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"so?"

"Thus, to untie the bell, the person who tied it must be needed." Zhuge Wanling's eyes rarely flashed sharply, "And my opinion is... Killing the person who tied the bell may still have a chance to save everything. "

Mulan's gaze came alive again: "I understand. Although I didn't see that person that day, I can feel a strange aura lurking in the barracks. Maybe I can sneak back to the barracks to find opportunities. As long as I kill He, that..."

"It's best not to have such illusions." Zhuge Wanling shook his head and said, "Although you are a master at the master level, I can probably guess who that person is. Even if you sneak into the barracks, he won't let you find him. If you get a chance to kill him, he will find you first."

Mulan frowned slightly, and said: "Since this is not feasible, then where do you start with the so-called release of the bell? You must know that he rushed all the way, and kept arresting tens of thousands of strong men along the way. The county soldiers brought by Sun Yi now have more than 10,000+ people, are you really planning to sit in this city and wait for them to come?"

Zhuge Wanling still shook his head, but the calmness in his eyes made Mulan look forward to it a little more: "The county soldiers are just some militiamen, poorly equipped and poorly trained, and it is difficult to form an army formation with the young men captured temporarily. It can still play some role, but Jianye City is definitely not a city that is easy to break through, and these people can't play a decisive role."

"Jianye City will buy enough time."

"You'll get plenty of time."

"Only when both parties show everything, that person will have to show up. At that time, I will not stop you from doing whatever you want."

Even Mulan, a veteran general like Mulan, still changed his expression slightly when he heard Zhuge Wanling's plan: "You want... me to fight on the battlefield?"

But then she laughed at herself again: "Sure enough, you are a lunatic. After all these years, you still like to make money out of fire. Are you really so confident that Jianye can hold on?"

"I'm just doing my best." Zhuge Wanling replied.

"Forget it." Mulan finally agreed, "but I still have one question. Your big formation is certainly strong, but it's only a matter of time for him. If you don't arrange for me to resist, do you want to let that Can the girl in red help you?"

Zhuge Wanling didn't answer this time, but just slightly hooked the corners of his lips.

No one knew that the girl in red that Mulan was talking about, Luo Fengchu, had been "sick" for many days on that night when the stars changed.

In the dim candlelight, Zhuge Wanling walked into the bedroom, the first thing she saw was the pale face, she was asleep, her waist-length hair scattered in all directions like a waterfall in the night, between the two fine eyebrows Some lines were slightly wrinkled, and at the same time, the eyelashes were constantly trembling, as if they were enduring great pain.

Zhuge Wanling knew that this was Zhang Yanling's purpose for activating the armillary sphere. If there was anything in this world that could subdue Luo Fengchu, then the armillary sphere must be one of them, and Zhang Yanling indeed succeeded.

Hearing Zhuge Wanling's footsteps, Luo Fengchu quickly opened her eyes, as if all the pain had been stripped out of her body, and what was reinjected was that indifferent and resentful soul.

She looked at Zhuge Wanling and said coldly: "I've said it before, I don't need you to pity me."

Zhuge Wanling stood in front of the bed in silence for a long time, but still walked forward, trying to get close to the soft bed, holding the pale golden liquid medicine in the medicine bowl in his hand.

But just as he took the first step, the entire bedroom was howling with gusts of wind, and countless flames suddenly bloomed in the flat ground, like delicate and beautiful flowers from the other side, burning the table, dressing table, and cabinet beside him to ashes .

Zhuge Wanling was still moving forward, even though there were raging fires under his feet, one ball even licked the toes of his shoes, ignited his clothes, and continued to spread in all directions.

"What on earth are you going to do?" Luo Fengchu tilted her head, her eyes changed slightly, and the flames on Zhuge Wanling's body seemed to be conscious, and they began to flee and dissipate.

Zhuge Wanling, who felt that his body was no longer burning, opened his eyes that were closed because of the pain slightly at this time, and smiled innocently like a child: "The blood of the saint is what I left before, this medicine, It should work for you."

Looking at the bowl of golden "medicine", Luo Fengchu finally didn't object anymore, and let Zhuge Wanling walk to the bed and sit down slowly.

"Let it go, I can do it myself."

Zhuge Wanling shook his head: "As you are now, even if you can still use Xiantian Lihuo mentally, do you still have strength physically?"

Luo Fengchu didn't speak, but since she didn't move, it proved that Zhuge Wanling was right.

Looking at this stubborn woman, Zhuge Wanling sighed, stretched out a hand and began to support Luo Fengchu's back, making her sit up.

Even though she had been lying on the bed for several days, Luo Fengchu's body had not shed a single drop of sweat, let alone a speck of dust, and naturally she did not have any peculiar smell.

But when Zhuge Wanling realized this, he didn't feel surprised or happy on his face. Instead, he looked a little more sad, holding a bowl and feeding Luo Fengchu the medicine spoon by spoon.

The blood of a saint was once called a rare miracle medicine in the annals of history. There was even an emperor who set off a war for it in order to live forever, and finally ruined the entire country.

This golden-yellow thing looks like a fetish, but in fact, it can't give ordinary people any changes in cutting hair and washing marrow. No matter how much you drink, it will only circulate in the abdomen like water and then be excreted.

But Luo Fengchu was different.

Chapter 763 It's too late

She coughed and sat up, the pain in her chest went straight to her throat, after a few times of enduring, she finally couldn't suppress it, and began to retch violently, but she didn't eat water or rice for several days, and what she vomited was just a ball Another hot mist like fire wrapped around her body and gradually dissipated in all directions.

When she drank the "medicine" gulply, she could clearly see that her complexion had changed. Not only was it a little more rosy, but her hands that were unable to lift up became active. Although they were still weak, they could still Hold your body firmly.

During the moment of drinking the medicine, the two looked at each other from time to time, and each remained silent, as if they both wanted to say something, but neither of them could speak first.

Seeing Luo Fengchu drink all the medicine, Zhuge Wanling looked at the empty porcelain bowl, smiled and said: "I thought this thing could only be given to Qin Ke's little snake, but now it looks like it was sent Use it better, in this way, your body will gradually get better."

"A sick child who doesn't know how many years he can live, who can't even take care of himself, still cares about other people's bodies, isn't it ridiculous?" Luo Fengchu's face was expressionless, but it was obvious that the subtle changes in her breathing rhythm exposed her body. She was not quite at peace.

"It is precisely because I am a sick child that I care about other people's bodies." Zhuge Wanling patted Luo Fengchu's back lightly, helping her relieve the surging power in her body, and continued: "Besides, my cultivation has already It’s ruined, and it’s useless to keep these things.”

"So you handed over the blue sky to Gao Changgong?" Luo Fengchu snorted softly, "From the looks of it now, I really made a huge mistake. With that artifact in hand and thousands of troops, Your big formation can't stop him."

"That's right. I've been with Chang Gong all these years, and he has indeed helped me a lot, so I don't regret handing over Biluo Cangqiong to him, and I'm even a little fortunate. If he hadn't brought Biluo Cangqiong with him that day, he might have died in the Is it in your hand?"

Speaking of this, Zhuge Wanling smiled again: "The fate is such a wonderful thing. Each of us has made our own choices. As for the outcome, no one can be fully sure."

"This doesn't sound like something you can say, destiny? I remember that you never cared about these things before." Luo Fengchu mocked again.

Perhaps even she herself didn't understand why during these days when she stayed in Jianye, she kept mocking and oppressing the man in front of her in terms of words and actions, as if she was eager to anger him and drive him into anger ,out of control.

It seemed that only in this way could she feel better.

Back then she resolutely left, went north to chase his shadow, and finally walked into that boundless snowfield, buried in a pathetic paleness, that fear, that regret, that resentment, she still remembers still fresh.

If I could see you again, why wouldn't I not want you to taste it too?At that time, I will break your bones, dismantle your blood, leave your body in the wilderness, and let the wild dogs devour it, so that you can feel the pain that I did back then.

This was the obsession in Luo Fengchu's heart, but even she herself couldn't admit it. In fact, when she agreed to Zhuge Wanling's "deal" that day, she had already deviated from her original intention.

Or maybe it wasn't her original intention.

Zhuge Wanling who heard the ridicule did not get angry. If Luo Fengchu was like a ball of fire, then he was like a pool of clear water, soft and quiet.

"Indeed, sometimes when I sit in front of the mirror and look at my familiar but unfamiliar face, I always have doubts. I don't know whether I am Zhuge Wanling or Zhuge Wolong. If it is Zhuge Wanling, then I will I shouldn't touch the world that doesn't belong to me, and if I am Zhuge Wolong, why is it that Jing Wu is my bloodline now, and I can't let go?"

"Later, I thought, maybe I have indeed changed. If it were me now, maybe I wouldn't run away from home at that time, and I wouldn't chase that thing that only existed in illusion."

Zhuge Wanling looked at the candlelight in ecstasy. In the flickering light, the time of more than ten years ago flickered back and forth, warm and clear.

In those days, he was still a young man full of vigor, with a strong body, strong steps, and full of ambition to accomplish something. His father and elder brother were still alive, and everything was so beautiful.

"Father has arranged almost everything for me. I should have lived a peaceful and prosperous life like him, but I only used a few thoughts to burn his expectations to ashes. And you ...and gave me a lot of expectations, but I didn't give you a response in the end, and it's all my fault."

Luo Fengchu stared blankly at Zhuge Wanling, listening to his "self-blame", there was some strange light in her eyes, recalling back then, wasn't she waiting for such a sentence?

"So what? Things have already happened, and it's impossible to go back no matter what." Luo Fengchu gritted her teeth, and couldn't bear to see his lonely face.

"I know." Zhuge Wanling smiled lightly, and slowly covered the back of Luo Fengchu's hand with one hand, "So I want to make up for something now."

Luo Fengchu turned her head sideways, hiding her face in the shadows, her voice trembled a little, and a strong sadness flowed out continuously: "It's too late."

There was warmth in Zhuge Wanling's eyes, and he put his fingers into Luo Fengchu's, "As long as you and I are still here, why is it too late?"

"It's too late." Luo Fengchu lowered her head and murmured repeatedly.

Two days later, there was a sudden wind and sand in the distance, the hooves of the war horses rumbled like tremors, and the banners fluttered like eagles flying high.

Gao Changgong's army finally arrived.

Over the past few days, the people of Jianye City have also gradually started to know the news that Gao Changgong's army is coming. The reason why there is no chaos in the city is because the imperial court has made great efforts to appease the people.

Next to the notice at Caishikou, the clerks and servants of the yamen almost recited the official documents of the imperial court three times in the morning, noon and evening, and they stopped talking until their mouths were dry and their legs trembled.

This official document was drafted by Zhuge Wanling himself. At the beginning, it stated that Huang Hansheng was not defeated, and even intercepted tens of thousands of Sun Tong's troops, and he would return to aid immediately after strangling the rebellious party.

Then it explained that Jianye City had strong defenses, sufficient food and grass, and multiple water sources. It was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it would never fall.

The most amazing thing is that at the end of the official document, Zhuge Wanling also announced that the imperial court would open the two large granaries in the east and west of the city to distribute grain and rice to the people to ensure the livelihood of the people.

The people in the city were stunned when they heard about the distribution of grain and rice. In the past, they only heard of the government expropriating grain and rice. When did they hear about the opening of official warehouses to distribute grain?

In the days when there is no catastrophe or famine, every household can actually get nearly a stone of rice. Could it be that there is so much grain and rice that there is no place to put it?

And when the common people took back the grain and rice suspiciously, they finally believed that the court did not lie.

Many poor people who were worried that there would be no rice to cook after the war started held the bag of rice and cried at home, thanking Zhuge Wanling for his benevolence and strengthening his determination to live and die with Jianye.

There was a long queue at the gate of the barracks. Many young people bid farewell to their parents and volunteered to join the army. Even if they were not selected, they willingly went to do some chores for the army. After all, they transported rolling logs, rocks, arrows, kerosene, etc. , all need manpower.

"Your plan is really good. Although it is only a simple distribution of grain and rice, it can stabilize the hearts of more than [-] people in Jianye. It can be regarded as a four-two thousand catty."

Chapter 764 Entrust

In the palace discussion hall, Zhuge Wanling, whose name had already been praised by the people of Jianye, looked at the file in his hand, smiled slightly, then raised his head, and looked at Sun Jianan in front of him.

Few people know that the matter of releasing the grain was entirely proposed by Sun Ji'an. Sun Ji'an had already calculated where to put the grain and how much to put the grain. Give the people enough confidence.

After all, after all these years of savings, Jianye is already rich in food, and now is the time to use these things.

"But what I don't understand is, why do you want to tell me about such a matter in private, instead of taking credit for it, or even wanting to let the people know?"

"For the common people, they only want to believe what they believe." Sun Jianan sat kneeling on the mat, dressed in plain clothes, and the slightly fluttering kerchief on his hair bun still looked a bit handsome, he replied softly, "The name of the prime minister is well-known in the hearts of the people, but the Sun family did not play a good role in this rebellion. My son is now in the enemy army. If I say the credit, I'm afraid it will The act of releasing food will be considered as 'eager to prove your innocence', so naturally it will not have such a good effect."

"Don't you want to prove your innocence?" Zhuge Wanling smiled slightly, "I heard that the old house of the Sun family has been splashed with black dog blood in the past few days, and even some government servants have colluded with each other and turned a blind eye. One eye, unwilling to arrest people. Wouldn't this damage the name of the Sun family?"

"The one who cleans himself up. Since I really didn't join forces with Sun Tong, I don't need to care about these things." Sun Jianan said calmly.

"It's a good one who clears himself up." Zhuge Wanling admired, and finally got to the point, solemnly said: "Master Sun, I came to you today because I have something to entrust to you."

Looking at Zhuge Wanling, Sun Jian felt that he hadn't seen Zhuge Wanling say the word "entrust" so solemnly, and immediately straightened his back, and said respectfully, "Prime Minister, please tell me, but I will do my best to benefit the country."

"Of course it's something that benefits Jing and Wu." Zhuge Wanling's voice was a little erratic, and a box was gently pushed in front of Sun Ji'an.

Sun Jian'an was a little puzzled, but he still picked up the box, flipped it up with one hand and opened the lid, and saw an inch-sized, snow-white object with a turtle carved on it, his shoulders shook suddenly.

The jade seal is engraved with a tortoise, which was a seal that could only be worn by princes and kings in the previous dynasty.

Of course, Sun Ji'an also recognized this jade seal. In fact, this jade seal was kept in his father Sun Zhong's study, and was later handed over to Zhuge Wanling: "This is...the seal of the lord?"

"Yes." Zhuge Wanling said, "This is exactly the seal of the king, but the king is too young to handle state affairs. I have always kept this seal."

"Prime Minister, what do you mean by this?" Sun Ji'an became more and more confused. You must know that this seal has been used by Zhuge Wanling for these years, and it has already become the most powerful symbol of the whole country. , will immediately become a nationwide order.

"From today onwards, the seal will be in your custody." Zhuge Wanling's steady tone seemed to be talking about a trivial matter, "I will send documents to various government offices, and from today onwards, I will recuperate for a period of time behind closed doors , you will temporarily act as my regent and assist the lord of the country."

Almost as if being concentrated by a bolt from the blue, Sun Jian'an's eyes widened. Even a well-cultivated person like him was shocked by the sudden appearance of the post of "Regent" and held his breath.

Yes, he did have expectations for Zhuge Wanling's position, and even thought that one day he would stand in Zhuge Wanling's position and give orders, but he also knew very well that today's Jingwu could do without him, Sun Jianan, But Zhuge Wanling must not be absent.

"I heard from the medical officer that your health has improved. Although you are still weak, you are by no means incapable of managing." Sun Jianan held the box tightly and said hurriedly, "Besides, now that the enemy is in front of you, the Prime Minister But suddenly want to abandon the state affairs...Can you tell the prime minister why?"

His mind was spinning, and a red dress suddenly appeared in his memory, and then he lost his voice: "Could it be because of that woman?"

"Yes, but this is my private matter." Zhuge Wanling smiled, "Your Majesty, don't be too alarmed. I have made arrangements for the middle school affairs. There is General Zhu Ran in the army, and Gong Jin in the school office. , You are enough to deal with government affairs. I just need some time to deal with private affairs. "

"The country cannot live without a prime minister." Sun Ji'an was still shocked at the fact that Zhuge Wanling, who has always been very clear about public and private affairs, would hand over power for a woman, and he was very puzzled, "After these days, the prime minister will be free. Moment, why rush for this moment?"

Zhuge Wanling shook his head, looked at the dossier in front of his eyes, and said sadly: "I also hope not to rush this moment, but I'm afraid her body won't be able to wait that long. I owe her too much all the time. This time, Just treat me as one of the rare selfish ones."

Sun Jian'an remained silent and did not speak, or in other words, he was expressing his attitude towards Zhuge Wanling in this way.

Zhuge Wanling knew that this alone could not convince Sun Ji'an, so he continued, "Even if I want to monopolize the power, I can't do it. Presumably, your Sun family should have found out what I did in Jianye all these years." What happened, that big formation...needs me to be the hub, and I won't have time to take care of those complicated affairs at that time, so I can only let you do it for me."

"Is the prime minister really so determined?" Sun Ji'an frowned slightly, "But if you hand over this seal to me, aren't you afraid that I will destroy your foundation? You know, I have been writing to request the removal of the privileges of the school office .”

Zhuge Wanling still smiled confidently: "You won't, you are different from your father, your father is trapped in those old people and old things, but you dare to overthrow everything about him, in terms of resourcefulness and intelligence, you are no longer in your Under my father, I naturally know that there is a reason for the existence of the school affairs office. But you are right. Although the school affairs office is effective, it is not a long-term solution after all. We may have more things to say at that time. "

A person who has made up his mind is hard to pull back even nine cows, and once a person like Zhuge Wanling has made up his mind, it may be hard to bring back the water that dumped a river.

In the end, Sun Ji'an still failed to convince Zhuge Wanling. The moment he saw the door of the main hall being slowly closed before leaving, the square-inch seal he was holding seemed to become heavier and hotter at the same time. , making it hard to hold.

"Don't worry, I will live and die with Jing Wu." Behind the door, Zhuge Wanling finally said.

Then the gate was closed, and there was a dead silence in the palace, only the crows passing by were rattling in the air.

Sun Ji'an had mixed feelings in his heart, stood in front of the door for a long time, and finally cupped his hands respectfully and said: "The prime minister entrusted Sun Ji'an with death."

From now on, he is the most powerful person in Jingwu.

Even though it was only a seal of one square inch, Sun Ji'an felt that he had grasped the entire Jingwu, even...he had already sat before the grand feast called "The World", and became the person who could decide the general situation of one side.

Isn't this what he wants?

He suddenly laughed.

The sound was like the howling of tigers in the mountains and forests, shaking all directions, and the eunuchs and maidservants passing by were so startled that they did not dare to look at it with their heads down.

And in the main hall at this time, Zhuge Wanling returned to the bedroom, looked at the red dress, walked slowly to the bed, and stretched out a hand to wipe away some tears from the corners of her eyes.

The teardrops were not cold, and when they touched his fingertips, they had turned into wisps of smoke and drifted away, carrying a hint of warmth.

Luo Fengchu threw herself into his arms like a hot flame.

The two are like a pair of lovers who have been separated for thousands of years, embracing each other tightly, even if the world collapses the next moment, they cannot be separated...