Four hundred and seventieth chapters sound east and west
Yun Shang stretched out her hand to take it, and her eyes fell on the rattle. It only cost 20 cents, and the workmanship seemed a bit poor. Yun Shang shook it gently, and the sound of the drum head was coming and going.
It seemed very weak among the noisy crowd.
"Okay." Yun Shang responded with a smile and carefully put the rattle into her sleeve.
"Let's go back to the mansion." Luo Qingyan took Yun Shang's hand and walked to Prince Rui's mansion.
Only then did Yun Shang react, and Luo Qingyan seemed to have inadvertently deflected the question. Yun Shang shook his head and sighed, already having the answer in his heart.
Back at Prince Rui's Mansion, Qin Yi was already waiting in the courtyard. Yun Shang glanced at Qin Yi and asked softly: "Grandpa, have you rested?"
Qin Yi nodded lightly, stepped forward and took off Yun Shang's cloak, and said softly: "I asked my servant to take a few books from the princess, read them for a while, and then rested early." Qin Yi will
He took the cloak aside and hung it up, then turned his head and continued: "After being bumpy on the road for so long, I am getting older and naturally feel tired. I will be fine after a couple of days of rest."
"Well, tomorrow I will prescribe a food supplement for my grandfather. Jincheng is not as dry as Ningguo. The winters here are wet and cold. The moisture enters the body and easily causes pain in the waist and legs. Get some warm ingredients to eat.
It's a little better." Yun Shang said with a smile, then turned to look at Luo Qingyan, "Today you go to the palace with your grandfather to have an audience, what will your majesty say?"
Luo Qingyan had already hung up his cloak. After hearing this, he turned around and said with a smile: "Your Majesty was very polite to Taifu Xiao. He chatted with Taifu about the situation in Ningguo and asked Taifu how he was doing now.
Due to this situation, I asked Tai Tu to go back home and have a good rest."
Yun Shang nodded, was silent for a moment, and then asked again: "Will the Yelang Kingdom send anyone over this year's Wanshou Festival?"
"Of course there is, and the new emperor of Yelang Kingdom came here in person." Luo Qingyan narrowed his eyes, and his voice suddenly became cold.
"Cangjue Qingsu?" Yun Shang's eyes were a little surprised. Now Cangjue Qingsu is so rampant. While instigating people to provoke provocations at the border, he still dares to come to Jincheng to celebrate His Majesty's birthday.
"Then when will Duke Hua send out troops?" Yun Shangfu asked again.
Luo Qingyan stood behind the desk, turned around and took a book from the bookshelf, and then responded: "The troops are already being assembled now. The soldiers and horses have not yet moved the food and grass. The Ministry of Revenue is still preparing food and grass."
After Luo Qingyan finished speaking, he paused slightly and then continued: "Don't worry, Cang Jue Qingsu will definitely not come to Jincheng."
"Won't come to Jincheng? Why? Didn't you just say that he would come to congratulate His Majesty on his birthday in person?" Yun Shang's eyes were full of doubts, and Luo Qingyan made her feel a little dizzy for a moment.
Luo Qingyan nodded, "He did issue a letter of credence and said that he would come to Jincheng in person to congratulate His Majesty on his birthday, but this must be just his plan. His real purpose is to pass the border. In order to prevent us from discovering him
Because he wanted to conquer it himself, he did this deliberately to confuse our eyes."
Yun Shang frowned again when he heard this, "You are saying that Cangjue Qingsu first asked the people at the border to deliberately provoke, and then issued his credentials and said that he wanted to come to Jincheng to celebrate His Majesty's birthday. In fact, it was to cover up others' eyes.
, go to the border between the two countries and personally lead an army to attack the Xia Kingdom?" Yun Shang paused and then said, "This doesn't make sense. If it was to deceive others, why would Cangjue Qingsu let people do it at the border?
Harassment. Doesn't this put us on guard? It's completely unnecessary."
Luo Qingyan chuckled softly and hooked his fingers at Yun Shang. Yun Shang walked to Luo Qingyan, and Luo Qingyan took Yun Shang's hand and asked her to sit down on his lap.
"Yes, it's just a redundant move. This move is called sounding in the east and attacking in the west." Luo Qingyan had a slight smile in his eyes.
Hearing this, Yun Shang was silent for a long time, and then said: "You mean, Cang Jue Qingsu's target is not at all the place he ordered people to harass. Where could it be?"
Luo Qingyan thought for a moment before taking out a map from the side and pointing it out to Yun Shang, "Yelang Kingdom is to the northwest of Xia Kingdom. There are three cities bordering the two countries. Generals of Yelang Kingdom often appear to stir up trouble.
Yes, it's the city on the far right, called Lingxi. Look at this map, where do you think its real purpose should be?"
Yun Shang took the map and looked at it. Just as Luo Qingyan said, at the junction of the two countries, there are three cities each in the Xia Kingdom and the Yelang Kingdom. The Xia Kingdom is named from left to right: Cangnan, Ganying, and Lingxi.
Yelang Kingdom is called Mutuo, Zhana, and Mohuai. The three cities of Yelang Kingdom are all flat land, but there is a very lack of water resources. Cangnan is hilly with gentle mountains, Ganying is high mountain, and only Lingxi has the gentlest terrain.
, with abundant water resources and fertile land.
Yun Shang's eyes passed over Lingxi and landed on Gan Ying beside him. After looking at it for a long time, he shook his head, moved slightly over, and settled on Cangnan.
"Do you think it's Cang Nan?" Luo Qingyan said with a smile.
Yun Shang's tone was so sure that Luo Qingyan couldn't help but laugh: "Why do you think it's Cang Nan?"
Yun Shang laughed, "Because you, Luo Qingyan, are in Xia Kingdom."
The corners of Luo Qingyan's mouth curled up slightly, and she looked at Yun Shang with burning eyes.
Yun Shang then continued: "Generally speaking, according to ordinary people's thinking, after knowing that Cang Jue Qingsu is planning to attack the east and attack the west, he will definitely think of Cang Nan or Gan Ying, and think about Cang Jue Qingsu's weird and cruel temperament.
Basically, he will be locked in Ganying. But if the opponent is you, you will most likely guess that his move to attack the east and west is a feint. In fact, the place he wants to attack is Lingxi, so you should be in Lingxi.
Xi deploys defenses. In this way, if he chooses Cangnan, which is the most mediocre, it will be the safest."
Hearing this, Luo Qingyan laughed and said, "Shang'er is really very smart."
Yun Shang pondered for a moment and then asked: "Where is grandpa leading his troops?"
Luo Qingyan held Yun Shang in her arms, stretched out one hand on the map, and pointed her finger gently at a location: "Of course, here."
"Here?" Yun Shang was silent for a long time, then she seemed to have figured it out, and her eyes suddenly brightened, "This is a good place."
The two chatted for a while, then each washed up and went to bed.
Luo Qingyan took Yun Shang into her arms and said softly: "Tomorrow, have someone call Hua Yutong to the house and ask him about it. Just remember what I said, what you should say and what you shouldn't say.
You should have a clue in your own mind, you have always been smart. If Lao Qi really takes advantage of Hua Yutong's innocence to plot against us, you don't have to be soft-hearted. There is a plan in the military book called counterintuitive plan."
Yun Shang nodded vaguely, and then sighed softly after a while, "Yu Tong is really pitiful."
"From now on, all we have to do is find a good home for her. With Duke Hua and us behind us, it won't be a big problem to marry into a more prosperous family." Luo Qingyan patted Yun Shang's back and comforted her softly.
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Yun Shang was silent for a long time, then nodded slightly and sighed: "That's all we can do." (To be continued)
