Chapter 249: Things Are Getting Worse
When they had eaten and drunk, they all dispersed.
Tang Lian, Sikong Qianluo, Dusk Yumo and Ye Ruoyi embarked on the road back to Snow Moon City.
Originally, Yang Ming planned to let them set off again tomorrow, but Tang Lian heard that the rivers and lakes had been relatively peaceful recently, so she chose to set off early.
No one knows if there will be turmoil on the road, so in order to avoid long nights and dreams, the sooner you arrive at Snow Moon City, the better.
After bidding farewell to the four of them, Yang Ming and the others returned to the city again. The courtyard that had been in the Ocean Inn did not retreat, and the people returned there.
The pearl and the sea eagle also got interested and left. What happened next was not for them to know.
"Senior brother, Nanjue's imperial city has been besieged by unknown forces."
In the courtyard, Yan Xiluo whispered:
"A few days ago, Nanjue sent an envoy to Apocalypse City. They thought that the people from the north were playing tricks behind this, so they brought a lot of money and goods to ask for peace."
Yang Ming thought for a while and said, "I think, this envoy must be going to touch a nose of ashes, the people who besieged the Nanjue Imperial City are the people of Nadifu, and they have nothing to do with Beili."
"Nope." Yan Xiluo frowned slightly, and said, "The emperor of Beili did not appear, and it was Xiao Yu, the Red King, who met Nanjue's envoy, who accepted Nanjue's belongings and promised to send people to support Nanjue."
"I don't know the process, I only know that Xiao Yu finally persuaded the envoy of Nanjue. Not only did he say that it was not Beili who was going to attack the south, but at this juncture, he could get the envoy to agree to Beili to send people to support."
Yang Ming raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "This is undoubtedly luring the wolf into the room."
Xiao Se suddenly answered, "No, the envoy does not have the power to make decisions, he can only convey the will of Emperor Nanjue." As he spoke, Xiao Se muttered, "In my opinion, either there is a problem with this Nanjue envoy, or the emperor of Nanjue has a will."
"That's not right." Yang Ming shook his head: "The Imperial City of Nanjue has already been surrounded, how can the envoys go out of the city with their belongings, let alone get out of Nanjue. I think this envoy will be killed as soon as he leaves the imperial city; Xiao Yu had already cooperated with the people of the underworld, and it was easy for him to stage a trick of exchanging a tanuki for a prince."
"Then why did he do that?" Lei Wuji was puzzled: "Wouldn't it be too much to spend so much energy just acting in an inconsequential play?"
"It doesn't matter?" Xiao Se glanced at him, and said angrily, "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. He staged this drama, and then made it known to the whole world, and when the time came, the north and the south would send troops to "support", and the division would become famous."
Yan Xiluo bowed slightly: "Yes, the emperor of Beili has also issued a Zhao, let Ye Xiaoying personally lead the troops to support Nanjue."
"Ye Xiaoying?" Yang Ming fell into deep thought, and he felt that there was something else in it. Why didn't the Emperor of Beili come forward in person when he met with the envoys of Nanjue, and why did the Emperor of Beili not refute what Xiao Yu promised, it was the emperor's own intention? Or is he already under control.
Seeing Yang Ming's doubts, Yan Xiluo explained: "According to the news from one of my secret agents, Emperor Xiao Ruojin has not been in the early court for several months, and many ministers have all been placed under house arrest at home."
"I'm afraid, something really happened to Xiao Ruojin, and the current Beili is already Xiao Yu's Yiyantang."
"It can't be." Xiao Se, who had always been steady, was a little uncalm at the moment, he stood up suddenly, and said angrily, "Xiao Yu, he is so bold..."
Xiao Se wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Yang Ming, patted Xiao Se, Yang Ming said, "Xiao Se, now is not the time for you to be anxious, we can't force our way into Apocalypse City right now, and now we will undoubtedly throw ourselves into the net. Apocalypse City is impregnable, let's break in, face the well-prepared Xiao Yu, do you think we have a chance to win?"
Hearing this, Xiao Se was silent, he knew very well the strength of those people in the underworld. Four half-step masters of the iQue Realm are enough for them to drink a pot, not to mention several masters of the iQue Realm.
"It's a big trouble, and we need to think about it in the long run." Yang Ming sighed helplessly: "This time I went to Nanjue, which is a surprise, plus we have few people, and the form is chaotic,
to have a chance to fish in troubled waters."
As he spoke, Yang Ming looked at Su Yuluo, "Do you know the location of the Nanjue Imperial City? If we just follow the map, we'll be stopped before we get there."
Su Yuluo nodded, took out a worn-out parchment scroll from his arms, and handed it to Yang Ming: "This is a map, it is a map of Nanjue before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and I have never been to the imperial city about the geographical location of Nanjue. Comparing this map with the current map, we may be able to find an unknown path."
Yang Ming thought for a moment, and suddenly thought of something: "Wait, Ye Xiaoying, who sent people to lead the troops this time. I know him, maybe we can get in with him?"
"Senior brother, don't think about it." Yan Xiluo took out a note and stuffed it into Yang Ming's hand: "According to the letter sent back by the spies, it is very clear that Ye Xiaoying's state does not seem to be human, his body is much thinner than before, and the whole person is like a walking corpse."
"How could it be..." Yang Ming and Xiao Se looked at each other and hurriedly opened the contents of the letter.
"This..."
What the letter said was consistent with what Yan Xiluo said, and Yang Ming frowned: "Could it be that someone is pretending to be him? Or maybe he's really being controlled."
"Whatever the possibility, we can't appear in front of him now, otherwise Nanjue's journey will be difficult." Yan Xiluo said solemnly.
"It's getting more complicated." Yang Ming sighed.
He looked back at the parchment roll in his hand, and then pulled a new map from his bosom.
Together with Xiao Se, the two quickly checked the map.
"There's a path here, and on the new map, it's a wasteland with no villages." Xiao Se said.
"Is there a possibility, this is the place where Nanjue cantoned soldiers?" Yang Ming thought for a moment, "This place is so close to the Imperial City, and it hasn't been marked on the map, I think it's very likely."
Su Yuluo suddenly said, "Let's go to Moonfall City first, there is a person I know there, he may have a way to take us to the Imperial City, and the way to find him is more familiar to me."
"A small city north of Nanjue?" Xiao Se searched the map.
After a while, Xiao Se said, "There is still some distance from the border here, there should be no troops here, you can give it a try."
Yang Ming nodded, and then put down the map in his hand: "First of all, according to what Su Yuluo said, let's go to Moonset City first, it's really not good, let's hurry at night and fly all the way into the Imperial City of Nanjue at night."
As he spoke, Yang Ming frowned, and said in a deep voice, "There are two people who are approaching us, and they are not weak."
"I can only detect one." Yan Xiluo took out the non-rain sword from his bosom and looked around vigilantly.