Chapter 273: Finding Out the Cause

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After some discussion, Emperor Xichu withdrew from the dynasty and asked the ministers to go down to discuss and play again tomorrow.

Out of the Jinluan Palace, Nangong Yu arched his hand to the Shangshu Wang Lao of the Ministry of Rites, and said secretly: "Thank you, Wang Lao." ”

"The second prince is so grateful." Wang Hongjian stroked his long white beard, and smiled like an old fox: "Weichen is just playing according to the truth, Princess Duanrou of Dongwan Kingdom is indeed coming to Xichu, but she didn't say half a good word for the second prince." ”

"That's right, thank you." Nangong Yu smiled slightly.

When Wang Hongjian walked away, Nangong Qingcai, who had been anxious, hurriedly pulled Nangong Yu aside, and said in a hurry: "Second brother, it turns out that Wang Lao's words were hinted at by you?" Do you know that by doing this, you will kill Princess Chu! ”

If it weren't for helping Luo Qingluan, how could Nangong Yu let Wang Hongjian interject in such a thing halfway? Seeing that there was no one around, Nangong Yucai said, "Don't the eldest brother believe the younger brother?" What kind of friendship do I have with Princess Chu? I won't hurt her, let alone Ziqing, you can rest assured. ”

He still knows a little about his younger brother, and Nangong Qing is finally a little relieved, but he still doesn't understand what medicine Nangong Yu sells in this gourd. The two quickly returned to the prince's mansion and retired from the people, so they talked about it well.

Although he had long known that Luo Qingluan would definitely have an accident when he followed Nalan Ye to the front line, Nangong Yu didn't expect it to be so fast, not only that, but the ministers also took the opportunity to attack, slandering Nalan Ye and saying that he had a heart of disobedience, and tried to support the army to rebel on his own, if not, how could he let the Ministry of Rites Shangshu throw out another equally tricky matter?

It's just to get attention and divert everyone's attention.

As long as the father doesn't care about Nalan Ye's 'vain attempt to rebel' for the time being, his goal will be achieved.

To put it mildly, it's just a delaying tactic, everything just needs to wait until Nalan Ye returns.

After listening to Nangong Yu's words, Nangong Qing not only did not feel relieved, but became more worried: "Second brother, your method is not very good. Not only did he not help Ziqing, but he dragged Princess Chu into the water, didn't this cause them trouble? ”

Nangong Yu smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Isn't there nothing I can do?" You have also seen the situation just now, they all said that Ziqing rebelled and absconded with his family, and now Ziqing is fighting on the front line, there must be no accident here in the capital, we must help him. Since Princess Duanrou is coming sooner or later, if you don't say it today, you won't say it tomorrow, and you won't be able to delay the day after tomorrow. That's why I hinted to Elder Wang and asked him to say it immediately, just to make them be careful and not talk nonsense. ”

is also the truth, Nangong Qing thought about it, and it is true.

Plainly, everyone is afraid of Nalan Ye's name, and he is in the capital, so they don't dare to offend him. Now that Nalan has gone to the front line at night, those who are afraid of him, who don't like him, and who are jealous of him, naturally jump out one by one.

If you wait until Nalan Night Master returns to the court, according to his methods, it will naturally be easy to solve, so as long as they help delay for a while, it will be enough.

"But second brother, what do you think about Princess Duanrou now?" Nangong Qing was still a little worried, "If Princess Chu knows, I'm afraid that she will be sad." She and Ziqing have such a good relationship, and even catch up with the battlefield regardless of the danger, if Princess Duanrou knows about it, she doesn't know what to cry about. ”

Who knows, Nangong Yu couldn't help but smile: "I said big brother, you think too much about this." Princess Chu not only won't cry, but I'm afraid she will laugh. ”

He knows Luo Qingluan's methods, let alone a princess, even if he is married to Han Xun's Bai Yixuan, what can he do as a queen? It's not that she made it up...... If this Duanrou princess can retreat from the difficulty, maybe Luo Qingluan will make a lighter move, otherwise...... I'm afraid there's another good show.

Nangong Yu is not worried, but Nangong Qing does not think so.

In front of him, Luo Qingluan has always been gentle and generous, kind and noble, such a woman knows that the emperor wants to match her husband with a princess, can she still resist with death? I'm afraid that I am heartbroken, but I am helpless, and I will even do some stupid things.

"Second brother, you don't understand Princess Chu, she is a good woman, how can she laugh because of this kind of thing? She loves Ziqing so much......"

"I said big brother, you don't understand Princess Chu!"

Seeing Nangong Qing's serious and slightly painful expression, Nangong Yu really couldn't bear to hide it from him anymore, and admired Luo Qingluan very much, not only fascinated his eldest brother, but even said that he still doesn't know the real her, but she is really clever.

However, this kind of thing has to be said by Luo Qingluan himself, and it is inconvenient for him to talk more, Nangong Yu can only say: "Anyway, you just believe me, when did I lie to you?" Later, I will repair a book, and let people quickly send it to the border and hand it over to Princess Chu, so that she can prepare early, otherwise she will only know when she comes back, and it will not be good when it is late. ”

Half-convinced, but Nangong Qing has always believed in Nangong Yu's younger brother, so he can only press down and worry and put his mind in front of him.

If Luo Qingluan can really handle the matter of Princess Duanrou, then before she comes back, he will continue to maneuver in front of his father and collect more information for her. At the same time, he also has to guard against one person - Nangong Chen!

If it weren't for Nangong Chen telling Luo Qingluan's whereabouts, this matter wouldn't be so complicated today!

In the past, Nangong Qing didn't care too much about Nangong Chen, the fifth brother, but now he has a deep understanding of his darkness, since this is the case, then he will not let Nangong Chen go!

Soon, a letter came out from among the five princes, and it was sent to the border in an expedited manner for eight hundred miles.

At the same time, Nalan Ye and Luo Qingluan were unaware of the turmoil in the capital, Nalan Ye still strictly guarded against Lin Xiaochen's attack again, and Luo Qingluan had been in the prison of the City Lord's Mansion, intensively tinkering with the antidote to the epidemic, and he was very busy.

When the small pill developed by Luo Qingluan was finally able to effectively restrain the spread of infection after testing, and the condition of the child who took the pill was obviously suppressed, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After observing for a long time, the patient's body temperature returned to normal, and the pain was reduced a lot, Luo Qingluan anesthetized the patient with acupuncture, carefully removed the carrion on his body, and bandaged the best wound medicine, waiting for him to continue to improve.

In order to recover completely, it is necessary not only to have symptomatic medications, but also to keep up with nutrition. This place is the border, and it has experienced the sneak attack of the Southern Wei soldiers, and the only rice shop in the city has long been burned down, and there is no surplus grain to be found.

Although Luo Qingluan knew that there was still enough food in the Quartermaster Department, this was for the soldiers to eat, even if Nalan Ye agreed, the other soldiers who made a living from it would not agree, and it would cause the morale of the army to be shaken. Therefore, Luo Qingluan did not have the idea of collecting food and grass, but let Yuan Shan and Yongan hunt in the nearby forest, perhaps meat for these children.

Fortunately, there are not many people, and the prey can improve their food, and the grain in the City Lord's Mansion has been persuaded by Luo Qingluan Deng Jian to open a warehouse, and the only concern is gone.

The epidemic in the city had just spread, but fortunately, Luo Qingluan researched the antidote in time, and the boulder in Deng Jian's heart, which he had been worried about for many days, finally fell.

At the same time, Deng Jian also had an important thing to tell Luo Qingluan.

"Princess Chu, Xia Guan sent people to check and search the whole city, and found that there were some unusual actions in the Southern Wei Dynasty a month ago." It's been a while since this incident, and it's rare for Deng Jiancai to think about it, he thought about it slowly as a reminiscence, and said very slowly: "At that time, the Southern Wei Dynasty had been harassing on the border in a small area, and the two sides had many fights, winning and losing. Originally, the lower officials didn't care, but once the Southern Wei suffered a defeat, but they didn't ransom the captives......"

Hearing this, Luo Qingluan became curious: "Can the captives be ransomed?" ”

Deng Jian was a little embarrassed for a moment, he was fully aware of these things, but he was just ...... didn't make too much trouble, so he turned a blind eye and never cared about what the people below did. And this kind of thing often happens on the border, there are captured people on both sides, if it is said that it is killed with a knife, it is not beneficial to harm others and oneself, it is not beneficial at all, but if it is said that Jiang prisoners are put back, it is not so stupid, so over time, the people below have also come up with some methods, that is, to ransom people with property!

This is also some dark means in the army, never let the above know, as long as you can make money, loot oil and water, whether it is deducting military salaries, greedy for military equipment, or even this: asking the other party to ransom people with property is almost a tacit default.

I see!

Luo Qingluan nodded, not making much of a fuss. Although she was not ashamed of this behavior, now was not the time to pursue this matter, and it was not her responsibility, and she was too lazy to bother.

"Well, let's say, City Lord Deng, what happened at that time?" Luo Qingluan asked.

Seeing that she didn't blame her and didn't dig deeper, Deng Jian finally eased up a little and continued: "Xia Guan didn't pay attention to it at that time, because this kind of harassment is so common, it will happen almost once every ten days, and there are not too many prisoners, four or five. According to the usual practice, these four or five captives also asked the Southern Wei side to pay a ransom, and then they would be released, but I didn't expect ......"

Deng Jian paused before continuing: "Before the ransom amount was told to the Southern Wei side, these four or five captives actually sneaked away. Why did he disappear, the lower officials didn't know, in short, the person suddenly disappeared. Therefore, the people below reported it, and the lower officials were furious when they found out, and asked them to quickly send people to search the whole city, but ......"

Speaking of this, Deng Jian's head was already sweating slightly.

If what he said really had to do with the spread of the epidemic in the whole city, then his poor custody was a great crime!

Fortunately, there is now a way to control the epidemic in the whole city, otherwise the black gauze hat on his head is gone, not to mention, I am afraid that the whole family will be beheaded.

Without waiting for Deng Jian to continue, Luo Qingluan had already guessed what was going on. She frowned and said loudly: "Is it that when those people disappeared, something happened in the city?" ”

When Deng Jian heard this, he hurriedly nodded: "Yes, the princess is wise!" ”

Deng Jian said sarcastically: "A few days after the accident, the Southern Wei Dynasty attacked us again, and this time it was very serious, many places in the city were burned, and the civil strife came from the city. This is also what the princess came to see, and there are still traces of burning on the city gate, which was caused by that time. ”

No wonder it is so serious, it is actually a combination of internal and external moles, which is why this small city is so badly damaged. Luo Qingluan naturally remembered the scene he saw when he first came here, and he still remembered it vividly. She immediately asked, "City Lord Deng, did you search for spies later?" ”

"Naturally!" Deng Jian nodded hurriedly: "There are people in the Xiaguan Police, the whole city is searched, and these traitors must be found out by digging three feet into the ground." Later, it lived up to expectations, and it was true that a few Southern Wei spies were caught and killed, but now it seems that I am afraid that there are still remnants of those spies left in the city, otherwise how could there be an outbreak of epidemics? ”

Luo Qingluan nodded: "It seems that the Southern Wei Dynasty has planned it a long time ago, whether you have a plan or not, no wonder City Lord Deng was fooled." ”

Knowing the reason, Keluo Qingluan is not pursuing the past now, she wants to know where these spies are hiding and who they obey. And when it comes to something as special as an epidemic, she becomes more and more cautious.

I'm afraid that things are not as simple as imagined!

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