The first thing I do when I return to the dormitory from Cang Zheng's house is to change clothes and bathe. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Concubine Xiu has a special habit, when she needs the palace maid to serve closely, she will drink everyone back, leaving only Wuqi by her side.

Under the gorgeous fresh clothes or filth or scars, Concubine Xiu has gone from fear and disgust to numbness so far, and only Wuqi can listen to her and help her. Except for Wuqi, she can't believe anyone. Whenever she was injured, she only let Wuqi take medicine, and only Wuqi saw her weak side. And it's not just because they're from the same place.

Wuqi, for her, means a lot, she is the first person she sees after opening her eyes in this strange place, just like the mood of a fledgling, she only depends on her.

After Wuqi sprinkled the petals in the bath, he reminded Concubine Xiu to take a bath.

Yes, let Concubine Xiu take a bath by herself.

In the identity of the palace maid, who can let a concubine take care of herself, but Wuqi is different, and Concubine Xiu is also used to it.

They have always closed the door, and there are no other palace maids to serve, so most of the concubines take care of themselves and no one knows. Concubine Xiu herself didn't feel anything, she firmly believed in what Wuqi told her, she was independent and self-reliant before she lost her memory, and many things were not in the hands of others, especially now is a special period, and she must keep it like this, otherwise she won't be able to endure any hardships.

No, how much hardship I have suffered in Cang Zhenglu, haven't they all survived.

Concubine Xiu didn't know who she was when she opened her eyes two years ago, and she couldn't remember anything. Wuqi said that she was her close palace maid and her nurse's daughter, and she grew up with her like a sister.

She is Zhao Hexiu, the half-sister of Zhao Hejue, the current emperor of the Jiangzhu Kingdom, and she is loved by thousands of people. When the Qing Ming Kingdom and the Jiang Zhu Kingdom are subsidiary agreements, the marriage can strengthen the friendly relations between the two countries, and Zhao Hexiu has already admired Cang Zheng for a long time, so it is naturally a matter of course, Zhao Hejue promised many unreasonable requests of the Qing Ming Kingdom in order for her not to be bullied in a foreign land, and Wuqi, who has been accompanying her, also offered to marry because she was worried about her.

These are all things that Wuqi told her.

So even if she has no memory, she has to continue to walk this road, no matter what happens, she has to endure it, and flattering Cang Zhenglu is also a foil to Zhao Hejue.

Concubine Xiu asked Wuqi why she had amnesia, and Wuqi said that she suddenly had a fever on the way to get married and hit her head while rushing, so her memory was affected, and she would slowly get better in the future.

At that time, Concubine Xiu was in a trance and gradually accepted this statement, although she didn't have any clue today, she just buried her fear in her heart.

She is still unfamiliar with everything around her, only Wuqi makes her close, and Wuqi reminds her of what she doesn't understand, so she believes what Wuqi says. She has no memories of the past, and she didn't feel happy when she saw Cang Zhenglu for the first time, but when things got to this point, what else could she do? I can only keep telling myself that I like Cang Zhengzhen, even if I was injured a lot at the beginning, even if I was often coldly confronted by him...... Gradually, I got used to it and became more and more adaptable.

Concubine Xiu washed and stood up from the water, and looked at Wuqi, who was fragrant with tea, "Wuqi, I've washed it, do you want to wash it." "In private, they share everything.

Wuqi raised his eyes, saw the **** marks on Concubine Xiu's body, endured the disgust in his heart, and said in the same tone, "Not today." ”

"Okay," Concubine Xiu dried herself, then took out the purple snow jade paste from the drawer, foamed it on the bruises on her body, and looked at the back of the bronze mirror, and found that there were a few places, and she couldn't apply it when she folded her hand, so she called Wuqi, "Wuqi, help me paint these places on the back." ”

"Well," Wuqi took the ointment bottle and smeared it with his fingers on the invisible back of Concubine Xiu, "What happened to Your Majesty today?" ”

Concubine Xiu's heart flashed Zhao Heqing's name, "I seem to have upset Your Majesty." ”

This is not the first time, Wuqi doesn't care about this, "Has Your Majesty mentioned when you will send troops to the Wushu Kingdom?" ”

"Nope."

Disappointment flashed in Wuqi's heart.

"But today, there is a report from Lord Li that someone has made a move, and the imperial brother will deploy it, and there is no plan to participate on the side of the Qing Netherworld."

"Anyone?" Wuqi thought for a while, "Could it be Zhao Heqing?" ”

Concubine Xiu turned her head suddenly, "How do you know?" ”

Wuqi looked at Concubine Xiu quietly for a while, "If you want to say who has an enmity with your imperial brother, then Zhao Heqing is second, and no one can rank first." ”

"Wuqi, can you tell me about him?" Somehow, Concubine Xiu was curious. "And you rarely tell me about the things you used to do in the Wushu Kingdom."

"It's nothing, in the past, the princes fought openly and secretly, except for your brothers and sisters of the same mother, none of them were good, there is nothing worth remembering," Wuqi replied similarly every time Concubine Xiu asked this question.

"What about Zhao Heqing?"

Wuqi saw that there was a light in Concubine Xiu's eyes that was close to expectation, and she originally wanted to avoid this question, but suddenly an idea flashed, she held the light in her eyes, turned dark and solemn, and put her hand on Concubine Xiu's shoulder like a thousand pounds of stone, with a solemn tone in her tone, "Originally, there were some things I didn't want to say, but I was worried that if you meet Zhao Heqing one day, he will take advantage of it." ”

"Utilization?"

Wuqi nodded, his face painful, "Back then, you were relatively simple, and you were not wary of your brothers and sisters outside the same mother, so you were coaxed by Zhao Heqing's brother and sister, once he had a conflict of interest with your imperial brother, so he found someone to kidnap you, and then asked those people to break your limbs and bones in front of your imperial brother......"

Concubine Xiu couldn't help but hug herself when she heard this, as if she could still feel the pain, and her heart stirred up strong strange emotions, and a few faces seemed to flash in her mind, fear, disappointment, and even a stronger disgust.

Wuqi saw her expression change several times, and a sneer flashed on her lips, "After several hard works by your imperial brother, I finally rescued you." ”

"Yes." After Wuqi finished applying the medicine, Concubine Xiu put on her clothes, and when her mind calmed down, she gritted her teeth and said, "That person is so despicable, if there is a chance to retaliate, I will definitely not let it go!" ”

Wuqi was behind Concubine Xiu, putting one hand on Concubine Xiu's shoulder, looking encouraging, her face was clearly gloomy, "If I can help, I will do my best." ”

Concubine Xiu turned her head and said gratefully: "Thank you, Wuqi, I don't know what to do without you." ”

Wuqi, who had adjusted his expression, smiled: "This is how it should be." ”

After more than ten days of travel, Zhao Heqing and the others had already arrived in the vicinity of Qingyingguo, and they quickly lurked in several villages, and then let people enter the Qingyingguo in batches.

Zhao Heqing spread out the map and discussed his next move with the others.

"According to the news reported by the secret agent, it has been found that there are several unnatural places in the Qing Netherworld, you should go and verify it as soon as possible."

Zhao Heqiao looked at a few places on the map and said, "The royal family, the prison cell, the gold mine?" ”

Zhao Heqing nodded, "First of all, the royal family, it is normal for the emperor to exterminate his relatives in order to eliminate the threat, and according to Cang Zhenglu, such a person is also in line with his style." “

One of Zhao Heqing's subordinates added: "Although Cang Zhenglu is absurd and miserly, he is not soft on the skill of governing the country, and all over the jurisdiction are his very trustworthy subordinates, and his orders are all strongly and effectively implemented, there are not many officials who have passed the civil and military examinations, and most of them have no real power, and the Cang Ying Kingdom can be said to be in his hands, although he is a little arbitrary, but there is no such thing as official personal relations and bribery and concealment." ”

Xie Xiaoshuai frowned, "Sounds weird, are those who execute blindly follow, whether it's right or wrong, don't you want to?" Besides, that Cang Zhenglu can keep his non-relatives in order, why can't anyone who is related to him stay behind? ”

He thought that the first thing he did after hearing that Cang Zhenglu was on the throne was to clear all his blood relatives, and the old people who were in the period of withering the lamp, and the babies who were waiting to be fed, all of them were spared, and the means were so desperate that it was maddening.

Zhao Heqiao said: "Although Xiaoshuai's idea is a little naïve, it has such a truth. She was referring to the fact that Cang Zheng was controlling people's hearts.

Xie Xiaoshuai sneered.

Zhao Heqing glanced at him and said: "It is true that all the blood relatives of Cang Zhenglu have been killed by him, but it is obviously a person with a lot of means, it is too much to do this, and it is more and more unnatural to erect monuments one by one afterwards." ”

"Yes, yes," Xie Xiaoshuai immediately chimed in, "Setting up a monument is not like what Cang Zhengzhen would do." ”

Yes, if you want to eliminate the threat of the throne, how many ways can you do it, there are so many blood relatives in the royal family of the Qing Netherworld, kill all of them and erect a monument? It's not like what a decisive man would do.

"So I first asked you to go to these tombstone rooms to confirm," Zhao Heqing pointed to a few places on the map, "whether the corpses inside are blood relatives of Cang Zhenglu." Speaking of which, Zhao Heqing's meaning is already very clear, there must be something strange in these tombstone rooms that are erected.

Zhao Heqiao asked, "What happens after verification?" ”

"Every month, Cang Zhenglu will send people to clean these tombstone rooms several times." Zhao Heqing replied to the question and told her how much attention Cang Zhengzhen attached to these tombstone rooms.

This is another place where it does not heat itself. Generally speaking, it's good to clean the tombstone room four or five times a year, but it's still cleaned so many times, is Cang Zhenglu that kind of person?

Zhao Heqiao nodded knowingly.

"The more you grasp the matter of Cang Zheng, the more you know," Zhao Heqing moved his finger and drew a few more locations on the map, "These are the places where the Qing Netherworld mainly holds felons. ”

"Interestingly, prisoners who have committed serious crimes have never been sentenced to death, and there are often bag drops."

Zhao Heqiao looked at Zhao Heqing and understood the meaning from his eyes, "It means that instead of blaming those felons, Cang Zhengqi used it?" ”

"That's right," Zhao Heqing circled several positions in one breath like a line with his fingers, all of which were under the jurisdiction of the Qing Netherworld, "Although they have made a change in their image, they still can't hide the fact that they are criminals from prison." ”

Xie Xiaoshuai scratched his head, "Why did those who committed crimes swear such allegiance to Cang Zhenglu, just because Cang Zhenglu spared their lives and returned them to the official?"

Zhao Heqing smiled, and had a sense of admiration for the enemy he was about to face, "This is another clever point for him, the families of these felons have been hidden in different positions by Cang Zhenglu. ”

"Although he acts strangely, he is also a genius, and it is not to blame that the Qing Netherworld is getting richer and stronger under his rule." Zhao Heqiao commented pertinently.

"All our next actions in the Qing Netherworld are not to subvert this country, but to stir up chaos, take advantage of the balance, and exclude the Qing Netherworld's assistance to Zhao Hejue." Zhao Heqing narrowed his eyes slightly, "Of course, a small revenge is necessary." ”

He looked at the few people in front of him, "We have to grasp the clues that can affect Cang Zhengqi's control as much as possible, and find a breakthrough." ”

"The tombstone room of the imperial prince, the criminals ......" Zhao Heqiao read these two points and thought about the possibility of the connection between the two.

Zhao Heqing shook his head, and his finger clicked on the place that had already been marked on the map, "The gold mine that supports the important source of the world of the Cang Ying Kingdom, I heard that the gold produced in the past two years has become less and less, but there is no change in the income accounting of the Qing Ying Kingdom. ”

Zhao Heqing took a booklet from Feng Ling's hand and unfolded it to show them, "This is copied back by the secret agent, it records the incoming and outgoing accounts of the treasury so far this year, and here ......" he pointed out the month every few pages "The amount of gold produced is at least four times less than what is recorded on it, how can there be a relative income?" He smiled sarcastically, "Even if you add those given by Zhao Hejue, it's not enough." ”

Xiao Shuai's mind flashed, "Young Master Qing, you mean, there is something wrong in those gold mines. ”

"Yes." Zhao Heqing handed the booklet back to Feng Ling.

Zhao Heqiao knew that he had made arrangements, so he picked a relatively simple thing, "I'm responsible for checking the tombstone room of the imperial family." She spoke firmly, indicating that there was no room for tactfulness.

Zhao Heqing didn't know what his sister wanted, he didn't object, he just reminded: "Do everything according to your ability." ”

"I know, brother."

Xiao Shuai immediately followed Zhao Heqiao's words and proposed: "I'm with Sister Buckwheat." ”

Zhao Heqing glanced at him, nodded in agreement, expressed confidence in his ability, and arranged for six other people with good skills to follow.

"There are our people in the vicinity of these places, you can just dispatch it, remember not to be reckless, and put self-protection first."

"Okay." Zhao Heqiao and a few people responded.

Honeysuckle and Wei Xing were more qualified to go to places like the mine to investigate secretly because of their own experience, so they explained the matter to them. As for the issue of the envoys and officials under the jurisdiction of the Qing Ming Kingdom, the connections are a little complicated, so Zhao Heqing sent additional manpower to follow up and track them in stages, and try to avoid big moves.

Zhao Heqiao and the others quickly packed up, "Brother, let's go." ”

Several people said goodbye and left conveniently.

Seeing the backs of those people disappear from sight, Zhao Heqing looked down at his palm, his hand that had not touched the weapon for a long time was a little thinner, and the calluses were much less...... He clenched his fists and pinched out the mark in the palm of his hand, restraining the unwillingness in his heart.

He instructed General Qin next to him: "The source of gold income of the Qing Ming Kingdom is the most in the Wushu Kingdom, but in the period of the embarrassing situation between the two countries, let Cui Yin thoroughly investigate who is trading and whether Lin Jiaye knows about this matter." “

"Yes."

After General Qin left, another general came, holding a carrier pigeon in his hand.

Zhao Heqing unfolded, and the content was the situation on Fan Jingtian's side.

The Yan Yang army that had arrived in the Jiangzhu Kingdom had already prepared to lurk and could start acting at any time. Of course, Zhao Hejue's side had already noticed it, but their military salary was stolen during the transportation process, and they thought it was done by Yan Yangjun.

But Zhao Heqing knows that it is not.

General Chen, who passed the message, said: "Young Master Qing, the theft of military salaries is the first time since Zhao Hejue ascended the throne, will these people be on our side?" ”

"Don't make assumptions until you find out, let Han Feique and them check it."

Han Feique only took over Han Feiyan's position and belonged to Zhao Heqing's secret agent camp, and in the past two years, he has done a good job in Jiangzhu Country as a businessman, with rich connections, and a lot of news is very easy to find.

General Chen bowed his head, "I'll go tell him now." ”

"Yes."

Zhao Heqing and several other generals discussed some more things, and only then did they disperse until the sky was warm.

Feng Ling stood beside him silently, and when Zhao Heqing returned to the house, he immediately followed and poured him the medicated warm tea in his hand to drink.

Zhao Heqing had eaten tasteless early in the morning, and he couldn't detect the smell of medicine in it, let alone notice that the blood in his body was warmer, and after drinking it all in one gulp, he took out information to study.

The wind spirit changed the lamp oil for him several times, and cut off the untouched food, but he still sighed silently.

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