Chapter 150: Speculating on People's Hearts
Princess Yan immediately expected it and captured Chicheng, and next, King Wu Yi's target was Qingcheng; But attacking Qingcheng, Lin Xi will no longer give advice to King Wu Yi for the time being. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoAfter all, being too sharp is not a good thing after all, and it is enough to stop.
Helping King Wu Yi capture Akagi, getting King Wu Yi's appreciation and reuse, and receiving King Wu Yi's gift, is to be worthy of the position that King Wu Yi just let him sit in. If there is no merit, he will not receive any gifts, so that everyone will know his principles as a human being.
On the one hand, it saves the trouble of private bribery between ministers, and also makes King Wu Yi feel at ease, knowing that he is not a very greedy person, since he is not a greedy person, then the desire for power will not be very strong, at least King Wu Yi does not have to be too wary of Lin Xi.
On the other hand, even if in the future, King Wu Yi is suspicious and wary of Lin Xi, Lin Xi can protect himself, as long as he does not seek his position and retire to the court. But if Lin Xi did not uphold the principle of "no merit will not be punished", if he accepted any gifts and bribes without restraint, then King Wu Yi would have a reason to deal with the important ministers for the "crime of corruption".
This was the case with Wu Jing, the king of Chu in the south, who began to be a little jealous of wise and resourceful strategists after unifying the small countries in the south. The king of Chu was afraid that the successful strategists would outperform him and be respected by the people, and it would not be easy for the strategists to unite with other ministers and design to usurp his throne, so in order to prevent such a thing from happening, the king of Chu needed an excuse to get rid of such strategists. And the best excuse is the charge of corruption, under the guise of "getting rid of traitors and corrupt officials", seizing the handle of the strategist and getting rid of the big trouble.
When King Wujing dealt with the two strategists, it was the queen mother of Princess Zhen who told her privately. Thinking of this, Princess Yan couldn't help but be a little faintly worried about Lin Xi, after all, she saw some signs in Lin Xi, and this sign vaguely highlighted the shadows of the two important ministers and strategists who were executed by King Wujing back then.
But on another thought, Princess Yan suddenly realized that Lin Xi was unfathomable, Lin Xi was different from the two strategists who stayed by King Wujing's side in the past, Lin Xi knew how to advance and retreat, and also knew how to grasp the proportions, and guess people's hearts......
Princess Yan understood Lin Xi's intentions, and stood in Lin Xi's position for his sake. At this moment, how could she describe her admiration for Lin Xi in a few words. And her belief that she will always be by Lin Xi's side to advance and retreat together is deeper and firmer.
Lin Xi suddenly stopped after hearing Princess Yan Yun say "Gong Gao Gai Master", knowing the reason why Princess Yan Zhen suddenly stopped, and he didn't speak. He knows that what he has to do now is to be silent when he should be silent, to keep a low profile when he should be low-key, and never open his mouth or make a move until he has to.
Seeing that Lin Xi didn't say much, Princess Yan was a little reluctant, buried her head down, slowly walked to Lin Xi's side, pulled Lin Xi's sleeve lightly, and said, "Brother Lin, since you don't like what I gave you so much, I can take it back, but can you agree to my two requests." ”
"What requirements? Princess, you say first, I will not easily agree to the request when I do not know what it is; Because once you agree, you have to do it, if you agree, you can't do it or don't do it, and you refuse, how can it be the style of a dignified man? That's not my style, so it's okay for the princess to say yes, and I don't say yes, that's another matter. ”
Lin Xi's strong response, Princess Yan Zhen should have been sullen, but listening to his words, I knew that he was a very responsible man, Princess Yan Zhen was more and more impressed by Lin Xi's personality charm, where to take care of being angry, and continued: "I was thinking, those gifts for eating and decoration, you don't like luxury, so it is not rare. But there is a box of valuable books in the collection, you may be able to use it, so let's do it, you have your principles, and I am not reluctant, then you can buy the box of books from me openly, not a penny less, and you have to add all kinds of labor fees I send you, you are not a stingy person, this bit of silver, you should be able to pay, this is the first requirement. ”
Lin Xi thought quickly, books are indeed very needed, and this idea can be regarded as legitimate, "In this case, the first request can be agreed, so what is the second request of the princess?" ”
"The second requirement is very simple, informal occasions, you must not call me a princess in the future, you can't see me outside, you can choose your own two kinds of titles, after choosing, you can only call me like this in the future, this is a hard requirement, if you don't agree, I don't plan to pull back the things in the two carriages, you buy? I'm sorry, but ten times the price, but you can buy two more houses. Princess Yan came to recruit the ladder upstairs, stood beside Lin Xi, looked at the two carriages and valuables, and smiled proudly in her heart.
Lin Xi thought about it, books can be bought, if other things are really bought at a high price, not only do they not need to say it, but they also spend a lot of money, and he really doesn't dare to disobey this trick given to him by Princess Zhan Zhen, "Since Zhu Zhen said so, then I might as well be respectful and obey my fate." ”
When Princess Yan heard that Lin Xi finally stopped calling her princess, at least it showed that Lin Xi no longer had to be polite because of her high status, and she was treated as an equal with him and became closer. Her heart was full of colorful flowers, and her smiling face was even brighter in the sun, and she said loudly: "Brother Lin, don't forget, you have to call it that way in the future, I want to go to your mansion first, and I will trouble you to deal with the things on the car!" ”
The princess said happily, and quickly slipped to the door of the mansion, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Lin Xi shook his head slightly after looking at the innocent and free back of Princess Zhenyun, helpless, he still indulged in dealing with the rest of the things.
But it was said that Qin Muyu traveled over the mountains and mountains, and arrived in Qingcheng with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, which should have been 110,000.
After arriving in Qingcheng, Qin Muyu did not dare to slack off at all, and began to make preparations for strict defense.
Because Qin Muyu's brother Prince Qin Yao arrived in Chicheng two days late, and found that Chicheng had been breached, due to the fatigue of the 80,000 troops he led, it was almost impossible to recapture Chicheng, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he didn't know if there was an ambush around, and seeing that the general trend had gone, he turned his men and horses and turned to Qingcheng.
After Qin Yao and Qin Muyu met in Qingcheng, Qin Muyu suffered a lot of anger, because of the defeat of Chicheng, Qin Yao began to suppress Qin Muyu, and immediately asked the king of the state of thought to reallocate the army.
Qin Muyu lost nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in the Battle of Chicheng, and was suppressed by Qin Yao, and was not allowed to transfer the talisman. As a result, Qin Yao became the new commander of the 180,000 military horses, and Qin Muyu was demoted to a deputy general, obeying Qin Yao's dispatch. (To be continued.) )