In the palace?

Sima Rui's heart trembled when he heard this, and Qin Yunuan's words seemed to echo in his mind, is it true that Concubine Rong is dead? Now the news that is being passed to him is all fake?

Sima Rui pulled the letter in Du Sheng's hand, glanced at it hurriedly, raised his eyebrows and looked at Qin Yunuan, Qin Yunuan suddenly smiled, raised his head slightly, and said very smoothly: "The emperor is terminally ill, and if he marches tomorrow, the great cause of the three princes can be accomplished." ”

After Qin Yunuan finished speaking, he glanced back at Sima Rui leisurely, Sima Rui's hand trembled imperceptibly, and the words on this secret letter were exactly what Qin Yunuan said.

"Third prince, now, do you believe it?" Qin Yunuan raised his eyebrows, twelve points of confidence.

"It's just a little trick to carve insects." Sima Rui disdainfully threw the secret letter aside: "Do you think I will believe it?" ”

"If the three princes don't believe it, they can march tomorrow." Qin Yunuan's tone was a little mocking, "I'm afraid, you don't dare, Third Prince." ”

Sima Rui turned around and ordered someone to close the door, with an evil smile on his face: "Agitation method, it's useless to me." ”

Out of the courtyard, Du Sheng has been cautiously following behind Sima Rui, Sima Rui looked very displeased, after all, Concubine Rong is now in a high position and is in the deep palace, and he is now just a prince who tried to rebel, if Concubine Rong defects......

Thinking of this, Sima Rui would rather Concubine Rong die.

"The order goes down," Sima Rui raised his eyebrows, "cutting off Yang Shuyi's antidote." ”

Later, the maid Ning'er came again and added some soothing spices to Qin Yunuan, seeing that Qin Yunuan was sleeping soundly in the bed, she didn't dare to disturb, and retreated lightly.

The moonlight poured in through the crack in the window, the room was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers, and Ning'er's sound of closing the door became extremely clear in this night, just the moment the door closed, in the dark night, a pair of clear and sharp pupils suddenly flickered, Qin Yunuan opened her eyes, counted the hours, and then slowly closed her eyes.

In the middle of the night, Sima Rui didn't sleep all night, he stared at the layout of the palace on the desk, and he marked a big red circle at the Vermilion Bird Gate.

Suddenly, there was a noise outside, Sima Rui was strict in governing the army, if something big didn't happen at night, he would never be so noisy, put on a robe, Sima Rui went out, and Du Sheng ran over to report in disgrace: "The third prince, the room where the county lord of Ping is imprisoned is on fire." ”

Sima Rui frowned at first, worried, and then thoughtful: "Fighting fires is firefighting, and I have also shown me that it is strict, but I am afraid that this vicious woman sometimes thinks of some way to escape." ”

Qin Yunuan always made him unguardable.

"No, the third prince" Du Sheng said while panting, "The southeast wind is blowing tonight, and the house of the county lord of Ping caught fire together, and it burned directly to the grain and grass warehouse.

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There are three caves in the cunning rabbit, not to mention a cunning fox like Sima Rui, this hiding place is only one of the grain and grass warehouses built by Sima Rui secretly, which is very close to the palace, but it is very secluded, and it is also the main warehouse that currently provides grain and grass for the 30,000 Jinling army.

"Slut!" Sima Rui threw the wolf with cinnabar on the tip of the pen in his hand angrily, and the cinnabar splashed on his face, as red as blood.

The courtyard where Qin Yunuan was imprisoned was already a raging fire, and the tongue of fire climbed up to the eaves, making people dare not approach.

When Sima Rui arrived, the gate had been burned and deformed, and the granary not far away was also crackling, which was full of high-grade fine grain that Sima Rui had purchased from Jiangnan before, and had been waiting for this day.

"Look at everything, save me from people." Sima Rui angrily reprimanded these maids and soldiers who did not dare to move forward when they looked at the fire.

"The third prince, the fire is so big, I'm afraid the people inside will die early." One of the little men, Nono, is authentic.

"Shut up" Sima Rui angrily reprimanded, "Qin Yunuan's life is mine now, even if she wants to die, she has to die in my hands, let her be burned to death like this, wouldn't it be cheap for nothing, you" Sima Rui pointed at Du Sheng and said, "Go in, save people for me, see people in life and see corpses in death, Qin Yunuan, if you want to play tricks, I will accompany you." ”

There was a monstrous fire inside, burning the beams of this house had been tilted, and the crackling sound of the scorched beams made people tremble, even if Du Sheng was bold, he didn't dare to rush into this fire, seeing Sima Rui looking at Du Sheng's murderous eyes getting heavier and heavier, Du Sheng's legs were weak, and he was incontinent and peed his pants.

Sima Rui kicked hard at Du Sheng's heart and scolded, "Useless things." Then he pointed to a random person and ordered, "You go." ”

"The third prince ......." The man immediately asked for mercy.

"The three princes are really ruthless and unjust" Suddenly a familiar but unfamiliar female voice sounded from behind Sima Rui, Sima Rui frowned, and when he turned around, he saw Qin Yunuan coming in from outside the courtyard spotlessly, with a faint smile on his mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, his words were full of mockery: "You let your subordinates go to the sea of fire for you and send you to death for you, have you ever done anything for your subordinates?" ”

"Catch her!" Sima Rui's eyes narrowed slightly.

The nearby soldiers immediately stepped forward, thinking that Qin Yunuan's thin arms and legs were very easy to deal with, and even the weapons he carried were thrown aside, but he was only three steps closer, and several dark darts were shot out in the dark, and a few sounds pierced directly into the arms and wrists of the soldiers, and the strength was very strong, as if it had pierced into the bones, and only a small section of the dart blade was exposed.

Qin Yunuan was unscathed, and paced forward: "What? Who else wants to try it? ”

Sima Rui raised his eyebrows, in just a few hours, Qin Yunuan appeared by her side with such a master protection, obviously, she had already made contact with the outside, but Sima Rui still had a fluke mentality in his heart, as long as Leng Changxi did not come, he would still have nothing to fear, if he wanted a master, there were many around him.

Sima Rui stepped back, suddenly raised his hand, waved ahead, and immediately jumped down from the wall several men dressed in dark shorts, they stretched out their hands quickly, and their light skills were excellent, and it was Sima Rui who picked them out one by one to protect their own safety.

"Give it to me, take her alive." Sima Rui gave an order, several black-clothed people moved forward in a neat and orderly manner, and put out a drip-proof formation, approaching Qin Yunuan step by step with a siege momentum, the fire was still spreading, under the backdrop of the firelight, Qin Yunuan's face was red, but his eyes were still cool, like a pool of autumn water, and he was not alarmed;

Just when several black-clothed people were about to unsheath their swords, a cold light flashed, only to hear the slight sound of rubbing the scabbard when the long sword was unsheathed, and the next moment, all the black-clothed people were motionless, their eyes were fixed on a companion who walked in the front, roughly, there was no injury, but on the neck of the person walking in the front, there was already a hair-thick scar, which was bubbling with blood, and the injured person's whole person seemed to have stiffened and not moved.

A man in black who had the most affection for him couldn't help but step forward and gently helped him: "Big brother." ”

Bang, just because of such a touch, the head of the man in black who was called the big brother fell directly and smashed on the ground, with a neat incision.

Sima Rui's pupils widened, such a technique, except for ......

"The third prince is so interested, while fleeing everywhere, he can actually accept so many capable people to serve you." As he spoke, in the shadows, a figure like a pine and cypress paced out, his tone was leisurely, if it weren't for the long sword he was half-holding in his hand, others would only think that he was a scholar, not the powerful god of war in Daqi - Leng Changxi.

"You've found it anyway." Although Sima Rui was jealous of Leng Changxi's appearance, he was not surprised or afraid, Leng Changxi was able to find this place in such a short period of time, which showed that Leng Changxi was worthy of being his opponent Sima Rui.

Sima Rui walked to Qin Yunuan's side as he spoke, and intimately took Qin Yunuan's hand, the two looked at each other, and their friendship was strong, which undoubtedly greatly stimulated Sima Rui's nerves.

"I have been taken care of by the third prince for so long, and now, I should go back with me." Leng Changxi's tone was indifferent, and he turned around and left without any worries.

"Stop!" Sima Rui shouted, "Come if you want, leave if you want, Leng Changxi, you are too casual." ”

"Oh?" Leng Changxi turned around leisurely and pointed at the black-clothed man who died tragically, "Just now, this is the one who doesn't want me to go, whoever of you has the same idea as him will have the same fate as him." ”

"Heh" Sima Rui slowly approached, looked at Leng Changxi's eyes and said, "Leng Changxi, you are very smart, but do you know, there is a saying called being smart but being mistaken by cleverness, it is true that you are very good at using people's psychology, you know that I am suspicious by nature, you only need to intercept the secret letter that Yang Shuyi gave me halfway, you don't need to modify the content, just tell Qin Yunuan the content, you know that when the content of the secret letter is said from Qin Yunuan's mouth, I will definitely suspect that this method of killing two birds with one stone, first, can provoke the master-servant relationship between me and Yang Shuyi, Second, it will mislead my judgment of the situation, I didn't dare to guess like this at first, after all, Qin Yunuan is your lifeline, aren't you afraid, in case I get angry, kill Qin Yunuan, or torture her in a more cruel way, until you appear, I don't know that you are not afraid, but you are sure to protect her. ”

Regarding Sima Rui's sudden remarks, Leng Changxi only felt a little surprised, as far as Sima Rui is concerned, he will definitely not be such a person who admits defeat so easily.

Sure enough, Sima Rui looked at Leng Changxi and suddenly smiled coldly, and the corners of his slightly raised mouth were full of treachery and pride: "But you are sure to protect her, but it seems that you are not sure that your subordinates will not betray you." ”

Leng Changxi's eyes narrowed slightly, he had already calculated that there was something wrong with his subordinates, but he didn't expect that he would really be used by Sima Rui.

Sima Rui snorted coldly, suddenly took out a dark yellow secret note, threw it at Leng Changxi's feet, and raised his head to read the contents: "At three o'clock, the general will set out to save the county lord." Then Sima Rui chuckled, "Leng Changxi, you were betrayed by your most trusted subordinate." ”