cannon fodder attack

Protected by Fu Yong, Xi Ye crossed the border between the two countries and entered the border of Yuelan.

They first found an inn in a small town on the border and temporarily settled down.

After the two were safe, Fu Yong planned to commit suicide, but was stopped by Xi Ye in a hurry.

Fu Yong knelt on the ground, with a look of death on his face: "The villain is willing to apologize with death!"

Xi Ye sighed and helped him to stand up.

"Actually, I should call you Uncle Fu. If you hadn't taken care of me these years, I wouldn't have lived so easily."

Seeing that the other party seemed about to speak, he hurriedly said before the other party said: "Besides, even if I am temporarily safe, the current situation is still extremely unfavorable to me. I have lived in Daming since I was a child, and I only have superficial feelings for Yue Lan." I understand, I don’t know if someone will target me when I go back to the palace.”

Uncle Fu heard Xi Ye's meaning, he knew that the other party was trying to keep him, and he felt unspeakably sour and relieved for a moment.

only……

"Is the prince planning to admit his identity?"

His original intention was to let Xi Ye abandon the past and start living again as an ordinary person.

Xi Ye responded: "Let's not say that we don't have household registration, and I don't have the idea of ​​living a mediocre life like this."

The jade on the protagonist Shou's body is still coveted by Emperor Yuelan, how could he let it go.

Uncle Fu naturally didn't worry about the issue of household registration. He had prepared for Xi Ye a long time ago, but the other party was unwilling to be ordinary, so he didn't force him. On the contrary, he would do his best to protect him.

"Since the prince has made plans, the villain will definitely do his best to help the prince!"

"It's all over now, there's no need to call me prince anymore, I sincerely regard Uncle Fu as an elder, that's what Uncle Fu calls me Aye."

But Uncle Fu swore to disagree, the prince could not be summoned anymore, so he summoned the master, Xi Ye had no choice but to agree.

After a few days of recuperation in the inn, Xi Ye and the two went out to inquire about Yue Lan's court status.

Xi Ye has not been idle for the past few days, listening to Uncle Fu telling him about the past 20 years ago.

At that time, although Emperor Yuelan's harem was abundant, his offspring were extremely thin. Many children were stillborn before they were born, and those who were lucky enough to be born would not live to be one or two years old.

Of course there is a reason for this.

Emperor Yue Lan had a concubine whom he loved very much. The concubine's natal family was very powerful, and she won the emperor's favor as soon as she entered the palace because of her appearance.

She is also very jealous, as long as someone in the palace is pregnant, she will attack the child.

However, the emperor knew what she was doing, but he let it go, and finally resulted in a prince who was born to only a noble concubine as the emperor's heir.

Empress Yuelan is not favored, she has been completely neglected since the imperial concubine entered the palace, and so far she is only holding this vain position, naturally she does not have the ability to compete with the imperial concubine.

It is not that no one in the court impeached the imperial concubine, but they were all suppressed by the emperor.

Up to now, there are still rumors among the people that the imperial concubine is a witch, who fascinated the emperor.

For example, the concubine's natal family is not visible, after she became pregnant, she knew that she would not be able to keep the child in her womb, and she was also afraid that the concubine would directly attack her, so at the queen's suggestion, she took the initiative to choose to go to Daming to work as an undercover agent.

Now the harem is basically dominated by the imperial concubine, and the court is also firmly controlled by the imperial concubine's natal family.

When the relatives are in power, the emperor doesn't feel flustered at all.

Xi Ye didn't know whether to say that he had a big heart, or trusted the imperial concubine and the others too much.

But there is one thing, if he admits his identity, he will be targeted for sure.

Xi Ye just wanted to go into the palace to find out what the jade on Yan Ling's body was for. If Yan Ling's life was threatened, he could only really seize power if necessary.

……

Yan Ling rummaged through all the corpses on the ground, but he didn't find the person he was thinking of. For a moment, he didn't know whether he was more fortunate or more angry.

Seeing this, the soldiers under him were silent.

After Yan Ling returned, he ordered to keep his mouth shut, and only said to the outside world that King Duan had accidentally died on the battlefield.

He was not afraid of being investigated, after all, no one in the court paid attention to Xi Ye, and Xi Chengxu would only be happy when he heard the news of Xi Ye's death.

As for the soldiers who attacked them...

Yan Ling's face sank like water, and his tone was cold: "Check it out for this king."

The lieutenant quickly responded, "Yes!"

He hesitated for a while, turned his eyes around Yan Ling, and still couldn't help but persuade: "My lord, the wound on your body...let's bandage it again."

Yan Ling silently watched the clothes on his arms soaked in blood, and did not move.

The lieutenant sighed secretly, but didn't dare to say anything, turned and left.

He was very curious about the relationship between His Royal Highness Duan Wang and Lord Yan, and how Lord Yan would value each other so much.

But he just thought about it for a while and put it behind him, focusing on completing his task.

Even though there were no survivors, the identities of the soldiers were finally found out.

Yan Ling looked at the paper in front of him, the dense words on it made the corners of his lips twitch, and there seemed to be a thick fog in his eyes.

I really didn't expect that there would be a traitor in his team.

What makes people feel even more annoying is that the real behind-the-scenes person in this matter-Xi Chengxu.

He felt that it was too light to call the other party stupid.

In private, he colluded with Yue Lan with Zuo Zhong just to kill him, so he did not hesitate to cede this city.

So many soldiers are desperately guarding the land, so let it go when they say so lightly?

He is generous!

What's more, how does the other party think that Yue Lan won't take advantage of this opportunity to attack the capital in one fell swoop after the border city of Daming was breached?

Yan Ling felt that he was about to be laughed out of anger.

Border officers and soldiers will not sacrifice their lives for such a thing in vain!

The Northern Army arrived earlier than expected, and with the support of the Northern Army, Yue Lan could only stand in a stalemate with Daming.

In order to prevent Xi Chengxu from deliberately withholding military rations, Yan Ling had already made preparations in this regard.

Yue Lan's army generals were also annoyed.

It was clearly stated that Yanling would not live long, and when the food in the city ran out, they could easily break through the city.

Unexpectedly, this battle lasted for a month.

Yan Ling deserves to be called the patron saint of Ming Dynasty. With the other party around, not only could they not take advantage of anything, they even suffered heavy losses.

The various strategies of thinking can always be seen through by the other party.

It won't do them any good to go on like this.

So when the general thought of this, he sent someone to report urgently.

When Emperor Yuelan got the news, he was furious.

Although he didn't feel that Xi Chengxu was lying to him, he also knew that the other party couldn't keep his promise.

He is coveting the piece of jade on Yan Ling's body. He originally wanted to take advantage of this cooperation. The emperor of Ming Dynasty eradicated him. He took his jade. .

Since Yan Ling is still alive, the cooperation can only be voided.