Luo Qingzhi took Ouyang Xun away from the state capital. When Ouyang Xun was about to ask, Luo Qingzhi motioned him to silence, "Someone is following."
"Who?" Ouyang Xun immediately looked back.
Luo Qingzhi pulled him back and said, "Don't look, just follow me."
It was approaching noon, there were not many pedestrians on the street, and a large number of people poured into the restaurant. Luo Qingzhi took Ouyang Xun into the nearby restaurant.
"You two, what do you want to eat?" the waiter greeted enthusiastically.
Luo Qingzhi said: "Go to the toilet first, is it at the back door?"
"That's right, just go to the back door from here." The waiter answered.
"Thank you."
Luo Qingzhi and the two came to the back door, opened the door latch, and entered another street.
"Sir, I'm not familiar with Ningzhou, please lead the way." Luo Qingzhi said calmly.
Ouyang Xun thought for a while and said, "Follow me."
The two walked through the neighborhood and came to a dark alley. Ouyang Xun stood outside a small dark red door, knocked three times, stayed for a while, and knocked twice.
A servant came to open the door and saluted, "Sir."
Ouyang Xun turned around and looked at Luo Qingzhi, "Princess, come in."
Luo Qingzhi hesitated for a moment before entering the courtyard.
The courtyard is very small. As soon as you enter the courtyard, there are many people in the courtyard. There are about thirty people. They are all uniformly dressed in black. Without looking carefully, it is difficult to distinguish everyone.
Ouyang Xun explained: "This is a secret guard raised by the state government, so the princess can rest assured."
"Can the state capital have secret guards?" Luo Qingzhi was puzzled.
Ouyang Xun explained, "This is Ningzhou's right, because there are side generals like Mufu to check and balance."
Luo Qingzhi's heart tightened, "So, is Yuzhou..."
Ouyang Xun did not answer or deny. In a sense, it was an admission.
Although Luo Qingzhi understood that Gao Yan's purpose was to check and balance, she couldn't help but feel scared when she thought that there was a hidden force entrenched in Yuzhou City that she didn't know about.
Ouyang Xun explained: "Your Majesty, too..."
"I understand." Luo Qingzhi interrupted him and asked: "These secret guards are trained by the Imperial City Division?"
"Yes." Ouyang Xun nodded.
"Who do you take orders from?" Luo Qingzhi continued to ask.
Ouyang Xun replied: "Your Majesty."
"Then how do you mobilize?"
Ouyang Xun took out a jade pendant from his arms and carved it with dragon patterns. "Only those who hold this jade pendant can move it."
"Sir, if you tell me this, you won't be afraid of losing your life?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
Ouyang Xun carefully stored the jade pendant and said calmly: "If the princess is even slightly injured in Ningzhou City, I believe I will die faster."
"Here we come." Luo Qingzhi said.
Ouyang Xun took out his jade pendant, faced the man in black, and said, "Leave one alive and destroy the rest."
The men in black present responded uniformly, with a fierce momentum, like soldiers.
Luo Qingzhi and Ouyang Xun retreated to the rear, and the two pairs of horses used the gate as a boundary to fight in separate courts.
The alley is narrow and the opponent does not have an advantage. However, the opponent's manpower has not shown their skills, so it is difficult to predict this battle.
Ouyang Xun said: "Princess, you can leave now."
Luo Qingzhi shook her head, "I want to see the skills of the secret guard."
Ouyang Xun said casually: "Princess, I have seen this a long time ago."
Luo Qingzhi's heartbeat quickened, her eyes widened, and she looked at Ouyang Xun, "Weibao Mountain?"
Ouyang Xun bowed his hands and said, "Princess, please follow me. I can give you an explanation."
Luo Qingzhi subconsciously took a step back and opened the distance between the two of them.
Ouyang Xun said sincerely: "This official doesn't know martial arts, so the princess doesn't need to worry."
After Luo Qingzhi put on armor and went to the battlefield, she experienced many dangers, some of which were initiated by her actively, and some of which she suffered passively. No matter what the cause was, she dealt with them one by one.
resolved, but at this time, she was a little hesitant.
Ouyang Xun bent down and lowered his head, "Princess, please trust me. Didn't you also want to know the truth about all this, and that's why you brought me into the game?"
Luo Qingzhi nodded, "Okay, lead the way."
Ouyang Xun led Luo Qingzhi into the room, opened the cabinet, and a secret passage appeared. He walked out of the secret passage and returned to the file room of the state capital.
"It actually leads here?" Luo Qingzhi was confused at first, and then understood, "Only in this way can we issue orders at any time without being noticed."
Ouyang Xun closed the secret passage and handed the dragon pattern jade pendant to Luo Qingzhi.
"What do you mean?" Luo Qingzhi didn't understand.
Ouyang Xun explained: "Just before the princess came back, the subordinate received a secret order that Lord Zhizhou had been killed."
Luo Qingzhi asked tentatively: "The Mu family made it."
"Yes." Ouyang Xun nodded.
"Mu family wants to rebel?" Luo Qingzhi continued to ask.
Ouyang Xun replied: "In terms of preparation, it is Mu Wanning who wants to rebel."
Luo Qingzhi frowned, "What do you mean?"
"Let me explain it, Mr. Ouyang."
Luo Qingzhi turned her head and looked at the person coming out of the darkness, and was greatly surprised.
"You are indeed not dead." Luo Qingzhi said.
Mu Qi walked forward step by step, and when she bent down to salute, she obviously staggered a little, "I have met the princess."
Luo Qingzhi chuckled, "Tell me, what exactly are you going to do?"
"If Wan Ning wants to rebel, we have to stop her," Mu Qi said.
"Why did she rebel? How did she rebel?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
Mu Qi said calmly: "Mu Wanning is the eldest young master of the Mu family and the young marshal of the Mu family army."
Seeing that Luo Qingzhi was not surprised, Mu Qi asked, "You already knew this."
"You can't say that. Ningzhou City is tight on the outside and tight on the inside. My people didn't find anything." Luo Qingzhi paused for a while and continued: "I just vaguely guessed it."
"How do you say that?" Mu Qi asked.
Luo Qingzhi explained: "The people in Mu Mansion are obviously more obedient to her orders."
"Is it just this?" Mu Qi asked.
Luo Qingzhi said: "This person is like an animal. He knows his own kind through the sense of smell. The first time I met Mu Wanning, I knew that she was the same person as me."
Mu Qi shook her head, "I don't believe what you said, but it doesn't matter, it's already like this."
Ouyang Xun took over the conversation and continued to ask: "More than that, what did you find, Princess?"
"You have read all the news coming and going from the capital, right?" Luo Qingzhi asked back.
"..."
The two of them did not answer, and Luo Qingzhi continued: "My subordinates, I know them very well, and they will never use any "mysterious person" to fool me. Since the news cannot be spread, then the biggest suspect is naturally the master.
The Mufu in Ningzhou...can keep abreast of the capital's trends, and the government must also be among them."
"What do you mean?" Mu Qi asked.
Luo Qingzhi took a step back and said, "What I mean is that you two colluded to confuse right and wrong, control Ningzhou, and become king in the southwest."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Mu Qi roared angrily.
Mu Qi said loudly, "Forget it, she has already suspected it. It's useless to talk more. Anyway, there are only three of us here now. Let's kill her and it will be over."
Ouyang Xun stopped her, "She is Princess An Ning, don't do whatever you want."
"Are you scared?" Mu Qi asked back.
Ouyang Xun smiled and said, "Young master, she is Princess Anning, the most noble person to His Majesty the Emperor. We captured her alive and threatened His Majesty. Can't we ask for a few more cities?"
Mu Qi smiled and said, "You are still the most insidious."
Luo Qingzhi clapped her hands, "If you don't come out, I'll really have to explain myself here, but no one will do it for your Mu family."
As soon as this statement came out
, a person flew in from the window, Mu Wanning stood in front of Luo Qingzhi holding a spear.
"Stop it, second brother."
Mu Qi shook her head, "Aning? Why, you never understand, I am doing this for the good of Mu Mansion."
Mu Wanning said: "Second brother, please wake up. Our Mu family has always been loyal to the emperor and loves the people."
"Loyal to the emperor and loving the people..." Mu Qi laughed, "Yes, we have always been like this, but what did you get in exchange? The court did not give you a reward, but deducted our supplies... and also raised us.
We created a group of secret guards... It was the imperial court that chilled our hearts first."
Mu Wanning shook her head, "We concealed our identities first, and I went to the battlefield as a woman first."
"Isn't she Luo Qingzhi also a woman? Why, just because the Luo family followed the ancestors before our Mu family?" Mu Qi yelled. qs
"It's only because I was born too early and went to the battlefield a year earlier than the princess." When Mu Wanning said this, there was also regret in her words.
Luo Qingzhi asked: "Why don't you explain the reason later?"
Mu Wanning said helplessly: "Sometimes, when you say something, you have to use countless words to cover it up. Gradually, you don't dare to tell the truth."
Mu Qi said gently: "An Ning, come to me, let's take Mu Mansion forward together."
Mu Wanning shook her head, pointed the spear at Mu Qi, and said loudly: "Stop it, second brother."
Mu Qi laughed and shook her head slightly, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. You will understand me when I succeed."
The sound of uniform footsteps sounded outside the house. Mu Qi smiled and said, "Look, my people are coming."
Luo Qingzhi said: "Since we have already broken up, why don't we change to a spacious place and go out to see it together."
Mu Qi thought the person coming was Mu Jiajun, so she was the first to open the door and walked out without hesitation.
At this time, Ouyang Xun still made a respectful gesture of "please", letting Luo Qingzhi go first, followed by Mu Wanning.
The Mu family's army formed three columns, numbering about a hundred people, and filled the courtyard of the state capital.
Mu Qi laughed loudly and looked at Luo Qingzhi, "Princess An Ning, surrender and avoid the pain of your flesh and blood."
Luo Qingzhi folded her hands on her chest and leaned against the pillar, "I never surrender."
Mu Qi took out the weapon talisman, faced the Mu family army, and ordered, "Catch her."
Suddenly, dark clouds covered the sky, and thunder sounded in the sky.
The Mu family army in the yard stood there, no one moved.
Mu Wanning stepped forward and said softly: "Take down Mu Qi."
There was another thunder, and Mu Qi was surrounded by everyone.
"Why?" Mu Qi couldn't believe it and turned to look at Mu Wanning.
Mu Wanning said: "Second brother, you lose."
Mu Qi closed his eyes and loosened his grip on the knife. Everyone thought he was about to surrender, but unexpectedly, he jumped out of the encirclement and took Mu Wanning hostage.
"Second brother, you can't escape." Mu Wanning said.
Mu Qi smiled and said, "The Mu family's family motto is to shed the last drop of blood."
Muwanning shouted: "No!"
But before he had time, the archer on the eaves hit him with an arrow. This time, it was his right chest...
Muqi fell to the ground, and heavy rain fell instantly... This chapter has been completed!