Knowing that she would ask about the assassin after she came back, Wei Dongzhu has been stepping up the search.

"It's strange, those assassins seemed to have disappeared without a trace!"

Shen Lanxi thought of something that happened in Dongchuan, and immediately raised her eyebrows and asked, "Aren't there two more dead? Are there any obvious characteristics on these two?"

Wei Dongzhu shook his head: "They don't have anything that can identify their identities. I suspect it has something to do with the assassin in Mosan Town!"

Shen Lanxi also thought of it. She connected a series of events together and felt a chill on her back.

How could she forget the people who had been chasing them along the way since she was exiled?

Could these be the same people?

If they are really the same group of people, doesn't that mean someone has been eyeing the Shen family for a long time?

Her death was not a simple manslaughter, it was very likely premeditated.

Shen Lanxi slowly clenched her fists.

"Have you searched the city?"

Wei Dongzhu: "We checked and found several secret passages. We followed the secret passages and went straight out of Huangtu City!"

Suddenly, something flashed through Shen Lanxi's mind, but it was too fast for her to catch.

She felt it was very important and immediately asked, "Where is the secret passage?"

Wei Dongzhu: "If I hadn't searched the abandoned houses myself this time, I'm afraid I would still find nothing!"

Who would have thought that there was a different world in an uninhabited house?

Shen Lanxi suddenly thought of the secret tunnels dug by the people who called themselves the Ten Thousand Poison Sect when she was in exile before, and how they took all the refugees to the mountains to forge iron.

Putting all these clues together, she came up with a bold guess.

This man called Zhou Tianzi had long planned to use the rebellion in the northwest to disrupt the political situation. His ultimate goal was to rebel!

But there was still a question that she couldn't figure out.

Why did the Zhou Emperor poison her?

Why are they chasing after the Shen family? Did the Shen family offend this person, or did they get in the way of this person?

"General, I have always had soldiers guarding the secret passage!" Wei Dongzhu thought Shen Lanxi wanted to go and take a look.

Shen Lanxi thought for a moment and said, "Seal them all off. Keep a close eye on the Zhenbei Army these few days to see if any rogue people sneak in!"

Wei Dongzhu understood that on the one hand he needed to investigate the assassin, and on the other hand he needed to kick out Zhou Ru'an's people.

"Yuan Jing, you should work with General Wei on this matter. The Zhenbei Army should still be led by our own people. The people who came with Zhou Ru'an, just let him rest!"

Of course, you can't say openly that you are going to recuperate, you have to say that you are being escorted.

"Yes!"

Holding the imperial edict, Shen Lanxi jumped in front of the Zhenbei Army again.

As the Zhenbei Army was being reorganized, the three Turkic tribes were also not idle. They gathered a large army and soon arrived at the city.

Shen Lanxi has Wei Dongzhu on her left hand and Liang Shao on her right hand.

She held the Moon Blade in her hand and looked at the three tribes in the distance with a solemn look. She raised the tip of the blade and shouted in a deep voice.

"Soldiers, it's time to take back our city and avenge the dead citizens of the Great Zhou and the soldiers who previously defended the northwest!"

"Revenge, revenge..." The shouts shook the sky.

The three Turkic tribes didn't expect that Shen Lanxi would actually do this. How dare she, a mere little woman, command her soldiers to go into battle and kill the enemy?

Has she seen blood and dead bodies on the battlefield?

Isn't she afraid of angering the three tribes and having them come out in full force to conquer the northwest?

If she dares to act rashly, she will become a criminal of the Great Zhou.

"In order to avoid countless casualties and rivers of blood, I, the general, will give them another chance and send someone to negotiate with Shen Lanxi." Abe Hiroshi had a stern face and spoke with disdain.

"Changing generals before a battle is a taboo in the military. Tell our soldiers that the Great Zhou is led by a woman. This woman is timid and cowardly, and is not worth mentioning!"

"Yes!"

All good generals know that if they win the battle, they will negotiate for peace, and if they lose the battle, they will also negotiate for peace.

It would be better to let the Great Zhou cede it now without losing any soldiers. This will be beneficial to their three tribes.

"The Great Zhou may seem to have a large number of soldiers, but in fact half of them are women, and the other half are elderly people. Our three tribes are not as strong as us, and each of them is a strong man and a great warrior!"

Even if Shen Lanxi is strong, it doesn't matter. She is the only one who is strong, not the entire Zhenbei Army. At worst, he can send more soldiers to fight in a rotation to tire her to death!

One mile out of the city, Shen Lanxi met envoys from the three tribes.

"Peace talks?"

"can!"

The envoys of the three tribes were about to smile when they heard Shen Lanxi say, "Return all the cities you have occupied, and compensate my Zhenbei Army with 100,000 dan of grain, 10,000 cattle and sheep, funds for the expedition, and release the slaves you have abducted from the various tribes and the Great Zhou, and I will accept the peace talks!"

The envoy immediately shouted angrily: "You have no sincerity in peace talks at all!"

Shen Lanxi: "Did I beg you to negotiate?"

This sentence choked the envoy on the spot.

The envoy knew that if this word was passed back, General Abe Hiroshi would definitely chop him to pieces.

"General Shen, the peace talks we are talking about are the same as before, marriage!"

Wei Dongzhu said coldly: "There will be no more marriages between the two countries!"

The envoy's face changed, and he glared at Wei Dongzhu, blushing and asking, "Is this the opinion of your Great Zhou Emperor, or your opinion alone?"

Shen Lanxi: "This is the intention of our entire Zhenbei Army!"

The envoy's eyes wandered over Shen Lanxi and Wei Dongzhu, and he gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Your Great Zhou Emperor wanted to make peace with our three tribes, but now you two say you don't want to make peace. Who has the final say, your words or the Great Zhou Emperor's? Could it be that you are more effective than the Great Zhou Emperor?"

Liang Shao angrily scolded: "You are just an envoy of the Three Clans, but you actually want to sow discord between the ruler and his subjects in our Great Zhou. Do you think others can't see your obvious wolfish ambitions?"

Wei Dongzhu and several of his men were about to attack the envoys from the three tribes.

Seeing that they were all eyeing them covetously, the envoys of the three tribes did not dare to stay any longer and hurried back to report.

Liang Shao asked Shen Lanxi: "General, are we going to fight or negotiate?"

He realized that it wasn't that easy to really fight!

Wei Dongzhu: "Of course we will fight for real. We must make the three Turkic tribes pay with blood!"

Liang Shao glanced at the calm Shen Lanxi, and then glanced at Wei Dongzhu who was full of murderous intent. Why didn't these two people discuss it together?

Shen Lanxi said: "If the negotiations fail, then we will fight!"

Liang Shao thought, as expected. His brother's thinking was still a little immature, no wonder the two of them were still like this.

Shen Lanxi led the army and made a rapid march, eventually forcing the three Turkic tribes to retreat ten miles.

"The three Turkic tribes are afraid of our Zhenbei Army!"

"After the three tribes hand over the city to us and give us compensation, we will kill them!"

After this incident, the morale of the Zhenbei Army was unprecedentedly high.

Huangtu City Meeting Hall

Che Mingyuan pointed at the map and said, "This route is just right to avoid the three Turkic tribes. Old Cheng, this is a good idea!"

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