Qin Shi: I only work eight hours

Chapter 318 Nongyu Tests Xu Lin
Yan Dan, who had been hiding in the shadows, sighed helplessly after witnessing this scene.

Then he called his trusted confidant Yan Cheng over.

"Take your men to the border and deal with the garrison commander who let Touman and his men in."

Yan Dan lowered her voice and gave the order.

Although Touman still had over a thousand men with him, they were clearly no match for Luo Wang.

"promise!"

Yan Cheng immediately accepted the order.

Then he rode away from there.

After Yan Cheng disappeared from sight, Yan Dan took out a water bottle from her bosom, poured some water on her face, and pretended to be disheveled.

Then he led his men to help Xu Lin.

When Yan Dan arrived, Touman was already wounded, with only a few hundred men remaining by his side.

Seeing that Luo Wang wanted to capture Touman alive, Yan Dan's eyes flickered, and he gave a wink to his trusted men behind him.

We must not allow Luo Wang to capture Touman alive!

After joining the battle, Yan Dan appeared to be helping Xu Lin, but in reality, she was helping Tou Man.

Before long, Touman broke through the encirclement.

"Brother Xu, are you alright?"

Yan Dan looked at Xu Lin and asked, feigning concern.

He spoke very sincerely, as if it were the truth.

"fine."

Xu Lin waved his hand.

"Such a thing happening in my Great Yan is all the fault of Your Highness."

"Another day... no, tomorrow night, Dan will personally come to apologize."

Yan Dan cupped his hands in greeting.

Unable to refuse such a kind offer, Xu Lin had no choice but to agree.

After exchanging pleasantries, Yan Dan led his men away.

……

A quarter of an hour later.

Yan Dan returned to his residence in Liaodong.

"Your Highness, shall we perform a U-turn?"

"I asked Hong'er, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes."

She was Yan Dan's concubine. Although she was young, she was very cunning.

Upon hearing this, Yan Dan immediately raised her hand to signal Hong'er to shut up, and then dismissed everyone around her.

Toman is an ally; how can we betray them so easily?

"His Royal Highness."

"The truth will out."

"If Touman doesn't die, your collaboration with him to plot against Xu Lin will eventually get out."

"Only the dead can keep secrets."

After the guards had gone some distance, Hong'er spoke up.

After speaking, she stepped forward and handed the peeled orange to Yan Dan.

"That's true, but how do we kill Touman?"

Yan Dan nodded, took the orange, and popped it into her mouth.

"Perhaps we can rely on the hands of farmers or the Mohists."

Hong'er suggested.

"No."

Yan Dan immediately refused.

Touman was the Xiongnu Chanyu; killing Touman was no easy task.

His relationship with the Six-Fingered Black Knight, the leader of the Mohist school, wasn't that good. The peasant school wasn't good at assassination, so they couldn't risk killing Touman!

"Very few people know about the cooperation."

"As long as I deny it to the death, what can that scoundrel Xu Lin do to me?"

Yan Dan remained calm.

Although his cultivation level was not as high as Xu Lin's, he was the Crown Prince of Yan.

He didn't believe Xu Lin would dare to attack him directly!

"If that's the case, Your Highness may continue to cooperate with Touman."

"If it doesn't work the first time, try it twice, or even three times."

Hong'er said this as she thought about it.

"Of course!"

Yan Dan stroked his beard as he answered.

Then he wrote a letter to Touman.

After the messenger had gone far away, Yan Dan turned his attention to Hong'er.

"Your Highness intends to use a honey trap?"

Feeling Yan Dan's intense gaze, Hong'er put her hands on her waist and teased him.

Although she wasn't as beautiful as Nongyu, she wasn't bad-looking either.

As the saying goes, clothes make the man and a saddle makes the horse; she has clothes that can accentuate her strengths and hide her weaknesses.

Yan Dan shook his head and let Hong'er sit down next to him.

"I knew Your Highness wouldn't be willing!"

Hong'er couldn't hide her joy.

After she finished speaking, she put her arms around Yan Dan's neck.

Just as she was about to comb Yan Dan's hair, Yan Dan suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the Xiongnu.

"Hong'er."

"Would you be willing to go to the Xiongnu for me?"

Yan Dan asked, feigning seriousness.

"Enter the Xiongnu?"

A look of confusion appeared in Hong'er's beautiful eyes. What did Yan Dan mean by that?

Should we give her to Touman?

"Not long."

"It will take at most two years, or at least six months. After that bastard Xu Lin dies, I will find a way to bring you back."

Yan Dan drew a picture of a cake and said...

After he finished speaking, he put his hand on Hong'er's shoulder.

Touman was injured and needed comforting, and Hong'er was clearly the best gift.

"Is Your Highness serious?"

Hong'er asked seriously.

"Goujian endured hardship and humiliation, and with three thousand Yue soldiers, he was able to conquer Wu. I hope you..."

"Of course, you can't force these things."

"If you are unwilling, I will think of another way."

Yan Dan feigned the virtues of a gentleman.

After saying that, he released Hong'er's shoulder, picked up the wine jug, and started chugging.

Seeing Yan Dan's distressed expression, Hong'er fell into deep thought.

Yan Dan has treated her well in recent years, how could she not repay his kindness?
"I go."

After more than ten breaths, Hong'er spoke.

Yan Dan was secretly delighted upon hearing this, but she still maintained a sorrowful expression on her face.

"Hong'er."

“You were once my concubine, so I don’t think Touman would treat you badly.”

"Don't worry, I won't make you endure it for long. At most two years, I will definitely find a way to bring you back!"

Yan Dan patted her chest and assured him.

His words were righteous and eloquent, as if they were true.

Hong'er nodded vigorously and then left.

"An army is raised for a thousand days, but used for only one."

"I knew I hadn't misjudged him."

After Hong'er walked away, Yan Dan took a sip of strong tea and thought to herself.

In his view, women are like clothes, or chess pieces. Which chess player cares about the feelings of the chess pieces?

……

the other side.

Xu Lin and Nongyu had just finished cleaning the mansion.

Without the help of the assassins from Luo Wang, it's likely we wouldn't have been able to finish this by dawn.

After the murderers from the net had gone far away, Nongyu bolted the door and hurried towards the bathhouse.

Her clothes were covered in blood and smelled terrible.

When she killed her first Xiongnu, her stomach churned for a while, but she soon got used to it.

……

After a stick of incense.

Having changed into her nightgown, Nongyu noticed the study was lit and walked towards it at a leisurely pace.

"Sir, why aren't you asleep yet?"

Seeing Xu Lin drinking tea, Nongyu blinked her beautiful eyes and asked.

After saying that, she pushed open the wooden door, dried her hair with a towel, and walked towards Xu Lin.

Then he sat diagonally opposite Xu Lin.

Her hair was long and wouldn't dry quickly, so she could chat with Xu Lin for a while.

"not sleepy."

Xu Lin explained.

Then he drew the likenesses of Touman and Yandan on the scrap paper.

"I have no enmity with Touman."

"Why is Touman trying to kill me as soon as I arrive in Liaodong?"

Xu Lin asked.

After he finished speaking, he handed Nongyu a coat.

Nongyu's nightgown was very thin, and her two 'evil' breasts were faintly visible, affecting his thinking.

"This shows that Touman must have been planning this for a long time."

Nongyu guessed.

Then she put down the towel and put on her coat.

Xu Lin nodded, letting Nongyu continue.

"Sir, you once said that when analyzing a matter, you should see who benefits the most."

"The next target Qin will destroy is either Wei or Zhao, so Touman most likely received money from Wei or Zhao."

Nongyu continued.

"No, if Touman received money from Wei or Zhao, why didn't he take action in Wei or Zhao?"

"Perhaps Touman took money from the Prince of Yan."

Nongyu shook her head and added.

"Is it possible that he didn't take money from the Prince of Yan, but rather from Prince Dan of Yan?"

Xu Lin asked, shaking the tea bowl in his hand.

Then he took a big gulp of weak tea, put down the teacup, leaned forward, and helped Nongyu put on her clothes.

Although Nongyu is his sworn sister, it's a test for a man and a woman to be alone in a room late at night, with Nongyu deliberately wearing only a nightgown.

"Prince Dan of Yan?"

"The one who arrived last to help?"

"He doesn't seem like a bad person to me."

Nongyu's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

She had a pretty good impression of Yan Dan.

(End of this chapter)