A few years have passed, and the young general, who was still a bit immature back then, is now just standing there. The sense of oppression is stronger than ever before, making it particularly breathless.
Shao Jingyu.
Shao Jingyu's open appearance in Changzhou meant that Changzhou had been conquered. Yan Yiming was not surprised by this result.
Shao Jingyu was ordered to return to the capital and attack Prime Minister Jian. It was only a matter of time before Changzhou was captured. The only thing that surprised Yan Yiming was that the Changzhou prefect had vowed that he could stop the Xia army and hold out until King Jiangxia arrived, but now that the city gate was broken, Shao Jingyu took Changzhou faster than she thought.
No matter how brave Shao Jingyu was, he could not be as unstoppable as he was on the grassland when facing the heavily guarded city walls. Therefore, this victory must have been the result of internal and external collaboration.
The person outside is Shao Jingyu, and the person inside is 80% likely Jian Yuyan.
Jian Yuyan once again won a chance to survive for himself and Jian Yuer. Nangong Xuan has also been rescued. Shao Jingyu and Jiang Yi don't have to worry. All the progress is within Yan Yiming's prediction range, but Yan Yiming can't relax at this moment.
She originally planned to leave, but by chance she met Shao Jingyu.
So now I can’t leave even if I want to.
Yan Yiming suddenly felt a little annoyed.
Jian Yuyan might still be in Changzhou. I wonder if Jian Yuyan has any suspicions. Although Shao Jingyu should not be able to recognize her, she can't help but worry that Nangong Xuan will reveal something that will arouse Shao Jingyu's suspicion.
Thinking of this, Yan Yiming suppressed the idea of escaping after a fight. If he used force in front of Shao Jingyu, he would be admitting his guilt.
If she can't escape, then she can only surrender. Even though she is the daughter of King Jiangxia, she is also the hero who saved the prince. For the sake of the prince, Shao Jingyu will not make things too difficult for her. As long as she is careful, she should not be discovered by Shao Jingyu.
As for Jian Yuyan, no matter how suspicious he was, as long as she refused to admit it, what could Jian Yuyan do?
After calming down, Yan Yiming pretended that he had never met Shao Jingyu. He was still alert, and he hesitated with his hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist, "I don't know who you are."
Shao Jingyu, who had not been seen for several years, was no longer the passionate young man he used to be. His cold and sarcastic eyes showed no trace of humanity. He had no intention of answering Yan Yiming's questions. After learning that the prince had been found safely, he looked away from Yan Yiming, said coldly "tied him", turned around and rode away.
The person next to Shao Jingyu was also very familiar. Yun Xiao rode over and waved his hand to signal the soldiers around him to take action. Yan Yiming cursed inwardly as "bastard", took off the long sword at his waist and threw it on the ground, then stretched out his hands.
Yun Xiao was stunned by this initiative. Yan Yiming raised his eyes and said, "Tie him up."
Yun Xiao coughed, "Princess, I'm sorry."
A few years ago, they were good brothers who ate together and went to the battlefield together, but now they met again and found themselves prisoners. Yan Yiming sighed sadly and looked up at Changzhou, where the flag of the Great Xia Dynasty had been hoisted again. He hoped that he could spend the last six months or so in peace.
Changzhou was broken, Jian Xiang was captured, but Wei Xiongjie was clever enough to escape. Shao Jingyu showed no mercy and ordered his men to treat Yan Yiming as a death row prisoner and throw him directly into the cell. Yun Xiao, who was standing aside, thought of the Princess Lin'an and found it interesting. He joked with Shao Jingyu,
"Princess Lin'an is a girl after all, and she saved the life of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but you don't know how to be gentle with women at all."
"Why should I show mercy to the daughter of a traitor?" Shao Jingyu sneered, took off his armor and changed into a black tights, which made him look taller, longer-legged and more heroic.
The two of them left the courtyard and went to the front hall to meet Nangong Xuan.
After so many days of traveling, Nangong Xuan finally saw the light of day again. After bathing and changing clothes, he finally regained his handsome appearance. He learned about the current situation of Changzhou and King Jiangxia from his deputy general. He finally felt relieved when he learned that everything was under control. Then he asked about the whereabouts of Yan Yiming.
The deputy general replied, "Your Highness, the Princess of Lin'an has been captured by the general and is now in the Changzhou prison, preparing to be escorted to the capital."
Nangong Xuan's expression changed, "In prison?"
He risked his life to save himself, but was thrown directly into prison. Nangong Xuan immediately ordered the deputy general to get the man out.
The deputy general hesitated, "This... is an order from General Shao himself..."
"General Shao ordered you to send someone to prison, and now I'm ordering you to send him out. What's the conflict?" Nangong Xuan raised his eyebrows.
Shao Jingyu just heard Nangong Xuan's words when he entered the room. The deputy general was relieved when he saw Shao Jingyu. Shao Jingyu glanced at the deputy general and said, "Since His Highness has ordered this, bring the person here."
The deputy general nodded and prepared to do it, but Nangong Xuan waved his hand and said, "Don't rush to bring her here. Clean up the courtyard in the west and ask the maids to help the princess wash and comb her hair. Then go and invite a famous doctor in the city."
"Is your highness injured?"
"I was not injured, but the princess was injured a lot because of me. Although King Jiangxia rebelled, the princess is not the same as King Jiangxia." Nangong Xuan sighed, motioned the deputy general to go and sighed with some self-mockery, "I never thought that one day I would end up like this."
Nangong Xuan could say such words to Shao Jingyu, which showed that he and Shao Jingyu were very familiar with each other. Shao Jingyu was no longer as cold as before and relaxed a lot. "Prime Minister Jian has been in the court for so many years, and it is really hard to guard against him. Your Highness does not need to worry about it."
Nangong Xuan smiled. Some things can be said but others cannot be said. For example, he can say that people’s hearts are unpredictable, but he cannot say that his father is too ruthless. Nangong Xuan sighed and changed the subject and talked about Yan Yiming again. “I am lucky to have the help of the princess this time. I never thought that I would be saved so many times by a woman.”
If anyone else heard this, they would probably say that he was blessed by heaven and would not be shocked at all, but this person happened to be Shao Jingyu.
Shao Jingyu's dry well-like mood suddenly felt like a small stone was thrown into it, spreading a trace of pain in his heart.
Many years ago, he had been saved many times by a woman. She always followed him silently and bore all the pain, but in the end she died at his hands.
Shao Jingyu closed his eyes which suddenly felt a little sore and said, "I... have also been saved by a woman many times."
Nangong Xuan's heart moved. Seeing the pain on Shao Jingyu's face, he remembered the rumor that had caused a sensation in the capital many years ago. That famous female general had saved Shao Jingyu many times and made countless military achievements, but Shao Jingyu concealed all her achievements and hid her in the backyard in the name of love. In the end, she died tragically in the filthiness of the women in the backyard.
Nangong Xuan also felt extremely regretful because of this story.
I suddenly recalled the scene of Yan Yiming fighting with the pursuers with a long sword in his hand these days. It was already terrifying, not to mention the heroine who remained calm and composed in the face of thousands of troops.
If that female general were still alive, she would definitely be a more impressive woman than Princess Lin'an.
Nangong Xuan was originally lamenting about himself, but at this moment he suddenly felt that Shao Jingyu in front of him was even more pitiful. He sighed and patted Shao Jingyu on the shoulder, "He is gone, General... Alas..."
"Let's not talk about the past," Shao Jingyu concealed the emotions in his eyes. When he raised his head again, he had returned to normal. He smiled and chatted with Nangong Xuan for a long time before leaving.
Less than half an hour after he left, someone else came looking for him. It turned out to be Jian Yuyan.
Jian Yuyan was the biggest contributor to the capture of the city. With the help of both of them, they were able to capture Changzhou in just three days and capture Prime Minister Jian alive.
Jian Yuyan never mentioned why he betrayed Prime Minister Jian, but only asked him to plead for mercy on behalf of Madam Jian and Jian Yuer in front of His Majesty and spare their lives.
He was the one who abandoned Jian Yuer first, so he owed Jian Yuer a favor. Even if Jian Yuyan didn't mention it, Shao Jingyu would have brought it up. After that, the two never talked again, and Jian Yuyan never took the initiative to look for him.
So Shao Jingyu couldn't help but be surprised.
But what surprised him even more was that Jian Yuyan took the initiative to find him just like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, to plead for Princess Lin'an.
Shao Jingyu did not tell him that the prince had already secured Princess Lin'an. He glanced at Jian Yuyan and said, "Shao didn't know that Master Jian and Princess Lin'an had such a close relationship."
After returning to Beijing, Shao Jingyu went straight to Changzhou. He had never heard of the ambiguous relationship between Princess Lin'an and Jian Yuyan. He could roughly see that there seemed to be something unusual between the prince and Princess Lin'an, but he didn't expect that Jian Yuyan felt the same way.
Jian Yuyan waited for so many days, and finally the city was broken, Prime Minister Jian was finally captured, and the prince and Princess Lin'an were also found, so he couldn't wait to figure out some things that he didn't understand.
So for a moment he didn't understand the deeper meaning behind Shao Jingyu's words, but just hinted that he had something to ask Princess Lin'an.
Seeing Jian Yuyan's anxiety, Shao Jingyu finally developed some interest in watching the fun. He smiled and said, "Princess Lin'an now lives in the villa in the west."
Seeing Jian Yuyan was about to go to the villa, Shao Jingyu sighed and laughed, "Princess Lin'an is the lifesaver of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has just ordered someone to pick up the princess. However, the princess should be bathing and changing clothes at this moment, so it is better for Master Jian to go later."
Jian Yuyan paused for a moment, then retracted his leg.
When Jian Yuyan found out that Yan Yiming was playing a trick on him, he was extremely furious. However, he then heard other news from the secret guards, which made Jian Yuyan hesitant.
His first reaction was that Yan Yiming had already found A Ming and hid her, and threatened her with her life to force her to surrender. However, later the secret guard said that A Ming's portrait was painted by Princess Lin'an herself, and the original painting was destroyed in order to hide the handwriting.
This made Jian Yuyan suspicious.
After Yan Yiming left, Jian Yuyan used Wei Xiongjie to thoroughly investigate all of Yan Yiming's forces, but no one knew the whereabouts of A Ming, so he overturned the speculation that Princess Lin'an had hidden A Ming.
So how did Princess Lin'an know about those letters, the news about A Ming, and the story between him and A Ming?
Jian Yuyan couldn't understand why Princess Lin'an and A Ming had such an intricate connection, and he urgently needed to find Yan Yiming to find out.
Yan Yiming had just walked out of the door and had not taken a few steps when she met the person she least wanted to meet. Jian Yuyan had no idea how long she had been waiting outside, and when he saw her appear, he immediately walked over.
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