Chapter 494: Things Are Beyond Our Control
The days that followed were no easier than King Li had imagined. After he returned to the camp that day, he was first ridiculed by King Cheng, and then he was called over by King Han.
King Li intended to take precautions, but he did not expect to be placed under house arrest.
But they did not take any other action, because they were defeated as soon as they went into battle, and they needed time to recuperate and gather their strength, and they also needed to transfer a large number of elite troops here.
"Will our strategy work?" King Cheng asked his cousin who was an official.
"How many troops do you think Jiang Lin has? I can guarantee that the court won't send troops here. They can only defend these people now. You just need to delay for a while. Are you still worried that you won't be able to turn things around in the future?"
The official's cousin's words gave King Cheng some confidence. At that time, they did not know the content of the conversation between Jiang Lin and King Li that day, and could only roughly guess that the two sides must have a truce agreement.
But they had also searched these places at King Li's place, and did not find any suspicious items. Now they could only delay and wait.
Cheng Wang and the others don’t know, but Jiang Lin and the others are different.
When I still hadn't received any letter from King Li on the third day, I knew something had happened.
"King Li is a bit too soft-hearted." This is how Qin Guang evaluated King Li.
Qin Feng actually had some understanding of this, and he deeply agreed with what Qin Guang said.
"How are we going to rescue King Li next?" Qin Feng asked.
"There is no rush for this matter. If King Li can't free himself now, how can we trust him in the future?" Jiang Lin said.
Qin Guang nodded, "We can also take this opportunity to get a better understanding of King Li's strength."
Qin Feng's thoughts were always simpler than theirs. At this moment, his eyes swept over the calm Jiang Lin and the relaxed Qin Guang, then he lowered his eyes and fell into thought.
"General Qin, let the soldiers recuperate well. Although they will not be going on an expedition in the short term, they cannot be left to their own devices." Jiang Lin has already started the follow-up planning.
They didn't say much in detail. After the crowd left, only Qin Xiangnuan and Jiang Lin were left.
"Do you want to wait for the Ninth Prince's men to show up?" Qin Xiangnuan asked Jiang Lin.
"I'm not sure," Jiang Lin said. "There's already someone with King Cheng, but he hasn't shown up yet. I don't know what they're waiting for."
In the confrontation with the Ninth Prince, Jiang Lin was always in a passive situation and could not guess the other party's next move. Because of the distance between them, he did not know what the other party was plotting.
However, Jiang Lin didn't have to wait too long before he got the answer.
"Gu Mingqi is dead?" Qin Xiangnuan couldn't believe it when she heard the news, and was even a little dazed.
"I haven't received any news before. How could it be so sudden?" Qin Guang looked at the content written by An Feng himself, his eyes full of shock.
Qin Xiangnuan wanted to laugh, "How could Gu Mingqi die so early?"
Qin Xiangnuan did not feel any regret that Gu Mingqi was dead. It was just that the death was not solved by Qin Xiangnuan herself. This incident made Qin Xiangnuan feel powerless, as if she had tried her best but failed.
After Qin Feng heard Qin Xiangnuan's words, he looked at her with a strange expression, "Cousin, you don't have any feelings for the Seventh Prince..."
"Cousin, don't let your imagination run wild." Although Qin Feng didn't finish his words, Qin Xiangnuan could guess what Qin Feng meant, and shook her head and smiled.
"Then..." Qin Feng hesitated to speak, feeling that Qin Xiangnuan was just forcing a smile.
The curve of Qin Xiangnuan's mouth was still there. When she looked at Qin Feng, she suddenly raised her eyebrows and thought of Xue'er who had not been mentioned for many days. At this moment, Qin Feng's words clearly showed his intention to distinguish right from wrong.
However, Qin Xiangnuan did not take the initiative to mention Xue'er, because people are always confused about their own affairs. Judging from Qin Feng's behavior in the past few days, he might be forgetting Xue'er.
"I just thought that Gu Mingqi's retribution should be me, but I never thought it was not the case." Qin Xiangnuan said to Qin Feng.
Qin Feng thought about Qin Xiangnuan's words and reluctantly believed her.
Gu Mingqi's death gave Jiang Lin a bad premonition. Jiang Lin wanted to go to the capital, but without the emperor's order, Jiang Lin should not be there.
The same goes for the Qin family; none of them can leave.
"Jiang Lin, King Cheng and the others must be dealt with." Qin Xiangnuan came to the realization that Gu Mingqi was not killed by her, and also sensed a hint of danger.
Jiang Lin turned sideways and met Qin Xiangnuan's stern expression.
Qin Xiangnuan was right. They were currently facing too many problems. There were foreigners in front of them and an extremely unstable Ninth Prince behind them. They could not take care of both sides and had to solve one of them first.
However, another important point is that he had promised King Li not to harm the lives of King Han and King Cheng.
Jiang Lin didn't have any new moves, and the only way to quickly force Cheng Wang to retreat was to make them unable to sustain the fighting power.
So, tonight King Li received a secret letter from Jiang Lin.
"King Li, do we really want to do this?" The person standing beside King Li was very hesitant.
"If I don't do this, my father and my second brother will not give up easily." King Li also took great pains to escape from King Han and took control of King Han.
Of course, it was with the help of some people who defected that King Li was able to compete with King Cheng, but it was not a long-term solution.
"But……"
King Li raised his hand and told him not to say anything more.
"This fire is bound to start, but... I won't stand by and watch our people get hurt." King Li threw the letter into the fire.
The flame that was about to go out, now leaped up again because of the addition of combustible materials, reflecting into people's eyes, even making their eyes burn red.
The fire that started in the camp was similar.
In the midst of the fire, the foreign soldiers were still frightened. In just one month, they had experienced two fires, and they were lucky enough that only the food and grass were burned last time.
This time their base camp was almost burned down, but fortunately, although the fire burned every corner of the camp, no one was injured in the fire.
Naturally, there will be people talking about such a strange phenomenon behind the scenes.
"I've heard for a while that King Cheng and King Li are at odds. Are they about to completely fall out now?"
"Do you even need to ask? Haven't you heard? King Han was poisoned by these two, which is why he is in his current state."
"ah!"
Everyone was shocked, and some expressed doubts, but no matter what they said.
He who knows in his heart always knows everything.
It was unclear whether the look in Prince Han's eyes was filled with anger or rage, as he repeatedly said several nice words to Prince Li who was standing beside him.
"I underestimated you and misjudged you. You could actually do such a heinous thing!"
King Han's physical condition has indeed improved a lot, and he spoke these words with full energy.
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