Chapter 681: We haven’t even gotten married yet, and you’re so anxious to take off my clothes?
With a sinister look on his face, Xiao Yan carefully applied medicine to Tang Ning and bandaged her wound. Then he reached out and pulled her clothes to cover up her fair and delicate skin. After tying the belt of her pajamas for her, Xiao Yan avoided the wound and held her in his arms.
"If I had known Xie Tianyong and the Queen Mother would resort to such unscrupulous means, I shouldn't have been so cautious."
Tang Ning could hear the regret in his words. Nestled in his arms, she looked up and saw his furrowed brows and gloomy eyes. She softly comforted him, "Brother, you've never been concerned about him and the Queen Mother. They'll do anything to achieve their goals and ignore the overall situation, but you can't. You're Xie Chen'an. How can Xie Chen'an abandon the world for selfish reasons?"
She reached out her hand and placed it between Xiao Yan's brows, smoothing out the wrinkles and depicting his features bit by bit.
"My brother is a peerless hero, and he will surely be a wise ruler praised by all in the future."
The girl's eyes were curved, and although she was pale due to blood loss, she had a bright smile.
Xiao Yan avoided the wound on her wrist and held her hand: "Tang Ning..."
Tang Ning rarely took the initiative to hold his hand and leaned forward to kiss him: "Don't be sad, I'm fine, but brother, were you hurt when you were led out of the capital? I'm afraid Xie Tianyong and Lu Jiuan won't let you escape safely. Are you hurt too?"
Before Xiao Yan could say anything, she said, "Don't hide it from me."
Xiao Yan swallowed the thought that was about to come out of his mouth. Seeing her pretending to be fierce, he smiled and said, "It's just a few minor scratches."
"Let me take a look."
Tang Ning suddenly became anxious and reached out to take off Xiao Yan's clothes, but he grabbed her hand.
"We're not even married yet, and you're so anxious to take off my clothes?"
"Brother!"
Seeing her anger, Xiao Yan stretched out his arms and hugged her in his arms: "Don't worry, it's really okay, just some superficial injuries, otherwise how could I return to the palace safely? Those wounds look bloody. You just changed into clean clothes and bandaged the wounds, don't get them dirty again."
He lowered his head and kissed Tang Ning: "Although this time was risky, it was not without gain. Although Lu Jiuan escaped, I killed most of the people left by the Lu family, and the group of people that Xie Tianyong had hidden in secret also revealed their traces."
Tang Ning's attention was instantly diverted: "Have you found those people?"
Xiao Yan hummed, "Xie Tianyong and Lu Jiuan colluded to lure me out of the capital by plotting to assassinate Marquis Wenxin and his men. They originally wanted to trap me in Lucheng, but Xie Tianyong also wanted to keep Lu Jiuan there and completely cover up what he had done."
"He teamed up with Lu Jiuan while also mobilizing troops outside, hoping to wait for Lu Jiuan and me to be defeated before strangling him. However, he underestimated Lu Jiuan and didn't expect Lu Jiuan to be on guard against him."
Lu Jiuan and Emperor An conspired with each other and had their own ulterior motives. He did not keep everyone in Lucheng at all, and the "Lu Jiuan" who entered Lucheng was just a substitute. He had long since left the capital and gone to Longkang. When Xie Tianyong was assassinating Wen Xinhou and others, he sneaked in and wanted to cooperate with King Pingshan to take down the 100,000-strong imperial army.
"The assassins Xie Tianyong sent to Longkang didn't actually harm Wen Xinhou and his men. They were well prepared and captured them directly. However, no one expected that Lu Jiuan's men had been waiting nearby, waiting for an opportunity to relax and then take advantage of the chaos to launch a second attack."
"Fortunately, Cang Lang was cautious and stayed in the dark. He rescued General Yin and Marquis Wenxin in time when they were attacked, so a disaster was avoided."
After the attack that day, Longkang was in chaos for a while, and Lu Jiuan took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Marquis Wenxin was extremely angry because he didn't catch the person, but he didn't miss such a good opportunity.
Because many people saw blood on him and General Yin during the assassination, Marquis Wenxin simply pretended to be seriously injured in the assassination. General Yin was seriously injured and died. Several deputy generals seemed to have lost their support and hurriedly withdrew their troops. Long Kang even closed the city gates and watched the people in panic.
King Pingshan thought that Lu Jiuan's men had succeeded, and with the news deliberately released by Marquis Wenxin and others, he directly sent troops to attack Longkang. However, Marquis Wenxin took the opportunity to set up a trap. He not only captured King Pingshan's two sons and a main general, killed nearly 10,000 vanguards, but also took the opportunity to recapture Yuanchuan which was forcibly occupied by King Pingshan.
King Pingshan was defeated and fled injured. The situation in the south was reversed and the court army gained the upper hand.
After Xiao Yan recounted what happened in the Southland, he said, "Xie Tianyong did a good deed this time."
"If he hadn't been so calculating and scheming, colluding with Lu Jiuan while each of them was on guard and exploiting each other, Marquis Wenxin and his men wouldn't have found such a good opportunity to defeat King Pingshan. The stalemate in the south would have dragged on for who knows how long. Now that King Pingshan has been defeated, the garrisons he had gathered have been scattered. Marquis Wenxin and his men are taking advantage of the victory and pursuing him. The war in the south will surely not last long."
"Xie Tianyong originally planned to have his own people take over the Longkang army after the death of Marquis Wenxin and his men. He sent over 10,000 men hoping to take advantage of the situation and force the remaining deputy generals to relinquish power. However, he didn't expect Canglang to catch him by surprise."
"When Xie Tianyong sent people to deliver food, they had already left traces. This time, Canglang has captured one of the key figures. Even without Liu Tongen, we can find the whereabouts of the rest. The eldest brother of the Xiao family has already received 30,000 people from Marquis Wenxin. Add to that the people I have secretly prepared over the years, and we will be able to catch those people off guard."
Emperor An said that he had an army of more than 100,000 soldiers, but they had been hiding their identities for many years and dared not reveal them to the public, which meant that they had not fought against anyone for a long time.
It was okay for Liu Tong'en to walk before the emperor every day, and he seemed to be at least cautious and shrewd. But the rest of them had no wars to fight and no battlefields to go to. They had long been bloated by the money and food that Emperor An had sent them over the years, and had lost their vigilance.
Among the more than 100,000 troops, except for those transferred to Lucheng and Longkang this time, the remaining ones who can fight and kill others are at most two or three tenths. With deliberate planning and sudden attack, the people brought by Xiao Jinan and Canglang are enough to defeat Emperor An's "secret army" and solve all future troubles.
Tang Ning felt happy when he heard Xiao Yan's words. Over the past few days, the secret army in Emperor An's hands, whose whereabouts were unknown, has been a big worry for them.
Xiao Yan had been patient several times and had never dared to take direct action because he was worried about that army. He was afraid that after he broke off relations with Emperor An, he would take risks and end up in a desperate situation. The Great Wei was plagued by internal and external troubles. The war in the south was still going on and Beiling was eyeing it covetously. If Emperor An made a desperate attack, the Great Wei would not be able to withstand it.
Xiao Yan had been trying his best to order people to find the whereabouts of that army, but it was difficult to find because Emperor An was too cautious.
This time he found it and solved the problem. He no longer had to worry about Emperor An and act with restraint. He also no longer had to hide his identity for the sake of the overall situation.
Tang Ning couldn't help but hug Xiao Yan and murmured, "That's great...Brother..."
The sun rises in the east and the light comes out after the snow falls.
He waited for it.
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