Chapter 806: After modification - 803: Yearning
Bai Qingyan looked at Xiao Rongyan with clear eyes: "But, since the Jin Kingdom has not received any news, I suspected that Yan Army must have been captured or completely slaughtered."
Xiao Rongyan nodded, Bai Qingyan’s wisdom was unparalleled, it was natural for her to guess so.
"I sent envoys to the Rong, asking them to release the Yan Army, but the King of Rong said...he had entrusted the matter entirely to the Ghostface Prince of the Rong and would not intervene. Whether this was a prevarication or if he truly trusted the Ghostface Prince, I could not tell."
Xiao Rongyan spoke slowly, but she believed it must be the latter.
She knew that if her brother, A Yu, wanted to control Nanrong, he would have to control the King of Rong, and more importantly, control the army thoroughly.
"Later, the Wei Kingdom heard that the Ghostface General of Nanrong had completely pacified the Rong, so they sent envoys to seek aid from the Rong. The King of Rong told the Wei envoy the same thing... that it was all up to the Ghostface Prince. But neither the Wei envoy nor the Yan envoy found the Ghostface Prince in the Rong."
Her eyes, deep and tranquil like an ancient well, quietly gazed at Xiao Rongyan, waiting for him to continue...
"At the beginning of last month, the King of Xihuai from Wei Kingdom sought out one of my men, hoping to use my trading routes to find the Ghostface Prince in Daliang and ask for the Rong’s aid against Wei Kingdom. I also wanted to meet the Ghostface Prince of the Rong myself to discuss the Yan Army, so I thought I would help rescue the King of Xihuai out of consideration for our past friendship. However, along the way, the former Emperor of Wei’s brother sent assassins to hunt him down."
Xiao Rongyan had not intended to bring the King of Xihuai to Liang Kingdom, but with assassins on their trail, he had no choice but to keep the King of Xihuai with him, eventually bringing him to Daliang.