Hearing Lan Kuo's voice, Lan Cangmo said first with his hands arched, "We lost this battle superficially. Dongling will definitely in turn target us. However, I don't think that's the case."

Hearing that, Lan Kuo looked at Lan Cangmo and said, "Then, what's the next step do you think Dongling will take?"

Thinking for a moment, Lan Cangmo said, "Father, as far as I'm concerned, Dongling will not dispatch troops to Xiling immediately. But that doesn't mean we can be completely relieved. After all, we could not get alone with Dongling anymore after this battle."

Hardly had Lan Cangmo's voice faded away when Lan Cangyue quickly said, "I totally agree with Second Brother. The emperor of Dongling will not give up on this. Although the national coffer of Dongling is empty now, they will attack Xiling in the future. We must get ready for the battle."

Hearing that, Lan Kuo raised his eyebrow and said, "Well, good analysis. Eat fast! The food is getting cold."

Then, he continued to eat the meals.

Lan Cangmo and Lan Cangyue looked at each other, took up their bowls, and plunged into the meals.

They all knew that Lan Kuo did not ask it casually.

Then, they peeked at Lan Kuo but failed to catch any change in his facial expression.

While at this time, Lan Kuo was eating the meals, looking at his two sons sitting in front of him.

Among his three sons, he loved the Fifth Prince the most. However, he thought it inappropriate for him to become the Crown Prince.

Though he was a calculating person, he was inexperienced in tackling important events and would be afraid when he encountered them. Therefore, if he took the throne, he would be led by the nose.

When it came to the Third Prince of Xiling, he was meticulous in doing things, but he was too soft-hearted. As all kinds of things may happen in the future, he would not achieve much if he was indecisive when he encountered them.

The Second Prince was a deep one, who handled things quickly and ruthlessly. Although he did not take a good view of him, he could know that the Second Prince was quite sophisticated by his meritorious service to rescue him this time.

Though the Fifth Prince also came along, he did not see anyone following him.

The Fifth Prince must have known that the Second Prince left the city and came to the border, so he got on the Second Prince's carriage on the way. Perhaps his mother did not know that he would come to the border. Had she known, she would not have let him come with the Second Prince.

As the road to the border was in the turmoil of war, it's easy for the Second Prince to kill the Fifth Prince on the way and find a justifiable excuse.

In this way, he could have one less competitor for the Crown Prince.

However, he had not yet attacked the Fifth Prince by the time they reached the border of Xiling. It seemed that the Second Prince, though deep and sophisticated, was affectionate towards brothers.

Thinking of this, Lan Kuo felt a little comforted.

Then, he put down his bowl and chopsticks, "I finish eating. As it was still early, let's start."

"Father, it's cold outside. Shall we take a rest here? I'm afraid that we can't find any accommodation after dark." Lan Cangyue said to Lan Kuo with his hands arched.

Lan Kuo stood up and shook his head. He said, "It doesn't matter. It's better to go back earlier."

"Yes, Father." Lan Cangmo stood up and replied with his hands arched.

Then, he said, "Fifth younger brother, you accompany with father here and I go to issue the order."

"Yes." Lan Cangyue nodded.

After Lan Cangmo left, Lan Cangyue walked up to Lan Kuo and asked, "Father, may I bound your hair up?"

"OK." Lan Kuo nodded. Then, he went to sit down on the chair aside.

Then, Lan Cangyue took the comb on the side table, walked behind Lan Kuo, and combed his hair carefully.

Seeing Lan Cangmo go downstairs, Huo Si, who had been guarding downstairs, walked over and asked, "Your Highness, what's the matter?"

"Get ready and set off later." Lan Cangmo said to him.

Hearing that, Huo Si surprised a moment and then replied, "Yes, I'll go to prepare."

"Do we have enough food?" Lan Cangmo asked Huo Si.

Huo Si nodded and said, "Your Highness, you can rest assured. We've got ready for that. As the weather is getting colder and colder, I have just taken a few cloaks in the nearby shop. Please let me bring them to Your Highness to prevent you from catching a cold."

"OK. Bring all them over." Lan Cangmo said.

Then, Huo Si walked outside and took out three cloaks from the carriage.

Huo Si helped Lan Cangmo put on it.

"Give them to me." Lan Cangmo said after getting dressed.

Huo Si gave the other two cloaks to Lan Cangmo and turned around to ask people to get ready to leave.

Lan Cangmo held the cloaks and went upstairs.

In the room, Lan Cangyue fixed Lan Kuo's hair with a crown. Then, he went up to Lan Kuo and said with his hands arched, "Father, I have finished."

"OK." Lan Kuo nodded and stood up.

At this time, Lan Cangmo walked in and said, "Father, I issued your order, and we'll set off later."

"Let's go." Lan Kuo said.

Lan Cangmo walked up and said, "It's cold outside. I asked someone to prepare these cloaks, with which you won't catch a cold."

Lan Cangmo gave one cloak to Lan Cangyue.

"Thank you so much, Second Brother. You're so thoughtful." Lan Cangyue said, taking over the cloak.

Then, Lan Cangmo came up to Lan Kuo and said, "Father, let me help you put on it. Don't catch a cold."

Lan Kuo nodded.

Lan Cangmo then helped Lan Kuo put on the cloak.

Lan Cangyue also put on it. Then, he rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "That's quite warm."

"Let's go." Lan Kuo said and walked out.

At this time, Huo Si had made all the people wait downstairs.

Seeing those three people going downstairs, the manager faced up with smiles, "Sir, you come downstairs."

He saw Lan Kuo and others to the door.

At this time, Lan Kuo stopped to look at the sky, finding that the sky looked yellow. Maybe there would be heavy snow later.

Thinking of this, he walked directly to the carriage.

The manager quickly said, "Please take care, sir."

Lan Cangmo and Lan Cangyue helped Lan Kuo get on the carriage. Then, Lan Cangmo said, "Father, I asked someone to make the bed in the carriage, so you can have a rest when feeling tired."

Lan Kuo said, "So considerate." Then, he got in the carriage.

Then, Lan Cangmo pointed at the carriage behind this one and said to Lan Cangyue, "Fifth younger brother, you took that carriage together with me."

Lan Cangyue looked in the direction of Lan Cangmo's finger and saw a small carriage. Then, he frowned slightly.

"Fifth younger brother, just put up with this now. When we reach the next town..." Lan Cangmo said.

Lan Cangyue interrupted Lan Cangmo with a smile before he could finish his words, "It doesn't matter."

Then, he walked to that carriage behind.

Lan Cangmo was about to walk to that carriage when Lan Kuo, sitting in the carriage, called him to stop, "Cangmo, come here."

"Yes, Father." Lan Cangmo stopped to reply to Lan Kuo.

Then, he got on Lan Kuo's carriage.

"Father, anything wrong?" Lan Cangmo asked Lan Kuo.

Lan Kuo was lying in the carriage with his eyes closed. He said, "It's no need for this town to exist."

Lan Cangmo hesitated for a second and said, "Yes, Father."

Although this was within his expectation, he still thought it was too cruel.

Lan Kuo said, "Go."

"Yes!" Lan Cangmo replied. Then, he got off the carriage.

When he got off the carriage, he walked up to Huo Si and whispered something to him.

Hearing Lan Cangmo's words, Huo Si was shocked in wide-eyed amazement.

"Remember, kill them all." Lan Cangmo added, looking at Huo Si.

Huo Si nodded and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. We won't let even a dog or cat escape."

Lan Cangmo patted on his shoulders and walked to the carriage behind.

When Lan Cangmo got on the carriage, Lan Cangyue looked at him and asked, "Second brother, what's up with Father?"

"Nothing. He asked not to bother him unless there's something important." Lan Cangmo said.

Hearing that, Lan Cangyue nodded. However, he did not believe what Lan Cangmo said.

Just after the group of people left the town, some snowflakes fell slowly from the sky.

When they got several li away from the town, Lan Cangmo lifted the curtain and spoke loudly, "let's take a rest."

"Yes." Huo Si replied.

Huo Si led several people to ride back to the town.

Seeing this, Yan Hao in the army frowned tightly. He was curious about why the people of Lan Cangmo went back at this time.

At this time in the town

People were running back home as it was snowing.

At this time, they saw a group of masked people riding to their town.

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At this moment, all the pedestrians stopped to have a look, thinking that their town was quite lively today as one group of people had just left while another group came immediately.

The ground had been covered with a layer of snowflakes at that time.

Seeing this, some people continued to run back to their homes.

Hearing another group of people coming, managers of the inns in this town hurried to wait at the gate of the town. It would be a considerable revenue if this group of people, including more than twenty persons, could stay in their inns.

Those inns managers regarded others as enemies and paid no attention to them. They all stared directly at that group of people.

They were getting closer and closer, and Huo Si stopped at the gate of the town.

Those managers scrambled to Hou Si and said with smiles, "Sir, the weather is not good. Are you finding an inn to stay?"

There was no reply.

Another inn manager said, "Sir, go to my inn. We have complete heating equipment."

"Go to mine. I can provide hot water for you for free. Then, sir, you can take hot baths and dispel the coldness." Another person quickly said.

Huo Si sneered and drew his sword, holding it to the throat of a person, who was the manager of the inn they stayed in just now.

He gouged them a lot just now. However, he would not have an opportunity to spend them.

That manager felt something cold on his neck. He looked at Huo Si in panic and said in trembling, "Sir... You...What are you doing?"