Chapter 290 Reputation
General Xue's smile faded slightly: "How do you put it?"
"Everyone knows that the previous emperor borrowed troops from the Liao Kingdom to quell the rebellion. The prince will ascend the throne soon and continue with this strategy. So now we should not make things difficult for the Liao people, let alone humiliate the Liao envoys in public. Otherwise, if the incident goes viral, it may be detrimental to the plan of borrowing troops."
General Xue nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. After you guys had a fight yesterday, I sent people to investigate. They all said that you were a young and inexperienced person. Hehe, you are quite smart."
"I am a foreigner, my talent and appearance are both inferior. If I don't put in some effort to please others, how can I succeed? General Xue has been in the officialdom for a long time, so he must understand this truth."
General Xue smiled coldly: "That's right, so you don't care about the plan of the late emperor and the prince at all, you just want to play dumb and become famous. I have seen many people like you, but you are the first one who can make such a fuss."
Zhao Yushu picked up the teacup, took a sip, and moistened his throat. "Lord Chen wanted someone like me. I knew there were thousands of difficulties ahead, but I went all the way. I am also willing to bear the risks in the future. Since I have taken the risks, I naturally want to make more profits and become famous after the risks. It is also a matter of course. As for the matter of Siyue Pavilion, let alone the warriors of the Tang Dynasty, even we scholars are quite dissatisfied with borrowing troops from the Liao Kingdom. This move is not offensive. No matter how arrogant the Liao Kingdom is, it will not ruin the plan of borrowing troops for a brothel girl. Secondly, there were many sons of noble families at that time. I believe my reputation has spread to the ears of all the adults in Chang'an. After your majesty ascends the throne in the future, if any adult is favored by me, I can always save my life and plan for the future, right?"
General Xue stared at Zhao Yushu, as if trying to figure out whether his words were true or false.
"My son is dull and behaves badly. He will just live a life of eating and waiting for death in the future. Mr. Bai is both civil and military, a rare talent with far-sighted plans. My son is not worthy of having a master like you as a friend. Today, I have something important to do, so I will not send Mr. Bai off."
Zhao Yushu smiled, stood up, bowed, turned around and left the Xue Mansion.
Alas, Young Master Xue could have been a very good friend, but this is just as well, as this way I won’t be implicated.
Just as Zhao Yushu left, a side door behind General Xue opened and a young woman walked out.
"how?"
"I don't have any cultivation." The woman said lightly.
"Oh, how could I not know that he has no cultivation? Dad is asking you what you think of what he said." General Xue stamped his feet anxiously.
"I'm a warrior, how can I understand your messed up thoughts? This person thinks too much and talks too much nonsense, it's annoying."
General Xue paused, thinking that his daughter was scolding him as well.
"Forget it, forget it. I shouldn't have asked you to come."
"I didn't want to come in the first place. If I had to, I would have thought that such a skinny nerd could beat three Western warriors. This makes me very curious about his boxing skills. It's a pity that he is a mortal, otherwise I would have found a chance to learn from him."
The woman clenched her fists and her eyes began to light up.
Hearing this, General Xue covered his forehead with his hands, sighed, waved his hand, and walked out of the side hall quickly. Alas, why are both his son and daughter so troublesome? Forget it, he will go and beat his son up to vent his anger.
Zhao Yushu was expelled from the Xue family. For hundreds of years, most of the military nobles were related to each other, and it was unlikely that anyone in the entire Tang military would extend an olive branch to him in the short term.
Zhao Yushu laughed at himself and suddenly turned into an annoying and sinister villain.
Fortunately, he was only trying to save the old man. If it was really Bai Jintang, it seemed that he would have no choice but to cling to the prince and become a lone minister who suppressed the military merits, and he would have been dead.
I am not the type to engage in political intrigues, so just have fun cultivating immortals. When I become an inner scene, I will not care about your conspiracies or overt plots, I will just stab you with one sword and do whatever I want, hehe.
Zhao Yushu was walking on the streets of Chang'an with his hands behind his back, dreaming about a dream that he would never realize.
Now that we have a reputation and a motivation, we just have to wait for the wolf girl to bring good news. Even if she doesn't, it doesn't matter. At least there must be a chance for the wolf girl to bring the map back to the academy.
As for myself...
Who said I can’t do anything to you because you have a higher level of cultivation?
I like to cross the border and kill people.
The young Taoist priest looked at the peach wood sword in the box and was quite surprised.
"This is Zhang Tianshi's sword. It was broken before. I asked a skilled craftsman to make a new one with the largest piece of the hilt. After much consideration, I decided to return it to its original owner."
The news of Zhang Tianshi's disappearance in Chang'an had spread back to Longhu Mountain. Several people with higher seniority in Longhu Mountain began to compete for the position of Tianshi without hesitation. The young Tianshi did not dare to go back at this time and simply hid in the palace.
His biological grandmother was the empress dowager. The empress dowager was the wife of the late emperor's father, but not his biological mother. However, she gave birth to a good daughter, and thus a good grandson.
Intimidated by Zhang Tianshi's majesty, the late emperor treated his nephew fairly well, and the prince also treated his cousin fairly well.
At this time, the remaining sword of Zhang Tianshi was made into a dagger and given to the little Tianshi, which was equivalent to the court making its attitude clear that the next Tianshi of Longhu Mountain would only recognize his own cousin.
"Your Majesty is wise." The young Taoist priest carefully picked up the dagger, and spiritual power surged into it, and the dagger suddenly flashed with lightning.
Even if it was broken, the Millennium Peach Wood Sword from Mount Longhu had absorbed countless amounts of spiritual energy and had been nurtured by more than a dozen generations of top-notch inner vision. It was by no means comparable to any other weapon.
"There is one more thing I want to trouble you with, Little Master."
"Your Majesty, please speak."
"On the second day of next month, I will go to the ancestral mausoleum to worship my ancestors. Due to some special reasons, it is not convenient to bring outsiders in. I hope that the little Taoist priest can accompany me. If anything happens, you and I can deal with it together."
Although the young Taoist priest had always grown up in a greenhouse, his parents were both leaders in power struggles. He had been influenced by them for so long that he had become very shrewd and immediately understood what the prince meant.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will be at your side in everything."
Zhao Yushu was stopped by an unexpected person. It was an accident because he was not going anywhere on purpose. He was just strolling around Chang'an. It was just human instinct that made him go to a lively place, so he came to the West Market.
This person was also surprised, because he shouldn't be in Xishi, he should be in Siyue Pavilion.
The princess's guard who was beaten to the ground by his own bench yesterday and then had his knife snatched from him.
The other party seemed surprised as well, because when the two met, the other party ran out from the store behind, which meant that he happened to see Zhao Yushu from inside.
The guard chattered on and on, and Zhao Yushu pointed to his ear and said, "I'm sorry, my English is very poor."
This time it was the other party's turn to be stunned.
Fortunately, a Hu man quickly ran out of the store, and after a few urgent words with the guard, he made an expression of sudden enlightenment and translated to Zhao Yushu in fluent Chinese: "Our brave Kaba said that he would like to invite the distinguished guest to come in and have a glass of fine wine as a reward for your kindness yesterday."
Zhao Yushu said, "Is your princess here?"
The other party's eyes widened and glared at him. Zhao Yushu waved his hands hastily: "It's just a joke. You have nothing to do anyway. Let's go."