Jian Huaizhen sighed and said, "Jiuzhong, I'm not worried at all about your side, with you presiding over the confession door, I will be able to come safely." It's just that the candle shadow is shaking red, Lan Jing is really stubborn, and the nine cows can't persuade him to come back. ”

Nangong Jiuzhong heard Jian Huaizhen feel this emotion, so he spoke to Jian Huaizhen and said: "Miss, I think Lan Jing is obedient to Jiang Shaoheng, if you don't come forward to him, talk to Lan Jing about the pros and cons of this matter, and let Lan Jing strictly control the disciples under her door." ”

When Jian Huaizhen heard this, he smiled and said: "This is naturally a way, but even if Lan Jing is willing to listen, Lu Manxue under her hand will make a hindrance, I am afraid that things will still be corrupted to the point of being out of control." ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's words, Nangong Jiuzhong also spoke: "This matter also makes a lot of sense, if this Lu Manxue is restless, even if I can persuade Nangong Jiuzhong to change his heart, I am afraid that it will not be easy to end this matter." ”

Jian Huaizhen pondered for a moment, and then said to Nangong Jiuzhong: "Since the current situation has reached such a point, Jiuzhong, in addition to controlling the subordinates of the confession gate, you also have to find someone to keep an eye on Lu Manxue, if Lu Manxue really colludes with Shi Heng, I am afraid that I will have to find someone to keep an eye on and figure out what their intention is to collude together." ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's command, Nangong Jiuzhong nodded and said: "Jiuzhong understands this in his heart, and the two things that Miss Jiuzhong ordered today, Jiuzhong will keep in mind. ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled with relief: "Even so, things are not difficult to do. ”

Seeing Jian Huaizhen's situation, Nangong Jiuzhong couldn't help but ask with some curiosity: "Miss, could it be that you have already decided about this matter." ”

"It's not a big deal, but if you want Shi Heng and Lu Manxue to be embarrassed, I'm afraid it's just to deal with me."

Nangong Jiu nodded and said: "The former Panshi Heng asked Nangong Mingfeng to kidnap Miss, also to deal with Miss, it seems that he is still a thief." ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded and said: "Shi Heng, this person, seems to be loyal, but in fact he is a male thief and a female prostitute, and now because he launched a change to seize the door, he supports Zhu Qizhen to regain the treasure, and then he is trusted by him. ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's words, Nangong Jiuzhong nodded slightly and said: "What Miss said is not bad at all, although Jiuzhong has only dealt with Shi Heng a few times, he also knows that this person is vicious and insidious, and he will do everything. ”

"As I said, you have to be careful about dealing with this person in the future." Jian Huaizhen admonished.

Nangong Jiu nodded and said, "What Miss reminded me of, Jiu Chong will go out and arrange manpower, and keep an eye on Shi Heng and Lu Manxue's movements." ”

Jian Huaizhen responded: "That's fine, judging from the current situation, Shi Heng is only afraid that Lu Manxue will soon cause something wrong, according to my speculation, Lu Manxue is very likely to take refuge in Shi Heng in order to ascend to the position of the palace master with the candle shadow shaking red." ”

Nangong Jiuzhong smiled slightly and said, "What does Miss mean is that Lu Manxue has a desire to covet the position of the palace master with the candle shadow shaking red, and wants to replace Lan Jing?" ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly and said: "This matter is also ordinary, Lu Manxue was originally the first disciple under Nangong Mingfeng, as soon as Nangong Mingfeng died, the position of the palace master who was originally red with a candle shadow should naturally fall into her hands, not enough for us to support Lan Jing, in this way, Lu Manxue's wishful thinking is frustrated, can she not mind in her heart?" ”

Nangong Jiuzhong thought for a moment, and then said: "What Miss said is not bad at all, judging from the current situation, Lu Manxue provoked all kinds of incidents in order to seize the position of the palace master of the candle shadow shaking red. ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded and said: "I think Shi Heng wants to use the power of the candle shadow to shake the red to kill us and others, this wishful thinking is not bad, but now I want to succeed and find it very much." ”

Nangong Jiuzhong looked at Jian Huaizhen with great admiration and said: "The princess is really powerful, according to the current situation, Lu Manxue took refuge in Shi Hengxian to attack Lan Jing, but unfortunately Lan Jing is still not wary of this matter, I am afraid that she will suffer a big loss this time." ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly and said, "This matter is not necessarily, even if Lu Manxue wants to attack Lan Jing, she has to ask me first." ”

Nangong Jiuzhong heard Jian Huaizhen's words, so he opened his mouth and said: "Since Miss has this word, she has a plan in her heart, and the current situation seems to be a little strange, but with Miss in Beijing, even if Lu Manxue and Shi Heng are in collusion and embarrassment, I am afraid that they will not be able to stir up any storms." ”

Hearing this, Jian Huaizhen shook his head and said: "This matter may not be, Shi Heng is sinister and cunning, and he is narrow-minded, I am afraid that he will be hostile to me everywhere in the future, so I must not guard against it." ”

"Kufold understands." Nangong Jiuzhong said to Jian Huaizhen very respectfully.

Jian Huaizhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Even if the candle shadow is ruined, at least there is still Nine Levels of Single-mindedness following me." ”

"Jiuju will follow Miss in this life and this life, and obey Miss's orders." Nangong Jiuzhong opened his mouth and said.

"That's fine." Jian Huaizhen said.

Nangong Jiuzhong sent some subordinates to keep an eye around Shifu, and at the same time, he also sent a group of disciples to the Jingshi to inquire about the news. However, in the past few days, the wind and waves have been calm, Shi Heng and Lu Manxue seem to have converged a lot, and the ground in Jingshi is also very calm, I don't know if it is Zhen Yanyong's matter The emperor has nowhere to kill Han Qianshan, which makes Shi Heng and Lu Manxue suspicious.

After hearing such news from his disciples, Nangong Jiuzhong was also extremely strange in his heart, always feeling that something was happening, but he didn't know what would happen.

After a month, things seem to have calmed down a lot, and the chaos caused by the previous Jingshi seems to have been settled.

The time sequence progressed gradually, and it came to the day when the envoys of Uszang paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that Wu Si Zang raised the power of the whole country, and paid tribute to the Ming court a Nine Dragons auspicious Rui Ding, which is an immortal treasure, a treasure in the world, and a priceless city. Zhu Qizhen naturally attached great importance to this matter, and after learning that the envoys of the other country had today's Ming territory, he sent some soldiers to escort him.

But even so, there are still some people who want to fight the idea of this Kowloon auspicious tripod.

Shi Heng naturally knew about this a long time ago, and knew that this was a good opportunity to blame the candle shadow.

After thinking about stopping, Shi Heng called Lu Manxue and gave her some instructions, so that she could take this opportunity to frame the candle shadow and shake it red.

After Lu Manxue asked for instructions on what to do, she went to the candle shadow to shake the red and instigated some prostitutes to gamble indiscriminately and lack money.

These people were originally invested in Nangong Mingfeng when he expanded the power of the candle shadow and shook the red, and the good and the bad were mixed, naturally there were many people who wanted money and didn't want to die, and they felt that it didn't hurt to do this vote, and they would be able to enjoy themselves in the future.

After Lu Manxue arranged to stop, she went back to report the matter to Shi Heng.

Shi Heng felt that such a move might not be able to resist the guards sent by Zhu Qizhen, so he conspired with Lu Manxue and paid a lot of money to let her buy some killers with high martial arts in the rivers and lakes.

Soon after the time, the envoys of Wu Sizang took the Nine Dragons Xiangruiding under the escort of the Ming court guards sent by Zhu Qizhen, and it was not far from the Beijing Division, but one day when they arrived at a ravine, a major event happened.

Only a whoosh was heard, and a soldier who was riding and cursing the Ming court in front of him was hit by an arrow, rolled off the saddle, and died immediately.

The minister who transported the Kowloon auspicious tripod was taken aback.

A whistling sound immediately remembered, and immediately jumped out of the bamboo forest A group of men, and then shouted: "We are the disciples of the first big gang in the rivers and lakes, Candle Shadow Shake Red Sect, and you can leave Jiulong Xiangruiding behind, you can leave a way to live." ”

The soldiers sent by the Ming court to escort themselves were unwilling, and they couldn't help but be unwilling if they were not enough, and before the words fell, the person with the red candle shadow rushed over and killed him.

The escorted soldiers rose up to resist, but unfortunately this is not a confrontation between the two armies, many of the other party are Shi Heng and Lu Manxue spent a lot of money to hire killers from the rivers and lakes, although they are not from the battlefield to fight, but the means of killing are indeed first-class powerful, after a burst of killing, it made the soldiers who wrote the escort in a big mess, within half an hour, the soldiers sent by the Ming Court to escort died, escaped, and were not opponents at all.

As soon as the guards of the Ming court were defeated, the next unlucky one was the envoy of Wu Sizang, who was trembling and was pulled out of the sedan chair, and was immediately killed by a knife. Jiulong Xiangruiding naturally fell into the hands of this group.

Wu Sizang's envoy died tragically, and the news of the disappearance of Jiulong Xiangruiding spread to the Jingshi, and Zhu Qizhen was furious when he heard the news.

Zhu Qizhen asked people to find out what was going on, and soon there was news that according to the soldiers of the Ming court guards who had fled, it was the disciple of the Candle Shadow who set up an ambush to kill the envoy and rob the Nine Dragons Xiangruiding.

Zhu Qizhen is very angry, and he is still a little jealous of Jian Huaizhen in his heart, and he does not dare to deal with the candle shadow openly and easily.

He knew in his heart that the power that Jian Huaizhen was in control of at the moment was extremely unusual, and if he came forward to sanction the other party, he was afraid that he would not benefit at all, but would deviate from morality.

Zhu Qizhen thought about it for a while, and felt that it was not the time for a showdown with Jian Huaizhen, but the disciples of the Candle Shadow Shaking Red Sect actually robbed the Nine Dragons Xiangruiding and killed the tributary envoys, for Zhu Qizhen, this matter cannot stop there, otherwise where is the dignity of the court.

The mouths of all the people in the world are not so easy to block, and if the emperor loses face, it will be a great event.

Zhu Qizhen is naturally unwilling to lose face.

However, he was extremely unhappy in his heart, so he secretly summoned Shi Heng to discuss countermeasures.

Shi Heng really waited for this opportunity. Now that the opportunity has been delivered to the door, Shi Heng does not want to miss it.

For Shi Heng, he had already figured out in his heart that the emperor summoned him this time, and it must be to deal with the candle shadow to shake red.

Shi Heng's guess is good, Zhu Qizhen does have this intention.

"Weichen Shi Heng see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Shi Heng bowed to Zhu Qizhen.

"Shi Aiqing is exempt, please get up quickly." Zhu Qizhen said to Shi Heng, who was kneeling in front of him.

Shi Heng didn't seem to hear it, and kowtowed to Chaoyi by himself.

Zhu Qizhen saw it in his eyes, so he opened his mouth to the eunuch waiting next to him and ordered: "Come over to Shi Aiqing, I want to have a good talk with Shi Aiqing." ”

Shi Heng hurriedly bowed and responded, "Thank you for the Holy Seat." ”

The eunuch who was waiting on the side heard Zhu Qizhen's order, and he didn't dare to slack off at all, so he immediately took the stool and handed it to Shi Heng.

Shi Heng was ordered to sit down.

After Zhu Qizhen saw Shi Heng sitting down, he waved his hand to the eunuchs waiting next to him and said, "I and Shi Aiqing have important matters to discuss today, so please step back for the time being, if I am not summoned, I don't need to enter." ”

Hearing the emperor's words, the foreman's eunuch took a group of people to wait outside, leaving them a chance to be alone.

When Shi Heng saw Zhu Qizhen's order, he had already guessed most of it in his heart, but he was silent, waiting for Zhu Qizhen's consultation.

Zhu Qizhen saw that after all the eunuchs in the house went out, there was no outsider, so he asked Shi Heng: "Shi Aiqing, do you know about Han Qianshan killing Zhen Yanyong a few days ago. ”

This incident caused a storm in the city, Shi Heng naturally knew about it, not to mention that this matter was originally a poisonous plan set up by him and Lu Manxue, where is there any reason not to know. However, Shi Heng knew in his heart that the emperor's intention in asking this matter was just as an introduction.

Shi Heng bowed his body and said, "Weichen has also heard a little about this matter. ”

Hearing Shi Heng say this, Zhu Qizhen's face sank, and he said: "Shi Heng, you lead the job of guarding the ground in Gyeonggi, and such a big thing happened in the Jingshi, how can you hear about it." ”

Shi Heng heard Zhu Qizhen's words, so he hurriedly said: "Weichen knows that he is wrong, although Weichen is leading this kind of office, Weichen does not know everything about the land, according to the report of the official under Weichen, it is said that Han Qianshan, the disciple of Candle Shadow Shake Red, and Zhen Yanyong competed for a singer in the Qinglou, and the two had a dispute and fight, and then Han Qianshan was dying, so he killed Zhen Yanyong. ”

Hearing Shi Heng's words, Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "Yes, that's right, but these two people fought, Han Qianshan later pulled out a knife and killed Zhen Yanyong, how do you think this matter should be resolved?" ”

Shi Heng groaned slightly and said, "According to the law, those who kill will pay for their lives. The same is true for the two parties in court, if the situation is true, Han Qianshan will not be able to escape death. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "This matter is as you said, I'm afraid that I didn't order to kill Han Qianshan this time, you know why." ”

Hearing Zhu Qizhen's words, Shi Heng said: "This is the emperor's benevolence, generosity, and extrajudicial benevolence. ”

Zhu Qizhen heard him say this, nodded slightly and said: "Sure enough, there is the truth you said, yes, in addition to that, there is one more thing in my heart that made me make this grace." ”

Shi Heng knew in his heart that what Zhu Qizhen was referring to must be Jian Huaizhen, but he deliberately pretended not to know about it and shook his head and said, "The saint is just in his heart, and Weichen really can't guess it. ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said: "I don't want to kill Han Qianshan and abandon the world, but the disciple of the candle shadow shook red only saved me a few days ago, and now he is living in the Jingshi, and the matter of Han Qianshan and Zhen Yanyong, the song is in Zhen Yanyong, if he doesn't do it first, I'm afraid that there is still life now, and I won't die in the hands of Han Qianshan, based on these considerations, I didn't kill Han Qianshan." ”

Shi Heng heard Zhu Qizhen's words, so he opened his mouth and praised: "Holy Sage, this decision is also quite reasonable, at the moment, the Jingshi is not appeased, and it is important to calm people's hearts. ”

"Shi Aiqing said it well, it was precisely in order to calm people's hearts that I did not execute Han Qianshan. Candle Shadow is one of the biggest forces in the rivers and lakes, and on the way back to Beijing, I have also learned the halfway robbery and killing of some people in the rivers and lakes, these people are all high-ranking people, and the armored soldiers raised by the imperial court may not be their opponents, if there is any chaos, it will be extremely difficult to clean up. Zhu Qizhen said to Shi Heng.

When Shi Heng heard this, he opened his mouth and said: "What the Holy Lord said is extremely true, most of these reckless people in the rivers and lakes are not afraid of death, even if they are approached with sword soldiers, they may not be able to make them bow their heads. ”

"It is precisely these words, what Shi Aiqing said is not bad at all, these rivers and lakes are reckless, wild dragons and snakes, for the sake of a righteous word, even the imperial court will not take it seriously, maybe they will violate the ban with force and gather people to rebel." Zhu Qizhen said with some worry.

Shi Heng said with a smile: "What the emperor said is not bad at all, these characters should be on guard." ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed when he heard the words and said: "It's not that I don't want to watch out for them, it's just that this matter is quite difficult to start, Shi Aiqing, you also know that the two biggest forces on the rivers and lakes today were created by people from the royal family, in order to support the society and protect the family and country." Even if I wanted to touch them, I couldn't wipe this face. ”

Hearing this, Shi Heng fully understood Zhu Qizhen's intentions, Zhu Qizhen's words were just a hint that he was not good at coming forward, and he wanted to push Shi Heng forward to deal with the candle shadow shaking red, not enough to say this, although he was in the middle of it, Shi Heng was unwilling to rush to agree, so as not to arouse the emperor's suspicion.

Thinking like this, Shi Heng opened his mouth and said: "Holy Lord, right now, Han Qianshan alone has made a little trouble, and it should have nothing to do with others, how can the Holy Lord have such words." Weichen is frightened, I don't know why? ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled coldly: "Shi Aiqing doesn't know, I can still tolerate Han Qianshan's matter, but another big incident happened today, and I really can't tolerate it." ”

After that, Zhu Qizhen made a move to break his sleeves.

Shi Heng saw it in his eyes, and understood in his heart that Zhu Qizhen must be dissatisfied with Candle Shadow Shake Red, and he got Lu Manxue's flying pigeon transmission, and the robbery of Jiulong Xiangruiding had been successful, and he had already killed the tributary envoys and blamed Candle Shadow Shake Red, and now for Zhu Qizhen, this matter must not stop here, otherwise the dignity of the emperor and the court will be ruined.

Knowing this truth in his heart, Shi Heng opened his mouth and said: "Holy Lord, I don't know what kind of great event has happened, and the Holy One will be so angry. ”