Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

Upon hearing this, Lu You put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands and looked at Wu Quanwen and the others.

"Have I gone too far?"

"No!" The three guards answered in unison without any hesitation.

Zuo Yunfeng frowned and looked at the three people.

"Old Li, Old Zhou, Little Wei, you three are going too far. I saved your lives in Xijiang Prefecture."

"You are actually helping her to deal with me now? That's too much..."

"Uh...you are so ungrateful!"

Lu You: “…………”

"Zuo Yunfeng, wait a moment!" Lu You looked at Zuo Yunfeng coldly and asked, "What did you mean by your hesitation just now?"

"Why did it change from ungrateful to unkind?"

Zuo Yunfeng paused for a moment after hearing this: "Because... seeing is not colored..."

puff……

As Zuo Yunfeng finished speaking, the youngest-looking one among the three guards finally couldn't help but cover his mouth and laughed.

Lu You raised his head and looked at Wu Quanwen standing opposite him: "Can the badge you gave me mobilize your guards?"

"No." Wu Quanwen ate his meal slowly, "But I can make an exception this time."

Lu You pointed at the two guards who didn't smile and said, "I'm sorry to both of you two."

"Miss Lu ordered." The two men put down their bowls and chopsticks and stood up.

Hearing this, Lu You looked at the young guard next to him who was shrugging his shoulders and trying hard to suppress a smile.

"You should run."

"Huh?" The smile on the young guard's face froze, and then he subconsciously looked at his brothers on both sides.

[Negative emotions from Wei Yun +20, +20, +20...]

"Sir, save me!"

The young guard reacted quickly and tried to hide behind Wu Quanwen, but was grabbed by two guards and dragged outside.

"Miss Lu, how serious is the fight?" the guard who was familiar with Lu You asked in a low voice.

"No need to hit him, just tickle him for the time it takes to stick of incense!" Lu You said casually.

Hearing this, the two guards' solemn expressions suddenly became relaxed. They looked at each other and dragged the young guard out.

Just a moment later, heart-wrenching laughter was heard outside the inn.

[Negative emotions from Zuo Yunfeng +80, +80, +80...]

"Actually, you're pretty too." Zuo Yunfeng looked at Lu You guiltily and then turned to look in the direction of Wu Quanwen: "Old Wu, what brand is that? Can you give me one?"

"There is only one, give it to her." Wu Quanwen said with a smile.

Zuo Yunfeng felt even more uneasy after hearing this: "Lu You, we are friends, you can't do this to me, right?"

"As long as you don't drink!"

"You are too overbearing." Zuo Yunfeng muttered in a low voice: "How can you tear down someone's house just because I drink?"

"I just promised to demolish this store, but I didn't say I wanted to demolish it." Lu You continued to eat with his bowl and chopsticks: "Don't you know what you look like after drinking?"

Zuo Yunfeng stopped talking.

At this time, Zuo Yunfeng was wearing a black suit, which was also given by Wen Chengjie. I don’t know if it was intentional, but it was very similar to what Lu You was wearing.

"Tell me how you got here!"

Seeing that no one spoke, Wu Quanwen spoke softly to Lu You.

Upon hearing this, Lu You did not hide anything and immediately narrated the whole story of how he discovered the Jin scouts, how Jianhe County was sealed off, and how he escaped along the way.

Even Guan Shanyue and Zhao Wenbo's speculations on the battle situation were relayed, which was extremely detailed.

Lu You's lecture lasted about two quarters of an hour.

Later, the five people, including the three guards who completed the "punishment", all put down their bowls and chopsticks and listened carefully to Lu You's story.

"That's our judgment, and it's not good for us."

"Even this city may not be saved."

Lu You sighed, his tone full of worry about the war.

Zuo Yunfeng said in a deep voice: "The situation is worse than you think. Ningguan General Xiao Changlin has been drawing salary for a long time without any intention of rebelling. He is just stupid."

Hearing this, Lu You looked at Zuo Yunfeng in confusion: "What do you mean?"

Zuo Yunfeng sighed when he heard this.

"The Jin people were very smart. They knew that the commander sent to Ningguan must be extremely loyal. They did not dare to instigate rebellion at will, so they used the method of praising him to death."

"Since the day Xiao Changlin was ordered to guard Ningguan Pass, the Jin Kingdom's garrison commanders outside Ningguan Pass began to continuously offer him beautiful women, gold and silver."

"At first, Xiao Changlin disdained to accept it, but the Jin Kingdom also thought of a way, which was to deliberately create friction and then make amends."

"After years of showing weakness, Xiao Changlin began to become arrogant."

"They thought that the people of Jin had been frightened by the defeat of Wu and that there was no strong backbone in the army camp, so they began to ignore defense and indulged in sensual pleasures and revelry every day."

This soft knife move is very powerful!

Listening to Zuo Yunfeng's story, Lu You couldn't help but admire the golden man in his heart.

This kind of flattery, just by suffering a little humiliation, can make the other party completely slack off from top to bottom, which is just like cutting off the fuel from under the cauldron.

It’s really high!

"In Ningguan and Xijiang Prefecture alone, there are more than 200 officials involved in this corruption and empty salary incident."

"Almost all the officials in Xijiang Prefecture and all the generals in Ningguan have been involved!"

Wu Quanwen took over the conversation and said in a deep voice.

"I traveled west this time because I received a secret report and wanted to investigate the matter secretly."

"But I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived at your Jianhe County, I received news that the Jin Kingdom had mobilized its troops."

"Ningguan, which is known as a natural barrier, lasted less than half a month."

"Xiao Changlin deserves to die. He has brought suffering to the people of Xijiang Prefecture. This year is a good year, but when the rice is about to mature, the war breaks out..."

Lu You looked at Wu Quanwen and was moved when he saw the sadness in his eyes.

Not only did he conduct personal investigations in disguise, he also cared about the people.

It is a blessing for the people of Wu Dynasty to have such a prince.

I just don't know whether the things he expressed were truly from his heart or just for show.

"What about Pingchang County?"

Lu You asked.

"You came from the west, so you should have passed by there."

"There are tens of thousands of Qingzhou troops stationed in Pingchang County. They should be able to hold out for a while. After all, Qingzhou General Qin Ming is not as arrogant as Xiao Changlin."

Hearing Lu You's words, Zuo Yunfeng looked sad.

"Pingchang County was breached. When we passed by Pingchang County, we saw a golden flag on the city wall."

"We took a detour through the mountains to escape, and we happened to run into a group of soldiers fleeing for their lives."

"I learned from them that Wang Mingzheng, the magistrate of Pingchang County..."

Having said this, Zuo Yunfeng clenched his teeth.

"Wang Mingzheng is a spy planted by the Jin Kingdom into our Wu Kingdom more than 20 years ago!"