HBWnovel Chapter 198 True Irony
Chapter 198 True Irony
Xunyang Yamen in Jingzhou, "Zi Yan, what are your plans?" Shen Yu asked.
Li Ziyan asked, "What is your plan, uncle?"
Shen Yu said: "It's probably not simple to record the presence of bandits for no reason."
Li Ziyan said: "So I plan to suppress the bandits."
"Sir Li, the bandits in Qingshan Village are all brutal. Are you sure you want to wipe them out?" Hu Yunshan asked.
Li Ziyan said: "The bandits have been plaguing Xunyang City for so many years, it's time to deal with it."
Yu Si continued, "If Lord Li wants to suppress the bandits, then... suppress the bandits. Lord Li can dispatch the soldiers in Xunyang City at will." Anyway, these people all listen to him, Yu Si.
Li Ziyan said, "Master Yu, this is enough."
After leaving the government office, Zhou Aoyang said to Li Ziyan, "Ziyan, I just saw Yu Si leaving the city. Do you think I should change my clothes and follow him secretly?"
Li Ziyan reached out and gently tapped Zhou Aoyang on the head, scolding him, "Yu Si is so alert, why are you so stupid! You should just keep an eye on Hu Yunshan."
Zhou Aoyang touched the place where he was hit and muttered, "Okay, I'll leave now." Then he turned and left.
After Zhou Aoyang left, Li Ziyan grabbed Zhao Junning's hand and said gently, "Junning, would you like to go somewhere with me?"
Zhao Junning asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Where are you going?"
Li Ziyan smiled mysteriously and replied, "You'll know when you get there."
So the two of them came to the outskirts of the city and carefully disguised themselves. Zhao Junning couldn't help but ask, "Zi Yan, didn't you say before that we didn't need to follow Yu Si?"
Li Ziyan explained: "Zhou Aoyang is always impatient. It would be more appropriate for us to deal with a cunning old man like Yu Si. Besides, Zhou Aoyang has other things to do, and we have been in Jingzhou for more than half a month, and we haven't really visited here, right?"
Zhao Junning nodded in agreement and said, "Well, okay."
The two followed the route Mo Yu had mentioned and soon came to an area near a mass grave. From a distance, they saw Yu Si's figure and quickly hid in a nearby haystack.
"Why did he stop at this graveyard?" Zhao Junning asked in a low voice, full of confusion.
As they were talking, a man suddenly walked towards Yu Si. Yu Si said to the man, "Li Ziyan must be killed. I'll leave this matter to the great village leader Ke."
"Lord Yu is so generous and has given me so much money, so I will naturally obey your orders. But the money has been left for a long time..." replied the leader of Ke Village.
Yu Si smiled and replied: "When the time comes, I will naturally share some benefits with you."
At this time, Li Ziyan inadvertently glanced in the direction of Zhao Junning. After the leader of Ke Village left, a subordinate beside Yu Si said: "Sir, this guy surnamed Ke always asks you for money every time he does something. And today even Sir Hu..."
Yu Si waved his hand, interrupted his subordinates, and said with a sneer: "He is still useful now, but when I unify the world in the future, that will be the day when he dies. As for Hu Yunshan, his death is not far away. Hehe, he is an excellent shield that I carefully selected!" After saying that, Yu Si showed a sinister and complacent smile on his face.
The two of them stared at Yu Si who was walking away until he disappeared. At this time, Qin Zhuoyuan walked out slowly, followed by Hu Yunshan. Seeing this scene, Zhao Junning and Li Ziyan couldn't help but frown, wondering: "How could the two of them get together?"
Qin Zhuoyuan did not respond, but cast his eyes to Yu Si in the distance, as if thinking about something. After a moment, he turned to look at Hu Yunshan and asked, "Master Hu, what are your plans next?"
Hu Yunshan quickly bowed and said flatteringly: "Hu is willing to follow Lord Qin until death. I only hope that when Lord Qin becomes the ruler of the world in the future, he will not forget my contribution today."
Qin Zhuoyuan smiled slightly, waving the folding fan in his hand, appearing quite confident: "Haha, I, Qin, have always valued talents. As long as you are loyal, you will naturally enjoy wealth and glory in the future."
After Qin Zhuoyuan and Hu Yunshan left, Zhao Junning was filled with emotion: "This is really crazy!" Li Ziyan on the side analyzed thoughtfully: "It seems that Yu Si must be secretly accumulating military strength and trying to plot something big."
Zhao Junning's face became solemn when she heard this. She stood up and murmured to herself, "I really didn't expect that Brother Zhuo Yuan could actually do such a thing..." Her words were full of disbelief.
Li Ziyan patted Zhao Junning's shoulder gently and comforted her: "He is no longer the Qin Zhuoyuan we knew in our childhood. Time flies, and people's hearts change easily..." After that, he hugged Zhao Junning tightly, as if he wanted to give her a little warmth and support.
The mass graves were covered with decaying soldiers' armor and tattered flags. It was quite ironic.
"Li Ziyan, didn't you say that we didn't need to follow Yu Si? Why are you here?" Zhou Aoyang, who had been following Hu Yunshan, came out from another haystack and looked at Li Ziyan.
Li Ziyan smiled and said, "Okay, okay, it's my fault, but are you sure you don't want to follow Hu Yunshan if he walks away?"
Only then did Zhou Aoyang leave.
As the sun sets, "Zi Yan, are you really planning to go and suppress the bandits? I always feel uneasy about the soldiers and generals in Xunyang. Why don't you let the secret guards follow you?" Zhao Junning said.
Li Ziyan held Zhao Junning's hand and looked at the shadows on the ground, "Junning, look, our shadows are close together."
Zhao Junning said: "Zi Yan."
Li Ziyan said: "Jun Ning, I know you are worried about me. Don't worry. I, Li Ziyan, can buy the hearts of people that Yu Si can. People are made of flesh and blood. I am sure that I can make these Xunyang soldiers listen to me."