Chapter 159: A Letter of Surrender, a General Inspection
Manager Li emerged silently.
He reminded: "It's time to go back."
When the real King Qi went out to worship his ancestors, "Xiao Qingxu" should not have appeared.
Ju Gongcheng nodded, "Uncle Li, I'm leaving first."
After saying hello, Ju Gongcheng turned and left. Xiao Qingxu waited until even a scrap of his clothes was out of sight before silently returning to the secret room.
Shang Yuwan couldn't sit still, so he went straight to the dark cell to talk to Mingshu.
"How's your injury?"
Mingshu was seriously injured. He only woke up once in the past two days and now can only lie on the straw bed.
He was locked in a cell, and Shang Yuwan sat in a reclining chair, gazing coldly at him from behind the iron bars. Faint light streamed into the cell from behind Shang Yuwan, leaving her in the light and him in the dark, as if some people were destined to live their entire lives in a dark corner, unable to reach the afterlife.
Although Shang Yuwan was smiling, her eyes were as cold as ice. Mingshu forced himself to straighten up, sat on the edge of the bed, and raised the corner of his mouth, "It's much better now."
"Who wants to kill you so harshly?" Shang Yuwan's eyebrows relaxed slightly, and he said nonchalantly, "Crown Prince? Or the eldest princess?"
This man has several fatal wounds on his body.
Mingshu chuckled and said, "Since you already know the answer, why ask so many questions?"
Shang Yuwan raised his eyebrows and formed an extremely sarcastic smile on his lips.
"Is this your attitude when asking for help?"
Mingshu's smile faded, but his neck was still stiff.
"Is this how an adult would pry my mouth?"
Their eyes met, and Mingshu was the first to give in.
He endured the waves of pain, struggled to get out of bed, and knelt down to kowtow. "I only ask that you, sir, spare my life. Whatever you want to know, I will tell you everything."
"Are you serious?" Shang Yuwan crossed his legs and put his hands together.
"Every word I say is true. If there is any falsehood, I will die a miserable death!"
Mingshu's attitude seemed sincere, but Shang Yuwan was sneering in his heart.
If a random oath could be taken seriously, then no one in the world would dare to speak.
"How many private soldiers are hidden?"
Shang Yuwan was also not vague. Since Mingshu said he would be honest, she might as well trick him.
Mingshu hesitated for a moment, as if thinking about his current situation.
In a moment, he gave the answer: "Eighty thousand."
"......" Shang Yuwan secretly swallowed his breath and asked him again, "Where?"
"Yanmen City."
Shang Yuwan leaned back, his face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and the murderous intent in his eyes seemed to turn into a knife and hit Mingshu.
"What I'm asking is, where are those soldiers now?"
When they discovered 30,000 private soldiers, they felt something was wrong. Xiao Tong and Xiao Qingji had been planning for many years, so how could there be only 30,000 of them?
If he really had 50,000 yuan hidden, why would he still be staying in Yanmen? Did he think those people were vegetarians?
Mingshu was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't know."
Shang Yuwan's eyebrows moved, but his eyes were like frozen ice, and he didn't say anything.
If Twelve was beside her at this moment, he would definitely see the anger and murderous intent that she was suppressing deep in her heart.
Mingshu continued, "I failed to protect my master and couldn't even bring the princess back. They wanted to kill me, and I risked my life to escape here. I really don't know!"
"Then tell me more about you and Xiaoman."
Shang Yuwan's voice was soft, but it touched Mingshu's heart deeply.
"...Xiaoren and Xiaoman have nothing to say."
"Oh?" Shang Yuwan tilted her head. "Then where did you learn your skills? I heard from the princess that Xiaoman has been following her since she was five years old."
"Where were you before you were five?"
Mingshu was silent for a moment before he said, "Jincheng, Shancha Camp."
Shang Yuwan tightened his grip.
Sure enough, Jincheng’s girls’ school holds a hidden secret.
"What about Kyoto?"
She remembered that there were also girls' schools in Kyoto.
Mingshu flatly denied it: "There is no Shancha Camp in Kyoto."
Shang Yuwan said calmly: "What proof do you have?"
She thought about it and still didn't mention the title deed.
Shang Yuwan secretly asked Xiao Qinggu in the princess's mansion two days ago. The private seal on the deed did not show any signs of being chipped or damaged, and the date only started from five years ago.
However, Xiao Qingxu's personal seal had a small corner accidentally broken when he was eleven years old and had just been disfigured. Because it was made by his loving maternal grandfather, he never had a replacement. The personal seal on the deed was square, clearly not Xiao Qingxu's authentic personal seal.
They had just learned that the land deed was placed in the mother-of-pearl box, and then the written agreement was delivered to their door. If Shang Yuwan couldn't see that something was fishy, he would be really blind.
Mingshu didn't know what she was thinking, so he said sincerely, "I remember the location of Camellia Camp and can take you there to find out."
Shang Yuwan was silent for a while, then said: "You should take good care of yourself first."
Shang Yuwan got up and left, and Lou Ke moved the armchair back to its original position.
No one saw the creepy smile that flashed across Mingshu's face the moment he slowly raised his head.
Three days later, Xiao Qingxu came back.
Shang Yuwan told him about Mingshu, and the two of them stayed in the study for most of the day without coming out.
Ji Suxian and Twelve opened the door, and Ji Suxian was annoyed: "Are you two still alive?!"
Shang Yuwan came back to his senses from the pile of letters: "Ah?"
Xiao Qingxu raised his neck, which had been lowered for a long time: "Hmm?"
Ji Suxian, who brought them some tonics: "......"
Twelve, who was carrying a lunch box: "......"
These two people are crazy.
Lu Heying, who had finished his work and came back to report the situation, rolled his eyes behind him.
On the other side, Xiao Qinggu welcomed Bailipu with a smile.
Here it comes! The King's Examination!
Xiao Qinggu sat across from Bailipu. She blinked, and the powder in her eyes flakes off, revealing a deep, dark blue. She clenched her fists, her back straight, feeling a sense of unease.
Baili Pu: "..." Did this kid misunderstand something? It's not very sunny today, why is he sweating now?
Seeing that Xiao Qinggu was so nervous that he almost fainted, he kindly reminded him, "Your Highness, today is not the examination for becoming a king."
Xiao Qinggu immediately responded: "Yes! Students will definitely - ah?"
She was stunned.
Bai Li Pu was silent for a moment, then said, "There are three months between April and July, and there will be an exam every month, so that's exactly three exams."
This is the meaning of the imperial edict, and Bailipu has always remembered it.
No matter how pedantic and stubborn he was, he wouldn't give Xiao Qinggu a critical hit that she couldn't bear. This was just a general spot check.
Asking people to move so many books to Xiao Qinggu's study was to make it convenient for Xiao Qinggu to read them in the future. He said those words deliberately just to see how much Xiao Qinggu could learn in such a short time.
Bailipu was used to being strict, and he didn't expect Xiao Qinggu to be so nervous.
Xiao Qinggu: “…” She was so “surprised” at the time that when she issued the imperial edict, her mind was full of Baili Pu coming to the princess’s mansion to test her, so she forgot about this.
Baili Pu coughed twice and said, "Okay, let's get started."
Xiao Qinggu was cheered up.
"Yes! Please give me some advice, sir!"
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