Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 482 Relying on Favor (27)

Yan Zhen insisted, "No, I want to go with you."

The original owner's targets for revenge also included Xie Ying.

Taking advantage of Xie Ying's current absence from the capital and his presence in Yunzhou and Tingzhou with only a small number of troops searching for someone, if I could kill him personally, I could not only complete part of the mission, but it would also greatly benefit the progress of subsequent missions.

Xie Ying played a significant role in enabling the Great Liang Dynasty to survive and ultimately triumph amidst the attacks of fragmented vassal kings and foreign powers.

This man was both brave and resourceful, and could be considered a pillar of the Tan family's imperial dynasty.

If we eliminate him now, it will be like cutting off Tan Xuanmo's left and right arms, making it much easier for the Tingzhou army to attack Daliang and take its place.

In conclusion, it is necessary for her to take advantage of the rescue of Fu Xue to try her luck. It would be best if she could kill Xie Ying, but if she couldn't, she wouldn't suffer any loss.

Zhao Yuan initially didn't understand Yan Zhen's desire to personally rescue Fu Xue and was worried that she would be in danger, so he firmly opposed it.

But seeing Yan Zhen's insistence, he became somewhat doubtful.

Why did she insist on going in person?

She remembered that she had told her before that she had been Xie Ying's fiancée.

Was she after Xie Ying?

Want to meet Xie Ying?

Upon thinking of this, Zhao Yuan felt a sense of crisis.

"No! You can't go!" Zhao Yuan said. "If you're worried, I'll lead the troops there myself..."

“You definitely have to go,” Yan Zhen interrupted him. “With a warrior like you who can take on a hundred men, I won’t be in any danger.”

Zhao Yuan: "..."

As they set off for Yunzhou at night, Zhao Yuan, riding his horse, would occasionally glance back at Yan Zhen in the carriage behind him. The more he thought about it, the more regretful he became, wishing he could slap himself.

When Yan Zhen proposed to rescue Fu Xue yesterday, he was initially against it.

But somehow, Yan Zhen coaxed her with phrases like "With you here, I won't be in danger" and "I believe you can protect me," and she finally agreed.

It was too late to regret it when we set off today.

The thought of Yan Zhen traveling all the way to Yunzhou to see her former fiancé made Zhao Yuan feel incredibly jealous.

Inside the carriage, Yan Zhen was sitting with a woman of similar build.

This woman was from the Hongfu Manor and was also Zhao Yuan's junior sister. She was highly skilled in martial arts and was there to act as "bait" to lure Xie Ying.

The carriage traveled at a fast pace and entered Yunzhou territory before dawn.

To avoid revealing their identities, the more than one thousand soldiers accompanying them traveled separately at night, and none of them wore armor.

Not long after entering Yunzhou's territory, Zhao Yuan waved his hand to stop them.

The scouts who went to gather information returned and reported the situation at the front to Zhao Yuan.

After listening, Zhao Yuan rode his horse to the carriage and knocked on the side of the carriage.

Yan Zhen lifted the carriage curtain, and Zhao Yuan said with a cold face, "Xie Ying is seventeen miles ahead."

Yan Zhen asked, "How many people did he bring?"

"A total of more than three thousand soldiers."

At this point, Zhao Yuan couldn't help but say, "He really went to great lengths to find you."

Yan Zhen nodded: "Indeed."

Zhao Yuan: "..."

Given the tense situation within Daliang, Xie Ying led over three thousand soldiers first to Tingzhou and then to Yunzhou. If the rebel kings in these two prefectures dared to make a move, Xie Ying and his three thousand men would perish there.

He was betting that Tingzhou and Yunzhou, whose military strengths were roughly equal, would check and balance each other, and neither would dare to make the first move against him.

Xie Ying made the right bet this time.

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Great Liang Dynasty was in ruins, it still had 300,000 troops under its command as the "legitimate" royal family in the eyes of the world.

Both Yunzhou and Tingzhou had reservations due to the disparity in military strength between them and the Great Liang.

If they were to offend Xie Ying and incur retaliation from the Great Liang, they simply wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Even if they barely managed to hold on, and were outmaneuvered by the Liang army, the rebel king next door would immediately come and take advantage of the situation.

Nobody wants to be the cicada in the story of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, getting pecked by the mantis first and then eaten by the oriole.

Ignoring the increasingly strong smell of jealousy emanating from Zhao Yuan, Yan Zhen said, "Proceed according to the original plan."

At daybreak, Yan Zhen and Zhao Yuan, disguised as ordinary merchants, appeared in a small town outside Yunzhou City.

The two paraded through the streets escorted by servants, quickly attracting the attention of many people.

After successfully scanning their faces, Yan Zhen and Zhao Yuan left.

They had barely left when, within an hour, news reached Xie Ying that they had "seen a woman resembling the one in the portrait in Yunluo Town, twenty miles east of Yunzhou City."

Xie Ying led three thousand soldiers from the capital of Daliang to Tingzhou. After searching for half a month in Tingzhou without success, he traveled to Yunzhou. Along the way, he heard similar news countless times.

He went to verify it time and time again, but either he came up empty-handed or it wasn't Dan Jun-tak at all.

He was somewhat numb when he heard the news this time.

But once I hear the news, I have to go check it out, lest I really miss out on Tan Jun Tak.

Xie Ying dispatched 500 men to Yunluo Town, while the others continued their thorough search of the surrounding area.

What Xie Ying didn't know was that no sooner had he and his men left the Yunzhou camp than someone was lying in ambush all around, waiting to storm the camp at nightfall and take Fu Xue away.

Upon arriving at Yunluo Town, Xie Ying's soldiers showed the portrait to the messenger for confirmation.

"Yes, it's her!" The messenger was an elderly man over fifty. Looking at the portrait of the stunningly beautiful woman, he said with absolute certainty, "It's her. She even ate half a bowl of wontons at that stall over there."

Xie Ying's heart skipped a beat: "Where did they go?"

"Over there," the old man pointed in the direction out of town, "we've been walking for two hours."

Xie Ying immediately spurred his horse forward: "Chase!"

They rode their horses out of the town and traveled at high speed for more than half an hour. As it was getting dark, Xie Ying chased them into a mountain forest.

When Xie Ying saw a caravan appear in the distance, and a woman wearing a veil sitting on a horse in the caravan was none other than Tan Junzhuo, Xie Ying's heart skipped a beat.

He cracked his whip and chased after him: "Jun Zhuo!"

The caravan stopped upon hearing the commotion and all turned to look.

Only "Tan Jun Zhuo" remained unmoved.

Xie Ying walked past the astonished caravan, reined in his horse beside Tan Junzhuo, and grabbed her wrist: "Junzhuo! Come back with me!"

The woman seemed startled for a moment, then struggled to get up.

"Jun Zhuo..."

"Young master, I don't know you..."

Hearing the unfamiliar voice coming from inside the veil, Xie Ying was taken aback.

The next moment, disregarding his own politeness, he abruptly lifted the woman's veil.

Beneath the veil was a completely unfamiliar face.

It's not Dan Gun-tak.

The woman snatched the veil back, holding it protectively to her chest, and said angrily, "Young master, how rude of you!"

Xie Ying was filled with indescribable disappointment, so much so that he didn't notice that the woman suddenly used the veil as cover to draw a short blade and slash at his throat.

Xie Ying was startled and instinctively leaned back to avoid the attack.

As soon as the woman made that move, the merchants in the caravan drew their swords and slashed at Xie Ying and the Liang soldiers who followed on horseback.