Chapter Fifty-Six: Envoy to the State of Wu
Duan Yu originally planned to go to Lanting Yuan again that night to persuade Xi Shi to leave the palace. Since Fan Li arranged for him to send Xi Shi and others to Wu Kingdom, there was no need to go to Lanting Yuan again.
agreed with Fan Li to enter the palace the next day, Duan Yu left Fan's mansion and came to Youlaiju, he wanted to pass the information that Wu Yue was going to fight back to Dali.
In Duan Yu's plan, if Wu Yue can't maintain a state of mutual containment, then Dali must reap the benefits of the fisherman in this battle of Wu Yue, and it is best to incorporate the land of Wu Yue into Dali and build it into Dali's strategic depth.
After all, the wolves in the northern steppes don't know when they will go south to bite everything, and with strategic depth, there are more options.
It's a pity that the thin monkey hasn't come back to stand by, Duan Yu is about to leave for Wu the next day, and there is no one who can pass on the information at this time.
It also made him determined to build an intelligence system of his own.
After leaving the residence of friends, Duan Yu did not go to the palace to be on duty, but went out of Huiji City and came to the fence of A Qing's house.
At this time, the night was already dark, Duan Yu could see that there was still light in the small room of Ah Qing's house, he couldn't jump directly into the courtyard of Ah Qing's house, so he had to shout: "Ah Qing, Ah Qing ......"
After a while, Ah Qing walked out with an oil lamp in his hand: "Duan Yu, Duan Yu, why are you here!" ”
Obviously, she was very happy to see Duan Yu.
"I was assigned an errand, and I will leave for Wu tomorrow to say goodbye to you."
Ah Qing opened the fence door and walked out, and Qiao Shengsheng stood in front of Duan Yu.
Hearing that Duan Yu was leaving, Ah Qing suddenly felt as if a piece of her heart had been hollowed out, and she had never felt that before.
"Didn't you say that you would go with me to find Grandpa Bai? You're so powerful, even I can't beat you, who can let you do things, isn't it good if you don't go? ”
Ah Qing looked at Duan Yu with hopeful eyes, her eyes were extremely bright under the light of the oil lamp, reflecting the starry sky in the sky.
Duan Yu had never seen Ah Qing so well-behaved, and couldn't help but reach out and stroke her head, her hair was still a little wet, she should have just finished bathing.
Seeing that Ah Qing lowered his head shyly, Duan Yu hurriedly withdrew his hand, coughed dryly, and said, "I'm just going to Wu Country once, and I'll come back, and I'll come back to play with you then." ”
Hearing that Duan Yu would come back, Ah Qing laughed: "That's good, you can't be fooled, you must come to me, and then we will go to herd sheep together, okay?" ”
Duan Yu smiled and nodded, and said: "I have one more thing to entrust to you, you start tomorrow, after herding the sheep every day, go to Youlaiju near the north gate of Huiji City to find a person, and tell him: Early after autumn, late in the spring of the next year, Yue and Wu will definitely fight, and Dali must be ready to send troops." Let him send the news back,"
Duan Yu knew that Ah Qing was not very literate, so he told Ah Qing the location of his friend's residence, the appearance of the thin monkey, and the location of the room engraved with the word "Li".
Ah Qing has an excellent memory, Duan Yu only said it once, she remembered it, and Duan Yu asked her to repeat it again, without any mistakes.
"Ah Qing, I won't stay in Yue for a long time after I come back from Wu, I am from Dali, and I will go back to Dali then. Well...... I would like to invite you to Dali. ”
Although Duan Yu approached Ah Qing with a purpose, after getting along in the past two days, Ah Qing had already occupied an important position in Duan Yu's heart.
The most important thing is that Duan Yu couldn't bear to see Ah Qing buried, so after thinking about it, he decided to take Ah Qing back to Dali. Ah Qing's martial arts training qualifications are extremely high, and when she achieves internal strength, she can also become a big help for him.
But it also depends on Ah Qing's own meaning.
Although Ah Qing is simple, she also knows what it means for a woman to follow a man home. She rejoiced in her heart, but said, "You have to take me to your house, I ...... I am happy, but I don't worry about my mother staying here alone. ”
Seeing that Ah Qing intended to go to Dali with him, Duan Yu put down a big stone in his heart, as for Ah Qing's mother, it was very easy to arrange, so he said: "Your mother will go to Dali with us, my family has a lot of houses, and when the time comes, give your mother a big house to live in, and there will be a maid to serve her." ”
Seeing that Duan Yu had thought of her mother's arrangement, Ah Qing clapped her hands happily and said, "My sheep will also be carried!" ”
Duan Yuwan said, "No problem, I'll find two cars to pull the sheep to Dali." ”
After thinking about it, he said: "During the time I was away, you have to practice the "Yue Nu Heart Technique" diligently, and after you practice, you can also fly the eaves and walk the wall." ”
Ah Qing nodded his head twice vigorously.
"I'm leaving, go back to the house, and don't forget what I told you."
Ah Qing looked at Duan Yu with burning eyes, and suddenly took two steps forward and threw himself into Duan Yu's arms.
Ah Qing's movements were extremely fast, and when Duan Yu reacted, Ah Qing was already in his arms.
The corners of Duan Yu's mouth curled, and he stretched out his arms to wrap around Ah Qing's back, gently soothing ......
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Early the next morning, the main hall of the Yue Palace.
Gou Jian sat on the throne, looked at the eight envoys of Wu below, and said loudly: "Thanks to the love of King Wu, I sent eight strong men to send the sword, and the widow could not repay it, so I specially found eight stunning beauties, carefully trained them, and sent them to King Wu this time." ”
Gou Jian beckoned, and saw a waiter walk out of the hall, and soon brought eight graceful women in, eight women with different postures, but they were all superior, for a time the hall was like a hundred flowers blooming, gorgeous and colorful.
The two women in front were Xi Shi and Zheng Dan.
Xi Shi's eyes were gloomy, but he found Fan Li's location at a glance.
Duan Yu stood behind Fan Li's seat, and he happened to be able to see Xi Shi and Zheng Dan.
Seeing that after Xi Shi saw Fan Li, his eyes immediately burned, and then he seemed to think of something, and his eyes dimmed again.
Duan Yu couldn't see Fan Li's expression, but he could feel his body tremble twice, and his fingers suddenly clenched, obviously Fan Li's heart was not calm.
Zheng Dan followed Xi Shi's gaze and saw Fan Li, and then saw Duan Yu behind Fan Li, her already big eyes suddenly widened even more, her mouth opened slightly, and she looked so shocked that her glasses fell to the ground.
Duan Yu saw that she looked cute, so he wanted to tease her, so he made a flying eye at her.
Zheng Dan was taken aback by his movements,
"I didn't expect this Dongfang Mo to dare to squeeze his eyebrows in the palace hall, hmph, if he is very bold, otherwise he wouldn't dare to say that he would take me and Yiguang to escape from the palace."
Zheng Dan seemed to refuse to admit defeat, glared back at Duan Yu hatefully, and then lowered his head and saluted Gou Shi with the women.
Everyone in the main hall was attracted by the eight beauties, but they didn't notice Duan Yu and Zheng Dan's hidden "eyebrows and eyes", only the black-clothed man, Mr. Yan, looked back and forth on Duan Yu and Zheng Dan with his eyes hidden behind the mask.
Duan Yu felt Mr. Yan's gaze, turned his head to look over, the two looked at each other, Duan Yu's gaze was as plain as water, and Mr. Yan was thoughtful.
At this time, Gou Jian pointed to Xi Shi and the others, and said to the eight envoys of Wu: "These are the eight beauties sent to King Wu, and each beauty is one in a million." ”
The envoy of Wu stepped forward to thank him and bowed respectfully.
These eight people knew that there were people outside the world after they suffered Ah Qing's loss that day, and they were much more cautious in their words and deeds.
In addition, the year before last, the country of Yue was famine, thanks to the benevolence and benevolence of King Wu, he lent thousands of stones of grain to the country. In the past two years, the wind and rain in the country have been smooth, and there is a slight surplus of grain, I sent people to pick up grain and grain, gather thousands of stones, and return them to your country this time, and the grain convoy and eight beauties will walk with eight strong men, how about it? ”
Gou Jian quietly revealed the poisonous plan to create a famine.
The envoy of Wu naturally did not know that returning food was a poisonous plan, and if the envoy to Yue could bring back eight beauties and a thousand stone valleys, King Wu would be rewarded, so he gladly agreed.
Fan Li got up and walked to Gou Jian's side, and whispered to Gou Jian: "This time to envoy Wu State, King Wu may also want to get a Wu Yue sword competition, Dongfang Mo is strong in martial arts, and no one in my dozen families is one of its enemies." In order to avoid being humiliated in the country of Wu. The king might as well let Dongfang Mo lead the team to envoy Wu. ”
Others couldn't hear what Fan Li said, but Duan Yu could hear it clearly, he didn't expect Fan Li to persuade Gou Jian for such a reason, he was feeling funny, and felt a gaze on him, Duan Yu looked up, it was Mr. Yan again.
Mr. Yan sat on a chair on the left side of Gou Jian, not too close to Gou Jian, he obviously heard Fan Li recommend Duan Yu to look at it, so it seems that Mr. Yan's ear power is quite good, Duan Yu can't help but be a little more vigilant about Mr. Yan.
Gou Jian nodded, looked at Duan Yu, and said: "Dongfang Mo listens to the order, the widow appoints you as the envoy of my Yue Kingdom, you go to the brigade to select fifty armor soldiers, escort eight beauties and grain convoys, and accompany the eight envoys to envoy Wu State." ”
Duan Yu walked out of the queue to Zheng Dan's side, bowed down and saluted Gou Shi, and said: "The minister is determined to live up to his mission and guarantee to escort the eight beauties and the Thousand Stone Lianggu to Wu Kingdom safely!" ”
Zheng Dan and Xi Shi obviously didn't expect that it was Duan Yu who escorted them to Wu Kingdom, and at this time Xi Shi also recognized Duan Yu, and the two looked at Duan Yu who was standing on the hall and saluting in surprise.
Feeling the eyes of the two women next to him staring at him, Duan Yu couldn't turn his head to look at him in front of everyone, and his heart said that he was walking all the way anyway, and there was an opportunity to explain to them on the way.
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An hour later, outside the east gate of Huiji City.
Fan Li took out two letters, one of which was a letter with golden silk thread and handed it to Duan Yu, and said, "Brother Dongfang, you must personally present this letter to King Wu after you arrive in Wu." In addition......"
Fan Li handed over another ordinary letter to Duan Yu, "This one I wrote to Xi Shi, it is inconvenient for me to talk to her in front of everyone, I have written everything I should say in the letter, you can find a chance to give it to her." ”
Duan Yu nodded in response, put away the two letters, then turned on his horse, and said to Fan Li on the horse: "Doctor Fan, please go back." ”
Lang shouted: "Let's go!" ”
At the front of the procession were twenty brigade warriors, followed by eight Wu swordsmen and four carriages on horses, Xi Shi and Zheng Dan sat in one carriage at the front, and six other beauties sat in the other three carriages.
Behind the wagon were twenty ox carts, on which were large grains steamed with thousands of stones. At the back of the line were twenty brigade soldiers, and ten more brigade soldiers were on either side of the line.
Duan Yu patrolled the entire team back and forth.
The curtain of the carriage at the front was lifted by a slender hand, and a pair of starry eyes poked out, looking at the figure under the city gate, and did not look back for a long time......