"Wait a minute!" the guard captain stopped his men and said to Yue, "Where did you get this thing from?"
"This is the token given to me by the leader of our Gu tribe." Yue said in a deep voice, "As long as you give this to leader Lie, he will understand what our leader means."
The guard captain looked thoughtful. After a while, he slowly said: "You guys watch him, don't let him escape. I'll go in."
"yes!"
A quarter of an hour later, the guard captain walked out of the house with a look of surprise on his face: "Let him go, the patriarch wants to see him."
The other guards looked shocked, hesitated for a moment, and then obeyed the captain's order and let go of Yue.
Yue stood up and nodded to the guard captain: "Thank you."
"No need to thank me." The guard captain said coldly: "The ugly words are ahead. If you dare to do anything strange to the clan leader, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Don't worry, I won't do that."
Follow the guard captain into the house and come to the meeting hall.
What surprised Yue was that there was not only the leader of the Lie clan in the meeting hall, but also Captain Bailie, the priest of the Earth Temple, the tribal elders and the captains of the patrols. Almost all the senior leaders of the Lie tribe were there, even the two great saints.
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Judging from their appearance, they seemed to have been discussing something before Yue came.
Chu Ci, who was sitting in the host and guest seats, saw Yue coming, and the corners of his mouth turned up in a subtle arc.
This meeting was naturally arranged by him. After realizing that Yue had entered the city, Chu Ci found a reason to gather all the senior leaders of the Lie tribe together.
The purpose of this is to improve the success rate of the plan.
As far as Chu Ci knows, among the senior leaders of the Lie tribe, except for Captain Bailie who is a staunch war sect, most of the other tribal elders do not want the war to continue. Their current pursuit is to make Lie City the heart of all believers.
Holy City, so that it can be renamed into the Holy City of Lies as soon as possible.
With them here, they might be able to have some influence on Patriarch Lie, which would be beneficial to the progress of the plan.
After bringing Yue in, the guard captain came to the side of Patriarch Lie and looked at Yue warily, as if he might take action at any time if he made any suspicious movements.
Chief Lie was sitting on the main seat, holding two tokens in his hand.
One of them is the token that Yue brought just now, and the other piece is a token that is very similar to it.
The two tokens are exactly the same in appearance, workmanship, texture and the words on both sides, only the colors are different.
The token in Yue's hand is dark gold, while the token in Chief Lie's hand is bright gold.
Patriarch Lie put the crescent tips of the two tokens together to form a circle.
A magical scene happened. After the two tokens were put together, they both emitted a little golden light, like yellow sand, filling in the small blank space missing in the middle.
Looking at this scene, Patriarch Lie felt a little emotional.
"I never thought that I would see another Hesha Order in my lifetime. What a twist of fate!"
Putting aside his emotions, Chief Lie said calmly: "You are so courageous that you dare to come to Lie City alone. Aren't you afraid that you will have to go back?"
"Afraid." Yue said in a deep voice, "But I have to come. Some things must be done by someone."
"That sounds nice. If that's the case, then I'll give you a chance." Patriarch Lie tapped the back of the chair with his finger: "Tell me, why are you here?"
Yue took a deep breath and suddenly knelt down in front of everyone's surprised gazes.
"Yue, respecting the order of the clan leader, I sincerely ask everyone from the Lie Tribe to save our Gu Tribe's life!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.
"Did I hear you correctly? What did he just say?"
"It seems to say, let us save their tribe?"
"Has he been kicked in the head by a camel? Our two cities are at war now. It would be great if we don't fight them. Why go and save them?"
Listening to the whispers around him, Patriarch Lie frowned and said in a deep voice: "Quiet!"
Patriarch Lie's words were still very authoritative, and the meeting hall immediately fell silent.
"You keep talking."
Hearing this, Yue breathed a sigh of relief.
What he fears most is that Patriarch Lie will not give him a chance to finish his words. Now that he is willing to let him continue, it means that there is hope for this matter.
Yue organized his words and slowly spoke about the current situation in Gucheng.
After hearing the current tragic situation of the Gu tribe, some elders showed happy expressions on their faces.
Knowing that the enemy is not doing well will put them at ease.
However, after hearing about the sacrifice of the patrol team members, what happened to their families, and the distribution of logistics supplies in the city, some people still frowned, especially the captains of the patrol team, who had a hint of anger on their faces.
As members of the patrol, they naturally knew how bad this behavior was. They fought tooth and nail on the battlefield, but someone stabbed them in the back, cut the share of their family members, and even tried to take away what they had left after they died.
Things that ruined the family.
If this were the city of Liecheng, they would definitely rise up, find out the mastermind behind the scenes, and make him suffer the punishment of the burning sun!
After explaining the situation, Yue lowered his head and said, "I know this request is too much, but I implore your tribe to help our tribe eliminate the traitors out of past kindness!"
"Impossible!" A patrol captain said angrily: "Do you know how many people from our Lie tribe died tragically at the hands of your tribe? If the Great Sage Chu hadn't stopped us, we would have fought with you long ago. This bloody feud,
How can you just forget it?"
"That is, your tribe was the first to start the war. Now that your tribe has a problem, you want us to help you. How can anything in the world be so cheap!"
"If you ask me, let their tribes kill each other and destroy themselves!"
"You can't say that." An elder had a different opinion: "You just heard that the war was started by the man named Tai who insisted on his own way. There are still many people in the Gu tribe who oppose the war. These people are innocent
of."
"Bah! Aren't the sacrificed warriors of our tribe innocent? Do they deserve to die?"
"Captain Hao Yan, I didn't say that, please don't misinterpret my words!"
"That's what you meant when you said it!"
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Seeing the two sides starting to quarrel, Captain Bai Lie's face darkened.
"quiet!"
Seeing Captain Bailie's anger, the meeting hall gradually became quiet. The wars in the past few years have improved Captain Bailie's prestige a lot. Even now that he has entered a peaceful life, his prestige has not diminished at all. Many tribal elders
I was frightened when I saw him.
Looking at Yue, Captain Bailie said slowly: "I'm sorry for what happened to your tribe, but what does this have to do with our Lie tribe?"
"Why should our Lie tribe want to help you?"
Chief Lie also said: "Even if things are as you said, there are reasons for everything, but this is not the reason for us to help you. Considering the harm your Gu tribe has caused to our Lie tribe, it is already our mercy not to add insult to injury, let alone go.
Help you."
"Of course we won't let your tribe's efforts be in vain." Yue said quickly: "Our tribe leader said that as long as your tribe is willing to help us eliminate the traitors, our tribe will not only return all the territory it previously occupied, but also give us a gift
Three high-quality resource sites..."
Listening to the rewards mentioned by Yue, everyone present was a little moved.
It has to be said that the rewards given by the Gu tribe were very sincere. They gave them almost all valuable and excellent resource points and gave up twenty miles of Gucheng's territory. Even some of the classics collected by the Gu tribe will be used.
It is open to people from the Lie tribe to watch.
It can also be inferred from this that the Gu tribe was indeed in a very bad situation, and the leader of the Gu tribe did not hesitate to "cede land to compensate" for this, and only asked the Lie tribe to help.
As soon as these rewards came out, even the captains of the patrol fell silent.
Due to the long-term state of war, everything in Liecheng is now in dire straits, and it is a time of shortage of money.
In fact, after the water source is restored, as long as Liecheng wants to, they can quickly accumulate wealth by selling water.
But in this way, they are no different from the cities in the outside world. Liecheng is deeply hurt by the high prices of cities such as Centennial City, so naturally it will not follow their old path.
Besides, their original purpose of trading water supplies was to spread the faith of the Earth God in this way, so Liecheng set a very low price for selling water, which was almost the same as ten years ago when the water sources in the desert were not exhausted.
The pricing is the same.
In addition, Liecheng itself also needs water, so the water sold each time is limited, making it difficult to make any money from it.
If they can obtain these resource lands given by Gutu at this time, their financial gap can be quickly filled.
Seeing that everyone was hesitant, Yue took a deep breath and added a heavy condition.
"Our clan leader said that if the Gu tribe is willing to send troops to help, when the matter is completed, the Gu tribe is willing to block the city for ten years for the Lie tribe!"
"Lockdown?!"
Everyone's eyes showed surprise.
Locking down a city is a city's last resort to defend itself against the outside world.
Once the city is closed, the city loses the opportunity to communicate with the outside world, closes itself off, and becomes an isolated city in the desert.
In this case, the Gu tribe sealed Liecheng's city, which meant that they would no longer accept transactions and exchanges with the outer city unless Liecheng was willing to be merciful and trade with them.
But in this way, the pricing of all goods is decided by Liecheng, because Gucheng only has Liecheng as its trading partner, and they can't do anything even if Liecheng Lion opens his mouth.
Not only that, this also means that Gucheng will give up the opportunity for external development and expansion in the next ten years, shrink its territory, and hand it over to Liecheng.
Within ten years, Lie City was able to take advantage of this opportunity to develop rapidly, widening the gap between the two cities.
This is also the sincerity of Gucheng. After the city is closed, once they mobilize their troops, Liecheng can easily detect it. This can prevent them from going back on their word and trying to take back those resource areas after Liecheng takes action.
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This condition was the result of a long discussion between Yue and the clan leader.
If the Lie tribe really helped them deal with Tai, then closing the city would also be a good thing for the Gu tribe. They could concentrate on dealing with the mess left by Tai and restore the tribe's situation to its original state.
Obviously, this condition moved many people, and some elders began to speak out.
"I think the Gu tribe's request cannot be considered."
"Yes, if we follow what he said, the war between our two cities is actually the fault of the man named 'Tai'. Killing him for revenge can also solve the problem of the Gu tribe. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?
?”
Captain Bailie snorted coldly: "I want you to go, I will not let the soldiers of our tribe risk their lives to help the enemy!"
"You can't say that." An elder retorted: "Helping him is actually helping ourselves."
"You also heard what Yue said. Tai is a very ambitious man. If left unchecked, he will definitely launch a war with us in the future. We will still have to fight when the time comes."
"Then let's fight!" Captain Bai Lie said angrily: "When have our tribe's warriors ever been afraid of them?!"
"I'm not afraid. I also believe in your ability, Captain, and you will definitely be able to lead us to victory." The elder said slowly, "But in this way, we will lose more soldiers' lives."
"Rather than that, it's better to strike first and help Patriarch Gu kill Tai!"
Captain Bailie's expression was stagnant. He wanted to refute, but he couldn't think of words to refute.
After all, he is a warrior. In terms of force and war command ability, all the elders present combined are not as strong as him, but in terms of talkative ability, he is not as good as these elders who often quarrel over trivial matters.
Just when Captain Bailie looked aggrieved, the captain of the team who had been staring at Yue silently said slowly: "This guest from the Gu tribe, I think you look familiar. Have we met somewhere?
?”
It was eventually discovered.
Yue smiled bitterly in his heart.
Among the people present, most of them had been living in the inner city and had almost never seen him. However, the captain of a team who often patrolled the outer city and was responsible for handling all disputes in the city had seen him many times.
Now that things have happened, there is no point in continuing to pretend.
Sighing, Yue applied it to his face. In the blink of an eye, his facial muscles became much softer, and his whole image changed.
"Captain, it's me."
"Baiyue, it's you!"
Seeing this face, the captain of the first team immediately thought of the missing person not long ago, with a livid look on his face: "Okay, it turns out you are from the Gu tribe, and you have been lurking in our fierce city, and I didn't even notice it.
!”
"What, he's a spy?!"
"Damn it! Let me tell you why the Gu tribe knew about our movements. It turned out that someone was tipping off the news!"
"Since he is a spy, then his words cannot be trusted! Maybe this is also a conspiracy!"
In an instant, the situation on the field took a turn for the worse, and everyone glared at Yue.
Luo Jiuyou raised his head and looked at Chu Ci with questioning eyes.
Chu Ci paused for a moment and shook his head, indicating that it was not yet time.
Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Yue said in a deep voice: "Yes, I am a spy sent by the Gu tribe to lurk in Liecheng, but I can guarantee in the name of the ancestors of the Gu tribe that what I said today is true.
No words of deception!”
"If there is any deception, I, Yue, shall be tortured by being quartered by five camels and exposed to the scorching sun!"
"How credible are the spies' words? What you are best at is lying." The guard captain sneered: "If you ask me, he should be put on death row and let him repent in prison for the rest of his life!"
"That would be too advantageous for him. He must be paraded on the streets! I hate spies the most in my life!"
"I can just kill him, but I have to raise him on death row. He doesn't deserve it!"
Obviously, everyone was deeply saddened by the spy, and everyone became the same enemy. No matter how Yue explained and assured, they did not believe it.
Even Patriarch Lie fell silent.
Seeing this, Yue took a deep breath and said: "I know that my sins are serious and I have caused great harm to Liecheng. I will not defend myself. I have no intention of going back alive this time."
"But please believe that everything I say is true!"
Having said this, Yue suddenly turned around and pulled out a scimitar from his waist.
"What are you going to do?!"
"How brave! How dare you act wild here!"
Everyone was shocked and shouted loudly. Several patrol captains had already stood up from their chairs and were about to subdue Yue with thunderous force.
But the next moment, Yue's actions made their pupils shrink.
Yue gritted his teeth, held the handle of the knife in his right hand, and swung the knife sharply!
"puff!"
A flash of sword light flashed, and with blood splattering, an arm shot into the sky!