Chapter 17: The Beginnings
Zhao Nan hid behind a rockery, but he didn't expect to see Ruilin quietly summon a carrier pigeon, tied the letter in his arms to the pigeon's leg and flew out, Zhao Nan looked at the direction of the carrier pigeon flying away, it should be towards Chang'an, and then look at Ruilin's skillful movements, this kind of thing should not be less.
Zhao Nan didn't know what Ruilin was doing behind his back, the shocking conspiracy they couldn't figure out, whether he also had his share in it, Zhao Nan pulled out the knife, quietly walked behind Ruilin, and was about to put the knife on Ruilin's neck, but Ruilin suddenly turned his head and looked at Zhao Nan with a chill in his eyes.
In Zhao Nan's impression, whether he is Su Pingqi or Ruilin, he is a weak scholar who is soft and weak, and he has no deterrent effect at all. But this murderous look made Zhao Nan really stunned for a moment. It was this momentary hesitation, Ruilin had quickly turned against the guest and escaped from Zhao Nan's control, but after all, Zhao Nan had fought so many times on the battlefield, and he reacted quickly, and his martial arts were above Ruilin, and he successfully captured him after a few moves with Ruilin.
Ruilin was caught by Zhao Nan, and then he began to beg for mercy again and again, and said: "General Zhao, I didn't see clearly that it was you just now, so I was more offended, and I ask General Zhao to forgive me." ”
Zhao Nan held Ruilin's hand harder, making Ruilin beg for mercy even louder, Zhao Nan snorted coldly and said: "You didn't do this when you wanted to kill me just now, you actually know kung fu?" What are you doing here in the middle of the night, what are you sending out a letter, saying! ”
Ruilin looked a little nervous, and quickly explained: "The little one really didn't see that it was you, and I thought it was an assassin, and the little one learned a little kung fu not because he was waiting for the Long Live Lord, so he could better protect the Long Live Lord." ”
"And what the hell are you trying to do here?" Zhao Nan asked sharply.
Ruilin's face was full of grievances, as if he was very afraid of Zhao Nan, and replied: "The little one never dares to disobey the emperor's order and pass the news to others. It's just, it's just"
"Just what, say it!"
Ruilin didn't dare to challenge Zhao Nan's patience anymore, and said: "It's just that Concubine Yan cares about the emperor's body, and she can't follow her to serve her, so she is very worried, and I hope that the little one can report the emperor's physical condition every day, so that Concubine Yan can rest assured." ”
"Concubine Yan?" Zhao Nan was a little suspicious.
"Yes, yes," Ruilin hurriedly explained, "But the little one never dared to leak the emperor's orders, and only told Concubine Yan that everything was fine with the emperor, so that she could rest assured." ”
"Really?" Zhao Nan was still a little suspicious, Wanyan would care so much about the emperor's health, which made him feel a little incredible.
Ruilin nodded very firmly, Zhao Nan let go of him, and did not forget to warn Ruilin before leaving: "You'd better tell the truth, don't make small moves under my nose." ”
Ruilin looked at Zhao Nan's departing back, and returned to that cold expression, with a sneer of disdain on the corner of his mouth.
In the next few days, Zhao Nan raised the spirit of twelve points to prevent anything from happening, but the Luoyang Palace was calm, and Ruilin did not have any abnormal behavior, Zhao Nan gradually calmed down and believed what Ruilin said, people, maybe they will really change.
A snow-white carrier pigeon flew into Chang'an City, circled twice in the dark, and landed in the courtyard of a palace. Wanyan carefully read the news conveyed by Ruilin, and knew that the emperor had discovered their drug control over him and wanted to quit, Wanyan did not expect Li Shimin's reaction speed to be so fast, Wanyan could also understand that if it was Li Shimin to do something, he would definitely do it, so there was not much time left for them.
Wanyan hurriedly prepared to leave the palace and changed into men's clothes, and the people in Wanyan's palace did not dare to stop her when they saw that Niangniang was going to leave the palace so late, for fear of angering her master and incurring death for herself. "I'm going out, don't say much, and don't follow." Wanyan put down such a sentence and left in a hurry.
Wanyan came to the Li Mansion with a familiar car, and the little guard at the door recognized the person and let him go directly. Wanyan is very familiar with the route in the courtyard, and soon found Li Junzhi in the study, it was late at night, but he was still reading hard, and when he saw that the person who came was Wanyan, he buried his head in the scroll, and said lightly: "Princess, what are you doing to visit late at night?" ”
Compared with Li Junzhi's calmness, Wanyan looked a little anxious: "If it weren't for my urgency, why would I come to you at this time?" I just received a message from Ruilin, he said that the emperor has found out that we used pills to control him, and the emperor is now trying every means to quit, the emperor will definitely be able to do it, our plan is about to fail, if we don't hurry up, there will be no chance, our time is running out. ”
"So what?" Li Junzhi glanced at Wanyan lightly.
"So, you actually asked me why," Wanyan was even more angry, "Li Junzhi, what do you mean, although we want different things in the end, but up to now, we are a community of interests, grasshoppers tied to a rope, no matter what, we should pull Li Shimin off the horse together, and then get a little higher." ”
"You have a point. But without you, my plan could have been accomplished, and you are begging me now. Li Junzhi responded lightly.
"What do you want me to do?" Wanyan asked with a little pleading.
"Princess, don't you have Zhao Nan by Li Shimin's side, with him, do you still need me?" Li Jun didn't raise his head and asked Wanyan. If the two are a community of interests, but Wanyan used what Zhao Nan did to sabotage Li Junzhi's plan to some extent, although fortunately it didn't have much impact in the end, but this Wanyan seemed to be an unintentional move again and again, and it still angered Li Junzhi, if she was still letting him go for the sake of her being a Turkic princess, then now, the friendship between them is only about using each other.
"What do you want me to do? In fact, I won't tell you anything, since the last time Zhao Nan came back from the battlefield, I found that his attitude towards me has changed. Wanyan said tentatively.
"Oh, princess? Let's talk about it. For the first time, Li Junzhi showed interest in this matter.
"I found that the person he paid the most attention to was not me, he had someone he cared about and cared about more, maybe he didn't find it himself. You also know, Mingfu, she used to be your person, I don't know what's wrong, she and Zhao Nan are commensurate with brother and sister, but I can see that that girl likes Zhao Nan very much, and Zhao Nan's attitude towards her is also a little ambiguous. ”
Li Junzhi nodded thoughtfully, and an unknown smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Mingfu's life experience, I know, he was born to a monk and an ordinary folk woman, how can it be Zhao Nan's sister, the specific situation, I will send someone to investigate, and I will tell you when I have news." ”
Wanyan readily accepted this answer, and Li Junzhi mentioned again: "What he cares about most, if you control it, you can let him use it for you." ”
This truth was naturally understood at the dinner party, and he left the Li Mansion satisfied, and the next day, he learned the whole truth about Mingfu's life experience, Wanyan sighed at the speed of Li Junzhi's actions, and marveled at the twists and turns of Mingfu's life experience. It turned out that Zhao Nan also had a sister named Zhao Jin when he was young, and he was lost due to an accident, and Mingfu's appearance happened to be very similar to Zhao Nan's mother, coupled with Zhao Nan's arbitrariness, there was such a misunderstanding. What surprised Wanyan even more was that Zhao Nan had already been clear about this matter, but he had never confessed to Mingfu.
Wanyan smiled confidently, it turned out to be like this, in this way, he could be regarded as holding Zhao Nan's biggest handle, but Wanyan was also surprised by Li Junzhi's means, he could grasp such a private matter so quickly, Li Junzhi must have an internal response among them, but who could it be, Wanyan carefully recalled everyone's behavior and behavior, and she couldn't see a flaw, it was really well disguised.
Wanyan quickly came to the Luoyang Palace, the Luoyang Palace was tightly defended, far beyond Wanyan's imagination, it seems that the emperor attaches more importance to this matter than she imagined, there is a posture of swearing to the death, and there is a posture of wanting to investigate the ghosts behind them to the end, and the posture of catching them all. But this layer of defense couldn't stop Wanyan at all, and there was already a plan in the Luoyang Palace, and Wanyan easily blended into the palace.
It was already evening when Wanyan successfully entered the palace, she had been hiding in the corner and observing the every move of the people in the palace, the emperor never showed up, and in addition to the guards guarding the room where she lived, there were only Ruilin and Zhao Nan. Very good, Wanyan secretly rejoiced.
Until late at night, Zhao Nan completed his day's task, and walked to his residence a little tired, but a man in black blocked his way, Zhao Nan subconsciously pulled out a knife, but the man in black actually took off the mask himself, Zhao Nan saw the person who came, and was a little surprised, this layer of handles, she has some magical skills to get in, but after thinking about it again, she soon got the answer, it must be Ruilin or leaked, but I also felt that it was expected, I was still careless, It's too easy to believe what others say.
"What are you going to do?" Zhao Nan asked.
Wanyan smiled mischievously, blinked her eyes and replied, "I miss you, come and see you." ”
Zhao Nan looked at her smile, and was in a trance for a moment, in the past, what he wanted to see most was Wanyan's happy and lively smile, once upon a time, this kind of face was actually overlapped with another person's appearance, Zhao Nan shook his head and didn't dare to think about it anymore, ignored what Wanyan said, and asked rhetorically: "Ruilin is your person?" ”