Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) had a turbulent wave in his chest, if this person was still one, then he was undoubtedly the most suspicious.

The whole city has been curfew at night, and it is possible to be equipped with strong bows and crossbows, and the two necessary conditions of official status and military relations need to be met at the same time, otherwise how can a dozen people swagger down the streets without being caught by the night ban patrol.

What's more, the west of the city is a key prevention area, and the density of night patrols is twice that of the east of the city.

Strong bows and crossbows are all long-range weapons that are strictly forbidden to enter the civilian population, and it is easy to get one or two, but it is not easy to get one.

In this way, this scope is narrowed to the county soldiers, Jin army, city government Sima Mansion and private escort army in the mausoleum city, and only the three people who can get the identity waist card and the big killing weapon strong crossbow are the city government Sima Mansion, Da Sima, and Xiangguo.

Of course, Xihuan can also get a reasonable pass waist card and ordnance, but it is not easy to leave the horse's feet, as soon as Bailiyan dies, Jin Guo is naturally the first beneficiary, and she is the first suspect in this matter.

Then, to create an assassination, and to leave no horses, it must be a person who is in a high position and holds the power to cover the sky. Throughout the city of Chenling, in addition to the King of Xian and the Queen Mother, there are only Taiwei Dingyang Marquis Zhang Jun, the Great Sima Jiang Yan, and Xiangguo Gongsun Yue.

If a subjective presumption of guilt must be made, Gongsun Yue is meaningless as the first suspect.

He seems to have no quarrel with the world, and even the leader of the great calamity is not kept in the dark, this abnormal situation is extremely abnormal. Thinking of the cold eyes behind her back yesterday, Bai Liyan had reason to believe that the culprit behind this assassination was Gongsun Yue.

But what is his motive, and what benefits he can get in the end, there must be benefits, right? Thinking of this, Bailiyan faintly saw the huge spiral nest looming behind her, a huge shadow.

Early the next morning, Gu Chen came to deliver the sticker and invited Baili Yan to come to the house to diagnose the crown princess Xihuan. Bai Liyan couldn't help but think to herself, she was just assassinated last night, and today she came to test the direction of the wind, Xihuan really deceived the dead and didn't pay for her life.

After Gu Chen left, Bailiyan was busy cleaning up Yicaotang all morning, the study was shot with thousands of holes, and the blood stains on the ground had to be cleaned up.

Chunrou couldn't help but wonder in private, Bai Liyan was already in an important position, but she still had to live in the poor place in the west of the city, if it was other civil and military generals, they would have moved out of the west of the city a long time ago, bought a good farm house in the east of the city, and then bought dozens of acres of land, and could have an additional income of hundreds of stones a year.

In the afternoon, Bailiyan rode to the prince's mansion to meet the appointment, different from the last reception in the front hall, this meeting place was arranged in the middle hall, the prince had to enter the palace every day to study national politics, and he could not return to the house until dusk.

In this way, the huge prince's mansion is actually only Xihuan alone, and in two years, the prince will accept the prince's concubines and concubines, with Xihuan's temperament, he must not be able to tolerate other women, and sooner or later they will be slowly removed.

Walking to the central hall, I saw Xihuan sitting in front of the desk, standing on the left and right of two maidservants, one was peeling citrus, and the other was holding a tray in his hand, what was in the tray, but it was covered by silk cloth, and it was unknown.

"Wei Xian, see Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess."

Baili Yan gave a deep salute, Xihuan raised his eyebrows and smiled slightly, his eyes looking at him back and forth.

Compared with Wei Langzhong back then, and even Bai Liyan when he was a teenager, Wei Xian is a little more manly now, with two thick black beards standing on his lips, his blazing eyes are as firm as iron, and the gaze that shoots can make a woman's heart and soul shake.

Xihuan's demeanor was graceful and gorgeous, and there was a faint flash of appreciation and longing in her eyes, but she didn't realize that a long time had passed, and she was still stunned to look at the heroic and chic general in front of her, who had the charm of thousands of men.

The air was silent for a long time, and Xihuan's smile made Bai Liyan see her slut's face again, and couldn't help but think that this woman was also in the spring tide, and the prince was too young to use it.

"Ahem." Bai Liyan coughed and said, "I don't know what disease Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess is suffering from, I need to come down for diagnosis and treatment." ”

Xihuan suddenly came back to his senses and said with a smile:

"I heard that General Wei was assassinated last night, did General Wei get hurt?"

"Your Highness, Wei is fine. I don't know what illness His Highness suffers from, but I also ask His Highness to elaborate on one or two. ”

"Oh, this princess has a heart disease, and only General Wei's medicine can cure this princess's heart disease."

Bailiyan didn't think that Xihuan was looking for him to see a doctor, but to test the reality of last night's assassination. Now it seems that Xihuan has another purpose.

"His Royal Highness's heart disease can't be Wei's head."

Xihuan remained silent and continued to smile brightly:

"General Wei is eloquent and strategic, and he is the pillar of the Xian Kingdom, how can this princess not know what to do and ask for General Wei's head. General Wei, please sit down and wait for Princess Ben to speak slowly. ”

Baili Yanjing sat down, and Xihuan asked the maid to send the tray to Wei Xian, only to find that there was a square object covered under the silk cloth.

"Your Royal Highness, what do you mean by this?" Bai Liyan asked inexplicably.

"Why didn't General Wei open it and take a look."

"Wei doesn't dare, please ask the princess to speak up."

"Oh, okay then. Beneath this silk cloth is a rare crystal, and the general may wish to accept it as a thing to play with. ”

Baili Yan's expression immediately became strange, and he actually sent a piece of glass after going around for most of the day, even if it was more affordable to send a gold brick.

Of course, nowadays, natural silica is still a rare luxury, and such a large piece of crystal is indeed dozens of inches of gold, or even hundreds, and the value is indeed very expensive. But in the eyes of Baili Yaner, it is still just a crystal, and it is completely possible to smelt glass with quartz sand.

However, as soon as Xihuan made a move, it was dozens of inches of gold, and her asking price would never be low, this crystal was probably only part of the conversation, if it met her requirements, maybe she would have to give something.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan said carefully:

"Her Royal Highness the princess has something to say, this crystal Wei can't be accepted."

At this time, Xihuan's eyes sank, and there was still no rise or fall on his face:

"General Wei is really a smart person, well, it is actually very simple to cure the heart disease of the princess, the sword in General Wei's hand is too sharp, and it is inevitable to hurt himself in the hands of the people of Xianguo, in case it is put on the head of my Jin people one day, this is not good. Princess Ben thought that this knife would be more convenient for me to hold in the Jin Kingdom, but General Wei thought. ”

"It turns out that Her Royal Highness the princess also paid attention to Wei's fine iron forging method."

"Since General Wei knows, he also saves this princess from having to talk more. As long as General Wei teaches this method to my Jin Kingdom, the benefits will definitely be indispensable to General Wei. ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess, the Jin Kingdom has already cut off the land of a county in the Xian Kingdom, is it still possible to encroach on the Xian Kingdom?"

"General Wei's words are not reasonable, Xianguo is my Jin country's lower state, if my Jin country has excellent weapons, it should be to defend Xianguo, why do you want to annex Xianguo, General Wei's words are alarmist, spread out, my Jin country has become an unrighteous person."

"Oh, yes. The method of fine iron forging is the foundation of the Xian country, if the Jin country does not annex the Xian country, how can it get this method, the princess will not even understand this truth. ”

"General Wei!" Xihuan's face sank immediately, and his right hand lightly slammed on the case, obviously being annoyed by Bai Liyan's slippery head and wording.

Xihuan's original intention was to spend a lot of money to buy Bailiyan's steel-making method, but he didn't want Bailiyan to secretly change the concept of the method, and the two concepts of steel-making law and Xianguo were discussed, that is, Xihuan spent money to buy steel-making law, which was equivalent to annexing Xianguo, and Xianguo was only worth the price of dozens of inches of gold.

Knowing that he was out of shape, Xihuan restrained his anger, relieved his breath and continued:

"General Wei doesn't have to use Xianguo and King Xian as an excuse, General Wei is a native of Qiguo, and the method of forging fine iron is owned by the general, what does it have to do with the King of Xian, at most, it has something to do with Qiguo."

The princess was wrong. As a general of the Xian State, Wei Mou is seeking benefits for the Xian State and sharing worries for the Xian King, how can he mislead the state affairs because of his private abolition of the public.

What's more, the murder weapons of the soldiers, how can the secrets inside be revealed to outsiders. The Jin State is already a powerful country in the Central Plains, and the soldiers are sharp and invincible, and they can be called the world's heroes.

On the contrary, my Xianguo is just a small country in the corner of the North Sea, and the soldiers are still unable to protect themselves, and they have been occupied by thieves in the land of nearly three counties.

Her Royal Highness the Princess is a reasonable person, and she will not be ignorant of such truths. ”

"Since General Wei knows that Xianguo is small, he should know that Xianguo can only rely on Jin to survive. The prestige of the Jin army is the prestige of the Xianguo, so why divide each other, General Wei is not afraid of being laughed at with the heart of a villain. ”

"Since the Jin State is so generous, and wants to fight for the Xian State and hold the sword, I, Wei someone, am grateful, so please ask the King of Jin to return all the land of Jiangdong Dongjun to the Xian State, and then lead the army to the west to collect the lost land of the Xian State. In this way, I, Wei, am willing to pass on the method of forging fine iron to the Jin Kingdom, and His Royal Highness thinks it is good. ”

"Wei Xian, don't deceive people too much!" Xihuan was furious, pulled down his face and said: "If you don't, this princess will order Wei Han to retreat immediately, and General Wei should know what the consequences will be." ”

Bai Liyan said quietly:

"Your Royal Highness Princess, do you really think that without the Jin army, the Xian army will not be able to stop the rebels, you must have underestimated our army."

"General Wei, the Liang army will not stand out for the Xian State, only the Jin army can save the decline for you, you know this better than anyone else."

"Yes, I'm afraid the princess only has the right to make Wei Han retreat, but not the right to let him enter the army and cross the river. I really thought that the Black Turban Army would put the Jin Army in their eyes, and told His Royal Highness the truth that the Jin Army had stationed 150,000 troops in Lei City, but the Black Turban Army only stationed 30,000 troops in Gubai, south of Lei City, just because the Black Turban Army would not go south because the Black Turban Army would definitely not go south. I really thought that Wei Han could do anything behind Zhao Xun, wishful thinking. ”

Bai Liyan slapped his palm on the table, stood up and said:

"Your Royal Highness Princess, I will finally advise Your Highness, it is not peaceful in the Lingling, the Jin State can defend the East China Sea, it is blocked by the Xian State, not the strength of the Jin State, the Black Turban Army can stir up monstrous waves in the Central Plains this year, and it will be able to set fire to and kill people in your Jin Kingdom next year.

I really thought that Wei Han's army would have no worries when hiding behind the Xian army, His Royal Highness wanted to withdraw his troops, and when he withdrew closer to the Jin Kingdom, otherwise he would be far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, and he would not be able to return to the Jin Kingdom in ten days and half a month by relying on two legs. When the time comes, what the Jin Kingdom will look like is not something that the princess can say. ”

When the words fell, Bai Liyan saluted and said:

"The princess's heart disease Wei is incapable, so she will leave, please take care of yourself."

After that, Bailiyan brushed his sleeves away, and the angry Xihuan was angry and overturned the fruit plate on the case:

"How dare he!"

Xihuan was furious, and Gu Chen, who was hiding in the side room at this time, stepped forward and asked carefully:

"Your Highness, what is good now, Qi Mo has not been able to make sense there, and now he is stiff with Wei Xian, it is difficult to make progress in this method of fine iron forging in a short period of time."

"Princess Ben doesn't believe that the deserted village will be a monolith. Gu Chen, continue to send more manpower, even if you grab it, you also have to get the method of fine iron forging and casting in the deserted village. ”

"This ...... Your Royal Highness, King Xian is now reusing Wei Xian, this fine iron forging law is to be entrusted with reuse, I am afraid that King Xian has taken precautions, in case it spreads, King Xian is His Royal Highness's father-in-law, it is inevitable to ask three times a day, if this is stiff, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. ”

"Not suitable!" Xihuan glared at his eyes and said menacingly: "He is the princess's father-in-law, and he is also the lower state of the Jin Kingdom. ”

"When the subordinates found out, they immediately sent more people to the deserted village."

"In addition, Qi Mo and his son must have reached a private deal with Wei Xian, and they also sent someone to keep an eye on Qi Mo and his son to find out what they were talking about as soon as possible."

"No!"

Xihuan asked Qi Mo and his son to come to the house in the morning to discuss the method of purchasing Baili Yan's fine iron forging, but Qi Mo sternly refused on the grounds that the process had not yet arrived, so Xihuan concluded that Qi Mo must have a deal with Baili Yan.

And the Ligong faction rarely asks for help, and if you ask for someone, you must have a bargaining chip, and Xihuan has reason to believe that Wei Xian must have gotten the benefits, and it is bigger than hers.