As soon as he saw Li Mastiff, He Nan immediately climbed out of the cart, rolled on the spot, and knelt in front of Li Mastiff and pleaded: "Master, please forgive the apprentice for leaving his post without permission." ”

Li Mastiff had a straight face, which made people puzzled, and he only asked: "What else?"

He Nan still crouched down and replied, "Without Master's permission, I touched and mobilized the secret arrow without permission...... This is a great sin, a grave sin. It's just that the situation is pressing, and the disciple has to make this decision, and I hope that the master will punish him lightly. ”

Li Mastiff Chun looked at He Nan, then looked at the red rain with a blank face, and couldn't help sighing: "You kid...... It's getting more and more presumptuous. ”

In the Shanhe Mansion, there are only a few people who know the existence of dark arrows, and all of them are Li Mastiff's henchmen for many years and hold important positions. This He Nan has the ability, a small newly appointed Fu Cheng has already invoked a hidden arrow with a fake tiger.

He Nan slowly raised his head, stood up straight, looked at Hongyu, and whispered to the master: "The three people who fainted in that cart were captured by me on the road - the eyeliner of Chi Zebao, the heavenly border guard, they have been staring at me for more than ten days, why don't you deal with these three first?" Li Mastiff Chun understood, and said to Hongyu: "You go, send them to Shanhe Mansion, don't make a noise, don't show up." ”

Hongyu received the order and covered it with a veil, put on a black robe and a hat, and led the horse into the city. He Nan didn't ask where Hongyu was going next, she had been with her master for a long time, and she should have her own habitat in Bai Yujing.

Seeing that there was no one around, He Nan opened his mouth to tell Li Mastiff Chun about the journey of Yueyue, including how to find the three thieves and the information that came out of the interrogation.

"Yan Chun came to tell me that Jiang Wenbing's martial arts are excellent and talented, he is not Jiang Wenbing's opponent, only Hongyu can compete with Jiang Wenbing, I went to find Hongyu privately, I wanted to invite her to design an ambush to kill Jiang Wenbing!" At this moment, He Nan finally revealed his true purpose to Li Mastiff, at this time he was excited, and his hideous attitude was fully displayed, obviously he finally had the opportunity to say his plan and was excited.

"It's safest for the four secret arrows to come out together, but for the sake of secrecy, Hongyu and Yan Chunlai should be enough to ......" He Nan was still elaborating on his tirade.

Li Mastiff Chun waved his hand at him, "Okay......"

"What do you mean...... It's not reliable at all. Unexpectedly, Li Mastiff Chun poured a jar of cold water on him.

He Nan couldn't help but freeze in place, not knowing how to respond.

Li Mastiff Chun looked at He Nan's face, and suddenly spit out the doubts in his heart: "What are you anxious about?"

From the day He Nan went to the banquet, Li Mastiff Chun had always had a strange feeling haunting his heart, he could faintly feel that He Nan and Qi Dan had reached a deal, but he didn't think that this little apprentice had betrayed him. It wasn't until Yan Chunlai reported to him that He Nan had gone to Yueyue to look for Hongyu that he somewhat understood He Nan's intentions. It's just that he still hasn't understood one thing - why is He Nan in such a hurry?

Seeing that He was speechless, Li Mastiff said again: "You, you are too impetuous and not calm enough. Did you see your senior brother in Jiang Wenbing's mansion last time...... Zhang Siming. ”

"Senior Brother Zhang also took good care of me in Shanhe Mansion...... He Nan didn't know why Master suddenly mentioned this senior brother who had been away from Shanhe Mansion for a long time and had almost "cut off" his relationship with Shanhe Mansion.

"Your Senior Brother Zhang...... It's a spy I sent out, and it's been three or four years. Li Mastiff Chun sighed.

He Nan looked incredulous: "Three or four years? How old was Qi Dan at that time? One year younger than now, right?"

Li Mastiff Chun did not explain this problem, but glanced at his apprentice meaningfully. He Nan suddenly keenly caught some other meanings from Master's eyes-Master's chess seemed to have been arranged in various places in this court hall for a long time.

"But I don't think he's anything great. He Nan recalled the taciturn appearance of Senior Brother Zhang Siming at the banquet, and he really didn't look like a brilliant spy.

Li Mastiff Chun shook his head and denied He Nan's words, "The most important thing for people of their status is not strategy and force, but ordinary and ordinary. His qualifications can't be said to be excellent, but it is his mediocrity that has not been exposed to him so far, and he can still play a role. ”

He Nan was obviously a little unconvinced: "But I have done a much better job than him, and his mediocrity may not be as good as the secret conversation between me and Qi Dan for an hour that night." ”

"Oh?" Li Mastiff Chun was very interested in this, and when He Nan came back that night to recover his life, he never mentioned that he had any "secret conversations" with Qi Dan. "What did you all talk about?"

He Nan turned his head and looked directly at Li Mastiff, and that look made Li Mastiff feel very strange. He said softly, "Master...... This matter is very important, and the disciples dare not speak falsely, and ask the master to move ...... Let's go back to Shanhe Mansion. ”

This is still at the gate of Baiyu Capital City, and it is inevitable that someone around will listen to it, so Li Mastiff nodded in agreement. Along the way, both of them were silent, He Nan didn't know what he was thinking, and Li Mastiff Chun was pondering in his heart what was going on in his apprentice's mouth, "The matter is very important, don't dare to say anything".

At the time of the handover of Xuhai, the mountains and rivers were quiet on all sides, and when he stepped into the mansion, Li Mastiff Chun signaled to the apprentice to say what he didn't dare to say outside, but he didn't expect that his apprentice, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, still shook his head, and he had to enter the Penglai Pavilion. Seeing that He Nan was careful to look like this, Li Mastiff couldn't help but be surprised and frightened by this answer, and even his steps were much heavier.

Li Mastiff's study is very elegant, not contaminated with the solemn atmosphere and bloody atmosphere in the Shanhe Mansion, He Nan consciously lit two candles and stood on the bookcase, and carefully closed the doors and windows, before sitting down with Li Mastiff across the bookcase.

"Master...... In your opinion, what kind of person is Qi Dan?" He Nan did not directly say "big things" to the master, but asked a question first. "I want to hear the truth. ”

At this moment, Li Mastiff Chun guessed that Qi Dan was planning a big event. He sorted out his thoughts slightly and said: "In all fairness, among the seven princes and three princesses of Your Majesty, the smartest is the fifth prince, who has shown intelligence and talent since he was a child. When he was young, he conquered the western frontier again, and he had several military exploits, and his martial arts were good...... , the best among people, the best in the world. “

He Nan asked again: "Then in your opinion, what about the prince compared to Qi Dan?"

Li Mastiff frowned, it was already disrespectful to talk about the prince in vain, let alone divide the two princes?

Seeing that the master didn't say anything, He Nan picked up his words with his own thoughts, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is compared to him, the fifth brother...... There is more than virtue, but not enough courage. ”

"Why do you say this?" asked Li Mastiff, the prince is indeed a kind-hearted person, with a noble character, and is quite favored by His Majesty. But He Nan and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have not been in contact, how can they make such a judgment?

"If Qi Dan is the crown prince, I am afraid that none of his brothers will live to adulthood. He Nan said, without a trace of emotional fluctuation in his voice.

This sentence is already full of extraneous sounds.

He Nan didn't give the master time to think, but then said: "Actually, Qi Dan has no intention of alienating you, but has the heart to woo you. For him, he is happy to have your help. ”

"I can't understand which side you are on. What you're saying now is that you're acting as a lobbyist for him, but you're talking about designing to kill his number one general......"

He Nan smiled flatteringly: "Of course I am the only one, Master, you are the first to look forward-"

"But no matter whether you advance or retreat, Jiang Wenbing must die in my mind - if you are not willing to form a party with Qi Dan, then you must get rid of Jiang Wenbing as soon as possible and kill the Jiang family. If you are willing to stand on his side, then Jiang Wenbing and the Jiang family will always be the highest mountain in front of you and in front of Shanhe Mansion, after all, Jiang Wenbing is his descendant - after getting rid of Jiang Wenbing, you can wipe out all the Qi Dan party, and you can replace the Jiang family as Qi Dan's biggest help. There's no reason why you shouldn't do it. He Nan analyzed matter-of-factly.

"That's why I say you're too impatient...... Killing Jiang Wenbing, not to mention that the difficulty will be much higher than you think, just how to deal with the aftermath -- have you ever thought about what kind of revenge the Jiang family will incur? He is the eldest son of a hussar general. If Jiang Wenbing is a fierce tiger that pierces mountains and forests, his father is the white tiger star in the sky——"

"But I don't think there's time to wait any longer! Qi Dan's actions will only come faster than he imagined, he is not trying to win the heir, he is going to-" He Nan suddenly closed his voice, and only made a lip gesture to Li Mastiff, what he said was two words.

He Nan didn't dare to make a sound at those two words, but Li Mastiff still had an epiphany in an instant.

He Nan has always wanted to say but has not said it for a long time, and what Li Mastiff has always wanted to ask but failed to ask, are these two words.

The two candles on the bookcase had long since burned out, and all that remained in the library was the faint moonlight that slanted through the cracks in the window. I don't know when both of them lit the tobacco, the two cigarette sticks were horizontal in the air, and the heavy smoke spit out by the two surrounded the entire study, like a fairyland, like an underworld. Li Mastiff remained silent, only a pair of eyes staring calmly at He Yan from the darkness. He Nan couldn't read any emotion in the master's eyes, as if he was looking at a dead man.

Or rather, the look is not at a dead man, but at a monster, a mess.

"What did he say to you personally?" asked Li Mastiff, the head of the Imperial History of the Imperial Dynasty, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and the head of the Shanhe Mansion.

He Nan nodded.

Thirteen years ago, Emperor Sheng traveled around the country to the city of Axeyang, an important town in the northern part of the country, where he was assassinated by an assassin attempt. Emperor Sheng Longyan was furious, and ordered the seven surrounding counties such as Axe Yang, Tie Han, and Shui Han to thoroughly investigate this person, but to no avail. More than 1,000 people in Shiayang County, county officials, and family members were all killed. He Nan's parents...... It is also among the people who are affected.

He Nan never thought of having a heart-to-heart with Qi Dan, but after he understood Qi Dan's hint to him, the two reached a consensus here.