"I heard it was because of a jade pendant." Ling Shaotang took a sip of tea and said leisurely.

Tang Mingqi was stunned, squinted his eyes and asked, "What jade pendant?" ”

"I haven't seen it, so I don't have anything to say about it." Ling Shaotang first spread his hands helplessly, and then chuckled lightly, "But it doesn't matter, as far as I know, the King of Huainan is also a step late." ”

"Oh?" Tang Mingqi became interested and asked, "Who is the jade pendant in now?" ”

Ling Shaotang glanced at him and said, "This person, you must not have thought of it!" ”

After that, he added a stinky and shameless sentence: "Otherwise, the master will give you a chance, guess!" ”

Tang Mingqi hooked his phoenix eyes, glanced at him lazily, and spit out two words lightly: "Su Zhen." ”

Ling Shaotang's face darkened, his eyes widened, and he pointed at him, looking surprised: "You must have gotten the news a long time ago!" ”

Tang Mingqi obviously didn't want to give him a chance to save face: "I don't have to get the news, will you not know?" ”

Ling Shaotang: "......" is clear! Of course he knows!

In the end, he said quite unwillingly: "Count you cleverly!" ”

Tang Mingqi snorted contemptuously: "Anyone with a little brain, you can guess!" ”

In this Kyoto, those who dare to snatch food from the mouth of the King of Huainan are blatantly robbed, which are nothing more than the four major marquis mansions, plus a Dingguo general's mansion. These four marquis mansions obviously don't seem to take the initiative to wade into this muddy water, so the answer is obvious.

Ling Shaotang gave up struggling and changed his words: "By the way, in addition to the King of Huainan's side, the Nanyue Kingdom has been very restless recently. ”

Tang Mingqi sneered: "The new emperor of Nanyue ascended the throne, and the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, probably because he wants to take advantage of the civil strife in Dajin to get a piece of the pie." ”

"You say, could it be the King of Huainan......" Ling Shaotang had seen the new emperor of Nanyue Kingdom, although that person was young, he was not completely reckless, he faintly felt that this matter was not so simple.

Tang Mingqi glanced at him and said with great certainty: "Yes." ”

The king of Huainan has been dormant in the northwest all these years, wearing the skin of keeping himself safe, but he is constantly recruiting troops and horses in secret. On the surface, there are only 200,000 fiefdom guards for the imperial court, but there are as many mountain bandits and thieves in the mountains.

But no matter how hard he works and is good at strategy, these 400,000 soldiers and horses can't match the million-strong army in Kyoto.

But if there is a war on the Jinyue border at this time, then the general of Dingguo will inevitably bear the brunt of the battle, and he will inevitably lead the 200,000 soldiers and horses in his hands to go out.

And the rest, in addition to the saint's personal guards and the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the 16 guards in Kyoto, are the 300,000 protector army in the hands of the protector, the 150,000 silver armor army in the hands of the Marquis of Dongyue, and the 150,000 forbidden army in his hands.

The Protector Army is stationed in the Imperial Mausoleum on the outskirts of Beijing, and if the White Jade Tiger Talisman is not seen, even if it holds the Holy Decree, it will not be subject to the order.

As a result, Kyoto had no more than 350,000 soldiers and horses at its disposal. Although it is not possible to talk about hitting a stone with an egg, it is obviously a pipe dream to inflict a heavy blow on the king of Huainan.

This trick is used appropriately.

And what he could imagine, Ling Shaotang naturally wanted to get it.

Suddenly, the two looked at each other, and they both saw a turbulent undercurrent in each other's eyes. This time, if you can't give the king of Huainan a dismount in Pingjiang City, then Kyoto will definitely be in danger.

Before parting, Ling Shaotang suddenly grabbed Tang Mingqi and deliberately lowered his voice: "The last time I checked Dali Temple, I had an unexpected gain. ”

Tang Mingqi raised his eyebrows and motioned for him to continue.

"The killer of the South Vietnamese state has been lurking in Dajin, and the mission is to track down the whereabouts of the Protector Prince......"

Near noon, the sky suddenly changed in Xiaojiang Village, the sun was covered by clouds, and the wind also rose in the forest, faintly carrying some mountain rain to come.

Su Luan looked at the sky and said, "It's changed, I'm afraid there will be a heavy rain." ”

Ren Ci glanced up at her and nodded nondeniably. Then he lowered his head and sped up the process of examining the body. However, after a stick of incense, he finished inspecting the last few places, then took off his gloves, cleaned his hands, and methodically put away the evidence and put it into the box.

"Let's go, we need to get down the hill quickly."

He walked ahead, his steps unhurried, as if he was deliberately accommodating her.

Su Luan glanced at his back and sighed almost inaudibly. Alas, what a man is not to be seen!

When the head of the official saw them coming, he waved his hand to the few people behind him: "Go, deal with it!" ”

Then he followed them down the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, the sky was sparsely raining. Ren Ci smiled gently and arched his hand at her: "Thank you Miss Luan for your help today, otherwise it will inevitably rain in the rain." ”

Su Luan smiled and waved his hand at him: "Doctor Ren is polite, just as you helped me before." ”

Ren Ci's face froze slightly for a moment, and then chuckled: "Then I'll leave first." ”

Su Luan bowed to him and didn't say anything more.

Seeing him get into the carriage of the yamen, Su Luan turned around and entered the courtyard. The moment the courtyard door closed, her tense body slowly relaxed, and the calmness in her eyes suddenly faded, leaving only a full of confusion.

Why him? Who the hell is he? What did he want the white jade tiger talisman for?

She sat on the edge of the desk, her slender fingers wrenched together, and her mind was in turmoil for a moment.

And the dagger, the handkerchief, was he deliberately misleading her? Or do you want to drive a wedge between them? Or is it just testing her?

After a while, she shook her head and chuckled, Ren Ci, you can't help but underestimate me!

If he had only shown her the dagger, she might have been suspicious and suspicious of the man, as he wished. However, he was wrong not to be clever enough to add the last veil.

The handkerchief was not embroidered by her for Tang Mingqi. It was embroidered by the little lady of the Zhu shopkeeper's house. How could a man carry a handkerchief embroidered by a strange woman, not to mention, the woman was married and had children.

Unless......

He did not bring it, but someone had deliberately stolen it in order to add to the straw that broke the camel's back.

Thinking about it, if the man in black that day was also him, he must have other identities......

It's just that this matter involves Zhao Siye's identity that cannot be trusted with outsiders, and she is afraid that she will not be able to explain it truthfully to Tang Mingqi!

Ahh What the hell should I do?

She hung her head anxiously and circled back and forth in the room.

After an afternoon, she still couldn't come up with a way to do both, she was so depressed that she fell down on the bed, kicked her calves a few times, and capitalized the four big words "Life and Lovelessness" on her face.

And this low pressure mood also lasted until the mid-year festival of July 15 because of someone's delay in returning.

This midyear festival is also known as the Ghost Festival. Legend has it that the 15th day of July coincides with the alternation of summer and autumn, and is the node of the alternation of yin and yang in heaven and earth.

On this day, the dungeon will open the gates of hell and release ghosts, so the people will also take advantage of this day to hold sacrifices.

And the poorer the knowledge, the more the people worship God and Buddhism. This has directly led to the high esteem of the people of Huachuan Town for the Zhongyuan Festival.

So early that morning, Su Luan received an invitation. The post was sent by the little lady of Zhu's shopkeeper's house. said that she is in good health now, and when she learned of her previous kindness, she wanted to express her gratitude in person. Taking advantage of the Midyear Festival, there is a lantern festival, and I want to invite her to watch a lively show.

Su Luan should be very happy, firstly, because of the hospitality, and secondly, because she is too exhausted these days, and she wants to take advantage of this to relax.

Just after noon, Su Luan took the ox cart of Uncle Liu, the head of the village, to the town.

Because it was not yet the time to make an appointment with Zhu Xiaoniang, I simply went to the Tianshi study first. Who knew that this trip actually broke Xue Zhiyi's good deeds.

Speaking of which, she can't be blamed for this.

In the end, it is still because of the bitter love drama of "Fake Phoenix Xuluan" in Pingle Hall. This play was only performed in Huachuan Town. With Su Luan's words, the book became popular again.

Whether it was watching the play or being Amway's, they all rushed into the study like a swarm of bees, and almost broke the threshold.

When Su Luan entered the door, he saw that the work in the front hall was too busy to touch the ground, so he simply lifted the curtain and entered the room.

Who would have thought that as soon as the curtain was lifted, he saw Xue Zhiyi pressing a young man in a green shirt like a wolf and kissing him forcefully, which was quite a bit of a domineering president attack and a delicate and sick visual effect.

Su Luan was stunned and wanted to escape, but he accidentally bumped into the blue and white porcelain vase on the low stool at the door. The vase shook and fell to the ground with a snap.

Su Luan swallowed silently, and said in his heart, yes, I can't leave if I want to!

The two of them, who were interrupted by this screeching sound, instantly opened their eyes and looked at her.

At this time, Su Luan finally saw the face of the young man in green shirt......

"Du Zhen?!" Su Luan blurted out in shock.

Du Zhen looked at her with a look on his face, and hurriedly avoided it, his eyes still showing a bit of emptiness.

Seeing that Xue Zhiyi was still pressing on him, he hurriedly pushed his chest and whispered, "Can you get up first!" ”

Xue Zhiyi glanced at her, and said very justifiably: "If you don't run away, I'll get up, otherwise I'll press you like this!" ”

Du Zhen's face lit up with a cloud of fire, and he said, "I'...... I don't run away...... Hurry up! ”

Xue Zhiyi glanced at him and slowly got up.

Du Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, busily straightened the clothes on his body, and stood up with him.

Su Luan looked at Xue Zhiyi, who had a calm face, sighed twice, and laughed at him: "I can't see it, Xue Da's shopkeeper Sven's appearance hides such a beast's heart!" ”

Xue Zhiyi snorted: "Those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black." Who let me mess with you for a long time! ”

Su Luan rolled his eyes: "Yo! This man has opened meat, and his mouth is sharp! ”

Where has Du Zhen next to him seen this meeting, and when he heard this, he was ashamed to spread the eggs on his face.