When Dong Jiu rushed back, Jiang Yichen was teaching Ji Ying to ride a horse. It is not so much "teaching" as "persuasion". Ever since he was calculated in the barracks and fell off his horse, Ji Ying has developed a great fear of horses. After so many days, all Ji Ying could do was to tremble and lead the horse around the princess's mansion a few times. Not to mention riding a horse, just standing in front of the horse, Ji Ying didn't do it.

The means of coercion and temptation have been exhausted, Jiang Yichen lost his patience, so he simply took his heart sideways, hugged Ji Ying's waist from behind Ji Ying, jumped over, sat on the horse, and Ji Ying shouted "wow".

Jiang Yichen put his arm around Ji Ying's waist with one hand, pinched Ji Ying's mouth with the other, and ordered: "Sit tight, be careful that I throw you down!" ”

Ji Ying choked back tears, brushed Jiang Yichen's hand away, and said, "Please, throw me down!" ”

Jiang Yichen threw a chestnut at Ji Ying's head: "Can you breathe a little?" Hold on to the reins! ”

Ji Ying shook her hand to reach for the reins.

"Hold your toes hard and hook the saddle."

Ji Ying did so.

"Kick the horse in the belly gently."

"Huh? I don't dare. Ji Ying's voice trembled.

Jiang Yichen ignored any pleading from Ji Ying and kicked the horse's belly hard. The horse exhaled and walked briskly. Ji Ying was afraid, and her body unconsciously rubbed into Jiang Yichen's arms, and the reins of the horse in her hand tightened as her body leaned back. The horse was in pain and stopped.

Jiang Yichen teased: "Are you self-taught? ”

Ji Ying's cold sweat had already wet the reins in her hand, and she said cheekily: "In this case, can I go down?" ”

Jiang Yichen was another burst: "Go on, kick the horse's belly!" ”

Ji Ying covered her head and complained, "Can you change the way of punishment?" Why don't I go to Zamabu? "In the past few days of study, Ji Ying feels that there is no easier training in the world than Zamabu.

Jiang Yichen jumped off the horse and stared at Ji Ying: "If you want to stand on the back of the horse and take a horse step, I agree." ”

"This ...... No need, I obey orders. ”

"Hook the saddle, clamp the belly, use some force, kick!"

Ji Ying closed her eyes, secretly begged the Buddha for protection, grabbed the reins, kicked the horse's belly with a little force, and the horse walked up obediently. Ji Ying, who was so nervous that she couldn't breathe, slowly opened her eyes and exhaled, safe.

Jiang Yichen continued to command: "Hold your legs your toes, move your body with the ups and downs of the horse, and raise your upper body slightly to avoid rubbing your hips while riding for a long time. Well, that's all! ”

When turning, Jiang Yichen taught Ji Ying how to control the reins. This jujube red horse is really docile, and the cooperation with Ji Ying is gradually getting better. Ji Ying walked around the princess's mansion under the guardianship of Jiang Yichen, very smoothly.

Jiang Yichen said: "Don't push too hard when you rein in the horse, so as not to startle the horse." ”

Ji Ying carefully pulled the reins, and the horse exhaled without stopping.

Jiang Yichen said: "Don't you listen to your hand? I told you not to push too hard, not to let you not have any strength at all! Push it up! ”

Ji Ying reined in again, and this time Ma An stopped steadily. Ji Ying breathed a long sigh of relief.

Jiang Yichen sat on the rattan chair next to him, picked up the teacup and said, "Just follow the steps you just taught you to yo the horse and run two laps." ”

"Run?"

"What? Are you planning to ride at this pace in the future? I'm afraid snails can run faster than you! Go ahead, I'll have to practice archery in a while. ”

Before Ji Ying started, Dong Jiu came in. In fact, Dong Jiu had been watching at the door for a long time, and he was sympathetic to Ji Ying. When Ji Ying saw him coming, she hurriedly lip-synced to him: "Help-me-down-come." ”

Dong Jiu made a gesture that he couldn't help and went straight to see Jiang Yichen.

Jiang Yichen asked Dong Jiu to sit down and drink a cup of tea, and said, "How is it?" What did my father say? ”

Dong Jiu returned the nameplate to Jiang Yichen and replied: "The prince opened the letter and read it for a long time, and said: 'I know the origin of the thing, but what this kid said is not kind and respectful enough. I don't want to tell him. 'Yuanqing, do you want to try not to write a letter again?' ”

"What? Am I not speaking respectfully enough? The old man can think of any trick! We sent a letter all the way to get him back? ”

Ji Ying heard that this matter was not easy to do, so she hurriedly hugged the horse's head, climbed down from the horse clumsily, and asked Jiang Yichen: "What did you say in the letter to make King Huai'an so angry?" ”

"I've always been very cordial and respectful, okay! This old man must still be angry that I chopped that female spy, and he will block me when he finds an opportunity. He also didn't want to think about when it was. ”

"What then?" Ji Ying asked.

"My husband can bend and stretch, but I'm writing one." Jiang Yichen dropped the teacup and went into the study.

Dong Jiu occupied Jiang Yichen's rattan chair, raised his face and said to Ji Ying: "I haven't seen you for a few days, the adults have become a lot stronger." ”

Ji Ying sat cross-legged on the ground and said, "There is Jiang Yichen, the devil who has been howling in my ears and forcing me to train, so it's strange that I'm not strong." It's Brother Xiaojiu, it's really hard to work around for so many days. ”

"Once you're used to it, you don't feel like anything else. By the way, is Brother Duanmu back? ”

"Not yet, but word came yesterday that everything is fine."

"That's good."

Ji Ying and Dong Jiu were talking, and Jiang Yichen walked out of the study with a bitter face. He took a letter and said, "Go again, if he wants to find fault with this letter, I can't help it." ”

Dong Jiu took the letter, took out a thumb-thick bamboo tube from his arms, took out a piece of paper from the bamboo tube and handed it to Jiang Yichen, saying, "The prince expected that you would write a more fleshy letter, so tell me that when you finish writing, you will dispose of it casually, so as not to obstruct his eyes, and then hand over this letter to you." ”

Jiang Yi's eyes widened. He pulled the letter with one hand, and wanted to carry Dong Jiu's neck with the other, but Dong Jiu had already prepared and ran away.

Ji Ying said secretly: "What is this called?" The wicked have their own evildoers? No, there is a Father and a Son. ”

Jiang Yichen discouraged his anger and unfolded the letter, his eyebrows couldn't help but screw together. Finally, he threw the letter into a ball and burned it in a burning censer.

"What did His Royal Highness King Huai'an say?"

Jiang Yichen's expression was serious, he took Ji Ying to the study, closed the doors and windows, and said, "My father Wang said in the letter that this nameplate is indeed something in the palace of the first dynasty, but it is just ...... Alas......"

"Just what?"

"You also know that when the saint was still the prince, he fought against his brother Zhou Ru'an, the crown prince, and in order to win the throne, the saint secretly raised a group of dead soldiers, named Hanying Division. The members of the Shadow Division are always ordered to carry out some espionage activities, and occasionally do some murderous business. Because my father was close to His Majesty when he was young, even if His Majesty didn't say it, my father knew a little about it, and it was because of this that my father asked for a border soon after His Majesty ascended the throne and rarely returned to Beijing. ”

"You mean, this nameplate is actually His Majesty's thing?" Ji Ying asked in shock.

"No," Jiang Yichen explained, "my father went to the northwest, but his power in the capital is still there. He later sent someone to inquire secretly and found that the Hanying Division had been disbanded. However, ten years ago, my father stumbled upon the traces of the Blood Shadow Division. He had confirmed that His Majesty did not raise any more dead soldiers, so it was very likely that these people were a certain prince. He should know His Majesty's secrets, so as to sweep away dissidents and ascend to the throne early. What needs to be clarified now is whether this prince is the crown prince or the king of Chu. ”

"It's the King of Chu!" Ji Ying replied affirmatively.

"How do you know?"

"When the results of the palace examination had not yet been announced, Brother Duanmu suggested that I visit the adults in the court, and he also told me that he saw Nomad Ye visiting His Royal Highness the King of Chu, but at that time, Nomadye came out of the back door of King Chu. I thought at the time, nomadic Ye is not a person who seeks fame and fortune, why did he secretly befriend the king of Chu? Now that I think about it, it should be that the nomadic herd was threatened by the king of Chu, and had to come to the capital to get involved in these rights and wrongs. Since the nomadic field is the person of the king of Chu, then Hanying Division is the person of the king of Chu. ”

"Then there are three questions now: first, what is the king of Chu looking for when he instructed so many killers to kill? Second, it is impossible for these killers to be hidden in the palace, so where are they really hiding? Thirdly, what was the threat of the king of Chu to the nomadic wilderness? ”

Ji Ying thought back to the whole case for a while, and suddenly, she seemed to have grabbed something amazing, and said, "Do you remember those killers in the Hidden Dragon Gambling House?" ”

"You mean...... That's right, the Hidden Dragon Gambling House must be one of the hiding places of the Shadow Division! ”

Ji Ying almost jumped up and walked out in a panic. Jiang Yichen pulled her and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Enter the palace to see the driver, hurry up and ask the court to clean up the Hidden Dragon Gambling House!"

"You're stupid! Just because we know the secret of the Shadow Division, we can't act rashly! The secret of the King of Chu involves His Majesty's secret, how could His Majesty let the world know about this? When the time comes, His Majesty asks how do you know, and how do you answer? Also, you also know that the nomadic field is controlled by the king of Chu, and you are not afraid of being unfavorable to the nomadic field like this? ”

Jiang Yichen's repeated questions made Ji Ying speechless: "Then what should I do?" What are we going to do? ”

Jiang Yichen sat down in his chair and said, "We can only pray now that God will give us some variables to solve this dead end." ”

Ji Ying sighed again: If there is a father, there must be a son.