Chang'an is good

Chapter 575: Another Kind of Trick
Hearing that Changji had not yet woken up, Yuanxiang walked into the room and saw him lying straight on the bed, his body wrapped in wounds, his cheeks sunken. He couldn't help but ask, "Can you take the medicine?"

The servant in charge of taking care of Changji nodded and said, "He can take the medicine, and he even managed to drink a bowl of rice soup this morning...but I don't know why he hasn't woken up yet."

"It's been seven or eight days now." Yuan Xiang walked to the bedside, reached out and touched Changji's forehead, and muttered: "He doesn't have a fever... The bleeding has stopped, and the wound has healed. How come he can't wake up?"

Yuan Xiang said, sitting down beside the bed and asking, "What did the doctor say?"

The servant replied, "The doctor is helpless at the moment. He just said to take good care of him first... He also tried acupuncture yesterday, but it still didn't work."

"Acupuncture doesn't work either..." Yuan Xiang said, turning his head to look at Chang Ji, who had his eyes tightly closed. He suddenly stretched out his hand and raised his thumb.

"……what!"

A scream of pain suddenly sounded, Changji opened his eyes suddenly, his mouth twitched in pain, his eyes were angry: "... Cui Yuanxiang!"

Yuan Xiang's eyes lit up and he took his hand back: "You're awake!"

Changji's philtrum, which had a crescent-shaped bloody mark on it, was trembling slightly. He struggled to get up and beat the man, but his injuries were too severe to do so. He could only stare at Yuanxiang.

Yuan Xiang reached out and held his shaking shoulders: "Don't get too excited, lie down quickly! It will be fine once you wake up!"

Changji gritted his teeth - if Cui Yuanxiang hadn't come to laugh at him every day... he would have "woke up" earlier!
If he had not seen Cui Yuanxiang when he fell to the ground wounded that day, he would not have fainted so completely!

Changji was furious, his eyes reddened with anger: "Seeing me in this state, with an arm broken, are you satisfied now?"

Yuan Xiang was stunned and looked at Chang Ji: "You already know everything..."

Faintly, Yuan Xiang seemed to understand something - so Changji had woken up a long time ago, but just couldn't face the injury on his left arm, so he refused to open his eyes?
Yuan Xiang hurriedly said, "It's okay, we still have our right arm! It won't delay anything!"

"We martial artists have acquired skills for the purpose of putting them to use at critical moments like this, right? This time you protected Prime Minister Wei and made such a contribution in Shuofang... It's an honor to be injured, that's it!" Yuan Xiang said, giving a thumbs up.

Changji looked at his thick thumb, and his trembling philtrum began to ache violently again.

"Don't ever think that you are a useless person from now on!" Yuan Xiang patted his chest and said, "If Wei Xiang doesn't care about you, I will support you!"

Changji, whose neck was not easy to move, glanced at Yuanxiang, and felt that the other party's sweet words were ill-intentioned - he raised him? He made him work like a slave, extremely humiliating, right!

"I, Cui Yuanxiang, have nothing else to say. After years of marching, I respect courageous and loyal people." Yuanxiang sighed and said, "Changji, I looked down on you in the past."

Changji watched coldly, acting and continuing to act, it was just a trick of first suppressing and then praising to make fun of people!

"I won't be able to see you tomorrow." Yuan Xiang didn't need Chang Ji's response and said directly: "I will follow the envoy Chang to find my Grand Commander. You should take good care of your injuries."

"..." Changji's chest heaved for a while.

You are showing off to him that Envoy Chang Jie is going to meet his Grand Commander, right?

Changji was just about to start this heart-wrenching battle with an exaggerated sentence, "As far as I know, my husband and Envoy Changjie have been spending a lot of time together and having a very pleasant conversation these days", but the next moment, he saw Yuanxiang had already stood up.

"I won't bother you while you recover. You should recover as soon as possible. When I come back one day, I will treat you to a drink and give you a celebration banquet!"

Changji was like a fighting cock that had just raised its neck and opened its arms to fight, but suddenly missed.

Yuan Xiang walked a few steps, then turned back and added, "I'm leaving! You should take good care of your injuries!"

"..." Changji's expression gradually became confused and dazed.

"Finally, he woke up." Wei Shuyi sighed as he walked in from outside. He stood by the bed and saw Changji's expression. He couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

Changji was a little stunned and said, "I thought Cui Yuanxiang would take the opportunity to humiliate and tease me...but I didn't expect that he didn't have the slightest intention of teasing me this time."

Wei Shuyi leaned down, patted his subordinate on the shoulder, and said, "You thought he would play tricks on you, but he didn't play tricks on you. He went against your expectations. Isn't this another more sophisticated trick?"

Changji's mouth twitched: "..."

Wei Shuyi started laughing and stopped joking. He asked someone to boil medicine and prepare food for Changji, and asked about the condition of Changji's injuries.

Finally, Changji, with a worried look on his face, asked: "If you really think I have done a great job, can you agree to my request?"

Wei Shuyi said in a tone that promised no one would agree: "Just tell me."

Changji said solemnly: "Sir, can you fight for your dignity and work hard to occupy a place beside Envoy Chang Jie, so that I won't be too embarrassed in front of Cui Yuanxiang in the future?"

"..." Wei Shuyi was silent for a moment.

In ancient times, parents hoped their sons would become successful, and today, subordinates hope their masters will favor them.

For a moment, Wei Shuyi was a little confused about who was working for whom.

His eyes fell on Changji's immobile left arm, and Wei Shuyi nodded almost indulgently: "Do your best."

Although he and Changji were both injured in the left arm, his was an arrow wound while Changji was a knife wound. The knife blade broke the tendons and bones of his upper arm and even broke two fingers. His life was hanging by a thread when he fell into a coma.

This kindness of protecting his master gave Changji the capital to be proud of his injury.

"Then go quickly, my dear."

Faced with Changji's sudden urging, Wei Shuyi raised his eyebrows in confusion.

Changji couldn't move, but his eyes showed urgency: "Isn't Envoy Chang leaving? Hurry up and see him off!"

"..." Wei Shuyi smiled slightly and said "Okay", then turned and walked out.

"My dear, remember to change your clothes!" Changji's voice came from behind: "Light colors suit you better!"

In the dark robe area, General Cui has already taken the position of ruler, and you cannot lose your advantage!

Changji tried hard to watch her husband's back. The hope in her eyes penetrated the air and seemed to have taken shape. It was so strong that Wei Shuyi felt quite pressured.

Wei Shuyi did go to see Chang Suining off.

There were many people seeing him off, including Deputy Envoy Xue Fucheng and others.

"This New Year, Prime Minister Wei should stay in Lingzhou to recover from his injuries." After Chang Suining finished talking to Wei Shuyi, he reminded Xue Fu and others, "Prime Minister Wei, please take good care of him."

Xue Fu and the others agreed, and Jiang Tai assured: "Envoy Chang Jie, just rest assured, I will definitely make Wei Xiang fat and plump!"

Everyone laughed when they heard this. Chang Suining couldn't help but smile and looked at Wei Shuyi who looked somewhat helpless.

Seeing her looking at him, Wei Shuyi's eyes also showed a hint of smile. He reminded her to be careful on the road, and handed her a round wooden box, saying: "Take it with you on New Year's Eve, just for good luck."

In ten days, it will be New Year's Eve. Chang Suining is destined to spend this year's New Year's Eve on the march. At the same time, a shocking change that will shock the world has been brewing silently and is about to sweep over.

The source of this storm was far beyond the expectations of the court and the emperor.

At this time, the emperor, the imperial court, and even all the forces were focusing their attention on Shannan West Road, a critical war that almost consumed all the imperial court's resources.

The battle between the imperial court and Shannan West Road is currently in a stalemate.

On the other hand, Xiao Min encountered obstacles everywhere in Lingnan Road.

Lingnan Province is a vast region with many prefectures. Faced with Xiao Min, the new governor of Lingnan Province, many prefectures tried to evade or even resist.

There were many tribal forces gathered in Lingnan, who were not obedient to the imperial court and had been dissatisfied with the emperor for a long time. When Xiao Min came with a seal, they even claimed that the secret decree of the emperor's appointment held by Xiao Min was forged, and did not recognize Xiao Min's identity at all, and thus launched a fierce military resistance.

Xiao Min tried to use all possible means to ease the situation, but failed repeatedly. As a last resort, he had to fight violence with violence, and lost more than 5,000 soldiers before he could barely pacify the three states.

Now that Xiao Min has taken control of the Guizhou area, he realizes that he can no longer continue to waste resources like this.

At the same time, he also saw clearly a fact, that is, whether the rebellion of the states in Lingnan Road could be quelled did not depend on what he, the new governor, did - the fact that he came with the emperor's order was the biggest original sin.

One reason was because of the people's hearts and minds in this area, and the other was because the power of Prince Rong's Mansion had infiltrated Lingnan Road. As far as Xiao Min knew, many people in Lingnan Road had secretly surrendered to Prince Rong's Mansion.

In these days, in addition to the dangers on the battlefield, Xiao Min has also encountered several fierce assassination attempts, which he suspected were related to Prince Rong's Mansion.

Although he had anticipated and been on guard, and had managed to deal with it safely, Xiao Min knew that the siege on him would not stop easily.

Even if he didn't give the assassin an opportunity, it was a fact that he could hardly move an inch in Lingnan Road. There were 72 states in Lingnan Road, and he couldn't conquer them all with his military force, otherwise he and his soldiers would be exhausted to death.

Xiao Min turned his eyes to the north towards Qianzhong Road, which is adjacent to Guizhou.

In addition to Shannan West Road, the governor of Qianzhong Road had also long since surrendered to King Rong. Due to the geographical location, most of the forces that infiltrated Lingnan Road were branches extending from Qianzhong Road.

The reason why the states in Lingnan Province dared to engage in such blatant confrontation was mostly due to the instigation and support of Qianzhong Province, or it can be said that the existence of Qianzhong Province played a certain demonstration role.

If you want to quell the chaos in Lingnan Road, the best way is to start from Qianzhong Road, cut off the fire from under the cauldron, and shock Lingnan Road.

But if he rashly mobilized troops to attack Qianzhong Road, he would be surrounded and suppressed from all sides. It would be a very bad idea to mobilize troops to attack directly...

If he did not mobilize troops, he could only use his wits to defeat the enemy, but using wits also required ways to support it, and it could not be done just by imagining it. However, Xiao Min was completely in the dark about Qianzhong Road and had no ideas at all.

Imagination is always rich, but reality is so difficult.

When Xiao Min was in trouble, a secret letter suddenly arrived.

Xiao Min was very surprised when he read the letter.

The secret letter came from Qianzhou, and the writer was a member of the Changsun family.

Chang Sun stated in the letter that she could help Xiao Min in his affairs in Lingnan and Qianzhong, and also stated that this was the instruction of Envoy Chang Jie.

Xiao Min came back to his senses, and suddenly felt confident, and a plan emerged in his mind.

After making the plan, Xiao Min stopped moving forward.

The accompanying eunuch imperial envoy was very dissatisfied and repeatedly urged Xiao Min to quickly quell the rebellion in Lingnan Road. Seeing that Xiao Min ignored him, the eunuch imperial envoy lost his patience and threatened to report the matter to the capital and punish Xiao Min for delaying military affairs.

Unexpectedly, this sentence became his last words.

The eunuch was unable to react until his death... How could Xiao Min, who was always calm and gentle, suddenly draw his sword against an imperial envoy like him in public?

Xiao Min's move was tantamount to declaring a severance of ties with the imperial court.

However, after this move, Xiao Min did not take any other action and seemed to be in hesitation.

Seeing that the situation had changed, Li Cong sent a message to Prince Rong, suggesting that they could try to win over Xiao Min and use him for the Prince Rong's palace.

In addition, Li Cong apologized to Prince Rong in the letter - he had failed to assassinate Xiao Min many times, and asked Prince Rong to punish him.

Prince Rong did not blame Li Cong, but instead praised him for knowing how to adjust plans according to changing circumstances. This showed that he was flexible, clear-headed, and knew what maximizing benefits meant.

Prince Rong encouraged Li Cong to persuade Xiao Min to surrender, and reminded Li Cong to pay more attention to the movements of Xiao Min's army. He only gave Li Cong one month. If Xiao Min still refused to serve the Prince Rong's palace after one month, he would be eliminated even if he had to gather a large army to attack him.

In addition, Prince Rong reminded Li Cong that the time had come and another thing could be implemented.

Faced with Li Cong's secret recruitment, Xiao Min showed an indecisive and wavering attitude.

Because of the killing of the imperial envoy, the situation of Xiao Min and his army in Lingnan Road was temporarily alleviated. At the same time, the plan he had agreed upon with the Changsun family was being carried out urgently and secretly.

The end of the year was approaching, but the war in Shannan West Road did not stop because of the New Year.

On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, it was raining and snowing on the Shannan West Road, making the road slippery and difficult to travel. The imperial army, which was under strict orders from the emperor to inquire about the progress of the war, was forced to take a temporary rest.

Inside the military tent, Chai Ting, an elderly general from the Xuan Ce Mansion, was looking through the latest documents from the court under a lamp.

Since the troops were dispatched to Shannan West Road, the morale of the people in the court has been like a thin hair, always hanging on the edge of a knife, and letters are sent almost every day to inquire about the battle situation.

However, this year was a cold winter, with much rain and snow in the west, so the war did not go smoothly, and many soldiers fell ill due to the forced march and fighting.

A strong wind blew up a corner of the thick tent curtain. The old general with sparse gray hair looked outside the tent where the wind and snow were howling. He looked so old that his cloudy eyes were filled with worry.

At this time, a soldier came in and brought a secret letter.

Chai Ting took it and was slightly surprised when he saw the letter.

It is a handwritten letter from Prince Rong Li Yin.

Li Yin came to Shannan West Road in person to invite him to meet and talk, and the words in the letter were sincere and earnest...

While Chai Ting hesitated, his eyes fell on the signature at the end of the letter - Prince Xiaoshu, Li Yin.

Looking at the three words "太子效", Chai Ting's old fingers clenched the edge of the letter paper.

The meeting place was twenty miles away from the imperial army's camp, in a pavilion beside the official road where travelers could rest.

The snow had not stopped yet, so Prince Rong set up a stove in the pavilion to keep warm and make tea.

Goodnight everybody!