Chapter 17 — The Street They Live in Nhan Hoi Quan

“Do you think I have finally discovered my conscience?” “I don't think so.” “That's good.” She pushed the bronze key closer. “I want to live to see Tieu Tan fall from the royal throne.” “Looking at Ninh Chieu's phoenix crown for less than a month.” “As for admitting guilt, exile is fine, imprisonment is fine, just don't let me die.” “Can you guarantee?” “Impossible.” The smile on her face was pale. go. "Luc Kien Yeu, I have given you the biggest card." "The key's authenticity is unclear, no one has ever seen anything in the secret vault." "You want me to use Nhan Hoi Quan and my life to verify on your behalf?" Co Ting Loan leaned back in her chair. "You have become more difficult to deal with than before." "The old me is dead." Her eyelids twitched. I called Tien Tu in. "Have you ever seen this key?" Tien Tu looked closely. "Behind the Phuong Nghi Palace Buddha Hall, there is indeed a small door. On the fifteenth day of every month, Thanh Hoa will go in alone, and after leaving, his clothes smell of soot." "If the vault holds a lot of papers, it will use soot to repel insects." Co Thinh Loan said: "I am not lying to you." "How does the vault open?" "Put the key in." first lock, then used the phoenix seal to press on the stone door mechanism." "Where is the phoenix seal?" "In Tieu Tan's hand." Luc Tram Thu laughed contemptuously. "You gave us the key, and left the other half in his hand." "The phoenix seal has a sample seal, and also has a secondary seal." Co Thinh Loan removed a piece of gold thread from the cuff of his shirt. Inside the golden thread is hidden a seal as thin as a fingernail. "This is a seal." Tien Tu was surprised: "You always wear it on your body?" Co Thinh Loan glanced at her. "There is no one in the palace worth completely trusting." Tien Tu lowered his eyes. Co Ting Loan also placed the seal on the table. "Send someone into the capital." "After getting the evidence, bring the matter of Nhan Hoi Quan to the royal family and the Royal Palace." "Over the years Tieu Tan has killed too many people, there have long been people in the court who want to fight against him." "Just missing something that can make them stand up." I put away the key and the seal. "What else do you know?" "The Huyen Giap army's food and herbs are only enough for ten days." Trieu Khac immediately asked: "Sure." "Tieu Tan's original plan was to capture Nhan Hoi Quan in three days. When the army left the capital, it didn't bring much food. Supplies along the way were provided by Ton Chu and two neighboring towns." "Ton Chu was captured, the remaining two towns did not open warehouses." "If he besieged the city, he could hold out for seven days at most." Luc Tram Thu said: "The nearby villages can be robbed." "People in the neighboring villages were captured before the battle, and the stored food was also taken. The Huyen Giap army searched and took it away." Co Thinh Loan pointed to the map. "The real supply is at Bach Thach Dich, forty miles southeast." "It will come tonight." Luc Tram Thu stood up. "How many escorts?" "About five hundred." "How many food carts?" "One hundred and twenty." My brother looked at Trieu Khac. "I will lead three thousand people outside the city to block it." Co Thinh Loan suddenly said: "Tieu Tan will also guess you." go.” Luc Tram Thu turned around. "South of Bach Thach Dich, there is a reed field. Every winter, the river drains, the surface freezes, and underneath is full of mud." "The army of soldiers traveling on the official road, ambushing the Huyen Giap army will hide in the east of the reed field." "Go around from the west." Luc Tram Thu observed her for a moment. "If you lie to me?" "Brother, Luc Kien Yeu will never believe it." me too." "You understand me quite well." Co Thinh Loan lowered her eyes. "You and I grew up together since childhood." My brother did not answer this. After he led Trieu Khac to leave, there were only me, Co Thinh Loan and Tien Tu left in the room. Co Thinh Loan looked out the window. "Ah Yeu, do you remember when we were ten years old, we secretly ran out of the city to see the lights?" "Don't remember." "I remember." "Night

That's when we got lost, Luc Tram Beast found us. I was so scared that I hugged him and cried. I also wanted to go, but he put his coat on me first." She laughed. "The Luc family always protects their own family members first." Tien Tu said in a low voice: "Niang, the Luc family also protected you." Co Thinh Loan's smile stiffened. "I know." She stroked her empty wrist. That place used to wear the silver bracelet my mother gave her. "It's because they protected me that I always wanted to leave a way for them to live." "If you hand over military power, you can live, if you cooperate with Tieu Tan, you can live." "Why don't you always agree?" I looked at her. "Co Ting Loan, have you ever thought that today you hand over military power, tomorrow he will want something else." "If every time the Luc family used someone else's life in exchange for their own peace, they would have been unable to keep it long ago. Nhan Hoi Quan.” She said no more. In the afternoon, Co Thinh Loan asked to go to the city wall to meet Tieu Tan. "What do you want to do?" "Pull his legs." She smoothed the queen's plain clothes. "Luc Tram Thu went to block the food, Huyen Giap army must have mobilized. If Tieu Tan discovers that three thousand people outside the city have disappeared, he will immediately send reinforcements." "I can make him focus his attention on me." "How?"