Zuo You walked up to Guo Shao and stared at him, waiting for his explanation.
At this time, Guo Shao quickly took off the only ornament on his body from his waist: a jade pendant strung with a red rope. Then he tied it to the wooden frame of the hanging map and whispered to Zuo You: Let's imagine that this jade pendant is not a jade pendant.
Zuo You was stunned and said: It is obviously it.
Guo Shao rolled his eyes at him and said: Think of it as a big iron ball with blades stuck all over it. Then he picked up the brush from the inkstone on the chopping board and drew a person on the drawing. There is a person tied up here and can't move. Do you understand
Zuo You nodded.
Guo Shao picked up the hanging jade pendant, pulled it towards the drawing, and then let it go. The jade pendant swung in the air. If we were the person in the drawing, would we be afraid
Zuo You said: If it really is a big iron ball with blades stuck all over it, you should be scared.
Guo Shao asked again: Is it dangerous
Zuo You nodded: He might be smashed into a meat patty.
Guo Shao shook his head and said: It's not dangerous. As long as you pull the iron ball to the right and don't exceed the person on the drawing, it will definitely not hit the person above. If you don't believe me, try it.
Zuo You showed curiosity, and tried several times without exception. At this time, Guo Shao said: What I want to say is that some things seem dangerous, but they are not. It just depends on whether you have the courage. Zhou Ehuang is definitely not someone who can kill people, and I am not a treacherous and evil person. The purpose of attacking the Southern Tang Kingdom is to end the war and unify the country. We are not doing evil.
Zuo You said: Even so, my lord is the commander of the army, why do you have to tie yourself to this map
Guo Shao was silent for a moment, and then said: "Empress Zhou must not want to come, she was forced to come. Imagine how a queen would feel if she suffered such a fate. I have to treat her well to avoid the loss of her beauty. To treat others well, we must first have trust. If we don't trust her, then anything we say is just a hypocritical face-saving effort."
Zuo You had a dead pig-like expression and kept shaking his head: No, I have to stay here tonight and watch over my lord until he goes to bed.
Damn it, I spent so much time talking to you, but it was all in vain. Guo Shao frowned and said, anyway, we can't easily expose Zhou Ehuang, she should be pinched by someone in Jiangning Mansion.
When Zhou Xian heard this, he quickly covered his mouth with his hands to stop crying. His tears were like a floodgate opened, he couldn't stop them, and even wet his collar.
The murderous aura that had just risen up disappeared in an instant. My heart was sour, soft, and painful, and my mind was a mess.
What should I do? This sentence echoed in her mind and could not be shaken off.
But one thing is certain, the opportunity to make a move tonight has been lost. Judging from Zuo You's attitude, he must stay in Guo Shao's tent; as long as Guo Shao has someone by his side, Zhou Xian, a weak woman, will be helpless.
She quietly walked away from behind the curtain, carefully returned to the bed, and lay down. In an instant, all the strength in her body seemed to be drained away. She lay there motionless, feeling that she was completely out of control. She didn't know where she was, and she didn't know where to go. She only knew how to cry, and she didn't know what else she could do.
She didn't know how long it had been, but she was half asleep and recalled the tenderness and tenderness she had with Guo Shao in Tokyo last year. The feeling of being filled, the numbing panic, the lightness of the clouds, the suffocation, the indulgence, it was as if it had just happened. Zhou Xian's mouth was dry, and after a while her face was hot. She scolded herself in shame and annoyance: I am such a shameless woman. When did I even think of such a thing
But when she thought about it, she couldn't control it. The past events, the memories that she had suppressed in her heart with great difficulty, surged into her mind. After returning to Jiangning Mansion, she took a long time to control herself from thinking about it; but now, all her efforts had gone to waste, and the things that were deeply remembered came back clearly one by one.
He said: Although you said you would not keep the appointment, I was afraid that you would be disappointed when you came and found that I was not there, so I waited for a while longer.
The lady is like the plum blossom, beautiful yet tenacious, still blooming gracefully in the wind and snow.
Treat her well, first of all you should have trust
Zhou Xian's heart ached again. The tears that flowed were an emotional breakdown, and there was a sense of pleasure in the pain. Only at this moment could she truly indulge her emotions. She hated that she met him too late. When she met him, she was already a married woman, and her body and mind had been entrusted to someone else. She hated that he came to plunder her heart even though he knew there would be no result. She regretted that when he tried to keep her in Tokyo, she couldn't let go of her status and her hometown, and left cruelly. If she had had more courage and stayed, how could she be so desperate and so torn now
However, those regretful indulgences were only for a moment, Zhou Xian was no longer a willful and wanton girl, and when her mood calmed down, she thought of Zhou Jiamin, her identity as the queen, Li Yu and the public opinion, and realized that the desperate situation had not changed at all.
Not only has there been no change, but now she is even more hesitant, with no way forward and no way back. At this point, she would never assassinate Guo Shao, nor could she resist the previous arrangements and even die.
The most despairing thing in this world is probably not death, but dying with eyes open.
Zhou Xian was lying on the bed, but it was as if he was lying on a frying pan in the underworld, his body and mind were in agony and torture.
Zhou Xian didn't sleep all night, and the next morning, his eyes were red and swollen like peaches. He went out through the curtain and saw Guo Shao had already gotten up. Guo Shao took out a chewed willow branch from his mouth and threw it away, then turned his head and looked at Zhou Xian: You didn't sleep well last night
Zhou Xian's eyes flickered as he said: I'm not familiar with the place, and with so many soldiers around, so naturally I can't sleep well.
Guo Shao nodded and said casually: That's true.
Zhou Xian asked softly: What about Zuo Shaoqing
Guo Shao was slightly startled, and said, "He left when I woke up and went back to catch up on my sleep." He paused and said seriously, "In view of the lack of sincerity of the King of Southern Tang in the peace talks, the Great Zhou Army will launch a major war in the near future."
Zhou Xian pondered and said: General Guo wants to attack Jiangning City
Guo Shao said: I dare not disclose military secrets for the time being. The Southern Tang Kingdom is not sincere enough for the peace talks, but after all, they have sent people. We must first treat them with courtesy and then use force. We must accept the good intentions of the envoys. Yesterday, the Southern Tang envoy wanted to let the singing girls dance. I plan to allow them to hold a banquet to entertain them. Wang Yao, do you want to dance with them
Zhou Xian immediately fell silent when he heard this.
She clearly remembered the planning process of Li Yu and Liu Liuyao. First, they let Zhou Xian try to be the insider, because she had the opportunity to get close to Guo Shao; but this method is not feasible now, because Liu Liuyao wanted to be Zhou Xian's maid but was rejected, and it is difficult to find a reason to let Liu Liuyao enter the central army. According to the plan, this way is not feasible, and the last way is to take the risk of assassinating him in public during the dance.
Guo Shao and his men were obviously wary of these singing girls, and Li Yu and others also took this into consideration. However, Guo Shao still didn't know another thing: he didn't know how fast the sword of Liu Liuyao, a woman, was.
Zhou Xian felt that Guo Shao was in danger, but she didn't dare to remind him. Her mind was confused and she didn't know what to do.
Wang Yao and Guo Shao gave a reminder.
Zhou Xian finally came to his senses and looked at him blankly. Guo Shao said: I just asked you if you wanted to dance with other singing girls.
Zhou Xian frowned and said: Okay, I want to go too.