Cui Yulu and Tuoba Xuan's army, which had been entrenched outside the city, were currently plotting in their tents how to break through the capital and rescue Fu Xiaoyu.

"Girl, why are we wasting time here? Why don't we just attack Kyoto?"

"Brother, you absolutely must not. Warfare depends on the right time, the right place, and the right people. Right now, we only have the right time and the right place, but we are still missing the most important thing: the right people. Since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people win the world. We have not yet won the hearts of the people, so we certainly cannot send troops rashly."

Tuoba Xuan looked at Cui Yulu, who was analyzing things very logically, and nodded heavily. This girl is quite capable; at least more so than he is.

"Girl, where did you learn all this?"

"I heard it when Han Yu'an was reading aloud before, and I'm just using it here now."

Cui Yulu stuck out her tongue somewhat embarrassedly, realizing that she was truly showing off her limited skills in front of these generals.

At this moment, Qin Zhong entered the camp with the secret letter.

"Take a look at this. Do we have to wait any longer?"

It turned out to be a letter sent back by a secret agent, which told them about the specific situation in Kyoto and the situation of the Fu Xiaoyu brothers.

"Fu Xiaohan has gone too far. He is a brother of the same father, yet he has resorted to such cruelty. This is intolerable."

"So you plan to send troops tomorrow?"

"Don't send troops today, regardless of the opportune time, the favorable location, and the support of the people."

Tuoba Xuan felt a wave of embarrassment. He had just wanted to praise her for her composure and calmness, but now it seemed he had praised her too soon.

“You missed one point: Fu Xiaohan has already accused Fu Xiaoyu of treason, so whatever he does now is perfectly reasonable.”

Qin Zhong held the letter and seriously analyzed it with Cui Yulu and the others.

Now Cui Yulu's identity has changed. She is the holy maiden of a foreign land, a god-like figure worthy of reverence. In addition, she is the foil to Tuoba Xuan, the number one warrior of the foreign land. It is hard not to suspect that this foreign land has long coveted the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Furthermore, Qin Zhong was Fu Xiaoyu's subordinate and came along, which clearly indicated that he was acting on Fu Xiaoyu's orders. The evidence against him for treason was irrefutable.

"That's not right. It was Fu Xiaohan who led the barbarian army in first. We're just here to protect Fu Xiaoyu. We don't want the Great Yuan Dynasty."

"This is your own idea, but you need to know that the barbarians have never invaded us, and the barbarian soldiers were brought in by Xu Ling, who claimed to be his personal guards whom he trained. What can you do about it?"

Cui Yulu and Tuoba Xuan were furious. What kind of situation was this? They were clearly in the wrong first, but now it had become their fault.

If you want to find fault, you can always find a pretext.

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

Tuoba Xuan looked at Qin Zhong impatiently. He thought it was too much trouble to fight a battle here. If they were disobedient in a foreign land, he could just drag them over and beat them up. Why go through all this trouble?

"Now we need to find evidence of Xu Ling's rebellion so that we can have a legitimate reason to fight."

The tent fell into a deathly silence. She only wanted to save Fu Xiaoyu and hadn't thought about anything else.

Little did he expect that his good intentions would become a weapon to destroy Fu Xiaoyu.

For a moment, he even felt a little guilty, never expecting that his stubbornness would become evidence of treason.

"He can make things up out of thin air, and we can also open our mouths and explain. I think there should be quite a few people in Kyoto who believe in Fu Xiaoyu's character, right?"

"Wrong. You don't know that Fu Xiaohan is actually a very powerful figure in Kyoto. He has a large think tank behind him, and his wife, Haitang, comes from the Hai family, which are civil officials. Although they don't have real power, they have a very important position in terms of public opinion."

Upon hearing the name "Haitang," Cui Yulu immediately thought of someone—the only person who could help her now.

"I need to go out and find someone. Only she can help us find evidence of Fu Xiaohan's treason."

As Cui Yulu was about to leave after speaking, Tuoba Xuan, worried about her, grabbed her arm and said, "Wait a minute, take this hidden weapon first. This is a teardrop-shaped hidden weapon that I specially had made for you to increase its weight. It has a pointed head. Although it will take some effort, the effect will be much better than before, at least much better than your soybean."

Cui Yulu took the animal skin bag from his hand. It was full of metal teardrop-shaped hidden weapons. She took out a few and tried them out. It did take some effort, but the effect was many times stronger than before.

"Brother, I didn't expect you to know about this stuff. Thanks, I really like it."

"If you like it, that proves it has value."

Tuoba Xuan scratched his head shyly after being praised, his expression a stark contrast to his rugged appearance.

"I've accepted the things. I'm going out to look for someone now."

"Wait a minute, I'll go with you. I promised the king I would protect you, so I have to protect you every step of the way."

Cui Yulu felt helpless, but she didn't refuse again. Time was of the essence, and if Fu Xiaoyu stayed in the dungeon for another day, his life would be in danger. Cui Yulu didn't want him to be in danger.

The two dared not take the main road and only chose to walk along the side road. Just as they were riding their horses toward Xu Ling's house, they suddenly encountered Han An, who was on patrol, on the side road.

Judging from his attire, he had been promoted to an official position, and he was accompanied by a group of soldiers.

Several arrows whistled as they fell to the ground. Startled, the horse reared up, and Cui Yulu lost her balance and fell off. Fortunately, Tuoba Xuan reacted quickly and pulled her onto his own horse, saving her from being trampled.

To their surprise, Han An was lying in ambush here.

"Cui Yulu, you didn't expect to be here, did you? Let me tell you the truth, in Kyoto, you can't escape my grasp."

At this moment, Han An looked extremely arrogant, his face full of disdain as he looked at Tuoba Xuan and Cui Yulu.

"What foreign saintess, what foreign warrior? They still fell into my ambush!"

The soldiers behind him were greatly encouraged by this sight and cheered along with him.

"Lord Han, shall we arrest these two and go to the Emperor to claim our reward?"

The henchmen behind him quickly stepped forward to say nice things to Han An and ask for a reward. Han An was not stingy with the silver in his purse and directly took out a silver ingot and threw it to the henchman.

"Take this silver and go drink; consider it a reward for you."

The henchman happily tried to bite the silver ingot with his teeth, but finding he couldn't bite it, he happily put it in his pocket, afraid that others would covet it.

"How can someone as useless as you be allowed to become an official? This Yuan Dynasty is truly beyond saving."

"It's no use saying all this. You're all defeated by me now, so I'll let you have your fill of words. Anyway, you're all going to die soon."

Looking at Han An's disdainful face, Cui Yulu was smug. She guessed it was related to Cui Tiansheng. Cui Tiansheng had always been on good terms with Xu Ling, so naturally he would side with Fu Xiaohan.

It's normal to be pleased with yourself right now.

"Then let you be smug for a few days, and I'll deal with you later."

Tuoba Xuan kicked the horse's belly, turned the horse around, and prepared to leave.

"You think you can leave? No way."