Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 785

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 eyes. She admire him especially when he was so confident.

"We'll apply schemes including 'creating something out of nothing', 'getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin', 'crossing the sea under camouflage', 'making a feint to the east and attacking in the west', 'luring the tiger out of his den' and 'killing someone with a borrowed knife". Luo Qingyan narrowed her eyes and smiled evilly.

Yun Shang's eyes were full of smile. She nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, "Your Highness, what are you going to do to create something out of nothing?"

Luo Qingyan turned around and looked at Yun Shang. His eyes softened. "It depends on you, Your Highness."

"Me?" Yun Shang pointed at herself in surprise.

Luo Qingyan nodded heavily. "I'll leave this trick to Your Highness."

Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, lost in thought. Although Luo Qingyan was in Cangnan City, Qingsu was on high alert against him. Qingsu would be very nervous if there was anything unusual with Luo Qingyan. But Qingsu also knew how difficult it was to deal with Luo Qingyan. Therefore, if it was Luo Qingyan who play the trick, Qingsu would be suspicious. But if she...

Luo Qingyan had just told her about the three shops across the street. He wanted her to take advantage of the spies Qingsu had planted. Yun Shang looked at the sand table, which remained the same as the other day.

Yun Shang thought for a while and came up with an idea. She smiled at Luo Qingyan and said, "It's not difficult for me to play the trick, but I need your cooperation."

Before Luo Qingyan asked Yun Shang what he should do, Yun Shang raised her voice, "Zi Su." With a basin in her hand, Zi Su rushed in and stood in front of Yun Shang with her head down. "Your Highness."

Yun Shang nodded and thought for a while before she said with a smile, "Go to Wenjun Pharmacy across the street with some servants. Tell them that I'm not in good health and I need some fresh acorus tatarinowii schott. Ask the shopkeeper to send someone to pick some for me and send to Chengshou Mansion."