Chapter 0065: More Powerful Than a Tiger (Overhaul)
When Xiao Rong and Qu Yunmie had just fallen asleep, Sun Renluan was also woken up almost at the same time.
The private soldiers were dispatched, disturbing the people, but due to Yang Zangyi's deliberate cover-up, no movement was heard in the palace. Therefore, by the time Sun Renluan learned the ins and outs of the matter, everything had already been settled.
One can imagine how angry he was, especially after he learned that Qu Yunmie had personally crossed the Huai River to rescue Xiao Rong. …
In the court, Yang Zangyi was originally inferior to Sun Renluan. Now that he was the one who made the mistake, he could only let Sun Renluan scold him angrily. The difference between him and Queen Mother Sun was that Queen Mother Sun was just a coward. No matter how loud she shouted, she was still full of fear of Sun Renluan in her heart. Yang Zangyi was different. He was not afraid of Sun Renluan, nor did he think he had done anything wrong. He was just unlucky and trusted someone he shouldn't have trusted.
Therefore, he endured the bombardment in silence for a while. After Sun Renluan had vented almost enough, he stood up and argued with Sun Renluan, trying to divert Sun Renluan's attention from himself to Xiao Rong.
Even if Xiao Rong's vision was really so sharp that he could see Xi Zhu's abnormality at a glance, how could Qu Yunmie know what he was going to do in advance, and appear outside Huaiyin City at that time so coincidentally? This was no longer a question of having a sharp vision, but that the two of them had the ability to predict the future.
But they all knew that predicting the future was simply nonsense, so the only explanation for Qu Yunmie's sudden appearance was that he and Xiao Rong had discussed in advance what they were going to do in Jinling, but because Yang Zangyi suddenly interrupted them, they had to give up and then escape.
Sun Renluan: “…”
In fact, he could hear how far-fetched Yang Zangyi's explanation was, but what else could he do without such a far-fetched explanation? The pursuit of Xiao Rong failed, and the King of Zhenbei came to rescue them personally, hoping to put people to death. The behavior has been completely exposed, and the relationship between the court and the King of Zhenbei is even more precarious. Now, even if one more feather falls on it, it is possible that the two sides will officially go to war.
But he did not intend to use Yang Zangyi's suggestion. Yang Zangyi meant to turn black into white and put the blame on others so that people in the world would think that it was the ambition of the King of Zhenbei that caused this disaster. Most of the scholars in the world were on the side of the court. This approach was understandable. Anyway, the incident happened in Jinling. People who had not seen it could only listen to others' stories. Xiao Rong and his men had no other evidence, but they had mouths, and there were more mouths on his side.
This could indeed suppress the King of Zhenbei for a while, but the King of Zhenbei was splashed with dirty water for no reason, and his anger might have soared to several feet high. Doing this could only delay a little time and would also lead to a more violent revenge from the King of Zhenbei.
Thinking of this, he glanced at Yang Zangyi, whose temples were graying.
As for handing Yang Zangyi over to the King of Zhenbei for disposal... no, he would not do that. The reputation of the imperial court was in jeopardy. Handing over the prime minister to the King of Zhenbei would be like slapping himself in the face. The price of losing his reputation was something the Yong Dynasty could never afford. Nowadays, scholars valued reputation more than their lives. If he did that, the imperial court would immediately become turbulent.
Sun Renluan's forehead twitched because he couldn't think of a good countermeasure. He cursed Yang Zangyi for being a self-willed, pretending to be smart mediocre person. You think you are one step ahead, but in fact all your actions are seen by Xiao Rong. How old is Xiao Rong, and how old are you? I'm afraid all the years you have lived have been fed to dogs!
Yang Zangyi was filled with hatred, his heart was about to bleed, this was a foolproof plan! If Xi Zhu hadn't revealed his true colors... Damn assassins, damn Qingfeng Sect, damn Sun Renluan, if you hadn't held him back, he wouldn't have ended up like this!
The Nanyong court was in chaos. Of the two thousand private soldiers sent by Yang Zangyi, only more than six hundred returned alive, more than one thousand died on the battlefield, and the other two hundred were afraid of enduring the wrath of the Yang family, so they simply deserted.
This conflict is neither big nor small, and people cannot tell how far the rumors will ferment for the time being.
Xiao Rong sat on a mat in the corner of the military tent, playing with the silver hairpin in his hand, with only one thought in his mind.
That is - he hoped that Nan Yong was ready to bleed heavily, so there was no reason to let go of this handle that was handed to him. ...
The beds in the camp are actually made of several wooden boards, with stones serving as pillars underneath and a layer of linen covered on the wooden boards. This is considered a bed.
People with lumbar disc herniation should like this kind of bed, but as a healthy person, Xiao Rong is really not interested in this kind of bed.
He was woken up not long after he slept, and after he had been awake for more than an hour, Qu Yunmie finally opened his eyes.
The bed that was almost like torture to Xiao Rong was just right for Qu Yunmie. It even made him feel more at ease than the high beds and soft pillows in the palace. After all, he had been sleeping like this for the past twenty years.
Sleeping is part of the healing process. Before going to bed, Qu Yunmie felt weak in his hands and feet and lacked energy. After waking up, he felt almost better. As for the loss of blood color caused by blood loss, this could not be compensated by sleeping. It could only be made up by eating.
He sat up slowly, but some of his movements still involved the wound that had not yet healed. In front of Xiao Rong, Qu Yunmie acted as if he was not injured, but only he knew that he was pretending. It was not that he did not feel the pain, he was just particularly endurable.
At first he thought Xiao Rong had already gone out, so after feeling the tearing pain, he immediately frowned. However, when he saw the back of the person sitting on the ground out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly froze, and then quickly adjusted his expression back to a calm state.
#Men's inexplicable desire to win#…
If Qu Yunmie wanted to move quietly, ordinary people would not be able to notice him. Perhaps he is also suitable to be an assassin.
Xiao Rong sat casually with his elbows resting on the low table on the ground. He supported his head with one hand and kept turning the silver hairpin with the other hand.
Whether from the perspective of ancient people or modern people, the craftsmanship of this silver hairpin is very exquisite. The hairpin is in the style of a bamboo branch, and the head of the hairpin is carved into the shape of thin bamboo leaves. Many bamboo leaves are clustered together and painted with green paint. However, it is not the enamel that Xiao Rong is familiar with, and it is unknown what color it is dyed with.
There is also a very short lantern pendant hanging under the hairpin, which is playful and eye-catching.
Silver is not valuable, but the craftsmanship on this hairpin is definitely not something that an ordinary craftsman can create. The bamboo leaves are engraved so lifelike. People with such skills are basically invited back by aristocratic families to be family craftsmen.
Female assassins are just tools. They have probably been trained since childhood on how to become a killing weapon and have long given up on love. It is impossible for them to have the leisure time to customize an exquisite piece of jewelry for themselves. What's more, the name Xizhu may not be her real name, but was specially given to her by her master in order to attract those pretentious guests.
So this hairpin should have been given to her by her master, and the fact that her master treats Xizhu so seriously also shows how much he values her.
Xiao Rong’s question is, is her master Prime Minister Yang?
The aristocratic families do want to monopolize everything, and they want to take all the good things back to their own homes and raise them themselves, but when did they even start to raise assassins? The aristocratic families should despise such dirty and despicable means.
Is it that Yang Zangyi is unique, or is there someone else behind Xizhu?
Xiao Rongmo, in fact, he had no solid evidence at all, he was just doubting based on divergent thinking. After what happened last night, he felt that everything was wrong and there was conspiracy. He relied too much on history books and gradually forgot that people are much more complicated than books. Not everything is recorded, and he cannot only focus on the recorded things.
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