A rainstorm washed the gray air of Jinghu County, and after the rain cleared, the blue sky reflected the turquoise water, and Jinghu County finally had some of its original color.

In fact, in the past, Jinghu County was an extremely beautiful place with mountains and rivers, but war has always been the culprit of destroying beauty, and no matter how beautiful things are, under the hands of the demon of war, in the end it is just a scene.

The lush hillsides outside Jinghu City were almost cut down in the war, some were used to make various war tools, and some were turned into heating firewood in winter. The reeds and lotus leaves in the blue waves and green lakes naturally no longer exist, leaving only a pool of clear water. Even the original fertile land outside the city has now become a smooth mirror-like place, and there is no telling how many soldiers' bodies have been buried below, so that after the war, the people of Jinghu County are no longer willing to plough this land.

Without this green, the wind and sand will naturally take advantage of the momentum, so that Jinghu County, five days out of ten days, is shrouded in this gray weather, and only after this heavy rain and early sunshine, can you see a little bit of the original style of Jinghu County.

Cao Hui lives in an inn on the edge of the Green Lake. Today's Jinghu has become the base camp of Bian Wushuang's Eastern Expeditionary Army, after a large number of troops went to the front line, it did not seem to be depressed, all kinds of materials poured into here, but it destroyed a kind of deformed prosperity, and now Jinghu County, nine times out of ten, people are around the army to make money to survive.

The war destroys everything, but it allows another group of people to cling to him and suck the blood to survive.

The inn is called Cuihuju, half of the inn stretches into the Cuihu, living in it, the sound of the water under the feet is murmuring, the blue waves outside the window are thousands of miles, it is really a different scenery in it, Cao Hui can imagine living here before the war, sitting barefoot on the terrace outside the house to play in the water, stretching out his hand to peel those crisp lotus seeds, throwing one in his mouth, experiencing the bitter with sweet taste, raising his eyes to look around, the lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red in the sun. But now, he sat cross-legged on the terrace outside the house and fished, and all he could see was the blue sea and the fisherman who drove the boat and cast the net.

The bait had long been eaten up by the fish, but the fishing line was still unmoving, and Cao Hui's mind was not on fishing at all. Yesterday, I finally ventured to meet Bian Wushuang.

The reason why it is said to be an adventure is really because Chu Qi is still in the stage of incompatibility, on the front line, the soldiers on both sides are still fighting to the death, if Bian Wushuang arrests him, he really has nowhere to scream, but fortunately, none of this happened. As Cao Hui expected, people like Bian Wushuang are no different from those wealthy families in Daqi, and they are all from the country. Whether he defected to the Qin State or was loyal to the Chu State, it was all under a major premise, that is, it could allow his Bian family to survive.

Since it was just to let the Bian family survive, he naturally had no reason to offend a character like Cao Hui. Cao Hui was warmly received by Bian Wushuang, but that's all. Whenever it comes to substantive issues, his people are concerned about him.

Cao Hui is not in a hurry, people like Bian Wushuang, if they don't see rabbits, they don't scatter eagles, now what Chu State can give him, Qi State can't give it, but if the tree of Chu State is going to fall, the fastest runner must be someone like Bian Wushuang, the key is whether Qi State can take an overwhelming advantage, as long as this can be done, it is not difficult to make Bian Wushuang change his course.

This is the answer Cao Hui got when he saw Bian Wushuang this time.

However, what made Cao Hui a little uneasy was that inadvertently, some of Bian Wushuang's attitudes were implying that this person was more optimistic about the future of the Ming Kingdom. Or Bian Wushuang himself didn't notice these small flaws that he accidentally revealed, but what kind of person is Cao Hui, who has been doing this half of his life is a person who touches people's psychology and digs pits and buries traps for people, and he is a master of this way, even if it is the slightest clue, he can also follow these clues to pull out the coarser clues behind.

Although Bian Wushuang's character is worrisome, but this person's ability and vision are beyond doubt, if he is more optimistic about Daming in his heart, it means that he really thinks like this, and the basis of his thinking is naturally because he has a deeper understanding of Daming. This person is not a person who can be easily swayed by emotions and lose his rational judgment.

Such a person exuded such an attitude, does it indicate that Ming Guo had also sent someone to contact him? Cao Hui hadn't considered this problem before, just because he thought that if Bian Wushuang wanted to defect to the Ming Kingdom, when Qin Feng attacked Yongdu City, he would naturally turn against him, and with his help, Qin Feng would be able to defeat Yongdu City as easily, so that he could still make great achievements and get the corresponding remuneration in the Ming Dynasty, instead of leading his troops to Chu State and fighting for Chu State.

But now that he thinks about it, Da Qi can guess Bian Wushuang's attitude, so how could Da Ming not guess it? It is not impossible to send someone to contact him.

And obviously, Bian Wushuang's mind is now more optimistic about Daming. On what basis did he make such a judgment? The current Great Qi, whether in terms of size, military strength, or wealth, is not comparable to the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Ming Dynasty has annexed Great Qin, even if he digests Great Qin and truly becomes a part of himself, he will still not be the opponent of Great Qi, unless he can swallow the State of Chu and unify the Three Kingdoms, he can stand on an equal footing with Great Qi.

Although the current Ming and Chu are alliances, but this alliance is the most fragile, I believe that the Ming State must be eyeing the Chu State, these days in Jinghu City, Cao Hui has peeped into the omnipresent influence of the Ming people, many merchants on the street are from the Ming Dynasty, most of the goods sold are from the Ming Dynasty, in Jinghu, even the Ming banknotes are universal. Because the salaries issued by the Chu court to the soldiers were all loans from the Ming Dynasty, and the Changlong Bank, which was in charge of this loan business, was only willing to lend paper money. The soldiers took the paper money and naturally bought and sold, and the market was soon occupied by this kind of money of the Ming people, so that most of the merchants refused to accept copper and silver.

Although Cao Hui doesn't understand the economy and doesn't know the power of money, he knows very well that this is not a good thing. The Ming people seem to be using a method that he has never encountered before, constantly eating away at the strength of the Chu State, and the Chu people are not yet aware of it, so they are even throwing themselves into the net.

Ma Chao died in Anyang County, Cao Hui is not a pity at all, such a guy, in fact, the use value is not great, I wanted to get him to the Qi State at the beginning, just for the future war with the Ming State, one more excuse, one more person who can call on the Qin people to rise up against the banner of the Ming State, just like the Great Qi is still eating and drinking for the former Yue State Prince Wu Jing, the ghost shadow uses Wu Jing's identity, isn't it in the Ming Dynasty that some guys who are not treated well in the Ming Kingdom? It may not be possible to achieve anything, but as long as you can make trouble, it will be good, and the original effort is not large, and naturally you will not want any special gains.

However, Qin Feng did not kill Luo Liang on the spot, which made Cao Hui a little frightened. After all these years, Qin Feng has become more and more mature, and the deep hatred between him and Luo Liang can be said to be impossible to wash away even if the water of the three rivers is poured away, but in the situation where he has an absolute advantage, he can easily take revenge and kill Luo Liang, Qin Feng actually let the other party go so easily.

Being able to suppress such a deep hatred for the sake of the overall situation, how can this be done by ordinary people, Qin Feng is becoming more and more mature, and Cao Hui feels more and more pressure.

Bian Wushuang's little thought made Cao Hui even more shocked.

The buoy on the lake suddenly churned, Cao Hui's wrist tightened, the fishing rod was raised violently, and a large cyan grass carp more than a foot long was fished out of the water and fell at Cao Hui's feet with a bang.

"You can't even catch you without bait, how greedy you must be!" Cao Hui looked at the grass carp bouncing at his feet with some tears and laughter, shook his head and sighed.

There was a sound of thumping footsteps behind him, and an attendant appeared behind Cao Hui, who turned his head to glance at him, and could see that the entourage's expression was a little nervous.

"What's wrong?" Cao Hui slowly took the hook out of the mouth of the big grass carp and asked.

"My lord, just now our secret line saw an urgent official document from Zeng Lin of the county guard's mansion, which is about our Daqi. The official document said that Zhou Shuguang of Bozhou rebelled. ”

Cao Hui's eyes paused slightly, but then relaxed again: "The imperial court has already been arranged in Bozhou, so there is no need to worry." ”

"But Your Highness, it is mentioned in this official document that Zhou Shuguang has successfully raised the flag to rebel in Bozhou, killed more than 10,000 Cao Gang's sailors, and sank more than 100 imperial warships, so even Lord Xiang died in Bozhou." The attendant's voice trembled slightly.

With a snap, the big grass carp in his hand was pinched into a ball of fish paste by Cao Hui, squeezed out from between his fingers and fell on the terrace.

"Bozhou General Huang Lian is Zhou Shuguang's person, and it is precisely because of his opposition to the water that the imperial court has lost all the dishes arranged in Bozhou." Retinue of the Word.

Cao Hui gritted his teeth and said slowly: "I just want to know now, why is our ghost's intelligence system even slower than that of Chu State, Zeng Lin has already received information from Bozhou, why haven't I seen it yet?" ”

"My lord, or because the incident was too sudden, it was completely different from what I expected earlier, and the country was a little panicked, so that the information was not conveyed in time, and I believe that soon, we will be able to receive a detailed report on the situation."