Chapter 40: Driving the tiger and swallowing the wolf, draining the fuel from the bottom of the cauldron
"Oh?" Li Mu raised his eyebrows and continued, "I understand. Are you asking me to gamble? To gamble with my life?"
"Your Majesty!" Seeing that Li Mu had revealed his thoughts with one word, Deng Ai also knelt down and said to him: "Throw yourself to death and survive; fall to death and survive. If you fight, you may win, but if you don't fight, you will definitely win." Defeat is certain."
Deng Ai's words were like a bell, crashing into the hearts of everyone in Li Mu.
Could it be that this situation is really a matter of life and death, as Deng Ai said?
But seeing that Li Mu was still silent, Deng Ai said to Li Mu Zhicheng: "Your Majesty, the general has 500,000 troops and horses, but your Majesty has only us loyal and good men to send. This disparity in strength is beyond human power." make up……"
"Five million soldiers and horses?" Interrupting Deng Ai's words, Wang Jian also said: "General Deng is talking about Wang Mang's garrisons everywhere, so there are so many soldiers and horses. This is Yecheng, we only need to consider Wang Mang has as many soldiers and horses as he can dispatch in Yecheng." .??.
"Ten thousand!"
When Wang Jian asked, Deng Ai gave him an answer.
Although this ten thousand is only a drop in the bucket compared to five hundred thousand, these ten thousand soldiers and horses are not something that Li Mu can compete with today.
"Tell me! The general you want me to convince is Wang Mang's general!"
"Ma Su!" But hearing Li Mu's words hit his mark again, Deng Ai also responded with admiration for him.
"Ma Su?"
But hearing this name, Li Mu frowned slightly.
As expected, Deng Ai was able to pick people for him, and he picked the one who was most likely to persuade him.
Why is Ma Su the most likely? Because he is smart enough.
"Then what?" Li Mu knelt down to be level with Deng Ai. Li Mu raised his eyebrows and said to him: "When Pang Juan recommended you to me, he used the words "prodigy of the world" to evaluate you. Deng Ai, you already have it in your heart. A strategy to deal with Wang Mang?"
"I dare not deceive Your Majesty. I do have a plan in mind, but whether this plan can be implemented depends on whether Ma Su will serve His Majesty to the death. Otherwise, everything will be just empty talk."
"What's the name of this plan?"
"Drive the tiger away to swallow the wolf, and drain the fuel from the bottom of the cauldron!"
Drive away the tiger to swallow the wolf, and draw the fuel from the bottom of the cauldron? But after listening to what Deng Ai said, not to mention that Li Mu looked shocked, even Shi Xiaoyu, who acted like it had nothing to do with him, was also surprised.
A pair of eyes stared at Deng Ai for a long time. After a long time, Li Mu solemnly stood up and surrendered to him and said: "General, great talent, I understand!"
Your Majesty understands now? What does Your Majesty understand?
Ran Min and Bai Qi's eyes widened. No matter how much they scratched their heads and thought, they couldn't figure out what the plan was to drive the tiger to swallow the wolf and drain the salary from the bottom of the cauldron.
"Miss Xiao Yu." Deng Ai stood up from the ground, turned to look at Shi Xiaoyu and asked, "I wonder if Miss Xiao Yu has any righteous acquaintances in the city."
"No!" After hearing what was asked, Shi Xiaoyu blurted out without even thinking about it.
Li Mu knew what Deng Ai meant by asking Shi Xiaoyu like this, so he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed after hearing Shi Xiaoyu's answer.
Just when Li Mu and Deng Ai were feeling lost, Shi Xiaoyu asked Deng Ai: "Why does General Deng ask me this? Is it because you are short of manpower?"
"There is indeed an urgent need. There is an urgent need for manpower that can move around freely in the city."
"That's it, then I can do it for you. Whatever you want to do in the city, just leave it to me."
But after listening to what Shi Xiaoyu said, Deng Ai shook his head at her and said, "Miss Yu, you are the only one who can't walk around in the city."
"I'm the only one who can't do it? General Deng, what do you mean? Why can't I understand you?"
"Because Miss Yu is the adopted sister of the Queen, and because I will go to the General's Mansion later to report to the General that Miss Yu has entered the palace..."
"Deng Ai!" Before Deng Ai could finish his sentence, Bai Qi shouted to him at the top of his lungs: "Who the hell are you on?"
Turning back to look at Bai Qi, Deng Ai said to him calmly: "At least in the eyes of the general, I have nothing to do with His Majesty."
"I understand!" A pair of eyes were spinning in circles under the curtain. While spinning, Shi Xiaoyu said to Deng Ai a shocking sentence.
"It turns out you
He’s the kind of despicable person my master said he is, who rides on two boats and tries to please both sides.”
"Xiao Yu, shut up, General Deng is such a loyal and righteous man, how can I allow you to slander him like this..."
"Queen, it's okay!" Interrupting Zhen Mi's scolding, Deng Ai looked at Shi Xiaoyu and said: "Little... Miss Xiao Yu is born... pure and kind, Hui Xinyan... beautiful..."
As he spoke, Deng Ai not only couldn't speak anymore, but suddenly blushed.
Seeing Deng Ai like this, Li Mu couldn't understand it, so he touched Zhen Mi with his shoulder and said, "You sworn sister doesn't have a boyfriend." .??.
"Boyfriend?" But after listening to Li Mu's question, Zhen Mi also asked him doubtfully: "What does boyfriend mean?"
"It's similar to what I do to you."
But after hearing what Li Mu said, Zhen Mi's heart suddenly fluttered.
"Probably not. Why, is it possible that Your Majesty wants to bring Xiao Yu and General Deng together?"
"That's not true. A strong-willed melon is not sweet. In terms of relationships, I prefer the kind that lets nature take its course. I'm not saying that in this world, only the relationships cultivated by letting nature take its course are the strongest and most powerful.
It is indestructible.”
"The most indestructible thing is to let nature take its course?" After accepting Li Mu's words, Zhen Mi felt that it made sense.
"General Deng, you don't have masochistic tendencies since you were a child. I was clearly hurting you, but you praised me instead? Even if you praise me, why are you blushing? Don't tell me, you are blushing
It's because you are shy..."
"Little girl Yu...I..."
"What am I? Okay, I won't tease you anymore." Shi Xiaoyu stopped joking and said to him in a serious tone: "I know what General Deng meant by arranging it like that! You are lucky."
After saying this to Deng Ai, Shi Xiaoyu handed the dagger in his hand to Deng Ai under the close gaze of everyone in Li Mu and said: "It happens that my senior sister is not far from Yecheng. How about this, you let someone hold me."
Go to Shangshan with your sword and ask my senior sister to come to Yecheng to help you."
"Shangshan? Miss Xiao Yu is talking about Shangshan where Mr. Bashang lives in seclusion?" But after hearing what Shi Xiaoyu said, Deng Ai also asked her in shock.
"Well, it's the old guy's hilltop, Shangshan Liye The city is not close. If you find someone who can walk quickly, it's best to ride a horse."
"Then Miss Yu may ask your senior sister to edit a book..."
"Don't even think about it!" Interrupting what Deng Ai was saying, Shi Xiaoyu feigned anger and said to him: "General Deng, I only asked my senior sister for help because of my sister's face. Don't get in trouble.
Besides, do you think I can have the dignity to ask that old guy? Do you think I can?"
Overlord?
Is it possible that the Mr. Bashang mentioned by Deng Ai is Zhou Shu among the Four Hao of Shangshan?
No! There should be no Shangshan Sihao in this dynasty, and Zhou Shu should be the only one living in seclusion in Shangshan, otherwise Deng Ai would not only mention this Mr. Ba Shang.
Deng Ai took Shi Xiaoyu's sword and left.
With Deng Ai's departure, Wang Jian and the other four returned to where they should be.
The night sky in Shenxin Palace finally became quiet. After this day and night, Li Mu and Zhen Mi had many things to say to each other, but there was Shi Xiaoyu there, so Zhen Mi was naturally pulled away by her arm.
Already.
Ji Ming also followed the two girls away with his head lowered.
The wind picked up again, and it still felt a little chilly on my body.
Li Mu watched Zhen Mi's back and shuddered.
In the midst of the cold war, Li Mu suddenly turned to look at Pang Juan who was silent and asked: "Pang Juan, are you worried?"
"Ah?" But after listening to Li Mu's question, Pang Juan quickly gathered his thoughts and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, I don't have anything on my mind."
"No?" Looking directly at Pang Juan's face that was slightly distorted by panic, Li Mu suddenly said to him: "If I remember correctly, in the court that day, if not Jia Shangfu said to me
If I mention it to you, I will miss you."
"ah?"
"Ah what? Have you forgotten?"
"I...I haven't forgotten!" Under Li Mu's direct gaze, Pang Juan was already breaking out in cold sweat.
"It's good that you haven't forgotten it! In such a large court, only Jia Shangfu has the highest qualifications in this court. Therefore, I would like to invite Jia Shangfu to the palace..."
"Please invite Mr. Jia into the palace? Why does Your Majesty invite Mr. Jia into the palace?" But after hearing what Li Mu said, Pang Juan subconsciously raised his voice.