Xia Jun's eyes sank, and a trace of emotion flashed in his eyes, which was fleeting, but after a moment, he smiled faintly and said, "Cousin, what do you mean by this?" ”

"My cousin and I also have half of the Xia family's blood, so we have to be honest with each other. You don't have to play some dumb riddles when you speak, cousin, now that you have fallen into such a field, you can't enter the office, you can only do things for His Royal Highness in the dark outside, but you can't get the official position and glory you deserve, who is all this for? Jiang Chao smiled: "You and I know it!" ”

Xia Jun looked at Jiang Chao with a smile, he was different from Jiang Chao, although Jiang Chao was working under Xuanli, and now he seems to have a high career, but at best, Xia Yan protected him too well at the beginning, but his brain was not enough. Moreover, Jiang Chao inherited Jiang Quan's cowardly and vacillating temperament, and he was smart many times. For example, at this moment, Xia Jun knew that Jiang Chao was deliberately saying it to him, but he just remained silent.

"It's my glory to do things for His Royal Highness the Eighth, I don't dare to complain, as for my cousin's ascension, it's my cousin's luck, my luck is not good, and I can't complain about others." Xia Jun said.

Jiang Chao heard this, but he took a deep look at Xia Jun, Xia Jun is unfathomable, but the holy decree asked him not to enter the office, but Xia Jun was stunned and became Xuanli's staff outside. Xuanli This person Now Jiang Chao has also figured out some of his habits, and he never needs someone who has no ability. Xia Jun's identity is already special, but he can impress Xuanli, and he must have great ability. Jiang Chao is narrow-minded, although he also has many taboos against Xia Jun, but now the situation is different, and he has to conspire with Xia Jun.

"Tell me the truth, cousin, this time it's the meaning of His Royal Highness." Zhilu Dao couldn't get any benefit if he continued to play Tai Chi like this, so Jiang Chao simply made his words clear. He said: "His Royal Highness has ordered me to do this, but I think that this matter can be done further, but I need the help of my cousin." ”

Xia Jun slowly stretched out his hand and poured himself a glass of wine, which rippled slightly, emitting a little tempting mellow. Xia Jun picked up the wine glass, but he was not in a hurry to drink it, but squinted his eyes slightly, as if he was sniffing the slight aroma of wine. Slowly, he said, "Oh? So, cousin, what good is it for me that I did this? How far can this go? ”

He is not in a hurry to ask what is the matter, nor does he ask how to do it, but the first thing he asks is the result, which shows that Xia Jun is a person who does not care about using any means, and everything he asks for is only a satisfactory result.

Jiang Chao lowered his voice, but a chill flashed on his face: "The result?" It depends on how big the chips are for my cousin. ”

"How are the chips of the entire Xia family?" Xia Jun smiled slightly.

Jiang Chao was stunned for a moment, looking at the person in front of him carefully, Xia Jun's face was handsome, but his eyes were a little gloomy, but a little light suddenly bloomed in his eyes, like a dying hungry wolf in the wilderness suddenly found a prey, and there was a kind of crazy excitement. Jiang Chao barely suppressed the horror in his heart, and said in his heart that this cousin was really a madman. On his face, he said solemnly: "Then, like my cousin, I promise that once this matter is over, there will be no general's mansion in the world, no Jinyi Guard, and no ...... Jiang Ruan's two brothers and sisters. He said: "At that time, the lord of Hong'an County personally delivered it to his cousin, and his cousin could do whatever he wanted." ”

This chip ....... It's tempting indeed. A pair of slightly raised flattering eyes appeared in front of Xia Jun's eyes, those flattering eyes seemed to be separated by a thin layer of mist when they didn't look at people, cold and quiet, and when they looked at people, they brought a little ridicule, as if they were laughing at the ignorance and naivety of the other party, and some people made people maddened with contempt.

In his life, in the first half of his life, he had to be windy and rainy, as long as he wanted something, there was nothing he couldn't get. But this balance was broken by Jiang Ruan, and she only used a small strategy to make his flowery life collapse. He didn't have much obsession with being an official, but Jiang Ruan challenged his dignity. In his opinion, if he fell in love with Jiang Ruan, Jiang Ruan should be obedient and obedient, but this is not a well-behaved domestic cat, but a terrible female leopard, just a little light of the paws, let people taste her power.

It's just that no matter how powerful a leopard is, it's just a prey. Over the years, he has watched Jiang Ruan change from an unfavored daughter raised on Zhuangzi to the eldest daughter of everyone in Jiang Mansion, from the daughter of the official family to the county lord relied on by the Queen Mother, watching her defeat Jiang Li and Jiang Susu, and Xia Yan, even Xia Jiaojiao's affairs must have contributed to it. He had never seen such a woman, but he was interested in her because of it.

Such a woman, scheming, strong and tenacious, with a beautiful appearance and a rotten heart, is really too appetizing for him. But...... If she dares to refuse him, she will have to pay the price she deserves.

Jiang Chao's proposal is really too tempting.

A hint of sigh flashed in his eyes, if Jiang Ruan was willing to obediently cling to him, it would definitely be good, but unfortunately, he knew what kind of person Jiang Ruan was, Jiang Ruan would not lower her noble head like anyone, so he had to cut off that beautiful head. He said, "My cousin's proposal is indeed very interesting......

Jiang Chao stared at him tightly, and slowly, he heard Xia Jun's remaining words: "You can give it a try." Jiang Chao breathed a sigh of relief.

Xia Jun looked at the wine glass casually and said, "I don't know what my cousin wants to do?" "It must not be an ordinary thing to wipe out the Jinyi Guards and the General's Mansion in one go. Now that the Zhao family and Jinyiwei are far away at the border, they must start from the battlefield.

A treacherous smile suddenly appeared on Jiang Chao's face: "The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first." Even if Jin Yiwei and Zhao Jiajun have great ability, they can't bear to run out of ammunition and food. ”

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Putting aside the battle in Xirong for the time being, the Jinyi Guards have repeatedly reported good news, the morale of the Jinyi Guards has increased greatly, and they have regained several lost territories one after another, Guan Lianghan's injuries have gradually stabilized, and the soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty have gradually stabilized, on the contrary, the Tianjin Kingdom is a brave place that has changed before, even sophisticated weapons and tactics cannot save the defeat situation.

Everyone was surprised to find that Xiao Shao, the king of Jinying, who was known as the "chaotic minister and thief" of the Great Jin Dynasty, could also command a good tactic. His military chips are different from those of Guan Lianghan and Jiang Xinzhi, which is a completely different style of acting, cold, cruel, and absolutely swept away by the autumn wind. The brocade guards he brought out were almost like an iron man who couldn't be killed, and the bravery in them was like a lone wolf on the grassland, no, even the lone wolf on the grassland couldn't compare, with one as ten, unstoppable.

In front of such a team, the soldiers of the Tianjin Kingdom were terrified, and they were defeated one after another. Xiao Shao won with a kind of dispatch that was not a war, and since his arrival, the war in the Jin Kingdom of Tongtian was less like a war, more like a one-sided massacre.

However, even so, the war between the Tianjin Kingdom and the Great Jin Dynasty was not something that could fall into the dust overnight, and at that time, in order to catch up with the itinerary on the march, they tried to travel lightly, and the grain and grass were also set according to the rules of close combat. The place where the war with the Tianjin Kingdom was fought was located in a desolate desert, and there were no herdsmen, cattle and sheep around, so there was a real shortage of food. And the method of warfare is only suitable for predatory warfare, and it is now too late and not allowed. According to the rules of the Great Jin Dynasty, the people of the capital post station gathered the grain and grass together to transport it, and the leader of the baggage army, Lord Zhang, was responsible for transporting it.

Zhang Ji has been the leader of the baggage force for many years, and the trip and the consumption on the road are the shortest. Because the grain and grass brought by the previous war have almost been consumed, and now the treasury can't allocate too much excess grain, and now the collection is all the grain collected from the people everywhere, in a short period of time, this batch of grain and grass will be quickly transported to the border of the Tianjin Kingdom, which is the few remaining reserves of the Great Jin Dynasty. Xiao Shao must win the war before the grain and grass are exhausted, otherwise, he will only run out of grain and grass and lose.

In the palace of King Jinying, Jiang Ruan put down the book in his hand and looked at the purple-clothed young man in front of him, he was sitting opposite Jiang Ruan, looking at her with a smile, a folding fan in his hand slowly shaking, if you ignore the mustache that does not match the age of the face, you should also be a very handsome and beautiful young man. It's a pity that because of that handful of beard, this should be chic action is a bit funny.

Qi Feng lived in a large courtyard separated from King Jinying's mansion, which was also arranged for him by Xiao Shao, and he lived with Xia Qing. If it weren't for Jiang Ruan being in the Jinying Palace, for fear of causing rumors, Xiao Shao would have directly let these two live in the Jinying Palace. Now although Qi Feng and Xia Qing don't live in the Jinying Palace, they are only separated by a wall, but they are very close.

"Third sister-in-law," Qi Feng shook his fan and said, "I specially called the fourth brother over, I don't know what to order?" Qi Feng posed as a very amorous figure, but a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. He lives in Baizhang Tower all the year round, has a cold heart for the imperial court, usually hides in the dark, and is not clear about the affairs of the palace of the Dajin Dynasty, so he is not very clear about Jiang Ruan. On the way to the capital this time, I learned some things about Jiang Ruan's past and present from others. Regarding Jiang Ruan's evaluation, Guan Lianghan is resourceful, Mo Cong is ruthless, and as for Xiao Shao, what can make Xiao Shao love so much must not be an ordinary person. Qi Feng didn't underestimate Jiang Ruan, but he felt that no matter how smart he was, he was a woman, and women were always a little whimsical, but from the time he came to the capital to see Jiang Ruan to now, Jiang Ruan didn't show a trace of missing Xiao Shao, Qi Feng felt interesting in his heart, it seemed that Luohua was intentionally ruthless, and Xiao Shao was now kicked to the iron plate.

Jiang Ruan looked at the young man in front of him, and slowly showed a smile, what kind of person Qi Si was, she had never come into contact with it. However, since Xiao Shao said that Qi Si has learned the power of the imperial court, there are some things that it is best for him to come forward.

She said slowly: "I came to Gongzi Qi today to ask Gongzi Qi to save his life." ”

"Help?" Qi Feng looked at Jiang Ruan and found that her expression didn't look like she was joking, so she thought about it slightly, but she didn't answer rashly: "Third sister-in-law, I'm not a doctor, if you want to save someone's life, you should find Xia Wu." He hasn't figured out Jiang Ruan's temperament yet, unlike Xiao Shao, Xiao Shao believes in Jiang Ruan because of his love, but Qi Feng and Jiang Ruan don't have a deep friendship now, and he is always a little wary of Jiang Ruan, if Jiang Ruan wants to take advantage of Xiao Shao's absence to do anything that damages Xiao Shao and Jinying's palace, Qi Feng will not stand idly by, even if he fights for his life, he will stop it.

"If it is one person's life, Xia Gongzi can indeed save it, but now it is tens of thousands of lives, how can Xia Gongzi save it alone?" Jiang Ruan said lightly.

Qi Feng slowly frowned, and his smiling expression was completely put away, and he said, "What does the third sister-in-law mean by this, the fourth brother really doesn't understand." ”

"Qi Gongzi is a smart person, why bother talking to me." Jiang Ruan's words were unceremonious, and even a little direct: "Qi Gongzi and Xiao Shao are both senior brothers, so they naturally have deep friendship. Now that someone wants to calculate Xiao Shao, I think with the friendship between Qi Gongzi and Xiao Shao, I will never stand idly by. Reasonable, can you help him? ”

"Xiao San has an accident?" Qi Feng had some disbelief in his eyes, he hadn't received any news of Xiao Shao's accident these days, and Jiang Ruan's words were indeed very suspicious. If something happened to Xiao Shao, he must be the first to know the truth.

"He's not in an accident now, but if it goes on like this, it will happen soon." Jiang Ruan's voice was deep, she looked directly at Qi Feng, a trace of mockery jumped into her beautiful eyes, the mockery was fleeting, the little dark light disappeared, and it turned into bright eyes like glass. She said: "I think before Qi Gongzi came, I also heard about me." I have a grudge against Jiang Chao and Xiahou Mansion, I made Jiang Chao lose a finger, and Xia Jun was no longer unable to enter the office. ”

Qi Feng originally smiled at the situation, but found that it was a little inappropriate to make this expression at this moment, he had indeed collected Jiang Ruan's information before coming. But he didn't know what the point of Jiang Ruan talking about these things was now. After a pause, he said, "So what? What does it have to do with the third brother? Could it be that they can do something rebellious for revenge? ”

"No," Jiang Ruan stared at Qi Feng tightly, Qi Feng was shocked by her eyes, and only heard Jiang Ruan continue: "What I want to say is that Jiang Chao and the Xia family's hatred for me is just the surface, Jiang Chao and the Xia family are doing things for the Eighth Prince Xuanli, and Xiao Shao has become a thorn in Xuanli's side." Xiao Shao is unwilling to cooperate with Xuanli, for such a person who is unwilling to cooperate and beyond his control, Xuanli has only one choice, that is, kill. When Jiang Ruan talked about these secret things, he was always very calm, and it seemed that he was not talking about a major event, but talking about how good the weather was today.

Qi Feng's expression was a little stiff, and he heard Jiang Ruan's cold and calm voice coming from the other side: "So, on the surface, it is Jiang Chao and the Xia family who want to deal with me, but in fact, it is Xuanli who wants to deal with Xiao Shao, or rather, Xuanli who wants to deal with Jinyiwei." I say that, do you understand? ”

"You ......" Jiang Ruan's words were so straightforward, so straightforward that Qi Feng didn't know how to answer the words, and he suddenly had a feeling that Jiang Ruan was indeed very suitable for Xiao Shao. On the surface, Jiang Ruan is extremely quiet and a person who guards the city, but there is an offensive force hidden in her shadows. He saw in her eyes strength and tenacity.

"I know very well that he will take advantage of every opportunity, especially at this juncture. Now that Xiao Shao has left Beijing, there are only a few Zhao Yi left in the General's Mansion, it is the best time for Xuan, and Xuan Li will definitely find a way to find out something. She looked at the book in front of her: "I asked Xiao Shao's secret guard to monitor Jiang Chao, Jiang Chao met with Xia Jun a few days ago." ”

"They made an alliance?" Qi Feng asked, "The Xia family is not as good as before, how dare they act rashly?" ”

"The Xia family naturally doesn't dare, but it's a pity that Xia Jun is a madman." Jiang Ruan smiled coldly: "In the past few days, Zhang Ji, the master of the baggage army, seems to be very diligent, and he is extremely generous, and he even bought three mansions and five shops in the east of the city. There are also a lot more silver tickets in the Four Seas Money Village, Qi Gongzi, you say, isn't it strange? ”

"Zhang Ji......" Qi Feng's expression was grim, he learned the art of court power, and naturally knew very well about the ministers of the court, Zhang Ji was an old man in the baggage army, he was honest and full of talent, and he had never made a mistake in transporting grain and grass for so many years, Jiang Ruan's words were clearly suspicious of Zhang Ji. On the one hand, he felt surprised, but on the other hand, he was incredulous: "Lord Zhang is a good official, and when the water is clear, there are no fish, and these silver taels are not necessarily related to Xuanli." Soldiers, horses, food and grass is a big deal, it is impossible for Lord Zhang to destroy his future, if you know what happened to Lu Dao, His Majesty will not spare him first. ”

"He is indeed a good official, but it is a pity that he has a son who is not successful." Jiang Ruan said coldly.

"His three sons are all good young talents, how can they not be said?" Qi Feng frowned.

"Zhang Ji has a pampered outer room, the outer room gave birth to a son, this son spends all day outside drinking, Zhang Ji's wife is Mu Yanghou's daughter, is a powerful person, Zhang Ji dare not tell his wife about having a son outside, but he can't stand this son spending money like running water. The houses and shops on the east side of the city, and even the silver taels were prepared for his son. Lord Zhang loves his son, and I think Mr. Qi also knows the truth. ”

Qi Feng naturally knew that Lu Dao Zhang Ji was afraid of the inside, but he didn't know when Lu Dao Zhang Ji had an illegitimate child outside. I don't know where Jiang Ruan knew about these things. Zhang Ji already loves his three sons, and he feels guilty about being born in an outer room outside, and he may indeed love him even more. But.... Qi Feng said: "But this is too risky, for a little money, lose your own future, gamble your whole family's life, smart people will not do this." ”

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: "Indeed, just for a little money, he really can't do this." However, what if it can soar because of this? He no longer has to be beset by Mrs. Zhang's maiden family, Wu Muhou, he can welcome the beloved outer room into the mansion generously, and even make a future for that illegitimate child, do you say this chip is big enough? ”

Qi Feng was stunned.

Jiang Ruan coldly: "Who doesn't want to gamble on the wealth of the sky, not to mention that if the bet wins, once the sky changes, the Son of Heaven is not the Son of Heaven, and the court is not the court, who will investigate the crime of bullying the king?" She said slowly, word by word: "The crime is only borne by the loser." However, it is not yet known who killed the deer. He, dare to bet. ”

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