Chapter 408 408: I Want Thirty Thousand Crow Heads (4) [2-in-1]
“I vaguely remember that Master Yu is not an only son?”
Chu Yao’s question will make Yu The chief secretary was confused by the question, but he couldn't figure out what the other party wanted to do, so he had to play by the tricks and answered along the way: "Well, there is still a brother in the family."
The chief secretary Yu has a brother. Twin brothers.
With the medical level of this era, it is rare for twins to be fully fed. Either the mother has a difficult delivery and one body is dead, or she dies early due to various reasons after birth. Twins have always been regarded as unknown. The two brothers, Master Yu, were lucky enough to survive. However, their biological mother was damaged due to dystocia and was unable to conceive again. The biological father devoted all his energy to these brothers.
Master Yu's elder brother has a gentle and dull temperament.
I have no big ambitions in my life.
I just want to run my family business and serve my parents with peace of mind.
Master Yu is different.
I am not willing to stick to a small world and have no ambition. If I don't go out and give it a try, I will only be a local official in the future. Master Yu, who was still a teenager, packed his bags and went out with his friends from the same hometown. At first, I could maintain stable contact with my family, but then the world became chaotic, family letters were precious, Master Yu was in trouble, and his father and brother moved away to avoid the war, and the two sides completely lost contact.
Trying to get in touch again is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
After Master Yu settled down, he searched for someone for several years but made no progress. Not long after, Chu State was destroyed and there was no hope at all.
Why did Chu Yao deliberately mention this?
Could it be——
Where has he seen his brother?
Master Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he was filled with anticipation.
Chu Yao's next question seemed to confirm his guess: "Master Yu and my brother are very similar?"
"I and my brother share the same mother and father, and they look exactly the same. The resemblance is almost unrecognizable unless he is an extremely familiar relative. Why—where has Wu Hui seen such a person before?"
His tone was filled with undisguised expectation.
Chu Yao said lightly: "That's not true."
Master Yu's expectations were instantly dashed.
He suppressed his inner disappointment and secretly said that the other party was immoral and used this matter to bully an old man like him.
“But——” Chu Yao changed the topic again.
Master Yu asked hurriedly: "But what?"
Compared with him, Chu Yao was very calm, and even had the time to observe Yu Zi with his peripheral vision - this child had no idea at all Realizing that he might be the center of the conversation, he was focusing all his attention on his master, never leaving her.
Chu Yao said: "However, I met a child whose facial features are somewhat similar to Master Yu's..."
When Master Yu heard this, he lost interest.
There are many people with similar looks in the world.
It’s not like they look alike, they are related by blood.
Chu Yao said slowly: "This person is also named 'Yu'."
Chief Yu felt something was wrong.
If he doesn’t understand Chu Yao now, how can he understand Chu Yao before? More than ten years have passed, and this guy has gone through many hardships, and his thoughts will only become deeper and more introverted. If there was nothing, I wouldn't suddenly talk to myself about such a "child".
Master Yu simply went straight to the point.
Chu Yao did not answer, but his expression became serious.
Chief Yu looked at him and understood something.
"Are they really from the brother's side?"
Calculating their age, they should be the grandchildren.
So he quickly asked: "Where and when did we meet?"
No wonder he was so excited.
He is a lone goose who has been away from home for many years and cannot find his way back. The world is vast but he has no blood relatives to accompany him. Many years ago, he was accompanied by his wife and children, but one of them died in childbirth and the other died in infancy. He is still alone today.
Following the general for so many years, apart from the fact that the two share the same illness, another part of it is empathy.
To him, the Lord is both his student and his son-in-law. They are each other's relatives in troubled times, and they share the same love as father and son.
I thought this would be like this for the rest of my life.
Who knew I could hear news about my brother’s lineage!
How can Mr. Yu not be excited?
However, no matter how excited he was, he did not show it. Only a few words revealed his true mood.
"This..." Chu Yao looked embarrassed at this time.
Master Yu is not one to take advantage of others easily.
He looked calm: "Is it possible that he is no longer alive?"
If this is the case, it is normal.
Separation between life and death is the norm in this world.
"No, it's just that the experience has been quite tortuous. Master Yu is getting old. I'm afraid that if you get angry, it will be difficult for General Chu to explain." In Master Yu's suspicious eyes, He waved to Yu Zi, "Wei Heng, come here."
Hearing his own voice, Yu Zi subconsciously turned his head to look, revealing a slightly darker face.
In order to make herself look less fair, Yu Zi deliberately darkens her skin every day, and does not deliberately trim her eyebrows. At first glance, she looks like a slightly delicate boy: " Is Mr. Gongcao calling me?”
"Well, come here."
Yu Zi was a little flattered.
I am really flattered.
She grew up in a mixed market and is best at observing people's emotions. Chu Yao didn't treat him badly, but he didn't treat him well either, showing an indescribable alienation. If the other party disliked her and didn't look like it, she took classes with Lin Feng, and the other party tried his best to teach her, but she had a weak foundation and struggled to learn, and Chu Yao would not deliberately ask her if she needed to open a small stove.
She doesn’t care whether she understands or not.
Yu Zi didn't dare to take offense, so she had to seek advice from Kang Jishou, who she knew well enough. Fortunately, the latter didn't refuse.
If it's not business, Gong Cao never calls her.
Yu Zi stepped forward with a feeling of anxiety and confusion, and skillfully bowed to Chu Yao and Master Yu. Then he stood aside obediently, lowering his head and waiting for Chu Yao's instructions. When Master Yu saw this, he knew what was going on and took a closer look at Yu Zi's appearance.
Yu Zi was naturally extremely unhappy to be stared at so rudely by a stranger, but she could only endure it and not get angry.
After a while, she heard this person ask her.
"What's your name?"
Yu Zi said: "Yu Zi."
"Do you have a word?"
Yu Zi asked Chu Yao with his eyes, and the latter just nodded slightly. , she said with relief: "The word is 'Weiheng'."
Although Mr. Gongcao didn't like her very much, when it was time to pick up the word, he picked it up for her.
She quite liked it.
"Weiheng...Yu Zi...do you know the names of the elders in your family? Where do they live? Who is Aweng and Grandma?"
Master Yu wanted to confirm further, but Yu Zi did not tell her. As soon as he said it, his face looked a little bad, until Chu Yao opened his mouth and softened.
"Wei Heng, this person may be your uncle."
Yu Zi was stunned by these words.
Uncle...
Isn't he mother's biological uncle?
It’s just...
But she didn’t know how to answer the names of her elders, where she lived, and grandma Aweng. She couldn’t help but look at Chu Yao asking for help. Chu Yao explained to Chief Yu: "Wei Heng's life experience is quite complicated. Chief Yu should find a secluded place and listen to her talk about her experiences over the years. Then you can make your own judgment..." I just hope he won't get angry. Anyway...
If the qi and blood attack the heart, hemiplegia will occur directly...
That's hard to explain. Chu Yao seemed to be expecting Master Yu to be so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and even the alienating atmosphere around him became much lighter. Chief Yu knew there was a problem, so he could only nod his head, whisper a few words to the general, and lead the two of them away.
Less than a quarter of an hour.
A certain camp was crushed by the raging Wen Qi.
The soldiers who noticed the movement rushed over, and even the general and his party were alerted. All I saw was Chief Yu with an angry look on his face, looking like he wanted to fight someone to the death. The strange boy stood aside and wiped his tears, while Chu Yao watched with his hands in his sleeves.
The general was shocked and doubtful: "What's going on?"
It's rare to see Chief Yu get so angry. His eyes swept over Yu Zi and Chu Yao. Neither of them looked like " "The culprit", he had no choice but to extend his hand to Master Yu and say something wrong. Duan reassured him: "Teacher, please calm down."
Master Yu's face was livid, his eyes were wide open, his eye sockets were covered with terrible bloodshot eyes, and his whole body was stiff. Finally, under the worried eyes of everyone, he "Wow" I had to spit out a mouthful of fishy and dirty blood.
Yu Zi was worried and stepped forward to help: "Uncle, grandpa..."
The general was surprised when he heard this title.
"Are you a descendant of the Teacher clan?"
Looking carefully, there are indeed some similarities.
Master Yu regained his breath, his face was not as dark and ugly as before, and he patted the back of Yu Zi's hand.
His voice was hoarse: "It doesn't matter."
After all, he had been mentally prepared for decades, and he did not dare to have high hopes for the life and death of his brother's family. Suddenly knowing the outcome, he was heartbroken but still Not so angry. But what happened to Yu Zi's mother, Poppy, was something he couldn't bear!
Yu Zi watched her biological mother suffer with her own eyes. Her narration was so natural, true, detailed and full of emotion that the corresponding picture would emerge as soon as one closes one's eyes and thinks about it. Let Master Yu's blood pressure rise in place.
My brother's descendants were humiliated by this...
If the culprit hadn't already crushed their bones and scattered them to ashes, Master Yu could have dug their bones out of the graveyard and whipped them to vent his anger, making him so angry that he would have molars in his back. They were all trembling. As his emotions passed their highest point, reason gradually returned to his body.
He turned his head and looked at Yu Zi with critical eyes.
Although he was disgusted by Yu Zi's biological father's many evil deeds, Yu Zi was, after all, the only bloodline of his elder brother. In addition, the child could distinguish right from wrong, was filial and respectful, and had not been tainted with the stench of his father's lineage. On the contrary, it made him look at her with new eyes and admire her. His eyes gradually softened and became more loving and tolerant like an elder looking at a younger one. He said: "Weiheng, you did a good job."
It’s not that Yu Zi doesn’t understand everything.
My lord and this newly recognized uncle have different views, and I should do something...
She sobbed: "I dare not take credit...if my lord hadn't saved my grandson, he would be in trouble. , How can I survive now?”
Master Yu’s face darkened and he sighed.
I can’t say a bad word about Shen Tang.
He is not an ungrateful person either.
However, private is private and public is public.
Even with Yu Zi's relationship, Master Yu cannot lean towards Shen Tang. He calmed down his turbulent emotions, calmed down his disordered breathing, and appeared in the main tent as if nothing was wrong.
If it weren’t for his pale face, I really wouldn’t be able to see the problem.
The general was attracted by Master Yu's elegant demeanor, but Shen Tang and others were not and were still waiting quietly.
Until both parties take their seats.
“We know the purpose of Mr. Shen’s visit, and we also admire Mr. Shen for his courage to lead the three armies, and he will not let ten squids clamor and run rampant. It’s just that Yonggu Pass is not an ordinary pass, and it involves major events. , please don’t hand it over easily.”
Shen Tang still smells of alcohol.
There was still a strong smell of alcohol on his breath.
Looking slightly cold: "How to understand? One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers. Don't you guys understand such a simple truth? Longwu County can be as strong as a rock only if the top and bottom work together. But you have doubts in your hearts and are on guard at all times. I How can we entrust the trust? Moreover, we should not give an explanation for the indiscriminate detention of Long Wu Gongcao?”
She was still thinking about this wave of people who detained and tortured Chu Yao.
I won’t be happy if I don’t let this out.
Hearing his voice, Gu Chi looked at Chu Yao with strange eyes, looking up and down - How could this guy look like he was being abused?
Master Yu said: "We did not detain Chu Gongcao, we just met old friends and stayed to reminisce. There is nothing to prove. As for what you said about 'having doubts in my heart and taking precautions at every turn', it is even more of a misunderstanding. . It’s all because Lord Shen came here on the order of the king. We have been suffering from the king's court for a long time, and now we misunderstood that Shen Jun's actions were ordered by the king. We do not dare to take it lightly to ensure that the seal is maintained forever. "
This is a misunderstanding. Even if it is really wrong, it is Shen Tang. The behavior here made them "stressed".
Chu Yao didn't say anything to cause trouble.
Quan should default to the theory of "reminiscing about the past".
It’s just that, for various reasons, each other knows it well.
Master Yu asked again: "Shen Jun, as the governor of Longwu County, naturally has the right to mobilize Yonggu Pass soldiers and horses, but - with less than 6,000 soldiers and horses, can Yonggu Pass be guaranteed to be safe? ?”
There are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Yonggu Pass.
But more than 70% of them are private soldiers of the general.
The rest are what Shen Tang has the right to mobilize.
She calmly said, "Six thousand? That's hard!"
Shen Tang didn't follow Master Yu's lead either.
Let's get straight to the point: "Ke and others will not let Yonggu Pass fall into the hands of Shiwu. I am short of people, and you are short of food, grass and baggage. If we join together, we will benefit, and if we divide, we will hurt both. To put it bluntly, what? The conditions allow me to command more than 20,000 troops to guard this Yonggu Pass?”
Chief Yu frowned.
He originally wanted to cooperate with both parties.
But Shen Tang’s words are not satisfied with this.
Their goal is only to "keep the gate forever" and has no other ambitions. It is not easy for Master Yu to take advantage of this.
Faced with Shen Tang's arrogant and unruly attitude, although the generals under his command were unhappy, they had a fight with their general not long ago, and they never fell behind. Now that I think about her age, it is reasonable for her to be arrogant.
If they could fight so well at their age...
They would definitely be more arrogant than Jun Shen.
Master Yu said what everyone had discussed before.
“Thirty thousand! We want thirty thousand squid heads! Regardless of age or gender, as long as they are ten squid heads! We will use their heads to build a platform to worship the heavens and pay homage to those who died tragically over the years. Brother!" He said this loudly and with a firm expression.
Other soldiers in the tent also showed indignation.
Let them be completely convinced——
Be willing to be driven by Shen Tang, this is the condition.
If you can, do it.
No, everyone takes a step back.
You give us food, and we guard the gates.
We should keep in touch with each other's wells and never interfere with each other's wells.
But——
Is Shen Tang the kind of person who would give up when faced with difficulties?
She didn't even move her eyelids and said with a smile: "Thirty thousand black and green heads? Okay, of course it's no problem!"
Master Yu and others were stunned.
They also knew that the conditions were harsh, so they took the initiative to add additional conditions and reduce the difficulty - as long as it was Shiwu's head, it would be acceptable regardless of gender - generally speaking, a few tribes would be enough to satisfy them. But if it is a "young and strong head", how difficult is it?
The Lord General who had been silent spoke.
"Shen Jun, are you serious about what you said?"
Shen Tang said: "Of course it is true. Do you still remember why Zheng Qiao transferred me here?"
Transfer to Longwu County and escort Wang Ji for marriage to Shiwu safely, which will give you a lot of room for maneuver.
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My brother is getting married tomorrow
Although I don’t need to do anything, but I still need to get up early...
Alas, at this point, I am sleepy...
(End of this chapter)