Jiaochu

Chapter 473: Provocation
There was no one on the street, not even a patrolling soldier could be seen. It was a bit unusually quiet. There were no soldiers guarding the Liu Mansion either. The door was closed and it was very quiet. There were lights on inside, and no one was seen. The shaking figures and everything seemed lifeless and unsettling.

Yanfei and Longyingwei sneaked into the mansion without meeting anyone. When Yanfei arrived near the study, he heard voices coming from inside. He jumped up to the roof using Qinggong, quietly removed a tile, and saw two people sitting inside. One of them was Liu Xin, and the other one had his back to him, so he couldn't see his face. When he heard Liu Xin call him the prince, he knew it was Meng Tianlan.

"The prince values ​​love and righteousness, Yao'er did not marry the wrong person."

"I said, I won't promise you anything until I meet you."

"Don't worry, Prince, Yao'er is also a member of the Liu family, and my uncle will not harm her."

"Hmph, what you are doing now is harming her, and your Liu family."

"Those who achieve great things cannot be greedy for the glory and wealth in front of them. How did the late emperor sit in the position of the ninth and fifth emperor? Now, why can't you and me."

"The king of Xia was tyrannical and unruly, making the people miserable and should be punished. Now that the emperor is wise and the world is at peace, you provoked war for your own selfish interests and should be punished."

Liu Xin laughed and said, "It seems that you don't want to see Yao'er anymore." He changed the subject, "There's something you don't know yet. Yao'er is already pregnant. You don't want this child either. ”

Yan Fei was surprised. He didn't expect that the imperial concubine was pregnant. The figure with her back to him didn't speak for a long time, her fingers were clenched white, and the anger in her heart was on the verge of breaking out.

"Your Majesty, it's better to think it over earlier. Time is running out. The imperial army will attack at any time." Speaking of this, Liu Xin raised her thin lips and smiled, "At that time, I don't know whether the Emperor will care about flesh and blood and family ties and stay. This child, after all, is a danger to tigers, so we have to guard against him~"

Meng Tianlan clenched his fist and punched the table hard, "Despicable!"

Liu Xin smiled and said: "I'm just reminding you that this child also has the blood of the Liu family after all. He will accompany you like a tiger. Rather than letting others decide life and death, it is better to take it into your own hands."

He added, "Although King Pingnan has a deep friendship with the emperor, do you think that the southern border can rest easy from now on? The Red Armor Army is like a sharp sword, hanging over the emperor's head at all times. The emperor has put King Zhenbei under house arrest. In the capital, Crown Prince Murong has a disabled leg and cannot fight on horseback. Naturally, he cannot lead the Xuanyi Army, and it will be difficult for him to have heirs in the future. The emperor will send a confidant general to the northern border to take over military affairs. Once the northern border is taken back, do you think the emperor will still stay? Are you following your southern border? As the saying goes, a common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade. He has no rebellious heart but has the strength to rebel. This is a sin. "

He really has a sharp tongue, Yan Fei secretly cursed.

Little did he know that danger was coming.

A black shadow suddenly appeared behind him.

There was a bang and a hole was made in the roof. Liu Xin raised his head and looked up and said with a smile: "It seems that a gentleman from the Liang Dynasty is eavesdropping."

Yan Fei rolled over and landed on the ground, and the pair of big hammers came after him. The opponent was tall and moved very fast and agile. The two big hammers in his hands weighed hundreds of kilograms, and they acted like a whirlwind. , if the hit is light, it may break a bone, or if it is hit, it may cause death. Yan Fei was already injured, and he didn't have a suitable weapon in his hand. He didn't have an advantage against a hammer with a dagger. He was at a disadvantage and was knocked away by the hammer. He hit the wall and fainted on the ground.

Just as the other party was about to kill him, Liu Xin said, "Stop." The big man put away the hammer, grabbed one of Yan Fei's legs, lifted him up upside down, and threw him in front of Liu Xin.

"It looks familiar. Does the prince recognize it?"

Meng Tianlan was surprised when he saw that it was Yan Fei, but kept calm on his face, "It looks familiar. I've seen it somewhere before." Liu Xin bent down and touched Yan Fei's chest. He didn't find anything like a token, but his hand. There was blood on it. Meng Tianlan looked shocked. He took off his clothes and saw that Yan Fei's chest was wrapped with a bandage, which was stained red with blood.

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Before the sun rose from the horizon, Ye Lingxi got up and stood at the door of the camp, looking into the distance. After standing there for an unknown amount of time, a yawning voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Lingxi, why did you get up so early? Are you hungry?"

Before she could say anything, Ye Xingye called someone to prepare breakfast, and helped her into the tent. After helping her sit down, her little gossip was about to start, "Do you really like that kid?" She nodded and said yes. ,Without hesitation. Ye Xingye wondered, "That boy keeps a cold face all day long and is always indifferent to everyone. What do you see in him?" She asked back, "What does the third brother see in Sister Jing'er?"

Ye Xingye was choked by these words and changed the subject, "This Liu Xin is really cunning and vicious. He actually caught the people in the city and used them as live targets on the city wall. How can we attack the city?" He sighed sadly, Ye Lingxi said, "If you can't break in from the outside, you can only find a way from the inside." Ye Xingye said, "How to find a way?" Ye Lingxi said, "To capture the thief, capture the king first, but now people are hiding in the city and cannot come out. If we can use Just use a provocation to get him out."

"How to provoke generals..." Ye Xingye touched his chin and thought about it for two seconds, then an idea came to him, "I have it, I'll have someone scold him."

Ye Lingxi shook his head, "You have to hold his vital points."

At this time, a soldier came over to report that General Du Liang had arrived. Ye Xingye clapped his hands and said excitedly: "General Du knows this Liu Xin, maybe he knows." After saying that, he went to Du Liang to ask, when he ran to the door He stopped again, told Ye Lingxi not to run around, and then ran away.

After a while, Ye Xingye came back again, and there was another person behind him, it was Du Liang. Ye Lingxi was drinking porridge with a bandage on her eyes. Seeing this, Du Liang looked surprised. He was fine when he came to Qingzhou City, but why did his eyes become damaged after not seeing each other for a few days?
"I have finally met the princess." Du Liang saluted.

"Is it General Du?" Ye Lingxi asked him to get up quickly and raised his hand to ask him to sit down. Ye Xingye asked Du Liang to sit down together and asked the others to retreat. Then he told Du Liang about Ye Lingxi's method and asked him to sit down together. He thought about whether Liu Xin had any shady reasons. Du Liang sighed. Ye Lingxi asked him why he sighed. Du Liang said: "It's all in the past, so don't mention it."

Ye Lingxi said: "Now the people in Xiuzhou City are trapped in the city and cannot come out. If we are really at the end of the road, there is no guarantee that the other party will not set fire to the city and burn them all. It would be great if we can provoke him to come out and capture him." That's all." Ye Lingxi said.

Ye Xingye also helped: "Capture the thief first. Capture the king first. There are tens of thousands of lives in the city, so we cannot bury him with him."

Du Liang sighed and said: "If the princess was still here, maybe we wouldn't be in this situation today."