After becoming the villain

Chapter 137 "Qin Jing" and "The Silence Before Dark"

Outside the study.

Qin Shuzheng just left.

Qin Jing, dressed in dark red clothes, appeared from the shadows behind the pillars of the room.

She glanced at her father Qin Shuzheng's leaving figure, and then at her younger brother Qin Chechu who was still confused in the study. She smiled helplessly and shook her head.

She didn't understand how, with her and her father's intelligence, there could be such a stupid brother...

Would you actually think of using the power of the Prime Minister's Office to initiate the "Jianghu Order" to assassinate the Prince of Zhenbei?
Stupid.

I'm afraid that I accidentally became someone else's "knife" again, right?
but……

No matter what, Qin Chechu is his brother.

And they are siblings from the same mother.

She always has to give the other person a helping hand.

Qin Jing thought about it and walked into the study. She felt that she needed to tell this stupid brother what her father had not said just now...

Otherwise, based on the other person's nature and qualifications, he might not be able to guess anything.

"Father would never want to harm Prince Zhenbei."

"...But this is not because my father is afraid of King Zhenbei, but because of Princess Zhenbei... My father once deeply loved and pursued Princess Zhenbei Liu Mengyun."

As Qin Jing said this, she crossed her arms over her chest and walked slowly into the study.

Qin Chechu was a little stunned when he heard this...

Qin Jing was sitting directly on the photographic table, which was completely opposite to her usual ladylike appearance, but the absence of that well-behaved appearance gave her a different kind of evil and smart beauty.

She was already tall, well-dressed, with aggressive beauty in her face and eyes. She was a well-behaved and submissive lady, but she lost such charm.

Qin Jing glanced at the puzzled Qin Chechu in front of her, whose face was full of confusion.

Qin Jing helplessly held her forehead and continued——

"You asked Jianghu people to assassinate Yan Wulu, the crown prince of Zhenbei. It is impossible for you to succeed based on the little appeal you have to steal the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"...Moreover, even if it succeeds, except for the endless anger that the Prime Minister's Mansion attracts to Zhenbei Palace, the rest will achieve nothing."

"...Your approach will not prevent the old emperor from using the power of King Zhenbei to suppress my father. The only thing you will achieve is to accelerate the crisis between my father and our Qin family."

Qin Chechu froze on the spot for a moment...

He was speechless by the words of his eldest sister Qin Jing.

Seeing this, Qin Jing approached Qin Chechu, looked directly into his eyes with a pair of beautiful and narrow eyes, and asked -

"So, is it the guy with ulterior motives who suggested this to you?"

"...you don't have that brain yourself, my stupid brother."

When Qin Chechu heard this, he wanted to refute it.

But looking at the undoubted power of his eldest sister, it was hard to refute for a while...

He is an extremely mediocre person, far less outstanding than his father Qin Shuzheng, and not as smart as his eldest sister Qin Jing.

In the end, Qin Chechu lowered his head and just said a few words -

"A guy from the Western Regions, who had been my retainer for a while, suggested this to me at the time. He also sent me the travel route map for Prince Zhenbei."

"...As for his name, I can't remember it clearly. It seems to be...Yi Junhan."

……

Jinwang Mansion.

The lights were brightly lit, as if it were daytime.

Inside the main hall.

Zhang Jian, the commander-in-chief of the Jinyi Division, knelt down in the center of the hall, weeping for a moment.

Sitting on the main seat, the Fourteenth Prince and King of Jin, Zhao Lingcheng, held his head with one hand, listening boredly to the people in the hall talking about their sufferings, feeling slightly worried.

He glanced at one of his strongest supporters and said helplessly -

"Mr. Zhang, why are you doing this?"

"His Royal Highness King Jin!"

Zhang Jian burst into tears again, kowtowed and begged: "... Your Majesty is unfair! Your Highness, Prince Jin, you have to make the decision for me!"

"... Quanzi is no longer able to have children. He is my only son! Our Zhang family has only been passed down for eight generations. Now that the incense has been passed down to my generation, it is just cut off!"

"...I feel so unwilling to give in!!!"

When Jin Wang Zhao Lingcheng heard this, he felt that his ears were about to get calluses.

He put one hand on the case to support his slightly swollen head.

The handling of these trivial matters gave Zhao Lingcheng a headache.

He looked coldly at Zhang Jian, the commander-in-chief of Jinyi Division who kept complaining to him.

The other party is almost the first veteran and powerful minister in the court to follow and support him. Now that he has encountered something like this, if he really ignores it and does not stand up for him, he will definitely chill the hearts of many of his followers.

but……

The other party is the prince of Zhenbei.

Not to mention that he is struggling to win the support of Prince Zhenbei.

Even if you cannot win over the other party, you should try your best to avoid becoming an enemy.

"Mr. Zhang...you, you must also understand His Majesty's difficulties. Besides, your son did not do a good thing."

"His Royal Highness Prince Jin, the Prince of Zhenbei is so powerful that I can bear it for a while."

Zhang Jian said seriously, his eyes slightly red, "...but this resentment will always come out!"

"...After all, no one at the Jinyi Department would be willing to be bullied like this!"

When Jin Wang Zhao Lingcheng heard this, he felt that the Jianzhen in front of him would put him in a good position. The people from the Jinyi Division are not members of your Zhang Jian family.

Don't use them to put pressure on me!

However, Zhao Lingcheng didn't want to worry too much about this matter anymore...

He waved his hand slightly and said——

"General Manager Zhang, if you want to vent your anger, go ahead. As long as you don't do anything too outrageous, I will protect you."

"...That's right, but don't mess with Prince Zhenbei anymore. Do you understand?"

When Zhang Jian heard this, a ray of light suddenly flashed in his eyes...

He nodded slightly, saluted with both hands, and said respectfully and solemnly: "My lord, I obey."

Got the approval of King Jin.

Zhang Jian bowed and resigned.

Qingsi appeared from behind the curtain. Through the bamboo hat and veil, she glanced at Jin Wang Zhao Lingcheng and said -

"Your Highness, are you just going to let Zhang Jian do what he does?"

"Zhang Jian dotes on his son. Now that his son has become like this, if I am as 'just' as my father, then why should Zhang Jian support me among the three princes?"

"Having said that." Qingsi said with some hesitation, "... Qingsi feels that Commander-in-Chief Zhang, Zhang Jian, he may do something that your Highness will not expect."

"An unexpected thing?"

Jin Wang Zhao Lingcheng was also a little confused, "...What can a Jinyi Division under him do? At most, they can bully the prisoners in the prison and catch a few suspicious people on the street to vent their anger."

Qingsi thought about it several times, but for a while she still couldn't come up with a definite answer.

"Your Highness, you'd better send more of your confidants to keep an eye out around Yan's Mansion."

"...Qingsi is worried that Zhang Jian may not listen to your warning. It would be bad if he drags you into the water instead."

Zhao Lingcheng touched his chin slightly and nodded, confirming Qingsi's suggestion.

He looked at the night sky outside the window...

It was the full moon in the sky.

The night looks quiet and beautiful under such moonlight.

……

……

The next day.

The morning light arrived peacefully as before.

Jinling City is gradually waking up under the faint sunshine...

People come and go, and there is a lot of traffic.

……

Yan House.

Morning light.

It's dawn.

Yan Wulu got up early as usual and began to practice the inner strength of "Qiankun Jue" in the school martial arts field. At the same time, he practiced all the sword styles in "Blue Sea Tide Sword Jue" again and memorized it by heart.

His swordsmanship has reached the state of "the integration of man and sword", which has always been a state that only the top swordsmen in the world can barely touch.

According to Master Jun Xing, Jun Xing himself changed to using a sword midway after becoming a powerful warrior, but even so, it took another five years to reach the point where "the sword and man are one, and the mind is connected."

As for the breakthrough to the realm of "unity of man and nature", it took Sword Saint Junxing 20 years.

This is the shortest time to enter these two realms in the Jianghu and even the entire world.

Looking back now, it still feels a bit incredible that Yan Wulu was able to enter the realm of "human and sword unity" in such a short period of time.

Weapons often have things in common.

The breakthrough in swordsmanship allowed Yan Wulu to use his spear even more fiercely...

There are vague signs of breaking through into a new realm.

On the school martial arts field, the morning practice was basically over.

Zhang Chunhua came to invite Yan Wulu to have breakfast.

room.

A servant of the Yan family sent a letter to Yan Wulu, which was from his aunt Yan Weiyu.

Yan Wulu wanted the servant to read it directly, but the servant looked embarrassed.

Looking through the contents of the letter, I found that the handwriting was as illegible as ever...

Zhang Chunhua, Qin Shumian and other people saw it accidentally and were puzzled for a while.

Of all the people present, Yan Wulu was probably the only one who could understand what was written in this letter...

Yan Wulu took the letter and secretly lamented that his aunt's letters had an "encryption" effect...

Yan Weiyu claimed in the letter that he led the captains of the Demon Suppression Division to the Dongting Lake water system to kill the water demons, but was attacked by a group of water thieves on the way.

Although the other party did not get any advantage, what kind of temper was Yan Weiyu, how could he ignore being attacked for no reason?Now Yan Weiyu decided to eliminate the demon, and at the same time, he joined forces with the Yangtze River Navy to deal with this group of water thieves.

Yan Weiyu also asked Yan Wulu in the letter whether he was used to Jinling, and mentioned some interesting places in Jinling to him, saying that he would take him to play with him after returning to Jinling.

The letter is closed.

Yan Wulu lamented that his little aunt still behaved in such a vigorous and heroic manner.

The Dongting Lake water thieves... are an intricate and complex force, far beyond what can be summed up by the ordinary word "water thieves". Otherwise, why would Daqian's Yangtze River navy not be able to defeat them after so many years?
but……

If it were his little aunt Yan Weiyu, she might be able to deal with this danger.

The commander-in-chief of the Demon Suppression Department, Yan Weiyu did not get into this third-level important position in the Daqian court through connections.

Putting down the letter, Yan Wulu thought of the Long Tao he had met in the Dongting Lake system...

He has a very high status among the water thieves in Dongting Lake. This time he met the decisive Yan Weiyu who could not even offend Yan Wulu. I am afraid it would be even more dangerous than the last time he faced Amaro.

……

The weather in Jinling City is excellent today.

partly cloudy.

Not dry or dry, with an occasional breeze.

Yan Wulu and others finished their breakfast and came to the courtyard.

He stood in the center of the courtyard, looking out to the sky, closing his eyes and feeling the beauty of the breeze blowing from the south of the Yangtze River.

Under the round pavilion in the distance, Zhang Chunhua and Qin Shumian were chatting, and occasionally ladylike laughter could be heard.I don't know what they are talking about.

In the corridor, Nan Chuanyue was telling a story to a delicate maid of the Yan family - a story about seven grandchildren who rescued their grandfather from a snake demon and a scorpion demon.

The maid listened with great interest.

Yan Wulu slowly opened his eyes and chuckled.

He suddenly felt that it would be great if he could always live such a peaceful and beautiful life.

His eyes were fixed on Qin Shumian and Zhang Chunhua.

"Qin Shumian? It's really strange..."

Yan Wulu thought secretly in his heart.

Not long after he first arrived in Jinling, he sent someone to inquire about the news in the Qin family of the prime minister's house, and to find out whether they were eager to find their missing second lady.

It turned out... not at all.

It was as if nothing happened in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Even Qin Shuzheng himself and Yan Wulu saw each other in the palace several times, and the other party was not affected at all, as if they had never had a daughter "Qin Shumian".

Yan Wulu felt that even if she was an illegitimate daughter, she shouldn't be so indifferent.

For a moment, I couldn't guess the reason.

It would be difficult to negotiate with the Qin family in the prime minister's office.

He simply kept Qin Shumian by his side.

However, it doesn't affect...

He has such a beautiful woman following him, why not?
Yan Wulu thought to himself, feeling that he had made a little profit.

……

Autumn in Jiangnan is relatively warm.

It's nowhere near as cold as the North.

Many of the fruit trees planted in the Yan family's courtyard have already produced golden fruits, which feels like a good harvest.

Red maple leaves dance in the breeze.

Occasionally, servants of the Yan family brought fruit, wine, etc. to everyone.

Everything is so quiet and beautiful.

Until a burst of hurried footsteps came...

"His Royal Highness! Your Royal Highness!"

It was several Zhenbei cavalry guards, wearing black armor and feathers on their heads, who quickly broke into the courtyard.

When he found Yan Wulu, he immediately stepped forward to salute and said——

"...His Royal Highness, please report urgently!"

Yan Wulu's originally pleasant eyes suddenly changed, becoming serious and calm, "Say."

"The brothers who were sent to escort Miss Li's siblings all... died in the battle yesterday."

"Miss Li's house, that fishing village on the outskirts... is also..."

The cavalry guard said, somewhat unspeakably.

Yan Wulu was also a little dazed, but still calmly said: "So what?"

"They were all slaughtered."

When Yan Wulu heard this, his face was filled with surprise for a moment.

But the next moment, he became calm...

"Have our brothers been buried?"

The Zhenbei Cavalry Guards did not expect that the Crown Prince would ask this first. They thought that the Crown Prince would ask about the situation of the Li family siblings...

"Hui Shizi, we were planning to take their bodies back to Zhonghun Pavilion in accordance with military regulations. But... someone has already buried them."

"The Li siblings..." Yan Wulu paused in asking, "...are they still alive?"

The Zhenbei Cavalry Guard once again found it difficult to answer. Then, the leading captain opened his mouth and said——

"There is still... one alive. Their situation is a bit complicated. Please go and see for yourself, Your Highness."

While speaking, Yan Wulu already understood the general idea in his heart.

Without further ado, it was too late to inform the rest of the Zhenbei Cavalry Guards.

Yan Wulu called Zhang Chunhua and Amoluo, and then rode directly to the fishing village on the outskirts of Jinling with the several mounted guards in front of him.

……

(End of this chapter)