When Shen Wanjin had just assigned Meng Lan to escort supplies to Zhenguo Temple and asked her to seduce Long Chen, Yan Shuangyu thought this job was a good one.
But after setting off from the capital, Meng Lan kept thinking about what Shen Wanjin wanted to do.
The more she thought about it, the more strange she felt. Why would she be sent to seduce Long Chen just to obtain the skill?
This thing doesn't make sense, but Meng Lan is not sure.
So on the way, Meng Lan sent someone to pass a message to Long Chen Feiying, and sent the news to Zhenguo Temple first.
Long Chen is smarter than her, Meng Lan believes that Long Chen can figure it out.
After Long Chen got the news, he immediately sent Tang Heizi and He Juntao to pretend to be Xixia iron kites to kill Wanjinlou's cavalry, and found another corpse to pretend to be Meng Lan.
The golden cicada's plan to escape from its shell actually had a loophole.
If Shen Wanjin doesn't believe it, he must check the body and something will definitely be found.
There can be no two people in the world exactly the same.
But Long Chen didn't care, because Long Chen said Meng Lan was dead, and Meng Lan was dead.
If Shen Wanjin must fall out with Long Chen because of Meng Lan, this would be a huge loss. Shen Wanjin is not a fool.
There is always interest between people.
So when Meng Lan said that Shen Wanjin wouldn't believe it, Long Chen didn't care.
"So what if you don't believe it?"
Long Chen sat down and said with a smile.
After looking at it carefully, Long Chen said with a smile: "Well, it's not bad to wear a military uniform. My shopkeeper Meng Lan is really good-looking."
Meng Lan looked at Long Chen's unruly look and said worriedly: "Yan Shuangyu will definitely send the body back to the capital, and then the host will know after checking it."
Long Chen stepped forward and hugged Meng Lan, saying: "So what if you know? Does he dare to fall out with me?"
Meng Lan said: "You are now a powerful person in the world. Naturally, the host does not dare to fall out with you, but it is still okay to cause trouble behind your back."
"It's easy to block an open spear, but it's hard to guard against a hidden arrow. Aren't you worried that he will find someone to assassinate you?"
Long Chen took a bite from Meng Lan and said, "The weather is hot and the body will rot when sent back. How to identify it?"
"The body's appearance is very similar to yours. Shen Wanjin has no choice but to recognize it. If he doesn't recognize it, I will kill him for you."
Long Chen spoke very domineeringly, and Meng Lan suddenly felt warm in her heart. She hugged Long Chen and asked, "I ask you, don't lie to me. What do you mean to me?"
For so long, Meng Lan and Long Chen have experienced everything, but their relationship has never been clear.
This time, Long Chen used the golden cicada's plan to escape from his shell and made Meng Lan fake his death. From then on, Meng Lan completely left Wanjin Tower and lived with Long Chen for the rest of his life.
Meng Lan must ask clearly who she is, is she Long Chen's woman, or is Long Chen just treating her as a plaything.
Long Chen hugged Meng Lan's waist, took off his military uniform, and sat facing each other.
Long Chen suddenly exerted force, Meng Lan bit her red lips, hugged Long Chen with both hands, and stopped talking.
...
Half an hour later, Meng Lan leaned on Long Chen and asked again: "Please tell me clearly, who am I? I can't just follow you in a daze."
Thinking about her relationship with Long Chen, Meng Lan felt magical.
When I took Long Chen to see Shen Wanjin, I was molested by Long Chen in the sedan chair, and I still don't know anything about it until now.
Meng Lan must ask clearly.
Long Chen said: "From today on, you follow me, you are my woman."
Meng Lan looked at Long Chen seriously, hugged him happily, and said, "Okay, I will follow you, no matter where you go."
"But, you can't be careless about Shen Wanjin. He is very revengeful."
"He is still investigating the matter of Xiu Niang. He keeps saying that Xiu Niang is not dead but was abducted by you."
"He will definitely continue to investigate my matter. You can't be so careless."
Long Chen was a little surprised and asked: "Is Shen Wanjin still investigating the Xiu Niang matter?"
After so many years, Shen Wanjin still clings to the Xiu Niang incident?
This made Long Chen a little surprised.
Meng Lan nodded and said: "Yes, he has been checking it all the time, so my matter is not that simple."
Long Chen thought for a moment and sneered: "I'll give Shen Wanjin a step down, I hope he knows what he's interested in."
"If he dares to rebel, I will destroy Wanjin Tower as well."
Meng Lan sighed slightly and said: "Wanjin Tower is not as powerful as Tianxiahui, but Wanjin Tower is an assassin organization that hides in the dark to assassinate people. It will not be so easy for you to destroy Wanjin Tower."
The Tianxiahui is very powerful, but it is a force on the surface. Long Chen can find a place to attack.
Wanjin Tower was different, they were hiding in the dark, and Long Chen had nowhere to use his strength.
"Guess why I gave the Tianxiahui property to Shen Wanjin?"
Long Chen put down Meng Lan and slowly put on his clothes.
Meng Lan said: "In order to win over Shen Wanjin, we should deal with Tianxiahui."
Long Chen shook his head slightly and said: "At that time, I needed the help of Shen Wanjin's experts. This is a reason."
"However, if it's just to win them over, I can definitely pay a huge deposit."
"I gave him the property of Tianxiahui in order to draw out the power of Wanjin Tower."
"As far as I know, there are five Qianjin Envoys in Wanjin Tower, and three of them have already surfaced."
"Yan Shuangyu is at the Jade Buddha Tower in Xifeng City, Qian Cheng is at the Fengsha Tower at Yanmenguan, and You Fengyi is at the Wanghai Tower in Qianjiang County."
"There are two others, Granny Li from Nanliang and Ganxin from Xixia."
"The contact person between Gan Xin and Yan Shuangyu should be the horseman who bought the wine. Gan Xin is in Yangcheng."
"He spent a lot of money to hold a grudge, and I also hold a grudge. He dared to send people to burn down my mansion and assassinate me. This account must be settled!"
Only then did Meng Lan understand that Long Chen gave the Tianxiahui's property to Shen Wanjin in order to expose the power of the Tianxiahui.
"You paid such a high price just to lure out the power of Wanjin Tower?"
Only then did Meng Lan discover Long Chen's true intention.
Long Chen nodded and said: "Yes, this is my original plan, so you don't have to worry. If Shen Wanjin really dares to fall out with me, I will destroy him!"
Meng Lan has always felt that Shen Wanjin is powerful.
Only now did I realize that Long Chen was very scheming.
Long Chen had planned it from the very beginning.
"Okay, with your words, I won't worry anymore. I will follow you from now on."
Meng Lan leaned in Long Chen's arms, feeling so at ease.
"You will stay at Jade Buddha Pass. This is my territory. No one from Wanjin Tower can come in."
"I'll come with you when I'm free and have a good rest."
Long Chen kissed her, and Meng Lan smiled and said, "Can I call you husband from today on?"
Long Chen smiled and said: "Okay."
It's okay to call her husband, but Long Chen can't make her his concubine. Meng Lan also knows that she just wants to be with Long Chen.
Without Long Chen, Shen Wanjin would have killed her sooner or later.
From Long Chen's point of view, this incident happened because of him, and it was impossible for him to watch Meng Lan being killed.
Meng Lan was very happy. She untied the clothes that Long Chen had just put on and said, "I will accompany my husband one more time."
Long Chen happily followed it.
...
The old groom took the drink, passed Zhenguo Temple, and slowly entered Yangcheng.
When the soldiers guarding the city saw the old horseman entering the city, they were still not embarrassed and let him in.
The wheels rolled slowly to Li's liquor store, and the old horseman drove the carriage into the backyard.
A few guys came over to move the wine jars, and the old horseman naively warned: "Handle it with care, it's expensive."
After saying that, the old horseman entered the room, and Gan Xin sat at the table to settle the accounts, with the dry tobacco pole put aside.
After closing the door, the old horseman took out the small bamboo tube from his arms and said: "Master, secret message."
Gan Xin glanced at the small bamboo tube, put down the abacus in his hand, took the small bamboo tube, unplugged the stopper, took out the paper inside, read the contents carefully, and frowned slightly.
"The original poster asked us to assassinate Zhao Lun."
The old groom nodded slightly, not too surprised. This order must have been placed by Long Chen.
The two sides are fighting, and it is normal for Long Chen to kill the Yangcheng prefect.
"How does the hall master plan to arrange it?"
The old horseman waited for Gan Xin's instructions.
Gan Xin picked up the dry tobacco stick, took out the shredded tobacco from the gold pipe, stuffed it into the gold pipe, lit it with a fire stick, and started smoking.
"Zhao Lun has been patrolling the city these days. It's easy to start. You can arrange it, otherwise there will be no trace."
Gan Xin smoked a dry cigarette and gave the assassination order.
The old groom nodded slightly and immediately went to make arrangements.
Outside Yangcheng, it was already dark. A bonfire was lit outside the city, and the soldiers sat down around the bonfire.
During the day, the soldiers were very tired from training, building trenches, and strengthening the city walls. At night, they ate meat and drank wine around the campfire to rest.
Zhao Lun, the prefect of Yangcheng, and Lu Qichang, the privy councilor, were walking outside the city together. The soldiers behind them held torches to inspect the fortifications built during the day.
"Master Lu, what do you think?"
Lu Qichang looked at the trench that was ten meters deep and twenty meters wide and said: "That's enough. If Long Chengen dares to come, he will never come back!"
These days, hundreds of thousands of soldiers worked together to dig deep trenches outside the city, thicken the city wall, and place crossbows on the wall.
Lu Qichang was well prepared and planned to have a showdown with Long Chen in Yangcheng.
