Chapter 656 Letter from Liaodong, Cai Luan’s inner thoughts
"What's wrong?"
At the champion's house, Miaoyu looked at Cai Luan with a gloomy face, and sighed softly in her heart. During this period, the capital city was in chaos, with various families harboring evil intentions, and the cynicism in the court continued. As a result, Cai Luan
One can imagine the pressure on the person who is currently in charge of the Hou Mansion.
Of course, perhaps because of the palace's intention, no one in the Hou Mansion openly came to harass them. For example, those officials and censors did not bother to fight, but came directly to break into the door. They were happy to pretend to be a little transparent. On weekdays,
The gates of the Hou Mansion are rarely opened.
Daily shopping is done through the back door or the corner door, and the days are quiet. Even at night, there are often some uninvited guests, but they can't reach the backyard.
These people were usually dealt with secretly by Cai Luan and the few martial arts masters left in the house. In addition, Cai Luan personally handled some manpower transfers, so during this period, Cai Luan was under a lot of pressure.
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"News about the arrival from Liaodong."
Cai Luan didn't know what to say. The land of Liaodong, as one of Jia Qi's bases, also carried many memories of her and Jia Qi. The people here were far more lovely to her than those here in the capital.
Although those people are all soldiers.
“Thunderbolt??”
It was Miaoyu after all, she guessed it as soon as Cai Luan said it.
Cai Luan nodded. As a magical weapon in Jia Xuan's hands, the Thunderbolt Bullet is one of the rare weapons that can fight and threaten strangers. Logically speaking, this kind of thing should not appear on today's battlefield.
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During the process of pacifying Northern Xinjiang, Jia Qi secretly summoned a group of skilled generals to study this thing, and also gave another formula to upgrade the thunderbolt bombs. Compared with Houyuan's, the power of the thunderbolt bombs was improved.
There is more than one level, which is one of the reasons why he was able to defeat Northern Xinjiang in just a few years.
But after pacifying Northern Xinjiang, he strictly ordered his men to keep secrets, saying only that those thunderbolt bombs were seized from Hou Yuan. Of course, the core secrets about thunderbolt bombs were only known to those under Jia Cui.
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Later, Jia Qi was in danger in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Snow Dragon Rider rushed thousands of miles to rescue him. He had no choice but to use this thing, and it was a helpless move. The journey was too long, and even the body of the Snow Dragon Rider was under tremendous pressure. If he wanted to
To break through levels quickly, Thunderball becomes the first choice.
Later, Jia Qi handed over part of it to the imperial court, and the Snow Dragon Cavalry never used it again. But at this time, this thing suddenly appeared under the hands of Prince Dongping. At that time, Cai Luan guessed that it might have leaked from Liaodong.
Now that she had received clear evidence, she couldn't sit still.
"The letter said that a batch of coins disappeared from the workshop for no reason. The number was about 1,500. There were heavy guards outside at that time. No one can tell how they disappeared. However, according to the secrets outside,
Zi said that when he disappeared, they had seen a lame Taoist priest appear."
"Guo Yingjing has secretly moved the workshop, but the missing batch of thunder bombs have not been found yet."
When she heard the word "lame Taoist priest", Miaoyu's eyes drooped unnaturally. Although her face remained normal, her heart was already filled with turmoil.
If she hadn't guessed, this person was the root cause of Jia Qi's inability to show up now. If Jia Qi was in such trouble now, even if he was not the culprit, he should be one of the participants.
Similarly, this should be the old Taoist priest who appeared in the fifth prince's house. If this person is really behind this matter, what is the other party's purpose?
It stands to reason that this person should have taken refuge with the fifth prince. If he really got a magical weapon like the Thunderbolt, he shouldn't have given it to the fifth prince directly. How could he have handed it over to Prince Dongping? What was his plan?
"It should be the one from the fifth prince's house..."
Cai Luan was slightly silent when he said this. The other problems encountered by the Hou Mansion are fine, but this one is a big mountain that cannot be avoided. The other party is not an ordinary person, but a practitioner, with magical methods.
Unpredictable, not to mention other things, it is said that the other party stole the thunderbolts under heavy guard. This kind of skill is definitely not something that those martial arts masters can do.
Because what he stole was not one or two, but fifteen hundred. Unless it was a robbery, it would be impossible to steal such a huge amount without attracting attention.
"This bastard..."
Knowing the enemy but being helpless made Cai Luan furious.
Miaoyu stood up and walked towards Cai Luan. Looking at the girl who was still sulking, she lightly patted her shoulder.
"He's not the only bastard."
Cai Luan sighed after hearing this.
"He is not that kind of person. Many times, he has no choice in many things. Although he is about the same age as Mr. Wang Sun in the capital, his experiences are different."
"He experienced a time when he didn't have enough to eat. He walked out from the bottom of a government palace. He experienced the warmth and coldness of human relationships. He traveled from the south to the south of the Yangtze River and traveled a long way to the rivers and lakes. He experienced the dangerous people in the rivers and lakes and the fighting on the battlefield. He also experienced
The battlefield is cruel, and many times, his choices are not intentional, but are made after careful consideration."
"My sister may not have experienced these things that he has experienced. There is a steelyard in his heart. What is heavier and what is lighter? The things he likes the most and the things he cares about the most are not willing to let them go.
They were hurt."
"With this disappearance, my sister may have some complaints in her heart and feel that he should not go out privately, but that choice may be the best choice for him. He is not a saint. He has his own emotions and desires, as well as happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy.
, when I was with him, I don’t know when I fell in love with that feeling. I got used to being by his side, watching him win battles, and I was willing to do things for him that I didn’t like, until a long time later.
, I realized that I already fell in love with this person."
"But you are right, he is indeed a bastard, but who makes us willing to stay by his side? Liking doesn't seem to be something we can control. If I could, I really don't want to fall in love with him. It's too tiring.
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Miaoyu stood there, speechless for a long time.
She actually knew that Cai Luan was a sensible person, but she didn't expect that her understanding of Jia Qi would be so profound. She did have some grudges about Jia Qi's sudden disappearance before, so why can't we face it together?
It was only later that she figured out that perhaps, as Cai Luan said, this might be Jia Qi's truest thought.