Volume 10 Chapter 311

Chapter 311 Li Dan is indeed a learned man. When he speaks, he shows his loyalty and courage. It is tear-jerking and makes the listeners sigh. Read the full text.

After hearing this, Li Hong was even more touched. He couldn't help but burst into tears and said repeatedly: "My son is strong-willed. He is worthy of being the prince of Zhenguo!"

The ministers on the side of the prince's party saw the opportunity and came out one after another, knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "Although it is wrong for the prince to steal the talisman, it is completely out of loyalty to the king and loyalty to Zhenguo. Please forgive the prince this time!"

Not only did the prince's party come out to persuade, but even other ministers came out to plead for Li Dan.

It's very simple. The current situation in Zhenguo is already critical enough. If there is trouble with the prince again, it will undoubtedly make the situation in Zhenguo even more chaotic and dangerous.

Li Hong had no intention of punishing Li Dan. With the ministers persuading him, he wiped away the tears from his eyes and said, "The emperor who breaks the law should be punished with the common people. But since you are my beloved minister, I will forgive you this time. However, this incident must never happen again. You will be confined to your home for five days and reflect on your mistakes!"

Confined for five days? Li Dan was shocked. In five days, he didn't know what kind of changes would happen in the situation. I'm afraid the coalition forces would have launched a large-scale attack long ago. How could he sit at home and wait for death? ! He straightened his waist and said loudly, "Father..."

"No need to say more!" Li Hong didn't give him a chance to speak at all. He waved his hand and said, "Generals Gao Si and Lin Ning, listen to my orders!"

"I am here!" Gao Si and Lin Ning walked out of the military generals and saluted with their hands crossed. They were tall and burly, with fierce looks and full of flesh on their faces. Standing there, they gave people a strong sense of oppression even if they didn't speak.

These two were both top-notch generals of Zhen State, and had made great contributions to Zhen State.

Li Hong said to them: "The prince is under house arrest for these five days, and we two will be responsible for guarding the prince's mansion. If anything goes wrong, I will hold you two accountable!"

"I obey your order!"

Li Hong arranged for them to guard Li Dan for a purpose, which was to create time for them to get along and get to know each other.

He intended to let Gao Si and Lin Ning cover Li Dan's breakout. In the future, they would be Li Dan's right-hand men and left-hand men. To protect him and revive Zhen State, they must have a tacit understanding. These five short days were a rare opportunity.

If Li Hong arranged for someone else to watch him, Li Dan might still be able to seize the opportunity. When he saw Gao Si and Lin Ning, he was completely desperate. Needless to say, the strength of these two spiritual martial arts was naturally high, and they were also famous for being iron-faced and impartial, and they would not be soft or hard. Even if Li Dan met them normally, he would subconsciously give way to them. Now that these two are guarding him, he can't fly out of the mansion even if he has wings.

Li Dan's theft of the token was successfully covered up by the foreshadowing he had laid in advance, but he was also punished with house arrest for five days. During these five days, he could not do anything else and could only stay at home every day, staring at Generals Gao Si and Lin Ning.

Let's talk about the coalition forces outside the city. Pang Li pointed out a waterway that could secretly enter the city to Tang Yin, and it was directly connected to the palace. Tang Yin attached great importance to it and sent Cheng Jin to arrange people to go with Pang Li to check.

Since Pang Li and the people who were hiding arrows left, Tang Yin has been restless in the big tent. He was eager to find out whether this waterway was true or false and whether it was possible to pass through.

In the anxious waiting, time passed unusually slowly. Just as Tang Yin was wandering back and forth in the tent, Ling Shuang came.

Lingshuang still didn't know about the waterway. Seeing Tang Yin constantly walking around in the tent, she knew that he must be worried, but she deliberately asked: "Brother Wang, the food tonight should be delicious, right?"

Tang Yin was stunned and asked: "Why do you say that?"

"If Brother Wang didn't eat too much, why didn't he sleep so late and walk back and forth in the tent?" Lingshuang asked with a smile.

Walking? Tang Yin almost laughed out loud. How could he have the leisure to walk now! He walked to the table, picked up the map that Pang Li gave him, handed it to Lingshuang, and said: "Take a look!"

Lingshuang took it suspiciously, unfolded the map, looked down for a long time, but didn't understand what Tang Yin wanted her to see. Without waiting for her to speak, Tang Yin pointed to the map and told Lingshuang about the waterway provided by Pang Li.

When Tang Yin finished speaking, Lingshuang was surprised and happy. It was incredible that there was such an unknown waterway in Xitang City. She said, "If it's true, our army can attack the Zhenguo Palace without bloodshed and capture Li Hong!"

"That's right!" Tang Yin nodded and said, "Now, I'm waiting for the results of the waterway investigation."

No wonder Tang Yin was so restless. Lingshuang could understand his feelings. Now that she heard the news, she couldn't sleep. She said excitedly, "Why don't I wait with my brother!"

Tang Yin shrugged and said, "It's up to you."

It takes a long time to wait alone, and it's not much better for two people to wait. It didn't take long for Lingshuang to feel impatient. She said to Tang Yin, "Brother, there's nothing to do anyway, why don't you and I play a game of chess!"

Oh? Tang Yin became interested and asked with a smile, "What chess to play?"

"Killing chess!" Lingshuang asked, "Can my brother play?"

The killing chess was a popular chess game at that time. Each side had 30 pieces, arranged in the pattern of two armies facing each other, divided into the front, middle and back armies. The front army could capture pieces within two squares of a straight line, the middle army could capture pieces within one square of a straight or diagonal line, and the back army could capture pieces within one square of a straight line. The front army could move two squares, while the middle and back armies could only move one square. The rules of this chess game are simple, but it can test a person's overall coordination ability and ability to strategize. When they were in Feng Country before, Tang Yin and Qiu Zhen played this kind of chess game most often.

He smiled and said, "Okay, let's play the killing chess game. However, I have to say that my chess skills are not low."

Lingshuang laughed and shook her head and said, "I'm not bad either! Please teach me, brother Wang."

Tang Yin asked the guards to bring the killing chess game, and then played against Lingshuang. Although he said it well, Tang Yin's chess skills were inversely proportional to his confidence.

When he played chess with Qiu Zhen, he would occasionally win a few games, but that was mostly because Qiu Zhen was willing to let him win. After all, he was the king, so Qiu Zhen had to show some mercy.

But Ling Shuang would not show mercy. She studied music, chess, calligraphy and painting in the palace of Yuguo almost every day. She was smart and her chess skills were very good. Even if Qiu Zhen came, he might not be able to beat her, let alone Tang Yin.

Tang Yin wanted to make a bet with Ling Shuang, but when the two started playing chess, he was glad that he didn't make a bet, otherwise he would lose badly...

Tang Yin and Ling Shuang played five games, and each time Tang Yin lost all his chess pieces, and Ling Shuang had very few chess pieces left. He was almost able to win each time, but he couldn't win each time. Tang Yin felt more and more embarrassed, and gradually lost face. When the sixth game was more than halfway through, he threw the chess pieces he had eaten on the chessboard and said, "I'm so hungry, I really don't feel like playing chess, let's play another day!"

Ling Shuang smiled and put down the chess pieces in her hand, saying, "It seems that my brother is not in good shape today?"

"Yeah!" Tang Yin replied casually, and even he felt embarrassed.

While he asked someone to put away the chessboard, he also told the guards to bring a few dishes of food. It was rare to win against Tang Yin, Lingshuang was in a particularly good mood. When the guards were about to leave, she specifically asked them to bring two pots of Yuguo wine.

"Sister Wang's chess skills are really good. If she can do more research on military tactics, I believe that Sister Wang will become a monarch who is good at commanding troops." Tang Yin sincerely admired Lingshuang's overall view, which was also his weakness.

It was no problem to let him charge into battle, and it was no problem to let him fight hundreds of enemies alone, but how to lead hundreds of his own soldiers to defeat the same number of enemies was not his forte.

Lingshuang smiled and said, "In Sister Wang's heart, Brother Wang is a monarch who can really lead the army to fight! Besides, Sister Wang already has such a good 'husband', so why should she learn it herself?"

She said this jokingly, but as a woman, she really had no interest in commanding troops and fighting. Every time she picked up a military book, her eyelids would become unusually heavy and she felt drowsy.

Tang Yin smiled bitterly. Is it his blessing or his trouble that Lingshuang relies on him so much?

When the food and wine came, Tang Yin and Lingshuang sat in the tent, eating and chatting. The two of them opened their mouths and gradually talked more and more. They talked about everything. The gap between them in the past few days seemed to disappear all at once.

Xu Wenfeng, who was guarding outside the tent, saw Lingshuang and Tang Yin talking and laughing inside, and felt uncomfortable. However, in this era, the gap in status and position is insurmountable. Even if Xu Wenfeng is jealous and dissatisfied, he dare not act rashly.

As Tang and Ling chatted, time passed quickly. Unknowingly, the sky slowly turned pale. At this time, a guard ran into the tent quickly, knelt down and saluted, and said with a cupped hand: "Report to the king, General Cheng is back!"

"Oh?" Tang Yin's eyes lit up, and Lingshuang beside him was also very energetic. She had not slept all night, but she was not tired at all. Tang Yin waved his hand and said, "Let them in!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!" The guard turned and ran out. Not long after, Cheng Jin, Pang Li and two secret agents came in from outside.

After patiently waiting for them to exchange greetings, Ling Shuang couldn't wait to ask, "How is the investigation going? Does the waterway really lead to the palace of Zhen Kingdom?"

Pang Li had never seen Ling Shuang before. Seeing her sitting next to Tang Yin, she was already full of confusion. Now that she heard her asking questions before Tang Yin, she was even more curious about her identity.

Cheng Jin raised his head to the two men, indicating that they could talk.

One of the secret agents bowed and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the waterway is real, and it can indeed lead to the palace of Zhen Kingdom, but... the environment in the waterway is also very poor..."! ~!