Enter Chang Xiangsi and help Jingzhai fight

He groaned, "Ouch!" and whispered to me, "Then you better take care of yourself! There is also Xiao Qiaobin who needs to be taken care of! But if it is inconvenient for you as a girl to take care of her, you can send her back to us all to take care of her. Although we are not as delicate as you girls, she will have something to eat if we have something to eat."

I nodded and said, "Don't worry, I can take care of Qiao Bin. You guys take care of yourselves too. I'll come back to pick up Big Brother when I'm done with my work."

He raised his hand and wiped his eyes: "Brother Wang is blessed to have a sister as loyal as you because of his good deeds! Then I will finish the ceremony first, and then put him together with his brothers and sisters, and wait for the girl to pick him up."

I bowed and said, "Thank you. I'll take my leave now."

After saying that, I saw Lili had already flown over, so Tu Shanjing and I rode on Lili and returned to my residence.

After entrusting Qiao Bin to Xiao Wei, I followed him to Yu Mansion.

I followed him into the study. When he saw me sitting down, his bright eyes were as gentle as the moonlight. He asked softly, "Are you... okay? Is there anything important you want to tell me?"

I don't know why, but sitting here quietly with him at this moment, the raging blood in my chest seemed to calm down.

"When you were in Wushen Mountain, did Xiaoyao tell you that he wanted to help Xuan?" I asked him.

“…Yes,” he replied.

"Then... do you agree?" I asked again.

"Yes." He looked at me and replied.

"Okay, I want to join too. Not only me, I also persuaded the remaining troops of Chen Rong to cooperate with Xuan." I poured myself a cup of tea, drank it in one gulp, and felt a lot cooler in my chest.

He stood up, with a look of surprise on his face, lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then slowly said: "Then... do you have any plan?"

I asked him, "What's your plan?"

He shook his head. "We have just started the plan. It is a matter of great importance. We should take it step by step. What I want is to let Xuan abandon Xiyan and break through from the Central Plains instead of shaking Xiyan, where he has no foundation and the Five Kings and Seven Kings have intertwined forces."

I praised, "Yes, that's the idea. Then, with Xiangliu and the others, we can put on a show. For example, they pretend to besiege the city, and the reinforcements from Xiyan arrive but fail to capture it. If Xuanxuan leads his troops to capture it at this time..."

Tu Shanjing's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he said, "It will show His Highness Xuanxuan's military prowess."

I smiled and said, "That's right."

He pondered for a moment and said, "But if this is the only military achievement, I'm afraid... King Xiyan will not pass the throne to him. If you want Xuan to make further progress, you need to show that he has the support of the noble families in the Central Plains... So when the city is besieged, it is best to have a young man from a noble family captured. His status must be noble, noble enough to shake the situation in the Great Wilderness, so that Xiangliu dare not kill him at will, and Xiyan cannot give up on him at will. It must be as important as the besieged city."

I smiled at him. Young Master Qingqiu is really smart. Talking to smart people saves time and effort. So I took over the conversation: "That's right. In this way, the young master of the noble family will be grateful to His Highness Xuanxuan for saving his life, and it will be natural for him to support him next."

He looked at me suddenly and said, "So it is Chenyi City. Besiege Chenyi City!"

I agreed, "It is indeed the best choice. I just don't know...who should the captured noble son choose?"

Tu Shanjing smiled slightly: "Of course it has to be me. Fenglong is a military commander and will have to lead troops in the future. It would be too embarrassing if he was captured."

I asked him softly, "Won't it be embarrassing for the Qingqiu Tushan clan leader to be captured?"

He smiled bitterly: "My spiritual power is not as high as his, so being captured is not surprising. I will not lead troops to fight in the future, so there is no use for this reputation. You also know that I..."

Although he didn't say everything next, I knew what he meant.

He had already become disheartened and lazy. All the great achievements and huge wealth were nothing but passing clouds to him.

He doesn't care.

He knew I understood and nodded, "Then I'll go back and pack up. We'll first send Xiaowei and Qiaobin back to Qingqiu, and then choose a day to go to Chenyi City. This way, we'll be more circuitous and less likely to reveal our whereabouts."

I agreed, "Okay. Then I'll go find Xiaoyao and ask her to ask Xuanxuan to come over and talk."

He asked me, “Can I come too?”

I waved my hand: "No, let's talk alone. You'd better step away."

When it comes to his sister Xiaoyao, I'm afraid that Tu Shanjing's presence might stimulate Xuanxuan and make him lose his mind, so he flips the table and refuses.

He did not insist and nodded, "Okay."

It was much simpler with Xiaoyao. I just replied to her that I felt bad after seeing my elder brother pass away and that was why my chest hurt. She was only concerned about my situation.

Because I was Tu Shanjing's subordinate, she had no doubts about my proposal to help Xuan and agreed to help me send a letter to invite him to Qingshui Town.

I spent the day with a heavy heart, and then Xuan came.

He called me to his study in the tavern, and I saw the decorations on his table at a glance. He brought those things and my things here again.

He followed my gaze, smiled slightly, and said, "Sit down. I'll return your things to you. What do you want to talk to me about?" After that, he walked to the table, picked up my horsehair brush, wooden cross carving, and scented powder and handed them to me.

I stroked the tuft of horse hair and replied, "I came here to discuss the terms of exchange with you."

He was startled, and his grin widened, but the smile did not reach his eyes: "What do you want to exchange?"

I looked straight into his eyes: "The throne of Xiyan."

His smile disappeared instantly and he placed his hands on the table.

Looking down at me, he asked, "How do I change it?"

I told him about the plan Tushan Jing and I had discussed. He thought for a long time and replied, "It sounds feasible. But this operation will cost a lot of manpower and money for your Tushan clan, and it will also involve huge risks. You are willing to break the old rule of not taking sides and be involved in my dispute. I'm afraid the things you are going to exchange for are also very precious, right?"

I smiled and said, "Of course, you get what you pay for. We at Tushan have always been fair in business, but buyers should not expect to take advantage of us too much."

He saw me laughing and laughed too: "Well, tell me about it?"

I replied, "First, after the matter is accomplished, you must allocate a mountain in Chenrong's homeland to the remnant of Chenrong's army and let them live there. You are not allowed to harm them, nor can you control them and force them to follow your Xiyan's system."

He agreed, "Sure. Compared to Jiangshan, a mere Chenrong Mountain is nothing. I can also allocate a piece of land at the foot of the mountain to them."

Seeing how generous he was, I praised him, "He is indeed the future emperor, he is always generous."

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Am I sincere enough? What else? What does Tushan want?"

I replied, "The wine business in Xiyan City was originally run by Tushan, but it accidentally fell into the hands of Master Huang, and I want to take it back."

He asked in confusion: "Who is Mr. Huang? I have never heard of such a person in any noble family."

I hurriedly said, "It's not some aristocratic family that's hard to mess with, just a local tyrant."