"It's absolutely true. The news has spread on the front lines. It is said that Prince Yongnan has already gone to the front lines!" Liu Yong whispered, "Prince Yongnan's martial arts are still so powerful. As long as he appears on the battlefield, then..."
"We can't let him appear on the battlefield!" Jiang Yan said coldly, "You lead the assassins and kill them on the road. Even if you can't kill them, you must delay as much as possible to give Giant Clam enough time!"
"Yes!" Liu Yong took the order and went there immediately.
The journey to the front line is two days closer than to the capital of Nanyue. Yue Nanchen and Lan Shuiyao traveled day and night. The closer they got to the front line, the deeper Yue Nanchen's frown became and the more angry he became.
Bai Ren no longer dared to talk to Yue Nanchen, and Lan Yi ignored everyone except Shui Yao. Yue Nanchen could not vent his anger on Shui Yao, so he felt depressed. The atmosphere was depressing and uncomfortable all the way.
Looking at the people of Nanyue who were fleeing in all directions, and the capital city that had completely given up resistance, Shui Yao could fully understand Yue Nanchen's feelings, but she could not share any of his burden, as healing his wounds had taken up all her energy.
"Bai Ren, let's find an inn to rest!" Yue Nanchen finally spoke in the evening of that day.
Bai Ren nodded. Although there was no expression on his face, he still raised his numb arm - he had been driving for three days and three nights!
The carriage entered the town and found the largest and cleanest-looking inn.
The waiter came out to greet us warmly. It was obvious that business was already bad in this troubled autumn, so when a customer finally came, he provided extra attentive service.
Another servant drove the carriage to the backyard for them.
At the waiter's warm greeting, I stepped into the inn.
There were not many people in the inn, but four or five big men sitting at a table in the corner were somewhat eye-catching. At first, he stared at the four of them, but when Shui Yao's lazy but sharp eyes shot over, he automatically changed direction.
The woman in blue was still wrapped in white cloth. Because of the overnight journey, the white cloth was covered with blood and dust. She was also very tactful. Amid the waiter's gasps, she took the initiative to go to the backyard to rest.
Bai Ren followed closely with an expressionless face, and went to the backyard with another servant to arrange a residence and horses. Yue Nanchen in black and Lan Shuiyao in white, one with a face full of anger, the other casual with a charming smile, but they both had the same temperament, that is - indifference!
"My dear guests, the accommodation has been arranged. What would you like to eat? We have some special dishes in our restaurant!"
The waiter stood beside Shui Yao, not daring to even raise his eyes, trying his best to withstand Yue Nanchen's cold and fierce gaze. He wiped the sweat off his face secretly and pretended to greet her in a relaxed manner.
"Okay, let's have some side dishes!" Shui Yao said calmly, smiling lazily, "And prepare some food and send it to the backyard. My maid is not feeling well and is not fit to come out for dinner!"
"Yes, yes, sir, just wait and see. I will make sure to arrange everything properly!" The waiter came over immediately, took the huge sum of silver given by Shui Yao, and left happily.
Shui Yao had already noticed the suspicious behavior of the guests at the table in the corner, but when she looked up at Yue Nanchen's face, which was forcibly suppressing his anger, she smiled. Very good, Yue Nanchen finally had a place to vent!
The side dishes came up, and they were indeed very unique and tasted good. Shuiyao ate a lot.
More, Yue Nanchen has no appetite.
During his journey, the situation in Nanyue had made him anxious to the point of losing his appetite. He had never known that the officers and soldiers of Nanyue were so lax and decadent. They seemed to have already anticipated that they would be defeated and had no mood to fight at all. They were just pretending to fight and taking the court's salary for nothing!
"You'd better eat something. There might be a fierce fight later. You can also take this opportunity to test the recovery of your martial arts!" Tapping the table lazily with chopsticks, Shui Yao glanced coldly at the big men in the corner who were looking at them from time to time.
Yue Nanchen's eyes darkened and he looked over coldly. The corner suddenly fell silent.
They picked up the chopsticks, ate a little, and scooped up a bowl of rice. Then, they swaggered towards the backyard under the people's furtive gazes.
As soon as the two left, the big men who pretended to eat and drink meat immediately looked cautiously at the man in the lead on the left. The man had ferocious features, but his eyes were extremely cold. He was obviously a ruthless character.
"Let's do it tonight!" the man said coldly and drank the wine in the glass in his hand.
"But..." Someone raised a question in a low voice.
"I don't think the King of Yongnan has lost his martial arts. And the woman next to him is said to be the best female doctor in the world. Her martial arts are also not weak. I'm afraid we are no match for them!"
"Shut up!" The leading man looked coldly at the man who was questioning him. "I received an order from above to kill Yue Nanchen. Even if we can't kill him, we have to find a way to hold them back. Liu He, you don't want me to trust your eldest brother, and you dare to question my order casually!"
The man named Liu He looked at the other men, all of whom lowered their brows with cold and fierce eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In one breath, it seems that these are the death warriors that the eldest brother mentioned. They are ready to die, but he is not!
Originally, he thought this was a good job. He wanted to do it well, and then let his elder brother Liu Yong say a few good words in front of the master, and he could also enter the Jiang Mansion as a guard or something, so he just filled in the gap, but now it seems... Liu He hurriedly clasped his fists and smiled, "I dare not, I will arrange it right away!"
The leading man nodded coldly, and everyone returned to the backyard, waiting for dark, when reinforcements would arrive, and then they would take action in the dark, wanting to catch the enemy off guard.
It soon got dark, Shui Yao lazily lay on the bed, taking advantage of the early morning to take a nap in order not to miss the wonderful performance.
Yue Nanchen was sitting alone in front of the window, holding a military map in his hand. This was the military distribution map of the recent battle between Tianwen and Yue Nanyu that Qianhun had obtained with great difficulty.
From the picture, we can see that Tianwen is indeed a master in marching and deploying troops. The Bagua formation he created by himself first lured people into the formation and made them lose their way, then used shields as walls to block the dizzy soldiers outside, and finally the archers shot thousands of arrows at once, which could be said to be a dragnet.
Many Nanyue soldiers died tragically in this powerful formation. Yue Nanyu, who was simple-minded and only interested in romance, could go into battle and kill the enemies, but he was obviously far behind Tianwen in terms of intelligence and strategy!
Suddenly, Yue Nanchen's eyes darkened, he put the marching map in front of his chest, and raised his face coldly. There was a cold wind howling outside the window. It was already November or December of the lunar calendar, and it had snowed twice. It was already a cold winter.
Now, on the ground illuminated by the bright and cold moonlight, dozens of men in black stood coldly, with the cold swords in their hands shining with sharp light.
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"Master!" Bai Ren's voice rang out on the roof, with a sense of tiredness and fatigue in his voice. Perhaps he had just fallen asleep and was woken up.
"Bai Ren, go and have a rest. We have to travel early tomorrow morning!" Yue Nanchen said coldly. He knew that Bai Ren was exhausted.
"No, Master!" This was the first time that Bai Ren disobeyed Yue Nanchen's order, only because he knew that the current Master was no longer the same as before, his martial arts had not recovered, and he was tormented by the things on the front line all the way...
"Bai Ren, go and have a rest, I'm here!" Yue Nanchen looked up and saw two jade-white feet swaying in the air above the window, with transparent toes kicking the hem of the skirt.
I leaned my head out and looked, and saw Shui Yao sitting on the beam above the window, holding a bunch of big purple grapes in her hand, and spitting out the grape seeds lazily.
"Yes!" Seeing Shui Yao there, Bai Ren felt relieved and quickly disappeared into the night.
Yue Nanchen smiled coldly at Shui Yao, drew out the soft sword from his waist, and jumped out of the window. He stood in front of the men in black with his body held high, and said coldly, "Come on!"
With their eyes flickering, the men in black looked at each other, and finally pounced forward with whistling cold swords.
Blood flowers and grape seeds fluttered together in the fierce cold wind...
A quarter of an hour later, Yue Nanchen stood coldly among a pile of broken limbs and arms, holding a sword and breathing unsteadily.
"Would you like some grapes?" A snow-white figure flew down from the beam and stood beside him. On her snow-white fingertips was a big, round, peeled grape.
Yue Nanchen lowered his eyes and saw that she had put on shoes and socks, so he turned his head and sucked the grape and her finger at the same time. Yue Nanchen whispered vaguely, "Thank you!"