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"If I receive a letter from Lingju saying that you are bullying her, I will enter your mansion with a halberd and chop off your head!" Lu Qiling pinched Cao Xiong's other cheek and said.
"Hiss~" Cao Xiong hurriedly stretched out his hand to push Lu Qiling's hand away, and rubbed his face.
"If you look like this, you won't be able to get married in the future!" Cao Xiong said angrily.
"Hmph! Then don't worry about it."
Lu Qiling turned around and walked out slowly, "Come on, show me the sea."
Chapter 1553 Two Letters
On the beach of Weihai, there is an elevated brazier every [-] steps, with butter burning in the basin, and each soldier is on duty.
From time to time, night patrol soldiers walked by on the beach, and there were ships with lights on the sea.
Cao Xiong and Lu Qiling walked side by side on the beach.
Lu Qiling is tall and slender, Cao Xiong was still a small man back then.
Now Cao Xiong is taller than her.
Xu Chu was arranged by Cao Xiong to follow dozens of steps behind, not to get close.
"You mean, Wan'er is now bound to Yingzhou?" Lu Qiling looked at Cao Xiong in disbelief.
Although she is not familiar with Wan'er.
However, after knowing that Wan'er was someone close to Cao Xiong, she was still a little surprised.
"Guo Zhao is the wife of my second elder brother Cao Pi. Later, Guo Zhao was arrested for cheating on me and kidnapped Wan'er while fleeing." Cao Xiong said flatly.
"I thought this was a simple war between Wei Guo and Yingzhou, but I didn't expect that there were personal grievances wrapped in it." Lu Qiling said.
"If it wasn't for Wan'er, I would have gotten up and returned to Yecheng to report to my father after I defeated the Yingzhou navy last time," Cao Xiong said.
"Speaking of your father." Lu Qiling frowned, "I passed through Jizhou on the way here, and you should have heard about Wufenglou in Yecheng."
"I have received a letter from Yecheng." Cao Xiong said in the darkness on the beach.
"There are two letters, one is the letter sent by my father to the world, and the other is written to me by my third brother Cao Zhi."
"Oh?" Lu Qiling looked at Cao Xiong, "How different are the two letters?"
"Father's letter said that a thief wanted to assassinate him that night, which was not good for the emperor. After the assassination failed, he was beheaded on the spot." Cao Xiong said.
"What did the third son say?" Lu Qiling asked.
"Third Brother wrote in a letter saying that he suspected that someone had planned the assassination intentionally." Cao Xiong said, "There were mixed fish and dragons in the city. On the night when the Wufeng Building was on fire, the Shaofu Geng Ji alone brought out three thousand well-trained thieves." Soldiers besieged Wufeng Tower."
"It is conceivable that in Ye City, how many ministers with real power are concerned about my father's life." Cao Xiong said, looking at Lu Qiling under the moonlight.
"Three thousand soldiers!?" Lu Qiling looked at Cao Xiong in disbelief and said, "Isn't there a rumor that there were only a few dozen people? The leader of the rebel army, Shaofu Geng Ji, was beheaded on the spot by Huben General Xu Chu."
"That's just for the purpose of the father to cover up people's eyes and ears." Cao Xiong said, "The province is known by the world, and there are still so many people who hate him."
Lu Qiling sighed secretly, the matter of Cao's family was really mind-boggling.
"Third Young Master suspects someone is plotting, did you say who it is?" Lu Qiling looked at Cao Xiong.
"Yes." Cao Xiong said firmly.
"Who?" Lu Qiling asked curiously.
Cao Xiong stopped, looking at Lu Qiling's eyes shining under the moonlight.
"If you come to my subordinates to be one of my generals, I will tell you." Cao Xiong looked at her cunningly and said.
Lu Qiling was taken aback, she didn't expect Cao Xiong to still miss her.
"Cut!" Lu Qiling gave a disdainful 'cut'.
"You Cao family members are just not greedy enough. You have sister Du Ling who likes you, and you still want me to be your side general again." Lu Qiling said.
"You are different from Lingju." Cao Xiong said to Lu Qiling, "I love Lingju, but I admire your martial arts!"
"Glib!" Lu Qiling glanced at him.
"Since my father died, I swore I would never be anyone's tool again," Lu Qiling said.
She has fully absorbed the life lessons of her father Lu Bu.
"Alright then." Cao Xiong sighed regretfully.
Chapter 1554 Yingzhou Island is your future!
"But~" Lu Qiling changed the topic, "I can go to fight Yingzhou with you."
"Oh?" Cao Xiong looked at Lu Qiling and said, "Is that true?"
"Of course it's true." Lu Qiling kicked a stone and said, "I came to Qingzhou this time because I wanted to go to sea and see. I heard that Mr. Cao is going to go to Yingzhou, so I'll join you."
Lu Qiling turned around and cupped her hands to Cao Xiong.
"When are you ready to go out?" Lu Qiling asked Cao Xiong.
"To tell you the truth, you came just in time." Cao Xiong said to her, "Two days later, I am going to command Yingzhou and take Xu Fu's head!"
"Okay. Then I will rest with you for two days! After two days, I will go to war with your son!" Lu Qiling said.
"No problem." Cao Xiong said.
Cao Xiong turned around and called Xu Chu, and asked Xu Chu to arrange for Lu Qiling to rest in the west guest room of the General's Mansion.
"Yes." Xu Chu took the order.
"Don't worry, I'll go later." Lu Qiling said facing the sea breeze, "It's still early, and I want to enjoy the sea breeze at the beach again."
"As long as you want, Weihai Haiphong, you can come in and out at any time." Cao Xiong said to Lu Qiling.
"Thank you." Lu Qiling cupped her hands to Cao Xiong.
Northwest of Yingzhou, Jeju Island.
Japanese ships stopped at Jeju Island one after another.
Now, more than 230 masted ships and clippers are parked on the west sea of Jeju.
The number of Japanese soldiers on Jeju Island has increased rapidly, and now it is no less than [-].
Most of the Japanese soldiers on the warship went down to rest on the island, leaving only the daily guards of the warship.
Xu Fu was still on the ship.
When returning to Jeju Island, Wan'er had someone send Xu Fu to the island to rest.
However, Xu Fu still insisted on living on the ship.
"Even if I die, I will die at sea!" Xu Fu said angrily to Wan'er and Jiangdong soldiers.
Wan'er had no choice but to let Jiangdong soldiers send him to the warship at sea again.
Later, for the convenience of taking care of Xu Fu, Wan'er also stayed on the warship and ordered the warship to berth close to the pier.
"Sir, it's time to eat." Wan'er brought a bowl of fruit and rice porridge to Xu Fu.
Xu Fuduan sat up and took the hot porridge from Wan'er's hand.
"Himiko, how much food do you still have?" Xu Fu looked at the porridge and asked.
"Sir, don't worry, Lu Yu from Jiangdong is still sending us money and food, and we can still stay on Jeju Island." Wan'er said to Xu Fu.
"Now, they are still transporting money and food because we are still useful." Xu Fu said, "The [-] Japanese soldiers on Jeju Island and the remaining [-] warships on the sea are our last resort."
"Mister, why didn't you let everyone go back to Yingzhou Island?" Wan'er has always had this question, "After returning to Yingzhou Island, we can recuperate well on Yingzhou Island."
"No, no!" Xu Fu coughed eagerly, coughing up the porridge in his mouth.
"Sir, slow down, don't worry!" Wan'er hurriedly massaged Xu Fushun's chest.
"Himiko." Xu Fu's eyes were full of Wan'er.
"I'm listening." Wan'er looked at Xu Fu.
"We will return to Yingzhou Island, but not now," Xu Fu said.
"Himiko, I've done the math." Xu Fu took a breath, "We still have more than [-] Japanese soldiers and more than [-] warships left."
"When the [-] shi of grain and grass are collected on Jeju Island, you will take these soldiers and warships back to Yingzhou Island and rule Yingzhou."
Xu Fu looked at Wan'er and said.
Wan'er's hand movements stopped, and she looked at Xu Fu in surprise.
"Aren't these soldiers going to attack Wei?" Wan'er stared at Xu Fu with wide eyes.
"No." Xu Fu shook his head, "Wan'er, you have neither the talent nor the reason to attack Wei, so you don't have to inherit Guo Zhao's and my will."
"You have your own future." Xu Fu looked into Wan'er's eyes, "Yingzhou Island is your future!"
Chapter 1555 Lu Qiling and Sun Shangxiang are fighting!
On the tenth day of April, the cloudy clouds that had lasted for many days dispersed and the weather cleared up.
Cao Xiong decided to bring all the navy to Yingzhou immediately!
The day before yesterday, he received a battle report from Hefei, Yuzhou, and a new reinforcement of [-] soldiers had arrived in Hefei.
Many Jiangdong generals led by Zhou Fang have sent troops to Hefei since the river thawed, but Zhang Liao still refuses to go to the city.
Although Zhou Fang and Zhang Liao also fought several encounters in the field, Hefei City finally waited for the arrival of reinforcements.
"Your Majesty, you can rest assured that you will be sent to Yingzhou, and there is no need to worry about Hefei."
Zhang Liao also included this sentence in the battle report.
Cao Xiong nodded in satisfaction.
Now that the time and place are right, it is only time to send troops.
"My son!" Dianman suddenly ran anxiously from the coastal defense to the warship where Cao Xiong was.
At this time, Cao Xiong was watching the navy go out to sea on the super 'Da Fu'.
One after another warships lined up on the sea, covering the entire sea until the end of the sea and sky.
"What's wrong?" Cao Xiong looked at Dianman's anxious expression in doubt.
"Something went wrong!" Dianman gasped, "Madam and Lu Qiling started fighting!"
"What?" Cao Xiong's mouth and eyes widened.
"Mrs. Sun and Lu Qiling fought in the general's mansion. They refused to give way to the other. They fought fiercely." Dianman looked at Cao Xiong.
"Too bad." Cao Xiong patted his forehead.
He thought that with only two days left to go to Yingzhou, the two of them would live in peace.
Unexpectedly, these two people still fought!
"Go back and have a look." Cao Xiong hurriedly took Dianman back to the General's Mansion.
In the garden on the west side of the General's Mansion, Sun Shangxiang was fighting with Lu Qiling with a sword.
Lu Qiling didn't hold any weapons in her hand.
Sun Shangxiang held a soft sword in his hand, and stabbed as soon as he came up!
Lu Qiling nimbly turned around to dodge, and then looked at Sun Shangxiang with raised eyebrows.
"Huh!" Sun Shangxiang angrily raised the soft sword and stabbed at Lu Qiling.