Ye Feng was taken aback when he heard this: "What is he doing with so many troops?"

Ma Jing said with a solemn expression: "Our little marquis has just inherited the Marquis of Xiping, and before he married the emperor's most beloved Princess Ancheng, he is the emperor's fast son-in-law, young and vigorous, this time he dared to mobilize 20,000 troops to Lanzhou without the emperor's decree, I am afraid that he came to deal with His Royal Highness King Su." m.”

Ye Feng was a little puzzled: "His Royal Highness King Su is the brother of the current emperor, how dare Song Xiaohou do this?

Ma Jing sighed and said, "Ye Gongzi doesn't know about this. Since the death of Song Sheng, the old marquis of Xiping, there have been vague rumors in the army that the death of the old marquis was not a simple illness, but was designed to be killed by His Royal Highness King Su in order to dominate the northwest border. ”

Ye Feng was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Is this really the case?"

Ma Jing shook his head and sighed: "I don't know who is chasing after the wind and talking nonsense! Who are these two people, Song Sheng is the emperor's most valued general, and His Royal Highness King Su is the emperor's brother." The two of them have been in the northwest frontier for a long time, and they have always been peaceful, and the river water does not interfere with the well water. Although there is no deep friendship, it will never be incompatible. They've had this close relationship for years, precisely because they're both smart people. ”

He saw that Ye Feng didn't understand, so he continued: "Song Sheng is the commander of the border pass, with heavy troops in his hands, and he has been in the army for many years, and his reputation is extremely high. His Royal Highness King Su is the prince of the powerful side, sitting in Lanzhou for many years, when Emperor Jianwen Qin gave him the first class of the Son of Heaven, and his grace was extremely strong. Now that Jianwen is dead, and the emperor is now in charge of the country, who knows if this emperor's brother has any other thoughts in his heart?"

If the relationship between these two is too good and too close, the emperor will definitely be worried that they will collude, the military and the government will collude with each other, and the mountains will be high and the emperor will be far away, so that the imperial court will not be able to control the northwest. ”

"And if their relationship is too bad and incompatible, it will inevitably affect the defense of the northwest frontier and lead to unstable border passes, lest foreigners will take advantage of the opportunity to enter. At the same time, the presence of either of them will affect the stability of the situation in the northwest. Therefore, in the emperor's mind, the relationship between these two people can only be neither good nor evil, neither far nor close, can they truly achieve the purpose of mutual containment and mutual checks and balances, and the emperor can truly rest assured about the northwest. ”

Ye Feng finally understood, and nodded: "So the two of them are actually indispensable." ”

Ma Jing sighed: "Yes, so His Royal Highness King Su actually doesn't want anything to happen to the old Marquis of Song Sheng, and over the years, there has actually been a tacit understanding between them." The two of them are safe, maintaining the status quo is the best situation for him, how could he plan to kill the old marquis?"

"As soon as the old marquis dies, the court will not sit idly by, and whether the new person who will take over the old marquis in charge of the army can maintain the original balance is still unknown, once there is major friction between them, this is actually a great disadvantage for His Royal Highness King Su's current status. So I don't believe that the death of the old marquis has anything to do with His Royal Highness King Su!"

What he said was categorical, and Ye Feng also believed his words, but he shook his head and asked, "But does this little marquis Song Hu believe this rumor?"

Ma Jing's face became heavy: "I don't know about this." Don't hide it from Ye Gongzi, in fact, the reason why the emperor sent it this time

I led the Black Armor Guard to Lanzhou to serve as a prisoner, ostensibly to monitor His Royal Highness King Su in case he had a disobedient heart. In fact, it was to mediate in the middle, stabilize the situation in the northwest, and avoid major friction between him and the newcomer Song Xiaohou, causing instability at the border and turmoil in people's hearts. ”

He sighed and said: "It's a pity that I didn't expect that this time I was inexplicably poisoned, which caused Song Xiaohou Ye to privately mobilize the army to raise the teacher to ask for the guilt, I'm afraid it will lead to even greater chaos in the future." I am really ashamed of the emperor's trust, ashamed and shameless!"

Ye Feng looked at Ma Jing and thought to himself, I'm afraid that the little marquis of Song Hu mobilized so many soldiers and horses to come to Lanzhou, so he won't just get justice for your Ma Jian army and let out a bad breath!

Thinking of this, his heart suddenly moved, and he blurted out: "Most of the guards under His Royal Highness King Su are in the suburbs of Lanzhou, and there are less than 3,000 people left around him, if Song Xiaohou just wants to deal with him, does he need to mobilize 20,000 iron horsemen so many people? What does he want to do?"

Ma Jing raised his eyes to look at Ye Feng, there was a hint of approval in his eyes, it seemed that he had already thought of this problem.

He said a little heavily: "What Ye Gongzi is extremely worried about, this is also what I am most worried about, the target of the 20,000 iron cavalry of the little marquis is probably not only the 3,000 guards around His Royal Highness King Su, but also the 10,000 black armor guards led by me! Even if I want to stop him, these 10,000 black armor guards are all foot soldiers, and I am afraid they will definitely not be the opponent of these 20,000 iron cavalry." ”

Ye Feng's face couldn't help but change color and said, "Does he dare to come to Lanzhou City?"

Ma Jing nodded and sighed: "Even if he really wants to come to Hu, I'm afraid that the day his army arrives in Lanzhou City, no one will have the strength to stop him from doing anything." At that time, I am afraid that the war will ignite in Lanzhou City, and the lives will be destroyed, and the people will be wiped out. ”

Ye Feng thought of that scene, he was surprised and anxious in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Is there no other way to stop him?"

Ma Jing looked directly at Ye Feng with his eyes, and his eyes were full of deep expectations: "It will take three or two days for Song Hu's little marquis' army to arrive in Lanzhou City, for today's plan, only before the arrival of his army, Ye Gongzi can solve the poisoning case as soon as possible, capture the real murderer, and restore the innocence of His Royal Highness the king, so as to make the little marquis master unknown and be able to withdraw from the army automatically." ”

Looking at the look of expectation in Ma Jing's eyes, Ye Feng felt a deep pressure in his heart for the first time.

In the case of poisoning, Imperial Physician Jian was originally the only clue, but unfortunately, the whole family was slaughtered overnight, and the only clue was also broken.

At this time, the Qinglong Dart Bureau had another murder case after another, and the clue had not yet been found, and Ye Feng had a faint feeling that if the real murderer was not caught for a day, the murder of the Qinglong Dart Bureau would continue.

His senses have always been accurate.

And at this time, it happened that Song Hu's little marquis came with an army of 20,000 to kill Benlanzhou. Seeing that the city of Lanzhou is about to ignite the flames of war, the people are facing the danger of losing their lives.

Now there are only two or three days, and in the face of these mysterious cases that have no clues at the moment, Ye Feng really has no confidence in his heart.

It is often said that "human life is as big as the sky", and now it is the lives of the people in Lanzhou City, all of which are pressed on Ye Feng's shoulders, and his still somewhat immature shoulders really feel this pressure, and they have been pressed into his heart from his shoulders.

But now that he was facing Ma Jing's eager and expectant gaze, he couldn't say a word "no", he could only nod and say:

"Master Ma, please rest assured, I will do my best to solve this case within two or three days!"

Ma Jing's expression relaxed significantly after listening to his words, and he seemed to have a lot of confidence in Ye Feng.

In the past two years, Ye Feng has been very famous, and there are many legends about him, especially not long ago, he solved a series of strange cases of murder by ghosts in the capital, prevented the conspiracy to launch a mutiny, and was even favored by the emperor.

If there are still people in Lanzhou City at this time who can solve the poisoning case and find the real culprit in just two or three days, it can only be Ye Feng. Ma Jing actually had no other choice at the moment, he could only trust Ye Feng.

He said to Ye Feng gratefully: "In this way, please leave it to Ye Gongzi, His Royal Highness King Su and I, as well as all the people in this Lanzhou City, will be grateful for Ye Gongzi's great kindness." ”

He was right, his gratitude was not because of him personally, but on behalf of all of them, but the gratitude of all of them made Ye Feng feel an invisible huge pressure, which made him almost panic for a while.

Trying to settle down, Ye Feng asked, "I don't know who else knows about this news?"

Ma Jing shook his head very resolutely and said, "This is a message sent by Song Hu's little marquis to send people close to him to quietly bring me a message, hoping that I can help him at that time." I just arrived in the morning, and I have returned at this moment after the message. I believe that I am the only one in Lanzhou City who knows this news at this moment, and even His Royal Highness King Su should not know. ”

Ye Feng nodded and said: "This matter must not be leaked, once it spreads and causes panic among the people, I am afraid that it will cause a riot." ”

Ma Jing also nodded again and again: "This is natural, please rest assured Ye Gongzi." ”

Ye Feng breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while and said to Ma Jing: "Master Ma, please remember all the things that happened on the day of your poisoning, no matter how big or small, the more detailed the better." ”

Ma Jing nodded, leaned his neck and tried to remember, while saying slowly: "Actually, there was nothing special that day, I didn't even step out of the mansion, I remember that morning ......"

They continued to talk in a low voice in the carriage, while the guard who had blocked the way drove slowly around the streets of Lanzhou City, an inconspicuous ordinary carriage that had not attracted anyone's attention along the way.

About another hour passed, and the carriage almost circled around Lanzhou City, and then slowly came to the door of the Qinglong Dart Bureau and stopped.

He had been in the dark carriage for too long, and when he came out of the carriage, at first glance, when he saw the hot afternoon sun outside, Ye Feng couldn't help but squint his eyes.

As soon as he got out of the car, the carriage drove away quickly, and as soon as he turned around, Ye Feng saw that under the hot sun, Tang Yu and Cheng Nian were really anxiously waiting for him.

Seeing him arrive safely, their expressions relaxed.

Tang Yu just smiled and didn't make a sound, Cheng Nianzhen came up with concern and asked long and short questions, Ye Feng answered a few words perfunctorily, and did not tell them the truth.

It's not that he deliberately wants to hide it from them, it's just that Ye Feng doesn't want them to worry, especially Cheng Nianzhen. No matter how heavy the pressure was on his shoulders, he had to carry it alone, and he had to make a pretending relaxed expression and smiled at Cheng Nianzhen.

Looking back at the magnificent gate of the Qinglong Dart Bureau, Ye Feng kept thinking of what Ma Jing said just now: We don't have time!