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Zhao Yushu felt that Duke Yue was a very twisted person.

When he killed Wang Shaolin in Jiangning, Duke Yue was a staunch ally of Prince Fu. The two of them, together with the officials in the southeast, played a trick on Li Huan, who was the crown prince at the time.

Later, when Li Huan ascended the throne and Li Jian fled, he and Li Tong supported Li Jian to ascend the throne.

No matter how you look at it, he should be Li Tong's biggest supporter.

However, after Li Jian fled from Dongdu again, Duke Yue directly accepted him.

It would be fine if the Duke of Yue decided to make a new bet, and it would be reasonable to fully support Li Jian in gaining a foothold in the southeast and divide the land again, but he remained silent when Li Jian made such a request.

So what exactly do you want to do, Old Wang?

Zhao Yushu held onto the side of the boat, looking at the magnificent river view, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind.

No matter how lightly his father-in-law said it, Zhao Yushu still didn't dare to relax. After all, he and the Duke of Yue had a grudge for killing each other's sons, and Lan Ling was also with him, so he had to think twice before fighting to the death.

"How was your harvest today?"

Zhao Yushu shook his head, threw away such bad thoughts, and walked to Lan Ling, who was sitting nearby and using the power of ice to cheat in fishing.

The last time I took a boat across the river to Jiangning, the old man and my third senior brother sat here as air force soldiers for more than 20 days.

My Lan Ling is still smart.

"Not many, only a dozen or so. The river is too fast."

Lan Ling slowly hung up the phone: "Don't think too much. Since my father said it's okay, then it's probably okay. Even if the Duke of Yue is crazy, he can't do anything to us. The owner of Wangjiang Tower was crippled by the old immortal. The only inner scene he can ask is Old Man Wuxi. Even if Old Man Wuxi has ten guts, he wouldn't dare to touch you now."

"That's right."

"Then don't think too much about it. Just treat it as a way to relax. Aren't you tired of fighting and killing every day? I think your previous world was pretty good. You could see everywhere and take a plane. It's called a plane, right?"

"Didn't you say you couldn't remember..."

Zhao Yushu talked a lot with Lan Ling. Lan Ling said that she only had a vague impression, but could not remember any details. She even felt that she had just had a trance dream for a moment.

But now Zhao Yushu has doubts about this statement.

Looking at Lan Ling's smug smile, Zhao Yushu felt a headache. No, this girl was too cunning. He had no idea how much she knew. Although he hadn't done anything bad in that world, it would be easy for him to be found out when he brags in the future.

Should I find someone dumber?

Zhao Yushu touched his chin and said, "We don't call it an airplane, we call it an iron bird."

Under Lan Ling's contemptuous eyes, Zhao Yushu walked away silently. This girl really knew a lot.

After a safe journey, Zhao Yushu's luxury cruise trip finally ended. After the ship passed the water gate, Zhao Yushu stepped on the land of Jiangning and saw familiar scenery.

Let's make a quick decision.

The Duke of Yue was sorting out the mountain of intelligence.

It's not that he is not diligent enough, but too many things have happened recently. The situation changes three times a day, and news from all over the country is coming and going. Compared with the besieged two capitals, Jiangning, which has not been affected by the war for the time being, can get more intelligence faster.

The Tubo people were defeated, and the Liao people were also defeated. The Liao ruler was attacked all the way by the fresh troops led by Lan Rong, and had been defeated all the way to Qingzhou. After cooperating with the new emperor Li Tong to defeat the fourth prince in the north of the Eastern Capital, the palace soldiers of Hedong Road rushed straight to Lingzhou, intending to cut off the Liao ruler's retreat.

Calculating the time, if the Liao ruler was not stupid, he would probably be retreating back to the grassland by now.

Yes, the siege of Dongdu has been lifted. The fourth prince of Liao was ambushed by reinforcements from Hedong and Hebei outside the city of Dongdu and was captured alive. The remaining soldiers intended to retreat to Wuguan, but they did not know that Wuguan had changed hands. A huge flag with the word "Li" proudly stood on the top of the city wall.

The situation of Yelu Rang, the King of the Southern Court in the south of the city, was even worse. The fighting at the north gate was fierce, and he naturally did not want to be left out in the south. The Folding Knife Guards, who were famous for their close combat, climbed up the city wall without much resistance, and were then strangled to death on the city wall by strange teams of more than ten people. They suffered heavy casualties several times, and the casualties of the two armies were no longer on the same level.

So when the Fourth Prince was defeated and captured, Yelu Rang broke camp and fled overnight. Now he was blocked in Tongguan by the coalition forces of the two capitals in the east and west.

Less than a month after Li Tong ascended the throne, he formed a coalition of states and alliances, defeated the 200,000-strong coalition force of Tubo and Liao, and recaptured the two capitals in one battle.

There is also news that the Fourth Master Meng Yan personally went to Lingnan and persuaded Lingnan to pledge allegiance to Li Tong, and that the Red Lotus Sect, which actually controlled Jiangnan and Jiannan Road, also intended to pledge allegiance to Li Tong.

A great leader.

Duke Yue's eyes unconsciously drifted to the huge screen standing on the side of the huge study. This was the thing Li Jian took with him when he ran away, and he temporarily left it with him.

Of the vast territory of the Tang Dynasty, only this small piece in the southeast remains.

"Master, Mr. Liu and Lord Lan are here."

"please come in."

Zhao Yushu's arrival was not concealed, and he even entered Jiangning in an official way. Duke Yue knew that this was a signal from Prime Minister Di to him. He knew that Zhao Yushu had a grudge against him, but he still let Zhao Yushu come to force him to express his position.

If you take a step back, everything will be easy. If you want to take action, then do it.

I am not afraid that you will not make a decision, I am only afraid that you will remain silent like you are now.

Now that Zhao Yushu is here, you have to make a decision.

Zhao Yushu arrived, bringing Lan Ling with him, and presented a note personally written by the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, using the identity of Li Tong's personal envoy. Although the scene was a bit awkward, the standard was very high.

As for Lan Ling, she still used the seal of the sixth-rank captain that her father had secretly left behind.

Official rank doesn’t matter, it just appears that this allows one to be impartial or a little bit partial.

Zhao Yushu himself might not know these tricks, but it is enough for Duke Yue to know them.

"Mr. Six, Captain Lan, please take a seat."

"Duke Yue, I am not good at negotiation, you should know that, I will just speak frankly."

The Duke of Yue knew, of course, that he had promised a large sum of money, and even begged him humbly, who was only at the fourth level of the sky, in order to save his son's life, but what he got was a clean rebuff, and he was not even willing to pretend.

"Mr. Six, please speak."

"I want to see Li Jian."

Zhao Yushu didn't care at all whether Southeast was willing to surrender. Southeast was not just yours, Duke Yue. Without Li Jian's banner, others might not be willing to follow you if you wanted to rebel. The trend of unifying the world was set, so what could Southeast do?

"Mr. Six is ​​the same as always."

Duke Yue laughed twice: "Although I don't dare to call myself an elder, I am old after all, so I still want to ask Mr. Liu a few questions."

Duke Yue was very humble, so Zhao Yushu couldn't act arrogantly anymore.

"Excuse me."

"You two are here to see His Majesty, or Li Jian. What's your identity?"

Seeing the bewildered looks of Zhao Yushu and Lan Ling, Duke Yue smiled and asked, "Is he a prisoner, the King of Kucha, or a fake emperor?"

Zhao Yushu sighed: "Just treat us as half acquaintances."