Chapter 181 Our general is decades ahead of others at such a young age!
Shen Lanxi finally got to see the excitement.
Zhao and Wu returned dejectedly, and upon their return, they never mentioned the matter of the Eastern Liao King's family again!
In fact, she had received the letter ten days earlier.
The King of Dongliao disowned his wife and children and ordered archers to shoot and kill all 56 members of his household on the spot, including two infants!
What negotiations? There's no negotiation to be had.
From the day the King of Dongliao raised his army, he knew there was no turning back once the arrow was released; Emperor Renxiao would not allow a rebel to live in the world.
The negotiations were nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of the imperial court from beginning to end!
After Zhao and Wu had kept to themselves for a few days, they began to interfere in the internal affairs of the army that was suppressing the rebellion.
“General, they want to see our account books and warehouses,” Liu Yan replied.
Shen Lanxi: "Where do we have account books? Where do we have warehouses? Aren't all the money, grain, and goods given to us by merchants, and what we borrowed from them?"
Liu Yan raised an eyebrow.
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"Is this an account book?" Zhao Chengkai asked, slightly annoyed.
Liu Yan stretched out her fingers and read the lines aloud to them.
"A grain merchant from Baihe County presented fifty dan of grain, and the general borrowed another fifty dan from the grain merchant, along with three hundred taels of silver! Finally, the grain merchant signed and fingerprinted the document!"
"The grain merchant from Shili Slope offered thirty dan of grain, and the general borrowed another thirty dan, plus two hundred taels of silver!"
"Fuchun..."
"Wujin..."
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“A grain merchant from Yonglin Prefecture presented three hundred dan of grain, and the general lent another three hundred dan, plus five thousand taels of silver!”
"The cloth merchants of Yonglin Prefecture presented three hundred bolts of cloth, and the general borrowed more..."
This isn't an account book, it's clearly a book of debts!
Liu Yan replied, "General, you have never asked the court for a single grain of rice or a single coin along the way. You were thinking that the court is also in a difficult situation, and you planned to present the account book to His Majesty after the rebellion is quelled. Now, I'm handing the account book over to you two. You can present it to His Majesty whenever you wish!"
Wu Tong was dumbfounded. His mind was completely blank, as if it had vanished into thin air!
Zhao Chengkai didn't believe it and immediately raised questions.
"How could so many merchants possibly lend out so much stuff?"
Don't try to explain that Shen Lanxi knows them all. Even if she does, it's impossible for her to know so many of them!
Liu Yan returned to the truth, and what he said below was indeed the truth, and it came from the bottom of his heart.
"Our general has had a tough time. He has sacrificed a great deal for the Great Zhou!"
Zhao Chengkai's eyes flickered. What could a woman sacrifice? Thinking of Shen Lanxi's stunning face and beautiful figure, Zhao Chengkai let out a contemptuous snort in his heart!
He knew that a woman who had climbed to her current position must have used her body. He was sure that all the soldiers under her command had some kind of illicit affair with her!
A worthless bastard who's been thoroughly exploited still wants to lead the army to quell the rebellion? What a joke!
He immediately wrote to His Majesty, asking His Majesty to execute the vile woman who had caused chaos in the army!
"Our general has become godparents to those wealthy families!"
Zhao Chengkai sneered inwardly. What godparents? It was all a pretext, an excuse for her to wreak havoc in the military camp!
"Now our general has more than a hundred adopted sons and daughters!" Liu Yan couldn't help but laugh out loud as she said this.
"Others grow old surrounded by children and grandchildren, but our general has already achieved that at such a young age. He's decades ahead of others!"
Zhao Chengkai almost fell headfirst to the ground when his left foot stepped on his right foot!
"What did you say?" he exclaimed in surprise.
Liu Yanhui remained calm and smiled, "Our adults have adopted the children of those merchants as their godsons and daughters, which is why we borrowed money and grain from them."
Wu Tong murmured in disbelief, "Is this even possible?"
Liu Yan retorted, "We're all starving and freezing to death, can't we just leave it like this?"
Zhao Chengkai realized he had underestimated Shen Lanxi. No, she was a woman, and she absolutely couldn't have done that.
A wise person advised her—who was it? He was determined to find this person for His Majesty!
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After the King of Dongliao shot and killed his wife and children, he was no longer under any control. It was thought that he would continue to send troops to the capital, but unexpectedly he changed his route. Judging from the direction, his destination was Ganzhou Road!
Soon after, Shen Lanxi received an order from the imperial court to dispatch troops to Ganzhou Road to seize the successor of Guigu!
The official imperial edict was as stated above, but there was also a secret order that Zhao Chengkai relayed afterward.
"Kill Song Daoxi!"
The appearance of a disciple of Guigu has thrown the world into chaos. Emperor Renxiao dares not openly issue orders against Guigu, but in reality, what emperor would want someone who threatens his position to exist?
If he had known the location of Guigu, he probably would have disappeared from the world by the time this rumor spread!
"General, should we listen to this imperial edict?" Wei Dongzhu asked coldly.
Shen Lanxi: "Disobeying is defying the imperial decree!"
Wei Dongzhu was already utterly disillusioned with the court and was unwilling to let Shen Lanxi take the risk.
"If King Cheng allies with the King of Dongliao, our journey will be in danger!"
Shen Lanxi sneered: "If they can form an alliance, why can't I?"
Xiao Fang didn't understand: "Who can we ally with?"
Shen Lanxi softly uttered: "The King of the Northwest!"
Wei Dongzhu and the others all looked enlightened; they had almost forgotten about the King of the Northwest!
"Last year, the Northwest King refused to accept the imperial court's offer of surrender and even turned against the court. Now we are a large army suppressing the rebellion, the imperial army. Will the Northwest King ally with us?"
Shen Lanxi took out the information about the Northwest King.
"The Northwest King's origins are very mysterious. Logically, he should be a rioter, but according to the investigation, he is skilled in both literature and martial arts, and is also adept at military strategy. The Northwest Army under his command is well-trained, and in just one year, it has occupied dozens of prefectures and counties in the north, and has become a legitimate army. Such a person is definitely not a fool!"
Both sides agreed.
Wei Dongzhu: "What if he's not interested in the disciples of Guiguzi and continues north?"
Shen Lanxi: "If you're not an idiot, then we can sit down and talk!"
Wei Dongzhu volunteered, "This humble general is willing to go and negotiate with the King of the Northwest!"
Shen Lanxi stared at the map. Her direction was Gannan Road, which was the same route as where the Northwest King was!
"Can!"
Afterwards, she appointed generals to guard the Sanchuan area, while the rest of her troops followed her to the Gannan Circuit!
She was accompanied by twenty guards from Peach Blossom Valley, secret guards from Ghost Valley, Liu Yanhui, Qian Feng, Shen Yuanjing, and five thousand elite soldiers plus two supervisors. They traveled day and night to reach Ganzhou Road at top speed!
"General Shen, are the five thousand men we brought too few?" Zhao Chengkai frowned, looking at the half of his men behind him who were female guards, his face very unpleasant.
Shen Lanxi: "These five thousand were already squeezed out. Lord Zhao has seen what the army that quelled the rebellion looks like. Letting them stay and farm is better than going to Ganzhou!"
Zhao Chengkai's face darkened further when he thought of the elderly, weak, women, and children mixed in with the group.
Those are just there to make up the numbers; if they actually get to the battlefield, they're doomed. They're not even fit to be used as shields. Those old, feeble-armed guys can't even make it to the front lines!
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