You Can Throw Away Your Brain when You Don’t Need It (Fourth Update)

The day after the Lantern Festival, Su Liang asked Lao Mu to pick up Zheng'er and discussed with Lu Yu and Wan Hui to let Zheng'er stay in the Su Mansion for a while.

I don't know who the assassin was last night. It cannot be ruled out that he came to Su Liang and Gu Ling to take Zheng'er as a hostage.

The assassin's body has been disposed of. There is nothing to check. We can only be more cautious.

According to the original plan, Liang State will send troops to attack Gan State in the spring. Yan State's grain and grass were given to Situ Xie's people before the New Year, but so far no traces of bulk cargo transportation have been found in Gan State. Su Liang confirmed with Zheng'er's grandfather, the head of the Wan family, that there is nothing unusual in the recent grain business. This made her really begin to doubt the existence of a magical object like storage space.

And Su Liang and Gu Ling both felt that Situ Xie would not be content before the war.

However, the possibility of Situ Xie sending someone to assassinate Emperor Duanmu Chen is extremely small. Because Situ Xie knew very well that if Duanmu Chen died, the Duanmu royal family would be gone, and the next emperor would be either Gu Ling and Su Liang, or their friends. Gan State would be more controlled by Gu Ling and Su Liang, which would be more disadvantageous to Liang State.

Therefore, Su Liang believed that in March, Situ Xie should send someone to assassinate her and Gu Ling. Because in Situ Xie's eyes, they are the backbone of Gan State and the biggest obstacle to his great cause.

If Su Liang and Gu Ling can be eliminated before the war, Liang State will be more confident of winning after the war.

After the previous incident, Su Liang felt that it was unlikely that Situ Xie would use the method of casually capturing a hostage to control her and Gu Ling. Because this method can be quickly countered, Liang State Yaocheng also has masters planted by the Gan State royal family. It is not easy to capture Situ Xie, but it is not impossible to capture Situ Xie's grandson. But once this kind of thing starts, it is easy to fall into a vicious cycle of mutual harm, and the hostages involved are very dangerous.

Similarly, Su Liang and Gu Ling will try not to use the method of taking hostages to force the other party to submit, because they also have many people they care about and do not want to put them in danger.

That day, Gu Ling went to the palace to see Duanmu Chen.

Duanmu Chen knew that he must have something important to do when he took the initiative to come. Sure enough, Gu Ling said as soon as he opened his mouth, "There may be a fight in the north after the spring, let the Marquis Zhongxin return to Xuanbei City as soon as possible."

Duanmu Chen's face condensed, "Have you got any secret news?"

Gu Ling nodded, "Indeed. Situ Xie is old and doesn't want to wait, and he can't wait."

Duanmu Chen frowned, "But Liang Country wants to fight, there is not enough food and grass, right? Unless it has negotiated an alliance with Yan Country!"

Seeing Gu Ling nod again, Duanmu Chen's face sank fiercely, "Is the news accurate?" If Yan Country really intends to form an alliance with Liang Country, Gan Country will be in a very bad situation. The Emperor of Yan State is no longer the same person. Duanmu Chen doesn’t know much about the new Emperor Ji Yuebai, but he has a hunch that she is a strong opponent.

Gu Ling admitted, “The news came from Ji Yuebai.”

Duanmu Chen was stunned for a moment. When he heard Gu Ling calling the Emperor of Yan State by name, he suddenly remembered that when Su Liang disappeared, Gu Ling also disappeared. Not long after, the Crown Prince of Yan State became the previously unknown Ji Yuebai. He had an idea at that time, maybe the change of the Crown Prince of Yan State had something to do with Gu Ling.

But at that time, Duanmu Chen thought that Gu Ling had a grudge against the original Crown Prince because of Mu Ya, so he got rid of him. He didn’t think about the possibility that Gu Ling’s purpose was to help Ji Yuebai, and later he forgot about it.

“Have you known the Emperor Yan for a long time?” Duanmu Chen’s expression changed again and again.

Gu Ling nodded, “I saved him once in my early years.”

“Did you help him become the Crown Prince?” Duanmu Chen asked.

Gu Ling nodded again, "It was just a push. Who is in power in Yan State is very important to Gan State."

"You mean, Ji Yuebai is now allied with Liang State on the surface because of you, but in fact he is allied with Gan State?" Duanmu Chen's eyes suddenly brightened a little. He was a little suspicious of Gu Ling just now, but soon he couldn't doubt it anymore, because if Gu Ling didn't want him to know about this kind of thing, he couldn't know it. And Gu Ling took the initiative to say it, which means there is nothing to hide.

Gu Ling nodded, "It's considered to be." It's not just because of him, but there is no need to explain so much.

"Is Ji Yuebai really trustworthy? Don't be fooled by him!" The sudden good news made Duanmu Chen a little unbelievable. If Yan State really decided to stand on the side of Gan State, the situation would be greatly favorable to them, and Liang State would not be a threat.

"Trustworthy." Gu Ling said only two words. Ji Yuebai wanted peace in the world, not to be the emperor. He had made it clear that if Gu Ling recognized Duanmu Chen, he had no objection, and when the time was right, he could transfer the power of Yan State to Duanmu Chen in a peaceful way.

There are many ambitious people in the royal family, but not all people born in the royal family yearn for power and that high position. There are always exceptions. Ji Yuebai is a member of the royal family who has the ability and ideals, but his ideal is not to be the emperor.

Duanmu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, "You should have told me earlier, so I don't have to worry about what to do when Liang State and Yan State join forces."

"Some things have only been settled recently." Gu Ling said, "Ji Yuebai and I are just friends. He doesn't listen to me, but I'm sure he won't go with Situ Xie." Because the purpose of Liang State's war is aggression, massacre, and seizing better land and resources. Past history has proved this.

Although the people of Liang Kingdom can say why they should be poor, Ji Yuebai believes that if the people in power in Liang Kingdom really do good for the people, they should voluntarily give up imperial power, use peaceful negotiations to promote the unification of the world, and seek better conditions for the people of Liang Kingdom. Good future. Because the people in other regions may have a little more luck than the people in Liang Kingdom, but they don't owe them anything.

The world is inherently unfair. The geographical gap is actually no different from the gap in origin. Region is also a factor of origin. Some people are born with a golden spoon in their mouths and will be rich and noble throughout their lives. Some people are born into poverty and will be unable to get ahead in their lives. We can pursue fairness, but we cannot commit robberies under the banner of eliminating injustice.

The royal family of Liang Kingdom has always used this kind of grand excuse. They are not really for the people of Liang State, because the war will not do any good to the people. The ambition of the Liang royal family caused the already poor people to bear more taxes and corvees, making their lives even more unsustainable. A large number of people died of starvation and freezing every year.

Duanmu Chen hesitated for a moment, and finally asked what was on his mind, "If only Ji Yuebai and I are left, who will you choose?"

Calling himself "I" is intended to show that he is also Gu Ling's friend.

Duanmu Chen knew very well that the foundation for his current throne was Gu Ling and Su Liang, and those who held military power were also their absolute confidants. Duanmu Yi said that Duanmu Chen was manipulated without knowing it, but Duanmu Chen believed that he was not manipulated, but selected.

Now, Gu Ling has another emperor friend, which means he has one more choice.

Duanmu Chen knew that if Gu Ling gave up on him, he would have no choice but to accept his fate and lose everything. Fortunately, he believed that he had not done anything to dissatisfy Gu Ling and Su Liang so far. With their personalities, they would not take away what he had now for no reason, even if it was obtained with their help.

Gu Ling looked at Duanmu Chen and said one word, "You."

Duanmu Chen was a little surprised. Although it was the answer he hoped for, he didn't know how to react.

After a moment of silence, Duanmu Chen thought of Gu Ling's purpose, "Okay, I will give the order later for Marquis Zhongxin to return to Xuanbeicheng."

Then Gu Ling stood up and left without explaining anything more to Duanmu Chen.

Duanmu Chen sat quietly for a while and laughed to himself, "This result couldn't be better. Why do you think so much?"

…

Xing Ji received the order and was not surprised to return to Xuanbei City tomorrow. Although he didn't know many things, he also felt that the situation of the Three Kingdoms would soon be broken. Last year, the thrones of the three kingdoms were changed. This was a very unusual sign of great changes.

Mrs. Xing was extremely reluctant to give up, but she had no choice. Nowadays, the number of generals used by the Qian Kingdom can be counted on ten fingers. Apart from Xing Ji, only Lin Bojun can go to Xuanbei City to lead troops. However, he is Duanmu Chen's most trusted general, and he must be kept in the capital to take charge of the protection. The city army didn't send Lin Bojun to the border not because of Su Liang's face.

Xing Ji came to Su Mansion later that day to say goodbye to Su Liang and Gu Ling.

When he learned that it was Gu Ling who suggested that he return to Xuanbeicheng, Xing Ji was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there going to be a war?" Of course he wouldn't blame Su Liang and Gu Ling, but he just felt that they must have a reason for doing this. Su Liang was a big help when he came back last year.

"The current news is after the beginning of spring, early March." Su Liang said

Xing Ji's face straightened, "I understand. We will set off early tomorrow morning. If you have any letters or items you want to bring to Qiu Jing and his grandfather, you can give them to me."

Su Liang said that he would send it to Zhongxinhou Mansion when it was ready.

Xing Ji hugged Gu Xiaonuan, then said goodbye and left.

Su Liang wrote a letter to Qiu Cong, and asked Gu Xiaonuan to press a small fingerprint in it, presumably knowing that Qiu Cong was in Xuanbei City and wanted to come back. But as long as Qiu Jing is still there and Liang Kingdom still exists, Qiu Cong will not come back.

Su Liang asked Qiu Cong and Qiu Jing to go to Ping'an Temple outside Xuanbei City to find Monk Chengyun and hand him a letter. Su Liang wanted to ask Chengyun if he had seen Yan Shiba in the past six months.

When they last met, Yan Shiba was considering whether to stop being a killer and become a normal person because of Su Liang's words, and pursue Cheng Yun.

Therefore, it is possible that Yan Shiba went to find Cheng Yun after that.

Cen Man and Nangong Qian both wrote letters to Qiu Cong, and Nangong Qian also made shoes for the grandparents.

After putting the letters and items together, Su Liang asked Qi Yan to deliver them to the Zhongxin Hou Mansion.

At dawn the next day, Xing Ji led a group of people and set off northward. Qi Jiang still insisted on following him.

…

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the first year, half a month had passed since the assassination of Shangyuanjie Zheng'er, and no other incidents suspected to be related to it had occurred, which made Su Liang even more aware that the origins of the two assassins that night were very strange.

Su Liang really didn't expect Nian Ruting to go to him because she didn't know that this person was still alive. Nian Ruting did that because it happened to be the night before the Shangyuan Festival when she entered the capital. On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, she secretly saw Zheng'er entering and leaving Su's house. She made a poisonous plan on a whim and sacrificed two people. She seduced them with her beauty. licking dog.

Shaoyao and Nian Ruting's master and apprentice have been hiding in the vacant Nian family mansion. Shaoyao often goes out alone at night, but Nian Ruting is not allowed to go out again.

After waiting for half a month, Nian Ruting still didn't know what Shaoyao was doing or what he planned to do. That night, he finally couldn't hold himself back anymore and said, "Master, can you tell me the purpose of this trip? I can help Master."

Shaoyao was wiping her sword without raising her head, "What if I said that my purpose is to kill Gu Ling?"

Nian Ruting frowned, "Master can't kill him."

Shaoyao raised his head suddenly and looked at Nian Ruting coldly, "I was really blind at the beginning. I accepted you, a fool who lost your heart for men and was abandoned like a crotch and still doesn't wake up!"

Nian Ruting's face froze, "In this life, you must always have something you want and do whatever it takes to get it, otherwise what's the point of living?"

Shaoyao changed the direction of the polished sword and pointed it at Nian Ruting, "You should give up on Gu Ling as soon as possible. Even if he is not with Su Liang, he will not belong to you."

"What does Master mean by this?" Nian Ruting looked unhappy.

Shaoyao snorted coldly, "Master said that there is a big shot who wants Gu Ling alive. But he hasn't made a move yet."

"Then why did Master say he was here to kill him?" Nian Ruting asked.

Shaoyao shook his head, "The purpose of my trip is not to kill people, but to find something from the Qian Kingdom Palace. Unfortunately, I haven't found it yet. Next, I have to go to the Su Mansion to find it."

Nian Ruting was puzzled, "What kind of treasure is it?"

"Mu's Secret Records of the Organization. Master said that there must be a complete copy in the capital of Qian Kingdom. It's not in the palace, but in the Su Mansion." Shaoyao said.

"We can seize a hostage and force Su Liang to hand him over!" Nian Ruting said.

Shaoyao put the long sword back into the scabbard, "You can throw away your brain if you don't need it. Don't forget how you were taken out of the prison by Su Liang. That kind of clumsy method is useless against her. Once Su Liang is alerted, Liang and Gu Ling, we showed up, I can leave, you just wait to be torn into pieces by them!"

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