Bai Quan's words quickly spread back to Jiangcheng.
He specially sent a soldier to convey the message, and Nanmu Ze naturally gave him a favor and sent a soldier to personally deliver a bottle of the antidote.
As expected, the soldier returned to the city safe and sound. Chen couldn't help but sigh: "It was rumored that the young prince was ruthless, but I didn't expect that he was actually released."
"If you put a long line to catch the big fish, you may have a lot of calculations in your mind."
Chen Liangfeng's face was solemn.
Nan Muze looked at the soldiers in front of him quietly, "Have you been to their military camp? What did you see?"
"Back to Your Highness, my subordinate was blindfolded before he even reached their camp. After they took away the antidote from his body, they let him come back."
Nan Muze nodded, and the soldier retreated.
Chen Liangfeng sneered, "Did you see that? Even though he is young, that young prince is very thoughtful."
Chen didn't speak again.
For the whole day after that, Yundu did not come to attack the city. They kept quiet, and the city lord's palace also became quiet. Everyone was waiting for the result.
Liu Shengsheng did not go back, but took Yizhou to wander around the city lord's mansion.
"Girl, if your antidote works, do you think Yundu will retreat in order to get more antidote?"
Liu Shengsheng was silent, "Unlikely."
"Why do you say that? If only we have the antidote to the plague, then we have the initiative. They should be the ones begging us, right?"
It was evening, and some stars appeared faintly in the sky.
Liu Shengsheng raised her head and looked at the sky quietly.
"According to the rumors, the young prince in Yundu is arrogant and not one to give up easily. The reason why they accepted our antidote this time is that, firstly, a dead horse is treated as a live doctor, and secondly, it is very likely that Maybe someone important around them was also infected with the plague, so they accepted the antidote."
"Judging from these points alone, if the antidote is useless, then the fact of the plague is confirmed. They feel that they are being tricked and will attack the city even more angrily in the future, and we will be completely unable to resist. In order to prevent the plague from entering We can only strengthen the defense of the city."
After a pause, Liu Shengsheng continued: "But if the antidote works and it is confirmed that the plague outside the city is the same poison as the one in our city, then the situation will not be much better..."
"Why do you say that?"
"First of all, after confirming that the plague outside the city is not a plague, what do you think the young prince of Yundu will do?"
"They must be looking for the antidote from us."
Liu Shengsheng shook her head, "Not necessarily. They are said to be cruel and vicious. In this case, it is impossible for them to ask us to give them the antidote. In my opinion, they may even launch a strong attack and enter the city to rob."
Yizhou fell into silence.
Liu Shengsheng asked again: "Then what do you think King Cang will do?"
Yizhou thought for a while, "I must fight him out! If it were me, I would do the same thing."
"Yes, let's fight. There are 100,000 soldiers in the city and 100,000 troops outside the city. They are really fighting. No matter who loses or wins, the people who die are the children of the common people. Have you ever thought that there are winners and losers in wars? It's good if we win, but if we take a step back, what if we lose? What will happen to the people of Jiangcheng?"
Yizhou said: "I won't lose, I believe in King Cang's strength."
"I also believe him. I just think that hundreds of thousands of war casualties are too tragic. Originally, I always thought that this was just a number. Until the past two days, when I stayed in the countryside, I saw every one of them. The shining point of the little people, I suddenly discovered that every villager is a living person, and of course, every soldier is also."
Liu Shengsheng's voice was calm, "It's not that my Holy Mother's heart is overflowing when I say this, I just suddenly thought of many things. You said those soldiers who went to the battlefield, they all have their own families, right?"
"One hundred thousand families, one hundred thousand mothers, are all waiting for their children to come home. If a fight breaks out, how many mothers will lose their children, or how many children will lose their fathers. I just saw one person in the past two days.
A girl feels very uncomfortable when she loses a loved one. How tragic would it be if hundreds of thousands of people lost their loved ones like her? "
"How could a girl have such a feeling?"
Liu Shengsheng smiled, "I just saw other people's life and death, so I suddenly thought more."
After a pause, she added: "The people in Yundu may think that we are showing goodwill by sending the antidote. In fact, we are just testing whether the plague outside will harm us."
"That's right. If it weren't for the plague outside, even I would want to fight it out. It would be too frustrating to hide all the time." Yi Zhou said angrily.
"So, they want to fight outside the city, and they also want to fight inside the city. Unless something unexpected happens, they have to fight..."
Liu Shengsheng smiled and continued: "As I just said, if the plague is poison, Yundu will not bow his head to ask for medicine, and Nanmuze will not make peace with him again. This battle is inevitable."
Yizhou was silent, "Forget it, it's all the big shots' business and has nothing to do with us."
"Yi Zhou."
Liu Shengsheng suddenly called him seriously.
"I am here."
Yizhou looked at her with bright eyes, "Girl, I will listen to whatever you say."
Then he saw her slowly take out a pill from her arms and put it in his hand.
"I poisoned you brothers before, forcing you to stay with me and making you take the antidote every once in a while. It's true that I was cruel. Today's antidote can completely remove the poison from you. From now on, you will no longer be under my control. No matter where you want to go or what you want to do, I will not stop you."
Yizhou's expression changed, "Girl, what are you doing?"
"No, doesn't this give you trust? Of course, you can be free if you want. We are more like friends now, aren't we?"
Yizhou said seriously: "At first, we brothers had no choice but to follow you, but now we are willing to do it. Even if there is no poison, we will not betray you! You know that I am straight-minded and can't understand the twists and turns." It’s a roundabout way, so please don’t talk like that in the future.”
Liu Shengsheng smiled and said: "Why are you so serious? Aren't you happy to give you the antidote?"
Yizhou nodded.
Liu Shengsheng patted his shoulder and said, "Go and rest."
"..."
the other side.
Xiao Jiang hurriedly broke into the study, "Sir, Yundu has replied!"
"How to say?"
Xiaojiang looked solemn, "The other side said that as long as we invite the people who developed the antidote out of the city, they are willing to temporarily cease the war..."
Nan Muze narrowed his eyes, "So the plague over there is actually poison?"
"It should be. If not, why did they ask our people to go out?"
"Since it is poison, there is no problem of contagion. Let all soldiers be prepared to fight tomorrow."
Nan Muze's words were calm and gentle.
Xiao Jiang said with a worried look: "Master, the willingness to negotiate over there means there is a possibility of an armistice. All we need is Liu Shen..."
"She is my king's princess!"
Nan Muze spoke coldly and said word for word: "If you try to trick her again, don't blame me for being ruthless."
