Lu Ran turned around and looked at the voice of the voice.

In fact, there is no need to deliberately look for it, the person who called him is standing at the door of the mansion opposite.

The distance between the two carriages was wide, and Qi Dao was already behind him at some point.

The two looked at each other like this, and in just a few seconds, Lu Ran saw a complex and indescribable change in expression on Qi Dao's face, but soon he regained his composure, and in Lu Ran's eyes, Qi Dao's subtle changes were more like a child who suddenly grew up after a huge change.

Jiang You's death had too much impact on Qi Dao.

He is no longer the carefree and hearty young man he used to be, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Lu Ran would have found it hard to believe that in just a few years, Qi Dao had become such a cold man.

His eyebrows were full of cold solemnity, and he was obviously as shocked and resistant to his return as Qi Ying.

"Are you alright?" Lu Ran smiled at him, but calmly, "Qi Dao." ”

When he left, Qi Dao was immersed in the irreconcilable contradictions and self-pain between Jiang You's death and Jiang You, and he didn't even come to say goodbye to him.

Now goodbye, he still doesn't seem to be able to get out of what happened back then.

It's just that he doesn't know what happened to Jiang Ying, he originally wanted to see Jiang Ying's situation first, who knows if he bumped into Qi Dao at the door, these two mansions are opposite, and he can't say whether it's a good thing or a bad thing.

"Did you hear the news? Rushed back in such a hurry. Qi Dao's tone was a little stiff, he hadn't seen him for too long, and he couldn't remember what the two of them had talked to each other when he opened his mouth.

Jiang Ying alone wants to investigate the Guo family, and it is obviously not enough to investigate the government and politics, as early as the second day when Jiang Ying came back from the Golden Pond Hall with the blue fish, Qi Ying had already seen Qi Dao, so he must also be involved in the whole matter.

Qi Dao didn't know anything about Jiang Wan's rebirth, and Tao Yuan's arrest process was also concealed by Qi Ying and Jiang Yu, who only said that there was a problem with the palace guard camp, and they had to investigate in detail.

The history of the Great Jin Dynasty has entered its fourth year, and now everything is flourishing and seems to be thriving.

But the people and forces that should be eliminated have also come to sharpen their knives.

Qi Ying is not ignorant of many things in the Guo family over the years, but she has not yet touched the bottom limit of the emperor, and it is still within the tolerable range.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, Qi Ying had the good wishes of the monarch and the ministers.

But wishes are just wishes after all, disappointments accumulate, former expectations are shattered, and under the royal power, you can't be too merciful.

Only by killing can we last forever.

This matter is widely implicated, not only the Guo family's problem of poisoning the foundation of the dynasty, a little bit of investigation, presumably there are many people implicated, Guo's henchmen, relying on their power, although there is restraint on the surface, but secretly I don't know how many dirty deeds.

Using Guo's test knife is to deter other founding ministers, use it as a mirror, take a good look at yourself, and examine your own behavior, whether you will become a person who follows in Guo's footsteps.

And although Jiang Yu has Jiang Tingye by his side to make trouble, he has no official title after all, and he is an idle son, no matter how arrogant and domineering he is, his power is limited, it is not a way after all.

Therefore, looking at Shengjing, the only person Qi Ying can believe in and entrust with all her heart is Qi Dao.

He has a noble status, he is the only prince of the dynasty, and he holds the royal seal, holds the military power, and complements Jiang Ying, which can be regarded as Qi Ying's intention to inform the government and the opposition that he supports Jiang Ying.

Now that the concubine in the palace is in charge and the authority is in hand, it is the time when the Guo family's ambitions are inflated and they relax their vigilance, so on the surface, the cooperation between Jiang Yu and Qi Dao is only focused on establishing the prestige of the prime minister for Jiang Yu and consolidating the power of the prime minister, and it will not make Guo Kun realize that the blade and sword have rushed towards him.

Privately and quickly investigate Tao Yuan's affairs, and draw salary from the bottom of the cauldron from the lowest shadows of the Guo family's henchmen, is to accumulate strength in order to achieve the goal of defeating the Guo family in one fell swoop.

During this time, Qi Dao and Jiang Yu met twice to discuss where to start, Jiang Ting didn't come back at night, and sat on the side and stared at Qi Dao.

Back then, because of Jiang You's incident, there was a particularly ugly quarrel between Qi Dao and Jiang Ying, Jiang Tingye was afraid that Qi Dao would say something to hurt Jiang You, so he made a special trip to put the golden knife on the table, and the threat was very strong.

However, Qi Dao was not angry because of this, these two times, he and Jiang Yu were very calm and indifferent, and the conversation was very serious, there was no dispute between words, but it seemed that Jiang Ting was worried about the sky and made a big fuss.

Jiang Tingye, who was full of question marks, if he knew that Qi Dao would go over the wall of Jiang Yu every other day to deliver medicine to her on time, I am afraid that he would vomit a mouthful of blood on the spot.

Although the matter of delivering medicine is still awkward, it is awkward and awkward, and the two of them actually have a strange tacit understanding and habit.

Jiang Yu could feel the subtle changes in Qi Dao.

In other words, she can understand what Qi Dao wants to express in such an awkward and embarrassing manner.

But neither of them was the first to pierce the layer of window paper, as if there had to be such a vague and hazy boundary for the two to feel safe.

Once this boundary is broken, no one knows whether the moment of honesty and honesty again will be a healing or a deeper wound.

And Qi Dao went out at this time, just to see Jiang Yu.

There are some new discoveries in the West Side.

As soon as he came out, he saw the people standing at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and heard the voice of Yibo who was extremely excited: "Burning Gongzi." ”

He asked a little stiffly, but Lu Ran didn't care, just bowed slightly: "It's time to come back." ”

It's late, but the man is gone.

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Jiang Tingye looked awkwardly at the three people sitting in front of him, these three people looked calm and calm, as if all the embarrassment had been suffered for them.

The corner of Jiang Tingye's eyes twitched, and he grabbed Ming Yuechen's arm with his hand, then twisted his face, and opened his mouth with a constipated expression: "What's the situation?" ”

Ming Yuechen glanced at him, and didn't know if he understood Jiang Tingye's lips, but shook his head slightly.

Jiang Tingye pursed his lips, let go of his hand and sat down again, drank a cup of Jiang Yu with tea, and then put down the teacup unhurriedly, and said softly: "Shen sent a breakthrough over there, and Mrs. Guo seemed to be ready to talk back for a pair of children." ”

Qi Dao bowed his head, and took over quite naturally: "The underground night market is easy to find, Xicheng has been lurking for a few days, and found that there is a very mysterious trading organization there, the joint language in the jargon is 'Hanzhu', Xicheng has been inquiring for a long time, and it is only possible to know the fur around the circle, and then I used some means to know, if you want to trade with 'Hanzhu', you have to have a stepping stone, and a guide, the identity and sincerity are indispensable, and it is very mysterious. ”

Lu Ran listened beside him, he was naturally happy to be able to come back Jiang Yu, and now the matter in his hand had just found a breakthrough from a thousand things, Jiang Yu briefly talked to Lu Ran about the matter of thoroughly investigating the Guo family and the palace guards, which was similar to what Qi Dao knew, but he added a sentence cautiously at the end, or it was related to the loss of the queen's mother.

Lu Ran was just visiting old friends, but Jiang Yin's words immediately made him realize that during this time, they were the first to go to Shengjing, and they may have mastered a lot of things, and they were suspicious of a series of changes that happened back then.

It's hard to get started, but it's not like there's no progress.

It's about Jiang Wan, even if it's hard to catch Lu Ran and leave.

Although there is an extra right-hand man, Jiang Tingye's mood is still strange.

Lu Ran has been away from Beijing for so many years, and he hasn't even returned to the Nine Immortals, and in the years he has traveled all over the world, the word power seems to have been removed from his life, is there really a way to help?

However, Jiang Tingye didn't dare to say or ask these words, but after Qi Dao's words fell, Lu Ran suddenly raised his head: "There are rules in the underground market, and they are similar in various places, and it is indeed necessary to gain enough trust to get in touch with some of the more core transactions. ”

As soon as Lu Ran's words came out, he immediately attracted the attention of several people, and Jiang Tingye, who was still muttering secretly in his heart, immediately lit up in his eyes and approached Lu Ran: "What do you say?" Do you know how to make that stepping stone? What kind of business is that 'Hanzhu' doing? ”

Jiang Yu didn't have time to tell Lu Ran about the blue fish, after all, it was just a trivial matter, but he didn't expect it to be such a trivial matter, which caused Lu Ran to say without knowing it, "The business of 'Hanzhu' sounds very beautiful, but this name actually refers to the dead man's tomb robbery, which is detrimental to yin morality, probably because the thing he did was too dirty, so he had to use such a beautiful word to neutralize it, which was quite self-comforting and ironic,' Hanzhu's encapsulation has a wide range, and one of them is particularly famous, that is, the corpse trade, because it is all the business of the dead, so there will be a stepping stone, the leader of the 'Huangquan term'. After saying this, the expressions on everyone's faces instantly turned into an intriguing shock.

Jiang Tingye frowned, the first to reminisce, and thought about the disgusting transaction scene in his mind a little, and then not only did he clench his fists and rise up with hatred that wanted to peel Guo Zhenzhen's skin and cramp, but even Jiang Zhen, who had always had a calm face, turned pale in an instant, raised his hand to cover his mouth and retched twice.

Qi Dao was closest to Jiang Xuan, and his subconscious worry couldn't be concealed, as soon as Jiang Xuan was wrong, he had already noticed it and helped him.

However, Jiang Yu quickly regained his strength, please push his hand away, sit up straight for a while, and take a deep breath.

Qi Dao's eyes were still staring at her, and he seemed to be very unhappy with her behavior of forcing himself like this, but in front of so many people, he really couldn't find a good excuse to care for him strongly.

The subtle atmosphere between the two was even perceived by Jiang Tingye, let alone Lu Ran.

Jiang Tingye swallowed his saliva and swallowed the discomfort that poured up his throat, since he started to check Guo Zhenzhen, this discomfort has been with him.

He turned his head to look at Lu Ran, frowned, and said, "Who would have nothing to do to buy a corpse?!" Whose corpse?! Where did it come from?! What kind of people are they with psychological problems? ”

Lu Ran looked like he was not surprised, but after he finished speaking, his expression was calm: "There are always too many unimaginable but real things in the world, as for what to do... I don't know, but since the 'Hanzhu' trade can exist for so long, there must be its market and reason, we haven't been in contact with it so we don't understand, if we happen to be insiders, I'm afraid it will feel normal. ”

That's exactly what happened.

Just like the common people can't understand what officials and nobles do every day, because they haven't been in contact with it, so they can't imagine it.

Jiang Tingye only felt that it was even more disgusting to say this, Guo Zhenzhen was a person who had been by his sister's side for so long, but she was so dark psychologically and acted so dirty, even if she became a noble concubine, the rotten stench in her bones still announced that she was just a lowly person.

Jiang Yi's hand holding the teacup trembled a little, and after drinking some hot tea, he felt that his churning stomach warmed up slightly.

Guo Zhenzhen's 'raw materials' for feeding the fish are estimated to come from the so-called 'Hanzhu' transaction, she is in the deep palace, and the 'Hanzhu' transaction must only be Guo Kun or his cronies, in this whole matter, the Guo family must have participated in the whole process of planning and implementation, whether more people take over without knowing it, it also needs to be traced.

The secret was revealed, and just by imagining, Jiang Yu could feel the chill of every hair standing up.

Malevolence between people can do so with jealousy and ambition alone.

It's really chilling.

"This matter must be investigated, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, I will immediately enter the palace to ask the emperor." Jiang Yu attached great importance to this, and the expressions on his face became extremely serious.

Jiang Tingye nodded yes again and again, agreeing with Jiang Yu's words: "Sister Jiang! I'll go with you! ”

This matter can't alarm the Guo family, otherwise it will be even more difficult to transfer secretly, the matter needs to be discussed urgently, and there is no time to catch up with Lu Ran for the time being.

Seeing that the two of them were about to act when they stood up, Lu Ran opened his mouth and called out to Jiang Yu: "You want to ask the emperor to send someone to investigate this matter, can you think of a good candidate?" ”

Jiang Yu paused, lowered his eyes and thought for a moment: "An Jihe may be fine." ”

Who else in the court knows more about business than An Jihe? I don't think so.

Lu Ran denied this: "Anjihe back then may be okay, but Anjihe is not good now." ”

Jiang Ying calmed down a little, and after thinking about Lu Ran's words in her heart, she understood that what Lu Ran said was right.

At the time of the uprising, Anjihe was both black and white, and there was no problem at all.

But now that he wants to come forward to investigate these things, with some background of the imperial court, it is not easy to avoid being suspected.

And.. Now Anjihe is far away in the land of Nanjiang to levy taxes, and it is even more strange to suddenly transfer back.

There must be a better solution to this matter.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yu, who was in a hurry to go out, sat down again.

Lu Ran looked around at the expressions of several people, and keenly sensed that Jiang Yu must have more things to tell him: "What should the Guo family have to do with this deal?" ”

Jiang Ying raised his eyes to look at him and did not deny it.

Lu Ran had a bottom in his heart, was silent for a moment, and then said: "It has something to do with the death of the queen's mother, right?" ”

Jiang Ying pursed his lips and said after half a sound: "It's just speculation for the time being, we still need to investigate and collect evidence." ”

"There is one person who may be able to avoid alarming the Guo family, and he can also replace An Jihe and go to investigate the matter for the emperor." Lu Ran interrupted Jiang Yu's words, he originally thought that this matter was not important, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Jiang Ying raised his eyebrows: "Who?" ”

Lu Ran looked at Qi Dao opposite along Jiang Yu: "Maybe Prince Jing knows, does the name Chen Shangshui know?" ”

Qi Dao was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Lu Ran to ask himself this extra, seeing that Jiang Yu also looked at him, Qi Dao, who was not ready to answer, actually began to recall this name.

When I first heard it, I didn't think there was anything, but when I thought about it, I really felt a little familiar: "I seem to have heard it." ”

Maybe I heard it a few times inadvertently and got an impression, or maybe I had an impression and didn't remember it for too long.

Chen Shangshui read the three words silently, and the more he read them, the more familiar he felt.

Back then, Lu Ran was the closest person to An Jihe among them, and it was because of An Jihe's affairs, even after many years, Lu Ran was still very clear.

Seeing that Qi Dao was really impressed, but he couldn't say it for a while, Lu Ran didn't continue to sell Guanzi, and said directly: "Chen Shangshui is An Jihe's brother-in-law, and he is also a mysterious and quite business-savvy person, he is a little different from An Jihe's concept, he pursues more comfort, and does not want to be bound by officialdom, so he has always been low-key, and he does not often go out before no one, as far as I know, Chen Shangshui is still in Shengjing." ”

As soon as Lu Ran said this, Qi Dao immediately remembered.

"I still have some friendship with Chen Shangshui, in this matter, he is the most suitable person I can think of, Tingye has a golden knife in his hand, if you come in person, it is our confidence, by me and Tingye to find Chen Shangshui's help, Jiang Yu, you and Jing Wangye entered the palace to return to the emperor This matter, the eyes of the government are relaxed, and our harvest will be greater." Lu Ran naturally returned Jiang Tingye to his side, and after finishing speaking, he raised his eyes to look at Ming Yuechen, who had been silent, and asked, "Who is this son?" ”

Jiang Tingye came back to his senses and leaned towards Mingyuechen: "It is the adopted son of Lord Yiyong, called Mingyuechen, and this time he entered Beijing with me, which also represents Lord Yiyong's support for the Jiang family." ”

Lu Ran said that he understood, if there was no consent from Lord Yi Yong, he would not be able to bring out the golden knife Jiang Tingye if he wanted to.

"Would you mind acting with my henchman?" It is enough to go to Chen Shangshui to talk about things with him and Jiang Tingye, and there must always be a few people who can dispatch people from all over the country to support and help at any time, so as not to be in a hurry due to emergencies.

Mingyuechen should be happy, as long as he can help.

Qi Dao, who was arranged by Jiang Ying's side by Lu Ran's mind at a glance, interjected awkwardly: "Xicheng is also with you, and he is familiar with Shengjing." ”

After that, he didn't want to delay for fear of something happening, Qi Dao took the lead in turning around and walking outside: "Let's go, enter the palace." ”

Jiang Ying's expression was a little evasive, but in the end she just sighed, didn't say anything, and after she told Jiang Tingye to listen to Lu Ran's command, she hurriedly followed Qi Dao's pace and left.

Lu Ran crossed his arms and looked at the backs of the two, and after a while, he shook his head with a smile unconsciously, and after giving Yunjian and Mingyuechen the place and things to investigate, he led Jiang Tingye out as well.

"Where are we going to find that water?" Jiang Tingye blinked.

Lu Ran looked ahead, with a confident look: "Gambling house." ”