Hou Ye's palm heart is a black lotus

Chapter 625: Dilemma (Part )
Two Nanhu people came over and pretended to drag him away.

He was completely panicked, struggling and shouting, "Sir! I have found some clues! Please allow me to report!"

As soon as he said this, the other party really kept him.

"explain."

The voice was extremely cold, and filled with murderous intent!
"I, I discovered that someone deliberately set the fire last night! And, it was not just one person who acted, but a gang! I found several fire points at the scene—"

"Have you found out who it is?" the man said, turning back to look at King Yan Nan.

The soldier lowered his head. "No, no... That group of people are very cunning, and they seem to be very familiar with Longcheng! I have sent people to search the whole city, and I will give you an answer as soon as possible!"

At the end of his speech, he kowtowed again.

Are you familiar with Long Thanh?

King Nan of Yan seemed to be thinking about something.

When there was chaos outside, he realized something was wrong. Later, the other party came over and watched him personally for the whole night, which made him even more certain that something big must have happened.

Sure enough, the food and grass in Longcheng were burned.

At that moment he also thought that this was done by his people, but most of the 500 personal soldiers who came with him were here for the first time and were definitely not "familiar". Even if they wanted to do so, it would probably not be easy.

And as far as he knew, most of his personal soldiers had been imprisoned, and the rest who were dead or injured should not be them.

If we talk about the original garrison in Longcheng, in fact, except for the few surrendered generals, the soldiers below did not know that Longcheng had already changed hands.

They still train and patrol every day, so there is no reason for them to do this.

Then... who could it be?
Not only him, these people are probably also puzzled!
As the saying goes, it is easy to dodge an open attack but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark. This situation where I am in the open and the enemy is in the dark, and I don’t even know who the enemy is, is the most uncomfortable.

"I'll spare your life for now and continue investigating!"

"Yes! Yes! Thank you for sparing my life, sir! I will definitely--"

Outside the door, the general who had saved his life was grateful, but before he could finish what he was saying, someone else came hurriedly.

"Sir! It's not good!"

The person who came was a familiar face. It was the one who had persuaded King Yan Nan for a long time in the house yesterday, and then slammed the door and left in anger.

He came trotting over, his forehead covered in cold sweat, not caring that there was someone kneeling on the ground, and quickly glanced inside the house.

This look was very different from the previous ones.

The next second, King Yan Nan knew why he looked at him like that.

"Sir! A letter came from the court! It said that His Majesty has issued an order to summon Prince Yannan to return to the capital early to report on his duties!"

He looked nervous and flustered.

“What should I do?!”

King Yannan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

——What a coincidence!

Just as the food supplies in Longcheng were burned, his summons came!

This group of Southern Hu people have been staying in Longcheng for some time. Because King Yannan refused to cooperate in every way, their plan has been delayed and they have not been able to capture any extra cities. Instead, they have been waiting for this decree from His Majesty!
The news that King Yannan led his troops to Longcheng was known to everyone, so this imperial edict was sent directly here.

Now he is in a dilemma. These people either have to say that he is dead or hand him over!

But no matter which one it is, it is not what they want to see!

If we announce to the public that King Nan of Yan died suddenly and unexpectedly, we will not be able to summon other defenders in his name, and the plan of catching the turtle in the jar cannot be carried out.

But if he were to be handed over... the defenders of Longcheng would immediately discover something was wrong. At that time, as long as he raised his arm and called out, all the defenders in the city would surely follow and fight to the death with these Nanhu people!

The mere 5,000 soldiers they brought were no match at all. The most important thing was... they didn't even have a chance to delay now! Because all the food and grass had been burned, so many soldiers couldn't hold out for a few days!

It might even lead to riots!
Thinking of this, King Yannan burst into laughter.

"Haha! This imperial edict comes at the perfect time! Tuoba Yu! I have fought all my life, I am not afraid of life or death! But you - do you dare to die with me!?"

Tuoba Yu turned back suddenly, his expression was extremely gloomy!

……

Zhongyong Hou Mansion.

Xie Yulin started making trouble again.

"I want to see my mother! Why won't you let me in? I haven't seen her for a long time!"

The servant guarding the door stopped him outside. He pleaded with his mouth, but his feet seemed to be rooted to the ground and he didn't move.

"Young Master, didn't the Marquis say that the Madam is ill and needs to rest. She cannot be disturbed at will. You should go back first and don't embarrass me. Please."

Xie Yulin's temper is spoiled, so why would he care what these people say?
"She's sick, so I should go in and take a look! If you don't get out of the way, I'll have Daddy send you all out!"

"Lin'er."

A majestic voice came.

Xie Yulin turned around and ran over immediately, "Dad! Please ask them to move aside! I want to go see my mother——"

Xie Anjun, who was always gentle to him, did not immediately agree to his request. Instead, he frowned and looked around.

"Where is he? Didn't I tell you to take good care of Lin'er? Why did he come here again?"

The servants knelt on the ground, trembling with fear. "After Nanny Zhang almost lost the young master last time, you stopped asking her to serve you. But the young master was naughty, and we dared not... Lord Marquis, please spare me! It's all my fault!"

Xie Anjun scolded, "Hurry up and take Lin'er back!"

"Yes!"

With his permission, wouldn't it be easy for two adults to deal with a child?
Xie Yulin struggled and cried, calling out "Daddy" repeatedly, but Xie Anjun ignored him and said coldly, "Lin'er's temper was spoiled by his mother. He must be taught well in the future! Don't let this happen again!"

After saying that, he glanced at the tightly closed door inside, snorted coldly, and turned away.

Xie Yulin's crying gradually faded away.

After a while, the place returned to silence, so quiet that it was even a little scary.

Especially after it gets dark, they only light two white lanterns in front of the door, which looks particularly creepy.

If one hadn't seen it with one's own eyes, no one would have believed that there was such a desolate place in the Mansion of the Loyal and Brave Marquis.

Inside the house, Xiao Jiayi's nails dug deeply into her palms, and she could already smell a faint scent of blood between her lips and teeth.

Finally, she raised her head and smiled bitterly.

"You heard it all."

In the darkness, a clear and gentle female voice came quietly.

"So, what do you want me to do?"

Xiao Jiayi's eyes were filled with hatred, and every word she spoke was filled with hatred.

"I want... him to die!"

"Oh?"

The ending tone rose slightly,

"Are you so sure that I will help you?"