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Chapter 1373: Central Branch (Part 1373) [Seeking monthly pass]

"My Lord, what you mean is that you caused me to suffer physical pain for that old devil Robert, and let him waste the wine in the entire wine cellar?" Gu Chi sat on the couch in plain clothes, leaning on the table behind his waist. His expression was fragile and his eyes were full of waves. His tone was more resentful than the light smoke in the mountain stream, which would shatter at the touch of a finger. "It's just that the new is welcomed and the old is abandoned. He is a lotus in the palm of his hand, and I am a thorn in my eye."

All in all, I don't want to take medicine.

Shen Tang, who came to visit his subjects: "..."

Gu Chi lowered her head slightly, her eyes and eyebrows were filled with the meekness and sadness of an old man who had left the family. She covered her sleeves and wiped away the non-existent tears. Occasionally, she glanced around, like a handsome man secretly spying on his heartless mother. After all the singing, reciting, acting and fighting, even Shen Tang couldn't help but doubt that he was wrong.

Bah, what did she do wrong?

Shen Tang could no longer bear it, and wanted to pinch the man's jaw and force the medicine into him: "You are also a married man now, don't do anything that will ruin a man's morality, do you understand what the Three Obediences and Four Virtues mean?"

Bai Su is definitely a person of action.

She said in a cold voice: "It's okay, I don't mind being crowded."

Gu Chi was stunned for a moment by the explosive speech. Bai Su stretched out her hand like lightning, holding Gu Chi's jaw with one hand, and poured the medicine into him with the other hand. The battle was over in a few seconds. Then she said to Shen Tang, "He can't be spoiled."

Only the master would be willing to listen to Gu Chi's sour words.

Gu Chi coughed violently, her black hair draped over her shoulders, her eyes sparkling with seductive glints, and she looked even more pitiful, like a dodder. "Shao Xuan, I'm so pitiful now, and you still bully me? That wine cellar should have been mine, and I even arranged how to drink it, but an old goblin who came out of nowhere took the lead."

He was really upset.

Shen Tang: "..."

Bai Su crossed her arms and said, "When have you ever not been pitiable?"

Because Bai Su was present, Gu Chi's tactics of showing weakness were useless, so he could only sigh and restrain himself. He changed his lazy sitting posture just now, straightened his back, and sat upright.

"Did the Lord subdue him?" Over the years, Kang State had gradually gotten rid of the embarrassing situation of a lack of military generals, but having one more 20th-rank Chehou could save immeasurable losses at a critical moment. In addition, there was another important significance.

The stronger the warrior, the less likely he is to be subdued.

They may temporarily attach themselves to a certain force for personal connections, interests, power, wealth, etc., and form a mutually beneficial trading relationship with that force. Once that force fails to meet the conditions, or the payment is made, or the force is declining, they will just walk away without any loyalty.

Gu Chi keenly realized that Luo San seemed different.

"Not really, but he is indeed very friendly to me." Especially compared with the other old men of Yunda, Luo San stood out from the crowd. Every move of his moved Shen Tang. "If we are compatible, we will gather together. If we are not compatible, we will separate. There are not many things in the world that can restrain a twenty-level Chehou, unless he is willing to discipline himself. It's enough that he is willing to show his goodwill and not cause trouble for me."

Shen Tang has very low requirements for these old men.

Gu Chi felt a little disappointed and regretful, but he also knew that he couldn't force it.

Shen Tang knew what he was regretting, and explained in a calm tone: "Robert's situation is very special. He is not an ordinary 20th-rank Chehou. Kangguo cannot seek benefits under his banner."

When the time comes, Luo San will still slide down to the eleventh level.

The marketing of [Kang State has Che Hou loyal to it] cannot be done.

No matter how well the public opinion front is fought, the survival of the two countries will still be decided on the battlefield. Instead of coveting this little benefit, it is better to hide this trump card from Luo San, which can also contain the person from Qu State at the critical moment and deal with the old monster hidden in the central continent.

Luo San also didn't want to show off.

Low-key and unpretentious.

Except for the fact that he gave up on himself and got stuck in a dead end in the early years, he gradually began to enjoy the shocked expressions of his enemies who showed off their might in front of him, looking like they were sure of victory, but ended up dying in his hands after the battle. It was really fun to play the pig and eat the tiger.

"That's a pity."

He pursed his lips slightly and took the initiative to mention another matter.

"Has the Lord agreed to allow Luan Gongyi to go to Yuanfu?"

"Well, I agreed to it before."

Gu Chi said: "Luan Gongyi is just a piece of fat meat. If someone finds out that his meat is delicious, he will die there. It is not advisable to take the risk. It is better to let me go. Maybe I can get something else."

To Shen Tang, Gu Chi and Luan Xin were not the same, they were all flesh and blood, and she couldn't bear to favor one over the other. She was helpless: "You got beaten by Shao Xuan, and you still don't know how to learn? You can't work hard on your body anymore."

It's not like he's going to die if he just rests and recovers. Gu Chi is worried about Luan Xin, but Luan Xin is not a three-year-old child. He's just a little slow in reaction, not mentally ill.

"Last night, I entrusted Luo Hou to escort him." Luo San was a straightforward person. He readily agreed and took the initiative to make a promise of military order. Shen Tang said, "...that person who inherited Yuan Fu's Time Arrow...if you can kill him, kill him!"

It’s a bit difficult, but it doesn’t matter if you can’t finish it.

Luo San smacked his lips and said, "For this matter, I can only say that I will do my best. If it's a one-on-one fight, I can still have some confidence, but if there are many people... I can only do my best to ensure the safety of Minister Luan."

Gu Chi went over the existing intelligence in his mind and tried to convince himself: "Right now, we haven't received any news about the enemy's large-scale deployment of troops to the border. This negotiation is to redeem the prisoners rather than to start a war. Even if the enemy doesn't agree, they won't really break up. After all, they also need time to gather troops and mobilize food and grass."

With several levels of protection, Luan Xin was still safe.

But it’s hard to say about Luan Xin’s student Xiang Zhao.

Bai Su left for the military camp to train soldiers. Only he and Shen Tang were left in the house. The servants who were sweeping the yard did not dare to approach this place. The only living creatures around were the soldiers who were secretly guarding Shen Tang, and the occasional chirping of birds in the yard. Gu Chi looked at the winter scenery outside the window, and after a long while, he broke the silence again: "Xiang Zhao and that person... Do they have some connection with the master?"

Gu Chi knows almost all of Shen Tang’s secrets.

Ever since he accidentally dragged his master into a dream and saw the truth that almost shattered his worldview, he rarely took the initiative to mention the past, after all, it was not an easy topic. He never dreamed that the trivial things left over from the end of the last civilization could still cause so much trouble to future generations thousands of years later.

"Um... maybe a little?"

"So, that person didn't age because he practiced the arrow of time." It was a part of God, and after thousands of years of inheritance, it was still left in the bodies of the new generation. Ordinary people had to pay the price of their lifespan, but she didn't need to, or only had to pay a very small price.

Perhaps, that's the point.

Shen Tang shook his head: "Not necessarily."

There were only a few experimental subjects that escaped, but after all, they had been multiplying for thousands of years. Even if the gods physically destroyed them, the number of descendants would not be too small. How could she be the only one who enjoyed the benefits among so many people? Her success could not be attributed to this.

Seeing that Gu Chi looked tired, she patted the back of his hand gently.

"Don't think too much, just take a good rest first."

It's hard to pass through.

We have gone through all the ups and downs over the past decade.

Gu Chi didn't like to drink the medicine soup just to take the opportunity to act like a spoiled child with Bai Su, nor was it because he disliked the taste of the soup. The bigger reason was that it was so effective in helping you sleep. After drinking a bowl of it, he would feel sleepy in less than a quarter of an hour and sleep for half a day without any dreams.

Shen Tang left and returned to the palace to continue reviewing memorials.

"Come here, is there still no news about Meng Yuan today?" Tan Ting set off with Lin Feng and his group. Lin Feng went to Qu Country to complete the mission, then turned back to his incarnation Zixu and spent some time there. However, Tan Ting, who had returned to the central region, lost contact.

This made Shen Tang a little worried about his situation.

Is it a crisis encountered halfway?

Or was he kidnapped by some force?

However, Shen Tang had only been operating in the central region for a short time, with a small territory and few contact points. It was not easy to use secret forces to find the missing Tan Ting. As a last resort, Shen Tang could only pray for good deeds and rely on the connections of the Gods Association.

Yuanliang's reply was quick.

There were only a few sentences in the letter.

Tan Ting appeared briefly at the Central Social Conference, then disappeared, and Qishan had no relevant information. However, the letter also mentioned that the content of this meeting was aimed at the two major forces that had been in the limelight recently, one was Quguo and the other was Kangguo.

The main target of the attack was Kangguo.

The Central Branch noticed that there was something wrong with Qishan, so it isolated the Northwest Branch and the Southwest Branch. Because of Qishan's previous experience, the Central Branch also blocked Yu Hai: [It is said that the Central Branch has brought up the old story of Wu State again——]

Treat Kang State just like they treated Wu State back then.

(.-ω-)zzz

The new ones are welcomed and the old ones are abandoned, the lotus in the palm is a thorn in the eye.

——From Bai Juyi's "Mother and Son Part".

PS: I went to buy some medicine to regulate sleep. I am not sleepy at all, but I feel dizzy. I stare at the computer in a daze and cannot continue the story... This chapter is relatively short. I will try to update it at midnight tomorrow when I am more awake.