after being kidnapped by the general

On the way to Youzhou, everyone was also talking about the Luoshui Covenant signed between Yuanli and King Chen.

"I won't fight King Chen for five years," Yang Zhongfa smacked his lips and sighed, "I'm still very interested in the naval battle, but after five years... I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the battlefield."

Chu Hechao said indifferently: "Five years, I don't know what King Chen will become."

Yuan Li raised his eyebrows, "Who said we have to wait five years?"

Several people looked at him immediately, each with surprised expressions.Yang Zhongfa didn't understand what he meant by this, and persuaded him, "Master Yuan, you have already made an alliance with him, you can't take the initiative to break the alliance, otherwise your reputation will be ruined!"

"Of course I won't break the covenant," Yuan Li said with a smile, "but I am the one who made the covenant with King Chen, not your general."

Chu Hechao narrowed his eyes, understood, and clicked his tongue, "If I, Chu Hechao, lead the Northern Xinjiang army to attack King Chen, what does it have to do with you, Lord Yuan Le?"

Yuan Li smiled, "That's what it means."

The others looked at each other.

Can this be done?

But if you think about it carefully...why not?

Yuanli made a covenant with King Chen in the capacity of Governor of Youzhou and Marquis of Yan Jun. He swore that he would not attack King Chen, but Chu Hechao did not swear, this covenant cannot restrict the general.

Thinking about it this way, these people suddenly regained their spirits, looked at each other, and smiled.

When Yuan Li saw their appearance, he knew what they were planning. He shook his head and said, "But unless it is necessary, let's spend these five years well. First, the north is not stable yet, so it is not appropriate to have a relationship with Chen." Second, you also know the power of the Jiangdong navy. Although the Youzhou soldiers have been trained in water, they have not yet specially trained sailors and warships. People who are good at water may not be able to adapt to fighting on board. In five years, we have to intensify our training to become a naval division."

The horse swayed slowly, and everyone listened carefully to Yuan Li's words.

Chu Hechao said: "Warship... There are no craftsmen in Youzhou who can make warships."

Yuan Li winked at him.

The moment Chu Hechao killed Li Li, the system had actually rewarded Yuanli with the blueprint of the warship.It's just that Yuanli was busy using AR special effects for Chu Hechao, so he didn't check it in time.

It seems that in the system's cognition, if someone with the same position as Yuanli completes the task, it can also be regarded as Yuanli completes the task.

Seeing his appearance, Chu Hechao knew that he had a plan in mind, so he couldn't help laughing, "Mr. Yuan Le, you know everything."

Yuan Li raised his chin, "Admiration?"

"Admiration," Chu Hechao led the horse closer, and said in a low voice, "If you can... then you will be even more admirable."

His voice was too low, Yang Zhongfa and others didn't hear him.I saw Yuanli's eyelids twitched, his face turned red, and then he sneered, and suddenly raised his whip and lashed Chu Hechao's horse's buttocks, and the horse rushed forward with the general on its back .

Lord Inspector said coolly: "Get out."

Wu Kai was dumbfounded, Yang Zhongfa shook his head sighingly.

The general has such a temper, I am afraid he will say something inappropriate again.

As winter was approaching, Yuanli and the others walked very slowly, staying for a while wherever they went, so as to prevent the people and the army from being harmed by the winter cold.

And wherever they went, Yuanli and Chu Hechao would vigorously publicize two things.

One is of course that they killed Li Li, and the other is that Wu Shanshi took refuge in Li Li and colluded with the officials who stole the country.

Not only that, they also told all about Wu Shanshi who killed his counselor himself.They also told others that they felt sorry for Wang Yun's tragic death, so they collected the body for Wang Yun, and reprimanded Wu Shanshi for killing the counselors under his command at will, who were also counselors from the same village in Runan.

Walk all the way, talk all the way, and take away refugees from all over the place by the way.What Wu Shanshi did spread quickly, and it also reached the ears of Wu Shanshi who was on the way back.

Wu Shanshi was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

He clearly knew that he had made a bad move. He believed Wang Yun's words and pretended to conspire with Li Li, and threw Ah Shu Wei Jiqi on the bed.Now that Li Li is dead, his reputation is getting worse and worse, and he has lost the advantage of the Wu family in Runan.Wu Shanshi only felt that he was like a mouse crossing the street, and he just wanted to go back to Jizhou as soon as possible, so that his talented advisers could think of a way for him.

And after learning that Yuanli had deliberately restrained Wang Yun's body, Wu Shanshi hated him even more.

What's not clear about this?

It must be that although Wang Yun was loyal to him on the surface, he had already taken refuge in Youzhou in secret, so he suggested such a slanted strategy to him, to encourage him to conspire with Li Li.

Wu Shanshi insisted that this was the truth, and it was definitely because Wang Yun betrayed him that he lost his way, and that made him one step too late for Chu Hechao to kill Li Li.

All of this is Wang Yun's fault.

At this moment, Wu Shanshi completely forgot everything before.He forgot that it was his mother and his wife and concubines who took the money from Li Li first, and that it was because he didn't want to return the money that Wang Yun took the risk to offer a plan.

Intentionally or not, he blamed all his mistakes on Wang Yun.

And Jizhou also received the news that Wu Shanshi not only did not kill Li Li, but the reputation of collaborating with Li Li spread throughout the world.

Wei Ji, who had already fallen ill in bed, was so angry that he spit out a mouthful of blood immediately, his eyes turned black, and his lips trembled: "One wrong step, one wrong step..."

After finishing speaking, Wei Ji passed out directly.

In the next few days, the old man in his 60s did not survive the winter after all, and died of anger on the bed.

When the news of Wei Ji's death came, Zhou Gongdan was playing chess with people from the grain and material hospital.

With a shake of his hand, the black pieces landed on the chessboard, disrupting the white chessboard which was already at a disadvantage, making white even more confused.

Zhou Gongdan's eyes were frighteningly bright, and he murmured: "A good death, a good death..."

Originally, Zhou Gongdan was ready to escape, but now, he had another idea.

The person from the Grain Institute asked in a low voice: "My lord, Jizhou will be extremely chaotic in the next half year. Do you want to leave early? My brothers and I can send you back to Youzhou as soon as possible."

"No need," Zhou Gongdan's eyes were burning, "Let the brothers wait for a while, I will stay in Jizhou, and there are still important things to do."

The people from the Grain Institute asked suspiciously, "What's the big deal?"

Zhou Gongdan couldn't help laughing, "Wang Yun is dead, Wei Ji is also pissed to death, and Mitai is the only remaining counselor in Runan. There are only a few counselors around Wu Shanshi who can be trusted, and I am one of them. If I If you can become the number one adviser around Wu Shanshi, you can use Wu Shanshi—”

He picked up the sunspot that disturbed the game on the chessboard, squeezed it with two fingers, and gently placed it on the winning point of the sunspot. Zhou Gongdan only felt his heart surge. He raised his head with a smile, and said word by word: " Come to be an abandoned son for the lord."

Wei Ji's funeral was sloppy and simple, and Mi Tai presided over the whole process.Seeing that Wei Ji's coffin was covered with loess, Mi Tai's heart was full of fear and worry.

Wei Ji is the backbone of the counselors in Runan. I don't know how many counselors followed Wu Shanshi because of Wei Jicai.Mi Tai has always been headed by Wei Ji, if Wei Ji dies, the lord's reputation will be rotten, and his colleague and friend Wang Yun is killed by the lord, Mi Tai doesn't say anything, but his heart is vacillating.

These days, there are countless counselors and followers who came to bid farewell to Jizhou, Mi Tai all nodded in agreement.Mi Tai's temperament tends to be wise and safe, but he never thought of betraying Wu Shanshi in the past. When Wei Ji fell ill, he also told him that if Wei Ji really died, Mi Tai would take good care of Wu Shanshi's number one counselor. responsibilities.

But until now, who would have thought that it would come to this point?

No matter how Mi Tai looked at it, he understood sadly that Wu Shanshi had come to this point, how could he turn the tide?

His rationality told him that it was the most correct choice to leave before Wu Shanshi returned to Jizhou.

But he has followed Wu Shanshi for so many years, how can he give up this friendship easily.

But more than ten days later, Mi Tai received what Yuanli specially sent someone to deliver quickly - Wang Yun's head.

Fortunately, it was winter, and Wang Yun's head was frozen with ice to prevent it from rotting.But as the months passed, the face became distorted and terrifying.

Seeing Wang Yun's head for the first time, Mi Tai screamed in shock and threw the head on the ground.

The ice cubes shattered all over the floor, and the skull inside was also turned into minced meat.Mi Tai's face was pale, and the muscles on his face trembled, he fixedly looked at the head of this former colleague.

Wang Yun has worked so hard to become like this...

Will he be the next person to be killed by Wu Shanshi's anger?

That night, Mi Tai packed his bags and left Jizhou.

When Wu Shanshi came back to Jizhou with his army, he was faced with a group of counselors who were leaving tea.

Dead or dead, go away, among the counselors he trusted, only Zhou Gongdan remained.

On the other side, Yuan Li and Chu Hechao were in a completely different situation from Wu Shanshi.

In the spring of March, the Youzhou army finally returned to Youzhou.Liu Jixin, Guo Mao, Yuan Congyun and others had already been waiting in front of the city gate, celebrating their return with joy and encouragement.

Naturally, everyone was elated when they returned from victory.The common people blocked both sides of the road, looking eagerly at the convoy that stretched for hundreds of miles.

After seeing the carts of grain and boxes, there were countless sounds of exclamation.

The family members of the officials were also among them, with tears in their eyes, staring closely at their relatives who had left Youzhou for nearly a year.

The Chu Palace had already prepared hot water and banquets, just waiting for them to wash away the dust and drink together to celebrate at night.

Meals are being cooked in the kitchen, and the smell of barbecue and cooking lingers in the nose from time to time.Yuan Li didn't smell it a few times before his stomach growled.

Chu Hechao patted his stomach, "What's it called?"

Yuan Li looked at him and said wiltingly, "I'm hungry."

"Endure it if you're hungry," Chu Hechao said, "There's a banquet tonight. A man, what are you afraid of if you're hungry for a while?"

Yuan Li sighed, "Okay."

Chu Hechao glanced at the other people who were happily talking and laughing together, and said in a low voice, "Go take a bath first, wait, your brother will bring you a bowl of chicken soup."

Yuanli nodded, "One more chicken leg."

Chu Hechao said he knew.

When no one was paying attention, he quietly went to the kitchen.

All the people who stayed in Youzhou were beaming and their faces were red.

This expedition has gained a lot, the only regret is that the emperor did not come to Youzhou.But after learning that the emperor was greedy for the prosperity of the south and didn't like the remoteness of Youzhou, the regret in Liu Jixin's and others' hearts disappeared without a trace.

They followed Yuanli to build Youzhou bit by bit. In their minds, Youzhou was no worse than any prosperous place in the world.The emperor didn't like Youzhou, so they couldn't help feeling a little dislike for the emperor.

"It's fine if you don't come," Guo Mao said with an unchanged smile, "With the emperor, it's not convenient for us to do things. If all those officials come to Youzhou, we have to spend money to build a small court for them."

Liu Jixin nodded, "Brother Guo is absolutely right."