Exclusive golden branch

Chapter 414
Yancheng is not a big city. Almost all the rich and powerful households in Yancheng are gathered on the largest street in the middle. The Fang family's mansion is at the end of this street, occupying a vast area. The width of the house will more than double.

The entrance of the mansion is a wide flat land, on which a big tree of some years stands in the open space.

At this moment, although the door of the Fang family's mansion is open, there is no one at the door, only passers-by occasionally pass by the door.

The carriage stopped not far from the Fang family's mansion, and Xiao Wu sat in front of the carriage, wearing a bamboo hat, which was lowered to cover most of her face.

Although the young lady said she was coming to the Fang family's mansion, she didn't go in when she arrived at the Fang's mansion. She only told him to wait outside, and she didn't know who to wait for.

Xiao Wu chewed the weeds in his mouth and looked up at the sky. The sun was setting, and the entire Yancheng Street was shrouded in an orange-orange sunset glow.Xiao Wu rubbed her stomach, and at this moment, a person appeared inside the empty door.

This is also the first person he saw in his own house since he waited here.

He was dressed in an ordinary coarse cloth robe, his hair was tied up, his facial features were soft and elegant, except for the beard stubble on his chin, he seemed a bit listless for no reason.

Xiao Wu couldn't help sitting up straight the moment he saw the person coming. It wasn't because of how special this person was that made him sit up straight when he saw the person coming. It was because...he knew this person.

"Miss," Xiao Wu, who sat up straight, spit out the weeds in his mouth, and quickly knocked on the carriageway, "Mr. Jiang is out!"

This person is none other than Jiang Pingping, the storyteller from Baoling Teahouse who left to visit relatives.

Didn't you say that Mr. Jiang went to visit relatives?Why did this family visit come to Yancheng?Besides, what does Mr. Jiang's visit have to do with the Fang family?One is surnamed Jiang and the other is surnamed Fang. They are really relatives, why didn't they hear about them when they were in Baoling?
Also, the moment Mr. Jiang appeared in sight made him more sure of one thing: that is, the lady can really predict the future!

Said that Mr. Jiang would come out from Fang's house and asked him to wait here, and Mr. Jiang really appeared.

Then... Xiao Wu jumped out of the carriage, took off the bamboo hat on his head, and when he saw it from a distance, he called out: "Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Pingping, who was preoccupied and somewhat absent-minded, had just stepped out of the Fang family's mansion when he suddenly heard the voice of "Mr. Jiang".

It was probably because he had something in his mind that before he had time to see who was making the sound, he panicked, staggered, and almost didn't fall.

After finally standing still, I saw the girl get off the carriage and walk towards this side.

It's Miss Jiang Si.

The girl was holding a box in her hand, and she didn't know what was in the box.

Jiang Pingping, who barely stood still, looked at the girl who appeared in sight, his eyes were blank and helpless, he opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he didn't know what to say when the words came to his mouth.

There are many things he wants to say, such as: why did she appear here?I heard that she is not in Baoling, so I don't know where she has been these few days?The reason why he dared to enter Fang's house so grandly was because as far as he knew, Lin Yan and Ji Chongyan had gone to Jinling in the past few days and were not in Yancheng.How could this girl come to Yancheng alone at this time?Still waiting for him in front of Fang's house?How did she guess that he would come to Fang's house at this time?
There were so many questions that until the girl strode forward with the box in her arms, there was still no time to speak.

It was the girl who spoke first.

"Mr. Jiang," the girl said, looked at him, and said seriously, "I heard that you went to find Mrs. Jingci on purpose?"

Jiang Pingping only felt that his mind, which was already a mess, was disturbed again, and the chaos became more thorough. He wanted to ask her how she knew, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that there was no need to ask. Ci Shitai's friendship, these things are very easy for her to know.

"Since I have already looked for Mrs. Jingci," the girl seemed to have vaguely guessed something, even though she hadn't witnessed the conversation between the two. She asked seriously, "Why didn't you come to me?"

He really wanted to come, he just wanted to take another look, watch from the sidelines, plus there were other things...

"It's a good thing to calm down and hibernate before your ability is sufficient, but it's not good to procrastinate too much." The girl looked at him and said seriously, "Especially what you are doing..." The girl said here After a pause, he looked at him, although his voice was deliberately lowered, but in Jiang Pingze's ears, it exploded like thunder on the ground, "It has been delayed for many years!"

It dragged on... for many years, Jiang Pingping moved his lips, trying to explain something, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know why, but there was only endless bitterness left.

The youthful sons of the past are no longer the youthful appearance of the past. Even he...has grown a lot of gray hair under the hidden things in his heart for many years.

He is a cautious person, and it is very likely that he will be red-eyed if he kills the enemy outside, so at this time, it is extremely necessary for someone like him to stop later.

When they were young, they were not cautious, but when they joined the army and cooperated with General Zhao, they developed towards the characteristics they should have in every movement and stillness.

His prudence became more and more obvious, especially after what happened back then, he couldn't afford to lose, with Duo Erlang's life in his hands, he couldn't afford to lose.

So, he wanted to find a perfect solution, perfect...

"What you are looking for is the answer, to find the truth, but it doesn't make any sense to procrastinate." The girl said, there was no one else in the open space in front of the Fang family mansion, only a few of them were talking here.

Seeing the seriousness between Jiang Pingping's eyebrows, the girl said: "If what happened back then has nothing to do with His Majesty, it doesn't make any sense for you to procrastinate; if it has something to do with His Majesty, then procrastinate until the Great Zhou Dynasty becomes more and more stable, you procrastinate." It doesn't even make sense."

"It's time to do it! I see that the appearance of the prince of the capital and the second highness of the people is a good opportunity. Throughout the ages, the battle for the crown prince has always been turbulent. Now that the crown prince has not been decided, it will be much more convenient for you to do what you want to do." Female The child opened his mouth and watched Jiang Pingping turn his eyes to her, his eyes were serious and focused, as if he was looking at her, or looking at someone through her.

"Ah Ping, since you joined the army, you lacked a bit of courage and hesitated a lot." The well-known celebrity said with a smile.

She said the same thing as her older brother.

"You should do it when it's time to do it. You are a military strategist, and you should understand the truth of 'as fast as the wind' better than me." Created such a dilemma."

The girl's voice was still low, but she spoke every word very clearly.

"Mr. Jiang, do you know what you are going to do now?"

Knowing what to do is crucial.

Jiang Pingping covered his ears and lowered his head, subconsciously licked his dry and cracked lips.

After the girl said this, she didn't speak again. She thought she would have to wait for a long time, but it didn't take long for Jiang Pingping to respond.

"Miss Jiang Si, let's take a step to talk."

……

Waited outside for a long time until she fell asleep.

When Xiangli woke up again, it was already night.She rubbed her eyes, but she didn't see Jiang Shaoyan, who was in the carriage, she muttered "Where is Miss?", then opened the curtain and jumped out of the carriage.

Xiao Wu, who was squatting on the ground next to the carriage and playing with ants, saw that she finally woke up from sleep, so she got up and said, "Are you awake? The meal is ready, just go indoors and eat."

Hearing the word "rice", Xiangli nodded instinctively, touched her stomach, and said seriously: "Oh, it's time to eat."

Eating is a major event, but... Xiangli looked up and looked around, and couldn't help being stunned at the completely unfamiliar place in front of her.

"What kind of place is this?" Xiangli looked puzzled at the house she entered, and saw that the pruned trees were quite impressive.

Xiao Wu replied: "It's the Fang family mansion, we're coming in."

Oh, Xiangli nodded instinctively when she heard the words, and said, "It's Fang Er, oh no, did Miss Fang bring us in?"

Xiao Wu shook her head: "Mr. Jiang brought us in." After a pause, before Xiangli could speak again, Xiao Wu continued, "But Miss Fang knows about it."

Even if Jiang Pingze has an unusual relationship with Fang's family, he can't bring anyone in casually, he needs Fang Zhiyao's approval.

……

The two people sitting opposite each other in the room were holding a cup of tea in their hands.

Amidst the heat of the tea soup, Jiang Pingping said, "This incident made me think about where to start."

Holding the teacup, the girl said, "Let's talk about the Ye Mingzhu case and the Chen Wanshan assassination case that have already come close."

Jiang Pingping glanced at her, and admitted frankly: "Ye Mingzhu was stolen by our people."

The girl gave an unsurprisingly "hmm", and then asked the question that made Jiang Pingping's heart skip a beat: "Who stole Ye Mingzhu?"

The girl spoke very neatly and neatly, and before he could open her mouth, she continued: "To be able to enter the imperial city directly, one must be very familiar with the imperial city, and to be able to come and go freely among the imperial city's imperial army, and I heard that he has not been injured. His skill must be extraordinary, can I have a look at him?"

The girl's tone was sharp and candid, but Jiang Pingping's heart skipped a beat, and an unreasonable thought came to her: she seemed to have suspected something.It's just that this matter is different from all the previous things, what he promised, what he couldn't say.

The girl reacted very quickly, and it seemed that she would show her flaws if she didn't pay attention.First, he watched her take care of Miss Yang and Miss Fang on the way; he had already vaguely guessed this when he was cleaning up the Jiang family in front of the hall. Let his heart skip a beat.

After settling his mind, Jiang Pingping raised his eyes again, looked at the girl, and said in a calm tone: "It's ours, and we have the distribution map of the imperial city in our hands. But he was seriously injured on the way back... and now he is seriously ill and unable to see anyone."

Jiang Shaoyan glanced at him, hummed, and didn't say much: There is a distribution map of the imperial city, which must have been changed to some extent after becoming the master today, and even the patrol routes of the generals and guards in the palace have been changed. Zhang Huangcheng distribution map is not very good, if you have entered the imperial city in person and have excellent reaction ability, it is almost the same.

But he didn't want to say these words, and she didn't want to ask them for now.

"Why did you send someone to steal that box of Ye Mingzhu?" The girl paused, then continued to ask, "Just to let the imperial court send Lin Yan and Ji Chongyan to track you down?"

This obviously doesn't make sense, so stealing the night pearl should have other meanings.

"Actually, the original purpose was not for Ye Mingzhu," Jiang Pingping heard, glanced at her, and replied, "It was for that box."

Ok?What's so strange about the box?The girl was puzzled, "Is there anything special about the box?"

Hearing this, Jiang Pingping sighed quietly, and said: "It's not that the box is special, but the things in the box are special."

Jiang Shaoyan was even more puzzled: Aren't there luminous pearls in the box?What's so special?

Looking at the girl's puzzled eyes, Jiang Pingping felt a little inexplicable sadness on his face: "That box of night pearls was prepared by General Zhao 20 years ago for the purpose of marrying that Miss Jiang back then."

These words were so surprising and shocking that Miss Jiang Si, who was opposite, couldn't help shaking her hand holding the tea cup, and splashed some water out of the tea cup in her hand.

"Our little general Zhao likes that Miss Jiang very much. Everyone in Chang'an City knew that. That box of night pearls was one of our own dowry gifts." Jiang Pingping said, "But others don't know about it. The most precious thing in that box is not the luminous pearl inside, but the twin snow lotus leaves hidden under the box."

Bingdi snow lotus leaves!Jiang Shaoyan suddenly put the teacup in her hand on the table, and there was a crisp crash when the tabletop collided with the teacup.She looked up at Jiang Pingping, and subconsciously repeated it again: "You are talking about... the holy relic to cure poison, Bingdi snow lotus leaf?"

"Yes!" Jiang Pingping nodded, seeing the girl's astonishment in full view, thinking that this reaction was more like a girl of an old age than the previous calmness, he smiled, with a sad expression, "No Think about it! But the only things in this world that are more valuable than priceless treasures are such sacred objects that can save lives and save lives."

The sacred object she still has no idea to get is in front of her eyes?Jiang Shaoyan took a deep breath, but suppressed the excitement in her heart, and looked at Jiang Pingping: "Why do you want this sacred object for curing poison?"

The purpose of forcibly breaking into the imperial city was to take away this sacred object for curing poison, which shows that the people Jiang Pingping and others want to save are very important.Although her survival instinct wanted the sacred object, she still knew the priorities.

Jiang Pingping didn't answer her question immediately after hearing the words, but only paused before asking her back: "Do you think why our 20 army was defeated?"

Logically speaking, with General Zhao's methods, even if he made mistakes one after another, he wouldn't be able to fight like this. Naturally, there is a big secret hidden here.

Before Jiang Shaoyan could speak, Jiang Pingping asked again, as if asking her or himself: "Do you know why those rebels burned down Baidi City after this battle?"

He has buried this secret in his heart for 20 years, and when he closes his eyes, he can see the tragedy of that year, tormenting him like a purgatory on earth, and he is in pain.

(End of this chapter)