Chapter 66
Ling Huanchen understood Yu Xi's intention. Qi Yu was a rebellious man, and to tame him, he had to be defeated first. Yu Xi had defeated him twice in a row, and now, with the offer of surrender, it was impossible for him not to be swayed. However, Qi Yu was still a native of Mingcheng, and despite his feud with the King of Mingcheng, he still needed the resolve to completely break away from Ming and join Youcheng.
"Your Majesty, does Qi Yu have any family in Mingcheng?"
Yu Xi thought Ling Huanchen was planning to target Qi Yu's family. "There's not much left in his family. According to intelligence reports, this boy was an orphan and was later adopted by his master. He won first place in the Mingcheng Martial Arts Exam thanks to his martial arts prowess. However, due to his lack of connections, he only achieved the rank of deputy general at best. His master was old and passed away two years ago."
Ling Huanchen smiled. It would be better if he didn't have family. If he had loved ones in Mingcheng, it would definitely be an extra layer of ties. A person without ties, if they develop attachments in a foreign land, will easily take root there.
"Your Majesty, I have a plan that I can try."
Yu Xi recalled the time when Ling Huanchen had persuaded Ji Yunlou, and immediately said, "You can't meet him alone. It's dangerous."
Ling Huanchen was stunned for a moment. He didn't say that he wanted to see her, and then he coaxed her, "It's not me, but there's someone who can try."
When Yu Xi heard it wasn't him, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who?"
"Ji Yunlou." Although he didn't know how the two had known each other before and what relationship they had with each other, he had never seen anyone who could make Ji Yunlou look at them more than once.
Yu Xi nodded. As long as it wasn't Ling Huanchen, he didn't care who went. "In that case, I'll summon Ji Yunlou immediately."
The king's order was immediately issued, and Ji Yunlou was ordered to guard Qi Yu's tent.
"High Priest, please."
Ji Yunlou sighed softly. He clearly didn't want to have anything to do with that person anymore, but this matter was pinned on him.
Ling Huanchen and Yu Xi stood at the side of the tent, watching Ji Yunlou stand at the door for a long time before going in.
"How did Huanchen know that they knew each other?"
Ling Huanchen made a gesture to silence him and pointed inside the tent.
At this time, the chains on Qi Yu had been removed. He sat cross-legged with his back to the door. When he heard the sound, he didn't even turn his head and sneered.
"Your Majesty the King has had the chains removed. Could it be that you want to let me go again?"
After a long while, no one responded. Qi Yu snorted coldly, "Tell him not to waste his time. Although I admire him, I will not abandon Mingcheng. Kill him if you want to. Don't do these meaningless things."
After waiting for a while, no one spoke. Qi Yu could no longer bear it and turned around suddenly, "Did King You send a mute?"
However, when he saw the person's appearance clearly, he was stunned and forgot what he was going to say.
Ji Yunlou lifted his skirt and sat down at the table. He picked up the kettle and poured two glasses of water. "Want some?"
Qi Yu was speechless for a moment, but his body was honest. He immediately sat down opposite Ji Yunlou, picked up the water glass, and drank it all in one gulp without caring whether there was poison in it.
"Why are you here? Are you working for the King of Youcheng? Why did you leave without saying goodbye?" Qi Yu bombarded him with questions, not getting a single answer, and not daring to say anything harsh. "Yunlou, can you just answer one question for me?"
Ji Yunlou drank the water slowly before looking up at him. "I am now the High Priest of Youcheng. I must do my job and naturally work for the King of Youcheng."
"So, so you are here to lobby for him?"
Ji Yunlou avoided his gaze and said, "Yes."
Qi Yu said angrily, "How can you act like a lobbyist like this? I have to ask it myself."
Ji Yunlou admitted that he was indeed not suitable to be a lobbyist. He was proud of his medical skills and magic, but he was a layman when it came to lobbying.
"I didn't come here of my own accord."
Outside the tent, Yu Xi looked at Ling Huanchen and whispered, "Are you sure this will work?"
Ling Huanchen pursed his lips. He knew that Ji Yunlou had a different temperament, but he didn't expect it to be so different.
"I think it should be possible." Judging from Qi Yu's reaction, even if Ji Yunlou didn't say anything, he could incite himself to surrender.
Qi Yu didn't know if it was because he was angry or what, but his face turned red. There was only one person in the world who could make him so upset, and he didn't even dare to say a word loudly.
"Why did you leave in the first place? Are you annoyed with me?"
Ji Yunlou raised his hand and rubbed his solar plexus. Their ill-fated relationship began four years ago when he saved Qi Yu's life. At that time, Qi Yu was just a young general, and he met him when he was on the verge of death.
He took the man back to heal his wounds. Qi Yu had three knife wounds, one arrow wound, and one hidden weapon wound. If he hadn't met him, even the Great Luo Immortal would have found it difficult to save him.
At first, he thought Qi Yu was just one of many patients, but he didn't expect that this man was more clingy than paste. Even after his injury healed, he still stayed with him, shouting "Yunlou Yunlou" like a sparrow every day.
Ji Yun, "! Mountain! and! 氵! タ!" Lou was a quiet man, absorbed in the study of medicine and magic circles, and unaccustomed to being disturbed. So, after waiting for over a month, when the man still didn't leave, he figured he could just leave on his own. He wouldn't stay in one place for long anyway; any so-called residence was only temporary.
Ji Yunlou glanced at him and said, "You are indeed annoying." After that, he ignored Qi Yu's hurt expression and looked away.
"But now I've changed my mind."
Qi Yu felt a piercing pain in his heart the moment before, but the next moment he heard that there was a special plane, he immediately perked up and listened.
"If you stay, I'll allow you to see me every day." Ji Yunlou thought that this person, aside from being a bit noisy, was harmless, and after all, he had saved him. Most importantly, he was here to persuade her, and that seemed to be his only bargaining chip.
Qi Yu suddenly fell silent, staring at Ji Yunlou for a moment, then asked seriously, "Yunlou, do you think Yu Xi is a wise ruler?"
"I think?" Ji Yunlou curved his lips, "He is." Otherwise he would not have served him. Ling Huanchen was one of the reasons, but if Yu Xi was a cruel and immoral person, he would not agree to help the evil.
Qi Yu let out a long sigh and couldn't help laughing. "The lobbyists hired by the King of Youcheng are indeed powerful. I, Qi, am willing to admit defeat. Yunlou, please don't break your promise."
The two people outside the tent looked at each other. Yu Xi put her arm around Ling Huanchen's shoulders and said, "This lobbyist that Huanchen found is really amazing."
Ling Huanchen himself didn't expect the process to be so smooth. He thought that Qi Yu would have to spend a lot of time talking to him, but he didn't expect that everything would be fine as long as Ji Yunlou was sent over.
Qi Yu's surrender dealt a heavy blow to Mingcheng. Without a brave lieutenant, Mingcheng was losing ground. Youcheng's morale was boosted, and they pursued the victory, capturing several cities in Mingcheng one after another.
Ling Huanchen knew this wasn't Mingcheng's true trump card. He had been waiting for the Fengming Clan to reveal themselves, and finally, one day, the generals engaged in battle, and Youcheng lost the upper hand. That day, Youcheng suffered countless casualties, and Yu Xi temporarily ordered a retreat, stemming the losses.
Ling Huanchen came out to see wounded soldiers scattered across the ground. The seriously injured were so tightly wrapped up that they were barely visible, with only one eye visible. The less seriously injured soldiers gathered together, speechless.
He looked towards the commander-in-chief's tent. At this moment, Yu Xi and the generals were inside, as well as Ji Yunlou who had been urgently summoned.
Ling Huanchen walked to the door, and just as the soldier was about to report, he stopped him. He shook his head at the soldier and just stood outside without going in.
In the tent, Qi Yu stood next to Ji Yunlou, and everyone else's eyes were on him.
"I only know that King Mingcheng used the Fengming clan's chief and elders to create a strange magic circle. But I have no idea how to break it, and I don't understand magic. I've long been against letting the Fengming clan participate in the battle between the two cities, as it would be an unfair victory. But I am powerless, and King Mingcheng has given orders, so who can disobey?"
Yu Xi glanced at Ji Yunlou and asked, "Yunlou, do you have any research on this formation?"
Ji Yunlou nodded slightly. "I have studied this formation before. It uses the blood sacrifice of 9981 people, countless wronged souls, and is therefore extremely sinister and fierce. It is difficult for anyone who enters the formation to remain unaffected. This formation brings not only fear, but also despair. It will make people see the things they are most attached to, and then watch them destroyed before their own eyes."
Ling Huanchen had heard Ji Yunlou mention this before, and he was eager to know how to break the evil formation that had claimed Yu Xi's life in his previous life. Now that Yu Zhao was no longer there as bait, Yu Xi didn't have to enter the formation herself, but if the formation wasn't broken, Youcheng would be in danger.
At this moment, Ji Yunlou suddenly said, "I have a method to try, but I need to enter the battle formation."
"That won't do." Qi Yu objected loudly, "That formation is so strange. If you know all about it, how can you let yourself fall into its trap? Even a large army would never return, and you actually want to break in alone."
Ji Yunlou ignored him and bowed to Yu Xi, saying, "I am confident, but I need two men with strong martial arts skills and firm will to accompany me."
Yu Xi nodded, "Okay, then I'll send..."
"I'll go!" Qi Yu said first, "Well, I'm willing to go with you."
Ling Huanchen listened outside the tent for a while. Since Ji Yunlou said he was confident and Qi Yu was there to protect him, he thought the chances of winning were very high.
He quietly returned to the king's tent, pretending that he had never left. It was already very late when Yu Xi came back. He had been waiting for her to come back just to talk to her before she left for the expedition the next day.
"Is Huanchen waiting for me?" Yu Xi took off his armor and climbed onto the bed.
Ling Huanchen unconsciously fell into his arms, "Your Majesty, are we going to break the formation tomorrow?"
Yu Xi circled the man and said, "With Yunlou here, Huanchen doesn't need to worry."
"Your Majesty, you must promise me one thing."
Yu Xi chuckled and said, "Don't even mention one, you deserve a hundred."
"Regardless of whether we succeed in breaking the formation tomorrow, Your Majesty cannot enter it."
Yu Xi immediately agreed to his request, "Huanchen, do you think Ji Yunlou can break the formation?"
Ling Huanchen tilted his head and thought, "I think it's possible." But he still had to be on guard to prevent Yu Xi from having any possibility of touching the formation.
The next day, the entire army set out for the battle, with only a deputy team left behind to guard the rear camp. Ling Huanchen personally delivered medicine to the wounded soldiers. Those people were so grateful that they kept bowing to him. Seeing that they were uncomfortable when he was around, Ling Huanchen returned to the king's tent after delivering the medicine.
They waited for a whole day, and it was almost dark, but there was no sign of the army returning.
A soldier came into the tent to deliver water, and Ling Huanchen stopped him, "Any news?"
Seeing the soldier shaking his head in confusion, he waved his hand and asked him to leave.
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