Hsu Fengnian did not answer the question, but asked, "Do you know how Cao Changqing convinced Wang Sui? Do you know how Wang Sui feels now? "
Gu Jiantang hesitated for a moment, "The former is simple. Wang Sui has always been unable to let go of the Dongyue Royal Family, which has become Liyang's lackey. Cao Changqing should have promised him that in the future, he would be able to become an official or even a minister. As for the latter, it's hard to say. Maybe Wang Sui will really help Beimang invade the Central Plains in anger. Maybe he will be so depressed that he can only stay in one place and fight with you and me on the battlefield as a general. After all, he and I are mortal enemies. He also has a lot of resentment for the Xu family's destruction of Chunqiu. "
Hsu Fengnian sighed, "No one can let go of Chunqiu."
Gu Jiantang, who had finished eating the dumplings, put down his chopsticks and looked at Hsu Fengnian.
Hsu Fengnian came back to his senses, "If there are no accidents, Beimang will go south this autumn. I will try my best to persuade Wang Sui not to be a troublemaker even if he doesn't cooperate with you and me."
Gu Jiantang nodded and said in a low voice, "That's the best. Zhao Sui, the King of Jiaodong, has promised me that no matter what happens, he will remain neutral. As long as you can convince Wang Sui to bide his time, I, Gu Jiantang, will personally lead the two Liao elites north into the heart of the great desert after the Great War of Liang Mang enters a stalemate. We will sever the connection between Northern Mang and the Northern Court in one go! At that time, you and I will use Beimang and Nanchao as our depth. We will have a total of 500,000 soldiers and 200,000 Iron Cavalry. We won't have to worry about the lack of soldiers and can advance and retreat freely. Even if we are sandwiched between Beimang and Liyang, what is there to be afraid of? "
Hsu Fengnian was silent for a moment, and then suddenly slammed the table.
Jiang Ni was shocked, and Gu Jiantang's eyelids trembled.
Hsu Fengnian shouted, "Waiter, three more bowls of dumplings!"
Jiang Ni took a deep breath and muttered unwillingly with a dark face, "Two bowls is enough."
However, the next sentence of the prodigal son, who did not feel bad about not spending his own money, made her feel relieved. Xu Fengnian said to Gu Jiantang, "Let's put it on credit. I'll have to trouble Master Gu to help pay for it today. My wife and I are embarrassingly short of money. We can't wait to split a copper coin in half …"
Gu Jiantang said said with a fake smile, "Oh? That one bowl was enough. Like Miss Jiang, I'm not hungry. "
Blushed and whispered said said two, "Two bowls? I'll have another bowl too. "
You ask, how many bowls, how many bowls, how many bowls, how many bowls? Three bowls do you have to pay?! "
Gu Jiantang, the Great Pillar State of Liyang, said one bowl.
Jiang Si, the Emperor of Da Chu, said two bowls.
Hsu Fengnian, the King of Beiliang, said three bowls.
The waiter looked at the three of them and said angrily, "Alright, you three don't have to be so stingy. I will treat you to three bowls of dumplings for free today!"
Three bowls of hot and fragrant dumplings were placed on the table. Gu Jiantang was the first to finish eating. After bidding farewell to Hsu Fengnian, he led his horse to the stall owner, leaving behind the Liaodong horse that was worth hundreds of taels of silver, and returned to the north alone.
The stall owner and the waiter looked at each other. In the end, the two of them could not stop smiling.
After Hsu Fengnian finished eating the dumplings, he quietly waited for Jiang Ni to finish eating. When he saw Jiang Ni put her chopsticks on the edge of the bowl, he smiled and helped her take the chopsticks off the bowl and neatly placed them on the table next to the white bowl. "One of the few rules of the old Xu family is not to put the chopsticks on the bowl after eating."
She blushed, blinked her eyes, and asked softly, "Are you really going to be that?"
Hsu Fengnian said softly, "Gu Jiantang's words can be trusted, but not completely. It is too scary for a person to be able to go from Hong Jia to Yong Hui and then to Xiangfu. "
Jiang Ni nodded and said, "I don't like this person. Uncle Chui Wai Zhao said that your father is a tiger out of the forest, Ye Baikui is a flood dragon by the river, Wang Sui is a python by the stream, and Gu Jiantang is a snake by the hole. The first three are all heroes who do not care about personal life and death, honor and disgrace. Only Gu Jiantang's thoughts are the most gloomy and unpredictable."
Hsu Fengnian grunted, "I will be careful."
Jiang Ni had a big heart. She had heard of Gu Jiantang being the emperor, so she did not care. She suddenly became sad and said pitifully, "Can't you save Uncle Chui Wai Zhao? If Beiliang had Uncle Chui Wai Zhao to come up with plans, you would not be so tired. "
Hsu Fengnian said helplessly, "It is not that I do not want to save him, but that I cannot and cannot save him."
After a long silence, Jiang Ni suddenly said carefully, "Uncle Chui Wai Zhao schemed against you. Do not be angry."
Hsu Fengnian shook his head and said with a smile, "It is not important whether I am angry or not. I only know that the Conqueror of West Chu is very angry at the world, so he wants to vent his anger on Great Peace City."
The little mud person lowered her head and started to wipe her tears. She sobbed, "I do not want Uncle Chui Wai Zhao to die."
Hsu Fengnian did not know how to comfort her. He only said softly, "The Spring and Autumn Period is really over."
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Great Peace City. Wave after wave of arrow rain did not stop as they furiously rained down on that green robe.
But the chess pieces outside the city were placed faster and faster. Almost as soon as a pillar of light hit the top of Great Peace City, a second pillar of light from the Nine Heavens would follow closely behind. Every time a chess piece was placed and a pillar of light appeared, all the arrows would shatter in midair. They could not get close.
The eaves of the palaces and pavilions in Great Peace City were shattered. The bell and drum towers of the temples and Daoist temples were also slightly shorter. The birds and pigeons in the city seemed to feel the pressure of the sky sinking. They flew lower and lower until they were below the tall pavilions. They had no choice but to circle anxiously under the eaves.
The spring water thawed and gradually warmed. The fish that had been swimming leisurely in the rivers and lakes began to jump out of the water and call out to the birds in the sky.
On the top of the city wall, Chai Qingshan had already attacked once. The sword on his back, "Wild Fox," truly displayed the presence of an Earth Immortal. It tore through the air with dazzling light. The majesty of the sword Qi and the vastness of the sword intent caused an enormous white arc to appear between the top of the city wall and the green robed chess player.
The white arc rose from the top of the city wall and landed on top of the green robed Cao Changqing's head. In the end, the white arc seemed to collide with an invisible pool of lightning that could not be crossed. It created a large ball of sparks and lightning and the sound was ear-piercing.
The sect master of the Dongyue Sword Pool raised his arm high into the air and drew in his Qi. The wild fox quickly flew around Cao Changqing who was sitting cross-legged. Unfortunately, no matter how great the commotion was, the flying sword could only fly around like a headless fly. It was unable to get within ten meters of Cao Changqing.
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