The Return of the Demon

Zhang Tianlun once again looked back at the hall, his eyes flickering.

He lowered his voice and ordered Zhou Xing: "I like children very much. You should bring more people to the Prime Minister's residence to pick up the child of Zong Aiqing and raise him by my side for a few days."

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Zhou Xing was stunned for a moment. Everyone knew that the right prime minister Zong Sibai had a son in his old age and regarded this child as a treasure.

If anyone dared to touch this child, Zong Sibai would fight him to the death.

But Zhang Tianlun's words were the imperial edict, and he could not disobey the order. He leaned over and said, "Yes, I will do it right away." After that, he turned around and left quickly.

When Zhou Xing left, he was still thinking in his heart that it seemed that His Majesty did not trust the right prime minister as much as before.

In the past, His Majesty trusted Zong Sibai very much and would never touch his child.

Zhang Tianlun did not trust Zong Sibai as much as before, especially when he saw Zong Sibai and Kang Luo flirting with each other, he felt a sense of crisis in his heart.

Zhang Tianlun was an extremely selfish and heartless person, otherwise he would not have wanted to kill Ning Chen repeatedly.

In fact, he was like most emperors in history. What they cared about was their own authority and interests. Their ministers could be corrupt officials or incompetent people, but they must respect and be loyal to him as the emperor.

The reason why Ning Chen could not be tolerated was that although Ning Chen was a genius, he was not afraid of the imperial power, and his loyalty was not to him as the emperor, but to the people of the world.

Throughout history, there were only a handful of emperors who could tolerate ministers like Ning Chen.

Ning Chen was lucky to meet the wise emperor Xuandi, who could tolerate his actions.

If it were another emperor, Ning Chen would not have lived to this day no matter how capable he was.

Zhang Tianlun asked people to take Zong Sibai's child to raise him, not because he was so smart, but because he felt betrayed.

Zong Sibai and Kang Luo were flirting with each other, which made him feel that his dignity was challenged.

He had always regarded Zong Sibai as the most loyal dog around him, but now this dog was wagging its tail at others, which was what he could not tolerate the most.

There was a problem with the alliance on Zhang Tianlun's side.

Everything went smoothly on Ning Chen's side.

Five days passed in a flash.

On that day, when the army stopped and took a short rest, Yuan Long led 5,000 Ning'an troops to catch up.

In Ning Chen's tent, he pressed his hand and motioned Yuan Long to sit down and talk.

"Is everything going well?"

Yuan Long nodded and said, "The 5,000 Nanyue soldiers guarding the captives were vulnerable, but we only rescued less than 20,000 people."

Ning Chen's face sank slightly: "What's going on?"

Yuan Long said, "Our people are doing the hardest and most tiring work in the mine. The Nanyue people don't let them rest or give them food. Most of them are exhausted and starved to death.

And that Kang Chengren, when the 30,000 captives first arrived in Qimu City, Kang Chengren often selected hundreds of people to let them fight each other, and in the end only one could survive... This beast alone killed thousands of people.

Now I feel that being cut into pieces and being executed by slow slicing are all too easy for him."

Ning Chen's face was gloomy, and he sighed deeply.

Immediately, he said in a cold voice: "Nanyue has to pay this debt... It must be paid with blood.

Well, you must be tired after running all the way. Go back and rest. We will leave later."

"Yes!"

Yuan Long retreated.

Ning Chen also took the time to rest.

On the seventh day, the army was less than 20 miles away from Biluo City.

In Ning Chen's opinion, attacking Biluo City was a piece of cake.

It was not that he was arrogant, but that Biluo City was too big.

First, Biluo City only had 10,000 troops stationed there.

Second, Biluo City was sandwiched between the Nanyue Imperial City and Qimu City, and the four city gates were open during the day.

Third, they didn't even know that Qimu City had been lost.

Therefore, they only needed to send people to pretend to be a caravan, control the city gates, and then lead the army directly to attack.

Ning Chen asked people to call Yuan Long, Lei An and others.

"Lei An, Yue Congyun, listen to my orders!"

The two stepped forward and said in unison: "I am here."

Ning Chen said: "You two, lead 50 Ning'an soldiers, change into casual clothes, catch up with five carriages, pretend to be a team of merchants, and go to control the city gate.

You have to march quickly, because in two quarters of an hour, Yuan Long will lead the Ning'an army to set off.

So, you must control the city gate in the shortest time... Wait for Yuan Long to lead the Ning'an army to arrive, divide the soldiers into four groups, and seize the four city gates as quickly as possible. Don't let a pigeon fly out."

Several people said in unison: "I obey your orders!"

After an incense stick, Lei An and Yue Congyun, with 50 Ning'an soldiers, changed into casual clothes, pretended to be a caravan and set off.

Two quarters of an hour later, Yuan Long led the Ning'an army and set off.

Ning Chen was not in a hurry at all, nor was he in a hurry to march.

Ten thousand Ning'an soldiers, against ten thousand ordinary soldiers, is simply a dimensionality reduction attack.

Biluo City was the easiest city to attack among all the cities he attacked. It was like giving it away for free.

Almost an hour later, the caravan disguised by Lei An and Yue Congyun had arrived at the city gate.

Because Biluo City was sandwiched between the Nanyue Imperial City and Qimu City, there were often caravans coming and going.

The soldiers guarding the city saw the caravan disguised by Lei An, and their eyes lit up.

It was not that they found anything wrong, but that they could make a lot of money from such a large caravan.

The leading general stepped forward, glanced at the carriage, and asked arrogantly: "What's on the carriage?"

Lei An smiled and said: "It's just an ordinary medicinal material."

The leading general asked again: "Are they really medicinal herbs?"

Lei An said: "Yes!"

The leading general sneered and said: "There are five carriages, wrapped tightly, I suspect that there are no medicinal herbs on these carriages... Recently, people often secretly transport some contraband in the name of selling medicinal herbs.

We have caught a lot of such people recently... Once caught, the end is not good."

The leading general looked at Lei An meaningfully.

This look, ordinary merchants can understand at a glance... It's nothing more than asking for benefits.

Lei An naturally understood it, he walked over, grabbed the rope tied on the carriage, turned his head to look at the leading general, and smiled: "You really guessed it right, there are indeed contraband hidden in this carriage."

The leading general was stunned, and before he could react, he heard Lei An yelling: "Do it!"

The black cloth on the five carriages was lifted, and there were indeed contraband inside... They were all weapons of the Ning'an Army.

With weapons in hand, Lei An shouted: "Kill, leave no one alive!"

The leading general hadn't reacted to what was going on yet? Yue Congyun pierced his chest with a shot.

There were only a dozen guards in front of the city gate, how could they be the opponent of Ning'an Army.

Before they could react, they were killed by Ning'an Army.

Screams of fear came one after another.

There were many people entering the city gate. Seeing this scene, they screamed and fled in all directions.

At this time, the sound of iron cavalry sounded.

Thousands of troops and horses came towards Biluo City like a torrent.

Lei An and Yue Congyun looked at the sound and saw the flag of Ning'an Army fluttering in the wind.

Yuan Long led the Ning'an Army to arrive.

Ning Chen had calculated the time long ago.

Lei An drove the carriage and couldn't go fast...Yuan Long rode fast and light, so Ning Chen asked him to set off two quarters of an hour later, and the timing was just right.