Chapter 637 [First Update]
Liu Tan, who was originally certain that Xulihu would take the opportunity to cause trouble, was a little confused for a moment.
Over the past few days, he has severely reorganized the State of Yan, and his methods can even be said to be cruel. After all, he had done such a thing as opening the door to the Huns when he was an undercover spy in the palace, and he was still merciful. Who knows what he will do next time.
In the past, Liu Tan was very disgusted with Emperor Wu of Han's use of cruel officials, but when he sat in this position, he realized that cruel officials were not useless. After all, no matter how powerful a cruel official was, he was just a knife in the hands of those in power.
Therefore, the degree of cruelty of a cruel official depends on the attitude of the person in power. Liu Tan wanted to purge the spies, which had nothing to do with ordinary people.
But he also didn't dare to say that everyone was guilty in this process and no one was wrongly accused.
He knew that someone would definitely be wronged, but he didn't dare to let go, for he was afraid it would happen again.
This time the other party only kidnapped Liu Ku, so next time will all the people in the city be killed by those people?
For the past month and a half, the smell of blood has never dissipated from the street in Yan State that was specially used for executing criminals.
From the day he gave the order, Liu Tan never laughed again.
Looking at the Yan ministers who were trembling with fear at the court, afraid of accidentally angering the tyrant sitting above them, he became more and more reluctant to speak, and the less he spoke, the more frightening he became, because every time he opened his mouth, it could take one or more lives.
His condition made Miao Rui and Bigo very worried, especially Liu Tan, who had too many things weighing on his mind, causing him to lose weight rapidly, and in the end his cheeks even became a little sunken.
Although the thinner Liu Tan still looks beautiful, just a little more aggressive, the flesh that their prince had worked so hard to gain in Chang'an is gone just like that.
Miao Rui and Bigo discussed it and then sent news to the Northern Border Kingdom and Chang'an respectively.
So when Liu Tan stared at the long execution list handed to him for a long time, and finally wrote down the name, he suddenly heard some movement outside the window.
He immediately became alert and had to admit that he really didn't feel safe in the Yan Kingdom's palace.
The reason he lost weight recently was not because he ate less, but because he was worried and didn't sleep well.
He frowned, but didn't move his body and shouted, "Someone, go and see what's outside the window."
As he said this, he subconsciously gripped the hilt of the sword at his waist.
Miao Rui and Bigo stood on both sides of his body to protect him. After seeing his action, they suddenly felt even more worried - when had their prince ever been so nervous?
The soldiers walked around outside and found nothing. However, at night, Liu Tan heard movement near the window again.
At this time, he had already driven everyone out and prepared to go to bed. Although he would definitely not be able to sleep in the short term, Miao Rui and Big Gao had been anxious and irritated these days, and he did not want to make them worry so much that their lifespans would be shortened because of such a trivial matter, so he would still go to bed on time. At worst, he would just stay awake until dawn.
But in fact, he was still a little sleepy today. Unfortunately, before he could get rid of his sleepiness, he suddenly heard a knock on the door.
In an instant, he felt the hairs on his body stand up, and he sat up nervously. He subconsciously touched his waist, but found nothing. Then he remembered that he was wearing pajamas and his sword had been taken off and hung on the head of the bed.
He got out of bed quietly and took off his sword, then heard another knock on the door.
He didn't know why, it had been so long since he traveled through time, and many things in the future had become very vague in his mind, but at that moment he still felt as if he heard background music like The Ring.
In fact, the most terrifying thing right now is probably that none of his men reacted.
Logically speaking, in this situation, if Miao Rui and Bigo were not awake, the guards outside his door should have reacted.
As a result, the surroundings were so quiet that there was not even the sound of flowers, birds, fish or insects. For a moment, Liu Tan even wondered if he had fallen asleep and was dreaming.
Liu Tan drew his sword and was debating whether to open the door. He was about to hear a familiar voice outside the door, saying, "Ah Tan? Are you asleep already?"
Liu Tan: ???
Are ghosts this powerful these days? They can even imitate Lu Xuan's voice?
Liu Tan didn't think Lu Xuan would come at all. He had just communicated with Lu Xuan via letter a few days ago. The distance from Wusun State to Yan State was no joke. Even if he ran non-stop, it would take more than half a month.
However, since the other party pretended to be Lu Xuan, Liu Tan was not afraid anymore, because the other party needed to pretend to be someone else in order to trick people into opening the door, and it was obvious that his cultivation was not high enough.
Liu Tan walked over with a sword in hand and opened the door very directly.
After opening the door, he saw Lu Xuan, who looked a little haggard, standing outside.
Under the moonlight, Lu Xuan's dark green eyes appeared incredibly bright. He looked at Liu Tan, smiled, and said, "Did I scare you?"
Liu Tan raised his eyebrows and said, "You imitated it quite well."
Just when he was thinking about whether to strike the other party with a sword, he heard two "hmm" sounds. When he looked down, he saw his two bear sons standing up together and wanting to hug him.
Liu Tan: !!!! Don’t come over here!
GunGun is used to playing with Liu Tan and hugging each other. In the past, he would hold back a little, but his bipedal father could also catch him easily.
But this time it was obviously different. As soon as Liu Tan showed fear on his face, he felt his bear son's two claws on his shoulders, and the bear's head rubbed his chest directly, and then... he fell down very weakly.
Lu Xuan, who was originally watching the reunion of "father and son" with a smile on his face, suddenly changed his expression. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and did not choose to directly pull Liu Tan's arm. Instead, he quickly rushed behind Liu Tan and caught him.
Liu Tan felt the weight on his body and the warmth behind him, and was stunned for a moment.
He held Gungun in his arms and slowly turned around to look at Lu Xuan who was looking at him with concern. He couldn't help but reach out and touch the other's face.
Although the temperature of the other person's body was a little lower, it was indeed warm, and it instantly pulled him out of the horror movie atmosphere just now.
Then he felt that all the vitality in the world had returned to him, and he could even hear the flapping of the wings of night birds flying by.
Liu Tan's eyes widened as he asked, "A Xuan? Why are you here?"
Lu Xuan smiled but didn't answer. Then he looked at his two sons sternly, "Get off your dad!"
The other one... is not yet an adult, and at most he just hugs Liu Tan's thigh, so the pressure on Liu Tan is not that great.
GunGun withdrew his body in a daze, unable to understand why it didn't work today when it had always played like this before?
The bewildered Gungun had no idea that Lu Xuan was simply forcing a smile. When he caught Liu Tan, he felt the distinct butterfly bones on his back. After a quick feel, he knew that he had lost a lot of weight in recent days.
His son Tan doesn't gain weight easily to begin with, so how difficult must it be for him to gain back this little bit of weight?
After rolling down, Liu Tan stood up by holding his old waist. He was almost dodged just now. Fortunately, Lu Xuan was quick-witted, otherwise Liu Tan would have had to call a doctor in the middle of the night.
Seeing him rubbing his waist, Lu Xuan thought he was injured, so he simply carried him back to bed.
Gungun was already used to this kind of scene. He calmly invited his bear son in, then stood up and slammed the door shut.
Liu Tan held Lu Xuan in his arms, feeling his body temperature, then looked at Gungun sitting on his left and Yuanyuan lying on his right. For a moment, he had a strange feeling of family reunion.
Liu Tan turned to look at Lu Xuan, who was massaging his waist, and asked, "I haven't told you yet, why did you think of coming here?"
Lu Xuan felt around and found that there was nothing wrong with Liu Tan's bones and tendons. He breathed a sigh of relief and said casually, "Huo Guang told me that you were in a bad mood."
As for why he was in a bad mood, Lu Xuan knew a little bit, but he didn't mention it.
Liu Tan was a little amused and said, "You should have told me in advance. It's too scary in the middle of the night."
Lu Xuan looked at him deeply, and was sure that his Ah Tan's mental state was not right.
If it were in the past, Liu Tan would definitely have thought that the person knocking on the door must be an acquaintance, otherwise there would not have been no one outside to stop him.
Liu Tan also understood this after he finished speaking, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "People say that if you don't do bad things, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door. It seems that I have done a lot of bad things recently."
Lu Xuan stroked his hair. "How can that be considered a guilty conscience? If that's the case, then every last one of us in Chang'an will be killed. No one will be able to escape."
To be honest, the number of lives Liu Tan has taken is relatively small, because the most important point is that he never kills innocent people indiscriminately and never treats civilians as non-human beings.
Like Lu Xuan... You have to know that even now, after naturalizing in the Han Dynasty, their Wusun Kingdom still remains in a slave society. Simply put, slaves are equivalent to livestock, cattle and horses, and they are not considered human beings. However, the education he received in the Han Dynasty made him know that those are also human beings.
So Lu Xuan is actually very conflicted now and doesn't know what to do next.
Originally, he had already been discussing whether to reform the system with the officials sent by Emperor Wu of Han. Those officials were basically Confucian scholars selected by Emperor Wu of Han. They naturally agreed with Lu Xuan's choice, but they couldn't be too impatient and had to take it step by step.
The day before Lu Xuan left, he was still formulating strategies with his officials. However, the next day, he left his back to those officials and rushed all the way to Yan State.
After hearing that the King of Wusun was going to see the King of the Northern Territory, his officials could only sigh and start working overtime miserably.
So even they didn't feel guilty, so why would his Ah Tan feel guilty?
Liu Tan didn't say anything. He hugged Lu Xuan and started to hum. It must be said that Lu Xuan's appearance did make him relax. He could even complain a lot of things that he couldn't say to those idiots.
Lu Xuan didn't care that he was his emotional trash can for the entire night. He had come here to comfort his little Qian Tong.
So Liu Tan indulged himself and took a vacation, playing with his wolf cubs and bear cubs for several days.
At the same time, officials throughout the Yan State quickly received the news: the two iron-eating beasts beneath the Northern Throne have arrived! Be careful, those two are treated like crown princes, and most importantly, they can slap eight of you with one slap.
For a moment, all the officials of Yan State could not help but tremble.
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