Chapter 3652 I Don’t Want to Kill Him
Zhu Feng looked at her silently for a while, then lowered his head and picked up the chopsticks.
He said slowly, "You said that as if you can't go back."
Nan Yan calmly picked up the bowl and chopsticks and said calmly, "Whether I can go back or not is another matter, but now it's freezing and snowy, and I can't talk too much about riding horses and fighting. It's better to think about these things when I have nothing to do."
Zhu Feng said, "Why think about these things? I don't want to think about them, and neither should you."
“…”
Nan Yan smiled bitterly.
She naturally knew how much Zhu Feng doted on his daughter and wished she could live a carefree life under his wings for the rest of her life. If he really had to watch his daughter get married, it would probably be more painful than cutting out a piece of his flesh.
Therefore, Xinping's lifelong affairs may really have to be taken care of by her brother and sister-in-law.
Thinking of this, Nan Yan couldn't help but sigh.
Zhu Feng glanced at her and said, "Why are you sighing?"
Nan Yan said, "It's nothing. If the emperor says he doesn't want to, then so be it. Let her brother and sister-in-law worry about this matter in the future."
Zhu Feng's face was gloomy and he didn't want to pay attention to her anymore.
Not enough, but the atmosphere was not bad. Nan Yan picked up some meat and put it on his bowl. He ate it obediently, but he put down his bowl and chopsticks after finishing less than half a bowl of rice. When Nan Yan saw this, she immediately said, "Your Majesty, why are you only eating this little? It's so cold outside. If you don't eat more, you'll be cold."
Zhu Feng frowned and said, "I can't eat anymore."
Nan Yan thought for a moment, then took his bowl and said, "Well, drink another half bowl of rice soup. It won't take up too much space in your stomach, and it'll be filling if you drink it hot."
She said she wanted to drink rice soup, but in fact she poured out some thick porridge water from the porridge bowl, along with some rice grains. Zhu Feng saw that she was taking so much trouble, and knew that she was trying to coax him to eat as much as possible, so he didn't say much. After Nan Yan poured out half a bowl, he took the bowl and obediently brought it to his mouth.
However, just as he brought it to his mouth, he heard a burst of hurried horse hooves outside.
Someone was coming towards the camp.
Before they rested, they had sent people to investigate the surrounding area. There was no trace of any Dian people within ten miles, so there should be no enemy at this time. The only possibility was that the person who was sent out to gather information had returned at this time.
When Zhu Feng heard the voice, he immediately put down his bowl.
Nan Yan's brows were furrowed, but she didn't know what to say at this time. Then she heard a loud noise outside. After a while, Xiao Shunzi's voice was heard outside the tent.
"emperor."
Zhu Feng asked, "What's the matter?"
"Tang Jichen is back."
Zhu Feng immediately said, "Let him in."
Nan Yan was speechless and could only take a wooden lid and cover Zhu Feng's bowl of rice soup to prevent it from getting cold. Just as she finished this, the tent was lifted from the outside, and a gust of cold wind swept in, making her fingertips cold. Turning around, she saw the armored and dusty deputy general Tang Jichen stride in from outside and kneel down to pay his respects.
"Greetings to the Emperor, and to the Imperial Concubine."
Zhu Feng looked at him and said, "Where have you been these days?"
Tang Jichen said, "I led a small group of people to the city of Kulun."
"Oh? You went to Kulun City? Did you encounter any obstacles along the way?"
"Your Majesty, along the way, no soldiers from the Neng Kingdom blocked the path of this general and his companions."
Zhu Feng asked, "Then, what's the situation in Kulun City?"
Tang Jichen said, "I didn't dare to alarm them. I only explored the city from a distance and found that most of the residents had already moved away. Only a small number of people remained, and these people were just ordinary people. There were no soldiers guarding the entire Kulun City anymore."
Nan Yan couldn't help but gasp.
Zhu Feng had told her before that Monk's time was up and he was most likely no longer in Kulun City but would migrate to a colder place. He did this to avoid a head-on war between the Neng and Yan countries, and also to find a way to drag Zhu Feng into the heart of the grassland and starve him to death. At that time, she was still a little skeptical, but unexpectedly, the news brought back by Tang Jichen directly confirmed this.
Not only did Monk leave Kulun City himself, he also took almost all the people in the city away.
He wanted to move the entire country of Dian away.
Nan Yan couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure?"
Zhu Feng glanced at her.
Although he hadn't avoided the Imperial Concubine when meeting with the Deputy General, it was inappropriate for the Imperial Concubine to ask questions at this time. Nan Yan lowered her head at his glare, and Zhu Feng turned to look at Tang Jichen and asked in a deep voice, "Have you checked everything?"
Tang Jichen then said, "Although I didn't enter Kulun City, I did find traces of the people of the Neng Kingdom who had migrated. We followed them for dozens of miles northwest and found a lot of things they had discarded along the way. Preliminary estimates suggest they relocated at least hundreds of thousands of people this time. It seems they were heading towards Mobei."
Zhu Feng asked, "How long have they been gone?"
Tang Jichen said, "At least, they arrived several days earlier, and their pace was quite fast, so even though I was traveling very fast, I still couldn't catch up with them."
“…”
Zhu Feng thought silently for a long time before slowly waving his hand: "You go down and rest first."
"yes."
Tang Jichen saluted, stood up and walked out.
As soon as he left, Nan Yan immediately turned to look at Zhu Feng. Zhu Feng's expression remained calm, clearly everything going according to plan. The news Tang Jichen had brought back didn't surprise him, but Nan Yan's expression had changed slightly. She said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, since Monk has almost emptied Kulun City, should we—should we continue our pursuit?"
Zhu Feng glanced at her calmly: "Of course."
Nan Yan asked, "But, can we catch up?"
Zhu Feng said: "We are not chasing, but expelling."
“…”
"I'm not going to catch up with Monk and fight him to the death. I want to follow him and drive him away, so that he can't turn back. I want him to leave Mobei, and preferably die in that bitter cold place."
“…”
"I don't want to kill him, I want to drag him to death."
Nan Yan felt a little breathless because of the decisiveness in his words, which had no murderous intent at all.
She was silent for a long time before she said, "He's already relocated hundreds of thousands of people. He's definitely not coming back. Is it really any use for us to follow him?"
Zhu Feng glanced at her calmly and said, "Why do you think he left some people in Kulun City after he relocated so many people?"
“…”
"Furthermore, only civilians are left, not the army?"
Nan Yan frowned and thought for a long time before slowly saying, "Is it to... leave this root?"
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