Chapter 302: Secret Decision 3
Ning Qilang had no time to see how the young lady was doing. His servant urged him in his ear, "Sir, it's time to go to the city gate tower."
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor would go to the city gate tower to celebrate with the people. Royal relatives, dignitaries and nobles would all be with the emperor. As a descendant of the Ningguo Mansion, Ning Qillang would of course go with them.
He stood up and said, "Stay here and don't run around."
Yang Si Niang glanced at him, then her eyes quickly fell on the food on the table.
Ning Hua touched his forehead helplessly and gave Ah Zhu a look. He nodded and walked to the door of the private room, signaling to leave a guard behind, "Don't let the young lady go in casually. Wait for the young master to come back."
"yes."
General Ning finally left the room. Yang Si Niang hurriedly sat down in front of the food, picked up the chopsticks and started eating. She hadn't had a decent full meal for many days, so she ate voraciously. After a while, all the food on the table was eaten up by her.
It was the cold month of the first lunar month. After eating, she felt warm and sleepy. Yang Si Niang yawned and wondered whether she should rest for a while before leaving, or leave now.
At this moment, the door was pushed open and a waiter came in carrying a teapot. "Sir, the tea you ordered is here."
There was a charcoal basin in the room and the air was dry, so Yang Si Niang was really thirsty.
The waiter carrying the teapot closed the door. The guard at the door frowned and was about to push the door open, but people walked in the aisle one after another, and the waiter who just came in carried the teapot into another private room, so he put down his hand.
The waiter walked over to Yang Si Niang and poured her some tea. "Sir, please..."
"Thank you." Seeing that the waiter did not look down on her because she was dressed as a beggar, Yang Si Niang picked up the cup and drank the tea in two or three sips.
The waiter then refilled his cup, "Sir, take your time. If the tea is gone, call me."
Yang Si Niang nodded, "Okay..."
Before she could even finish the word "OK", the person fell to the ground. The waiter quickly caught Yang Si Niang who was about to fall to the ground and quickly tied her in front of him. Then he covered her with clothes and bent down as he came in, holding the teapot in one hand and the towel in the other, and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
Seeing the guard standing at the door, he grinned and said, "Sir, you are busy. If you need tea, just call me." As he said this, he bowed and saluted, then turned and walked to the end of the aisle.
The guard stared at his back vigilantly until he reached the end of the corridor, when he turned the corner and disappeared. Then he withdrew his gaze and habitually put his ears close to listen to the movements in the room. After a few breaths, he did not sense any breath in the room. He cried out inwardly, "Not good!"
He stretched out his hand and pushed open the door. There was no trace of the little beggar in the private room. It was a cold day, but he was sweating all over in an instant. He hurried to the aisle and turned a corner. There was a staircase leading downstairs, so he hurried down.
When I met the waiter with a towel on his shoulder, I asked, "Did you see a tall waiter carrying a brass teapot just now?"
The waiter was puzzled and raised the teapot in his hand. "My restaurant uses copper teapots. Sir, do you have any questions?"
The guard almost slapped himself in the face, "Where is the tall waiter who just came down?"
Tall guy? The waiter was confused and looked around the lobby again and again, then pointed at a tall guy with hurried steps and said, "He is the tallest waiter in our restaurant. Sir, is he the one you are looking for?"
Not at all. The guard realized that he had been tricked, so he stopped looking and hurried to the gate of the imperial city.
I have been in Dayin Dynasty for many years. Although I go there every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I have gone there many times. So Su Ruojin’s main focus tonight is to take care of her younger brothers and sisters, and all her attention is on them.
Ye Huaizhen and others hid in the crowd, following behind Su Ruojin and paying attention to the movements. However, the lights were halfway on and it was about to end in an hour or so, but the hidden opponent did not move.
Suddenly, Ye Huaizhen felt someone bumped into her. When she was about to see who bumped into her, someone stuffed a note into her hand. She didn't look at it at first, but nervously looked at the people around her to see who stuffed the note into her hand. However, she didn't see anything at all, and she almost crushed the note in frustration.
He looked around again, squeezed in front of a stall selling lanterns, found an angle, turned around and pulled open the small note, which read: There is an assassin near the city gate tower. The emperor ordered the Imperial City Bureau and the Imperial Guards to conduct a thorough investigation of the suspicious person.
Just when Ye Huaizhen was doubting whether the note was real or not, a large number of officials and runners came in line from all over and shouted, "Don't panic, line up, and slowly move to the side..."
When he saw the official, Ye Huaizhen was not at ease. His eyebrows twitched and his eyes naturally looked towards the Su brothers and sisters. Except for Su Erniang, everyone else was there.
not good!
Ye Huaizhen didn't care about being invisible or not, and hurriedly squeezed over, "Pinglang... Pinglang..." she reminded Hua Ping who was following her.
Hua Ping kept staring at Su Ruojin, protecting her from being squeezed by others, but when Su Xiaomei was squeezed by others, he bent down and hugged Su Xiaomei. In the blink of an eye, he saw Su Ruojin being snatched away by the owner of the lamp stall. He hugged Su Xiaomei and stared at her and chased after her. The accomplices of the lamp stall reached out and chopped Su Xiaomei.
Hua Ping protected Su Xiaomei closely.
The guards following behind the Su brothers and sisters also saw it, and they followed. The lantern stall was like a magic trick. Men in black appeared from nowhere and stretched out their butcher knives to chop the three brothers of the Su family.
All these guards became bodyguards for the three brothers of the Su family.
There were too many people during the Lantern Festival, and the people following the Su brothers and sisters were shoulder to shoulder. Either they were distracted to protect the Su brothers, or they were squeezed by the crowd and unable to break through.
I watched helplessly as Su Ruojin was taken away by the disguised lamp stall owner.
Hua Ping was extremely anxious.
Ye Huaizhen finally caught up. He wanted to let Su Xiaomei hug her, but Ye Huaizhen refused. "I'll go after her. You go find the young prince."
Hua Ping's heart was pounding. He had been on guard against the man named Gou, but he didn't expect that he would succeed. He was afraid that this time... He didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Under the city gate, the man in black who had assassinated the Chief Censor had been killed. The emperor was furious and denounced the Imperial City Administration for incompetence, as on such a major festival day, they allowed thieves to sneak into the gate of the Imperial City and assassinate scholars and officials.
"Are you so filial and loyal to me?"
The commander of the Imperial City Division was the Prince of Wei, the commander of the Palace Front Division was the Queen's nephew, Xie Qingyu's brother, Xie Zilin, the prince of Duke Xie's Mansion, and Zhao Lan, the deputy commander of the Palace Front Division, all knelt in front of the Emperor and endured his thundering wrath.
This is the Lantern Festival when everyone is celebrating, yet assassins were allowed to reach the gate tower of the imperial city. How weak must the defense of the Dayin Dynasty be!
For a moment, in the hall below the city gate, one could hear a pin drop.
Outside the palace, all the officials of the Dayin Dynasty stayed here, listening to the emperor's anger inside.
Seeing that no one said a word, Emperor Jingyuan became even angrier. However, he remained calm, looking down at everyone and saying, "You have three days to catch the mastermind, otherwise..." I will strip you of your official positions one by one.
Emperor Jingyuan flicked his dragon sleeves and turned away.
The chief eunuch sang: "The emperor has returned to the palace."
Everyone waited until the emperor walked away before they kowtowed and stood up.
Prince Wei looked at Zhao Lan.
Zhao Lan didn't move.
Xie Zilin, the commander-in-chief of the Palace Guards, sneered, "I am in charge of the palace and the guards. I will leave first." After that, he followed the emperor's steps.
Prince Wei looked at Zhao Lan again.
Zhao Lan then looked at Prince Wei and said, "As always, we will act separately." Intelligence sharing.
"Okay." Prince Wei quickly ordered people to check the city.
Zhao Lan hurried out of the city gate. Before he had taken a few steps, Santai hurriedly whispered in his ear, "Master, the second lady has been...abducted."
"What's going on?" How could someone disappear when there were guards all around him? If eyes could kill, Zhao Lan's eyes would have been filled with murderous intent.
Santai said, “These men in black used the Su brothers and sisters as shields and escaped.”
Zhao Lan choked, he knew the young lady too well. Even if his Ah Jin died, he would never let anything happen to his brothers and sisters.
Unexpectedly, the man named Gou was even more vicious than he imagined.
Santai asked, "Master, what should we do now?"
Gou failed in his mission in the Dayin Dynasty, and the new emperor used diplomatic means to let the Liaoxia Kingdom hunt him down. He was forced to hide from place to place and became a rat crossing the street that everyone wanted to kill. This rat now has no ambitions. His only goal is to kill Zhao Lan and Su Ruojin, who made him fail.
So how would he kill Zhao Lan now? Assassination, assassination... No matter which method, he couldn't do it now.
If he wanted to kill Zhao Lan, he had to find a way to lure Zhao Lan to a place where he could kill him.
The Imperial City Division and the Investigation Division under Zhao Lan worked together to investigate but still found no clues until dawn on the second day of the first lunar month.
Mr. Shen analyzed the situation for Zhao Lan. "Young Master, if Gou's final target is you, then Su Erniang is safe now. All we can do now is to take advantage of him."
After a sleepless night, Zhao Lan's smooth chin had some stubble. "Sir, let my hidden guard take action."
Mr. Shen was horrified, "Young Master, this is absolutely not possible." The hidden guards are the existence of which even the Emperor and Prince Jin are unaware. This is a guard team that is responsible for protecting the young master's life. There are only eight top experts. If one is lost, it will be basically impossible to make up for it in the short term, which means one less guard is needed.
Zhao Lan held out his hand. "I have made up my mind."
"few……"
"Mr. Shen, if anything happens to Ah Jin, what's the point of me living?"
Mr. Shen: …
This…this…
A pigeon delivered a message from the secret courtyard, and the secret servant quickly delivered the letter to the wing room. Mr. Shen took it and looked at Zhao Lan in surprise.
"What did he say?" Zhao Lan's eyes were full of anticipation. Could it be that there was news about Ah Jin?
"General Ning requests to join you in investigating the assassin."
Zhao Lan frowned and stood up. Ning Hua wanted to come over and investigate the case with him. Was it the emperor's intention?
He left the secret academy and met Ning Qilang in the restaurant. He got straight to the point: "Whose idea?"
Ning Qilang said, "I have already consulted His Majesty about my own opinion. As long as we can completely eliminate the remaining Liaoxia spies and not leave any hidden dangers, we can use the army."
As a lesson from the past, many princes died at the hands of the Ula grass leaders of the Liaoxia Kingdom. Emperor Yuan Jing would never allow the same thing to happen again and must eradicate it completely.
Zhao Lan nodded. "Thank you very much."
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it should have been the time for shops to open and everything to get back on track. However, unexpectedly, the city of Bianjing not only re-implemented the curfew that had been abolished for a long time, but also made the inspection at the city gates even more stringent.
For a moment, the atmosphere was gloomy, as if dark clouds were covering the city and heavy rain was about to come.
Tick-tick...tick-tick...
Su Ruojin woke up from her daze. Before she opened her eyes, she heard the sound of water dripping. Where was she? She turned her brain and recalled what she had experienced.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Flower Street was crowded with people and very lively. Later... suddenly, a patrolman came and seemed to be investigating something, and asked the tourists to move to the side. She held her little sister's hand and moved to the side.
There happened to be a stall burning lanterns where she was retreating. The stall owner was kind enough to pull the plank back so that they could stand. Just as she was retreating along the plank, the stall owner picked up the scissors on the plank and stabbed the hand that was holding Xiaomei. She subconsciously let go of Xiaomei, and Uncle Hua also took Xiaomei into his arms. The moment he bent down to hug Xiaomei, she was grabbed by the stall owner, and then went straight into the crowd, and then she lost consciousness.
She was scented with a drug, and she didn't expect that the same methods used by human traffickers also existed in the Dayin Dynasty.
Human trafficker?
Su Ruojin knocked her head to wake herself up, then sat up and looked around. Where was she?
She sniffed and smelled a stinky and dirty smell, as if it was a cellar. Was she hidden in the cellar?
Tick-tick...tick-tick...
She heard the sound of water again and looked in the direction of the sound, but saw nothing except the wall. Where was this cellar?
Su Ruojin calmed herself down and thought about the details before and after the robbery twice. She could conclude that the person who kidnapped her was definitely not a human trafficker. If so, Su Xiaomei's age was more suitable for trafficking.
Then there is only one possibility, that is, the person Ye Huaizhen wants to kill wants to kill her.
It is not difficult to understand why the fake Lord Yang wanted to kill her. If she had not guessed this possibility with Zhao Lan, he might not have been defeated so quickly, and the Dayin Dynasty might really have been defeated by him. In that case, he would be the greatest contributor to the Liaoxia Kingdom's march into the Central Plains. However, Zhao Lan shattered his beautiful dream and turned him into a stray dog.
How would this stray dog deal with her?
Just then, footsteps were heard.
Su Ruojin looked over in the direction of the footsteps.
She collapsed on the ground and when she looked at the person coming, she first noticed his riding boots. Men in Dayin usually wore soap boots, and only nomadic peoples wore riding boots.
She looked up suddenly.
His eyes met the newcomer’s.
Half of his face was hidden in a thick beard, and his eyes sparkled with a sharp light.
Su Ruojin recognized this face, but at this moment he had completely lost the temperament of the Dayin scholar he had before. Instead, he looked sinister and ferocious. The look he gave him was like a sharp blade, as if he could kill someone with just a frown.
Su Ruojin sneered, "Long time no see, sir!"
She didn't say her last name.
Gou Chunwen's eyes tightened, and murderous intent burst out: "As expected, it was you who told Zheng Huanyan."
Zheng Huanyan is Madam Yang.
Su Ruojin still looked at him with a smile.
Gou Chunwen took a few steps towards her, lowered his head, looked down at her, and sneered, "I heard that you are very smart. Whether it is the fan or the musket on Zhao Lan, they are all the blueprints you drew, right?"
(End of this chapter)
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