Dingjiangshan

The path in the mountain forest was rugged and difficult, and as the night darkened, the temperature in the mountain also dropped.The cold wind condenses into cold dew on the leaves of plants and trees, and slides down along the leaves, before falling.

There is a lot of cover in the mountains and forests, even if several other people watch over Ning Huaijin consciously or unconsciously and refuse to stay too far away from him, but once the journey is separated, it is difficult to take care of each other.

Ning Huaijin was injured and had a fever, it was even more difficult to walk this small path, she had to stop to rest for a while, and she fell behind after a while.

The mountain wind whistled along the deep forest, blowing the leaves of the few plants and trees in the early spring. After listening to it for a long time, there was an illusion of a woman crying. It was strange to hear it.

Most of the moonlight was blocked out of the dense forest, only a few shallow wisps of fish slipped through the net hanging down along the treetops, barely able to outline the outline of vegetation and gravel.

Ning Huaijin didn't speak, and no one spoke along the way, except for the mountain wind that seemed to be everywhere nearby, only the sound of messy and noisy footsteps could be heard.

Ning Huaijin's physical strength gradually became exhausted, and she finally couldn't hold on after climbing a bluestone that was as tall as a person. She staggered a few steps while leaning on a thick poplar tree, and slid on the ground leaning on the trunk.

The open wound on his body was so painful that it was numb, Ning Huaijin frowned and touched his waist, feeling a cold and sticky moist feeling.

Warm blood poured out from his wound, and the smell of blood could be smelled from far away.

Ning Huaijin was afraid that the smell would attract some beasts from the mountains and forests, so she took off the armor on her jacket, and was about to tear off her inner shirt to wrap up her wound.

It's just that Ning Huaijin just lowered his head, and before he could undo the tie of his inner shirt, he suddenly felt the sound of wind in his ears, and then a cold light flashed in his peripheral vision, coming straight towards him.

Ning Huaijin has also developed some intuition for avoiding danger on the battlefield these days. Her hands are faster than her brain, and she rolls on the ground with her short body propped up, and bypasses the tree roots.

It's just that the attack was missed by the comer, but he still refused to give up, clenched the dagger in his hand and bullied him again.

Ning Huaijin wanted to dodge again, but the dodge in a hurry just now exhausted all his strength, and the two wounds on his body were bleeding profusely, which seemed to be more serious.

The man held the dagger in both hands, and rushed towards him viciously with the hatred of wanting to eat his flesh alive.Ning Huaijin had nowhere to hide, so in desperation she could only grit her teeth and raise her hand to hold the blade, abruptly preventing the dagger from falling.

"Presumptuous, who are you!" Ning Huaijin scolded.

Because they were quite close, with some thin moonlight, Ning Huaijin could probably see the face of the person in front of him clearly.

It was a very young young man, although his appearance was not superior, he could be called good-looking.He was wearing the light armor of an ordinary soldier, and there was a bruise on his forehead, and his eyes seemed to be burning with a layer of raging fire, which was about to burn Ning Huaijin to death.

That was definitely not the kind of hatred that ordinary spies could have. Even Ning Huaijin couldn't help being startled for a moment, thinking in his heart - where did I offend this person?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the man in front of him more carefully. It's a pity that his good memory is of no use at this critical moment. Ning Huaijin didn't think about it except that this man's appearance seemed a bit familiar. Get up and deal with each other.

"It's the prince." The man gritted his teeth and said with a sneer, "I'm dying, so I'm still playing this way."

This man was full of anger, and it sounded like he was not injured at all. Ning Huaijin gradually lost his strength, and the dagger in his hand slipped down, and the sharp cold front was facing his brow.

Ning Huaijin's palm was cut by the blade, warm blood fell down the groove of the dagger, and slipped from the corners of Ning Huaijin's eyes, looking a bit frighteningly haggard.

"This king thinks he has never treated his soldiers badly." Ning Huaijin gritted his teeth and said, "Why do you want to kill this king here?"

"Do you want to ask Feng Yuan for credit and receive a reward." Ning Huaijin whispered, "Or do you just want to find another way out for yourself?"

"Huh?" The young man let out a sneer. Due to the exertion of his whole body, his arms trembled slightly, and his voice sounded intermittent.

"Who cares about your rewarding life." The young man said, "I just want you to die. After you die, my family will be peaceful."

Ning Huaijin was still confused at first, thinking quickly about what he meant by this sentence.It just so happened that some pheasant and hare seemed to pass by them at this time, trampling a piece of gravel and making a tinkling sound. The young man subconsciously turned his face and glanced at the source of the sound with extreme vigilance.

At this moment, Ning Huaijin suddenly felt blessed, and strangely recognized the familiarity of this person's appearance.

Ning Huaijin suddenly spoke, and said sharply, "What is your relationship with Jiang Xuan!"

The young man was stunned for a moment by his scolding, as if he didn't expect him to guess something, the whole person panicked for a moment visible to the naked eye.

"How do you know!" He subconsciously scolded, "You obviously didn't—"

Sure enough, Ning Huaijin thought.

In fact, he had never seen Jiang Xuan before, but when the young man turned his head, he suddenly found that the man's eyebrows and eyes were quite similar to his, so in a flash of thought, he uttered a word to deceive him.

——It turned out that he was really cheating.

"How does this king know?" Ning Huaijin sneered, "Tell me to guess, you are from Liangzhou, yes or no!"

In this expedition, apart from the Forbidden Army, most of the soldiers were transferred from the Xie Family Army, and there were also a small number of subordinate troops from Liangzhou and the Northwest Protectorate.

The Imperial Army and Xie Jue's subordinates are all innocent, no one will secretly hide Chen Cang with Ning Zheng.In addition, Ning Yan had inadvertently mentioned to Ning Huaijin the abnormality of Liangzhou before, so Ning Huaijin understood the origin of this person after a little thought.

The young man panicked for a moment after being hit by his words, as if recalling his current situation again, knowing that Ning Huaijin was not working well, he let go of his heart and calmed down.

"So what." The young man said: "Anyway, you are going to die, so what's the point if you guess right."

The young man was deeply afraid that something would happen if it was delayed for a long time, and he was also afraid that the few people in front would go and turn back, so he had no intention of talking to Ning Huaijin, and only wanted to solve the problem as soon as possible and get him out as soon as possible.But who would have thought that Ning Huaijin looked weak, as if he would fall down when the wind blows, but the strength in his hands was not small. He tried his best, but he couldn't get the dagger any closer, so he was forced to stand in a stalemate with him .

"Since you want to be a sensible ghost, then I will help you." The young man said angrily, "...Tell you, Xuan'er is my younger sister."

"If it wasn't for your family, why would my sister run all the way to such a high wall?" The young man said angrily, "I am a good-for-nothing younger sister, but you locked her up in the palace wall and never heard from her. Kill her early!"

No wonder, Ning Huaijin thought.

"Ning Zheng's hands and eyes are as good as the sky, and he can put you brothers and sisters next to me and His Majesty." Ning Huaijin raised his eyebrows, and Ling Ran said: "I don't know what benefits he has given you, and he can promise you brothers and sisters." The two gave their lives to him."

"What?" The young man sarcastically said, "Of course it is for me to be a high-ranking official and a generous salary, and to give my sister the position of imperial concubine."

Ning Huaijin's hand holding the dagger was a little trembling, he looked at the young man with a very contemptuous look, and said with disdain: "Idiot, is it possible that Your Majesty can't agree to these things?"

The young man only thought that he was afraid of death and wanted to instigate himself against him, so he couldn't help being even more proud, cursing: "Don't do this, think I will believe your smooth words? Kill you, your little emperor will die soon, when the time comes Our Highness is stationed in Miyagi, I will have my own happy life."

——Your Highness, Ning Huaijin suddenly caught this word keenly.

He had already checked before that Jiang Xuan's family was just an ordinary businessman, and they got into the eyes of these royal relatives by helping Ruan Yin to deliver those low-end medicines.Logically speaking, even if he called Ning Zheng, he should still be "Prince", how could he call him His Highness?

Perhaps the time for the Jiang family to turn to Ning Zheng was earlier than he thought, Ning Huaijin thought.

Ning Huaijin's mind turned a thousand times, pondering the intertwined relationship among them, the flash between light and flint really made him think of a person whom he had been neglecting for a long time before.

——Shu Qinghui, Mr. Shu.

It has not been a day or two since the Shu family joined the Jiang family to work for Ruan Yin and Ning Zheng.Ning Yan and Ning Huaijin had secretly discussed this matter since they discovered that the origin of Liangzhou Mansion had been changed, but they thought it was Ruan Yin's handwriting at the time, and they didn't think too much about Shu Qinghui, a civil servant.

Now it seems that this is not the case, Jiang Xuan's family may be doing things for Ruan Yin, but whether this thread can be tied or not depends on Shu Qinghui's intentions.

After all, Ruan Yin, as the empress dowager, really didn't need to get too involved with a merchant even if she wanted to employ people.

Both he and Ning Yan fell into a misunderstanding before, only thinking that the Jiang family fell to the Queen Mother, so it must be Ruan Yin's people.But thinking about it now, it was Shu Qinghui who sent Jiang Xuan into the palace.

——I see, Ning Huaijin thought.

No wonder everything was safe and sound all those years ago, it turned out that the most important link was here.

As expected of a veteran of the two dynasties, Shu Qinghui had already grasped two routes of retreat.Back then, he joined Jiang's family to work for Ning Zheng because he wanted to join the line of "Head of the Legacy" and continue to secure the throne of the family's first place in the new dynasty.

But after Ning Yan ascended the throne, Shu Qinghui hibernated this line, and worked as a civil servant for many years with peace of mind. He just waited for Ning Yan to keep his promise and marry his daughter properly, and he could bury this line. Get up, just pretend it never happened.

But later... Later Ning Yan didn't intend to make this "unspoken" deal with him, so Shu Qinghui felt that Ning Yan's way out would not work out, so he changed his mind and turned to Ruan Yin's command again.

Both he and Ning Yan thought that Jiang Xuan was the most important chess piece in this game, but thinking about it now, it was just an "unexpected variable" that God gave to Ruan Yin temporarily.

The focus of this game was never on Jiang Xuan, but on Liangzhou, on the young man in front of him.

Moreover, judging from the situation here, this elder brother of the Jiang family was not prepared for him, but for Xie Jue. He and Ning Yan bumped into this net, but it was Ruan Yin and Ning Zheng's "unexpected joy".