Chapter 11 — The Street They Live in Nhan Hoi Quan

Co Thinh Loan suddenly said: "He can't come back." We looked at her at the same time. She stood a few steps away, still holding the blackened cloth tiger in her hand. "Ten days ago, Tieu Tan once asked me to write a piece of paper." Luc Tram Thu's hand placed on the hilt of the knife. "Write what?" "If General Luc leaves Bac Linh, he will definitely pass through the south slope of Hac Thach Cau. The cliff there is steep, the snow is thick, with just the slightest tremor it will fall down." My heart suddenly tightened. "Tieu Tan has arranged it. people?" Co Thinh Loan shook his head. "He just asked me, which place in Bac Linh is most suitable for ambush." "What do you answer?" "I..." Luc Tram Thu pulled his knife from its sheath. The blade grazed her ear, cut off a strand of hair, and nailed it to the wooden post behind her. Co Thinh Loan closed her eyes, her shoulders shaking slightly. "I wrote Hac Thach Cau." Luc Tram Thu turned around to leave. I pulled him back. "Now when you leave the city, the Huyen Giap army will surround you." "Father is at Hac Thach Cau." "You bring the main force, there is also a scout in hand. We will send the news first." "Who will send it?" I looked down at the city. The Huyen Giap army blocked the east and south gates, and there were also cavalry patrols on the west side. Only in the north, near the dangerous mountains, it is difficult for cavalry to go. "Let people down from the north wall, follow the hunter's path." Tran Tinh heard that and immediately said: "I'll go." "You keep the city." Luc Tram Thu withdrew his hand from my hand. "I know Hac Thach Cau." "You just returned." "So people outside the city still don't know I'm inside." He sheathed his knife and smiled at me. "Don't worry. Three years ago many people didn't know I was inside." "You can't hold me like that, and you can't hold me today." I refuse to let go. Luc Tram Thu reached out and stroked my hair. "If father knew I was waiting in the city, he would return." This sentence is too light. I tightened my sleeves, finally stepping aside. Luc Tram Thu changed into hunter's clothes and was dropped from the north wall. His shadow quickly sank into the mountain valley. Co Thinh Loan still stood in place. Waiting for him to disappear, she said in a low voice: "I don't want to harm General Luc." I turned my head to look at her. "Co Thinh Loan, you're like that every time." "You gave directions, handed over military maps, sealed phoenixes. Waited for someone to die and then said you didn't expect it." "Tieu Tan will force me!" "What did he use to force you?" "The life of the entire Co family." "What happened before the Co family happened?" She was stunned. Four years ago, when he first escaped the palace, the Co family was still a noble person in the capital. Her mother managed her father's orders, her elder brother held the real power of the Household Ministry, Tieu Tan had just ascended the throne not long ago, and still needed to rely on Co. Then no one can force her. I withdrew the seal as soon as possible among the things Luc Tram Thu brought back. "Chong Chau is your choice." Co Thinh Loan did not accept. "The governor of Chong Chau sent a group of soldiers from the Co family to take over the iron mine. After you entered the palace, he refused to hand over the mine contract to the Co family." "Tieu Tan asked the governor of Chong Chau, your elder brother to take over the iron mine." "The royal historian Thanh Ha once investigated the salt trading of the Co family." After the incident with Thanh Ha, the salt transportation was in charge of your uncle." "The Co family was exiled after the sixth time of hiding." Her eyes gradually tightened. "Where did you find out?" "The letters you left behind." I spread seven envelopes on the brick wall again. "If you think you write discreetly, no one will understand." "In each letter, there are two goals. Tieu Tan takes military power and silver taxes, Co family takes mines, salt and trade "The dead people in the previous six citadels have fed two families." Co Thinh Loan suddenly reached out and grabbed it. I lifted the letter up high. "Tearing is useless. Twenty copies have been copied." "Luc Kien Yeu!" "It's me." She stared at me, finally there were no more tears in her eyes. "You have long wanted to destroy me." "Since the day you attacked Nhan Hoi Quan, between

We no longer have any other relationship." Her chest heaved violently. "If I really want to harm the Luc family, why do I need to come personally?" "Because Tieu Tan wants my father's military power." "Do you think I am willing?" Co Thinh Loan suddenly raised her voice. "He abolished my father's title, exiled my mother, and detained my nephew. If I don't do it, no one in the Co family will be able to live!" "So the people of Nhan Hoi Quan deserve to die?" "I will save them!" "How to save them?" "Just need General Luc to hand over the tiger amulet—" "Look." I laughed. "After all, I still want Nhan Hoi Quan to hand over things." Co Thinh Loan stiffened on the spot. Suddenly there was a noise under the city. Tien and her mother and daughter were escorted to the city wall. Behind them were more than ten people. The people were all the people who prayed on behalf of the queen yesterday. Trieu Khac frowned: "Why did you bring them here?" The citadel guard replied: "Tien Tu told you that the queen still left people in the citadel." Co Tien Tu wrapped herself in cloth and walked in front of Co Thinh Loan. She did not bow. "Niang Niang, the list of people who told Thanh Hoa to give me a total of twenty-seven people." "Of which eight people are Huyen Giap Guards, six people are secret agents of Phuong Nghi palace, the remaining thirteen people are merchants and work in the city."