The spring day of the Great Summer was full of dark clouds and lifeless, and in Meng Yining's eyes, he always felt that there was a strange omen. She rubbed her somewhat cold palms, sat in the courtyard with her eyes lowered, and asked Jingchi, who had just returned from the lower dynasty, "How is it?" ”

"Scrapped."

"All wasted?"

"Yes."

Meng Yining took a deep breath, "The incident happened suddenly, you and I can't make plans in advance of the prophet, so now we can only take more precautions and send someone to keep an eye on them." "There is a warm sunshine behind her, but there is always no one in her heart. King Xia withdrew the rights of Jing Zheng and the Zhou family, which is a categorical good thing, but being too decisive is always easy to make people jump off the wall in a hurry.

King Xia is treacherous, but sometimes his temper is violent, although this side is rare, but that night from King Xia's eyes, she can see mixed with murderous disappointment.

Meng Yining got up and walked beside Jing Chi, "The letter has been delivered to Gu Zi'an, and now that he is in a high position, it is impossible for him to travel between the two countries, so I will do a lot of things for me, and I hope Your Highness will not be surprised." ”

"I'm at ease with you." He breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm going to take a look at the epidemic situation in Chengping, this plague is burning the prairie trend, and even many people in the palace that are strictly guarded are sick." ”

Meng Yining nodded, "I will also go around with you, but now that I am unstable, I am afraid that something will happen again." As soon as the girl's voice fell, Zhang Jiu was ready to follow behind Jing Chi, he was already injured by Jing Zheng the day before yesterday, and he couldn't see weakness. Zhang Jiu led a group of capable guards to follow behind, and the group walked out of the Shizi Mansion in a majestic manner. The willow trees on both sides have already sprouted, the lotus lanterns on the river have faded and stained the river red, and scattered paper money has fallen on the water and floated around. Pedestrians on the streets looked hurried, and no one stopped in front of the stalls.

She looked up at the restaurant not far away, but it was very lively. People are immersed in drunken dreams and death, and the large number of dead people is no longer like thinking about the days to come.

Settle wages, spend all day drinking, and laugh uncontrollably.

Meng Yining and Jing Chi walked side by side, and the two walked around the streets and alleys without saying a word.

Suddenly, a scream tore through the quiet air, and the girl turned her head sharply and quickly said in a deep voice: "Protect Your Highness!" Zhang Jiu guarded in front of Jingchi, and a group of guards surrounded the Shizi Palace. Meng Yining put down a sentence, "I'll go over there and take a look, don't leave Your Highness." After speaking, the figure flickered like a ghost to the entrance of the alley and disappeared.

As soon as he crossed that street, Meng Yining saw drops of blood still steaming on the stone road, stretching all the way to another bend. The girl quickly chased after her, only to see a staggering girl, her goose-yellow dress stained red with blood. Like wolves chasing a lamb, several men pressed against a wall not far away.

The girl who had fled for her life turned her head and looked in horror at the men who had rushed in front of her, clenching her chest and trembling.

Meng Yining shouted, "What person! ”

Those few people looked back together, and saw Meng Yining's starry eyes flickering, the short sword in his hand unsheathed, and his bloodthirsty golden light was shining.

She looked around, and the trembling girl was actually very familiar. Meng Yining's mind suddenly flashed the woman she had seen at Jing Zheng's birthday banquet that day-Yingge. This is not the concubine of King Lian's Mansion?

"Don't get in the way!" Several guards also shouted angrily, "We have something important to do, if you stand in the way, even you will be killed!" ”

"Oh?" Meng Yining raised her eyebrows, turned over and jumped, leaning sideways and lightly tapping her feet on the wall. Everyone could only watch a light shadow flash in their eyes, and when they looked back and forth, the red snake had already cut their throats, and one by one fell straight down like wood. Fang Cai's fierce expression froze on his face. Meng Yining landed in front of Yingge in one stride, picked up the trembling girl and asked, "Yingge girl?" ”

She looked up and remembered who she was dying. It was Gu Zi'an's person, but she couldn't figure out why she was here.

As long as it's not Jing Zheng's person, she can handle it...... It's all easy to do......

Yingge grabbed Meng Yining's sleeve and said intermittently, "Save me...... Help me......"

Jing Chi arrived with the people and horses, and watched the Yingge girl lying in Meng Yining's arms with a faint breath. She was pierced by a knife with two large holes, and her whole face was pale and bloodless. She used all her strength to take out a letter from her chest and stuffed it into Meng Yining's hand strongly, "You must save me...... I'm going to...... I want to live......" Meng Yining didn't turn her head, and directly handed the letter to Jing Chi, she comforted, "You'll be fine, don't sleep, we'll go home right away." The little girl took Yingge in her arms and rushed towards the Shizifu with a leap.

Jing Chi hurriedly sent someone to follow, and then looked down at the bloodstained letterhead. Turning over the crumpled page, there were Juanxiu's words inside, and it was expected to be the Yingge girl just now. It's just that the payment is pressed with a heavy handprint, as if to pierce the paper. He narrowed his eyes and carefully identified the name on the letter - Zhao Erze.

Suddenly, this person thought that he was missing, but who knew that he was close at hand.

On the other side, Jing Zheng stood in the palace with a blue face. His fist slammed into the table, shattering the glass vase to the ground. With bruises on his face, as if poisoned, he questioned Zhou Binzhao, who was also disgraced, "What do you say!" How do you say! ”

Zhou Binzhao had a gloomy face, "We are already cornered." King Xia wants to remove the power of the Zhou family and withdraw your power. He sighed, and then his eyes sharpened like an eagle again, "You still have some soldiers and horses outside the fortress, and there are still ten days and half a month for the transmission of King Xia's will, and you can still mobilize the army." Chengping and the nearby defenders are sick, and we can take advantage of this opportunity. ”

"You're asking me to resist?"

"Haven't you been resisting the decree?" Zhou Binzhao asked rhetorically, the cowering Jing Zheng in front of him made him unhappy.

Jing Zheng rubbed his temples, and when he heard the guard outside the door reporting, he asked in a deep voice, "Did you kill anyone?" ”

There was silence outside the door for a moment, "Please forgive your Highness, the person was rescued." ”

"Bastard thing!" Jing Zheng drew his sword and walked out, opened the door, and a sword entered the guard's heart, "It's useless, you're all useless!" Who saved them? ”

"Yes...... It is a person of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

The sword fell to the ground with a clatter.

An hour ago, he was about to go to the underground cell to see Zhao Erze, but suddenly found that a few drops of wax oil had fallen on the floor of the secret passage. He picked it off and sniffed it, but found that the wax oil had a little fragrance, and it was only used in a woman's house. In Zhao Erze's palace, except for Xia Qing, there is only one woman left who can come and go freely in the study. He sneered and was about to ask her for questioning, but who knew that the woman had already run out and hid in Chengping. Jing Zheng instantly became murderous and sent people out to chase him, but after all, he found nothing.

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