Queen's scheming

Chapter 374 Doubt

The matter of Linglong finally came to an end by leading a practice in the Rosewood Pavilion. Although Li Tianyou and Shen Qingyi both claimed that Princess Linglong was grateful for Princess Dingyi and Khan's upbringing, and planned to practice for three years and be filial to her parents. We all know that after these three years, Linglong probably won't come out again.Afterwards, both Li Tianyou and Shen Qingyi rewarded the Magnificent Pavilion with a lot of things, which seemed to have blocked the former court's mouth.

Linglong is still alive, those soldiers who followed Li Tianyou from Yueliang to Dali are finally relieved, this proves that the emperor still has good intentions towards the people who came from Yueliang, and for a while, he no longer thinks of accompanying him to guard The people of Yueliang will return to Yueliang.

The matter of Linglong was settled, and the person stationed in Yueliang was put on the agenda. Regarding the candidates, there were endless debates in the court, especially Duke Zhen and Duke Yang. Duke Zhen wanted Zhou Heng to go, and Duke Yang wanted to go. He wanted to go to Zhengzhou Li, but the candidates recommended by the two of them came second this time, and Ritian, whom Li Tianyou wanted to send, was not valued by anyone. Facing Ritian's refusal, Lord Zhen concluded that Ritian was not For Li Tianyou's hidden guards, only Xing Mai, who is the best in martial arts, and Jia Zhaoming, who is the third in the art of war, are left. Lord Zhen always felt that he was born as a dark guard, and his martial arts are the best, so Lord Zhen fixed his eyes on Xing Mai, as long as Xingmai dies, then Zhou Heng is the best candidate to guard Yueliang.

Xingmai walked among the bustling crowd, and found that there were always a few figures not far or near behind him. This happened for two consecutive days. He was worried that he had alarmed the emperor Li Tianyou, so he didn't dare to act rashly. Don't dare to go again, if the emperor finds out that he and Ritian know each other, then all this hard work will be in vain!

Xingmai pretended not to notice that he was being followed, and taught students in his own martial arts hall every day. After class, he went to the restaurant next to the martial arts hall to drink. Until the fifth day, Xingmai walked out of the restaurant smelling of alcohol He came out wobbly, still took a small path and went back to the back door of the martial arts hall through a narrow alley, but was flanked by people from front to back and blocked in the alley...

There were five people who came, all of them were masters. Xingmai was conceited that his martial arts were very good, but he still failed. It happened that two apprentices came out from the back door to take out the garbage. Narrowly escaped!
"Brother, what is going on? Didn't you say that the emperor sent someone to investigate your details? As long as you don't go to the young master's side, you will be fine. After a few days of observation, you will leave. How could someone come? Assassination? Could it be that the emperor has discovered our identities?" Xing De lowered his voice and said while bandaging Xing Mai.

Xingmai frowned into a hill, gritted his teeth and said with pain: "These people don't look like the emperor's people. I rank first in martial arts. Even if the emperor finds out my identity, I should be the first to recruit and surrender." It is impossible to directly use the killing move. These people are afraid that they have a lot of background, and they know my martial arts well. If they didn't attack me here in the back alley, they would never come with just five people. I was careless this time. Already!"

"Brother, who do you think these people are? Apart from the emperor, who else has such a great ability to order five such masters." Xingde felt that it was too risky to participate in the martial arts this time, and now Before anything happened, a killer followed.

Xingmai put on his clothes, the injury on his arm, put on the clothes, you can't feel it if you don't touch it: "Except for the emperor, the only people who can do this are Zhen Guogong Mansion and Cheng Wang Mansion. People are getting mixed up, Lei Yu should not dare to confront us head-on at this time, this time I am afraid it is the work of Lord Zhen. I heard that Zhou Heng, who was defeated by me, was recommended by Lord Zhen to be stationed in Yueliang. I'm afraid he thinks I'm blocking his way, if I knew this, I should have said in front of the emperor that I don't want to go to Yueliang either!"

Xingde sighed and said: "It's too late to say anything now, we are now being watched, we can't do anything, we can't go to the young master's house, we can't communicate with the master, if this goes on, don't we wait To catch a turtle in someone's urn?"

Xingde and Xingmai were talking, but they heard a light knock on the door, two long and one short, this was their signal, Xingde and Xingmai looked at each other, hurriedly opened the door, someone came and said in a low voice : "Master arrived in Beijing, please go to the mansion to discuss matters."

Xingde and Xingmai were shocked when they heard this, they didn't expect that the master who had been in Jiangnan for almost his whole life would actually enter the capital.

"Brother, can we go? In case we are followed...the master and the young master are found..." Xing De was a little worried.

Xingmai patted Xingde on the shoulder and said: "Who are you and I? How can any of the three religions and nine streams be able to follow? I thought these people were the emperor's people, so I pretended not to know. Now I have confirmed that these people are not Your Majesty, what scruples do you and I have, isn't it a piece of cake for you and me to get rid of a few people who are following you?"

Only then did Xingde show a smile, but no, the master has already entered the capital, what are they afraid of, they just deal with a few yellow-haired boys, who are they, even if the emperor's secret guards come, they may not be able to Block them!

Xingde and Xingmai got rid of the pursuers after turning around, and arrived at Ritian's residence. As soon as they entered the study room, they saw a gray-haired old man sitting on the head, respectfully beside him every day. Standing, he was handing a cup of fragrant tea to the old man, and said with a smile: "Master, try this cup of Pu'er. When I bought it, it was said to be old. It cost 300 taels of silver, and I can't drink anything good. Trouble the old man to appreciate it and see if I have been deceived!"

The old man smiled lovingly, lowered his head, took a sip, and said with a smile: "The aftertaste is long, it is really top-quality, your money is worth it!"

Ri Tian smiled at the side and said: "That's fine, I'll let Han Ying pack it for a while, and send it to the master's room!"

The old man stroked his beard and nodded, looking at the two brothers Xingde and Xingmai who entered the door, his expression suddenly became cold, and he asked: "The old man has been in the capital for three days, if no one invites you two today, what do you do?" Are you planning to stay silent like this all the time? When you first entered Beijing, how did the old man explain? After you entered the capital, you should obey the young master’s orders, but the old man has not seen you two in Beijing these few days, even You didn't even say hello to the young master, is this how you serve the young master?"

Xingmai and Xingde immediately knelt down, their faces were extremely tense, and they replied without any explanation: "Master, please punish!"

The senior old man didn't raise his eyelids, and said in a low voice, "Old rules!"

"Yes!" Xingmai and Xingde backed away quietly, but after a while, there was a sound of "Puff" in the yard. It was woven with very thin and tough wicker, and it was stained with salt water, as the old man said. The old rule is that two people give each other twenty lashes.

Ri Tian kept his composure aside, he naturally knew that the old man called him, Xing Mai and the others nominally followed his arrangement, but his every move was under their surveillance, and he would go to Jiangnan every day Delivering letters, mixed in the delivery caravan, after all, the old man in front of him still didn't trust him, but he was just pretending, Ri Tian continued to smile warmly, taking advantage of his face, it made people feel uncomfortable Comfortable.

"Master, don't blame them. It's not that they don't want to listen to me. After all, I'm young, and I always think things wrong. Xingmai and Xingde have helped me a lot these days. If you beat them like that, I'm sorry." I'm really sorry!" Ri Tian didn't expect that the old man in front of him would arrive in the capital so soon, based on the date of his arrival, he should have set off for the capital on the first day his letter arrived.

But this old man asked someone to send a letter back, agreeing for him to participate in the martial arts. I really don't know what his plan is, since he was assured to let him participate in the martial arts, why did he enter Beijing in person? After entering Beijing, he never mentioned the matter of martial arts Woolen cloth?

"You are also thirty years younger. Compared with them, you are younger, but you are not young. Besides, whoever came here from a young age, if there is something incomprehensible, it will be fine if you do it twice more." It's just that Xingmai and Xingde don't take you seriously and disrespect their master, they should be punished!" The old man at the top took a sip of tea calmly and said indifferently.

"What the master taught is that Ri Tian wrote it down!" Ri Tian thought in his heart, the actions of the two brothers Xingmai and Xingde were obviously ordered by the old man, but now the old man punished others in front of him, It seems that today is going to mention martial arts!
Ritian's guess was soon confirmed, Xingmai and Xingde entered the study again with their injuries, and explained to the old man the reason why the two of them hadn't appeared in the past few days, Xingmai showed the wound to the old man, explaining that About being followed and plotted against for a few days, the old man's tone was better just now, but he still muttered: "If there is anything to do in the future, I must tell the young master. As a subordinate, there is no one to explain, it is embarrassing!"

Ri Tian frowned slightly, "Is it embarrassing?" What does this old man want Xing De and Xing Mai to do?

"The matter of martial arts, the old man knows all about it. It is too risky for Ri Tian to face the saint in Qiankun Palace and refuse the emperor to guard Yue Liang face to face. However, Ri Tian really cannot guard Yue Liang at this time. According to the old man's deduction You can stay in Yueliang for at least five or six years, and at most more than ten years, and you won't be able to return to the capital!" said the old man, stroking his beard.

Ri Tian cupped his hands at the side and said: "I also considered this, so I didn't agree, but in this way, Xingmai will not be able to escape!"

After Ri Tian refused, it was obvious that the emperor was not going to use Zhou Heng recommended by Lord Zhen Guo, and only Xing Mai was left among the top three in martial arts. If Xing Mai also rejected the emperor, it would easily cause the emperor to look differently "Waiting", if the emperor finds out that Ritian and Xingmai knew each other before, this matter will be troublesome!
"This time, the old man came here just to solve this matter. Every day, you reject the emperor in the name of serving the old man, and Xingmai, you go to guard Yueliang yourself!" The old man made a final decision, and Xingmai was shocked. But if there is no word "no", it should be right away!
(End of this chapter)