Chapter 321: Lure the Tiger Away from the Mountain
Zhao Shen comforted her, "My father-in-law has been safe and sound in the North for so many years, so he must be aware of the situation. I will write a letter to explain the situation as soon as possible. You don't have to worry too much."
Ji Yunshu nodded. This was all they could do for now.
She thought about it carefully and felt that it was not a bad thing. The Ji family was not framed in the book, but Zhao Heng was able to take control of the northern troops so quickly after the death of the Ji father and son. There must be someone who had been lurking in the army for a long time and secretly helped him.
Unfortunately, in order to show Zhao Heng's outstanding ability, the book only praised Zhao Heng from Yao Ruolan's perspective, and did not write about the specific situation in the army.
Ji Yunshu thought for a moment and asked, "Is the matter here resolved? What should we do next?"
Zhao Shen said, "The battle in Xiangcheng should be almost over. If everything goes well, we'll be able to return to Beijing soon."
Ji Yunshu was a little dazed. He had only been here for a little over a month, but it seemed like a long time had passed.
"The battle in Xiangcheng was already at a stalemate. Now that you've transferred Chen Shan out, how come the battle is going even more smoothly?"
Ji Yunshu found herself quite lucky. War broke out not long after she entered southern Xinjiang, but she never had to face the war scene directly from beginning to end.
Just the small-scale fighting scene just now was shocking to her. She couldn't imagine how tragic the real battlefield would be.
Zhao Shen couldn't help but glance at her. He saw that although she was asking questions, she didn't look curious at all. She was staring blankly outside, not knowing what she was thinking.
He gently coaxed her, "Why do you think Lin Huixue brought me here at this time?"
Ji Yunshu's empty mind began to come back to his senses. He thought about the matter carefully again, and his eyes widened: "He is trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Will he do something to the war in Xiangcheng?"
Only then did she come to her senses. No wonder Lin Huixue left so abruptly last night.
Although he said that he lost, he didn't really admit defeat.
Even Lin Huixue came here in person, perhaps to confuse Zhao Shen and make Zhao Shen think that he had really put all his chips on framing his father.
But even if the frame-up of the Ji family succeeded, Zhao Shen would not be unable to extricate himself.
As a son-in-law, Zhao Shen would not be greatly affected since he was not a military general.
So if you want to deal with Zhao Shen, you have to go directly at him.
At the critical juncture of the Xiangcheng battle, if Zhao Shen had withdrawn manpower to wipe out this group of people, resulting in the fall of Xiangcheng, it would have been a disaster for Zhao Shen.
Zhao Shen nodded: "Don't worry, Lin Huixue thinks she has it all figured out, but it's time she learned a lesson."
Ji Yunshu laughed: "You are the best."
She found that as long as Zhao Shen was there, she didn't have to worry about anything.
After this happened, Lu Ying could no longer stay here, so Zhao Shen suggested that these people join the army.
Anyway, we are at war now, so there is a chance to make meritorious service.
Lu Ying agreed and asked those who were willing to join the army to do so, and those who were unwilling to do so to leave on their own.
A cottage was disbanded just like that.
Lu Ying's injuries were serious and he wanted to stay here to recuperate, so Ji Yunshu agreed.
This place has a beautiful environment and is actually very suitable for seclusion.
If he lives alone, it's not a big deal.
Before leaving, Zhao Shen reminded Lu Ying: "Your identity has been exposed. If those people can use you once, they can use you a second time. You'd better go to the north to find General Ji."
Lu Ying didn't say anything. After he came out, Ji Yunshu asked him puzzledly, "I think Uncle Lu seems to want to live in seclusion. Why did you let him go to find my father?"
Zhao Shen laughed and said, "You still don't understand men. If he really had no ambition at all, how could he gather so many people and train them according to the military methods? This is not something that can be achieved overnight."
Ji Yunshu suddenly realized: "You mean, he actually misses his time in the army."
Zhao Shen said, "He was expelled from the military camp not because he committed an unforgivable sin, but simply because he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart. Maybe if we give him a push, he can get over it."
"I hope he can come to terms with it."
Ji Yunshu felt that it was a good thing for Lu Ying to return to the north. His father and brother were in danger every step of the way, and having one more person around would make them safer.
"By the way, what are you going to do with Chen Shan?"
Chen Shan was captured alive by Rogge's men, but he has not said a word since being captured.
Ji Yunshu couldn't understand what was the point of keeping this person.
"He must know something, but I can't do anything about it if he refuses to tell me. Take him back and give him to General Wu."
Ji Yunshu didn't believe that he wouldn't be able to ask the question if he really wanted to.
"Shall we go directly to Xiangcheng?"
Zhao Shen said, "Let's go to a different place first. Now that this group of people has been mobilized, it's better to put them to good use."
Ji Yunshu looked at him.
Zhao Shen said: "The people of Hongtu tribe have gone to Xiangcheng, and the village is now empty."
Ji Yunshu: "There are only the elderly, weak, women and children left in the village now."
Zhao Shen rubbed her head and said, "What are you thinking? Do you think I would kill innocent people? I just want to cut off Hongtu's retreat and force them to surrender early."
Ji Yunshu hugged his arm and said flatteringly: "I know you are a good person."
Zhao Shen had long discovered that Ji Yunshu had a special kind of compassion in his heart.
In her eyes, every life is precious.
He stroked her cheek and sighed, "You will find out later that I am not the good person you think."
Ji Yunshu looked at his eyes, which were as deep as mist, and smiled, "I've always known it."
When she saw him fighting with a sword in Suzhou, she knew that he was not the elegant gentleman she had imagined.
But so what? Even though all his enthusiasm for life has been worn away by the open and secret attacks he has encountered since he was a child, he has never taken the initiative to hurt anyone.
Seeing Zhao Shen's dazed expression, Ji Yunshu raised her hand to touch his eyes: "You don't usually look in the mirror, you don't know how cold you are when you look at people."
Although he looked gentle and polite most of the time, there was actually no emotion in his eyes.
The smile on Zhao Shen's lips froze a little: "Is it the same when he looks at you?"
"At first, but not anymore. Regardless, I know you're a kind-hearted person."
Everything he did was for the emperor, for the court, and for the people of the world.
Zhao Shen sighed, said nothing, and silently held her in his arms.
The people of the Hongtu tribe were not unprepared. They set up a poison formation in front of the village to protect the people inside.
However, with the secret help of Chief Yaohui, the poison formation was quickly broken.
There are only some old, weak, women and children left in the village who have no fighting ability.
So when they brought people in, they encountered almost no resistance.
Zhao Shen and Ji Yunshu found Zan Ning at the clan leader's residence.
The guards around him wanted to fight to the death, but were stopped by him.
He was waiting for news from Xiangcheng, but the moment he saw Zhao Shen appear, all his hopes were shattered in an instant.
He knew that there was only one possibility for Zhao Shen to appear here, and that was that Xiangcheng was fine.
His son Kesang took all the elite members of the tribe to Xiangcheng.
He didn't know if they could come back.
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