Chapter 63: Disaster is approaching without knowing it
"Yes, Your Majesty, the most urgent thing now is to find out the truth and give justice to Laos. The Great Zhou should continue to value peace!"
"In recent years, Laos has repeatedly violated our borders, killing civilians and stealing food. Great Zhou chose to tolerate it, but it ended up becoming even more aggressive!
Now you want me to give him justice?
The Great Zhou can't even protect its own people, can't even hold onto its territory, and yet it keeps giving in. Then I might as well just hand over my territory and submit to the Laotian Kingdom!"
Zhou Yu was so angry that he didn't care about what he said.
These old ministers only care about their own plots of land and their own gangs. The new ministers are suppressed by the old ministers and dare not speak or stand out. It seems that the Great Zhou is about to end!
And they are like a bunch of termites who are guarding their territory tightly, without any sense of crisis, and are unaware that disaster is approaching!
"Your Majesty, be careful with your words, be careful with your words!"
Zhou Yu fell powerlessly on the throne and didn't even want to speak!
Good words cannot persuade the damned ghosts. These people will not believe it until it comes to that point.
Upon seeing this, Li Dehai quickly announced the adjournment of the court, and all the ministers dispersed. Zhou Yu was unable to recover for a long time.
"Your Majesty, how about going out and relaxing? Just take a walk around here."
"Okay, I'll go call my mother. My whereabouts cannot be revealed."
Thinking about the struggles in the harem gave me another headache. Now I could only relax with my mother.
Qianxi Military Camp.
Nangong Min thought about it for a whole day, but still couldn't decide what position to promote Bai Li to.
Based on her military achievements this time, she is more than qualified to be promoted to the rank of captain.
But there is only one captain here, and Captain Mu is in a high position, so he can't be removed and replaced by Bai Li.
That would not be a way to appreciate Bai Li and promote her, but would make her an enemy.
But it can't be too low. Not only will it be unfair to Bai Li, but the soldiers will also be disheartened and have no motivation to fight in the future.
Just when his mind was in a tangle, Captain Mu arrived.
"We just won a great victory, why are you so worried? Look at your eyebrows twisted into knots!"
In private, he and Shangguan Yu didn't follow so many rules in front of Nangong Min and just said whatever they wanted to say.
Captain Mu knew this childhood friend and boss very well.
Normal things wouldn't bother him so much.
"What do the brothers down there say?"
"What else can I say? Everyone wants to follow her. Her military rank isn't high, so I might as well step down and let someone else take over!"
Since returning from the great victory yesterday, the entire military camp has been in an uproar, with people talking about how Bai Li single-handedly fought against the Laotian army.
Those who went to the battlefield spoke excitedly and spitted everywhere, while those who stayed behind felt heartbroken after hearing it, regretting that they had no chance to witness it with their own eyes.
The members of the vanguard team were praised to the skies, and whenever they went out they were surrounded by people asking them all sorts of questions.
No one knew who started it, but someone went to the superior officer to ask to be transferred to the vanguard. Then many people went to the superior officer to ask for help, all wanting to serve under Bai Li.
The captains and lieutenants under him were annoyed by being harassed and came to him to complain and ask for advice.
Captain Mu said all this and waited for Nangong Min's reply.
"I was thinking about promoting her military rank, but I couldn't think of a suitable position."
"Why not promote her to be a lieutenant first, so that the brothers can be under her command and stop making trouble."
"Oh, yes, in addition to the captain, there is also a lieutenant. That's it."
The two of them solved their troubles and laughed heartily.
Shangguan Ying came in at this time.
"Greetings, Major General, Captain Mu."
"Excuse me, what are you doing here?"
"Major General, I heard that Bai Li's behavior yesterday was very suspicious, so I came to inform you."
"What's wrong?"
Nangong Min frowned in displeasure. He was there yesterday too, to see what she could come up with.
"Major General, how can a mere woman fight against five thousand cavalrymen?
Even if she wasn't made of flesh and blood, it would be difficult for her to do that, right?"
"So what you're saying is that all four thousand of our soldiers were blind, and the Laotians fought against themselves and then ran away, leaving behind a trail of corpses?!!"
Nangong Min raised his voice and his brows darkened, almost saying that she was slandering and spreading rumors and was unreasonable.
Captain Mu shook his head secretly. How could the Shangguan family have such a stupid daughter? How could Shangguan Yu have such a confused sister?
"No, the Major General misunderstood. I dare not do that."
Shangguan Ying didn't expect Nangong Min to react so strongly. She remembered that when she was a child, she would chase after Nangong Min and call him "Brother Min, Brother Min".
And Nangong Min responded patiently every time, calling her Yingmei.
Is it because of Bai Li now?
As soon as she said a few words to her, Brother Min got angry.
Shangguan Ying gritted his teeth and endured it, then said, "Major General, what I mean is that Bai Li is not like an ordinary person. Could he have used some kind of witchcraft?"
"Haha, you can't stand seeing her being good at martial arts and winning a battle, so you throw all the dirty water on her?
If witchcraft is so useful, it would be nice if everyone could use it on the battlefield."
Being blatantly accused of jealousy and slandered, Shang Guanying's body shook.
She didn't dare look him in the eye, there was guilt and resentment in her eyes.
"Brother Min, no, how could you think of me like this? I have always..."
Shangguan Ying wanted to say that she had always been upright, but when she thought about her recent behavior, she found it hard to say it.
With her lips tightly pursed and her cheeks flushed, Shangguan Ying was speechless when the words hit her heart.
She was now embarrassed in front of her lover and had nothing to say in rebuttal, and was in a dilemma.
"Report to the Major General, Deputy General Shangguan has returned."
Shangguan Ying was delighted. Her brother had returned and she was saved.
Shangguan Yu lifted the door curtain and came in, bringing a cool breeze.
When he saw his sister was there, a smile appeared on his handsome and stern face.
"Sister, are you here to see me?"
Shangguan Ying: I would never come to you, I came here to discredit Bai Li, but unfortunately I failed.
His face changed to an expression of grievance, and he said, "Brother, I came here to find you. The superiors gave me some spoils of war, and among them there is a black iron dagger that is perfect for you."
Shangguan Yu smiled happily, "Silly girl, a dagger is suitable for a girl, why would you give it to a man like me?"
Shangguan Ying: You believe this excuse I made up at the last minute?
"You're my brother after all. If I have something good, I'll definitely think of you first."
"Okay, you know my sister is the best. You can go back first. I have something to report to the major general."
"Okay, I'll be leaving first then."
Nangong Min waved his hand as if to shoo away a fly.
Shangguan Ying almost bit her teeth, stomped her feet, lifted the door curtain and went out.
The heavily swung door curtain almost hit Captain Mu who was standing at the door.
Shangguan Yu laughed awkwardly: "Oh, this little girl, she's angry because I don't want her dagger!"
Captain Mu: You better be more careful, your sister is not a pushover.
"Okay, tell me what you've gained!"
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