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"Chengdu came to us on purpose, right? I don't know what to do. Su You saw that Yuwen Chengdu expressed his goodwill to Li Jing and Cheng Yanjin, first pulled down the masked scarf, and then asked with a straight smile.
"At first, I really wanted to kill people, but the equestrian skills of the two of them are really amazing, and after chasing out a while, I came up with this plan to let the tiger return to the mountain and then go deep into the tiger's den, but I never thought that it was you who robbed the Yuwen caravan first, and then intercepted the Li caravan." Yuwen Chengdu calmly talked about these murders and goods, and it was like a common thing.
"But in the end, you still won......" Su You shook his head a little stupidly, he had thought that the guards escorting the goods might be Yuwen Chengdu and others, but he never thought that the Thirteen Taibao would appear in such a way.
"You're ignoring the horse shoes, which you invented at the end of last year and haven't been popularized in the army so far, but the horse thief you play is all well equipped." Yuwen Chengdu bluntly pointed out Su You's flaws, and continued, "After they knew that you intercepted their caravan to no avail, they sent our thirteen brothers out, and we originally wanted to join the caravan guard before you appeared in order to protect them. ”
"If you're faster, it's probably us who will die." Su You shook his head helplessly, of course, this is just an assumption, but the lives of the merchants and guards of the Li family's caravan are not unrelated to him.
If Su You chooses to intercept the Li family caravan at the north entrance of the Refuge Valley, then Yuwen Chengdu and the others will join the escort of the Li family caravan at the south entrance of the Refuge Valley, and then Su You needs to face the Li family caravan escort including Yuwen Thirteen Taibao, and the outcome of the battle may be difficult to predict.
But what neither Yuwen Chengdu nor Su You expected was the appearance of the Turkic horse thief, because of the sudden appearance of the Turkic horse thief, the direction of things seemed to have developed in Su You's favor, at least he had not had a head-on conflict with Yuwen Chengdu until now, and the Li caravan turned into a hostile side of Yuwen Chengdu, and because of this, it was a catastrophe.
"That's not good, if we hurry up, it's likely that we'll help them defend against the Turks, and it's hard to say which side you're on at that time." Yuwen Chengdu shook his head and said faintly, obviously he was also satisfied with the current result.
Diplomatic relations pay attention to long-distance friendship and close attack, and strategic cooperation partners pay attention to helping the weak and resisting the strong, so the Sun-Liu alliance resisted Cao, so the People's Army resisted US aggression and aided Korea......
If Yuwen Chengdu joined the Li caravan and defeated the Turks, Su You would probably join the Turkic horse thieves without discipline in order to control the caravan, and the result would be that the horse thieves alliance would come to fight the Li caravan.
"Anyway, we are winners, but at the same time we are losers. We were originally going to investigate and punish the Yuwen family for carrying contraband out of customs, but we couldn't do it; You were trying to protect the caravan from trading with the Turks, but you failed to complete your mission. Su You was noncommittal about Yuwen Chengdu's statement, but when he returned to the real question, the two fell into embarrassment again.
"Who's to say it isn't? Although the more than ten carts of iron tools were returned to our hands, they were like a hot potato. Yuwen Chengdu thought of the problem he needed to face, and sighed empathetically.
"I heard that Brother Chengdu and the Yuwen family have some discord, it can be said that they are in Cao Ying's heart in Han, if you are willing to hand over those iron tools to me......" Su You followed the temptation, and finally showed his fangs like a wolf grandmother in a flower turban.
"It's true that I'm hiding my guts in the Yuwen family, but now is not the time for me to leave the Yuwen family; If you knew the current situation of Mayi, you would not have received more than a dozen carts of iron. "Yuwen Chengdu said that when it comes to his relationship with the Yuwen family, there is no taboo, he is like a parasitic plant, and he will eventually break away from the host, just like Su You finally broke away from the King of Qi.
However, Yuwen Chengdu is not optimistic about the connection between Su You and King Qi.
Li Jing and Cheng Yanjin couldn't imagine that Yuwen Chengdu, who has always been domineering and leaky, would have such a little-known side, and they felt like a confidant for a while; Compared with the high-level gate, the four people standing in one place are more like a few duckweeds, and they obviously have a long way to go if they want to get to the top.
"The current state of Mayi?" Su You muttered in a low voice, and suddenly had a bad premonition, since Yuwen Chengdu can appear here, then the Yuwen family has obviously been arranged in Mayi, so the King of Qi is likely to be more than lucky.
"Two days ago, His Majesty saw that the weather was cool, so he called a few royal children to hunt on the outskirts of Mayi, and King Qi was also among them, but the result of the hunt King Qi was really good. Subsequently, His Majesty received several anonymous letters, which reported the evil deeds of Qiao Lingze, Li Xianyu and others in the Eastern Capital and Zhuo County, and His Majesty placed the King of Qi under house arrest; This afternoon, Yun Dingxing reported that King Qi had secretly hidden weapons with the intention of rebelling......"
Yuwen Chengdu said with an expressionless face about the recent situation in the past two days, and these news were obviously very unfavorable to Su You.
"Yun Dingxing?" Su You gritted his teeth and repeated the name, it seems that King Qi was sold by this goods, didn't he say that he first reported the Yuwen caravan to carry iron out of the customs? Now it seems that he is playing a trap on King Qi, and there is no doubt that the black hand behind him is the Yuwen family, but does this have anything to do with Yun Zhaonan?
"Since Yun Dingxing can stand up, it is obvious that King Qi can't wash it even if he jumps into the Yellow River." Li Jing shook his head, and then pointed out the situation of King Qi, as well as the situation of Su You and the others.
"Chengdu is all about it, you can do it yourself." Yuwen Chengdu didn't continue, and before Su You and the others could speak again, he slowly left, in the midst of this great enemy, his leisure was like walking in the backyard.
Since the pursuit of Xia Ziwei's brothers and sisters, Yuwen Chengdu has always taken the initiative, knowing the appearance of Su You and others, it is easy for him to retreat from the precipice. It wasn't until Su You opened his mouth to speak that he put himself surrounded by enemy soldiers, and even so, he believed that he would have no problem fighting to the death with his own strength.
What's more, Yuwen Chengdu recognized Su You from his voice, and he also believed that Su You would eventually return the favor.
The reason why Yuwen Chengdu took the initiative to highlight Su You's failure and the defeat of King Qi was not because he hoped that the power to cause trouble for Yuwen would have more fire on the surface, and at the same time, if there was no power from Su You's side in the polo team, how would he lead the rest of the people to fight against the Turks?
If Yuwen Cheng can't stand out in the future polo match with the Turks, then he won't be able to get a good background, and his desire to break away from the Yuwen clan will be far away.
They come from all over the world and come together for the same goal. Su You once accommodated Yuwen Chengdu and others because of this, why didn't Yuwen Chengdu do it at this time?
"Sir......" Cheng Yanjin watched Yuwen Chengdu turn around and leave, and then hurriedly whispered to remind Su You, who was expressionless.
"Let him go, since he has become a gentleman, how can I be a villain?" Su You shook his head, of course he could understand what Cheng Yanjin was thinking, - Cheng Yanjin just wanted him to go back on his word and cast a cold arrow at Yuwen Chengdu, but what would happen if he killed Yuwen Chengdu? The next moment is likely to be Li Jing's departure, and the next moment is likely to be separated from the three hundred guards behind him because of this separation......
"So where do we go from here?" Li Jing nodded incomprehensibly at what Su You said, and then couldn't help asking.
"Let's rush back to Mayi overnight, no matter whether what Yuwen Chengdu said is true or not, we should prepare for the worst." Su You smiled bitterly, pondered for a while, and then said, "Although King Qi's stubborn nature has been somewhat restrained, Qiao Lingze and the others have not changed their hearts, and they didn't expect it to become the fuse for his downfall; Since His Majesty is determined to deal with the King of Qi, the 20,000 East Palace guards in the hands of the King of Qi must have been confiscated as soon as possible. ”
"The five hundred guards commanded by Mr. are the elite soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, if we want to hide our whereabouts this time, we must rush back as soon as possible, so that they can return to their posts in pieces." Li Jing listened to Su You's words, and immediately felt the embarrassment of the current situation, but Cheng Yanjin rarely proposed his own solution.
"Biting gold can do this, it is indeed some progress. However, before the King of Qi sent us out, he had already reported our whereabouts to His Majesty, and in the report, we left Mayi in the name of looking for minerals. Su You nodded appreciatively at what Cheng Yanjin said, but he still thought it was too simple.
"What do you mean by that cross-wave?" Li Jing asked a little puzzled, what he actually thought was roughly similar to what Cheng Yanjin said.
"Our relationship with King Qi on the surface is obvious to all, and it shouldn't be difficult to save ourselves; But this time the King of Qi was plotted by the Yuwen family, I am afraid that there will be no time to make a comeback, then the guards under him will inevitably fall apart, I want the pharmacist to control these three hundred guards. Su You saw that the two of them were not on the road, so he had to say his plan straightforwardly.
"What are Hengbo's plans?" Li Jing is looking at Su You to establish his own strength, but this does not mean that Li Jing must be optimistic about him, after all, Su You is not a gate valve, and it is not easy for him to gain a firm foothold in this high-level society.
"After the ball game, I want to beg His Majesty to give me a chance to shepherd one side, even if it is to be a small county guard or a small county order, it is indeed too dangerous to be above the court." Su You didn't pay attention to Li Jing's reservations, and after pondering for a while, he finally told people his ideals for the first time.
I'm going to shepherd one side! I'm going to stay away from the court!
"Hengbo wants to be the county guard, and I, Li Jing, will be your county guard." Li Jing nodded, but finally buried these words in his heart.
Li Jing turned around and walked to the three hundred guards who had already assembled, and then announced Su You's distribution of the spoils, his approach seemed to be a little different from Su You's requirements, Su You originally let him control these people, but he was buying people's hearts for Su You.