Is Chapter 545 enough to impress her?
In the past few days, Cui Lang has been very flamboyant in Luoyang City.
In order to carry out this publicity to the end, Cui Lang would always choose the best restaurants in Luoyang City to drink and have fun. Of course, all the bills would be charged to King Fan Yang.
One afternoon, Cui Lang helped his drunk uncle out of the restaurant and listened to his uncle drunkenly reciting the fifth poem of "It's Better to Die Quickly" -
Recently, I went out and found that my uncle Cui Lang, whose real name is Cui Bing, has been writing a poem called "It's Better to Die Quickly" from time to time since he came to Luoyang. His inspiration is bursting out and never stops.
"In such a world, it is better to die quickly..."
"It is better to die quickly than to be a fish in the sea..."
"It's better to die quickly than to have such a good time..."
"It is better to die quickly than to have good wine..."
Every time Cui Lang heard this, he felt that if his uncle's name was changed to "Quick Death Hermit", it would be more fitting.
But it's true, this uncle of his has made a name for himself among the literati in Luoyang City in the past few days with his poems "It's Better to Die Quickly".
Perhaps it was because the world was indeed difficult and everyone's mental state was generally not optimistic. My uncle's unique style of decadent criticism unexpectedly attracted a group of supporters.
Not to mention anything else, there are already fifty or sixty scholars who came to the restaurant today because of its reputation.
Cui Lang waved his hand and invited everyone to a banquet, which was very generous.
Of course, the account is still recorded in the name of King Fan Yang.
Cui Lang, who had spent the money of King Fanyang to make friends with a Luoyang scholar, had just helped his uncle leave the restaurant when he heard a young man from the clan beside him whisper, "Sixth brother, do you feel something is wrong?"
Cui Lang paused and looked around.
At this time, another tribesman also noticed something was wrong: "...Where are the people who came with us?"
Whenever they went out, there was always a group of guards following them, monitoring their movements at all times, but at this time, the guards who were waiting outside the restaurant were nowhere to be seen.
Cui Lang handed Cui Bing over to another person to help him, and then he stepped back a few steps and returned to the door of the restaurant. He casually asked the waiter outside the restaurant who was soliciting customers, "Brother, have you seen where those people who came with us have gone?"
"They left about two quarters of an hour ago!" said the young man. "Someone came over and said something to them. It seemed like something happened, and then they left in a hurry."
Cui Lang nodded calmly, smiled and thanked the waiter. Just as he was about to leave, he heard the waiter ask with a smile, "Will Mr. Cui Liu come again tomorrow? If so, I'll reserve a private room for you in advance!"
Cui Lang's eyes moved slightly, and he turned back and smiled at the waiter: "Come on, why don't you come! Good seats and good wine, keep them all for me!"
The guy grinned and bowed his waist and responded: "Okay! Take care!"
"Liu Lang, are those people really gone?" Seeing Cui Lang turning back and the Cui clan members walking further away, one of the disciples asked nervously in a low voice, "So... should we flee or not?"
It’s a great opportunity to escape now while it’s still light!
Everyone in the Cui family became restless and nervous for a moment. This opportunity came too suddenly, and they even felt unprepared.
At this juncture, everyone subconsciously looked at Cui Lang, except Cui Chen, of course.
Cui Chen shook his head slowly, his expression changing and he said: "This matter is quite strange, I am afraid there is a trick..."
Cui Lang humbly asked: "Then according to cousin Chen's opinion, how should we respond?"
Cui Chen said solemnly: "Liu Lang, please let me think about it."
…
As it was getting dark, the group of guards who were responsible for accompanying Cui Lang and others on the outing returned to the mansion where the Cui family members were housed.
The leader asked a servant, "Have the Cui family returned?"
The attendant replied, "They all came back an hour ago."
The leading guard: “???”
With such a good opportunity, why didn't this group of people run away?
The leading guard frowned. He knew that the Cui family's idiots were generally stupid, but he didn't expect them to be so stupid.
The next day, Cui Lang and others went out as usual, and the group of guards left again halfway.
But when they returned to the mansion, they found out that Cui Liulang had gathered a group of servants to play Cuju with him...
The next day, when the Cui family members were leaving the house, the leader of the guards directly claimed that he had important matters to attend to and did not follow them out.
However, when it was dark, I asked again and found that all the 30 people from the Cui family had returned...
The guard leader was silent for a moment, then suddenly became a little crazy. He even felt a kind of despair as if he wanted to throw away a group of unlucky children, but couldn't.
At this point, everyone in the Cui family also reacted. At night, they whispered to each other: "...Sixth brother, could it be that King Fanyang wants to throw us away because he thinks we are useless?"
"Lingjie." Cui Lang, who was sitting cross-legged on the couch, said with relief, "You finally reacted."
"In that case, we may try to leave Luoyang tomorrow..." Cui Chen, who had been thinking about it for several days, finally made a decision at this time.
But Cui Lang shook his head and said, "No, we can't leave."
A tribesman hurriedly asked: "Liu Lang, why is this?"
“Why should we come when they ask us to come, and leave when they ask us to leave?” Cui Lang leaned back on the couch leisurely and said, “We should let them know that it is easier to invite a god than to send him away… I will not leave anyway.”
Cui Chen sighed and advised: "Liu Lang, why do you have to gamble on this?"
Cui Lang smiled slyly and said to him, "Cousin, we are here now, we can't come here in vain."
Cui Chen was stunned, thinking subconsciously, and heard the young man next to him say: "Sixth brother, our trip is not in vain, we spent ten thousand taels of silver from King Fanyang, so we should have some money..."
They were not at all polite to King Fan Yang in terms of food, clothing and other expenses - now thinking about it, could it be that King Fan Yang was overwhelmed?
While listening to the nonsense of a group of young people, a middle-aged clan member reminded Cui Lang seriously: "Liu Lang, have you ever thought that the sudden decision of the Fanyang Army to let us go may be the plan and arrangement of the head of the family?"
Cui Lang looked at the tribe member who was speaking: "To be honest, uncle, I also think that this matter is very likely arranged by the tribe-"
Cui Chen asked hurriedly: "Why doesn't Liu Lang want to leave?"
"Considering that Grandfather didn't send anyone to inform us of this arrangement..." Cui Lang said, "So I think Grandfather may have another intention - to let us choose whether to stay or go."
Most people were stunned when they heard this.
Cui Lang sighed: "The clan is in a difficult situation right now. I don't know who has helped us to leave this time..."
He would feel depressed if he just left with nothing.
So, an idea came to Cui Lang's mind.
This is exactly why Cui Lang has been hanging out recently.
The next day, Cui Lang went to the restaurant again.
He was half drunk and went to the toilet in the backyard of the restaurant to relieve himself.
When I came out of the bathroom, I happened to meet the young waiter walking towards me.
Cui Lang smiled at the familiar waiter and said, "Young man, you are free today."
The waiter responded and put the towel on his shoulder. When he got closer, he lowered his voice and asked Cui Lang, "Cui Liulang, are you not planning to leave Luoyang?"
Cui Lang's eyes twinkled: "Young man, you have a pair of sharp eyes."
The clerk smiled and said, "You are too kind, Cui Liulang. I make a living with these eyes."
Cui Lang raised his eyebrows slightly: "Excuse me, whose eyes are these, little brother?"
The waiter's voice couldn't be any lower: "My master is in Bianzhou now--"
Cui Lang's eyes lit up - he knew that the master would definitely try to contact him! Facts have proved that hanging out is useful! Then, the guy said quickly: "The master said that if Cui Liulang wants to leave the city, we can all help him secretly..."
Cui Lang suppressed his inner excitement and said, "Please tell me that I don't want to leave Luoyang for the time being..."
Having said that, he looked around and quickly stuffed the letter that he had prepared long ago to the waiter.
This letter was delivered to Chang Suining in Bianzhou the next day.
Chang Suining was a little surprised after reading what Cui Lang said in the letter.
For Chang Suining, whether out of personal feelings or to win people's hearts, from the moment she knew that Cui Lang fell into the hands of King Fan Yang, she made up her mind to save him.
As the Eastern Capital, Luoyang City naturally had no shortage of secret agents planted by her in her early years, and those secret agents were also managed very well by Meng Lie.
This time, Chang Suining used these secret agents to learn about the situation of the Cui family. Because the secret agents noticed that someone wanted to secretly let Cui Lang and others leave, she did not rush to intervene.
But what Chang Suining didn't expect was that Cui Lang was not willing to leave Luoyang just like that, but instead offered to be her insider.
Chang Suining lowered his eyes and looked at the letter in his hand. He felt that it contained the young man's cunning and clever mind, as well as the silent desire and determination to stand on his own and strengthen himself in this chaotic world.
Even though this is risky, Chang Suining feels that this determination is worthy of her respect and fulfillment.
After a while, Chang Suining picked up his pen and wrote a reply letter, rolled it into a bamboo tube, sealed it, and had someone send it out.
Soon, Kang Zhi came to ask for an audience and brought a piece of news: "Sir, the 50,000 troops from Shenzhou will arrive at Duji Road in another day and a half, close to the east of Luoyang!"
Two days ago, the 70,000 Jiangdu troops in their rear had arrived safely, with 60,000 already in Bianzhou and another 10,000 guarding outside the city of Xuzhou.
Chang Suining said: "Let them set up camp 200 miles east of Luoyang to rest and wait for orders."
Kang Zhi responded "Yes" in a loud voice and immediately went back to make arrangements.
"The troops from the east have arrived, and the pincer attack is ready. When does your Excellency plan to send troops to Luoyang City?" asked Luo Guanlin on the side.
"Attacking the city is ultimately a bad idea. Duan Shiang now has as many troops as I do. If we fight head-on, there will be countless casualties, which will only add to the losses of the civil war. Even if I kill the enemy, I will weaken the national strength of Da Sheng."
When Chang Suining said this, he thought of Yue Guang, the governor of Shuofang who died tragically in the capital. He felt depressed for a moment, and then he said to Luo Guanlin: "Sir, please ask them to come over and discuss the strategy of the battle with me."
The "they" that Chang Suining mentioned refers to the military advisers who are now under the command of Luo Guanlin.
Luo Guanlin stood up and bowed, then quickly asked someone to invite the counselors to come.
Chang Suining held Cui Lang's letter in his hand, quietly guessing the current atmosphere in Luoyang City.
She thought that Li Fu, the King of Fanyang, who was not worthy of being in the upper class, was probably panicked and anxious at this moment.
This is indeed the case. Li Fu was pacing back and forth in front of Duan Shiang at this moment: "... Chang Suining actually divided her troops into two groups. Before she even started, she had already planned to attack me from both sides. How sinister... Now I see that her troops in the east will soon approach Luoyang!"
Li Fu sighed in regret: "If I had known this would happen, I would have attacked the capital at once. It would have been better than being trapped here by a little girl!"
Duan Shiang was still recovering from his injuries, so he sat in a chair with a bandage wrapped around his right arm. His cheeks were slightly sunken due to his severe injuries, which made him look even more vicious.
When he heard Li Fu's words "It would have been better to attack the capital in one go", he felt that they were as unpleasant as fart.
"Our army was already exhausted when it attacked Luoyang, and there are still tens of thousands of imperial guards and 60,000 Xuan Ce troops stationed in the capital - does Your Majesty really think that the gates of the capital are so easy to attack?"
Dasheng now has 150,000 Xuan Ce troops, 80,000 of whom followed Cui Jing to defend against the enemy in the northern border, and the remaining 70,000 stayed in the capital. Among them, 10,000 were ordered by the Emperor Shengce to go out and quell the rebellion. Now there are still 60,000 stationed in the capital.
Including the number of imperial guards, the capital now still has more than 100,000 defensive troops available.
If it were an ordinary force, Duan Shiang would naturally not be afraid. What he was afraid of was the 60,000 Xuan Ce troops.
In other words, one of the reasons why he chose to mobilize troops to Henan Road was to put pressure on the court, forcing the Holy Ce Emperor to use the 60,000 Xuan Ce troops to suppress the rebellion, distract the defense of the capital, and create an opportunity for the "prince" to mobilize troops from the west to capture the capital.
But the "Prince" probably did not expect that the army that came "by order" was actually Chang Suining's Jiangdu Army, while the defense of the capital remained unchanged.
Thinking of the three words "Chang Suining", Duan Shiang felt the wound on his right arm begin to hurt again.
The doctors had already told him that his right arm was likely to be crippled...
This was almost a fatal blow to the marchers.
And before he even had the chance to fight Chang Suining, he had already paid the price with his right arm! The face of the woman in black robe and silver armor flashed before his eyes, and Duan Shiang's eyes were filled with hatred and murderous intent - he would make her pay him back a hundredfold for the pain he had suffered today.
Duan Shiang was depressed and unwilling to listen to Li Fu's meaningless and stupid words. He simply stood up and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will gather all the generals to discuss the matter."
King Fanyang: "Shiang is injured, I am really worried about you..."
"This is my job." Duan Shiang said, took two steps back, and turned to leave.
Seeing Duan Shiang leave, King Fan Yang sighed, still feeling uneasy, so he summoned his staff to discuss countermeasures.
"...In this world, is Chang Suining really loyal to the court, holding a large army?" King Fanyang suddenly thought of something and asked his staff, "In your opinion, if I personally write a letter to her, sincerely urging her to surrender, forgive her for the heavy damage she caused to our Fanyang army, and promise her a big promise, will it be enough to move her?"
As King Fan Yang spoke, he actually felt that this idea was very feasible.
He felt that he had more advantages than the empress, after all, his surname was Li.
King Fan Yang did what he thought. He and his staff repeatedly discussed the content of the letter and finally wrote nearly a thousand words, showing his sincerity.
The next day after sending the letter, King Fan Yang received a handwritten reply from Chang Suining.
The reply was received very quickly, and the envelope was extremely thick. The reply must be very long. King Fan Yang had a good premonition and could not wait to open it and read it.
Under the expectant gazes of his staff, Prince Fan Yang quickly unfolded the letter, but the fat on his cheeks trembled.
4200 words, good night everyone~
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