In fact, they didn't wait for the third day, but at noon on the second day, the soldiers in charge of escorting the exiled prisoners flew pigeons to pass the book, it turned out that the three generations of the Xia family and Jiang Chao committed suicide in fear of crime during the exile.

This statement is so, but the truth of it is unknown, but the mountains and rivers are long, and since the body is still there, no one cares whether it is true or not. A generation of princes fell, and ended up like this, but the people all applauded - the person who lost the military salary was really a great crime, who knows what kind of heart Lu Dao'an has?

When Qi Feng came back from delivering the news, he saw that Jiang Ruan just responded lightly, and said, "Third sister-in-law, why are you so careless?" Aren't you afraid that they will be rescued? ”

"The cunning rabbit is dead and the lackey cooks," Jiang Ruan uncared about sorting out the account book in front of him, since she entered the mansion, Steward Lin really regarded her as the head of the Jinying Palace, and all the power of the middle feed in the mansion was handed over to Jiang Ruan. Even if she refused, the keys to the account books and treasury were still handed over to her, she didn't want to deal with these things, but in the end it was Xiao Shao's palace, it was not good to let her hands go like this, and she had one more task every day. She said: "The Xia family has been Xuanli's sword in the imperial court for so many years, and there are so many rivals, since Xuanli has been regarded as an outcast by the Xia family, it is impossible to make any moves." was killed on the way to exile, but it is not bad to find a random name to commit suicide in fear of crime. It's just a pity that the liberation was so fast. ”

"You're wrong this time." Qi Feng smiled: "It's not the hand of the Xia family's enemies. ”

"Xuanli should do it," Jiang Ruan said lightly: "He is very bold." ”

"How do you know the way?" Qi Feng was stunned.

"Xuanli wants to protect the secret passage, and he doesn't dare to let the secret of the secret passage leak out, so naturally he wants to sacrifice the Xia family and Jiang Chao. But the Xia family and Jiang Chao have been doing things under Xuanli for so many years, and they know more or less what Xuanli wants to do, and there are naturally some handles. Xuanli wants to kill people and kill people, how can he allow the Xia family to live. Jiang Ruan said: "Thinking about it, the Xia family thought that the result of being exiled was still the meaning of Xuanli Zhou, thinking that one day they would make a comeback, so they did not resist so obediently, but they sent themselves to a dead end." ”

Qi Feng touched his nose: "You guessed eight or nine." He said: "The Jinyi guards sent to stare at it, the Xia family's father and son and Jiang Chao knew that their faces changed when Xuanli sent someone to kill them, but unfortunately it was a step too late, and it was too late to regret it." Third sister-in-law, I took it upon myself to have Xia Jun and Jiang Chao's heads replaced," he looked at Jiang Ruan's face: "What does the third sister-in-law want to do?" ”

Hearing Qi Feng's words, Jiang Ruan was slightly surprised in her heart, she didn't expect Qi Feng to do this. In fact, several of Xiao Shao's brothers and sisters have the same habit of protecting their shortcomings as Xiao Shao, Guan Lianghan and Mo Cong have a lot of complaints about Jiang Ruan, but Qi Feng has been getting along for the past few days, but it is a sincere blessing to Jiang Ruan. He is a person with excellent intelligence, and he has always admired people as smart as himself, Jiang Ruan is so wise and close to a demon in his eyes, he really admires it very much. Since he regarded Jiang Ruan as his own, Qi Feng secretly inquired about Xia Jun and Jiang Chao's feud with Jiang Ruan, and was indignant about Jiang Ruan's experience, and only then did he understand why Jiang Ruan suppressed these two people so much. He didn't feel that Jiang Ruan was at fault at all, but admired her temperament, and naturally wanted to vent a bad breath for Jiang Ruan, if Jiang Ruan wanted to do anything, he would naturally help.

Qi Feng expected that Jiang Chao and Xia Jun had treated Jiang Ruan for the past holidays, and now that Jiang Ruan could not personally kill the enemy, he would definitely regret it, so bringing the head back might be able to compensate her a little. I didn't want Jiang Ruan to be surprised, so he said lightly: "It doesn't matter, you can do what you want, right?" ”

"You don't hate them?" Seeing Jiang Ruan so cold, Qi Feng was stunned and asked uncertainly.

"The man is dead, I have achieved my goal, and it is just a waste of time to bother with this." Jiang Ruan said.

Qi Feng thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then I'll burn these two heads clean, and I don't want to let them fall into the ground." ”

This person has always been calm and wise, and it is rare to encounter such childish words, Jiang Ruan couldn't help but be a little funny, and the corners of his lips raised slightly. Her smile on weekdays is always a little cold, and it does not reach the bottom of her eyes, under such a relaxed smile, her eyes are slightly bent, and the raised tails of her eyes are slightly pressed down, which is a different bright and bright color. Qi Feng couldn't help but be stunned, as if he had been touched by something, and then quickly lowered his head, and said a little dodge: "In this case, it's also a matter of calculation, third sister-in-law, I still have some things, I have to take a step first." With that, he left in a hurry.

Although Jiang Ruan was a little strange why he left suddenly, he would not waste his thoughts on this, now that the Xia family had fallen, he didn't know what Xuan Li was thinking at the moment? She smiled slightly, but a trace of joy slowly floated in her heart: Xuanli, you wait, wait to see the great cause of your family and country, slowly and slowly, slowly ruined in my hands.

……

In the Eighth Prince's Mansion, Xuan Li's face showed a look of frustration for the first time, and the teacup in front of him had already been emptied, obviously the master had just been angry.

"Your Highness is angry." Seeing that the master was like this, all the staff members at the bottom stepped forward to persuade: "Although the Xia family has fallen, it is not a complete loss, in the end, the five princes have not moved much, Your Highness should not be angry and hurt yourself, and you will not be afraid of no firewood to burn." ”

"What do you know!" Xuanli's face sank like water: "A Xia family, the palace is not so depressed, the palace is angry, after so long, the people behind it have not been pulled out, a bunch of waste!" He spoke in a hurry, with a gasp in his tone. The staff looked at each other, and they didn't dare to come out.

Xuanli himself sent someone to kill the father and son of the Xia family, but also to eliminate future troubles, such a move is tantamount to cutting off an arm, although he keeps saying that the Xia family is not important, but for so many years, many things in Xuanli have to be completed by the hands of the Xia Mansion. This is a good knife that is easy to use and accustomed to, and seeing that the great cause of seizing the heir is close at hand, but he has to temporarily change a knife, how hateful it is for him. What's more, the emperor took away all the wealth of the Xia family, which means that the silver he used to get from the Xia family every year is now gone.

From now on, where will the money come from?

What's even more annoying is that this time everything was planned to be foolproof, but I don't know where something went wrong in the middle, on the surface, it seems that Xia Jun and Jiang Chao are not doing well, but Xuan Li knows in his heart that there must be other reasons for the sudden arrival of the garrison of the city, but I don't know what the reason is, he has also inquired about it, but unfortunately the official is an iron and wood, and he can't pry it open, maybe he really doesn't know anything. Someone must be behind the control of this matter, as long as he thinks that this person is so cunning and has been inviting you into the urn, Xuan Li shuddered.

All along, he has maintained a gentle and elegant attitude, even if he does ruthless things, but he is the enemy and he is secret, and he has always been in the camp step by step. But I don't know when I will encounter obstacles in everything I do, the death of Xuan Lang, the death of He Yi, the fall of the summer, the loss of power of Chen Guifei, I don't know when his advantages are all gone. It's as if there's an invisible hand pushing it all in, as if it's coming at him alone. He was in the light, but others were in the dark, and seemed to see him as a prey, luring him into a trap step by step.

Xuanli has always been forbearant and scheming, and for the first time, he felt anxious in his heart, and a series of things were like a boulder, disrupting his calm heart.

Xuanli's smartest staff looked at him with some concern, Xuanli has always been more stable than others, and now his heart is in chaos, which is a big taboo. Once the mind is disturbed, it is easy to make mistakes, if all this is really manipulated behind the scenes, the mistake of Xuanren, that person will not let go......

Xuan Li's face showed a little irritability, he had already sent many people to investigate, but he couldn't find anything, how powerful was the person behind him, so deep hidden? Originally, only he and Xuanhua had a chance to seize the heir, but I don't know when, the emperor valued Xuanpei, the thirteenth prince. Originally, he thought that Xuan Pei's status was low, and he did not have the support of his mother's family, so he was not qualified to compete with him for the position of prince no matter what, but now he felt that otherwise, the emperor's intimacy with Xuan Pei was nothing more than the once favored four princes, and even gave him the crown prince and Fu Liumin, which was not a good sign.

Seeing that Xuanli's expression was changing, the staff became more and more gloomy, and hurriedly comforted: "Your Highness doesn't have to worry too much, no matter how powerful that person is, at least we still have the eight hundred carts of military salary, as long as there is this military salary, Your Highness will not lose." ”

Military salary? Xuanli slowly calmed down, and when he thought of military salary, his depression slowly dissipated a little. That's right, he hasn't lost yet, the eight hundred carts of military salary are still in his hands, as long as he has the military salary, he can also exchange most of the benefits if he is sent to the Tianjin Kingdom. It will take some time for the Xia family's silver to be used to raise military salaries again, and he may not be the loser in this war. Although it can't be said that Jinyiwei has won everything, Jinyiwei has not won. Now the military salary is being transported to the post station outside the capital through the secret passage non-stop, as long as it arrives at the post station, the 800 carts of military pay have nothing to do with Jinyiwei.

After settling down, Xuanli was about to summon someone to ask about the military salary, when he saw a guard running in with a rolling belt, his expression was completely panicked, and he said loudly: "Your Highness, it's not good, something happened, something happened!" ”

Xuan Li Tengdi stood up from his seat suddenly, his heart was beating fast for a moment, and he stared at the guard motionlessly: "What's wrong?" ”

"Salary, salary—" The guard's voice almost cried: "The salary is gone—"

With a "snap", Xuanli's teacup suddenly fell to the ground.

……

Unlike the scene of chickens flying and dogs jumping in the Eighth Prince's Mansion, a certain place is jubilant at the moment.

Jin Sanyi sat on the ground, patted the dust rubbed on his clothes, and said: "The young lady is really clever, so that the way to grab food can be thought of, if I were the gentle prince of Raushzi, I would have been hanged with a rope a long time ago." can't even compare to a deep boudoir woman, what kind of hero is it! ”

Jin Si shook his head and said, "What a deep girl, I don't think most men in the world can compare to her." Xuanli chose the young lady as an opponent, and he also poured eight lifetimes of mold. Even the emperor's thoughts have been calculated, I'm afraid you don't have the courage to have that idea. ”

When Dew Drop heard these two people say this, she immediately showed a smug smile, straightened her chest and said: "That's natural, my girl is a good girl, although it can't be said that everything is in the palm of her hand, at least if you want to do something, you must be able to do it." My girl is not only smart, but also beautiful, looking at the capital, who can compare to the girl's national beauty? Whoever marries my girl is really a treasure! ”

"Listening to your tone, it's as if you're so smart," Jinji on the side walked over and knocked on the dew's head with one hand: "It's just that although the young lady is smart and beautiful, it's a pity that the maids around her are not very good." As he spoke, he deliberately looked the dew up and down: "Hey, whoever married you is really unlucky." ”

"Dengzi-" Dew immediately exploded, "Who are you talking about?" ”

The two of them were fighting and making trouble, completely ignoring the faces of the people around them. This is also a secret passage, but it is not a secret passage of Xuanren. Jiang Ruan had previously instructed that someone should be sent to guard the entrance of Xuanli's secret passage, and once the eight hundred carts of military pay arrived, he would send someone to stop Xuanli's people and kill them. Jin Yiwei is already doing murder for a living, so he is naturally familiar with the road. used a secret passage of Xuanli to send the general's salary out of the city, but instead of sending it to another post station, he transferred to the secret passage in Jinyiwei.

But in any organization, there are always some secret rooms and secret passages. Although Jiang Ruan was not very familiar with Jinyiwei, he also knew that there must be such an existence in Lu Dao. In fact, there is indeed such a place, Jinyiwei transported the salary to his own secret channel, and then used other methods to take another road to pretend to be a merchant and sent it to the border pass, which not only solved the problem of military pay at the border pass, but also killed Xuan Li.

With Xuanli's temperament, he will be furious when he learns the news that the military salary has disappeared for no reason, this thing is strange, but with the means of Jinyiwei, Xuanli will not be able to find out here for a while. In this way, Xuanli will be immersed in the confusion of the matter day by day, and with his suspicious nature, he will inevitably suspect that his secret passage has been discovered. This is the real killing without blood. Immersing a person in fear every day, no matter how tenacious that person's mind is, is a kind of torture.

"What I'm curious about is, how did she know the secret path of Xuanli?" Ye Feng groaned. This secret passage has never been used for so many years, and even the Jinyi guards have not been able to find out, and now it is the first time that Xuanli has used it, but Jiang Ruan seems to have known it in his chest, and he knows the extremely detailed details of the Tao everywhere, which is really a bit unbelievable for the Jinyi guards who have been born by intelligence.

Both Jinji and Jinsan looked at Dewdrop, who noticed their expressions, took a step back, and said, "What do you see me doing?" I am the girl's handmaid, not the roundworm in the girl's stomach. After thinking about it, she said again: "Besides, the girl is now the princess of the Jinying Palace, and she is your master, what do you have to doubt?" ”

"That's right," Tianzhu also stood up, looked around for a while, and then said, "She is also your master, pay attention to your identity." ”

Ye Feng lowered his head in disagreement, and there were some doubts in his heart, but it was only a short time, and now Jiang Ruan had inadvertently subdued so many people's hearts. She was afraid that she didn't find out that Jinyi Weizhong is now using it more and more conveniently. Xiao Shao's Jinyi guards were not actually used to participate in the court battles, and they have not done these things for so many years. Now Jiang Ruan wants them to participate in it, but no one opposes it, which is already a miracle in itself.

……

Thousands of miles away at the border pass, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner. It seemed that he was completely unaware of such a thing in the capital city, but it was lively outside the tent at the moment, the light of the bonfire burning gas reflected on everyone's faces, and a group of soldiers were cheering and enjoying themselves, and from time to time there were beautiful foreign women dressed in cool service singing and dancing.

No matter how brave the soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty are, they can't stand the devouring of this desert grassland, and the rapid consumption of materials is not something that everyone can eat, and there is no supply. What's more, the news they heard was that the military salaries of the Jin Dynasty were burned to the ground, and there was no other way to supply grain and grass for the time being, which meant that in the future confrontation, the Great Jin Dynasty was very likely to run out of food and be defeated without a fight.

So these soldiers are here to celebrate today, they are singing and drinking, and they are sure of victory, probably not knowing whether this war should continue or not—after all, the 100,000 guards will become their prisoners when they reach their best, just like the people who are now in the big tent.

Yuan Chuan - The man in the gray cloak stood quietly in the distance of the campfire, but his eyes were a little gloomy. The little soldier on the side took a glass of wine and saluted him: "Strategist, this great victory, thanks to the protection of Strategist, I salute you!" ”

Motokawa smiled and took the wine and drank it down, the firelight outlined his figure gracefully and mysteriously, and his chin was beautiful and full of temptation. He turned his eyes to look at the soldiers who were singing and laughing, and their faces were full of joy, but they ...... Why did the news of the Great Jin Dynasty be cut off since the military salary was burned? This is not an ordinary thing, those who think they are elegant in the Central Plains love to do treacherous things, is it possible that this alliance is not as reliable as it seems on the outside? Or has something happened? Motokawa slowly lowered his head.

In the tent, the young man looked at the busy girl next to him, frowned slightly, and said, "You don't have to be like this, put it down." ”

"Vice General Jiang, I am your maid, these are what I should do." The girl Jin'er smiled back at him, she seems to be playing the role of a personal slave very well these days, as long as she doesn't look at those crappy loopholes.

How can anyone be a subordinate who doesn't even know how to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, doesn't know how to arrange vegetables, and is even unaware of the rules and etiquette. The sewing and cleaning was even more of a mess, for example, the whole tent was made dusty.

"This is the desert, and you're just going to kick up the dust." Jiang Xinzhi finally couldn't look at it, and couldn't help but stop her.

Jin'er was stunned for a moment, put down the work in her hand, and stuck out her tongue a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, Vice General Jiang, I'll stop." If it weren't for the large scar on her cheek, she would have made this expression playful and cute. She has an excellent temperament, no matter how cold Jiang Xinzhi treats her, she can always do it happily alone, although she is helping every day, but sometimes Jiang Xinzhi sees her busy and thinks she is a little cute.

Yuanchuan will arrest Jiang Xinzhi and interrogate him every once in a while, the interrogation process is naturally miserable, when he comes back, he is scarred, Jin'er looks tearful, and his distressed appearance is not like pretending, after coming and going, Jiang Xinzhi also feels that this Jin'er does not look like the other party's spy.

Jin'er saw that he was distracted, so she brought the food on the side and said, "Today is celebrating outside, the food is good, Vice General Jiang should also use some." As he spoke, he opened the food basket box, and suddenly a fragrance poured into the tip of Jiang Xinzhi's nose, which was a plate of roast beef and a few dusty dry cakes.

Jin'er blinked: "I went to steal a few pieces of dry biscuits, and I asked someone for beef." Eat it. ”

Since Jin'er came, Jiang Xinzhi's meals often have a few more dishes, which is naturally Jin'er's "kindness", although this is not needed at all, but Jin'er is very persistent in adding food for him, and she has to watch him eat up her extra snacks.

Today's dry cake is also like this, the food prepared for him by the people of southern Xinjiang must not be these, he is too lazy to care, after eating a few bites, he said: "What are you celebrating for?" ”

Jin'er was stunned for a moment, and didn't look over: "Who knows, I probably thought that they were celebrating again with a victory, Vice General Jiang didn't have to pay attention to it, these people would eventually be defeated." ”

Seeing her expression, Jiang Xinzhi was shocked and understood, only to say that the Jin Dynasty army had failed again, and his heart was a little heavy, and he couldn't eat it anymore. Just looking at the dry cake thoughtfully.

Jin'er saw that her words caused Jiang Xinzhi to be so silent, and she was anxious, so she said: "Deputy General Jiang, don't think too much, you must not give up, this war will definitely end soon, and you will be saved soon, these people are just clowns who jump off the beam, and they will be defeated in the end." ”

Her tone was serious and hopeful, Jiang Xinzhi looked at her, the firelight in the tent casting a soft pearl-colored halo on her face, and even the horrible scar was blurred. The girl's bright eyes are as translucent as spring water, and they are inexplicably moving.

Jiang Xinzhi looked at her quietly, and suddenly whispered, "Who are you?" ”

Jin'er was stunned, looked at him and said, "What? ”

"The people of southern Xinjiang have put soft tendons in the food I have given me, and I can't develop my martial arts. After you came, the weight of the soft tendons became less, and my martial arts were slowly recovering, who are you doing this on purpose? Jiang Xinyi stared at her unblinkingly. He guessed that Jin'er was not an ordinary person, but he didn't have a clue who it was. She doesn't look like an enemy, but her own people? But it looks a little weird.

"I.... I.... Jin'er was oppressed by Jiang Xinzhi's questioning gaze, her face gradually turned red, and she stammered: "I'm Sister Ruan's friend......." I'm here to save you. ”

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