Suddenly, it was two days later.
Late that night, Su Xian was sleeping soundly with Liu Huixiang in his arms.
Suddenly, firelight and figures were reflected on the doors and windows, accompanied by noise and the sound of weapons clashing.
What was supposed to be a quiet night suddenly became like a battlefield!
"Is there a thief at home?!"
Su Xian was suddenly awakened and stood up. His face changed drastically. He instantly lost sleep. He opened the bed and was about to get out of bed to find out what happened.
"Husband, don't go."
Liu Huixiang was also awakened. She curled up in the warm quilt and stretched out a hand to gently pull Su Xian's arm.
The firelight coming from the door and window reflected her moving watery eyes, filled with worry and fear.
"Don't be afraid. If you leave for your husband, then come back. Just stay in bed and don't go out no matter what happens." Su Xian gently patted the back of her hand to comfort her.
"But……"
Liu Huixiang wanted to say something else, but Su Xian had already taken off the little hand on his arm, got out of bed resolutely, put on a coat and walked towards the closed door.
At this time, the noise and the sound of swords outside had weakened.
It is expected that the battle should be over.
Su Xian was very calm and calm in his heart. With Yang Zhilan here, he was not afraid at all. No matter what the monsters were, he did not want to retreat safely.
Pushing open the door and stepping out, he happened to see Yang Zhilan flying from the opposite roof, landing in front of him like a nimble cat, and shouted:
"Sir."
"Are you injured? Did you send them all away? Who is here?"
Su Xian looked at Yang Zhilan's clothes carefully.
Her figure was already thin, and she became even thinner after putting on clothes that made it easier for her to move... From her appearance, she didn't look like she had just experienced a fight.
Under this situation, Yang Zhilan no longer cherished words like gold, and said in a calm to cold voice: "A total of twenty-five people broke into the Hou Mansion at night, and their target is you, young master."
"Me?" Su Xian wondered. He had indeed offended many people recently. His expression suddenly changed and he guessed, "Could he be from Liao?"
"No, they are visitors from the south... Twenty-four of the twenty-five people have been killed, and one of the women took advantage of the chaos to escape. I was afraid that I would fall into the trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain, so I did not follow it."
"One escaped? Or a woman?" Su Xian frowned. Who is the assassin from the south?
"Young master...I...I'm not doing things well...I..." Yang Zhilan suddenly tensed up, looking at Su Xian with a kind of heartfelt fear in her eyes.
Su Xian slapped his forehead. His two rhetorical questions just now were just talking to himself, but when Yang Zhilan heard them, she subconsciously thought they were dissatisfied with her...
Su Xian quickly took her hand, patted Wen Yan gently and said, "It's okay, don't be nervous, I'm not a small cabinet leader, no one will punish you, you did a very good job in this matter!"
Sure enough, Yang Zhilan gradually relaxed. Although the lingering nightmare was gone, she would still fall into it under certain circumstances... This was a mental illness.
Fortunately, although her time with Su Xian was short, she was very happy and free, and it allowed her to find something called "self" again.
It's just not enough.
It will take years, decades or even a lifetime to heal...her damn childhood!
After Yang Zhilan slowly calmed down, she suddenly remembered something. She took something out of her underwear and handed it to Su Xian, saying, "This token fell from the woman who escaped. This object may be able to reveal their identity."
"oh?"
Su Xian took the token and looked at it under the light of the lantern. The word "Da Qian" was engraved on it. Su Xian's expression suddenly changed and he said in a solemn voice:
"Dagan, Dagan, Dagan is the name of the previous dynasty... so tonight's assassin is... a remnant of the previous dynasty! Someone from Nanchu!"
He held the Dagan Token tightly and said suspiciously: "But why do they want to assassinate me? I have never met them... By the way!"
Su Xian suddenly woke up, looked at Yang Zhilan and said:
"Some time ago, the remnants of the previous dynasty made trouble, causing internal and external troubles in Daliang. If the Liao army's cavalry goes south to invade the border, they can fish in troubled waters and reap the benefits."
"However, because of me, the Liao Kingdom is also in chaos. It is impossible to go south to invade the border in a short time. This is equivalent to ruining the long-planned plan of the remnants of the previous dynasty."
"and……"
Having said this, Su Xian's expression changed again. He turned around and looked at the northeast of Yingzhou City, and said anxiously: "I'm afraid that 800,000 shi of grain is also one of their targets!"
The 800,000 stones of grain exchanged from the Liao Kingdom were temporarily stored in a charity warehouse in the northeast of Yingzhou City, and were being distributed to various states and counties in the past two days.
Before Princess Lanling returned to Beijing, she had entrusted this matter to him. If the batch of food tonight was destroyed by the remnants of the previous dynasty, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The remnants of the previous dynasty...are really lingering!
Yang Zhilan's expression was as calm as ever, even calm to the point of indifference, and she said, "Thankfully, Master has already made arrangements and sent a stupid guy to guard him, otherwise..."
"Silly big guy" is Yang Zhilan's special term for calling Yan Dashan, because apart from her, even Su Xian would not call Yan Dashan this way. After all, he is a mighty Duke.
The corner of Su Xian's mouth curled up in a playful manner and he smiled:
"Yes, even those remnants of the former dynasty who were beaten to death would not have thought that you are guarding the Marquis Mansion, and the charity warehouse is even more tightly guarded. They have suffered a huge setback tonight!"
"..."
Just as he was talking, a soldier from the Hou Mansion rushed over and said:
"Master Hou, the Northeast Yi Cang was besieged by men in black with the intention of setting fire to the warehouse... Commander Xin Deyan was alert in time and successfully drove away the men in black. The Northeast Yi Cang is safe and sound!"
Yan Tong Ling is the name given to Yan Dashan by the soldiers of the Hou Mansion.
None of the soldiers knew his identity as the "Mighty Duke".
Su Xian was overjoyed when he heard this, looked up to the sky and smiled:
"Da Shan has done a great job. Come here, take this marquis order and rush to the camp in the north of the city. We must mobilize heavy troops to capture the remnants of the previous dynasty. We must not let any of them escape!"
"Got the order!"
After the soldiers retreated, Su Xian and Yang Zhilan went to check the twenty-four corpses, hoping to find something from them, but they were disappointed.
When the sky turned white, Su Xian washed his hands and returned to the room, preparing to take a nap.
Liu Huixiang didn't even sleep, she had been waiting for him. When he came back, she hurriedly got out of bed and stepped on the floor with a small foot as white as a jade sculpture.
Su Xian pushed her back and said with a smile: "It's cold at night, don't come out."
"I want to help my husband change his clothes." Liu Huixiang shrank back into the quilt, her voice weak.
Su Xian took off his coat in a few moments, got into bed, hugged the warm Liu Huixiang sideways, grinned and raised his hands while whispering in her ear:
"Baby, my husband can't sleep now, what do you think we should do?"
Liu Huixiang's breathing suddenly became rapid. She had already figured out what Su Xian liked about Su Xian after sharing the same bed for so long, but she still took matters into her own hands and said:
"How about your husband telling me a story?"
"No, my husband wants this now."
An indescribable part of Liu Huixiang was manipulated, and she suddenly lost the energy to resist. She could only lie there and breathe... This morning was the beginning of another beautiful day!
