Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

The mighty general's men arrived two hours earlier than Chen Shao.

Gu Feiyan was receiving them.

Upon learning that Chen Shao had returned, Gu Feiyan found an excuse and said, "The man who came is Yan Hanen, the deputy general under the mighty general. He is simple-minded, strong-limbed, and likes to be violent and aggressive. When you see him later, don't take him seriously."

After a pause, he continued, "The mighty general sent him here, obviously with bad intentions. Since he is not sincere, then we don't have to be polite!"

Chen Shao nodded, changed his clothes, and then entered the lobby which was specially prepared to receive the visitors from Shan State.

When Yan Han'en saw Chen Shao coming in, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he stuck his eyes to her like sticky candy, refusing to move an inch. Seeing her walk straight to Gu Feiyan, he couldn't help but whistled frivolously and shouted, "Young General Gu is in such a good mood, where did you get such a handsome boy?"

Gu Feiyan sneered: "If he doesn't even recognize Lord Chen, it's no wonder that the mighty general is incapable of unifying the Shan Kingdom!"

Yan Han'en's face darkened, and he was about to slam the table and throw the bench. A thin middle-aged man standing behind him immediately leaned over and whispered something to him. After hearing this, Yan Han'en's anger faded, and a smile returned to his broad face: "It doesn't matter if our general cannot unify the Shan Kingdom. You Datong will still rush to ask our general for help!"

The thin middle-aged man cried out inwardly, "Oh no!" and was about to take a few steps forward to apologize on behalf of Yan Han En, but unexpectedly, Gu Feiyan's sword stabbed in front of him first.

Yan Hanen was tall and strong, and whether he was standing or sitting, he was like a mountain. Seeing Gu Feiyan stabbing with her sword, he leaned back to avoid it with disdain, grabbed the teapot, and smashed it hard at her face.

At the moment when Gu Feiyan dodged, Yan Hanen grabbed Chen Shao like lightning, "Thank you, General Gu, for the reward. I will accept it with pleasure!"

Gu Feiyan put away her sword and stopped, mocking coldly: "You are really looking for death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Hanen was kicked away by Chen Shao and hit hard against the wall.

When the wall falls, the house collapses.

Gu Feiyan flew out of the lobby.

Chen Shao kicked two beams towards Yan Hanen before following her out.

The thin middle-aged man was crushed to death on the spot.

After Yan Hanen spat out two mouthfuls of blood, he threw off the beams and tiles on his body, climbed up, wiped the blood from his mouth, and looked at Chen Shao fiercely, "Very good, I like energetic young men like you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his fist like a roc and flew over. He punched Gu Feiyan first, and when Gu Feiyan dodged, he grabbed Chen Shao again.

“You bold lunatic!” Fu Jiu shouted and was about to step forward to help.

After Chan Yi stopped him, he drew out his sword and threw it towards Chen Shao: "Master, take the sword!"

Chen Shao caught the sword and stabbed it straight into Yan Hanen's face without dodging or evading.

Yan Hanen sneered but did not stop.

Swords and hands crossed, neither giving in.

"Good boy, you have courage!" At the last moment, Yan Hanen withdrew his hand, avoided the long sword, and raised his leg to sweep across.

Although he is big, he is very agile.

If this kick hits you hard, you will lose half your life even if you don't die.

Chen Shao naturally would not fight him head-on.

After dodging his legs, he jumped behind him, and stabbed his chest with a sword the moment he turned around.

Yan Hanen flew back, and Chen Shao followed closely.

When Yan Hanen stopped and tried to grab her again without avoiding the sword, Chen Shao flew up again and jumped behind him.

When he turned around quickly, Chen Shao appeared behind him again like lightning and stabbed his vest with a sword.

Of course.

The sword only penetrated two inches into the flesh before it could move forward even an inch.

Yan Hanen used his shoulder blade muscles to tightly grip the sword, and then turned forcefully, and the hilt instantly slipped out of Chen Shao's hand.

Then, the sword broke into pieces.

The ferocity in Yan Hanen's eyes grew even stronger, and he completely ignored the wound on his back and reached out to grab Chen Shao once again.

Gu Feiyan also threw the sword in her hand over.

Yan Hanen tried to stop him, but Chen Shao snorted coldly and kicked him in the chest. After kicking him away again, he stretched out his hand, grasped the sword, and without further hesitation, raised the sword and stabbed at his face.

Yan Hanen had also gone mad and punched her with his fist.

At the moment when the sword and fist collided, Chen Shao suddenly dodged and avoided his fist, while the sword blade was already against his neck.

Chen Shao stood beside Gu Feiyan.

Yan Hanen's punch missed and he raised his fist again to chase after her.

Halfway through the chase, he put his hands to cover his neck, and then with a loud bang, he fell to the ground and died.

"You're quite skilled." Gu Feiyan raised her eyebrows and praised as she took the sword that Chen Shao returned.

Chen Shao asked Fu Jiu to call someone over, and after throwing the bodies of Yan Hanen and the thin middle-aged man to the side of the road leading up the mountain, he casually replied, "It's okay."

Gu Feiyan clicked her tongue twice, "You call this okay, then what am I?"

Chen Shao smiled and said, "You are a general, you know how to deploy troops. Why do you need such high martial arts skills?"

He glanced at the collapsed lobby and changed the subject: "When will the others arrive?"

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Gu Feiyan said, "It's so cold, if the body is left on the roadside for three or five days, how bad can it get?"

The words just fell.

Fu Jiu came running back and shouted anxiously, "General Zhendong's men are here."

Chen Shao and Gu Feiyan looked behind him at the same time.

Two sturdy middle-aged men, accompanied by more than ten soldiers, walked towards them quickly.

When they got closer and saw the collapsed hall, everyone was silent for a moment before turning around and clasping their fists, saying, "Rulupu (Nalong Meng) on behalf of the General Zhendong would like to say hello to General Gu and Lord Chen!"

After Chen Shao and Gu Feiyan saluted them in return, they led them into a makeshift military tent.

"I'm really sorry, there was a little accident just now," Chen Shao said, still as easy-going as always, "I haven't cleaned up other places yet, so I'm sorry to both of you stay here for the time being."

Although Yan Hanen had a bad temper, he was one of the best fighters in Shan. What kind of accident would kill him less than three hours after he arrived? Rulupu did not dare to be arrogant, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Master Chen, you are too polite. It is a great honor for us to come here to visit you. Not to mention that there is such a good military tent for us to stay in, even if it is a desolate place, what's the problem?"

Chen Shao didn't know whether they were sincere in what they said, but Yan Hansi's death definitely achieved the effect of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

"In that case, we don't need to be polite to each other anymore, so as to avoid any estrangement." Chen Shao got straight to the point, "Fu Jiu, go and get all the Fuyuan crossbow arrows and Shenbi crossbow arrows in our tent."

Fu Jiu also took the crossbow.

Chen Shao motioned him to give it to Rulupu and Nalongmeng.

Rulupu and Nalongmeng did not expect her to be so direct, so they quickly stood up and took all the crossbows and arrows.

They knew Fu Yuan's crossbow arrows, so they didn't take them seriously. Until they saw the Shenbi crossbow arrows, their expressions changed instantly.

"May I ask, Lord Chen," Rulupu asked cautiously, "are these two crossbows given to us as a reward?"

Chen Shao smiled and said, "I want to, too, but..."

He laughed twice more and said, "These arrows were left behind by the rebels who tried to assassinate me. I only have a few of them, so I'm afraid we can't make a deal."

Gu Feiyan didn't expect her to say this, and couldn't help looking at her a few times. Then she thought that she was not a reckless person, and that she must have a purpose for saying this, so she endured it and didn't say anything.

Rulupu was also startled. He carefully observed her expression. Seeing that she was not accusing or mocking him, he said with relief: "Master Chen really wronged us. I don't know about other families, but the reason why our general traded weapons with Datong was all guaranteed by Master Luo of Shu County. This was approved by the Datong court. It was not until Master Chen arrived at the Mengshe Iron and Steel Bureau that we got the news that everything was Lord Luo's corruption."

"I'm not saying this to hold anyone responsible." Chen Shao continued to speak bluntly, "As Yan Hanen, who came here before you, said, the reason the rebels have been able to commit crimes in Jiannan Road for so many years is entirely due to the inaction of our Datong court. Therefore, I don't care about the ups and downs of your transactions with the rebels. I invited you here this time so that I can trade Fuyuan crossbows with you."

After a pause, he looked at the divine arm crossbow and said, "Of course, if both parties get along well, it is not impossible to continue to do business with this divine arm crossbow in the future."

Gu Feiyan responded at the right time: "Although we have eliminated the rebels, the manufacturing drawings of the divine arm crossbow arrows have been left behind."

Rulupu and Nalongmeng looked at each other, stood up and clasped their fists and said, "What are the rules of the transaction? Please tell me, Lord Chen and General Gu. No matter what the price is, our general will accept it!"

"Don't be in a hurry." Chen Shao smiled and said, "We have sent out thirteen letters and invited thirteen generals from Shan State. You are the second one to come. If we make a decision now, the eleven families on the way will have to make a wasted trip. People from afar are all guests. We are a country of etiquette in Datong. We will never do such a disrespectful thing. I hope you two can bear with it."

They naturally knew that they had invited thirteen generals to come. But from what she said, it seemed that she only wanted to choose one company to do business with? Rulupu and Nalongmeng looked at each other again and both expressed their understanding.

In the evening, a banquet was arranged and both the guests and the hosts had a great time.

After settling down in the residence of the former manager of the iron mine, they asked the soldiers to guard outside, while Rulupu and Nalong Meng sat down separately.

After putting aside his cautiousness in front of Chen Shao and Gu Feiyan, Ru Lu Pu asked, "What do you think?"

Na Longmeng took the Fuyuan crossbow from the table and shook his head, saying, "It doesn't matter what I think or what you think. What matters is that if they really only want to choose one company to do business with, then it can only be us!"

Rulop thought of Yanhan's fate and shook his head, "It's difficult."

Na Long looked at him and said calmly, "Tomorrow morning, go find Mr. Chen and tell him that he doesn't know when the other eleven families will be able to come. It's boring to just wait. Ask if there is anything you can do for us to serve her!"

Without any reason, they would never take the initiative to approach them to do business. If they approached them, they must have some ulterior motive.

During the previous conversation, Chen Shao mentioned the word "rebel party", so his plan must be related to it.

Considering that they came to Mengshe Prison and brought a small number of people with them, it is not difficult to guess what they want to do.

After being reminded by him, Lupu quickly figured out the key point and clapped his hands immediately, saying, "Then it's decided!"

After Chen Shao and Gu Feiyan left the banquet, they were in a secluded place to dissipate the alcohol. Gu Feiyan looked at the bright moon in the sky, then looked at her, and said with emotion: "You always make me look at you in a new light."

Chen Shao was surprised: "What do you mean?"

"During the interrogation, he was patient and wanted to sift every grain of sand." Gu Feiyan said slowly, "During the negotiation, I didn't expect him to be so straightforward and direct. He didn't care what others thought and only cared about showing his own cards."

Chen Shao was still surprised: "Otherwise, how should I say it?"

Gu Feiyan looked at her and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Chen Shao asked: "What are you laughing at?"

Gu Feiyan shook her head: "This is very... Another person is coming. Judging from the appearance of the person leading the group, he should be one of the general's men."

Chen Shao followed her gaze and looked back.