poisonous woman

Chapter 518
Someone came to answer this question the next night.

That night, because of what happened the day before, the soldiers were all woken up.

Xiao Junjue couldn't fall asleep either, tossing and turning, even Rong Zhao, who was a bit sleepy at first, completely disappeared.

Xiao Junjue couldn't sleep, so he got up to study the formation. After watching the formation, Xiao Junjue and Yeying drew the nine-character formation set by Hu Kun based on their memory.

He put the piece of paper on the table, and found a military book, the orange candlelight faintly hit his face, the resolute face line was reflected on the wall, and even the eyelashes were clearly counted.

He was completely immersed in the military book, and he didn't pull out of the book until he felt someone put a coat on his shoulders.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" Xiao Jun shook Rong Zhao's hand, "Is it because I disturbed your sleep, then I'll go outside to see."

Rong Zhao stopped him, "No, I can't sleep either."

Xiao Junjue supported her and sat beside her, "Everything is up to me, you just need to sleep soundly."

"I am safe, as long as you are by my side, I will be safe." Rong Zhao looked at him for a moment, stood up again, turned around and walked to the dressing table, picked up a box on it, and sat back beside Xiao Junjue.

Xiao Junjue looked at the box, raised an eyebrow, puzzled.

Rong Zhao opened the box, which contained the jewelry presented by the officials who came all the way.

"Take it, buy food and grass." Two bracelets were withdrawn from the wrist, "Take it together, I roughly calculated that it can sell for a lot of money, which should be enough for everyone to eat for a few days."

Xiao Junjue was moved. This woman would always give her everything when he needed it most. He picked up a bracelet, "This is your favorite."

It was a ruby ​​bracelet, without a single blemish on the whole body, it was crystal clear, it was the best ruby.Xiao Junjue remembered that since she married him, she always saw her wearing it.

"Oh, women like new things. No matter how much they like them, they wear them for several years. I'm tired of wearing them." Rong Zhao looked at him with a smile, and said briskly, "Don't think so, I want to charge interest. In the future, you will have to double, no, return ten times to me."

She looked at the ruby ​​bracelet without a trace of nostalgia in her eyes.

Saying that it was to make him feel at ease, Xiao Junjue's heart was so soft that it was a mess, and he held her firmly in his arms, "Okay, I will pay you back ten times and a hundred times in the future."

He is willing to give her the whole country, let her inexhaustible.

After a while, his smile slowly faded, "But even if we sell these, they can only last for a few days."

"Why be so pessimistic, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, I don't believe that so many of us can still starve to death." Rong Zhao suddenly got up from Xiao Junjue's arms, and took a pen and paper from another table .

"What are you doing? Who are you writing to?"

"For Yizhou, Lianrong has a small treasury with a lot of gold, silver and jewels. I'll ask her to contribute."

Xiao Junjue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You really do everything you can, even your daughter's things." He fixed her pen, "Okay, don't write, just like you said, there must be a car in front of the mountain." There is always a way."

His eyes fell on the formation. In fact, last night, the food and grass were burnt, and there was still a little left that was pressed at the bottom. It was not completely burned. Shen Ao counted it, and it was almost enough for seven days. The cities and towns gather together, and it should last for more than half a month.

As long as he can break through the nine-character formation and break into Pingjing pass in this half month, then the problem of lack of food and grass that he is facing now can be easily solved.

At this moment, the sound of weapons colliding outside made Xiao Junjue's expression terrified, could it be another sneak attack?

He stabilized Rong Zhao, closed his clothes and paid the bill.

"Sneak attack again, isn't it? Let's see if you don't hang your head outside the gate today." It was Nighthawk fighting.

The man in black said: "Okay, let's see who is more skilled."

Xiao Junjue watched coldly, and after one round, he suddenly stopped.

Nighthawk looked at him suspiciously, "My lord."

"Come in." Xiao Junjue turned around and entered the tent.

Nighthawk was even more puzzled, why did the prince casually let this enemy general take advantage of him?

"My lord, he's here to attack." He reminded.

A voice came from the tent, "Come in."

Ye Ying widened his eyes and looked at the man who took off the veil, and said in surprise: "So it's you boy! You can come if you say so. You're dressed in black. I thought it was another sneak attack. I almost got flooded." After rushing to the Dragon King Temple, my family does not know my family."

The person who came was Zhongli, who was arranged by Xiao Junjue to be next to Xiao Jinyu before, and later Xiao Jinyu became emperor, so he stayed in Changge City.Over the years, he has done a lot of things to help Xiao Junjue in Beijing, so he can be regarded as a spy.

He originally grew up with Ye Ying and Ye Xiao, and he was also of the Ye family, but because of a special mission, he changed his name.

"I just want to compete with you. I haven't seen you for many years. I want to see which of us is better." Zhong Li gave Xiao Junjue a thumbs up.

"Your martial arts tricks have betrayed you." Xiao Junjue said calmly, he raised his hand to let Zhongli sit down, and then let Qingcheng serve tea, "Why did you come suddenly? Is there something wrong with Changge City?"

Zhong Li said: "This time King Qi put all his troops in Pingjing Pass, and his subordinates were also sent by him."

"Oh? Then why didn't I see you play a few times before?" Nighthawk said.

"King Qi's mobilization of troops from all over the country also caused them to rob credits internally. How could I, a little lieutenant general, get the chance to play in the field. But this is also good, and it saves me and the prince from meeting head-to-head."

Xiao Junjue asked, "How about the side of Changge City?"

"Changge City has been in chaos for a long time, and all the ministers are in a state of fear. Many people have already sent their families away and are planning to leave."

Zhong Li took a sip of tea, and said, "This time, this subordinate is here on business. This subordinate knows that the prince's army was robbed last night and the food and grass were burned."

Nighthawk nodded, and said bitterly: "We didn't even have any precautions, we were caught off guard."

Zhong Li looked at Xiao Junjue and said: "This subordinate came here for this matter. Today I accidentally learned from Hu Kun that there were spies arranged by him in the prince's army. The failure of the rear camp was not due to the incompetence of the prince's soldiers. , but they were drugged with sweat.”

Nighthawk shouted, "Is there such a thing?"

Zhong Li said: "I have no way of knowing who it is, but we must be careful in the future. If this spy is not eliminated, it will still be a disaster."

Xiao Junjue lowered his eyes slightly, as expected, he really doubted this today, he checked the soldiers who were guarding the food and grass in the back camp, there were no scars on the surface, and there was no trace of struggle, it didn't look like they were burned alive.

Now, Zhongli's words confirmed his guess.

"This king will pay attention." It's just that there are so many people, and it is really not an easy task to catch the spies.

Zhongli nodded, and then instructed: "Since spies can inject perspiration medicine, the prince must be extra careful when eating."

"My king will test the poison first when he eats." This is his habit. During the war, all imported things must be tested with silver needles.

Not only him, this time with Rong Zhao by his side, Xiao Junjue asked Qingcheng to try everything she ate.

"That's good."

Although Zhong Li is not like Ye Ying and Ye Xiao who always follow the prince's side, but the former friendship has never changed.

Ye Ying said: "By the way, Hu Kun didn't doubt you when he saw you, did he?"

At that time, they were all under Xiao Junjue's account, and they knew each other.

"Probably not. After the North Vietnam War, I stopped following the prince and became an official in Beijing. I can only be regarded as the prince's old department, the same as him. Otherwise, he would not be in front of me. Tell me about a spy."

Zhong Li didn't say that, in order to gain his trust, he scolded the prince a lot in front of Hu Kun.Hu Kun thought that he had found a confidant, so he had some trust in him.

However, he dared not speak.

Xiao Junjue pondered: "What do you think of the generals guarding the city?"

Zhong Li said solemnly: "This time King Qi gathered five generals, a total of more than 90 troops, two of whom are close friends of King Qi, and these five people are all self-willed, arrogant and arrogant Among them, Hu Kun should be the strongest, this time he forced the prince to retreat, and he is even more proud."

"I heard that the generals guarding Pingjing Pass are upright?"

"Indeed, and I have observed him. I always feel that he does not support King Qi in his heart. Other generals want to fight, but he does not fight every time. It seems that he does not want to be an enemy of the prince. I Judging from his tone, he is also dissatisfied with King Qi."

When several people were silent, Rong Zhao suddenly came out from the room, "Then why not win him over?"

Zhong Li hurriedly got up and saluted Rong Zhao, "I'm disturbing the princess's sleep."

Rong Zhao raised his hand to let him sit down, she looked at Zhong Li, but smiled softly, "So it's you."

She had met him before, but she didn't pay much attention to Xiao Jinyu's Zhuangzi at that time.

Zhong Li said cheerfully, "Princess has a good memory."

Rong Zhao had been listening inside just now, when she heard the name Zhang Shaocheng, the memories of her previous life flooded in at once.

Although she didn't participate in politics at that time, she still said the name from Xiao Yuheng's mouth.

This is probably the same situation. Xiao Yuheng gathered all his forces to defend Pingjing Pass. He thought it was safe, but he didn't want the generals guarding the pass to collude with the King of Chu and cooperate with both inside and outside. As a result, Pingjing Pass was attacked, and the barrier Xiao Yuheng built collapsed instantly.

And because all the troops were concentrated here, it was so easy to break through the imperial city later.

Rong Zhao clearly remembered that it was Zhang Shaocheng who gritted his teeth and scolded the guard at Pingjing Pass.

Rong Zhao didn't care about these things at all, and he wouldn't deliberately remember them, but as soon as Zhong Li said the name, this memory popped up in her mind.

Xiao Junjue took Rong Zhao's hand and asked her to sit next to him, "I know what you mean, but Zhang Shaocheng is a veteran, this kind of person has always been stubborn, and it's not easy to win him over."

Rong Zhao stared at him, thinking to himself, how come he didn't have the brain in his previous life?Could it be that Rong Wan thought of this idea for him in the previous life?

Rong Zhao said: "If you don't try it, you will know it won't work. It's not that people are stubborn when they are old. For example, you are stubborn when you are not old."

(End of this chapter)