Chapter 785 Creating Something Out Of Nothing

Huaiyin City.

Yun Shang had read the map of Huaiyin City for countless times in the past two days, but she still couldn't figure out how Luo Qingyan hid the army in the city. As the terrain of Huaiyin City was relatively flat, he could only hide one hundred thousand people there at most. But how could one hundred thousand soldiers be compared with the army of the State of Yelang which had at least three hundred thousand people.

The soldiers and horses were in Huaiyin City, but Luo Qingyan was in Cangnan City. Luo Qingyan did so to divert the attention of Qingsu, but he had to do it well to make it believable. There must be many people guarding Chengshou Mansion. Yun Shang leaned against the couch and looked at Luo Qingyan who was reading, thinking to herself. He was really calm as if the battlefield was under his control.

"If you keep looking at me, I'm afraid I can't focus on reading." Luo Qingyan's eyes were still fixed on the book, but there was a hint of banter in his voice.

Yun Shang's face flushed. She glared at Luo Qingyan and snorted, "Are you reading The Art of War?"

Luo Qingyan smiled and said. "This book is a primer of military science for us. Almost every general in the court has read it. Even a lot of civil officials has read it. Many people think that the stratagems in it are useless since they are well known. However, there are few people who can really use them well."

"Oh?" Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, stood up, took a book from the bookshelf and went back to the couch to read.

But she didn't have too much interest as she could almost recite the book. She put the book aside and held the teacup in a daze.

Seeing that Yun Shang was really bored, Luo Qingyan looked up at her and said gently, "Your Ladyship has been in Cangnan City for three days. Have you ever been out for a walk?"

Yun Shang was surprised to find that he was talking to her. After a moment of silence, she answered, "I went out two times in total, but I didn't walk too far."

Luo Qingyan nodded and asked softly, "Then have you noticed how many shops are there on the opposite side of Chengfu Mansion?"

Yun Shang thought for a while and said with a smile, "There. One is a porridge shop, one is a cloth shop, and another is a grocery store."

Luo Qingyan nodded slightly and thought for a while. Then he said, "I had visited the three shops before I moved into Chengfu Mansion. Not long after I lived in the mansion, when I went to the shops again, all the shopkeepers and the attendants had been changed."

Yun Shang looked up at Luo Qingyan and asked, "Your Highness, do you mean that all the people in these three shops are here to keep an eye on us?"

"It's highly possible." Luo Qingyan lowered his head again, with a cold light flashing in his eyes. "Now we are under the control of people everywhere and in a passive position. This time, let's use several stratagems simultaneously as in a chain of stratagems and show them how to apply 'coordinating one stratagem with another'.

Yun Shang looked at Luo Qingyan with burning

u are really shameless. General Zhao is more than 20 years old. You are not even eighteen years old, how could you force him to call you sister-in-law."

Yun Shang lowered her head and quickly put the chess pieces back on the chessboard. "So what? After all, I married you, uncle? Huh?"

"You withdrew the move..." Luo Qingyan couldn't help but rub his forehead.

He knew that Yun Shang had kept it in mind that he thought Zhao Yingjie was a talent and wanted to cultivate him. The reason why she did so today was to get them closer, so she did it on purpose.

Luo Qingyan looked at Yun Shang dotingly. This silly girl always thought for him. But she would not understand that the friendship between men only needed a fight.

With a sly smile, Yun Shang looked back and forth between Zhao Yingjie and Luo Qingyan. After thinking for a while, she said, "Zi Su has gone out and hasn't come back yet. I'll ask someone to make tea for General Zhao. Your Highness, talk with General Zhao."

Without waiting for Luo Qingyan's response, Luo Qingyan stood up and walked into the room.

When Yun Shang returned to her room, she heard some faint voices coming from outside. The corners of Yun Shang's mouth curled up slightly, and she went to the couch and lay down. After a while, the sound gradually disappeared. Yun Shang's eyes flashed with confusion. She stood up, walked to the door and quietly looked around, only to find that there was no one in the yard.

Yun Shang was surprised. She turned around and asked the servant standing at the door, "Where are His Highness and the guest?"

The servant replied in a hurry, "Your Highness, His Highness has gone to the Martial arts performing field with the guest."

Martial arts performing field, Yun Shang's eyes widened. Does Luo Qingyan want to have a fight with Zhao Yingjie? Zhao Yingjie looked taller than Luo Qingyan, but his kung fu was definitely not as good as Luo Qingyan's. What does Luo Qingyan want to do?

Yun Shang was worried and went to the martial arts performing field.