Chapter 53: Everything is ready
After staying in the urging house for three days, and after Luo Guang's condition stabilized slightly, He Tiancai rushed back to Xizhou with Hong Xiaoyu and Shi Yi.
Luo Feng stayed in the Urging Mansion, and when the time came, he would escort Luo Guang to Zhongzhou.
As soon as He Tian returned to Xizhou, he asked people to hand a secret letter to Zhongzhou, saying that Xizhou had captured the second prince of Nanxiao and asked His Majesty to decide how to deal with it.
The world has changed a lot because of He Tian's arrival, so He Tian is not sure if Liu Zixing will come to Xizhou for help according to the original plot.
But what he can be sure of is that people's ambitions will not disappear, and if Liu Zixing wants to gain power under the suppression of Zhao Teng and Liu Yuan, he must only ask for help from the outside world.
And he and the emperor have too few chips, and they have to use such a small number of chips in exchange for the support of the forces that are enough to suppress the situation in Zhongzhou.
If there is no accident, in their opinion, the only ones who are willing to bet for them are King Jinrong of Taiyuan and King Xiao Nanchen of Xizhou.
So there's a 1 in 2 chance.
But He Tian is still very sure.
Liu Hui's words may still choose Jin Rong, after all, his queen is Jin Rong's daughter, but Liu Zixing has no choice, if he still has some knowledge of that throne, then he can only choose Xizhou.
Otherwise, once Jin Rong and Liu Hui join forces to clean up Liu Yuan and Zhao Teng, Jin Rong's prestige and power will definitely rise, and Liu Zixing is a thorn in Jin Rong's side, a person who may snatch the crown prince with his future nephew, Liu Zixing is afraid that he will not die fast enough to dare to go to Taiyuan for help.
He Tian commanded and arranged affairs in the mansion, tried his best to make thoughtful arrangements, and waited for Liu Zixing's arrival by the way.
But it was Xiao Yan who came before him.
On this day, He Tian was reading the clan chronicles in the study and studying the situation of Bei Chen's family, when he heard the soldiers say that Xiao Yan had something to do.
He Tian put down the book and said, "Please let him in." β
The pro-soldiers should have retreated, and after a while, Xiao Yan strode in.
Xiao Yan walked up to He Tian, knelt down and kowtowed directly, and said, "Xiao Yan thanks His Royal Highness for saving my son's life!" β
He Tian hurriedly walked around the desk, stepped forward to help him up, and said, "You are both a member of my Xizhou Army and my friend, and it is natural to protect your family." β
When Xiao Yan fled from Nanxiao, he dismissed everyone in the palace and secretly hid a pair of children in a temple he frequented and entrusted an acquaintance to take care of them.
But the result was not a person, and the acquaintance directly told Emperor Nanxiao about the whereabouts of the children.
Emperor Nanxiao was very resentful of Xiao Yan's escape, and directly ordered people to kill his children.
He Tian's secret agent hidden in Nanxiao had already received He Tian's secret order, and after paying 43 lives, he successfully brought the two children to Xizhou.
"Your Highness is very gracious, Xiao Yan is unforgettable."
Xiao Yan still had a trace of fantasy about Emperor Nanxiao in his mind, after all, the relationship for many years was not to say that it was gone, but he never expected that he would actually poison his children.
Thinking that when he first saw his daughter, his daughter sobbed in his arms and said that the imperial grandfather was going to kill her, and his son was also next to him with a frightened look, he no longer had a trace of thought about Nan Xiao's "father emperor".
He Tian opened his mouth and said: "If you really want to thank you, then you really should thank you a lot for saving the 43 spies of your children." β
Xiao Yan nodded and said, "Okay." Xiao Yan knows that the identities of these secret agents must be kept secret, so please ask Your Highness to give half of my money to these families in the future. In the future, if they are rewarded for meritorious service, I will continue to repay them. β
He Tian nodded, hoping that the two children in this life can make Xiao Yan change his mind, whether he can leave home or not leave home, isn't it happier to tease Sun than the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha?
"By the way, Xiao Yan, since you are here, then I just have something to explain to you."
Xiao Yan nodded and said, "Your Highness, please command." β
He Tian took Xiao Yan to the front of a sand table next to the desk, pointed to a small blue flagpole on the sand table and said: "I have passed the news of you in Xizhou to Zhongzhou, if there is no accident, someone will be sent to Xizhou to interrogate you, and afterwards this king will lead troops to Zhongzhou in the name of escorting you." β
"But, you're not really going to Midstate. This king has already found a person with a figure and facial features that are somewhat similar to you, and when the time comes, he will disguise himself as you and be escorted to Zhongzhou by us. And you need to lead some soldiers and horses to ambush near Taiyuan County. If Zhongzhou is taken by me, Jin Rong will be opposed, and you can take advantage of the opportunity to act then. β
Xiao Yan looked at the sand table and pondered for a while, then nodded slowly: "Since Your Highness dares to rest assured that I will lead the troops, then I will definitely not disappoint Your Highness." β
"Well, I've also installed a lot of people in Taiyuan in the past few years, and when the time comes, I'll ask the military advisor to hand over the list and contact information of these people to you. In addition, after all, you and the Xizhou army are not familiar with each other, and there is no run-in time between them, so I will send a few apprentices to assist you at that time, and it will be much smoother with them. β
"It seems that His Highness has really been preparing for a long time. If he is so well prepared, Xiao Yan can't take down the King of Taiyuan, then he will never have the face to see His Majesty again. β
Xiao Yan didn't mind He Tian arranging people, whether it was monitoring or assisting, he just had to do his own thing well.
He has also studied the King of Taiyuan and is quite confident, even if he can't win it in one fell swoop, he can only make the King of Taiyuan retreat in Taiyuan City and not move.
He Tian is also very confident in Xiao Yan, after all, he is the person who can fight with King Xiao Nanchen, the god of war of Northern Chen, without falling behind, and he is still very sure of dealing with the reckless man of King Taiyuan.
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A few days after everything was almost arranged, He Tian received news from Zhongzhou.
King Guangling, with His Majesty's will, came to Xizhou to secretly interrogate the prince of Nanxiao, and met Shi Yi's fiancΓ©e by the way.
When He Tian heard the news, he was also very nervous, although he had made a lot of preparations, but after all, it was the first time to do such a big thing, and he was still a little nervous.
Taking advantage of the fact that King Guangling had not yet arrived, He Tian accompanied Shi Yi to visit several scenic spots in Xizhou City, to relax his heart, and to relieve the tension in his heart by the way.
The ruins of Afang Palace, He Tian hugged Shi Yi, looked at the pre-Qin relics in front of him, and admired the magnificent beauty of this brokenness.
"Eleven, the king of Guangling must have come to see you, and when the time comes, I will tell him that you are sick, and the doctor has instructed you not to see outsiders, so it is good to delay until he leaves. In those days, I wronged you, hid in the yard and tried not to come out, and if there was something, I told Cheng Xi to come to me. β
"Well, I listen to the master." Shi Yi replied in He Tian's arms.