The war seemed to have grown wings, only one night later, not a single soldier fled back to the north shore of the Xiaoyao Sea, the news of the defeat of the Jinpeng army had reached the capital of Huiguo, and the words were chiseled, and people couldn't help but believe it, and the whole city immediately fell into apocalyptic chaos.

This is a peculiar city, crowded with members of the royal family and speculators with complicated origins, most of whom have made huge bets on the Jinpeng Army, thinking that they will make a profit and not lose money, and they have not made any preparations for losing their money.

As soon as the day dawned, a carriage galloped through the city gate, the groom was untidy, as if he had not gotten up and was dragged up and stuffed into his seat, the city gate guards were stunned, and soon someone recognized, "Isn't that the carriage of King An? Could it be that the Dragon King has been defeated, and he is in a hurry to return to China and regain the throne?"

The opposite is true.

Before noon, the city gate was already overcrowded, and the carriages collided, often falling out of a place of gold, silver and jewelry.

Those who were able to pack up their wealth were lucky, and more speculators found themselves in a difficult situation, with their few livestock looted and a large amount of goods trapped in the city.

War is a business, not only for the big merchants who specialize in supplying supplies, but also for the small traders and peddlers, who are born and die to earn money, and those soldiers who are born and die to earn money are always very generous before and after the battle, and spend their money like dirt, attracting merchants and prostitutes with a keen sense of smell from all over the Western Regions.

Everyone was worried in their hearts and cheered each other up, "The Dragon Army also needs good wine and women, we are not the Meng Clan, we specialize in serving the Jinpeng Army, as long as we are guests, we will treat them fairly, and the Dragon King will not be cruel to us." ”

As early as a few days ago, a large number of goods were suddenly transported away, which were said to be full of boxes of gold and silver, and the military salaries issued by Jinpeng Fort to the soldiers were reversed and entered the Meng family's money box.

At that time, some people sneered at the second son of the Meng family, Ming Shu, for doing this too much, unlike the grandeur of a big businessman, but now he understands that it is not a waste of fame that he can become the first giant businessman in the Western Regions, and he is fully prepared.

Soon, more rumors flowed out, and some people claimed that the Meng clan could avoid losing all their money, not by relying on business talent, but by betting on both sides to smuggle with the enemy, "Have you heard? Meng Ergongzi personally met with the Dragon King secretly, and knew the result before the war, so he was in a hurry to transport away a large amount of money." ”

"Really? but...... Why did the Dragon King let go of such a rich man, isn't it good to keep it in his hands?"

"This ...... This one...... There must have been an agreement between the two sides, how did the Long Army win? Among them, perhaps the Meng family has the credit. ”

Meng Mingshu was also thinking about the same problem, he didn't run away, he was distributing people in the back garden of the palace, going to various shops and money houses, preparing to take away the last batch of goods, others can't buy pack animals even if they have money, and the Meng family is inexhaustible, just these hundreds of mules and horses, if they are sold now, the price will increase at least ten times more, but unfortunately, the money that can't be taken away is meaningless.

The Dragon King sent Shangguan Fei to secretly come over to say hello, Meng Mingshu thought about it for many days, but he still couldn't get the point, but he felt the Dragon King's self-confidence from it, so he settled with the customer in advance, and lowered the price to speed up the shipment, and finally two days before the outbreak of the decisive battle, recovered most of the due money, and entrusted it to a team of Jinpeng Fort swordsmen to transport it to Biyu City.

Although it was a little worse than expected, Meng still made a lot of money through this war.

Meng Mingshu couldn't understand why the Dragon King gave himself such a big favor.

That's right, they once cooperated in Biyu City, he poisoned and killed his fifth brother for the Dragon King, and the Dragon King assassinated the eldest son of the Meng family, paving the way for Meng Mingshu to inherit the family business, and then there was the idea of building a business network, but it was not implemented because of the defeat of the Dragon King.

It shows that the two sides do not owe each other.

Meng Mingshu couldn't figure it out, so he went back to the bedroom in the evening, hoping that another person could clear his mind for him.

If anyone knew that Xiao Fengchai, the first prostitute in Biyu City, had come to Xiaoyaohai, Huicheng would be a sensation, she only arrived last night, and it was very unfortunate that she was just in time for the fiasco of the Jinpeng Army.

Meng Mingshu told her everything, his relationship with this woman is getting closer and closer, and it is no longer just a lover, she is more like his partner and staff officer, giving advice and becoming an indispensable right-hand man of Meng Ergongzi.

Especially she is also a beautiful woman.

Even Meng Mingshu didn't know her real age, but it didn't matter, he had already passed the age of greedy Fengyue, but he appreciated Xiao Fengchai's charm even more, and felt that it was more flavorful than the prostitutes in the entire Liuren Alley combined.

Xiao Fengchai was reading a hexagram letter, the letter was only one page, but she seemed to have read it for a long time.

"Whose letter?" Meng Mingshu asked casually, as plain as an old husband and wife.

"Dragon King. Xiao Fengchai's answer was also very simple, none of those methods to charm men were used - maybe this was a more advanced method.

Meng Mingshu picked up the sweat towel and was stunned for a moment.

Xiao Fengchai is a smart woman, and it was she who pointed out that Meng Mingshu had made a major mistake as soon as she got out of the car.

"The second brother shouldn't be in a hurry to transport the goods. "It was still last night, and the results of the decisive battle had not yet reached Huicheng, "In case the Dragon King really wins, the second brother will be in big trouble, Shibao has many eyes and ears, and Shangguan Fei came to see the second brother, and he couldn't hide it." ”

Meng Mingshu regretted that he was greedy for a while, but the things he sent away could not be transported back, so he could only find another excuse to explain.

As for the true purpose of the Dragon King's overture, Xiao Fengchai didn't know why until she received the letter.

Strictly speaking, this letter has nothing to do with the Dragon King, it was sent by a businessman who had business dealings with the Meng family, and he was named to hand it over to the second son of Meng, Meng Mingshu was busy at the time, and the servant knew who could make the decision for him, so he handed the letter to Xiao Fengchai.

The letter reminded Meng Ergongzi to remember the "15th Covenant", and incidentally mentioned how important the bridge across the Xiaoyao Sea was to the business of both parties.

Meng Mingshu understood the meaning of the "One Five Covenant", which clearly referred to his cooperation with the Dragon King to assassinate the eldest son of the Meng family and the fifth prince, and he had always hidden this matter in his heart until the Dragon King was defeated and fled, and then told Xiao Fengchai.

Therefore, Xiao Fengchai also understood the meaning of this word, and knew that this was a letter sent by the Dragon King.

"Is the person who sent the letter reliable?" Meng Mingshu was a little nervous, worried that this was a trap set by Jinpeng Castle.

"I've asked people to check it, there should be no problem, and the 'One Five Covenant' will no longer be known to outsiders, but the bridge mentioned in the letter, the Dragon King seems to value it very much. ”

After all, Xiao Fengchai didn't know much about the war, and he didn't know much about the importance of the bridge, but Meng Mingshu suddenly realized, "It turns out that this is what the Dragon King wants me to do, he wants to keep the bridge." ”

"I thought the dragon army had been trying to destroy the bridge. ”

"In the past, it was like this, but now the victory and defeat are reversed, and it is the Jinpeng Army who wants to destroy the bridge, but it is the Dragon King who protects the bridge. ”

The smooth road always favors the winner, and for the defeated, it is better for him to destroy the road behind him.

Knowing the true intentions of the Dragon King, Meng Mingshu was not at all easy, he didn't want to break with Jinpeng Fort now and get into the trouble of killing.

Xiao Fengchai understood Meng Mingshu's thoughts, "The Dragon King is asking you to make a choice, he has already shown goodwill, it's your turn to take a stand." ”

Meng Mingshu lowered his head and pondered for a long time, but when he raised his head, he still didn't make up his mind, "What should I do?"

"The best way is to keep the bridge, and not let it know that it is your means, at this time, there should be a lot of people in Huicheng who want to please the Dragon King, right?"

Meng Mingshu suddenly thought of a ready-made idea.

Also in the palace, in a room not far from Meng Mingshu, another group of people was planning to destroy the bridge before the Jinpeng army.

"Let them fight to the death on the south bank, and the revival of Kangguo and the revival of Xiaoyaohai all depend on this bridge. Prime Minister Kang Guo's cheeks were red with excitement.

He had completely turned to Shangliao, the king of Xinkang, and jointly worked out a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle: destroy the bridge before the defeat of the Jinpeng army arrived, and at the same time send ships to patrol the sea to prevent all men and horses from crossing the sea, and then quickly recruit soldiers to block the access to and from both sides of the Xiaoyao Sea and restore independence.

"How are the people over there in Huiguo?" Shang Liao was much calmer, there was no need to be too happy before the plan was successful, the world was unpredictable, and the plan had to change at any time.

"King Hui is already scared to the point of madness, so he wants to wait for the arrival of the Jin Peng army and flee to Biyu City with them, the people below are panicked, several major generals are willing to follow Your Majesty, I have tried, they are even willing to support you as the 'King of Ease'. ”

Shang Liao snorted softly, "King Xiaoyao" is a famous hall that the prime minister came up with, and before the eight characters have been skimmed, he has already begun to dream of "the prime minister of the free country".

"It's too late to do it tonight, but I still don't feel safe. Shang Liao had been hiding in the palace for many days, barely leaving the door, and his "unsafe" meant something else.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, when the bridge is destroyed, I guarantee Your Majesty's 'safety'. ”

"I want to see the evidence. ”

"Yes, soon, another hour at most. ”

The evidence Shang Liao wanted was the head of King Lao Kang, and he didn't want to turn back into an ordinary royal child after everything was successful, and he might even get into trouble because of his high achievements.

The Prime Minister respectfully stepped back and began to prepare "evidence", he needed not only the ingenuity of his new majesty, but also the only naval army in the free sea, which was one of the key forces in the success of the whole plan.

As soon as the prime minister retired, Shang Liao took out the secret report again, which said that the Dragon King had sent an army of 1,000 people to cross the Xiaoyao Sea, and the landing place was likely to be Kangguo.

The dragon king is not easy to deal with, and the action is faster than Shang Liao imagined, but the arrow is on the string, and he has to send it, if he wants to achieve the royal industry, he has to take a huge risk, Shang Liao decided to take a big gamble.

How many people in life can come across such an opportunity?

The people who destroyed the bridge and defended it were busy on the same night.

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