He looked at Xiao Rong for a long while before he said, "Can you live until I come back?"
Xiao Rong: “…………” He was convinced.
Xiao Rong looked at Qu Yunmie with a numb face: "Don't worry, my king. Just because of what you said, I must live to that time."
Qu Yunmie: "I know you are joking, but I am not."
Xiao Rong was stunned. He then took a good look at Qu Yunmie. After seeing Qu Yunmie's calm expression, Xiao Rong paused. He also adjusted his expression and said to Qu Yunmie seriously and calmly, "I am healthier than the king thinks. As long as the king can return safely, the king will be able to see me welcoming the triumphant army on the city gate."
Hearing this, Qu Yunmie finally stopped staring at Xiao Rong. He lowered his eyes, and the atmosphere in the room didn't seem so serious anymore. But this atmosphere didn't last long, because Qu Yunmie raised his eyes again as if he was going to accuse someone.
"Who is Zhao Yaozu? Why did you go looking for him right after you woke up?!"
Xiao Rong: “…”
I also want to ask you! How can a philosopher be related to your fate? Are you planning to kill him?
Zhao Yaozu, oh no, Zhao Xingzong, an unsolved mystery that even Xiao Rong can't understand.
Even when lying in bed, Xiao Rong was not idle. He asked Zhang Biezhi to go out and investigate Zhao Xingzong in detail, but still found nothing. In order to find out what exactly was wrong with Zhao Xingzong, he even used Qu Yunmie as a human tester and used Qu Yunmie's attitude to test how to treat Zhao Xingzong.
Finally, the conclusion is that you can kill Zhao Xingzong or keep him by your side, but you cannot let him go, nor can you let him grow wildly in Chenliu City.
How strange... What does that mean? Could it be that as long as he leaves the surveillance range of the Zhenbei Army, he will start to cause trouble and go against the entire Zhenbei Army?
But he is a philosopher! Can a philosopher take over the job of a warlord?
Xiao Rong was puzzled, and this was further confirmed after he met Zhao Xingzong in person. He found out that Zhao Xingzong was the scholar who cried bitterly in the theater that day. Xiao Rong really couldn't imagine him raising his arms and gathering a large army to attack Chenliu.
What's more, after discovering that Xiao Rong was the legendary Xiao Lingyin, Zhao Xingzong almost knelt down in front of him. The shock and fear on his face were not fake. Although he didn't stay afraid for long, under Xiao Rong's deliberately gentle offensive, he soon became enthusiastic again, repeatedly expressed his loyalty to Xiao Rong, and said that he really wanted to work for the King of Zhenbei.
Xiao Rong maintained a kind expression, but in fact he had already regarded Zhao Xingzong as a first-class pollutant in his heart. He did not dare to leave Zhao Xingzong directly in the palace, nor did he dare to let Zhao Xingzong be too far away from them. He did not have so much time to watch over this person. After thinking it over, Xiao Rong simply gave him to the Buddhist disciple and asked him to follow the Buddhist disciple to handle some chores every day.
It just so happened that Fuzi lived alone, and he was always very free when the summer retreat was not over. In addition, Fuzi was a Buddhist and his faith had long been deeply rooted, so there was no need to worry that he would be brainwashed by Zhao Xingzong. Maybe he could even make Zhao Xingzong accept some ideas that form is emptiness and emptiness is form, and stop thinking about causing trouble.
Zhao Xingzong did not notice Xiao Rong's vigilance towards him. It just so happened that he was one of the people who admired Buddhist disciple Mi Jing very much, so he had no objection to this arrangement.
Zhao Xingzong came out of the conference room in high spirits and happened to meet Qu Yunmie who had returned. The moment he saw Xiao Rong, he knew who the person who called him a lecher was. He was planning to follow the Zhenbei Army in the future, so of course this misunderstanding had to be resolved quickly.
He quickly saluted Qu Yunmie, saying that he was stimulated by the plot that day. In fact, he respected King Zhenbei very much and had no intention of offending him. With Xiao Lingyin's approval, he would be one of King Zhenbei's subordinates in the future, and he would definitely work hard to let King Zhenbei see his ability and sincerity.
Qu Yunmie listened to his long list of goodwill, and his expression never changed. When Zhao Xingzong learned that Qu Yunmie was the King of Zhenbei, he was shocked, but when Qu Yunmie learned that Zhao Xingzong was Zhao Yaozu, he had only one thought in his mind. ——Sure enough.
There wouldn't be two such annoying people at once, so if they were the same person, that would make sense. …
Qu Yunmie hated Zhao Xingzong because Zhao Xingzong left him speechless that day, and he hated "Zhao Yaozu", and this was entirely Xiao Rong's fault. In order to find out the problem with Zhao Xingzong, Xiao Rong deliberately said some ambiguous words to arouse Qu Yunmie's murderous intent towards Zhao Xingzong, or to make him want to send Zhao Xingzong to exile to the frontier. But just as he made the decision, Xiao Rong said that he was actually joking, which made Qu Yunmie very unhappy.
But he would not bear a grudge against Xiao Rong because of this incident. He would only bear a grudge against Zhao Xingzong for letting Xiao Rong play tricks on him like this. …
The less Qu Yunmie responded, the more Zhao Xingzong wanted him to change his mind. When he kept talking, Qu Yunmie raised his hand to stop him: "Alright, I only care about one thing, where did he arrange you to go?"
Zhao Xingzong blinked and realized that he was Xiao Rong. He quickly said, "Xiao Lingyin asked me to help the Buddhist."
Qu Yunmie nodded: "Well arranged."
From now on, he would arrange for anyone he disliked to be with the Buddha. …………
The collection of essays is more than halfway through, and almost everyone who should have come has arrived, and almost everyone who is willing to participate has handed in their essays. There may be some people who want to make a last-minute debut, but there won't be too many. After everyone has heated up the atmosphere, everyone is eager to express their ideas immediately, and few people can resist the temptation of having their essays displayed.
At the beginning, Xiao Rong used the banner of a literary gathering of thousands of people, but there were only more than 600 people who actually participated.
These are just the people who participated in the competition. There were many others who came to take a look but did not make a move for various reasons.
Although Xiao Rong was not satisfied with the result, he did not feel that his efforts were in vain. At least nine-tenths of the properties in Chenliu had been sold, and he no longer had to worry about the houses rotting and collapsing because no one lived in them.
After Zhao Xingzong successfully joined the Zhenbei Army, more and more scholars expressed the same idea. As long as they had no problems with their character, Xiao Rong would accept them all. However, these people did not receive the same treatment as Zhao Xingzong, and they basically ended up in government offices.
By the time the third question was announced, the excitement outside had basically nothing to do with the palace, because the third question was of little significance, and the Zhenbei Army was about to set off.
Xiao Rong asked: "How many replies have you received so far?"
Zhang Biezhi replied: "Twenty-three, sixteen to the north of the Huai River, and only seven in the Nanyong area, including the Jianning governor Huang Yanjiong."
Xiao Rong: "Did he say how many soldiers he would bring?"
Zhang Biezhi: "No, he is stingy and cruel. Even if he brought a lot of soldiers, most of them must be old, weak, sick and disabled. Maybe they are farmers and refugees recruited from the vicinity of Jianning."
Xiao Rong looked at him in surprise: "How do you know? You have never met Huang Yanjiong."
Zhang Biezhi said as if it was a matter of course: "My brother-in-law told me."
Xiao Rong: “…”
Yes, he almost forgot that Jian Qiao was not on guard against Zhang Biezhi. As long as it was not a military secret, basically Zhang Biezhi knew everything Jian Qiao knew.
No wonder Danran likes Jian Qiao, they are just the same kind of people.
Xiao Rong shook his head. It wasn't just Huang Yanjiong, other people would probably do the same perfunctorily. This was not something they could control. Fortunately, most of these people were serving as logistics troops, and it would not be their turn to actually go into battle and kill the enemy, because Qu Yunmie did not trust the troops of other forces at all.
The twenty-three forces that responded ranged from being willing to contribute one thousand to ten thousand. The north of the Huai River sent more troops because they were afraid of Qu Yunmie, while Nanyong was basically perfunctory and considered the mission accomplished by sending one or two thousand people.
There were two people who surprised Xiao Rong the most. One was the governor of Shangdang. He actually sent all the local garrisons in Shangdang over, and he himself did not come. This showed that these garrisons had to obey the orders of King Zhenbei completely.
The other was King He Tingzhi of Dongyang. He only sent two thousand soldiers, but he actually came in person. As soon as he arrived, he greeted everyone in the army outside the city, not only the generals, but also the soldiers.
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