Li Xiaoran watched his subordinates untie the quilt that wrapped Yuan Zhidong, the words on the quilt cut his self-esteem like a knife, and the wound that had been carefully hidden for so many years was torn again, and his heart twitched in pain.

There are only two words on the quilt, Xuanting.

At the sixteenth gate of Chang'an City, he walked through the Xuanting Gate in the south, and was stopped by Pei Tingshan's 9,000 sword soldiers outside the gate.

"Catch them."

Li Xiaoran only said four words coldly, and then quickly returned to his room, and when he sat down, his hands and feet were trembling, and he trembled uncontrollably.

Almost all the masters in the Rip Water Villa have been sent out, and it won't take long for the entire Dongchi County to be turned upside down.

The word Xuanting is Li Xiaoran's sore spot, although he was still a teenager at that time, but young people also know honor and disgrace.

"What about Chu Jianlian?"

He asked out loud.

Xun Zhi pushed the door in from the outside, looked at Li Xiaoran's face, picked up the books that fell on the ground like other things, and put them back on the bookshelf in a very regular manner.

"Mr. Chu went out last night, and when he went out, he said that the prince sent him to do things."

Xun Zhi poured a cup of herbal tea and put it in front of Li Xiaoran: "When the previous dynasty was in Chu, Emperor Changle suddenly died, Chu was in chaos, and the most powerful person to compete for the position of Emperor Chu was the eldest son of Emperor Changle, who was also the prince, and then the ninth son became the king, the prince was in charge of the East Palace, and after the emperor died, he naturally ascended the throne, and the fief of King Cheng was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, so even if the strength was not weaker than the prince, there was no way. ”

"On the day the prince ascended the throne, King Cheng went crazy, some people said he was mad, and some people said that he was crazy because of his father's death, but no matter what the reason, crazy is crazy, but the prince didn't believe it, and sent his cronies to Jiangnan to verify, but the cronies were also conscientious, so they stayed in Jiangnan for three years, and they were inseparable from King Cheng, and often stared at King Cheng's eyes...... The prince told him that if King Cheng pretended to be crazy, he would be killed immediately, and it took him three years to come to a conclusion that King Cheng was really crazy, because King Cheng even ate. ”

"The new emperor's year name is Taisho, at the beginning of the fourth year of Taisho, the emperor finally relaxed his vigilance against Chengwang, what else is there to worry about a madman who even eats, besides, the throne has been stable for three years, who will help such a madman rebel...... He didn't kill the king, because he didn't want to be infamy, his brother was already crazy and had to kill them all, which was not in line with the way of benevolence and righteousness. ”

"At the beginning of the fourteenth year of Taizheng, King Cheng, who had been crazy for thirteen years, raised troops and sent a rebellious text, saying that the old emperor was poisoned by the new emperor, and he wanted to avenge his father, so he endured for thirteen years, pretended to be crazy for three years and deceived the enemy, and prepared to recruit troops for ten years, and in the sixteenth year of Chu Dazheng, King Cheng invaded the capital and killed Emperor Dazheng."

Xun Zhi said slowly: "This is Jun's revenge, ten years is not too late." ”

Li Xiaoran let out a long breath of turbidity: "I don't know the truth, but how can this scar not hurt when it is revealed?" ”

Xun Zhi sat opposite Li Xiaoran: "The measure of the monarch is the world." ”

Li Xiaoran snorted: "What Mr. taught is that just being humiliated by someone at the door of the house can't just be just left alone, it's just that I'm not angry, people still have to catch it." ”

Xun Zhi nodded: "That's good, if the prince thinks for the world, he must practice the instrument first." ”

At this moment, someone outside suddenly shouted: "Oh no, the courtyard is on fire!" ”

Li Xiaoran pushed open the door and went out, the fire in the courtyard opposite the lotus pond had already reached the roof, and almost all the people in the manor had passed, carrying buckets of water to extinguish the fire.

But people were still hurriedly extinguishing the fire in the other courtyard, and the house only a few dozen meters away from Li Xiaoran was also on fire, I don't know how the fire could be so fast, and it didn't take long for flames to start spewing out of the window.

The whole manor was blown up, and the people couldn't keep their hands busy.

Li Xiaoran's eyes suddenly turned red, and his shoulders trembled violently.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted from a not very far distance: "Kill the traitor!" ”

Then a crossbow arrow came over, rubbing Li Xiaoran's ear and nailing it to the door frame, Li Xiaoran's ear was cut a small incision, he first shook it, and then retracted into the room with a scream.

I don't know how many killers appeared in the courtyard, and there were people on all sides shouting the words "kill the traitor", Xun Zhi helped Li Xiaoran to lower his body and return to the house, and slammed the door shut.

The remaining guards in the manor immediately secured the house and set aside some to search for the killer.

Someone fired fireworks into the sky for emergency communication, and not long after the fireworks exploded, a thick green smoke shot into the sky near the pavilion on the top of the mountain.

Shen Leng, who was hiding near the lotus pond, glanced at the watery mountain and sneered in his heart...... This son of the world is really dishonest, and he actually set up a beacon smoke on the top of the mountain.

He whistled, everyone began to withdraw from the manor, they went to the forest outside to wait, half an hour later, the manor's guards rushed back from outside, Shen Leng beckoned to his subordinates, everyone got on the horse and left the forest and went straight to the official road, all the way non-stop, Dongchi County, which is nearly three hundred miles long from east to west, Shen Leng and they ran out in one breath, and stopped late at night.

"Prepare for camp."

Shen Leng dismounted and ordered, and glanced at Chen Ran, who had been laughing for most of the way: "After eating a belly of wind, can you still laugh?" ”

Chen Ran jumped off the horse: "Everyone says I'm a rectum. ”

"How?"

"The rectum is ventilated quickly, what's wrong with laughing all the way, I have a lot of farts."

Shen Leng: "In the future, I will never praise people as rectums." ”

The more Chen Ran thought about it, the more he couldn't help laughing: "Originally, when you said that you were going to blow up the prince, I thought about what to do for a long time, but then I heard that I just beat that Mr. Yuan, thinking about how could I blow up the prince like this?" When I went back and burned down the manor, I realized that your intestines must not be straight, but all twists and turns. ”

Shen Leng learned Mr. Shen's tone: "Please try to respect me, after all, I am a captain." ”

Chen Ran saluted: "Yes, captain!" ”

Then laughed.

Assigned to rotate the night duty, Shen Leng took off the felt blanket from the horse and spread it on the grass to lie down, the further he went to the northwest, the colder the weather became, even if he wrapped the felt blanket tightly when camping at night, he still couldn't resist the night wind, Shen Leng began to reflect on himself, many things still couldn't be prepared in advance, and he ignored the obvious thing that the north would be colder.

Wang Kuohai and Yang Qibao led people to guard the first shift, Chen Ran and Gu Le sat down beside Shen Leng, and Gu Le couldn't help but ask: "Captain, is the matter a bit big?" burned down the manor of the prince, if this matter is investigated, I am afraid that the Admiral will not be able to cover it up for us. ”

Shen sneered and asked: "How did your mind become so flexible when you interrogated now, let me ask you, who will pursue it?" ”

Gu Le thought about it carefully, and then laughed: "Yes, who will investigate." ”

Even if the prince Li Xiaoran wants to investigate, will King Xin let him continue to mess around after he knows the ins and outs of the matter? Besides, Li Xiaoran is not so stupid.

The magistrate would have come to the city soon to ask why the manor was on fire, and most of the answers they received were that they had accidentally entered the Assassins.

Shen Leng shouted to kill the rebel when they set the fire, these four words, Li Xiaoran was most afraid of letting others hear them.

And in this matter, Li Xiaoran didn't even dare to let the court know that the manor was built on too large an area, although this was the fiefdom of King Xin, but if it was investigated carefully, it would be a violation, which was also a felony.

Besides, did the emperor really ignore Li Xiaoran for so many years? In Dongchi County, there may be how many emperors' people are staring at it, if Li Xiaoran doesn't make trouble, it's okay, if it does, the emperor has a reason to do it.

After thinking about this, Gu Le immediately settled down: "It turns out that the big guys also have so many flaws and so many prohibitions, and no one can do whatever they want." ”

Shen Leng nodded: "Even if this matter is over, Li Xiaoran will not pursue anything, if it is really investigated, we have the evidence sent by the scholar in our hands, can't the scholar think of this?" It just so happened that Yuan Zhidong sent by him was in the manor, and he would be more anxious than Li Xiaoran. ”

"Sleep, I'm going to leave early tomorrow morning, I've been delayed for too long."

Shen Leng closed his eyes, and the tea master appeared in his mind for a while, and Meng Changan appeared for a while, and he didn't know if he would be delayed, there was still more than half the way to the sealing inkstone, and he was late If Meng Changan had already had an accident, what should I do?

The more he thought about it, the shallower the sleepiness became, Shen Leng waited until Chen Ran and the others fell asleep, so he simply got up and went to replace Wang Kuohai, Yang Qibao and the two of them to rest, leaning against the big tree and looking at the land shrouded in night, Shen Leng began to think about deeper things.

There are two things that Shen Leng hasn't figured out until now.

The first thing, why did the big boss of the Liuyun Club give him such a big gift, more than 10,000 taels of silver, which is also a huge amount of money in Daning, which is enough to make people worry about food and clothing for a lifetime, and they will live very well.

The second thing, why did the old dean of Yanta Academy inform him to go to Feng Yantai, if it was just because he knew that he had a good relationship with Meng Changan, then this was not the best choice at all, with the old dean's connections and qualifications, he could casually find more people to rush to Feng Yantai faster than Shen Leng.

And these two things, vaguely, seem to involve people of a higher level.

Your Majesty today.

But Shen Leng didn't have much information, so he couldn't speculate more.

At the same time, in the bitter cold land of northern Xinjiang, a group of dozens of scouts once again entered the wind and snow, they quietly crossed the border between Daning and Heiwu Kingdom, these people were covered with thick white coats, and the war horses were also wrapped in white cotton armor, and soon disappeared in the wind and snow.

The camp of the soldiers, Pei Xiao, who got the news, sneered: "This should be the last time the map of hundreds of miles is explored, and the map can be drawn after this time, Meng Changan, I will not give you this opportunity." ”

He turned to look at the Daning Territory Map hanging on the wall, and finally his gaze stayed at a certain position: "This time they are close to the Feng Yan Platform to get out of the customs, it is really the best opportunity given by God, that place has been barren since the war, and no one has dared to approach it easily for many years......"

"癸巳"

He shouted, and the pro-soldier team was positive, and he was also a close confidant he brought out from Pei's house, and immediately came over: "What does the general command?" ”

"You go in person, find a way to leak Meng Changan's whereabouts to the black warriors, and call all the cronies I brought with me to Feng Yantai to wait, that is the only place within hundreds of miles where you can avoid danger, the black warriors are in a hurry, Meng Changan has only one choice to enter the Feng Yantai."

He let out a long sigh of relief: "No one wants to stop me, the general of Dongjiang can only be mine, it must be mine!" Whoever stands in my way will die. ”