Thief Emperor

Chapter 270 Cooperation between Wu Er and Li Er!

Li Yun waved his hand, signaling the soldiers guarding the door to move aside, then he stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "Wuzhou Governor Li Zhao greets Your Highness."

The King of Chu looked up and saw Li Yun. He was overjoyed and hurried forward, grabbing Li Yun's sleeve. He was so excited that he almost shed tears: "Li Governor, you are finally here..."

"You're finally here!"

His eyes turned red and he almost shed tears.

Li Yun found it a little funny. After coughing, he asked, "Your Highness, what is going on?"

"Don't you understand things yet?"

Wu Yuanyou gnashed his teeth and said, "This Wujun can't stand my investigation. They are desperate and want to kill me, the imperial envoy!"

"In Haiyan County, I was almost killed by them. In addition, I only have Captain Deng and five hundred other Yuezhou soldiers I can trust. During this period, I have not dared to go out!"

Li Yun looked carefully at His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who was about the same age as him, and began to ponder.

Looking at Wu Yuanyou's appearance, it didn't seem like he was pretending. Most likely, the arrow that almost missed him in Haiyan County really scared the Second Prince, who had never left Jingzhao Prefecture.

However, although he was frightened, the prince was not confused. At least until now, his plan was very clear, which was to use the Yuezhou Army... No, it should be said that he would use the power of Li Yun's troops to thoroughly disrupt the entire Jiangnan region.

Thinking of this, Li Yun smiled and said, "Since I am here, I will not allow those rebels to hurt Your Highness in the slightest, but..."

At this point, he looked at the direction Wu Yuanyou came from and asked with a smile: "How did your highness know that I was in Gusu City?"

"Guess...guess."

Wu Yuanyou wiped his tears, looked at Li Yun, and replied, "I heard two days ago that Governor Li would lead troops to support us. Tonight, I was just about to ask Lieutenant Deng when Governor Li would arrive. I heard that Lieutenant Deng left Gusu City overnight, so I guessed that Governor Li had arrived."

"The city is too dangerous. I was so scared that I gritted my teeth and led my men out of the city. I saw Governor Li's flag from afar and realized that Governor Li had really arrived."

Li Yun nodded, looked at Zhao Cheng, and said, "Captain Li, please bring His Highness to my tent first..."

At this point, Li Yun's voice stopped abruptly.

Because he noticed that there was something wrong with the way Zhao Cheng looked at Wu Yuanyou.

At this time, he remembered that this subordinate he had just conquered seemed to have a grudge against the emperor's family!
He coughed quickly and changed the topic, "Yang Xi, take the prince to my tent to rest and give him some wine and food!"

As he spoke, he cupped his fists towards the King of Chu and said, "Your Highness, please go to my tent and take a rest. I will arrange things outside and then go and talk to Your Highness in detail."

Wu Yuanyou nodded quickly: "Okay, okay."

After saying that, he followed Yang Xi to the big tent.

After they walked away, Li Yun's smile faded. He looked at Deng Yang and frowned, "How many people did you send to patrol and guard the King of Chu's residence?"

Deng Yang thought for a moment and replied, "Forty or fifty people."

"Go back and write down their names."

Deng Yang scratched his head, not knowing what it meant.

Li Yun put his hands behind his back, glanced at him, and shook his head helplessly: "I guess some of your men are already other people's people."

Deng Yang exclaimed "Ah" in disbelief. He stood there for a long time without saying anything. He did not come to his senses until Li Yun left with his hands behind his back.

Zhao Cheng, who was standing next to him, patted him on the shoulder and said, "This is not surprising. He is a prince of the imperial court. He has nothing else but money and benefits. It is easy to win over one or two people."

"If he hadn't won over Captain Deng's men, how could he have followed Captain Deng out of the city as soon as he left?"

"Guess?"

Zhao Cheng sneered and said nothing more.

Deng Yang took a deep breath, turned his head, bowed his head and clasped his fists towards Zhao Cheng and said, "Thank you for your guidance, brother."

Zhao Cheng was stunned by the word "brother", but when he thought about it, most of the generals under Li Yun were relatively young. Among the current captains, except Zhou Liang who was older than him, the rest were much younger than him.

Zhao Cheng patted his shoulder and smiled.

"It should."

After hesitating for a while, Zhao Cheng added: "Think more about everything. If you don't understand, ask. Only by thinking more and asking more can you gradually improve your ability."

Deng Yang looked at Zhao Cheng, bowed his head and clasped his fists with a sincere face: "Can I ask you for advice?"

Zhao Cheng hesitated for a moment and nodded silently.

"can."

………………

There was a table full of food and wine in the big tent, but they were all rather simple meals. After all, it was the middle of the night, and the military camp couldn't produce any fine food.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu kept eating with his chopsticks. He ate a lot in front of Li Yun. He ate until his belly was full. Then he rubbed his stomach and burped with satisfaction.

"Finally I'm full."

Li Yun sat opposite him and smiled dumbly: "Could it be that Lord Zheng doesn't even give His Highness food to eat?" "Yes, I did."

Wu Yuanyou looked at Li Yun and shook his head, saying, "But I cherish my life and I am worried that it might be poisonous, so I will not eat it if I can. If I really can't, I will ask someone to secretly buy some."

"But let's talk about it."

He shook his head and said, "I am not used to the food in Wu County. I am used to eating noodles."

Li Yun poured him a glass of wine and said with a smile, "Your Highness, don't you even have a servant who can test poison?"

"What if it's chronic?"

"That Zheng guy is obviously colluding with the local forces in Jiangdong and wants to assassinate me."

His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at Li Yun and said sternly, "It is better to be cautious."

Li Yun couldn't help clapping his hands and said with a smile: "With this thought, Your Highness will surely live a long life."

Wu Yuanyou muttered, "It's hard to say whether I can survive this disaster."

He was talking to himself, and no one knew whether the disaster he was talking about was his own disaster or the disaster of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

After the two chatted for a while, Li Yun asked, "What are you going to do next, Your Highness?"

"What should I do? Now that Governor Li has led his troops here, I will of course take revenge!"

He looked at Li Yun and gritted his teeth, "It is said that there are thousands of rioters in Haiyan County now. Does Governor Li dare to lead the troops to suppress them?"

"If we defeat them and capture their leader, we can catch all the traitors behind these rioters!"

At this moment, Li Yun was a little surprised.

It was not until this time that he realized that his previous understanding of His Royal Highness the King of Chu seemed to be a little wrong.

This King of Chu... is neither stupid nor fierce. At this time, he seems... to be quite smart?

After thinking for a while, Mr. Li said, "I have brought a thousand men from Wuzhou, plus the five hundred who were here to protect Your Highness, a total of fifteen hundred men. Even if there are only a few thousand people in these places, we are not to be feared."

"It's just Haiyan County. I'm confident there won't be any problems."

"Well!"

The King of Chu slapped his thigh and gnashed his teeth and said, "Then let's set out to Haiyan tomorrow morning and bring all those rioters to justice!"

"The unruly people in these places are simply lawless!"

Li Yun was stunned for a moment, then said, "Your Highness, I have just arrived outside Gusu City, so I should at least go into the city to see Zheng Guancha first. It would be a bit bad to just leave like this, right?"

"Why do you want to see him?"

Wu Yuanyou said viciously: "If we meet him, we may not be able to wipe out Haiyan County. I am the imperial envoy, in charge of all local affairs. Will Governor Li listen to me or to him, the inspector?"

Seeing that Li Yun was still hesitant, he patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Governor Li. As long as I can return to the capital safely, Zheng will definitely not be able to continue his job!"

Governor Li stroked his chin and said with a smile, "That's true, but Your Highness should at least give me a written document. Otherwise, I will be violating the court rules by leading the troops here."

"Give!"

Wu Yuanyou said loudly without hesitation: "As many documents as Li the governor requires, I will give you."

He directly took out the imperial seal from his bosom and slapped it on the table with a "pa" sound: "This is my imperial seal, Governor Li, take it and use it directly. You can stamp as many documents as you want!"

Li Yun took a look at the seal and felt a little moved.

Soon, he smiled and shook his head: "It's not legitimate for me to put it here. Your Highness, please write a document to me here, saying that there is a rebellion in the East Road of Jiangnan, and Your Highness will transfer Li Zhao, the governor of Wuzhou, to come and quell the rebellion."

His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not waste any time. He left the dining table and came to the chair where Li Yun usually sat. Li Yun walked over and ground ink for him.

Wu Yuanyou picked up the pen and quickly finished a document.

"These unruly people dared to assassinate the imperial envoy of the court!"

His Royal Highness the King of Chu took out the seal, blew on it, and then pressed it hard on the document. Because he used too much force, his face became hideous.

"Once we conquer Haiyan County, I will make sure that all of you will be punished!"

After saying this, he picked up the stamped document and handed it to Li Yun beside him.

"Governor Li, please see if it works. If not, I will write another one for you!"

Li Yun took it and glanced at it, then blew dry the ink, put it away, and smiled brightly at Wu Yuanyou.

"Your Highness, tomorrow morning..."

"So he went to quell the rebellion in Haiyan."

(End of this chapter)