"Rest well today, win a great victory tomorrow, and then we'll have a celebration banquet."
He Yanting looked at the excited crowd and chuckled.
Everyone laughed, complimented and cheered for a while, then tactfully retreated.
Shengjing is so far away from the border. He Yanting has rushed all the way here and will lead the army to fight tomorrow, so he naturally needs enough time to rest.
Only when there was no one in the tent did He Yanting show a hint of fatigue.
But hidden beneath the fatigue is a deeper excitement and madness.
He had waited for this day for far too long.
He once thought that he would never have the chance to stand up again and return to the battlefield.
He Yanting's eyes suddenly softened as he remembered something.
Juvenile fish...
Because of her, my life was turned around.
He Yanting's nerves were tense after traveling at full speed for the past ten days. Now that he had relaxed, he suddenly realized that longing had permeated every nerve in his body.
He held the pouch in front of his chest and sighed with satisfaction.
The petals had withered when they left the city and were placed in another purse by He Yanting.
After sitting there for a while, he began to clean up.
Portraits, pendants, medicine bottles, handkerchiefs...
He Yanting nodded with satisfaction.
…
Shengjing, inside the secret room of Jiang Mansion.
Song Shiwei's body was covered in blood, and her delicate hands were tortured beyond recognition, but her back was smooth as jade.
During these ten days, no matter what torture he suffered, Song Shiwei did not reveal any clues about the treasure.
Jiang Zhaorong was almost mad with anger: "No? Why not?!"
"The fingers are connected to the heart. When I pulled out her nails, wasn't that when her emotions were at their strongest?!"
Jiang Zhaorong couldn't understand why there was still no clue of the treasure after so many tortures were used on Song Shiwei?
He stared at Song Shiwei's figure with his head lowered, and an idea suddenly popped up in his heart.
Could it be that they are all fake?
The treasure is fake, and the letter is also fake?
No! Impossible!
The treasure is definitely real. Either I didn’t do it hard enough, or... this letter is fake!
Jiang Zhaorong picked up the letter and read it word by word.
This letter and other things were all forged by myself based on my memory. The real ones are still in Jinzhou.
Could it be that emotion is only one of the conditions, and a token of trust is also needed?
Jiang Zhaorong frowned.
Now is indeed a good opportunity to go to Jinzhou. The second prince is imprisoned, the sixth prince is also under house arrest, and Song Shiwei is in the secret room, so no one will know.
He Yanting went to the border.
The emperor and Jiang Zhiyu and others should be discussing the battle against Nan Gu.
At this time, no one cares where you go.
Jiang Zhaorong pondered it over and made a decision.
He ordered people to guard the secret room strictly, and sent Zeng Ju to guard the Jiang Mansion to make up for his mistake.
He also instructed a group of people to tell anyone who came to visit him to say that he was back home to visit relatives.
He also asked the emperor for a family visit leave.
In the dead of night, a man and a horse galloped away.
As soon as he left Shengjing, the news from Tao Hong arrived at Jiang Zhiyu's table.
At that time, Jiang Kang'an was discussing with Jiang Zhiyu what to do after she left Beijing.
"Jiang Zhaorong left Shengjing, ostensibly to visit relatives, but from what she observed, that wasn't the case. Furthermore, Song Shiwei disappeared from the Jiang residence because she knew Xiao Yanli was under house arrest. When she insisted on returning to the Sixth Prince's residence, Taohong was sent away by Jiang Zhaorong, and she hasn't seen her since."
"He must have been locked up by Jiang Zhaorong."
Jiang Kang'an frowned slightly: "Why would Taohong pass on the news to you? Is it reliable?"
"I made a deal with her," Jiang Zhiyu said without hiding anything. "I gave her contraceptive medicine, making her the only one who could give birth to Jiang Zhaorong's child. She gave me intelligence, allowing me to keep track of Jiang Zhaorong's movements at all times."
Jiang Kangan nodded slightly: "As long as the news is reliable, Jiang Zhaorong will not be leaving the capital for long. I will ask Ah Fu to follow him."
Jiang Zhiyu nodded: "By the way, find a way to tell Xiao Yanli that Song Shiwei is locked in the secret room."
Being under house arrest and surrounded by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Xiao Yanli's sources of information were not so limited that he could not move a step, but it was definitely more inconvenient than before.
In order to get clues about the treasure, Jiang Zhaorong must have attacked Song Shiwei. Asking Xiao Yanli to rescue Song Shiwei could also stimulate them.
Jiang Kangan nodded.
…
At the Sixth Prince's Mansion, Xiao Yanli hadn't received any news from Song Shiwei for a few days, so he felt something was wrong.
He just thought that when Song Shiwei was passing on information or when he was looking for clues on his own, he was caught by Jiang Zhaorong and locked up in the room.
After listening to his subordinate's words, Xiao Yanli paused.
"So, more than ten days ago, Jiang Zhaorong secretly locked Song Shiwei in a secret room and tortured her?"
"Yes," the subordinate replied, "someone also saw Jiang Zhaorong leave the capital alone late last night, without anyone else."
Xiao Yanli tapped the table lightly with his fingers.
Jiang Zhaorong would definitely not torture Song Shiwei just because she was going back to the Prince's Mansion. The only possibility was that Jiang Zhaorong wanted to get clues about the treasure from Song Shiwei, but failed.
Why failed?
Is it that there is no clue to the treasure on Song Shiwei at all, or is it because the clue requires something else to appear?
Xiao Yanli prefers the second option.
Otherwise, there would be no need for Jiang Zhaorong to leave the capital so late at night.
"Send someone to follow Jiang Zhaorong and see where he is going. Also, send more people to the Jiang Mansion and find a way to rescue him."
"yes."
…
After a few days, everything was settled, but there was still no news from Xu Youran.
The letters from home never stopped coming.
What's more, those around Xu Youran are all top masters, so no one is worried about her safety.
It’s finally time to set out on the expedition to Nan Gu.
The day before, Jiang Zhiyu even went to Jiang Wenjing's place specially. Without taking medicine, Ji Tong's recovery speed was greatly reduced and he was still bedridden.
When Ji Tong heard that Jiang Wenjing was going to fight against Nan Gu, he almost bit his back teeth to pieces.
"Oh my, why do you look so bad?" Jiang Zhiyu sat down beside his bed. "Second brother used to say every day that if you recovered quickly, we could go together. But now you can't even get out of bed... Tsk tsk."
Hearing this, Ji Tong looked at Jiang Wenjing. Seeing that his expression was calm, he believed his words a little more.
Then he looked at Jiang Zhiyu viciously.
According to his original plan, during this period of time, as long as he did not use his internal energy, he would be just like an ordinary person and could go to fight Nan Gu together!
It’s all because of her!
Jiang Zhiyu sighed softly, ignoring his gaze, and waved at Bai Yan: "You seem eager to go. Why don't you let Bai Yan treat you? You can ride in a carriage for a few days, and then you can walk like the wind!"
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