While drinking water slowly, Lu Ning also listened to the two literati on the tea table next door being gossiped. One of the literati claimed that he had his own brother who was sending the prime minister's house to listen to him, and spoke loudly about the secret of sending the prime minister's house.

The prime minister of Zhou was the governor of Guide Army, and he was the governor of the Central Secretariat and the commander of the cavalry and infantry army. Li Chongjin was appointed as the commander of the guards, the commander of the cavalry and infantry army.

Even the governor who held heavy troops, he added the name of prime minister and had nominal command of the emperor's personal army, so he was called the Prime Minister.

This Li Chongjin is also Zhao Kuangyin's biggest political opponent.

The scholar was talking about what the prime minister was, as the nephew of Emperor Taizu, the founding dynasty, the founding dynasty, had a visitor in the mansion, and the eunuch who was personally admired by Taizu.

As Lu Ning listened, he was full of gossip about strange stories. He shook his head and got up to pay the bill.

...

When night fell, Lu Ning was dressed in black and lay on the roof of a house in Zhao Pu's mansion. When he slipped down, he had become a pretty maid, with a strong sword-brow and a little heroic.

Later generations also disguised women, and Lu Ning did not have any psychological pressure, but it was different from later generations. If his subordinates knew that they had worn women's outfits, it would definitely be a sensation.

Therefore, even in front of Mrs. Zhao Pu, Lu Ning was not ready to admit his identity. I thought that even if Mrs. Zhao Pu understood this matter in the future, she did not dare to make a big splash. At most, she muttered a few words to her husband Zhao Pu in private.

The purpose of pretending to be a woman is to make Zhao Pu's wife feel more secure and win her trust faster.

Lu Ning was already familiar with the sketches of his mansion drawn by Zhao Pu, and walked along the gallery toward Zhao Puri's main hall dormitory.

It was late at night and there were only two or three houses in Zhao's mansion, with light from candles seeping out.

Suddenly Lu Ning stopped, frowned slightly, turned around and entered a small courtyard where there was a candlelight in the main hall of this courtyard.

Lu Ning leaned out the window and listened to the conversation between the two inside.

When they were talking about the two men and women, they were still far apart, Lu Ning heard that the man seemed to be trying to kill someone and blamed the Zhao family. When the matter started, the Zhao family became the focus of the city. The plan to take Mrs. Zhao Pu away in a low-key manner was inevitable.

"Princess, don't blame me!" A sinister voice, "Princess should be asked to go on the road by himself, so as to protect the whole body. This is what I can do for the princess in the end!"

Princess Lu Ning was stunned for a moment, dipped her fingers with saliva, gently tapped a hole in the paper window, and looked inside.

Inside the brocade screen, a woman with a red robe dress stood in front of the brocade screen. Her face was as handsome as a man, but when she stood casually, she felt a sense of being high and inviolable. Moreover, her eyes were extremely clear and firm, but at this moment, there was anger on her face.

"Your Highness, don't delay time. I know that your highness has always been very smart and resourceful. However, today your highness is destined to lose. Your highness's servants have been medicine and sent to the West. Your Highness, please go on your way!"

The speaker turned his back to Lu Ning, unable to see his face clearly, but his voice was sharp and thin. At this time, he threw a white silk to the woman.

"Your Highness, don't think of moving it with love. I have been following you since you were a child. I don't want to have such a friendship of more than ten years..." The man who turned his back to Lu Ning sighed softly, "But now is different from the past. I just want to save my life, keep my nephews, and continue the incense lantern for my family..."

Lu Ning couldn't understand it, listened to the surroundings, and there was no ambush. Then, he pushed the door and walked in.

The man with his back to Lu Ning suddenly turned around. It was an old man with white face. When he saw Lu Ning, he was surprised to see a ghost and said in a lost voice: "Who are you? Who asked you to come in, be bold!"

The woman also looked at Lu Ning with some confusion, then looked at the old man, frowned and said, "Liu Xing, what are you doing?" She didn't believe that this person who was meticulous and had always attracted to her close confidants would make such a big mistake.

Lu Ning was slightly stunned again. The woman's voice was extremely gentle, which was not very consistent with her ordinary appearance.

The old man with white face suddenly stepped in front of Lu Ning, holding a dagger in his hand and stabbed Lu Ning's waist and eyes.

The next moment, he fell in front of Lu Ning, his face turned pale due to pain. He almost fainted when he was holding it in one breath, but he gritted his teeth and did not dare to scream.

"Who are you? Who are you? Let's talk about it, what's going on, I'm confused." Lu Ning pointed to the woman, and then to the old man with white face.

Seeing Lu Ning knocking down the old man with white face and the woman's clear eyes, she became really surprised. She looked at Lu Ning, suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "I am the eldest princess of Liang!"

Oh, Princess Yongning?

Many important figures of this era have never been heard of in Lu Ning's past life, but now the people in the northern royal family have naturally found out a little and know the complex blood relationship between this Princess Yongning and other members of the northern royal family.

Princess Yongning pointed to the old man with white face and said, "He was originally my old slave, but now he betrayed me. My cousin Li Chongjin instigated me to kill me here and blame the Zhao family. Zhao Pu disappeared and his life and death are unknown. Li Chongjin will naturally deal with this case as an iron case where the Zhao family has colluded with the Southern Dynasty and murdered our palace."

Lu Ning nodded slightly, frowned and said, "Zhao Pu is just a staff member under the escort. Although he has lost the Northern Kingdom, His Highness the Princess has verbally comforted him and is already full of emperor grace. Why did he come here in person and live here again?"

"The Wei family is a great clan of my country of Zhou. Besides, my young nephew has almost no support from the generals in the army. I hope that he can help him gain popularity in the army."

"Wei didn't know my identity. He wanted to leave and return to Kaifeng, and then his nephew issued an order to express the royal family's comfort. Then the news that I would come to Zhao Pu's house to comfort his widow on his behalf will spread throughout the military towns."

"It's not what I want to live here, it's my brother's idea. It's just that although I'm guarded against him, he came to this place where he was in charge of his brother's true intentions, what I couldn't imagine was that he would be so cruel."

Lu Ning listened and gradually realized that Princess Yongning and Li Chongjin were cousins.

Princess Yongning traveled around for the current young master Guo Zongxun. Because Guo Zongxun did not receive strong support from any senior generals for the time being, she personally came to comfort Zhao Pu's wife on behalf of the young master to show her middle-level officers in the army.

This Princess Yongning seemed to have no good feelings for the late Emperor Guo Rong of Zhou who was shot to death by her, because Guo Rong was just her father's adopted son. She felt that Guo Rong was reckless and killed her two brothers, but Guo Rong could escape.

But now in the power struggle between Zhou State, she unconditionally stood behind Guo Rong's son, the young master Guo Zongxun, because no matter what, Guo Zongxun was named Guo, and from the perspective of reputation, it has been passed down from generation to generation, and Zhou State is still the world of her Guo family.

But if important officials such as Li Chongjin or Zhao Kuangyin gained power, they would not know what would happen to the Guo family in the end.

As expected, it is obvious that Princess Yongning has become a thorn in Li Chongjin's eyes and is going to kill him.

"Huh!" Lu Ning suddenly looked behind Princess Yongning.

Princess Yongning looked at him with clear eyes, "You don't have to be mysterious anymore. I'll tell you everything. Do you think that this Zhou country is so great, and there is still a place for you to live in? Even if you kill me now, Li Chongjin will not let you go! Look at you dressed as a man and you are not from the Zhao Mansion. Are you here to steal or do something?"

"No matter what your original idea was to come to Zhao Mansion, now you only have one way to help me escape from Songzhou. When I return to Kaifeng, Tokyo, I will repay you a lot. It is a hundred times better than what you have to do now!"

Lu Ning was speechless for a moment and understood the joints. He originally wanted to knock Yongning out, but she didn't expect that she could see through it. He even said a lot of words. If she was really a thief, she would probably have hit her.

Moreover, I have deliberately changed my voice. In this regard, I have undergone rigorous training, but I don’t expect that she can see through it at a glance. This woman is not simple.

Lu Ning looked at Liu Xing, who was full of fear on his feet. He was originally going to persuade Zhao Pu’s wife Wei, and Wei took the boat to leave Songzhou. It would be fine if he took two or three days.

But now, if Liu Xing did not report to Li Chongjin before dawn, it would be unpredictable how things would develop.

Li Chongjin did not send any troops to participate in this matter, but asked Liu Xing to do it alone, which was clearly to separate the relationship. Perhaps, he could not bear with his little cousin after all. If he did not send his own troops, everything was done by his own people around him, so he would feel more at ease.

But what if things fail, how will he react?

Lu Ning's thoughts were heard, and then he said to Princess Yongning: "Okay, we will run away at night, but we will do the opposite. If we don't go west to Kaifeng, we will go east to Xuzhou and send you to Xuzhou. Then you can find a way for yourself. I will also bring Mrs. Wei with me."

Yongning's clear eyes lit up. Indeed, if the opposite is true, even if Li Chongjin chased him, he would definitely go west along the Bian River and thought he had fled to Kaifeng.

However, Princess Yongning looked at Lu Ning and suddenly asked, "It's not Zhao Pu, I've really surrendered to the Southern Kingdom, right?" Then she shook her head, feeling that she was thinking too much. Zhao Pu was not an important person to the people of Nan Kingdom, so how could she risk sending someone to pick up his family?

"If you leave the city, I have a token here. I will show my identity and find an excuse to intimidate the soldiers guarding the city. I just don't know how confident it is." Princess Yongning frowned and thought.

Lu Ning shook his head: "You don't have to worry about leaving the city, I have my own way." As he said that, he picked up Liu Xing and said to Yongning: "You are here for a moment, I'll go to see Mrs. Wei."

Princess Yongning stared at Lu Ning with clear eyes and finally nodded.

...

When Lu Ning carried Liu Xing, who was moaning in a low voice, he was startled Wei. She had been sleeping very late these days. Of course, it was Lu Ning who knew that she was not sleeping that she pushed the door and entered directly. He even clicked down the maid of Wei's in the room.

"You, who are you?..." Wei's pretty face turned pale because of fright.

Lu Ning handed over Zhao Pu's letter, "Madam, I am from Haizhou, I am here to pick up the wife and the son-in-law. This is a letter written by Zhao Pu to his wife."

Wei was stunned and hurriedly took it over. Looking at the familiar font on the letter, her body trembled slightly, "This, this, isn't he dead?"

Lu Ning didn't say anything. He read the letter countless times but couldn't find any code words like Hidden. If the ordinary sentence is the code agreed by Zhao Pu and his wife, it would be unlikely. Besides, even if there is such a code, it would be impossible to reveal his identity. If you want to capture yourself, it would be a warning at most, which would be of no benefit to Zhao Pu and his wife's son.

Wei looked at the letter in a hurry, and his eyes gradually turned red.

Lu Ning said: "Madam, the situation is urgent now. The wife's mansion has just been involved in the great changes in the palace of the northern country. So, hurry up and wake up the young man, let's leave now. For the rest of the details, go and listen to Princess Yongning's speech." What Princess Yongning said is naturally more convincing than her own words, and she has a living certificate in her hand.

As he spoke, Lu Ning suddenly frowned. His facial features were extremely sensitive, but he faintly heard a woman shouting.

"I am Guo Miaozi, the princess of Liang State! Come quickly! Come quickly! Zhao Pu defected to the southern country, and his family wants to murder me!"

"I am Guo Miaozi, the princess of Liang State! Come quickly! Come quickly! Zhao Pu defected to the southern country, and his family wants to murder me!"

It's Princess Yongning!

Lu Ning was stunned for a moment, then laughed silently. This girl had a lot of tricks.

No matter what she thought before to stabilize herself, perhaps she really wanted to escape with her life, but soon she thought of a safer way, now she fled to the street and shouted loudly. In this way, her safety can be really saved, and she will be protected by Li Chongjin's heavy troops and sent to Kaifeng.

"Madam, I've offended you!" Lu Ning knocked Wei's neck and Wei fainted. Lu Ning hit Liu Xing's neck with a palm, which made him never wake up from now on.

After picking up the Wei family, Lu Ning ran to another dormitory, which was the room of Zhao Pu and Wei family's only son, Zhao Xianzong, who was just five years old.

...

When Wei woke up, she and her young son were in the cabin, and the ship floated above the Bian River and headed southeast.
Chapter completed!