Beside the stone table, Jiu'er was sitting on a stool, holding his chin in his hands and supporting it on his legs, looking at Jiang Ran opposite him expectantly.
Although the little girl talks about being a "heartless person" and sometimes even complains and slanders Tang Ji, this is all to appease her young lady and prevent her from missing her too much. I am still very concerned about Tang Ji's situation in the northwest.
After a while, Jiang Ran put down the letter, but there was a hint of worry in his beautiful eyes: "He wrote this letter ten days ago, and he should have entered Yingzhou City by now. The situation in the city is unknown, but it must be heavily guarded.
I am afraid it will be difficult to rely on him and Lieutenant Su, and I don’t know when His Majesty will be able to increase the number of troops in the northwest!"
Jiu'er picked up the letters and glanced at them a few times, and found that most of them were disgusting love words written by Tang Ji to the young lady. He stopped browsing and said instead: "Oh, if I had known that the northwest was so dangerous, young lady, you should have sent my uncle to me."
If you stop me, there is also the imperial court, which is working hard."
"Jiu'er, you're talking nonsense again!" Jiang Ran glanced at her and signaled her to stop talking nonsense.
Jiu'er stuck out his tongue and then hummed softly.
My uncle often calls His Majesty the "Dog Emperor"!
Just at this moment, a girl trotted over from the corridor next to the front hall. She was dressed in a snow-white thick silk gown with smooth shoulders. The beige cloak behind her was slightly rolled up. She sat down at the stone table and held Jiang Ran's hand.
Hand: "Sister Jiang Ran, have you received Mr. Tang's letter?"
Jiang Ran nodded, and then looked at the letter in Jiu'er's hand.
Shangguan Ming breathed out a heavy breath and said worriedly: "That guy Aqing told me that Yingzhou City has been closed. You can only go in but not out. You have to rely on bandits to get in. What are they doing in such a dangerous place?"
, so stupid!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she looked at Jiang Ran again: "Sister Jiang Ran, aren't you worried about Mr. Tang?"
"What can I do if I worry? I just hate that I am a girl and can't stand by his side and advance and retreat with him." Jiang Ran sighed deeply, then blinked his beautiful eyes, paused for a few seconds, and resumed his smile: "But
, I believe he can come back safely."
"Yeah!" Shangguan Ming nodded, clasped his hands, and looked up to the sky: "Buddha bless you, we must let Aqing and Mr. Tang return safely!"
Jiang Ran was also praying to Tang Ji in his heart, and then looked at the woman in front of him. Ever since Song Yao followed the Western Expedition to the northwest, Shangguan Ming had come to accompany her most of the time. The two of them chatted a lot, and they became
The friend who talked about everything smiled and raised his hand to help her pluck the fallen leaves from her hair.
Shangguan Ming was halfway muttering when he suddenly remembered something else and continued: "By the way, Sister Jiang Ran, I heard that His Majesty was assassinated last night!"
"His Majesty was assassinated?" Jiang Ran looked suspicious.
"The assassin was so bold that he sneaked into the palace to assassinate His Majesty. His Majesty Long Yan was furious and ordered the whole city to search for the assassin. I just saw many officers and soldiers on the way here!" Shangguan Ming raised his hand to straighten his hair and continued.
Added: "Fortunately nothing happened, otherwise Kyoto would have been in chaos!"
Hearing this, Jiang Ran frowned. Ever since Tang Ji and the others left, the city has become more and more unstable. Now even Emperor Ning has been assassinated. After thinking carefully, he raised his eyes and ordered Ye Zheng:
"Call the two shopkeepers Shen Ling and Meng Yunyang. I have something to explain to them."
Before Tang Ji left, he had ordered that in his absence, Ji Ranju and all Ji Ran's shops would be under the control of Jiang Ran. Naturally, Ye Zheng did not dare and would not disobey her order, so he cupped his hands and replied, "Yes!"
Shangguan Ming guessed that she was planning to make her subordinates act more cautiously, so he took her arm and said, "Sister Jiang Ran, don't worry, I will protect you too!"
Jiang Ran was not worried about his own safety. After Tang Ji left, first Ye Xiao sent a master level and five first-class masters over, and then there were guards in the palace to protect Ji Ranju secretly. As long as she didn't go out, she wouldn't
Something happened, and he smiled softly and said, "You too, we can't let Captain Su worry."
"He won't worry about me. He even hid the fact that he was going to the northwest and didn't tell me until before leaving!" Shangguan Ming pursed his jade lips in dissatisfaction, clenched his hands and bit his teeth: "I said last night
I dreamed that he was married to someone else. If that stinky man messes around outside, I will definitely castrate him and send him to the palace as a eunuch!"
Hearing this, Jiu'er, who was lying on the side, agreed: "Yes, castrate him!"
At the same time, in the imperial study, Emperor Ning was sitting on the dragon chair with a gloomy face, his heavy eyebrows furrowed, and his face full of anger. When he saw Bai Chang slowly walking in from outside the palace, he just stopped.
Thoughts arose: "How is Tianxuan?"
Bai Chang bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, Master Tianxuan is seriously injured. I'm afraid he will have to recuperate for more than a month."
Hearing this, Emperor Ning took a deep breath and patted the dragon chair: "If Tianxuan hadn't delayed the time and the offering arrived in time, I would have gone to see the late emperor last night."
Bai Chang lowered his head silently: "Your Majesty, the Xingchen Division has not caught the assassin yet."
"How can a master who has reached the master level expose his whereabouts easily? Even if he can find it, who can take it down?" Emperor Ning sighed. This was the first time he felt threatened in the past 20 years since he took the throne. After thinking about it, he
He asked: "What were Qin'er and Xian'er doing last night?"
Ever since His Highness King You followed the army to the northwest, the First Prince and His Highness the Third Prince have been scrambling to do things for the court. Although they are competing overtly and covertly, their methods are more powerful. This will inevitably make His Majesty suspicious of them and he will take a closer look.
After thinking about it, he cupped his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, both Your Highnesses were in the mansion last night and did not go out."
Emperor Ning narrowed his eyes slightly and said nothing. He clenched his fists tightly and slowly released them.
Soon, Bai Chang returned to him and took out a secret letter from his sleeve: "Your Majesty, this is a secret letter just sent from the northwest."
Emperor Ning suddenly came back to his senses, raised his hand to take the wrinkled letter, and quickly browsed it.
After a moment, he slammed the table: "What a Li Wenquan, he colluded with the bandits and deliberately delayed time. He is really brave. He passed on my decree and ordered the King of the Northern Capital, Li Wenquan, to immediately mobilize his army to support the border. If he violates it,
I will regard it as treason and will further inform the warlords. The Minister of War will come to the palace to see me. Three days after the imperial edict arrived in Yingzhou, if there is no movement from the northwest army, I will order Pingzhong's 100,000 troops to go straight to the northwest and break Yingzhou first.
Destroy the barbarians again!"
"Old slave, I obey!" Bai Chang responded with his hands raised and walked out again.
Then, Emperor Ning looked worriedly outside the palace door, and a figure of someone could not help but appear in his mind: "They say you are a disaster star, but after you left, the capital was in chaos. Maybe Bai Chang was right, you
You are the bane of corrupt officials and the lucky star of the people and the court, so the northwest will also rely on you as your lucky star!"
...
In the Xu family's mansion, Ling Ying, who was wearing a purple undershirt, was sitting in the study, concentrating on reading the latest volume "Three Lives of Dreams" in her hands. Suddenly she saw an interesting place, touched her lips and snickered.
: "Interesting, really interesting."
Just at this time, Xu Zhuyan walked in anxiously from outside the door, raised his hands and said: "Envoy Ling Zuo, the Dog Emperor was almost killed last night."
"Well, I already knew it." Ling Ying raised her eyes to look at him and replied softly.
Seeing that she was so calm, Xu Zhuyan continued: "If the Dog Emperor is killed, the throne will definitely fall into the hands of Li Qin. Why are you not worried at all?"
"Is it helpful?" Ling Ying tilted her head and glanced at him, put down the book in her hand, and stretched: "The assassination of Emperor Ning Guo must be related to the person behind Li Qin. In this case, it is better to kill him.
If it succeeds, we will directly point the finger at Prince Xun's Mansion, and then it will be Li Qin who should be anxious!"
Hearing this, Xu Zhuyan calmed down a little and continued: "But we don't have any masters here!"
How could someone who could sneak into the palace and almost assassinate the emperor be just an idle person, but except for him, who was a master, they had no one available. It was said that Shura who was originally in the capital was also sent out!
Ling Ying smiled calmly: "Just because you don't know, doesn't mean you don't know, don't worry!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a woman in black walked in and presented the letter in her hand to Ling Ying with both hands: "Master Zuo, a secret letter from the northwest."
Ling Ying raised her jade hand, took it, opened it slowly, and browsed through it quickly: "Hahaha, if you block the old man named Sun from the city, that kid's life will probably be difficult. Please reply to Shura and let him know.
They are a test, don't kill Tang Ji, otherwise the old man will be angry and all ten of their hall leaders will have to be replaced."
"As ordered." The woman in black responded and left.
After hearing Ling Ying's words, Xu Zhuyan, who was standing aside, looked puzzled. Did that boy Tang Ji attract the attention of the sect leader?
In an instant, he suddenly realized something: "Zuo Shi, who is Tang Ji?"
"Shh~ don't ask any more questions." Ling Ying raised a finger to her jade lips, and after finishing speaking, she turned her gaze back to the books in the book.
...
On the other side, in the palace of Prince Xun.
"There is indeed a master-level expert in the palace, but if that woman hadn't blocked him, Lord Guan would definitely have killed Li He!"
The middle-aged man wearing a ghost mask sat in the guest seat in the back hall and sighed.
Li Qin was sitting on the main seat with a calm expression. He took a leisurely sip of tea and chuckled: "Father has worked hard. If he didn't have a trump card, how could he easily send Su Ling out? You guys are still a little too impulsive!
"
The ghost-faced man replied with some displeasure: "Don't sit and talk without pain, we do all this..."
"It's all for this king." Li Qin interrupted him directly, twisted his neck, and continued: "So, what are you going to do next?"
The ghost-faced man sat there for a moment, and then said: "Since we can't do it clearly, we can only do it in secret."
As soon as he finished speaking, he took out something wrapped in brown oil paper from his sleeve and put it on the table: "Lost Soul Powder is colorless and odorless. Even if it is mixed in water, you can't even test it with a silver needle. This is half a month's supply."
, drink it for a month, and you will be ready to inherit the throne!"
Hearing this, Li Qin frowned slightly: "You want me to poison my father every day?"
"Of course it's not you, Your Highness." The ghost-faced man smiled playfully.
Li Qin reacted immediately and took a deep breath: "Although my mother wants me to sit on the throne of prince, she will never poison my father!"
But the ghost-faced man shook his head and continued: "If Your Highness doesn't give it a try, how will you know if the Queen is willing?"