On the 13th day of the lunar month, the day in Huguang was cloudy, and it rained lightly last night. The weather was very cold at this time, and the northwest wind was blowing all the time.

A post road in Baoqing Province has been occupied by a long procession, with carriages, leans, flags, fans, and a large number of foot riders. The people and horses are so vast that they seem to occupy the entire road.

This team is the officials, palace people and family members of the Han Palace, and there are many guards and soldiers. They had passed through Yiyang County a few days ago, and they were already on the boundary of Baoqing Mansion at this time.

The weather is cold, and in addition to the brigade of the Han Wangfu on this road, only a few pedestrians can occasionally be encountered......

At this time, far behind the team, there was a pedestrian on the road. She was a middle-aged woman, with a green cloth wrapped around her head, leading her horse along the road slowly. The direction she was walking was also towards the south, and it seemed that she was on the same path as the Han Wangfu team.

The middle-aged woman is none other than Duan Yang!

I think that when she was in Yunnan, she was still a charming woman, and a sergeant in Mufu was even fascinated by her and finally lost his life. But in the past few years, Duan Yang's has been living a bad life, her hair has turned gray, and the skin on her face is sallow and wrinkled; He looks older than his actual age, and he seems to be twenty years older in a few years!

Duan Yang didn't care about his haggard appearance. What makes her most desperate is that while her physical strength is declining, the connections and financial resources she can rely on are also rapidly drying up!

Back then, because of Duan Yang's secret investigation of Jianwen, Duan Baoji and other people from the Duan family no longer dared to associate with her; The revelation of the Agu Temple in the southern suburbs of Kunming made the Yang relatives hiding there be wiped out...... And Duan Yang's most powerful assistant and adopted daughter Duan Xue has also turned against her; Because of Mu Bin's death, Duan Xue Hate is most likely looking for her for revenge!

And the Yang family has not made a living in these years, and the Duan family's property has long been sold out; Now she is almost running out of money she has saved.

If this continues, Duan Yang can clearly foresee: it won't be long before she becomes a waste, and maybe even her own livelihood will be a problem! She can be said to have been cornered and gradually in a desperate situation.

The blood feud is even more indefinite! Duan Yang saw with his own eyes that the Mu family was not only not unlucky, but even had to make a fortune again!

In the helpless anger and despair, the determination to break the net gradually became firm in Duan Yang's heart; She had tried to calm herself, but she had finally decided that there was no other way.

At that time, her plan was to desperately find an opportunity to assassinate Mu Sheng, one life for one life! But later Duan Yang was a little unwilling, because in addition to Mu Sheng, the Mu family also had other men; Anyway, she doesn't want to die, why not fight for a big one?

If Duan Yang wants to eradicate Mu Mansion by himself, he definitely doesn't have that strength; She thinks about it, and can only pretend to be someone else.

Retribution to the heart of death, kill the king of Han!

When Duan Yang thought of this method, he quickly decided that it was the best choice. The assassination of the King of Han is, of course, difficult to succeed; But it is also difficult to assassinate Mu Sheng, Mu Sheng has encountered assassins more than once, and he also knows that there are many enemies, so he pays attention to precautions, and he is not necessarily better than King Han!

And as long as the king of Han is killed, the rebellious Han king's mansion will be defeated. Then in the near future, the Ming Dynasty will definitely help Duan Yang's family take revenge and completely eradicate the rebellious ministers and thieves Mu Mansion!

She had already strengthened her determination to die.

After Duan Yang's political envoy from Sichuan went south, he happened to hear that the people of the Han Wangfu were going to Huguang. She thought: When the family of the Han Wangfu arrives at the place, they will definitely go to see the Han King immediately!

So Duan Yang chased after him all the way, intending to see the whereabouts of the Han Wangfu's brigade, and then follow the vine to find out where the Han King lived......

At this moment, a horse from the south suddenly came towards Duan Yang's clan.

Duan Yang stood still, stopped and watched for a while, feeling that the person riding the horse seemed to be a military general with a low position. When the young general came to Duan Yang's side, she had no intention of running away, and stood on the spot and curtsied, saluting, "The grass people have seen the military master." ”

"What for?" The young general looked Duan Yang up and down.

Duan Yang's mouth immediately split, thinking about her blood and sweat with all her might, almost instantly, her nose was sore, and big tears rolled down her face.

"What's wrong, what's wrong? I didn't lift a finger of you! The young general glared in surprise.

Duan Yang choked up and said, "A few years ago, the husband of the grass people went to Huguang Changde Mansion to do business, but there has been no news!" When the grass people heard that Huguang was going to war, they had a dream that night, and they saw him covered in blood, and said to me, ......"

The young general frowned and said impatiently: "The battle here is over!" Listen to what you say, you're here to find someone? ”

Duan Yang nodded and said: "The grass people didn't find anyone in Changde Mansion, and a fellow villager said that Fujun went to Guangxi and went south to ......."

"Is there a way?" The young general interrupted Duan Yang's ?? Long?/p>

Duan Yang shook his head and looked at the sergeant with pitiful tears in his eyes.

At this moment, there was another sound of horses' hooves from the south, and then a voice shouted: "Chen Wu! ”

The young general in front of him turned his head and answered, and then he looked at Duan Yang's eyes again, and said kindly: "You are a woman, be careful on the road." ”

Duan Yang said: "Thank you, Master Jun." ”

…… In the Han Wangfu brigade, under the heavy escort of honor guards and cavalry, there was a gorgeous carriage. Mrs. Yao Ji was accompanying Princess Guo Wei of Han and sat together in this carriage.

In the past two years, Yao Ji has taken the initiative to show goodwill, helping Princess Han and thinking about her; The results are still obvious. In the Han Palace, the woman that the princess relies on the most now is probably Yao Ji, and the two are often inseparable.

Many people in the Han Palace's palace understood the princess's personality, and the princess was a person who had no anger and hatred. Although she doesn't treat everyone well, even if anyone provokes her, she won't be punished too severely.

As early as when she was in Beijing, Yao Ji had a quarrel with Guo Wei over a parrot personally rewarded by the queen's mother; But Guo Wei, as the hostess, was angry, and the way to punish Yao Ji was to just throw away Yao Ji's cat!

And Guo Wei is a person who is very grateful, as long as anyone treats her well, she can be rewarded to some extent.

And Yao Ji not only became friends with Guo Wei for a long time, but also won Guo Wei's appreciation because of her calmness and calmness. Yao Ji is also a very optimistic person, she does not panic when she encounters things, and often has a shallow and imperceptible smile on her face.

But on the road recently, Guo Wei seems to have noticed something.

At this time, Guo Wei, who was sitting opposite, glanced at Yao Ji carefully, looking like she wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything.

Yao Ji saw Guo Wei's demeanor from the afterglow, but she pretended not to know. The two continued to sit in silence in the carriage.

After a long while, Yao Ji took out a silk silk from her sleeve pocket, put it on her fingers and gently rubbed her temples. She whispered, "Every time I ride in the carriage for a long time, I feel very uncomfortable, dizzy and want to vomit. ”

Guo Wei suddenly said: "It turns out that Sister Yao is not feeling well?" I've been looking at you for a while, and I thought you were unhappy. ”

Yao Ji smiled and shook her head. But her eyes were difficult to disguise, and the smile in her eyes faintly revealed a little reluctance.

Yao Ji put the handkerchief back into her sleeve pocket, and then she touched something. That's a letter!

When everyone was still in the palace of the Han Dynasty in Guizhou, Yao Ji met a man named Mei Qing; The letter was sent by Mei Qing.

Mei Qing claims to be from Yao Ji's mother's family, but he is not at all, he is actually a spy; On the surface, he is a remnant of the Han Palace's guards.

Yao Ji remembers that when her brother defected to King Han, he sent a list of spies, and Mei Qing was very likely to be on the list! But the people in the court didn't know these inside information, and in order to prevent her brother from being suspicious, King Han did not use those treacherous spies (except for Li Mo, who was in the center of the Han King's Changshi Mansion), so as not to startle the snake.

Of course, the existence of their father Yao Fengji did not let the "uncle" in the court know......

In a letter written by her brother, she asked Yao Ji to assassinate the King of Han while he was sleeping and while the King of Han was asleep! Otherwise, the Holy One would have punished her brother with death. But between the lines of the secret letter, it revealed the meaning of implying that Yao Ji would find another way; At the very least, it is certain that her brother did not tell those secrets.

Because Yao Fang wrote in the letter, what is he Yao Ji's only relative, in the future, the Yao family will be blessed with the grace of the saint; and the grace of his uncle's nurturing, when he is repaid. This is all nonsense! In Yao Fang's heart, she must be very resentful of her uncle.

Yao Ji almost didn't hesitate and immediately decided to give the letter to King Han!

She didn't have to weigh the pros and cons, because she decided that the matter would not succeed. That Mei Qing's identity has long been exposed, and he may be being monitored by the secret agents of the Han Palace; If Yao Ji doesn't take the initiative to explain, he will give birth to a gap in front of King Han......

Although Yao Ji was strictly ordered to assassinate Yao Ji in the secret letter, if she couldn't do it, as long as she passed on some very important secrets, she should be able to save her brother's life. After all, if Dao Yan really killed Yao Fang, Yao Ji's chess piece would be useless.

It is this speculation that makes Yao Ji worried.

What kind of person is King Han? He must have thought of such a possibility. He may believe that Yao Ji will not assassinate, but it is possible that Yao Ji sold some secrets in order to save her brother's life...... This will also make Yao Ji's status and favor in the Han Palace's Mansion be devastatingly weakened!

In Yao Ji's eyes, Zhu Gaoxu should be the emperor soon! The emperor's suspicion is the most unguardable.

Even if Yao Ji didn't do anything to assassinate, the words in the secret letter were really terrifying...... The person next to the pillow is such a dangerous person, is Zhu Gaoxu really not afraid at all?

In addition, Yao Fang's safety and Yao Ji are not completely indifferent; She has two relatives, and her brother is still the only incense in the family.

Yao Ji's mood has always been very depressed. She was preoccupied, not because of hesitation, but because of worry.