"My lord, the Gaoyue Clan is treacherous. You must be extra careful."
Meng Heng frowned, his face full of worry.
As a zongzi of the Meng's, even if he wasn't favored, he had more rights than the average clan member.
He knew more about the mysterious Gaoyue Clan than anyone else.
The Gaoyue Clan was greedy and ambitious by nature. They relied on the ability of their familiars and often condoned their beasts to retaliate against their enemies.
They could defend themselves against human schemes, but who would defend themselves against animals and insects?
The number of poisonous snakes in the camp increased, and eagles circled in the sky. This was a sign that the Gaoyue Clan was about to make a move.
Jiang Pengji looked at Wei Ci, or more accurately, his hand. Fortunately, it was a non-poisonous snake. If it was a poisonous snake, he would have died with the medical technology of this era. Even if he was saved, he would most likely suffer irreversible neurological damage.
"The Gaoyue Clan is treacherous? What gives them the confidence to do so? " Jiang Pengji's tone was cold and her eyes were calm, but they could hear the contempt and disdain in her voice. "If the Gaoyue Clan only fears their ability to control beasts, then there's nothing to be afraid of!"
Meng Heng and the others didn't show it on their faces, but they were curious.
Their lord meant what she said. Did she really have a way to deal with the Gaoyue Clan?
Even Feng Zhen and the others, who were unparalleled in their schemes, found it difficult to deal with the Gaoyue Clan's "racial talent."
Their schemes were all targeted at humans. They couldn't guard against the elusive and unpredictable beasts.
Not to mention anything else, if the enemy sent out the Ten Thousand Snake Army, how would they fight this battle?
Humans were born with a fear of snakes. It was fine if it was a non-poisonous snake, but if it was a poisonous snake, one bite would be fatal.
"My lord, do you have a way to deal with them?" Meng Heng asked.
Hearing this, Wei Ci turned his gaze to Jiang Pengji.
In her previous life, Huang Song was the one who dealt with the Gaoyue Clan.
He won, but it was a tragic victory.
In her previous life, Huang Song and the Meng's feigned civility. He married Meng Zhan's mistress's daughter and took advantage of the marriage to gain power. Once he was strong enough, he devoured the disloyal Meng's. Fighting against the Meng family would inevitably lead to encountering the minions of the Meng family, the Gaoyue family. Huang Song had paid a heavy price for this.
In order to win, Huang Song listened to the advice of his adviser, Yang Si, and made use of the wind that changed direction in winter to set fire to the entire Luofeng Dock.
He did not hear it wrongly.
He burned down the entire Luofeng Dock!
The fire burned for three days and three nights!
In order to prevent the High Moon Clan from taking revenge, they stationed people in various places and killed any High Yue Clan that escaped. They secretly cleaned up the exiled Remnant Clan.
Jiang Pengji smiled and refused to reveal the heavenly secret.
Feng Zhen, who was at the side, said, "Wild beasts are afraid of fire. Why don't we attack with fire?"
Just like how humans feared wild beasts, wild beasts also feared things.
If the Gaoyue Race really dared to attack them with their beasts, they could use fire to teach them a lesson.
Wei Ci coldly stabbed Feng Zhen in the back.
"Recently, the direction of the wind has been a little uncertain. If we rashly use fire to attack, we don't know whether we will burn the enemy or burn ourselves."
Feng Zhen thought about it. Wei Ci was right.
He could only silently suppress this idea.
Jiang Pengji kept them in suspense. No one could dig out any useful information from her. They could only suppress their curiosity like a cat scratching its paw.
"Zixiao, stay behind."
The meeting ended, and Wei Ci was called again. Feng Jin looked straight ahead, and Feng Zhen patted his shoulder lightly. Only Meng Heng did not react.
Wasn't it normal for the lord to specially ask a certain official to stay behind for a chat? What was there to be surprised about?
Wei Ci took a few steps forward and sat down a few steps away from her.
Although it was not the first time he was called, Wei Ci was still not used to it.
"Does the wound on your hand still hurt?"
Once bitten, twice shy. This trauma would probably follow Wei Ci for a long time.
Wei Ci shook his head. It hurt a little at first, but it was much better after applying medicine. The wound was just a little itchy.
"Does my lord really have a way to deal with the High Yue Race?" Wei Ci thought about it and said, "The High Yue Race can control beasts. My lord, you must not let your guard down. Not only can they control bears, tigers, wolves, and leopards, but they can also order snakes, insects, rats, and ants. If they let the snakes, insects, rats, and ants carry the plague victims' belongings and contaminate the water in the barracks, I'm afraid we will be passive. We must not give the High Yue Race a chance to counterattack … "
Wei Ci was not a kind person. Or rather, none of the strategists who could leave their names in this era were kind hearted.
In his previous life, Yang Si could send the High Yue Race to hell with a huge fire. In this life, Wei Ci dared to do the same, even more ruthlessly and neatly.
Of course, Jiang Pengji's subordinates were all sinister and treacherous people. This was also a strange story.
Other than Feng Jin, Meng Heng, and Wei Ci, who could still maintain their noble and unsullied ways, the others had abandoned benevolence, righteousness, and morality.
Jiang Pengji listened carefully for a while and said in amusement, "Are the High Yue Race really that scary?"
Wei Ci nodded. The High Yue Race was indeed scary.
According to what Wei Ci knew, in his previous life, Huang Song had suffered a great loss at the hands of the High Yue Race. The source of the plague in the barracks was the High Yue Race.
Jiang Pengji lowered her eyes and sneered. "Wrong — they are not scary. Whether we can defeat the High Yue Race depends on Zixiao."
"On me?" Wei Ci did not understand.
"Yes, on you," Jiang Pengji said. "Can Zixiao help me find a flute?"
Find a flute?
Wei Ci did not understand, but he had no reason not to agree to Jiang Pengji's request.
He was good at music, so he would bring some musical instruments with him to kill time. Among them was a jade flute that he liked very much.
"I don't know that my lord is also good at music."
Wei Ci really did not know that Jiang Pengji knew how to play the flute. In his previous life, Her Majesty had rarely touched a musical instrument.
"There are still many things that you don't know …"
Jiang Pengji tested the timbre. Looking at her jerky movements, it did not seem like she knew how to play the flute.
While they were chatting and laughing, Jiang Pengji seemed to sense something. Her gaze fell on the curtain of the tent.
As if to confirm her perception, anxious footsteps could be heard from outside the tent.
The messenger panted and said, "My lord, a large number of snakes suddenly appeared outside the tent …"
The messenger only said a few words, but the soldiers in the barracks were experiencing a crisis that overturned their outlook on life.
The barracks were like an endless mountain range. Unknowingly, the patrolling soldiers noticed that there were more and more snakes.
Just as one was killed, another one appeared out of nowhere.
The colorful snakes flicked their tongues and opened their cold, gloomy eyes.
There were many types of snakes. With just one glance, the densely packed group of snakes made the hairs on everyone's body stand on end …
Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple … ….
Some of them were densely packed together and crawled toward the barracks. Some of them slithered up the prism and made terrifying hissing sounds.
Apart from a few non-venomous snakes, most of them had triangular heads and poison glands bulging behind their eyes!
Where did so many venomous snakes come from?
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