Chapter 197 Don’t You Want Him to Die?
Not far from Li Tianzhuo's manor, there is a house that has been empty for a long time. It was bought by a wealthy businessman from Nan Xin just two months ago.
In the moonlit courtyard, everything is quiet, but you can still hear the breeze blowing through the treetops and the gurgling of the stream.
But the courtyard lights are still dazzling.
"Lian'er, how are you feeling lately?"
In the room, Nan Xinyi Wang and Deng Xuelian were sitting opposite each other having dinner.
Ever since he rescued Deng Xuelian that day, he has kept her in his house.
Deng Xuelian is really resourceful. She managed to trick King Yi into falling in love with her.
In her story, I am a very pitiful woman.
When she was at home, she was not loved by her parents because she was an adopted daughter.
On the day of her wedding, her husband's family was ransacked and exiled.
On the way to exile, she met bandits who killed all the people in her husband's family. Seeing that she was pretty, they raped her.
He fled all the way to the capital, but he couldn't save his child, who died on the road...
When she tells this story, it really makes people feel sad for her.
King Yi was not so stupid as to believe whatever she said. He asked someone about her name in advance and was surprised to find out that Deng Xuelian was the eldest sister of the famous Princess Youning.
Prince Yi, who already felt that Lady Youning had tied up his sixth brother, was even more displeased with Deng Youning.
"Thank you for your concern, sir. Lian'er is fine now."
"But from time to time I still think of my husband who was exiled right after we got married, and my unborn child."
Deng Xuelian never thought about He Xiangzhe, nor did she care about the child who had caused her so much trouble.
But saying this makes her seem like a sentimental, nostalgic and tenacious woman.
In this way, she can hold the heart of the man in front of her more firmly.
This kind of playing hard to get and being close yet distant is also her most skilled tactic.
"The dead are gone, but Lian'er still needs to live well."
"There is always something in this vast land that you are reluctant to leave."
King Yi was a gentle man, and he couldn't bear to see a woman sad.
Deng Xuelian sighed in response to his words, still looking sad.
"Reluctant?"
"There is no one in this world who likes me anymore. As a criminal, I have no place to stay."
"It's just that I haven't repaid your kindness yet, so I really can't die for the time being."
She smiled bitterly, as if she had suffered a great injustice. She had no attachment to this world and wanted to die.
Prince Yi couldn't help but ask, "Who said no one likes you? I... just think Miss Lian'er is very good."
He paused and invited, "If you have nowhere to go in Dongji, why don't you follow me back to Nanxin?"
Hearing his words, a gleam of light flashed in Deng Xuelian's pupils.
This was exactly what she was waiting for.
"Is it really possible?"
"Sir, you won't dislike Lian'er, a broken and unlucky person?"
The way she looked self-pitying was so heartbreaking.
King Yi wished he could hold her in his arms right now and love her dearly.
"No one will know your origins once you leave Dongji."
"In the future, I will also give you a new identity and let you live again..."
At this point, a servant came to the door with news that a man claiming to be his younger brother wanted to see him.
King Yi looked a little nervous.
He has six younger brothers in total. Except for the second brother who has died and the fifth brother who was born with a disability, the others are all gathered in this Dongji capital city.
"Lian'er, I'll be back soon."
After saying goodbye to Deng Xuelian, King Yi followed the servant to the front yard of the house.
Li Tianzhuo had been waiting in the front hall.
When he saw his back, King Yi's eyebrows twitched.
No one comes to see me for no reason. Why did Lao Liu come to find me on his own initiative?
strangeness!
"Why? Commander Li still has any use for a Nanxin merchant like me?"
King Yi deliberately mentioned the two people's current fake identities.
"Brother."
Li Tianzhuo bowed to him respectfully.
"I am no longer the commander of the Eastern Silver Dragon Guard. The emperor just gave the position to someone else."
"This time I came to see my eldest brother to ask for his help in saving my third brother."
Upon hearing that something had happened to King Sang, King Yi also had to become nervous.
"What happened to your third brother?" King Yi asked hurriedly.
"Earlier, in order to investigate Fourth Brother and Dongji Crown Prince Jun Wenci, my people arrested Third Brother and imprisoned him in the Silver Dragon Guard Prison."
"Now that the Silver Dragon Guard is no longer under my control, I am afraid that my third brother will be in danger of his life like other ordinary prisoners."
Li Tianzhuo briefly recounted what had happened before.
When he said this, Yi Wang narrowed his eyes, as if he had thought of something.
"Will you be so kind as to save him?"
"Don't you wish he was dead?"
As expected of the younger brother who was raised by him personally, the one who knows Li Tianzhuo best is none other than Prince Yi.
The corner of Li Tianzhuo's mouth twitched, and he raised a calculating smile.
"He really deserves to die."
"But it shouldn't be now."
"We brothers wanted to kill him, but our fourth brother, who was born to the same mother as him, couldn't bear to do so."
"Brother, do you understand what I mean?"
Li Tianzhuo stopped there and believed that King Yi had understood.
The purpose of rescuing King Sang was also to use him to threaten King Si.
But what can be done if he threatens the king?
Let King Si withdraw his troops and stop interfering in the civil strife in Dongji?
What good could it do to him, the king?
"Sixth brother's plan is brilliant and will be of great help to you, but for me, your eldest brother, it seems like I'm just putting in some effort but getting nothing in return?"
King Yi shook his head. He couldn't do a business that would lose money.
Li Tianzhuo chuckled and said disapprovingly:
"Brother, what you said is wrong."
"I do want to use my third brother to threaten my fourth brother, but I don't want him to ignore Dongji's affairs. Instead, I want him to immediately instigate the Dongji Crown Prince to rebel in order to save my third brother."
"I am not interested in the throne of our Nanxin. Think about it, if the third and fourth brothers can die in Dongji, then the throne will belong to you alone, right?"
"I want to help you kill those two men. I just hope you can lend me some men so I can protect my woman."
His plan was simple. He wanted to take advantage of the chaos when Jun Wenci rebelled to kill King Sang and King Si.
There are only four of them who are qualified to sit on the throne of Nan Xin.
He voluntarily withdrew, and once the third and fourth brothers died, his father's throne could only be passed on to his eldest brother.
Yi Wang carefully analyzed Li Tianzhuo's thoughts.
It is feasible, but the success rate is actually not high.
But he knew his brother, and he was willing to die for what he believed in.
He shook his head helplessly.
"Oh, that's all."
"I have been keeping the little soldier talisman for you since you left."
"It's time to return the property to its original owner."
As he spoke, King Yi took out a jade pendant from his waist, which was very similar to the jade pendant with the symbol of King's little soldier that Jian Zhiyi had given them before.
Li Tianzhuo looked at the jade pendant in disbelief.
For so many years, his private soldiers have been taken care of by his eldest brother.
He thought that when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter, and those people had already dispersed.
He laughed at himself, thinking that his elder brother was indeed not his enemy!
"How many people are there in Zhuoyuan's army now?" Li Tianzhuo asked curiously.
"There are about a few hundred fewer people than when you left, but their martial arts have improved a lot in the past five years."
"This time when I came to Dongji, I brought them and my Flying Eagle Army with me, a total of this number..."
As he said this he raised a finger.
This means ten thousand.
This means that the two brothers currently have at their disposal an army of more than 10,000 people in Dongji!
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