Chapter 129 The Mysterious Guest
Zuo Jingtian couldn't believe his ears, didn't Qinglianghou already die in the Lifeless Sea? How could he come back in good shape? If it wasn't for the fact that it was daylight, he really suspected that it was haunted. Isn't it said that the Hunting Conference of the Immortal Sea is dangerous and cruel, and that there are nine deaths and one life? Why did Qingliang City send a total of three people, but not even one of them died, and all of them came back alive? Could it be that now that the hunting meeting has been restructured? It has really become a hunting meeting, and everyone gathers together to hunt, drink, and sing songs and then comes back?
I was suspicious, and I didn't know how to deal with it, so I hurriedly sent a few people to investigate, and after confirming that it was correct, I repaired a book and sent it to Daojun.
Jiang Xiaobai returned to the Qingliang Hou Mansion with Fengyan, looked at the familiar gate, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and finally came back again. As soon as Feng Yan entered the gate, he shouted, "Dad, I'm back...... Daddy, come and greet me, I'm back......"
After a while, I saw the old butler running out in a panic.
Feng Yan was overjoyed, thinking that his father hadn't seen him for almost two years, and he must have been overjoyed when he saw him, but he didn't expect the old housekeeper to come up to him, and without saying a word, he stretched out his hand and slapped him.
Feng Yan was stunned for a moment, covered his face and said, "Dad, why are you beating me? Don't you want me?"
The old housekeeper said angrily: "You rabbit cub, do you still have your father in your heart? I don't know if I come back to see me after walking for so long." β
Feng Yan looked aggrieved and said: "Dad, you don't know that I almost died outside, if it weren't for my cleverness, I wouldn't have been able to come back, and you would never see me again.
The old butler was slightly stunned, then stretched out his hand and rubbed his face, and said softly: "Maybe my father is wrong to blame you, what happened to you?" No wonder I sent people to the City Lord's Mansion and the Palace outside the city to inquire in the past two days, but I always couldn't find out your whereabouts, so you really weren't in Qingliang City?"
Feng Yan said: "If we are in Qingliang City, can we not come back to see you? We have been outside for almost two years, and we just entered Qingliang City today, and we didn't even go to the City Lord's Mansion, so we came back to see you directly, and you still don't appreciate it, and you still beat me?"
The old housekeeper looked distressed and said, "It's your father who blames you, don't blame your father, your father also thinks about you." β
Feng Yan said: "That's it?"
The old butler raised his eyebrows and said, "Then what do you want?
Feng Yan said: "If it were someone else, I would definitely return it, but since you are my father, this matter will be settled." β
The old butler glared at him, and said, "Excuse me!" He turned his head and said, "Young master, I have been in a hurry to find you for the past two days, but I can't find you no matter how I look for you, and it is really good that you are back now." β
Jiang Xiaobai was stunned: "What are you looking for me?"
The old housekeeper looked around, and then leaned in and whispered, "There are two mysterious guests in the house, who seem to be quite big, and they say that they want to see you!"
Jiang Xiaobai was stunned again, and said, "Mysterious guests, do you know who they are?"
The old housekeeper said: "I don't know what the specific identity is! They only said that they wanted to see you, and they also said that this matter was very important, saying that Princess Kexia asked them to come, they said that you know Princess Kexia, and you will know it after telling you, and they also said that once this matter leaks out, there will be thousands of people on the ground, and even the young master's life can't be saved, and I don't know whether it's true or not, so I've been careful for the past two days, but I can't be the master, it's good that the young master is back now." If you don't know each other, it means that these two people are liars, and we will report to the police to arrest them. β
Jiang Xiaobai's heart moved, and he said, "Where are they?"
The old housekeeper said, "I'll arrange a room for them to live in!"
Jiang Xiaobai said: "Let's go, go and see!"
The old butler led the way in front, turned left and right, entered a remote courtyard, walked to the door of one of the guest rooms, and knocked on the door.
The person inside seemed cautious and did not open the door, but asked, "Who is it?"
The old housekeeper said, "It's me!" My young master is back, don't you want to see him?"
The door opened a small crack, and after the people inside snooped, the door was opened, and Jiang Xiaobai saw the appearance of the two people in the house. He was no longer young, with gray hair, but his flesh was delicate and he had no beard. The other is still a teenager, sixteen or seventeen years old, with a face like a crown of jade, eyes like stars, and an extraordinary spirit, at first glance he is a person who has lived in the world for a long time, no wonder even the old housekeeper is not sure that they are liars, because the old housekeeper thinks that liars are obscene.
Jiang Xiaobai led Feng Yan and the old housekeeper to the house, and said at the same time: "The two of you don't seem to be able to see the sun?"
The old man closed the door gently, as if he were afraid to be seen.
The young man hugged his fists at Jiang Xiaobai and said, "Dare to ask Your Excellency is Qinglianghou?"
Jiang Xiaobai picked up the Sulan sword in his hand and said, "Do you know this sword?"
The young man's eyes lit up and he said, "Su Lan Sword!
Jiang Xiaobai said: "I don't know what the two of you are looking for Ben Hou for?"
The young man looked at Feng Yan and the old housekeeper and said, "Can Qinglianghou take a step to speak?"
Jiang Xiaobai said: "The two of them are my absolute confidants, it doesn't matter if you have anything to say, they hear it and it is the same as what I heard." β
The young man was obviously a little hesitant, but he still gritted his teeth, hugged his fists and said, "Please Qinglianghou save me!"
Jiang Xiaobai was stunned: "Who are you, why did Ben Hou save you?"
The young man said: "I am Jiang Lifu, the seventy-third prince of the former emperor. β
Jiang Xiaobai exclaimed: "You are the prince?"
Jiang Lifu nodded and said, "That's right, Princess Kexia and I are siblings!"
Jiang Xiaobai hurriedly saluted and said: "Xiaobai doesn't know that His Highness is in charge, and if he is neglected, please forgive His Highness!"
Feng Yan and the old housekeeper were also taken aback, especially the old housekeeper, where had he ever seen such a big person?
Jiang Lifu hurriedly supported Jiang Xiaobai and said, "Qinglianghou doesn't need to be polite. β
Jiang Xiaobai said: "His Royal Highness said the emperor just now, is it possible that the emperor is already the emperor?"
Jiang Lifu looked sad and nodded: "That's right, my father died a month ago. β
Jiang Xiaobai was quite shocked, the last time he heard Ke Xia say that the emperor was seriously ill, he didn't expect to say that it would be gone. He said: "Your Highness's festival condolences by the way!" paused, and said: "The first emperor died, His Royal Highness should be filial piety in the palace, I don't know why it appeared in Qingliang City?"
Jiang Lifu said: "My seventh brother usurped the throne. β
Jiang Xiaobai exclaimed: "Usurpation, whose throne is usurping?"
Jiang Lifu said: "Usurcharge my throne!"
Jiang Xiaobai said: "Why do I get more confused the more I listen!"
Jiang Lifu said: "Qinglianghou may not know, although my father has dozens of princes, but the only ones who can reveal the seal are the seventh brother Jiang Licun and me. Because my seventh brother has been revealing the seal more than 300 years ago, so for so many years, I have been favored by my father alone, and I have cultivated him as a prince and let him hold heavy troops. It wasn't until later that I came to this world, I didn't disappoint my father, I opened the void at the age of nine, and my father especially doted on my mother, and also doted on my sister Lovely Princess, so I loved the house and Wu, and also doted on me.
So my father left an edict before his death, and passed the throne to me, but the news leaked, and the seventh brother was unwilling, so he led the troops to launch a coup d'Γ©tat, and washed the palace in blood. Fortunately, Father-in-law Bian has a wide range of contacts in the palace, and he was accommodating everywhere when he was shocked, so he protected me from the encirclement, otherwise I would have died under the chaos by now!"
Jiang Xiaobai exclaimed: "What happened to Princess Kexia?"
Jiang Lifu said: "My sister is from Zihua Palace, presumably my seventh brother doesn't dare to do anything to her." Pity my mother, I don't know what is going on now?" Tears flowed down her cheeks as she spoke.
Jiang Xiaobai was extremely shocked, he didn't expect that the outside looked calm, such a big change had happened in the palace, calculating the time, it happened to be the end of the hunting conference, no wonder Han Yiba hadn't left at that time, it turned out that he hadn't gotten the news yet. Then he said: "Since the matter has happened, Your Highness doesn't have to be too sad, the princess has a great life, and she will definitely be fine." β
Jiang Lifu nodded tearfully.
Jiang Xiaobai said: "It's just that I don't understand, why did His Highness think of coming to me?"
Jiang Lifu said: "My sister asked me to come, the situation was urgent, she told me, as long as you get out of the palace alive, you must go to Qinglianghou, this person is righteous and chivalrous, and he will not fail you." β
Jiang Xiaobai sighed: "The princess praised it falsely. β
Jiang Lifu said: "And now that Brother Qi is definitely looking for me everywhere in the country, he definitely didn't think that I would hide in the Qingliang Hou Mansion." β
Jiang Xiaobai said: "Then is His Highness going to hide here for the rest of his life?"
Jiang Lifu's eyes became resolute, and said: "Then how can I be willing? It's not that I'm greedy for the throne, it's just that my seventh brother has annihilated humanity, and he has disregarded the brotherhood of father and son, washed the palace in blood, and made his father angry to death. If my mother has three longs and two shorts, even if it is a brother, I will want him to pay for it with blood. β
Jiang Xiaobai said: "How many soldiers and horses does His Highness have?"
Jiang Lifu said: "I am still young, and I have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and I have no henchmen, let alone soldiers and horses!"
Jiang Xiaobai frowned and said, "Then it will be difficult for His Highness to regain the throne." β
Jiang Lifu said: "So I want to ask Qingliang Hou to help me!"
Jiang Xiaobai smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness really thinks highly of me, I'm just an outdated Hou Ye, I am in a safe corner, and my subordinates don't even have a pawn or a horse, how can I help you?"
Jiang Lifu said: "My sister said that you must be able to." β
Jiang Xiaobai's innocent and expectant eyes floated in his mind, and his heart moved, and he said, "Can the emperor's edict be on His Highness?"
Jiang Lifu nodded and said: "Yes, that day, the father and emperor asked Gonggong Bian to prepare a testament and prepare to announce it to the world the next day, but the seventh brother mutinied that night, so the edict is still on us." β
Jiang Xiaobai said: "Xiaobai is bold, I want to see the edict!" After all, when it comes to now, I will listen to the other party's empty mouth and white tongue, one-sided words, if there is no edict, the name is not right, everything is empty talk.
Jiang Lifu hesitated slightly, then took out a scroll from the storage ring, handed it to him, and said, "Qingliang Hou, please take a look!"