The moment Zhu Lan appeared, Mao Mao and Zheng Qing both showed surprise in their eyes.
This woman... Didn't Aunt Jin say that she was on her way to the northwest to seek help from the Potian Army?
The date of the Akiyama tour was moved forward by several days. No matter what, there was no way she could get back in such a short time!
And the fact that she was able to enter the Qiushan Palace showed that she was well prepared.
Thinking of this, even Mao, who had been very proud of himself just now, couldn't help but frown.
But his worries soon dissipated.
What if Zhu Lan appears here?
She is alone. What can a weak woman do to change the situation?
According to his own arrangement, Yan Tiao should have left the Armament Department and escaped from the sight of Zhu Lan and his gang.
Ma Yan tried his best to make everyone believe that it was Zheng Qing who ordered him to hold Yan Ning hostage.
As long as Ma Yan kills Yan Ning later, Yan Zhengqing will become the criminal of Daliang and anyone can kill him.
If he could take down Zhengqing, he could preserve the reputation of the family, and then he could support Yan Tiao to succeed him...
Kill three birds with one stone.
Wouldn't the future of Daliang fall into his own hands sooner or later?
Oh, even if Zhu Lan appears, what can she change?
Mao thought about it, and the smile gradually returned to his face.
The next moment, Zhu Lan's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over his head.
"Mao, you don't think that Madam Sun has taken the little prince out of the Armament Department now, do you?"
Mao's smile suddenly froze on his face.
How could she know...
Zhu Lan smiled slightly, "I have to say, she did hide it very well - it's just a pity that I never believed her from the beginning to the end."
“Moreover, you underestimated the strength of the Armament Department. What you thought was a loophole was just the Armament Department deliberately letting down their guard to lure her into the trap.
In fact, as soon as Aunt Sun and the little prince left the Armaments Department to deliver a message to your people, they were captured and taken back to Dong. "
Zhumao's expression began to change. He stared at Zhu Lan's face and asked:
"How do you know it's me?"
He thought he had been hiding well all these years, pretending to be an unlearned fool, and even Zhengqing, who grew up with him, didn't notice the flaw.
And I haven't even had a few direct confrontations with Zhu Lan, how could she see through it?
Zhu Lan said:
"Earlier in Qingxi Town, I was puzzled about the identity of the mysterious 'messenger'.
Judging from his actions and intentions, he knows the real hiding place of the little prince, but he also wants to protect him so that nothing happens to him - no matter how you look at it, this is more in the interests of your family.
There is one thing that doesn't make sense. The 'messenger' wanted to protect the little prince, but he didn't expose the fake death trap I set up, so as to let the killers think that the little prince was dead.
At that time, I realized that there was a disagreement within the family, and one force wanted to use me to create an illusion to confuse another force. "
"You guessed it was me at that time? I don't believe it." Mao gritted his teeth.
Zhu Lan raised his eyebrows slightly and shook his head.
"The family is huge, with many branches, and the interests of the branches are intertwined.
To be honest, I didn’t doubt you at that time.”
When Mao snorted, he knew that his acting skills would not be so easily discovered.
Zhu Lan continued:
"Since someone used me to set up a trap, it means that person must have known that the little prince is still alive.
Moreover, he was confident that he could take the little prince away from me.
The person around me who is most likely to do this is Aunt Sun, who is raising the little prince.
So from the moment she and the little prince were sent to the Armaments Department, someone had been watching them secretly. Not long after, they indeed found something suspicious. "
"You are awesome." Mao was a little unconvinced, "But you still didn't tell me the answer I wanted."
"Don't worry." Zhu Lan said calmly.
"You want to know how I guessed that you were the one behind it. To be honest, you hid it very well.
If your identity had not been exposed by the former subordinates of the Duke of Wei hiding outside Qiushan, I would not have been able to guess that it was you."
"You...!" An expression of disbelief appeared in Mao's wide eyes.
She actually discovered her people hiding on the periphery?
Impossible, those people hid so secretly that even I had to work hard to find them.
Zhu Lan...how could she possibly find out!?
Zhu Lan did not intend to explain this question, and further said:
"Besides the Duke of Wei, you are the only one who can mobilize those old soldiers.
And you have a very close relationship with Minister Gu. I was wondering at the time, since he had such a group of veterans with rich combat experience and obviously stronger fighting power, why didn't he use these people to infiltrate the imperial guards, but instead kept them on the periphery?
The only possibility is that he is totally unaware of the existence of this group of people.
It was you who deliberately didn’t tell him.”
Zhengqing, who was being controlled on the side, suddenly laughed, raised his head and looked at Mao with complicated eyes.
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