Chapter 634 [First Update]

When he arrived at Jicheng, seeing that there was no sign of the Huns wreaking havoc around him, Liu Tan thought he could take a break before fighting the Huns and Wuhuan to the death.

As a result, before he could even enter the palace, Dou Sibo stopped him and said this, and he almost died on the spot.

He looked at Dou Sibo with a look of disbelief: "What did you say? I'm telling you, I can't take a joke."

If you dare to joke about this matter, I will let my father replace you. Do you believe it?

Dou Sibo was completely bewildered and knelt before Liu Tan. His hands, clutching the hem of his clothes, were shaking, and his voice was trembling even more. He trembled as he spoke, "Your Highness... Your Highness the Prince of Yan... has truly... truly been abducted."

After confirming that Dou Sibo was not lying, the rest of the people gathered around Liu Tan, fearing that their prince would faint from anger.

Miao Rui and Big Gao were particularly anxious. They thought that since arriving in Yan State, their prince had not encountered any comfortable things. There were always problems here and there. They were about to drive out the Wuhuan with great difficulty, but then the Xiongnu came.

Although it is hard to say how the Huns were able to choose the timing so accurately, everyone thinks it was the result of the Wuhuan asking the Huns for help.

After all, it was no secret that Wuhuan and Xiongnu were on good terms. In addition, after Liu Tan talked about the State of Yan, the first thing he looked at was the national border. Anyway, there was no trade here, and there was no need for buying and selling, so he simply closed the border gates and no one could get out.

This would certainly cause a lot of dissatisfaction, especially since there were still some families in Yan State who liked to do business with the Xiongnu - there were always people who valued money more than the country and the nation.

These people originally wanted to find ways to put pressure on the court as they did before. The former Prime Minister of Yan State also knew that problems would easily arise if things were left alone, so he also took ruthless measures.

The result was that they failed to control the situation, and even allowed these people to test the strength of the court and become more arrogant.

They originally wanted to do the same thing this time. Anyway, Dou Sibo, the Prime Minister of Yan State, seemed to be not as flexible and adaptable as the previous one, and was said to be a fool.

Other people in Yan State were not satisfied, but they were very satisfied.

It’s good to be a fool, but it’s also easy to bully fools.

So the result of their pressure was a backlash that was completely unrecognizable - every family that Liu Tan could find evidence against was wiped out.

There was no way. These people were able to exert pressure because they were all major taxpayers. The tax revenue of Yan State... was really ugly in the past. It was all thanks to these big taxpayers who occasionally gave some money when they were in a good mood, so the prime minister of Yan State could not break off relations with them.

But Liu Tan lacks everything except money. Once the workshops he opened become successful, he alone can occupy half of the tax revenue of Yan State. How can he still be threatened by these people?

The result was that there was a panic for a while, and no one dared to touch the tiger's beard at this time, so the possibility of the news spreading from Yan State was very small.

Now that the Huns were finally driven away, Liu Tan ran to Jicheng without even having time to stay and check on the situation in Shanggu County. As a result, he received the news that his child was missing. Who wouldn't be angry?

Especially since their prince repeatedly warned the emperor to take good care of Prince Yan before leaving, and they were most afraid that something might happen to Prince Yan.

But perhaps because Liu Tan had been through so much, he managed to withstand this wave. He stood there, took a deep breath, and asked, "You just said he was missing, and now you say he was kidnapped. Which one is true?"

The two levels are different. Disappearance means that there may be spies inside the palace, but the Yan Palace is full of elite troops left by Liu Tan, and Liu Ku is also accompanied by Fu Yu and Cen You who have always been by his side. If you say that these people will betray him, he doesn't believe it at all.

Without mentioning the emotional issues, let's just say that Liu Tan treated them very well. Not to mention that the elite group always provided them with good food and drink, the assets of both Cen You and Fu Yu could be considered wealthy.

So when he heard that Liu Ku was missing, he suspected that someone had been inspired by his tunnel-digging tactics and had dug a tunnel directly into the palace.

The interior of the Yan Kingdom Palace is not made of cement, but of rammed earth and blue bricks, so it is not difficult to dig a tunnel in such a place.

Even if they didn't have black powder, they would have a chance as long as they didn't encounter particularly hard rocks.

Besides, it is impossible for the Prince of Yan’s Palace to be built on rocks, otherwise there would be no way to lay the foundation.

Even palaces built using the most ancient methods have foundations.

Dou Sibo looked dazed and stammered, "Your Majesty...Your Majesty doesn't know either. I just heard that someone broke into the palace and kidnapped the Prince of Yan."

Liu Tan couldn't help but grab his collar and said, "Hear? Didn't you check? What's going on? As the Prime Minister of Yan State, don't you have any information at all?"

Although the news of Liu Ku's disappearance was a heavy blow to Liu Tan, he remained calm, knowing that there was no point in being anxious at this time.

And to be honest, Liu Ku's disappearance... really has no impact on anything. As long as he is alive, the State of Yan will not be in chaos.

Therefore, the person who took Liu Ku away most likely wanted to threaten Liu Tan. As for threatening Liu Che... there is no need to even think about it, Liu Che would definitely not accept this threat.

Dou Sibo was sobered up by Liu Tan's scolding, and his eyes suddenly reddened: "Your Majesty...your Majesty...your Majesty is guilty."

After the initial panic, Dou Sibo came to his senses after Liu Tan's return made him clearly realize that his backbone had returned.

After he came to his senses, he clearly realized how unfit his behavior was as a prime minister after the disappearance of Prince Yan - apart from panicking, the only right thing he did was to suppress the news.

But the problem is that this news is completely worthless.

He wanted to send a message to Liu Tan, but the Huns occupied Shanggu County, and his message did not reach Liu Tan. Not only that, he also got lost in the army.

If he had not suppressed the news, Liu Tan might have received the news as early as when he occupied Shanggu County and was heading towards Ji County, and he could have given orders to Dou Sibo even if he was not in Jicheng.

Liu Tan once again realized that it would be inappropriate to let someone who only knew how to obey take up the position of prime minister.

He looked at Dou Sibo deeply, then turned around and headed straight for the palace.

If it were Huo Guang, not to mention whether Liu Ku would be abducted, at least when Liu Tan came over, Huo Guang had already figured out all the possibilities.

Now Liu Tan can only go back to the palace to check it out by himself. It is more reliable to ask the elite group than to ask Dou Sibo!

After Liu Tan returned to the palace, he found that everyone in the elite group was injured, and the leader was so seriously injured that he could not walk.

Liu Tan first asked about his injuries, and after learning that there was nothing serious as long as he took good care of himself, he called someone over to question him.

In fact, after seeing the injuries on these people, Liu Tan knew that the Prince of Yan's Palace must have been invaded, but... it was outrageous that the Prince of Yan's Palace was the only one in the entire Jicheng that was like this.

It seemed as if the other party's purpose was very clear, which was to come for King Yan.

In fact, this was indeed the case. By questioning the elite troops whose injuries were not too serious, Liu Tan realized that the people coming might be Huns.

As for how these Huns broke into the palace, it was not difficult to understand - the elite regiment's guards were mostly in the main hall. They did not ignore other places, but in order to better protect King Yan, they directly handed them over to the Yan soldiers.

This was also the result of Liu Tan's careful consideration. He could let the elite regiment replace them, but the problem was that he could not really replace all of them. After these soldiers were sent home, many of them might lose their income, so he still left some people to guard the Prince of Yan's Palace.

What no one expected was that these people had problems - some of them were bribed by the Huns stranded in Yan State and directly opened the back door of the Yan Palace.

The elite group actually reacted quickly, but they could not withstand the opponent's aggressive attack. The most important thing was that one of their men pretended to be a eunuch. Of course, it cannot be said to be a disguise, because the opponent was indeed a eunuch, and he was indeed a Han Chinese.

The elite regiment was attacked unexpectedly. They had originally protected Prince Yan very well and planned to let Fu Yu and Cen You take Prince Yan straight to the main army.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually sent out an archer, but this time the archer didn't want human life. Instead, he replaced the arrow with a hook, and very cleverly hooked Liu Ku's clothes. Liu Ku was such a small man, so he could be pulled away with just a claw.

Liu Tan was in a trance after listening to this. To be honest, this matter was full of absurdity from beginning to end.

He never thought that Liu Ku would be abducted by the Huns. Of course, if Jicheng was broken, he could understand it. Now, probably no one in Jicheng knew that such an important thing had happened in the palace!

After all, the owners of the houses closest to Jicheng have basically been dealt with by Liu Tan for various problems, and he will definitely give the vacant houses to his own people.

As a result, most of these people went to the battlefield. Because of the court's arrangement, Liu Tan did not bring any civil officials with him except for the military generals. As a result, the royal palace and the aristocratic areas near the palace are basically quiet now, and very few people know about this matter.

Otherwise, Dou Sibo would not have been able to suppress the news so easily.

Liu Tan listened in a daze and couldn't help asking, "Where are Fu Yu and Cen You? Why haven't I seen them?"

If Liu Ku was hooked away by the opponent's archer, then Fu Yu and Cen You should be fine. The elite group knows their identities and will definitely protect them.

However, after Liu talked about the palace, not only did he not see them, he didn't even hear any news about them.

The elite soldier who came to report suddenly had tears in his eyes and lowered his head and said, "The two young ladies took the uninjured brothers and chased them out."

Liu Tan immediately slammed the table and said, "Nonsense!"