Chapter 97: The Struggle for the Throne (17)
"Bring him here to see me", An Lu said, holding the bed and sitting up, An Fu quickly put a soft pillow on his back.
After a while, An Shou brought Xiao Yan into the inner tent.
"Let's all go out," An Lu said, waving his hand.
After hearing this, An Shou turned around and left.
An Fu glanced at An Lu, swept the flame again, and then slowly retreated and brought the door.
An Lu looked at Xiao Yan, his eyes lit up, yesterday's banquet didn't look real, how did this kid grow, a little more beautiful than his mother, although he didn't look very gentlemanly, but this aura was a bit interesting.
"Xiao Yan...", An Lu called out the name of Xiao Yan, with a long tail note, a little smile on his face, and the next second he suddenly turned around, and asked with a straight face: "What are you looking for me"?
Xiao Yan's face was not shocked, and he said lightly: "Do you want me to call your uncle good, or Marshal An"?
An Lu's eyes emitted a strange color, but he didn't expect that Xiao Yan not only did not have fear, but knew how to avoid it, and asked himself very cleverly, which was very appreciative.
"You can call it however you want," An Lu replied.
"Marshal An", Xiao Yan chose this identity.
An Lu smiled slightly after hearing this, looked at Xiao Yan, and thought to himself that this kid is not confused, and he understands very well and knows how to make trade-offs, he is really a good chick.
"It seems that Marshal Ann is not as rumored to be."
"Oh, how are the rumors"?
"It's all rumors, does Marshal An care too?"
"Haha...", An Lu laughed a few times, looked at Xiao Yan and said: "Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, you are in such a hurry to visit today, if others know about it, do you know the consequences"?
"Could it be that Marshal An doesn't want to see me, isn't it that I misunderstood something during the day today?" Xiao Yan is constantly probing An Lu's attitude towards himself whether it is true or false, and whether it can really be used, so he has been looking at it left and right, and he is very cautious.
An Lu looked at Xiao Yan with a smile in his eyes, he was still very satisfied with this nephew.
"Let's talk about it directly", An Lu stopped talking to him, and really asked.
"Thank you Marshal An", Xiao Yan nodded, turned around and moved the chair and sat down in front of An Lu's bed and said, "I want Marshal An to help me."
"What can I help you, how can you conclude that I am still capable of helping you the way I am"?
"I want to have my own forces, we are choosing each other, if Marshal An is unwilling, I will not be reluctant, but I will not give up because of this. Whether Marshal An intends to help me or not, I will protect Marshal An in the future."
When An Lu heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and he was very good at talking about benefits and feelings, so he laughed loudly, looked at Xiao Yan, and stopped talking nonsense, and asked directly: "What do you want to do now?"
"I want people, people I can trust".
"Okay..."An Lu responded to Xiao Yan, looked at the door and said, "An Fu, come in."
An Fu came in, stood on one side and said, "Master, what do you command?"
"Get the rosters from the palace."
"Yes...", An Fu retreated, and after a while, he took a list and handed it to An Lu.
"These, you look at them, use them if they can be used, and abolish them for me if they can't be used", An Lu took a look at the roster and closed it and handed it to Xiao Yandao.
"Okay...", Xiao Yan took it and took it and looked at it a few times, several names were quite familiar, but many of their hidden things were really amazing.
Xiao Yan and An Lu talked a lot again, and An Lu taught Xiao Yan a lot of things and things, and it didn't end until the fifth watch.
"Anfu, you go and call them all in."
After a while, a dozen or so men entered who were no more than thirty years old, the youngest of whom looked to be no more than twenty years old.
"These are all people that I have been cultivating in Anfu, you look at and pick a few with me, when I give you a meeting gift, including Anfu and the three of them."
An Fu glanced at An Lu, and An Lu and An Shou were calm.
Xiao Yan is really short of people now, so he didn't shirk it, and thanked him: "Thank you, uncle, I'm welcome."
An Lu listened to Xiao Yan call himself his uncle instead of Marshal An at this time, so he smiled, and felt that Xiao Yan was a master who could see through clearly.
Xiao Yan got up, swept them one by one, and was not greedy, it seemed random, but in fact, he carefully selected three, one was a tall man with a black face and a cold face, a thin body, one was a man of medium stature, with a delicate face and a somewhat evasive gaze, and the last one was the youngest of them.
"Selected"?
"There is another one, and I asked my uncle to cut his love, I want him", Xiao Yan pointed to An Fudao.
An Lu looked at it and smiled, looking at An Fu, although he was a little reluctant, but he had already agreed, how could he regret it.
"Okay...", An Lu seemed to have made up her mind.
Xiao Yan looked at An Fu's expression, and noticed An Lu's slight difference, so he said, "I won't take him away, but just borrow it when necessary."
As soon as Xiao Yan's words came out, An Lu and An Fu breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
An Lu saw the actions of the three of them, and felt more and more that this Nine Emperor Prince was cold and ruthless on his face, but in fact, he was warm and fair, and his martial arts were good, but he was not publicized.
"In this way, An Lu and An Shou have also been with me since I was a child, and they have been with me for almost twenty years, you can choose one of them", An Lu received Xiao Yan's kindness, and he didn't want Xiao Yan to empty his thoughts.
"Okay, Flame thanked Uncle for his kindness, then let the two of them choose", Xiao Yan looked at the two of them.
Both of them were silent for a while, An Lu looked at An Shou, then stepped forward and looked into Xiao Yan's eyes.
Xiao Yan saw in An Lu's eyes that it was a kind of expectation, a kind of arrogance waiting to be tamed.
"Okay..."An Lu looked at An Lu and exclaimed.
An Fu and An Shou just looked at An Lu, and there was an indescribable incomprehension in their eyes.
"You guys go down first," An Lu said.
Anfu led everyone down and gave a good order.
An Lu explained a few more words to Xiao Yan.
"Don't come here in person if there's nothing special", An Lu knew that he would be monitored from tonight onwards, although Xiao Yan's martial arts skills were good, it would inevitably make mistakes, and it would not be good if people noticed that they had caught the evidence.
"I know", Xiao Yan understood An Lu's consideration, so he responded quickly.
An Lu turned his head to look at the night outside and said, "I'm going back."
"Uncle, take care", Xiao Yan finished speaking, turned around and opened the door and came out, only to see that the four of them were already waiting outside the door.
"There is labor", Xiao Yan nodded slightly in response, then walked to the four of them, looked around and said, "Let's go."
Xiao Yan flew up one by one, and all four of them followed closely behind.
The skills of the five people were not bad, and they easily avoided the patrolling guards and returned to Lingcang Pavilion.
Flame pushed the door open, and the four followed.
Xiao Yan sat down on the soft couch by the window, and the four of them stood facing each other, standing straight, just bowing their heads and not saying a word, but they were all thinking in their hearts that the kung fu of the Nine Emperor Princes was probably above him, and he knew from the light skills he performed just now that he almost couldn't keep up, and he was afraid that he was deliberately testing himself.
"Wouldn't you like to introduce me?" Xiao Yan's list has been down for a long time, and no one has responded.
Xiao Yan was not in a hurry, looked at the four of them carefully, and waited quietly.
"Nine Emperor Princes, under An Lu", An Lu simply said his name.
"Nine Emperor Princes, in Xia Nanshan, the tall man with a black face replied.
"Nine Emperor Princes, my name is Beifeng", said the youngest of them, the handsome Xiaosheng.
"Nine Emperor Princes, call me to the east", the man with a more delicate face who spoke, dressed as a literati, at this time there was no dodging in his eyes, and his face turned tangled.
Xiao Yan listened, called their names in his heart, and said to An Lu: "You each find an empty house to live in Lingcang Pavilion, don't show up easily on weekdays, and my safety in Lingcang Pavilion will be all handed over to you."
"Yes...", everyone nodded in response.
"Well..., let's all go down."
When everyone heard this, they turned around and prepared to leave.
"Come to the east, you stay".
An Lu hesitated for a moment, but still withdrew.
Donglai was startled, the pace under his feet stopped abruptly, and he turned around stiffly.
"Nine Emperor Princes, I don't know what to call Donglai"?
"What do you say"?
Donglai couldn't help but raise his eyes for a few seconds, looking at Xiao Yan, there was an illusion, as if the person in front of him seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.
Xiao Yan saw that Donglai was silent for a long time, and he didn't want to say it.
"Don't want to say it"? Xiao Yan glanced at Donglai Dao.
Donglai still didn't speak, because his heart was entangled, when he was in Anfu, he wanted to explain to Anfu that he was leaving, and he was going to find his relatives, and finally got some news recently, because he was grateful for the kindness that Anfu had been taking in, he was embarrassed to say it, who knew that he was chosen by the Nine Emperors, but now he brought it up, and he was afraid of upsetting the Nine Emperors, so it was really embarrassing.
"If you have something else to do, you can do it, but from now on, remember that you are my person, and remember to report to me every day."
"Yes...", Donglai heard this, his face welled up with joy, so that he didn't have to leave, and he suddenly became a little more loyal to Xiao Yan.
As soon as the morning dawned, Xiaoping came to the outside of Xiao Yan's bedroom.
"Come in".
Although he didn't close his eyes all night, he could see that Xiaoyan was in a good mood.
After Xiao Yan washed up, he gave Xiaoping a picture, which was the layout of Lingcang Pavilion, and four places were specially marked.
"These four places will be cleaned up today, and you will personally deliver three meals a day, don't do too much."
"Yes...", Xiaoping nodded in agreement and retreated.
Xiaoping was very quick to do things, and soon packed up the surroundings, and from lunch, he personally delivered the food, and he didn't look at it much, but he knew the preferences of the four people from the diet alone, and the dinner was adjusted.
There was nothing to do for a day, but Xiao Yan was planning his own plan, and he unconsciously remembered Yan Ziyue, who didn't show up for a day, and that Fei Fu didn't know what was going on.
It was getting late, and Xiao Yan picked up a red leaf from the courtyard and came back to the study, and with a long roar, the four of them arrived as promised.
Xiaoyan assigned tasks to An Lu, Nanshan, and Xifeng, and asked Donglai to do his own thing.
The four of them were instructed to leave.