Chapter 24: The Coming Calamity
24 A great calamity is coming
"It's man-made, the kid of the Zhao family has been dead for more than ten years, and the princess's feelings for him should be weak, but this time Tuguhun came to Murong Wangye's younger brother, the princess's uncle, they don't want the princess to be alone anymore. Besides, Kenado is also the son of our Turkic Khan king, how can he not be worthy of the princess? Aquili continued to persuade, but seeing that Dugu Luo was unmoved, he had to throw out the old thing: "General, don't forget, whose hands did the kid of the Zhao family die......"
"That's it!" Dugu Luo picked up the wine glass and took a sip of it.
"General, although Zhao Yao was designated as a traitor and a thief, the princess can't do anything to you now, but the hostility towards you has not been eliminated in the end, as long as the princess becomes a parent, and the husband and children in the future, the hostility towards you will definitely gradually subside, but for the sake of the general." Aquili seemed to be sincere, and poured wine for Duguluo as he spoke.
"Hmph, thank you!" Dugu Luo sneered, and didn't believe a word in his heart about Aquili's words, who is the princess, a fairy is mortal, peerless, and it is difficult to eat fireworks in the world, how can ordinary men enter his fairy eyes? Zhao Yao was the first person among the young sons in Chang'an City, and with your brother Kenaduo's peach blossom eyes and obscene face, he looked disgusting, and he still wanted to be a colt, joke!
But Dugu Luo was very helpless, although he was unwilling and took a big risk, but he had to consider doing what Aquili said, because he mentioned Zhao Yao, this is not for his own good, this is clearly blackmailing himself, if he doesn't comply, the consequences will ...... Alas!
"You wait for my news, and I'll go and discuss with the prince." Dugu Luo dropped a sentence, then drank all the wine in the cup, got up and left.
"Then please general." Aquili stood up to send him off.
Dugu Luo walked to the door angrily, put on his cloak, and said viciously: "Don't come to me again!" Then he went out and got on the horse, and soon disappeared into the night.
The next day, Dugu Luo went to see Yu Wenxun and explained the Turkic plan to be a horse master, of course, what should be said and what should not be said was not mentioned.
"Is this done? I don't have any affection for the Turks, and besides, if this matter is revealed, my mother and I will be implicated. Yu Wenxun was a little hesitant.
"Shizi, it is a big thing, what is this point of not being happy? The Turks are now my allies of Da Zhou, if this matter is done, then they will be your friends in the future, besides, this big backer of the princess, you don't send someone to rob it, the second son's side, but it is in full swing. As long as the raw rice is cooked and matured, what will they do? Dugu Luo said.
"Okay, then I'll go and talk to my mother to see if he has any good ideas, the success or failure of this matter all falls on my mother, and I have to prepare well." Yu Wenxun decided to give it a try.
"Don't worry, Madame is your mother, I am your uncle, as long as I do it well, it will be fine." Dugu Luo gave Yu Wenxun relief.
Although Yu Wenxun is the prince of the Tsukasa Jin Kingdom's mansion, he doesn't want to live in the mansion, why? I am afraid that my father will be strict, and I will not be able to indulge arbitrarily. So he set up a garden outside, but he also went back to say hello from time to time. When he and his uncle Duguluo arrived at his mother's place, he told his mother what the Turks had planned and asked her to help.
"I'm getting older day by day, and sometimes it's quite deserted in this house, so I just hope you can come often and talk to me." Dugu was slightly sad.
"Children are not filial!" Yu Wenxun said with guilt.
"Sister, what you said, do you blame us for coming less?" Dugu Luo also asked.
"I know, you men have your men's big things, we women can't help much, since you have spoken, I will take a risk, in case it is revealed, you have to deal with it in time!" A hint of cunning flashed in Dugu's eyes.
Chang'an Fan Market Street is a strange place in Chang'an, where it is deserted during the day and few people come. But at night, there is a lot of traffic, laughter, confusion, and singing.
Outsiders come to Chang'an, but if they don't come here, it is difficult to appreciate the prosperity of the imperial capital. So-called:
The red gauze tent in the land of rain clouds is full of mandarin ducks,
The place of wind and moon is full of absurdity in the jade cup.
The fireworks are in the shadow of the candles,
The alley of flowers and willows lies under the pomegranate skirt.
Dignitaries, princes and generals, no matter how well-dressed and precarious you sit during the day, when you arrive at this dusty place at night, you are as drunk as you wander the world and your mind is shaky. How many red dust guests, drunk under this lamp; is full of heroes, confused in the drunken gold fan......
In this fan market street, there is a song and dance hall, called Xiangfei, which was opened by a person named Yun Niang more than ten years ago. Although the scale of the Xiangfei Pavilion is not as large as the first-class brothel in Chang'an, it is also of high quality. It's just because the singing and dancing in the hall are really exquisite. Someone praised and said: "The girls in the Xiangfei Pavilion sing together, the fan market street has to be quiet, the dancing posture moves, and Chang'an City has to sway." ”
This land of fireworks is not only a pastime for prodigal sons and dignitaries, but also a place where gangs in the rivers and lakes gather and disperse and hide people's eyes. When it comes to major events in the world, the news obtained by the palace and the court is not necessarily the most accurate and most. But in this brothel, there are not only major events in the world, but also trivial things, horns, male thieves and prostitutes, and murder and goods, which are really unheard of and unheard of.
In the past few days, Yun Niang indirectly received the following news:
Dazong Bo Yuanxin closed the door to thank the guests.
There are a total of six groups of guests in the Spring Palace Chen Dafu's house, including the Marquis of Ningyang and his son, the general Li Ping of Dangkou and his son, and the Xuanzhou Assassin Shi Xue Li and his son......
In the Spring Palace, Dr. Jiang's mansion had a visit from the Great Chen State delegation and Gongzi.
The number of people seeking to see the Mansion of the Kingdom of Jin has increased dramatically......
There are a total of 12 groups of guests to visit the Prince of Jin, which are......
There are eight groups of guests in the mansion of the second prince of the Jin Kingdom, namely......
The Turkic Aquili went to a small farm compound outside the city.
Dugu Luo, the commander of the Huwei Battalion of the Royal Forest Army, had a secret conversation in the farmhouse, and the specific words were unknown.
The next day, Dugu Luo saw Yu Wenxun, and then the two entered the mansion of the Duke of Jin. The purpose is unknown.
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Yun Niang has been a little busy recently, because after the divination of the hexagram was ominous that day, he ordered the people to be transferred from Yizhou, and now everyone is coming, and he also has to keep an eye on the envoys of various countries and several sons of Yuwen Hu, as well as a few important members of the imperial court. Things in the Xiangfei Pavilion also have to be taken care of. The news from all over the place had to be gathered to her, and then she would secretly report it to Uncle Tian. There are also a few places to ask for news, such as the palace and Princess Qingshi's mansion, which are all arranged by the helper himself.
In the peach orchard in the evening, Lan Jun looked at the peach tree outside the window, sat on the cotton couch, and held a string of prayer beads in her hand. When he was thinking, he always had a string of prayer beads in his hand, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes just pinching and not moving.
In the past few days, some of the news from Yun Niang was indeed expected by him, and there was nothing unusual in Princess Qingshi's mansion except for the princess's uncle who led the delegation to visit. But some, but unexpectedly, and surprisingly, Dugu Luo actually secretly met Aquili, what happened? These two people, one is the sinister villain who stabbed himself in the back, and the other is the son of the enemy. Although both of them are their own enemies, they may not have intersected. How did the two meet? When did you meet? Knowing each other at different times will have different consequences, if you only know now, the meeting at this time must be for the princess's business, but what if you have known each other before? Was it before or after the Xiliang tragedy...... I have no clue about everything, and I can't find out, so I'm really anxious.
"Helper, helper, eat something." Jiang Feng came over with a plate and said.
Before Lan Jun could speak, Jiang Feng suddenly shouted outward: "What person! Jiang Feng glanced at the helper, Lan Jun nodded, Jiang Feng flew out, only to see that the person who came had arrived at the door, Jiang Jiafeng saluted: "I've seen General Qin!" ”
It was Qin Cheng who came, needless to say, he must have jumped from another roof or wall.
When Lan Jun saw that it was Qin Cheng, he smiled and said, "Senior brother, I have time to come and see me today." ”
"I'm free, I'm so free, now in Chang'an City, I'm afraid I'm the most free, hahaha." Qin Cheng was a little self-deprecating.
"Yes, everyone is busy making horses." Lan Jun also joked.
"Yes, uh-no, by the way, Princess Qingshi recruits relatives, why aren't you in a hurry at all." Qin Cheng's words didn't match the words, everyone rushed to be the master of the horse, but his junior brother and princess were the ...... He must have been in a hurry, so he came over to take a look today.
"Of course I'm in a hurry, can't you see it?" Lan Jun said.
"I think you're pretty idle." Qin Cheng said.
"Idle? Am I going to have to engrave all the anxiety on my face? Lan Jun said with a smile.
"Looking at your stable appearance, there must be a safe arrangement, tell me, how did you do it?" Qin Cheng asked.
"What arrangements can I have, just send more people to protect her, according to the recent news, I feel that someone is trying to do something, but there is no clue." Lan Jun expressed his concern,
"Who? What are you up for, princess? Qin Cheng asked,
"Most likely, for now, it should be Aquili who was captured alive by you." Lan Jun speculated,
"Is that him? Hmph, if he dares to move, I'll crush his bones. Qin Cheng was disdainful.
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The two brothers were silent for a long time.
"How is Your Majesty?" Lan Jun asked.
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty is still the same as before, calm and quiet, regardless of the government, maybe the newlywed Yan'er and the husband and wife are in love recently, right? "Qin Cheng doesn't seem to know much.
"That's what I'm asking, how is the love between Your Majesty and the Queen?" Lan Jun seemed very solemn.
"This ...... How do I know, you have to ask the people in the harem, why are you asking this? "Qin Cheng is a little strange.
"What I'm worried about is: Your Majesty will be cold to the queen because of the war between the Turks and the Great Zhou in Liangzhou back then, because of my affairs." Lan Jun said,
"Sure, no one can forget such a bloody feud." Qin Cheng also thinks so.
"Then there's trouble." Lan Jun sighed.
"What's the trouble?" Qin Cheng asked.