Chapter 174 The Storm is Coming

"Why are you here?"

Jiang Youning raised his head and looked at Qing Qianxue, who was wrapped in a cloak, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

These days.

Qing Qianxue was always in the front yard. She never went to see him, so he never came to disturb her.

I heard from Chuntao that the imperial teacher has his own way of playing tricks on people.

Little Wukong and her good fourth brother have been very well-behaved in the past two days, and their study efficiency is almost like they have become different people.

"Tomorrow... the Zheng family should be moving. I guess you might be bored tonight, so I came to see you."

Qing Qianxue spoke calmly, and then sat down opposite Jiang Youning.

"What are you upset about? The emperor has been planning for so long, and it is impossible for Zheng Wanba to succeed."

Jiang Youning propped his chin with one hand and swayed his feet lightly on the stool.

[You really got it right, kid. I wonder if this bastard Zheng is going to charge directly into the imperial court, or if all the officials and their families in the capital will be massacred.]

[Based on the TV dramas I have watched, treason usually occurs when a minister goes to the palace for a banquet, and the minister's family members are detained by the treasonous people. I am afraid that there will be a bloody storm in the Jiang family tomorrow.]

[Come to think of it, Chu Wenzong's confinement of my father seems to have done a good thing. After all, the palace may be more dangerous tomorrow.]

Qing Qianxue smiled faintly.

"Can I ask Miss Jiang Liu for a cup of tea?"

"Drink it, drink it."

Jiang Youning nodded gently, and seeing Qing Qianxue's knuckles turning white, he then said caringly, "Chun Tao, go get a soup pot!"

It's dark now.

It wasn't nice to ask someone to come into the room and sit down, it was all she could do.

"Thank you."

There was a smile in Qing Qianxue's eyes.

Then he continued to speak.

"I heard that the secret passage from Qingyun Temple to the Imperial Palace has not been found yet. Your third brother has been busy checking everywhere but has not found any suspicious places. Therefore, Your Majesty can only send heavy troops to guard Qingyun Temple."

"What the hell? They didn't find it?"

Jiang Youning stood up suddenly.

[No way, no way? If they can't find a secret passage, what's the point of heavily guarding it? As long as Zheng Wangba prepares enough people, or simply finds a way to drug all the guards in advance, it won't be too difficult for them to enter Qingyun Temple, right? 】

Qing Qianxue pondered for a long time and then continued to speak.

"I have used the Plum Blossom Divination to infer the specific direction before, but I have never personally investigated it. Perhaps... would you be willing to go with me to take a look?"

He also asked Qian Yan and Qian Miao to take people to check the secret passage of Qingyun Temple, but in the end they still didn't find any trace.

But somehow, his intuition told him that the girl in front of him might have that ability.

Jiang Youning looked up.

Looking at the heavy rain all around, I just shook my head.

"No, it's raining so hard that it will be inconvenient to go out."

"The rain will stop in half an hour."

"You can even count this?"

Jiang Youning's eyes widened.

"Not bad."

Qing Qianxue nodded gently.

Jiang Youning sat down and stopped talking.

[Alas... I've heard that Zheng Wangba still knows how to manage his own reputation. He has power and is supported by the people, but he can't just kill people without a legitimate reason. It really makes me angry.]

[Why didn't Emperor Wenzong of Chu try assassination? If the assassination succeeded, then all the trouble would be solved. ]

At this time.

Chu Wenzong, who hadn't slept for two nights, couldn't help but sneeze.

He sent several waves of assassins to kill him, but in the end no one survived.

The spy reported that the assassins did kill a lot of Zheng Wanba's men, but they had more people and were equally skilled, so all the people he sent out were killed.

Those were all his loyal warriors that he had gathered with mountains of gold and silver. He is so heartbroken now.

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Half an hour later.

Seeing that the heavy rain had really stopped as Qing Qianxue said, Jiang Youning couldn't help but look up at him.

"You're pretty good at this."

"Have you decided whether to help your third brother? He should still be looking for the secret passage."

Qing Qianxue spoke again.

With an extra soup mother at hand, he felt a lot more comfortable.

"It's a bit cold today. I think... you should go back and have a good rest. I'm also sleepy, so let's choose to believe it."

Jiang Youning stood up, stretched out his hand and patted Qing Qianxue's shoulder solemnly.

[Look at you, you look so weak and frail. What if you faint on the way with me? ]

[If you ask me, I should go by myself. For me now, it would be easy to enter Qingyun Temple, right?]

[But then again, why don't I just try and kill that Zheng the Turtle? ]

[Isn’t there a saying that goes, if you can’t solve the problem, then just destroy the thing that caused the problem? ]

[But I have never killed anyone except for the last time when I used the explosive beads to kill a few people. I don’t know if the knife in my hand is stable? ]

Qing Qianxue couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.

The little girl is so brave that she even wants to assassinate Zheng Wanba.

Her invisible cloak is something, but for people who have been living on the edge of a knife for years, their intuition is too sharp. If she wants to assassinate someone, the probability of getting herself involved is probably greater.