At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

"General Wu, you must lead 10,000 troops from the capital to set off immediately without delay and arrive at the Wei army camp within three days at the latest." Wen Yan stood up and gave the order.

"Yes." Xu Qing knelt on one knee and accepted the order.

In the past, troops could only be dispatched after the emperor had selected the soldiers and generals.

But now that the God of War Pass was under siege, they had to race against time. Wen Yan cancelled all these tedious procedures and let Xu Qing lead the Beijing army directly.

This time, Xu Qing was the commander-in-chief, and there were five appointed generals at the front, center, rear, left and right, each commanding two thousand troops from the capital.

After Xu Qing led 10,000 Beijing troops out of the capital, they headed straight towards the War God Pass without stopping.

Because they were a suicide squad, and the War God Pass was under siege, these 10,000 Beijing Army light cavalry did not bring any baggage, and only carried three days' rations and water bags.

Even the armor was thrown on the road and replaced with coarse linen clothes.

……

While Xu Qing was leading 10,000 Beijing troops to leave the capital, merchants traveling in the capital also learned from news dealers returning from the Western Regions that the War God Pass was surrounded by the Wei army.

Those merchants who knew that there was a small road leading to the State of Wei were not panicked at all. As for those who did not know the shortcut, they could only stay in the inn and be anxious.

After all, 500,000 Wei troops surrounded the Zhanshen Pass, not only cutting off the main road but also prohibiting all merchants from passing through.

Especially at this time, the Wei merchants who stayed behind in Hanjing were the most anxious. The Wei army launched an army of 500,000 to besiege the War God Pass. They were afraid of retaliation, so they paid a high price to buy the news about the Western Regions they wanted from the news dealers, and quickly packed up their belongings and left Hanjing.

This includes Lin Yi and others.

Lin Yi, Du Yan and two other merchants teamed up to buy from a news dealer a piece of news that Minglan was looking for fine iron weapons and recruiting warriors, as well as a hand-drawn map leading to Minglan.

They learned from the information dealer that because Minglan's daughter Princess Rouyue did not arrive at the grassland to marry Wudun Chanyu as scheduled, Wudun Chanyu was furious and led 100,000 cavalry to attack Minglan.

King Minglan is recruiting warriors everywhere and buying large amounts of fine iron weapons, just to fight a desperate battle with Chanyu Wudun to save Minglan.

They planned to return to Wei together, purchase a large number of inferior fine iron weapons at a low price, and then resell them to King Minglan at a high price.

Then, while King Minglan was fighting with Chanyu Wudun, they robbed Minglan of all her gold, silver and jewelry and fled.

……

While Lin Yi and Duyan were planning how to make a fortune, Ren Hao also returned to the mansion from the palace.

After he returned to the mansion, he went straight to the kitchen to get some dried meat and water. He told Qingzhu that he would be away for a few days, and then went to the stable to look for Zhang Tong.

At this time, Zhang Tong was sleeping soundly on the haystack, with the wine jug thrown on the ground and the wine inside flowing out.

Ren Hao picked up the wine jug and put it away, then called out to Zhang Tong twice.

"Master, what are you doing in the stable so late at night?" Zhang Tong got up dazedly and rubbed his drunken eyes.

"Lead Heifeng to me, I need to go out of town to do something now." Ren Hao said casually.

Zhang Tong glanced at the still dark sky in confusion, but said nothing and followed Ren Hao's instructions to lead Heifeng out.

After Ren Hao rode on Heifeng, he left the mansion through the back door.

……

In the bedroom on the other side, Wen Yan had just taken off the heavy imperial robe and all his disguises and was about to lie down on the dragon bed to rest for a while when a gray pigeon landed by the window and made a cooing sound.

Wen Yan walked to the window, opened the curtain, and took the bamboo tube off the gray pigeon's feet.

The content of the note reported the news that Ren Hao rode out of Beijing on Black Wind.

"This is outrageous, this is ridiculous!!!" Wen Yan was so angry that she slammed the note against the window, which scared the gray pigeon so much that it flapped its wings and flew away.

This Ren Hao is such a bastard. I worked so hard to build him up, but now he is acting out of loyalty and ignoring the overall situation.

If he died on the way to the surprise attack, not to mention the issue of his children, who would be able to take charge of the subsequent reform work in the court.

"Bastard, bastard, bastard!!!" Wen Yan was so angry that his whole body was shaking.

After she calmed down, she wanted to send a pigeon message to Wuming, asking him to bring Ren Hao back.

But on second thought, she became worried that her eloquent tongue might convince Wuming to follow her to break the siege of the God of War Pass.

So, she decided to go and capture Ren Hao herself.

"Someone come here." Wen Yan called out in a bad tone.

"I'm here." The old eunuch knelt on the ground across the bedroom door.

"I have to go out for something. Tell Li Mu to come to my bedroom every day. Then tell the ministers that I am unwell and need to rest for three days. If I don't come back in three days, delay it." Wen Yan instructed the old eunuch.

When the old eunuch heard that Wen Yan was going to leave the palace, he immediately frowned.

He tried to dissuade him through the bedroom door, "Your Majesty, this... this is absolutely not allowed. The War God Pass is under siege and it is extremely urgent. If you are not in the court, it may cause unrest."

Wen Yan grabbed the Emperor's Sword beside him, opened the bedroom door and said, "Give my Emperor's Sword to Li Shiji. If anyone dares to mess around during this period, he can kill them first and report later."

"Yes." The old eunuch raised his hands above his head and took the emperor's sword without daring to look up.

Wen Yan closed the bedroom door, disguised herself in the room, and quietly left the palace through the secret passage.

After she left the palace, she went to the Prime Minister's Kiln to find Wuming, asked for a fast horse, and went straight after Ren Hao.

Since the Black Wind that Ren Hao rode was a Ferghana horse, Wen Yan had to travel day and night without any rest if she wanted to catch up with Ren Hao.

Wen Yan followed the horse's hoof prints all the way.

Because she came out in a hurry and didn't bring any water or food, she was hungry all the way while chasing Ren Hao.

Just when she was so hungry that she almost fell off the horse several times, she finally met Ren Hao who was crawling on the river bank in front of her to replenish water.

"This... this damn bastard, he's really... really..."

Before Wen Yan could finish the words "You can really run", she felt a black screen in front of her eyes and she was empty and falling like the wind.

With a thud, Wen Yan fell to the ground.

At this time, Ren Hao, who was crawling on the river bank and filling his water bag with water, heard the sound and immediately turned his head to look over.

At first he thought someone had lost his mind due to hunger and fell off his horse.

But when he got closer and saw that it was Wen Yan, he was a little stunned.

But no matter how confused you are, the most important thing is to save people first.

Ren Hao gently pinched Wen Yan's chin, causing her dry and pale lips to open slightly. Then Ren Hao turned on the water.

As the fountain of life poured in, Wen Yan's eyelids moved.