"You, you really kissed my butt," Søren said in shock.
"As long as you don't scream," Jung Yeon said.
Then, he applied the best ointment on the wound on Søren's buttocks and thighs bit by bit.
Instantly, a cool and numb feeling seeped in, and it didn't hurt at all.
Søren suddenly said, "Jung Yeon, do you feel anything when you look at a man's naked butt? Even if it's a little embarrassing? "
Jung Yeon shook her head.
After Søren's wound was bandaged, he continued to talk on the bed.
Jung Yeon said, "How do you want to save Rouran City? There are less than four days left until the deadline you told Ashita Liren. "
Søren said, "It's impossible to save Rouran City militarily, unless it's politically."
Jung Yeon said, "It's difficult politically too. Now that the two factions of the Yelan Principality are temporarily united for the Rouran war, it's hard to drive a wedge between them. "
…
Where there were people, there would be politics and influence. This was especially true for the Yelan Principality, which was second only to the Four Kingdoms.
The Raging Wave Kingdom had Jung Yeon and Zhi Li's war for the throne, but the Yelan Principality's war for the throne was even more tragic.
The current Yelan monarch, Duke Lan Shi, was less than 50 years old this year and was originally in the prime of his life.
However, he was injured in the Rouran war with his father, Duke Lan Mu. Although it wasn't fatal, he gradually weakened after the age of 40. Although he was in the prime of his life now, he looked old and didn't look like he had a long life.
During the Rouran war. The Yelan monarch, Duke Lan Mu, died at Rouran City, and Crown Prince Lan Hao died in the defense of Yelan.
Therefore, the monarch's position fell to Lan Mu, who was still Marquis Snow at the time.
With the intervention of the Western Liang Kingdom and the Yan Empire, the Yelan Principality avoided being destroyed.
After Lan Shi ascended to the throne, his original wife suddenly died. Immediately after, the Western Liang Kingdom immediately gave him a wife.
In this war of annihilation, if the two hundred thousand strong army of the Western Liang Kingdom had not crossed the desert and pressed on the Raging Wave Kingdom, Duke Turingtuo's army would not have retreated, and Ye Lan would have perished.
Therefore, the Western Liang Kingdom became the biggest savior of the Yelan Principality.
The Prince of Xiliang wanted to marry his daughter, Princess Mo Ping, to Grand Duke Lanshi and he dared not disobey.
The Yan Empire was not willing to let the Western Liang Kingdom control the Yelan Principality. Yeonti could not bear to let her sister go, so she promoted a prince's daughter, Princess Ji Hui, to be a princess and married Grand Duke Lanshi to be his concubine.
Therefore, the two princesses of the Western Liang Kingdom and the Yan Empire married Grand Duke Lanshi almost at the same time.
A year later, both princesses gave birth to sons.
Princess Mo Ping of the Western Liang Kingdom gave birth to Lan Tu, and Princess Ji Hui of the Yan Empire gave birth to Lan Ye.
Lan Tu was a few days earlier, and his mother was the wife, so he was made the Crown Prince of the Yelan Principality.
However, the Yan Empire was the hegemon of the world. Princess Ji Hui naturally did not want her son to be mistreated. Hence, she had forcefully passed on the title of Marquis Snow, which had once belonged to Grand Duke Lanshi, to her son, Lan Ye.
Between the two princesses, Princess Mo Ping of the Western Liang Kingdom was highly skilled in martial arts and had a fiery temper. She often talked back to Grand Duke Lanshi and sometimes even beat him up. Grand Duke Lanshi was angry but could not speak, so he disliked his wife.
On the other hand, Princess Ji Hui of the Yan Empire was gentle and charming, and Grand Duke Lanshi liked her very much.
Although Lan Tu was the Crown Prince, and was highly skilled in martial arts, he was resolute and serious, so he did not like the Grand Duke Lanshi.
On the other hand, Marquis Snow, Lan Ye, looked very similar to his father, Grand Duke Lanshi. Although he was not as skilled as his brother, Lan Tu, he was a sweet talker and was doted on by Grand Duke Lanshi.
With the support of their respective maternal families, Lan Tu and Lan Ye had been fighting openly and covertly since they were young.
Lan Tu was in charge of the military, while Lan Ye was in charge of politics.
The entire Yelan Principality also took sides. Most of the generals were on Lan Tu's side, while most of the civil officials and nobles were on Lan Ye's side.
Over the years, the two factions had been fighting until their heads were bleeding and they could not coexist.
Grand Duke Lanshi could not suppress them even if he wanted to. This was because behind his two sons stood the Yan Empire and the Western Liang Kingdom.
Originally, when Rouran City's internal strife began, the Yelan Principality had already taken advantage of the situation and invaded.
However, due to the constant conflict between the two factions, it took more than a month before they sent out their troops.
In the end, it was Grand Duke Lanshi who drew his sword and slashed the table in front of his throne into two before subduing his two sons.
Then, Grand Duke Lanshi said sternly, "This Rouran war is a war to wash away our national humiliation and the nation's fate. Whoever dares to hold us back will not be spared, no matter how high their status or power is. "
Then, Grand Duke Lanshi decreed that Crown Prince Lan Tu would lead 300,000 troops to attack Rouran.
Marquis Snow, Lan Ye would guard the rear and help Grand Duke Lanshi govern the country.
Under Grand Duke Lanshi's absolute will, his two sons would first cast aside their differences and serve the nation wholeheartedly.
Even if they wanted to fight, they would have to wait until they reclaimed Rouran City.
Thus, up until now, the Yelan Principality's civil and military factions were united as one to wash away their national humiliation in this war that would topple the nation.
Under such circumstances, it was clearly impossible to sow discord between Lan Tu and Lan Ye to change the fate of Rouran City.
Currently, the entire Yelan Principality was united against a common enemy. Whoever held them back in this war would be a sinner.
Moreover, the 300,000 troops were already in Lan Tu's hands. Even if they wanted to hold him back, they would not be able to do so.
It was also too late to tamper with the logistics and rations. Within a few days, Lan Tu's 300,000 troops would be able to break through Helan Pass and march straight in.
Ashita Liren had gathered all the elites at Helan Pass to fight Lan Tu.
This meant that they had basically given up on the rear. Once Helan Pass fell, it would mean the fall of the entire Rouran.
Everyone in the Yelan Principality knew that this war would not last long. In a few days, Helan Pass would be breached, and the entire Rouran Province would be reclaimed within a month.
No one would be able to hold him back.
Thus, no one could save Rouran City.
…
"I really can't think of any way to save Rouran City within four days," Jung Yeon said.
Søren said, "It's simple. Just kill the king of Yelan, Grand Duke Lan Shi."
Princess Jung Yeon's beautiful eyes trembled.
That's right. There was only one way to save Rouran City, and that was to kill Grand Duke Lan Shi.
And it would definitely be effective!
Once Grand Duke Lan Shi was dead, the entire Yelan Principality and its capital would be in the hands of Marquis Snow Lan Ye.
Moreover, most of the civil officials supported Lan Ye. Most of the generals had followed Crown Prince Lan Tu to participate in the war of national humiliation against Rouran.
It was obvious that Marquis Snow Lan Ye, Concubine Princess Ji Hui, or even those civil officials would fake the edict to push Marquis Snow Lan Ye to the throne when Lan Tu was not around. They would use the excuse that the country could not be without a ruler for a day.
When that happened, Crown Prince Lan Tu's only choice would be to lead his army back to the capital as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be too late.
As for Rouran City?
Come on, compared to the position of the monarch, what is Rouran City?
As long as he obtained the throne, he could reclaim Rouran Province at any time.
However, if he lost the throne, he would not even be able to keep his life.
When that happened, Rouran City would be easily saved. After Grand Duke Lan Shi's death, Lan Tu and Lan Ye would enter a complete civil war until one side fell.
Both sides were too evenly matched, so no one knew how long this civil war would last.
Even if the civil war ended, the Yelan Principality would be greatly weakened and would not be able to fight the Rouran again.
So, as long as Grand Duke Lan Shi died, Rouran City would definitely be saved!
The key was, how could he kill Grand Duke Lan Shi?
Jung Yeon said, "It's impossible to do it with force."
Søren naturally knew that it was impossible. Although the Yelan Palace could not compare to the Raging Wave Kingdom, it had tens of thousands of troops, countless warriors, and countless experts.
There were hundreds of spiritual-type experts, monitoring every inch of the palace.
Any expert who intruded would be discovered immediately.
In this world, even if one's martial arts reached the level of Jiang Shang, they would not be able to break through the encirclement of tens of thousands of people and kill Grand Duke Lan Shi.
For example, the current King Rouran was on the verge of death. He would die if he was poked with a finger.
However, even with a million troops and countless experts, Zhi Li would not be able to assassinate the King.
That was because the entire Raging Wave Kingdom had tens of thousands of imperial guards and hundreds of Shadow Pavilion experts protecting the King.
It was impossible to assassinate a country's monarch with force.
Søren said, "Of course it's impossible with force. It can't even get past the spiritual-type experts, so we have to use other methods."
Jung Yeon said, "What methods?"
Søren said, "For this battle of national humiliation, Grand Duke Lan Shi has to go to the Dragon Altar every half a month to offer sacrifices to the heavens? The day after tomorrow will be his second sacrifice, right? "
Jung Yeon said, "Yes."
Søren said, "And the time of the sacrifice can't be wrong by a minute or a second. It's noon, right?"
Jung Yeon said, "Yes."
However, although Grand Duke Lan Shi would leave the Yelan Palace at that time, there would be countless experts and tens of thousands of troops guarding him. It was still impossible to assassinate him. Even if they risked their lives, it was impossible to succeed.
"That's good." Søren said, "In a while, someone will send something over."
Fifteen minutes later, there was a knock on the door.
Jung Yeon went to open the door. It was an expert from the Shadow Pavilion. He carried a huge box and handed it to Princess Jung Yeon. Then, he left without a sound.
He didn't know what was inside. Except for the Warlocks Yao Meng and Søren, no one knew what was inside.
"Open it." Søren said.
Princess Jung Yeon opened the box. It was filled with water, and there was a completely sealed jade box in the water.
"Take it out and keep it away from the fire." Søren said, "Be careful. You must be careful."
Princess Jung Yeon took the jade box out of the water.
"Use your Golden Dragon Sword to open the box." Søren said.
Princess Jung Yeon did as she was told. She completely peeled the jade box off and revealed the thing inside.
It was a silver-gray brick that weighed about thirty pounds.
Søren held his breath and kept the brick away from the candlelight.
This brick was made entirely out of gunpowder. Thirty pounds of gunpowder was already very powerful. It was more than enough to kill a few people.
There was a hole in the middle of the brick.
At this time, someone knocked on the door.
Jung Yeon went out to open the door. The person gave her a small box and left.
"Put this brick of gunpowder in a good place. Don't let it collide with any force. Otherwise, the consequences will be unthinkable," Søren said.
Princess Jung Yeon put the brick of gunpowder in a corner of the room. She didn't need to worry about being discovered because this hotel was the secret base of the Shadow Pavilion in the Yelan Principality. There were no outsiders now.
Then, Solon opened the second box that was delivered to him.
There were very sophisticated things inside. There were coarse cotton threads dipped in oil, white phosphorus in water, dried quicklime, and exquisitely calibrated glassware.
He wanted to make a relatively sophisticated timed detonation device.
The principle was still to drill a hole and drip water, causing the water level to drop. After a certain time, the white phosphorus in the water would be exposed to the air.
At the same time, the dripping water would reach the quicklime and instantly heat it up, igniting the white phosphorus.
The burning white phosphorus ignited the kerosene cotton thread and detonated the fifteen kilogram brick of gunpowder.
Søren wanted to use the backward technology of this world to make an accurate and backward time bomb.
…
Twenty-four hours later!
Søren had already made four exquisite detonation devices.
Two of them had been tested, and the ignition time error was less than three minutes.
It was enough. The entire process of Grand Duke Orchid's sacrifice would take at least half an hour.
He placed the two detonation devices into the gunpowder brick at the same time. This way, even if one failed, the other would detonate.
"It's midnight now, right?" Søren said.
Jung Yeon stared at the five hourglasses on the table and nodded. "Yes."
Søren counted the time in his heart.
Then, at midnight, he activated the two water-droplet-sized white phosphorus timed detonation devices at the same time.
The detonation time was twelve hours later, which was tomorrow at noon, when Grand Duke Orchid would worship the heavens.
This time bomb had been custom-made.
Then, Jung Yeon took out a white marble slab. It was completely hollowed out, leaving only a thin layer.
She placed the gunpowder brick with the timed detonation device into the hollowed out stone slab!
"The Dragon Altar in the capital of Yelan is ready. The patrolling knights will change shifts in four hours, causing a short period of patrolling." Søren said, "Go and change the stone slab in front of the cauldron personally. Tomorrow, the Grand Guild of Orchid will stand on this stone slab to worship the heavens."
"Okay," Jung Yeon said.
Then, she carried the stone slab with the fifteen kilograms of gunpowder and quickly disappeared into the night.
Five hours later, she returned to the room and said to Søren, "The replacement has been completed. It didn't cause any alarm."
Søren smiled and said, "You are one of the top five experts in the Raging Wave Kingdom, but I asked you to do such a thing. It's really a waste of your talent."
Princess Jung Yeon smiled and did not say anything.
Søren said, "Tomorrow at noon, there are still seven hours! Grand Duke Orchid is about to die, and Rouran City is about to be saved. "
Not only would he die, but he would also be smashed into pieces!
…
The next day, at nine in the morning!
Yelan's monarch, Grand Duke Orchid, left the Yelan Palace under the protection of tens of thousands of troops and headed to the Dragon Altar to worship the heavens.
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