Chapter 35: Foolish Dreams
After listening to the news brought by the female disciple sent back by Shui Xinying--Xing Duo and his wife in Qingzhou on the West Road were also attacked and killed, Xue Youyou's heart couldn't help but sneer secretly, it seems that what he expected was not bad, those hidden people really couldn't help but take action to save Xiao Yu!
After sending the female disciple who reported the news back, she immediately stood up and walked slowly out of the inner hall to the secret room where Xiao Yu was being held. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
As soon as she entered the secret room, she saw a mouthful of untouched food on the table, and thought to herself that Xiao Yu might not know that someone outside was planning to save him, otherwise he should have eaten something and accumulated some physical strength so that he could have the strength to escape when the time came.
She turned her head to look at Xiao Yu again, and saw that although his body was covered with the not too thin robe, his body was still trembling, I don't know if it was because of the cold, or because the poison of the Endless Pill was spreading in his body.
After today, the erysipelas in his body will be completely unresolved. As soon as she thought of this, Xue Youyou's heart couldn't help but feel bored, and she stood there dumbfounded, speechless for a long time.
Although Xiao Yu had already guessed that it must be Xue Youyou who came in, he was trying his best to fight against the bone-chilling chill that was slowly eroding his body from the inside out, and he really didn't have the mood to deal with this Xiuyun Sect Sect Sect Master who was obviously coming to trouble him.
"Do you want to starve yourself here?" Xue Youyou finally couldn't help but speak.
Xiao Yu barely cheered up, and smiled weakly: "I didn't expect this Endless Pill to have the effect of filling my stomach, since I ate it, I no longer have a sense of hunger." β
Xue Youyou frowned and looked at him, "No matter how hard you are, there will be a day when you can't support it." If you think your accomplices will get you out soon, you're just dreaming!"
"I'm already an outcast, how can anyone come to save me?" Xiao Yu still had a faint smile on his face, "I'm afraid this dream-telling idiot-it's the sect master himself, right?"
Xue Youyou snorted, "When your accomplice is captured by me, do you recognize it or not, what difference will it make at that time?"
Xiao Yu took a slow breath and said calmly, "Then the sect master will wait slowly." β
After saying that, he tilted his head and leaned against the stone wall and pretended to sleep.
Xue Youyou sat down on the stone chair next to the table, and said calmly: "I know that you have a hard body and a belly of ghosts, but no matter what, you are now just a prisoner with no power to resist, I can do whatever I want with you!"
Xiao Yu only tugged at the corners of his lips slightly, waiting for the key next step after this meaningless opening statement.
"Your accomplices killed the two helmsmen of the Loyal Alliance this morning, and I estimate that a third, or even a fourth, helmsman will be attacked soon. Now that the Loyalty Alliance is in chaos, I, the leader of the Loyalty Alliance, can still sit here and talk to you so leisurely, I don't think with your cunning will not be able to guess the reason, right?"
Xiao Yu tugged at the corners of his lips again, "Does the sect master want me to say that the reason for this is that I, a person who has no power to resist, is still firmly held in the palm of your hand, so I can do whatever I want?"
Unprovoked by the obvious contempt shown by the other party, Xue Youyou continued to ask in a confident tone, "If your accomplices rush in and find my sword on your neck, how will they react?" Do you think they will give up resistance for your sake and obediently tie their hands?"
This time, Xiao Yu really smiled, "What if it's not my accomplices who rushed in?"
"Who else could there be if it wasn't your accomplice?"
"Someone came to explore the road last night, so what's so strange about coming back today?"
Xue Youyou was slightly stunned, "You mean the person sent by the emperor?"
"What...... Can't?" Xiao Yu gasped slightly, and his voice was a little hoarse, "Although those who attacked and killed the helmsman of the Loyalty Alliance could not have been sent by the emperor, but after the emperor learned about this, the emperor would definitely think that this was an excellent opportunity, but while you went to the Loyalty League to deal with the interception and killing incident, send someone here again to investigate clearly, to confirm whether you have really caught me as he suspected." Because compared with those little helmsmen who are not even chess pieces in the eyes of the emperor, your weight is too heavy, and if the emperor can't release his suspicions about the sect master this time, I'm afraid he will really have trouble sleeping!"
"Joke!" Xue Youyou snorted disdainfully, "Even if the emperor finds out that I have caught you, at most he will only blame me for deceiving and not reporting it, so why doubt my loyalty because of this?!"
Xiao Yu took a few more breaths, and Fang smiled weakly, "I hope that the emperor will also trust the sect master as much as the sect master trusts him." β
Xue Youyou snorted coldly again, "You say this, but you want to provoke the relationship between me and the emperor." It seems that the emperor expected it well, and you didn't save the king out of pure master-apprentice love, but another conspiracy!"
"What...... Conspiracy?" Xiao Yu couldn't help but cough and asked with a slight gasp.
"I can't fully grasp the specific inside story, but what I can guess is that you still plan to use King Ding to do things for your hermit clan again, just like you used King Yong back then, so as to continue to cause great trouble!"
Xiao Yu couldn't help but laugh "sneering", "It turns out that in the eyes of the sect master, it has always been the hidden people who have been the cause of great fortune, not the corrupt officials and traitorous eunuchs who are reused by the emperor!"
Xue Youyu was silent for a moment before saying, "The emperor has only been deceived for a whileβ"
"When the sect master says 'one time', how long does it mean? Is it three or five years, or thirty or fifty years?!"
Xue Youyou's face changed, and she argued dryly: "No matter what, the emperor is the emperor after all, and besides, he is not without achievements after he ascended the throne, after all, Dayu has been a country and a country and a ...... in the past few decades."
Xiao Yu's sword eyebrows were slightly raised, and her lips moved, but she finally held back, and did not continue to argue with her, but sighed secretly in her heart.
At this time, a disciple of the Xiuyun faction came to report outside the secret room, and on the order of Shui Xinying, he came to report on the affairs of the Zhongyi Alliance.
So Xue Youyou immediately ordered her to come in, and asked her to tell Xiao Yu in front of Xiao Yu how the helmsmen of the Loyalty League were attacked on the North Road and the South Road respectively.
After silently waving her hand to send the female disciple who reported the news away, Xue Youyou sat there with a chaotic mind, and no longer had time to pay attention to Xiao Yu's reaction.
How can they be northerners?
Could it be that he was wrong? This whole thing was just a surprise attack launched by the northerners against the Loyalty League, and it had nothing to do with Xiao Yu at all?
But what was the purpose of the northerners in doing this? The rudders of the Loyal and Righteous League were all over the world, and there were more than 30 rudders in Dayu alone, and there were no less than a dozen secret rudders in various neighboring countries. Their assassination of several helmsmen today will not cause much impact and damage to the Loyalty and Righteousness League, but will expose their own identities as a result, and will also make the Loyalty and Righteousness League, which has been accustomed to living a peaceful life in recent years, wake up and fight back with the same hatred and revenge against the northerners.
"What does the Sect Master think the Northerners are doing this?" Xiao Yu suddenly asked.
"The purpose of the Loyalty League at the beginning of its establishment was to unite the martial arts people of the world to fight against foreign enemies. This foreign enemy naturally also includes the northerners, so it is not surprising that the northerners and the Loyal Alliance are enemies. β
"It's not surprising that the enemy is the enemy, but it's strange that they are launching such a large-scale attack at this time, and the target of the attack is nothing more than a few small people at the level of the helm master. It's a bit of a surprise, but why would they do such a thing?"
"What do you say?" Xue Youyou asked rhetorically after glaring at him.
"This winter is abnormal, and there have been many heavy snowfalls in Dayu territory, and it is conceivable that the natural disasters suffered by the Rong country in the north must be even heavier. Most of the people of Rong are nomadic herders, and under such harsh climatic conditions, many livestock must die of cold and starvation. In this way, the imperial court had to come up with a large sum of money to appease the victims and alleviate the situation. The suzerain must have received news from the eyes of the Loyal and Righteous League in the territory of the Rong State, in recent years, the Rong State has been expanding its armaments and wars, and almost all the money in the treasury has been spent on armaments, where will such a large amount of disaster relief money come from?"
"You're saying that Beijung is about to invade the south?"
"Has the sect master ever thought that among the people who attacked the helmsman of the Loyal Alliance from the four routes, only the north road had the largest number of ambushes, what is the reason for this?"
"They want to kill Chen Yingcheng and all his subordinates in order to weaken the strength of the Loyalty League in the north and clear the way for Beirong to invade the south. β
"Exactly. β
"Since their target is the rudder of the Loyal Alliance in the northern states, why should they intercept and kill the helmsmen of the other three roads at the same time?"
"It's supposed to confuse people's eyes and earsβ"
Xue Yu smiled coldly suddenly, "I think there is another possibility, that is, the sneak attackers of these four roads are not the same group of people, those who sneak attacked Chen Yingcheng are indeed northerners, but the sneak attackers of the other three roads are your accomplices!"
Xiao Yu smiled a little surprised, "Is the sect master saying that these two groups of people coincide, and they happened to choose to act at the same time on the same day, and as if they had been discussed in advance, they just chose four different directions to start?"
But if the two sides are in caustenance, these so-called coincidences are not difficult to explain. β
Xiao Yu's expression suddenly became serious, "Over the years, has the sect master ever heard of any thing where the hermits colluded with the northerners to plot great prosperity? They have always believed in their hearts that the emperor married by Princess Qingping will provide them with a peaceful home where they can live and work in peace and contentment, as he promised. However, in the end, the emperor did not fulfill his promise, and his descendants turned their faces ruthlessly, pointing out Princess Qingping and her people as evil clans, persecuting and killing them. Even so, these hermits who have shed blood and sweat for Dayu and have lived in Dayu for decades still regard this place as their second homeland, and they will never betray them!"
Although Xue Youyou has always been strong and domineering, this time she was completely speechless. Because she knew very well in her heart that what Xiao Yu said was true, she had no way to refute it at all.