Bai Yu didn't forget to turn the copper cauldron slightly, straightening it out. He smiled and said, "Your Highness, it's better to believe it than not to believe it. Sincerity can move metal and stone. Sincerity will work."
Hsu Fengnian could only agree helplessly, "Yes, yes, yes, Mr. White Lotus is right."
Yang Shenxing looked at this pair of strange 'monarch and minister' who were neither superior nor inferior. The old man could not help but smile.
Hsu Fengnian suddenly asked, "How is Zhao Ningshen's cultivation after living in seclusion in the Earth Lung Mountain? Is it smooth?"
Bai Yu smiled and said, "Thanks to Your Highness, Zhao Gou of Li Yang did not have any Qi Refinement Warriors prying into the secrets of heaven. He focused on cultivating at the Earth Lung Mountain and did not get discovered. Everything went smoothly and he even sent a letter to me, advising me to go there to cultivate my heart and mind, lest I have to live under someone else's roof in Northern Liang."
Hsu Fengnian was so angry that he laughed and said, "Zhao Ningshen's ability to burn the bridge after crossing the river is not worse than his Dao cultivation. In the future, all the letters sent to you from outside Beiliang will be rejected in Beiliang. "
Bai Yu quickly waved his hand and said, "You can't do that. Occasionally, I still receive a few letters from female pilgrims and I have to reply to them one by one. It's just that I find it strange. Why are all the letters asking about my relationship with His Highness? Can I ask His Highness for a few pieces of calligraphy on their behalf? They even talk about how their nieces are in the prime of their youth and how virtuous and virtuous they are. It's really hard to understand what they're saying. It's very disappointing. "
Hsu Fengnian took a deep breath and looked out of the window. He softly said, "Jia Jiajia, don't forget that you're about to receive the gift from Xishu. So, Mr. White Lotus's words should not be spread to the four halls, right?"
A head gently squeezed open the window and her chin rested on the window frame. The girl opened her eyes wide and looked like she was bargaining with him.
Hsu Fengnian said, "Take a guess."
The young girl chuckled and disappeared.
Hsu Fengnian's face was filled with grief and indignation. He wanted to say something but stopped himself.
After Mr. White Lotus's jesting and Jia Jiajia's "flaunting", the heavy atmosphere in the study relaxed a little.
By the time Miss Hehe ran to the Fourth Hall to complain, Hsu Fengnian restrained his expression and said to Yang Shenxing in a deep voice, "Liuzhou has already launched three interceptions. In his secret letter, Kou Jianghuai did not mention in detail how the fourth battle will be fought. He only mentioned that he wants to borrow the entire Qingyuan Army's defensive line. What do you think?"
Yang Shenxing frowned and said, "Your Highness, are you sure it's the entire defensive line and not just the regular garrison in Qingyuan Army Town?"
Hsu Fengnian nodded. "Including Liangzhou's General Shi Fu's troops, Ning Emei's Iron Stupa, and Yuan Nanting's White Feather Light Cavalry!"
Yang Shenxing fell into deep thought and muttered, "This Kou Jianghuai, what a big appetite."
Then Yang Shenxing cautiously asked, "As a General of Liuzhou, to ask for power from Liangzhou's border army, and to ask for tens of thousands of elite troops at once, not only will he empty out Liangzhou's Ximen Hu's family fortune, but he will also subtly surpass the higher-ranking Liangzhou General. Isn't this a little inappropriate?"
Without waiting for Hsu Fengnian to reply, Bai Yu had already answered this sensitive question. "General Yang, if this were anywhere else, it would naturally be greatly inappropriate. But here, there's no need to scare yourself. Shi Fu won't hold a grudge against this. Of course, the premise is that we win the battle. If we lose, Shi Fu will never have any contact with Kou Jianghuai for the rest of his life. Even worse, the two border armies of Liangzhou and Liuzhou might become enemies from then on."
Yang Shenxing asked, "Why is General Kou unwilling to give his general military strategy to Beifeng City?"
Hsu Fengnian shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Yang Shenxing flew into a rage and slammed his palm on the edge of his chair. "This Kou Jianghuai is truly audacious. How can he treat a matter of national security so lightly?!"
Hsu Fengnian didn't bat an eyelid. After hesitating for a moment, he rubbed his forehead and said self-mockingly, "You can lose a battle, but you can't vent your anger. This has always been the rule of my Beiliang cavalry. Since I personally pushed Kou Jianghuai to the position of Liuzhou's commander, I have to help him clean up this mess."
Yang Shenxing asked tentatively, "Why don't you reconsider?"
Hsu Fengnian shook his head and said, "Forget it. Go back to the barracks and write three secret letters to Shi Fu, Ning Emei, and Yuan Nanting. There's no need to explain the reason for the transfer of troops in the letters. After you've finished writing them, send them here and I'll stamp them with my seal."
Yang Shenxing felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders. He stood up and strode away.
Hsu Fengnian raised his head to look at Bai Yu and asked with a smile, "Then as for the letter to Kou Jianghuai, should I personally write it, or should I trouble Master Bai Lian?"
Bai Yu blinked his eyes, as if he didn't understand.
Hsu Fengnian said unhappily, "Don't play dumb with me. I don't know the depth of your relationship with Yang Shenxing and Kou Jianghuai, but the two of you came here together today, one playing the good cop, the other playing the bad cop. I'm not a fool. How can I not guess that Kou Jianghuai has boarded your ship?"
Bai Yu said seriously, "A local general colluding with an important minister of the imperial court to obtain military power. Even if it's not enough to warrant the death penalty, he should at least lose his position, right?"
Hsu Fengnian glared at him and said, "Again!"
Bai Yu laughed loudly, "I'll write a letter to Kou Jianghuai right now, saying that Your Highness has agreed to all of his requests. However, if that Kou Jianghuai doesn't make up for his losses in the fourth battle with interest, then he'll have to be lighter by ten catties!"
Hsu Fengnian was puzzled, "What do you mean lighter by ten catties?"
Bai Yu stretched out two fingers and tapped his neck, "I don't have a head."
Hsu Fengnian was first enlightened, then he slammed the table, "Bai Yu, what nonsense are you spouting! If you're not giving Kou Jianghuai a way out, then what are you trying to do? When that Kou Jianghuai loses, he can just take off his helmet and armor and he'll still be lighter by ten catties! How am I supposed to reason with him?! "
Bai Yu said with an aggrieved expression, "Your Highness, you're gauging the heart of a gentleman with the yardstick of a villain."
Hsu Fengnian waved his hand with a straight face, "Get out of here, I'll write this letter myself!"
Bai Yu swaggered out of the study room and said, "I can save a few hundred words of writing a letter, now I can read a few more pages of miscellaneous books. That's great, that's great."
The young vassal, Jia Jia Jia, chuckled, "I originally kept two small purple awls and wanted to give it to someone. Now that I think about it, I'll give it up. That's great."
Mr. White Lotus, who was once praised by the late Emperor of Li Yang as "I thought he was an immortal when I first saw him", quickly turned around and ran to the desk with a bright smile on his face. He squinted his eyes and looked around, "Where is it? Take it out! I've said it before, the purple awls that are most suitable for small characters were given to Lu Kuo Bo who is good at writing big characters. It's really a waste of God's gift, a waste of God's gift, a waste of God's gift! "
Then the young vassal said with a smirk, "You really believe it? That box of small purple awls, I'll give them all to my father-in-law."
Bai Yu stiffly turned around as if he was struck by lightning. When he stepped over the threshold, he raised his arm high and pointed his middle finger.
Just when Mr. White Lotus was about to step over the threshold, he heard a wicked laugh behind him, "Here, two small purple awls, take them."
Bai Yu stopped but did not immediately turn around. He was in a dilemma.
In the end, Mr. White Lotus gritted his teeth and continued to move forward. He felt that the young vassal was most likely bluffing. He must not continue to be deceived.
Sure enough, when Bai Yu left the corridor and walked down the stairs, Hsu Fengnian did not ask him to stay.
Bai Yu walked all the way to the door of the Yamen, but he vaguely saw the girl who came and went the most freely in the Yamen. She walked towards him and gave him two slender long brocade boxes. She said indifferently, "He gave them to you."
At that moment, Bai Yu said that he was not touched.
Mr. White Lotus sighed and went back to his seat in the study room. He had mixed feelings. After he came back to his senses, he gently opened the small brocade box, carefully picked up the brush and stared at it. He was instantly stunned.
Damn it, what kind of small purple awls are they? They are clearly ordinary sheep's hair brush!
After a long time of being stunned, Bai Yu inexplicably held his belly and laughed.
Everyone in the room was stunned.
Only Bai Yu felt that it was really good.
After he put down the sheep's hair brush, Bai Yu, who had weak vision, opened his eyes and looked outside the room. It was just a blur.
Mr. White Lotus slowly said, "One day, all the sheep's hair brushes of the Central Plains will be out of the grassland!"
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