Xiao Yunyan turned around and returned to his tent, standing in front of the Kanyu map, but his mind could not calm down for a long time.
He was the ninth son of Emperor Liang. His biological mother died in childbirth because of giving birth to him, so she had to bring him to the knees of the empress who had just experienced the pain of losing her son. It was he who set this precedent, and later the prince, who was more than ten years older than him, and his sixth brother Xiao Yunsheng, who was about the same age, came to the empress's knees.
At that time, the prince taught them like a father and a brother, and they all followed the prince's lead. Since King Jiangliu passed away last year and Xiao Bai came to Beijing, the prince was innocently implicated in the Linghu suicide note case and committed suicide. From then on, he spent every day in self-blame, his faith completely collapsed, and he came to the border alone...
The soldier came to report: "Your Highness, Miss Shen said to say goodbye to Your Highness."
"Farewell?" Xiao Yunyan's thoughts were finally brought back, "Let her come in."
From time to time, Helianyi came in, bowed to him respectfully, and said, "Your Highness, I am here to say goodbye. Thank you for taking me in during these days."
"Who gave your permission to leave?"
"Didn't His Highness say that you could send someone to take me to Linchuan?"
"Didn't you just say that you wanted to go to Song County with me?"
"But since His Highness can't trust me, why should I ask for trouble?"
"Linchuan and Kangyuan are only separated by a city, and they will fall sooner or later. You might as well stay with me to protect your life."
"Why is Your Highness so inconsistent?"
"Aren't you the same?"
"That's because I understand clearly that after all, you and I don't agree with each other, so it's better to just say goodbye."
"What's the difference? As long as you step out of this camp, you will lose your life, so what's the point of planning?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I will be responsible for whether the road ahead is a blessing or a curse."
"There is no need to try to leave, we will set off now."
"I have my own shortcut. It will be good for Your Highness to let me go."
"What shortcut?"
"I don't need to inform Your Highness about this."
Xiao Yunyan grabbed He Lianyi and said, "How can you leave this place in the army if you want?"
"Then what exactly does Your Highness want?"
Xiao Yunyan suddenly picked her up and carried her out before He Lianyi could react. Chen Liuxiang was waiting outside. Seeing this situation, she ran after her while shouting: "Your Highness, where are you taking our lady?"
Xiao Yunyan ignored Shen Liuxiang, only took He Lianyi to a carriage and forced He Lianyi inside. When Chen Liuxiang saw this, he immediately got on the carriage. Xiao Yunyan said to a young general who was already sitting on the carriage, "Let's go." He himself got on the horse and followed the carriage.
The group of people had been walking for several hours, but they were all hungry. There were no villages or shops around, so Luo Hu had no choice but to set up a stove on the roadside and make a fire with Shen Liuxiang to cook.
He Lianyi was leaning under a dead tree, looking tired and closing his eyes, as if he was falling asleep. Xiao Yunyan walked up to her and saw that her whole body was shrinking, so he went to his bag and took a felt blanket to wrap her up. When he got closer to her, he saw her eyelids moving slightly, and there were still tears on her eyelashes and corners of her eyes. Xiao Yunyan whispered: "I thought you were asleep. You refused to say a word along the way. Are you angry?"
Helianyi turned his head to the other side, still refusing to pay attention to him.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Yunyan pinched her face and turned it towards him, seeing that although her eyes were closed, tears were flowing down.
"Are you still angry with me about what happened during the day?"
He Lianyi finally slowly opened his eyes, staring blankly at Xiao Yunyan, and complained in a low voice: "I am just a prisoner of His Highness, so I have no right to be angry with Your Highness."
Xiao Yunyan sat next to her and gently wiped away her tears, "I have never regarded you as a prisoner. I just want to hold you in the palm of my hand and take good care of you."
He Lianyi had tears in the corners of his eyes, but sneered, "Your Highness just treats me as a plaything in your hands, and you have never cared about my feelings."
Xiao Yunyan stared at her, "If I really didn't care about your feelings, you would have become mine long ago. I have already exhausted my patience with you."
"Since you can't trust me and don't even bother to conspire with me, why do you insist on keeping me by your side?"
"If I don't keep you by my side, you will be sent to Xikang again by Helian Dingbang. I'm afraid you won't even be able to see Helian Dingbang's face. If you stay with me, I can at least let you see him again in the future. , otherwise, you wouldn’t even know how he died.”
"Your Highness is right. If I go to Xikang, it may not be a bad thing."
"What? Is this the shortcut you mentioned?"
"Yes. The covenant between them is now void, and if I step into Xikang on my own initiative, I will definitely be able to encourage the King of Xikang to point my sword at Helian Dingbang and ask him to help me regain everything."
"No, if I haven't met you, this is indeed a shortcut. But it's different now. I can't tolerate other men touching you. You can only be my Xiao Yunyan's woman."
"I am not anyone's woman. I am the daughter of Emperor Xia Wen, the eldest princess of the Xia Dynasty. Revenge is my only belief now."
"Since I am already dealing with Helian Dingbang, your best choice now is me. That old pervert King of Xikang, I heard that there are many concubines and they are lustful. Do you really dare to ruin yourself?"
"What's the difference between His Highness and him?"
"Of course, you are still a daughter, aren't you?"
"At least I sincerely want to protect you. At least he already has Zanmeng and a group of children, but I don't have a concubine or heirs yet."
"But you and I have never been on the same journey."
"I can make your wishes come true. You and I have the same swords against Helian Dingbang, so why are we not on the same path? Besides, since you can't convince me, how can you be sure that you can convince him?"
"Since he is so lecherous, I believe he will be easy to deal with."
"They are all old foxes. Do you think they can really believe you, a fledgling yellow-haired girl? They are just teasing you."
He Lianyi sneered: "Yes, just like Your Highness."
Xiao Yunyan looked at her, frowning, hesitating for a while and finally asked: "Then if I agree to your proposal, are you really willing to dedicate a city to the enemy?"
"Your Highness seems to have forgotten that I am now a wanted criminal in Helian Ding State. I have neither a home nor a country. The entire Daning State has nothing to do with me, Helian Yi, and Daliang is no longer my enemy."
"It seems so." Although Xiao Yunyan nodded repeatedly, his eyes still revealed his distrust of He Lianyi, "Then how are you going to help me? At the same time, how can I trust you without any other purpose?"
"I know that His Highness will not trust me easily, but if I really help His Highness win Qizhou, will His Highness trust me?"
"That's natural, but I need to know what would you do?"
"After His Highness stationed these two thousand troops in Song County, he asked King Yi to borrow a thousand troops and horses, set up more cooking stoves along the way, creating the illusion of a large number of troops, and began to pretend to attack the city. As soon as he arrived in Song County, I will set off for Qizhou, within three days, His Highness will surely be able to enter Qizhou City without losing any blood."
Xiao Yunyan suddenly smiled and said: "Going round and round, you don't just want to take the opportunity to escape, do you?"
"If Your Highness doesn't believe me, you can send someone to follow me."
"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that you two little girls, how are you going to go? Let's take a good rest for a few days. When you recover, I will send Luo Hu to escort you to Qizhou City."
"No, I don't want to create any complications. I want to leave immediately to prevent Du Shaojie from finding out the truth. Your Highness, this time I want to use Qizhou City to show my sincerity. Please pay attention to it."
Seeing that Xiao Yunyan still showed no sign of loosening up, He Lianyi said: "Your Highness only has two thousand soldiers and horses, and losing a hundred would be a heavy loss. Why not use my method to win. If you even do this to me, If you don’t have trust, what’s the point of keeping me by your side?”
"You are so ill now, I really don't trust you."
"My illness is caused by worries. If Your Highness is willing to help me, maybe I can be cured by medicine."
Xiao Yunyan pondered for a while and finally agreed: "That's fine. After dinner and an hour's walk, we can go our separate ways to Heming Valley. Then I'll ask Luo Hu to take you there."
"Thank you, Your Highness. Your Highness, I still have to discuss the details with Your Highness."
...
An hour and a half after arriving at Heming Valley, a few people came out of a mountain road and heard Luo Hong shouting in front of them: "Your Highness, I've waited for you."
Xiao Yunyan and Luo Hu rushed over and explained to Luo Hong and Luo Hu respectively, but Luo Hong shouted: "This, this is not appropriate, Your Highness, she had so many guards to escort her and she could escape, but now you I only asked Luo Hu to go and see him off, I was really afraid that he wouldn't be able to see me and run away."
Xiao Yunyan said to Luo Hu: "If she really wants to escape, you will definitely not be able to stop her. But if you enter the enemy camp alone, you must be careful in everything. I will secretly send a few people to follow you. If you are really plotted, think first. It’s important to find a way to escape.”
Luo Hong didn't understand, "Your Highness, what is Mr. He really worried about? Can Luo Hu come back safe and sound?"
"We are prepared with both hands. Tomorrow we will divide the army into five groups and ambush around the Qizhou military camp. If there is any trouble, you can find a way to notify us."
Seeing that Xiao Yunyan had made careful arrangements, Luo Hong asked again: "Your Highness, if she really runs away, are you really willing to let her go?"
Xiao Yunyan thought for a long time, and finally said calmly: "Leave it to her."
Luo Hu said: "Your Highness, it is true that I think she is eager to seek revenge. However, Liang and Xia have always been enemies, and there is no guarantee that she will not hold a grudge against Your Highness. What Princess Xia did is really difficult. Make people understand.”
"Don't worry about what she does. In short, I don't have much hope in surrendering the city. The reason why I agreed to her is just to use her plan. You can take the opportunity to find out the reality of Qizhou City."
Luo Hu responded: "General, I understand."
Xiao Yunyan said to Luo Hong again: "Luo Hong, you will bring a few cronies tonight to find a way to sneak into Ning. Five days later, you will enter Qizhou with great fanfare and dress up as a Ning army general and enter the Qizhou camp from Luoyang. Helian Ding The imperial edict and military orders of the state are also prepared, carry them with you and be careful not to expose them. Remember, all plans must be carried out strictly according to the arranged time."
Luo Hong chuckled: "If this is true, it's really interesting. I will definitely do it well."
