This temptation is really too great. No king must be willing to surrender to other countries. Now that he has the opportunity, he wants to unify the world.
When Zhan You heard this, Lankuo's holy will was decided, so he said nothing more and continued, "If King Xiling really wants to go, he will observe in secret. After all, you are the king of a country. If he appears..." "
"Okay, okay, I will just observe in the dark when the time comes." Lan Kuo responded impatiently.
Zhan You nodded, then stood up and cupped his hands and said, "If there is nothing else, I will go back and prepare."
"Go." Lankuo waved his hand and said.
Immediately, Zhan You handed over and exited the imperial study room.
After Zhan You walked out, he looked back at the imperial study room again, and then strode away.
Just now he advised Lankuo not to go to the frontier fortress, not because he was worried about King Xiling. Once a war started, the swords on the battlefield would be blind, and who knew who would be hurt. If there was really an emergency, then his efforts over the years would be terrible. It's about to go down the drain.
But if King Xiling doesn't agree, nothing big will happen.
Then Zhan You strode towards his residence.
At this time, Zheng Qiu and others took Tudou to the frontier fortress. It took two days to travel quickly from the capital to the frontier fortress.
Since they were dragging potatoes, their journey was naturally slower.
Close to the border.
Zheng Qiu stopped at this time, and then said to Su, Zhao Po and others, "There is a frontier fortress ahead of us. There was a war at the frontier fortress, so I'm afraid there won't be peace nearby. To be safe, we all divided into two teams.
"Why are we divided into two teams?" Su Tong frowned slightly and then asked.
Zheng Qiu was about to explain to Su Tong, when Zhao Po on the side said first, "Our group is too flamboyant. Now Xiling is sending troops to the border fortress. There must be many spies from Xiling near the border fortress. If such a large team is found passing by, it will definitely cause a stir." Their attention may cause trouble."
"Brother Zhao is right. Let's divide into two groups and pretend to be businessmen passing by." Zheng Qiu nodded and said.
Su Tong finally understood after hearing this, "Okay, I'll listen to you, but how are we going to divide the teams?"
"You and Brother Zhao are in a team, and we each lead a few carriages. This place is only six or seven miles away from the frontier fortress camp. If you walk quickly, you can get there in less than half a day." Zheng Qiu continued.
Zhao Po and Su Tong nodded, "Brother Zheng, let's go first, and we will follow."
"Okay." Zheng Qiu responded, and walked over first to let a few carriages follow him.
Then he entered the frontier fortress.
Not long after entering the border fortress, Zheng Qiu saw someone looking towards them from time to time.
There was a smile on Zheng Qiu's lips at this time. It seemed that his guess was indeed true. In this case, he would take the initiative.
I saw a tea stall on the roadside in front.
Zheng Qiu stopped at this time and said loudly to the people escorting the car behind him, "Everyone is tired. There is a tea stall in front. Let's go and have a rest."
"Okay." Everyone behind him responded at this time.
Then everyone parked the carriage on the roadside and walked to the tea stall and sat down.
Zheng Qiu said to the shopkeeper at this time, "Bring a few bowls of tea."
"Okay, wait a minute." The store owner is a middle-aged man in his early forties. He is wearing a cloth shirt with a few patches on it. He seems to be quite smart.
Not long after, the shopkeeper brought the tea over and said with a smile, "Sir, your tea is at just the right temperature and is ready to drink."
"Yes." Zheng Qiu nodded, then picked up the tea bowl in front of him and took two sips.
The shopkeeper was standing in front of Zheng Qiu, looking at the carriage parked next to him, and then asked, "Where are you going, sir?"
"Of course I came to the frontier to do business." Zheng Qiu looked at the two people sitting at the table beside him and looked at him from time to time, so he deliberately said loudly.
After hearing this, the shopkeeper frowned slightly and couldn't help but persuade him, "Sir, the two countries are at war. Why are you doing business here now?"
"In times of war, prices have risen sharply. Someone here has ordered our goods. By making this trip, we can make a lot of money, so that our wife and children at home can live a good life. It's really hard these days. It's because of the pressure of life, we won't run away after this time!" Zheng Qiu said at this time and looked at the two people sitting aside.
The shopkeeper nodded and then asked, "I wonder what kind of business you are in?"
"Why, the store owner also wants to join our team?" Zheng Qiu said with a smile at this time.
I saw the store owner waving his hand to Zheng Qiu at this time, "Young master, you are kidding me. It's good for me to guard my tea stall here. After two days of fighting between the two armies, I can close the stall and go home."
The shopkeeper shook his head and smiled and then asked, "Master, would you like another bowl of tea?"
"No need, we are in a hurry. As the store said, we got up early to deliver the goods, and we also hurried back. Who doesn't want his wife and children to be hot on the bed." With that, Zheng Qiu stood up.
Then he asked the store, "How much does it cost?"
"One bowl costs one penny. There are eight bowls in total, so I'll charge you eight cents." The store owner said with a smile.
Zheng Qiu took out eight coins from his body and handed them to the shopkeeper.
The store owner then reached out and took it, "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."
"Everyone has finished drinking. Let's hit the road after drinking." Zheng Qiu said to the people following him.
Immediately, everyone stood up and walked to the carriage. Zheng Qiu also got on the horse, and the group continued to move forward.
The store owner shouted from behind, "Sir, please walk slowly."
After Zheng Qiu walked away, the store owner walked up to the two people and said with a smile, "Sir, this young man looks like a real businessman and is here to deliver goods."
"Well, good job, here you go." After saying that, one of them stood up and patted the store owner on the shoulder, then took out some money and handed it to the store owner.
When the shopkeeper saw that the money was enough, he quickly took it, smiled, nodded and said, "Thank you, thank you."
"If there are strangers and suspicious people from other places coming, you should keep an eye out for us. It will be of great benefit then." Then the man said to the store owner.
After hearing this, the store owner smiled and nodded and said, "Definitely."
Then the two of them disappeared among the pedestrians passing by and hid themselves.