The splendid countryside of the princess

Chapter 259

In the deep night, several black shadows approached the General's Mansion silently. No one in the General's Mansion in his sleep noticed that Tang Dai, who had been busy all day today, slept soundly. In her sleep, she suddenly heard loud noises. Shi Xian and Shi Qiang got up, and Shi Qiang came in to light the lamp for Tang Dai.

"What's going on outside?" Tang Dai asked Xiao Qing who followed in.

"Miss, there is a fire in the mansion, and the fire is still very big. Everyone has gone to put out the fire. The little general has been here and told you not to go. The fire is very dangerous."

"Ah? Why did it suddenly catch fire? Where did it catch fire?" Tang Dai got up after hearing this.

"On the southwest corner, next to the general's study, not far from Aunt Wei's yard."

"Quick, quick, put on my clothes, I'm going to have a look too, the fire makes me flustered, it doesn't seem like a sudden fire, I'm afraid someone set the fire on purpose."

Tang Dai put on her clothes hastily, and walked out of the courtyard to look. Sure enough, the fire on the southwest corner was burning into the sky, and there was a lot of voices, all of them were fighting the fire.Tang Dai quickened her pace, and hurriedly walked out of the courtyard with Xiao Qing, Shi Xian, and Shi Cheng.

Not far from my small courtyard, I ran into Mrs. Niang, Prince, and Mrs. Wang who came in a hurry.

"Yue'er, I knew you would go too, don't go, ah, it's dangerous, go back with mother, there are soldiers and servants from the mansion to fight the fire." Mrs. Wang came up to block Tang Dai's way.

"Oh, mother... Dad and brother are fighting the fire there, the fire is too big, I don't worry, I have to go and see."

"The mother will go with you."

Tang Dai, Mrs. Wang quickened her pace and walked towards the place where the fire broke out. The fire was so strong, and with the wind at night, she rolled across the courtyard connected to the southwest corner of the General's Mansion like a fire dragon. Auntie and two children, Zheng Sha in Auntie Wei's yard, and some dignified servants all left the yard in time when the fire started, and no lives were hurt.

Everyone was standing outside, the servants and soldiers in the mansion were fighting the fire, there was a lot of hustle and bustle everywhere, Zheng Bai and Zheng Guo were directing the servants to fetch water to put out the fire, Tang Dai looked around and found that her father's study was far away from the fire. Getting closer and closer, he quickly ordered people to cut down all the flowers, plants and trees connecting the study and the burning yard, and separated them so that Zheng Bai's study survived.The courtyard in the southwest corner was rescued by the servants and soldiers, and finally it did not continue to burn, but after the fire was extinguished, everyone was in a mess.

The ones that were burnt black by the fire were drenched by the water, and the black water flowed sideways. Aunt Zuo looked at her yard wanting to cry, but why was it that their yard was burned?Zheng Sha looked at her yard indifferently, lowered her head, and didn't know what she was thinking.

After Aunt Zuo, Zheng Sha, and other people who lived in the courtyards in the southwest were all rearranged, and the burned place was simply cleaned up, the sky was already turning pale.Tang Dai advised Mrs. Wang to go back to her yard to rest, she still has something to do with her elder brother, Daddy said.Mrs. Wang had no choice but to tell Zheng Bai to take good care of her daughter, and went back to her yard to rest.

Tang Dai, Zheng Guo, and Zheng Bai went to the study.

"Father, I feel that this fire is not simple. Someone must have set it on purpose, and it burned too fast." The three walked into the study, Tang Dai said to Zheng Bai, her intuition was always accurate, this time she had a strong feeling Someone set the fire on purpose.

"Then what is the purpose of the arsonist? Is it revenge on our general's mansion, or something else?" Zheng Bai asked his son and daughter, but he was actually asking himself.

"Brother, who are the guards arranged in the mansion today? Are they just soldiers?" Tang Dai asked Zheng Guo after a moment of thought.

"No, besides the soldiers, there are also masters. Since you reminded me last time, I have arranged for masters, but at night the masters are more likely to be in your yard and your parents' yard, and there are not many arranged here."

"It doesn't matter whether you arrange more or less, if there are masters, but the masters don't find out, it means that the people arranged by the other party are more skilled than our masters. Dad, brother, what do you say, what does this mean?"

"Yue'er, could your feeling be wrong? Maybe someone in the mansion accidentally touched the candle and caused the fire."

"Daddy, I trust my intuition, the person who set the fire must have something in mind! Daddy, is there anything important in the mansion that other people want? I'm afraid they set the fire to steal things. Otherwise, I can't think of anything." Why did they suddenly come and burn down our house and use such high-level experts."

"Important things? I couldn't think of it for a moment. Tomorrow, everyone will check the things in their yards to see if there is anything missing or too much?" Zheng Guo shook his head.

"En. Daddy, check the important things in your study first to see what's missing." Tang Dai thought for a while, if those people weren't looking for money, then only the things in Zheng Bai's study were the most important. Important, as a general of a country, he must have placed the general's seal, soldier talisman and other important things in the study.

Upon hearing Tang Dai's reminder, Zheng Bai quickly stood up, checked, and found that all his things were there, he let out a sigh of relief.It's just that when he caught a glimpse of a small wooden box half-opened, his right eye jumped. He remembered that when he put it in, he locked the small wooden box well.I hurriedly opened it and saw that it was empty, and the things he put were gone.

"Daddy, what's missing?" Tang Dai and Zheng Guo both asked him in unison when they saw Zheng Bai's face darken for a moment.

"There is nothing missing, but the book of war is missing!"

"Oh, the book of war, that's not bad, it's just a book. It's strange, Dad, what's in that book of war of yours, that people go to so much trouble to get it, and even burn our general's mansion down." Tang Dai I heard it was a book, so I was a little confused.

"Yue'er, you copied the upper part of Sun Tzu's Art of War. Because this book is so exquisite, Dad was afraid of causing trouble, so he kept it carefully. I didn't expect..."

"What?! Who is it? How could you know that this book is in the study room? You don't take anything else, the goal is the book of war." Zheng Guo shouted.

"Ah? No way..." Tang Dai was also dumbfounded.It would be troublesome if this military book fell into the wrong hands. Fortunately, Zheng Guo was eager to read it, so he gave him the upper part.The lower part was delayed because I was busy celebrating Princess An's birthday, but I haven't written it silently.

"I obviously put it in this box, but now this box is empty." Zheng Bai put the empty box in front of the two of them.

"Father, I don't know who stole this book of war. If it is a foreign spy, it will cause big trouble. Sigh..." Tang Dai sighed.

"Daddy, what should we do? Shall we go and investigate?" Zheng Guo was so anxious that he wanted to catch the person who stole the book of war and shoot him to death immediately.

"Investigate, we must investigate, and it must not fall into the hands of people who plan to do something wrong." Zheng Bai said firmly.

"Father, I will notify the people in the mansion later, and check all the yards in my yard to see who still has less or more things in the yard. If there are none, it means that the purpose of those people's arson is to create chaos and steal things." Book. Also, Dad, apart from you and elder brother who have read this book, has anyone else read it? Do you know this book?"

"Yue'er, do you mean that there are traitors in the mansion? Did the people in the mansion tell the people outside the mansion and jointly stole the book? But except for your elder brother and me, no one knows how important this book is. Take it from you. After we came, only the two of us saw it, and even Xiaohu didn’t know about it.”

"Daddy, big brother, think about it again, but there are still suspicious people who know that when I copied this book in my place, no one came close except my maid Xiaoqing who knew what I was doing. There are always shadow guards in the middle, and no one dares to peep. I think the fault is still on you."

"Okay, let's think about it, Yue'er, you haven't slept all night, go back and rest first. It's not something that can be found immediately."

"Okay, then I'm leaving. I'll check the courtyard when I go back."

In the palace, both Feng Rongye and Concubine Xian looked at the old man Yiyun expectantly.

"Master Taoist, can you see what is unusual or wonderful about this book?" Concubine Xian asked Taoist Yiyun nervously when she saw that Yiyun was holding the book for a long time without letting go, and the expression on her face was changing. .

"Where did you get this book?" Yiyun finally raised his eyes, looking at the two of them and asked.

"This... was stolen from the General's Mansion. It's because I got the news that the General's Mansion has a very important military book, and it was written by the county magistrate, so I thought of a way to get it."

"Is this book of war written by that girl? Wizards, geniuses! So you set the fire at the General's Mansion last night?"

"Yes, Daoist, in order to obtain the book of war, use a little trick. And because I got the book of war, I didn't see anything special, so I invited the head of the Tao to help me take a look."

"Fortunately, no one was hurt in the mansion. If the second prince still wants to sit on the throne, it is better not to do this kind of evil, lest the second prince hit the emperor star and lose its brilliance. You must know that ghosts and gods are watching you." Taoist Yiyun glanced at Feng Rongye.

"Thank you for the reminder, the prince must pay attention in the future."

"There is nothing special about this book, and there is no secret. Its uniqueness lies in the content of the book, and its exquisiteness in the use of soldiers. This book is useless for ordinary people, but for war leaders For soldiers, it is a treasure, which is why the general's mansion is regarded as the most precious. Concubine Xian, the second prince, this book must not fall into the hands of generals of other countries, otherwise, except for the people in the general's mansion in your Fengnan country, It will be invincible."

"So powerful?! Daoist, since this book of war is so exquisite, why did it come from that little girl? I wonder where she got it from? She lived in the countryside since she was a child, and she can't read much. One, not to mention leading soldiers and fighting in battles.”

"That's why I said she is a genius. Second Prince, you must not underestimate her. This woman is not simple, and her background is extraordinary. You must gather her to your side and use her. Otherwise... You have to get rid of it. Otherwise, your throne will be hard to ascend.”

"Master Dao, she was married to the son of Phoenix, and my cousin, who has a feud with my natal family, obviously cannot be used by me. Therefore, I can only get rid of her. Please ask me, how can I get rid of her? "

"Second prince, we had an agreement at the beginning. You introduced me to the emperor and helped me get the position of national teacher, and I will help you when you need it, but you didn't say that I would participate in it. Help you murder others, so I can't give you this opinion. It's up to you whether you use your wrists to get rid of it or use tricks to get rid of it. What I can tell you is that if you have her, you will succeed, and if you lose her, you will fail .”

"This... I see, thank you, the national teacher, for clarifying our doubts."

"Concubine Xian, Second Prince, the old Taoist farewell. I, the old Taoist, tell you two again, this book must not fall into the hands of other country's generals, otherwise it will bring about a catastrophe."

After Yiyun said this, he threw off his Taoist robe and hurried away. He found it, he found the person he was looking for.She is!That military book is not from this dynasty, but from another world, since she copied it silently, it must have been brought over by her from another world.She is Feng Xing who came a few years ago!
In the General's Mansion, according to Zheng Bai's request, everyone checked all the things in their yard, and all the people reported that there was nothing too much, and nothing was missing.After hearing the report, Zheng Bai knew that Tang Dai's guess was correct, and that half of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" was lost in his study in the entire mansion.

"Daddy, my sister's intuition is right, we have to start looking for this book quickly." Zheng Guo looked at Zheng Bai and expressed his opinion.

"Guo'er, you took out the book from Yue'er, then came to me, and now, let's recall it carefully. Among them, who did you and I meet? Let people know, but we don't know. .”

"Okay, Dad, let's think about it together."

The two sat in the study, thinking hard about all the possibilities.Suddenly, the two raised their heads at the same time and glanced at each other.

"Guoer, what did you think of?"

"Daddy, I remembered something, but Guo'er is unwilling to believe that she did it."

"Did you think of the same person like Daddy? I remembered that since this book entered my study, only one person, except you and me, may have read it."

"Yes, Daddy, it's Sha'er. Apart from the two of us, Sha'er is the most likely to see it. That day, when I brought the book, she came in to see Daddy and asked Daddy to name it. At that time, the book On the table in front of me, the two of us did not take precautions against her. There were four big characters written by Yue'er on the paper. Sha'er was literate, so it was normal for her to be able to read it. But, if it was her, why would she know? What is the importance of this book? Who is he joining forces with? Could it be the Wei family again?"

"Whether it's her or not, we still need to investigate carefully. I don't believe she would do this kind of trickery. What good does it do her?"

"Daddy, no matter whether it is or not, someone must keep an eye on her yard to see if anyone has contacted her."

"Okay, let's make arrangements."

"Daddy, you haven't slept all night. Go and rest for a while. I'll go to my sister's yard to see her." Zheng Guo got up and walked to Tang Dai's yard, while Zheng Bai dragged his exhausted body back. I went to rest in the yard with Mrs. Wang.

When Zheng Guo came to Tang Dai's courtyard, Tang Dai had just woken up and was washing up under the service of Shi Xian.

"Brother, you haven't gone to rest yet? What's the matter with the fire?" Tang Dai asked Zheng Guo when she saw Zheng Guo stepping into the door.

"No, I can't sleep because of something on my mind. I have checked everything in the mansion, and everyone has nothing missing or too much."

"That confirms my guess?" Tang Dai asked Shixian to pass her breakfast. There was no one else in the room except Xiaoqing, so she asked Zheng Guo.

"Yes. Dad and I both thought of someone, but there was no evidence to prove that it was her, and Dad didn't want to believe it was her."

"Who?"

So Zheng Guojiang took the book back and told Tang Dai in detail about Zheng Sha's begging to see Zheng Bai.Tang Dai was silent for a long while. If Zheng Sha united with the people in the Wei Mansion and the palace, and the people in the palace took the book of war, there would be no major problem for the time being. What she was most afraid of was that the book would fall into the hands of other countries.

"Brother, I guess it is her in all likelihood, and she is the only one in this mansion who has accumulated hatred in her heart now, but we are suffering from no evidence to prove that it is her. We have to find a way to force her to jump out. I don't know." What is her purpose for doing this?! Moreover, mother doesn't care what she is like, but to daddy, she is also his child after all, how could daddy be willing to believe that she cooperated with people outside the mansion to steal things from the mansion?"

"If there is one, there must be two. In the future, we still have to strengthen the surveillance of her, and we must not let her harm the general's mansion." Zheng Guo said angrily.

(End of this chapter)