Chapter 306 Bai Li and Zhou Yu are just partners
Agreeing to let him join the military camp was just a temporary measure to help his father and brother get rid of their status as prisoners.
Later, she learned that all of this was planned by the emperor. He wanted her father to help him find the treasure in secret. Even without her joining the camp, her family would quickly be able to restore their status.
It’s hateful that he used this as a bargaining chip to trick her into joining the military camp.
When she just realized what she had done, she was angry with him for a while.
She was angry that he had made her family bear the blame, and that he had schemed against her in everything and kept her in the dark.
However, when she entered the military camp, he had to arrange for Nangong Min to take care of her in many ways. She entered the military camp to follow her heart and fight for a way out for herself and her family.
Thinking this way, I feel much more balanced.
Later, Zhou Yu came all the way to ask for help under the pretext of having a dream. Seeing that he was humble and sincere enough, Bai Li forgave him immediately.
He returned to the palace and told his ministers that his ancestor in his dream said Bai Li was the savior of the Great Zhou, and he went against the majority opinion and reused Bai Li.
Later, he kept his promise and did not forget her achievements. He gave her countless treasures and fertile land, and gave her supreme fame and status.
All signs showed that he was not a sinister villain, but had the demeanor of a wise ruler. That was why Bai Li agreed to attack Simon first and then gradually unify the six countries.
Otherwise, according to her idea, she would just sneak into Simon and seek revenge on King Jin.
She hadn't thought about destroying the entire Simon.
When Bai Li said this, his mind went through so many thoughts in a flash, but in fact it only took a few breaths.
Nangong Min blushed and hesitated for a moment before responding, "My cousin means that if you become the ruler of the six kingdoms, we must ensure that our descendants live in harmony with the Great Zhou. The Great Zhou can be a vassal state, but the Great Zhou banner cannot be lost."
Bai Li suddenly thought of something, her eyes darkened, and she stared into his eyes and said, "So, you knew your cousin's plan all along, and you thought I could unify the six kingdoms and become their ruler in the future, so you wanted to get engaged to me?!"
If that's the case, he's really terrible!
"No! It's not like that!"
Nangong Min stood up in a hurry, and stood up so quickly that he almost fell down.
Bai Li looked at him coldly. She would ignore him until he gave her a reasonable explanation.
Nangong Min finally managed to steady himself, and immediately grabbed Bai Li's arms with both hands, staring into her eyes and said, "Li'er, I've actually liked you since we were little.
Have you forgotten? When you were about six or seven, you got into a fight on the street with a group of older boys. You couldn't beat them, and then your second brother showed up, but he still couldn't beat them. I happened to be passing by and beat them away.
Bai Li squinted her eyes and searched the original owner's memory. It seemed that there was such a thing. At that time, a young boy was riding a horse and walking towards them against the light. When she and her second brother were being beaten, he swept his horse whip across, whipping the group of boys so hard that they screamed and howled, and they ran away soon after.
At that time, he dismounted and helped her up, saying, "Don't be afraid, little sister, I chased them away!"
At that time, Bai Li, who was trying to save face, just said "thank you" and ignored him.
The young boy was disappointed and told the brother and sister to go home quickly and left.
After he left, Bai Li found a jade pendant on the ground. It looked very beautiful with its emerald green color, so she picked it up and took it home and gave it to her grandmother for safekeeping.
Later, during her exile, grandma was afraid that the jade pendant would be found by the officials, so she took it out and asked Bai Yu to give it to her secretly.
Thinking of this, Bai Li reached out and took out the jade pendant from the space.
"No, is this yours?"
Nangong Min took it, looked at it carefully in the light of the setting sun, and said happily, "It's mine. There's a small word 'Min' on it."
Nangong Min held up the jade pendant for Bai Li to take a closer look. Bai Li leaned over to take a look and found that it was indeed the jade pendant.
In a circular pattern on the back of the jade pendant, there is a tiny word engraved, which cannot be seen if you don’t pay attention.
"This jade pendant was made for me by my grandmother when I was just born.
Unfortunately, I lost it when I was little, and got scolded by my grandmother when I got home!
"Where did you pick it up?"
"This is truly fate. You actually found the jade pendant I lost when I was a child. Isn't this destined to happen?"
Bai Li rolled her eyes at him and ignored his self-righteous words.
What happened just now has not been over yet. If he really has other intentions, this fate may be a bad one.
"Oh, damn it! I was so carried away by the jade pendant that I forgot what happened just now."
"Li'er, your worries are unfounded, because my cousin the Emperor said those words to me after we got engaged and before we set out on the Western Expedition.
His intention was to make his position clear in advance: if you have the ability to unify the six kingdoms, then the throne is yours, and you can fight for yourself without any psychological burden.
Of course, fighting for yourself makes you feel better and less stressed.
"real?"
Bai Li wanted to confirm it, but Nangong Min immediately pointed to the heavens and swore, "If there is even a trace of falsehood in this, I wish you would be struck by lightning!"
"Alright, alright! If you say yes, then it's true. Why swear an oath?"
Although Bai Li was not used to believing in oaths, the ancients attached great importance to this. Generally speaking, eight out of nine things an oath said were true.
Moreover, even in the technologically advanced era of later generations, those who treat oaths as a joke will most likely end up with no good ending.
This has no scientific basis, and scholars classify it as metaphysics.
Bai Li believed that Nangong Min proposed to her because he really liked her, and the matter was over. The next step was the plan of how to eliminate King Jin.
"According to scouts, the King of Jin is furious because his second batch of supplies was robbed and he lost another 30,000 men, and he is currently recovering from his injuries in the barracks.
I think we should take this opportunity to eliminate him in one fell swoop!"
"That's exactly what I was thinking. To reduce casualties, I'll send my private troops to raid first. You can lead the main force and charge forward to capture the thief King Jin in one fell swoop!"
"That's fine too. To be on the safe side, let my father and my second uncle each send 10,000 soldiers to help."
"According to estimates, the King of Jin has no more than 50,000 soldiers. Based on the previous number of troops, we are not afraid of them. I am afraid that the bamboo forest is full of dangers and traps."
"We must pay special attention to this. Every one of our men and horses is precious. We must minimize casualties."
Although sacrifices are inevitable in war, they should be avoided as much as possible. Bai Li cherishes his soldiers very much.
"Then I will immediately write two letters and send them by carrier pigeon, agreeing to attack the bamboo forest tomorrow."
"That's perfect. Let them bring the food back, so we don't have to send anyone over."
The two men discussed it and went down the city wall together.
Soon, two carrier pigeons flew in two directions under the cover of night, and a new battle was about to begin.
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