Chu Luchen had already heard about the group of people who stole Wan Qing's jade pendant.
After hearing Wan Qing's follow-up arrangements, he had already agreed. When Wan Qing suddenly mentioned it today, he was just stunned for a moment and did not intend to intervene too much.
But seeing Wan Qing staring straight at him, as if she still had something to say, she smiled again, "What's the matter? Do you still have something to say?"
Wan Qing nodded, "Let's go meet that guy tomorrow. If we succeed, I will take Jiang Zizhen to the border with you."
Chu Luchen put down the book in his hand, looked at Wan Qing, and finally gave up in his expectant eyes, "Okay."
Because Jiuying was very important, Chu Luchen had reported it before, so after the men from Qishaufang arrived, Chu Luchen sent a few of them to keep an eye on the movements of that group. Jiuying was usually responsible for their whereabouts.
.So it is not difficult to track down the whereabouts of that group of people. What is difficult is how to convince them to become one's own.
Sitting in a sedan headed to the Diwang Temple in the mountains outside the imperial capital, two people wearing ordinary clothes were busy looking through the account books, and the other was busy sorting out the black accounts from the account books. It was considered a tacit cooperation.
"When is the second prince planning to take action?" Looking at the growing number of handles, Wan Qing raised his eyes and looked at Chu Luchen, who had been silently planning. It would be difficult to uproot Sun Quan's family, even if he had enough handles.
Can't do it.
Chu Luchen shook his head gently, indicating that it was not the right time yet.
The two of them fell into deep thought.
Judging from Wan Qing's mixed memories of past lives, King Chu will become ill at the end of this year. The disease will naturally not be cured, and will even take the life of the already comatose king in the spring of the third year.
Therefore, we must take action before he falls, or after Chu Luchen secures his throne.
However, a rare heavy snowfall this winter will force people to run out of food outside the Great Wall, forcing them to break into the border to seize needed resources. Because of their success this time, they have laid hidden dangers for repeated border violations in the future.
Because there were intruders from outside the Great Wall and in order to prove the great kindness of the emperor, the emperor would definitely go there in person, or a prince would do it for him. It was naturally impossible for the King of Chu to go because he was ill.
But with Chu Luchen's current status and the experience he needed to ascend to the position of prince, he had to go to the border.
Of course, the princes going to the border may also be the eldest prince, the fourth prince and others. It all depends on the eloquence of these ministers and the wishes of the Emperor of Chu.
However, in this case, it is definitely impossible to purge the Sun family before the fall of Emperor Chu. This can only be done after he sits on the throne and everything is on the right track.
While Wan Qing was thinking about it, Chu Luchen didn't relax either.
If you want to protect yourself and Chu Luyi, and if you want to seize the throne, Qishaufang alone will definitely not be enough. It seems that Yu Chixun will definitely appear in the imperial examination this time.
Wen has Yu Chixun, but... where is Wu?
Among the people I have come into contact with, there is no one who is outstanding in this aspect, so it seems that I need to pay attention to it.
After leaving the imperial capital, it started raining halfway, catching everyone by surprise.
But fortunately, they were not in a hurry this time. Wan Qing and Chu Luchen were sitting in the sedan again and were affected. Unfortunately, the other people complained.
"Choose a shelter from the rain nearby. Let's go on our way after the rain stops." Chu Luchen raised the curtain on one side and gave instructions in a low voice.
After hurriedly walking for a few more miles, everyone finally found a farm and stood under the eaves to take shelter from the rain.
There seemed to be few outsiders in that farm, and the folk customs were simple, so everyone was immediately allowed to go into the farm to rest. They even made ginger tea and distributed it to everyone.
"This rain doesn't seem to stop for a while. Do you want to stay here for one night?" The elderly village owner squinted his eyes and looked at everyone, and finally settled on Chu Luchen.
Looking at the pouring raindrops and lightning mixed with the outside window, Chu Luchen nodded.
The farm was not big, but it was well-equipped. There were enough people with me, and it didn't take long before a few rooms were set up for them to rest.
"I live next door. Just call if anything happens." Chu Luchen was always a little worried, but when he thought that Wan Qing knew martial arts, and was protected by Bago and Chihong secretly, it would be wrong if something went wrong, so he put it down.
My heart returned to my own house.
But there was always a strange smell in this farm, which made Chu Luchen a little interested. It seemed like there was some conspiracy about to take place.
When he saw a very small amount of light yellow powder at the foot of the bed, he knelt down and dabbed it lightly, then brought it to his nose and sniffed, and a smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Realgar powder appeared again after three years.
This farm is definitely not as peaceful as it appears.
Chu Luchen's thoughts were confirmed in the evening. Perhaps thanks to the last siege by a group of snakes, Wan Qing's perception of such creatures has greatly increased. Almost as soon as it spat out a message, it jumped up without a trace.
Sprinkle realgar powder politely.
If it were just a snake, maybe Wan Qing wouldn't feel panic.
Zuo Wanqing shuddered as she looked at the wretched old man in front of him who was smiling endlessly with green eyes.
His eyes seemed like those of snakes, and his hoarse voice was like sharp nails scratching on stones, making people toothache. "The best medicine for refining snake pill...it really makes this old man crazy."
The moment the old man started to move, Bago'er and Chihong took action at the same time, and the three of them immediately started fighting.
Wan Qing carefully avoided the fighting circle and tried to hide outside. As soon as she opened the door, she closed it immediately.
It has been a long time since we have encountered a situation where there is a wolf before and a tiger behind.
A pile of green eyes outside the door looked like hungry people who had not eaten for several years. As long as Wan Qing hesitated even half a step, they might all break in together.
"We seem to have broken into someone else's corpse raising ground..." Bago'er stepped aside while protecting Wan Qing, and said this without thinking.
The so-called "corpse raising ground" refers to a place where the corpses buried there will not naturally decay and turn into zombies over time.
In her previous life, Wan Qing had heard the strange old man talking nonsense at the door mention it, but she never paid attention to it. However, she never expected that she would meet him in this life.
But why is there no problem in broad daylight, but at night the whole group becomes like this?
What is the so-called snake elixir? A living person is used as the medicine?
Just as Wan Qing was thinking about countermeasures while the old man was entangled, the earthen wall was broken down by Chu Luchen and Jiuying, and dried corpses emerged from the ruins.
Wan Qing shuddered and suppressed the scream that almost broke through her throat.
"If you move again, everyone will be buried with you."