Although Ximen Zhan Ying is impulsive, but after all, her brain is not stupid, Qi Feng suddenly leaked out, she felt that something was wrong, and glanced at Qi Ning, only to see Qi Ning sitting by the bonfire, his hands open and facing down, drying his hands, looking calm and relaxed, and she felt that there was a lot of inside information in her heart. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yan Lingxian sat far away from the side and didn't get close to the bonfire, so naturally he didn't know what to say here.

Ximen Zhanying saw that Qi Ning and the others didn't say much, it seemed that they regarded themselves as outsiders, a little unhappy, got up, and went straight to the riverside, Qi Ning glanced at it, smiled faintly, and said softly: "Women are troublesome, they are annoying when they are alive, and they are annoying when they die." ”

Naturally, he didn't say that Ximen Zhan Ying was dead or alive, but that no matter whether the black robe was dead or alive, Ximen Zhan Ying was in a bad mood.

Qi Feng's wound was medicated, and now it has improved a lot, although he can't move around at will for the time being, let alone use force, but the pain has disappeared a lot, and he chuckled: "Master Hou, in fact, Miss Ximen is very good, she has always been jealous, but now she is worried about the life and death of others, and her heart is also kind." ”

"How do you know she's jealous?" Qi Ning glanced at Qi Feng.

Qi Feng said with a smile: "A blind man can also see that although this Ximen girl likes to quarrel with Hou Ye, I see that she has long liked Hou Ye." ”

Zhou Shun also nodded and said: "Master Hou, what Qi Feng said is right, I can also see it, Master Hou Yushu is in the wind, how many women in the world don't like it?" ”

Qi Ning laughed, and then lowered his voice and said: "We can't go by water, fortunately, we are about to leave Xichuan, let's return to Beijing by land." ”

"Master Hou thinks that group of people will still come?" Li Tang frowned and said: "They are coming for the black robe this time, and the black robe has already sunk to the bottom of the water as planned by the Hou Ye, what other tricks can they come up with?" ”

Zhou Shun sneered: "Those water ghosts must continue to look for the black robe underwater, if they only see the robe at that time, will they be suspicious?" ”

"With such a wide river, and the water flowing eastward, it is impossible to find a robe." Qi Feng said: "Even if they find it, I can't figure out what they are." He lowered his voice and said with a smile: "Who would have thought that the black robe was filled with table salt, and the salt would soon melt away if it fell into the water, leaving only one robe left, even if they found it, they only thought that the person in the black robe had slipped away." ”

Qi Ning coughed, and Qi Feng said no more.

The moonlight was faint, but Qi Ning was a little annoyed at the moment, regretting that he couldn't catch Hua Xiangrong.

Qi Ning knew in his heart that he had rescued Baiying from Xinping Town that day, and Elder White Tiger and the others would definitely take themselves as their goal to find Xiang Baiying's whereabouts.

He deliberately set up a plan to lure the enemy, wrapped a salt bag in the black robe, so that those people mistakenly thought that the black robe was Xiang Baiying, in order to attract the attention of the other party, after setting off from Chengdu, Qi Ning had already guessed that the other party was likely to attack on the road, so he also made some preparations.

It's just that he didn't expect the other party to appear in the form of a water ghost.

Tonight, the water ghosts appeared, Qi Ning was already ready to catch a live mouth and force out some useful information, but he also knew that although there were many water ghosts tonight, most of the water ghosts probably didn't know anything about the truth behind it, and they had to capture the leader of these water ghosts, and maybe they could force out some information.

Hua Xiangrong's appearance made Qi Ning's heart very excited, but Hua Xiangrong was too cunning, and she escaped and lost an opportunity to ask the truth, Qi Ning was annoyed in his heart.

He deliberately let go of the black robe underwater, which was to make the other party mistakenly think that Xiang Baiying sank to the bottom of the water, and the salt bag in the black robe didn't take long in the water before it dissolved, and then there was only one robe left, not to mention that it was extremely difficult to find a robe underwater, even if they really found it, it could only make them mistakenly think that Xiang Baiying would not see anyone alive or dead.

Although Qi Feng and several other henchmen knew that the black robe was wrapped in a bag of salt, so far, they didn't know what Qi Ning was going to do, let alone Qi Ning was Gu Bu's maze, just to ensure Xiang Baiying's safety.

At dawn the next day, everyone set out, abandoning the waterway, and traveling by land, and Qi Ning rewarded each of the boatmen with some silver, and let them go back on their own, but unfortunately the big ship sank into the river, and the horses also sank into the river, so they had no choice but to find a place and hire a carriage.

The next road is also smooth, more than one day on the way, the car is busy, this day is to rush back to Jianye capital, when entering Beijing, the sunset has not yet set, Qi Ning has been out for a long time, just entered the city gate, his heart thought of Gu Qinghan, but he also knew that the little emperor was only afraid of looking forward to it day and night in the palace, and immediately ordered Qi Feng and others to go back to the Jinyi Hou Mansion first, Yan Lingxian and Ximen Zhan Ying also went back to the Shenhou Mansion on an errand, and he went to the imperial city.

Walking outside the palace, the guards guarding the door saw Qi Ning's dusty servants, and they couldn't recognize it for a while, and shouted: "What person?" ”

Qi Ning didn't talk nonsense, took the royal gold medal, and said: "I am waiting for Qi Ning in brocade, I am on an errand, and now I will return to Beijing and enter the palace to return to the emperor." ”

When the guard saw the gold medal, he was busy with a smile on his face: "Master Hou, it turns out that your old man has returned to Beijing, the emperor has a decree, no matter when Lord Hou enters the palace, he will not be hindered, but Lord Hou is not wearing an official robe, the villain is clumsy, there are many offenses, Lord Hou forgives the crime." ”

Qi Ning saw that the guard was interested, and said with a smile: "The emperor sent me to do something important, and I was in a hurry to reply, and I didn't have time to change my clothes." ”

The guard hurriedly smiled and said: "Yes, the Hou Ye is full of spirits, this errand is naturally captured, and the emperor will have a reward." "Don't talk nonsense, let Qi Ning enter the palace.

After Qi Ning entered the palace, he went straight to the imperial study, and let people spread the word, and the little emperor was overjoyed when he learned that Qi Ning had returned, and ordered: "Let him come in quickly." ”

Qi Ning quickly stepped into the imperial study, only to see Long Tai standing at the door of the room, seeing Qi Ning's dusty servants, Long Tai laughed, came forward and punched Qi Ning in the chest, Qi Ning knew that he was just happy, and he didn't dodge, he was beaten in the chest by the little emperor, and the little emperor laughed and scolded: "Damn, you are chic and happy outside, but I have been waiting for a long time, if you don't come back, I will treat you for a big crime." After pulling Qi Ning into the study, he closed the door smoothly, and then turned around and asked, "Did you just return to Beijing?" ”

Qi Ning said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, you really think that I am chic and happy outside, this trip to Xichuan, I almost lost my life over there, if it weren't for my cleverness and turning the crisis into safety, I'm afraid you won't see me." Pointing to his throat: "I'm worried that the emperor will wait for a long time, so I didn't stop all the way, and after entering Beijing, I didn't even go back to the Hou Mansion, so I entered the palace to report to the emperor. ”

Long Tai laughed, went over and opened the door of the imperial study, and ordered: "Come here, bring two wrists of bird's nest white fungus porridge." He was happy in his heart, and went over to personally take the pastry box on the imperial desk, put it on the table in Qi Ning's hand, and said with a smile: "This is my reward for you, try a few and try it." ”

Qi Ning was not polite, he picked up the pastry and ate it, Longtai saw him gobbling up, and said with a smile: "Xichuan is really so shabby, if you go there, it looks like you haven't eaten for a few years." ”

"Your Majesty, it's not that Xichuan is shabby, it's that I don't have time to eat over there at all." Qi Ning choked and said, "Yes, has the emperor received Wei Shutong's recital?" ”

Longtai Yushu found a fold on the case, and said: "It was just delivered yesterday, Wei Shutong is full of praise for your Jinyihou, it seems that without your Jinyihou this time, the world will be in chaos." He took another fold and handed it over, "This is the fold handed by someone ten days ago, you can also take a look." ”

Qi Ning didn't care about Wei Shutong's recital, what was written in it, Wei Shutong had already ventilated with him before, and he could know it without looking at it, but Long Tai suddenly handed over such an excerpt, which obviously had a deep meaning, opened it and glanced at it a few times, frowned, looked at Long Tai, and said, "Your Majesty, who is this Zhao Bangyao?" ”

"Zhao Bangyao is the middle of the imperial history of the Imperial History Tower." Long Tai said: "There are dozens of excerpts like this, but the official position of Cheng in this imperial history is the highest, and his words are the sharpest, so he stayed here." ”

Qi Ning knows that the Imperial Historical Observatory is the highest supervision department of the Empire, with three courtyards, namely the Tai, the Palace, and the Chacha, and the Imperial Historical Doctor is the highest official of the Imperial Historical Observatory, and the Imperial Historical Observatory only lives under the Imperial Historical Doctor, which pickets hundreds of bureaucrats and impeaches lawlessness, and sometimes the Imperial Historical Observatory even participates in the emperor's special cases.

The Imperial Historical Observatory and the Shenhou Mansion are somewhat similar in some respects, both have the responsibility of supervision, but the Shenhou Mansion supervises the rivers and lakes, while the Imperial Historical Observatory is the yamen of the Supervision Official's Mansion.

Qi Ning said: "This Zhao Zhongcheng said that I connived at bandits and aided in abuse, hehe, and said that I was acting recklessly regardless of the safety of the empire, Your Majesty, it seems that many people in the court already have opinions about me." ”

Long Tai sat down on the chair and said with a smile: "When the emperor was in power, he always attached great importance to the imperial history platform, and those who spoke were not guilty, so the courage of those people has always been not small, even if it is some things that catch the wind and shadows, they will not let it go, and they will be impeached in the middle of the twists and turns." Pointing to the song, he said: "This Zhao Bangyao was because he was outspoken and daring, and he was not afraid of offending people, so the emperor was quite important to him, and he was promoted many times. ”

"Iron gall?" Qi Ning said with a smile: "Yin Mo Zheng of Kyoto Mansion has a nickname called Mo Tieduan, and there is a Zhao Zhongcheng named Zhao Tietang in this Imperial History Tower, Your Majesty, it seems that there are many direct ministers in this court." ”

"The state has direct ministers, and the country is prosperous." Longtai said: "If the Manchu Dynasty does not have a minister who dares to speak out, this country is about to end." Leaning on the chair, his hands crossed in front of his lower abdomen, he said: "Zhao Bangyao had to play a fold at almost every court meeting back then, and his fold, the emperor has always been dealt with in the court, and after this person became the middle of the imperial history, the fold slowly decreased, although the fold was less, but every time it was played, it always made one or two people lose their official positions." ”

Qi Ning said with a smile: "Your Majesty, does this Zhao Tiegan have any grievances with the Jinyi Hou Qi family?" Why are you going to do it to me this time? ”

Long Tai said: "As far as I know, this person has no friendship with anyone in the court, and they all say that he is a lonely minister, think about it, this person is often on the hook, and the reduction and demotion of officials targeted by him are all trivial matters, and there are still people who are willing to get close to him?" ”

Qi Ning took the fold and said: "This Zhao Zhongcheng impeached the matter of Qianwuling, and his news is also very well-informed, and he knows everything about what happened on Qianwuling. He smiled faintly and said: "Your Majesty, if this person is a public, I don't mind, but if he has other intentions behind him, this Zhao Tiegu, I will make him Zhao Poguts!" ”