With the reminder of his uncle Ye Qingzhi, Ji Qingchen, who returned to the palace, was ready to live the life of an otaku for a few days.

However, as soon as he arrived at the study, he saw Zhang Rang and Guo Quan's joint arrival, and as soon as the two walked into the study, they didn't have time to salute Ji Qingchen before they spoke, "Your Highness, we have captured the murderer who wants to spread rumors through the cavalry battalion and pikemen, and wants to incite the people's emotions against His Highness. It's just that I haven't asked who their mastermind is yet, and I don't seem to know what they look like. ”

The person who spoke was Zhang Rang, because when Zhang Rang and Guo Quan's two dealt with things together, Guo Quan's general rarely spoke. Especially after the cruel capital punishment against Mo Chai, Guo Quan became more silent, and Guo Quan also seemed to like Xing Prison, always liked to stay in the private prisons of "Iron Clothes" and "Inner Factory", and liked to study all kinds of punishment tools and interrogation methods.

"Isn't it okay to use torture?" Ji Qingchen asked calmly. Since Zhang Rang introduced to him Guo Quan's methods of torture against Mo Chou, he was very confident in Guo Quan's interrogation of prisoners.

"On the contrary, according to the results of the interrogation, two men who instructed them were arrested, but these two men had their tongues cut off and became mute, and could not speak." Zhang Rang said stupidly.

"So the enemy has discovered that we're investigating him?" Ji Qingchen was a little displeased, which showed that Zhang Rang and Guo Quan's actions were not secret enough, otherwise how could they be discovered. As if sensing Ji Qingchen's displeased look, Zhang Rang didn't quibble, but took the initiative to admit his incompetence with Guo Quan, and then continued, "Your Highness, the enemy's actions this time are very cautious, and after our inspection, the tongues of these two people were cut off a month ago. ”

"What? Cut out your tongue a month ago? Ji Qingchen was also taken aback, he didn't expect that this person hiding behind the scenes would be so cautious, and he destroyed his whereabouts when he just laid out the chess pieces. Now it seems impossible to get an illiterate mute to speak! At this moment, he fell into a long silence, because at this moment he found that this enemy hiding behind his back against him was so powerful, even beyond his previous estimate.

"Is there an eyebrow on the matter of Jiang Kwai Fong?" Ji Qingchen asked, because he suddenly thought that the enemy was so powerful, could it be that he was in the same group as the person who kidnapped Princess Dream, or was it the same person?

He had set up a bureau against Jiang Guifang before, wanted to steal all the properties of Jiang Guifang and the Changle Gang, and used 20 million taels of silver as bait, wanting to lure out this hidden enemy behind him, but he found that he underestimated the opponent's ability to forbear, and in the face of the 20 million taels of silver earned from decades of operation, the other party couldn't bear to let him swallow it alone. Now, through Zhang Rang's reply, he has come to a common answer to the two conspiracies of the enemy against him in the past month, that is, they are very careful and cautious in dealing with their two masterminds.

"No, our clues were broken after Mo Chase's death, and the military advisor around Situ Zhengtang that he said has not been found so far." Zhang Rang said in a low voice, obviously lacking confidence.

Because Zhang Rang and Guo Quan knew that His Royal Highness Daojiu had invested a lot in the "Iron Clothes" and the "Inner Factory", they had a lot of power for the two of them, and they also had great expectations for the two of them, but now that they had done these two things in such a bad situation, the two felt ashamed of Ji Qingchen.

"Go down! However, these two things are slowly investigated, there is no need to be too anxious, the key is to strengthen the training of personnel in the iron clothing and the inner factory. Ji Qingchen said in a low voice.

"No!" Zhang Rang and Guo persuaded to take orders and left the study.

However, when Zhang Rang and Guo Quan were about to step out of the study, Ji Qingchen spoke again, "Jiang Rou, who you caught in Jiang Guifang's private courtyard, is still locked up in the backyard?" ”

"Yes, the minions locked him in a secret room in the backyard and sent someone to guard him." Zhang Rang replied.

"Zhang Rang, you take this king to see!" Ji Qingchen said.

Zhang Rang led the way in front of him, Guo Quan followed Ji Qingchen's side, and the three of them arrived at the backyard of the palace in a few steps. The security in the backyard of the palace is very strict, there are light and dark posts, and there are mobile posts, at this time Guo persuaded and Zhang Rang's masterpiece. Because there are now private prisons of "iron clothes" and "inner factories" in the backyard of the palace, and the treasury of the palace is also in the backyard.

For the backyard of his own palace, Ji Qingchen is still here for the first time! He instinctively thinks that the so-called backyard is a place to hoard clutter. But he didn't expect to find that the backyard of his palace was different from what he imagined, first of all, the area was large enough, because in addition to the treasury, warehouse and other rooms, there are two attics, and there is also a small school field, and there are several brick gardens, planted with autumn chrysanthemums, bright and dazzling.

However, Ji Qingchen was not in the mood to enjoy these scenery, because when he arrived in the backyard, Zhang Rang led him to Mei Pavilion, one of the two attics in the backyard, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, Miss Jiang Rou is locked up here." ”

glanced at the attic where there was no guard in front of him, if he didn't believe Zhang Rang and Guo Quan, even Ji Qingchen himself suspected that this was a place to imprison the enemy? Zhang Rang seemed to sense the confusion in Ji Qingchen's eyes, so he explained, "After discussing with Guo Quan, the servants agreed that placing heavy guards in the backyard of the palace would arouse the suspicion of others, so they set up three layers of security near the attic, and ten crossbowmen were ambushed outside the three layers of guards, so even if there were no guards in the attic, as long as he was locked in the building, he didn't want to take another step out of the attic." ”

Hearing Zhang Rang's answer, Ji Qingchen was proficient in the art of war and familiar with the deployment of the secret sentinel, and he had to admire Zhang Rang and Guo Quan's careful deployment.

"Yes!" Nodding slightly, indicating that he was very satisfied with the approach of the two, Ji Qingchen stepped into the attic. And Zhang Rang and Guo Quan, who were interested, did not follow, but gently closed the door of the attic for Ji Qingchen.

The interior of the building is quite exquisite, not luxurious, and looks very elegant. And just when Ji Qingchen carefully looked at the layout of the building, Jiang Rou appeared in front of him.

Last time, when Ji Qingchen led the cavalry battalion to raid Jiang Kwai Fang, he secretly ordered Guo Quan and Zhang Rang to go to Jiang Rou's private house in Jiang Kwai Fang to arrest people, and Jiang Rou fell into Ji Qingchen's hands again. However, after being arrested and locked in the attic, Jiang Rou was in a good mood, there was no misery that a prisoner should have, and when she saw Ji Qingchen, she looked a little resentful, but she still bowed slightly and bowed to Ji Qingchen very politely, but did not speak.

"Why do you repeatedly challenge the bottom line of this king?" Ji Qingchen asked.

He really didn't know what Jiang Rou was thinking now, whether he was really not afraid of death, or whether he was playing with fire and self-immolation because he thought he wouldn't kill her.

"I'm just doing my job, what's the point?" Jiang Rou replied coldly, "Besides, when I let it go the first time, I already told you that no matter how many times you let me go, as your enemy, I will not be soft on you." ”

"Last time in Jiang Kwai Fang's private house, this king seems to have told you that it was the last time to let you go!" Ji Qingchen said in a cold tone.

"What? Are you trying to kill me? Jiang Rou asked rhetorically, her eyes met Ji Qingchen's cold eyes, and her momentum was not lost to Ji Qingchen at all.

"Kill you?" Ji Qingchen sneered, "Don't you think it's too cheap?" ”

Jiang Rou didn't speak, just silently, as if waiting for Ji Qingchen's next words. But Ji Qingchen didn't speak again, but walked straight to a chair and sat down, silent.

Suddenly, there was a brief silence in the attic!

Liang Jiu Ji Qingchen spoke again, "If my guess is right, you came to King's Landing this time to relieve your children?" ”

"Yes!" Jiang Rou admitted Ji Qingchen's speculation, paused again, and continued, "Just after you left Shangjing, the Queen Mother chose several relatives for the princess, all of whom were children of families in Shangjing, but the princess did not agree to live or die, and openly confronted the Queen Mother in the main hall, which made the Queen Mother very dissatisfied with the princess, but His Majesty and the general tried their best to protect the princess. ”

"Children of the family?" Ji Qingchen sneered, "Is there a family in the country?" ”

This is not that Ji Qingchen deliberately ridiculed Jiang Rou, but in terms of the 800-year-old Guozhen's Dayan, there is really no family after leaving the country for more than 300 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

"Whether you have a family or not, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that I know that you and the princess will not have results." Jiang Rou said lightly, but a cruel smile appeared on her face when she said this.

Syllable! Hearing Jiang Rou's words, Ji Qingchen, who was angry, smashed the table next to him with a punch. And at this moment, the door of the attic opened, and Zhang Rang and Guo Quan rushed in in a hurry, and the two asked nervously, "Your Highness, are you okay?" ”

"Get out of the way!" Ji Qingchen roared coldly.

"No!" Zhang Rang and Guo persuaded to see that His Royal Highness Jiu had nothing to do, so they immediately withdrew from the hall.

In the face of Ji Qingchen's anger, Jiang Rou was very calm, but she looked at Ji Qingchen quietly and did not speak. Ji Qingchen, who was angered by Jiang Rou's words, looked at Jiang Rou with a cold murderous gaze for a long time, and only then did he suppress the anger in his heart, retract his gaze, and sit quietly for a long time before asking Jiang Rou, "Could it be that this is the result you want to see?" ”

"Yes!" Jiang Rou replied very simply.

"For what?" Ji Qingchen tried his best to suppress his emotions and asked.

Jiang Rou did not answer.

"If life can be happy and stable, who wants to be bustling and displaced. This is what you said to this king last time Jiang Kwai Fong. It was you who assassinated the king against yourself, and it was you who left King's Landing on your own reasons. Ji Qingchen said calmly, "But I also say the same thing to you now: I wish to win the heart of one person, and the white head will not be separated." This original promise of the king to Shu'er, now it has been deeply engraved in the heart of the king, as long as it is in the dead of night, or when he is alone, this sentence will float in the heart of the king. ”

Speaking of this, suddenly Ji Qingchen's cold gaze was fixed on Jiang Rou's face like a knife, and he said in a stern tone, "So you go back and tell Empress Dowager Xiao that this king hopes that she can have self-knowledge and don't force Shu'er to make any embarrassing decisions, otherwise don't blame Ji Qingchen for raising troops to the north to enter Shangjing." ”

With the current dangerous situation of Dayan being attacked on all sides, coupled with the fact that there are three strong enemies such as Liguo, Beirong and Lingnan Yi in southern Xinjiang, it is like Ji Qingchen who wants to raise troops to enter Shangjing, it is like a fool's dream. But seeing Ji Qingchen's bloodthirsty eyes shining with flame-like confidence and a terrifying murderous aura emanating from his whole body, Jiang Rou reminded himself that he was threatening himself, threatening himself, threatening himself. But she still believed Ji Qingchen's words very unhappily in her heart, and felt that if Empress Dowager Xiao really forced Ji Qingchen, maybe this Nine Emperor Prince really dared to lead the army of Yan Kingdom to the north to go to the capital, so she couldn't help but nodded slightly.

"Then now you can go!" Just when Jiang Rou was shocked by Ji Qingchen's momentum, she suddenly heard Ji Qingchen's words, and when she immediately came back to her senses, she found that Ji Qingchen had left the attic. Quietly looking at the door of the attic that had been opened for her, Jiang Rou was a little stunned, and after a long time, she withdrew her gaze, and then she found that her eyes were full of tears before she knew it.