Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

You know, the situation in the Jiangnan area is extremely dangerous now!

Any normal person should understand that now is not the right time to hold the Jiangnan Poetry Festival, but Lord Gu Chan doesn't seem to care at all. According to what she said, this is a grand event that not only must be held, but also must be held well, and it must be grand and lively.

This made the old academician wonder if Gu Chan was a little bit mentally abnormal.

Gu Chan stared at him and said, "Old Academician, what's wrong with you?"

"My Lord, were you kidding me just now?" the old academician asked.

"What a joke! How could I, the dignified Lord of Jiangnan, joke with you about such a thing? I asked you to do it, so you did it quickly. If you miss this opportunity, where will your Jiangnan Academy get money?" Gu Chan said jokingly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she said this, the old man's legs went weak and he fell to his knees with a bang.

Gu Chan was stunned!

The old academician was so scared that he sweated and said, "My Lord, I and others have been guarding Jiangnan Academy for all these years and have never embezzled a single cent. We also pay taxes very honestly every year. How dare we take advantage of the situation!"

"Oh! Get up quickly! Don't be so scary. I was just joking with you. You shouldn't take it so seriously!" Gu Chan said speechlessly.

After saying that, she quickly reached out and helped the old academician up from the ground.

The old academician wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said seriously, "My Lord, the prince's soldiers are now on the Tiancang River and may attack Jiangnan City at any time! If you insist on holding this poetry meeting, we will follow your orders to prepare for it, but..."

"It's not just that, when the Second Prince was the lord, the Jiangnan Poetry Festival was held grandly every year. Now that I'm the lord this year, I won't hold this poetry festival. What will everyone think of me then? Fighting with the Crown Prince is my business, and it has nothing to do with you ordinary people. And don't you think that if we hold this poetry festival and make it the grand event of Jiangnan this year, will the Crown Prince still have the nerve to send troops to attack at this critical juncture?" Gu Chan said with a grin.

The old academician's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly gave Gu Chan a thumbs-up, "My Lord, you really have a unique insight. I admire you."

"Okay, stop flattering me. Take me to meet the distinguished guest. Then you can lead those old men under your command to the Censorate to ask Yan Xishan for the money. If he asks, just tell him I said so. If he dares not to give the money, I will beat him to a pulp." Gu Chan said, waving her hand.

"Yes, my lord." The old academician responded happily.

Then he said nothing more and immediately took Gu Chan to Tingfeng Garden behind the academy.

When they arrived at the gate of Tingfeng Garden, the old academician said goodbye to Gu Chan, went to call a group of old men, and happily went to the Censorate.

Gu Chan stood at the door and did not rush in. Instead, she secretly used the spiritual energy in her body to sense the surroundings.

The white fox stood beside her and said, "Master, did you sense it? If my sense is correct, there should be four people in the garden, one woman and three men. The woman is the strongest, and the three men are weaker."

"Damn! I feel that the physical sensing in this world is really troublesome. The strong can see the specific strength of the weak, but the weak cannot see the specific strength of the strong. It would be great if with my current level five physical skills, I could also clearly find out the specific physical strength of these four people." Gu Chan complained with a stiff face.

Obviously, the strength of these four people inside is stronger than her! Otherwise, how could she not sense the specific physical skills of these four people? As a result, she was standing at the door now, her heart was pounding, and she was really a little scared.

The white fox said with a strange smile, "Master, why don't you practice hard and improve your strength? You have been stuck at the fifth level of physical skills for a long time. If you continue like this, every opponent you meet will be stronger than you. How can you fight them?"

"You know shit. If I'm stronger than them, then dealing with them is just a matter of moving my fingers. Even if I'm not as strong as them, but I can still deal with them, that's awesome!" Gu Chan argued.

As she said this, she felt a little embarrassed. It was clearly her fault for not practicing diligently, and she would not be able to beat the other person if they really fought. But for the sake of face, she had to find some excuses for herself.

The white fox laughed when he heard this, and did not refuse her. Instead, he cheered up and followed her, entering Tingfeng Garden with extreme caution.

Sure enough, the facts were just as they sensed at the door.

At this moment, there were exactly four people in the pavilion of Tingfeng Garden, one woman and three men. The woman had a slim figure, red lips and white teeth, delicate facial features, and was dressed in a long black dress with a ponytail draped behind her. She looked like a talented general in both stillness and movement.

Three men stood beside her, each standing straight and with a very strong build. It was obvious at first glance that they were not comparable to ordinary people.

Gu Chan looked at the four people while slowly walking into the pavilion with the white fox.

When she came to the woman, she could see clearly that there was a chessboard on the stone table in front of the woman, and two chess boxes with black and white chess pieces on both sides.

Gu Chan pouted awkwardly and said, "Sister, what are you going to do?"

"Oh! The little guy has a sweet mouth, so lovable!" The woman smiled brightly and joked happily.

"Sister, please introduce yourself first! My name is Gu Chan, the new lord of Jiangnan. May I ask you something?" Gu Chan said with a fist salute.

The woman smiled, clasped her fists and returned the greeting, "My name is Shuiyue, the leader of the seventh team of the Tianji Pavilion of Tiancang Kingdom, and the new deputy general of the Jiangnan Camp."

"Oh! So according to what you mean, the prince wants you to come and take over the Jiangnan camp?" Gu Chan asked.

"Of course, otherwise why would we lead 100,000 soldiers here?" Shuiyue said with his hands spread out.

Gu Chan stood with his hands behind his back and said, "If you take over the Jiangnan camp, where will General Nanxing Kuang and his hundreds of thousands of soldiers go?"

"They have their own places to go, so there's no need for you to worry about it, little guy." Shuiyue said with a dagger hidden in her smile.

Gu Chan frowned and was speechless.

She also admitted that the Jiangnan camp led by Nan Xing Kuang was directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, and even she, the new lord of Jiangnan, had no right to interfere in their affairs.

Therefore, it was reasonable that Shuiyue was unwilling to tell her some things about the Jiangnan camp, and there was no need for her to ask further questions.

After choking Gu Chan, Shuiyue did not force her. Instead, she made a gesture of invitation to her and said, "Come on! It's a nice night tonight. It would be nice for you and me to play a game of chess by candlelight."

"Are you really coming? If I win, you have to return the old beggar to me!" Gu Chan said with a preconceived idea.

Shuiyue nodded in agreement without even thinking about it.