Song Qingmei achieved the purpose of her trip and left after a short while. Everyone watched the master and apprentice leave on the shark, and they were all quite surprised.
"Oh, I just forgot to ask her how to control a shark." Linger was the most envious among them.
"It's not too late to ask her for advice later." Xiao Chen said.
"Why will she come back?" Ling'er asked hurriedly.
"I guess I will." Xiao Chen said, "But I'm not looking for you."
"Who is she looking for?" Ling'er was surprised, "Does she want to kill someone else?"
"You can't guess who it is, but you can probably fall in love and kill each other." Xiao Chen's words were also baffling.
"I can guess it." The fat man on the side suddenly said, "Do you want to bet a thousand taels of silver?"
"Do you really think you've got it all figured out?" Xiao Chen still didn't believe it, "If you guess it, I'll give you five thousand taels of silver!"
"Did everyone hear it?" Fatty said loudly, "This is what he said himself. If he defaults on his debt later, I will throw him directly into the sea to feed the sharks, and none of you are allowed to stop him!"
"If I default on my debt, I will jump out myself!" Xiao Chen said, "I still don't believe it. Who do you think you are?"
"Old eunuch!" said the fat man, "Old eunuch Zhao Gongming!"
"Oh, you fat guy is going to become a spirit!" Xiao Chen was shocked, "Are you a disciple of the Shangguan family or the Ouyang family?"
"Five thousand taels of silver, stop talking nonsense." The fat man stretched out his hand.
"Give it, give it. This must be given." Xiao Chen rarely defaulted on his debt, "I will give it to you when I get money when I go back."
There really isn't any now.
"That's okay, since everyone is a witness anyway, I'm not afraid of you defaulting on your debt... Tell me what you were talking about with that person just now, and I won't charge you interest." The fat man knew that the two of them had communicated with each other just now. .
"I'll tell you if I can reduce the price by three thousand taels." Xiao Chen was haggling over the price.
"Let's reduce it by one thousand taels." The fat man is actually a very curious person.
"Two thousand taels, deal." Xiao Chen stretched out his hand to him.
"That's okay, it's all for nothing." The fat man felt that he still had an advantage.
But in fact, he miscalculated this time, because if he didn't take the initiative to ask to talk to Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen might still beg him to talk.
If he refused to talk, Xiao Chen might even take the initiative to give him money...
Otherwise, we still have to hold it in for good or bad?
There are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies. This sentence is really suitable for Xiao Chen and Emperor Shenzhao.
Within a few years, the two brothers formed alliances and fought. After a lot of trouble, they became sworn brothers.
Emperor Shenzhao was very happy when his sworn brother came to visit in person. For the first time, he personally led all the civil and military officials to go ten miles outside Ping'an Jing to greet him, as a sign of his deep love for his brother.
Xiao Chen was very excited. He held his adopted brother's hands and was speechless and choked. He was almost in tears. The scene was very touching.
Emperor Shenzhao's attitude towards Xiao Chen was extremely affectionate, for two reasons.
First, Xiao Chen helped their General Xiao Lin Haitang to defeat the Java Fleet, avenging the revenge of the year, and also gained countless rewards. He returned in triumph, which made the country of Japan excited and celebrated for more than ten days.
This 'great' victory increased the prestige of Emperor Shen Zhao, and the haze of previous failures dissipated a bit, which was quite beneficial to him in stabilizing the situation in the court.
Although this is a great contribution made by General Xiao Lin Haitang, Emperor Shenzhao and the senior officials all knew that if it weren't for Xiao Chen's help, it would be difficult to win this battle...
Second, Li Wanjiang brazenly sent troops to invade Yanyun. Although they returned without success and the two sides did not engage in large-scale conflicts, this showed that Dazhou and Yanyun had officially turned against each other. In other words, Xiao Chen would be the real one in the future. King Yanyun.
This is of course of great benefit to Japan!
At least they will have a choice in the future. For example, if they are on bad terms with Xiao Chen, they can try to make friends with Li Wanjiang. If there is a war with Da Zhou, then they will naturally have to get closer to Xiao Chen.
Of course, the best scenario is for Xiao Chen and Li Wanjiang to go to war, so that they can gain huge benefits from it.
Emperor Shenzhao, who had just experienced a huge failure, saw new hope... Now that hope is here, can he be unhappy?
After the banquet, Emperor Shenzhao and Xiao Chen began to have a formal secret conversation.
"Brother Xiao Chen, I have to congratulate you in advance. When the day of your enthronement ceremony is held, I will definitely be there in person no matter what!" Emperor Shenzhao spoke with Chi Guoguo's confession.
"Ascension to the throne, what throne to ascend to?" Xiao Chen was stunned.
"Brother Xiao Chen, aren't you the king now?" Emperor Shenzhao asked, "Now that you and Li Wanjiang are working at odds, it's time for Yanyun County to become independent, otherwise the generals who follow you will Ministers, what will happen in the future?"
What he said makes sense.
"At the moment, I haven't considered this matter yet." Xiao Chen said, "There is actually just a small misunderstanding between me and the emperor. I think it can always be resolved in the future."
This is nonsense. Hundreds of thousands of troops have invaded. They have clearly regarded you as a rebel. How can you resolve it?
"So that's how it is." Emperor Shenzhao expressed his understanding and spoke in the tone of his elder brother, "If you need me to help mediate, Brother Xiao, just ask, haha, if the Emperor of Zhou also has Brother Xiao like you, If you have the courage, I would like to be an intermediary and invite you two to come to Ping An Jing for a talk."
It's whimsical.
"This is a matter between our monarchs and ministers. It's better not to trouble Brother Shenzhao." Xiao Chen expressed his understanding, "But when I come this time, I really have a small matter that I need to trouble Brother Shenzhao for help."
"Brother Xiao Chen, you are being polite to me!" Emperor Shenzhao looked unhappy, "We are brothers. No matter what big or small matter you have, as long as you give me orders, my brother will help you handle it!"
"I knew you were interesting, brother!" Xiao Chen was very happy, "I want to ask you to send troops to help me defeat Yizhou."
"This little thing...what did you say?" Emperor Shenzhao took a sip of tea and spit it out before he could swallow it.
Is it such a trivial matter for you to ask me to attack Yizhou?
Could it be that I heard something wrong, brother?
After confirming with Xiao Chen again and eliminating the possible misunderstanding between the two due to different languages, Emperor Shenzhao fell into a deep silence.
He was extremely well prepared for this conversation with Xiao Chen. He also secretly discussed it with his ministers for a long time, thinking that he could completely take the initiative.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen's words disrupted all his plans and put him directly into a passive position.
Attacking Yizhou would be tantamount to directly declaring war on Zhou Dynasty. With their current strength, it might be difficult to cope with the war once it expands.
The problem is that Xiao Chen is talking about helping. Does helping mean helping in vain? In other words, after we send troops to capture Yizhou, we still have to give it to you with both hands.
Although we are brothers, if this matter...
We need to take a long-term approach.
