"The emperor ordered me to attack Nan Gu, but not Ji Tong?"
In Xu's house, Jiang Zhiyu, Jiang Kang'an and Jiang Wenjing sat around a table, eating shrimp balls. Jiang Kang'an took the opportunity to tell Jiang Wenjing what the emperor had mentioned.
"In the battle of Nan Gu, His Majesty will not tolerate any risk."
Jiang Kangan ate slowly and leisurely: "Besides, Ji Tong is not an easy person to deal with."
"Hiss—" Jiang Wenjing hissed softly from the heat, and after a pause he continued, "What about Ji Tong? If we suddenly leave him alone, he'll definitely get suspicious."
"Besides, I'm worried about leaving him alone in Shengjing."
Jiang Zhiyu and Jiang Kangan said in unison, "Then let him not go."
Jiang Wenjing paused slightly.
Let Ji Tong give up on his own?
unless……
Jiang Wenjing's eyes flashed with deep thought, and he said in a deep voice: "Although Ji Tong is weak, his martial arts skills are not low. Moreover, he is cautious. Even when he goes out of the house, I always accompany him. If I want to take action against him, I am afraid it will not be easy."
"What's more, his interrogation methods are very powerful. If we fail and he manages to get your identities out of you, then all our concealment over the past few days will be in vain."
Jiang Kangan also understood his concerns: "Don't worry, we don't need to take action. Didn't you argue with him about swordsmanship before? He was eager to find a way to prove himself, so he gave away some of his flaws."
Connecting the context, Jiang Wenjing suddenly realized: "Could it be that he is looking for someone to assassinate me, and then he will sacrifice himself to save me?"
Jiang Kangan nodded.
"As the saying goes, long illness makes a doctor. Those injured on the battlefield have a certain understanding of their injuries. If I want to deceive you, I must make it real."
"But he will definitely prepare medicine for the wound and won't let himself be bedridden for months. I have already bribed the people he hired. That knife will definitely injure the meridians. All you need to do is pretend to trust him completely and replace his medicine."
"Of course, you must keep the fact that you led the Nan Gu army a secret from him. Otherwise, he would never choose this moment to take action."
Jiang Wenjing also knew about this. Ji Tong chose to take action at this moment because the current situation was turbulent and no one would delve too much into the assassination of a general without any murder being committed.
But if the news of him leading the troops to Nan Gu gets out, it will be a different story.
In order to go to Nan Gu with me, even if I still doubt him, Ji Tong will do whatever it takes to go with me.
Jiang Wenjing sighed, "Back then, Mingye didn't get along with him, but I still defended him. I'm not as good as him in judging people."
He picked up the tea beside him and drank it all in one gulp. In an instant, he felt numb all over.
"Ahem..." He opened his mouth and fanned himself desperately: "Brother, why are all the things in your room so hot?"
What’s even more strange is that the water is so hot, but it feels ice cold when you pick it up from the outside!
His tongue was also numbed by the heat, and his words were a little unclear, but Jiang Zhiyu and Jiang Kangan both understood.
Jiang Zhiyu slowly looked away.
[Private Masai, but now I think you should also receive some training.]
Jiang Kangan: “…”
Jiang Wenjing: "..."
He paused fanning himself and looked at Jiang Zhiyu suspiciously.
Training? What training? What training?
Jiang Kangan coughed lightly and told him the whole story.
Jiang Wenjing frowned tightly, "This Xiao Chuji is so brave! He even dared to poison someone in public!"
Never use a normal person's thinking to speculate on the logic of a madman. In essence, they are two parallel lines.
【If you take it seriously, you will lose. 】
Jiang Wenjing took a deep note of Xiao Chuji in his heart, then withdrew his hand in disappointment, sat obediently at the table, and dared not move again.
[Look at them! This is the correct way to learn a lesson!]
Jiang Zhiyu was furious when she thought of Jiang Kangan and her uncle Xu Jinchen's stubborn behavior at the beginning.
Jiang Kangan looked at Jiang Zhiyu's expression and thought to himself that something was wrong. Just as he was about to change the subject, Jiang Zhiyu started to attack.
Jiang Kangan had no choice but to lower his head and admit his mistake humbly.
Seeing his elder brother like this for the first time, Jiang Wenjing had to admit that he was secretly happy in his heart.
In the past, Jiang Zhaorong would only tell him how Jiang Kang'an was a master in using troops and how he was not as good as Jiang Kang'an. Later, after Jiang Kang'an recovered, he hinted in his words, both explicitly and implicitly, that he would give up the position of general to Jiang Kang'an.
Although he knew that Jiang Kangan had no such thoughts, after hearing these words, he couldn't help but feel some resistance towards Jiang Kangan.
At first, I didn’t come to Xu’s house often, and this was also part of the reason besides Ji Tong.
He was afraid of hearing similar words from the Xu family again, saying that he was not as good as Jiang Kangan.
Fortunately, no.
Jiang Wenjing couldn't tell how he felt when he heard Jiang Zhiyu praising him for being smarter than Jiang Kang'an.
Probably, I'm happy.
There were tears glistening in Jiang Wenjing's eyes.
From the beginning, he went to war on behalf of his brother, and then he worked his way up to the position of general. For half his life, he just wanted to gain his family's approval...
…
It's late at night and everything is quiet.
The anger that Xiao Mingye had aroused during the day had only just subsided. The emperor pursed his lips and was reminded by Fu Ping that he still had Song Shiwei.
"The Queen Mother seemed to have gone mad. She smashed most of the things in the Cining Palace. She cried, laughed, and cursed at times. She also kept shouting that Song Shiwei was also an accomplice of Prince Yu and asked the Jinyiwei to take him away."
Calling Song Shiwei an accomplice?
The emperor became interested: "Go and take a look."
"Has anyone visited her? Or interceded for her?"
Fuping shook his head.
"No one has come to ask for mercy from me, let alone visit me. Even if someone really came to visit me, I can't let them in."
The emperor snorted softly: "You are quite clever."
Fu Ping nodded and bowed: "No matter how clever he is, His Majesty still values someone else."
The emperor glanced at him sideways, his eyes intimidating without anger. Fu Ping knew he had said something wrong, his face changed, and he raised his hand and hit himself hard in the face several times.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was carried away by pride and made a slip of the tongue. Please don't blame me."
After he hit him a few times, the emperor finally stopped him: "Alright, I didn't blame you. Why are you so scared?"
He looked towards the palace and saw two Jinyiwei dozing off in front of the palace gate. Fuping coughed a few times, and the two Jinyiwei woke up. They were shocked again when they saw the emperor and quickly knelt down to apologize.
"Okay, no one is allowed to come in without my permission."
Song Shiwei was not sleepy at all and was lying on the table. When she heard the noise, she opened her eyes.
!!!
She suddenly stood up, knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty..."
The emperor looked down at her and said in a cold voice, "The Queen Mother said that you are an accomplice of Prince Yu?"
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