Chapter 338 Chapter 338: Chaos in the Northwest (1)
Is it true that Shi Wu is a big wronged species?
Cheated once and want to cheat a second time with the same routine?
Shen Tang is not very optimistic about this.
However, she obviously doesn't know Shiwu well enough.
They went to the sun to touch the porcelain, thinking that they were a race where ten Golden Crows landed here, inhabited and multiplied. The noble Golden Crow blood flowed in their bodies, and they were descendants of gods.
Whether outsiders believe this gilded rumor or not, anyway, they have been spreading the word for two hundred years. No one in the world is more suitable than them to live in the fertile and prosperous Central Plains.
They are eyeing the fertile land of the Central Plains.
However, there are natural dangers in the mountains, and the national border barrier near the Huju Mountains. It is really difficult for them to attack. For this reason, it is impossible for Shiwu to let go of any opportunity that might allow them to go south, that is to say—
Shen Tang was astounded that there were such big injustices in the world.
"Shiwu is very likely to be fooled a second time?"
Qi Shan smiled: "It's not the second time."
Shen Tang: "???"
Qi Shan was not quite sure: "Using Shiwu to attack is a Northwest tradition, right?"
Shen Tang: "..."
In a sense, Shiwu is "poor".
The countries in the northwestern part of the mainland are fighting endlessly. There are always a few more shady people who like to secretly collude with Shiwu to send troops to harass the pass near the mountains and help contain the enemy's troops. For details, please refer to Zheng Qiao. After using Shiwu, he threw it aside, and used the word "drag" for all the benefits promised to Shiwu, and he would not accept it if he dragged on.
Good guy, isn't this just prostitution?
It’s okay to go whoring for nothing.
The key is that all countries in the Northwest seem to have made an agreement, and they take turns flattering and promising benefits to Shiwu, but Shiwu is always fooled, and Dangdang is still the same. According to the past rules, Shi Wu would probably agree, which sounds really silly.
At first glance, Shi Wu seems to be a sleazy and honest guy, just like Bei Mo next door who is treated as experience, and is being teased by a group of street thugs who don't talk about martial arts in the northwest of the mainland, but because of this Take it lightly, hehe.
I don’t know how I died in the end.
Shiwu, like Bei Mo, is a master who is good at dormancy and forbearance. If it is said that Bei Mo is a low hand, flirting with the border countries in the northwest every now and then, offering the beauties of the tribe if he loses, and taking the route of marriage and development, then Shiwu is an honest man pretending to be a deceitful person, and was deceived by the same routine For more than a hundred years, he has continued to be fooled foolishly, gradually letting the outside world relax his vigilance, and secretly developing insignificantly, the effect is remarkable.
Nowadays, the Northwest countries really don't put them in their eyes, and don't think they can threaten themselves.
The typical one is Zheng Qiao, who has used Shi Wu completely without even perfunctory consolation and coaxing, his true nature as a scumbag.
Shen Tang: "..."
Gu Chi tapped his fingers on his knees, closed his eyes and pondered, and finally said after a while: "King Shiwu wants to borrow troops from Shiwu, most of which is rumored by refugees, and he colluded with Beimo...It is very possible. However, Shiwu and Beimo Mo An has also flirted with each other for many years, and the two clans have been dormant for many years, and their wings have become full. It coincides with the situation in the Northwest that has been turbulent one after another in these years, and they may not be able to hold back..."
Shen Tang couldn't help complaining: "Do the Shiwu and Beimo families want to play Mission: Impossible? Matryoshka is not that complicated."
Everyone has long been used to Shen Tang's incomprehensible dialect slang, but it doesn't affect their understanding anyway.
Kang Shi's brows never opened, and he said worriedly: "Wang Chao thinks that the Shiwu and Beimo clans will take advantage of this opportunity to help Zheng Qiao and King Zhu respectively on the surface, but in fact they will join forces secretly. Gather in the territory and then do it?"
Gu Chi said: "It's likely to be like this."
There are no natural dangers of mountains and border barriers.
Beimo is also followed by heavy soldiers on the border.
If the second clan cooperates with the Zheng Qiao brothers and uses the excuse of borrowing troops to help, they can swagger, ignore these obstacles, and enter the northwest territory. If Zheng Qiao and King Zhu were to lose both in the fight, it would be difficult for them to defend against the backstabs of the two clans when they were weak.
Kang Shi asked again: "The news is reliable?"
Gu Chi smiled: "Naturally."
His previous boss was Wu Yuan.
Although it is a proton thrown out by Beimo, it is a useless son on the surface, but the power of Wuyuan's mother clan is not weak in Beimo, and the intelligence will not be false.
Gu Chidao: "For Shiwu and Beimo, within a hundred years, there is probably no better opportunity than the present."
The conquest of the countries in the Northwest wasted too much vitality.
In recent years, there has been no relatively stable local unified regime, and there has been no recuperation. More and more small countries have splintered out, which means that the possibility of posing a threat to the North Desert is also getting smaller and smaller. The last time I checked the Beimo experience pack, if it hadn’t been for Chu Yao’s travel experience to turn the tide, the coalition forces of various countries in the Northwest would not be regarded as a pull, otherwise Beimo might really be overthrown and win!
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The second family will do their best to seize this opportunity.
There is a high probability that Shi Wu will "abandon the previous suspicions" and continue to flirt with Zheng Qiao. Bei Mo took the opportunity to hitch a ride with King Zhu, and wanted to refuse and return. As long as their heroes can set foot on the land in the northwest, most of the wishful thinking of the second clan will be successful!
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It's fighting open!
Gu Chi said: "My lord, it is time to train soldiers."
As a small Heyin county guard, Shen Tang couldn't stop the Zheng Qiao brothers from fighting, let alone stop the two clans from sending troops into the country. Now the wars are just small fights, and the real war has not yet begun. All she can do is to take advantage of the war to rise.
Otherwise, she and the common people under her rule were the ones who were trampled into flesh when the iron cavalry of the second clan were slaughtered in the northwest.
The veins on Shen Tang's forehead twitched wildly.
At the same time, there is a heavy sense of powerlessness.
Kang Shi said at this time: "Xing Ning will not fail to see through this point, he can't sit idly by and let Zheng Qiao dig his own grave."
"Yan Xingning? Can he change Zheng Qiao's mind?"
Kang Shi was dumbfounded for a moment.
This is really not guaranteed.
Yan An and Zheng Qiao are brothers, the former values the latter very much, and hastily defected to Zheng Qiao as soon as he was born, trying to break him into the right track... But it's hard to say whether Zheng Qiao is willing to listen to persuasion.
Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.
At this time, Zheng Qiao is in the palace.
A brawny man dressed in rough and exotic clothes saluted Zheng Qiao respectfully and humbly. The officials looked indifferent and let the brawny man flatter Zheng Qiao. Even if he said extravagantly, he would not pay attention to it, and occasionally glanced at him with disdain.
This brawny man is the Shiwu envoy.
It is heard that this person has an extremely noble status in Shiwu.
But in order to see the real dragon, please come here.
If the customs of the two places were not very different, the messenger even wanted to kiss Zheng Qiao's instep to express his piety and awe.
Zheng Qiao smiled, appreciating the brawny man's compliment.
Just an occasional response or two.
There are only two "points" in the entire court meeting.
First, Shi Wu wants to marry Wang Ji.
Secondly, for Wang Ji, he is willing to offer a dowry gift of 100,000 elites.
But everyone knows this is just a fig leaf.
The focus is on "one hundred thousand elites"!
After the court meeting, Zheng Qiao left behind a banquet.
Yan Xingning is not normal today.
Didn't object even once!
This made Zheng Qiao a little surprised and vigilant—Yan Xingning didn't know him well enough, but he knew Yan Xingning well enough, and the other party was really easy to understand.
It is impossible to watch Zheng Qiao "lead the wolf into the house" without stopping him!
If you can't stop it, you will force Lai Lai to say a few words.
Today—
"Brother is dumb?"
Zheng Qiao dropped a son.
"Brother, do you have nothing to say about Shiwu?"
"I said, can you not do it?"
"cannot."
"Then there is no need to waste your tongue."
Zheng Qiao was surprised when she heard this, which is really strange.
He pretended to be tentative: "It's rare that senior brother can understand Gu once. Gu is not afraid of those two idiots, King Zhu. It's just that Bei Mo has mixed in 100,000 troops. Gu's troops are not enough. It is inevitable that he will suffer when encountering them. Let the other Xiaoxiao pick them up in vain. Cheap…"
Wang Xun, that ineffective thing, wanted to unite with Bei Mo, and also borrowed 100,000 elites. However, these 100,000 elites were not a "betrothal gift" but a "dowry" for the princess presented by Bei Mo. Zheng Qiao's troops are a little weak, and if he wants to keep up, he can only rely on external forces.
He cooperated with Shiwu once.
It is easier to use.
Yan An said: "You are the king."
The implication is that Zheng Qiao can make up his own mind.
No need to explain this to him.
Zheng Qiao's handsome face flashed a trace of gloom, and his tone seemed soft but full of murderous intent: "Brother, is it true?"
"yes."
Zheng Qiao buckled the chess piece, and suddenly asked like a nervous attack: "You are not Yan Xingning!"
Yan An: "..."
He felt more and more that this junior was not easy to serve.
I oppose him, he insists on going his own way, and no one can persuade him. I didn't object anymore, Zheng Qiao questioned that he was fake.
Yan An didn't answer, but just stared at him indifferently, Zheng Qiao couldn't see any flaws: "What's your plan?"
"No idea."
Zheng Qiao: "..."
He believes in Yan An's lies.
But what Yan An refused to say was that even if he was tortured, he would not utter a single word. Zheng Qiao had no choice but to give up for the time being, but he still did not forget to say a cold threat: "I hope that brother's words and deeds will be the same. He really thinks and does what he does. otherwise-"
Seeing the chess pieces that had been reduced to powder in Zheng Qiao's hands, Yan An's heart sank slightly, and his mouth responded fluently.
In the middle of the chess game, Zheng Qiao said abruptly, "Shiwu begged to marry the concubine Wang, but my brother has no son or daughter..."
Yan An said: "You can confer any palace lady."
Which person is the one asking to marry?
No, it is the word "Wang Ji".
He didn't think Zheng Qiao would worry about such things.
Zheng Qiao said: "Speaking of which, niece..."
Yan An's eyes suddenly turned sharp: "Zheng Qiao!"
Not even the first name and last name, not even "junior brother".
Zheng Qiao smiled: "Brother, don't panic. My niece is smart and young. In terms of seniority, I still call Gu Gu as my uncle. How could Gu let her marry? Those barbarians in Shiwu are not worthy of a golden branch like a niece. But Gu There is no heir under my knees, and I will be envious of seeing that he has both children. Why don't you let your niece enter the palace to play for a few days? If you are not at ease, you can ask your sister-in-law to accompany you."
Yan An looked at the smiling Zheng Qiao in disbelief, as if she had only met him for the first time today.
"Do you think I will harm you?"
Zheng Qiao: "Brother, you are worrying too much. I don't mean to take my sister-in-law hostage, but I haven't seen them for many years..."
The truth and falsehood of this statement are well known to each other.
Yan An's silent performance today made Zheng Qiao suspicious, so he used this to beat him. If Yan An didn't agree, he wouldn't be able to leave the palace alive today—Yan An knew that Zheng Qiao was suspicious, but he didn't expect to be so suspicious. I had to hold back my anger.
"I have to ask my wife what he means on this matter."
Zheng Qiao smiled: "Okay."
———
Madam agreed after a little thought.
"The lord of the country is a suspicious person. He has an extreme temperament and acts aggressively. Follow him. If you disobey - the consequences will be disastrous." Yan'an's wife is not very beautiful, but her temperament is gentle and calm, just like a clear spring in a mountain stream. Feeling at ease, "It's just that Xing Ning hasn't given up on that idea yet?"
Yan An was silent for a while.
Madam heard his answer, and her smile added a bit of bitterness, but it was more of understanding and support.
Yan An felt even more guilty.
Mrs. said: "Xingning doesn't have to do that."
She and her husband Yan An have known each other since childhood.
is also the person she identified when she was young.
No matter what Yan An does, she will support it.
only-
Thinking of her husband's confession and his carefully planned overall situation, the wife had no choice but to hide her reluctance.
At the same time, she hated Zheng Qiao for failing Yan An's painstaking efforts. The situation in the Northwest will be in chaos to what it is now, and Zheng Qiao cannot absolve herself of the blame. It was obviously his fault, but it was her husband who cleaned up the mess. What can he do?
Just because of that guilt?
Madam was on fire, but when she thought of her husband's layout, Zheng Qiao's reaction when she learned the truth was slightly balanced.
On the second day, I took my young daughter to the palace as a guest.
Zheng Qiao did not appear.
At sunset, assign people to **** the mother and daughter out of the palace.
"Is there any difference?"
Zheng Qiao asked the servants.
The palace man replied: "No."
Zheng Qiao enjoyed the singing and dancing, and said, "It's rather strange."
He thought that with the temper of this sister-in-law, he would have scolded him **** in private.
He didn't go over to look at it because he was afraid of it—speaking of which, this sister-in-law is also a senior sister. It's just that I don't have much contact with Zheng Qiao, and conflicts arose in the few few contacts.
The palace people retreated, Zheng Qiao watched the singing and dancing for a while before returning to the bedroom, but he did not fall asleep but read the booklet.
Heh, Yan An probably muttered something strange after seeing it.
These notebooks are all from secret lines.
It can be regarded as one of Zheng Qiao's secret forces.
Specially helping him with the shady things.
Collect information from various places that are against Zheng Qiao, or that Zheng Qiao thinks they are against. Some forces were too small and too weak, so they were dealt with directly, and they were framed and blamed on their enemies, causing civil strife, and letting them bite dogs; for those that were difficult to deal with, intelligence was collected and Zheng Qiao made the decision.
And these notebooks—
Zheng Qiao took it as a joke.
Wu Xian of Tianhai disturbed the markets of Shangnan and Yiru, making money in secret; He Yin and Shen Tang sold water mixed with alcohol behind Wu Xian's back, staring at the culprit. He has a close relationship with Wu Xian.
Zheng Qiao didn't pay attention to Shen Tang at first.
The spies also only stared at Wu Xian, Gu Ren and Zhang He's more obvious thorns, but because of the weird drink, they noticed Shen Tang by the way, and realized that this person was young and capable. Other places in Heyin were laxly guarded, but Fugu was strictly governed. The past spies lost a few of them for no apparent reason, and the remaining spies did not dare to get too close.
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I am hesitating whether to speed up the plot and jump to more than a year later
Regarding Yan An, should he be chaotic neutral?
(end of this chapter)