Chapter 229 This move is a bit murderous

The battle of Zaozhuang was extremely fierce and violent, with hundreds of thousands of casualties from the three parties involved.

Not only that, even masters of the Grandmaster and Innate Master levels suffered a large proportion of casualties.

Fortunately, the Grandmaster did not die, but many of them were still seriously injured. It is worth noting that most of those who were seriously injured or died on the battlefield were strong men from the aristocratic families.

At this point, the aristocratic families finally couldn't stand the pressure. In order to avoid suffering more serious losses, they had to give up the dream of the throne of the governor, withdrew from the Zaozhuang battlefield, and said they would no longer participate in the fight for the throne.

The reason was that the aristocratic families were surprised to find that a considerable number of the many strong men who came to assist Xiao Jiyun were from the Lihuo Dynasty!

The Lihuo Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty were neighbors, and conflicts or wars had often occurred between the two countries since ancient times.

However, in recent years, as time went by, the war between the two sides gradually subsided. Although there are occasional minor frictions between the two sides, it has not yet led to a large-scale battle.

The main task of the army in the north of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the aristocratic families in the north is to resist the possible invasion of the Lihuo Dynasty.

The aristocratic families thought that the Lihuo Dynasty would not interfere in the internal affairs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, at least in the fight for the throne. After all, the harder the princes fought, the weaker the Great Zhou would be, and then the Lihuo Dynasty would have the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to enter.

Unexpectedly, the Lihuo Dynasty broke the rules and did not let its own princes fight each other and consume each other. Instead, it unexpectedly extended a helping hand to Xiao Jiyun.

What is going on?

The aristocratic families racked their brains but couldn't figure out what the Lihuo Dynasty was up to.

Since they couldn't figure it out, they had to retreat.

After all, it was like hitting a rock with an egg to fight against the two dynasties with the strength of several families. The difference in strength between the two sides was too great.

Originally, this war had seriously hurt the aristocratic families. If they continued to fight, there might be a grandmaster-level figure who would die. This was the situation that the aristocratic families did not want to see the most. It was better to stop while they were ahead and temporarily cease the war.

As for the prince and Xiao Tianyu, who would care about their life and death now?

Xiao Tingxuan also knew about the war in Zaozhuang.

At the same time, Xiao Tingxuan secretly sent someone to take Xiao Tianyu to Sanhe.

"Fifth brother, it's been a long time since we last met." The moment he saw Xiao Tianyu, Xiao Tingxuan hurried forward and greeted him warmly.

However, when he carefully looked at his former good brother in front of him, he couldn't help but feel emotional. The once high-spirited and ambitious Xiao Tianyu no longer existed. Now standing in front of Xiao Tingxuan was just a man with a haggard face and a gloomy look.

Seeing Xiao Tianyu like this, Xiao Tingxuan secretly speculated, could it be that the war in Zaozhuang completely broke the persistence and perseverance in Xiao Tianyu's heart?

"It turned out to be my ninth brother!"

Although his face was full of decadence, when he saw that the person in front of him was Xiao Tingxuan, Xiao Tianyu's face showed a little surprise.

When he was first abducted, Xiao Tianyu originally thought that all this was done by Xiao Jiyun. After all, looking at the current situation, the person with such ability is probably Xiao Jiyun.

However, what he did not expect was that it was Xiao Tingxuan who finally took him hostage.

To be honest, if he hadn't seen Xiao Tingxuan again, Xiao Tianyu was almost sure that Xiao Tingxuan had already died in Sanhe.

You have to know what Sanhe is, is it a place for people to stay?

With Xiao Tingxuan's strength at the time, Xiao Tianyu found it hard to believe that Xiao Tingxuan could survive in Sanhe, and even felt that it was a problem for Xiao Tingxuan to reach Sanhe.

Xiao Tianyu couldn't figure out how Xiao Tingxuan survived in Sanhe all these years.

Just when Xiao Tianyu was in deep confusion, he heard Xiao Tingxuan speak.

"Aunt Chu is in there, do you want to go see her, Fifth Brother?"

"What, mother is here too?"

Xiao Tianyu's face changed drastically, and a storm was set off in his heart. According to the information he had, all the emperor's concubines, even the queen, were not spared, and were all imprisoned in the harem by Xiao Jiyun.

He was planning to use their mother to threaten them and force them to withdraw their troops when he lost.

To be honest, he and the prince were a little entangled in their hearts when they saw the hope of victory.

At that time, if Xiao Jiyun used his mother as a threat to force them to withdraw their troops, what would they do?

Would they withdraw their troops willingly, or would they fight for the supreme throne without hesitation?

Of course, he and the prince were not entangled in the question of whether to withdraw their troops or not.

In fact, they had already made up their minds and had no intention of backing down.

What they were really struggling with was how to explain to the world once they sat in that position and give everyone a convincing explanation that they did not abandon their biological mother for the sake of imperial power.

This was the key.

If they could not provide a reasonable and convincing explanation, it would surely become a big stain in their imperial career and be criticized.

However, things once again went beyond Xiao Tianyu's expectations. He could never have imagined that his mother was with Xiao Tingxuan. What was going on?

What means did Xiao Tingxuan use to rescue people from the heavily guarded palace without anyone noticing? Could it be that Xiao Tingxuan had been deliberately concealing his true strength all along?

At this moment, Xiao Tianyu felt overwhelmed.

It was fate! Everything that happened was completely different from what he had imagined before, as if God was deliberately teasing him, making everything go wrong for him.

Faced with such a situation, Xiao Tianyu felt mixed emotions, and did not answer Xiao Tingxuan's words, but walked straight in.

Since his mother was here, Xiao Tianyu naturally had to go in to see her.

Seeing that Xiao Tianyu ignored him and walked in by himself, Xiao Tingxuan just smiled and did not stop him.

He chose to save Xiao Tianyu for two reasons.

The first reason was that Xiao Tingxuan still remembered the relationship between the two brothers.

Although some unpleasant things happened in the past, it was Xiao Tianyu who disregarded the brotherhood first, but Xiao Tingxuan also pitted him in the end, and the matter was revealed.

This time Xiao Tianyu was defeated, and Xiao Tingxuan saved him, just as the last relationship between the two brothers.

In the future, if Xiao Tianyu has any ideas, don't blame Xiao Tingxuan for being rude.

The second reason is that Xiao Tingxuan wants to let Xiao Tianyu see his current strength with his own eyes.

What Xiao Tianyu and the prince can't do, he Xiao Tingxuan will do.

In this way, Xiao Tingxuan's move is a bit murderous.