Chapter 308: Fighting with Heart

Xiao Baoyue reorganized her drums and flags, first admitting generously:

"I am a Jingzhou special envoy, but I also came according to the intention of the Imperial Court—"

She also thought that the Yongning barbarians had long ago surrendered to the Prince of Badong, but she only knew after arriving that the Prince of Badong bought weapons from the Yongning barbarians, always using the name of the Imperial Court, saying that the Imperial Court ordered Jingzhou to secretly prepare military equipment for the northern expedition. This matter concerns the national military trend and is a top-secret machine, so it needs to be handled by the Yongning tribe to avoid suspicion; and trade with barbarian tribes violates the normal system. If it is discussed in the court, it will definitely be obstructed, so the Imperial Court ordered Jingzhou to secretly handle it. At the same time, this is also a trial of trade with barbarians. If the Yongning tribe can deliver on time and guarantee quality, then they can cooperate for a long time in the future, or even directly open the trade ban.

According to Xiao Baoyue's speculation, the Prince of Badong made such a move. On one hand, it was to prevent the Yongning tribe from using this matter as a handle to threaten him, and on the other hand, perhaps there was an intention to drag the Yongning tribe into the water unknowingly. However, for Xiao Baoyue, this just happened to become a bargaining chip that could be used to counter Wang Yang's suppression of her identity.

After she reorganized her drums and flags, her tone changed, and she began to counterattack:

"Although Young Master Wang directly inherits the Imperial Court, he does not follow the regulations and avoids Jingzhou to sneak into the barbarian territory. What is the reason?"

Just as Wang Yang buried back-up plans in his words, Xiao Baoyue also buried back-up plans in her words. The back-up plans of the two were hidden too deep, and others couldn't guess them at all. But the surface meaning was understood—

Although Xiao Baoyue came from Jingzhou, she represented the intention of the Imperial Court, and her actions were legitimate. Wang Yang's name came from the Imperial Court but he did not notify Jingzhou, but acted secretly. Since it is secret, I am afraid it is not as legitimate as you imagine? As for the specific reason, whether the Imperial Court has no fixed policy or whether this is just a private contact trial, think about it as you like. Anyway, he is not a normal, bright and upright envoy, and Jingzhou didn't receive the news at all.

Just like Wang Yang's sentence "I didn't expect you to come anyway" had the intention of telling Le Luo Luo, Xiao Baoyue's sentence, while questioning Wang Yang, also explained to Ang Ta that she didn't know about the Wenyang tribe having an envoy, and it was not intentional concealment.

Although the two spoke little, they were all one stone and four birds, hiding back-up plans, clarifying identities, stabilizing their basic disks (the barbarian tribe they were in), and stepping on the other party.

Wang Yang didn't know the inside story of the Prince of Badong colluding with the Yongning barbarians. Seeing Xiao Baoyue's counterattack so fast, he was secretly amazed, but his face didn't show it at all, just a faint smile on his lips, shaking his fan:

"The Imperial Court has its own disposal for this matter, which is not what you can know, and even the Prince of Badong doesn't know much about it. You just need to do your part, and you don't need to ask about the rest."

Although the tone was plain, the feeling of looking down from above jumped out, as if instructing subordinates.

Xiao Baoyue's questioning was originally intended to shake Wang Yang's prestige and reduce his weight in the hearts of Le Luo Luo and Ang Ta, while inducing Wang Yang to argue with her, which fell into the rhythm she led. But she didn't expect Wang Yang to be neither panicked nor argued, and didn't even have a trace of embarrassment, just a calm attitude plus a light sentence, which immediately became unfathomable, making her own status insufficient, information insufficient, knowing only one and not the other, and the style changed to low.

Especially the sentence "The Prince of Badong doesn't know much about it" was simply pulling the salary from the bottom of the pot! You Xiao Baoyue claim to be according to the intention of the Imperial Court, but that is also ordered by the Prince of Badong. Now it is clearly told to you that my job for this time, even the Prince of Badong doesn't know much about what is going on, what can you know? This is equivalent to directly cutting off the foothold for Xiao Baoyue to find a supplement later! Not only is the identity inexplicably a head shorter, but the momentum is also two points weaker.

However, Xiao Baoyue had already calmed down after the chaos at the beginning. Although this move failed, it was not chaotic at all, and she said with a smile:

"The Imperial Court has its own disposal? Not necessarily. What the Imperial Court's public discussion is, Young Master Wang naturally knows clearly in his heart."

Both of them had eight hundred heart eyes, every sentence was full of words, and together they seemed to be able to verify each other, making Le Luo Luo and Ang Ta half-clear and half-ignorant, all gathering information from the dialogue between the two, and comparing and splicing with the situation they already knew, all feeling that they had gained something! But this is actually the result of Wang Yang and Xiao Baoyue's intentional guidance.

The two stepped on each other, but also had a tacit understanding of fighting without breaking. Neither of them directly refuted the "facts" preset by the other party, because once it caused Le Luo Luo and Ang Ta to doubt the identities of the two, it would be both lose-lose. So the two never denied what the other party said, just followed the other party's words to increase settings, while dismantling the other party's stage, while secretly matching the "stories" and "person settings" they had previously told their respective barbarian tribes, leading Le Luo Luo and Ang Ta in the direction these two little foxes needed. Therefore, on the surface, Le Luo Luo and Ang Ta both felt that they had gained something, but in fact, the content gained was very different. It was like the two were putting together a puzzle, because the base maps were different, and what was put together was naturally very different.

Xiao Baoyue's words were intended to guide Ang Ta, laying the groundwork for her back-up plans, and also to disgust Wang Yang, inducing Le Luo Luo to be suspicious. However, she didn't expect Wang Yang to be extremely flexible in his operations in the Wenyang tribe, and the room for advance and retreat was not small. You question the Imperial Court's public discussion? No problem, Wang Yang originally said he was sent by the peace faction, so he didn't set up an alliance or bring an edict, letting the Wenyang tribe take the initiative to submit. Therefore, Xiao Baoyue didn't expect her to say this, not only could it not cause Le Luo Luo's suspicion, but it further confirmed what Wang Yang had said in the Wenyang tribe before.

Wang Yang looked at Xiao Baoyue with deep meaning and smiled mysteriously:

"I naturally know clearly, I'm afraid you... are still in a dream..."

I dream of your ghost!!!

Xiao Baoyue was also convinced. What "Imperial Court public discussion," what "naturally know clearly" were all nonsense to bluff the barbarians and doubt Wang Yang, but this guy actually used the pole as a gun, acting as if it were true! If it weren't for the fact that she clearly made up these words, she would have been timid herself! It really seemed like he knew some key information she didn't know, so he was sure of winning!

Xiao Baoyue was still stabilizing the formation here, but Ang Ta couldn't sit still. Wang Yang acted too much like it, too confident, and in contrast, Xiao Baoyue was always at a disadvantage, which made Ang Ta suspicious. There are many reasons for this phenomenon, one of which is very important is that Wang Yang and Xiao Baoyue's strategies are different.

Xiao Baoyue always thought about using ambiguous words to make Le Luo Luo doubt that Wang Yang had reservations about him, or even deceived him, so as to provoke the relationship between the two. Wang Yang's goal was very clear, only focusing on one point to hit—that is, to suppress Xiao Baoyue's identity below his own.

Because Wang Yang was clear that as long as this general direction was determined, the rest were small sections. If Xiao Baoyue's words didn't count as much as his, then even if Ang Ta believed Xiao Baoyue again, he would have to leave his heart, and there was no need to bury the line to provoke. So all of Wang Yang's buried lines were aimed at Le Luo Luo, related to his subsequent actions, while Xiao Baoyue was not focused, wanting to provoke Le Luo Luo and lay the groundwork for Ang Ta, plus lost the first move, and tried to restart the rhythm but failed, so she was always pressed and beaten by Wang Yang.

Ang Ta interjected: "Xiao Guiren is from the Langya Xiao clan, she is a royal family! What is unclear?"

It seemed to be helping Xiao Baoyue speak, but in fact, he had no bottom in his heart and wanted to test.

Wang Yang knew that in the eyes of the barbarians, Xiao Baoyue's royal status had a considerable share, so he had to break it before he could fight, and smiled:

"Although Jiangling is good, it is not Jiankang after all. She is a distant branch, living in Jingzhou, how much can she know about the affairs of the Heavenly Palace?"

Ang Ta felt cold in his heart, Le Luo Luo's confidence became strong again, and Xiao Baoyue was stunned—

Never seen such a shameless person!!!

She knew where she was worse than Wang Yang. She was not as shameless as Wang Yang!

A fake Langya Wang clan, estimated that he had never been to Jiankang in his life, actually dared to say to her face "distant branch, living in Jingzhou"? Is this what a person who wants face can say???

The key is that even if he pretends to be the Langya Wang clan, he can't pretend to be a direct line! What Yixing Wang family, don't know how far it is, actually dare to say that she is a "distant branch"? Her grandfather was the second brother of the Taizu Gao Emperor! The current Emperor is her own cousin! You actually have the face to say that I am a distant branch?

Clearly a fake noble clan, and dare to talk about distant branches or not? How big is your thief's courage? If I pretended to be the Langya Wang clan, I would have to go around this topic when I met it! Hearing the name Langya, my face would have to turn red! Wang Yang, you still have the face to mention it actively. You are talking nonsense with your eyes open, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?!

Xiao Baoyue was so angry that she wanted to die, but she couldn't refute it, because she didn't use her own identity for this mission, but the identity of the daughter of Xiao Tanzhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Works (Director of the Major Engineering Construction Department of the State Office), and the cousin of the Prince of Badong. It was really a distant relative outside the five clothes!

And Wang Yang calculated exactly that Xiao Baoyue, this little Deng, pretending to be the Prince of Badong's envoy, would definitely not use her own identity. And hearing that it was the Langya Xiao clan, it should be both using the royal brand and finding an inconspicuous person in the clan, so he publicly opened up. Anyway, the barbarians couldn't figure out the branches, and even if they were wrong, they would treat them as right.

Xiao Baoyue also realized that Wang Yang's strategy of focusing on stepping on her identity was indeed effective, and immediately changed her style of play, turning it into her own use!

She and Wang Yang had the same abacus. Anyway, the barbarians didn't understand, and even if they were wrong, they would treat them as right, and directly retorted:

"You, a distant illegitimate son of Langya, still have the face to say that I am a distant branch?"

Wang Yang immediately looked solemn and bowed his hands virtually:

"I am the sixth-generation grandson of the Right Army Duke, a direct son of the authentic Langya Wang clan. Miss Xiao, don't slander me just because you were rejected by me!"

Le Luo Luo, Ang Ta, Xin Yi, and Chen Qingshan were all shocked!

Lian San looked at Xin Yi:...

Wang Yang's words had four intentions. One is to divert Xiao Baoyue's hostility toward him to personal grievances, so that no matter how she provokes later, she will be considered to be losing strength due to personal resentment. Two is to disrupt Xiao Baoyue's rhythm and induce her defeat. Three is to add a layer of reasonable explanation for the two's tit-for-tat. Four is to shift the focus of the struggle between direct and illegitimate sons. Although even if he recognized the illegitimate son, it didn't matter, but the momentum would be weak. If he didn't admit it roughly, it might trigger a dispute over simple facts and let Le Luo Luo and Ang Ta doubt their identities, so he had to find a reasonable excuse for Xiao Baoyue to slander him.

Xiao Baoyue was so angry that a Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and directly fought! Anyway, it was in the barbarian tribe, who is afraid of whom! Angry questioning:

"You you... you are talking nonsense! I am not... I have never... you are talking nonsense! Where did the child come from? You..."

As soon as this was said, the whole tent was stunned...

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Note: In this book, whenever a woman is written in men's clothing, except for reasonable and dense disguises with detailed descriptions (also have to consider the voice, the problem of speaking or not), they can be seen as women if they are close and look carefully. That is to say, it is not that changing into men's clothing can hide the gender, but the men's clothing worn for convenience, just like Xie Xinghan wore men's clothing to the White Tiger Dojo before. From a distance, you might think it is a man, but as long as you look close, you will know the gender. As for the identity Xiao Baoyue disguised, you can re-read Ang Ta's introduction. He never said envoy, but messenger. ===== CHAPTER 309 =====