Jiaohua

Chapter 1557 Chen Yongming

As the big eagle fought against the wind and snow and flew across the sky, the news of the Xia family army's massacre of Qingquan Town spread to several major cities of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the shortest time, causing shock among the government and the public.

Tao Lan suffered from severe blood loss and had been bedridden. He Yanpo suppressed the news and forbade any servant in the mansion to mention Tao Lan.

And at the first opportunity, He Yanpo transferred Liu Yue away from Tao Lan.

Liu Yue was still brooding over her brother's death, and He Yan knew that she would not be able to control her emotions.

This is true.

After being ordered by He Yanpo not to appear by Tao Lan's side for the remaining half month, Liu Yue left the city and went to the suburbs, where he set up a tent next to his brother's grave.

The person he wanted to get rid of was nowhere to be found. There was no sign of his getting rid of him at all. Instead, he watched helplessly as his enemy became more and more arrogant, with the blade in his hand becoming more and more dazzling.

The word "revenge" suddenly became so powerless and increasingly vague.

Liu Yue raised her hand to wipe away her tears.

A hoarse voice suddenly sounded at this time: "You must be in pain because you can't kill Ali."

Liu Yue paused and turned to look.

Chen Yongming stood on the snow, his face rough, wearing a tattered cotton jacket that was very ill-fitting, much larger than his body, and had many patches on the outside.

He was holding a broken fish basket in his hand, which was full of medicinal herbs.

Liu Yue frowned and looked at him coldly.

When Chen Yongming fled to the Northern Yuan Dynasty and sought help from He Yanpo, it was Liu Yue who arranged the place for him.

At that time, He Yanpo's secret agents in Youzhou were eliminated one by one, and He Yanpo was in urgent need of people. However, countless rumors that He Yanpo would abandon people as soon as he hired them were spreading in Youzhou and the six northwestern prefectures.

In addition, Chen Yongming's wife and daughter were still alive, but his daughter was missing. He Yanpo was worried that they were still in contact, and his daughter would be restless if she didn't receive Chen Yongming's letters. It was better to have less trouble than more, so He Yanpo asked Liu Yue to find a place to settle Chen Yongming.

Liu Yue then arranged Chen Yongming to work in a clinic in Yunze City, deliberately away from Mingfang City.

"How did you get here?"

Chen Yongming grinned, walked over and put the fish basket on the snow beside him: "I found out through several methods, and I guessed that you would come to pay homage to your brother."

Liu Yue's voice was filled with murderous intent: "Are you investigating me?"

"Hey~! Don't say it so harshly. How can you call it an investigation? Lord Kazuhiko is very busy. My letters to him have fallen into oblivion and I have never heard back. I can only look for you. After all, it was you who arranged for me to work in that clinic. Right, Miss Liuyue?"

Liu Yue's voice was icy cold: "Then you are very powerful, to be able to find out this."

"Haha, without any skills, how can you be an official in Daqian where there are so many talented people, and how can you be favored by our Lord He Yan?"

Chen Yongming bent down to brush off the frost and snow on the big rock beside him, sat down and said, "Miss Liuyue, people go to high places, and water flows to low places. I brought this basket of herbs here to eat as food. I wanted to wait for you here, and I would always wait for you. But I just ran into you when I got here. Who says this is not fate's arrangement?"

"Wait for me, then what?"

"Miss Liuyue, I want a chance."

Liu Yue raised an eyebrow: "Opportunity?"

"I am a determined and persevering person who will do anything to achieve my goal. As long as I am given wealth and glory, I can do anything. I know that many people despise and look down on people like me! But for those in power, wouldn't it be easy to use someone like me? Who wouldn't want to have a smart and capable subordinate like me? Besides, Miss Liuyue, you and I have a common enemy. She has now gone to the Northern Desert to show off her power."

Liu Yue said coldly: "Ali."

"Yes! Ah Li!" Chen Yongming's tone changed slightly. He looked at Liu Yue and whispered, "I heard that Madam Yu is still unable to get out of bed?"

"I advise you not to ask about things you shouldn't ask about."

"I really didn't ask about this. Lord He Yan sent people to secretly look for medicine, but I make a living in the clinic, how can I avoid it?"

Liu Yue looked Chen Yongming up and down and said, "You want me to recommend you to the adults."

"Miss Liu Yue is also in need of a capable person to help you deal with A Li." "A Li is not easy to deal with."

"As far as I know, Xia Wenshan and Xia Zhaode died in the Wasteland Valley, and their bones were crushed and scattered after being exposed to the sun."

Liu Yue frowned: "You want to use their corpses to make a fuss? They would have turned into ashes long ago."

Chen Yongming laughed loudly: "Ashes can't be used? Even if Ah Li's feelings for her father and brother are indifferent, then what about the Xia Army? Will the soldiers of the Xia Army allow their old general's ashes to be ruined? Oh! You are from the Northern Yuan Dynasty. It is naturally difficult for Northern Yuan people to understand how much we Han people value loyalty and filial piety. Even if we don't really value it, we have to pretend to value it. However, you can always see how much the Han people valued Xia Zhaoyi's body after her death, right?"

Liu Yue narrowed her eyes and said, "Then, Xia Wenshan and Xia Zhaode's ashes have long been lost. How are you going to deceive the Xia family army?"

"It seems that the army of the Chishukuo tribe outflanked the Northern Expedition Army."

Liu Yue nodded: "The Chishukuo tribe is a heroic tribe. In order to deal with the elite Han people, almost all of the Chishukuo tribe died. Now the only one who still has a status is the princess of King Changyan, Chiyu."

"Haha, how pitiful! The Chishukuo clan was once a prominent family in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but they ended up being destroyed to help Shangtai, Riyu, Xuexiang, Xiaer and the Yi family. The title of hero is useless!"

The dagger in Liu Yue's sleeve suddenly came out of its sheath and pointed at Chen Yongming: "Shut up! Just say what you should say, and don't mention what you shouldn't say again!"

"I just said it out of inspiration! Miss Liuyue, we are going to deal with Ali together. We are allies anyway. Don't point a knife at me like this again."

As he spoke, Chen Yongming took out a bulging letter and handed it over: "Miss, please present the things in here to Lord He Yan for me."

Liu Yue took it and found that the envelope contained quite a lot of material.

She glanced at Chen Yongming coldly and opened the letter.

Chen Yongming looked at her confidently.

There were two hand-drawn maps in the letter, which were very detailed and written in neat Northern Yuan characters.

Another letter provided additional information on the marching route, the route to lure the enemy, and the route to reinforce troops.

The sentences are carefully written, the parallelism is neat, and the analysis is well-reasoned.

"You are exactly like those former officials," Liu Yue put away the letter paper, "Those Han officials who are now working as clerks in the prefectures have already written a lot of these nonsense."

Chen Yongming was stunned: "What do you mean?!"

Liu Yue waved the letter in his hand: "Isn't this your last pride, and the only thing you can still be proud of?"

"They wrote it, too?"

"You are not the only one who wants to climb up the social ladder. Who among those officials in Youzhou didn't want to climb up the social ladder?"

Liu Yue tore the letter into pieces and threw it in front of Chen Yongming.

The cold winter wind blew, and the torn pieces of paper were blown away by the wind without a trace.

"My letter!" Chen Yongming reached out to grab it, but his reaction was a beat slow.

Liu Yue looked at him with contempt: "Give up on this idea. In China, you still have something to be used for. But in our Northern Yuan Dynasty, you Han people are the most despicable!"

"Hahaha!" Chen Yongming laughed, "Where's Madam Yu? She's not Han Chinese?!"

"I was wondering how well you know about our Northern Yuan Dynasty. Before the founding of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, we were the most powerful nomadic tribe on the grassland. At that time, the tribes not only robbed each other of food and wealth, but also women. So, whether you are a Northern Yuan woman or not, it doesn't matter, understand? Chen Yongming, you are a man, you should hate yourself for not being a woman. Get out! You, a dirty Han Chinese, are not worthy of coming to my brother's tomb!"

All the blood in Chen Yongming's body seemed to be frozen.

There was a piece of letter paper at my feet, stuck to the snow and not immediately blown away by the cold wind.

He spent a lot of effort on this letter and even used antithetical words, but as a result, his path to advancement was completely blocked.

The fish basket he had placed not far away was suddenly kicked away by Liu Yue, and the herbs he used to fill his stomach and a piece of dry food buried at the bottom rolled out.

Chen Yongming ran over and hurriedly stuffed these things back into the fish basket. This was the food he depended on for survival.

"You are so pitiful!" Liu Yue cursed at him, "You are a stray dog! Dirty and despicable!"