Bang!
The storyteller slammed the gavel, bringing Chu Li back to his senses.
"This is the famous Battle of Southern Xinjiang."
After listening to the speech, the audiences all sighed:
"I didn't expect that the regent, who has a dull temperament, is actually a man of love."
"He never married or took a concubine. I used to wonder if he had an affair."
"You all say he is deeply affectionate, but why no one says this woman is a disaster for the country and the people? The regent gave up his kingdom for her, how innocent are the people?"
"Yes, the poor people of Nanman, Mohuai and the three states have become hostages in the hands of Nanman."
"I wonder who this beautiful woman is..."
Chu Li suppressed his thoughts and said loudly:
"That doesn't seem right."
“I heard a different version.”
Many people turned their heads to look at the largest position in the center with the best view. There sat a woman who was not wearing any makeup but was cold and extremely beautiful.
She stood up and said:
"The Regent has never given up his throne. There is something else going on in the battle in Southern Xinjiang."
"oh?"
"What do you mean?"
The audience was slightly surprised.
Chu Li walked over and said, "Half a month ago, soldiers from the Southern Barbarians and Great Chu gathered in the southern border. A fierce battle was about to break out, but the Southern Barbarians had no moral principles and suddenly launched a night attack, catching Great Chu off guard and forcing them to fight back."
"That night, the Nanman guards were like a flood of fish in the river, madly climbing ladders to attack the city, with swords flashing and sabers flying..."
Bang!
She slammed the gavel, and the audience's hearts skipped a beat. They were all moved:
"Then what?"
"And then what happened?"
Chu Li said slowly: "Amidst the flashes of swords and sabers, we saw that the Nanman guards were all monsters that could not be killed. Even though they were full of arrows and had broken arms and legs, they were still madly attacking the city."
The audience looked stern.
Can’t be killed?
So scary!
"And then, what then?"
"later……"
Chu Li spoke in an impassioned tone, sometimes gentle and sometimes tactful, as he narrated the bloodiness and cruelty of the battlefield, turning the story of "the Regent gave up the country" into a story of "the southern barbarians had no martial ethics, and the Regent had to temporarily withdraw his troops and give up the country in order to consider the overall situation."
Finally, the gavel banged:
"To know what happens next, please listen to the next episode."
"good!"
"Wonderful!"
The audience applauded and gave coins and small change as tips.
"This is the regent we know! He is brave, resourceful and courageous. How could he lose his composure for a woman?"
"right!"
"The Regent will never abandon us ordinary people!"
Because Tuoba Mingyue deliberately spread the news, people throughout the Chu State accused the regent of being absurd and incompetent, losing his mind for a woman, and being unworthy of power.
Now, Chu Li's story has restored his reputation.
The storyteller stood by the side, holding a teacup in his hand. He looked at his seat, which was occupied by Chu Li; his gavel, which was held by Chu Li; and his bowl, which was held by Chu Li.
“You…you…”
Don't try to steal my job like this.
"Who are you? You made up such a long story and it sounded like it was true."
What Chu Li said was actually true.
She gave all the money the audience had given her as tips to the storyteller and told him the rest of the story.
After listening to this, the storyteller was shocked and moved:
"Is everything you said true?"
Did the Southern Barbarians really use poisonous insects to create a terrifying witchcraft army?
It turned out that the regent temporarily gave up part of the territory in order to protect the State of Chu!
They misunderstood and wronged the Regent!
Chu Li nodded: "My brother has been in the army for many years and served in Southern Xinjiang. He participated in the battle in Southern Xinjiang half a month ago. This is what he told me himself."
The storyteller understood.
From then on, he told stories based on the girl's stories.
After Chu Li finished speaking, he picked up the birdcage and left.
The stories she told would be told by storytellers and then spread by the listeners.
One person tells ten people, ten people tell a hundred people, a hundred people tell a thousand people.
The southern barbarians have trained an army of witches and sorcerers, and have lost their humanity and are ugly; they will be exposed.
The Regent's reputation will be cleared.
This was the best thing she could do for Chu Dichi.
"Chirp." She leisurely put her hands behind her back, teasing the white-feathered parrot in the cage, and prepared to take a walk by the lake.
The white-feathered parrot tilted its head, its eyes rolling:
"Morning, Uncle Turtle."
"Haha, good morning, Uncle Turtle!"
"Hahaha!"
Chu Li smiled and bought a bag of dried fruits to feed it.
"It's time to go to war..."
"My aunt escaped from Mohuai Prefecture with her family last night. She told me that a war is really coming..."
Chu Li stopped and saw a few women not far away chatting sadly.
"Didn't we sign a fifty-year peace treaty?"
"How would I know? Going back on one's words, all is fair in war. I only know that many people have escaped from Mohuai Prefecture. The world is not at peace now!"
"What should I do then?"
"Jiangnan is so close to Mohuai Prefecture. If a war really breaks out, they will be able to reach our Jiangnan City in three days!"
Chu Li frowned.
Why is there going to be another war?
The Southern Barbarians have already seized the southern border and obtained twenty-eight cities in the three prefectures of Mohuai. Aren’t they satisfied?
She had witnessed the bloodiness and cruelty of the battlefield, and the last thing she wanted to see in her life was war.
When a country prospers, the people suffer.
When a country dies, the people suffer.
She sighed and thought it was good to be a parrot, carefree. She no longer had the desire to go shopping and went back with the birdcage.
Little did she know that a man in simple clothes in the crowd not far away saw her:
"Chu Li?"
"No... it's not her. How could she be a woman? How could there be two people in the world who look so similar... Isn't Chu Li already dead?"
Shock, astonishment, surprise, and then slowly turned into overwhelming hatred.
Even if he turned into ashes, he would never mistake Chu Li!
That's Chu Li!
That night.
In his dream, a big fire lit up the quiet night, and the thick smoke choked and woke up the sleeping Chu Li.
"The fire is coming!"
"What a big fire!"
"The young lady is still inside... ahem, young lady! ahem!"
Chu Li was choked awake and immediately got up, only to find that the door was locked and the window was sealed from the outside!
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