Chapter 231 Panic
Seeing Xiao Beiheng coming to the door of the back tent, Su Mo stretched out her hands and blocked the door: "Beiheng, I don't allow you to kill her."
Xiao Beiheng waved his hand, ordered the maids on both sides to withdraw, and whispered: "My soldiers have captured Xiao Zhuo's men. Now I want them to immediately reveal Xiao Zhuo's whereabouts. I need this Chen Lan."
Su Mo remained unmoved and retorted, "She's just a weak woman, how can she help? Bei Heng, don't talk nonsense."
Xiao Beiheng took a deep breath, as if suppressing his impatience, and said, "That man is Shen Yuexi's confidant, and he will never confess. I think Shen Lan is Shen Yuexi's sister, maybe she can convince him."
"Are you telling the truth?" Su Mo still didn't believe it. "If you capture Chen Lan, will you kill her?"
"How could it be," Xiao Beiheng stamped his foot and said, "Xiao Zhuo is still alive, which is a great worry for me. After all, you are my wife...why don't you help your husband? My father is fighting a tyrant in the capital, and I am in a dilemma here...Momo, please stop being so willful."
Seeing that Xiao Beiheng was indeed anxious and didn't seem to be pretending, Su Mo hesitated and said, "Then you have to promise me that you will never harm her life. When you find Xiao Zhuo, you must not harm Shen Yuexi's life either."
She had always believed that Xiao Beiheng was going to kill Shen Lan, so her first thought was to save the lives of Shen Lan and her sisters. Her husband was determined to kill Xiao Zhuo, and she couldn't stop him, especially since it was the King of Qi's order. But she wanted to save these women because she herself was one of them.
"Of course," Xiao Beiheng said happily when he saw her tone soften, "I promise you, I will never hurt her life."
As soon as she stepped aside, Xiao Beiheng called in her maid Xia Lan, who then entered the inner tent and forcibly dragged Chen Lan out. Shen Lan cried and stretched out her hand to Su Mo, shouting, "Princess, save me."
Su Mo couldn't bear it, so she said to Shen Lan, "Sister, my husband wants to know Xiao Zhuo's whereabouts. Please help him."
Xiao Beiheng was right. After all, she was still his wife. Now Xiao Beiheng needed Chen Lan to find out the whereabouts of Xiao Zhuo, and she had to help Xiao Beiheng.
Watching Chen Lan being taken away by the maid Xia Lan, Su Mo felt uneasy and sat restlessly in the inner tent.
She had always believed that women couldn't influence anything. So, in this life-or-death struggle between men, women shouldn't have to endure these hardships. Whether it was Shen Lan or Shen Yuexi, they were all controlled by their husbands. Since they were powerless to change anything, they shouldn't have to bear the consequences.
Shen Lan was abused by Xiao Kai like that, and Shen Yuexi had clearly rescued her, but she ran back to find Xiao Kai. However, Shen Yuexi was a little special. She could feel that Shen Yuexi's feelings for Xiao Zhuo seemed to come from the heart.
They all had one thing in common: no matter how clever or dexterous a woman was, after she married, everything about her was controlled by that man. Even she, seemingly blessed with many privileges, even though Xiao Beiheng would abandon his dignity as a man and kneel before her, would have nowhere to go if she left him.
This is probably why Chen Lan must return to Xiao Kai.
While she was thinking, a woman's scream suddenly came from a distance, piercing through the heavy rain and piercing her ears. It was Chen Lan.
Su Mo sat up in shock.
Only then did she remember the omission in her words. She only asked Xiao Beiheng not to harm Chen Lan's life, but forgot to say that he could not hurt her.
Su Mo was anxious. She stood up and ran out of the tent, braving the rain to run towards the tent where the screams were coming from. The maid in the tent hurriedly chased after her with an umbrella.
Su Mo ran to the back of the tent panting. Unable to wait any longer, she reached out and pried open a crack in the tent to look inside.
The first thing she saw was Chen Lan, who had fainted on the ground inside the tent. Chen Lan's left hand was missing, and blood was spurting out from the severed wrist.
Xiao Beiheng stood beside Shen Lan, wiping the sword blade with a clean soft cloth, and said to Lin Kui beside him: "Quickly stop the bleeding for Madam Shen. This prince promised Momo that he would not let her die."
Su Mo took two steps back. She didn't expect that Xiao Beiheng would not even let go of a weak woman who posed no threat in order to achieve his own goal.
"Princess Consort, what's wrong with you?" Xia Lan's panicked voice sounded beside her.
Xia Lan had just walked out of the tent and was about to go back to Su Mo's tent when she saw Su Mo swaying in the rain, as if about to fall. She quickly threw away her umbrella and rushed over to support Su Mo.
Su Mo steadied herself and said to Xia Lan, "Xia Lan, come with me."
Seeing Su Mo's cold expression, Xia Lan held her arm and said, "Princess, what do you want to ask me?"
The master and servant returned to the tent. Su Mo ordered everyone else to leave, leaving only Xia Lan behind. She asked, "Bei Heng went on a trip with Lin Kui before, and when he came back, he told me that his maid Leng Shuang had met her relatives, and he let her go with them. Is this true?"
Xia Lan wore a habitual smile on her face and said, "Princess, what His Royal Highness said is naturally...naturally true."
Su Mo's face turned cold and she said, "Don't lie to me, tell the truth."
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Xiao Beiheng had no idea what Su Mo was asking Xia Lan in the camp behind him. He was very happy because after he cut off Chen Lan's hand, Qiang Lin, who had been refusing to speak, immediately agreed to take him to find Xiao Zhuo.
He excitedly put on the Yanque sword and asked Lin Kui to get him something to shelter him from the rain.
Xiao Zhuo must die before he can feel at ease.
However, just as everything was ready, he realized his hands had begun to tremble. An inexplicable fear grew and expanded in his heart, filling his entire chest and making it difficult for him to breathe.
He found himself afraid.
For some reason, he suddenly became afraid to face his brother, so scared that his hands were shaking.
He had clearly won a resounding victory, had clearly obtained the Yanque Sword, and had clearly been brimming with confidence. Yet, in an instant, fear overwhelmed his confidence. The thought of meeting his brother's eyes made his body tremble slightly.
He forced himself to stop trembling, turned around calmly, and said to the people standing in front of him who were about to set off with him:
"This prince has considered it for a moment. The Jingzhou army in Yongwei City has not yet surrendered. As the commander-in-chief, this prince must stay in the center of the army and cannot leave. It is up to you to retrieve Xiao Zhuo's head for this prince."
"Master Ji, Song Zhen," Xiao Beiheng gestured to Lin Kui to give his old sword to Ji Zhong, "you two go."
After watching Ji Zhong, Song Zhen, and Qiang Lin leave the tent, Lin Kui asked in confusion, "Your Highness, why did you send these two people? One of them was Xiao Zhuo's former teacher, and the other was Xiao Zhuo's military advisor. Aren't you worried that they might let Qiang Lin go?"
Xiao Beiheng had calmed down, sat down and said:
"I've already told Qiang Lin that if he escapes, I'll kill Chen Lan. He didn't dare refuse. As for Song Zhen, he's a surrendered general, and I don't know if he truly surrenders. This is a good opportunity to test him. The same goes for Ji Zhong. When you arranged for the assassins to kill Xiao Zhuo, he stopped them. I knew he still had sympathy for Xiao Zhuo. Now that the outcome is decided, I'm sending him to force him to make a choice: will he side with Xiao Zhuo or with me?"
These are just superficial words.
Xiao Beiheng knew that this was something only he could do, but he was so frightened that he really didn't dare to go.
Lin Kui understood Xiao Beiheng's intention in sending these two people and could not help but admire him. He immediately thought of the worst-case scenario Xiao Beiheng had mentioned and asked:
"Forgive my reckless words. What if these two are unwilling to kill Xiao Zhuo, or are unable to defeat him..."
Xiao Beiheng laughed and said, "I swear to kill Xiao Zhuo. How could I just pin my hopes on these two? If they leave, I have secretly ordered a thousand elite cavalry to follow. If they do as you say, the cavalry will rush forward. Even if there are ten Xiao Zhuos, they will surely die."
After saying this, Xiao Beiheng lowered his head and stared at his hands, saying in his heart:
"Brother, I'm sorry. You can't take anything that belongs to me."
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