Evil Phoenix: The Queen's Good Conspiracy

Chapter 21: Tit for Tat (1)
The breeze picked up gradually, brushing the corner of Mu Qing's clothes, she was silent for a while, took the silk cloth, and gently wiped the fingertips that were stained with juice.After all the procedures were completed, she calmly raised her eyes and looked at the eagle eyes that were looking directly at her.There was a slight smile on the moist lips.

At the beginning of the sword dance, everyone held their breath.

With the shocking sound of dragon and lion-like drums in the venue of ten thousand people, Zuo Xun drew out his long sword galloping on the battlefield, and began to dance lightly and steadily.He stabs forward sometimes, and sometimes slows down. When he exerts his strength, he seems to be able to cut through the sky, and when he retracts his strength, he seems to be able to dance with water.Following his masculine dance of both rigidity and softness, the long black hair draped behind him was swaying in the air like flying yarn.

Mu Qing watched intently, with a stunning smile twitching at the corners of her lips.

Never thought that Zuo Xun, who was full of wildness, would be so soul-stirring when he danced his sword.Finally, Mu Qing couldn't help it anymore, she walked into the next seat with her skirt in her hand, really wanting to admire the general's sword posture.She stood still, with a little brilliance shining in her eyes.If she was born in this world, she would definitely advance hand in hand with him, and then stand at the peak together.It's a pity that she is only a queen now.

At this moment, Zuo Xun seemed to see Mu Qing who had stepped down from the seat, and his eagle eyes trembled.

The drum music has entered a climax, and it is about to enter the end of a song.Zuo Xun's movements became faster and faster, more agile, and more and more exciting.Just when the sound of the last hammer and drum settled down, Zuo Xun raised his shallow lips, turned around after the re-dance, and a huge gust of sword wind struck.

All of a sudden, all sounds stopped, the sound of drums was gone, and the sound of dancing swords was even more gone.The only thing left was the unbearable whispering under the seat.

Because at this moment, Zuo Xun was holding the half-length Panhu sword, pointing directly at Mu Qing's eyebrows.

The blade-like wind from the sword wind stirred her hair crazily for a moment, but at the moment when the tip of the sword was about to pierce Mu Qing's eyebrows, Su Muqing didn't even blink her eyes.She didn't look at the sword, and she didn't worry about herself, but stared at the handsome man in front of her who was looking down at her with his head held high like a lion.

Beitangfeng frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about Zuo Xun's intention; Liu Liangchu pulled his lips, as if he had expected it; while Beitang Mo was always smiling lightly, with his eyes half down and not saying a word.

Mu Qing pursed her lips, clapped her hands suddenly, and said in a loud voice: "General Zuo Xun really has extraordinary sword skills. Ben Gong, I've seen it!"

Following Mu Qing's words, all the ministers also breathed a sigh of relief, the moment of dancing just now really felt like they were going to mutiny.

Zuo Xun pulled his lips and smiled, slowly retracted the long sword, and finally placed it firmly in the hands of the two little eunuchs who came to hold the sword.He turned his head to look at Beitang Feng, and said: "In front of the emperor, Zuo Xun has made a fool of himself!"

Beitangfeng pulled his lower lip slightly, as if he had guessed Zuo Xun's thoughts, so he shook his head and replied: "As the queen said, the general's sword skills are extraordinary, and I have full confidence in fighting the Jin Kingdom again! reward!"

After finishing speaking, several court ladies dragging trays stepped up one after another, and brought the treasures to Zuo Xun one by one.

Zuo Xun took the things and thanked the emperor for his kindness.Forget it, he raised his head and said: "As the last general said just now, can I borrow it from the queen."

Bei Tangfeng gently embraced his arms, "Zuo Xun borrowed her, how do you plan to use it?"

Zuo Xun lowered his eyes, and after a while, he raised his eyes again to look at the leisurely Su Muqing and said, "The general heard that the queen's literary talents are extraordinary, and the general also wants to ask the queen for advice, I don't know how?"

As soon as these words came out, Liu's father and daughter smiled again.

Everyone in the court knew that the empress of the current dynasty suffered from hysteria and could not remember many things, even the so-called poems and songs.And Liu Huirong can be regarded as a scholarly family, and her literary talent is also amazing.In this way, in front of tens of thousands of people, the queen was completely defeated and speechless, and at the same time, there was a burst of applause for the literary concubine Liu.

This method can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone, and it poked her Su Muqing's weakness.

Mu Qing pursed her lips, bit her lips again, she really didn't expect a general to make such a move.

As for literary talent, how can she, a woman who grew up in a small army, be proficient in ancient poems and songs?
So she frowned and fell into a moment of thought.And her expression fell into the eyes of the people around her, who should be worried and proud.In short, each has his own thoughts.

At this moment, Bei Tangfeng looked at Mu Qing, a rare smile appeared on Junyi's face, and he said abruptly: "I'm sure."

Mu Qing clenched her teeth, and quietly turned her eyes to look at Beitangfeng.Looking at his eyes, I know that he is definitely doing it on purpose, deliberately wanting to rectify her disobedience to the holy words.

but……

Mu Qing raised her lower lip suddenly, and at the moment when Zuo Xun was about to make a move, she suddenly interrupted.

Zuo Xun paused, squinted at Mu Qing, "Could it be that the empress doesn't dare compete with this general?"

Mu Qing shook her head, "I'm dreaming of this." She said, she stepped forward, staring deeply at him with her smiling eyes, "Better than poems and songs, Ben Gong Victory is not fighting. If we want to compare, we will compare the other."

Zuo Xun frowned, as if trying to figure out Mu Qing's trick.The people around did not say a word, as if they were also guessing.

At this time, the wind picked up, and Mu Qing stood at a slightly higher place, looking at Zuo Xun's eagle eyes, and after taking a deep breath, she said word by word: "We compare... the art of war."

As soon as these two words came out, Zuo Xun's eyes shrank fiercely.Beitangfeng frowned, also surprised in his heart.Even Beitang Mo's smiling eyes couldn't help trembling, and then slowly raised them to look at Su Muqing.

The surroundings were filled with whispering voices, Liu Huirong wondered that her whole face was crowded together, and Lan Yaoer also frowned in puzzlement.

It's never been heard that any empress dared to compete with the general in the art of war, it's a humiliation for herself!

Zuo Xun suddenly laughed, looked down at Mu Qing with that extremely contemptuous look, and said, "Empress, Zuo Xun gave you a step down to save face for the empress, but the empress didn't use it by herself. , I can’t laugh or cry!”

Mu Qing lowered her eyes, looked sad, and let out a long sigh, "Hey, I just want to help the emperor, if I lose, I lose. Of course, I have never seen any art of war, but seeing General Zuo Xun I won and returned, so I was a little curious, so I wanted to try it."

Zuo Xun sneered, and almost stopped looking at Mu Qing.

This stupid woman, I really don't know why sister Liu was bullied by her!

However, at this moment, Beitangfeng frowned, staring deeply at Mu Qing who had no confidence and compromise.

If he remembers correctly, the last time this woman showed this expression, she didn't give him any good fruit to eat.

"Okay! Since the queen has said so, this general has no reason to refuse, so let's compete with the queen in the art of war!" Zuo Xun roared, and then the people around cheered up and cheered. Only Mu Qing kept hanging. A faint smile.

……

To compare the art of war, in front of Mu Qing and Zuo Xun, each will draw a curtain, and beside them, each will have a terrain sand table.

There is also a sand table between the important imperial relatives, and this siege can be seen at any time.

In this battle situation, the emperor, prince, and Xiangguo will write a note and send it to the two circles, setting an initial condition.However, Beitang Qi abstained on the grounds that he was not familiar with the art of war.

Mu Qing knew in her heart that after all, he was on good terms with Concubine Liu's family, if he joined, it would definitely be embarrassing.Although it is equivalent to a game of military chess, it is no different from the real battlefield.However, this situation was designated by Beitangfeng as a situation to suppress bandits.Zuo Xun is the lord of the city, and she, Su Muqing, is a bandit!
Mu Qing bit her lower lip, and cursed Beitangfeng countless times in her heart.

At this time, Mu Qing in the tent was sitting leisurely by the wooden chair, staring at the blank terrain in a daze.At this time, a little eunuch entered with the first note, and handed it to Mu Qing.

She opened it, and there were a few words neatly written on it: The material yard is flat.

Mu Qing frowned, and threw the note away.

The unfamiliar handwriting must be Liu Xiangguo.

Very well, she has no food, only a pile of livestock feed, and a protracted war seems impossible.

At the same time, a little eunuch began to draw the terrain on the sand table next to Mu Qing. Hers was indeed a flat land full of grass, while the other side was an impenetrable city full of armories and grain houses.

After a while, the little eunuch put in the second note.

Mu Qing opened it, and it was written in strong handwriting: fifty old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers.

For a while, Mu Qing couldn't react, but soon, a man-eating arrogance burst out from her beautiful eyes, and at the same time, she tore off the note and threw it aside.

Don't read it, this note is from Beitangfeng!

With his character, he will definitely give to the opponent, a good general and an elite soldier.

Find him later!
"There's the last one, right?" Mu Qing asked the people around her.

The little eunuch nodded and said, "Go back to your mother, there is indeed a note that has not been delivered."

That one must belong to the prince.

Mu Qing lowered her eyes, feeling a little nervous in her heart.

"Here it comes, empress, here comes the last note." The little eunuch hurried in and put the note in Mu Qing's hand.

This time, Mu Qing seemed to be more cautious.She took a deep breath, and then slowly pulled the note away. After seeing the words inside, her eyes suddenly shrank.

This time, Mu Qing seemed to be more cautious.She took a deep breath, and then slowly pulled the note away.

bamboo.

With just two words, Mu Qing's heart trembled.

Why... the prince would write this condition?
Mu Qing frowned, puzzled, suddenly startled, as if she understood Beitang Mo's thoughts, a touch of emotion appeared on Qingcheng's face.

The condition that the prince gave her was enough for her to fight for it!
"Ah, by the way, ma'am, just now that master asked the servant to give this to your majesty." After saying that, the little eunuch took out a snow-colored jade pendant from his bosom, with a snow phoenix carved on it.

Mu Qing took the jade pendant and stared deeply for a while, the corners of her lips couldn't help but smile a little, as if this small jade pendant made her extremely at ease.

A phoenix in the snow, adversity can be reborn.

Mu Qing squeezed the jade pendant tightly in her hands, closed her eyes, and felt the gentle cool air coming from the jade pendant, but she also seemed to be in deep thought, without moving a muscle.

A huge gong sounded outside the curtain, and Mu Qing suddenly opened her hazy blue eyes.A gleam of green light flashed across the sharp eyes in an instant.She got up and touched all the places on the sand table with her fingertips one by one. When her fingertips were in the middle of the bandit camp, Mu Qing suddenly opened her lips.

After waiting for a long time, I finally have the opportunity to compete.

Strategy versus strategy is a good game.

Let's see if the invincible Zuo Xun gallops on the battlefield, or Colonel Su, who is full of literary and military strategies, is even better!
Look for the curtain on the left.

"Women and children like the queen dare to fight the general in military tactics, it's just... ridiculous." A lieutenant general said with contempt in his eyes.

"No, it's probably just a small-scale move. Moreover, it's all bad terrain and troops. In the end, you don't even need to use tactics. A strong attack will definitely win." Another lieutenant general said.

Zuo Xun remained calm, holding the sand table with both hands, his eyes became deeper and deeper, but the slightly raised corner of his lips clearly told everyone that he also felt that this queen was not worth a fight at all.

Zuo Xun watched the sand table silently for a while, then took a brush and wrote a word on a note: Excited!

"Take it." After Zuo Xun said, he gave the note to the little eunuch next to him, and the little eunuch hurried out.

Zuo Xun pulled his lips and narrowed his eyes.

The generation of women and children will get angry when they are provoked, and they will definitely take the initiative to attack the city, then come and invite the king into the urn!
……

On the other side, Mu Qing turned her back to the sand table, holding the small green bamboo in her hand, as if she was deep in thought.

"Report! General Zuo Xun made a plan: Excitement!" said the little eunuch.

Mu Qing didn't look back, she just glanced back, and then smiled lightly.While staring at the bamboo in his hand, he said, "Eat, drink, and sleep."

For a while, even the little eunuch who delivered the note panicked.

Could it be that this queen really doesn't understand anything?How to let the soldiers "eat, drink and sleep" during the siege?

The little eunuch shook his head, then turned and left.Then came to the center and yelled: "The queen gives me a note: eat, drink, and sleep!"

After finishing the sentence, everyone present was dumbfounded and looked at each other in puzzlement.Beitang Qi frowned, unable to figure it out.Even Beitang Feng and Beitang Mo, who were strategizing on weekdays, fell into deep thought for a while, as if they couldn't figure out what Mu Qing was going to do.

When the little eunuch entered Mu Qing's tent again, he brought the note "Explorer" that Zuo found out, but was surprised to find that Mu Qing was leisurely cutting the small bamboo that he had just picked up.

"Queen...you are..." The little eunuch was puzzled.

"Cut it off as you like." Mu Qing chuckled, then continued to cut her bamboo, and at the same time said softly, "The next step is to withdraw the troops for three miles!"

"Withdraw?" The little eunuch was even more confused.I thought to myself why the queen even withdrew her troops, so why fight, she was directly captured!
There was no other way, the little eunuch had no choice but to lower his head, and passed the news to Zuo Xun.

When Zuo Xun heard this, he immediately showed a contemptuous smile, "Defend every step of the way, and dare not attack. It really is the opinion of women and children, as cowardly as a mouse."

"The last general has already said that this queen is nothing to be afraid of. Our elite soldiers and good generals can just kill them directly. Compared with the queen, it is not the art of war, but the art of war!" To them, this queen is a three-year-old child in the art of war, not worth mentioning at all.

Zuo Xun nodded, deep in thought.

Just now, he was throwing stones to ask for directions, deliberately to see if Su Muqing had any tricks.It turned out that she had no defense at all and could only defend and escape.

If there is an attack, then run, it really is him looking left, too cautious.

"Okay, one strike will determine the world!" Zuo Xun said, with a smile on his face, and then touched his pawn with his fingertips, and said: "It seems that she won't attack the general's camp, she just wants to defend it at the end." The general let her go, come and write a note."

After finishing speaking, a little eunuch entered, took a pen and began to record.

"Just write... enter Cong, cover, sneak attack at night! Take her to me in one fell swoop!"

When this sentence was finished, Zuo Xun was almost in an atmosphere of waiting for the final victory, and Zuo Xun was full of confidence.

A woman and child who don't understand anything dare to fight Zuo Xun on the art of war with him. Today, she must be disgraced!

"General Zuo said, enter the clump, take cover, and sneak attack at night!" The little eunuch shouted in the center, of course, this is a dark technique, but Mu Qing has no way of knowing it.

The Lius and their daughters seem to be brothers, but Beitangfeng's eyes are getting deeper and deeper.

Does this cunning and treacherous woman really know nothing about the art of war?If this is the case, it would be too presumptuous to provoke Zuo Xun openly.

But Mu Qing at this time was different from them, she looked at the terrain leisurely, with a calm face, as if she was waiting for something.

But at this time, the little eunuch entered again, and only said: "Queen, please send me a note."

Mu Qing touched the sand table with her fingertips, as if she was thinking about something.

There was a commotion outside just now, if she guessed right, Zuo Xun must have made the last move: a night attack, and they must come out in full force, overwhelming the territory!
If so...

In this way, after a long time, people outside have speculated that the queen is at the end of her rope, and what she has just now is just a show.

Mu Qing paced back and forth, after a while of silence, she seemed to think of something suddenly, then she pulled the little eunuch to her, and whispered a few words in his ear.

After the little lady listened, her face froze immediately, and she said, "The empress really wants to do this?"

"Go ahead." Mu Qing curled her lips, revealing a faint smile.

"Slave understands." The little eunuch nodded, then turned around and ran out without even taking the note.

Just when the people outside the tent were impatient to wait, the little eunuch suddenly ran out in a panic and shouted loudly: "The queen said, no more fighting, no more fighting!"

After finishing the sentence, many people got up, as if they were a little confused.Once the news reached Zuo Xun's ears, he smiled even more proudly!

The Queen has surrendered!
These five words spread throughout the banquet of ten thousand people almost instantly, and then burst into laughter. Everyone stood up and praised General Zuo Xun's strong attack tactics, and Zuo Xun even sneered.

Because to deal with Su Muqing, he didn't use any tactics at all, such a woman and child, straightforward!
But when Zuo Xun took a step out of the tent, many eunuchs suddenly came and surrounded the royal seats, so that the surrounding people couldn't see what was going on.

After confirming that outsiders could not see inside, Mu Qing stepped out of the tent at a leisurely pace.Seeing Zuo Xun, she immediately smiled and said: "General Zuo is really extraordinary. In a short while, I have no choice but to retreat. I admire, really admire."

The corners of Zuo Xun's lips raised slightly, and he replied: "The empress is besieging this place to death, is it possible that she still wants to save some face? Impossible, everyone has already known about the empress' surrender, and doing so is nothing more than deception. "

Mu Qing smiled, shook her head and said, "I didn't admit defeat. I just want to save the face of General Zuo Xun."

When Zuo Xun heard this, he burst out laughing, "At this time, the queen is still playing such a child's tongue game, which makes this general feel a little disdainful."

"Really?" Mu Qing smiled, and walked slowly to the sand table in the middle of the two curtains.

On the sand table, the movements of the two armies were indeed clear at a glance.

Zuo Xun's elite soldiers lay in ambush among all her fodder, as if they were waiting for an opportunity to wipe her out in one fell swoop.

only……

"General, you haven't seen the dark technique set up by me on this sand table, have you?"

"What kind of secret technique does the queen have? Could it be that she even dug a secret passage and prepared to escape?" Zuo Xun mocked.

Mu Qing laughed again, this time the tears came out.After laughing, she took out a small firewood stick from her arms, walked slowly to the fire next to her, and lit a fire.Afterwards, she walked back to the sand table, approached Zuo Xun slowly, and whispered in his ear: "Soldiers, tricks."

After finishing speaking, Mu Qing suddenly let go of her fingertips, and the small wooden stick immediately fell into the pile of grass that Zuo Xun had ambushed the soldiers in, and saw that all the grass suddenly ignited a raging fire, lighting up the night sky in an instant.

Zuo Xun was stunned, as if thinking of something, he quickly tore the cloth covering the dark thread off the sand table, and when he saw the bamboo thorns that blocked all his elite soldiers from retreating, Jun's face froze immediately.

Only Mu Qing smiled softly, grabbed Zuo Xun's city on the sand table with her slender fingertips, slowly moved towards her side along the sand, until she entered her own territory, and then whispered: " The generals came out in full force, and with one attack of fire, the entire army was wiped out. Hehe... Zuo Xun general's city, this bandit in my palace... just accepted it."

In an instant, everyone present, including Zuo Xun, showed a strange expression.

Zuo Xun gritted his teeth fiercely, and stared at the woman in front of him with a pair of handsome eagle eyes.

(End of this chapter)