Chapter XVII

"Lord Wang, it's here." The man who turned over and came down from the blood-red brown horse was dressed in a dark robe, his face was hard and cold, and he looked around.

The lieutenant on his side hurriedly stepped forward and whispered something in the ear of the tall man, who raised his chin slightly and looked at the man who greeted him with a smile.

The man's figure is not much different from him, wearing a long brocade robe with green crisp lines looming, the man's complexion is very white, it is the kind of bloodless pale similar to unhealthy, Sikong Ao's observation is a must, and he is naturally sensitive to the prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

It seems that he has suffered some injuries on his feet in the past, and although he tried his best to control them, he can clearly detect that his feet are affected by different forces, one light and one heavy.

It looks like a cripple.

"Your Highness, the envoys of the Ling Kingdom arrived an hour ago, and they were personally greeted by King Chen Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty." Qi Shenghua responded lightly, and reached out to take the letter in Bai Zhi's hand.

"Who is the envoy of the Ling Kingdom?"

Hearing Qi Shenghua's casual question, Bai Zhi was slightly sluggish, and actually subconsciously glanced in the direction of Yun Zhen.

Yun Zhen naturally took in Bai Zhi's actions, and her eyebrows raised slightly, but she found that Bai Zhi had already looked away.

"It's the king of the south of Lingguo Town."

Bai Zhi stood aside with lowered eyes, obviously noticing Qi Shenghua's action of opening the envelope for a slight pause, and then let out a laugh of unknown meaning.

Bai Zhi is at a strange time.

"It's a heavy guy."

Yun Zhen didn't think it was strange, although she was nearly a month ahead of the mission, she didn't know what Hua Yunxiu was planning.

But she also knew very well in her heart that because of the great damage to the vitality of the Ling Kingdom, there were not many envoys that Yun Xiu could trust, and the envoys of these countries were all led by the prince and the prince, and only the King of Zhennan stationed at the border could have this weight.

Of course, if King Dehuai is more interested, he is also a good candidate.

It's just that her cheap father is a person who can't see through.

Sikong Ao was greeted by Chen Jingwang?

Chen Jingwang? Yun Zhen's thoughts were a little distant, she remembered, this third prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Chen Jingwang, seemed to be injured when he was a child, and he was a cripple?

Yun Zhen frowned slightly, it was because of this physical illness, so except for King Qi Jing, who seemed to be equivalent to the crown prince, His Majesty of the Southern Tang Dynasty was always ashamed of King Chen Jing, and it was good to treat him.

It's just that this throne can be delivered to a young prince or to a generous prince, but it is never possible to be delivered to a prince who is ill.

Therefore, although King Chen Jing was favored by His Majesty in the Southern Tang Dynasty, none of the princes regarded him as a thorn in his side.

The other princes fought openly and secretly, but his life was extremely pure.

In Yun Zhen's distraction, Qi Shenghua looked at the letter at a glance, trembled slightly, and then stacked the letter in one place little by little. "This Zhao Qinxiu is in the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the man who disappeared with her is afraid that he is not far from her?"

Hearing Qi Shenghua mention Zhao Qinxiu, Yun Zhen's eyes couldn't help but have a touch of melancholy and nodded.

"Xiao Jiu is different from embroidery after all, he is a man."

"If you are skilled in martial arts, you will definitely be able to protect yourself."

"As for why I can't find any trace of Xiao Jiu at this moment."

Xiao Jiu's disguise technique is so clever, if he deliberately hides his identity, no matter how they look for him, I am afraid they will not be able to find him out.

Xiao Jiu She was not worried in the end, but she glanced at it in a hurry that day, and only had a short contact with Zhao Qinxiu for a while, looking at Zhao Qinxiu's virtue, I am afraid that it is not too good, she thought in her heart, to find an opportunity to rescue Zhao Qinxiu.

It's just that she didn't think that the night had passed, and Zhao Qinxiu seemed to have evaporated from the world, but the next day she couldn't find it, and she didn't know who took it away, plus this was not a Ling country after all, and she couldn't organize a large number of people to conduct a carpet search.

Yun Zhen frowned slightly, and sighed faintly in her heart, I don't know if she had exposed some horse's feet before, which made people suspicious, or Zhao Qinxiu had revealed some horse's feet.

Thinking of this, Yun Zhen felt that her head was as big as a bucket.

Yun Zhen groaned slightly, stood up from the table, took the paper and ink, wrote a letter, and after sealing it, she originally wanted to hand it over to Liuli, but after thinking about it, she still felt that she had to go by herself. "I'll have to go to the state guesthouse."

Although she didn't want to meet Sikong, there were some words in the letter, which could not be explained completely, and if this letter fell into the hands of others, it would be very troublesome.

Qi Shenghua put the letter paper in his hand into his arms, stood up and said. "I'll go with you."

Yun Zhen nodded slightly, and the two of them wanted to go out after a little preparation.

But Bai Qi, who was guarding outside, came in with a strange face, and found that Yun Zhen and Qi Shenghua looked like they were going out, so they were slightly stunned, and couldn't help but speak. "Your Highness, are you and the county lord going out?"

"What?" Qi Shenghua slightly stroked the hem of his clothes that looked wrinkled because of his sitting, and raised his eyes to look at Bai Qi.

Hearing Bai Qi's words, Yun Zhen's footsteps paused slightly, and she couldn't help but glance back at Bai Qi.

Bai Qi's expression was slightly embarrassed, avoiding looking at Yun Zhen, and just bowing to Qi Shenghua. "Chen Yuwang is visiting."

"Yes." Qi Shenghua replied lightly, knowing that Bai Qi must have something to follow.

After all, King Chen Yu was ordered by the emperor, and it was really normal for him to come and go here often.

"Along with him, there is also the county lord of Chenghuan."

As soon as Bai Qi's words came out, his face was strange, and it was not only Bai Qi.

Yun Zhen glanced at Qi Shenghua with a smile, dropped a sentence and turned to leave. "Dispose of your peach blossoms blooming all over the place."

Qi Shenghua's eyebrows flashed with helplessness, looking at Yun Zhen's unstoppable back, he leisurely poked out a breath of turbidity, and said in a deep voice. "Where are the people?"

......

Yun Zhen went here, not to make an appointment with Sikong Ao, although the Lingguo delegation was led by Sikong at this time, but didn't he hear that there was also the eldest son of the Xu family?

Xiao Jiu had met with the eldest son of the Xu family several times, and if he knew his current situation, he would undoubtedly ask the Xu family for help.

It's just that Yun Zhen thinks it's very strange that if Xiao Jiu is really safe, why don't you contact Ling Guo's side?

This state guesthouse is not far away, and it is about half a cup of tea.

Yun Zhen thought about it carefully, estimated the time, and pinched a little to ask to see Master Xu.

"What?" Xu Wenhui put down the plum blossom jade bowl with a yellow background in his hand in surprise, and looked at the person who came to pay respects. "Are you sure you're looking for me?"

"Yes." The person who came to Tong was eloquent, but in just a few words, he vividly described the woman who came to find Xu Wenhui outside.

Xu Wenhui listened carefully, and felt more and more puzzled, as if there was no such person in his memory.

Just hearing that the woman opened her mouth and called out his name, he thought about it, and immediately ordered someone to welcome the woman in.

Not long after, Xu Wenhui stared at the woman with lowered eyebrows, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

"Who are you?"

After Yun Zhen was welcomed in, her sparkling eyes glanced around at the maids standing around her with a smile, and asked rhetorically. "The eldest prince is still afraid of a weak woman?"

Xu Wenhui vaguely felt that this woman's tone was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"You?"

Xu Wenhui looked Yun Zhen up and down for a moment, Yun Zhen did not apply powder, she had a pure face, and her facial features were mediocre, but because she had good eyes, it highlighted her temperament.

But the woman's accent seems to be faintly similar to that of Ling Guo.

Could it be that he is a Changchu person?

This thought turned around in Xu Wenhui's mind for a moment, and he said suspiciously. "You're from Changchu?"

Yun Zhen didn't have these times to entangle with Xu Wenhui more, smiled slightly, stepped forward, took out a letter from his arms and placed it on the table, and gently pushed it in front of Xu Wenhui.

Xu Wenhui was slightly stunned, and then raised his eyes and crashed into Yun Hao's smiling eyes.

"If the eldest prince wants to know why the slave and maid came, you might as well take a look."

Measuring that this maid couldn't do anything under the gaze of these people, Xu Wenhui reached out to open the letter, and just looked at the first few lines, his complexion changed greatly, and his gaze looked a little strange when he looked at Yun Zhen.

"You."

The handwriting of the county lord of Qinghuang is not the same as that of others, so Xu Wenhui saw it at first glance, besides.

There was even a faint ink fragrance on this letter, and at a glance, he knew that it was not long after the new fall, and then he thought that it was not the first time that the Qinghuang County Lord had done such a thing, and Xu Wenhui had already understood in the blink of an eye who the woman in the maid's costume in front of him was.

But what the hell is going on?

The county lord of Qinghuang is not seriously injured and has not recovered, how can he appear here now?

Or even confused in the queue of Chang Chu's envoys? Many questions filtered through Xu Wenhui's mind one by one, but after he spit out a word, he subconsciously understood why Yun Zhen had asked him to clear the field before.

Xu Wenhui coughed lightly. "Go down, all of you."

When there were only two people left in the hall, Yun Hao smiled at him, thinking that this was a foreign country, and he had ears to avoid the wall.

She shook her head at Xu Wenhui lightly, stopped the series of questions he was about to spit out, and then leaned down and whispered in Xu Wenhui's ear.

"After all, there is not much time, and I hope that the eldest prince Xu can remember all the words that the county lord said next."

"In a foreign country, in case the wall has ears, it's hard to make a big promise."

After listening quietly, Xu Wenhui's face suddenly sank, and his voice subconsciously lowered. "If this is the case, it is incumbent upon my Xu family."

After Yun Zhen received Xu Wenhui's affirmative answer, her eyes flashed and she smiled.

Xu Wenhui couldn't help but stagnate, not because of how good Yun Zhen's appearance was, but Xu Wenhui always faintly felt that this Qinghuang County Lord did not have the beauty when he saw it before, but there was always a gloomy aura between his eyebrows, which was inappropriate at this age.

As for whether it is the credit of this disguise, it is unknown.