Chapter 162 No use value
Xianyang is the capital of the Yong Kingdom, where the enemy who killed his mother and destroyed the country lives.
Zhao Yuxue lived there for a while, but the assassination attempt failed and she had to flee back to Zhao Kingdom in embarrassment.
Nowadays, there is no Zhao State in the world, and Jinyang, her fiefdom, is already the territory of Yong State.
The elder brother still wanted to live in peace and become the king of the country's subjugation, but Zhao Yuxue felt that both she and her elder brother had only one way to die.
My brother is a coward.
she is not.
She is going back to Xianyang.
Go back and take revenge, even if you pay for it with your life.
Outside Yongguo City.
The carriage of the Wei delegation moved forward slowly, much slower than when it came.
Long Yangjun was leaning in the carriage and drinking tea with a smile, not feeling depressed because of the setback.
Wei Zipei did reject the marriage to Jiang Ben, but for men, a proper rejection would stimulate their fighting spirit.
What started out as a slight liking suddenly turned into an inseparable obsession.
As long as Wei Zipei doesn't marry someone else, this matter can be solved.
Sure enough, just ten miles away from the city gate, the envoy heard the sound of horse hooves behind them.
Jiang Ben came alone and stopped in front of Wei Zipei's carriage.
"Come out, I have something to say."
This time, he didn't call her by her name.
Wei Zipei, who was sitting in the carriage, looked haggard. She did not go out, nor did she lift the curtain to take a look at Jiang Ben.
"Mr. Jiang," she asked, "if my country, Wei, goes to war with Yong, will you send troops to help?"
The last time she left Yong State, she asked Jiang Ben the same question.
——"If we really want to fight, will you help?"
At that time, he replied without thinking: "Impossible. I am the son of Qi State. I can't just use my will to fight the whole country just because of our feelings."
This time, she asked the same question.
She knew that Jiang Ben was an honest person and would not use sweet words to please her.
If he says help, he will definitely said he wouldn't help, and nothing could make him change.
Wei Zipei waited quietly in the carriage and heard him hesitate for a long time before answering slowly.
"Zipei, if the Wei State goes to war with another country, there is still a possibility of winning. If it is the Yong State... I will not go to help."
If we go to rescue, more people will die in vain.
Pointless.
Jiang Ben jumped off his horse and walked outside the thin car curtain.
He once captured Wei Zipei and trapped him in the carriage, but today, he didn't even dare to lift the curtain.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Ben asked, "Is this why you rejected me?"
With tears in her eyes, Wei Zipei tried her best to keep her voice as usual and raised her voice: "As a princess of a country, I have no freedom at all. You can't help me, for me..." Wei Zipei cried silently, He held the window lattice with his fingers and said harshly, "You are of no use to me."
No... use value?
Jiang Ben's face suddenly turned as cold as iron.
He asked no more questions, but turned and mounted his even saying goodbye, he rode away.
Wei Guo's motorcade is still parked, that's because Long Yangjun got down from the carriage in front.
"Your Highness Princess," he said anxiously, who was always calm and calm, "how can you say that? What man can bear this? The affairs of the army must be carefully planned, and if you marry him, you will have countless means. It can be blackmailed.”
"I just don't want you to threaten me!"
Wei Zipei said as he opened the car curtain and stared at Long Yangjun with a pair of red and swollen eyes.
"You, you and your brother, I understand that you are good to Wei and the people. But I can kill the enemy and serve my country and die on the battlefield. He is a Qi State and has no obligation to care about the life and death of my Wei State!"
This robbery made Long Yangjun blush.
There was a hint of surprise on his bright face, and he nodded immediately: "It seems you really like him."
The car curtain was suddenly pulled by Wei Zipei, and with a crash, it blocked Long Yangjun's next words.
"Let's go!"
Princess Wei said loudly, as if her voice was loud enough to stop her tears.
Jiang Ben returned to Xianyang.
Xianyang has his pregnant sister, his embassy, and the friends he made when he was a proton.
He now has a distinguished status and no one dares to mess with him in Xianyang City.
He drank a lot, chatted with people about the past and present, and once fell drunk on the street and was carried back.
As the days passed, the weather became colder and colder, and in a blink of an eye it snowed for the first time.
But Jiang Ben felt that he had been on the road returning to Xianyang from outside the walked and walked, but I could never get out of the mood I felt at that time.
Sad, humiliating, angry, gloomy...the horse's hooves clatter, sometimes very fast, sometimes very slowly.
He felt like he was on that road, watching the leaves fall off, the north wind blowing, and the hares jumping out of the snow and running into the dense forest.
Everything was changing, only he fell into sadness, as if he had died.
At the Chengbei Road Inn, a middle-aged man with a smiling expression walked into the hall, threw aside the hare he had just hunted, and raised his voice: "What are you going to eat today?"
"Master Su!"
Yi Cheng took the hare with a smile on his face.
Although he had a higher official position than the man in front of him, he still called him "Sir."
The man added: "The horse is dragging a wild boar behind it. Sir, please unload it."
Yi Cheng nodded quickly and greeted people.
If there are distinguished guests from Xianyang in the inn, they should recognize the man wearing a black coat as the former famous commander of the Weiwei Army, Su Yu.
Su Yu was demoted for crimes in the early autumn, and now works as a messenger here to deliver official documents and news.
He had just sent the news of the victory of the Northern Conquest Army to Kyoto. He was so happy on the way that he couldn't help but go hunting.
"Master Su," upon hearing his return, an old woman came out of the backyard with something in her arms, "the rabbit skins you gave me have been patched up and mended, and two sets of sleeves have been made to protect my hands."
"Thank you."
Su Yu took the sleeve, carefully selected one with moist and shiny fur, and handed it to the person following behind him.
"This one is for Miss Chen, and the other one is for Madam."
He said "Miss Chen", he didn't need to say his name, he knew who it was.
Chen Nanxing once brought Su Yu back from hell. Su Yu was grateful. Although he knew that Chen Nanxing did not lack these things, he often gave them to express his feelings.
The attendant nodded in response, and suddenly heard someone at the door of the inn raising his voice and asking: "This fur looks attractive to me at first sight, but I don't know if it's mine."
The attendant turned around and looked up in surprise, seeing a woman in red standing at the door.
She is tall and graceful, with a slightly bulging belly. Her face is covered by a mink fur hood, making her face man followed closely behind her. He was very heroic, but not very happy. He held up a cloth umbrella to protect the woman from the wind and snow.
Who are you?Follow your heart.
However, Su Yu beside him had already greeted her with a shocked expression, and knelt down and kowtowed in front of the woman.
"Your Highness the Queen."
His voice was so cautious that only the woman in front of him could hear it.
This private room was already the best in the inn. Su Yu went to pick up his bedding and put it under the futon. He lit the stove and finished heating the tea he was reluctant to drink, but he still felt uneasy.
Jiang He took off his hood, and Jiang Ben, who followed her, caught the cloak, brushed off the snowflakes on it, and carried it to the stove to bake.
Su Yu handed over the boiled tea, but said with great restraint: "You are reckless, Zongjun is not here..."
In the past, it was Zongjun who saw the tea first and then Jiang He drank it.
But Zongjun has been unable to test her for drugs for a long time.
"It doesn't matter," Jiang He smiled, "Since no one is here to test for poison, I will only eat things given by people I trust."
She said, taking the tea cup and drinking it with a sip.
Su Yu felt hot and almost cried.
"Your Highness," he whispered, "it's snowy and slippery outside, and you're inconvenienced. Why did you come out?"
"Yes," before Jiang He could answer, Jiang Ben beside him said while baking his cloak, "Although there is a carriage and I am driving the car myself, there are always some roads that you have to walk by yourself. If Your Majesty knows that I will Why don't you kill me when your sister brings her out?"
"How can it be so scary?" Jiang He laughed, "I want to see General Su, Your Majesty knows."
But I'm afraid that means letting Su Yu go into the palace to see him.
Although she was about to become a mother, Jiang He still looked a little cunning and naughty.
"I will take this opportunity to come out and get some air."
Su Yu suddenly became nervous.
He had made a huge mistake and forgiveness was impossible.
Could it be that even the emissary was not allowed to do it himself?
He didn't dare to ask, so he could only wait quietly.
Finally, Jiang He finished his tea.
She said: "It's like this. After General Su left, the post of commander of the Weiwei Army was vacant. The deputy commander you single-handedly promoted, although he is reliable in his work, is a bit rigid. What your majesty means is that in the campaign for the Northern Army Before coming back, decide on a candidate.”
It was this thing.
Su Yu nodded in agreement.
Jiang He then said again: "Your Majesty originally wanted General Su to nominate someone, but seeing someone getting more and more miserable these days, he suddenly changed his mind. He said that this person was too idle, so he was sad in the spring and cried every day while drinking and drinking. It's better. Let him temporarily take over the position of commander and hone his skills.”
Who is this, sad in spring, drinking and crying every day in autumn?
Su Yu looked at Jiang Ben with doubts on his face, and saw Jiang Ben's hands trembling, and the mink fur almost fell into the stove.
"Who?" he asked tremblingly.
"General Su," Jiang He said, "I would like to ask you to return to the Weiwei Army to take charge of information and intelligence on important military matters. As for Jiang Ben, he will temporarily take over the position of commander. He is new to Yong and is not familiar with the military affairs of Yong State. Please don't give up. Be his master.”
(End of this chapter)