Chapter 246 His Background
Almost at the same time when Chu Jingyan activated the compass, several steel needles shot towards him!
After a few slight sounds, Chu Jingyan disappeared, and the steel needles were deeply inserted into the ground.
It was Xiao Changheng who took action. Those steel needles were the hidden weapons shot out from the bamboo umbrella before. All eight of them were thrown out by him.
Now there are only seven nails on the ground. Chu Jingyan was injured, but he still managed to escape.
As soon as Yun Qingqing raised her hand, the talisman on Situ Qinglan's forehead automatically flew back to her hand, at the same time attracting wisps of black air to continuously flow into the talisman.
Not until all the black air was taken back into the talisman did Yun Qingqing finally heave a sigh of relief, put away the talisman paper, and also put away the umbrella that was sealed by the talisman.
Yun Qingqing looked at the emperor and said:
"The Seventh Princess will have to wait a while before she wakes up. If Your Majesty trusts me, please allow me to bring her back to the palace. The assassination attempt was originally carried out by Chu Jingyan using the Heavenly Crafts Nightmare Victory Technique to manipulate the Seventh Princess, so he was attacked just before he escaped. This matter has nothing to do with Jing State."
The emperor hesitated for a moment, looked at Xiao Changheng and sighed:
"Today, it is all thanks to my royal brother who saved me. You can make the decision on this matter!"
Xiao Changheng nodded slightly and asked the people in the mansion to take Situ Qinglan away and settle her down.
Chu Jingyan escaped, and the situation of the other people in Nanyu suddenly became very awkward.
The culprit was the deputy envoy. Although Lu Fan claimed that he knew nothing about it, as the chief envoy, he could not escape blame.
Yun Qingqing secretly made a divination. The second prince was indeed not involved in this. However, such a thing happened during the diplomatic relations between the two countries. If Nanyu did not show some sincerity, Lu Fan would find it difficult to get away with it.
Xiao Changheng ordered that all of Nan Yu's entourage and maids be taken to prison for trial.
Lu Fan was placed under house arrest in the Honglu Temple, waiting for Nan Yu to receive the news and send an envoy to redeem him.
This palace banquet finally came to an end after many twists and turns.
The emperor felt a little dizzy after this scare. Xiao Changheng was worried, so he personally sent him back to the bedroom. He also instructed the imperial physician and eunuch Li to take good care of him, and then left the palace with Yun Qingqing.
The two of them got on the carriage, and Yun Qingqing suddenly said:
"Let's go to Honglu Temple first."
Xiao Changheng raised his eyebrows and looked at her, without asking any more questions, and gave the order.
Lu Fan has been taken back to the Honglu Temple.
He still lived in the original courtyard and was treated to good food and drink, just like before, except that all the servants were replaced by people from Liang State, and there were people guarding outside the courtyard at all times, so no one was allowed to enter or leave at will.
Xiao Changheng brought Yun Qingqing into the yard, pushed the door open, and saw Lu Fan pacing back and forth with a sad face.
He turned his head when he heard the voice, and his eyes lit up when he looked at Yun Qingqing. Then he restrained his expression when he saw Xiao Changheng and nodded to the two of them:
"Your Highness the Prince Regent, Your Highness the Princess."
Yun Qingqing said directly:
"Take out the talisman I gave you last time and have a look."
Lu Fan's eyes lit up again:
"The last time I was assassinated in a busy city, the woman who attacked me was you!"
As he spoke, he deftly took out the talisman from his arms and was about to hand it over when his hand suddenly shook.
I saw a black spot in the middle of the talisman paper, as if someone had scribbled it with ink.
"This...what's going on? I took it out and took a look at it before going to bed last night, and it was fine!" Lu Fan said in surprise.
Yun Qingqing stepped forward and took the talisman paper from his hand, frowned and said in a deep voice:
"The talisman didn't take effect for long. It seems that Chu Jingyan attacked you in the hall today."
"When Tiangong Yansheng controls people, his mind is extremely exhausted. It should be difficult for him to be distracted and do other things. From this point of view, he may have done this when he was preparing to escape. His purpose is to wait for you to get into trouble and the situation to become chaotic, so that he can escape more confidently."
Lu Fan's face turned pale and there was some cold sweat on his forehead.
He bowed deeply to Yun Qingqing:
"Thank you, Princess! If you hadn't taken action today, not only would my safety be in jeopardy, but the traitor Chu Jingyan would have also provoked a dispute between the two countries, causing a disaster!"
"Princess, I will repay your kindness with all my heart!"
Yun Qingqing smiled slightly:
"There's no need for the spring. I came here today to ask His Royal Highness Prince Jing to tell me about Chu Jingyan's origins."
"Since it is the princess's request, I will tell you everything I know." Lu Fan nodded, but then glanced at Xiao Changheng and said, "But..."
"I can only tell the princess what I know."
Xiao Changheng's face darkened.
Yun Qingqing was a little surprised and said:
"Why? You know that if you tell me, you can't stop me from telling others."
Lu Fan shook his head and said:
"If the princess wants to tell others, that's her own business, but in Liang State I only trust you."
Having said this, he suddenly looked at Xiao Changheng and smiled:
"If there must be other people present, I am not sure if I would be able to hide anything. If the Regent does not mind, please stay here."
Yun Qingqing sighed slightly and looked at Xiao Changheng:
"Your Majesty, how about you wait outside for a while? The door is open, you don't have to worry about my safety."
Xiao Changheng glanced at Lu Fan solemnly, then suddenly pulled Yun Qingqing's hand, squeezed it hard, and smiled warmly at her:
"Okay, I'll wait for you outside."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out the door, standing under a tree outside the yard. The door was open, and he could see the scene inside the house at a glance, but a normal person could not hear the conversation inside the house at this distance.
Lu Fan watched Xiao Changheng leave, then he withdrew his gaze and smiled slightly:
"Your Highness the Regent has practiced martial arts since he was young and is very strong. I think his five senses must be sharp. He also suffered from eye disease for several years. I'm afraid his hearing is..."
He stopped here and looked at Yun Qingqing meaningfully.
Yun Qingqing secretly sighed in her heart that Prince Nanyu was quite cunning. She raised her hand, drew a few times in the air, and started to make hand gestures.
Lu Fan saw a small circular formation expanding in all directions, enclosing an area of two meters in radius.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a strange feeling in the air.
After concentrating for a moment, he realized that in broad daylight, he could hear the sound of the wind, the chirping of birds, people walking back and forth outside the yard, and the occasional talking, but now all of them had disappeared!
Because he was too used to the background noise, he didn't react for a while.
Lu Fan looked at Yun Qingqing in shock, and his admiration grew even stronger. He quickly offered her his seat and poured her some tea.
"Your Highness, can you tell us in detail now? Who is Chu Jingyan?" Yun Qingqing said.
Lu Fan answered immediately:
"Chu Jingyan is an alchemist who traveled to Nanyu half a year ago. By chance, he happened to meet my father who was touring incognito. He was highly appreciated by my father and was brought back to the palace."
"It just so happened that the old director of the Imperial Observatory fell ill and retired to his hometown, so my father directly appointed Chu Jingyan as the director."
"These are all rumors that spread after my father brought him back to the palace. I think they are pretty much true. It's just that many people thought he was just a charlatan at first. It wasn't until he accurately predicted several natural disasters that the court was prepared and reduced a lot of losses that people began to think he was indeed capable."
"Because of this, my father has more and more trust in him, so he made him the deputy envoy this time to go to Liang State. But I didn't expect that this person would be such a sinister person!"
When Lu Fan thought about what had happened before, he became furious.
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