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Chapter 618 His wife gave him so much private money!
"Boss, are we really going to do this?"
Rongchang's face was filled with struggle. He muttered to Xu Yu, "Aren't we faking this?"
"This stone tablet is just like this. It's not even good enough to be used as a pigpen. Will anyone really believe it if I take it out?"
Rongchang had just finished muttering when Lu Xin slapped him on the back of the head from behind.
Lu Xin: "What do you know?"
Lu Xin himself seemed to understand, but he was extremely resolute in his actions as he followed Xu Yu. He said without hesitation, "The boss says what to do, so we just do it. Why waste so much time talking?"
Rongchang covered the back of his head where he had been hit and stammered without making a sound.
Xu Yu covered the stone tablet, confirmed the correct position, and said casually: "Do you remember Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, whom I told you about some time ago?"
A look of realization flashed across Rongchang's eyes.
Xu Yu raised an eyebrow. "It doesn't matter whether it's true or not. If more people spread it by word of mouth, the false will naturally become true."
"Lu Xin, have you arranged the old monk you were asked to find?"
Lu Xin nodded quickly: "Everything has been arranged."
"The old monk will be in Dingyang County giving lectures on Buddhism. Everything that has been arranged will appear on time."
"We've already put quite a few underwater along the Yongchuan River, starting from Dingyang County. This is the last one on the mountain. When the earthquake and landslide come in a few days and the stone tablet is exposed, the boats on the river won't be disappointed with what they find."
"Very good."
Xu Yu clapped his hands in satisfaction, stood up, and waved to the few people who were on guard in the dark: "Let's go."
Xu Yu led his men all the way out of Lingnan, but he was not always accompanied by a large group of people.
The eight thousand men selected by Jiang Yubai were divided into thirty teams by Xu Yu, and different routes of advance were planned. They entered Dingyang and Yongzhou in batches while concealing their identities.
Except for the most important stone tablet in Yongzhou, which was placed by Xu Yu himself, the rest were handed over to the scattered people.
Xu Yu and his men had more important things to do.
Xu Yu walked downhill against the wind in the night. Lu Xin paused and couldn't help but say, "Boss, although this oracle matter is indeed important, I don't think I need 8,000 people."
Moreover, the fewer people who know about this kind of shameful thing, the better.
Xu Yu brought 8,000 men with him, but the only ones who really knew what they were doing were Rongchang Lu Xin and his group of less than 30 people.
So, why did the young prince give Xu Yu eight thousand people?
Was it really just to vent Xu Yu's anger and slap Zuo Cheng in the face?
Moreover, the old monk was someone Xu Yu had found a long time ago, and it seemed like he had been waiting for this day.
But didn’t the young prince say at the beginning that he was going to let Zuo Cheng come?
Could it be that Xu Yu had already guessed that he would be the one sent to do this?
Zuo Cheng drunkenly broke into Xu Yu's camp, and then got so angry that he lost the young prince's heart, allowing Xu Yu to easily obtain 8,000 men. This...
Is this really an accident, or is it just an extreme coincidence that only happened because of human will?
Xu Yu laughed at his question: "Of course it's more than that."
"The idea of ghosts and gods is what people fear most. It's the hardest rumor to break, and the easiest to believe. But it's just a vague, unfounded theory that can't shake people's hearts."
"This is just the first step. The more important things are in the next step."
Lu Xin was completely confused. He scratched his head in confusion and said nothing more.
Xu Yu led these people all the way down. Once they entered Yongzhou City, it seemed as if he had no other plans. He and his men split up into several groups and each of them settled in a place they had decided on in advance.
Soldiers exchange their lives for military pay. It sounds like they are full of fighting spirit and passion, but in reality the military pay they receive is just so-so, enough to fill their stomachs but not enough to fill their teeth.
So, except for Xu Yu, soldiers like Rongchang and Lu Xin were all extremely poor, with their pockets cleaner than their faces.
Seeing Xu Yu put a silver ingot directly on the counter and said in a boastful manner that he wanted a separate courtyard, Rongchang swallowed silently.
"Is it so rich?"
That’s fifty taels!
A real fifty taels!
Fifty taels of silver is enough for him to sell his life in the military camp for five years!
Rongchang's eyes widened as he followed Xu Yu into the small courtyard worth twenty taels a day. He was so distressed that he kept grinning, "Boss, although Mr. Xue said that we can give some subsidies when we return from this trip, I feel that this should not be within the scope of the subsidies."
Even Mr. Xue may not be willing to live in such an expensive yard!
Xu Yu said with a smile, "Who said he should make up for it?"
"ah?"
"This is mine."
Rongchang: “…”
Lu Xin: “…”
Lu Xin said tremblingly: "Boss, everyone gets about the same amount of money. Where did you get so much money?"
Could it be that Xu Yu is a powerful young man from some noble family in Lingnan King City?
But there is no wealthy family with the surname Xu in the Lingnan Royal City.
Facing the shocked looks of his two subordinates, Xu Yu displayed his shamelessness in the most thorough manner: "My wife gave it to me."
"You're still married?!"
"Yes, I also have a pair of twins, a boy and a girl."
Xu Yu rarely showed a hint of pride in front of others. He raised an eyebrow and said, "My daughter is called Nuonuo and my son is called Yuanbao. They are one year and eight months old."
Rongchang and Lu Xin were really speechless now.
It was completely because of Xu Yu's good fortune.
They are both soldiers fighting for their lives, but why do others have wives, children and a warm home?
His wife even gave him so much private money to spend!
The two jealous men followed Xu Yu all the way to the house they were about to move into. Before parting, Rongchang said sourly with red eyes, "Then you can't spend all the money your wife gave you at once."
"Otherwise, we have no money and will we go hungry next time?"
"Not really."
Xu Yu raised his lip subtly, saying in a playful tone, "Madam was worried that I'd have to endure hardships, so she gave me a lot of allowances. The fifty taels were small change."
Bang!
Bang!
The two people who were jealous to the point of completely losing themselves finally broke down and slammed the door and walked in. From their backs, it was clear that neither of them wanted to talk to Xu Yu anymore.
Xu Yu shrugged and smiled, then pushed the door open helplessly. Looking at Chen Jing'an, who had arrived without realizing it, and was already sitting with her legs crossed, sipping tea, he said in a cold tone, "Oh, you're still alive?"
Chen Jingan: “…”
"Xu Yu, can you speak human language?"
"That's how I always talk to things that can't do anything."
Xu Yu retorted unyieldingly, then frowned and said, "What's the matter with you?"
As agreed before, Chen Jing'an secretly returned to Kyoto to discuss the next plan with Bai Ziyu and Bai Ziqing, and then he should rush to Lingnan as quickly as possible to meet up with Xu Yu.
But Chen Jingan was two months late.
There has been no news in these two months.
If Xu Yu didn't know that this man was a slippery loach, he would even doubt whether Chen Jing'an was really dead.
Chen Jingan was extremely worried when he talked about this. He covered his face with his hands and sighed repeatedly before saying bitterly, "It's just bad luck and a difficult life. This is not my fault."
"But if I say too much, you won't be able to say anything good except mocking me, so I won't go into details with you."
"Besides, I didn't delay anything, did I?"
Chen Jingan rolled his eyes at Xu Yu, raised his hand and threw the thing Xu Yu wanted into his hand, saying with a half-smile, "This is the topographic map you wanted, the very detailed one."
"But with only this thing, I'm afraid what you want to do is not easy to do?"
With a detailed topographic map, the pressure of infiltration is much less.
But besides this, maybe something else is needed?
Xu Yu had been prepared for this: "Before coming here, I asked Mr. Qi to help me prepare some things, which are just in time for use."
Mr. Qi has an extremely eccentric personality, but this cannot conceal his amazing skills in making poisons.
With the hallucinogenic drugs prepared by Mr. Qi himself, the dosage is sufficient and there is no need to worry about not being able to evoke the evil spirits hidden deep in people's hearts.
Chen Jing'an clapped his hands in amazement. "Well, you're the worst of the worst."
"How did you come up with the idea of confusing everyone first and then playing tricks?"
Chen Jing'an was genuinely curious: "Could it be that the medicines Master Qi prepared can control the content of people's dreams? Can he make people who take Chinese medicine dream about whatever he wants?"
Xu Yu rolled his eyes: "Mr. Qi is a human being."
How can people control their dreams?
However, who says that you have to dream of the exact same scene for this trick to really work?
Xu Yu twirled a detailed topographical map of the wealthy and powerful in Yongzhou City with his fingertips and said casually, "This drug's effect is to cause a person to fall into a deep sleep within a short period of time. It first shakes the mind, blurring the consciousness, and then the judgment is disturbed by external information."
"What we want is the follow-up."
Out of nowhere, the rumor of an oracle suddenly emerged. Although most people were curious, due to the overly shocking content of the oracle, not many people dared to believe it, and even fewer dared to speak it out loud.
But what if the mind is affected first?
Everyone falls into different deep dreams at the same time, with unclear hallucinations, and then there are storms one after another. In this situation, the rumors will be much more credible.
No matter how fake something is, it will become real.
Chen Jing'an sighed: "So you came out this time just to cause trouble?"
"No, you want to make all the powerful and wealthy families in Yongzhou go to hell together?"
“Not entirely.”
Xu Yu said subtly, "And murder."
Anyone who fiercely resists the oracle or attempts to obliterate it shall be killed.