Originally, he could have left with Yan Zhen, but I don't know what Li Hanyao's intention was in sending Jiang Rulan to Ningbo Mansion? In case something happens, and he and Yan Zhen are gone, wouldn't it be in the other party's arms? So he had to stay.

Jiang Rulan's bright cheeks appeared in front of him, his gaze became deep and long, remembering that she was drowned by her last summer, what tricks could she play this time? Also, when the Jiang family was wiped out that day, he kindly went to report to her, but she accused him of being the mastermind, and now the Jiang family is about to come back, proving that he is innocent, it depends on how she faces herself.

Yan Zhen crossed a thought like a meteor in his heart: If the Jiang family comes back, it is not a good thing to renew the marriage contract, he will always marry his daughter-in-law, as long as Li Hanyao is subdued, what is there to marry her cousin?

He instinctively didn't want this thought to be noticed by Dong Guo without a name, so he deliberately muttered: "I'm afraid that General Ben is gone, and these generals will not accept the dispatch of the son." "Although Dong Guo is his military advisor, he has no military power. He's fine; In his absence, the generals of the Jinghai Army would not obey Dongguo's nameless dispatch.

Dong Guo said in a nameless voice: "The general will take Qiu Guang to go, and Meng Fan will stay." ”

The deputy general Meng Fan is Yan Zhen's confidant, as long as Yan Zhen instructs him to obey Dongguo's nameless dispatch, Meng Fan will not have a word; And Qiu Guang is scheming, although he is very deferential to Yan Zhen on weekdays, he is not a confidant, Dongguo has always guarded against him, of course, he can't let him get out of Yan Zhen's control, who knows what variables are there if he stays.

Yan Zhen saw that his arrangement hit the nail on the head, so he had nothing to say, and he wanted to tell him again not to calculate Jiang Rulan, but he had already said it twice just now, and he didn't have the face to say it again. had no choice but to bring Qiu Guang to Jingtai Mansion.

Dong Guo stayed in Ningbo Mansion without a name.

This is exactly the result that Li Hanyao wants.

Yan Zhen took 20,000 sailors and more than a dozen large boats, and in the name of inspection, they stopped on the water ten miles away from Jingtai Mansion City.

He sent people to pay close attention to the movements of the Li family.

Song Ping led 9,000 people to track down "Li Hanyao", and the news was immediately reported to Yan Zhen by the spies. Yan Zhen thought about it and decided to stay put, and when the two of them decided to win the battle, it would not be too late for him to make a move.

Wait until the second half of the night.

First, the spies reported that the forbidden army besieging Li's house had entered Li's house, and there were internal responses in the navy back and forth, saying that Song Ping sent a navy ship back to the city, transported a large amount of gunpowder, and went to Tianqing Mountain and Tiangui Cave, but I don't know what to do.

Yan Zhen didn't think about the possibility that Li Hanyao was killed by Song Ping, he should have sent troops to Tianqingshan to rescue him. But he thought again: Dongguo said namelessly that Li Hanyao would never be so incompetent, and instructed not to act rashly; He was also jealous of Li Hanyao's methods, and was afraid that before the situation became clear, he would go to fight against bad things.

He held back and waited.

At dawn, he heard the thunder on the side of Tianqing Mountain, although he didn't know the victory or defeat of the two sides, he didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly led six ships and 10,000 sailors to Jingtai Mansion City, leaving Qiu Guang to lead the remaining 10,000 people to respond at any time.

He and Dongguo Wuming had done enough work, and they were going according to the plan at the moment: at Jingjiang Wharf, they deliberately asked the defenders what was going on with the thunder. The defenders replied that the officers and soldiers were encircling and suppressing the Li rebels. He pretended to be shocked, saying that he had some relationship with the Li family, and hurried to the Li family to save people. - This is human nature.

He made a sufficient gesture, since he came under the guise of saving people, it was not good to lead the army into the city, so as not to be said to have ulterior motives; Besides, there is no need, Song Ping only left a thousand people to guard the Li family, and it was enough for him to take a thousand people. What is the forbidden army in those places, he knows very well, he has been in the Jinghai Army for so many years, and he has become the general of Jinghai, and he can't suppress those rotten people?

There are more than a thousand people, because he wants to seize the Li family, so he brought so many. As long as the Li family and the Taiping Workshop are in their hands, it will be easy to deal with Song Ping and Fan Dayong, or Li Hanyao.

When I went to Li's house, more than a dozen local forbidden troops guarded the gatehouse, and Yan Zhen ordered his subordinates to step forward and shouted: "General Jinghai is here." Who's in charge here? ”

Some of the forbidden troops hurriedly stepped forward to see the general, and some of them obeyed orders, and replied indiscriminately, "Commander Yan." Commander Yan is inside. ”

Yan Zhen didn't care who "Commander Yan" was, he thought that he was just a small commander, and it was not worth his attention, and he didn't have time to ask in detail at the moment, so he shouted: "Lead the way ahead!" He turned over and dismounted.

A forbidden soldier said: "Yes." ”

So he led Yan Zhen and the others in.

However, ten Jinghai troops remained in the gatehouse, staring at the local forbidden army like wolves, causing those forbidden soldiers to retreat straight back.

It was early in the morning, Yan Zhen saw the peach and willow green in the Li family garden along the way, the warbler was crying and the swallows were singing, and the slightest mist wet the pebble path.

When I arrived at the main courtyard, there were also dozens of forbidden troops guarding the courtyard, and the forbidden army leading the way hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, "General Jinghai is here." Go ahead. ”

As he spoke, Yan Zhen had already strode into the door, and even the navy army behind him drove straight in, and there were no forbidden troops in his eyes.

The forbidden army did not dare to stop it.

Who makes the family official?

Yan Zhen stepped on the steps to the door of the upper room, and when he looked up the hall, he saw a young girl wearing a plain white brocade robe, embroidered orchid grass on the neckline and chest, sitting on the right side of the square table, staring at him with blazing eyes; The two maids stood behind her, looking at the situation of being in a tight position, and couldn't help but be stunned - who is this? Li Hanyao He has seen it, this girl is not Li Hanyao, and she doesn't look like a maid in disguise.

I was puzzled, so I asked.

"Who are you?"

"The little woman is Yan Yun, the second daughter of the former Huizhou governor Yan Daren."

Yan Yun said, smiling and getting up.

When a guest comes, don't greet him!

Yan Zhen was shocked. Between the answers to this question, his heart had turned a few times, and he understood that the Li family had not fallen, otherwise this Yan Yun would not have sat in the hall and waited for him; Also, Li Hanyao is not in danger, because Yan Yun's demeanor is calm and calm.

So, Song Ping was defeated?

Li Hanyao is really amazing!

After Yan Zhen figured it out, Lang laughed, made a relieved expression, and strode into the room while saying, "It turned out to be Miss Yan!" Since the girl is here, presumably Miss Li is fine. When General Ben heard that the officers and soldiers were encircling and suppressing the Li family, he was worried that Miss Li would be in trouble, so he hurried to stop him. What about Miss Li? ”

Yan Yun didn't answer his question, but only smiled and said, "It's a coincidence, the little woman is also on the order of Miss Li, waiting for General Yan to come here." General, please be seated. While speaking, he turned sideways to invite Yan Zhen to take a seat, and turned around and ordered Bing'er to serve the tea fruit.

Yan Zhen's heart jumped heavily——

Waiting for him? Are you sure he's coming?

He felt like he couldn't hold it anymore.

He sat down on the other side of the square table, but his face was facing Yan Yun, and he asked in confusion, "Miss Li knows that General Ben is coming?" What is General Ben waiting for? ”

Yan Yun was surprised: "The general doesn't know? ”

Yan Zhen shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Should he know?

Yan Yun said, "Miss Jiang didn't tell General Yan? ”

Yan Zhen was stunned——

He didn't see Jiang Rulan at all.

Yan Yun observed the words and guessed: "The general didn't meet Miss Jiang?" ”

Yan Zhen forced his composure and lied: "General Ben has been patrolling outside recently, and when he heard that Fan Dayong sent people to attack the Li family, he immediately brought people here, and he hasn't returned to Ningbo Mansion yet, thinking that he missed it with Miss Jiang." ”

"Oh, I see." Yan Yun looked at the young general and smiled meaningfully. Yan Zhen lowered her eyes in embarrassment under her smiling gaze. Just as Bing'er almost came up, Yan Yun beckoned, "General, please have tea." ”

Yan Zhen hurriedly went to serve the teacup and drank tea to hide his weakness. Opened the lid of the teacup, brought the pastel flower and bird teacup to his mouth, and was just about to drink tea, when he suddenly paused again. He secretly scolded himself for being confused: since Li Hanyao was undefeated, and let Yan Yun put on this formation, maybe he was calculating himself. Li Hanyao's methods are treacherous and changeable, maybe this tea is poisonous, how can you drink it unguarded!

Yan Yun saw him fascinated by the tea cup and asked, "What does the general think, why don't you drink tea?" ”

Yan Zhen saw that she urged herself to drink tea, and she became more vigilant, only to feel that the green and yellow tea soup in her hand was mysterious.

He casually put down the teacup, looked up and said with a smile: "General Ben wants to ask the girl, why did Miss Li send Miss Jiang to Ningbo Mansion to find General Ben?" ”

Yan Yun moved his gaze downward, looked at the tea he put down, raised his eyes to look directly at him, and smiled: "Please go to Xiazhao, general." ”