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Tang Yin escorted Liang, Wu, and Zi Yang silently back to Tianyuan County, but at this time, the entire Yan City was in chaos.

Although Zhong Tian's life was saved, the assassin still stole him away. It was like cutting off a piece of his heart, the old man went crazy and ordered the entire city to be sealed, door to door, and even if he had to dig three feet deep, he had to find the assassin and Wu Mei.

The soldiers tossed and turned for the entire night without even finding a shadow of a soul. When the various generals returned to report to Zhong Tian, the latter was furious beyond belief. He immediately sent people to the Zhong Residence to interrogate the people with Wu Family, in order to find out the identity of the assassins and the location of their hiding places.

However, when the people he sent came to the Zhong Residence to ask, they realized that the people from Wu Family were all gone. The garrison said that the people from Wu Family, along with the people from Liang Family and Ziyang Family, had been brought away by Zhong Sang, and that they had been brought into the palace. Hearing that, the man's face changed, he did not dare delay, and immediately ran back to the palace to report the matter to Zhong Tian.

Hearing that, Zhong Tian's nose almost went crooked from anger, when did Zhong Sang arrive at the palace? When did they bring Liang, Wu, and Ziyang Family people to the palace?

He immediately had his men go to Zhong Sang's house and find Zhong Sang, and find out what happened. When Zhong Tian's people came to Zhong Sang's house to ask, Zhong Sang's family all said that Zhong Sang went to Deng Mingyang's house to be his guest last night and did not come back. Zhong Tian's people had no choice but to go back to Deng Mingyang's house, but there were still people in the Deng family, or should I say, living people. There were more than ten corpses lying on the ground in a mess in the courtyard, and inside the main house, they saw Zhong Sang, who had been dead for a long time.

The dignified new Sovereign King's nephew had actually died in the home of a thousand-man commander, and the thousand-man commander and his family members had all disappeared into thin air. The entire matter had become extremely confusing and no one knew what was going on, so if it was said that Zhong Sang was already dead, then who was Zhong Sang who went to pick him up at night? Was it his ghost?

Zhong Tian had sealed off the Yan City for three whole days, and during these three days, he was only allowed to enter. He was not allowed to exit, and strictly investigated the assassin, Liang, Wu, and Zi Yang's people. believed that the city had already been sealed, and they were definitely still in the city.

However, after three whole days, they still could not find a single valuable clue. It was until three days later when the military officers searched the Yue Clan and found a secret path out of the city that the traitors, led by Zhong Tian, finally realized that the person they were trying to find was no longer in the city, but had gone through a secret tunnel outside the city.

Zhong Tian was flustered and exasperated, he sent an order to the entire country to investigate the fugitives.

However, it was too late to spread the order to arrest anyone within the entire nation at this time. Tang Yin's group had already hurried on for three days and three nights at the same time, moving far away from the Yan City.

When Tang Yin and his convoy arrived at Guannan County, the message from the Yan City had already reached the. Only after reading the message, County Head did not reveal it to the public, nor did she pass it to the officials under him.

County Head Zhao Hui was very shrewd, even though Liang, Wu, and Zi Yang's people were all wanted criminals, he still had strength, and many close friends Member, how could he afford to offend them. If he were to pass on the wanted posters, and these people really ran over to Guannan County, and were to be caught by his subordinates, then it would be difficult for him to turn them in or not hand them over, so he might as well ignore them and pretend that he did not receive the message from the pigeon, as he did not know about this matter.

He pretended to be confused as his entire Guannan County was the same as usual. The weather was calm and tranquil, and there were still no martial laws imposed on every city in the county, nor were there any checkpoints set up on the road.

In this way, the group of Tang Yin's Tianyuan County returned to them even more smoothly.

Tang Yin's rescue mission could be said to be a huge success, he had achieved his two main objectives, to save the most important hostages in Zhong Tian's hands, and it had greatly weakened his overall strength. In addition, he had clearly seen the fact that Zhong Tian was truly unpopular, and even the citizens of the capital hated him to the bone, so if he were to send troops to punish Zhong Tian, it would not be as difficult as he had imagined.

Three days later, Tang Yin and the others passed through the Guannan County and safely arrived at the Heaven Pass.

Knowing that Tang Yin had successfully completed his mission and returned to the Tianyuan County safely, Qiu Zhen and the rest of the civil servants came out to welcome him.

On the way, all the soldiers they saw had already been changed into red uniforms. Only now did they see the traditional black attire of the Feng Country, and also the white flag with a black base. Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and the others all had a feeling as though they had been separated from each other for a lifetime.

In the past, Tianyuan County was merely a faraway border in their eyes, but now, they felt like they had arrived at home.

After days of being on tenterhooks, they could finally relax their tense nerves. Many of them could not hold on any longer and collapsed inside the car.

At this time, Qiu Zhen, Shangguan Yuanji and the others all came forward to welcome them, and ignored the others. Instead, they all went up to Tang Yin, tidied up their robes, and knelt down to pay their respects.

As far as the eye could see, the crowd had all pounced onto the ground. This scene could be said to be extremely spectacular.

Tang Yin looked at the people around him, he slowly got off his horse and smiled, then waved his hand: "There is no need to stand on ceremony!" While speaking, he turned around to look at Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and Ziyang Haochun. Then, he said, "Everyone should also go and pay respects to Prime Minister Wu, Prime Minister Liang and Great General Ziyang!"

Hearing that, everyone stood up, and walked to the front of Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and Ziyang Haochun. Without showing any respect, they cupped their hands and bowed, and said: "We greet Prime Minister Wu, Prime Minister Liang, and Great General Ziyang!"

Although Liang Xing, Wu Yu and Ziyang Haochun's official positions were much higher than Tang Yin's, they did not forget one thing. Tang Yin was their lord now, and Liang Xing, Wu Yu and Ziyang Haochun were no longer the prime minister and Great General of Imperial Court.

No matter how awkward they felt, they could only endure it. Fortunately, Tang Yin was still very polite to them, he did not show them his kindness, nor did he act as if he was an overlord, and politely let them in.

There were quite a few Feng Army that he had seen outside the gate, and inside the gate, there were even more Feng Army. Looking at the dark mass of people, he couldn't tell which one was which, the buildings and tents were connected to each other, and looking at the Feng Army that stood there watching from the sidelines, they could be said to be very strong, especially in terms of spirit, it was many times stronger.

Whether it was in terms of military strength or wind, the two hundred thousand over Feng Army guarding the Heaven Pass could be considered outstanding. Of course, this was not entirely due to Tang Yin, the truth was that he was not very good at handling troops either, but luckily Tang Yin had a good eye of discernment, and was able to choose the most suitable talent for the most important positions.

As they walked towards the main tent, Liang Xing, Wu Yu and the other two were secretly shocked. Who would have thought that Tang Yin, who had only held the position of regiment commander in Yan City back then, would actually be able to form such a large and large army with a large number of people.

Tang Yin ordered for Liang Xing, Wu Yu and Ziyang Haochun's family members to be properly arranged, and then let the three of them enter his own tent. When the branch master sat down, did not bother to be courteous anymore, and directly sat in the middle of the main seat.

Most importantly, there was a letter from the County Magistrate.

There was a lot of content in this letter, most of it being praise to Tang Yin, fawning on him, only until the end did he state his true intentions, saying that he was willing to make Zhong Tian his king, that it was completely forced, that the troops of the Guannan had originally been forced to reinforce the Yan City, and now that he was trapped outside the city, the Guannan County was no longer available to the army, and could not contend against the power of Zhong Tian, but in his heart, he was leaning towards the strong wind and hoped to make a comeback. If Tang Yin wanted to send troops to suppress Zhong Tian, he would not obstruct him, and would not only allow them to do so, but he would also provide a portion of the military resources and food.

After reading the letter from beginning to end, Tang Yin smiled and handed the letter over to Wu Yu, and said: "Prime Minister Wu, please have a look."

Wu Yu took it, and after reading it, snorted, "This Zhao Hui is sensible!" As he spoke, he looked straight at Tang Yin, and said: "Ever since Zhong Tian, the traitor, took the throne, changed the country's name, harmed and became loyal, and even proclaimed himself as a subject by slaying the Ning Country. I, Windy, have already been defiled by him to the point that my country is not like theirs, Nephew Tang, you should dispatch your troops as soon as possible to punish this traitor!"

These were the words Tang Yin wanted to say.

He had a troubled look on his face as he said: "Although our Tianyuan County is two hundred thousand, Zhong Tian is even more powerful. We still have four hundred thousand soldiers helping us, if I rashly send out my troops, I'm afraid it'll be difficult for me to contend against him!"

Hearing that, Wu Yu frowned and did not say a word. Ziyang Haochun asked anxiously: "Then how long are you planning to wait for me?"

Tang Yin deliberately sighed, and said: "Even if we don't wait until we are 90% sure of the outcome, we will still have to wait until our forces are strong enough to confront Zhong Tian."

Ziyang Haochun was a straightforward person, he did not want to beat around the bush, so he asked sternly: "Then how many troops do you think are able to compete with Zhong Tian?"

"At least four hundred thousand!"

"How long will it take to recruit four hundred thousand soldiers?"

"Considering the current condition of the Tianyuan County, three to five years should be enough."

"Three to five years?" Hearing that, Ziyang Haochun frowned. How could he possibly wait three to five years? Right now, his Tianyuan County was a place that others could depend on, and he was nothing at all. As long as he restored his Yan City, he would be able to continue being his original Great General.

Of course, Liang Xing and Wu Yu had the same thought as him, it was just that these words were hard to say.

Seeing that, Qiu Zhen immediately put on an act and said: Master, if we wait for three to five years, although our strength will increase, but Zhong Tian will consolidate our forces, and it will be even more disadvantageous for our army!

"Right, right, right!" Liang, Wu, and Zi Yang voiced their agreement as they pointed at Qiu Zhen and said, "This … This lord is right! " They did not recognize Qiu Zhen at all, and could not call his name.