"Why are you leaving in such a hurry? I have made an appointment with Mr. Wang tomorrow morning to send a poem he wrote to a poetry competition for selection!" Wu Luoqi asked in surprise.
Gao Jianli's face suddenly became serious, "Your Highness, you are the princess of Qin, and everything should be done with Qin's national affairs as your top priority! You must not miss Qin's national affairs just because of the love between your children!"
Wu Luoqi's face suddenly darkened, and without saying a word, he turned around and got into his carriage.
Before setting off on the road the next morning, Wu Luoqi quietly found a keeper at the post house and gave him a hundred taels of silver. Then he handed over a long letter to Wang Zhi that she had stayed up all night to write. Give it to him and ask him to hand it over to Wang Zhi no matter what, and then follow Gao Jianli to leave Lanling City, the capital of Qi State, and return to his own country, Qin State. From then on for more than a year, Wang Zhi, a talented man from Qi State, was always in Wu Luoqi's mind.
Just do what you say. Martial Arts has always done things vigorously and resolutely, never dragging its feet on things that have been decided. After discussing with Gao Jianli in the imperial study room the details of going to Chen Guo to propose marriage, he immediately asked the deacon and eunuch to invite Queen Lu Yan. This Queen Lu Yan is also a person who does great things. She is at least half of the credit for the expansion of Qin's territory and becoming the most powerful and largest country among the ten countries.
I remember when Gao Jianli led his junior brother Meng Da to chase Princess Changping down the mountain to worship the gods. They traveled all the way through the mountains and rivers, never regretting it, and moved Princess Changping to the point of tears. But after arriving in the Qin Kingdom, he could not even open the gate of the prince's palace. They couldn't get in. Although Princess Changping was interested in him, Wu Dao's younger brother Zhenping Wang Wuyu was originally unhappy with Gao Jianli, a commoner's son, pursuing his daughter. Later, people found out that Gao Jianli was not only a commoner's son, but also a human being. Taoist priest, he was so angry that he planned to send someone to kill this ignorant boy quietly, so as to save his daughter from crying for him at home all day long.
After hearing the news, Princess Changping wanted to beg her mother to persuade her father to give up the idea, but her mother stood by her father and did not agree with her marrying a wild child without a father or mother.
Princess Changping had no choice but to sneak into the palace at night to find her aunt, Queen Lu Yan, with whom she was usually very close. After hearing about this, Lu Yan especially heard Princess Changping say that Gao Jianli was an immortal who sneaked down from the distant sacred mountain. Disciple, she immediately became concerned. In order to prevent an accident from happening, she sent someone to take Brother Gao Jianli into the palace overnight and reported the matter to Wu Dao. At first, Wu Dao was unwilling to receive these two young Taoist priests. Finally, under Lu Yan's After repeated persuasion, he agreed to meet Gao Jianli first, but he only gave Gao Jianli a moment to meet, which was equivalent to fifteen minutes in the future.
When the deacon and eunuch in the palace led Gao Jianli into the martial arts study room, the deacon and eunuch's eyes were fixed on the hourglass, for fear that if the time passed by inadvertently, the emperor would punish him. After hearing the emperor's greeting in the royal study, the deacon and eunuch were really worried, and they did not dare to eavesdrop, so they had no choice but to tell the Queen Lu Yan about the situation. Lu Yan also felt strange at the time and hurried over. Knocking on the door of the imperial study room, she went in to see what was going on. After entering, Lu Yan saw Wu Dao and Gao Jianli, who were like long-lost brothers. They were sitting on two dragon chairs in the imperial study room, whispering to each other, and having a long conversation!
Seeing Lu Yan walking in, both of them stood up. Wu Dao patted Gao Jianli on the shoulder with a smile, "Zitong, you are the wisest and most discerning person. You have found me a right-hand man. Now my great ambitions are no longer with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs." Mr. Gao will help the alliance to realize it step by step!"
Lu Yan's mood suddenly became happy under the excitement and enthusiasm of martial arts. She couldn't help but smile: "Mr. Gao is an immortal on the sacred mountain and a disciple of Wuliang Laojun. Now even the immortals come to help the emperor." , the emperor has such great blessings, this is also God’s will!”
"My emperor is the destined emperor, and God's will must be on my emperor's side." Gao Jianli, who was standing next to him, lost no time in flattering martial arts.
Wu Dao nodded excitedly, "Mr. Gao is right. I will confer Mr. Gao as General Guide tomorrow morning, and Mr. Gao's junior brother as General Zhongwu. Mr. Gao just analyzed the world situation and proposed a unified method for me. It will be Mr. Gao who will lead the implementation.”
But my concubine heard that the girl from Princess Changping said that the emperor's brother was still preparing to hunt down Mr. Gao, so Lu Yan reminded Wu Dao.
"He dares!" Wu Dao patted the desk lightly, "I will grant a marriage to Mr. Gao and Princess Changping tomorrow morning. Let's see what else he has to say!"
When Gao Jianli heard this, he quickly knelt down to thank the Lord for his kindness.
But now when Lu Yan heard that Wu Dao said that he wanted to betroth his daughter Wu Luoqi to the illegitimate son of Emperor Chen Ruchang, she couldn't help but hesitate. This was the first time she heard the name Chen Xiaomu from Wu Dao. He also knew that Wu Dao wanted to marry his daughter There must be his own reasons for betrothing Chen Xiaomu. It's not that Lu Yan disagrees with Wu Dao's decision, but that she knows her daughter too well. She has a strong temper and can't pull her back even if she's determined. Since then, After returning from Qi's poetry conference, Lu Yan saw that her daughter Wu Luoqi was a little depressed and careless all day long. Sometimes she sat there by herself and giggled, and sometimes she cried alone for no reason.
Lu Yan was a thoughtful woman, and she could guess what her daughter Wu Luoqi was thinking. She estimated that her daughter had met her lover at the Qi State Poetry Conference, but she did not dare to ask Wu Luoqi. She was afraid that her daughter would ask her to intercede with the emperor.
Seeing Lu Yan's silence for a long time, Wu Dao was surprised, "Zitong, are you unwilling to marry your daughter to this Chen Xiaomu?"
Lu Yan shook her head slightly, hesitated again and again, and decided to tell Wu Dao, "Your Majesty, our daughter may have fallen in love with someone. My daughter likes scholars and does not like those generals who only know how to fight and kill all day long. You also know that we My daughter has a strong temper, and I’m afraid that if I don’t get it right in this matter, if she fights to the death and refuses, how will you deal with it then?”
"My daughter fell in love with someone?" Wu Dao was surprised, "When did it happen?"
"The last time I asked her and Prime Minister Gao to attend a poetry conference in the State of Qi, I saw my daughter come back and she frowned all day long. Sometimes she snickered secretly, and sometimes she cried secretly. It was not like what I did before. You look so cute and innocent in front of me!"
Wu Dao fell silent after hearing this. This matter is really tricky. Among his daughters, he likes Wu Luoqi the most. He also knows that among his daughters, Wu Luoqi has the strongest temper. She is soft and weak, but she can be driven into a hurry and do things regardless of the consequences. If she pushes her hard now, I am afraid that she will end up in vain.
After thinking for a long time, Wu Dao decided to put aside the matter of going to Chen State to propose marriage for the time being and wait and see what Chen Xiaomu's future development would be. He also asked Gao Jianli to find him, told him his intentions, and asked him in detail about Wu Luoqi's itinerary at the Qi State Poetry Conference.
After listening to the introduction of martial arts, Gao Jianli was stunned. To be honest, he didn't take this matter to heart at first. He didn't expect that a young gangster with two poems written by his uncle could actually master martial arts. Luo Qi was so obsessed.
He immediately reported to Wu Dao that Wu Luoqi had been deliberately met by Wang Lei, the son of Wang Zhan, the Taiwei of Qi, at a poetry conference. Wang Lei took two poems written by his uncle Lu Yingshu to deceive Wu Luoqi, but he found out. Finally, he decisively stopped participating in the poetry conference and told the story of returning to Qin in advance. Moreover, after returning to participate in the poetry conference, the spy in the Qin mission who exposed the identity of Princess Wu Luoqi turned out to be a cook accompanying the mission. Because he was seduced by the director of the Qi State Post House to gamble and owed a huge gambling debt, he secretly told the post director Wu Luoqi's identity as the princess in order to offset the huge gambling debt. When the mission returned, the cook The Queen of Qin was found out and killed quietly.
"Maybe the Lian Princess Changxing and this boy are not destined to be destined, forget it, don't mention this matter again in the future!" Wu Dao said feebly after hearing Wu Luoqi's schedule at the Qi State Poetry Conference.
"Your Majesty, since there is no fate between Princess Changxing and that boy, why don't we reveal our guessed strategic intentions of this boy to Chu Emperor Xiong Ze, let them fight with each other, and ultimately benefit our fishermen?" Gao Jianli was beside Wu Dao. Quietly remind him of his arrival.
Chen Xiaomu left Xinhe City for nearly a day with 15,000 Zheng Army troops and Zhang Yun's 5,000 Hubei troops. He never imagined that he would discover a series of things surrounding him in the Qin Palace thousands of miles away, leaving Xinhe City. When he was fighting against the city, he made an agreement with Du Fengxian and Xiao Cheng, and they would lead their troops to stay in Xinhe Town for the time being. They would wait for Zheng Jun who came out of Tianquan County to successfully take over Xinhe County, and then they would lead their troops back. Join them.
At this time, Chen Xiaomu, Zhang Yun, and Zhang Jian were walking side by side in the middle of the team. Ximen Ruoen was a little tired, so he got into a carriage and went to sleep. Looking at the sunset hanging on the horizon, Zhang Yun was on the horse. He turned his head on his back and said to Chen Xiaomu, "Mr. Chen, we will reach Xinjing in more than a hundred miles ahead. Who do you plan to use as the main attacker in this attack on Xinjing?"
Chen Xiaomu smiled and said: "Who said we would attack Xinjing?"
As soon as Chen Xiaomu spoke, Zhang Jian and Zhang Yun, who were riding horses and walking beside him, were startled.
Because Chen Xiaomu had specifically told Zhang Jian and Li Gui not to expose his identity for the time being, they both called him Mr. Chen instead.
It didn't matter whether Zhang Yun attacked Xinjing or not. Zhang Jian's face darkened on horseback and said, "Mr. Chen, what do you mean? We came to recover Xinjing under the emperor's order, and now you decide If you don’t fight, what do you want to do?”
Chen Xiaomu immediately asked Zhang Jian, "Vice General Zhang, how confident are you that we can attack the new capital with just a few troops?"
Zhang Jian suddenly fell silent. He was not unaware of the situation in the new capital city. As the capital of the Zheng State, the city wall alone was nearly twenty meters high and was divided into inner and outer cities. Even if the outer city was breached, it would be useless because there was still a wall behind the outer city. There is an inner city wall, and the moat outside the city is more than thirty meters wide. Even if the current number of people is increased ten times, there is no guarantee that the new capital can be captured.
After holding it in for a long time, Zhang Jian finally said, "If we don't attack the new capital, we will be committing the crime of deceiving the emperor."
Chen Xiaomu looked at him coldly and said: "Isn't there another sentence, the emperor will not accept your orders? Besides, when you came out of Tianquan County, the emperor ordered you to obey my orders. If you don't obey my orders, right? Have you also committed the crime of deceiving the emperor?"
Chen Xiaomu's words left Zhang Jian speechless for a moment.
Chen Xiaomu softened his tone and continued, "If we attack the new capital now, it will be exactly what the Chu people want. They just use the tall city walls and moats to consume our troops. Can we take advantage of them?"
"Then why are we going to Xinjing City if we don't plan to attack Xinjing City?" Zhang Yun saw that Zhang Jian was sullen and silent, so he took the initiative to smooth things over for them.
"I plan to bypass the new capital and go straight to Xinyang Pass in Chu State. Starting tomorrow, the troops will march to the morning and evening, and camp and sleep during the day."
"What, are you planning to attack Xinyang Pass of Chu State?" Zhang Jian and Zhang Yun were shocked!
Chen Xiaomu looked up at the red sunset on the horizon and said: "I guess Xiong Ze has known the situation on the battlefield in Tianquan County in the past few days. Now if you are put in the position of Chu Emperor Xiong Ze, what will you do? kind of action?"
