Chapter 0135: Play (Minor revision due to food poisoning)
After hearing Qu Yunmie's answer, Xiao Rong didn't know what to say for a moment.
The thing that bothered him most was that Qu Yunmie was disobedient. He wanted Qu Yunmie to stay where he was, but he was afraid that it would restrict his brave and fighting life.
After quarreling, making a fuss, and compromising, Xiao Rong had already taken many steps back. He even accepted the possibility that if necessary, Qu Yunmie would take him to death with him.
Xiao Rong was reluctant but helpless. He tried to calm himself down and not think about the worst outcome. Now he had almost calmed himself down. However, when he turned around, he was shocked to find that he was not the only one who retreated. …
But there are differences in retreating. Xiao Rong had no choice but to do so, but Qu Yunmie took the initiative to turn around. Although life has returned to normal, the shadow is not so easy to remove, and it may even accompany Qu Yunmie for the rest of his life. Xiao Rong understands this very well.
After a moment of hesitation, Xiao Rong also lowered his head. The room became quiet. Han Qing and others who were far away in Nanyong seemed to become unimportant. Xiao Rong thought for a while, then raised his head: "Since you don't want to go, then send someone else. How about General Wang? I think his injury has almost healed."
Qu Yunmie frowned: "Him? When he was in Ningzhou, he chased Yuan Baifu and let Yuan Baifu run away. Later, he chased Shen Yangrui, but ended up letting Shen Yangrui run away again."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qu Yunmie exhaled a puff of air through his nose, and was just short of saying "that waste" outright.
Xiao Rong: "...It's not General Wang's fault. He was injured and hadn't rested for nearly half a month. Moreover, Shen Yangrui had a large army to cover his retreat. Isn't it normal that he couldn't catch up?"
Qu Yunmie said angrily: "I also know that he cannot be blamed for this matter, but I am not angry because he let Shen Yangrui escape, but because Yuan Baifu was right in front of him and he actually lost him."
Thinking back to what happened that day, Qu Yunmie clenched his hands on the table into fists. Even though he didn't move at all, Xiao Rong felt that the table would be in danger at any moment.
Staring at the green-glazed teacup on the table, Qu Yunmie tried his best to suppress his temper: "If he hadn't survived the disaster, I would have fired him!"
Xiao Rong: “…………”
Qu Yunmie's arms were tense and his sleeves were wide. Xiao Rong couldn't see what his arms looked like, but he could see the blue veins on the back of Qu Yunmie's hands becoming more and more obvious. After a moment of silence, Xiao Rong reached out and gently pried open his fist.
Qu Yunmie subconsciously loosened his grip. Xiao Rong seemed to have obsessive-compulsive disorder and positioned his five fingers one by one: "Just talk, don't move your hands. I made this table this year. If you break it, I have to make a new one."
Qu Yunmie: “…”
He looked at the table between the two of them. What was so precious about the table? They all looked the same. After realizing Xiao Rong's true intention, Qu Yunmie said unhappily, "Why do you always side with him?"
Xiao Rong: “…”
If it were in the past, Xiao Rong would have to argue with Qu Yunmie. If Qu Yunmie wasn't always unreasonable, he certainly wouldn't have sided with others.
But ever since that night on the snowy plains, Xiao Rong was no longer so confident when facing Qu Yunmie. His injuries were healed with the help of the system, but Qu Yunmie's injuries could never be healed.
The scars on his hands always reminded Xiao Rong what happened that night, and what his uncertainty about life and death had brought to Qu Yunmie.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Rong lowered his voice and said, "General Wang is loyal to you, so I will naturally side with him, because side with him means side with you. There are only three generals left out of the four, Qu Yunmie. Your old subordinates will only become fewer and fewer in the future. Even if new trustworthy people appear, the friendship between us will no longer be the same."
Qu Yunmie wanted to say that he didn't need these friendships. After Yuan Baifu, he would never trust these people wholeheartedly again.
But looking at Xiao Rong's round eyes, Qu Yunmie pursed his lips.
He shouldn't let Yuan Baifu influence his judgment of others, nor should he let Xiao Rong worry because of that treacherous villain. ...
After figuring it out, Qu Yunmie paused for a moment. Although he didn't understand what kind of friendship there was between him and Wang Xinyong, he still nodded to Xiao Rong.
Finally waiting for his response, Xiao Rong smiled and said, "Since you think General Wang is not a good person, then...how about letting General Gongsun go?"
Qu Yunmie: "...Let's use Wang Xinyong."
Wang Xinyong just couldn't catch up with the person, but Gongsun Yuan couldn't even find the way.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Rong smiled slightly and then stopped talking about it.
Wang Xinyong was the best person to find the person, because he was from Nanyong. When he was anxious just now, Xiao Rong wanted to catch Han Qing, but after calming down, he found that this person was really hard to catch, slippery, like a loach. Maybe Han Qing had already run away while they were talking. Wang Xinyong was one of the four generals, and it was his duty to send him to chase a traitor of Yuan Baifu's level, or a Nanyong general like Shen Yangrui.
But Han Qing is just a high-ranking member of a cult, not even the leader. If others heard about it and asked Wang Xinyong to chase him, they might think that Qu Yunmie was deliberately slandering Wang Xinyong.
Xiao Rong knew this but still guided Qu Yunmie to do so because he suddenly realized that he could no longer be so passive.
Han Qing made a move, he responded, Han Qing made a move, he followed to remedy, so when would it end? Moreover, this man had already demonstrated his ability, he could successfully escape from a place surrounded by tigers and wolves like Xianbei, Nanyong was his home ground, so wouldn't he be even more comfortable in it?
The wanted order has been issued, and Di Fazeng has already passed. Qu Yunmie was right about one thing. Wang Xinyong was really not very suitable for finding people, so Xiao Rong did not expect him to be able to capture Han Qing. He wanted to ask Wang Xinyong for another thing.
He entered Nanyong's territory under the pretext of arresting Han Qing, and then contacted those who had been his comrades. It was a different time, and Wang Xinyong was not suitable to appear in front of the people of Nanyong, because whether it was to maintain superficial peace or to fight to the death, his appearance would be very embarrassing. The former made Nanyong feel embarrassed, and the latter made Nanyong feel extremely angry.
But during this period, Wang Xinyong was very popular among the people of Nanyong. The two sides had already torn their faces apart, and although the war was imminent, it was not yet at that stage. The people of Nanyong recruited soldiers and prepared for the battle to defend the city. The people were panicking, and the officials were also panicking. Even though Sun Renluan, Yang Zangyi and others kept stabilizing the morale of the army, there were always people with sharp eyes who knew that Nanyong was just struggling to survive. Facing the Zhenbei Army that had wiped out the Xianbei in two months, they had no power to resist.
There is no need to worry about those who plan to live and die with Nan Yong. Xiao Rong's target is those heroes who know the times. These heroes definitely want a way to survive. The problem is that the court is keeping a strict watch on them. They cannot sneak across the border at this critical juncture. So at this time, the considerate General Wang comes in handy.
Xiao Rong didn't need these people to hand in any military orders. They just needed to stay in Nanyong honestly. What Xiao Rong wanted them to do was to surrender immediately after the Zhenbei Army attacked. As long as they did so, they would have their share of benefits when the new dynasty was established.
Xiao Rong wanted to accelerate the demise of Nanyong because he could see that Han Qing was still harboring evil intentions. Otherwise, he could have easily slipped away quietly under the protection of the Qingfeng Sect. Those believers were able to carry out suicide attacks because of his few words, so why couldn't they risk their lives to get rid of him?
Whether he goes through the Western Regions or takes a boat to India, the world will let him roam freely at that time, and Xiao Rong will be the one who is shackled, because it is impossible for him to run so far just to catch Han Qing.
The way to survive was within reach, but Han Qing didn't want it. He couldn't have made such a big move just to escape. He also wanted to break the unique leading position of the Zhenbei Army. He wanted to escape, and he wanted to fight back. ...
The world is so vast, Xiao Rong really couldn't be sure how he was going to fight back. Was he going to flee with the Qingfeng Sect? Or was he going to flee alone? Was he going to seek refuge with He Tingzhi, the choice in the official history, or was he going to choose someone else?
No one except Han Qing could know what he was thinking, so if Xiao Rong was only interested in analyzing the answer, he would be getting stuck in a dead end.
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