Chapter 639: Desperate Situation

The voice was very familiar.

Tang Lanzhou had heard it not long ago; it was the voice of that foreign woman.

He stopped his steps, was silent for a while, leaned against the wall to slowly straighten his waist, smoothed his disheveled clothes, and tidied his scattered beard and hair, only then slowly turning around.

That foreign woman was standing on the courtyard wall, hands behind her back, smiling as she looked down.

Tang Lanzhou asked calmly.

"What have you done to Zhu Gong?"

"Naturally, others are handling it."

The foreign woman smiled.

"Rest assured, before seeing Li Miao, Eternal Heaven will not kill him."

"However—others may not be so lucky."

She reached out and tapped Tang Lanzhou's chest.

"Tang Gong might as well hand over the tiger tally and the imperial seal to show your sincerity, and then I will take you to see the Great Khan. Like this—"

Tang Lanzhou interrupted her with an expressionless face.

"Base barbarians, are you worthy of touching the divine artifacts?"

His condition was already at its worst, but he still leaned against the wall, holding his waist straight. Clearly standing in a low position, he looked as if he were looking down on the other party.

The foreign woman withdrew her smile.

She loathed this kind of... taken-for-granted disdain from Tang Lanzhou, and his composure in pretending to be at ease despite already having fallen into her hands.

"Tsk!"

She snorted coldly.

Forget it, she shouldn't have said so much in the first place.

Tang Lanzhou was high-ranking and powerful, and his students and former subordinates also held important positions. If he cooperated, the Tatars' overthrow of the Great Ming would be much smoother... but if he was unwilling to cooperate, his head could be cut off and used for intimidation.

As long as she got the imperial seal and the tiger tally, the disadvantages of the light cavalry entering the pass could be largely compensated for, and the rest could be handled slowly.

"Then die."

She raised her hand, intending to strike a palm.

But just as she raised her hand, she suddenly changed her move, striking toward her back.

"Who!"

Clang!

Sword edge collided with palm edge!

In an instant, the foreign woman saw a face that made her heart feel cold.

"Li Miao!?"

"No—that's not right, you should still be..."

"Oh!"

She looked closely and finally realized.

The person who ambushed her with a sword was a woman, only her brows and eyes were similar to Li Miao's.

She asked suspiciously.

"Zheng Yi... you didn't die?"

"Thanks to your mother, I didn't die, and in the future, I will cut off your mother's head."

As soon as Zheng Yi opened her mouth, it was full of worldly wisdom.

"And I must thank you for sending people to Jiangnan to kill us, so we could rush back in time. Also, I have good news for you—none of the people you wanted to kill are dead."

The foreign woman smiled.

"So what?"

She suddenly struck a palm to repel Zheng Yi.

"Can you take back the capital?"

"Can you influence the overall situation?"

"In front of Eternal Heaven, you can only flee for your lives like stray dogs."

Zheng Yi did not respond; she truly could not refute this point.

The Tatars could send people in advance to intercept messengers, and naturally, they could send people in advance to assassinate Li Miao's subordinates. Although they did not succeed, and thus leaked the news, allowing Zheng Yi and the others to rush over, the overall situation would still not be shaken.

As long as He Shang Zhangren was there, no one could live.

As long as He Shang Zhangren was there, no city could be defended.

They came, but they could only save a few people and then leave quickly.

The words were finished, and all that remained was life and death.

Zheng Yi shouted sternly.

"Tang Gong, leave quickly! There is someone to meet you outside the city. Protect the imperial seal and the tiger tally!"

Immediately, she raised her sword and fought with the foreign woman.

Tang Lanzhou nodded and turned to leave without hesitation.

And just the moment he stepped out of the palace gate, his ears suddenly buzzed. ===== CHAPTER 640 =====