Chapter 99 Yan Nanfei
The six men took Guan Xiang all the way south on horseback, and it took only nine days to reach Liuzhou, which was closest to the battlefield.
Guan Xiang was only eight years old and loved to cry, but he gritted his teeth and didn't say a word of bitterness along the way. It was only when Yan Bi smelled the blood that he realized the child's butt was bleeding.
The elixirs on them had all expired. Fortunately, Shi Xuanying had the foresight to recruit a medical practitioner to join them.
Liuzhou is close to the Lanjiang River, and Huazhou is twenty miles to the west. If Xu invades again, Liuzhou will most likely be captured first, and Xiao Hongfan is here on standby at the moment.
After Emperor Qu gave this order, Xiao Hongfan rushed to the front line with only a few dozen of his followers. However, after arriving here, he was left alone at the inn.
"General, are we just going to wait here?" he asked anxiously.
Xiao Hongfan was not in a hurry: "Just wait, there will be nothing wrong with you."
She knew very well what Emperor Qu was thinking. He wanted to disperse the Xiao Family Army and then defeat them one by one, so he didn't want her to join the Xiao Family Army, so he took advantage of the war and threw her to the southwest.
"He won't take the opportunity to think..." He raised his hand and wiped his neck.
At the beginning, Emperor Qu once tried to get rid of Xiao Hongfan, but he failed. On the contrary, it was self-defeating and made the emperor and his ministers even more suspicious.
Emperor Qu was once a decisive and decisive king. Unfortunately, as he grew older, he lost much of his youthful vigor and often made decisions that could be called foolish.
When a paranoid person loses his clear and wise mind, the consequences can be imagined.
If it had been Emperor Qu years ago, Xiao Hongfan could be sure that he would not do such a stupid thing, but now he was not sure: "I can't tell, let's see."
"General Xiao, there is a man at the door who wants to see you." The postman came to report.
Xiao Hongfan was confused: "Who is it?"
The postman said uncertainly: "Looks like a Taoist priest, but also like a monk..."
"Oh?" Xiao Hongfan said with interest, "Please come in."
Not long after, I saw the postman leading a Taoist priest in black robes into the door. The Taoist priest had a dust whisk in one hand and a Buddhist bead in the other, which was indeed a bit strange.
"The Infinite God Who Saves People." Bai Shuangxing saluted Xiao Hongfan, "General Xiao, may I speak alone?"
Before Xiao Hongfan could speak, several of his followers had already tightened their muscles and adopted defensive postures.
"Who is the Taoist Priest? Where did he come from?" Xiao Hongfan asked.
"I am a poor person." Bai Shuangxing thought for a moment, "It's getting cold in the north, so come here to take a break."
Hearing this, Xiao Hongfan had a guess in his mind, and calmly ordered his followers: "You guys go outside and guard first."
"General!" The personal attendant had just discussed the possibility of Emperor Qu's assassination, and he was obviously uneasy. "This Taoist priest is strange, and his words do not match his words. I am afraid he is not a good person."
Bai Shuangxing smiled lightly at a few people, his smile was clear and gentle. After traveling for so many years, no one has ever said that he "doesn't look like a good person." The young man's eyes are so small, so it's really hard for him to work well.
"Get out." Xiao Hongfan said.
Several people were still relieved, but "obedience" was engraved in their bones. Xiao Hongfan insisted, and they had no choice but to withdraw.
"Did Anan ask you to come?" Xiao Hongfan asked.
It’s cold in the north and geese fly south.
Bai Shuangxing: "Yes. The general lives in the inn, and it is not convenient for them to visit."
"Them?" Xiao Hongfan was confused.
"My wife has brought a few people here to serve the general, and I will temporarily follow Pindao to hang out at Miaoyuan Temple in the city." Bai Shuangxing said.
Xiao Hongfan was overjoyed, and then worried: "How is everything going with Anan?" Originally, Xiao Hongfan planned to take over the Xiao Jiajun and then plan for Cong Yannan so that she could come out openly. However, Xu Guo's sudden attack disrupted everything. plan.
Xiao Hongfan thought that Cong Yannan had anticipated that she was in a difficult situation now, so he dragged his illness and abandoned his home and career to help her. He was moved and worried at the same time: "I will go see her later."
Bai Shuangxing shook his head: "Madam Cong is very good. There are many people inside and outside the post station monitoring the general's every move. There is no need to rush to meet. If there is any new progress on the general's side, you can send a message at any time, and we will definitely come and meet you."
Xiao Hongfan pondered: "That's fine."
Miaoyuan is in view.
Dongfang Zhentian's eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "Aren't you in a hurry?! Are you not in a hurry and came here day and night?"
"Don't you have to come here to act according to the situation?" Shi Xuanying took out a bag of sunflower seeds and distributed them to several people, "Xiao Hongfan is picking at his feet at the inn now, and we can't come here in a hurry."
Guan Xiang saw Shi Xuanying's cracking enthusiasm and curiously pinched a spirit sunflower seed and stuffed it into his mouth, but he couldn't bite it.
Shi Xuanying crossed her legs and glanced at Yan Yan: "Old Yan, you don't care about your cub?"
Since the word "雁" in Yan Nan's name has the same pronunciation as "Yan", Guan Xiang did not become suspicious, but said rather disgustedly: "Sister, don't call my mother Lao Yan, my mother is not old."
Shi Xuanying followed Shan Ruliu and said, "Okay, that's called a small banquet."
Yan Chu silently stretched out his hand to take the spirit sunflower seed from Guan Xiang's hand, pinched open the shell with two fingers, and said in a cold voice: "I can only eat one."
Cong Yannan was not a gentle woman. Although Guan Xiang felt that his mother had become a little different, he didn't think much about it. After all, there were always people saying in front of him that his mother was depressed after having a miscarriage.
He happily took the spirit sunflower seeds and stuffed them into his mouth. A burnt aroma burst out in his mouth, reaching straight to the heavenly spirit cap, and the spiritual energy slowly merged into his blood.
"Wow." Dongfang Zhentian spit out the skin of Lingkui seeds. Seeing Guan Xiang's dazed expression, he chuckled and said, "Is Xiang confused?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Guan Xiang suddenly rolled his eyes and fell down. He was caught by Yan Chu and put on the bed.
Jiang Chuixing corrected: "It's because I fainted from the fragrance."
Several people didn't pay much attention to it. The aura of a spiritual sunflower seed had only advantages and no disadvantages for him.
However, they moved to another room with a tacit understanding.
Bai Shuangxing returned to the Taoist temple and went straight to the wing. As soon as he opened the door, he accidentally took a breath of the stench, his face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly exited.
"Mother! Mother! I smell so bad!" Guan Xiang woke up from his own stench and found a layer of gray dirt on his hands. He was so frightened that he cried loudly.
The little boy cried heartbreakingly, and everyone looked at Yan Chuan.
Yanzhen had no choice but to get up and go in, take him out and throw him directly into the lotus pond in the backyard of the Taoist temple. He washed him hastily before sending him to the bathroom to soak.
Zhuang Qiqi chuckled: "If Jian Zong knew that we saw this side of Jian Zi, I don't know if he would kill people and silence us."
Bai Shuangxing had a dark face. He didn't know if Jianzong wanted to do it, but he wanted to do it anyway.
"The Taoist priest is back, come in and sit down." Zhuang Qiqi greeted.
Shi Xuanying stuck her head out: "How is it?"
Bai Shuangxing said: "I have said everything that needs to be said."
"That's good." Before Shi Xuanying came, she never thought that the emperor would leave Xiao Hongfan here and not allow her to return to the northwest or lead troops in the southwest.
If a general doesn't have military power, he's nothing like a general.
Shi Xuanying asked: "Taoist Master, do you think it is necessary for us to help her solve her current predicament?"
