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Jing Xueli sent King Jing to the gate of the post station, and it wasn't until he boarded the car that Helando came out of the flower hall.

They met each other, and Helando nodded slightly at her. Jing Xueli knew that he had listened to Yin Song's message, and the moment they passed by, the corners of her lips twitched slightly.

Late at night, the north wind is stronger.

In Anfan City Bieyuan, Zhong Yiyun was standing behind King Jing and kneading the acupuncture points for him. The dark guard knelt on the ground with low eyebrows and said to King Jing: "Master, the arrangements have been made. 32 people, all pretending to be Yu Jiang A dead soldier will not let the imperial capital notice that he is one of us."

"Yeah." King Jing closed his eyes, and the voice slowly came from above: "Take Helanduo and go to ambush fifty miles away from the imperial capital. Don't be too far away from the capital, lest the emperor's shadow guards can't save their prince in time."

The dark guard was taken aback when he heard the words, and said with some doubts: "Master, then our covenant with Helan Tuo..."

"Covenant?" King Jing laughed lowly: "You mean that this king will help him set foot in Zhongzhou first, and then help him kidnap the crown prince, so that he can exchange the Dihuan Sutra with the emperor smoothly. Then turn around and wait for the future by yourself." Will Yu Jiang help us contain the Shuozhou iron cavalry?"

His words were ironic, and the dark guard knelt on the ground with his head down, not daring to speak out.

The room was silent for a while, and the needles could be heard, and only the sound of hunting outside the window could be vaguely heard.

Zhong Yiyun's hand slowly moved down, landed on his shoulder, and began to pinch his shoulder again.

"Each according to their needs, this covenant sounds good." King Jing's tone was a little more relaxed, and then he suddenly changed the subject and said coldly: "But what if Helan Tuo regrets it after getting the Dihuan Sutra? Or , he simply sold us out?"

The dark guard was startled suddenly, and the back was covered with cold sweat.

"This king never believes in promises, but only in benefits." King Jing opened his eyes and glanced back, as if he was speaking to the hidden guard, but also seemed to mean something: "The prince is the emperor's reverse scale. Helantuo dared to take action against the prince, and the entire Yujiang had no room for change from the emperor. When he could not get the Dihuan Sutra and became a deadly enemy with the emperor, he could only rely on the king. That's the real thing - an ally."

Zhong Yiyun stood behind him, and when he heard the last two words he deliberately emphasized, his heart trembled unconsciously.

The hidden guard kneeling below did not notice the strangeness between the master and the son, hesitantly asked: "Master, the prince's safety at that time..."

King Jing glanced at him, and interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "What Helanduo wants is a living prince, and he will not kill him, and the Eastern Palace Shadow Guard is not a display. You just need to take the opportunity to kill Gu Yan , the prince doesn’t need to worry about it.”

The secret guard was about to respond, and the princess standing behind King Jing suddenly said in a low voice: "My lord, let's divide it into several people to watch, and disturb the situation if necessary. It's best not to hurt the prince, let alone let him die."

When King Jing heard her speak, irritability suddenly appeared on his face, and he remained silent without saying a word.

Zhong Yiyun observed her words and expressions. She knew that King Jing didn't dare to complain because of Jing Xueli's anger at her. She became more and more cautious at the moment, pinched her shoulders non-stop, and just lowered her eyes and said: "I know that the prince is not happy, but the prince is the emperor. The only son, who is still young, has him to have a vacant harem. Didn’t the queen mother say that many aristocratic families are thinking of sending their daughters to Cheng En? If something happens to the prince, it just coincides with the wishes of some aristocratic families , it will be really troublesome when they marry the emperor."

What she said was reasonable, but King Jing didn't respond for a while, and the dark guard knelt down, faintly aware of something wrong, and buried his head even deeper.

The room was suddenly silent, and the time passed bit by bit. Zhong Yiyun heard her heart beating violently, which almost made her breathless.I don't know how long it took before King Jing said impatiently: "Just do what the princess says."

The dark guard heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly resigned, only King Jing and Zhong Yiyun were left in the room.

The silence didn't last long. The moment the outer door was closed, King Jing tilted his head slightly, and said with a half-smile, "Why didn't you tell me before that your master is so good at planning."

finally come--

Zhong Yiyun's heart skipped a beat, and the hands holding his shoulders stopped instantly, and walked quickly around to the couch, knelt down at his feet with a pale face: "My lord, I am yours, so of course I will only turn to you." The concubine did not think of her in Jingxue, she actually..."

King Jing ignored her, interrupted her directly, and sneered at himself: "Your master has a good plan. You want the Jingnan Silk Road to go away from their Nanxi. I hope that Dayin and Yu Jiang will have an enmity. Also , Helantuo, as the holy son of Yujiang, if he takes action against the Crown Prince of Dayin, it is no different from the whole Yujiang declaring war on Dayin, which is just in line with your master's wishes. She wants Helantuo to take action against the prince more than anyone else. But they only waited for other people to contribute, and they picked up their Nan Xie in a few words, and they refused to borrow any of them. to their Nanxi heads."

"Look, it's just a matter of convenience, you sold us a good one, and you didn't offend the emperor, and you played around with Helando. The national teacher is really not ordinary clever, don't you think so, princess?"

Zhong Yiyun was angered all the way by him, and she didn't dare to speak out to defend herself, she just fell on the ground and lowered her eyebrows.

King Jing leaned on the couch, condescendingly looked down at her, didn't wake her up, and didn't speak anymore.

The north wind blows harder outside the window, and the sky under the night sky seems to be darker than usual, as if there are signs of heavy rain coming.

The sky in Zhongzhou was overcast and cloudy for several days in a row. The heavy rain had been brewing for a long time, and it finally poured down at noon four days later.

Four hundred miles south of the imperial capital, Lingguang Pass.

Jing Xueli stood under the corridor, looking at the rain with great interest, even though the cold wind was bleak, she didn't want to go back, Yin Song stood with her for a while, and couldn't help but sneezed.

Jing Xueli tore off the coat she had just put on herself, and put it on Yin Song's shoulders, "Girls must first learn to be kind to themselves."

Knowing her master's temper, Yin Song immediately wrapped her robe tightly.She sniffed, looked at Jing Xueli with her eyes, hesitated for a while and asked, "Master, what do you mean by 'thunder, rain and dew are all your favor'?"

"Don't you understand the meaning of this old saying?" Jing Xueli squinted at her: "You have been holding back for so long, do you just want to ask this?"

Yin Song stuck out his tongue: "I just don't understand why you didn't let Helan Tuo kill Gu Yan at that time? You clearly knew..."

"Obviously knowing King Jing wouldn't let Grand Duke Da Yin really fall into the hands of Helantuo, he just went for Gu Yanshi." Jing Xueli gave her a sideways glance, took her words and finished speaking slowly , and suddenly said: "Yin Song, are we allies with King Jing?"

Yin Song just wanted to say yes, but met her plain gaze, swallowed the words that came to his lips, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Jing Xueli looked at the apprentice in front of her in silence for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Do you like your Senior Sister Zhong?"

"Huh?" Yin Song kept his head down, and was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then nodded in response, and said tentatively: "I think the senior sister is beautiful, and she came from Wu Xinghai after all, I Always toward her."

"Towards her?" Jing Xueli's voice suddenly rose, she turned around to face Yin Song, her expression gradually became serious, she stared into her eyes, and after a long while said solemnly: "Yin Song, you are from Nanxi. Your Senior Sister Zhong's surname is Zhong, she is from Dayin, from the Empress Dowager's natal family, and someone who respects the king. Zhong Yiyun was your senior sister in Wu Xinghai, but after leaving Wu Xinghai, she is no longer."

Yin Song's back straightened instantly, and he lowered his head and said "yes".

Jing Xueli's eyes were real, she stared down at the apprentice in front of her, until cold sweat dripped from her forehead, then she calmed down and changed her tone of earnestness: "Yin Song, you are one of Wu Xinghai's best disciples, You are the future priest of Nanxi first, and then you can be anything else. If you want to face someone, then you can only face Nanxi."

There was a moment of silence in the corridor.

Jing Xueli asked: "What is the purpose of our trip, do you remember?"

Yin Song lowered his head: "Jingnan Silk Road."

"Respect the king, can he give it?"

Yin Song's pupils shrank instantly, and the meaning of Jing Xueli's words was already obvious.She quickly raised her eyes and glanced at it. At this moment, the Great Witch Nanxi looked extremely indifferent, just like the cold marble statues in the temple, with expressionless faces, overlooking her from a height.

"There is no eternal promise, only eternal benefits." Jing Xueli said indifferently: "If he can't give me what I want, then he is not our ally."

Yin Song pursed her lips tightly, neither speaking nor refuting.

Jing Xueli looked at her for a while, knowing that she didn't agree, she raised her lips and said with a sneer: "I said he can't give it now, because he is not the emperor. But even if he is in power, he still can't give it. He and Helan There is friendship in Tuo, and there is Yujiang, who has a cheap route, how can the Jingnan Silk Road get our turn in Nanxi?"

"He can't give me what I want, so—" Jing Xueli paused every word, speaking clearly and slowly: "I don't really want him to win."

Behind the dark clouds in the sky, thunder suddenly rolled over, and the rain suddenly picked up, almost pouring down like a curtain of water, splashing cold air all over the ground.

Yin Song's shoulders trembled unconsciously, and she suddenly felt chills all over her body. She looked at Jing Xueli in disbelief, never thought that she would hear such words from her master, after all——

Jing Xueli seemed to have seen through her thoughts, her voice was cold but not to be disobeyed: "Don't think your master is ruthless, the Yanxi Zhong family is old with Wu Xinghai, Zhong Yiyun once studied in Wu Xinghai, but this It doesn't mean that Nanxi will meddle in their affairs. I am Nanxi's national teacher, and I should consider it for Nanxi. I only want the Jingnan Silk Road, and everything else has nothing to do with us."

"Yin Song." Jing Xueli said in a low voice, "Didn't you ask me why Helan Tuo didn't let Helan Tuo also kill Gu Yanshi? I don't want to win the king. Of course it would be best if Gu Yanshi didn't die. If there are only people who respect the king If you do it, Gu Yanshi still has a glimmer of life, but if Helanduo is with him, he will surely die, so of course I want to interfere."

The water curtain flows down one after another along the eaves of the corridor, washing away the thin warmth in the air, and the wind blowing from outside the corridor is a chill that penetrates the heart and bones.

Yin Song's heart was cold, she was silent for a long time, but she mustered up the courage to ask: "Master, is the Jingnan Silk Road really so rare? The respectable king said..."

"He said he would give us half of Yuezhou in the future?" Jing Xueli took her words casually and shook her head in disappointment: "You asked me the meaning of 'thunder and rain' just now, I thought you could understand, it seems You really don’t understand. When you realize the meaning of these four words, you will know that it’s not just that I don’t want to respect the king to win, it’s more because I don’t like him at all.”

"Lei Ting Yu Lu, Dayin's current emperor is a Ming Lord, and also a British Lord. His mind and strategy are very good, and he is not an easy person to provoke. I don't think King Jing will fight with him. You said half of Yuezhou, It can only be said."

Yin Song kept his head down and didn't respond.

Jing Xueli watched her for a while, knowing that she hadn't listened to everything, sighed quietly, and said coldly: "Yin Song, Master wants the Jingnan Silk Road wholeheartedly, not because it is so precious, but because Because it’s a benefit we can really get.”

"I know that you really have thoughts about the half of Yuezhou that King Jing said, but you have to remember that you can eat as much food as you have, otherwise you will be exhausted. Nanxi is not interested in Dayin's territory. King Jing thinks What we want has always been to let us contain the Yuezhou garrison, not to invade beyond the border. If we really covet Dayin's territory, let alone the current emperor can't bear it, even if King Jing can really win, he can't bear it either, wait. If he really stands firmly in the country, his face will be turned over quickly by everyone."

Yin Song lowered his head and bit his lip, twisted his fingers together, looking timid.

Jing Xueli glanced at her, and softened her tone: "Although the territory of Nanxi is only the size of the three states of Dayin, it is stable and peaceful. Yin Song, you are Wu Xinghai's disciple, and you have to protect your family. Think about it. Nanxi's belief is not feasible in Dayin's territory. Even if Nanxi can swallow half of Yuezhou, but the stone is too hard to digest, belief will not work, and our Wu Xinghai's status in Nanxi will be affected. .”

Mentioning Wu Xinghai, Yin Song's body trembled, and immediately saluted Jing Xueli, and respectfully said: "Master, I understand."

Jing Xueli nodded in satisfaction, continued to look at the rain outside the corridor, after a moment of silence, suddenly remembered something, turned her head and said indifferently: "Actually, I don't really like your attitude, Senior Sister Zhong, I didn't teach her charm. "

"Huh?" Yin Song didn't expect that Jing Xueli would suddenly mention this again.

"What a proud girl of heaven, learn the charm of clinging to men, and it is right to be able to be on an equal footing with men." Jing Xueli's tone hinted at contempt, and she glanced at Yin Song: "So you don't need to envy her, If you have that kind of kung fu, you might as well learn from your elder sister, regardless of men and women, if you don’t accept it, you will beat them.”

...Miss Master?

The corner of Yin Song's mouth twitched, looking at Jing Xueli who said "hit the server" majestically, he didn't know how to respond for a while.