treacherous beauty

Chen Huan put away his unscrupulous appearance: "It will be interesting when Jing Zhen calls out to me to listen."

Just now the commotion came to an abrupt end, some people quickly lowered their heads, some pretended not to hear, some simply turned pale with fright, cold sweat broke out instantly on their heads, and they wiped their sleeves non-stop.

They knew that the Chen family was domineering, so they didn't take Jian Chengcong seriously.

But he never expected to be so rude.

Chen Huan saw one by one suddenly as if struck by lightning, trembling, trembling, suddenly lost interest, leaned on the mat, and went sleepwalking.

On the third day of May, if he was really bored in the mansion, he would do all he could for entertainment, and he didn't dare to make trouble in front of his father and brother, so he had to invite Suyou, a follower, to go to Jingzhen's mansion.

Jing Zhen's mansion is remote, in a village in the western outskirts of the capital, surrounded by few people, few flowers, dry wind, green willows drooping to block out the sun, a hound squatting in front of the tightly closed threshold of two black gates, half-new The old door had a pair of rings of brass that gleamed brightly in the daylight.

Su You pulled Chen Huan's big sleeve: "Second Young Master...let's not provoke him."

Jing Zhen is not easy to provoke. If you are in a hurry, he will fight you desperately. Who cares nothing like him and doesn't care about life and death. Who can fight him.

If you can go around, you still have to go around, let alone deliver it to your door.

Chen Huan was also a little apprehensive, pointed to the back and said, "Go over there and have a look."

The two touched the back door of Jing Zhai, there was no movement inside, Su You trembled: "Second Young Master, I, I dare not go in."

Chen Huan was used to running rampant in Beijing, and he never paid attention to Jing Zhen. With a chuckle, he jumped onto the low wall: "Why are you afraid of him?"

It is not for others to kneel down to welcome him where he is going.

The mansion is so big that you can't see the end at a glance, but the backyard is not well maintained and unattended, there are not even cats and dogs, and the wild grass is desolate. Chen Huan was wondering when he suddenly heard a very slight movement, a white knife fell from behind. Come over and reach his neck, and then he saw Jing Zhen standing in front of him: "Master Chen?"

"Yo." Chen Huan bent his peach blossom eyes: "Master Jing is at home?"

Jing Zhen didn't ask him why he was here, but slowly withdrew his sword, squinted his eyes and looked elsewhere: "What did Second Master Chen see here?"

Chen Huan: "..."

Can he say that he didn't even see a bird feather?

I only saw that your upper and lower lips, Mr. Jing, are a little thinner, and the corners of your lips are slightly drooping, and your expression looks a little cold, arrogant and unfeeling.

"Passing by." Chen Huan said with an apologetic smile, "I heard that Mr. Jing's house is unusual, so I couldn't help but come and have a look."

Jing Zhen didn't know if he believed him or not, but said generously: "Then I will accompany Second Young Master around the house."

Chen Huan took out a folding fan from his waist and shook it twice: "So Mr. Jing is so hospitable."

He suddenly raised his sleeve and fanned his mouth and nose: "Master Jing, are you drinking tea at home?"

There seemed to be a scent of top-quality Taiping Houkui tea wafting over.

Jing Zhen didn't deny it, how did he know that the second son of the Chen family seems to be ignorant and incapable of everything, except for tea.His sense of smell is extremely sensitive, and he can taste the smells that ordinary people can't smell.

He said: "I can't drink this, come back another day, come back another day."

After finishing speaking, he turned down from the low wall: "Master Jing, I'm taking my farewell."

"It's easy to go." Jing Zhen's hand holding the sword slightly loosened, but there were faint bruises on his forehead.

Chen Huan walked all the way, not caring about being suave and flirtatious, as soon as he entered Chen's mansion, he stumbled towards Chen Ying's room: "Father."

As soon as Chen Ying saw him like this, she was furious and was about to explode when she heard him say: "The people of King Huai have entered the capital."

Jian's descendants are not up to the mark, among the hereditary kings, only Jian Chengxuan, the king of Huai, has a good strategy in the local area, and gradually becomes stronger and stronger in his hands, becoming a hero.

"What did you say?" Chen Ying lowered her voice and asked in surprise.

"Jing Zhen brought out the top-quality Taiping Houkui tea in the mansion, and my son guessed that there must be noble people visiting." Chen Huan said with a serious face: "Father, think about it, if you can't escape, it's from Prince Huai's mansion."

Except for the emperor, Jing Zhen had no contacts in Beijing, let alone the local area. Except for Prince Huai, most people who came to Beijing usually visited the Prime Minister's Mansion first.

"What is Prince Huai going to do?" Chen Ying hurriedly said, "Go, find your eldest brother."

Send someone to meet Jing Zhen in private, could it be...

After hearing what his father and second brother said, Chen Yang frowned and said, "Father, why did second brother go to Jing Zhai suddenly?"

After the Hao Baorong incident, the Chen family assassinated several people like Songshan. That old mad dog was not easy to mess with. When he counterattacked, the Chen family also injured a dozen dead men. He was afraid that Chen Huan would be targeted.

One elephant, Songshan, hadn't been caught yet, and suddenly another Duke Huai appeared, which really gave me a headache.

What made him even more troublesome was Chen Huan, his own younger brother, who idled around all day and teased men and women. He was everywhere, and it was difficult for the Chen family's reputation to not be bad.

Chen Huan: "Brother, what do you mean by that?"

Chen Ying stroked her beard and looked at Chen Huan: "Huan'er, your elder brother is asking you something."

Chen Huan said nothing, and cast his eyes on Chen Yang: "I just have nothing to do, anyway, I ran into someone, you and dad can figure it out."

None of his business.

Chen Yang: "You..."

"Don't say any more." Chen Ying stopped the two brothers: "Huan'er, did you send someone to keep an eye on the people who came from Duke Huai's mansion?"

Chen Huan: "Not really, but my son sent someone to Duke Huai's mansion to investigate the situation."

"It still has some brains." Chen Ying said with a little relief.

It's just that the people from Duke Huai's side met Jing Zhen before meeting other people.

The emperor is still Wei Xianzhi, or someone else.

"Father." Chen Yang pondered for a while: "My son always thinks that keeping Jing Zhen is a disaster, and he can't get out in secret. Why don't you take this opportunity to be clear and kill him forever."

Jing Zhen was too cautious, and with Jian Chengcong's Habayashi guards protecting him, the Chen family couldn't kill him several times with killers.

I have to think of a way in the court.

Otherwise, it would be easy for him to collude with Duke Huai and become a powerful force.

Chen Ying thought: "Yang'er is right, this person can't be kept anymore."

Hearing what his father and brother said, Chen Huan felt chills running down his back, and he didn't want to see him, so he quickly rubbed the soles of his feet with oil and slipped away.

***

As soon as Chen Huan left, Chen Ying said to the eldest son sternly: "Whether Huan'er's words are true or not, King Huai has to be on guard if Jing Zhen wants to kill him."

This reminded him that even though Duke Huai was thousands of miles away, he was a descendant of the Jian family after all. Once he raised an army and gained power, he could justifiably succeed to the throne, so he had to guard against it.

A stern flash flashed in Chen Yang's long and narrow eyes: "Father, Duke Huai will go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing. This time, he sent people to Beijing for the sake of the throne. Why don't we go along with the flow and secretly send a letter to Duke Huai?" , just say that he should belong to the world, and he should be rebelled by the destiny, but my Chen family has been favored for a long time, and I can't bear to betray him. When he becomes emperor one day, don't forget the Chen family."

Duke Huai and Jian Chengcong had always been estranged, cousins ​​rarely interacted with each other, sending someone to Beijing suddenly would never do good things.

For the Chen family, they had to win over Duke Huai first.

"Yang'er is thoughtful." Chen Ying said: "It's just that there is no rush right now, we'd better wait for Huan'er's people to come back from Duke Huai's mansion before making a conclusion."

If Duke Huai didn't turn his back on him, it would be a big disaster if he hooked him out.

Chen Yang changed the subject: "Father, our people found out that Wei Xuanjue has arrived in Jinzhou."

Chen Ying took a few steps after listening, and the pattern of Sichuan characters on her forehead was deeply condensed: "I always feel that there is something wrong with the Wei family."

Most of the 10,000+ troops of the Wei family were stationed in the north. After Wei Xuanlang returned to Beijing, most of these troops fell into the hands of Wei Xuanjue. With 10,000+ people left alone on the border, aren't they afraid of being taken advantage of?

These 10,000+ people are the foundation of the Wei family.

"Is there something weird about Jinzhou?" Chen Yang asked in amazement.

Four years ago King Ru of Jinzhou rebelled, and Wei Xian's relatives led 3 troops to quell the rebellion. Although King Ru died, thieves were rampant in the area and crimes continued by refugees. He has been stationed there to maintain stability, and after a long time, Jinzhou will default to the territory of the Wei family.

After all, 2 to [-] horses are not very eye-catching. If Wei Xuanjue hadn't stopped in Jinzhou this time, he would not have remembered this ghostly place.

Chen Ying pondered for a while: "Yang'er, inform the prefectures and counties of Jinzhou and order them to count and report the population within ten days without any mistakes."

He wanted to see how many troops the Wei family had stationed in Jinzhou over the years, and whether they were enough to fight against King Huai head-on.

***

When Murong Ye returned to General Jing'an's Mansion, he saw Wei Xuanlang gazing at a sheepskin map, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, is there any information about Yinhuguan?"

His younger brother Murong Ting left Beijing last night to return, he didn't want that boy to encounter a war when he arrived.

Wei Xuanlang pressed the sheepskin map with his slender fingers, glanced at him and said, "It's calm, nothing happened."

Murong Ye: "..."

May be idle.

He showed Wei Xuanlang the gold beads he had snatched from Gongsun Feng, "Gongsun Feng said that Mr. Xue is fine in the palace."

So and so, so and so said all the way back and forth.

Wei Xuanlang took the golden bead in his hand and looked at it, then threw it to him and said, "Continue to investigate Jing Zhen's life experience, we must find out."

He didn't believe that he couldn't find Jing Zhen's master.

He has been searching for the sword mark left by the killer in the case of the Xiao family 15 years ago. The only time he saw a similar sword was the scar that Jing Zhen left on Xue Yong's neck. Zhen must be directly or indirectly related to the killer.

Murong Ye: "..."

Just relying on a note from Xue Yong, is this going to kill Jing Zhen?

Son, you are really obedient.

Wei Xuanlang put the sheepskin map in his hand on his head: "Follow me when it gets dark."

I still can't worry about that person, and I don't know how sick he is and whether he has taken any medicine.

Murong Ye was dripping with cold sweat: "My lord, this, this, this is going to break into the palace."

Once discovered, the two of us are going to be human targets for Habayashi Wei. If you are more polite, you will shoot an arrow through your heart, and if you are more ruthless, you will shoot an arrow into a hedgehog.

Miserable.

The author has something to say: *Chen Yang's idea to Chen Ying, I borrowed Li Yuan's stalk to lure Li Mi into Chang'an, and I will explain it.