The Bad Guys: Everyone, let’s revive the Tang Dynasty together!

Chapter 416 Why Explain
It’s very quiet, especially quiet.

The echo of the iron door closing was still buzzing between the stone walls. Ye Bushou brought a chair, but Xiao Yan did not sit on it. Instead, he paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking around the torture room, and then stopped in front of the blue brick execution platform.

Lu Linxuan, who had been keeping an eye on his movements, bit her lip and looked around with difficulty. She could see people like Duan Chengtian waiting outside the torture room. As for the Yin-Yang man who had obviously suffered internal injuries but seemed to be carefully protecting her when he escorted her before, he was avoiding her sight at all.

The gloomy environment, the depressing atmosphere, and the young man whose figure was as white as jade but more oppressive than his master, almost made Lu Linxuan unable to breathe.

"What do you want to do..." She forced herself to look less timid, because both of her arms were suspended by chains, and it was very uncomfortable to maintain such a posture for a long time. She also had not had a drop of water for nearly a day, so she could only ask with difficulty.

Xiao Yan picked up the human skin mask on the execution platform and examined it, then put it back where it was. He walked to the wooden chair and sat down. He ignored Lu Linxuan's bloody wrist and said calmly, "Miss Lu, have you met me?"

Lu Linxuan's head went numb for a moment, and he subconsciously opened his mouth to refute, but he didn't know what to say, so he closed his cracked lips and said nothing.

Xiao Yan smiled and turned around and said, "Bring some warm water."

The person guarding outside responded immediately. A moment later, Shangguan Yunque came in with a dry laugh and brought a porcelain bowl. He stopped beside Xiao Yan and said, "Your Highness..."

Xiao Yan raised his chin towards Lu Linxuan.

Shangguan Yunque walked over with the bowl of warm water, lifted the edge of the bowl with both hands and handed it to Lu Linxuan's mouth, but the latter just snorted coldly and turned his head without touching it.

Shangguan Yunque didn't feel embarrassed and whispered, "Take a sip. If you act like a spoiled child here, no one will indulge you... If you don't drink now, you don't know when the next time will be."

Not sure if it was because the kindness from Shangguan Yunque didn't seem fake, or if there was some truth to what he said, but Lu Linxuan glanced at him twice and didn't refuse.

After Shangguan Yunque left, Xiao Yan continued to ask, "Miss Lu, can we communicate now?"

Lu Linxuan hesitated, his tone somewhat depressed: "How could you, the King of Qin, come to interrogate me?"

"I'm still asking the same question as before. Has Miss Lu met me?"

Xiao Yan's eyes were dark and angry. Although he had a faint smile on his face, the pressure brought by his sharp gaze made Lu Linxuan feel suffocated. It was difficult for him to resist with harsh words, so he avoided his gaze and said, "It counts as a meeting once."

"Last month, when I was in court, the woman next to the man on the street was you?"

"..." Lu Linxuan was somewhat shocked by Xiao Yan's memory. Her toes in her shoes couldn't help but curl up and grab the ground. This unknown fear almost swallowed her completely.

Outside the torture chamber, Duan Chengtian took a few steps back without making a sound, waved to Ye Bu Shou who was standing guard in the distance, and whispered to him, "Investigate the clues immediately. Let Gong Yang Zuo, the Northern Pacification Envoy, take over. His people are good at this. Remind him to beware of the enemy's eyes inside."

"Here."

In the torture room, Xiao Yan didn't care whether Lu Linxuan had any reaction. In his eyes, the experience of the girl in front of him was so simple and pitiful, even more innocent than Ji Ruxue in Caozhou. However, because of this, if she was tortured, it would be counterproductive. She didn't lack a tough character, but a clear understanding of the world.

"So, the man who escaped is Li Xingyun..."

Xiao Yan held his chin, recalling the brief eye contact he had with her at that time.

This space and time had been completely shattered by him, and it was unknown whether Li Xingyun would be able to experience and grow like in the original space and time. And with Yuan Tiangang's big hands behind him, he couldn't be sure what kind of person Li Xingyun had become.

But at the moment, it seems that they are enemies rather than friends.

Never mind, just run over it.

Lu Linxuan suddenly raised his head, his voice trembling a little: "You... you know Senior Brother?"

But she also realized that she had asked an idiotic question. Since the other party could reveal her real name in one breath, how could she talk about the existence of her senior brother? Last year, her senior brother was crowned king in Taiyuan, but it was known to the whole world. She was his junior sister, and anyone with a keen eye could find out the truth.

Xiao Yan did not respond to her and asked directly: "Besides Tianyouxing Shiyao, the other person who kidnapped Zhang Zifan must be Li Xingyun. You are her junior sister. How could he leave you behind when he escaped this time?"

"Wait, wait." Lu Linxuan tried to interrupt and asked blankly: "Who is Tianyouxing Shiyao?"

Xiao Yan frowned and turned to look at the people outside the torture room.

Duan Chengtian, Shangguan Yunque and Wen Tao were all stunned, and then surprised, as if they also felt that they had missed something.

The first two were still in doubt, but Wen Tao walked in after thinking for a few breaths, and whispered to Xiao Yan, "At that time, Zhang Zifan was kidnapped from Anle Pavilion and fled all the way to the southeast. The people who were responsible for protecting them in the streets were a touring opera troupe. This... Lu Linxuan disguised herself as a dancer and mingled with them. After Zhang Zifan and his companions escaped, she could have escaped by using the fire dragon mechanism in the opera "The Burning of Red Cliffs", but when she jumped onto the mechanism ladder, the traction iron chain suddenly broke..."

He whispered, "We originally considered this accident to be a mistake, but now that I think about it, it may not be a mistake..."

Xiao Yan listened carefully with an expressionless face, hummed, and said "not bad", then waved to Shangguan Yunque. When the latter came over quickly, he said to him: "Go to the mansion to get something for me. Ask the side princess directly and tell her where the book I got during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year is. She knows where it is."

Shangguan Yunque immediately responded and left. Xiao Yan thought for a while and looked at Lu Linxuan again, but this time he did not ask about other things about Li Xingyun. Instead, he asked with interest: "Do you know where Yang Shuzi is?"

Lu Linxuan's face turned pale again at this time. He looked at him for a long while before he slowly spoke: "Master, wasn't it because of you that you were captured by the Xuanming Sect..."

"Does Li Xingyun believe this statement?"

"Brother, Brother believed it at first..." Lu Linxuan felt a little cold. She already had some bad guesses, so she didn't care if she said too much. "But recently, he seems to have some other opinions. He didn't even mention coming to save Master... We came to Bianliang in the first place to save Master."

"Oh? He didn't tell you his guess?"

"No, no."

Xiao Yan laughed and said to Duan Chengtian and Wen Tao, "It seems that I am not such a bad person after all."

Duan Chengtian didn't say anything. Although he had the power to assess merits and demerits in the Ye Bushu system, many things that required thinking were not under his jurisdiction, so he could not keep up with Xiao Yan's thinking.

Wen Tao responded thoughtfully: "After understanding your highness's style, smart people will naturally understand."

Lu Linxuan didn't move for a long time. He bit his lip and looked unhappy, as if he knew that he and his senior brother seemed to have done something wrong.

Xiao Yan just closed his eyes and thought about something for a long time without saying anything, as if he was taking a nap. Duan Chengtian and Wen Tao stood behind him, just waiting quietly.

After a while, hurried footsteps sounded outside, and Shangguan Yunque, who was sweating all over, walked in holding a booklet. Xiao Yan opened his eyes, but just looked at Lu Linxuan: "Show it to her."

Shangguan Yunque was injured and looked weak. Duan Chengtian sighed, took the book and walked over, then undid Lu Linxuan's shackles and handed the book to her.

Lu Linxuan's expression froze for a moment, and he stared at the cover of the book in a daze. After a while, he seemed to see the four words "Blue Lotus Sword Song" on it. "This sword formula..." Lu Linxuan flipped through it with trembling fingers, and looked at Xiao Yan with his lips trembling, and he really didn't know what to say.

"It's good that you won't admit your mistake." Xiao Yan nodded: "This sword technique is definitely not something that can be obtained by forcing Uncle Yang. You should also know what kind of person he is."

Lu Linxuan just murmured to himself: "Master will give you a sword technique..."

Xiao Yan ignored her nonsense and said directly: "If you are not stupid, you should know that I have no interest in you, Li Xingyun, and Yang Shuzi. As for who set up the trap for Li Xingyun, it is useless for you to know. I only ask you one question, where will they go after rescuing Zhang Zifan?"

"I don't know." Lu Linxuan shook his head in frustration, his eyes red. He just held the sword manual tightly and whispered, "That woman is the one who planned it. Senior brother, senior brother probably doesn't know either."

She actually didn't know whether Li Xingyun knew or not, but she just didn't want to say it out loud. What's the point of saying it out loud? She didn't know anything, so it was useless.

Xiao Yan then stood up coldly and walked straight out of the torture room. Duan Chengtian and Wen Tao hurriedly followed him. Shangguan Yunque was a little at a loss. He first looked at Xiao Yan, then looked back at Lu Linxuan, exclaimed, and hurriedly followed him out. He only told Yi Ye Bu Shou at the door of the torture room: "Find a clean place for Miss Lu, and don't treat her badly with food."

"Your Highness, do you want to blockade the entire city?" Duan Chengtian asked from behind.

"As long as you want to leave, it will take only one day to leave the Central Plains." Xiao Yan said casually, "It's meaningless. There's no need to disturb the people."

"Then what about Lu Linxuan..." Duan Chengtian seemed to have expressed Shangguan Yunque's thoughts: "Since he might have stayed here on purpose, should we let him go or keep him?"

Xiao Yan thought about it but didn't reply. Wen Tao then said in a deep voice, "We can't let him go! Since the other party is determined to take advantage of the opportunity to set up a trap, whether we let him go or not, the fact is that he is in our hands. If we let him go, if something goes wrong with Lu Linxuan, Li Xingyun will only point the finger at us, which is not worth the loss. As long as the person is in our hands, we will always have the initiative."

Shangguan Yunque scratched his forehead: "Someone is deliberately trying to draw dirty water on Your Highness and force Li Xingyun to become Your Highness's enemy... Why don't we find a suitable time to make things clear with Li Xingyun?"

Wen Tao glanced at him and reminded him, "The one who is the weaker enemy of His Highness is Li Xingyun. Now, if you want to explain yourself clearly, will they give you this opportunity?"

Naturally, both of them knew the truth, but they just didn't say it.

"It's true that a man can't be a hero without poison... Wen Tao is right. We want to make things clear, but the other party may not give us face." Xiao Yan walked to the prison door, suddenly laughed, and said to the few people: "Lu Linxuan is just one of the links, there may be a second or third one. You should pay more attention recently and beware of some people who may hit the knife point themselves."

Regardless of whether they understood or not, they all bowed and nodded.

After a few people escorted Xiao Yan to the carriage, they were about to stand aside and watch the carriage leave when they saw the curtain open and Xiao Yan's indifferent voice was heard.

"But if someone wants to die, don't hesitate to help them."

The carriage was escorted by a team of armored cavalry and the three men stayed there in silence and watched.

Yes, the captain back then is now the powerful King of Qin, ruling over a vast territory and commanding a million soldiers. No one in the world can match his power. Naturally, he has no intention of continuing to play house tricks like he did in the past.

Explain? Why explain?
There is only reason for people to explain the truth to the King of Qin, but there is no reason for the King of Qin to bow his head and retreat to others!

Does the King of Qin have to go to great lengths to prove his innocence, saying things like, God have mercy on me, I didn't catch Yang Shuzi, and you guys sent Lu Linxuan here, etc.?
Duan Chengtian gathered his sleeves and sighed: "Why did it come to this?"

Wen Tao said calmly: "As a henchman of the King of Qin, Brother Duan must not make mistakes."

Duan Chengtian was slightly startled, then waved his hands and said, "No, no, the Thief Saint is thinking in the wrong direction. I was thinking that the King of Qin was already quite magnanimous, so why did that person keep pressing him so hard?"

Having said that, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart, saying that I am the Qin King's minion, but I think you are more like the Qin King's minion!
Shangguan Yunque laughed dryly beside him: "Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan were also unaware of the situation and had no choice..."

Wen Tao shook his head: "Everyone can be helpless, but Li Xingyun can't."

As he spoke, he glanced at Shangguan Yunque and said solemnly, "Brother Shangguan, you can have feelings for Li Xingyun because of the old things in Jianlu and your friendship with Yang Shuzi, but you must not tell anyone else except the three of us what you just said. You'd better not even think about it in the future. For the current King of Qin, there is only position, not right or wrong."

Because he and Shangguan Yunque had a very good personal relationship, Wen Tao also knew some secrets, so there was one more thing he didn't say. If people looked into it carefully, they were brothers with the same blood.

They had no choice but to do what they wanted. Who among the disciples of the Xuanwu Sect hundreds of years ago was not in control of themselves?

Shangguan Yunque frowned. He knew all these things, but he didn't respond. He just looked strange: "Hey, Wen Tao, you're panting when I say you're fat, right? Didn't you want to escape after the mutiny?"

Wen Tao was full of righteousness. He clasped his fists towards the north and said, "The King of Qin has the appearance of a great leader. He should follow the trend. How can I make the same mistake again?"

"I think you just want to be an official."

"..."

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"Brother Li!"

Chenliu is a remote suburb more than 40 miles southeast of the Eastern Capital Bianliang.

Zhang Zifan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and climbed up. He then dodged and blocked the door again, saying in a deep voice: "Don't go! If you go, you will be trapped! If you insist on going to Bianliang, kill me first! After all, Miss Lu was in danger because of saving me!"

Li Xingyun's eyes were red, his chest rose and fell violently, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Get out of here."

A faint sigh came from behind, and Shi Yao stood up from the table and said, "If you insist, it's because my people didn't do their job well that this situation came to this. When this stage troupe was set up a month ago, I didn't intend to let Miss Lu get involved..."

Then, she said, "In that case, I will accompany you for another trip."

"Let Yuan Tiangang come." Li Xingyun said word by word without even turning his head: "I want to see him right away!"

"This... the Marshal is probably too busy to spare time. Why don't you wait for a while?"

"How can I wait?!" Li Xingyun grabbed Shi Yao's collar almost instantly, suppressing his anger: "That's my junior sister, my only relative!"

"Don't worry, sir. There are ways. And I can guarantee that Miss Lu's life will not be in danger."

"What guarantees do you have?!"

"Let's go to Chu State first, and Master Zhang as well. Then, Master will know."

(End of this chapter)