Chapter Ninety-Six: Snow in the Clear Sky (Part II)
Ji Chengche is not in the palace, he and Lin Zongtang are doing another thing.
There is a very famous Wenxiang teahouse on Liuyin Street in the east of Tiandu City, which belongs to a real century-old brand.
At noon, the business of the tea house is in full swing, and there are even customers queuing up in the lobby.
Compared with the hustle and bustle downstairs, the private rooms on the second floor are unusually quiet and quiet, and of course, the price is also unique and unique.
In a quaint private room, a guest sits alone drinking tea and relaxing.
His face was hard and cold, like a zombie that had just crawled out of a mass grave, wearing a black robe, and a guqin was placed horizontally on the long table in front of him.
The waitress in the private room is a demon girl, named Ye Yao, skillfully taking care of the fire, flushing water and asking for tea, accompanied by the heat, the fragrance of tea in the room is overflowing.
The tea used to drink tea here is not ordinary river water, but is taken from a thousand-year-old well under the Tiandu Peak, known as the "Fountain of Youth", which is said to have the effect of maintaining health and rejuvenating the face. Naturally, the price is not affordable for the average person.
The zombie guest had been sitting there since the morning, neither talking nor stroking, and not looking like he was waiting for someone.
He just left the window open and occasionally glanced out into the street.
Diagonally opposite Liuyin Street, there is a Shen Ji Liang Soup, which has been open for many years and has a very good reputation in Tiandu City.
The strange thing is that it has never been opened for business today, the door of the restaurant is closed, and some customers pass by and look in curiously, but there is no movement.
The black-robed man held the tea cup in his hand for a long time, looked at the Shen Ji Liang soup across the street with a distracted look, and suddenly smiled and said: "Less than half a cup of tea will be wiped out, Lin Zongtang is really immortal." β
Ye Yao secretly glanced at the black-robed man, not understanding what he was talking about.
The black-robed man suddenly turned around, took out a piece of silver from his cuff and put it on several cases, and ordered, "Settle the bill." β
"Ah, yes!" Ye Yao's heart jumped by the cold gaze of the black-robed man, and he hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Congratulations to Mr."
The black-robed man leaned the guqin behind him, and suddenly seemed to notice something, his body was as tense as a bowstring, and his eyes burst out with a terrifying essence.
The door to the private room was gently pulled open by a hand owned by a purple-haired boy.
After seeing the appearance of the purple-haired young man clearly, the tense body of the black-robed man slowly relaxed, and the essence in his eyes was extinguished like a candle, and he whispered to Ye Yao: "You go out!"
Ye Yao trembled and put away the tea money and exited the private room, the purple-haired young man turned sideways to let Ye Yao go, walked into the house and closed the door with his backhand.
The black-robed man knelt on the purple bamboo couch, leaned over and saluted the purple-haired young man, "Han Yeqin, meet Your Highness!"
This purple-haired young man was Ji Chengche, he sat down silently opposite Han Yeqin, poured himself a cup of tea, and sipped slowly before saying, "Han Yeqin, this should not be your real name." But no matter what your name is, now you see what you want. Lin Zongtang dispatched cacti to launch a surprise attack on three strongholds at the same time, killing 17 Legalist disciples and capturing 4 alive, none of which escaped the net. β
"This is very good, Your Highness will definitely be more handy in the future in Tiandu City. What I did was nothing more than a trivial thing. β
Han Yeqin slowly raised her body, looked at Ji Chengche and said, "You are in such a hurry to find me, I think there must be something important." Your Highness is not here just to report the results of the battle, drink tea and chat, right?"
Ji Cheng said: "I want to see the highest person in charge of Nighthawk in Tiandu City. β
Han Yeqin smiled and said, "Now you have seen it, Your Highness." β
Ji Chengche said coldly: "Do you think I am not qualified to meet with Han Wuyi?"
Han Yeqin's eyes inadvertently showed a hint of surprise, and said, "Han Yeqin doesn't dare." It's just very unfortunate that the sect master left Jingshi last night and had another place to go. If His Highness wants to see him, he will have to wait a few days. However, if you have anything to say, I will definitely bring it to you. β
"Two things. Ji Chengche put down the teacup and said slowly: "If you want to eradicate the sorrow, I don't care." But if you want to take chestnuts in the fire of Tiandu City, borrow a knife to kill people or even create civil strife, I won't agree!"
Han Yeqin smiled and said, "Your Highness, half of your body is filled with the blood of our demons. β
Ji Chengche didn't answer, his eyes only stared at him without blinking.
Han Yeqin smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, I really can't make decisions about this matter, but I will convey His Highness's intentions to the sect master as soon as possible and ask him to decide." β
"You haven't understood. My words, not meant, are warnings. β
Han Yeqin's face changed slightly, and she lowered her eyes to look at the green and faint herbal tea in the tea cup and was silent for a moment.
"If you say that, the emperor will be disappointed. β
"I don't want chaos in the world, and I believe that's not what the emperor wants. β
"Okay, I will report His Highness's warning to the Sect Master. β
This time, Han Yeqin deliberately bit the word "warning" very hard, with a trace of anger and a trace of helplessness.
Ji Chengche smiled and said, "If you want to kill Yan Kui, I will personally go all out to help." Whether it's from the front or from the back, I don't mind the direction of the knife. β
Han Yeqin's face softened slightly, and asked, "What is the second thing, please give advice to Your Highness." β
"Don't point fingers at Wang Rou anymore. β
Han Yeqin was stunned, and only heard Ji Cheng say word by word: "She is my person." β
Han Yeqin said: "The flower on the other side obeys the instructions of the nighthawk, which is the emperor's arrangement. β
"Then tell my grandmother that from today onwards she will listen to me alone. β
Han Yeqin stared at Ji Chengqing, and said slowly: "Your Highness, each of us did not hesitate to shed the last drop of blood for Great Qin, not just for personal glory and wealth. You can be dismissive, but please don't get in the way. Especially with your identity, it will chill the hearts of many brothers. β
"Sacrificing oneself for one's dreams can be called great, and I admire such a person with lofty ideals. But I don't like to be strong, and I don't like to force others to sacrifice. You don't have to look at me like a traitor like this, just treat me as the scum of Great Qin. In short, Wang Rou is absolutely not allowed to be harassed in the future. Unless, is there someone who is drunk and wants to use her to coax me?!"
Han Yeqin took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, your subordinates don't have this intention. It's just that the emperor has an order first, and his subordinates dare not obey his orders? β
Ji Chengche shook his head and said, "You are wrong again." I'm not here to ask you, but to tell you. From this moment on, Wang Rou is free from Nighthawk, and there is no need to obey any of you's orders from now on. If it weren't for Grandma, you would be with those people in Shen Jiliang's soup now, and there would be no difference. β
"Your Highness!" Han Yeqin stood up and suppressed her anger, "Your words are cold. β
"Spring in Tiandu City is indeed a bit cold. Ji Chengche got up and said, "Be careful, don't freeze." β
He drank the fragrant tea and walked slowly to the door, adding, "Your human skin mask is good, but your expression is too stiff when you are angry. Such a special face...... For your own good, let's change it. β
The door opened, Ji Chengqing walked out, calmly strolled down the stairs and left.
On the second floor of a pharmacy on the left side of Wenxiang Building, there was a gap in the window.
A middle-aged man in gray stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, overlooking the street below.
His gaze slowly chased Ji Cheng's figure riding away, his face gloomy as water.
The shopkeeper of the pharmacy was a white-haired old man, standing behind the man in gray with his hands tied, and reported cautiously: "'Grizzly Bear' has just delivered information, we have a total of three hidden piles in Tiandu City, seventeen people killed in the battle and four captured, including Ma Chongyang Uncle Ma. β
There was no joy or anger on the face of the man in gray, his gaze slowly turned from the end of Liuyin Street, and said: "Don't lose a big one because of a small one, keep Ji Chengqing, he is still useful." β
"Yes. The white-haired old man responded respectfully and continued: "An hour ago, Du Yuan Zhenren of the Heavenly Dao Sect intercepted and killed Lin Yin on Xuanwu Street, but he was killed by his opponent with a sword. β
"Du Yuan intercepted and killed Lin Yin?" the man in gray frowned, and snorted coldly: "It's that old woman doing ghosts again!"
The white-haired old man wanted to speak and stopped: "Sect Master, Yan Zizhi has spared no effort to provoke the Heavenly Dao Sect, and I am worried that the situation may get out of control. Besides, Han Wuwu has already arrived in Tiandu City, and the first target of his trip should be you. β
The man in gray said coldly: "In this case, simply add another fire to Tiandu City." β
The white-haired old man looked at the man in gray in astonishment and said, "Are you planning to ......?"
The man in gray was noncommittal and said, "It's actually a very simple thing to make a woman go crazy completely, isn't it?"
The white-haired old man owed his debts, he knew that the sect master was not asking for his opinion, and he didn't need any response.
So he continued: "Just now, when our people were dueling with Du Yuan Zhenren, they accidentally discovered the woman who assassinated Yan Jinshi. Our people followed her all the way and found that she had actually entered Shanglin Yuan, and it seemed that she was Ji Chengqing's personal maid. β
"Ji Cheng's maidservant?" the man in gray looked back in a daze, "Are you sure?"
"This woman is known as the first beauty of the Northern Wilderness, she was originally the daughter of the leader of the Hoshino tribe, and after the tribe was destroyed, she was rewarded to Ji Chengche as a slave. Ji Chengche took her in the room, pleaded for her before leaving the Northern Wilderness and returning to Beijing to regain her freedom, and later became his maidservant and followed her all the way to Tiandu City. β
"It's funny, why did Ji Chengqing's maidservant assassinate Yan Jinshi, shouldn't he be caught alive?"
The man in gray pondered for a moment and commanded, "I want to live." β
"Yes. The white-haired old man said solemnly: "That woman's cultivation is not weak, I need to mobilize manpower." β
"You can transfer the manpower in Beijing as you like, and you don't have to ask for my opinion. β
The man in gray said: "Also, send someone to Wenxianglou to find out who Ji Cheng saw." β
The white-haired old man responded, and his eyebrows suddenly held the broken blade hidden in his big sleeve.
"Aggressive, aggressive......" There was a rhythmic knock on the closed door.
The white-haired old man let go of the broken blade and turned back and said, "Come in!"
As soon as the door opened, only the white-haired old man was left in the room sitting at the table of the Eight Immortals, plucking the abacus beads, and the trace of the man in gray seemed to disappear into the air.
A man from a pharmacy walked into the house and whispered: "Shopkeeper, there is news from the palace that this morning Ji Tianquan suddenly crowned seven princes as kings in one go, and each of them gave food to ten thousand households. In addition, Meng Haishan personally led the forbidden army to raid Yan Jinshi's mansion, and it was already rumored in Tiandu City. β
The white-haired old man's expression was slightly shocked, and he asked, "How is the situation in Tianduguan?"
"The situation of Tianduguan......" The pharmacy guy looked different and muttered, "It's a little hard to say." β
The white-haired old man was displeased and said, "Why can't you say it?"
The medicine shop guy swallowed and said, "It's really hard to say that the one surnamed Linββ" (83 Chinese Net.)