"No, these are barbarians who live in the mountains and forests in the southwest, and they often come to Jiaozhou to plunder. The army in Jiaozhou spends most of their time on the southwest border to guard against these barbarians. That's why I went to the court this time because of the rampant banditry in Jiaozhou. Please help." Xie Min explained.
It turned out that those were barbarians in the mountains and forests.
After everyone was sure that the barbarians had escaped, they continued their march and arrived at Jiaozhou City in the evening.
Xie Min arranged food and lodging for them and then left, saying he would come back tomorrow to discuss business matters.
As an imperial envoy, Shen Yunfan should have lived in the prefect's mansion, but the prefect was killed and a murder was being investigated there. Moreover, it was unlucky to live in a place where someone had just died.
Therefore, he stayed in the most luxurious inn in Jiaozhou City. When he was drinking tea in the evening, the wind chimes came in from outside.
"How is it? Has she eaten?"
"I ate, but still refused to speak." Feng Ling sat aside and asked puzzledly: "Young Master, why did we bring that person here?"
This time Shen Yunfan came to Jiaozhou, and in addition to bringing 3,000 imperial troops, he also brought wind chimes, more than a dozen masters of the Five Way Ghosts, and the girl from Zheng who was captured in the battle at the city gate last time.
For so many days, she was locked up in the hospital without saying a word.
Shen Yunfan explained: "Our military is weak now and needs to be replenished. That girl's status in the Zheng Kingdom is extraordinary. If I can use her status to subdue the remaining soldiers of the Zheng Kingdom for my use, that would be the best."
The wind chime chimed: "Then it will take a lot of time for you to persuade her?"
"That's what I meant." Shen Yunfan said as he stood up and went to another room.
This room is under the surveillance of the five-way ghost. In the room, the girl is sitting alone at the table, her eyes dull.
"He Chengyun is dead." Shen Yunfan said as he walked up and sat down, "I killed him with my own hands."
The girl raised her head, with some confusion in her eyes.
"The last time you scolded He Chengyun, you must have had a problem with him. If I kill him, it will be regarded as avenging you, right?" Shen Yunfan continued.
As expected, just two sentences piqued the girl's interest, and she asked hoarsely: "So?"
"So we can talk. If our interests are the same, wouldn't it be a win-win situation for you and me?"
In Shen Yunfan's expectant eyes, the girl shook her head and said with disgust: "You are a high official of the Southern Wei Dynasty, and I am the Princess of Zheng. We are incompatible with each other, so you don't have to be pretentious."
Princess Zheng? Shen Yunfan was stunned.
I didn't expect that a random prisoner would turn out to be a princess? This was a surprise.
"Is this surprising? In Zheng, there are many princesses." The girl smiled sadly.
Shen Yunfan nodded when he heard this. He had passed by Zheng Guo when he was fleeing and had some knowledge of Zheng Guo.
The royal family of Zheng State regards women as the highest priority. Therefore, the emperor of Zheng State is a woman, and there are countless princesses in the royal family of Zheng State. Such a country is an anomaly even in troubled times.
Shen Yunfan thought for a moment, squinted his eyes and said, "I'm afraid you lost power in the palace battle, so you were sent to the front line, and then ran all the way to the capital of Southern Wei? Don't you want to go back for revenge?"
Hearing this, the girl's eyes obviously twinkled.
Shen Yunfan was secretly happy when he saw this. As expected, he guessed it right.
Princesses of Zheng State, like princes of other countries, had the pressure to compete for the throne. Therefore, it was common for them to lose power in palace battles.
But even if she was guessed, the girl hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I'm going to rest, you can go."
"Then you think about it." Shen Yunfan turned around and left without insisting. He wanted the girl to think clearly on her own.
After going out, as soon as he pushed open his room, he saw the water vapor inside. Not far away, a wind chime beckoned: "Young master, I just prepared hot water for you, come and take a bath!"
Shen Yunfan walked in, took off his clothes and asked, "Aren't you going out?"
"Ling'er wants to take care of the young master's bath, where are you going?" Feng Ling blinked.
"Tsk, tsk, your young master's life is extraordinary." Shen Yun
Fan was so happy that he took off his clothes and got into the bathtub. Until now, he was either in prison or busy fighting for power, and he had not enjoyed everything that this status brought.
Feng Chime lowered his head, added water next to him, and rubbed Shen Yunfan's back. His normally normal back instantly turned red.
Shen Yunfan grimaced in pain and said helplessly: "Ling'er, you are really strong."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, young master, I'll restrain my inner strength." Feng Ling hurriedly apologized, but his strength was much weaker.
Shen Yunfan said it was amazing.
In his previous life, he never believed in such a thing as internal strength. But in this world, almost everyone who practices martial arts has internal strength just like martial arts.
Moreover, in Jianghu, warriors are divided into nine levels according to internal strength, martial arts, body skills and other standards. One is the highest and nine is the lowest. Feng Chime is a sixth-grade warrior.
The sword master in the palace, Chen Zicai, was said to be a first-class warrior when he was young.
"By the way, speaking of this, why do I have no internal strength?" Shen Yunfan muttered.
"Young master, have you forgotten? You are famous among the Shen family for your poor martial arts talent. On weekdays, you either study the art of war or draw."
Shen Yunfan nodded. He couldn't remember some details about his previous memories.
Now that I think about it, it would be a pity if I couldn't experience the feeling of practicing martial arts when I traveled to this world.
After thinking for a moment, he remembered the martial arts he had seen, and asked: "Is there any way to transfer some inner energy to me, maybe it can help me open the Ren and Du channels?"
"What's the second line of Ren and Du?" Feng Ling looked confused, "But there is indeed a way to transfer internal power..."
"Then pass some to me quickly." Shen Yunfan wanted to experience the feeling of being a hero.
"I don't." Feng Chime snorted with a red face.
"Ling'er, just help me!" Shen Yunfan turned his back to the wind chime and didn't notice her embarrassed look at all.
Hearing this pleading tone, Feng Chime was a little tangled and hesitantly said: "Then... then it's agreed, only the inner strength will be transmitted, and no other things are allowed!"
"Of course!" Shen Yunfan was a little puzzled, wondering if there was anything else he could do?
Before he could think more, he heard a rustling sound, and then a white body stepped into the bathtub. Shen Yunfan vaguely felt a soft touch on his back.
He was startled and glanced back. Seeing the large white snow, his nose suddenly felt hot.
Then, the panicked sound of wind chimes came from the room.