Chapter 299

The lamp flame shook red, and the side face reflected the depth.

The noble bearing, thinking deeply at this time, adds charm.

Wang Yang tapped his palm with two fingers and said with concentration:

"You need a reason, a reason to mobilize Guo Shao and those who are unwilling to submit. Killing the Han envoy and removing the internal thieves is naturally the best excuse. The Han envoy is me, the internal thief is the Left and Right Haya, and you have to add Le Luo Luo—"

"Why add Le Luo Luo? He is my own son."

Old Zou Ye's tone was exaggerated, and his smile deepened.

"You even counted yourself as an internal thief, let alone your own son. First, you want to exclude the suspicion of you father and son, showing the tribespeople that this conspiracy is not just aimed at the Left and Right Haya. Second, you want to incite those who are unwilling to submit to take action, so naturally, you must have a famous name. The matter of submission is not just agreed upon by the Left and Right Haya; you and Le Luo Luo also agreed. Killing only the Left and Right Haya cannot convince the public. Third, Le Luo Luo treats the Left and Right Haya as fathers externally, listening to everything; the Left and Right Haya also support Le Luo Luo as the Young Zou Ye, which is his strong backing. The people below only treat the three as one way, so how do they know there is a difference? Even if there is suspicion, they dare not bet. What if the Left and Right Haya are killed and Le Luo Luo wants revenge? What if after the Left and Right Haya die, you want to establish prestige, or buy the hearts of the subordinates of the Left and Right Haya, or want to submit stubbornly? Then these rebels are still on a dead end.

Therefore, the safest way is to count you father and son, the Left and Right Haya, and even several leaders who agree to submit as internal thieves and remove them. Only then can they be at ease and have more enthusiasm. This point is very critical. Unwillingness to submit is one aspect, but taking great risks for unwillingness to submit is another. If it is just a matter of whether the barbarian tribe submits or not, the attraction is not that big. But if it is linked to power, and even linked to the position of Zou Ye, it is very different. You all die, so many positions are vacant, isn't it convenient to move up? If you can push out a new Zou Ye, isn't it a big profit? So they can participate with enthusiasm, acting in the name of justice to seize profit. This kind of thing is always popular..."

"Hahahahaha—cough cough cough haha cough..."

Old Zou Ye clapped the bed and laughed. The laughter erupted from his withered body, actually carrying a bit of heroic spirit, as if a living water suddenly gushed out of an ancient well that had been dry for many years. It was just that the laughter was choked, broken into a burst of coughing. Before the coughing and panting were smooth, the laughter drilled out again, but was soon covered by the coughing sound. The appearance of coughing and laughing alternately was a bit funny, a bit stubborn, and a bit desolate.

Since ancient times, heroes at the end of the road and beauties at twilight are the most teasing things by the creator.

Wang Yang didn't know if Old Zou Ye counted as a hero, but seeing this scene, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The blade of time does not behead, only cuts spirit; hateful, hateful...

Old Zou Ye smoothed his breath, tears still in the corners of his eyes, and he didn't bother to wipe them. He looked at Wang Yang and smiled:

"If I were born a few decades later and had no illness, I would definitely become brothers with you. If you think I am not worthy, it doesn't matter. Making friends is always fine. I am too lazy to be Zou Ye; I will leave it to my son. If Tuoshan and Da Da Damu are willing to manage things, let them manage; I don't want to pay attention to them at all. I will go directly to Jiankang with you and listen to your orders! Pity, pity..."

Old Zou Ye originally spoke with heroic spirit, but when he said the end, his smile dimmed a bit.

Go to Jiankang, I don't dare to go to Jiankang...

Of course, this couldn't be said, Wang Yang said:

"In the past, Han Wen called Li Guang: 'If you were in the time of Gao Di, would a ten-thousand-household marquis be worth mentioning?' I think that with Zou Ye's talent, whether you have the Wenyang Tribe or not, and whether you are Zou Ye or not, it is not important."

This sentence hit Old Zou Ye's heart!

Old Zou Ye's clouded pupils exploded with light, and his body felt as if it had been massaged by an electric current, which was indescribably refreshing! Even the soreness of his joints subsided at this moment!

He had heard many praises in his life, but only this one truly reached his lungs, making his whole body's blood boil!

More importantly, this sentence came from Wang Yang's mouth! That's why he said it was a pity before. He felt pity not only for himself but also for his son. Because for him, the Wenyang Tribe is both a responsibility and a shackle, a shackle that locks him in the mountain nest for a lifetime. If he hadn't been ill and born a few decades later, or if Wang Yang had been born early and come a few decades early, he would have dared to break this shackle! He had confidence that even if he put aside the Wenyang Tribe, he would still be reused by Wang Yang and follow him to break out of a world! Just as Wang Yang said, whether you have the Wenyang Tribe or not, and whether you are Zou Ye or not, it is not important! It's just that his son doesn't have this ability for the time being and can only rely on the Wenyang Tribe to be self-important...

He knew that Wang Yang said this out of the wisdom of seeing through the human heart, and also out of the roundness of social etiquette, but he was more willing to believe that behind this sentence, there was more sincerity, and it was what Wang Yang really thought from the bottom of his heart!

"The young master's ability to know the human heart with one word is truly brilliant. So how did the young master know that the person behind this game was me? Is it also known with one word?"

"It is known with one word. This is still a hint you gave voluntarily. However, before you gave the hint, I had already suspected it."

Old Zou Ye smiled brightly: "Did I give a hint?"

"Of course. The key to my rescue is that Le Luo Luo happened to arrive. This coincidence is very subtle. It was late at night. At this time, Le Luo Luo should have been in the Nine-Headed Tent. Even if he learned of the chaos and rushed to save me for the first time, it would be too late. So as he said, he came because he invited me to see you, so he caught up with the assassination of me. This is actually what you ordered. You told him to see me, or rather, to see both of us. You used this reason directly and didn't let him keep it secret, which is almost an explicit hint. Because no matter who is behind this game, other things can be accidental, but only the matter of saving me must be calculated accurately. So the time he came to find me was also what you ordered. In fact, according to your original plan, he should have arrived more timely, but you didn't expect that I escaped to the west for a while and maneuvered with the assassins at the place where animal skins were dried, otherwise Le Luo Luo could have saved me earlier."

Old Zou Ye tut-tutted twice: "We have a saying in the barbarian tribe, translated into Han Chinese, it roughly means: 'A good bow must be paired with a divine archer, and a precious sword must be held by a hero.' This hint of mine is not a pearl cast in the dark only when given to the young master. In fact, it doesn't matter if Le Luo Luo is late. The best of Guo Shao's people are my people, and those who use bows and arrows are also my people, so he can't succeed. Precisely because of this, I dare to let him assassinate you. It is also because of this that you saw the clues, so you 'had suspicion,' right?"

"Not bad. First, the timing of the assassins shooting arrows was too coincidental, either standing in the light to attract my attention; or taking advantage of Le Luo Luo's advance to attract him to block. Second, some of them retreated immediately after hearing Le Luo Luo's shout, which was too neat. Those who ran away after the reinforcements arrived were normal, but the first batch of people who left looked like they had been rehearsed. It wasn't that one person was panicked and caused others to panic. It wasn't a chaotic escape after hesitation and looking at each other, but they left together, saying they would leave. There wasn't even a trace of hesitation! This was planned in advance. It also shows that their master is someone else. Otherwise, since they were making chaos everywhere and taking risks, the success or failure was still unknown, how could they retreat just because of Le Luo Luo's words?

Besides, Guo Shao couldn't be the mastermind from the root of this matter. He is a Han person. Even if this rebellion succeeded, he couldn't be the master of Wenyang. After killing me, how did he plan to handle the aftermath? If there was another support, then when seeing Le Luo Luo come, he should have killed him together. And the importance of killing Le Luo Luo should be before me. As long as their group controlled the barbarian village, I was alone, and no matter what, I couldn't escape. In fact, even if I escaped, what? Moving against me is equivalent to going to war with the Han court. Regardless of whether I die or not, it is a break anyway. They should kill Le Luo Luo first to control the Wenyang Tribe, and then immediately move the tribespeople to the deep mountains. How can they be in a hurry to kill me first? Unless because I refuted his words last time, he hated me to the bone and must kill me quickly. This is not impossible, but it cannot explain why those people under him retreated so fast.

As for the possibility of the two Haya being the masterminds, it is also very small. The two of them have real power. They can do anything openly. If they don't want to submit, they can refuse. Even if they are determined to kill the envoy, they can do it. Why make such a scene? Since they have already agreed to submit and then come to assassinate, the greatest possibility is that the intention is not on me, but to use this chaos to sweep away you father and son. This possibility is divided into two situations. One is Guo Shao and Haya colluding, and two is Guo Shao not knowing Haya's conspiracy. If colluding, when Guo Shao saw Le Luo Luo come, he should have issued a kill order. If he didn't know the conspiracy, the Left and Right Haya should have arranged for their people to save me, instead of letting Le Luo Luo save me. However, this does not rule out the situation where Le Luo Luo happened to run into it, but it still cannot explain why the assassins retreated immediately after Le Luo Luo shouted.

I actually thought about whether the two Haya wanted to use this matter to frame Le Luo Luo, abolish his position as Young Zou Ye, and at the same time provoke the relationship between me and him, so that the Han court would support them to move up. But it is still that key question. The two Haya must keep me alive to use this plan, but the one who came down to save me was Le Luo Luo. So when Le Luo Luo blocked the arrow and saved me, and shouted the assassins away, I only suspected two people. One is you, Zou Ye, and the other is Le Luo Luo!"

Old Zou Ye sighed deeply:

"Young master's machine god is alert and clear, which makes people feel heartbroken. With the young master's intelligence, you naturally know that Le Luo Luo is completely unaware."

"You don't need to use words to frame me. Le Luo Luo is indeed unaware. First, I listen to his words and observe his color, and feel that he is not pretending. If he knew in advance, even if his expression was not revealed, his conversation should be more careful. And the injury he suffered should also be designed to be heavier, so that it is easy to win trust. In addition, if he deliberately acted to deceive me, you should also deceive me together, instead of pleading guilty as soon as you come up..."

Old Zou Ye immediately said: "Young master is wise!"

He was most afraid that Wang Yang would misunderstand Le Luo Luo. Although he knew that with Wang Yang's intelligence, he would definitely be able to guess that Le Luo Luo had nothing to do with this matter, he was always uneasy if he didn't hear Wang Yang say it in person. Now he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Yang's expression was complicated:

"More importantly, with Zou Ye's means, this game naturally won't let Le Luo Luo participate, because among these six carvings, one is to make me owe Le Luo Luo a life-saving favor. So when I entered the door, the first sentence I said was that Zou Ye was amazing. It wasn't that your game was amazing, but that you directly threw away your armor and didn't make any resistance, pleading guilty to me, the person who laid out the game, making me have to accept your son's favor even if I saw through this game... Amazing."