Mr. Qiu lurked in this small county town as the chief manager of the Northern Jin Dynasty for nearly a year, so naturally it would not be as simple as helping Chu Ling dig a little oil. This year, Mr. Qiu's eyes and forces had already spread throughout Taihe County, otherwise he would not be able to quietly mine and extract stone fat under the noses of the people of the Clan and the Southern Army.

If Chu Ling wanted to quietly take down the Southern Army outside Taihe City without bloodshed, he would naturally use this relationship.

"The general of the Southern Army stationed in Taihe was a member of the tribe, named Yuanji. He was the nephew of Takqin, the general of Runzhou garrison. However, he was not purely a tribe bloodline. His biological mother seemed to be from the Western Regions, so he was not valued." The tribe was not a very particular tribe of blood. In his early years, he had intermarried with all tribes outside the Great Wall and even with Tianqi. But since he entered the Central Plains, he paid more attention to his own tribe. The mixed race between the tribe and the tribe was only a little nobler than slaves in their eyes.

As for other foreign tribes, they are not easy to fight, at least their status is definitely not as good as those born from purely the bloodline of the Clan. The previous Emperor of Northern Jin and Tuoba Liang refused to make a crown prince, which is not because of this reason. Of course, they are more considering the influence of foreign relatives and foreign tribes on the future crown prince. But what ordinary Clans consider is really the pure issue of bloodline.

"How strong is this person?" Chu Ling asked.

Mr. Qiu shook his head and said, "This man is not valued at home, and he is almost reclaimed. The prince's main attention is not Yuan Ji, but Cheng Yi, the deputy commander of the Southern Army."

Chu Ling frowned slightly, "It sounds like an apocalypse, how is he?"

Mr. Qiu sighed lightly and said, "This person... has some skills, and most importantly, he hates Apocalypse very much."

Shangguan Yunru, who was listening, couldn't help but say, "He is a Apocalypse himself, right?"

Mr. Qiu shook his head and said, "I have had two dealings with this man, and it is very difficult to get close to him. He doesn't trust anyone, so I didn't come to him anymore, so I didn't get into him anymore, so I didn't make him suspicious. This man has a very violent and cunning temper, but his strength is indeed not weak. And..." Mr. Qiu glanced at Chu Ling, hesitated for a moment before saying, "I think he hates Apocalypse more than the people of the Clan. Therefore, if the princess meets this person, it's best not to consider persuading surrender."

Chu Ling nodded slightly and smiled, "If so, I'm a little curious about this person."

Mr. Qiu was stunned, "Does the princess want to see this person?"

Chu Ling shook his head, "It's more important to do it. As for this person... let's talk about it if you have the chance." Mr. Qiu nodded and said yes. He was also afraid that the princess must meet this person first, and it would be troublesome if she was alerted.

"Since that's the case, there will be arrangements for the subordinates. Princess, please rest assured. The subordinates are still quite friendly with some people in the city. After receiving the news from the princess, the subordinates began to plan secretly. Tomorrow night is an opportunity." Chu Ling raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Tell me."

Mr. Qiu smiled and said, "Tomorrow night is the fiftieth birthday of Li Yuanwai in the city. This Li Yuanwai is very good at being a person and can be said to be versatile and good at dancing. His youngest daughter is Yuanji's favorite concubine. In the early years, she married his second wife's legitimate sister to Cheng Yi as her second wife. She has a good relationship with Cheng Yi and Yuanji, so the two of them will definitely go to his fiftieth birthday."

Chu Ling was curious, "What is the relationship between Mr. Qiu and Mr. Li?"

Mr. Qiu smiled and said, "It's not bad. This Mr. Li has a broad diplomatic journey and likes to make friends. Although he has known each other for a while, his subordinates have to invite him to attend several banquets in the Li family."

Chu Ling sighed a little, "Then this time... I will be sorry to Mr. Qiu's friend." Mr. Qiu looked calm, but he didn't feel sorry to his friend. "I believe Mr. Li can understand it because of the situation."

“…”

Chu Ling chuckled and said, "Just do it like this, Mr. Lao Qiu can also get me two posts."

“This is nature.”

When Mr. Qiu retreated, Shangguan Yunru asked: "Princess, are you planning to capture the thief first?"

Chu Ling nodded slightly, "What's the problem?"

Feng Sibeidao: "Even if we take down Yuan Ji and Cheng Yi, we can't control the thousands of soldiers outside the city by relying on us." Chu Ling nodded and said: "This is indeed a problem, so... it depends on you."

Feng Sibei and Shangguan Yunru looked at each other and looked at Chu Ling in unison, "Don't we?"

Chu Ling nodded naturally, "Otherwise, why would I bring you here?"

The two couldn't help but look at each other, and Feng Sibei was a little confused, "Princess... Even if I plus Yunru and the other three are not good." A master can fight ten with one, and a more powerful person may fight a hundred with one, but I have never heard of one against one, or even two,300 with two,300.

Chu Ling held his chin and looked at them with a smile, "You have to find a way for yourself. My arrangement is for Mr. Qiu and I to help you restrain Yuan Ji and Cheng Yi, and the rest depends on you."

"..." No, we are just two young people who are just starting out, and I really don't know what to do.

Chu Ling, regardless of whether they knew what to do or not, simply and frankly bombarded the person directly.

"You're not afraid that they'll mess up the matter." Yun Xingyue's voice sounded outside the window. Chu Ling looked sideways and saw Yun Xingyue flashing in from outside.

Chu Ling frowned slightly and said with disgust: "Why are you here?"

Yun Xingyue snorted lightly, walked to the side and sat down and said, "You asked Mr. Qiu to prepare two posts for you just now, but you don't plan to bring those two kids there. Isn't it just for me? If you need this guy's help, just speak up, don't you be embarrassed."

Chu Ling looked at him, "It seems that your love injury has healed."

Upon hearing this, Yun Xingyue's handsome face suddenly looked ugly and she stared at Chu Ling unhappily. She didn't slap someone in the face, and she didn't reveal her shortcomings. This man said that he was a couple with Jun Wuhuan!

Chu Ling didn't care how ugly his face looked and asked, "Has the person brought it?"

Yun Xingyue snorted and said, "I brought it, ten miles outside the city, two thousand people. Zhao Jilin personally brought it with me. I really don't understand that there are well-trained soldiers and horses, but I want a group of mobs. Even if the Jingbei Army has fewer soldiers, two thousand people will not be able to draw them out, right?"

Chu Ling smiled and said, "Be kind of polite, what is a mob? Two thousand people can indeed be drawn out, but do you think there are very few two thousand people? Isn't it telling others that there is something strange about this place?"

Yun Xingyue scoffed, "When the news of you conquering Taihe will spread, do you think others won't know?"

Chu Ling smiled and said, "Whenever everything goes well, I should have killed the navy on the Lingcang River."

"Okay." Yun Xingyue waved her hand in vain, "Anyway, you are the one who makes the decision, so you do whatever you like."

The next day, Chu Ling and Yun Xingyue indeed received two posts from Mr. Qiu personally invited him to attend the birthday party. However, they did not follow Mr. Qiu to go to the Li Mansion in the city, but instead mingled in among ordinary people who celebrated their birthdays. Both of them described outstanding figures, and no matter how they covered them, they still felt a bit ahead of the crowd.

When attending a birthday party, you can't make you messy and look messy. So the two of you simply wear a dress of normal clothes. Chu Ling still wears men's clothes and just thinks they are brothers who have just come from another place. Because of the relationship between Li's family and Nanjun, they managed to find two posts to find a relationship. There are so many such people, and the manager of the Li family's welcoming guests did not care. After reading the post, he accepted the gift and put the two in.

Although the courtyard of Li's mansion is nothing to Chu Ling and Yun Xingyue's eyes, it is one of the best in small places like Taihe. Today, the mansion is very lively, and the whole mansion is very busy. Naturally, the two unknown guests, the Li family, will not pay too much attention. Only one servant brought them to the place where the guests can rest and leave.

The two entered the lobby and found a remote place to sit down and have tea. Seeing Mr. Qiu not far away talking to someone, Yun Xingyue laughed softly and whispered in Chu Ling's ear: "It seems that Lao Qiu is still capable. It's only been a long time since then that popularity has turned out to be pretty good."

Chu Ling raised his eyebrows and lowered his voice, "If it weren't for the good popularity, how did we come in?"

"That's true." Yun Xingyue nodded.

Not far away, Mr. Qiu was talking to an old man who was dressed in a rich and luxurious manner. It was also obvious that the relationship between the two was really good. I just don’t know how Mr. Qiu, a shopkeeper in an inn, got into a relationship with a local snake like the Li family?

"Is this Mr. Li?" Chu Ling asked indifferently, as if he was talking to himself.

But someone next to him said, "Isn't it Mr. Li? This young man doesn't know him?"

Chu Ling turned around and saw a thin middle-aged man sitting not far away. The middle-aged man was also wearing a brocade suit, with a jasper ring on his hands, and his eyes were shining with a shrewd light. He also looked like a businessman.

Chu Ling smiled at him and said embarrassedly: "Our brothers passed by Taihe and wanted to linger here for some time. I happened to hear that Mr. Li's birthday in the city today, so..."

The middle-aged man looked at them, "The two have a wide range of ways, I don't know what they do?"

Chu Ling replied without blinking: "Do some medicinal materials business."

"That's a good deal." The middle-aged man smiled, "In this world, the medicinal materials business is not easy to do."

Chu Ling said with some distress: "Isn't it? In a few days, we have some medicinal herbs to pass by here, so we want to... Uh, I wonder if my brother is here?"

The middle-aged man glanced at Yun Xingyue and smiled and said, "I'm doing some cloth business. I can't buy a small book with two young men..."

While drinking tea, Yun Xingyue listened leisurely as she talked about Chu Ling and the middle-aged man. In just one cup of tea, the two of them had already gone from all over the world to come back to Taihe County.

A person like Chu Ling is knowledgeable and can continue to talk no matter what she says. Even if she doesn't know, she can make up things even more real. In a short while, she started to talk to the middle-aged man.

Yun Xingyue couldn't help but be amazed. What's wrong with this princess? He suddenly felt that Chu Ling was right before. The existence of those weak and harmless little white flowers is really the greatest kindness in this world to these stupid men.

Bah! He is not stupid.

There was a noise outside, and everyone quickly looked outside and saw a middle-aged man walking over with his man quickly.

Chu Ling looked at the man curiously. The man looked like he was thirty-seven or eight years old, with a slender figure and a thin appearance, but he was definitely not ugly. However, there was no expression on his face at such a birthday party, which made people unable to help but wonder if the muscles on his face were real.

Chu Ling once complained about Nangong Yuyue's facial paralysis. In fact, you can tell when you see this person that Nangong Yuyue is really not facial paralysis. Oh... This is not called facial paralysis. Chu Ling thinks this should be the legendary zombie face.

Although this man's face was a zombie face, his eyes were not. As soon as he entered the whole lobby, it seemed to quiet in an instant. His eyes seemed to be dark gray, but they were completely different from the gray of Su and Mingguang. His eyes were as cold as if they were full of hatred for all living creatures anytime and anywhere. Gloomy, resentment, ruthless... Chu Ling really had never seen a person who could maintain the above emotions anytime and anywhere. Even a cruel and ruthless evil person always had normal or happy times.

"This is General Cheng." The friend he had just made whispered behind her.

Chu Ling only glanced at him twice and looked away like others.

The originally noisy and festive hall suddenly became quiet, and even Mr. Li, who was just chatting and laughing, stopped for a moment. Behind Cheng Yi was a young woman in her twenties, and she looked respectful and gentle. This should be Cheng Yi's second wife. It is said that although she is not old, she is Mrs. Li's legitimate sister.

She had no sense of existence when she came to celebrate her birthday on her own brother-in-law. If she hadn't been dressed in gorgeous clothes, she would have thought that she was the girl who was following Cheng Yi.

Mr. Li was greeting Cheng Yi, but he could only force the smile on his face. Chu Ling looked at Cheng Yi and then turned around and continued to talk to the middle-aged businessman. Then he took Yun Xingyue out while no one was paying attention.

There was nothing to see in the Li family's garden. Chu Ling and Yun Xingyue walked in a place with few people. Yun Xingyue looked around and asked, "What do you think of Cheng Yi?"

Chu Ling tilted his head and thought for a while before he spitting out two words, "Hungry Wolf."

Yun Xingyue blinked, turned around and pointed to the direction of the lobby, with doubt on her face. Chu Ling nodded affirmatively, indicating that he heard it correctly, that he was just talking about Cheng Yi.

Yun Xingyue shrugged and said, "Anyway, I can only feel that this person... is definitely not a good person. What are you going to do?" Chu Ling looked at Yun Xingyue with a smile and said nothing. Yun Xingyue raised her hand and pointed at herself, "Oh?"

Chu Ling smiled and said, "In this case, of course, I can only bother Mr. Yun. Otherwise... would you ask me to knock all these people out?"

Yun Xingyue snorted and said, "If you don't send Yan'er away, there will be no need to be so troublesome. I'm not a specialist in this."

Chu Ling said calmly: "Doctors and drugs are not separated, so don't be polite, Mr. Yun. Or are you telling me that you are actually inferior to Yan'er?"

"How is that possible!" Yun Xingyue gritted her teeth and said, "You wait!"

"I'll wait." Chu Ling smiled and nodded.

Yun Xingyue felt that he was being tricked again, and she was very depressed. But no matter how depressed he was, he still had to do what he should do. Could he still watch Chu Ling defeat the entire Li family? If something happens, Jun Wuhuan won’t pinch him to death?

He glared at Chu Ling fiercely, Yun Xingyue turned around and disappeared behind the garden. Chu Ling shrugged and couldn't help but chuckled and turned back. He was about to reach the exit of the garden but heard two somewhat messy footsteps in front of him. Chu Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, thought for a moment and then hid behind the rockery on the side of the road.

After a while, the two of them arrived.

"Father...My husband..." The woman's trembling voice was very strange. Chu Ling turned her head slightly and saw the appearance of the visitor. It was Cheng Yi and her wife who had seen in the lobby before.

Cheng Yi walked in front, he was tall and long legs, and Mrs. Cheng worked very hard to chase after him. But he didn't mean to stop and wait for her, and let his wife stumble behind him, "Honey! Hunter..."

Cheng Yi suddenly turned around and said coldly: "What do you want to say?"

Mrs. Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Yan...Yan'er is still young, can she..."

Cheng Yi suddenly sneered. Mrs. Cheng was obviously very afraid of this husband. Seeing him smile, she couldn't help but tremble a little, "Can you have anything?"

Mrs. Cheng whispered: "I want to keep her for two more years. Can I put the marriage aside first?"
To be continued...