Concubine like a house

Chapter 182 The Praying Mantis Catch the Cicada and Wait for the Oriole (1)
Shen Yu led 400 people to detour, and parted ways with those who went to Beijing.All the soldiers originally thought that this Marquis of Weiyuan, who "became a beauty with anger at the crown", must have traveled day and night and hurried on the road.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yu was not in a hurry, he was completely different from the anxiety and worry before, but he seemed much calmer.

The crowd followed him for a night, but on the next day, when it was supposed to be a good time to travel, he ordered them to set up camp and stop to rest.

General Zhu couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help asking: "Master Hou, we are following you to save people, why are you not in a hurry?"

But Shen Yu didn't answer, stretched out his fingers to point to the north direction, and changed the subject: "Two days away from here, there is a barren mountain where all kinds of bandits have been entrenched for a long time, robbing the passing merchants. Tell the brothers, it's a good day to rest today." , come up with a plan, and tomorrow we will set off to suppress the bandits."

"Suppress the bandits?" General Zhu was even more puzzled, "Master Hou, are you just playing around? Are you going to suppress the bandits or save people?"

"Suppress the bandits first, then save the people." Shen Yu said bluntly, "We are together to suppress the bandits, and I will go to save the people by myself." After saying that, he sighed, and then said vaguely: "After the bandits are successfully suppressed , you lead these four hundred brothers back to Jingzhou."

"Ah?" General Zhu was at a loss, "Master Hou, can we not be fooled? I am confused and confused..."

Seeing General Zhu being so confused, Shen Yu couldn't help laughing: "Brother Zhu still doesn't understand? Some people have played tricks on me, and I'm saying 'return the same way to the other'."

General Zhu seemed to understand a bit: "You mean... there are traitors among us?"

Shen Yu just smiled and said nothing.

When General Zhu saw his secretive appearance, he became more thoughtful, pulled Shen Yu to sit in the tent, and couldn't wait to ask, "Tell me quickly, what's going on here?"

Shen Yu pondered for a moment before replying: "Brother Zhu is one of my own, and I won't hide it from you. At first, Qingyi sent word that my sweetheart had been kidnapped. I was both surprised and suspicious, lest something bad happen to her. ... But last night when you talked about Luan Su, I realized that this matter is not simple."

"To be honest, my sweetheart was born in the Yun family, and her status is precious and sensitive. You also know the reputation of the Yun family. It is very possible that she was kidnapped by someone. But now that Luan Su has also been kidnapped, this matter is strange." Now, it can be seen that the visitor is not targeting the Yun family, or in other words, not only targeting the Yun family."

"What does Hou Ye mean...someone is targeting the Emperor?" General Zhu asked suspiciously.

"Yes, it is indeed aimed at the Holy Majesty, and it is also aimed at me." Shen Yu analyzed in a deep voice, "Luan Su is the Holy Majesty's woman. If anything happens to her, the Holy Majesty will be the one who is angry and sad. If I resist the order at this time and refuse to obey , Leading you to Fangzhou to save people is tantamount to rebellion... His Majesty will definitely ask for guilt in his anger, and not only will I not survive, but you generals from the north will also suffer."

"In the final analysis, it is the Emperor Tianshou who has lost." Shen Yu pointed to himself, "Originally, there are no military generals in the court, if I die and you are punished, the Holy Majesty will have no one to lead the army. "

As for the rest of the generals who went to Beijing as scheduled, Emperor Tianshou will also be affected by this, and they can no longer be trusted, and will not entrust them with important tasks.

Hearing this, General Zhu was very calm, and waved his hands with a smile: "Since we brothers are willing to come out with you, we just don't want to see the God-given Emperor. People who fight with their heads on their belts, who cares about this Fate? The key is that I can't bear this aggrieved!"

"Brother Zhu, don't be impatient, listen to me first." Shen Yu comforted him in a low voice, and then said, "To come up with this strategy, not only must you be familiar with the situation in the palace and the temper of the emperor, but also know my heart. Who is it? The mastermind behind this scene must have a very good understanding of my temperament, knowing that I will go against the imperial decree to save people."

General Zhu nodded: "But this doesn't prove that we got a traitor along the way."

"There is definitely a traitor." Shen Yu's face darkened, and suddenly he said with a murderous face, "This traitor knows my whereabouts very well, and deliberately waited until I arrived in the southern territory before revealing to me that my sweetheart was kidnapped. He did this on purpose , on the one hand, it does not allow me time to think about the rescue method, and on the other hand, he is sure that I will not be able to bear my temper... This person is not simple, and the people behind him are even more so."

Not only is he familiar with Shen Yu's character, he guessed that Shen Yu would definitely fight against the order to save people, but also he can figure out his whereabouts along the way... Shen Yu has already made up his mind who this traitor is, but he can't believe it, and he can't believe it. I don't want to believe it.

"This trick of borrowing a knife to kill people is so powerful!" General Zhu couldn't help but sighed, "You went to save people, but you were accused of rebellion, and the Emperor Tianshou lost his concubine, and in a rage, he beheaded you... Kill two birds with one stone, you and The Emperor Tianshou has lost."

"No, it's more than that simple." Shen Yu frowned deeply, "Yun's family will also be implicated. Since I'm going to 'rebel', and I'm going to save Yun's...does Brother Zhu still not understand? I this' The rebels got close to Yun Shi, and even went all the way to find them, so what will happen to Yun Shi?"

Shen Yu let out a long sigh, and continued to analyze: "Someone will definitely distort black and white, saying that Yun is my supporter. After all, Yun supported the Holy Majesty's incident a few years ago. The more this reason, the more the Holy Majesty fears them, and the less he will Spare them lightly."

General Zhu immediately slapped his thigh: "After what you said, this matter is really not simple! This is more than killing two birds with one stone! This is killing three birds with one stone! You and the Yun family were convicted, and the Tianshou Emperor lost two great ministers. There are no successors for military generals in the court..."

"Perhaps this is just the beginning..." Shen Yu added, "It is well known in the world that the ascension of the Tianshu Emperor was supported by the Yun clan, and once the Yun clan was convicted, how many loyal ministers would be disappointed? With hundreds of years of foundation, the prestige in the hearts of the people of Kyushu is extremely high, if the Emperor Yun is punished for his crimes, he will definitely be criticized as a faint king."

"It turns out that the mastermind behind the scenes is planning to rebel! This is a plot to usurp the throne!" General Zhu couldn't help but exclaimed, "This person must have a lot of foresight to come up with such a twists and turns! If I rebelled and led people directly into Jingzhou, why did I spend so much effort?"

"This person may not want to rebel." Shen Yu denied General Zhu's guess, "Although the Daling Dynasty was established for the first time, the Holy Majesty has a strategy of culture and martial arts. It is too difficult to overthrow him and establish himself as king... I guess This person's motivation is..."

"What is it?" General Zhu asked urgently.

"It's revenge!" Shen Yu's face once again had a murderous look, "This person must have a great enmity with the Holy Majesty, the Yun family, and me, so he didn't hesitate to come up with this method of burning jade and stone... He wants to destroy us. willing!"

"Seeing you killing each other?" General Zhu nodded in agreement, "You are right, if you want to rebel, it is definitely not enough to bring down you and the Yun family, you must have sufficient troops and military expenditure... But if you want to seek revenge , this method is safe enough.”

"That's why I say this person is not simple. Not only does he understand my temperament, he can put eyeliner on this road, but he also has to grasp my relationship with Yun, and he also knows that the Holy One is afraid of Yun..." Shen Yu squinted his handsome eyes, In the end, it has become a self-talk:

"Who the hell is it that makes us lose all three?" While he was asking himself, a surname flashed through his mind quickly and clearly, "Could it be him?"

"Who?" General Zhu asked hurriedly.

Shen Yu was interrupted by this question, he hesitated for a moment and replied: "I can't be sure who it is, it's just a guess...Brother Zhu, don't ask any more."

"Then what are you going to do now? Are you waiting to die?" General Zhu began to worry about Shen Yu.

"Of course you can't sit still." Shen Yu smiled, "Since you have guessed the opponent's trick, you must not follow me, you must rush back to Jingzhou."

"Then why are you going around in such a big circle? You worked so hard to get us out, and you can't go back in the end?" General Zhu said cursingly, "Isn't this a waste of emotion?"

"How is it a waste of emotion? If I don't do this, how can I catch that traitor?" Shen Yu said firmly, "Look, after those people return to Jingzhou, whoever goes to the Holy Master to sue me will be punished." There is this suspicion."

"How do you know the traitor has gone back? What if he joins our team?" General Zhu looked in the direction outside the tent.Knowing that he couldn't see anything, he still shuddered, "I don't know who is so heartless and wants to kill you! He even brought a group of us brothers to be buried with him!"

"Brother Zhu, don't worry, the traitor must not have followed." Shen Yu saw that he was irritable, so he analyzed again, "In his opinion, we will be convicted of rebellion sooner or later, so why did he follow us to die? ? He must have gone back to Jingzhou to join the joint, and then find someone to sue the imperial court, so that Emperor Tianshou thinks that I am really rebellious."

When Shen Yu said this, General Zhu finally realized: "You insisted on leaving yesterday because of this? You want to see who is loyal to you? Who is greedy for life and afraid of death? Who is the traitor?"

"At least I ruled out half of the brothers' suspicions." Shen Yu shook his head and sighed, "The remaining ones who returned to Jingzhou...I don't blame them."

"Don't blame anyone or not? What should we do next? Do you have a plan?" General Zhu asked again in doubt, "Are you really going to take us to suppress the bandits?"

"Suppression! Why not suppression?" Shen Yu's handsome face slowly showed a sly smile, "The Holy Majesty's order only said 'return to Beijing as soon as possible', but he didn't say the deadline. Brothers go back two days late, and take that one Not only is there no fault, but meritorious service. The Holy One must like this meeting."

"What will the brothers who didn't follow you say? Aren't you afraid that they will expose you?"

"Don't be afraid. They will enter Mocheng Mountain tomorrow. There will be no news within two days, and contact with the outside world will be blocked. This will give us time to suppress the bandits." Shen Yu replied, "When they leave the mountain and enter Beijing, we will also finish suppressing the bandits here. , you can go to Beijing smoothly."

"Speaking of which, you are not afraid that they will sue in front of Emperor Tianshou?" General Zhu was very worried.

"They have parents, wives and children, so they are naturally apprehensive about not coming, but if they are good brothers, they will definitely keep their mouths shut for me. If anyone takes credit for me, they will just say it, which just proves that I am not a rebel, but went to The bandits are being suppressed." Shen Yu looked at the north again from a distance, and said, "Tomorrow we will go to suppress the bandits, after which you all return to Beijing. I still have something to ask Brother Zhu for help."

"Your Majesty, just give orders if you have anything to do. Although my old Zhu is not convinced by God, I am convinced by you." General Zhu laughed, "I used to think that you are a bloody man, loyal and courageous, but now I know that you have a good brain make."

"Whether your brain is good or not depends on who you compare it with." Shen Yu's face suddenly looked sad, and he sighed, "There is a person who I can't compare to in my whole life."

Shen Yu spoke dejectedly, and General Zhu could also hear the strangeness in his words, so he laughed dryly, trying to adjust the atmosphere: "Ha! Lord Hou, are you going to cry?"

"I lost my temper, and even if I want to cry, it's not just now." Shen Yu regained his gloom and said solemnly, "Come back to business, I have to ask Brother Zhu to help me with something."

"What's the matter?" General Zhu patted his chest, "Don't worry, Lord Hou, my old Zhu is a widow. I have no wife or children, and I am not afraid of losing my life."

General Zhu's parents died since he was a child, he joined the army, and when he was 30 years old, he became a general of Yizhou.He originally had a wife and children, but unfortunately they all died in the flames of war when Beixuan founded the country, or were enslaved to death by the Beixi royal family who fled in a hurry.Afterwards, General Zhu became disheartened and did not remarry. Later, he was convinced by the character of Chen Xuan and his son, and became a general of Beixuan wholeheartedly.

Until now, Beixuan surrendered, and he was resentful and unwilling to surrender to Emperor Tianshou.

Shen Yu knew his experience and admired his integrity.But after all, Beixuan's general situation is over, and General Zhu is so stubborn, and it is himself who suffers in the end.Shen Yu believed that with the talents of governing the country and the way of leading troops given by the emperor, he would surely make General Zhu throw himself into the ground and be willing to join him.

So, Shen Yu said: "After we wiped out those bandits, please brother Zhu take the brothers back to Beijing, and watch out for me to see who is acting secretly and is suspected of being a traitor."

"This is not a problem." General Zhu nodded happily, "Master Hou, are you really not going back to Beijing with us?"

"No, I still have to go to Yanlan City. The Holy Majesty is very clear about my love affair. If he loses Luan Su, he will be able to understand my difficulties." Shen Yu sighed, "The Holy Majesty is a man of temperament, I hope He can give me a light sentence, it just so happens that I also intend to resign."

"Resign?" General Zhu was surprised again when he heard the words, "What do you do when you resign properly?"

Shen Yu didn't have the time to explain this to him, he just said: "I'll talk about this later, just keep an eye on the situation in Jingzhou for me, if there is any trouble, please contact Yun Sanye through Yun's Bank, he will think about it for me It's tricky."

"Okay, this is easy, don't worry, Lord Hou."

Then the two began to discuss the matter of suppressing the bandits, and called several other generals to discuss countermeasures.Everyone is a martial artist with countless experiences on the battlefield, and they have a meticulous plan in a short while.

After recharging their energy for a whole day, Shen Yu set off with all the soldiers. The four to five hundred men rested during the day and marched at night.Two days later, according to the original plan, they took advantage of the night to sneak attack and go up the mountain to wipe out the bandits in one go.

A gang of bandits was wiped out, and looking at Shen Yu's troops, only dozens of them suffered trauma to varying degrees, and there was no danger of their lives.

Shen Yu searched the whole mountain for available herbs, and healed the wounded soldiers overnight. Fortunately, the common herbs are available in the mountain, so it didn't delay the healing.

When everything was settled properly, General Zhu led his men to escort the captured bandit leaders to Shen Yu.In fact, these bandits are not heinous murderous demon kings. Most of them are farmers. They are forced to go up the mountain to become bandits for their livelihood, and make a living by robbing passing merchants and surrounding villages.

Shen Yu looked at the trembling bandit leaders in front of him, the so-called "big leader" and "second leader" were so frightened that they peed on their pants and couldn't stand upright.Shen Yu smiled, and only said three words to them——

The first sentence is: "Do you want to live?"

The second sentence is: "Put on these clothes immediately, and take your people to Fangzhou."

The third sentence is: "If you dare to change lanes halfway, be careful of your dog's life."

In the end, the bandit leader changed Shen Yu's clothes, rode on Shen Yu's mount, pretended to be Shen Yu, and fled to Fangzhou with four or five people, including the second and third masters.

"Master Hou's plan is very clever! Someone dressed up like you, and diverted attention on the way! Not bad, not bad!" General Zhu clapped his hands and laughed, "Our mission is completed and we can return to Beijing. Master Hou, you have to go to Fangzhou immediately ?"

"En." Shen Yu nodded, "I followed those bandits, and it was easier for me to move by myself." With a smile on his lips, he said coldly, "If my guess is right, before the traitor enters the mountain, he should The news has been passed on, and there will be people staring at me on the road at the moment, and they can just divert their attention for me."

"I said I wanted to go with you, but you refused." General Zhu said bitterly, "Then you should be careful."

"Brother Zhu, don't worry. The people behind the scenes are not only targeting the Yun family, but my sweetheart is not in danger for the time being." Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Yu said again, "I won't say goodbye to my brothers one by one, but also invite Zhu Brother, let me know that if I, Shen Yu, are safe and sound, I will invite my brothers to drink and eat meat to express my gratitude."

"It's easy to say." General Zhu nodded again and again, "Then I will also withdraw with my brothers. Don't worry, Lord Hou, I will definitely pay attention to what you explained, and I will try to contact Third Master Yun if there is any trouble."

"Thank you, Brother Zhu, come here with your ear, and I will tell you how to contact the Yun's Bank..."

After a short farewell between the two, Shen Yu set off alone, going in the opposite direction with the generals.As he walked, he observed the movements of the bandits, and he saw that they were being followed.

(End of this chapter)