Chapter 268: Brave Heart (2)
She mercilessly exposed the fig leaf of the courtiers present, making them furious, but before they could continue to denounce it, another cold and lazy voice was even more deafening.
"Aren't you still silent, but now you're arguing with the widow who just finished the general's autopsy, but you've forgotten who you are and where you stand, right?"
This was said by Yuan Xingzhou.
If Zheng Quqi's words were to stab their fragile self-esteem, then His Royal Highness's words were to crush their faces and the little bluff they had worked so hard to maintain into powder.
The courtiers of Ye State were speechless, their expressions were instantly disgraced and embarrassed, and they wanted to say something, but they didn't know what they could say. Most of the courtiers in Beijing who are standing here are still ashamed, but so what, can they change the stormy and turbulent situation of the current Ye Kingdom?
Even King Ye and Queen Ye were afraid, not to mention them, in addition to forbearing, retreating and lowering their bodies to beg for mercy, begging other countries to let them go temporarily, they didn't know what else they could do to keep Ye Guo......
Who doesn't want to be a man with their heads held high, and who wants to kneel when they can stand? But they don't have that ability at all now, they can only look at other people's faces and behave, trembling, and trembling.
The emotions and thoughts expressed by their silence at this moment, Zheng Quqi could guess without asking, she had seen how much backbone was still left in the hearts of these people at the night banquet before.
They feel sorry for themselves and indulge in negative and powerless emotions, which she can understand, because in her world there was a great literary gentleman who said that a slave who kneels for a long time forgets how to stand up, and a nation that kneels for too long has a fear of heights even when he stands up.
Therefore, how difficult it is to resist the suppression and bullying given, but if it is to bully and belittle people like them, it is much easier.
"General She laughs like this, is it because he thinks that my Ye Guo general is withering and there is no one to fight, or do you think that I am a woman and a Taoist family, and I am not worthy of competing with you?" Zheng Quqi asked calmly.
She Kou's mind was broken by Zheng Quchi's words, but her gentle and calm tone could not hide the resoluteness and uncompromising contained in her words.
He looked over, but was attracted by the tenacity of the heavy mountain in her eyes, she was not arrogant or impatient, and stood there in a strong contrast with the officials of this hall.
She stood tall and tall, the cliffs shining, bright and bright, standing in the sun, and those of them were like the western mountains that were fading in the twilight, going towards gloom and decay, without any vitality and spirit.
However, seeing such a strong Zheng Quqi, it did not make She Kou appreciate, as an enemy, he was not happy to see anyone in Ye Guo have an unyielding will, seeing this kind of person, he just wanted to suppress and completely destroy.
He said, "Zheng Quqi, no matter how capable you are, you can't go to the battlefield to fight like a man, even if it's just this Six Nations military test, not a real battlefield, let alone ......
She Kou's tone slowly relaxed, and his squinted eyes were fierce: "This general doesn't believe that anyone else in your Ye Kingdom can defeat the giant deer except Yu Wensheng, you better give up, Yu Wensheng's corpse will only become a sacrifice under the hatred of the giant deer country, he will not die well in life, and he will not be reincarnated after death, even if there is an afterlife, he will be reduced to an animal, and he will be reduced to three tu."
In Ye country, according to traditional customs, relatives after death have to be transported back to their hometown, funeral ceremonies buried in the ground, so that the dead will feel comforted, if the deceased do not enter the ground, then the relatives are not at ease, the so-called into the soil for peace, fallen leaves return to the root to become their belief has a profound impact.
And Yu Wensheng has no closest blood relatives in this world, no one will care where he will be buried in the end, and how his body will be badly abused in the end......
Yuan Xingzhou's black eyelashes were covered by the stagnant eyes like a dead man, and his face was expressionless and indifferent.
- But who says no?
"How dare you!" Zheng Quqi finally couldn't bear it anymore, his eyes were red with anger, and he turned into the sharpest blade: "Killing people is not enough, do you really want to do things so desperately? But it will not be as you wish,
Because he still has my wife, and if you destroy him, I will help him, and if you want him not to be reincarnated, I will make him a golden statue of the god of war, and let the monks who have attained the Tao pray for him, and the incense will be offered every day, and the country of Ye will always receive his favor, and the ungrateful people will build a pagoda of merit for him, and accumulate the blessings of the next life for him."
Her words were sonorous and powerful, extremely heavy, and the power that came from the depths of her heart was loud and deafening.
Yuan Xingzhou looked at her suddenly, his originally cold and deep eyes widened slightly, and his eyes seemed to be beating and flickering with a vague and fluttering light, like a small boat floating in the sea of fog, swaying endlessly.
When the other ministers heard that She Kou was planning to humiliate Yu Wensheng's body in front of them, they naturally felt a sense of depression and anger, which came from the fact that the other party didn't take Ye Guo in his eyes at all, so he dared to stand on their territory and be so arrogant and arrogant, without any scruples.
And the words of the general's wife really made them feel a shock.
The shock came not only from the words she said, but also from her brave heart.
How poisonous is what the other party said, it is difficult for anyone to stay calm when they listen to it, they only feel trembling all over, clenching their teeth, and those who are fragile may not be able to break the defense on the spot, but the general's wife is like an invincible guardian, she intends to use her not strong body to shield her deceased husband from the wind and rain, protect him on his body, and resist all violations.
Since she stepped into this hall, her every word and deed, every move has come from her heart, and none of them have flinched in fear of difficulties, she is a little woman, and any big man in the room is taller than her, but when they are dumb, when they are angry and still dare not declare, only her voice is deafening.
At this time, a sentence appeared in everyone's hearts - if you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for.
Seeing that she wanted to snatch the corpse directly on the main hall, Yuan Xingzhou finally intervened at this time, he reached out and grabbed Zheng Quqi and asked her to calm down first.
"The reason for General She's refusal is just that the bet is not attractive enough, then the prince of the world is willing to raise the bet for the general's wife, are you willing to compete with His Royal Highness?"
He stepped in front of Zheng Quqi and looked at She Kou, while Zheng Quqi looked at Yuan Xingzhou's side face with a stunned expression.
She didn't expect that he would intervene at this time, obviously King Ye had expressed his attitude, Yu Wensheng's body was at the disposal of the people of Julu Country, but when he said such a thing, did he think about the consequences?
She Kou's original vision of staring at Zheng Quqi was blocked, and he had to look at Yuan Xingzhou.
Yuan Xingzhou, the eldest prince of King Ye, was named the prince of Ye when he was born, and it is reported that he has been missing for nearly 16 years and has only been found recently.
Such a highness the prince who grew up in the people, She Kou didn't take him in his eyes at all, he saw that there was an inexplicable ambiguity between him and the general's wife, he defended the other party so much, and now he came to negotiate with him for her, he mocked: "Notes, what can His Royal Highness the prince come up with to impress this general?"
Yuan Xingzhou said a bet that the other party couldn't refuse: "How is Yan Cheng?"
She Kou was stunned at first when he heard this, and then his eyes widened, and he was surprised: "Yan Cheng?"
"If this time the Six Kingdoms test is Ye Guo lost, then His Royal Highness will divide Yancheng into the Julu Country, what does General She think?" Yuan Xingzhou's indifferent and light-colored lips spit out the words like nails, sentence by sentence, no nonsense.
However, his proposal made the ministers of the DPRK and China explode.
Who told you to propose this?
The Cabinet Minister exclaimed, "Your Highness!"
"Your Highness, does the Holy One know about your decision?" The ministers were stunned.
Some of the stiff ministers rebuked angrily, "Shizi, Yancheng is so important to my country, how can you trade it at will?"
However, Yuan Xingzhou only glanced at the objections they denounced lightly, learning what they are best at and bullying people with power: "The son of this world is the prison country, and no one can ignore the decision of the palace except for the father."
Hiss!
They gasped.
It's over, Ye Guo is really finished.
This is just a faint King Ye, they haven't had time to hope, but there is a more nonsense son, what ghost hope can they have in Ye Kingdom?
Just destroy, they're tired.
The courtiers were already helpless at this time, and they were powerless to dissuade them anymore.
When She Kou saw this scene, he thought that if he didn't agree at this time, then he would be too stupid.
"Okay, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, since you dare to make such bold statements, how can General Ben not fulfill you? Then the matter is a foregone conclusion! Everyone in the palace is here to testify, the six countries test the army, if the Ye country wins, my giant deer country will return Yu Wensheng's body to the Ye country, if my giant deer country wins, then your Ye country will give up Yancheng."
Seeing that She Kou looked like she was a pie in the sky, Yuan Xingzhou's water pupils revealed a bit of treachery: "Okay."
Wait a minute......
How did the two of them achieve this all at once?
Zheng Quqi thought that she needed to fight alone, but she ignored that there was a Yuan Xingzhou next to her, and he was willing to make such a big blood injection in order to achieve her wish at this time?!
"I can't see that the prince of the world is still a person who doesn't love the country and loves the beauty, hahahahaha......
Before leaving the main hall, She Kou glanced at Zheng Quqi and Yuan Xingzhou, left such a sentence meaningfully, and left with a smile.
The ministers of the DPRK and China also left in anger almost after this incident, those who complained went to complain, those who made small reports went to make small reports, gathered people to complain and vent their grievances and made an appointment with a secret tea room, and when everyone dispersed, only Zheng Quqi and Yuan Xingzhou were left in the palace.
Zheng Quqi relaxed her tense body at this time, and she asked him, "If you do this, can King Ye agree?"
"Yancheng is a fief he gave me, and His Highness has the right to make his own decisions, besides...... You're not going to let me lose, are you?" He wasn't nervous about Fang Cai's scene at all, and the only time his face changed was because of her "true confession" of cultivating merit for his golden body.
Zheng Quqi: "......"
She was going to say, and she wasn't sure if he would go crazy and strangle her on the spot.
It can be said that Yuan Xingzhou, an ally, is very qualified, always on her side, and will do everything to support her, Zheng Quqi is deeply pleased with his wise decision.
Win, to be honest, she is really not sure, after all, this war is really not her strong point, not even a side hustle.
But—she assured Yuan Xingzhou, "If you lose, I will bear all the consequences with you."
Yuan Xingzhou seemed to see the uncertainty, worry and desperate determination in her heart, and he said, "Don't worry, I won't let you lose."
His deep pool-like eyes gradually revealed a soft light that seemed to be absent.
Seeing that he was so confident, she was a little embarrassed to hit him.
She followed his words and said, "Well, let's just do our best together."
But her attitude made Yuan Xingzhou puzzled: "Just now in front of She Kou, you are still so anxious about Yu Wensheng's body, and now that you are so casual, are you not in a hurry?"
As soon as he mentioned this, Zheng Quqi looked at the position where the black coffin had just been placed, and now the black coffin containing Yu Wensheng's body was taken away as a bargaining chip by those people in the Julu Country, leaving only an open space: "It's also urgent."
"Then why don't you have faith?"
Because according to the analysis of the relevant information provided by Wei Yan and Wang Zebang, it is difficult for the shrimp soldiers and crabs that have been improvised in Ye Kingdom to win the elite soldiers of other countries.
"I thought so, it would be best if I could win, if I lost in the end, I still have plan two, I will steal, if I can't steal, I will implement plan three, if I can't steal, I will rob, in short, I will find a way to get Yu Wensheng's body back, but now it involves the whole situation, and it also involves you, I ......."
Before she could speak, Yuan Xingzhou suddenly interrupted her, and asked a digression: "You care so much about your husband's body, you must have been very loving to your husband and wife during his lifetime, right?"
Love?
The word never seemed to belong
The two of them.
"I'm not really good for him...... I don't even know how to get along with him a lot of the time, I ...... I'm scared of him, you know? I sometimes have nightmares when I fall off a very dark and deep cliff, and the feeling of weightlessness is very scary......
Hearing this, Yuan Xingzhou's mandible tightened, his Adam's apple moved, and he asked softly, "Why?"
Zheng Quqi also tried hard to explore her inner thoughts, and said with a wry smile, "Maybe it's because I don't believe him......
"What don't you believe him?"
"I once heard a thing, that is, there was a woman who raised a python, raised from childhood to adulthood, they were intimate, and even shared the same bed, but this python became an adult, one day she found a mutation, because the python suddenly did not eat or drink, every day lying beside her and stretched the snake's body, the woman felt strange, so she went to ask some people who specialize in raising snakes, this question, but scared her."