Sword of the Red Chamber from Heaven

"what happened?"

At the Marquis Guanjun's Mansion, Miaoyu looked at Cailuan, whose face was a little gloomy, and sighed softly in her heart. During this period, the capital city was in chaos, and each family had its own ulterior motives. The voices of ridicule and sarcasm in the court never ceased. As the person in charge of the Marquis' Mansion at the moment, Cailuan was under imaginable pressure.

Of course, perhaps because of the palace's intention, there was no open harassment from anyone at the Marquis' Mansion. For example, the censors and imperial officials did not come to break into the mansion directly, and they were happy to pretend to be invisible. On weekdays, the door of the Marquis' Mansion was rarely opened.

People go out through the back door or the corner door for daily shopping, so life is pretty quiet. However, at night, there are often some uninvited guests, but they can't come to the backyard.

These people were usually dealt with secretly by Cai Luan and the few martial arts masters left in the mansion. In addition, some personnel transfers were handled by Cai Luan personally, so Cai Luan was under a lot of pressure during this period.

"News just arrived from Liaodong."

Cai Luan didn't know what to say. Liaodong, as one of Jia Hong's bases, also carried many memories of her and Jia Hong. To her, the people here were much more lovely than those in the capital, even though those people were all soldiers.

"Thunderbolt?"

After all, it was Miaoyu. She guessed it as soon as Cailuan mentioned the beginning.

Cai Luan nodded. The thunder bomb is a magic weapon in Jia Hong's hands. It is a rare weapon that can pose a threat to war and aliens. This kind of thing should not appear on the battlefield today.

When Jia Hong was pacifying the Northern Frontier, he secretly gathered a group of skilled craftsmen to specialize in studying this thing, and also gave another formula to upgrade the Thunderbolt Bomb. Compared with the Later Yuan Dynasty, the power of the Thunderbolt Bomb has been improved by more than one level. This is one of the reasons why he was able to pacify the Northern Frontier in just a few years.

But after pacifying the northern border, he strictly ordered his men to keep the secret and only said that the thunder bombs were seized from the Later Yuan Dynasty. Of course, the core secrets about the thunder bombs were only known by Jia Hong's personal soldiers.

Later, Jia Hong encountered danger in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Great Snow Dragon Riders rushed to his aid from a thousand miles away. They had to use this weapon as a last resort, but it was also a helpless move. The journey of a thousand miles to help was too long, and even with the physique of the Great Snow Dragon Riders, it was a huge pressure. If they wanted to break through quickly, the thunder bomb became the first choice.

Later, Jia Hong handed over part of it to the court, and the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry never used it again. At this time, this item suddenly appeared in the hands of Prince Dongping. Cai Luan guessed that it might have leaked from Liaodong. Now that she had the evidence, she could not sit still.

"The letter said that a batch of about 1,500 coins disappeared from the workshop for no apparent reason. There were heavy guards outside at the time, so no one could explain exactly how they disappeared. But according to the spies outside, they saw a lame Taoist priest appear when they disappeared."

"Guo Yingjing has secretly moved the workshop, but the missing batch of thunder bombs have not been found yet."

When Miaoyu heard the word "lame Taoist priest", her eyelids drooped unnaturally. Although her face looked normal, her heart was already in turmoil.

If she had not guessed, this person would be the root cause of Jia Hong's inability to show up now. Even if this person is not the culprit, he should be one of the participants in Jia Hong's current disaster.

  Similarly, this person should be the old Taoist priest who appeared in the Fifth Prince’s Mansion. If this matter is really manipulated by this person behind the scenes, then what is his purpose?

Logically speaking, this person should have surrendered to the Fifth Prince. If he really got a divine weapon like the Thunderbolt Bomb, he should have handed it over directly to the Fifth Prince. Why did he hand it over to the Prince of Dongping? What was he planning?

"It should be the one from the Fifth Prince's mansion." Cai Luan was silent here. As for the problems encountered by the Marquis's mansion at the moment, all other ones were fine, except for this one, which was a huge mountain that could not be avoided. The other party was not an ordinary person, but a cultivator, and his methods were unpredictable. Not to mention other things, the other party stole the thunder bomb under heavy guard. This kind of skill was definitely not something those martial arts masters could do.

Because he stole not one or two coins, but fifteen hundred. Such a huge number would be impossible to steal without attracting attention unless it was a robbery.

"This bastard."

Knowing that she could do nothing about the enemy made Cai Luan very angry.

Miaoyu stood up and walked towards Cailuan. Looking at the girl who was still sulking, she gently patted her shoulder.

"He's not the only jerk."

Cai Luan sighed upon hearing this.

"He is not that kind of person. Many times, there is no choice in many things. Although he is about the same age as the princes and sons of the capital, his experience is different."

"He has experienced hunger, walked out of the bottom of a duke's mansion, experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature, traveled a long way from the south to the north, experienced the treacherous hearts of the people in the world, fought on the battlefield, and experienced the cruelty of the battlefield. Many times, his choices were not intentional, but were made after weighing the pros and cons."

"His sister may not have experienced what he went through. In his heart, he has a scale to tell what is heavier and what is lighter. He doesn't want to hurt the things he loves most and the things he cares about the most."

"After his disappearance this time, my sister may have some complaints in her heart, thinking that he shouldn't have gone out without permission, but that choice may be the best choice for him. He is not a saint, he has his own emotions, as well as joy, anger, sorrow and happiness. When I was with him, I didn't know when I fell in love with that feeling. I got used to being by his side, watching him win battles, and was willing to do things for him that I didn't like. It was not until a long time later that I realized that I had fallen in love with this person."

"But you're right, he is indeed a bastard, but who made us stay by his side willingly? Liking someone doesn't seem to be something that can be controlled. If I could, I really don't want to fall in love with him. It's too tiring."

Miaoyu stood there, speechless for a long time.

She actually knew that Cailuan was an understanding person, but she didn't expect that she knew Jia Hong so well. She did have some resentment about Jia Hong's sudden disappearance before, so why couldn't they face it together?

It was only later that she realized that perhaps, as Cai Luan said, this might be Jia Hong's truest thought.

"Sister, Actually" (End of this Chapter)