Chapter 75: Betting with Yourself, Twelve Fighting Competition
The soldiers behind Luo Gui began to laugh in ambiguous ways. Xiao Qinggu looked at the man with a teasing look in his eyes, his face expressionless.
"You Kou is acting like this. Aren't you afraid of being beaten black and blue by my millions of Dayu soldiers and horses, forcing him to flee in disgrace?"
She stood alone in front of thousands of soldiers and horses, like a strong bamboo that would rather break than bend, and she did not lose the upper hand at all.
Luo Gui obviously noticed the difference in this woman, but he was used to looking down on women, so this strange feeling soon disappeared.
"If it were your father, this prince would naturally not dare to do it, but you."
Luo Gui chuckled a few times, "She's just a woman."
The laughter of the soldiers behind him rose and fell, but Xiao Qinggu's expression did not change.
"It seems that the Eighth Prince is completely confident."
"In that case, Eighth Prince, are you interested in competing with us in three matches?"
"Hmm?" Luo Gui raised his eyebrows. "Why, Your Highness, are you trying to hold out until reinforcements arrive to save you?"
Even though his thoughts were exposed by a single word, Xiao Qinggu still managed to keep a steady expression on his face.
"Is the Eighth Prince afraid?"
Afraid of women? Ridiculous.
Luo Gui shook his head. "Your Highness, you misunderstood. What I meant is, how about we have two matches?"
"But we have to have some stakes, otherwise it'll be much less fun, don't you think?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Qingxu immediately blocked Shang Yuwan completely and looked at Luo Gui coldly.
The masked man's eyes were as cold as ice, which made Luo Gui feel uneasy.
Humph, he's just a villain who doesn't even dare to show his true face.
Luo Gui frowned slightly.
The person who secretly sent him the message knew exactly how many troops were still in Luzhou City. By shortening the battle time by two, he could also take the beauty into his pocket.
Xiao Qinggu pondered secretly, thinking that he could delay the fight for as long as possible, and then said, "Okay, let's have two matches. What do you want to bet on?"
Luo Gui pointed at Shang Yuwan without any concealment: "This prince wants her."
Xiao Qingxu's aura suddenly became eerie and terrifying. Twelve, who was originally standing behind him, also walked forward, his eyes full of murderous intent, staring directly at Luo Gui.
Luo Gui noticed Twelve and Xiao Qingxu's protection of Shang Yuwan, and he felt worried.
This woman seemed to be more important to them than the princess...
Xiao Qinggu's expression changed, "No——"
"Can."
Shang Yuwan spoke before her, and with an indifferent expression, pushed Xiao Qingxu, who was about to fall out of the ice, to the right.
"But I have the final say on what to compete in."
Shang Yuwan secretly pulled Xiao Qingxu's fingertips, and Xiao Qingxu's whole body stiffened.
She was about to withdraw her hand, but Xiao Qingxu suddenly grabbed her with his backhand, trembling, and held her fingers tightly.
Shang Yuwan felt a ring-shaped object being stuffed into her hand, and her long eyelashes drooped slightly.
Didn’t you draw a clear line? Why don’t you let go?
Shang Yuwan didn't show it on her face, but she sighed in her heart.
After she received the thing in her hand, she exerted her strength to shake off Xiao Qingxu's sweaty hand and grabbed it tightly, her eyes falling on Luo Gui's face which looked quite determined.
"The first game is a martial arts competition. The second game is a chess game."
Shang Yuwan narrowed her eyes slightly: "One stick of incense, that's all."
Luo Gui denied it, "How can that be possible?"
"If you want to play, play big!"
Shang Yuwan sneered, "Then, life or death doesn't matter."
"If we win, you retreat. If you win, I will follow you."
"This prince also wants Luzhou City."
Shang Yuwan agreed readily: "Okay."
It was an empty city, and she was confident that she could defeat Logey.
Shang Yuwan turned his gaze towards Liu Mengyao and Zhu Hao, who was being held at the back. "But the two of them will be temporarily residing in Dayu."
Liu Mengyao suddenly looked at her with eyes wide open, and Zhu Hao pouted, trying hard not to cry.
"What do you mean?" Luo Gui's eyes darkened.
He is not a person who is completely obsessed with beauty, and he must know the principle of letting the tiger return to the mountains and biding his time.
Shang Yuwan lowered his head and looked at Xiao Qinggu.
Xiao Qinggu understood her intention and said to Luo Gui, "No matter what, you have killed our Dayu people. Even if you win this battle, are you really not afraid that my father will send a large army to crush you?"
Upon hearing this, a deputy general beside Luo Gui shouted angrily, "How shameless!"
He wanted to say something else, but Luo Gui waved him off.
"Go on."
Quite interesting.
Xiao Qinggu calmed himself down and said calmly, "Since he is the grandson of your Emperor Youkou, we naturally cannot treat him as the same as that person."
Liu Mengyao is the grandson of the emperor, and Liu Ziqi is just a minor official. No matter how much Xiao Qinggu protects his son, he cannot now call for the killing of the foreign grandson of the emperor for the sake of a low-ranking Dayu person, not to mention that the other party has already led the army to attack him.
The enemy is strong and you are weak, so don't act rashly.
"While the death penalty may be avoided, the punishment of life is unavoidable. Regardless, he must be taken hostage to Dayu."
It was true that Luo Yan and Liu Ziqi gave birth to Liu Mengyao. If it were Emperor Chengming, he might find a reason to deny this fact. But Xiao Qinggu was not a seasoned man, and they had a secret deal, so he naturally could not deny it directly. However, it was also true that Liu Mengyao killed Liu Ziqi.
Luo Gui's expedition this time was justified by using Liu Mengyao. Xiao Qinggu also had reason to keep Liu Mengyao and Zhu Hao, and use these two people to find opportunities to trip up You Kou or Luo Gui in the future.
Using an immature child as an excuse to send troops to capture cities is essentially a gangster holding power and acting like a rogue. Can't she, Xiao Qinggu, use the same method?
Luo Gui was not afraid of her, but the name of Emperor Chengming was still very famous.
They, Dayu, were able to beat You Ke into a pulp more than ten years ago, and now her father's cavalry can still make You Ke bow his head.
Xiao Qinggu and Shang Yuwan were gambling, betting that Luo Gui would not dare to act excessively and anger Emperor Chengming, who would directly send troops to flatten Youkou's territory.
Luo Yan died seven years ago, and the reason for their rebellion was somewhat untenable. If it weren't for Liu Mengyao, they couldn't even find a more reasonable excuse.
The reason he was ordered to set off this time was because of the continuous natural disasters in Youkou country and the shortage of supplies. He wanted to occupy part of Dayu's territory and then use the matter of Youkou's Ninth Princess to claim compensation from Emperor Chengming.
If Liu Mengyao were held hostage in Dayu, perhaps he could temporarily bear most of Emperor Chengming's wrath...
Luo Gui thought for a moment, and Shang Yuwan, seeing that he was wavering, immediately added fuel to the fire.
"The Eighth Prince is afraid."
The irony is self-evident.
Luo Gui raised his eyebrows and looked at her. He liked this kind of beautiful but thorny beauties. He agreed: "Okay! What you want, this prince agrees!"
Liu Mengyao was a discarded pawn. If he could be held hostage in Dayu by chance, he could just secretly send someone to kill him. He could also use this as an excuse to send troops to attack Dayu, or even extort another sum of money from Dayu.
Shang Yuwan raised the corners of his lips slightly, and smiled coldly.
Luo Gui waved his hand, and a soldier came forward. He was tall and burly, with a stubble on his face.
The man held a huge axe in each hand. He grinned, revealing a row of yellow teeth. "You Kou Guo, Qin Ti."
Shang Yuwan looked carefully, then turned sideways and glanced at Twelve beside Xiao Qingxu, and secretly put the ring finger blade on his middle finger, "You come."
The Ring Finger Blade was a hidden weapon that Ju Gongcheng and Lu Heying gave to Xiao Qingxu before they went to the slope. The Rain Weaving Needles had been used up before, and Ju Gongcheng didn't have time to make a new one.
The ring finger blade is silver-black all over, like a thin snake coiled into a ring. On the surface, it looks no different from an ordinary ring, but there is another mystery inside.
If the wearer makes a fist and uses his thumb to press hard on the ring on the middle finger, a thin blade the size of the index finger will pop out from the outside of the ring. As long as the speed is fast enough, it will be invincible in close combat.
Apart from endangering Shang Yuwan's life, Twelve always obeyed her orders without saying much. As soon as she finished speaking, she flew down from the city wall with a long sword in her hand.
"Let's get started."
Twelve was dressed in dark green clothes, with a green belt to tie his hair and a black scarf on his face, revealing only the deep eyebrows and eyes on the upper half of his face.
The afterglow fell into her eyes, making them as bright as amber.
"A dying person has no right to know my name."
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