Chapter 213 Ye Nan Asks for Help
The fire burned all night long. When Chen Qiu knew that Gu Ruojin was among the people who might have entered the dungeon, he asked someone to find the secret guard who had been watching Gu Ruojin, just to verify whether Gu Ruojin had really come out and come here.
"Madam, that man is dead." Mu Qing personally went to the place where they were watching Gu Ruojin. Their secret guards were lying there. There was no one else in Gu Ruojin's room except Chen Qingyun who was unconscious.
"It seems that Gu Ruojin has really come out." Chen Qiu couldn't say what his mood was at the moment. Things had come to this point and he was powerless to do anything.
When the sky was just turning pale, the fire in the dungeon died down. The people from the Dark Guard Battalion began to clean up the dungeon. They found nine charred bodies. Gu Ruojin and his men took seven of them, and together with Chixia and Baihe who were already in the dungeon, there were exactly nine bodies. None of them escaped.
"That's good now. All the important figures in Luojiazhuang have been cleared out. Ye Chen, can I be your son's master?" Mei Qi always had only this one request. No one knew what this person was thinking. In his eyes, such a big force was not as important as a child's master.
Ye Chen stared into Mei Qi's eyes, hoping to see some of this man's purpose. Ever since he saw in Mei Qi's eyes his feelings for Shen Qiu, Ye Chen was very sure that this man did all this for his Qiu'er. Although he hid it very well, as a man, Ye Chen still caught it.
"Not now," Ye Chen refused directly, and walked away, leaving Mei Qi there indignantly, "Okay, I'll endure it. If one day I don't want to endure it anymore, I'll secretly take my flower away and you will never find her again, humph!"
After the Qingming Festival, Xing'er married Hei Ying, but Xing'er and Hei Ying did not live in the Ye Mansion. Hei Ying was a fifth-rank military officer and had his own mansion. He was a lonely man before and had to take care of the old Duke personally, so his mansion had been empty, with only an old couple looking after it. Ten days before the wedding, Hei Ying returned to his own mansion, and Chen Qiu sent someone to help clean it. When they got married, Xing'er married directly into Hei Ying's mansion and became the mistress of the house. She was no longer Chen Qiu's dowry maid.
A few days after Black Hawk and Xing'er got married, Hongling also returned to the northwest.
"Master, the emperor is urgently calling for help." Mu Qing reported to Ye Chen outside the study. As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Chen came out of the study.
"Did the person who came say what the matter was? Also, is there any news about the people sent to Ye Nan?" Ye Chen didn't know why he kept dreaming about Xiao Hang these past few days. Every time, Xiao Hang stretched out his bloody hands to him. He knew that there was a big turmoil in Ye Nan this year, but there was no news from the people sent to Ye Nan, nor had he received any letters for help from Xiao Hang and Lan Yu. In addition, they themselves had been busy taking care of themselves. He wondered if Ye Nan was also like Dayin. Because of his rebirth, many things had changed. Maybe that matter had been postponed.
But when Mu Qing came to report just now, the image of Xiao Hang in Ye Chen's dream suddenly appeared in his mind. Ye Chen felt that today's incident was related to Ye Nan.
As expected, when Ye Chen arrived at the upper study, there were many people inside. Almost all the people from the six ministries of the court were there, and some military generals were also there.
"Your Majesty, has something happened?"
"Chen'er is here. This is a letter from the Regent of Yenan asking for help. The civil unrest in Yenan has been going on for more than a month. The Regent of Yenan requests us to send troops." The emperor handed the letter from Yenan to Ye Chen.
Ye Chen took it and read it carefully. "It's been a month? We just got the news now? It's understandable that Ye Nan asked us for help a month after the civil unrest started, but what about our own spies? They haven't sent any news in this whole month?"
They had never thought of Ye Chen's problem before. It was an open secret that every country, big or small, would have its own spies. It was really strange that Ye Nandu had been in trouble for so long and no news had been sent back.
"Yes, the Duke has a good relationship with Lord Lan Yu of Yenan, and Xiao Hang of the Ye Mansion was even chosen as the husband by Princess Lan Yu, but he hasn't received the news. It seems that the internal situation of Yenan is much more complicated than we thought." One of the adults took over the conversation. Now there was no other way but to go over here and take a look for themselves.
"No matter what the situation is in Yenan, the decision we have to make now is whether to send troops? If so, how many troops should be sent? Who will lead the troops?" The emperor said what he wanted to think about. After all, this was another country's business. If he suddenly led troops to attack Yenan, other countries would think that Dayin wanted to take advantage of Yenan's civil strife to annex Yenan. At that time, he would be attacked from both sides. Dayin did not have the ability to deal with so many foreign threats.
"We can't send troops," Ye Chen suddenly said.
"Why?" The emperor knew the relationship between Ye Chen and Xiao Hang, and also knew that Lan Yu was a friend of Ye Chen and his wife. Anyone could oppose sending troops to Ye Nan, but he did not expect that Ye Chen would be the first to oppose it.
"My Lord, aren't you a friend of Princess Lan Yu? Wouldn't you come to the rescue of your friend when she's in trouble? It seems that there aren't many benefits to being friends with you." Someone began to make sarcastic remarks.
"Lord Jiang, there is no need to be so sarcastic. When I said that we cannot send troops, I was speaking from the perspective of Great Yin. After all, we are the people of Great Yin and its courtiers. When making any decision, the first thing we consider is the interests of Great Yin." Ye Chen closed the letter of credence and placed it respectfully on the emperor's desk.
"Hmph." Lord Jiang snorted coldly, his expression full of disdain.
"Then tell me, Chen'er, why we can't send troops." In the emperor's view, Ye Chen's decision was very important. First, he had friends there. Second, Ye Chen had been paying attention to Ye Nan's movements since Xiao Hang went there. No one standing here knew Ye Nan's situation better than Ye Chen.
In addition, it was Ye Chen who could eliminate the Phoenix Society and Luojiazhuang in Dayin. Ye Chen had a better grasp of the overall situation in Dayin than he, the emperor. No matter from which perspective, Ye Chen's ideas were worth listening to.
"There are three reasons why we can't send troops. First, we have no reason to do so. Yenan is in civil strife. Although we have a letter from the regent of Yenan, if we rashly send troops, it will give people a handle to say that we are taking the opportunity to interfere in Yenan's internal affairs. It is not unreasonable. Second, if we send troops, where will they be mobilized? How many troops can we send to resolve the civil strife in Yenan without being eaten by the rebels in Yenan? Third, what will happen to the interior of Dayin after we send troops? Dayin is surrounded by the sea to the east, but there are also some small countries in the northeast and southeast. In the north, there are the powerful Tatars, and in the west, there are the covetous countries of the Western Regions. "Dandan, in addition to Ye Nan, there is also the State of Chen to the south. After we send troops, who will guard the borders of Great Yin? Even if we mobilize garrisons from all over to help Ye Nan, if other countries see our internal weakness and take the opportunity to send troops to Great Yin, can the garrisons at the borders hold? If not, where will the reinforcements come from? In my opinion, putting yourself in danger is a foolish move, no matter the reason, and it should not be taken." Ye Chen listed the reasons for not sending troops one by one. Naturally, the adults had thought of them, especially the people in the Ministry of War. This was their daily work, so why didn't they say it? Of course, they believed that the more they said, the more mistakes they made, so they should say as little as possible. If the emperor asked urgently, they would just say something ambiguous, unlike Ye Chen who was so direct. They had concerns, but Ye Chen did not.
After listening to Ye Chen's words, the emperor thought for a while before asking Ye Chen again, "So, should we help Ye Nan with this matter?"
"Help" Ye Chen only answered with one word.
"Duke, since you can't send troops, how can you help? Are you just going to stand here and cheer for Ye Nan?" Lord Jiang appeared again.
"Chen'er, since you want to help but can't send troops, how can you help?" The emperor glared at Lord Jiang, then looked at Ye Chen and asked him how to help.
"Your Majesty, I don't want to help in the name of Dayin, but as a personal friend of Princess Lanyu. Let me think about how to help them specifically. I will give you a specific plan tomorrow, okay?" Ye Chen bowed to the emperor to explain his thoughts.
The emperor agreed. Since they couldn't send troops, there was no need for these people to stay here. Ye Chen didn't stay alone and followed the ministers out of the palace.
"Some people rely on the emperor's favor and get ahead of us in everything. Others think that the emperor doesn't have six ministries? Everything is left to a young man with no position or rank. We are really redundant!" Lord Jiang began to sneer again.
No matter whether the others were afraid of the emperor's favor for Ye Chen or fearing Ye Chen's revenge, after all, in just two years, Ye Chen had raided the residences of every minister in Kyoto twice under different excuses. No one knew whether those who were arrested were guilty or not. All they knew was that those targeted by Ye Chen did not come back alive. Who could guarantee that he would not be the next target?
So, when Mr. Jiang started talking, no one responded to him, and after a few more words he couldn't continue.
After leaving the palace, everyone got into their own sedan chair or carriage and went home.
It was already 3 p.m. when Ye Chen came back. After returning to the Ye Mansion, Ye Chen told Shen Qiu about Ye Nan. Ye Chen knew that Shen Qiu treated Lan Yu as a good sister, not to mention that Xiaofu, Shen Qiu's adopted sister, was also there. There was no news sent to them for such a long time. Besides that they did not want to trouble themselves, there was also a possibility that they could not send any news at all.
"Husband, are you telling the truth? Ye Nan is in trouble, but what about Lan Yu and the others? Why is there no news at all? How can we help them?" Chen Qiu became a little anxious when he heard that Ye Nan was in trouble and the news could not be delivered.
"Don't worry, Qiu'er. Let's get everyone here to discuss countermeasures. There will always be a way." Ye Chen comforted Chen Qiu, but he was also a little worried. After all, if Ye Nan changed its master, it would be a question whether the friendship with Dayin would continue. As a member of the royal family, the rebel Lan Yu would never spare her life. What would happen to Xiao Hang if Lan Yu died?
Bai Li was once the Holy Maiden of Ye Nan, so naturally she had to know about this matter. As for whether to go or not, it was her own decision. Xiao Mu and Yan Guqi went wherever Bai Li was, so they naturally went to the study together. There were also Hei Ying and Mu Qing, and of course Jing Xin and Ling Shu. Lan Yu was their senior sister, so they also had the right to know.
After hearing what Ye Chen said, Bai Li did not express her thoughts immediately, but paced back and forth. In fact, she did not want to go back. She had already settled the matter there when she went back last time, but she could not forget the pain that Ye Nan brought her. She was a witch, not a saint, so she was not willing to go back at all.
"Ye Chen, we won't go. We will stay at home for you. You guys go ahead." Xiao Mu understood Bai Li. Looking at Bai Li's expression, he knew that she didn't want to go, so he made the decision for her on his own initiative.
"Is this also the decision, Master?" Ye Chen asked Bai Li. After all, that was her hometown, the place where she was born and raised.
"No, I'm not going there. Although I was born and raised there, it's also the place that hurt me the most. I have let go of the hatred, but I still don't want to set foot there again. Xiao Mu is right, we are here to look after your house. This time, I will not let anything happen to your house. I swear." Bai Li finally made a decision not to go to Ye Nan. In the end, it was still Chen Qiu and Ye Chen who went to Ye Nan.
The next morning, Ye went to the palace, asked the emperor for the gold medal and the right to mobilize troops, and then returned to the Ye Mansion.
Chen Qiu has been settled in the mansion. Bai Li, Xiao Mu and others are still helping to look after the house. Mingyue helps with the domestic affairs. Lingshu stays in Kyoto to take care of the health of her family, and Jingxin goes to Ye Nan with them.
Chen Qiu was going to help her friend without hesitation, but she felt sorry for An An. She had clearly promised that she would never abandon him again, but this time she had to abandon him again.
After packing up in the afternoon, Chen Qiu and Ye Chen took ten guards and left Kyoto.
At the Ten-Li Pavilion, Mei Qi was already waiting there. "How could you forget me when you're going to Ye Nan? I'm the strongest warrior!"
Ye Chen knew that he would definitely come, because he knew that Mei Qi's target was Chen Qiu. If Qiu'er followed him to Ye Nan, he would definitely follow.
It's good that he came, as his skills are a rare and powerful helper.
"We have to hurry up. The news is a month late. I don't know how Lan Yu and the others are doing, and how is Xiaofu's health?" Chen Qiu was worried, but also felt guilty. He was worried about Ye Nan's friends, and felt guilty towards An An, and blamed himself in his heart!
"Well, let's go to Binzhou first and borrow Lu Chenyuan's Silver Armored Army. We can't help at all if we go there. Ordinary soldiers cannot be moved. Now only Lu Chenyuan's guard army can be used." Ye Chen's plan is to take the Silver Armored Army directly from the border between Yenan and Dayin, sweep all the way to Yenan's capital, Yinyue City. In front of such an army, ordinary troops can only be slaughtered.
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