Hearing this, not to mention Xia Ruoyan was stunned, even Gai Yan and Long Yuan were shocked. Want to bring Xia Ruoyan into the rebel camp? She is a woman!
Seeing the doubts in everyone's minds, Liu Xiu smiled lightly, first pointed at Xia Ruoyan's clothes, then bent down, traced his fingers on the ground, wiped the dust from his fingertips on his face, and said: " Who knew she was a woman?!"
Xia Ruoyan understood. Now that she was wearing men's clothes and her cheeks were smudged, it would be difficult for strangers to tell whether she was a boy or a girl. In addition, the rebel army was loosely controlled. Liu Yan, the eldest brother who joined Liu Xiu, was still the leader of the rebel army. He wanted to hide her like this. It is not difficult to do it alone.
She nodded thoughtfully, and Liu Xiu continued: "Early tomorrow morning, the rebel army will go to Zhushan to wipe out the local Green Forest Army. This is your only chance to leave the city, and it is also the best opportunity!"
Xia Ruoyan took a sudden breath and said in surprise: "The rebels...the rebels are going to destroy the Green Forest Army?"
Liu Xiu smiled bitterly and said, "This is an order from Lian Dan. The rebels have no choice but to obey."
Disobeying orders is a capital offense.
It's just that Lian Dan's order was really strange. To wipe out the Green Forest Army, wasn't that the job the Capital Army should do? Why should it be left to the rebels?
Although Liu Xiu hadn't figured out what medicine Lian Dan was selling in his gourd, his intuition told him that Lian Dan had no good intentions.
Xia Ruoyan was silent for a moment and asked: "Only the rebels are going to Zhushan?"
"There is also a cavalry group under Lian Dan's command, with a thousand troops!"
Xia Ruoyan's whole heart suddenly hung up. The rebel army had little fighting power, but the cavalry under Lian Dan's command was extremely powerful. Even the barbarians, who were known for their ferocity and toughness, were as weak as grass in front of Lian Dan's cavalry. one strike.
She said anxiously: "The people in Zhushan County were brutally massacred by Lian Dan. Many of them defected to the Green Forest Army only after their family members were killed!" It was also because of this that she joined the Green Forest Army.
It's just that she doesn't want to involve the Ye family, and there are very few people in the Green Forest Army who really know her identity.
Liu Xiu nodded and said: "The Green Forest Army is full of common people who have been forced to survive by Wang Mang's tyranny. If I can have the opportunity to help them, I will naturally be duty-bound."
In fact, Liu Xiu didn't necessarily appreciate the Green Forest Army much. Although Green Forest and Chimei were rebels who were forced by life, they also committed many scandals, including robbing homes and stealing houses, killing people and stealing goods.
It's just that Lu Lin and Chi Mei both took a clear stand in the name of resisting Wang Mang's tyranny. In terms of justice, their actions were consistent with Liu Xiu's philosophy.
Regardless of whether it is public or private, Liu Xiu will of course stand on the side of the Green Forest Army at present.
After hearing Liu Xiu's words, Xia Ruoyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Liu Xiu is Liu Yan's younger brother. His attitude can completely influence Liu Yan's attitude. As long as the rebels are on their side, for the Zhushan Green Forest Army, This battle still needs to be fought.
They went to the rebel barracks as a group. Let’s not talk about it for now. Let’s talk about Lian Dan and his group going to Ye Mansion in a mighty manner.
Before Lian Dan arrived, the cavalry under his command had already surrounded Ye Mansion. Two thousand cavalry and horse teams surrounded the huge Ye Mansion on three levels inside and three outside, making it impossible to pass through.
The servants of Ye Mansion didn't understand what happened, so they were so frightened that they ran into the mansion and closed the door tightly.
Lian Dan took a carriage and came to the gate of Ye Mansion. With the help of his guards, he stepped out of the carriage and looked up at the gate of Ye Mansion. The old god said on the ground: "Call the door!"
The two guards strode to the door of Ye Mansion, slapped the door panel hard, and shouted loudly: "Open the door, open the door, open the door! General Lian is here, why don't you open the door quickly!"
After a while, the guards outside were about to force the door open. At this time, the door creaked and opened slowly. Ye Tian and a dozen guards and servants walked out of the door.
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When I took a look outside, well, everywhere I looked, there were officers and soldiers, so dark and dense that they were countless.
After Ye Tian looked at it, his eyes fell on Lian Dan. The relationship between the two of them could not be said to be very close, but they had met before. Ye Tian took a few steps forward and was about to approach Lian Dan, with guards on both sides.
Shuashu stepped forward, blocked Ye Tian, and at the same time pulled out half of the saber under his ribs. Ye Tian's face suddenly changed, he couldn't help but take a step back, looked at Lian Dan in shock, and asked: "General Lian, what is this?"
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Seeing this, Lian Dan smiled, separated from his guards, walked up to Ye Tian, and said, "Mr. Ye, it's been a long time. How are you?"
Ye Tian quickly bowed his hands and saluted, saying: "Young man Ye Tian, please pay your respects to General Lian!"
"You don't need to be polite, Mr. Ye."
"I wonder why General Lian suddenly visited Ye Mansion?" Ye Tian asked with curiosity on his face.
Lian Dan sneered in his heart, old man, you are quite good at pretending. I want to see how long you can pretend?! He said cheerfully: "Mr. Ye, the Japanese commander was ambushed by an assassin yesterday. I wonder if Mr. Ye can do it?"
Have you heard about this?"
"I heard about it, little man."
"While my men were chasing an assassin, they discovered that she had escaped into the Ye Mansion."
Ye Tian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head like a rattle and said urgently: "General Lian, there is absolutely no such thing. There are absolutely no assassins in the Ye Mansion!"
"Really? Haha!" Lian Dan looked up and smiled and said: "It is said that the cousin of the Ye family suddenly visited the Ye family. I wonder if this is the case?"
"Miss cousin? Which cousin?"
"Xia Ruoyan!"
Hearing Lian Dan say Xia Ruoyan's name, Ye Tian's face changed slightly. He was stunned for a moment, shook his head repeatedly, and said seriously: "Ruoyan is suffering at home. She is currently at her grandfather's house in Zhuxi. She is not in the county, let alone
In my Ye Mansion, why did General Lian say Ruoyan was here with me?!"
Damn it! Ye Tian, this old guy, really knows how to pretend! Lian Dan smiled coldly at him, turned his head and shouted: "Master Zhou!"
Hu Cao Zhou Zong walked out carefully from the crowd, came to Lian Dan's side, bowed and said: "General Lian!"
"Tell me, is Xia Ruoyan in Ye Mansion?"
"This..." Zhou Zong looked timidly at Ye Qian, and when he saw that the latter was also looking at him intently, he shrank his neck in fright and hesitated without speaking.
As a household officer in the county, Zhou Zong's official position is not small, but in Hanzhong, he really can't afford to offend the Ye family.
Seeing his timid appearance, Lian Dan suddenly became angry and shouted loudly: "Speak!"
Zhou Zong shivered and almost fell to his knees on the ground. He looked at Ye Qian in fear and stammered: "Go back to... report to General Lian, the cousin of the Ye family is... in the Ye Mansion!
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Lian Dan nodded, smiled at Ye Tian, and asked: "Mr. Ye, what else do you have to say? I was assassinated yesterday, and Xia Ruoyan happened to be at Ye Mansion yesterday, and the assassin who escaped was a woman
, Xia Ruoyan is obviously also a woman, and I have every reason to suspect that she is the female assassin who is on the run!"
Ye Tian frowned and said: "General Lian, you can't talk nonsense, and you can't just listen to Mr. Zhou's words. The villain has made it very clear that Ruoyan is not in Ye Mansion at all, but her grandfather in Zhuxi
Home!"
Still being arrogant! Lian Dan was disgusted and angry. He turned to glare at Zhou Zong, called him by his name and asked, "Zhou Zong, what did you say?"
Zhou Zong wiped the sweat from his forehead. He couldn't afford to offend the Ye family, but he couldn't afford to offend Lian Dan. He swallowed, looked up at an elderly servant next to Ye Tian, and said:
"Chen Yuan, come out!"
The servant whose name was called by him shrank his neck and stood there without daring to move. After waiting for a while, he saw that the eyes of Ye Tian and the people around him were focused on him. He knew that he could not hide it, so he could only slow down.
Tuntundi walked out of the crowd, saluted Lian Dan and Zhou Zongshen, and said, "Young man Chen Yuan has met General Lian and Lord Zhou!"
"Yesterday, the cousin of the Ye family came to the Ye Mansion. She was dressed in men's clothing and looked flustered. Is this what you told me?" Zhou Zong said word by word.
"I...I..." Chen Yuan's eyes were wandering, his face turned white and red, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
It turns out it's you! When Ye Qingqiu told Ye Tian that there was a spy in the Ye family, he still didn't believe it. Now that he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but not believe it anymore.
Ye Tian took a step forward fiercely, scaring Chen Yuan so much that he quickly hid behind Zhou Zong.
Zhou Zong quickly waved his hand and said, "Mr. Ye has something to say..."
Ye Tian ignored him at all, glared at Chen Yuan, and said in a solemn voice: "Chen Yuan, I am not kind to you, but you actually cheated on me and framed my Ye family?"
"I...this..." Chen Yuan didn't even know what to say, he wanted to find a place to get in.
Ye Tian looked at Lian Dan and said with a gloomy face: "General Lian, Ruoyan is indeed not in my Ye Mansion. This matter is completely framed by Chen Yuan in my Ye Mansion. Please ask General Lian to find out!"
Lian Dan raised the corner of his mouth and said slowly: "Whether Chen Yuan is framed or framed, search Ye Mansion and you will find out." As he spoke, he waved his hand forward and shouted: "Search Ye Mansion!"
"Wait!" Ye Tian stretched out his hand to stop the swarming officers and soldiers. The guards and servants around him also stepped forward and opened their arms to stop everyone.
Lian Dan raised his eyebrows and asked angrily: "What? Mr. Ye is feeling guilty and doesn't dare to let me wait for the search?"
Ye Tian said seriously: "General Lian, I have reiterated again and again that Ruoyan is not in my Ye Mansion at all. General Lian cannot just listen to the villain's slander and launch a search on my Ye Mansion without any evidence!"
After a pause, he said word by word: "The Ye family is also a well-known family in Hanzhong, how can they be humiliated like this?"
Lian Dan gritted his teeth with hatred, but before he found out Xia Ruoyan, he really couldn't break up with Ye Tian. He pointed at Chen Yuan and sneered: "The witness is here, and Ye Gong still wants to quibble?
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Ye Tian said without giving in, "He is just a shameless house slave, how can his words be used as evidence?"
Lian Dan's face suddenly darkened. He stopped talking nonsense with Ye Tian and shouted loudly: "Search Ye Mansion! Anyone who dares to stop him will be killed without mercy!"
After hearing his order, the officers and soldiers pushed aside the guards who were blocking the front and rushed into the gate of Ye Mansion with a roar.
Ye Tian's face turned livid with anger, he pointed at Lian Dan and said loudly: "General Lian, do you really think that there is no one in my Ye family, so you can just humiliate me? If you can find Ruoyan today, I, Ye Tian, will do whatever you want. If you
If Ruoyan cannot be found, I, Ye Tian, will file a lawsuit against you even if I go to Chang'an in person!"
