Chapter 72: The Parable of the Caravan and the Well

  Luosiqi didn't directly answer Tianyu's question, she just smiled and said to Tianyu: "Now General Tian can ask these people to leave, let's have a private talk among the three of us!"

  Tian Yu nodded, his doubts about Luosiqi's rebellion had dissipated a lot now. After all, in his opinion, Luosiqi and the Night God Sect had deep grievances, just this point should still be trustworthy.

  When there were only the three of them left in the account, Luosiqi stood up and invited Sima Yue to leave the original place and go to Tianyu's side. In this way, if they all lowered their voices, outsiders should not be able to hear the conversation between the three people.

  Tian Yu was still a bit nervous as Luo Siqi approached him, but it was too late to be afraid now. He relaxed instead, and Luo Siqi didn't really hurt him either.

  Tian Yu was after all a very capable and excellent general, he saw that there were only three people now, so he tentatively asked Luo Siqi: "Is what the goddess said about Mo Ye assassinating the king?"

  Luosi nodded, she had previously regretted not finding Chu Wang for a private conversation before leaving to get a secret order, so that Tian Yu wouldn't be so tense and she wouldn't have to make an effort to tell him stories.

  Fortunately, Tian Yu's cleverness met her requirements, she happily clapped her hands and smiled at Tian Yu: "General Tian, you're really not bad, I just like talking to smart people!"

  Tian Yu still had some doubts, so he asked Luo Siqi: "But what does this have to do with the story you told me? Are you saying that the Song person named Luo shouldn't be exhausted from guarding the hoof gold, but instead should pretend not to be on guard in order to catch the thief who wants to steal the hoof gold once and for all?"

  Luosi shook her head and said to Tianyu, "If I go back in disguise now and catch Mo Ye, it would be just as General Tian thought."

  She looked at Tian Yu, who was still confused, and continued: "Unfortunately, things are not as simple as you think. Have you noticed in my story that every night when the young man with the surname Luo trembled with fear and hugged his horse hoof gold to sleep, the noise outside became louder and more frequent?"

  Tian Yu had already been driven somewhat crazy by Luo Xi Qi, but at this time he was not willing to admit in front of this little girl that he was stupid and couldn't guess it, so he gritted his teeth and tried to answer: "Could it be that the thief does this on purpose every day? To exhaust the owner of the gold until they are exhausted and then make their move?"

  Luosiqi didn't say anything, just smiled and looked at Tianyu.

  Tian Yu felt that guessing this thing was really more tiring than marching and fighting, but he was indeed a famous general, and being a famous general meant having a clever mind. With his cleverness, he only asked four words: "Is it a well?"

  Luosi smiled and patted her hands, feeling that her purpose had been achieved. If she continued to tease Tianyu and really made him collapse, it wouldn't be good for her either. What if she really had to follow the army to fight in the future? Leaving an impression on Tianyu that she liked to play tricks on him would also be disadvantageous to her.

  She didn't make things difficult for Tian Yu this time, but instead revealed the truth: "Actually, this story has a sequel. Because the young man with the surname Luo had to guard the hoof gold, he wouldn't even go out during the day, and his courtyard was abandoned, many crops were affected by the lack of watering, which would likely have a huge impact on his harvest this year. The reason he insisted on doing so is that every half month, the merchant group going to the capital would pass through here, and only such merchant groups would have enough money to exchange for the hoof gold in his hand. He planned to persist until the day the merchant group passed by and then go out, so that when he exchanged the gold for silver and copper coins from the merchant group, he could divide them up and hide them well, and sleep soundly."

  He waited and waited, every day with bated breath, afraid that the passerby would bring people to rob him. But just the day before the merchant caravan was supposed to arrive, the noise that had been disturbing him every night suddenly stopped. When he gathered his courage to go out and check the next day, he found that his courtyard looked desolate due to lack of care for a long time. However, this was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that he surprisingly discovered that the well he had dug before had been secretly enlarged at the mouth, and the inside had been dug deeper and wider, so wide that it should be called an underground cellar rather than a deep well.

  "What was the reason for this? The young man with the surname Luo soon understood the reason, but he didn't know if the person who dug the well had also dug up horseshoe gold like him. At that time, a merchant caravan arrived, and he exchanged it for many silver and copper coins as he wished. His future days became rich, but he looked very worried and slowly fell ill."

  Luo Siqi's story ended here, and Tian Yu listened to it, but he still couldn't guess why Luo Siqi wanted to tell him such a story.

  The feeling made Tian Yu's expression extremely painful, and Luo Xi didn't want to torture him anymore, so she explained: "That young man with the surname Luo is like me, while the king is like that piece of gold that is always facing threats. Mo Ye is like that passerby A who was seen by the young man with the surname Luo, or the potential threat that has been lingering in his mind."

  Tian Yu nodded and said: "I understand all this, but what about that well and merchant group?"

  He heard Luosi continue to explain: "The merchant team is like Kui Li, who is leading the army to attack Hei Wu Mountain. The time when the merchant team arrives is like the time when Kui Li takes down Hei Wu Mountain. Once Hei Wu Mountain is taken down, it's like the merchant team arriving can let the young man with the surname Lu exchange his gold. At that time, many Mo Ye prisoners will be brought back to the capital, and there may even be some Mo Ye people who cannot sacrifice themselves no matter what. At that time, the great king only needs to post a notice in the country to let Mo Ye come and negotiate, and he will have to come. In this way, the safety of the great king is guaranteed."

  "As for the well." Luosi thought for a moment and said to Tianyu, "As for the well, since things haven't ended yet and I don't fully understand it myself, I think I'll come back and explain it to you after catching Mo Ye!"

  Tian Yu nodded his head, and now his admiration for Luosiqi was no longer limited to her extraordinary magical abilities, which was also what Luosiqi wanted.

  Next, the three of them need to discuss what excuse to use to let Luosi leave the army without being detected. Perhaps Luosi's method can only prevent the Night God Sect's spies lurking in the army from sending a message, but if those spies have other unstoppable methods to warn Mo Ye, it is very likely that their plan will fail.

  Lucy thought that if she could master the art of teleportation, it would be much simpler, but unfortunately, she couldn't possibly know everything now, and what she already possessed seemed extremely excessive to outsiders.

  The result of the three men's discussion was that, apart from the goddess, they would leave the military camp on the pretext of going hunting. This plan was thought up by Sima Yue, and Tian Yu, who was drinking water at the time, almost spat it out!

  This time, the troops went to rescue Zheng Guo was extremely urgent, but Luo Siqi, as the goddess of Chu Guo, actually ordered the army to stop for hunting and playing, which is absurd in anyone's eyes.

  But Luo Siqi asked Tian Yu: "Does General Tian have a better way?"

  Thus, Sima Yue's absurd proposal was passed without any alternative.