Ning Nan pursed her lips worriedly, staring at Jiang Xiao with a pair of dark and bottomless eyes, not knowing what she was thinking, and when Jiang Xiao finished speaking, she stretched out a slender and white, skeletal hand, took the wine bottle she handed over, nodded slightly, and then raised her head and drank, "Dry it all, Yan Ji can rest assured?" ”

Jiang Xiao hid his smile, and when he turned the wine bottle in his hand and turned it downward, proving to her that there was no wine left, Jiang Xiao knew that he shouldn't stay here anymore. Qian Shan should have retreated from the Rui Wangfu this time, but after a long time, the fire gradually increased, and someone from the palace should have come to report Ning Nan's worries. If she doesn't leave at this time, the person in front of her will immediately notice that something is wrong. If she finds out that she is not Yan Chunniang, or if she notices that Yan Chunniang is strange, then her chess game will fall short, and all the planning of the year will be in vain. At that time, even Yan Ji will not be able to do this.

Jiang Xiao solemnly knelt on the ground and bowed, kowtowed to him twice to show his loyalty, and then straightened up, "Yan Ji said goodbye, I hope the king will cherish it, and say goodbye." ”

After saying these words, Jiang Xiaopi immediately got up, jumped down from the carved window on the second floor, and disappeared in the vast night.

Ning Nan stood in the private room worriedly, staring at the disappearing figure for a long time, not knowing what old past she remembered, and there was a trace of loss in her eyes.

Jiang Xiao fled from Yanshui Tower, and Qian Shan was already waiting in the corner of the horse market. She quickly got out and joined Qianshan.

Qian Shan, who was waiting in front of Qingxiang, saw Jiang Xiaoben's figure in the night, and the tension in her whole body eased.

When Jiang Xiao saw Qian Shan's first sentence, he asked about the situation of the Rui Wang's Mansion, "Can you get the talisman?" ”

Qian Shan smiled, "Candle Shadow has done a good job, I have already gotten it, I have asked people to send it to Longxi quickly, Gongzi and Xue Qing have also got the news, and they are also waiting in Longxi at this time." ”

Jiang Xiao nodded when he heard this. It was the end of autumn, the night was cold, Jiang Mengluo was wearing thin, when the cold wind came, she couldn't help but shiver, her face was slightly pale, Qianshan saw this, and hurriedly untied the soft velvet cloak on her body and draped it on Jiang Mengluo's body.

A warm current surged towards Jiang Mengluo's body, and her pale face eased slightly.

She said again, "Counting the hour, the fire of the Rui Wangfu should be very strong." Qianshan, so that the brothers must not take it lightly, as soon as King Rui leaves Qingxiang, he will do it. ”

Jiang Xiao rubbed his hands and sighed. Qian Shan sighed and said, "Girl, don't worry, tonight's trip will be successful." It's you, or go home with Qianshan to rest, right? It's the end of autumn, and it's time for your illness to make a fuss again, how can you be invaded by such a cold wind outside? You are not an immortal now, and you have been eaten by the seal, if you get the wind and cold, you should wear off half your life. ”

Qian Shan persuaded Jiang Xiao earnestly, but she waved her hand impatiently and said, "Year after year in the world, you are becoming more and more verbose?" I don't go, I don't worry about the brothers in the green alleys. ”

Jiang Xiao's rare little temper, Qian Shan laughed and laughed, and she couldn't hold her at all, so she couldn't help but feel distressed. In the end, he could only compromise and accompany Jiang Xiao to suffer from the cold night.

Jiang Xiao had already torn off Yan Chunniang's mask at this time, and the two of them shrank in the corner with Qianshan staring at Qingxiang's every move. After a while, only the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, and a man dressed in silk cloth and simple domestic servants was riding a horse towards Qingxiang.

He braked the horse's hooves sharply in front of the green alley, and the horse neighed, and he immediately turned over and ran down in a hurry, rushing towards the direction of Yanshui Tower. The alley was silent for a long time, and then he saw Ning Nan worried dressed in a dark robe, his face was frosty, and his eyes ran out of the alley angrily. The little guy behind him had no horse to ride, so he could only gallop on foot, intending to catch up with the man who was no longer possible.

Jiang Mengluo exhaled, and after confirming that Ning Nanwu had left, she turned her head and asked Qianshan, "Are the clothes ready?" ”

Qian Shan tightened her eyebrows, her face became solemn, and she nodded, "Ready." The pavilion master is going to change with me? ”

As soon as the words fell, the two of them hurriedly flashed into the night, drowning their figures. In less than a moment, the two of them had already put on the curved robes of cloud satin embroidered armor, and the jade crown with the pattern of a golden horn beast on their heads, and turned into the sons and daughters of two dignitaries and nobles, and walked towards Qingxiang elegantly.

In fact, Jiang Xiao and Qianshan didn't need to disguise themselves and sneak into Qingxiang again, but Jiang Xiao was worried, if this trip was not appropriate, someone might die. Most of the Water Pavilion brothers in Qingxiang have been in the Water Pavilion since childhood, although I don't know how many old people she has lost due to the limited life span of mortals in the past thousand years, but she is a person who looks forward and pays attention to the present. At least, within her control, she didn't want someone to change her life and die because she was working for her.

If there is something wrong with Qingxiang, if she is there, she can still control the direction of things.

Not long after the two of them entered the green lane, a black shadow rushed over the wall of the horse market.

The candlestick is back in place, and the action is ready. Not long after Jiang Xiao and Qianshan mixed into the crowd in Qingxiang, Qingxiang began to commotion. Ning Jiu's guards and long-term servants set up in the alley were missing more than half of them at some point. At this time, at the entrance of East Gate West Street in Qingxiang, a group of people quietly left in the direction of Rui Wangfu, dressed as the appearance of the royal family.

Not long after the Qingxiang guards left, a group of tall and strong night-worn people suddenly poured into the green alley, causing the alley to scream again and again.

A masked man in a dark cyan robe rushed to the front and fought with the remaining half of the guards in the green alley, and for a moment there was chaos in the green alley. Screams, fights, insults, and shouts were mixed, and these dozen or so big men poured into the shops all over Qingxiang to grab the treasure. The matter was undecided, and out of nowhere came out of nowhere in the alley, a group of strong men wearing the clothes of the guards of the green alley, each carrying a bag of grain and grass on their shoulders, rushed away outside the green alley. Everything went smoothly.

Jiang Mengluo made a lot of peace in her heart, and took advantage of the chaotic crowd to pull Qianshan to rush outside, and after a while, she disappeared into the crowd of people, and she didn't know where to go.

This night, the treasure pavilion of the Rui Wang's Mansion went to the water, the fire was very large, the Rui Wang's family rushed into the sea of fire to save the antique treasure, and when the fire gradually went out, he found that the Cao family talisman that the Rui Wang regarded as his life did not know where to go, and the green lane where Yungui gathered was also looted by whom. The grain and grass that Ning Jiu had snatched from the water pavilion and the land transportation road and half of the military salaries that had been hidden were all robbed by the same group of people in the open and honest self-green alley.

After Zhao Qi made a commotion in Qingxiang, he immediately mobilized more than 50 officials and apprentices under his command to go to the siege, but he never wanted to make full preparations for the looting, and when Zhao Qi arrived, they had disappeared into Luoyang City, without a trace.

Overnight, two major events that shocked the government and the opposition occurred in Luoyang City, spreading all over the streets and alleys inside and outside the city, making the people question the position of the official secretary of the central capital. It is rumored that the burning of Rui Wang's Mansion and the ransacking of Qingxiang were Jiang Xiao's handiwork. As a result, the legend of Jiang Xiaoqiren became more and more intense.

When this matter was heard by the heavens, the Son of Heaven was furious, but it was the regent Huai Wang Ning Zheng who was even more angry than the Son of Heaven.

The regent Huai Wang and the Son of Heaven are fighting, all the people of the Great Wei have all known, the infighting has reached such a point, the discerning people know that the Rui Wangfu is going to water, and the theft of the Cao family talisman is a huge loss for the Huai Wang's party, and the ministers who are caught in the party dispute are more concerned about the looting of Qingxiang.

As everyone knows, the two opposing merchant factions in the rivers and lakes, the Water Pavilion and the Yegong Pavilion are each subject to the Son of Heaven and the King of Huai, and there are many fierce struggles between the two factions. And Ning Jiu repeatedly robbed the military rations transported by the Water Pavilion to the frontier. The Water Pavilion has not given a counterattack.

So the ministers speculated that the Qingxiang ransack was most likely done by the Water Pavilion in the name of the thief Jiang Xiao, or that the thief Jiang Xiao himself was a person from the Water Pavilion.

All of a sudden, there were different opinions.

Zhongdu Mansion became the target of Luoyang. The Son of Heaven and King Huai issued two decrees, requiring Zhao Qi to arrest Jiang Xiao within three months, otherwise he would be dismissed and investigated. After that, exile and ink punishment are possible.

Zhao Qi received the order in the house, and was almost scared to pee his pants on the spot. He can't please this matter no matter what, if he can't recover the Cao clan's talisman and arrest Jiang Xiao, then he can be regarded as completely offended King Rui. But if he really recovered the talisman and arrested Jiang Xiao, then it would be equivalent to offending the Son of Heaven. No matter which way he went, he couldn't stand alone, and he couldn't help cursing Jiang Xiao who made this incident.

At this time, in the Jiang family's house, Jiang Mengluo was sitting in the main hall and discussing the follow-up with the people in the Water Pavilion, and a cold air came out of Leng Buding's back, and she sneezed heavily. Qian Shan, who was standing beside her, immediately put the velvet jacket in her hand on Jiang Mengluo's body, and blamed, "Pavilion master, don't be greedy for cold, it's winter, you have to pay attention." ”

Jiang Mengluo pulled the velvet jacket on herself, picked up the finch pattern handstove on the dark case table and hugged it in her arms, and continued to talk.

"The brothers of this operation must be sent back to Huiji, although Zhao Qi, the official secretary of the central capital, is cowardly and incompetent, but he is not a fool, he has been an official for many years and knows that this matter is not pleasing to anyone, so he will try to be persistent on either side. As long as our people are not in Luoyang City, he will naturally not stretch out his hand from Luoyang City. Candle Shadow, you must do this well. ”

She faced one of the people in the right seat under the hall who was dressed in a dark blue robe. The burly, three-dimensional man with a tattoo on his cheek said.

That man was the main candle shadow of the helm of the right hall of the Water Pavilion, and he was the most powerful assistant by Jiang Mengluo's side except for Xue Bi and Xue Qing.

Candle Shadow straightened her back and listened carefully to Jiang Xiao's explanation, and then nodded solemnly, "Pavilion master, rest assured, his subordinates will definitely protect the safety of your brothers." ”

The weather is getting colder and colder, Jiang Xiao's face has become more and more pale due to this sharp cold weather, but she has been sitting on the seat for half a day, she can no longer support it, her whole person curled up in a ball, and said to a young man sitting on the left seat, with a delicate face, wearing a gray-white jacket with a cotton silk curved robe, "Blowing the wind, at this moment, the people placed in Longxi have been dispatched by my brother, although the Cao family soldier talisman has been sent to Longxi quickly, but the Yegong Pavilion is everywhere in the four seas, and the news of the theft of the talisman will soon spread to Longxi, I have taken precautions, Intercept the delivery of the message, and you must ensure that the person who sent the talisman arrives safely and quickly within these two days. ”