Chapter 312: Rescue or not
Kinmen City is a medium-sized city. As the east gate of Kinmen City, there are heavy troops stationed in Silla. However, according to information obtained by Li Yan, the previous war with Baekje has caused a lot of troops stationed in Kinmen City to be mobilized. Now there are only more than 2,000 people stationed in the city, and they are all old and weak, and there is no big defensive force at all.
After Li Yan arrived at Kinmen City, the first thing he did was to take over the defense here, and this was also approved by Jin Shengman. As the city lord, Jin Gongqi also cooperated very much and took the initiative to transfer the two thousand old people from the city out of the city to allow the Tang Dynasty army to enter. He also treated Li Yan and his group very thoughtfully. Not only did he prepare a grand welcoming ceremony for Li Yan, but he also prepared a lot of wine and meat to work for the army.
After the banquet, Jin Gongqi personally led the way and came to his residence for Li Yan and Jin Shengman. This was originally his city lord's mansion, but now he specially made a living for them to live in, and took Li Yan and the others to take a brief tour.
Regarding Jin Gongqi's enthusiasm, Li Yan smiled faintly and said, "Lord Jin City, this time I came to Silla, you loyal ministers have troubled you!"
"Your Highness is so serious. These are the duties that the minister should do. As long as your Highness and the king are satisfied, it will be the greatest reward to Gong Qi!" Jin Gong Qi responded with some fear and fear. However, although Li Yan looked at the other party with a smile, a trace of undetected cold light flashed in his eyes.
Li Yan always felt a little worried about Jin Gongqi. Although the other party was very normal in everything, he was very respectful to Li Yan. Moreover, at the banquet, Jin Gongqi was also extremely enthusiastic and said a lot of thanks to him. The roughly means that the marriage between Li Yan and Kim Seung-man allowed Silla to finally get rid of the current predicament. He himself was extremely supportive.
Jin Gongqi was originally one of Jin Shengman's confidants. Now he welcomed Li Yan's arrival. This was a very normal thing, but Li Yan noticed a trace of abnormal atmosphere in this normal state, because he felt that Jin Gongqi seemed to be too enthusiastic, and even the 25,000 troops he brought did not have any resistance, as if everything was as expected.
This person is not simple, and even Jin Shengman tricked him! Li Yan said in his heart. Although he didn't dare to be very sure, Jin Gongqi must have problems. Although Li Yan has no evidence at all, he believes in his intuition and it seems that he should be careful tonight.
He casually walked around Jin Gongqi's city lord's mansion, and then Li Yan asked Jin Gongqi to leave in the name of hard work on the journey. Originally, Li Yan and Jin Shengman were married and should have lived together, but since the first day of marriage, Li Yan had never touched Jin Shengman a finger, so the two of them had been sleeping in separate rooms.
Jin Shengman did not express any expression about this situation. Even in this situation today, he silently asked the maid to pack up his things, leave the master bedroom to Li Yan, and moved him to the study next to him to sleep, but Li Yan did not stop him.
However, today is destined to be an extraordinary night. At the third evening, although the candle in Li Yan's bedroom was extinguished, there were two black figures standing there by the window in the room, motionless and extremely scary.
"Fu Wang, what method do you think the Silla people will assassinate her?" A voice suddenly asked quietly, which was Li Yan who had not been sleeping.
"Haha, I can't guess this man, but now the mansion is full of our people, and it is definitely unlikely that they will attack for a strong attack, so they should use a more gentle method of killing." An old voice replied, and it was naturally Li Yan's Wang Fu Wangan.
Li Yan nodded when he heard Wang An's answer, and he thought so. Originally, Li Yan was sure that some people in Silla would definitely attack him and Jin Shengman today, but he was not worried about his safety at all, because he knew very clearly that even if he lends those people a few more courage, they would not dare to touch a finger, because he is His Royal Highness of the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty. If something happens in Silla, no matter what kind of explanation is, the Tang Dynasty will not be satisfied. What awaits them will be Li Shimin's endless anger, and that kind of anger is definitely not something that a small Silla can bear.
It is precisely because of this that when Lee Seung entered Silla, no matter how much some people hated him, they still had to find a way to protect his safety, and it was even more impossible to send someone to him. However, this was just for him, but he had no consideration for Kim Seung-man. So the reason why Lee Seung didn't sleep today was to see how the Silla people assassinated Kim Seung-man like this?
In fact, for Lee Seung-man, Kim Seung-man's life and death are not very important now, because he has married Kim Seung-man. After this relationship, he has an excuse to intervene in Silla. Even if Kim Seung-man is really assassinated, Lee Seung can still use powerful means to control Silla by taking advantage of the reason for revenge on Kim Seung-man. However, this method may cause resistance from some people in Silla, and Lee Seung will spend more effort at that time.
November is about to begin now, and this winter comes very early, with the temperature dropping below zero early, and the weather tonight is even worse. In the evening, the sky is covered with thick dark clouds, and the bitter cold wind is blowing, and it seems that it is going to snow.
Li Yan and Wang An waited for a while, and suddenly snowflakes floated outside, and the snow was getting heavier and heavier. A layer of silver was quickly spread on the ground. With the hazy snow light, the night was brighter than before.
Li Yan looked at the study opposite where Kim Seung-man lived, and couldn't help feeling impatient. Now that the third update has passed, there is still no movement. Are the people in Silla really not going to take action? No, those people definitely don't want Kim Seung-man to return to Pyongyang with him, otherwise Silla would have to change his surname to Lee. Only when Kim Seung-man died halfway will they have a chance to take a try. Although this opportunity is very slim, it is not impossible to succeed.
Thinking of this, Li Yan cheered up and stared at the study opposite again. After half an hour passed, just as Li Yan was about to give up, suddenly a slight movement came from the wing next to the study, which made Li Yan frown immediately, because it was the place where the maid lived.
Sure enough, in a short while, a white figure admired by Guigui came out of the wing room. With the dim lights in the corridor, although Li Yan couldn't see the person's appearance clearly, he was sure that the other party should be a maid next to Jin Shengman.
The maid shrank and approached Jin Shengman's residence very nervously. Then she slowly walked out of the bedroom window, but it was far away from Li Yan, and the light was dim, so Li Yan didn't see what the maid was doing there. She only saw the other person standing straight, stretching out his arms and crawling on the window for a while, and finally returned to the wing along the original route.
"Your Highness, my eyes are not very good. Do you see clearly what that person is doing?" Wang An asked with a frown. He thought the other party would sneak into Jin Shengman's room and then do something wrong again. Unexpectedly, the other party just stood outside Jin Shengman's window for a while, and then left. It didn't look like an assassination at all.
"I didn't see clearly!" Li Yan was also confused. The other party didn't even enter the room. How could he assassinate Jin Shengman?
"Wait for a while, after the assassin leaves, let's send someone to see what she did?" Li Yan thought for a while and said, he was really curious now, what would the other party do to assassinate Jin Shengman?
After waiting for another half an hour, Li Yan called a guard and asked him to sneak over to see if there was anything unusual on Jin Shengman's window?
As a result, the guard went there for a while and came back soon to report: "Your Highness, the exhaust pipe outside the window of the metal man was blocked!"
Exhaust pipe! Li Yan was shocked after hearing this. The weather is very cold now, so the room has already been equipped with stoves. With the popularity of coal, even Silla has been influenced by the Tang Dynasty and used stoves to keep warm in winter. However, in order to prevent gas poisoning, there will be a pipe made of bamboo or iron tube on the stove to discharge the gas outside.
"So that's it, it's really hard to be guarded!" Li Yan nodded and blocked the exhaust pipe of the coal stove. The gas produced by the furnace could not be discharged, so gas poisoning is easily caused. Moreover, since the other party dared to do this, there must be someone in Jin Shengman's room who works inside and outside. This person sealed the doors and windows of Jin Shengman's bedroom. In this way, Jin Shengman couldn't even be poisoned.
"Murder without blood is something that is so cruel!" Wang An also sighed and said, with the application of carbonite, gas poisoning is also very common, so Wang An immediately guessed the other party's intention.
However, Wang An never said anything again, but kept staring at Li Yan, because now they are facing two choices, namely, whether to save or not. If they are saved, they can use Kim Seung-man's influence to control Silla's political core in one fell swoop, and then control Silla very easily. However, in this way, Kim Seung-man will become the last hidden danger. After all, she is Lee Seung-man's woman, and no one can do anything to her. If the two have children, it will be a big problem that is difficult to solve.
If you don't save it, Kim Seung-man will definitely be gone, and you will also give Lee Seung an excellent excuse to use powerful means to eliminate Silla and completely control Silla in his own hands. However, in this way, it will cost a certain price. After all, Silla is also a country, and there will definitely be people who resist. If Lee Seung wants to control Silla without paying any price, it will definitely be unrealistic.
Chapter completed!