Chapter 214 To Ye Nan
They took the same water route as last time. Thanks to Xiao Mu's help the first time, Ye Chen and his friends directly found the branch of the Meizhou Cao Gang and rented a boat to go to Binzhou.
After arriving in Binzhou, Ye Chen and his men did not delay and directly asked Lu Chenyuan for all the Silver Armored Army. "I won't go this time. I'm needed in my jurisdiction. After the last incident in Luojiazhuang, I rebuilt my intelligence network. Now is the critical moment and I can't leave." Lu Chenyuan handed the Silver Armored Army's token to Ye Chen and stayed in Binzhou himself.
"Let me go with you." An Ning, who had already arrived in Binzhou, came in from outside and had heard a lot of their conversation.
"No, you don't know martial arts. Yenan is in the midst of civil unrest. If you go there, will these people be there to protect you or help quell the unrest?" Before anyone else could speak, Lu Chenyuan rejected An Ning's proposal.
"Uncle, I've learned a lot over the past year. Although I'm not very skilled, I can protect myself and won't be a burden to them." An Ning continued, "Besides, you might need someone to protect you if you bring me along, but I'm a princess. Even if you have my father's token and mobilize 10,000 Silver Armored Soldiers, it would be a big deal in the eyes of those stubborn old men in the court. With me, the legitimate princess, here, those people in the court won't be able to impeach you for the Silver Armored Soldiers, and you'll be spared a lot of trouble."
"Secondly, the existence of the Silver Armor Army is no longer a secret when we go to Yenan this time. We have secretly trained 10,000 heavy armored troops. Uncle, do you think no one in the court will rush to impeach you? But if I'm here, those people in the court won't be able to say anything. If I'm here, they will think that my father knows about it too. When he impeaches you, he will know how to deal with them, right?"
"If I weren't here, they would tie you and my cousin together and possibly accuse you of forming a clique for personal gain." An Ning said everything she could think of. What she said was not wrong. Taking her, the legitimate princess, with her would indeed save the court of Dayin a lot of trouble.
"Okay, then I'll let Mo Chi accompany you. He will only protect your safety." Lu Chenyuan agreed.
"Mo Chi?" Ye Chen felt very familiar with this name. Yes, in the last life, a guard appeared beside An Ning, and she ended up together with this guard. This guard was called Mo Chi, and he was originally Lu Chenyuan's guard.
In the end, An Ning followed them to Ye Nan. They traveled non-stop all the way. When they were almost at the border, they encountered heavy rain and had to set up camp to rest.
"I don't know how long this rain will stop. If it continues, the road will be difficult to walk even after the rain stops." Chen Qiu stood in the tent and looked at the drizzling rain outside. It was much lighter now, unlike in the afternoon when it was as if someone was pouring water down with a basin.
"It looks like it will stop soon." They have been stationed here for three days, and the rain has been going on for three days. The food they brought with them has been almost eaten up. If the rain does not stop, they will face the situation of having no food.
In the evening, the rain finally stopped. Mei Qi stood alone in her tent, looking at Ye Chen and Shen Qiu's tent not far away. Although it was already very hot in this place, it was a bit cool on a rainy night.
"Mr. Mei, haven't you rested yet?" Mei Qi was staring at Ye Chen and the others' tent, when suddenly An Ning appeared in front of his tent.
"Your Highness, I'm just about to go to rest." After saying that, Mei Qi lowered the curtain of her tent.
An Ning always thought that this man from the martial arts world was quite strange. This was not the first time she saw him staring blankly at Ye Chen and the others' tent late at night. A master like him didn't even notice that she was approaching him, or was he too disdainful to hide his behavior?
An Ning shook her head and returned to her tent.
As soon as An Ning left, Ye Chen came out of the tent. He knew what Mei Qi had done in the past few days. Ye Chen looked back at the sleeping Shen Qiu, then took a pot of wine and went to Mei Qi's tent. Ye Chen needed to understand Mei Qi's thoughts. He knew that Mei Qi had feelings for Shen Qiu, but it seemed that she did not intend to let Shen Qiu know.
So, Ye Chen decided to go talk to Mei Qi.
"Mei Qi, are you asleep?" Ye Chen stood outside Mei Qi's tent and called softly inside.
Mei Qi didn't expect Ye Chen to come to find her, and she didn't react for a while until Ye Chen asked again. Mei Qi came out and saw Ye Chen holding a pot of wine and two small wine glasses in his hand.
Seeing Mei Qi coming out, Ye Chen raised his hand and shook the wine jug in his hand, "Would you like a drink?"
Mei Qi looked at the wine jug, then at Ye Chen, and finally nodded and let Ye Chen enter the tent.
"Mr. Mei Qi, you knew Qiu'er before, right?" Ye Chen sat down and they had a drink, then Ye Chen asked Mei Qi directly.
Mei Qi was stunned at first, but soon calmed down, put down the wine glass, and said with a smile: "Are you here to chase me away, Lord?"
Ye Chen filled his glass again, smiled and shook his head, "No, I can see from your eyes that you have feelings for Qiu'er, so I boldly guess that you must have known Qiu'er for a long time."
"You have feelings for Qiu'er and have never thought of breaking us up, otherwise you wouldn't have concealed it until now, and I wouldn't have kept you with Qiu'er forever. I won't hurt anyone who is good to Qiu'er, unless you want to take Qiu'er away from me." Ye Chen said frankly. Mei Qi took a look and pushed the cup in his hand in front of Ye Chen. Ye Chen understood and filled Mei Qi's cup as well.
"When I met Xiaohuaer, she was only nine years old. I had not practiced well in martial arts, and my whole body was in unbearable pain. I urgently needed true energy to help me open up the blocked blood vessels. She had just practiced for two years when she got separated from her brother. When she met me who was half-dead, she heard that I needed true energy, and without hesitation, she gave me all the little true energy she had. I survived the disaster, but she could no longer use true energy. I took care of her for a month, and sent her home after she got better. Later, because of some things, I returned to Luojiazhuang, but I didn't expect to be plotted against by the people of Luojiazhuang. I was temporarily caught in a fight with Luojiazhuang. I had planned to go find her after the matter was over, but the people of Luojiazhuang did everything they could to delay me, so I couldn't let people know about Huaerdu's existence. But no matter what, I missed it after all." Mei Qi took advantage of the alcohol to tell everything about him and Shen Qiu. In fact, he felt a lot more relaxed after saying it.
"Hua'er? Why do you call Qiu'er Hua'er?" Ye Chen didn't expect that Mei Qi and Shen Qiu had such a past. With this past, Mei Qi's feelings for Shen Qiu had a reasonable explanation.
"Oh, she was chubby at that time, wearing a pink dress, and her skin was very white, pink like a newly opened flower bud. I called her Huaer. She met me under a small tree, so she called me Brother Little Tree." Mei Qi's mouth corners kept rising when she talked about that past event.
"So, you and Qiu'er have such a past. It's really enviable." Ye Chen was really envious. Although he and Shen Qiu knew each other earlier than Mei Qi and Shen Qiu, he could not remember the past between him and Shen Qiu. If Shen Qiu had not told him when she came home, he would not have known in his two lifetimes that his Qiu'er had loved him so long ago.
"Don't make things difficult for Hua'er. My appearance has changed a lot and she can't recognize me anymore. If my presence makes you uncomfortable, I'll just leave." What Mei Qi fears most is that because of her, something unhappy will happen to Chen Qiu's originally happy life. If Ye Chen misunderstood Chen Qiu because of her, how sad would Chen Qiu be?
"Why do you think I would make things difficult for Qiu'er? No, I finally got her, how could I bear to make things difficult for her, let alone make her sad." Ye Chen smiled and shook his head. He and Mei Qi were actually the same. They both just wanted Chen Qiu to be safe, happy and worry-free. However, Ye Chen was luckier than Mei Qi. Ye Chen had a chance to start over.
If Mei Qi had appeared before Shen Qiu died in the previous life, Ye Chen believed that Mei Qi would have tried every means to take Shen Qiu away.
"Not every man can accept that his wife has had a past with other men, especially a nobleman like you. You don't think it's a big deal to have three wives and four concubines, but if a woman has a relationship with another man besides him, it is against the will of heaven." Mei Qi said it frankly, and Ye Chen agreed. If he knew about the past between Mei Qi and Shen Qiu in his previous life, he would definitely sneer at her.
But he won't do that in this life. After experiencing the pain of losing Shen Qiu in his previous life, in this life, he knew that his Qiu'er had begun to like him so early. He was grateful to everyone in this world who was good to Shen Qiu, and he wanted Qiu'er to be surrounded by people who liked her.
"I won't make things difficult for anyone in this world who is good to Qiu'er, so how could I bear to make things difficult for her? If you want to stay in the Ye Mansion, I will bring An An to formally worship you as my master after I go back this time. For Qiu'er, I know you will control your heart." Mei Qi did not expect Ye Chen's words. She did not expect that Ye Chen would keep her after she said it. When she told Ye Chen about him and Hua'er, Mei Qi was already ready to leave.
"Thank you!" Mei Qi looked at Ye Chen and said these two words after a long time.
"You're welcome, because if it were me, I would also try my best to stay with her, because no matter whether she knows it or not, it would be a sweet thing for me." Ye Chen understood Mei Qi. In his previous life, he had thought more than once that if Chen Qiu could come back to life, even if she didn't remember him, even if she didn't forgive him, as long as he could see her from time to time, as long as he could see her smile from time to time, he would be willing to do anything.
"Yes, this is already a great blessing for me. I dare not ask for too much." Mei Qi picked up his wine glass, clinked it with Ye Chen's glass on the table, then raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.
"Actually, you know? I have known Qiu'er earlier than you. When Qiu'er knew me, she hadn't started practicing martial arts yet." Ye Chen suddenly thought that even in terms of first come first served, he was here first, and he was one step ahead. Thinking of this, the envy he felt for Mei Qi actually lessened a little.
"When?" Mei Qi always thought that he must have known Chen Qiu longer than Ye Chen, but he didn't expect that he couldn't even compare to him in this regard.
"When Qiu'er was seven years old, she was bullied in the palace and I helped her. Do you know that she always had a silver bell hanging around her waist? I gave it to her at that time, but I forgot about it myself. I almost lost the memory of our first meeting." Ye Chen said with a wry smile. He paid the price of his whole life for this.
The two talked for more than an hour, and the only topic they talked about was Chen Qiu, who was their common treasure. She might not be so beautiful in the eyes of outsiders, but in their hearts, this woman named Chen Qiu was the most beautiful woman in the world.
Ye Chen returned to his tent and looked at the sleeping Chen Qiu. He was once again thankful that God did not let Chen Qiu remember anything about her previous life, so that he could have her for the rest of his life.
The next day, the sun came out and Ye Chen and his group broke camp and continued on their journey.
It was not until they arrived at Ye Nan that they found out why Lan Yu and the others did not write to them. This letter must be delivered.
This border has been completely taken over by the rebels. It is the easiest way to enter Ye Nan. The rebels have stationed nearly 10,000 troops, and the people of Ye Nan are only allowed to enter but not leave. I don’t know how the regent’s letter was sent out, and the difficulties in the process can be imagined.
"What should we do? There are so many of us, do we have to fight our way through?" This was the only solution Chen Qiu could think of.
"There's no need to kill our way through. If we kill our way through, there won't be many people left in Yenan. Yenan has few people to begin with. If we kill our way through, we'll have to kill at least half of the adult men in Yenan. In that case, even if we win the war, Yenan will have no one left. Any of its neighboring countries can directly destroy it." Mei Qi stood there, still wearing the moon-white robe. However, this robe was made for the guests by Chen Qiu, the mistress of the house, after he moved into the Ye Mansion. But to Mei Qi, it was extremely precious, so he wore it all the time.
"What should we do then?"
Mei Qi pointed at himself and said, "I'll go and kill all the generals of the garrison here. Hang them on their watchtowers. Without their leader, they'll naturally be just a bunch of masterless flies. Then the Ye Nan court can step in and clean up the bandits!"
Ye Chen agreed with this method. Mei Qi's martial arts was the strongest among them, so he should be able to act quickly.
That night, Mei Qi went to the Ye Nan rebel camp alone. The three guards inside were dragged by Mei Qi and hung on their watchtower. Except for these three people, everyone else who saw Mei Qi was just knocked unconscious by him.
The next morning, screams were heard from Ye Nan's side, followed by the panic they had expected.
At this time, Ye Chen led the Silver Armored Army, rode on a warhorse, and held high the letter of request for help from the Regent of Ye Nan, and arrived at the first rebel camp in Ye Nan.
"The Regent King Yenan asked for help from the Emperor of Great Yin. The Emperor of Great Yin sent 10,000 silver-armored soldiers to help Yenan quell the civil unrest. Here is the letter from the Regent King Yenan. The commander here is dead. You should lay down your weapons and I will spare your lives. If there are those who are stubborn and continue to cause chaos, they will be killed without mercy!" Ye Chen was sitting on his warhorse and shouted these words. Many rebels laid down their weapons and hid aside with their hands on their heads.
Many people raised their swords and wanted to fight, but they didn't expect that five people from the Silver Armor Army came out and rode through them on horseback. In an instant, only half of the remaining rebels were left.
This was more effective than anything Ye Chen said. The rest of them immediately threw away their weapons and squatted down with their heads in their hands.
"All of you should disband on the spot and return to your hometowns. Don't even think about running back to look for your fellow rebels. The civil unrest in Yenan will be quelled within half a month. If you're still wearing this attire by then, you'll be treated as bandits and dealt with by the imperial court." Ye Chen gave his final instructions, and then he led 10,000 silver-armored soldiers into Yenan, heading straight for his destination, Yinyue City, the capital of Yenan.
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