Chapter 130: A Not-So-Solid Alliance
Li's co-optation of the Mantis Arm Army and Chen Ci's dislike of Li Ying were all suppressed by Lin Yu's "miracle".
Although she didn't explain, Li Ying and Chen Ci were both smart people, and they heard what she meant:
At least for now, in front of her, she hoped they could live in peace.
After all, this group of people now has the same goal: to find Zhu Rongzhan.
Although Li Ying and Chen Ci didn't want to admit it, they were indeed teammates.
Even...... It's already an alliance.
Because Li Ying and Chen Ci both used their respective contact channels to convey information to their subordinates, mobilizing more forces to go to Hedong together.
And in the process of searching for Zhu Rongzhan, the dead soldiers of the Li clan and the mantis arm army of Chen Ci will inevitably assist each other.
So Lin Yu felt that they were arguing meaninglessly - not to mention that both sides were carrying too subjective personal emotions, so it was better to do something practical.
For example, learn to drive a horse-drawn carriage.
In this way, there are people who can take turns to rest during the day, otherwise it is easy to have problems after driving fatigue for a long time. What's more, Lin Yu stayed in the carriage for a long time, and it was boring.
Although she really wanted to rush to Hedong day and night, there were no street lights in ancient times, even if it was an official road, the road conditions were not necessarily smooth and wide, and she couldn't see at night.
In addition, in the ancient countryside, there were many wild beasts and poisonous insects, and before dark, they had to arrange accommodation.
Chen Ci prefers to stay in the homes of villagers, but Li Ying has not considered this option at all, and naturally wants to visit the local nobles.
Just when Lin Yu thought that it might take a lot of effort to persuade Chen Ci, he simply agreed to Li Ying's arrangement.
Probably seeing Lin Yu's curiosity, Chen Ci smiled at her and explained, "This is a good opportunity to observe where the guards are weak from inside the dock fort of the Shi clan, and if you want to attack in the future, this information can come in handy." ”
Li Ying said: "People are so warm and kind to entertain us, but you only think about how to kill his whole family?" ”
Chen Ci said: "Since you know that I have bad intentions, aren't you luring the wolf into the house?" Does this family have a grudge against the Li family? ”
Li Ying said slowly: "Don't talk nonsense. ”
Under Lin Yu's constraints, their quarrels converged to the point where they could only go so far at most.
"Young Master Luo!" At this time, the host greeted him warmly and saluted Chen Ci and said, "The banquet has been arranged, please come with a face!" ”
Li Ying was reluctant to expose her unusual appearance, so she kept wearing a hat, bowing her head, and pretending to be an entourage, while Lin Yu pretended to be a maid, the only one who could negotiate as Luo Yuanqing was the only one who was not from the scholar clan.
This has to be said to be a kind of black humor.
At the dinner, Chen Ci was calm and composed, without the slightest weakness, and the more calm he was, the more sincere and fearful the host became, believing that he was from a wealthy family.
In order not to show timidity, Chen Ci took the initiative to indicate that he wanted to build a manor in the countryside recently and occasionally enjoy some idyllic life, so he asked the topic of how to build the master's dock fort, so as not to ask him about the Luo family, and by the way, he could also listen to information.
For example, whether the dock forts built in such terrain are all laid out in this way, what are the differences between the dock forts that are actually built, whether there is any explanation for the appearance of each place, how to make the dock forts more difficult to break, and if the dock forts are broken, is there a way to escape, or a dark room to hide......
By the time the dinner was over, if Chen Ci wanted to break through this dock fort, I am afraid that he would not have to waste his efforts.
Where is the best place to break through the dock fort, the location of the internal force deployment during defense, the layout of the granary arsenal, etc., the master's house is all clean.
In the end, Lin Yu couldn't listen to it anymore, so he had to cough frequently and remind Chen Ci to stop.
When the servants respectfully led them to the guest room, and there were no outsiders in the courtyard, the three of them gathered in the pavilion in the courtyard to watch the moonlight - to be exact, Lin Yu wanted to go out for a walk, Li Ying followed, and Chen Ci followed, so it became three people sitting together in the pavilion.
The host's family bought pastries and fruits in the pavilion, and Lin Yu ate the pastries, when he heard Li Ying speak first: "Once you changed from a Hanmen Shu clan to a scholar Gaomen, how does it feel to be sought after?" ”
This may seem prosaic, but in fact there is something else sinister.
Throughout the ages, there have been many rebellions against tyranny, and there have been many powerful armies that have swept the world, but in the end they have seized power, but they have only become the kind of people they hated the most in those years - greedy for wealth, arrogant occupation of women, brutal killing of the weak.
Even some people have rebelled for many years, and they have laid down half of the country, but they just want the court to give them an official and a half-position, so they are willing to die down and become a satisfied dog.
These people do not hate the scholars, but they hate themselves for not being the scholars.
What about the rhetoric?
Is he really disgusted with the oppressive of power, or is he just so hypocritical, just not resentful that he is not a person who can oppress others with power?
If it is the latter, when he has tasted the taste of a human being, he will naturally be shaken.
And Chen Ci said calmly: "It's extremely boring. ”
Li Ying wondered if he was just stiff-mouthed, or if he was really unmoved: "I want to hear about it." ”
"Isn't it boring and ridiculous to only respect Luo Yi and not respect people? What they respect is only the identity of the son of the Luo family, as for what kind of person Luo Yuanqing is, no one cares at all, I can be Luo Yuanqing, you can also be Luo Yuanqing, this is ridiculous enough. Chen Ci said slowly: "But in our Mantis Army, a person will only be valued because he is himself. He may be a martial artist, a quick-witted man, a bold man, or a good archery – we know what each of them is, and we see a living person, not an ethereal identity. ”
Li Ying pondered for a moment: "Interesting statement. ”
However, in the eyes of the ridiculous and boring scholars in Chen Ci's eyes, the specific people he admired were just tools that could be consumed and used casually.
Now the tools want to turn against the owner, which is really a bit of a ridiculous sense of the world being wrong.
He stared at Lin Yu's side face, wondering how she reacted to these words, and she also agreed with Chen's statement? Even if you are from a noble family?
He didn't know that Lin Yu had come through time, so he was naturally a little puzzled, why such deviant thoughts, but Lin Yu did not reject and disgust.
She lowered her eyes and just ate the pastry, as if she had the answer in her heart, so she would not waver at all, and she would not have to care about their arguments.
Li Ying smiled and stopped arguing with Chen Ci. He knew that Ah Yu didn't want to see them compete too much, not to mention that he wanted to find out what Ah Yu thought more than what Chen Ci thought.
But no matter how he tempted, Lin Yu never meant to open his heart to him.
He wanted to test Lin Yu by stimulating Chen Ci, but Ah Yu seemed to be testing him with Chen Ci. If he had always disagreed with Chen's point of view, Ah Yu would not seem to have the will to speak, so ...... If he appears to be persuaded, will Ah Yu be interested in explaining a thing or two to him?
Lin Yu spoke at this time - every time they couldn't control the quarrel and had a little smell of gunpowder, even if both sides knew how to restrain and restrain themselves, the atmosphere would always stalemate, and at this time, she would come forward and act as a mediator-
She said softly, "Pastry?" This seems to be a local specialty, but I've never seen it in the capital. ”