Chapter 307: Breaking the Situation

Little Deng is an Imperial Court special envoy?

The Imperial Court sent a clan woman to be a special envoy to the barbarians? The Imperial Court has no one left?

Could it be because I told her the strategy for pacifying the barbarians, so she found an opportunity to practice it? Or did the Imperial Court send two groups of people, one bright and one dark, to go on a mission? One was Wang Yi to the Wenyang tribe, and the other was Xiao Baoyue to the Yongning tribe?

Or is she not representing the Imperial Court, but representing the Crown Prince?

The Crown Prince communicates with the barbarians?

The Yongning barbarians communicate with the Prince of Badong, so the Crown Prince came to win over the Yongning barbarians?

The Yongning barbarians eat from both sides?

Wang Yang was a bit confused...

Xiao Baoyue was equally confused.

How did this little thief run here?

Could it be that he couldn't play anymore and switched to the barbarian tribe?!!

Or did Wang Yi send him?

Or did he come specifically for me?

He wouldn't know, would he?

Impossible, right?

However, the little thief is very cunning, maybe he really found something...

If he really knew, then what to do???

It wasn't just Wang Yang and Xiao Baoyue who were confused; Le Luo Luo and Ang Ta were also full of doubts.

Le Luo Luo thought: So the Yongning tribe also submitted? What are their conditions? Are there six "nots"? Does it also open the barbarian road? Will two barbarian roads affect business? If both families submit to the Han Court, will the Han Court's mediation be useful? But if the Yongning barbarians lean toward the Han Court more thoroughly, will the Han Court favor the Yongning barbarians? Wang Yang has been hiding the fact that the Han Court sent envoys to the Yongning barbarians. What is his intention? Will he use this to force me to make concessions on the conditions already discussed? This time, will he really stand on the side of the Wenyang tribe?

Ang Ta thought: Is it because the ambush didn't go well, so they still let the Prince of Badong's political enemy trade with the Wenyang barbarians? But if this person is a survivor of the ambush, he should be a private envoy. How can he say he is an Imperial Court envoy? Bluffing? Or is there really an Imperial Court authorization? Or is this another group of people, the official envoys sent by the Imperial Court to the Wenyang tribe? Does Jingzhou know about this? If they know, why don't they say it? The Han Court is asking Jingzhou to talk about bigger business on one side, and on the other side, it is hooking up with the Wenyang barbarians. Is this betting on both sides? Or is it that they don't want me to be the only one, so they started to support my opponent?

Four people, four kinds of thoughts. For a time, no one spoke, and the atmosphere in the tent began to become strange.

Xin Yi wanted to speak.

She didn't know what she wanted to say, but she just wanted to speak!

But she didn't dare.

Xiao Baoyue had previously issued a ban on her. In such an occasion, without the young master's permission, she was not allowed to speak, otherwise she would be hung up and spun around...

So she could only open her eyes wider to compensate for her strong desire to speak.

Seeing Lian San was the first to recover after the surprise, because he didn't need to think so much. Even if he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out in the current complex and tricky situation, so he simply gave up thinking and just prepared to respond, listening to orders at any time.

This state was the same as Chen Qingshan's. Xin Yi stared at Wang Yang, while Chen Qingshan stared at Xin Yi. She knew that this petite girl looked harmless, but she was actually very dangerous! In close-quarters combat, she was probably not her opponent, but she didn't have a spear last time! Now with a long spear in hand, she wasn't afraid! As long as she dared to move, she would let her taste the power of the Chen family spear!

Seeing Lian San and Chen Qingshan thought little, so it was easy to be clear. Xin Yi's thinking was strange, and it was hard to judge whether it was clear or not with reason. Among the few people who thought a lot, Wang Yang was the first to grasp three keys and stood out.

The first key is Xiao Baoyue's attitude.

His envoy status is not true, at most a diplomatic mission member. Even if he plays the banner of Wang Yi, saying that he is not an official envoy but an envoy sent by the envoy, the strength of his words will be greatly weakened. The Wenyang tribe's trust and importance to him will never be the same as before. Not only will the difficulty of using negotiations to seek opportunities this time increase a lot, but even the things already discussed with the Wenyang tribe may have twists and turns! So he is guilty, which is reasonable. But why is Xiao Baoyue guilty?

If she were really an Imperial Court special envoy, she could have controlled the situation generously, or coerced, or investigated, or asked. What could she not do? But her reaction was the same as mine, which shows that she is also afraid of me! There are barbarians here. If I say something about her, she will be afraid?

That might be... she is not an Imperial Court special envoy at all!

Either she is representing the Crown Prince to communicate with the barbarians privately, or she is here to investigate the case of the Prince of Badong communicating with the barbarians! And the latter is more likely! Because Xiao Baoyue racked her brains and has been investigating the matter of the Prince of Badong communicating with the barbarians, and borrowed my strength to find out the clues of the Yongning barbarians, so she came to the Yongning barbarians! She is not communicating with the Yongning barbarians for the Crown Prince. It is not very meaningful for the Crown Prince to communicate with a local barbarian tribe, and it is very risky, because this barbarian tribe is involved with the Prince of Badong and may leak secrets to the Prince of Badong at any time. So Xiao Baoyue is not hooking up with the Yongning barbarians for the Crown Prince; she came to the Yongning barbarians to find evidence!

She is afraid that I will dismantle her identity and ruin her affairs, so it is not just that I am afraid of her, she is also afraid of me!

As for the second key, it is necessary to realize that besides Xiao Baoyue, he also has to deal with Le Luo Luo and the Yongning tribe leader. To some extent, these two people's perception of him is more important than Xiao Baoyue's. Now that two Han envoys have appeared, both of them must be drumming in their hearts. However, this matter may not be all bad for him. If used well, it may have unexpected opportunities, not small opportunities, opportunities that can echo the two back-up plans he has already buried...

The third key is that in this situation, whoever speaks first is more likely to grasp the initiative. Since Xiao Baoyue and the Yongning tribe didn't know he came to the Wenyang tribe in advance, and Le Luo Luo didn't know about Xiao Baoyue, they are temporarily in a state of "information vacuum." In the state of information vacuum, whoever can output information first can set an initial framework for subsequent communication and grasp the leading rhythm. At the same time, conveying a confident signal is also very important for appeasing allies, deterring opponents, and confusing bystanders.

The first key is confidence, the second key is understanding, and the third key is method.

The three joints are very complicated to dismantle, but the mind turns, but in an instant. In the few seconds when the strange silence just began to spread, Wang Yang grasped the confidence, clarified the understanding, determined the method, and spoke first.

He looked at Xiao Baoyue, his expression complex, his tone emotional:

"I thought I was ordered to go on a mission and had already pacified the Jing barbarians, but I didn't expect you to come anyway."

As soon as this was said, Le Luo Luo was confused, Ang Ta was confused, and Xiao Baoyue—was also confused!

Is Little Deng an Imperial Court special envoy?

Pretending to be the Langya Wang clan and pretending to be an envoy, this guy is really... What does he mean by this?

Wang Yang's sentence has three small clauses, each with a purpose, and the connotation is quite rich.

The first sentence is to tell Xiao Baoyue that he is currently acting as an envoy, and because Xiao Baoyue had not yet entered the tent when he introduced his status, he had to give her a reminder; the second clause is Wang Yang laying a subtle foundation for his subsequent methods, which naturally no one understands the meaning of yet; the third clause is even more incomprehensible to everyone, but it can be heard on the surface that the two knew each other before and must have some background information unknown to the bystanders, which can also be guessed from Wang Yang's tone and expression, and it also well explains the strange atmosphere when they first met.

And the reason why Wang Yang wants to use such a sentence with simple meaning but not simple connotation to open the situation, besides burying secret intentions for his subsequent actions, is also to deliberately make Xiao Baoyue fall into a rhythm that cannot be figured out, and can only be led by him.

Wang Yang's brain is fast, and Xiao Baoyue is not slow. When Wang Yang thought of the first two keys, she also thought of them. It's just that although her mind is fast, she is short of dealing with it. She is good at issuing orders and controlling the overall situation when she occupies an absolute advantage, but in this complex situation, she lacks a method of handling it.

If she were allowed to calm down and plan quietly, she would be confident that she could plan properly and respond freely, but this is an on-site confrontation and real-time conversation. Where is the time for rehearsal and preparation? So even if she had realized that Wang Yang's words should hide some thoughts, she had no good way, so she could only meet moves with moves and follow his words:

"Well, I didn't expect it either."

Wang Yang's first sentence made everyone confused, and the second sentence had the meaning of earth-shattering:

"Actually, you are not an Imperial Court special envoy, you are just a Jingzhou special envoy."

Xiao Baoyue was calm on the surface, but panicked in her heart.

This damn little thief! He really knows!! How did he know?!

Actually dared to say I am not an Imperial Court special envoy?! If I am not, who is???

Xiao Baoyue thought her background had been seen through, and couldn't help but feel more wary.

Wang Yang was half-guessing and half-stepping.

First of all, Xiao Baoyue is a woman. No matter how she pretends, she can't pretend to be an envoy, so she can only play the banner of a private envoy. Since it is a private envoy, it is not necessarily the Imperial Court's. Secondly, this involves a safety issue. Wang Yang entered the Wenyang barbarians because the Wenyang barbarians were waiting for the Imperial Court to redeem Seeing Liu Cheng. You Xiao Baoyue have no stable identity, dare to enter the Yongning barbarians rashly? Not afraid of being directly detained and becoming the second Seeing Liu Cheng? Then for the Yongning barbarians, what identity is the most stable?

Of course, it is the identity of the Prince of Badong's envoy. Since the Prince of Badong has cooperated with the Yongning barbarians, the envoy sent by the Prince of Badong will not only not be detained but will also be treated with respect. And it is very timely to pretend to be the Prince of Badong's envoy at this time. Since the ambush of the diplomatic mission, Wang Yi and Wang Yang don't know whether they are alive or dead, and the Yongning army intervened and fought a counter-ambush. The Prince of Badong is guilty and likely will not contact the Yongning barbarians in the near future. Xiao Baoyue just used this time difference to disguise herself as the Prince of Badong's envoy. The three hundred color-fading jackets she asked him to get before were likely the handiwork of taking trust and showing favor to the Yongning barbarians. Maybe there are other ways? Xiao Baoyue was able to intercept the confession of the team leader Xue and knew the situation at the Prince of Badong's banquet like the back of her hand. There are likely her insiders among the Jingzhou officials. Pretending to be a Jingzhou envoy might also have the help of this insider...

The above is a guess.

As for stepping, it is naturally to suppress Xiao Baoyue's identity, and he acts as the Imperial Court envoy, letting Xiao Baoyue be a Jingzhou envoy, thus setting the size of the king, so that the subsequent cards will be smoother.

Xiao Baoyue was guessed first and stepped on again. The evil dragon in her heart had roared again!

It's just that in front of Ang Ta, it's not good to roar. She had thought about the scene of meeting and confronting Wang Yang again many times, but she never thought that it would be like today. After only one sentence, she had already lost two moves. It's really hateful!

However, Wang Yang, don't be too proud. The outcome of today's situation is still unknown. ===== CHAPTER 308 =====