Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

Yan Xiu staggered into a courtyard. As soon as he entered, he saw Zhan Ying sitting there, drinking tea with his hand raised.

"Uncle Zhan." Yan Xiu took a few steps forward and saluted Zhan Ying.

"Humph, I can't bear your gift." He put down the tea bowl in his hand heavily and said, "You are usually ridiculous, but now that Xuanzhou is about to be captured, you are still fooling around with the son of the deputy general."

"He's not afraid that his father will find out and turn against him."

Hearing this, Yan Xiu was not annoyed, "They won't turn against us. For those who have no way out, even if our side is full of swords and seas of fire, as long as there is a way to pass, they will take it."

When Yan Xiu thought of Ling Zizhen, a smile appeared on his face.

"Just keep it in mind and don't ruin the Seventh Prince's plans." Zhan Ying said coldly.

"My cousin's big plan must not be ruined." Yan Xiu said this, and his eyes turned cold.

"Speaking of that old man Cheng Qing, is he still unwilling to submit to my cousin?"

When Yan Xiu talked about serious matters, he restrained his smile, and his slightly tense eyes revealed a sinister look.

"Look, I've received a reply." Zhan Ying pointed to the opened letter on the table and said, "You are a person who refuses to accept a toast and drinks a forfeit. His Highness said that if you still refuse, he will use Xuanzhou as a warning to intimidate Jiuzhou."

"When will we do it?"

When Yan Xiu heard this, there was a hint of weird excitement in his eyes.

"Tomorrow." Zhan Ying looked outside. "The salt merchants will get the news tomorrow. If the boss behind the private salt still disagrees, we will take down their base workshop and the city lord's mansion as well."

"Tomorrow? Isn't that too soon?" He asked this, but his eyes couldn't stop becoming more and more excited as Zhan Ying spoke.

"No, Ling Feng will be back tomorrow after he takes care of Xuzhou. Once he comes back, we will let him lead his men to rebel according to the plan."

"Xuancheng will be in chaos, and we will take the opportunity to enter then."

"Suppress them in many ways. As long as they control the granaries, military affairs and politics, Xuancheng will be a sheep to be slaughtered."

When Zhan Ying reached this point, his tone became a little faster. Thinking that His Highness would be honored at the grand ceremony in the future, and that he would be awarded the title of "Follow the Dragon", his whole body became hot.

"Hmph, by then I'm afraid they won't have the power to resist at all." Yan Xiu met Zhan Ying's gaze, and there was a corresponding light in the eyes of both of them.

Jackals, tigers and leopards.

"There's one more thing." Zhan Ying suddenly remembered the letter Ling Feng sent back.

"Ling Feng said that Li Yuan has the talent of a great general, and it would be best if he could be used. During this seed escort operation, Li Yuan and Cheng Feiyue led a hundred people to kill more than 600 people under Xuzhou."

"But Li Yuan is..."

Zhan Ying didn't know who Li Yuan was. Maybe he knew a little bit about him when he just came to Xuanzhou two years ago and got to know the basic information of Xuanzhou's people. But now, two years have passed, and he has figured out the important people and grasped their weaknesses.

Li Yuan suddenly appeared, and he couldn't figure out who he was.

However, when Yan Xiu heard this name, his eyes flickered.

"Li Yuan, the tutor of Cheng Qing's son, is really not like an ordinary person. I specially asked someone to check his background."

"Do you know what good stuff I dug up?" Yan Xiu said with some fatigue, and simply picked a chair to sit down.

"This Li Yuan is also very important."

"Oh?"

Even Yan Xiu could say that he had a great background. Zhan Ying became interested and asked him to explain his background.

"Seven or eight years ago, His Highness the Seventh Prince said that he would take over Chenzhou and replace the prefect of Chenzhou with one of His Highness's own people."

"The governor of Chenzhou was murdered overnight by the Seventh Prince's men. It was written that a letter of treason was found in his study, and he was found hanging. His son was missing and was written as having drowned in the water."

When Yan Xiu said this, Zhan Ying also remembered that the surname of the prefect of Chenzhou seemed to be Li.

The son of Li Zhou of Chenzhou Li family.

"Humph, I'm worried about going out on a mission without a good name, so I'll use his name to take over Xuanzhou openly and honestly."

Li Yuan, a great general?

A potential general must be alive to become a general. If he dies, he can only go to the underworld and dream of becoming a general.

"Go and make preparations. We will start as soon as Ling Feng returns at twilight hour tomorrow."

"Let the people below be more alert."

It was gradually getting dark in Xuancheng in the calm atmosphere as if a storm was about to come.

Wei Qiqi brought all the things she bought into the yard.

I don't know why she was so flustered.

As soon as I entered the yard and lit candles and other lighting supplies, Xu Yaluo's voice came.

"Where have you been? Why are you so late?"

Wei Qiqi turned and looked at Xu Yaluo: "I bought some food and clothes from outside. I have nothing to do anyway."

"I bought quite a lot of things."

Glancing at the large and small packages on the ground, Xu Yaluo sighed casually, but Wei Qiqi noticed the absent-mindedness in her tone.

"But what's the matter?"

Hearing this, Xu Yaluo's face paused, then she restrained her expression and looked at Wei Qiqi silently, signaling her to clear everyone around her.

Wei Qiqi understood what she meant and looked at Jian Feng, Jian Yu and Ye Yuanxin. The three of them tactfully retreated, along with the people around Xu Yaluo.

After Ye Yuanxin, Jianfeng and Jianyu came out, they sat in front of the steps. They all sat on the steps in the same way, with their elbows resting on their thighs, their chins supported, and looked towards the yard boredly.

"Would you two like to have dinner?"

"I don't want to eat. I'm almost full after eating all the pastries outside." Jian Yu echoed Ye Yuanxin's words.

"Me too." Ye Yuanxin said, then turned to look at Jian Feng on the side: "What about you?"

Jian Feng: "If the master eats, I will eat a little too."

Ye Yuanxin nodded, "Okay, I'll prepare one for you later."

The three of them sat in the yard chatting idly. Gradually, time went by and Ye Yuanxin was getting sleepy from waiting. He almost fell on Jianfeng when the door opened from the inside.

Xu Yaluo led his men away with a calm expression.

When Ye Yuanxin saw that everyone had left, he quickly stood up and went into the house.

Wei Qiqi was sitting on a chair in the room, half of her body in the shadow, and Ye Yuanxin could hardly see Wei Qiqi's expression clearly.

However, those who spend every day with Wei Qiqi can sense that she is not in a very good mood.

After all, the master always has a smile on his face no matter what happens.

"Master, do you want to prepare the meal?"

Wei Qiqi pulled herself out of her thoughts and raised her head: "Prepare the meal, and put everything in my room after you're done."

"All of them?"

Ye Yuanxin looked at the large and small bags scattered on the ground in front of the corridor.

Wei Qiqi nodded.

Finally, she instructed Jian Yu: "Let the people in the workshop stop working and rest, and then let Ye Yuanfeng and Ye Yuanjiang come to the villa tomorrow."

After the meal, Wei Qiqi gave instructions again.

"I didn't come out. No matter how big the problem is, no one can come in."

Guessing that the master was about to reenter the house, Jian Feng nodded and said, "Don't worry, master, I won't let anyone in."

Wei Qiqi believed what Jianfeng said.

Then he went into the house.

The candlelight cast her shadow on the window paper.

The graceful figure was busy on the window paper all night long until the end of time.