Chapter 77: Double Gift, Must Win
"May I have your name?"
Compared to Qin Ti, Luo Gui is calmer.
"Your Highness the Eighth Prince doesn't know?" Shang Yuwan lowered her eyes and smiled. Seeing Luo Gui's underestimation of the enemy, she thought that the insider had given him all the accurate information.
But until now, Luo Gui has never shown any suspicion as to why a few people are missing.
"Hearing rumors is never as good as hearing it from the beauty herself." Luo Gui raised his hand and took the next black move, saying with a smile.
Ever since Xiao Qingji was punished by Emperor Chengming, the names of Shang Yuwan from Baijialou have gradually been known to some nobles above. Naturally, the royal families of foreign countries outside Dayu have also paid attention to their ability to make the Crown Prince of Dayu suffer such a great loss, not to mention that Emperor Chengming directly asked Yuezhu to personally deliver the invitation to the Shang Liu Banquet to the owner of Baijialou.
However, Luo Gui did not find out the internal information of Baijialou. Perhaps someone was secretly protecting Baijialou.
But Loge was not in a hurry.
In order to fight his way through the crowd of brothers and ascend to that position, he even resorted to using his only sister to allow Luo Yan to escape to Dayu. Fortunately, God also helped him, allowing that foolish sister to successfully marry and have children in Dayu. Otherwise, how could he have the patience to wait for Liu Mengyao to grow up to seven years old?
Luo Gui had waited until now to intensify the conflict between Dayu and Youkou, thereby positioning himself on the right side and seizing the opportunity to seize more territory for Youkou and carve a piece of Dayu's flesh. With the princess and the emperor's grandson before him, even the shrewd Emperor Chengming had to consider the public's concerns.
Luo Gui naturally knew Shang Yuwan. He asked this question only to test him step by step and proceed step by step.
After all, Liu Niang is just a weak woman with little education who can only depend on men. If the news that reaches his ears is wrong, it will be a big trouble.
Shang Yuwan lived in Kyoto for so many years in his previous life, and he was surrounded by dignitaries and nobles every day, observing their words and expressions. How could he not see what Luo Gui was thinking?
Shang Yuwan's attitude was neither hurried nor slow. She answered Luo Gui's questions slowly and leisurely, and asked one or two questions in return from time to time, which whetted Luo Gui's appetite.
Shang Yuwan played this chess game for a full half hour.
Xiao Qinggu felt that if she dragged on she would be frozen to death by the host's aura. Fortunately, Shang Yuwan saw that night was approaching and both sides began to raise torches one by one. She knew when to stop and killed Luo Gui by surprise on the chessboard.
"Your Highness the Eighth Prince, you lose."
Shang Yuwan smiled, her eyes turned up, and the red mole on her forehead added a bit of brightness to her beauty.
Luo Gui was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "Beauty, you are amazing."
It was the first time that You Koujun heard such an evaluation from the Eighth Prince, and he was very excited.
Could it be that His Highness really likes this woman?
Xiao Qingxu's face was covered by the mask, but Xiao Qinggu could clearly feel that he was gradually becoming murderous.
"......" Are they together? Otherwise, why would the OP be so murderous? Jealousy also requires some status, right?
Shang Yuwan didn't expect Luo Gui to say this.
However, in her previous life, there were many people in Kyoto who admired her or were attracted by her abilities. Shang Yuwan herself did not care about this. "According to the agreement, you should withdraw your troops."
Luo Gui narrowed his eyebrows and smiled, "Agreement?"
Shang Yuwan heard that he was about to deny it, but she did not lose her composure. She looked into his eyes calmly and said, "Yes, that's our agreement."
The firelight reflected on Luo Gui's face, and his expression was unclear. He was silent for a while, and was about to speak when he suddenly heard a "whoosh" sound coming from the slope of the mountain on the side of Luzhou City.
His face changed at first, and he immediately drew out his sword, lifted up the chessboard and threw it at Shang Yuwan. Shang Yuwan was not a weak person either. He drew out the long sword from his waist and split the chessboard. Facing the oncoming sword, he was not panicked and countered the moves. Seeing this, Twelve immediately stepped forward to help.
Luo Gui could hear noises coming from behind the patrol troops, as if something had exploded overhead. The throats of the soldiers were mute, the eyes were blind, the noses were suffocating, and many snakes, insects, rats, and ants were attracted by the strong smell of the medicine.
Most of the soldiers in the rear of Youkou's army had not yet reacted to the sudden movement, and Luo Gui was also shocked by the unexpected attack.
Shang Yuwan threw a long knife to Twelve, clenched his free hand into a fist, and attacked Luo Gui's neck with every move. On the surface, he tried to get close to him and cut his throat with the ring finger blade, but in fact, he hid medicine powder between his fingers and sprinkled it into Luo Gui's nose bit by bit.
Twelve stepped forward with swords in hand to fight with Luo Gui. Luo Gui had seen how good her martial arts were, so there was no need to test how much better Shang Yuwan's martial arts were than this crazy woman's.
He didn't dare to fight with the two men. After a few moves, he dodged and stepped back, jumped on the horse, and held the reins tightly to steady the warhorse under him.
The deputy general of the Youkou Army said anxiously: "Your Highness! We..."
"Everyone, hold still! Do not act rashly!"
But they dared to confront him with just this small number of people. Could it be that they really have a large army hidden?!
Luo Gui was shocked, but the slight drowsiness did not make him realize that something was wrong with him. He turned around to look at Xiao Qingxu, Xiao Qinggu, who were standing with Shang Yuwan, and Twelve who was staring at him hungrily.
"you!"
Shang Yuwan slowly smiled. She had delivered the first big gift.
"Your Highness the Eighth Prince, didn't you notice that we are missing a few people?"
Luo Gui was stunned, his pupils shrank, and he was suddenly filled with anger!
That bitch Liu Niang! How dare she conceal the truth?
"Hold steady! Hold steady for this prince!"
Luo Gui no longer had any intention of being careless, and he no longer thought about how to get Shang Yuwan into his pocket.
His troops can win in numbers, so attack the city first!
Luo Gui's eyes widened with anger, his face twisted. "Follow my command! Kill..."
Before the word "kill" came out of his mouth, a patrol officer rode his horse to Luo Gui's side.
"Report—Your Highness! Behind, behind!"
The man had an ordinary appearance and was talking about the past with a look of fear on his face. He talked for a long time but couldn't make any sense.
Luo Gui turned his head to look at You Koujun, and did not notice that a cold light on the green tiles of the city wall shot straight at him at the right time!
You Koujun obviously saw the arrow and was shocked for a moment. Seeing the look in his eyes, Luo Gui dodged the poisoned arrow by turning sideways at the fastest speed.
Shang Yuwan's expression remained unchanged. What a pity, he couldn't deliver the second gift.
Before Luo Gui could catch his breath, he suddenly felt a needle prick the back of his neck.
Luo Gui's face changed drastically, and "You Koujun" didn't intend to tangle with him any longer. Taking advantage of the moment when his reaction slowed down due to the two poisons entering his body, he swung out the long whip hidden in his waist and wrapped it around his waist, pulled him onto the horse's back, and flew to the side of Shang Yuwan and Xiao Qinggu.
"Youkoujun" pulled off his helmet, threw it to the ground, and tore off the disguise on his face.
Ji Suxian pouted, "Shameless thing! How dare you look down on women?"
Luo Gui was unable to react in time, and the poison in his body took effect. His face turned blue, his lips turned purple, and his whole body was shaking.
It took only three breaths from the time the hidden arrow was shot from the tiles of the city wall to the time Ji Suxian withdrew his disguise as a Youkou army soldier.
Upon seeing this, a deputy general of the Youkou army immediately rode over with red eyes, wanting to take Luogui back from Ji Suxian.
Seeing Luo Gui fall into her hands, Xiao Qinggu felt relieved. She took a big step forward and stood in front of everyone in Luzhou City. She finally shouted with confidence: "The Eighth Prince has been poisoned deeply. Stop it, Princess!!!"
Shang Yuwan and Twelve were behind her, staring at the charging warhorse with deep eyes.
As expected, Xiao Qinggu's words startled a horse. When Lieutenant General You Kou heard the word "poison", he immediately pulled up the horse's head, and the raised horse's hoof just avoided Xiao Qinggu's face.
Xiao Qinggu was not frightened at all, and did not retreat even when the mud got on his cheeks.
"If there is anything wrong with this princess."
Xiao Qinggu would also take advantage of the power of others to bully others, not to mention that the person was really her father.
The night wind made her dress flutter, and her white headband and a few wisps of her hair flew in the air like fluttering flags, revealing an uncontrollable ecstasy.
"You guys, just wait for Youkou to destroy your country."
Xiao Qinggu spoke lightly, with a hint of determination in his eyes.
They are sure to win.
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