Qin Jing, dressed in dark red clothes, appeared from the shadows behind the pillars of the room.
She glanced at her father Qin Shuzheng's leaving figure, and then at her younger brother Qin Chechu who was still confused in the study. She smiled helplessly and shook her head.
She didn't understand how, with her and her father's IQs, there could be such a stupid brother...
Would you actually think of using the power of the prime minister's office to launch the "Jianghu Order" to assassinate the prince of Zhenbei?
Unreachable stupidity.
I'm afraid that I accidentally became someone else's "knife" again, right?
but……
No matter what, Qin Chechu is his brother.
And they are biological siblings from the same mother.
She always has to help the other person.
Qin Jing thought about it and walked into the study. She felt that she needed to tell this stupid brother what her father had not said just now...
Otherwise, based on the other person's nature and qualifications, he might not be able to guess anything.
"Father would never want to harm Prince Zhenbei."
"... But this is not because my father is afraid of King Zhenbei, but because of Princess Zhenbei... My father once deeply loved and pursued Princess Zhenbei Liu Mengyun."
As Qin Jing said this, she crossed her arms over her chest and walked slowly into the study room.
Qin Chechu was a little stunned when he heard this...
And Qin Jing leaned directly on the photo, which was completely opposite to her usual ladylike appearance, but the absence of that well-behaved appearance gave her a different kind of evil and smart beauty.
She was already tall, well-dressed, with aggressive beauty in her face and eyes. She was a well-behaved and submissive lady, but this made her lose her charm.
Qin Jing glanced at the puzzled Qin Chechu in front of her, whose face was full of confusion.
Qin Jing helplessly held her forehead and continued——
"You asked Jianghu people to assassinate Yan Wulu, the crown prince of Zhenbei. It is impossible for you to succeed based on the little appeal you have to steal the Prime Minister's Mansion."
"...Moreover, even if it succeeds, except for the endless anger that the Prime Minister's Mansion attracts to the Zhenbei Palace, the rest will achieve nothing."
"...Your approach will not prevent the old emperor from using the power of King Zhenbei to suppress my father. The only thing you will achieve is to accelerate the crisis between my father and our Qin family."
Qin Chechu froze on the spot for a moment...
He was speechless by what his eldest sister Qin Jing said.
Seeing this, Qin Jing approached Qin Chechu, looked directly into his eyes with a pair of beautiful and narrow eyes, and asked -
"So, is it that guy with ulterior motives who suggested this to you?"
"...You don't have this brain yourself, my stupid brother."
When Qin Chechu heard this, he wanted to refute it.
But looking at the undoubted power of his eldest sister, it was hard to refute for a while...
He is an extremely mediocre person, far less outstanding than his father Qin Shuzheng, and not as smart as his eldest sister Qin Jing.
In the end, Qin Chechu lowered his head and just uttered one sentence -
"A guy from the Western Regions, who had been my guest for a while, suggested this to me at the time. He also sent me the travel route map for Prince Zhenbei."
"...As for his name, I can't remember it clearly. It seems to be...Yi Junhan."
…
The residence of the Prince of Jin.
The lights are brightly lit, like daylight.
Inside the main hall.
Zhang Jian, the commander-in-chief of the Jinyi Division, knelt down in the center of the hall and cried for a while.
Sitting on the main seat, the fourteenth prince, King Zhao Lingcheng of Jin, was holding his head with one hand, listening boredly to the people in the hall talking about their sufferings, feeling slightly worried.
He glanced at one of his strongest supporters and said helplessly -
"Mr. Zhang, why are you doing this?"
"His Royal Highness King Jin!"
Zhang Jian burst into tears again, kowtowed and begged: "... Your Majesty is unfair! Your Highness, Prince of Jin, you have to make the decision for me!"
"... Quanzi is no longer able to have children. He is my only son! Our Zhang family has been passed down to me for only eight generations. Now that the incense has been passed down to my generation, it is just cut off!"
"...I feel so unhappy!
!”
When Jin Wang Zhao Lingcheng heard this, he felt that his ears were about to get calluses.
He put one hand on the eucalyptus to support his slightly swollen head.
The handling of these trivial matters gave Zhao Lingcheng a headache.
He looked coldly at Zhang Jian, the commander-in-chief of Jinyi Division who kept complaining to him.
The other party is almost the first veteran and powerful minister in the court to follow and support him. Now that he has encountered something like this, if he really ignores it and does not stand up for him, he will definitely chill the hearts of many of his followers.
but……
The other party is the prince of Zhenbei.
Not to mention that he was struggling to win the support of Prince Zhenbei.
Even if you cannot win over the other party, you should try your best to avoid becoming an enemy.
"Mr. Zhang...you, you must also understand His Majesty's difficulties. Besides, your son has indeed done something bad."
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the Prince of Zhenbei is so powerful that I can bear it for a while."
Zhang Jian said seriously, his eyes slightly red, "...but this resentment will always come out!"
"...After all, no one from the top to the bottom of the Jinyi Department would be willing to be bullied like this!"
When Jin Wang Zhao Lingcheng heard this, he felt that the Jian in front of him would really put his face on the line. The people from the Jinyi Division are not members of your Zhang Jian family.
Don't use them to put pressure on me!
However, Zhao Lingcheng didn't want to worry too much about this matter anymore...
He waved his hand slightly and said -
"General Manager Zhang, if you want to vent your anger, go ahead. As long as you don't do anything too outrageous, I will protect you."
"...That's right, but you don't want to mess with Prince Zhenbei anymore. Do you understand?"
When Zhang Jian heard this, a ray of light suddenly flashed in his eyes...
He nodded slightly, saluted with both hands, and said respectfully and solemnly: "My lord, I obey."
Got the approval of King Jin.
Zhang Jian bowed and resigned.
Qingsi appeared from behind the curtain. Through the bamboo hat veil, she glanced at Jin Wang Zhao Lingcheng and said -
"Your Highness, are you just going to let Zhang Jian do what he does?"
"Zhang Jian dotes on his son. Now that his son has become like this, if I am as 'just' as my father, then why should Zhang Jian support me among the three princes?"
"Having said that." Qingsi said with some hesitation, "...Qingsi feels that Commander-in-Chief Zhang, Zhang Jian, he may do something that your Highness will not expect."
"Something unexpected?"
Jin Wang Zhao Lingcheng was also a little confused, "...What can a Jinyi Division under him do? At most, they can bully the prisoners in the imperial prison, and then catch a few suspicious people on the street to vent their anger."
Qingsi thought about it several times, but for a while she still couldn't come up with a definite answer.
"Your Highness, you'd better send more of your confidants to keep an eye out around Yan's Mansion."
"... Qingsi is worried that Zhang Jian may not listen to your warning, and it would be bad if he drags you into the water instead."
Zhao Lingcheng touched his chin slightly and nodded, confirming Qingsi's suggestion.
He looked at the night sky outside the window...
It was the full moon in the sky.
The night looks quiet and beautiful under the moonlight.
…
…
The next day.
The morning light arrived peacefully as before.
Jinling City gradually wakes up under the dim sunlight...
There are people coming and going, and traffic is busy.
…
Yanfu.
The glimmer of morning light.
It's dawn.
Yan Wulu got up early as usual and began to practice the inner strength of "Qian Kun Jue" in the school martial arts field. At the same time, he also practiced all the sword styles in "Blue Sea Tide Sword Jue" again and memorized it by heart.
His swordsmanship has reached the state of "the integration of man and sword", which has always been a state that only the top swordsmen in the world can barely touch.
According to Master Jun Xing, Jun Xing himself changed to using a sword midway after becoming a powerful warrior, but even so, it took another five years to reach the point where "the sword and man are one, and the mind is connected."
As for the breakthrough to the realm of "unity of man and nature", it took Sword Saint Junxing twenty years.
This is the shortest time to enter these two realms in the world and even in the world.
Looking back now, it still feels a bit incredible that Yan Wulu was able to enter the realm of "human and sword unity" in such a short period of time.
Weapons often have things in common.
The breakthrough in swordsmanship allowed Yan Wulu to use his spear even more powerfully...
There are also vague signs of breaking through and entering a new realm.
On the school martial arts field, the morning practice was basically over.
Zhang Chunhua came to invite Yan Wulu to have breakfast.
During the banquet.
A servant of the Yan family sent a letter to Yan Wulu, which was from his aunt Yan Weiyu.
Yan Wulu wanted the servant to read it directly, but the servant looked embarrassed.
Looking through the contents of the letter, I found that the handwriting was as illegible as ever...
Zhang Chunhua, Qin Shumian and others caught a glimpse of it by chance and were also puzzled for a moment.
Of all the people present, Yan Wulu was probably the only one who could understand what the letter said...
Yan Wulu received the letter and secretly lamented that his aunt's letters had an "encryption" effect...
Yan Weiyu claimed in the letter that he led the captains of the Demon Suppression Division to the Dongting Lake water system to kill the water demons, but was attacked by a group of water thieves on the way.
Although the other party did not get any advantage, what kind of temper was Yan Weiyu, how could he ignore being attacked for nothing? Yan Weiyu now decided to eliminate the demon, and at the same time, he joined forces with the Yangtze River Navy to deal with this group of water thieves.
Yan Weiyu also asked Yan Wulu in the letter whether he was accustomed to Jinling, and mentioned some interesting places in Jinling to him, saying that he would take him to play with him after returning to Jinling.
The letter is closed.
Yan Wulu lamented that his little aunt still behaved in such a vigorous and heroic manner.
The Dongting Lake water thieves... are an intricate and complex force, far beyond what can be summed up by the ordinary word "water thieves". Otherwise, why would Daqian's Yangtze River navy not be able to defeat them after so many years?
but……
If it were his little aunt Yan Weiyu, she might be able to deal with this danger.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Demon Suppression Department, Yan Weiyu did not get into this third-level important position in the Daqian Imperial Court through connections.
Putting down the letter, Yan Wulu thought again of the Long Tao he had met in the Dongting Lake system...
He has a very high status among the water thieves in Dongting Lake. This time he met the decisive Yan Weiyu who could not even afford to offend Yan Wulu. I am afraid it would be even more dangerous than the last time he faced Amaro.
…
The weather in Jinling City is excellent today.
partly cloudy.
Not dry or dry, with occasional breeze.
Yan Wulu and others finished their breakfast and came to the courtyard.
He stood in the center of the courtyard, looking out to the sky, closing his eyes and feeling the beauty of the breeze blowing from the south of the Yangtze River.
Under the round pavilion in the distance, Zhang Chunhua and Qin Shumian were chatting. Occasionally, ladylike laughter could be heard. I didn't know what they were talking about.
In the corridor, Nan Chuanyue was telling a story to a delicate maid of the Yan family - a story about seven grandchildren who rescued their grandfather from a snake demon and a scorpion demon.
The maid listened with great interest.
Yan Wulu slowly opened his eyes and chuckled.
He suddenly felt that it would be great if he could always live such a peaceful and beautiful life.
His eyes were fixed on Qin Shumian and Zhang Chunhua.
"Qin Shumian? It's really strange..."
Yan Wulu thought secretly in his heart.
Not long after he first arrived in Jinling, he sent someone to inquire about the news within the Qin family of the prime minister's residence, to find out whether they were eager to find their missing second lady.
The result... was not.
It was as if nothing happened in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Even Qin Shuzheng himself and Yan Wulu saw each other several times in the palace, and the other party was not affected at all, as if they had never had a daughter "Qin Shumian".
Yan Wulu felt that even if she was an illegitimate daughter, she shouldn't be so indifferent.
For a moment, I couldn't guess the reason.
It would be difficult to negotiate with the Qin family in the prime minister's office.
He simply kept Qin Shumian by his side.
However, it does not affect...
He has such a beautiful woman following him, why not?
Yan Wulu thought to himself, feeling that he had made a little profit.
…
Autumn in Jiangnan is relatively warm.
It's nowhere near as cold as the North.
Many of the fruit trees planted in the Yan family's courtyard have already produced golden fruits, which feels like a good harvest.
Red maple leaves dance in the breeze.
Occasionally, servants of the Yan family brought fruits, drinks, etc. to everyone.
Everything is so quiet and beautiful.
Until a burst of hurried footsteps came...
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
They were several Zhenbei cavalry guards. They were wearing black armor and feathers, and they quickly broke into the courtyard.
When he discovered where Yan Wulu was, he immediately stepped forward to salute and said——
"...His Royal Highness, urgent report!"
Yan Wulu's originally pleasant eyes suddenly changed, becoming serious and calm, "Say."
"The brothers who were sent to escort Miss Li's siblings all... died in the battle yesterday."
"Miss Li's house, that suburban fishing village... is also..."
The cavalry guard said it, a little hard to say.
Yan Wulu was also a little dazed, but still calmly said: "So what?"
"They were all slaughtered."
When Yan Wulu heard this, a look of surprise spread across his face for a moment.
But the next moment, he became calm...
"Have our brothers been buried?"
The Zhenbei Cavalry Guards did not expect that the Crown Prince would ask this first. They thought that the Crown Prince would ask about the situation of the Li family siblings...
"Hui Shizi, we were planning to take their bodies back to Zhonghun Pavilion in accordance with military regulations. But... someone has already buried them."
"The Li brothers and sisters..." Yan Wulu paused in asking, "...are they still alive?"
The Zhenbei Cavalry Guard once again found it difficult to answer. Then, the leading captain opened his mouth and said——
"There is... one alive. Their situation is a bit complicated. Please go and see for yourself, Your Highness."
As he spoke, Yan Wulu already understood something in his heart.
Without saying much, there was no time to inform the rest of the Zhenbei Cavalry Guards.
Yan Wulu called Zhang Chunhua and Amaro, and then rode directly to the fishing village on the outskirts of Jinling with the several mounted guards in front of him.
