Madame's shy and delicate appearance is even more exciting, but Qi Ning knows that there are still important things, and tonight is not the time to talk to Mrs. and me.

He found a subordinate from the mansion, and ordered him to go to the Hou Mansion to beckon Li Tang to bring two people over, and asked his wife to find a hemp bag, and he went back to the piano room to put the unconscious Jebdamba into the sack.

Qi Ning was worried that this matter would leave a shadow on his wife, so when he acted, he did not let his wife participate from beginning to end.

Li Tang came very quickly, brought two people here, and saw the sack in the piano room, and saw at a glance that a person was stuffed inside, Qi Ning did not hide it from him, and briefly said what happened at night, Li Tang had been to Eastern Qi with Qi Ning, but he also knew about the Qinghai-Tibet Lama, and learned that the Qinghai-Tibet Lama had targeted Qi Ning, and even set a trap, he was quite angry, and said in a low voice: "Hou Ye, the people of the Ancient Elephant Kingdom are so bold that they dare to set a trap to harm Hou Ye, Do you want to report this matter to the court? ”

Qi Ning shook his head and said: "This matter should not be a big deal, first control this Jebdamba, and then let's see what the ancient elephant man will do next." Jebdamba only dared to act secretly this time, it can be seen that they did not dare to blatantly make a big deal about this matter, after all, I am the marquis of Chu State, and the matter involves two countries, they should be cautious. Then he commanded: "Take Jebdamba with someone first, find a secret place and watch him first, and let no one know about it." ”

Li Tang said: "Don't worry, Master Hou, leave this matter to me, and there is nothing wrong with it." "Don't talk nonsense, take two people and take Jebdamba, who was put in a sack, and leave through the back door of Tian's house.

After this was done, Qi Ning went to comfort his wife again, thinking that this woman was frightened tonight, so let her rest earlier, and when she left the Tian family, it was already midnight.

The Hou Mansion is not far from Tian's house, Qi Ning rode back to the house, there were two lanterns hanging outside the door of the Hou Mansion, which was quite bright, but the gate of the Hou Mansion had been closed, Qi Ning dismounted and was about to go up to open the door, but found that there was a thing behind the lion's butt in front of the door.

The package was not large, but it was tucked behind the lion's buttocks, revealing a large section, and if you were not careful, you might not have noticed it.

Qi Ning was a little strange, stretched out his hand to take the package, the package said that it was not heavy, it was not light, he was suspicious, he called the door, the door was wide open, Qi Ning had already asked: "Who left this package outside?" ”

The guard who opened the door looked dazed, shook his head and said, "Master Hou, we just closed the door, and we didn't see any packages left outside." ”

Qi Ning frowned slightly, glanced back, the long street was deserted, and the doors of the mansions had already been closed, and there was no figure in sight.

He knew that this must have been after the Hou Mansion was closed, and someone secretly put this package over, and now it is difficult to find out who sent the package.

Back to the house, went back to the house, put the package on the table first, cleaned up, then walked to the table, opened the package by the oil lamp, only to find that the package was some books and documents, Qi Ning was even more curious, picked up a book casually, opened it and glanced at it a few times, under the lonely lamp, the little marquis first showed surprise on his face, and then picked up a few books in a row to read, but between his eyebrows was slowly stretched, and a sneer appeared on his lips.

Three days after Longtai's wedding, the Eastern Qi family delegation was finally going to return to Qi, and Su Zixuan, the daughter of Wuxiang Marquis Su Yu, naturally had to follow the delegation to marry Eastern Qi.

Qi Ning didn't care about either of these things, and it wasn't until the day of the departure of the Qi delegation that he saw off the Qi delegation with the officials of the Chu State.

Naturally, the emperor didn't have to go out of the palace to see him off in person, so the task of sending the mission out of the city naturally fell on Ma Lan of Zhenguo Company.

On the day of the send-off, Qi Ning learned that Su Yu personally escorted Su Zixuan to Qi after all, perhaps by asking for the emperor's order, Su Yu led the team to Qi this time as the envoy of the family mission, but the duty of escorting in Chu fell on Sima Changshen's head.

Although Sima Changshen was stripped of the title of Zhongyihou, he was immediately given the title of former general of the Qinhuai Army by the emperor.

Yue Huanshan, the chief general of the Qinhuai Army, is the general of Wuwei, and the four generals under him are the four generals of the front, rear, left and right, if you talk about the level of the position, the former general is second only to the general Wuwei who commanded 100,000 soldiers, so from a certain point of view, Sima Changshen lost the title of Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness but got the position of former general, which is not a loss.

The daughter of the Marquis of Wuxiang married the Eastern Qi Dynasty, and this matter had been decreed on the day of the Ximen Zhan Ying Bi Wu Ding's son-in-law, although the main task of the Ministry of Rites recently was to prepare for the emperor's wedding, but a small number of people were also assigned to prepare for Su Zixuan's marriage to the Eastern Qi.

Wuxiang Hou Su Yu is naturally extremely satisfied with this marriage, the Su family is getting weaker and weaker, if you can use this marriage to make the Su family's status more stable, this is of course an undesirable thing, and although the Su family has no right to speak in the court, but the family has a big business and rich family resources, this time Su Yu married a daughter, but it is also full of courage, and has prepared a very rich dowry, and the court has also rewarded a lot of treasures as a dowry.

Sima Changshen wanted to rush to the Qinhuai Army to take up his post, and he happened to walk with the mission all the way, and the task of guarding the mission naturally happened to be lost to Sima Changshen.

The Qi State Mission led by the Prince of Eastern Qi and the Chu State Sending Relatives Mission led by Su Yu added up to two or three hundred people, plus Sima Changshen brought another group of people, connected with more than a dozen carts, and the team was considered to be mighty, and the ministers of Chu State were sent out of the city twenty miles outside the city under the leadership of Sima Lan.

On the road of Qi Ning, he was thinking about the purpose of the prince of Eastern Qi coming to Chu this time, although on the surface he wanted to send Princess Tianxiang to come to Chu to marry, but there was another important thing, that is, to ally with Chu State, and the two countries would join forces to attack the Northern Han Dynasty, such military affairs, and I don't know what the final result would be.

Qi Ning believes that regarding the matter of the joint forces of the two countries, the Chu State should have reached some kind of agreement with the Prince of Eastern Qi, otherwise if there is no result and he leaves today, the face of the Prince of Eastern Qi should not be too good-looking, but Duan Shao looks good today, and he is in a good mood, at least he got a decent answer from the side of Chu.

After the prince of Eastern Qi came to the Chu State, Qi Ning did not have too deep contact with him, and what kind of reply did the court give Duan Shao, Qi Ning really doesn't know now.

Only after the team left, the ministers returned to the city.

Qi Ning was about to get on the horse, but a person hurriedly came over and said respectfully: "Master Hou, the old prince is invited!" After speaking, he looked back, Qi Ning followed his gaze and saw Sima Lan standing on the side of a carriage, old and old, but nodding to his side.

Qi Ning didn't say much, threw the reins of the horse to the man, walked over quickly, and said with a smile: "What does the old prince command?" ”

"Jinyihou, the old man wants to talk to you, I don't know if I can ride with the old man?" Sima Lan was calm and relaxed, with a smile on her face.

Qi Ning thought for a moment and said, "Dare to disobey your fate!" ”

The carriage Sima Lan rode in was not luxurious, but it was spacious enough, and the two sat facing each other in the carriage, and there was a large empty space in the middle.

"Early this morning, news came from the Northern Han side." Sima Lan stroked his beard: "Beitang Zhao, the fifth prince of the Northern Han Dynasty, commanded the 30,000 border troops of the northern Xinjiang of the Han State to go south, and the sword pointed directly at Luoyang, the capital of the Han Kingdom, and the sixth prince Beitang Hao and his henchmen have already controlled the situation in Luoyang, and the battle between the two sides is about to break out. ”

Qi Ning said "oh", in fact, he has always been very interested in the situation on the side of the Northern Han Dynasty, Beitang Feng detoured from Chu to Hanzhong to Xianyang, Qi Ning has been waiting for Beitang Feng to go out of Tongguan to attack Luoyang with the support of his uncle Qu Yuangu, once this happens, the Northern Han will be in chaos.

But he never got the news from Beitangfeng's side, and at this time, from Sima Lan's mouth, he knew that the other two princes of the Northern Han Dynasty had made a big move.

He groaned slightly before asking, "Guogong, in your opinion, how should the Han Kingdom develop next?" ”

"The dead Beitang Huan is still a powerful person." Sima Lan said: "When he was alive, the Northern Han Dynasty and the opposition were under his pressure, and no one dared to act rashly. But this man made a fatal mistake, that is, he did not have the advantage of establishing a crown prince during his lifetime. Beitang Huan gave birth to a total of eight sons, the first two sons died early, and the seventh son died more than a month after he was born, so there are still five sons left. ”

Qi Ning knew a little about the affairs of the Northern Han Dynasty, nodded slightly, and Sima Lan continued: "Among these five sons, according to their origins, the one who is qualified to inherit the throne is naturally the fourth prince Beitang Feng, who is born by the Queen of the Northern Han Dynasty, that is the son-in-law, and as far as the old man knows, Beitang Feng's appearance resembles Beitang Huan when he was young, so he is very favored by Beitang Huan, and it is rumored that Beitang Huan does want Beitang Feng to inherit the throne. ”

Qi Ning said: "I also know a little about this matter. I heard that Beitang Huan gave birth to two princes before, and after he was born, he was immediately appointed as the crown prince, but he died early because of this, so Beitang Huan has not established a crown prince since then, perhaps because he is worried that he will be a prince too early and bring misfortune to his children. ”

Sima Lan stroked his beard and smiled: "That's true." Although Beitang Huan was interested in Beitang Feng, he never made him the crown prince, which gave other princes the heart to covet. The fifth prince Beitang Zhao and the sixth prince Beitang Hao, these two are still some talents among Beitang Huan's sons, and the mothers of these two people are also important ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty, how can those people not want the prince who is related to them to succeed to the throne? ”

"So Beitang Huan died suddenly, and the princes and ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty began to fight among themselves." Qi Ning smiled faintly: "Guogong, I heard that the Northern Han Dynasty Muyun Hou Beitang Phantom Night has a very high status and qualifications in the Northern Han Dynasty, and he is also a great grandmaster, the Northern Han Dynasty is in civil strife, why didn't this person come forward to interfere, does he want to watch the Han Kingdom fall into civil strife?" ”

"Beitang Phantom Night ......!" Sima Lan said lightly, and then said slowly: "Whether this person is alive or dead, there is no way to know, at least in recent years, there has been no news about this person at all, and it is rumored that Beitang Phantom Night has already died." ”