Chapter Four hundred and fifty-three according to Xulian's temperament
Ana Shen's departure was actually carefully considered.
He was not timid, but it was definitely extremely irrational to conflict with Ouyang Lan under such circumstances.
If in another time period, Ouyang Lan wanted to start a war, he would definitely accept the challenge and make the mistake of provoking him - read the full text of The Beast in Clothes.
But now that the Wanjian Sect is in a stalemate with various forces, the matter of cleaning up the situation is very important, and it is also something that the great elder has told him. He cannot just forget about it.
Therefore, if there is a war with Ouyang Lan here, Shen Yan will not be able to win or lose in the end.[
After all, this is Shangyun City, Ouyang Lan's home court.
Although Ouyang Lan was surprised and secretly regretted his previous step back, he did not stop Ana Shen from leaving.
Naturally, the two people's concerns are not different, both because of this cleanup.
It's just that the purpose is different. Shen Yan did this for the things entrusted to him by the Great Elder, while Ouyang Lan adhered to the orders issued by the dynasty and at least kept the cleanup going smoothly.
If he starts a fight with Ana Shen here, what if both parties lose? If he doesn't go to the area where the Zi Zai Demon Sect is, how can those forces easily launch an offensive against the Zi Zai Demon Sect?
In this way, both parties have a tacit understanding that the previous matter has never happened.
Ouyang Lan attacked first, and Shen Yan insulted him as an old dog and followed behind. To a certain extent, it was even.
At the same time, in the wing room of Shangyun City Inn, Xu Lian had just sat up from the bed.
Judging from his appearance, he seemed to have had a short sleep. If Ye Donglai saw Changruo, he didn't know what the fuss would be.
Because at this time, Ye Donglai, Qingluo, Dieyi and others did not feel sleepy at all.
"It seems...it's time?" Xu Lian finished washing, put on his green shirt, then took a look outside and whispered.
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As soon as he finished speaking, the wooden door of the wing was kicked open, followed by Ye Donglai's voice.
"Xu Lian. It's already around nine o'clock. Where's Shen Yan? Didn't you say that he should come to Shangyun City at nine o'clock? And... Ouyang Lan is already back!" Ye Donglai stepped forward and spoke unceremoniously. He picked up the teapot on the table and took a sip of water before continuing.
"Should you think about explaining?"
"Explanation?" Xu Lian raised his head in shock, and then looked at him in confusion, "Explain what? What happened when Ouyang Lan came back?"
Ye Donglai smiled disdainfully. At this moment, he felt that Xu Lian was just a pretentious guy. He was probably just lucky enough to guess the things he had done in the past few times.
"What about Ouyang Lan's return? What a joke... You don't even know when Ouyang Lan will come back, and you still dare to pretend to be confused with me without changing your expression?"
Xu Lian was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly.[
"Is it important to know when Ouyang Lan came back? Since he didn't return to the city yesterday, it must have been around nine o'clock today."
"And it's been at least half a quarter of an hour, or even longer, since he came back... The news you got was a bit late."
Ye Donglai was a little confused by his words, but suddenly he became a little puzzled. He had not slept all night before he noticed this from the noise in the city lord's palace, but the question was why this guy Xu Lian could So sure?
"Besides..." Xu Lian paused and looked at Ye Donglai again.
"Ah? What did you say?" Ye Donglai was puzzled but did not hear what he said clearly. After taking another sip of water with the teapot, he asked with a confused look.
"What I mean is that when the waiter came to change the water today, I asked him to leave Young Master Jun, and Sister-in-Law ran away. So there should be no tea in there..." Xu Lian shook his head, with a look on his face. The color of Nai.
"No, there is obviously a big pot of herbal tea inside, which is sour and astringent..." Ye Donglai just said this, and his expression suddenly became weird.
"How many days has this tea been left?" But when he raised his head, Xu Lian's figure had already disappeared into the side room.
"Bah, bah," Ye Donglai spat a few times, and then muttered, "Isn't this guy Xu Lian embarrassed to be alone with me because I exposed his tricks?"
When Ye Donglai walked to the lobby in front of the inn, he found that Xu Lian, Han Beishong and others were already standing at the door.
"Let's go."
When Ye Donglai came out of the backyard, Xu Lian looked directly at Han Beishong and the others as if he had eyes in the back of his head.
"Did Ana Shen plan to leave directly before he came? Do you still owe me an explanation? Why didn't we go to the Zizai Demon Sect yesterday, but we delayed our departure until today?"
But what made Ye Donglai crazy was that before he could finish his words, Han Beishong, Dieyi, Qingluo and the others followed Xu Lian, turned around and walked out of the inn.
"No...just wait for me!"
At that time, the sky was getting colder. Ye Donglai rushed out of the inn and took a big breath of cold wind, but he still caught up with Xu Lian and others as if he didn't realize it.
"Are you discussing something again? Why do I feel that Xu Lian is hiding something from me?" Ye Donglai said through gritted teeth as he leaned closer to Xu Lian.
"There was no discussion." Xu Lian shook his head calmly.
"I didn't hide it from you either."
"That's what you said, but why did you turn your head?"
The purpose of their trip was to the West City Gate. The Demon Gate was located in Cangyun West County, and they could only find traces of it by searching into the mountains deep in the border of Xueyun.
Ye Donglai naturally did not get any reliable answer from Xu Lian, but he had no intention of pursuing the question.[
The situation now is obvious. Since Ana Shen did not come to Yuncheng, he would obviously go back to Wanjian Sect.
When the time comes, he will definitely know that the home ground of the power reshuffle is in the territory of Zizai Momen, and he will naturally rush there. Therefore, they seem to have no choice.
After all, it would be even more idiotic to rush back to Wanjian Sect to wait.
Maybe Ana Shen learned on the way that all the forces rushed to Zizai Demon Sect, and then he would not return to Wanjian Sect.
Precisely because their goal was to wait for Shen Yan to come here or not to come here, so Ye Donglai felt that Xu Lian was unnecessary.
"Hiss" Qingluo suddenly took a breath and exclaimed.
Ye Donglai had no choice but to get rid of the resentment in his heart and followed her gaze.
It turned out that everyone had already reached the boundary of the west city gate at this time, and was only a few dozen feet away from the city gate.
What shocked Qing Luo was not other things, but the thousands of soldiers and horses neatly arranged on the head of the west city gate, as well as in front of the city gate and within the gate passage.
The armored black cavalry has an awe-inspiring aura.
"Ouyang Lan." Ye Donglai turned his eyes a few times and easily found Ouyang Lan sitting astride a dark night horse.
Although the latter was surrounded by dense soldiers, it did not prevent anyone from identifying the other party's identity.
"What is he going to do? Take these soldiers and horses to the territory of Zizai Momen? These thousands of soldiers and horses are enough. If Chang really wants the dynasty, then how many soldiers and horses will be supported next?
Numbers ranging from tens of thousands to more than 100,000..."
Ye Donglai frowned slightly, but muttered to himself in confusion.
It is difficult to imagine whether this is the dynasty's further control over the affairs of the siege by using troops and horses, or whether Ouyang Lan is good at making decisions.
But after thinking about it, Ye Donglai felt that the possibility of the latter was not high. After all, the soldiers and horses in such a heavy city were generally used to guard the city, and generally would not leave the city too far.
Ouyang Lan probably doesn't have the guts to mobilize troops privately.
So this order to dispatch troops and horses obviously came from the royal family. It seems that this time... the royal family is completely prepared to cleanse all the large and small forces in various counties.
"What's he doing with these soldiers and horses going to Zizai Momen?" Xu Lian shook his head when he heard what he said.
"Then tell me why we are in such a formation?" Ye Donglai sneered, just short of shouting, 'What do you know?'
"He wants to leave someone behind." Xu Lian's eyes were slightly deeper than Ye Donglai's, because he looked directly at all the soldiers and horses and the densely packed onlookers.
His eyes saw the two people in the center.
Ouyang Lan, who was sitting astride a horse, standing out from the crowd, and Shen Yan, who was surrounded by black-armored soldiers and could barely see his figure!
"Leave one person behind? Are you kidding me? With Ouyang Lan's methods, do you need to use such tactics just to leave one person behind?" Ye Donglai sneered again, but found that no one paid attention to him.
His words.
At that moment, Ye Donglai followed the incredible gazes of Qingluo, Hanbeishong and others and looked at the city gate again.
Many soldiers there had spread out and stood on both sides, thus leaving a passage large enough for people to pass.
At both ends of the passage, at one end was Ouyang Lan who had just jumped off the horse, and at the other end was Ouyang Lan.
When Ye Dong took a clear look at the figure dressed in black, his mouth immediately opened wide, and he could almost stuff a huge goose egg directly into it.
"Shen... Shen... Shen Yan? Why is he in this place? No, he actually came to Shangyun City at Mao Shi? No, his cultivation, how... how is he in the Dacheng stage!!!
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Ye Donglai was so shocked by this series of events that he almost lost his ability to think, and immediately began to mutter to himself incoherently.
Xu Lian looked intently at the two people in the field, and after carefully examining Ana Shen's expression, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, with a confident smile on his face.
Xu Lian took a step forward and walked directly towards Ouyang Lan who was blocking the city gate.
Qing Luo and others were about to follow, but they saw Xu Liang, who was leaving only their back, raised his hand, signaling for them to stay where they were.
"Brother Ye, Brother Han..." Qingluo looked at Shen Yan's stubborn figure standing in front of Munanshan. Her heart was already in a mess. When Xu Lian raised her hand to stop her, she immediately seemed at a loss.
He got up and immediately looked at the other two people as if asking for help.
However, Ye Donglai was in such a state of shock that the current scene was exactly the same as what Xu Lian said, so he naturally had no time to pay attention to her.
Hanbei Ode pondered for a moment, and then spoke out to calm Qingluo's mood.
"Don't worry...according to Xu Lian's temperament, Ana Shen will definitely be fine."