Jiaochu

Chapter 161 Yangzhou Governor ([-])

This young man, who looked to be in his thirties, was not very handsome, but he had a pair of excellent eyebrows, which straightened his somewhat mediocre eyes and nose.

After putting away his weapon, he seemed to be a different person. He spoke politely and had an approachable attitude. He took action just now as if he was testing the reaction of the people present, whether they would yell like a headless fly, stay dumbfounded, or wait and see what happens. , the result still satisfied him.

Those condensed eyes scanned the three faces with the same height difference in turn, automatically ignoring Ye Lingxi's immature face that was not on the horizontal line, and judged at the first glance that the three of them were not ordinary people.

Hu Yuhan seemed surprised, with a hint of excitement in his eyes. Yan Fei had keen observation skills beyond his peers. What surprised him was that His Highness Ye Lingjue could still pick up the dishes without changing his expression. After arriving in the capital, I found out that His Highness the Second Highness was the most valued by the Emperor. It was indeed different when I saw him today.

Ye Lingxi didn't know that this weird brother didn't take her seriously at all, and didn't even take a look at her, so after hearing the word scapegoat, she asked enthusiastically, "Who tricked you here?"

He then took a look at the young face and said kindly: "Children, don't ask so much, be careful not to grow taller in the future."

Ye Lingxi: "." Are the two related?
"It's not convenient to talk here. I'm waiting for you two at Hanshan Temple."

His eyes paused on the faces of Ye Lingjue and Yan Fei for a moment, and it was clear who they were referring to. After saying this, he stood up and left, his words and deeds quite like a literary scholar, with a bit of a scholar's air. He's pedantic and doesn't look like a weirdo who would put a knife on other people's necks.

After the man left in a low-key manner, Zhao Ce took a deep breath and vented all the resentment he had been holding in his heart. He said that the man was mentally ill and dared to murder him, the prince of the Hou family, and wanted to cut him into pieces. In this way, Ye Lingxi was persuading while paying attention to the movements of the other two people. Hu Yuhan persuaded with a smile, "Your Highness, come and have a look, maybe you can hear something particularly interesting." He turned his eyes to Yan Fei again, "Brother Yan Go and have a look too, I want to stay to protect the princess, and the prince is so frightened that he can't let his highness go alone."

Hearing that he was scared out of his mind, Zhao Ce glared at Hu Yuhan angrily, while Ye Lingxi comforted him to calm down, as if he was smoothing over his hair.

"Second brother, brother Yan, be careful."

One of the two nodded, and the other hummed.

Dong Mo left Chunfeng Tower in a carriage, and an atmosphere of silence spread in the carriage.

After a while, the silence in the carriage was broken.

Ye Lingjue asked: "Is your third uncle busy lately?" His voice was as light as a feather, and there was no emotion or anger to be heard.

Yan Fei said succinctly: "Is there something wrong, Your Highness?"

"You must have remembered what happened in the Star-Zhaing Tower last time." A cold and lonely light flashed across Ye Lingjue's peach blossom eyes, but his face remained as usual.

Yan Fei frowned, how could he forget about Star Zhailing Tower.Just a few seconds away, the little girl crying in his arms disappeared.

"The craftsman committed suicide." Ye Lingjue said, "I have investigated the origin of the craftsman. He came to the capital ten years ago and worked as an apprentice in a blacksmith shop. Two years later, he married the blacksmith's daughter. Mr. Liu was his wife. Two years later, the old blacksmith passed away and the business of the shop was not good, so he closed the shop and learned the craft from an old craftsman named Xu. He learned quickly and passed by this old craftsman a year later. After being introduced to the workshop, he will be able to work in the palace in half a year."

"Presumably His Highness has also found out this person's past ten years ago." Yan Fei said.

Ye Lingjue smiled lightly and said: "This is the interesting part. This man worked as a blacksmith in a small town on the border of Yanzhou ten years ago. This town is only a hundred miles away from Pengcheng. There is a barren mountain in Pengcheng, and there were fires from the sky. Do you know about it?"

"I heard it mentioned by my third uncle." Yan Fei said, "Fifteen years ago, the mountains and forests in Pengcheng were hit by sky fire and became a barren mountain. Later, a black iron block was dug out on the mountain. It was extremely hard. Using this iron Weapons forged from this block of iron are dozens of times stronger than ordinary weapons. This type of iron block is called Heavenly Iron or Black Iron."

"That's right." Ye Lingjue smiled faintly, seeming to be quite satisfied with Yan Fei's profound family knowledge, "My father's black iron bow was forged from this iron block. One arrow can penetrate the mountain rocks. My father used it that day. When using a bow, only use [-]% or [-]% of the strength, otherwise the target would have cracked long ago. The spring part of the crossbow you collected was also made of black iron. Your father made such a batch of black soldiers. A, that crossbow was left behind by your father."

"What does Your Highness want to say?" Yan Fei's tone became a little colder.

Ye Lingjue said: "What I want to talk about is this batch of mysterious armor. There are a hundred pieces of mysterious iron dug out from the mountain, but half of them were missing when they were ready to be transported back to the capital. At that time, this batch of mysterious iron was transported from the capital. It was your father, but before he arrived in Pengcheng, the batch of black iron was gone. It only took General Yan three days to trace the whereabouts of the other half of the black iron, and chased the black iron back. Someone offered a high price to buy the Qingzhou area. The water bandits asked them to transport these black irons away. I don’t know if General Yan has found out who this person is. What’s interesting is that the craftsman has been making iron here for three years. The iron blocks were transported After returning to the capital, he left the town.”

"Your Highness said that this person is a craftsman." Yanfei said.

Ye Lingjue said: "Since a person can lie dormant in one place for ten years, how can he die so easily, unless..." At this point, he stopped, as if he wanted to test the intelligence of the person listening.

"Is this person a fraud?" Yan Fei asked with a hint of sarcasm.

Ye Lingjue said: "There is a gatekeeper in Yizhuang who is missing. There are quite a few corpses inside. Maybe the gatekeeper was there to fill up the number."

"His Highness has already sent someone to investigate, so why bother trying to show off here." Yanfei said.

Ye Lingjue said: "I don't want to alert the enemy yet, but there is one more thing. I wonder if you have thought about it. Since this person was able to enter and leave the palace five years ago, he has heard something during this period. If his purpose is achieved, he should leave quietly. That's right, if it hasn't been achieved, why would you take the initiative to expose it?" At this point, he paused, his eyes as deep as a whirlpool, "Why is it Lingxi?"

Regarding the last question, Yan Fei also had a layer of doubt in his heart. A craftsman who had been dormant for ten years would do something to reveal his identity even though he knew he would be suspected. Unless...his eyes narrowed and his face became a little tighter. .

Ye Lingjue said: "Unless there is someone else who saw off the railing," those cold peach blossom eyes seemed to be able to see through a person's thoughts, "Do you still remember the missing craftsman?"

(End of this chapter)