The incident happened so suddenly that the previous layout of several people was completely disrupted. For a moment, the entire dining table was silent and thinking about what to do.
"Tan'er, what should we do next?"
"Let me think about it some more."
The amount of information the opponent has is too little, and there are no spies who can break into the horse bandits. The most important thing is that they don’t know what Zhang Chusheng wants to do. If they know his purpose, they can still target the opponent’s weakness, but now There's really no way around it.
However, at this moment, a column of soldiers and horses hurried over, surrounded the entire inn and ordered that no one was allowed to enter. The leading general got off his horse and stepped forward with his armor in hand. He glanced around the hall and saw Dong Lingjiu's figure coming forward immediately.
"The last general, Zeng Xu, meets the Nine Emperors Uncle."
"What happened?"
Zeng Xu hurriedly took out a letter from his arms and presented it to Dong Lingjiu's eyes with both hands.
"Please ask Uncle Nine Emperors to check it in person."
Dong Lingjiu frowned slightly, picked up the letter, opened it, took out the paper and took a look. After just one glance, the aura around him suddenly turned cold, and it was clear that he was angry.
Sensing the change in Dong Lingjiu's mood for the first time, Xia Tan'er patted Dong Lingjiu's shoulder and took the letter from Dong Lingjiu's hand to read it, regardless of whether Dong Lingjiu answered.
"Bold, how dare you take the letter from the Nine Emperors Uncle."
Upon hearing this threat, Feng Muchi rolled his eyes, slapped his palm on the table, and glanced at Zeng Xu with disdain.
"Uncle Nine Emperors didn't even say anything, what do you call a minion?"
Who dares to threaten Xia Tan'er with her life?
"Okay, stop arguing."
Xia Tan'er raised one hand in the air to stop the quarrel between the two, and stared at the contents on the envelope.
"We have several princes and princesses in Nanling. If we want to release them, we can exchange them for Dongling and Linqin City."
After Xia Tan'er read it, she passed the letter to Feng Muchi and Nanling Mu without saying a word.
The two of them took a closer look, especially Feng Muchi, who was even more puzzled. He held the letter and looked at Dong Lingjiu and Xia Tan'er with confused expressions.
"No, is there something wrong with the person who wrote the kidnapping letter? People from Nanling kidnapped, why should they change the city to Dongling? Isn't this wrong?"
"That's right. It seems that I predicted it well. That Zhang Chusheng is really difficult to deal with."
"Tan'er, what do you say?"
"Zhang Chusheng wanted to put the blame for the kidnapping of Nanling and others on Dongling, so he sent this letter to the military camp. As for the city he wants, Linqin is good."
"In my opinion, maybe he is planning more than just this. There will be a grand event in Kyushu soon. Maybe they want to take action against the grand event in Kyushu. Now it seems that they have made this plan early in the morning and then they will kill those people in Nanling." Taken away."
"It's just that I still have a doubt. This Zhang Chusheng is completely different from what I know. Such a person would be so presumptuous that he wants to provoke a conflict between Nanling and Dongling. He also wants to He occupies the city of Dongling, and I really don’t believe him if there is no interference from others behind his back.”
"Tan'er, you mean, these bandits, no, there are other people behind this Chu Sheng?"
Xia Tan'er nodded.
"But we can't tell which side it belongs to. It could be any country from the east, west, north, south, etc. There will always be people who want to start a war. The snipe and the clam will fight for the fishermen's profit."
Dong Lingjiu's eyes had gone away all the emotions, but they shone brightly when he heard Xia Tan'er's words. He really didn't expect that Xia Tan'er could think of this in just a few seconds. Even he couldn't help but admire him. From Xia Tan'er.
"In this case, Feng Muchi, go and guard the village and keep an eye on their movements. If they do anything, such as killing people, you can use my gun to shoot Zhang Chusheng to death first."
"Your Highness, the Second Prince, go investigate the origins of that group of horse bandits and look for clues to see if you can figure out who is behind the scenes."
"Uncle Nine Emperors, you pretend to negotiate with them to delay. I will order people to secretly rescue the kidnapped people. These are the arrangements. Do you have any other opinions? If not, hurry up and get things done."
Upon hearing this, Zeng Xu immediately pulled out his sword from his waist and placed it on Xia Tan'er's neck.
"Who are you? How dare you send Uncle Nine Emperors?"
The Nine Emperors Uncle has such a noble status, how can he be sent to him by ordinary people?
But in just this second, three sharp blades appeared out of thin air on Zeng Xu's neck, and even a hidden weapon was pressed against his chest.
"Leave it all to me."
"But Uncle Nine Emperors... my subordinates cannot watch him disrespect you."
"The king is willing to let her serve."
Dong Lingjiu hated the people under his command who made their own decisions, especially those who were so ignorant. Even he didn't dare to put the knife on Xia Tan'er's neck, but Zeng Xu did it without hesitation. .
Zeng Xu's eyes were full of disbelief. He even doubted whether the person in front of him was the Nine Emperors Uncle. The Nine Emperors Uncle he knew was invincible and brave, and his prestige in the army was unmatched. How could such a person Would you listen to such a slender, white man?
"Okay, take away the knives. Let's do things first. We'll talk about other things later."
"lay down!"
Zeng Xu glanced at Dong Lingjiu and saw that his eyes were firm as iron and his tone was uncompromising. Zeng Xu took a deep breath and slowly put down the sword on Xia Tan'er's neck.
"I obey my orders."
"If you don't obey the general's orders, you will go and receive the punishment yourself."
"yes."
"Act according to Tan'er's words, everyone split up."
"yes."
Nan Lingmu and Feng Muchi nodded. They retracted their sabers and acted quickly according to Xia Tan'er's orders. Xia Tan'er sighed, sat back at the table, picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks, and brought it to her mouth.
"This table of food cannot be wasted. If General Zeng doesn't mind, please stay and eat together."
Zeng Xu glanced at Dong Lingjiu, saw Dong Lingjiu nodded, and then stepped over the low stool. Just as he sat down at the stall, the sword hit the table with a bang. Zeng Xu's eyes kept examining Xia Tan'er.
This Zeng Xu is really a man. Even if he is ordered to accept the punishment, he does not lose his integrity. Xia Tan'er knows that this sword attack is to give her power, but she does not care at all.
"Waiter, bring me a pair of bowls and chopsticks."
"Yes Yes……"
They are all noble people, and no one can be offended. The waiter knows how to wink and pick up dishes and chopsticks in a hurry.
"I won't introduce these dishes to General Zeng. General Zeng has been stationed on the border for a long time. He must be very familiar with everything about Linqin and Linzhen. If General Zeng doesn't mind, can you tell me about Linqin? Origins and stories.”
The kidnapping letter clearly stated in black and white that the person behind the scenes wanted the city of Linqin.
But what's the use of an empty city? The only explanation is that Linqin is of absolute benefit value to the person behind the scenes, but he doesn't want people to know the benefits, so he has gone to great lengths to think up so many conspiracies. Gotta get it too.
