Chapter 292 Sister’s Thoughts

Beicun entrance of Xiaogang Village.

On the busy construction site, Xiao Zhuozheng and Feng Zhang discussed the construction plan of the city wall. Yang Cong ran over and said, "Lord, there is news from the capital. Your Majesty is on a tour in a very small way. I heard that he will be here in two days."

Feng Zhang said to Xiao Zhuo: "Lord, Your Majesty is probably here to find you."

It has been more than half a month since the King of Qi retreated. It is now early July. Emperor Ming of Qi traveled without much fanfare. Who else can he find besides coming to find his son?

Xiao Zhuo did not respond, pondered for a moment, and said to Yang Cong: "You and Feng Zhang supervise the construction of the city, I will leave for a while."

Yang Cong was puzzled and touched the back of his head and asked, "Lord, Your Majesty is coming to see you, why don't you see me?"

"My adoptive father died because of him. If I see him, I will be disrespectful to the dead adoptive father." Xiao Zhuo replied faintly.

"Hasn't Your Majesty already announced to the world? He did not force Emperor Yongde to burn himself, and he had no idea..."

Yang Cong wanted to persuade him, but Feng Zhang pulled him aside and whispered: "My Congmei, don't you see that the lord is in a difficult situation? Let's not talk nonsense. This is all about the lord's family affairs. When your descendant comes, we will say that the lord is not here."

Xiao Zhuo returned to the city mansion and saw a group of women in the hall chatting and talking nonstop. Shen Yuexi's crying came from the crowd. The secret guards around him were all hanging their heads and listless.

"I'm inexperienced," Mrs. Li's voice was the loudest among the crowd. "Open the two cage doors together, and when they scare it, they flew into the cage opposite."

After Mrs. Li said that, Shen Yuexi's crying louder among the crowd.

Xiao Zhuo didn't know what was going on, so he looked at Qiang Lin standing next to him: "What's wrong?"

Qiang Lin came to Xiao Zhuo's side and said, "I've met King An."

Xiao Zhuo turned his head and looked at the two empty bird cages on the table next to him, and asked, "Thrush..."

Qiang Lin did not dare to speak out and pointed his finger into the air.

At this time, Shen Yuexi ran out of the crowd, cried and reached out to hug him and said, "Baby has flew away."

"Crying like this," Xiao Zhuo smiled and gently wiped the tears from her face with the back of his fingers. "It's okay, let's buy another one."

"But it sounds the best," Shen Yuexi was still very sad, "I just made a new cage for it."

"I'll take you to Xiliang," Xiao Zhuo touched her head, "Didn't you say you want to find Sister Ji? She is in Yongwei now, and the Queen of Xiliang is here too."

"Okay...right." Shen Yuexi raised her sleeves and wiped her tears.

She really wanted to go to Xiliang to find Mei Dai and Ji Yunyan. But just after she came back from Shengzhou, she planned to rest at home and then go. Since Xiao Zhuo mentioned it, it would be fine to go.

Everyone next to him heard this and came over. Shen Lan said, "If my brother-in-law goes to Xiliang, I want to go with me too."

Shen Yuexi turned around and said, "Sister is going too?"

Shen Lan said: "I heard that the Queen of Xiliang was fighting with Xirong, so I learned some military tactics, and maybe I could help her a little. It was also a reward for her helping us repeatedly."

Xiao Zhuo said to Shen Yuexi: "When the second prince sieges the city, the queen personally led the cavalry to help. We should have made some statements."

Shen Yuexi said: "If that's the case, will we lead the light horse to go?"

"Well, just lead 5,000 cavalry," Xiao Zhuo calculated, "The four counties of Xiliang are the fiefdoms of the Mei family. If there are too many troops, it may cause the queen to be suspicious."

"Okay, then I'll write a letter to Sister Mei first to say hello." Chen Yuexi said that, and turned around and walked back to the back hall.

Qiang Lin followed her and waited to the corridor. Qiang Lin said, "Please stay, my subordinates tell me if you have something to do."

Chen Yuexi stopped, turned to Qiang Lin and said, "What's the matter?"

Qiang Lin showed a embarrassed look and said, "Master will go to Xiliang this time, and my subordinates... may not be able to follow him."

"Do you have something important?" Chen Yuexi looked at Qianglin.

Qianglin is her most trusted confidant, and she is used to Qianglin following her. Now Qianglin suddenly said that she could not follow her, and she knew that something extremely important must have happened.

The master and servant were heartbroken, and Qiang Lin did not hide it, and told her the truth directly, "King Doma has been attacking Xiliang and has borrowed troops from his subordinates many times. The king disagreed. The two armies had a battle several days ago, and the king was seriously injured. The subordinates only received news recently, and wanted to go back to visit when the king was dying."

Chen Yuexi understood the incident and said to Qianglin: "No problem, don't worry. I'm with my husband and I are protected by cavalry, so there will be no trouble."

Qiang Lin vowed to the gods to be loyal to her. If she insisted not to let Qiang Lin leave, Qiang Lin could only stay. Now she agreed happily, Qiang Lin was moved and knelt down and said, "Master, Qiang Lin will rush back as soon as possible."

"No need, you have been following me all the time, so you have a lot of credit," Chen Yuexi said. "I'm going to the north to see your king this time. Just think I'll have a collective holiday for everyone. I'll give you two thousand taels of gold and one hundred pieces of silk. Don't refuse, give it to everyone."

Now she has so much money and is confident. Qianglin is her subordinate, and she has to come in person to reward her. She can't be too busy with the rewards, so she will give them to Qianglin and let him distribute them to the secret guards.

Qiang Lin thanked him again and went back to his room to make some reservations.

The next morning, Chen Yuexi and Xiao Zhuo had dinner, rectified the army and horses, led 5,000 cavalry to the west, and Chen Lan followed.

The five thousand light cavalry was very fast and arrived in Leshan County in just two days.

The Leshan Guardian was Geng Hong, who was responsible for transporting grain to them before, and when the cavalry arrived, he opened the city gate to greet him.

Chen Yuexi asked about the recent war, and Geng Hong said: "The Queen fought with the Xirong people several times in Zhangwu and barely defended Zhangwu. Now the Xirong people still occupy Nanping City. The Queen asked us to defend Leshan, but Zhangwu couldn't stand it, so she went back to Yongwei first."

Yongwei was originally occupied by Lin Kui, and now Lin Kui has led his army to leave and handed over Yongwei to Xiliang.

Xiao Zhuo said: "Since that's the case, let's go to Yongwei to meet the Queen first, and discuss the next strategy to attack Nanping."

Geng Hong sighed and said, "Although the queen is strong, she can't support herself. She often has to deal with all military affairs by herself, but we generals can't help. It would be great if there was a military advisor who could assist the queen."

Chen Yuexi remembered the counselors in front of Xiliang King Meicheng and asked, "Where are the counselors in front of Xiliang King?"

"Those people?" Geng Hong smiled, "They just make a living under the command of the previous kings, and they can't be called counselors. However, some men came to the queen to find positions, but the queen said there was a difference between men and women, so she refused."

Chen Lan next to him said, "I wonder if I can give advice for the queen."

Geng Hong looked at Chen Lan in surprise and the metal hand exposed under her left sleeve.

He knew that Chen Lan was the wife of Xiao Kai, the prince of Prince Jing. At that time, Xiao Kai was the one who killed Mei Dai's mother, and I don't know what Mei Dai would think.

He said vaguely: "If Mrs. Chen knew about the strategy of military books and wars, the queen might... could probably agree. We martial artists actually don't know what the queen thought."

Chen Yuexi said to Chen Lan: "Sister, let's go to Yongwei to meet Sister Mei first."

She could vaguely guess Chen Lan’s thoughts now.

When Chen Lan said she had nowhere to go before, she said she would let Chen Lan live with her, and Chen Lan said that it was impossible. Since then, Chen Lan has been considering her own way out.

But she didn't expect that Chen Lan's idea was to become a military advisor who made suggestions and planned strategies.

It really surprised her.

(End of this chapter)
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