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Chapter 699 Should You Trust

The boat continued to move. Su Cheng stood by the railing and watched the flowing river quietly. Xue Rengui came to Su Cheng's side and asked, "Do you really have the right to dispatch troops?"

Su Cheng nodded and said: "Your Majesty did give me the will to transfer troops, but I don't plan to transfer troops unless I have to. I don't trust the soldiers in the south very much. It’s too much water, and it’s too unfair to clean us up and put the blame on the Jianghu people!”

Su Cheng trusted Xue Rengui very much, so he told him everything frankly.

Xue Rengui couldn't help but nodded when he heard this. If there is no order to transfer troops, it is a serious crime for the government soldiers to dispatch without authorization, but if they are recruited by the order, there is a lot of room for manipulation.

The soldiers in the south are different from those in the north, and it's hard to say how many Zhechong mansions have been infiltrated by aristocratic families.

Since the aristocratic family offered a reward of 1 taels of gold, they would not be stingy in buying government soldiers.

"My lord said that we should be on guard against the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River!" Xue Rengui agreed.

Su Cheng asked with a smile, "Rengui, we only have three hundred muskets and two hundred cavalry, do we have the confidence to face thousands of Jiang Hu people?"

Xue Rengui said to himself: "My lord, if you put on a show of force, no matter how many Jianghu people come, it will be useless. They are just a bunch of mobs!"

What is the use of high martial arts?

Isn't Xue Rengui high in martial arts?Facing the rows of musket fire, he can only drink his hatred!

Su Cheng couldn't help laughing when he heard that, and he didn't know how many of those Jiang Hu people were on horseback. If they rushed up on foot, they would be a living target.

Xue Rengui muttered: "Grandpa, the difficulty is how to lure them out of the hole."

Su Cheng asked with a smile: "Do you think those three Jianghu people are trustworthy?"

Xue Rengui murmured: "That female Xia Luo's admiration for the father-in-law does not seem to be fake. She really admires and admires the father-in-law. It is normal for the world to admire and admire the father-in-law's talents and achievements!"

Su Cheng smiled and said, "What about Zhao Yucheng?"

Xue Rengui was surprised: "Zhao Yucheng? He and Luo Nvxia are together."

Su Cheng shook his head slowly and said, "I don't think this person can be trusted!"

Xue Rengui was surprised: "Zhao Yucheng can't be trusted?"

Su Cheng pondered: "Let me try again. If he is not credible, then he will definitely try to pass on the news that I can transfer troops. Then let's disembark in Kuaiji County and find an open place to set up a battle."

"Those people in the rivers and lakes thought that we suddenly abandoned the ship to transfer troops, so they will definitely take the initiative to find them. Let's wait for work!"

When Xue Rengui heard this, he almost didn't overwhelm the case, no wonder the father-in-law suddenly revealed the secret that he could transfer troops, it turned out to be to lure the snake out of the hole!

"Grandpa is a good plan!" Xue Rengui praised.

Su Cheng smiled and said, "So, if that Zhao Yucheng has evil intentions, it will be a good thing for us!"

Xue Rengui couldn't help nodding when he heard that, a man from the rivers and lakes can't make any waves on the boat, because the father-in-law is not an ordinary scholar, but a master with spear skills that is not inferior to his.

Even if it is placed in the rivers and lakes, the master's superb spear skills are enough to be famous all over the world.

Seeing Shen Xiao coming out and looking at the official ship curiously, Su Cheng paced over.

Shen Xiao said with a smile: "Your official ship is really magnificent!"

Su Cheng smiled and said: "It's not my boat, it's the boat used by the imperial palace to go to the south of the Yangtze River to buy. Although I know the names of your master and uncle, I don't know much about the Jianghu. I think your master and uncle must be in the Jianghu. Famous, right?"

Shen Xiao listened with a proud look on his face: "Of course, my master is cold and arrogant and good at using swords, so he was nicknamed Lengshuangjian. Who knows the name of Lengshuangjian?"

As she was talking, Shen Xiao couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Master is indeed famous in the world, so she is not guilty, but Master is cold and arrogant, so it is a little guilty to say this in front of Su Cheng.

Because just now the master didn't look a little cold and arrogant in front of Su Cheng.

Su Cheng asked with a smile: "What about your uncle? Your uncle and your master are childhood sweethearts, and they are deeply in love with each other. They are also famous heroes in the world, right?"

After hearing this, Shen Xiao quickly waved his hands and said: "No, no, no, my uncle is indeed a famous hero, but my master and my uncle are not husband and wife!"

In fact, Su Cheng had already noticed that the two of them did not look like a husband and wife. Su Cheng touched his chin and asked, "Aren't they a husband and wife? I saw your master and your uncle standing together are handsome and beautiful, and they are brothers and sisters. I thought... so it was I misunderstood!"

Shen Xiao sighed softly: "Actually, both my master and uncle are single, and I also think they are a good match. Unfortunately, my uncle probably likes my master very much, but my master..."

Su Cheng couldn't help but feel moved when he heard it. As expected, when Luo Xiangfeng praised his achievements with great admiration, he saw that although Zhao Yucheng had a smile on his face, there was no smile in his eyes.

No, I'm afraid it's not as simple as not smiling.

Luo Xiangfeng and Shen Xiao should really want to help him, but this Zhao Yucheng, not necessarily!

"No matter what, with your help, we will definitely wipe out all these people who are greedy for money!" Su Cheng laughed.

As the setting sun slanted to the west, two official ships went down the river.

Wu Jue and Princess Zhenzhu were preparing dinner with a few maids. Luo Xiangfeng and Shen Xiao also joined in and had a good chat.

Wu Jue and the others were very curious about the Jianghu, and after getting acquainted with each other, they began to inquire about the affairs of the Jianghu.

Especially Princess Zhenzhu kept asking questions. After listening to Su Cheng's poem, she yearned for Jianghu even more.

Both Luo Xiangfeng and Shen Xiao have traveled the rivers and lakes since they were young, and they have seen and heard countless novel things in the rivers and lakes, and they narrate each and every one in such a way that even the smartest Wu Jue is fascinated by it.

Su Cheng, Xue Rengui, and Zhao Yucheng were sitting beside them drinking tea and waiting for a sumptuous dinner, chatting casually.

Zhao Yucheng looked at the muskets on the shoulders of the patrolling musketeers, and couldn't help but be amazed. How could soldiers in the army use iron rods as weapons?

In the army, there are either spears, bows and arrows, or knives. How can it be possible to use iron bars as weapons?

And this iron rod looks so strange!

"Is the weapon used by the Duke of the county an iron rod?" Zhao Yucheng asked curiously.

"It's not an iron rod, it's actually a kind of weapon, just like blowing arrows. Of course, it's okay to hit people when it's an iron rod!" Su Cheng explained with a smile.

Zhao Yucheng almost didn't laugh out loud when he heard that, blowing arrows?

Blow arrows are a weapon that is rarely used even by Jianghu people, because the power is really not very good, and only those petty thieves in the Jianghu will use blow arrows.

Never expected that the majestic Duke of the imperial court would use blowing arrows!

(End of this chapter)