I am the master of this world

Chapter 177 Returning to Pengcheng, Stirring the Situation
After the New Year, Xuzhou and Qingzhou areas ushered in a heavy snowfall.

Shen Ning stood in front of the study door, looking at the heavy snow outside, and couldn't help but said to Li Ru: "The auspicious snow heralds a good year. What a good start to the new year!"

It has been more than four months since he arrived in Chengyang County. Shen Ning's power has been growing steadily, his strength has reached 2000, and the quality of his soldiers is constantly improving.

Li Ru beside him nodded and said with a smile, "If you count the time, it's time for you to return to Pengcheng."

In the past few months, the situation in Pengcheng has not changed much, but the southeast king Sima Yue has found evidence of collusion between his staff Jiang Xiao and Sima Haiying, and Sima Haiyun has experienced two assassinations, the most serious one being hit. With a knife.

This greatly angered Sima Yue, but he still did not take action against Sima Haiying or Jiang Xiao, and seemed to still have the last illusion.

Shen Ning should go back to Pengcheng, and Sima Yue's illusions must be shattered. With his hands, Sima Haiying and Jiang Xiao should be eradicated. Once these two people are killed, Sima Yue should die too. noble status.

"It's time to go back!" Shen Ning replied, turned around and entered the study room. At this time, there was a small brocade box on the table, and when it was opened, there were two crimson pills in the box.

Shen Ning expanded his troops and captured Chengyang County again, satisfying the situation twice more.

The first time he turned the wheel, Shen Ning chose the improved forging method of Baishang Steel. This method was of great use, and the weapons forged were harder than ordinary forging methods.In a battlefield confrontation, the weapons in your hands are life-saving things. If they are harder and sharper than theirs, that is an advantage. If the entire army's weapons are better than the enemy's, it will be an overwhelming victory.

So Shen Ning set up his own forging workshop to smelt weapons.

And for the second spin, Shen Ning picked the pill in his hand, and it was not an ordinary pill, but the Taoist Golden Elixir from Longhu Mountain!

This was an unexpected joy. With these two elixirs, a situation could be set up to convince the Southeast King that the Taoist golden elixir had long been obtained by Jiang Xiao and was hidden by him.

Sima Yue has always placed his hope on the Taoist golden elixir and wanted to survive with the help of the Taoist golden elixir. However, Jiang Xiao hid the golden elixir. This behavior was already trying to kill Sima Yue. By then, Sima Yue would no longer care about it. An old flame.

As for the other Taoist Golden Elixir, Shen Ning was going to dedicate it to Emperor Sima Zhou.

Speaking of Sima Zhou, it is natural to talk about the situation in the imperial capital.

It has been more than half a year since Shen Ning left the imperial capital. Meng Xingchen and He Xuanwu recruited beggars in the imperial capital and established the Beggar Gang. Now the scale is not small, the number has reached 700 people, and they are fully cooperating with Lu Xun to form a spy network.

With the support of Xun Zhiruo's wealth, Lu Xun has more than [-] secret spies. There are spies in the mansions of third-rank and above officials, and they provide information all the time.

There is no doubt about Lu Xun's ability, and it is definitely the right person to entrust this matter to him.

Of course, it was all made of gold and silver to be able to do this so quickly. Xun Zhiruo took out 10,000+ taels of silver. If it weren't for the huge profits from perfume and high-grade liquor, Xun Zhiruo would not be able to explain to the Xun family.

And in the palace, Zhao Qingxuan has become a concubine Xuan, with Princess Changle and Princess Yiyang supporting her, plus mastering the alchemy room, she is favored as much as the four favorite concubines, so everyone knows that it won't be long before, The fifth favorite concubine will appear.

However, the emperor Sima Zhou was still obsessed with the pursuit of longevity, and he had not been in court for a long time. Now the court is controlled by three high-ranking officials, and even established a meeting hall, which is similar to the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty. After deliberation, the important officials reported to Sima Zhou, but Sima Zhou didn't ask any questions, and it was Zhao Chong who wrote the red letter directly.

During this period of time, Shen Ning had received dozens of letters sent by Princess Changle, all of which were thoughts of longing, which made Shen Ning feel unbearable, so he found a scholar to answer the letters instead.

I have so many important things to do, how can I have leisure time to talk about love.

Three days later.

Shen Ning, Li Ru and Chang Yuchun led the troops back to Pengcheng.

Returning to Pengcheng again, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the city was full of excitement, and all the young girls who were waiting for the boudoir ran out.

Shen Ning went to the Southeast Palace to meet Empress Sima Yue, and Sima Yue praised Empress Shen Ning and rewarded him heavily.

Sima Yue became even more haggard, and even if Shen Ning didn't take action, he probably wouldn't survive for long.

Afterwards, Shen Ning went to visit Sima Haiyun again.

He was still so fat, and he was cooking hot pot. After seeing Shen Ning, he quickly pulled him to enjoy the food together.

Shen Ning breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Last time I heard that the Crown Prince was assassinated, I was anxious and wanted to rush back immediately, but my uncle disagreed and said that stabilizing Chengyang County was the most important thing first. Now that I see that the Crown Prince is fine, my appetite is still so good , I feel relieved.”

Speaking of the last assassination, Sima Haiyun was terrified, and said: "The last assassination really scared me to death. If my father hadn't secretly arranged for a master master to protect me, I would have hiccupped. Damn Sima Haiying and Jiang Xiao, In order to kill me, he not only bought people around me, but also organized so many killers."

"Does the lord know that the two of them did it?" Shen Ning asked intentionally.

Sima Haiyun shook his head and said: "My father has noticed it, but there is no evidence. Now the two of them have also noticed my father's suspicion of them, so they are very honest now."

"One is the prince's son, and the other is the prince's most trusted aide. The prince does not have complete evidence and will not take action easily." Shen Ning sighed.

These words immediately reminded Sima Haiyun, Sima Haiyun asked: "Shen Ning, do you think there is any way to find out their conspiracy and convict them?"

Shen Ning thought about it, and suddenly said: "I don't know if your son has heard the rumor that the family golden pill was obtained by someone sent by the prince to Longhu Mountain. This rumor is very popular in the imperial capital!"

Sima Haiyun nodded, and said: "Of course I heard that if the rumors are true, and my father did not take the Taoist Golden Elixir, it is likely that the Taoist Golden Elixir was hidden by Jiang Xiao?"

"It's possible! If the Taoist golden core is really hidden by Jiang Xiao, then he will die!" Shen Ning sighed.

Sima Haiyun patted the table and smiled: "Yeah, it seems that we have to find a way to investigate and investigate, but Jiang Xiao is old and cunning. If he really hides it, how will he find it?"

Shen Ning raised the wine cup and drank a glass of wine, but did not continue talking.

What should be reminded has already been reminded, so don't be too hasty.

The news of Shen Ning's return to Pengcheng was also known to Jiang Xiao and Sima Haiying.

The two met again at a secret stronghold.

"Sir, when Shen Ning came back suddenly, I always feel flustered. It's definitely not a good thing." Sima Haiying said.

Jiang Xiao also frowned, and sighed: "Shen Ning is treacherous and cunning, it's really not good for him to return to Pengcheng. It's a pity that we prepared so well last time and found so many elite assassins who pretended to be King Qi. To kill Sima Haiyun, I didn't expect that the prince had secretly prepared for it, and even secretly sent a master to protect us, which caused our plan to fail, and the prince even suspected our relationship. We were extremely careful when we met, but the prince still suspected us , I guess, it is probably related to Shen Ning."

"Why don't you send someone to kill Shen Ning?" Sima Haiying said viciously.

Jiang Xiao didn't refuse, nodded, and said: "This son can't stay, he must be killed! It's better to do it sooner rather than later, tonight!"

"Okay!" Sima Haiying clenched his fists.

"Young master, we both have to be more careful in the future, I don't know what kind of conspiracy Shen Ning and Sima Haiyun will use! We have to guard against it!" Jiang Xiao reminded.

Satisfied with wine and food, Shen Ning left the Southeast Prince's Mansion and went to Li's Mansion to visit.

Seeing Li Qingkong again, she was still as beautiful as before.

Chatted with her and Yu Meiqian for a while. When talking about Yu Xuefei, Shen Ning thought of Yu Xuefei's letter to herself. The letter was full of grievances and longing. stop.

Shen Ning could only write back and tell her that he would return to the imperial capital in a short time, and he would definitely visit her there.

As for how long this is, it depends on the layout of Xuzhou.

Unknowingly, the sky was getting dark, Shen Ning left and returned to his small house.

(End of this chapter)