Miss Fortune: Is the regent ready for today?

Chapter 421: A Gambling Game

"Perhaps I have misunderstood my sister all these years." Ming Zhidu's expression did not change. "It's just that, sister, I have my own rules. I accept your kindness and open the city gate to welcome me, but I really can't enter the city so carelessly."

"Oh?" Ming Fanlan narrowed her eyes and looked down at Ming Zhidu for a moment. She could see through the caution and vigilance hidden under Ming Zhidu's calm appearance, but she pretended not to understand and asked knowingly: "What does the word 'sloppy' mean?"

"When I do things, I always need a vanguard to lead the way." Ming Zhidu curved his lips, "And you, my sister, cannot be the vanguard."

He called her "Royal Sister" in a very intimate manner. Ming Fanlan's eyes moved slightly as he planned the next move in his mind.

Ever since she entered Gongri Hall, she has been looking for ways to defend Shangjing and protect Emperor Chongwen day and night, but none of them were satisfactory. The tricks that could be found in military strategies were often not very effective when put into practice.

The bandits trained by Ming Zhidu are more rude and wild than the Imperial Guards. In a one-on-one fight, the Daliang Imperial Guards will definitely not have the upper hand, and a head-on confrontation will only backfire.

She loves playing chess. In most chess games, black and white players eat each other, and winning is just a matter of advancing or retreating.

Gambling is different from chess, but in gambling, no matter whether you advance or retreat, you can skip the process and only look at the ending.

Win or lose.

These two words are the lifeblood of Daliang.

She remembered the games of chess she had played with Ming Zhidu in the past. She knew that Ming Zhidu was a suspicious, cautious and patient chess player.

If the city gates of Shangjing remained closed, he would order his soldiers to break down the gates and then enter the palace at ease.

What if the gates of Shangjing were opened? He would certainly become suspicious, and under the influence of suspicion, at least he would not rashly lead his troops into the city.

Ming Fanlan thought so, took two steps forward, and forced himself to relax. "Then where is your vanguard?"

The prince, standing tall and graceful on the golden carriage, smiled lightly, flicked his sleeves for a moment and then suddenly stretched out his arms, looking contented as if he had won the victory.

"Except for this main city gate, the other three city gates, whichever one is trampled down first by my good soldiers, will reveal the result. The battalion of good soldiers that trampled down that city gate can be called the vanguard." Ming Zhidu turned around and sat back on the carriage, shouting, "Royal sister, don't worry, sit down and wait!"

Ming Fanlan frowned unconsciously. She glanced at Yin Luo and whispered, "Have someone keep an eye on the situation under the three city gates."

"Yes!" The girl in the black dress nodded, and then added: "Aunt, if this is the part of your plan, we should let them into the city. I will send a message to the three city gates and ask them to withdraw to the capital and wait, so as to avoid injuries to the defenders."

"No need. Ming Zhidu means to fight the soldiers under the three city gates. So, Luo'er, you go back to the palace first," Ming Fanlan said with a worried look, "Go to the palace to find Mei Chengting and ask him if all the traps in the palace have been set up. The plan has changed. I guess Ming Zhidu will go straight to Sulong Palace after entering the city... Tell Mei Chengting to dispatch more people to wait at Pingyang Courtyard leading to Sulong Palace. It's better to prepare some bows and arrows and kerosene."

Yin Luo did not delay and quickly walked down the city wall. Before leaving, she subconsciously glanced at Chi Linjing.

Feeling her gaze, the man in green robe nodded slightly and said, "Be careful on the road." Then he was about to send her downstairs.

The moment the young man in green robe turned around, Ming Zhidu's smiling voice came from the city gate: "Regent of Nanxia, ​​wait a minute!"

Chi Linjing paused, turned his head and looked at the golden chariot. His eyes were calm, without a trace of disturbance.

Ming Zhidu made a strange invitation: "You are free anyway, why don't you come down and have a chat with me?"

Chi Linjing raised his chin slightly and agreed, "Okay."

Changlin Cliff in Jiangnan.

The knocking of the spy disturbed Yu Ruyi's nap. At this moment, the bad-tempered Sixth Young Master not only did not open the door for the spy, he even sat on the edge of the bed with sleepy eyes and got angry: "Stop knocking! Dongdongdongdong, what are you knocking for? Do you think you are playing drums?"

The spy felt embarrassed after being scolded by him. "Well, Sixth Master, the doctor we sent to Cuizhou to treat the epidemic for the people brought back some news. We were quite shocked when we heard it, so we came to tell you the news at noon..."

"What news? What's so shocking? The news sent back by the doctors who treat the epidemic?" Yu Ruyi kicked open the door of his room. He leaned against the door frame with his arms crossed angrily. "What's the matter? Could it be that the Cuizhou epidemic was caused by artificial poisoning?" The tone and expression of his voice were very casual, as if he was making a cold joke.

But the spy froze in his place after hearing this, his eyes wide open like bells, "Sixth Young Master is truly a master of foresight!"

"What do you mean I'm a genius?" Yu Ruyi didn't react for a moment. When he reacted, he asked, "What did you say?!"

"Just as you said, the disease in Cuizhou is not what we thought before! It's not some flood or collapsed dam or poison from corpses! Our doctor said that he got a piece of wood from a collapsed dam and found a wood-eating termite still alive in it... He saw that the belly of the wood-eating termite was dark green and thought something was wrong, so he took it back and studied it overnight! Guess what happened?"

"Pah!" Yu Ruyi jumped up and gave the spy who was keeping the secret a slap. "It's already this hour and you're still asking me to guess?"

The spy covered his head and gasped, "There is a special poison in the stomach of the termites! Sixth Master! The doctor said this is the root cause of the rash!" "What are you still standing there for?" Yu Ruyi frowned and hurriedly urged: "Why don't you ask him to come back to see me?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The spy smiled apologetically and went to do it.

Watching his back go away, Yu Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to summon Jing Zhu Yunying to deliver the news to Yin Luo, she saw Meng Chun, one of the gatekeepers of Baiqi Villa, running up the mountain not far away. "Sixth Young Master, this is bad! Sixth Young Master——"

"Fuck you, you're the one who's in trouble." Yu Ruyi muttered softly, crossing her arms and walking towards him quickly, "What's wrong now?"

"We are surrounded at Baiqi Mountain!" Meng Chun was at a loss, "What should we do?!"

"Bai Qishan is surrounded?" Yu Ruyi was completely confused. A fly could be killed between his brows. "Which bastard? Who did Bai Qishan offend? What are you gatekeepers doing? If anyone is surrounding us, can't we just beat them out?"

"He, he, they are an army! They all hold halberds, and they are numerous and powerful..."

"The army? Prince Yuanjin is coming?" Yu Ruyi held her forehead and stared, "No? Wait a minute? What kind of army? Isn't Prince Yuanjin going to attack Shangjing to become the emperor? Why is he surrounding Baiqi Mountain? I'm not the emperor either?!"

"Who said that the one who came was the rebellious King Yuanjin?"

A familiar young boy's voice floated into Yu Ruyi's ears. He turned his head to the right in disbelief, and saw He Dan in blue clothes appeared on the mountain road on the right side at some point. Behind him, there were a dozen soldiers holding long spears and with fierce eyes.

"He Dan! Is it you?" Yu Ruyi really didn't understand. "Why are you here? What are you doing?"

"I am here on the orders of Emperor Hong to bring Princess Yin back to Northern Liao from Baiqi Mountain!" He Dan answered confidently.

"You two are causing trouble?"

The day is getting darker.

When the west gate of Shangjing was lost, Yin Luo was still in the palace.

The sword broke with three loud noises, and the bandit's blade cut Yan Jia's throat, leaving a death mark on her fair neck. She fell to the ground and never got up again.

Yu Feng roared with bloodshot eyes. After a fierce battle, he was seriously injured and fell into a coma. Now his life or death is unknown.

The small group of imperial guards and Antaisi guards guarding the west gate were all killed, their swords and spears were broken, and blood flowed like a river.

This side of the east city gate.

Si Ziqi annihilated eight thousand bandits by himself, but his internal energy was exhausted and he died on the spot.

After his death, his body, like Ahe's, turned into powder and flew up in the wind, scattering everywhere. The water wall formed by the moat disappeared in an instant.

Ming Fang and his two companions who were guarding the north gate were outnumbered. She fell off her horse several times and was on the verge of collapse.

Main city gate.

One in blue and one in white stood opposite each other in front of the golden carriage, and the atmosphere was indescribably strange.

Half a day passed, and the two of them didn't talk about anything serious. They only discussed some unimportant things, but the implication of restraint was obvious.

Chi Linjing was still looking lazy as always. He would just agree with whatever Ming Zhidu said, but seemed absent-minded.

Ming Zhidu still had that smiling tiger look as usual. He found some topics and waited for Chi Linjing to agree with him, acting nervous.

When Xin Jusong reported the news that "the west gate has been taken", this inexplicable conversation finally ended.

Chi Linjing was about to leave when he heard Ming Zhidu ask him from behind: "You are the child of my eldest sister, right?"

The man in green robe knew that Ming Zhidu was testing him, testing whether he, the regent of Southern Xia, intended to interfere in the affairs of the Ming royal family.

"When I ascend the throne, I would like to make friends with Nanxia." Ming Zhidu said with a smile.

Without waiting for Chi Linjing's reply, Xin Jusong began to shout loudly, calling on all the bandits: "Put away your swords, enter the city——"