Drinking water slowly, Lu Ning also listened to the gossip of the two scribes at the tea table next door, one of the scribes, who claimed to have his own brother listening to the minister's mansion, talked loudly about the secrets of the minister's mansion.

The envoy of the Zhou State was the envoy of the German army, the Pingzhangshi of the Tongzhong Shumen, and the commander of the guard Ma Bujun.

That is, he is a festival envoy with a heavy army, and the name of the prime minister is added, and there is also the command of the emperor's pro-army in name, so it is called the envoy.

This Li Chongjin is also Zhao Kuangyin's biggest political opponent.

What is the scribe talking about, the envoy, as the nephew of Emperor Taizu, the founder of this dynasty, there is a confessor in the house, and he is the eunuch who was personally rewarded by Taizu at the beginning.

Lu Ning listened to it, it was all some strange gossip, shook his head, and got up to settle the bill.

……

When night fell, Lu Ning was dressed in black and lay on the roof of a house in Zhao Pu's mansion, and when he slipped down, he had already turned into a fairly beautiful maid, but her sword eyebrows were resolute and her heroic spirit was too heavy.

Later generations have also disguised themselves as women, and Lu Ning has no psychological pressure, but unlike later generations, if his subordinates know that they are wearing women's clothes, it will definitely be an uproar.

Therefore, even in front of Mrs. Zhao Pu, Lu Ning was not ready to admit her identity, thinking that even if Mrs. Zhao Pu figured out this matter in the future, she did not dare to publicize it, at most, she muttered a few words in private with her husband Zhao Pu.

pretended to be a woman to make Zhao Pu's wife feel more secure and win her trust faster.

Lu Ning was already familiar with the sketch of his mansion drawn by Zhao Pu, and walked along the gallery to Mrs. Zhao Pu's main hall bedroom.

At this time, in the dead of night, in Zhao's mansion, there were only two or three houses, and the bright light of lamps and candles seeped out.

Suddenly, Lu Ning stopped, frowned slightly, and then turned into a small courtyard, and the main hall of this courtyard also had candlelight.

Lu Ning leaned out of the window and listened to the conversation between the two inside.

The two of them were a man and a woman, and when they were still far apart, Lu Ning heard that the man seemed to be going to kill someone and blame Zhao Fu, and the matter became troublesome, and Zhao Fu became the focus of the city, and he wanted to take Mrs. Zhao Pu's plan to take Mrs. Zhao Pu in a low-key manner.

"Princess, don't complain about the old slave!" A gloomy and sympathetic voice, "Let's ask the princess to go on her own way, so that the whole body can be saved, this is the last thing the old slave can do for the princess!" ”

Princess? Lu Ning was stunned, his fingers were dipped in saliva, and he gently clicked a hole in the paper window and looked inside.

In front of the brocade screen inside, there was a woman in a red skirt, her face was a middle-aged person, but she stood casually like that, she had a sense of inviolability from above, and her eyes were extremely clear, firm and resolute, but at this time, there was anger on her face.

"Your Highness, don't delay time, the old slave knows that His Highness has always been smart and resourceful, but today, His Highness is destined to lose, His Highness's attendants have been drugged by the old slave and sent to the West Heaven, Your Highness, please go on the road!"

The person who spoke turned his back to Lu Ning, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but his voice was high-pitched, and at this time he threw a piece of white silk to the woman.

"Your Royal Highness doesn't want to be emotional, the old slave has followed His Royal Highness since he was a child, and the friendship of more than ten years, the old slave doesn't want to ......" The person who turned his back to Lu Ning sighed softly, "But now is different from the past, the old slave just wants to leave his own life, leave the old slave's nephews, and continue the incense lamp ......for the old slave's family."

Lu Ning couldn't hear it clearly, listened to the surroundings, there was no ambush, and then slammed the door and walked in.

The person with his back to Lu Ning turned around suddenly, it was a white-skinned old man, when he saw Lu Ning, he was surprised to see a ghost, and said in a lost voice: "Who are you?" Who called you in, bold! ”

The woman also looked at Lu Ning with some doubts, then looked at the old man, frowned, and said, "Liu Xing, what the hell are you doing?" She didn't believe that this thoughtful person who had always been a close confidant would make such a big mistake.

Lu Ning was slightly stunned, the woman's voice was extremely light and tender, which did not match her ordinary appearance.

The white-skinned old man suddenly arrived in front of Lu Ning with an arrow step, holding a dagger in his hand, and stabbed at Lu Ning's waist.

The next moment, poof, he fell in front of Lu Ning, his face was pale with pain, he was holding his breath, and he almost fainted, but he gritted his teeth and didn't dare to scream.

"Who are you? Who are you? Let's talk about it, what the hell is going on, I'm confused. Lu Ning nodded at the woman, and then nodded at the white-skinned old man.

Seeing that Lu Ning knocked down the white-skinned old man, the woman's clear eyes were really surprised, looked at Lu Ning, suddenly gritted her teeth, and said, "This palace is the eldest princess of the Liang Kingdom!" ”

Oh, Princess Yongning?

In Lu Ning's previous life, many important people in this era had never heard of it, but now the people in the royal family of the Northern Kingdom have naturally inquired a little and know the intricate blood relationship between this Princess Yongning and other members of the royal family in the Northern Kingdom.

Princess Yongning pointed to the white-skinned old man again, and said: "He was originally my old slave, but now he has betrayed me, and at the instigation of my cousin Li Chongjin, he wants to kill me here and blame the Zhao family. ”

Lu Ning nodded slightly, frowned again, and said: "Zhao Pu is just a staff member under the tent, although he lost the northern country, but Her Royal Highness the princess is already the emperor's grace under the verbal comfort, why did he come in person and live here?" ”

"The Wei family is a big clan of my Zhou country, not to mention, my young brother has almost no support from the generals in the army, I hope to help him gain popularity in the army."

"My identity, the Wei family doesn't know, I wanted to return to Kaifeng after leaving, and then my younger brother issued an order to express the royal family's comfort, and then the news that I had personally come to Zhao Pu's house on behalf of my younger brother to comfort my widow will also spread throughout all military towns."

"Living here is not what I think, it is my brother's idea, but although I am wary of him, I came to this place where he sits in Songzhou to observe my brother's true intentions, but I didn't expect that he would be so ruthless."

Lu Ning listened and gradually understood that this Princess Yongning and Li Chongjin were cousins.

Princess Yongning is running around, all for the current young lord Guo Zongxun, because Guo Zongxun does not have the strong support of any senior generals for the time being, she personally came to comfort Zhao Pu's wife on behalf of the young lord, and it is for the middle and middle officers in the army.

This Princess Yongning doesn't seem to have a good impression of Guo Rong, the first emperor of the Zhou State who was shot to death by herself, because Guo Rong is just her father's adopted son, she thinks that Guo Rong acted recklessly and killed her two brothers, but Guo Rong escaped with his life.

But now in the struggle for power in the Zhou State, she stands unconditionally behind Guo Rong's son and the young master Guo Zongxun, because no matter what, Guo Zongxun is surnamed Guo after all, and from the name festival, it has been passed down from generation to generation, and the Zhou State is still the world of her Guo family.

And if Li Chongjin or Zhao Kuangyin and other important ministers gain power, they don't know what will happen to the Guo family in the end.

And sure enough, obviously, now Princess Yongning has become a thorn in Li Chongjin's side, and she wants to kill the killer.

"Huh!" Lu Ning suddenly looked behind Princess Yongning.

Princess Yongning's clear eyes looked at him with a deep face, "You don't have to be pretentious, I told you everything, do you think that this Zhou is so big, is there still a place for you?" Even if you kill me now, Li Chongjin won't let you go! Seeing that you are dressed as a woman, and you are not from Zhao's mansion, are you here to steal or do something? ”

"No matter what the hell you originally had when you came to Zhao Mansion, now, you only have one way, help me escape from Songzhou, and when I return to Tokyo Kaifeng, I will repay you heavily, a hundred times stronger than what you have to do now!"

Lu Ning was a little speechless for a while, he understood the joints, he wanted to stun Yongning, but he didn't want to, she saw through it, and a lot of rhetoric, if he was really a thief of chickens and dogs, it was estimated that she was really right by her.

Moreover, she has deliberately changed her voice, in this regard, she has undergone strict training, but she doesn't want to be recognized by her at a glance, this woman is not simple.

Lu Ning glanced at Liu Xing, who was full of fear at his feet, he was originally going to persuade Zhao Pu's wife Wei to prepare a ship to leave Songzhou, and it would take two or three days to do so.

But now, if Liu Xingtian does not report to Li Chongjin before dawn, it will be difficult to predict how things will develop.

Li Chongjin did not send any subordinates to participate in this matter, but asked Liu Xing to do it alone, obviously to clear up the relationship, or perhaps, for his little cousin, after all, he was a little unbearable, so he didn't send his own subordinates, everything was done by his own people around his little cousin, and he could be happier in his heart.

But if it doesn't work out, how will he react?

Lu Ning's mind was racing, and then he said to Princess Yongning: "Okay, we fled overnight, but we will do the opposite, not west to Kaifeng, we will go east to Xuzhou, send you to Xuzhou, and then you can figure it out yourself, I will also take Mrs. Wei." ”

Yongning's clear eyes lit up, indeed, the opposite is true, even if Li Chongjin chases, he must be going west along the river, thinking that he has escaped to Kaifeng.

However, Princess Yongning looked at Lu Ning and suddenly asked, "It won't be Zhao Pu, who really descended to the southern country, right?" Then she shook her head, feeling that she was thinking too much, Zhao Pu was not an important person to the southerners at all, so where would he risk sending someone to pick up his family?

"If I go out of the city, I have a token here, and I will show my identity and find an excuse to intimidate the soldiers guarding the city, but I don't know how sure I am." Princess Yongning frowned and thought.

Lu Ning shook his head: "You don't have to worry about going out of the city, I have my own way." As he spoke, he picked up Liu Xing and said to Yongning: "You stay here for a while, I'll go see Mrs. Wei." ”

Princess Yongning's clear eyes stared at Lu Ning, and finally, nodded.

……

When Lu Ning carried Liu Xing, who was moaning in a low voice, into Wei's bedroom, Wei was startled, she had slept late these days, of course, it was Lu Ning who knew that she hadn't slept, so she pushed the door in directly. even more easily knocked down the maid of the Wei family in the room.

"You, who are you? ......" Wei Shi turned pale with fright.

Lu Ning handed over Zhao Pu's letter, "Madam, I'm from Haizhou, and I'm here to pick up Madame and Linglang, this is Zhao Pu's letter to Madame." ”

Wei Shi was stunned for a moment, hurriedly took it, and looked at the familiar font on the letterhead, her body trembled slightly, "This, this, Lang Jun is really not dead?" ”

Lu Ning didn't speak, he read the letter countless times, but he didn't find a secret word like hiding his head, and if one of the ordinary sentences was the code agreed between Zhao Pu and his wife, it was unlikely, not to mention, even if there was such a code, it was impossible to reveal his identity inside, and if he wanted to arrest himself or something, at most it was a warning, and it would be no good for Zhao Pu and his wife and son.

Wei Shi looked at the letter anxiously, and his eyes gradually turned red.

Lu Ning said: "Madam, the current situation is urgent, Madame's mansion has just been involved in the great changes in the Beiguo Palace, so hurry up and wake up Xiao Langjun, let's go, and you can listen to Princess Yongning for the rest of the details." "What Princess Yongning said is naturally more convincing than her own words, and she still has a living certificate in her hand.

As he spoke, Lu Ning's brows suddenly furrowed, his facial features were extremely sensitive, but he faintly heard the sound of a woman shouting.

"I'm Guo Miaozi, the eldest princess of Liang! Hurry up! Hurry up! Zhao Pu defected to the southern country, and his family wanted to murder me! ”

"I'm Guo Miaozi, the eldest princess of Liang! Hurry up! Hurry up! Zhao Pu defected to the southern country, and his family wanted to murder me! ”

It's Princess Yongning!

Lu Ning was stunned for a moment, and then laughed dumbly, this girl is a ghost idea.

No matter what she thought about in order to stabilize herself, perhaps, she really wanted to escape with her own life, but it is estimated that soon, she thought of a more secure way, and now she is fleeing to the street and shouting loudly, so that her safety can really be guaranteed, and she will be protected by Li Chongjin's heavy troops and sent to Kaifeng.

"Madam, offended!" Lu Ning knocked on Wei's neck, Wei fainted, and Lu Ning then slapped Liu Xing's neck, so that he would never wake up from now on.

Picking up the Wei family, Lu Ning ran to another bedroom, where was the room of Zhao Pu and Wei's only son, Zhao Xianzong, who was just five years old.

……

When Wei woke up, she and her young son were in the cabin, and the ship, floating on the water, went all the way to the southeast.