After the two of them walked a long way, Qian Zhao's face darkened as he suddenly said, "Miss Ruyi, is this Wang Yue's plan?"
Ruyi knew Qian Zhao was very smart, so she didn't expect him to guess it right away. She smiled and explained, "It can't be said that it was Wang Yue's plan. He just thinks highly of you, and the Ming Dynasty needs people like you to help.
But I'm worried that you won't be reconciled, so I let you see what the Wu Kingdom's royal family looks like? So that you know what to choose."
Qian Zhao snorted coldly and said with disdain, "Miss Ruyi, I think you should know that my family is of noble origin. I am afraid that we will be put on trial in the Ming Dynasty."
Although Ruyi also wanted Wang Yue to do this, after listening to Wang Yue's explanation, she knew that it was useless. She said with some melancholy, "Wang Yue has already said that if the old families are killed, new families will be created, and they can never be killed. Therefore, as long as you contribute the land, and the land can generate income for you every year, the Ming Treasury will give you so much money every year in the future."
Qian Zhao stopped and asked in confusion, "Then why did he do this in the nearby three states?"
Ruyi sighed and said helplessly, "He has just started everything. He must quickly win the hearts of the people. Only then can he have the strength to fight against An Guo. Do you think there is any other way besides this trick?"
Qian Zhao frowned and said unhappily, "What about the three states we got from Wu State?"
Ruyi knew Wang Yue's plan. She said seriously, "The three states will remain the same as now. Other areas will pay equal land tax, but there will most likely be no more struggle sessions. Unless, of course, there is another snake swallowing an elephant, or the resistance in some places is too strong."
Qian Zhao was a little shocked when he saw Ruyi say that, "From what you said, Wang Yue's goal is the whole world?"
Ruyi looked at Qian Zhao and said seriously, "I think you have also seen a kind of temperament in Wang Yue, which is innate in the imperial family, but he is just a bandit. Do you think this is destiny? Who knows, this chaotic world will end with him?"
She showed a fascinated look when she said this. She also thought that if there was no more fighting in the world, there would be no more innocent women being harmed by such perverted organizations.
Qian Zhao was moved by Ruyi's words. After all, he came from a noble family and he certainly knew the importance of betting.
Under such circumstances, the royal family of Wu State only knows how to fight among themselves. Sooner or later, the country will be destroyed and the family will be ruined. Even if they are not destroyed by An State, they will be destroyed by other countries.
If their family could follow Wang Yue as early as possible, they might be able to become a king of a different surname in the future, or at the very least a duke, which would be much better than what they have now.
He hesitated for a moment and then said, "It's not impossible for me to follow Wang Yue, but he must agree to one request of mine."
Ruyi had expected this to happen, but she didn't expect this person to only put forward one condition, so she asked in confusion, "What is the request?"
Qian Zhao snorted coldly, and then said in a cold tone, "You must help me kill Wu Huang!"
Ruyi was stunned for a moment, then said with some confusion, "I can see that you really want to complete this mission. Why do you suddenly want to kill our emperor? This is somewhat different from your original intention."
Qian Zhao looked back at the Yulin Guards who were being slaughtered, and said seriously, "I have a brother who accompanied Emperor Wu on the expedition, and he died there because he underestimated the enemy and rushed forward rashly, so I really want him to die.
But? I don’t want Wu Country to be plunged into war again, because that would cause many people to die.”
Ruyi thought of some of the things Wang Yue said when he persuaded him, and she said with emotion, "I guess Wang Yue will agree to you.
In this world, after a long period of division, there will be unification; after a long period of unification, there will be division. There must be someone who can stand up and unify the nine countries in the Central Plains. Only then will they have the strength to fight against Beipan and prevent them from coming to plunder again.
Therefore, war is inevitable, but we can only try to be better to the people and let them suffer less."
Qian Zhao understood what Wang Yue said. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "That's fine! I can follow him temporarily. If he can't do it in the future, don't blame me for abandoning him."
Ruyi smiled and said, "Of course! If he really can't do it, you might not be the only one to leave."
Qian Zhao was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion, "Who else wants to leave? Who has Wang Yue bribed?"
Ruyi shook her head and did not explain. Instead, she changed the subject and said, "You go ahead. I want to bring a gift to Yang Ying."
Seeing that Ruyi actually wanted to go to the massacre scene, Qian Zhao asked uncertainly, "Miss Ruyi, are you planning to bring Zheng Qingyun's head to Ruyi?"
Ruyi nodded and said very seriously, "Our princess is really too naive. She needs to witness this fact so that she can forget this person she shouldn't remember as soon as possible."
Qian Zhao frowned and said reluctantly, "You gave Yang Qingyun's head to the princess. Isn't that too cruel?"
Ruyi was stunned for a moment, but said with some confusion, "What head? I plan to take his body over. I think she will give up and maybe find someone new to like."
Qian Zhao felt visibly relieved when he heard Ruyi say that. He was really worried that Ruyi was the kind of person who would kill people without mercy.
So, he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "How about this? I will take him back and tell him that he knew about the trick of King Danyang, so he came to inform us. But he didn't expect to be discovered by King Danyang's people, so he was killed."
Ruyi didn't expect Qian Zhao to come up with such a brilliant idea. As a result, Yang Ying would probably hate King Danyang to the core. This move was really cruel. After all, he was her blood brother.
However, Ruyi didn't say much, just nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you. I'll go to He County first. I heard that Anguo sent Changqing Hou here, and Zhuyi Guards also came with him. I also want to investigate carefully."
Qian Zhao didn't say much. He just watched Ruyi leave, and then took Zheng Qingyun's body to the City Lord's Mansion.
……
City Lord's Mansion, Parade Ground
When Yang Ying heard that it was Qian Zhao who was looking for her, she jumped over and asked in surprise, "Brother Qian Zhao, what do you want to see me for?"
Qian Zhao was obviously fooling Ruyi just now. He just wanted to make Yang Ying, a member of the royal family, feel the pain as well.
It was just that he felt a little bit uncomfortable when Yang Ying called him "big brother", but he thought that continuing to hide it would be bad for the princess, so he hardened his heart and said, "Princess, come with me, you will know in a while."
Ning Yuanzhou and Yu Shisan Yuanlu both ran out when they heard that Qian Zhao had returned. They happened to hear Qian Zhao's words, so they followed him.
They could only come together to the martial arts field outside. The twenty or so people who had been interrogated were carried over, along with Zheng Qingyun's body.
The smile on Yang Ying's face froze the moment she saw Zheng Qingyun's body.
"Qingyun~!"
She almost screamed out in a heart-wrenching voice, stumbled over Zheng Qingyun's body, and shook it hard.
When Ning Yuanzhou saw this scene, he frowned and asked, "Qian Zhao, what's going on?"
Qian Zhao said with a stern face, "The King of Danyang sent people to steal the gold and kidnap the princess. But they didn't expect that Yu Shisan discovered their tracks when he was being chased by Jin Mei Niang.
The Ming army thought they were An Guo's spies, so they sent people to encircle and suppress them. Most of them were killed. Only after interrogating these living people did they find out that they were the King of Danyang's men. "
Ning Yuanzhou always felt that something was wrong, so he looked at Yu Shisan and asked with some doubt, "Have you seen An Guoren with Jin Mei Niang?"
Yu Shisan took a few looks at those miserable-looking people, and then said uncertainly, "Did I see some strange-looking people at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, or did I inform Jin Meiniang?
But these people are so miserable, I can’t tell whether they are in the same group or not.”
Ning Yuanzhou sighed and said helplessly, "For the Ming army, both the An people and the Wu people are their enemies. Once they can tell that they are not the Ming army, it is normal for them to kill them.
But, what's going on with Zheng Qingyun? Is he here to take the princess away?"
In fact, what he said was just a test. If Qian Zhao explained it in too much detail, he would become suspicious.
But Qian Zhao was not an ordinary person. He said expressionlessly, "I don't know about that. You can try to interrogate him again. You will always be able to get what you want from him."
Chapter 249: It takes no effort!
Ning Yuanzhou heard Qian Zhao say this and didn't find any problems, so he really went to interrogate him.
However, the result of the interrogation was similar to what Qian Zhao said. Although he had expected this result, he was still a little depressed.
Yu Shisan took the opportunity to get close to the princess and said with a miserable look, "Princess, you are deeply in love with Zheng Qingyun, but this guy actually wants to kill you. He really deserves it."
Yang Ying was so busy crying that she had no idea what Ning Yuanzhou and Qian Zhao had said. When she heard this, she said angrily, "You are not allowed to say that about Brother Qingyun!"
Yu Shisan handed the evidence he had just obtained from the interrogation to Yang Ying, and pretended to be very depressed and said, "I don't want to believe this fact, but look at the confessions of those people. Zheng Qingyun came here to steal the gold under the order of King Danyang.
Just think about it, if the gold is stolen, all of us will die, and we might even be chopped into pieces by Emperor Anguo!"
Yang Ying was startled, but quickly denied it, saying, "Impossible, Brother Qingyun would not do this to me. He will definitely protect me."
Yu Shisan pretended to agree and said, "You are right, he may come to save you, but since your mission cannot be completed, it will be a capital crime if you return, so you must follow him incognito.
However, since you have no status and no position, the Zheng family cannot make you the first wife. At most, you can only be a concubine. The Zheng family will definitely find another first wife for Zheng Qingyun. You will have to serve tea and water to Zheng Qingyun's wife and set the rules every day.
You are a princess! Are you going to spend your life like this? I feel so sorry for you!"
Yang Ying was stunned for a moment, then said uncertainly, "If the mission failed, then it failed. Why would he die? My sister-in-law said that the trip was safe."
Yu Shisan shook his head and said helplessly, "Your sister-in-law just wants someone to go on a mission. As long as she can get the emperor's edict back, she doesn't care who dies!"
When Yang Ying heard this, she realized that this trip was a life-threatening one and that her brother and sister-in-law had been lying to her all along. She was so sad that she couldn't help crying.
She was crying so hard that she temporarily forgot about Zheng Qingyun. After venting her emotions for a while, she took the testimony from Yu Shisan's hand. After reading it, she burst into tears again.
Yu Shisan saw that Yang Ying had accepted the reality, so he stood up and walked to Ning Yuanzhou. He raised his head proudly and said, "How is it? It's easy for me to deal with women."
Seeing Yu Shisan bragging, Yuan Lu said abruptly, "Hey, Gang Leader Jin, why are you here? Are you here to see Brother Shisan?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Shisan quickly hid behind Ning Yuanzhou, muttering to himself, "Can't see me, can't see me!"
When Sun Lang saw this, he said angrily, "You've been exposed just like that. You just brag every day!"
Yu Shisan saw that everyone was laughing, and then he realized that Yuanlu was teasing him on purpose, so he shouted angrily, "Yuanlu! Who did you learn this bad thing from?"
……
Not to mention the chaos on Ning Yuanzhou's side, Wang Yue also met the envoy of An Guo in the direction of He County.
If Li Tongguang had underestimated the so-called Ming army at the beginning, he would have thought that the border troops were not paying attention and were successfully ambushed.
But as he walked along, he discovered that the people in the territory controlled by the Ming army had actually escaped the suffering of war and were all full of hope, which made Wang Yue unable to help but admire them.
Later, after entering Hexian County, he saw the neat military formation of the defending troops, which made him realize that it would not be as easy as before to take back these cities.
Therefore, after meeting Wang Yue, he was no longer as casual as when he met Wu Huang. He asked solemnly, "Ming Wang, what are your requirements for allowing the delegation to go to Anguo? Ming Wang, feel free to bring it up and we can discuss it."
Seeing him say that, Wang Yue pretended to be very curious and said, "Not only were the three cities you just swallowed occupied by me, but I also lost a city. Don't you want to fight back?"
Li Tongguang shook his head and said solemnly, "In my opinion, it would be better if there were fewer wars in this world."
Who wouldn't believe Wang Yue's nonsense? If Li Tongguang really thought so, how could he catch Wu Huang?
He said directly, "You are just teasing a three-year-old child. The emperor of your Anguo has never been an honest man. He will never give up these four states. I am afraid that after the discussion with the Wuguo envoys, he will come to settle accounts with my Ming army."
After hearing Wang Yue's sharp words, Li Tongguang was not embarrassed at all, and said seriously, "Prince Ming, you are joking. This kind of thing should not happen. Even if it did, how could I know it?"
However, Wang Yue was not going to talk to him anymore. He planned to take advantage of Anguo's weakness and attack Huanglong directly.
But Li Tongguang couldn't know this, and he also wanted to keep him stable, so he said seriously, "I'm afraid you don't know yet, General Shentuchi from the eastern part of Sha, and General Huyan from the central part are both my guests now, and they are still alive.
Since Marquis Changqing did not bring accurate information about the peace talks, why not tell Emperor Anguo that the two generals are still alive? I have sent someone to inform the leaders of the two tribes. If your emperor is unwilling to talk, then I can only have a good talk with the two tribes. "
Li Congguang was shocked when he heard this. He thought that the two generals had died in the battle. After all, no news had been leaked out. But since both of them were still alive, it was really hard to say.
Although An Guo is now the most powerful in the western part of Sha, An Guo cannot rely solely on the western part of Sha. If the other two tribes unite with Wang Yue, they can really compete with An Guo.
Although the Shazhong tribe has always chosen to remain neutral, the Huyan Zan captured by Wang Yue is the son of the tribe leader, so everything is hard to say.
Although the eastern part of Sha had previously supported the second prince Li Zhenye, the son of Empress Zhaojie, after the death of Duke Cui three years ago, the Cui family also lost the position of tribal leader. Now the eastern part of Sha supports the eldest prince Li Shouji.
However, Shentu Chi is a newly rising force in Eastern Sha. The reason why the new leader of Eastern Sha was able to defeat the Cui family and become the leader is because of the help of the Shentu family. If the Shentu family sided with Wang Yue, it would be hard to say what would happen to Eastern Sha.
Especially since the strength shown by Wang Yue’s army is already very powerful. If it unites with the two tribes, An Guo will be in real danger.
Although he was quite dissatisfied with Emperor An, he had royal blood of the An Kingdom after all. He knew that this matter must be resolved quickly, otherwise, the An Kingdom might be divided into East and West.
So Li Tongguang said quickly, "I came here in a hurry and didn't receive the news. In this case, I will send someone to pass the news back and see what arrangements His Majesty has made before negotiating with the King of Ming."
Wang Yue simply waved his hand and said indifferently, "I'm not in a hurry. Anyway, the issues between our two countries have not been resolved. I will not let the delegation leave."
Seeing that Wang Yue agreed, Li Tongguang no longer mentioned the matter of the dead group. He just bowed to Wang Yue and walked out.
After he left, Jia Ling's figure finally appeared. She asked uncertainly, "Ming Wang, you just mentioned the eastern and central parts of Sha. Are you sure you can persuade them to rebel?"
Wang Yue sighed and said helplessly, "The Central Sands are still okay, after all, Hu Yanzan is in our hands, but they are too far away and not particularly easy to control.
The Eastern part of Saudi Arabia is very close to us, but you should also understand that both the First Prince and the Second Prince are from the Eastern part of Saudi Arabia, so they have no reason to cooperate with us."
After hearing what Wang Yue said, Jia Ling frowned and said, "Ming Wang, we can contact Duke Cui of Eastern Sha. Maybe he is willing to cooperate with you."
Wang Yue raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "You must have your reasons for saying that. Why?"
Jia Ling hesitated for a moment before he said solemnly, "It is rumored that five years ago, Emperor An wanted to borrow troops from various countries. The condition given by the various countries was to let our princess become the queen. However, Emperor An was unwilling to abdicate early, so he wanted Empress Zhaojie to abdicate and give the position of queen to the princesses of various countries."
Wang Yue raised his eyebrows. He never expected that he could find out the news about Empress Zhaojie in this way without any effort.
He pretended to be curious and asked, "Could it be that Queen Zhaojie committed suicide because of this? But what does this have to do with Duke Chui's promise to us?"
Jia Ling has now been arranged by Wang Yue to be the deputy commander of the Royal Guard, and is temporarily responsible for his safety.
The reason for this arrangement is that this woman is good at arranging for information to be gathered in every possible way. With her in the Royal Guard, some information from spies can be detected in advance.
Jia Ling was very satisfied with this position. After all, it was a real captain now, no longer just an insignificant Red Guard like before.
Seeing Wang Yue's interest, she continued to explain, "When Empress Zhaojie received the news, she was very sad, so she went to the Yaoyue Tower where she and Emperor An met to wait for Emperor An. However, what she didn't expect was that she didn't wait for Emperor An, but instead waited for the betrayal of her own son."
Wang Yue was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "Is Queen Zhaojie's son stupid? As long as the Queen is not deposed, he will surely be the Crown Prince in the future. But once she is deposed, it's hard to say."
Jia Ling smiled and said with disdain, "The Second Prince received a condition from Emperor An, that is, if he took the initiative to write a letter saying that the Queen was crazy, he would be given the position of Crown Prince, so the Second Prince did just that."
Chapter 250 Ren Xin, are you still alive?
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