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of Jiang Wenxue The hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the army were all borrowed from the King of Taiping. There were only a few hundred people who actually belonged to Tong Guan, and even fewer were guarding outside the camp.

It was no secret that Liu Yixuan was on good terms with the original, and he had already established a good relationship with Wei Shaoning and others. After winning the war, he also accumulated a certain amount of prestige.

After taking out the letter written in the original handwriting, Liu Yixuan received the full support of Wei Shaoning, and the soldiers responded to the call and completed the transition peacefully.

But the matter was not over yet.

Liu Yixuan wrote a letter to report the death of Tong Guan, and wrote another letter, and rushed it to Xu Qingrong.

The system was a little worried: [Will Zhao Ji punish Xiao Liu?]

Xue Chen: [What are you afraid of? As long as you are proficient in applying the rules of officialdom, nothing will happen. Do you think rulers care about the lives of their subordinates? Not at all. What they care about is the functions of these people. As long as Xiao Liu does better than Tong Guan, he won't be in trouble.]

After burying Tong Guan's body, Liu Yixuan led the army to continue on the road.

This time, without Tong Guan to hinder them, the marching speed was much faster, and they soon sent the money they brought back to King Taiping.

Liu Yixuan went home to change clothes, tidied up his appearance, and entered the palace with Tong Guan's coffin.

Zhao Ji summoned him quickly.

This absurd king now had a serious face and looked at Liu Yixuan sternly, obviously very concerned about Tong Guan's death.

System: [Why is he like a different person?]

Xue Chen: [Today it was Tong Guan who died, and tomorrow it could be him. How could the dog emperor not take it to heart?]

System: [Yes, this is not the first time.]

When Concubine Shu died, Zhao Ji's reaction was also very big. Now it's a minister like Tong Guan, Zhao Ji can't just let it go without asking anything.

Under his gaze, Liu Yixuan slowly stepped forward and knelt in the hall. Wei Shaoning followed and knelt not far behind him.

Zhao Ji said: "I have already read what you presented. There are many doubts in this matter. Tong Qing has won a great victory and is in high spirits. How could he commit suicide at this time?"

Liu Yixuan could not speak and could not respond to the emperor. He knelt on the ground with his head down and humbly looked weak and helpless from a distance.

Wei Shaoning spoke for him: "To report to the official family, when I entered the commander's tent with Mr. Liu, Mr. Tong had no breath at that time. He held a dagger in both hands and inserted it into his chest. It looked like he had committed suicide. Mr. Liu also thought that Mr. Tong's death was very strange, but the truth was unclear and the real culprit could not be found. When reporting, he could only write down everything he saw and heard, and did not dare to hide anything."

This sounds like something. Zhao Ji's expression softened slightly.

He looked at the young man who kept his head lowered and couldn't see his expression clearly, feeling very uneasy.

He said majestically: "Liu Yixuan, raise your head."

Liu Yixuan raised his head, his beautiful and soft face looked panicked, full of sadness and confusion.

Zhao Ji saw that he was so sad, paused, and said, "I remember that you had a good relationship with Tong Qing."

Liu Yixuan nodded.

Zhao Ji saw that he was so young and thin, and he didn't look like someone who could kill people. He also thought that he relied on Tong Guan to gain power, and he got along very well with Tong Guan on weekdays. Tong Guan also mentioned him in front of him from time to time, and it was obvious that he liked this junior very much.

The person who least wanted Tong Guan to get into trouble should be this young man.

Zhao Ji's suspicion of him faded a little: "Don't kneel, stand up."

Liu Yixuan stood up slowly. After kneeling on the ground for such a while, his legs hurt a little. When he stood up, he swayed a little. Thanks to Wei Shaoning behind him, he stood up steadily.

Zhao Ji: "I will leave the rest of the matter to the Shenhou Mansion. Before the truth comes out, the post of the chief envoy will be temporarily replaced by Liu Qing. You must take good care of yourself."

Liu Yixuan nodded.

Zhao Ji sighed: "Back."

After leaving the palace, the two rode on the street. Listening to the noisy voices, Wei Shaoning felt like he was back to the world.

Finally, Wei Shaoning wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and said with a smile: "If I had known that the emperor trusted you so much, I wouldn't be so nervous. I couldn't sleep well at night on the way back to Beijing."

Liu Yixuan smiled at him.

He could hear that Wei Shaoning didn't mean to blame him. It must be that lying in front of the emperor was too stressful. After leaving the dangerous environment, he had to say something to ease his mood.

Wei Shaoning asked: "Are you going to the government office or back home? I'll take you there."

Liu Yixuan shook his head.

This meeting with the emperor was only the first step. The distribution of power has always been a big deal. Zhao Ji has always handled these things as he pleases, but for others, any change is a big deal.

After Tong Guan's death, the position

of Chief Secret Envoy became vacant. Who wouldn't want to push his own people up? In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Yixuan had no qualifications, no connections, and his only backer was gone. Even if Zhao Ji pushed him to the position of Chief Secret Envoy, he might not be able to keep it.

Zhuge Zhengwo was responsible for finding out the cause of Tong Guan's death. There were many suspicious points about Liu Yixuan, and they would definitely find him. Needless to say, it would not be surprising if Cai Jing's faction directly sent someone to kill him.

Liu Yixuan had finally got the position of Chief Secret Envoy, so of course he couldn't give it up like this.

He had already made arrangements and was ready to stir up trouble in the capital.

Liu Yixuan made a few random gestures to Wei Shaoning.

Wei Shaoning guessed for a long time before he understood what he meant: "You want me to go back to the prince? But..."

Liu Yixuan knew what he was thinking.

In Wei Shaoning's view, he killed Tong Guan on the order of the eldest son. Outsiders didn't know that he was from the Taiping Palace, so they wouldn't suspect him, but Tong Guan's side was full of Taiping Prince's soldiers and horses. In this assassination, Taiping Prince was also a big suspect.

He was Taiping Prince's subordinate, and what he should do now was to avoid suspicion and not see anyone in a short period of time, instead of rushing to Taiping Prince at this time.

Seeing that he was unwilling, Liu Yixuan thought for a moment and pointed in another direction.

Wei Shaoning: "What's going on over there?"

Liu Yixuan rode his horse forward a few steps, turned his head to look at Wei Shaoning, and signaled him with his eyes to follow.

Wei Shaoning followed on horseback and saw a small red sedan at the next intersection. Two imposing men stood beside the sedan. After he and Liu Yixuan came over, their sharp eyes fell on them, and it seemed that they were about to take action.

Wei Shaoning immediately blocked Liu Yixuan.

A chuckle suddenly came from the sedan .

The voice was extremely gentle. It was obviously a man's voice, but it was inexplicably feminine. Even if nothing was said, it still revealed a very special sense of tolerance and generosity.

Wei Shaoning couldn't help but reflect on whether he overreacted and made a big deal out of nothing.

The man in the sedan said softly, "Let's go."

The two men outside lifted the sedan, turned around and walked deep into the alley.

Liu Yixuan rode up to catch up, and when he passed by Wei Shaoning, he patted his arm.

Wei Shaoning slowed down and walked side by side with Liu Yixuan. He whispered, "Sir, who is in that sedan?"

Liu Yixuan slowly made a mouth shape: Yuan Feishuang.

Wei Shaoning said, "Is it Yuan Feishuang who can't speak because of practicing grappling skills?"

Xue Chen: [How did he know! ]

System: [Think positively, he didn't recite poetry. ]

Xue Chen: [What's so scary about reciting poetry? The scary thing is that people who know that poem know that Xiaofen is impotent! Now it's good, even people who can't recite poetry know that he's not good enough. 】

System: [Being too famous is also a kind of trouble. 】

Liu Yixuan gave Wei Shaoning a warning look, he looked at Yuan Feishuang's sedan chair, made a silent gesture, and reminded Wei Shaoning not to talk nonsense.

Wei Shaoning: "It's my fault."

The sedan chair stopped in front of a wine house, and the two men outside lowered the sedan chair and lifted the curtain, and a young man with a beautiful face came out.

His eyes were smiling, and he seemed to be in a very good mood. His tone of voice was also very gentle, but his voice was unique, and it was hard to tell whether he was male or female. "Come in quickly, he should have arrived a long time ago."

Liu Yixuan nodded, followed Yuan Feishuang

, and entered the restaurant together. Wei Shaoning also followed in and went to the room they had reserved long ago.

Yuan Feishuang opened the door, and Wei Shaoning came in last. After seeing the people inside clearly, he was stunned for a moment and quickly saluted: "I have seen the eldest young master."

Xue Chen smiled and said, "There are no outsiders here, General Wei, there is no need to be polite, just be casual."

Yuan Feishuang sat by the window, and Liu Yixuan sat opposite Xue Chen.

Wei Shaoning felt a little regretful. If he had known that Lord Liu had an appointment with the eldest son, he should have obeyed Lord Liu's order and returned to the barracks. Now he was hanging around here, feeling a little out of place.

After a while, Wei Shaoning realized that something was wrong.

It was too quiet!

Lord Liu was fine, but why didn't the eldest son and Yuan Feishuang say a word?

This weird situation continued until the store owner brought the food over. Yuan Feishuang left the window and spoke softly to the store owner for a few words.

Wei Shaoning took this opportunity to take his leave. After leaving the room, he felt that his breathing was much easier.

Being with these three people is more terrifying than lying in front of the emperor.

System: [Look how scared you are of the child.]

Xue Chen: [Eat, eat, eat! My meal is finally here!]

System: […]

Without outsiders present, Xue Chen was no longer reserved and started eating with the two vests.

Xue Chen: [Someone should have reported Xiaofen’s coming to Cai Jing, right?]

System: [I don’t know, I think so. Will Cai Jing let Xiaoliu go for Xiaofen’s sake?]

Xue Chen: [No.]

System: [Then why did you let Xiaofen come? Aren’t you afraid of being suspected by Cai Jing?]

Xue Chen: [If he is suspicious, he can be suspicious. At most, he will call Xiaofen over to ask a few questions, or let his senior brother watch me. He can’t do anything to me. But it’s not certain for others... What do you think Ge Zheng, I and Mi Youqiao will think? 】

System:【Do you think that Tong Guan's death is related to Cai Jing?】

Xue Chen:【That's right! Whoever dares to attack Xiao Liu will have no chance of success. This time, Fang Ying has escaped a disaster. Let's see if he is free one day and ask him out for a gathering.】

System:【……】

After dinner, the horsemen dispersed.

Wei Shaoning hesitated for a moment, but still offered to escort Liu Yixuan back to the mansion.

After returning to the mansion, the two dismounted and said goodbye.

Wei Shaoning said, "After I return to the army, I am afraid that I will never see Lord Liu again."

He was just a soldier temporarily transferred from the King of Taiping, and was selected by Tong Guan to be Liu Yixuan's bodyguard. Now that the combat mission is completed, it is time to return to the barracks.

Liu Yixuan bowed to him to thank him for his care during these days.

Wei Shaoning also returned the greeting: "Lord Liu, the road ahead is long, please take care."

After that, he jumped on the horse and rode away.

Liu Yixuan watched him leave, and did not turn back until his figure completely disappeared.

He walked through the corridor and was about to return to his room when he suddenly heard his uncle's gentle but stern voice.

"Stop!"

Liu Yixuan looked over, met Xu Qingrong's gaze, and quickly lowered his head.

"Come here to me." Xu Qingrong said.

Liu Yixuan turned around reluctantly and followed Xu Qingrong back to the house.

Xu Qingrong waved away the servants, closed the door, and looked at the young man who had been keeping his head down with a guilty conscience.

He had just returned from the palace, still wearing a second-rank purple robe, which was much higher than Xu Qingrong's rank. However, because of his thin figure and beautiful appearance, he did not look like an official in the court, but more like a royal descendant of a noble family.

Xu Qingrong said angrily: "I never thought that you were so bold. You killed a first-rank minister in the court at will. Do you still have any fear?"

Liu Yixuan could not speak, let alone answer him, and still lowered his head.

Xu Qingrong said: "Look up and look at me."

Liu Yixuan raised his head and smiled at him flatteringly.

Xu Qingrong said sternly: "It's no use to act coquettishly. What you did this time is not a trivial matter. Even I can't cover it up. I already know that the emperor has handed the matter over to Lord Zhuge for strict investigation. Have you ever thought about what you would do if the Lord Zhuge found out about you?"

As the operative officer of Neidongmensi, many confidential documents would pass through his hands, so he was very clear about all the orders in the palace.

Liu Yixuan walked over, grabbed his hand and shook it gently.

Xu Qingrong: "There is paper and pen over there. Write whatever you want to say. I want to see how you can explain it."

Liu Yixuan blinked, came to the table, and wrote on the paper: Didn't I say it in the letter?

Xu Qingrong: "Do you know that the higher you stand, the harder you fall? Everything you have now was obtained by relying on Tong Guan. Now that Tong Guan is dead, many people want to share his power. Do you think it is a good thing for the government to push you to the position of Chief Secret Envoy?"

Liu Yixuan wrote: I know that my position as Chief Secret Envoy is a hindrance to their business. Only by pushing me down can they promote their own people.

Xu Qingrong sighed: "Since you know it clearly, why do you still take on this hot potato?"

Liu Yixuan: Because I have a backstage.

Xu Qingrong: "Are you referring to Master Xue?"

Liu Yixuan nodded.

Xu Qingrong: "He is now working in the Ministry of War, but he is only a fifth-rank official. His colleagues in the court only give him some face because of the King of Taiping. As far as I know, Master Xue got this position with the help of Prime Minister Cai. King Taiping doesn't want to get too close to Prime Minister Cai, and has always been harsh to Master Xue. Now the relationship between them is probably not very good."

Liu Yixuan nodded.

Xu Qingrong: "Could it be that Prime Minister Cai is also your backer?"

Liu Yixuan shook his head and nodded again. He wrote: Uncle, don't worry, I know

what's going on. Xu Qingrong: "How can I not worry? You have a shallow foundation and are young. How can you know the twists and turns in the court? I'm afraid you have been betrayed and you don't even know what's going on."

Liu Yixuan laughed.

Xu Qingrong: "Still laughing!"

Liu Yixuan hugged him, buried his head in his arms, opened his mouth childishly, and mouthed: Uncle, don't be angry, I promise I'll be fine.

Seeing that he couldn't speak, Xu Qingrong felt a little guilty. He thought for a long time and said lightly: "Take sick leave and go back after this period."