Chapter 31:-for-tat
When Wang Guanlan entered Nanhua City again, Nanhua City was already in a tense atmosphere, and even the black beaver army that did not usually appear began to patrol the streets.
"Yo, it's really martial law in the whole city!" Wang Guanlan rode on his horse and entered the city leisurely, and several guards at the city gate who recognized him immediately stood up and saluted him.
The fourteenth prince of Ning Wangfu has now become the most legendary young hero in the three southwestern states, not only in the three southwestern states, but also in the Great Qi Dynasty, and he is also a first-class young powerhouse, I didn't see that his current ranking on the hidden abyss list has overshadowed Xia Dongyuan and become the first.
In this regard, the people in the three southwestern states, especially those who beg for a life in Ningwangfu, are honored for this, and they all began to salute respectfully when they saw Wang Guanlan appear, just like facing the four princes of Ningwangfu.
Wang Guanlan smiled and nodded at them, and rode past.
I haven't been to Nanhua City for a few months, and apart from being a little heavily guarded on the road, Nanhua City doesn't seem to have changed much.
As soon as he entered the city, there was a team of people from Ning Wang's Mansion who greeted him, directly welcomed Wang Guanlan into the palace, entered the palace, and went all the way, all of them met on the road bowed down and saluted, and the attitude of respectfulness made Wang Guanlan surprised, thinking of the period when he first crossed over, the people in this mansion saw him as if he saw the expression of the plague god, and then look at the present, it is really the world is cold, and the people are warm and cold!
"Old Fourteen, you are finally willing to come back!" Suddenly, a lazy voice rang in his ears from the crowd.
Wang Guanlan laughed suddenly, "Fourth brother, are you here too?!"
"Can I not be there? Since you made a name for yourself outside, the old man has always used you to teach our brothers a lesson, a small scold every three days, and a big scold every five days, and now you can be regarded as having a grudge with your brothers!"
"Fourth brother, you're sowing discord!" Wang Guanlan smiled slightly, "I heard that you have been out there and happy, how can you have time to come back today!"
"Look at it, look at it, my reputation is so bad, who said that I was merry and happy outside, that is, you will let my father know about it everywhere, and you called me back yesterday, scolded me fiercely, and scolded me again today, no, it's all your trouble, you have to treat you!" Speaking of treats, the fourth prince suddenly seemed to remember something, pointed at Wang Guanlan and shouted, " yes, I almost forgot, you kid seems to have been knighted, damn it, it's been a few months, and you've only come back, maybe you're afraid that we'll make you poor!?"
"Come on, fourth brother, if you want to drink, just say it, after I met my father, I came out to accompany you, what do you think?!"
"Forget it, just when I didn't say it, if I let my father know, it would be a good scolding!" Hearing Wang Guanlan's words, the fourth prince suddenly showed a wry smile, "By the way, don't mention me when you see your father, otherwise, I won't be finished with you!"
"I know, I know!" Wang Guanlan waved his hand, smiling secretly in his heart, this guy just pretended to be pitiful in front of him, the things in this mansion, unless King Ning didn't want to know, otherwise, how could he hide it from him?!"
After a few words of greeting with the fourth son, Wang Guanlan went straight into the palace, followed the housekeeper who ushered in, and entered Wang Bicheng's study.
As soon as he entered the study, Wang Guanlan's brows furrowed slightly, because there was a person he didn't expect was also in Wang Bicheng's study, this person was his fiancée, Jinglinghu's generation of the world, Qingling.
"Why are you here?!"
Rao is Qingling's mood recovered a little, and he was still pressed there by Wang Guanlan's words, and a trace of anger appeared on his face, "I have something to discuss with the prince, so naturally I came, what's wrong?!"
"Ridiculous!" Wang Guanlan sneered, "Look at your appearance, look at your attitude, who do you think you are? You are no longer the world of Jingling Lake, you are just an ordinary disciple of Jingling Lake, and you are the unmarried daughter-in-law of Ning Wangfu, you look like you swaggering around all day long, what you know is that you have something, and what you don't know is that I have no tutor in Ning Wangfu!"
"You ......!" Qing Ling raised his eyebrows and wanted to refute, but at this time, King Ning Wang Bicheng waved his hand, "Enough, Guanlan, don't talk about those useless things, Qing Ling does have important things to discuss with us!"
"A woman, what can do to alarm her father!" Wang Guanlan glanced at Qing Ling lightly, and said with a nonchalant expression.
"It's indeed a very important thing, about the Seven Hearts Earth Fire Lotus!"
"Seven Heart Earth Fire Lotus?!" Wang Guanlan's heart jumped, but a shocked look flashed on his face, "It's the kind of seven-heart Earth Fire Lotus that can directly advance to the Divine Power Secret Realm after eating it?"
"Yes, that's it!"
"Where is it!" Wang Guanlan screamed, his eyes showed an extremely obvious look of excitement, and suddenly he turned his head and looked at Qing Ling, "Do you know where it is?!"
"It's in the depths of that Earth's Heart Fire Vein, but it's been taken away now!"
"What?!" Wang Guanlan's figure flashed, and he rushed to Qing Ling's side, "Being picked up, by whom, who has such courage?!"
"I don't know, that's what I'm here for!" Qingling looked at Wang Guanlan, who had rushed in front of her, and subconsciously wanted to take a step back, but thinking of Wang Guanlan's attitude just now, she raised her head again, and the tip of her nose seemed to be about to touch the tip of Wang Guanlan's nose, "Do you have any opinions?"
"I don't understand!" Qing Ling's aggressive attitude made Wang Guanlan very unhappy, "This is the three states in the southwest, and it is the territory of Ning Wangfu, these heavenly treasures naturally belong to Ning Wangfu, what does it have to do with you?!"
"...... you?!"
Qing Ling was choked by Wang Guanlan's almost scoundrel words, but Wang Bicheng's eyes flashed with a hint of appreciation, "Now is not the time to say this, listen to Qing Ling, Qing Ling, ignore this kid, continue to speak!"
Qing Ling took a deep breath and took a step back slightly, "This Seven Heart Earth Fire Lotus was discovered by our Jingling Lake a long time ago, but it has not matured, so we have been waiting, originally according to our calculations of Jingling Lake, it will be at least a few years before it can mature, but we didn't expect that it suddenly matured three months ago, which caught us off guard!"
"In other words, you miscalculated!" Wang Guanlan flashed a sneering smile on his face, this Jingling Lake is known as the holy land of martial arts, to put it bluntly, it is a martial arts world's master-level beast, if you say it, it is the words of the brick family, that is the authority, now, if this matter spreads, it is impossible to say that this Jingling Lake will become the laughing stock of martial arts, and the treasure that has been looking at it for decades has been picked up by others, and the most important thing is that Jingling Lake has suffered such a big loss, and I don't know who made them suffer a loss, which is really detrimental to the prestige of Jingling Lake.
"It's not that we miscalculated, but the other party should have mastered a means that can make this kind of genius earth treasure mature quickly!" Qing Ling's face was slightly cold, but there was an extremely strange color in his eyes, "We Jingling Lake have also tried in this regard, but all of them have failed without exception!"
Wang Guanlan's heart tightened, and he suddenly understood, just for a seven-hearted earth fire lotus that had been taken away by someone and was likely to have fallen into someone else's womb, it was impossible to really alarm Wang Bicheng, and what really moved him could only be the means that Qingling said, that is, the kind of phoenix marrow that Wang Guanlan made to make the seven-hearted earth fire lotus mature in advance, this is the most important thing.
"Do you think I will believe that there will be such a means against the sky in this world?!" Wang Guanlan sneered, "A miscalculation is a miscalculation, don't create such a ridiculous reason in order to cover up your mistakes, the means that can make the treasure of heaven and earth mature in advance, if this means really exists, do you think you can hide it?!"
"You ......!" Qing Ling was speechless for a while, and Wang Bicheng's expression changed, and there was a little more hesitation in his gaze at Qing Ling, what Wang Guanlan said also made sense, this kind of anti-heaven means, if it really existed, how could he not know, and he wanted Qing Ling, a girl, to come over and tell him? As one of the four kings with different surnames in the Great Qi Dynasty, how could he not have heard of it? And it happened that Jingling Lake ran over and took the initiative to inform him after planting such a big heel, could it be that Jingling Lake wanted to use this illusory reason as bait to lure him into the game, and work hard for Jingling Lake to find the guy who stole the Seven Heart Land Fire Lotus, while Jingling Lake sat on the side to collect the fisherman's profits?
Thinking of this, his gaze at Qing Ling was already a little unkind.
"It's not good...... Qing Ling is such a smart person, he immediately felt the chill in this eye, "Lord Wang, what Qing Ling said, every sentence is true, if there is a sentence that is not true, I am willing to suffer any punishment!"
"Punish a fart, you were originally the daughter-in-law of Ning Wangfu, even if you lied to your father, with your father's kindness, even if it is for my sake, I will not punish you!"
"So what the hell are you going to do?!"
"It's not about what I'm going to do, it's about how you're going to be, it's very simple to get help from Ning Wangfu, you just need to prove that everything you say is true, but the question is, did you prove it? Ning Wangfu was ordered by the imperial court to suppress the southwest, everything is trivial and abnormal, it is impossible to bow down to everything, and it is impossible to search for you alone, or you a Jingling Lake, and wantonly search in the three southwestern states, the most important thing is that the guy who has the ability to take things away under your nose is definitely not a person, why does Ning Wangfu lose so many manpower and material resources for you?!" Wang Guanlan smiled coldly, and there was a sinister smile in his smile.
"This matter is very important, I will never say anything, I don't want Ning Wangfu to lose manpower and material resources for me or Jingling Lake, we just want to cooperate with Ning Wangfu?!"
"How can this be reasonable!!" Wang Guanlan slapped the small table beside him to smash, revealing a furious look.
(To be continued)