"You let him go first, and we will let him go later. This is also my bottom line." Wu Mei said with a smile, but her eyes were very firm and could not be refused.
Yu Shang is their only trump card to save their lives. No matter what, she can't let him go first.
"It seems that we can't reach a consensus." The corner of Yu Jia's mouth dropped.
Wu Mei restrained her smile and said seriously: "If His Highness the Second Prince doesn't believe me, I can use the reputation of my dancer as a guarantee. If you let him go, I will let him go, and I will never make a mistake."
"Hmph! I can also use my reputation as the second prince of Ning Kingdom to guarantee that if you let him go, I will let you go immediately. Could it be that General Wu can't trust me?"
This is the tip of a bull's horn, and neither of them gives in. They are both getting into the bull's horn.
Wu Mei stared at Yu Jia and said helplessly: "In short, it is impossible for me to let him go first."
Yu Jia sneered and said, "Then we can only continue the stalemate here."
Wu Mei's heart was burning with anxiety, but she didn't know what to do. The other party insisted on not letting her go, and she had no choice.
Tang Yin behind him clenched his fist, urged his horse to take a few steps forward, came to Wu Mei's side, and asked in a low voice: "General Wu, what are you talking about with him?"
Now they are in the enemy camp, the situation is dangerous, if they delay for a second longer, something will happen, and Wu Mei is in a stalemate with the opponent, how can Tang Yin not be anxious.
Facing such a difficult person as Yu Jia, Wu Mei was only calm on the surface, but her heart was already starting to get chaotic. She asked in a low voice: "Then... what should we do?"
Tang Yin glanced at her suspiciously. He had a hostage in hand. Didn't he know what to do?
He took a deep breath and said, "Let me talk to him!" After that, he raised his eyes to Yu Jia and shouted loudly: "Yu Jia, I'm not negotiating terms with you now. I just want you to let me go. Of course,
Whether you agree or not depends on your decision, but I have to remind you that your brother's life and death also depend on your decision."
Yu Jia sneered and asked, "What can you do if I don't let you go?"
"Then you are kidding with your brother's life."
"I tell you the truth, if you dare to hurt him even a hair, I will kill you immediately..."
Before he could finish his words, Tang Yin had already interrupted him with a loud laugh. Then without any warning, he raised his hand and grabbed Yu Shang's left ear. He pulled down hard with his wrist, only to hear hissing.
With a loud sound, Yu Shang's left ear was torn off by him. At the same time, Yu Shang let out a heartbreaking scream.
The expression on Tang Yin's face remained unchanged. He held the bloody severed ear in his hand and looked at it as if nothing had happened. Then he waved his hand and threw it towards Yu Jia. He said expressionlessly: "This is just the beginning. If I do it again, it will be nothing."
It’s not just the ears, it could be his nose, it could be his eyes.”
"ah?"
Tang Yin's sudden move not only stunned the other party, but even Wu Mei, Wu Ying and others were trembling. They didn't expect that Tang Yin, who was born with a smile and a gentle appearance, would be so cruel and ruthless.
He used to be a killer and worked in the underworld. He knows very well what human nature is and how to use hostages to break down the opponent's psychological defenses.
Sure enough, when he saw his younger brother's ears being torn off by him, Yu Jia's heart was about to burst and he was about to go crazy. The whites of his eyes were bloodshot and the corners of his eyes were almost cracked. His facial features were displaced and his expression was ferocious. He screamed strangely.
With a sound, he reached back and pulled out the sword from his waist. Upon seeing this, the surrounding Ning Bing and Ning generals also raised their silver spears in their hands, pointing their spear points forward, in preparation for a charge.
If the two sides were at a stalemate just now, now it is on the verge of breaking out.
Wu Mei secretly grinned and growled at Tang Yin: "What are you doing?"
Tang Yin ignored her, looked directly at Yu Jia, raised his blood-covered fingers slightly, pointed at Yu Shang's eyes, and said coldly: "Yu Jia, do you still want to see if his eyeballs fall out?"
What does it look like?”
His ears were torn off, and Yu Shang almost fainted from the pain. Now when he heard that he wanted to dig out his eyes again, he was even more frightened. He screamed at Yu Jia again and again. After a short time, his voice became hoarse.
All that was left was a whimpering sound.
Yu Jia's original anger turned into fear, and he quickly lowered the raised steel sword. Looking at Yu Shang, whose face was covered with blood and dying, and then looking at Tang Yin, who was cold and emotionless, he was afraid.
There was a slight chill deep in his heart, he could feel it, Tang Yin was a man of his word, he could really make Yu Shang's eyes pop out.
He swallowed and hurriedly stopped him: "Don't, don't hurt him again..."
"Okay! But you have to let me go immediately!"
"No problem! I can let you go, but you have to promise not to hurt him again and to let him back."
Tang Yin did not answer, but turned to look at Wu Mei.
The person who makes the decision now is not him, but Miss Wu. Naturally, she is the one who can make the decision.
After being stared at by Tang Yin for a long time, Wu Mei reacted from the shock, glanced at Tang Yin cautiously, and then said to Yu Jia: "I...I just made a promise, as long as His Highness the Second Prince lets us go.
Return to Tongmen safely, and I will release you then."
Yu Jia looked at her deeply, then nodded hesitantly and said, "Okay, I believe you." After saying that, he turned his head and shouted, "Let them pass!"
"Your Highness——"
Several Ning generals were about to come out to dissuade them. Yu Jia glanced at everyone one by one with cold eyes and asked: "Are you questioning my decision?"
Under his sharp gaze, everyone lowered their heads, and no one dared to speak.
The second prince, Yu Jia, was the commander-in-chief of the Ning army. He had a mountain of military orders. The soldiers below dared not to obey, so they retreated to the left and right to make way for a spacious passage.
Tang Yin turned to Wu Mei and nodded, saying, "Let's go!"
"Okay!" Wu Mei agreed naturally, and she and Wu Ying moved to the left and right of Tang Yin, sandwiching him in the middle, for fear that the other party would make a sneak attack when they passed through the enemy's formation.
Originally, Wu Mei and Wu Ying were the commanders, but now it is more like Tang Yin is the commander, and everyone is following his orders.
Ningjun camp.
Looking from the outside, the Ningjun camp is already quite large, but once inside, it becomes even bigger. As the saying goes, if there are more than 10,000 people, there is no edge, but if more than 400,000 people gather together, it is like a vast ocean.
Wherever he went, flags and ribbons were fluttering, military tents were like forests, and soldiers were as numerous as swarms of ants.
Not even halfway through the journey, we saw more than a dozen horse stables. This was of course just the tip of the iceberg of the camp. The number of Ning army's horses and their strength were staggering.
While Wu Mei was careful to be wary of the enemies around her, she whispered: "Tang Yin, if we really have you, how did you know that Yu Jia would submit obediently instead of getting extremely angry and fighting us desperately?"
"This is the so-called family affection, the so-called human nature." Tang Yin said: "If General Wuying is captured and the enemy threatens you with this, I think you, General Wu, will make the same choice!"
He is an orphan, has no relatives, and does not understand what family affection is. His attitude towards family affection is both eager and scornful, although he has never admitted that he has longed for family affection.
Tang Yin's irrelevant and sarcastic attitude made Wu Mei frown, but she had to admit that what he said was the truth. If Wuying was really captured, she thought she herself would panic.
But she was very curious, wondering why Tang Yin was so indifferent to family ties.
She asked casually: "Where are your family members? Where are they now?"
Tang Yin glanced at her inexplicably, then pointed upward and said, "Over there!"
Wu Mei looked up and asked, "Heaven?"
Tang Yin said quietly with other intentions: "I would rather they live in heaven."
He hopes that his family members are dead, which is more acceptable to him than if they are alive. Being an orphan because of the death of a family member, and becoming an orphan after being abandoned by the family, are completely different concepts, and he naturally prefers the former.
It was difficult to understand the meaning of his words and his thoughts. Wu Mei looked at Tang Yin in confusion, feeling that he was a confused man.
The road through the Ningjun camp was not easy to walk. Along the way, they were watched by thousands of Ningjun soldiers. Under the naked and hostile gazes of so many people, no one could feel anything.
So comfortable.
"What did you do before you joined the army?" Wu Mei spoke again. She felt that if she didn't say something, she would be suffocated to death by this depressing atmosphere.
On the other hand, Tang Yin next to her acted as if nothing had happened, turning a blind eye to the crowds of enemy troops around him. She was very curious, wondering what kind of environment could cause Tang Yin to have such a cold and almost insensitive personality.
"Killer." Tang Yin didn't hide it either.
"Killer?" Wu Mei was puzzled.
"That's assassin." Tang Yin changed his name to a name that Wu Mei could understand.
"Ha!" Wu Mei chuckled and looked Tang Yin up and down as if she had just met him.
"What?" Tang Yin asked, "Don't I look the same?"
"Listening to what you said, it looks a bit similar." Wu Mei leaned towards Tang Yin while riding the horse and asked in a low voice: "When you were an assassin, how many people did you kill?"
Tang Yin answered simply, "Countless."
Although it was just four simple words, Wu Mei couldn't help but shudder, looking at Tang Yin without blinking, without saying anything.
Being stared at by her like this made Tang Yin feel awkward no matter how rough his nerves were. He smiled and asked, "Are you interested in me?"
Wu Mei did not deny it, but asked: "Then are you interested in me?"
Before Tang Yin could answer, Wuying on the other side said coldly: "You two, now is not the time for flirting!"
Tang Yin laughed silently and did not directly answer Wu Mei. He only wrote lightly: "You are very beautiful."
Wu Mei had heard countless compliments. Tang Yin's compliment to her was the simplest, but it also made her blush and make her heart beat the most.
She suddenly felt that with Tang Yin, the most difficult road she had ever walked through in her life to the Ningjun Camp no longer seemed so difficult.