Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 347 Bold Guess
Zhao Min came to Xiao Yichen's courtyard this time because he wanted to check on Yan Bei's injuries. Xiao Yichen was also very clear about this, so Xiao Mo, who was staying here at the moment, seemed to be a bit of an eyesore.

"Brother, I read Sun Tzu's Art of War yesterday, and there are some points that are not very clear, can you explain it to me?"

Although Xiao Mo was annoyed that Zhao Min said this before her, but in front of Xiao Yichen, the image that should be maintained must be maintained after all.

After all, the General's Mansion is different from the families of other dignitaries. Presumably the women of other families in the imperial city usually read books like "The Commandments for Women", but there is no such restriction in the General's Mansion.

Xiao Yanfeng and Jiang Yanran agreed that there is nothing wrong with women reading military books.

So when Xiao Yichen heard that Xiao Mo wanted to ask him about knowledge, he couldn't find a suitable reason to refuse.

"Since my sister has something to ask my brother for advice, it seems that I am really not in time to come today, so I will visit another day."

As she said that, Zhao Min didn't wait for other people to respond, she blessed Xiao Yichen and walked out, but when she raised her head, she gave her a meaningful look.

Xiao Yichen felt very strange, with just one glance, he seemed to understand what she wanted to do, and immediately understood the meaning in her eyes.

Xiao Yichen understood and watched her leave.

"Brother, let's go, don't waste time." Xiao Mo watched Zhao Min leave voluntarily, was very satisfied with her rare knowledge, and urged Xiao Yichen.

Xiao Yichen nodded lightly: "Wait for me a moment, I'll go back to the room to get something." After speaking, he glanced at the servant next to him.

After the boy followed him in, Xiao Yichen instructed him a few words before coming out and following Xiao Mo.

After Xiao Yichen and the others left, the young man waited in the courtyard, thinking about what the young master had just said, waiting patiently.

However, he didn't have to wait too long.

Sure enough, everything was as the young master said, but Zhao Min left and returned after a while.

"Princess Ling, please follow me."

The young man led Zhao Min to a courtyard behind Xiao Yichen's courtyard: "This is it, Princess Ling, the little one goes down first."

Zhao Min nodded lightly, watched Tian He leave expressionlessly, and walked towards the room with the closed door.

As soon as the door was opened, Yan Bei, who was closing his eyes and feigning sleep, suddenly opened his eyes, and shot at him: "Who?"

"it's me."

After hearing the familiar voice, Yan Bei relaxed his vigilance and put away the killing intent in his eyes.

Seeing Yan Bei struggling to sit up, Zhao Min hurried over, pressed his shoulders, and placed him on the bed properly: "Nonsense! Do you know how badly you are injured, how can you get up?"

However, Yan Bei just woke up this morning, his body is indeed very weak, and his face is no longer as radiant as when Zhao Min sent him away before.

Zhao Min sighed deeply, and sat down beside the bed: "I must have told you the general situation just now, brother."

Yan Bei nodded helplessly, a look of sadness flashed in his eyes.

"What the hell is going on here? Why are you unconscious in the warehouse of the palace? Where have you been for more than half a year?"

Zhao Min had a lot of questions in his mind, but he couldn't ask all of them for a while, and only picked the two most important ones.

After Yan Bei heard Zhao Min's question, he didn't rush to tell her everything, but turned his head aside: "Don't ask, it's better not to know some things."

Thinking of the period of time I spent in that dark dungeon, it was always like words and iron bones. Now that I think about it, I can't help being afraid. This matter involves a lot, and the less people know, the more Well, if you are not careful, you will catch yourself on fire.

Hearing what Yan Bei said, Zhao Min was almost more certain of his previous judgment. The disappearance of Yan Bei and the shopkeeper Hou's son was so similar, it was absolutely impossible to be a coincidence. There must be someone behind the scenes manipulating this matter and doing With such cleanliness, this person's status is definitely very high.

"No." Zhao Min directly vetoed Yan Bei's statement, "I want to know, I want to know all the process and details completely."

Yan Bei looked at Zhao Min's resolute look, but he didn't look at her, he just didn't speak, he made up his mind not to speak.

If you can't be tough, Zhao Min will be soft.

"Brother Wang." Zhao Min directly called out what he called him when the two were in the forest.

Sure enough, when Zhao Min yelled these three words, Yan Bei's eyebrows moved slightly.

"The situation in the imperial city is turbulent now. Gu Lingqing went to Wangcheng to arrest Gu Qi. The crown prince went to the south to provide disaster relief and should be back soon. The crown prince is ambitious, so Gu Lingqing had to stand up and resist. Blindly giving in is not a good way to protect yourself."

Hearing Zhao Min talk about these things, Yan Bei's expression was finally moved, he turned his head and looked straight at her.

He has been in the dungeon these days, and he just escaped by chance a few days ago, but he is also seriously injured, and he doesn't know anything about what happened outside. Hearing Zhao Min's eloquence at this moment, he was very surprised.

"You mean that now the young prince Gu has confronted the crown prince openly?"

Zhao Min shook his head lightly: "Ling Qing's current strength is not enough to confront the crown prince in the open, but what he needs most now is to make military exploits, and when he succeeds in taking Gu Qi back from Wangcheng After the imperial city, this situation is unavoidable."

Although Zhao Min was talking about his own thoughts, he could still observe the small expression on Yan Bei's face all the time. Zhao Min clearly found that Yan Bei's brows would always frown slightly when the prince was mentioned. .

Zhao Min couldn't help but have a bold guess: "Could it be that you have been trapped by the prince for a while?"

Yan Bei's eyes widened: "How do you know?"

But after the words were spoken, he realized what he had said, and stopped immediately.

Zhao Min's face was very solemn: "Is it really the prince?"

Yan Bei knew he had made a slip of the tongue, so he didn't answer Zhao Min's question at all.
In desperation, Zhao Min held Yan Bei's hand directly: "Brother Wang, just tell me."

Zhao Min's eyes were full of pleading, which caused Yan Bei's heart to struggle. He knew that once he told Zhao Min, with her temperament, she would definitely not let it go.

"Brother Wang."

Zhao Min didn't say any more, knowing that it would be useless to talk too much, but the longing in his eyes finally made Yan Bei feel relieved: "Okay, then I'll tell you one by one."

Zhao Min straightened his expression, and a trace of surprise flashed across his face, as if he was listening attentively.

(End of this chapter)