"Can't fight?" Zhou Zhiruo said: "Maybe, but don't let the Queen Mother of the Yuan Dynasty take your soul away."
…
The other three people retreated several dozen feet away.
At this moment, in this small space, only Zhao Min and Zhang Wuji were left.
Zhao Min said with a smile: "Master Zhang, now there are only two of us left."
"Let me think, this is how many times we have met now."
"After you fought against the six major sects alone, we met once at my Green Willow Villa."
"The second time was at the foot of Buliang Mountain, and the third time was when I was on my way to conquer Xuzhou. If you count carefully, this should be the fourth time we meet, right?"
Zhang Wuji smiled and walked to two adjacent stones. He was very gentlemanly and wiped the stone a few times with his sleeves.
Then he said to Zhao Min, "Let's sit down and talk."
Zhang Wuji's small action may seem insignificant to Zhao Min, but in her heart, she felt a little touched.
Zhang Wuji was not her servant, but her enemy. For an enemy to respect her so much, Zhang Wuji must be the only one among the many rebel kings in the world.
After Zhao Min sat down, Zhang Wuji took the opportunity to say, "Between you and me, you have seen me four times, but I have seen you five times."
"Another time, it was when you were in Dadu. At that time, you were leading a team of 100 people to fight against Zhu Yuanzhang. You rode out of the city at lightning speed, looking very handsome."
"I praised you a few times at that time, which made my Zhiruo jealous for a long time."
Zhao Min was surprised: "So you have secretly seen me once. This is why you, Master Zhang, are not loyal. We are all acquaintances, and you are in my capital, why don't you look for me to get together?"
Zhang Wuji laughed and said, "I don't always have the courage to look for you. Who knows if you will chop me into meat sauce if you go crazy."
"But having said that, the main reason I came to you this time is to ask, what are you going to do after you lead these 20,000 soldiers to Longcheng?"
"Are you planning to let me wipe you out all at once, or are you planning to let me eat you away slowly?"
Zhao Min on the opposite side said with a smile: "You can't wipe out these 20,000 people, and I won't let you wipe them out. I guess you have heard the news too."
"Among the 20,000 people who are accompanying me on this expedition, nearly 7,000 are the so-called royal relatives."
"If I want to revive the Yuan Dynasty, these people must be eliminated. But as fellow Mongolians, I and these people are of the same clan and origin. I cannot kill them. Now, the rebel king closest to the Yuan capital is you, Zhang Wuji."
"So I had no choice but to come to you."
Zhang Wuji said helplessly: "You are still as outspoken as before, but why should I follow your wish? If I help you, what benefit can you give me?"
Zhao Min shook her head: "Master Zhang, you are no longer the same as before. In the past, the most I could do was to let you cede land and become king."
“But now, you’ve done it yourself.”
"At this point, I have nothing left to give you."
"But as far as this matter is concerned, even if you just help me, you won't suffer any loss."
"When Longcheng was breached, you killed more than 40,000 soldiers defending the city and chopped off Batur's head."
"You have already formed a feud with the Mongols, and you don't need to worry about a few thousand lives."
Zhang Wuji was a little surprised. When Zhao Min said these words, it was as if he was an outsider.
Zhang Wuji said: "I killed so many Mongols, don't you hate me?"
Zhao Min said with a smile: "What's there to hate? The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Although you have killed many Mongols, I have killed even more ruthless people."
"I have led troops into battle many times, and wherever I have gone, there have been mountains of corpses and seas of blood."
"In this chaotic world, if you want to achieve something, your hands must be stained with blood."
"You took Xuzhou and Longcheng. Although I hate you, I don't blame you."
"You just did what you thought was the right thing. The Yuan Dynasty was incompetent and wicked. If I were a Han Chinese, I would have rebelled long ago."
"The only pity is that I am a Mongolian. For the sake of my ancestors, I must do something."
Zhao Min opened the jar of wine in her hand, took a few gulps, and then handed it to Zhang Wuji.
"Master Zhang, it's not poisonous, drink it with confidence."
Zhang Wuji did not refuse. He took the jar of wine and drank a few gulps.
After drinking it, he muttered softly, "This wine is not as mellow as the last time."
Zhao Min smiled and said, "Of course. The wine I had last time was a fine wine that was nearly a hundred years old. This time, I just bought it on the roadside before I went to war."
…
It was late at night, and Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min sat chatting in the moonlight.
From time to time, bursts of laughter could be heard.
This laughter can be heard clearly even from a long distance.
Yu Fei said to Zhou Zhiruo, "Sister Zhou, why do I feel that the relationship between the young master and the Empress Dowager of the Yuan Dynasty is unusual?"
"It's not as the legend says, a fight to the death."
Zhou Zhiruo sighed helplessly: "I don't know what's going on. Zhao Min has tried to kill Zhang Wuji many times."
"Once, Zhang Wuji was seriously injured by her sword. I took care of him for several days without taking off my clothes before he recovered."
There was suddenly some joking cunning in Yu Fei's eyes: "Sister Zhou, do you think that the Empress Dowager of the Yuan Dynasty might have taken a fancy to your man? Seeing them talking and laughing, aren't you worried at all?"
"Men, every good thing, will still be cheated on outside even if they are under strict supervision. Sister Zhou, please be careful."
Zhou Zhiruo quickly glared at her: "You little girl, which side are you from? You are trying to sow discord between us and me. I haven't settled the score with you for what happened just now."
Yu Fei said nonchalantly: "I am just giving you a friendly reminder. Whether you listen to it or not is your own business."
Zhou Zhiruo said angrily: "Instead of worrying about Zhang Wuji cheating outside, I think it's better to be on guard against those who have it right at your fingertips."
"You naughty girl, I disliked you the first time I met you, but I didn't think much about it at the time. I didn't expect that today, the more I look at you, the more I dislike you."
Don't like me? Yu Fei said angrily: "Well, since Sister Zhou doesn't like me, she will come to trouble me sooner or later. I can't guarantee that one day, I will die in your hands. In order to avoid that, I'd better go to the Queen Mother of the Yuan Dynasty again."
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