Chapter 9 — The Street They Live in Nhan Hoi Quan

"If you're used to listening to pleasant words, you can go find Tieu Tan." The cold look on her face became even stronger. In the end, she still picked up the first scroll of documents. It was quiet in the military camp. Only the sound of turning papers remained. Tien Tu was allowed to come and support. She is familiar with the seals in the palace and also knows what documents will pass through the inner court. Two hours later, she pulled out a horse transfer form from the Sung Chau station. "In May of the seventh year of Showa, the Huyen Giap army borrowed two thousand war horses." The first time Co Thinh Loan escaped the palace was in August of that year. Tran Tinh found a document transporting weapons. In June of the same year, the Infantry transported hundreds of thousands of arrows to military towns near Chongzhou. The name is to prevent being attacked by bandits. Near Sung Chau there has never been any large group of bandits. More notes were turned over. Three months before the Thanh Ha match patrol incident, the Huyen Giap army had arranged warships on the waterway in advance. Two months before the siege of Phong Duong citadel, the court requisitioned civil servants from the surrounding area to repair military routes. Co Thinh Loan sat at the table, her hands getting colder and colder. "These things could also just be coincidences." Tien Tu raised his head to look at her. "Niang, for the fifth time you have escaped from the palace, you have come to Liuzhou." "A month before Liuzhou was besieged, Phuong Nghi palace sent the Ministry of Infantry a shopping bill, buying twenty thousand pairs of military shoes." Co Thinh Loan suddenly looked at her. "Why did Phuong Nghi palace buy military shoes?" Tien Tu took the bill. shopping from within the file. At the bottom is a phoenix seal. "The book is recorded in the name of the lady's winter relief." Co Thinh Loan received the document, her fingers slowly shaking. "I have never seen this." "The phoenix seal has always been maintained by Thanh Hoa." Thanh Hoa has passed away. Co Thinh Loan can once again say that she doesn't know at all. But this time she didn't immediately open her mouth. Tien Tu continued searching and discovered a private, unsent letter in a stack of other old files. The envelope was damp and the seal was broken. The recipient is former Infantry Minister Luong Tranh, who passed away. The letter only had half a page left. "Wherever Phuong Gia goes, Huyen Giap will follow, Sung Chau, Thanh Ha, Phong Duong all have precedents. If this time I use the name of finding the rear to mobilize soldiers, I'm afraid it will damage the country's roots..." The second half has been torn away. On the seventh day after writing this letter, Luong Tranh died because he was drunk and fell into the river. Co Thinh Loan's expression finally changed. "When Lord Luong died, I came to see him off." "Tieu Tan said he accepted bribes from Ninh Vuong, afraid of committing suicide." She tightened her grip on the letter. "That year, I also took Tieu Tan's place to bring silver coins to Mrs. Luong." Outside the tent, someone suddenly shouted loudly: "The siege has been completed!" The ground immediately shook. The Huyen Giap army pushed the siege cart and approached the south gate. Trieu Khac rushed out wearing armor. I was about to leave too, when Co Thinh Loan suddenly grabbed me. "A Yeu." "If what you said is true, Tieu Tan did not intend to take me home from the beginning." Her eyes were dim. "He let me hide to mobilize soldiers." I withdrew my hand. "You finally saw half of it." She looked at the entire desk. "What is the other half?" "Why is it that every time he can be sure you will go where he wants?" Co Thinh Loan did not answer. She wrote those letters. She knows the goal. Even though she was forced by Tieu Tan, she never really escaped to another place. The sound of war drums is getting louder and louder. I ran up to the city wall. The Huyen Giap army has arrived near the river protecting the citadel. Large rocks flew out from the catapult and pounded on the city gate. The entire city wall shook. Trieu Khac loudly ordered to shoot arrows. The rain of arrows on both sides intertwine. A soldier was hit by an arrow right in front of me, tilted his head back and fell down. Tran Tinh pulled me away, immediately

Someone filled his position. "To the southeast there is a cloud ladder!" "Prepare kerosene!" "Not enough ice!" The voices mixed together. I took the bow and shot towards the Huyen Giap army climbing up the cloud ladder. The first arrow pierced the throat. The second shot hit the shoulder. Before the third shot was fired, another trumpet suddenly sounded outside the city. Not Huyen Giap Quan. Nor is it Binh Xuyen town. The long, low sound of the trumpet was the signal tune of the Luc family's Nhan Hoi Quan army. The troops guarding the citadel on the wall were stunned at first, then burst into cheers. "General Luc is back!" From the direction of Bac Linh, a team of cavalry rushed through the snow. There were only three thousand people, but like a blade stabbed straight into the wing of the Huyen Giap army. The person in front did not raise Luc Kieu's flag. He raised a tattered black flag. On the flag is written the word "Tram". The bow in my hand fell onto the brick wall. The black horse got closer and closer. The man on the horse was wearing tattered armor, with a new horizontal scar on his right cheek. He raised his knife and cut off the Huyen Giap army's flag blocking the way, raising his head to look up at the city wall. "Luc Kien Yeu!" His voice penetrated the battlefield. "Your brother is not dead yet!" I tightened my grip on the hole. In his previous life, everyone said Luc Tram Thu died in the battle of Mac Bac three years ago.